King of Secret Service

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The combat staff officer told the officers of the tax police general about the current defensive warfare and deployment in Hangzhou Bay.

After listening to Huang Jie, he said, "Since it's a defensive operation, let's each demarcate the combat area."

"Which combat area does Commander Huang like?"

Liang Xiao asked.

"The [-]-kilometer coastline to the south of Quangong Pavilion will be taken over by our tax police chief."

Huang Jie said.

Liang Xiao looked at the battle map, frowned, and said: "Okay, I will immediately order the special forces troops at Quangong Pavilion to defend you."

"Master Liang, my headquarters is located ten kilometers west of Quangong Pavilion. If there is anything wrong, you can send a messenger to coordinate."

Huang Jie said.

"understood."

Liang Xiao nodded lightly. For the purpose of the battle in Hangzhou Bay, he held back his breath for the time being. Otherwise, with his temper, since he came to reinforce him, he must obey his orders. It's Huang Jie's turn to pick and choose here. of.

"Mr. Liang, farewell."

Huang Jie had a lot of dissatisfaction with Liang Xiao's high position at such a young age, so he naturally didn't want to stay in his territory for a long time.

"Staff Wang, send Commander Huang off for me."

Liang Xiao said.

"Yes."

A major staff officer took the lead.

A look of displeasure flashed in Huang Jie's eyes, he was also a dignified lieutenant general commander after all, it would be fine if Liang Xiao didn't send him off in person, but even sent a major to see him off, isn't it a sign of contempt for him?

Liang Xiao didn't think so, he seldom sent staff officers to send off military generals, only Huang Jie had this kind of treatment.

However, these are minor details, innocuous.

With the addition of the Tax Police Chief, the sea defense troops stationed south of the Quangong Pavilion can be withdrawn. He immediately ordered that the Special Operations Division troops south of the Quangong Pavilion and the Loyalty and National Salvation Army troops be transferred back to Hangzhou immediately. Bay.

at noon.

The teaching brigade troops arrived.

Liang Xiao immediately arranged for them to go to Zhenhai to take over the defense.

With the addition of the teaching brigade and the tax police, the pressure on the special warfare division has been greatly reduced. At present, the defense line of the special warfare division is only the ten-kilometer defense line from Jinshanwei to Quangongting, and he has more than 4 troops in his hand. In terms of, more than enough.

Starting at noon, the Japanese army no longer sent a small group of troops to test the landing, but bombarded the coastal defenses with aircraft carriers and gunboats. Under the suppression of the artillery fire, the Japanese army launched a beachhead battle. After they grabbed the landing point, they immediately built fortifications , forming combat firepower to cover the landing of follow-up troops.

In order to prevent the heavy artillery positions from being exposed to the Japanese aircraft carrier, Liang Xiao ordered the heavy artillery and mountain artillery positions to be hidden. Without his order, he was not allowed to fire the artillery.

In the face of the Japanese landing enemy, he even ordered the troops to block under the cover of mortars, not to destroy the enemy, but to block them from the beachhead.

The Japanese army can't attack for a long time, so they will retreat. After all, their ammunition replenishment and logistics supplies come from aircraft carriers and gunboats. Once the ammunition is used up, they can only go back to the ship to replenish.

The landing battle of the Japanese army was completely declared bankrupt. If he was the commander of the Japanese army, he would immediately withdraw his troops and choose a new position as the landing point under the heavy defense of the enemy.

However, the Japanese commander Heisuke Yanagawa did not withdraw his troops. Instead, relying on the powerful firepower of the aircraft carrier, he divided his troops and launched a landing operation towards the coastal positions in Hangzhou Bay.

The war has stalled.

The special warfare division was unable to destroy the Japanese fleet at sea, and the Japanese army could not board Hangzhou Bay.

In this way, the Chinese and Japanese armies started a stalemate in Hangzhou Bay.

Since the start of the battle in Hangzhou Bay, it has attracted the attention of Chinese and foreign media. Every day, media reporters come to the front for interviews.

