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Chapter 237 The winner is decided!

This is Director Dai's tenth day in the Rangers.

Two days ago, he submitted a report to the JS Committee, applying to reorganize the "Jiangsu and Zhejiang Action Committee Rangers" into the "Jiangsu and Zhejiang Action Committee Loyalty and National Salvation Army." This application finally received a response today.

Therefore, he immediately carried out the reorganization of the Shanghai Rangers at the Rangers station.

The Songhu Command was thus established.

His nephew Zhang Shihao was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Songhu Headquarters. In order to fulfill his promise to Director Xu, while appointing Zhang Shihao as the commander-in-chief of Songhu, he also removed him from the post of director of the Special Second District - but there was no new one. District Chief Snake gave Director Xu a covert explanation.

Zheng Yaoxian serves as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Songhu Headquarters, and Xu Baichuan serves as the chief of staff. These two people plus Zhang Shihao, the commander-in-chief, are completely nominal. The real commander is actually Tan Zhongshu, the deputy commander-in-chief.

The Songhu Column of the Songhu Command has two detachments and one action team: Beijing-Shanghai (Nanjing, Shanghai) Detachment, Shanghai-Hangzhou Detachment (Shanghai, Hangzhou), and Songhu Action Team.

In addition, Director Dai also established a second guerrilla cadre training class under the Songhu headquarters to be responsible for the training of guerrilla cadres.

On the day the reorganization was completed, in order to celebrate the establishment of the Songhu Command, the Songhu Command decided to launch a large-scale raid west of the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway and Shanghai West Station.

In just three days, many Japanese advance strongholds were removed, forcing the Japanese army to huddle near the railway. In order to ensure the smooth flow of the railway, the Japanese army had to mobilize reinforcements from Pudong and the urban area to ensure the smooth flow of the railway. of smoothness.

While Tan Zhongshu led his troops to confront the Japanese near the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway, Director Dai led a group of elite operations personnel, left the large army, went south along the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway, and finally crossed the Huangpu River to Pudong.

……

Fujita Agency.

Looking at the battle report, Fujita Yoshimasa had to sigh:

"The resistance elements in the Songhu area have become a big trend!"

Shanghai has clearly fallen into the hands of the Japanese army, but in areas away from the city, resistance elements are still rampant. They even dispatched nearly 2,000 people to confront the Japanese army near the railway.

When this force was gathered, as the head of the secret service, Fujita Yoshimasa did feel extremely difficult.

Kagesa Kinuchi said: "Captain, this also shows that Zhang Shihao has gone to great lengths to save people in Meihua!"

"Indeed, our opponent has always been of a low-key development and high-profile nature. The guerrillas outside Shanghai have not gathered since the end of the year. This gathering and the confrontation with the imperial army west of the railway must have been his last resort."

Fujita Yoshimasa said with a smile: "He knows that once he gathers and reveals his family background, he will inevitably be attacked by the imperial army like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, so he has been scattering the guerrillas. This time he took the initiative to gather, which proves that he is indeed anxious!"

Kinuchi Kagezu heard this and suggested: "Captain, this is also an opportunity, don't you think we can take advantage of both sides?"

The biggest problem for the guerrillas is that they are scattered in a vast area. Once they go to encircle and suppress them, they will escape. This unprecedented gathering to confront the Japanese army, Kinuchi Kagesa feels that this is an excellent opportunity!

If we can catch them all in one fell swoop, Shanghai will be able to settle down from now on.

Fujita Yoshimasa looked at the map for a long time and finally shook his head: "No!"

"If we send out fewer people, once we engage in a head-on battle, they will definitely break into pieces and flee. We cannot annihilate them."

"But the war in Xuzhou is currently tense, and our army suffered losses in Taierzhuang. It is difficult to concentrate our troops at this time."

But Kinuchi Kagesa feels that this opportunity is rare:

"Captain, I don't think we need too many troops. One brigade is enough - we can mobilize troops from Chenjiaqiao!"

"no!"

Fujita Yoshimasa sternly yelled: "Chenjiaqiao and South Station are responsible for the supply and security of arms. There must not be any problems! We would rather let the resistance elements swagger west of the railway than mobilize the defenders of Chenjiaqiao!"

Kinuchi Kagesa hurriedly admitted his mistake, but in his heart he felt that Fujita Yoshimasa was too cautious.

In his opinion, it is entirely possible to send the Marines from the Jiangnan Shipyard to Chenjiaqiao to guard the arms, mobilize the guard brigade of the Chenjiaqiao arsenal group, defeat the guerrillas head-on, and then use the railway line defenders to support the Imperial Alliance Army to pursue and defeat them. The guerrillas expanded the results.

