Chapter 114: Japanese Army Ninth Division Comes As Reinforcements
At the 19th Route Army command post of the Yue Army, Deputy Commander Cai’s expression was extremely grave as he held the intelligence that the Japanese Army Ninth Division, under the personal command of their division commander Kenkichi Ueda, was leading a large force of munitions and rushing by train to reinforce Shanghai, soon to arrive in Shanghai, participate in the operation, and directly threaten all combat deployments of the 19th Route Army.
“What’s wrong? Why does your face look so bad? We’re currently suppressing those nearly twenty thousand Japanese Marine Corps troops and striking at them. What situation are you worrying about?”
Seeing that Deputy Commander Cai’s expression had not been good since entering the command post,
he was also worried whether there might be some bad military intelligence, and reported it to him.
“The Japanese Army Ninth Division with over 30,000 troops, all elite troops of the main force, will fully arrive in Shanghai in about an hour to support the operations of those Japanese Marine Corps!”
“So how can you expect my mood to be good?”
“Once this strong and well-equipped Japanese elite troops arrive here, I’m afraid the battle situation will drastically turn around, and at that time, who will prevail will still be an unknown!”
Deputy Commander Cai also immediately reported all the bad news intelligence he knew.
“What about our reinforcements? When will those Central Army troops arrive here?”
“Didn’t they say they would commit all four newly formed German-equipped division troops to this operation?”
“What’s going on now? Do they want to retreat?”
Upon hearing this,
the commander-in-chief just slightly furrowed his brows and immediately asked in return.
“The situation is not very clear. Right now, I’ve only received word that part of the German-equipped 87th Division troops have taken over defense of some of our defensive operation positions, and for most of the defensive lines, no German-equipped division troops have been seen taking over defense in full!”
“I’ve already sent a telegram to the Military Committee to inquire, but there has been no particularly clear reply!”
“So I personally feel that it’s better to rely on oneself than to seek help from others!”
“However, intelligence officers, agents, and spies from the intelligence agency have dispatched large numbers over, infiltrating various street blocks in Shanghai, not sure what intelligence they’re searching for!”
“I just heard that one of our subordinate battalions’ troops, while holding fast to the line at Caojia Bridge and on the verge of a final bayonet charge against the Japanese Troops, suddenly had a German-equipped troops appear and rescue them, and this German-equipped troops that suddenly appeared was not soldiers from any German-equipped troops of the Central Army!”
“That’s why the intelligence agency is so tense now, dispatching large-scale intelligence personnel to conduct a full search for this German-equipped troops of unknown origin!!”
“Of course, these are just rumors I’ve heard. As for whether the actual situation is like this, there is no clear intelligence data yet, because the Military Commission has already issued a strict order to blockade the news!”
“Perhaps only a few heads of the intelligence agency know what the real situation is!”
After the commander-in-chief’s words fell,
Deputy Commander Cai also immediately responded.
He reported everything he knew about the latest situation truthfully.
“German-equipped troops of unknown origin?”
“And they came to the rescue of our subordinate troops?”
“Yes! If there’s a chance, we must repay them. Later, call over the soldiers who had contact with those mysterious German-equipped troops, including their surviving battalion commander Chen Delun, and I’ll personally learn about the situation!”
“For now, let’s first deal with the combat deployment of the Japanese Army Ninth Division that is about to be committed to the Shanghai War here!”
“Also, go urge the reinforcements from the Central Army side, make them clarify what their intentions and situation are!”
“I don’t have extra time to engage in unnecessary wrangling with them!”
“The Japanese Army’s reinforcement army has come, and if their Central Army doesn’t immediately conduct support operations, if Shanghai is lost, it won’t be my problem!”
After hearing Deputy Commander Cai’s response,
“Understood! I’ll personally go supervise right away!”
Deputy Commander Cai also nodded in agreement.
Then the two of them split up to take action.
Hastily preparing to guard against the incoming operation of the Japanese Army Ninth Division.
Due to the Japanese Army’s reinforcements arriving so quickly,
it immediately disrupted all the 19th Route Army’s combat deployments,
necessitating an immediate new combat deployment to guard against even worse situations that might follow.
For the 19th Route Army, which has always dared to fight desperately against the Japanese Army, even knowing the enemy was strong and they were weak, they still unhesitatingly continued to hold fast to their positions, absolutely refusing to retreat.
Because behind them were thousands of Shanghai citizens, all innocent, unarmed ordinary people who could not withstand the Japanese Army’s brutal slaughter.