However, the military administration attached great importance to the interdiction battle in Hangzhou Bay, and the commissioner made three phone calls a day, asking Liang Xiao about the battle in Hangzhou Bay.

Although Hangzhou Bay is saved, the situation of the national army in the Songhu battlefield is not optimistic. Since the Japanese army broke through the Lion Forest, its naval fleet and the enemies of Lion Forest, Baoshan, and Baozipu formed a four-way army and launched a fierce attack on Wusongkou , the First Army and the Seventh Army guarding Wusongkou faced the enemy's four-way siege and suffered unspeakably. It is not easy to hold the Wusongkou position firmly.

At the same time, the Japanese army launched an attack on the national army south of the Suzhou Creek. In just a few days, the front line advanced more than ten kilometers, and the distance from the suburbs of Shanghai was only seven or eight kilometers. Point to Shanghai Beach.

The unfavorable situation in the Songhu battlefield has made the voice of anti-war among the top officials of the government more and more loud, and many senior government officials have called for an end to the war.

After a confrontation, the bigwigs of the Military and Political Council decided to withdraw their troops from Songhu.

The war has reached the present stage, and the victory of a local war cannot be reversed.

The national army invested more than 60 troops on the Songhu battlefield, while the Japanese army's combined naval, land and air forces totaled more than 30, a ratio of two to one. To reach this level, the national government has done its best.

November tenth.

The Military and Political Council summoned the frontline generals to rush back to Nanjing to attend the National Defense Conference, and Liang Xiao was also invited.

The theme of this defense conference is the withdrawal of troops from Shanghai.

Since it is a withdrawal, it is necessary to consult the opinions of the frontline generals, and at the same time, make a detailed deployment of the withdrawal. After all, if hundreds of thousands of troops retreat irregularly, it will cause great chaos.

Nanjing, late at night.

The National Defense Conference was held, and more than 20 generals participated in the conference, all of whom were lieutenant generals or above on the front line in Songhu, such as Zhang Fakui, Zhu Shaoliang, Chen Cheng, Hu Zongnan, Huang Jie, Liao Lei and other powerful generals.

The committee member pointed out at the National Defense Conference that the national army could no longer hold on, and the retreat of the Songhu front line had caused the Japanese troops to point directly at the outskirts of Shanghai Beach. It will be surrounded by the Japanese army, and it will be too late to withdraw.

At the meeting, the Commissioner announced the deployment of the first phase of troop withdrawal, ordering the Central Army left and right. , the Sichuan army and other miscellaneous troops are behind the palace.

In order to cover the retreat of the Central Army, the Central Army troops in Wusongkou, Luodian, and Hangzhou Bay had to block the Japanese attack and buy time for the retreating troops.

Liang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. The result of the Battle of Songhu was within his expectations, but the process was different. In history, after the Japanese army successfully landed in Hangzhou Bay, they cut off the retreat route of the national army. Hesitation caused hundreds of thousands of troops to retreat without order, and countless people who trampled on each other died. All kinds of artillery and heavy weapons were thrown on the battlefield. According to statistics, there are more than 10,000 national soldiers who died on the road of Songhu retreat.

Chapter 46 Turns out to be one of our own

The defense conference is over.

Liang Xiao returned to Hangzhou Bay by car at night.

It’s only a few hours’ journey from Nanjing to Hangzhou Bay. There are checkpoints of the national army and local patrols along the way. The safety factor is very high. In addition to the convoy of senior generals participating in the national defense conference, the road is very safe.

"General, you rest for a while, I will watch."

Chen Hua saw that Liang Xiao was taciturn along the way, without saying a word, staring straight ahead of the headlights, thinking that he was worried about the safety of the road.

"I don't know why, but I have this: bad feeling."

Liang Xiao couldn't tell what this feeling was, but every time this feeling appeared, he would always encounter a lot of trouble.

"General, there is no need to worry too much. There are checkpoints and patrols of the national army along the way. The Japanese cannot penetrate here."

Chen Hua said softly.

"I hope so."