But Fujita Yoshimasa disagreed, and he, the super high school section chief, had nothing to do.

……

After clocking in and clocking in at Meihua Lane for 13 consecutive days, Zhang Anping finally "couldn't stand it any longer."

He started asking for leave.

More than half of the staff of the Special High School Department in Meihua Lane have been redeployed. Hasegawa Yuo is no longer squatting here. Zhang Anping, the deputy director, is naturally the highest officer. He approves his request for leave. Is there any problem?

No problem at all!

Therefore, he handed over the matter of Mei Hua to Wang Manchun and Mingcheng openly, and went home to recuperate.

Deputy Director Zhang Anping could rest, but Commander Zhang, who was fired from the post of district chief, could not. After returning home, he hurriedly "pretended to be dead" as Zhang Shihao.

He is going to the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway.

The cowardly Fujita Yoshimasa was like a bastard who ate a weight. He actually ignored such a good opportunity and would rather confront each other on the railway line than send troops to encircle and suppress him. In this case, he would add fuel to the fire!

The temporary headquarters of the Songhu Column.

As soon as Zhang Anping came in, several agents from the Qingpu class saluted:

"Hello, District Chief!"

"I am no longer the district chief." After Zhang Anping said something pretentious, he naturally took the upper position of the headquarters - I am no longer the district chief, but I, Zhang Shihao, still have the final say in the Shanghai District and Songhu headquarters!

Who is dissatisfied?

It was Tan Zhongshu who had the eye. When he hurried over and saw the superior Zhang Anping, he immediately greeted him respectfully: "Commander-in-Chief."

"Let's get down to business - why haven't you made any big progress here?" Zhang Anping asked in a reproachful tone.

According to his request, the Songhu Column needs to put great pressure on the railway line, and it is best to stop the railway line.

Tan Zhongshu explained:

"Commander-in-Chief, the Japanese army has gathered more than two thousand troops along the railway, and there are more than a thousand puppet troops assisting them. With their armored trains on the railway, they can gather superior forces in a short period of time. I am afraid that if they take action rashly, it will Got bitten.”

As mentioned before, the Rangers seem to have good combat effectiveness, but in small-scale battles, they can use rocket launchers to fight the Japanese army equally. But if the scale increases, to company (squadron) battalion (brigade) level battles, The only thing they could do was to be suppressed and beaten by the Japanese army.

After all, the Rangers' heavy firepower is their shortcoming, and after consumption, the inventory of the first batch of rocket launchers has bottomed out.

In the past, they were able to eliminate Japanese squadron-level troops. The Rangers took advantage of ambushes to hit more but less, but it was never a head-on challenge!

Therefore, Tan Zhongshu could only take advantage of the Japanese army's inconvenience to attack, and continued to move and harass along the railway line.

But this is not what Zhang Anping wants.

The Japanese army must feel the pain before they can mobilize the defenders of the Chenjiaqiao Arsenal!

Faced with Tan Zhongshu's complaints, Zhang Anping could only resort to a trick:

"I brought 15 MG34 general-purpose machine guns and 50 rocket launchers. Can these things fill the shortcomings?"

Tan Zhongshu was overjoyed: "Yes!"

He was overjoyed. It was a blessing to have such a commander-in-chief!

"I have another piece of information - there is a train loaded with munitions at the South Railway Station. It will leave at six o'clock in the afternoon. It will pass through the West Railway Station and then take the Beijing-Shanghai Railway to the front line."

Zhang Anping asked: "Today, can we break through the Japanese defense line and deal with this train?"

Tan Zhongshu glanced at the time, calculated, and said after a long time: "Commander-in-Chief, I'm worried that we don't have enough manpower."

"Insufficient manpower?" Zhang Anping was stunned. There are more than 1,700 people. Are you worried about insufficient manpower?

Tan Zhongshu explained:

"If we want to deal with this train, we must mobilize the protected armored train. To achieve this goal, we must pretend to attack the West Station."

"But on the front line of the West Station, the Japanese army has a large group of defenders. If you want to make the enemy nervous, you need at least three times the enemy's strength."

"There are a large number of permanent fortifications outside the Japanese West Station. It is difficult to break through in a short time. Once we are entangled and the Japanese army concentrates its forces to outflank us on both sides, we may be completely wiped out."

"So when attacking, we must cover both wings. Even if it fails, we can safely evacuate."

Following Tan Zhongshu's explanation, Zhang Anping understood.

It's not that he doesn't understand military affairs, but what he does understand is small-scale battles. He really doesn't understand this kind of thousands-scale battles.

After listening to Tan Zhongshu's explanation, Zhang Anping also felt that it made sense. simply put:

To attack an arms train, you need at least four hundred people, right?

Pretending to attack the West Station will only scratch an itch if there are few troops. If there are more troops and there is no cover, it will become an act that will cost lives.

Tan Zhongshu only had more than 1,700 men at his disposal. If he had not taken advantage of the long railway line to maneuver, he would not have been able to pose a threat to the guarding Japanese troops.

And if he does not transfer the armored trains to support the West Station, then even if he gathers all his strength, he may not be able to gnaw down the arms trains protected by the armored trains in a short time.

If you can't chew it down, the defenders of the West Station will come along the railway line to support you. No matter where you ambush, they will return without success, and they may be gathered and annihilated!

The Japanese army had an advantage in strength along the railway. The reason why Tan Zhongshu could only defend was because the railway line was too long - but the Japanese army had the advantage of being able to use the railway line to complete the deployment of troops in a short time!

After sorting this out, Zhang Anping also instantly understood Tan Zhongshu's intention - it's not that this guy doesn't want to fight, but he wants to find someone to help!

He revealed Tan Zhongshu’s purpose:

"You want the Chinese Communist guerrillas to help?"

"The commander-in-chief is wise." Tan Zhongshu didn't hide it and explained:

"Looking at our confrontation on the railway line, they also mobilized manpower. We are responsible for the section north of the West Station, and they are responsible for the section south of the West Station. If they are called to help and let them coordinate our two wings, this battle will be fought. There’s absolutely no problem getting up!”

Hongxin Zhang hesitated for a while and said: "Then ask them for help - let's do this. If they are willing to contribute, the task of taking down the arms train will be given to them. Then they will only be responsible for supporting our single wing!"

On the surface, Zhang Anping naturally didn't want to crack the hardest bone, but in fact, he wanted to deliver supplies to the guerrillas.

How much munitions will be needed to capture the arms train?

Tan Zhongshu said: "Yes! I will go to the guerrillas in person to negotiate."

……

When Tan Zhongshu came to discuss cooperation, the guerrillas agreed without much hesitation.

The reason is very simple. The guerrillas are eager for a train of weapons and equipment!

However, there are still different opinions on the guerrilla side regarding cooperation with Zhang Shihao.

Yuan Nong, who withdrew from Shanghai and joined the guerrillas, said:

"Zhang Shihao is extremely vicious! I thought he was letting go of his grudge because of the Anti-Japanese National United Front, but who would have thought that he would take advantage of our kindness to him to plant internal spies in our base area to undermine our revolution!"

"This person is extremely malicious to us. What if he has other purposes this time? For example, using the hands of the Japanese to deal with us?"

Yuan Nong's worries cannot be said to be unreasonable.

But after careful consideration, the leaders of the guerrillas decided to honor the agreement - if Zhang Shihao really had bad intentions, they could withdraw in time without being bitten.

After all, Zhang Shihao's people were facing the perfect fortifications of the West Station. In terms of hardship, the battle at the West Station was difficult to fight!

After the guerrillas unified their understanding, they immediately began to move towards the Wangjiajing area. At the same time, some personnel were sent to the West Railway Station to prepare to support the Rangers (Loyalty and Salvation Army). On the railway line south of the West Railway Station, only a few people were left. The two pretended to be suspects and bluffed.

……

Six o'clock in the afternoon, South Railway Station.

A train loaded with munitions started to move after a burst of dirty sounds.

Behind and behind this train loaded with arms was a Type 94 armored train with a total of eight carriages.

Usually this kind of arms train is escorted by only one armored train, but in recent days guerrillas have been active on the railway line frequently, and the Japanese army has had no choice but to strengthen the escort firepower of important trains.

(The firepower configuration of the Type 94 armored train: eight carriages, 10 heavy machine guns, two 105 cannons, and two anti-aircraft guns.)

At the same time as the arms train set off, a telegram was also sent to Tan Zhongshu.

At 6:30, the arms train passed the West Railway Station and continued north.

At 6:50, when the sky darkened, three signal bombs were launched into the sky. Then, two kilometers away from the West Railway Station, countless Rangers rushed out and launched an attack on the Japanese fortifications outside the West Railway Station.

Relying on the complete defenses, the Japanese army did not pay attention to the resistance at all. However, ten minutes after the exchange of fire, the Japanese army was stunned.

Where did the resistance elements get so many offensive weapons?