Liang Xiao didn't have much confidence in the checkpoints and patrols of the national government.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the anti-espionage awareness of the national army was weak, and some important checkpoints, which seemed to be mighty with machine guns and mortars, could easily be exempted from inspection with only a few dollars.

The convoy traveled to a dense forest.

He heard gunshots ahead.

bark.

The driver stepped on the brakes, the car shook violently, and then stopped.

"General, there are gunshots."

Chen Hua took out his pistol and loaded it.

Liang Xiaojian frowned, and asked, "Whose convoy is ahead?"

"Ahead is the convoy of Commander Chen Cheng of the Left Group Army."

Chen Huadao.

"Order the guards to get out of the car and outflank the woods."

Liang Xiao made a decisive decision immediately.

"Yes."

Chen Hua hurriedly got out of the car and directed the guards to get out of the car, and outflanked the place where the fire was fired from both sides of the forest.

Liang Xiao also took the opportunity to get out of the car. Hearing the intensity of the gunshots, it should be the strength of a reinforced company, which is only four or five miles away from here.

"General, you sit in the car and take someone to rescue Commander Chen."

Chen Hua was worried that Liang Xiao might make a mistake.

"No, I personally brought people there, and I don't know which gods are there, but they have their eyes on Chen Cheng, the God of Wealth."

Liang Xiao said half-jokingly.

"As long as it's not staring at you."

Chen Hua smiled lightly.

"Don't gloat, if something happened to Chen Cheng, the Japanese would laugh secretly."

Liang Xiao took off the general's coat and threw it into the car, and took a submachine gun from the guard.

"Full speed ahead."

Holding a submachine gun, Liang Xiao led the guards to outflank the forest on both sides.

His guards are all German assault weapons, the firepower is comparable to a reinforced company, and each of his guards has two 2-day cantaloupe grenades hanging on their packages, which is more than enough for a small game.

Four or five li, road, advance at full speed, and arrive at the firefighting site in ten minutes.

The firefight took place at a junction with a sharp turn.

The enemy ambushed in the woods on both sides and shot violently at Chen Cheng's convoy. Judging from the exchange of fire, most of Chen Cheng's guards were killed or injured, and the rest of the guards lay under the truck to fight back.

"General, Commander Chen's guards can't hold on anymore."

Chen Huadao.

"You lead two guard groups to outflank from the left, and I lead people to outflank from the right. Don't forget...to fight, just drive them away."

Liang Xiao said.

"Yes."

Chen Hua walked around from the left with two guards.

"beat."

When Liang Xiao mentions a submachine gun, it's just a shuttle of bullets.

Suddenly, there was a rattling sound of gunfire.

The ambushing enemies were attacked fiercely. They realized that enemy reinforcements were approaching, and while fighting back, they quickly evacuated from the depths of the dense forest.

Chen Cheng hid in the car, and when he heard the gunshots around him, he immediately realized that reinforcements were coming. He raised his head and looked outside, and saw the enemies ambushing on both sides of the woods retreating.

He opened the car door and saw that the convoy was surrounded by the bodies of guards.

"Commander, reinforcements are coming to relieve the siege."

Confidential staff report.

"Whose Reinforcements"

Chen Cheng asked.

"I don't know."

The confidential staff officer shook his head. He only heard gunshots around him, but he didn't see which army it was.

"Commander Chen."

At this time, a faint voice came from the woods.

Under the darkness of night, he saw an officer leading him out of the woods. When he walked in, Chen Cheng felt relieved. The person who came was none other than the spy general Liang Feiyu.

"Fei Yu, thank you so much, if you were a little late...I would have to sacrifice my life for my country here tonight."

Chen Cheng hurriedly walked up to meet him, with a grateful expression on his face.

"Where did Commander Chen say that you are the pillar of the party and the country, and the sneak attack of the younger generation will never hurt a hair of yours."

Liang Xiao said politely.

Today's him, although he is inferior to Chen Cheng in terms of status, but the distance has been shortened a lot, and he has enough right to speak.