The permanent fortifications they had worked so hard to build were broken through one after another under the attack of mysterious artillery shells trailing flames. The self-proclaimed iron-clad defense line fell one after another in just ten minutes. In less than ten minutes, In 20 minutes, the first and second strongest defense lines were broken through one after another.

The Japanese army was anxious. Although the West Railway Station did not have as many supplies as the South Railway Station, it was still an important hub. If it was captured and destroyed by the resistance elements, it would be at least ten and a half days without supplies to the front line.

I thought it was a routine harassment operation, but who would have thought that it was an operation involving the entire resistance force?

As a last resort, the Japanese army immediately reduced its troops along the railway and urgently supported the West Station. At the same time, it also called in available armored trains for support.

The defensive Japanese commander was also furious. How dare the Chinese army attack me? Then I will devour you!

Just as the battle at the West Railway Station was heating up, the guerrillas, who had just arrived less than an hour near the Wangjiajing Railway Line, finally saw their prey.

"The armored train is at the beginning, followed by the armored train - comrades, get ready for battle!"

"Bazooka team, approaching!"

"Prepare!"

"Fire!"

With an order, more than a dozen rockets dragged their tails towards the armored train that was moving at a constant speed.

The thickness of the main armor of the armored train is 10 millimeters, which is more than enough to protect against guerrilla bullets. However, this time the guerrillas did not follow martial ethics and greeted them with more than a dozen rockets at the beginning. Rockets that can blast through tank armor were difficult to deal with. 10mm train armor is as easy as eating tofu.

The armored train lay down immediately. The key is that the place where it lay down was more than one kilometer away from the arms train behind it. At this distance, heavy machine guns were useless.

Of the vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft guns and 105mm cannons, because they were the focus of greetings, only one was still functioning, but after only three roars, it was silenced by three rockets.

An armored train that has lost its mobility and artillery is just a pile of scrap metal. It cannot support the arms train at a distance of more than one kilometer.

Seeing this, the Japanese commander organized the soldiers to get out of the car to support them, but they were hit by rocket launchers as soon as they came out. During the day, the rocket launchers were easily taken care of by the Japanese army, but at night the rocket team changed places after the attack, and the Japanese army had no chance at all!

The armored train was unable to provide support. There was only one detachment of escorting soldiers on the arms train. Facing the all-round attack of more than 300 guerrillas, they were unable to cope with it and were completely wiped out in less than fifteen minutes.

Then, the guerrillas were confused.

A whole trainload of ammunition, light and heavy machine guns, rifles, grenade launchers and grenades!

What nonsense are you talking about? Move!

Move to the empty space!

You can move as much as you can!

Because the West Station attracted the attention of most of the Japanese troops, the Japanese troops could not come over at the first time. The guerrillas therefore gained more than an hour of precious time to transfer these equipment and arms.

Their efficiency was not very high at first, after all, they could only have about 300 people. But in the next half hour, the mobilized people arrived driving donkey carts, horse-drawn carriages and ox carts, and their efficiency suddenly increased.

Unfortunately, time is limited after all, and more than half of the weapons and ammunition still cannot be transported.

Seeing that the Japanese support was coming, the guerrillas could only bear the pain and blast.

boom

After a loud noise, countless guns and ammunition were turned into expensive garbage in the explosion. Seeing this, the Japanese commander of the armored train entered the armored train with a saber without saying a word.

West Railway Station.

After more than forty minutes of fierce fighting, Tan Zhongshu commanded his men to reach a place 800 meters away from the West Station. He was about to reach the West Station, but his men hurriedly reported:

"Commander Tan, the left wing is exchanging fire with the enemy! Gunshots are also heard from the right wing!"

Facing the West Railway Station, which was just around the corner, Tan Zhongshu ordered:

"withdraw!"

With this withdrawal, the various ministries participating in the war began to evacuate in an orderly manner.

During this battle, the Songhu Column's troops approached the West Railway Station. The Chinese Communist guerrillas blew up a train loaded with arms. This angered the Japanese Shanghai Garrison Command, which mobilized a large number of troops the next day and began to clear out the Songhu Column and the guerrillas.

Although this decision was fiercely opposed by Fujita Yoshimasa, the secret service had no right to interfere with the decision-making of the garrison headquarters and had to give up unwillingly.

When he learned that the Japanese army had assembled two brigades to go out of the city to "suppress bandits", Zhang Anping, who was in charge of Plum Blossom Lane, showed a meaningful smile.

The winner is decided!

(First update, there should be two more updates.)

(End of this chapter)