Chapter 219 Falling Stars
"Yoxi! Immediately call the Aviation Brigade to bomb, and these Chinese troops must not escape easily!"
After listening to the information, Yanagawa Heisuke was immediately delighted. Finally, good news came in. He immediately commanded the troops to launch a full-scale attack on Songe Castle!
At this time, Wang Gongyan, Wu Keren and Wu Tonggang led the remnants to Baihe Port on the junction of Qingpu and Kunshan!
Baihe Port is northwest of Qingpu, and is the only way to get to Kunshan. It is also the road through which the 67th Army passed when it arrived four days ago. The river was nearly 200 meters wide, but the bridge had been blown up by Japanese planes.
There were many people huddled by the bridge, and it was very chaotic. At this time, the enemy planes were still hovering at the bridge, sometimes bombing and shooting down the retreating Chinese officers and soldiers from all directions on the south bank.
"Hey, just four days apart, our more than 20,000 brothers have less than 3,000 people left!"
Wu Keren stood at the bridge and looked at the wide river surface, and couldn't help but recall the situation when he led his troops to march through Baihe Port!
"Yes! This battle was so fierce! The brothers almost fought all the battle! Now the Japanese planes are still bombing all the way, so they don't leave us a way to survive. This battle is really cowardly!"
Wu Tonggang, chief of staff of the 67th Army, had red eyes, his heart was filled with hatred and aggrievance, and many brothers of life and death were gone!
After only two days of bloody battle with the Japanese, the number of people killed more than 20,000 people was killed. This is undoubtedly the darkest and most tragic battle since the establishment of the 67th Army!
"Xiao Dongzi, go ahead and ask the brothers who build the bridge to hurry up. The Japanese may have already chased after him!"
Wu Keren looked at the rear worriedly, fearing that the Japanese troops would suddenly appear, and that the 67th Army would be left with this tinder of fire, and that the 67th Army would no longer be able to withstand the tossing!
"Okay! Military seat!"
A torn Hu Dong immediately walked forward.
However, at this moment, a sharp shell roared from the sky, and an Japanese dive bomber rushed down from a high altitude!
At the same time, the machine guns on the plane also sprayed out long flames, and a long series of caliber ammunition tilted out!
Bang, as soon as Hu Dong walked a few meters away, a loud bang came from behind, and then a huge impact suddenly rushed him out!
"Ahem!!"
After a while, Hu Dong rushed to the ground and got up in dizzy mood. Then he turned around and saw a huge bomb crater that had been occupied by Wu Keren and Wu Tonggang, and smoke kept rising up!
And Wu Keren and Wu Tonggang are both gone!
"Ah, Chief of Staff!"
Hu Dong was shocked and rushed over and rushed into the crater!
Wu Tonggang's whole body was burnt black and completely lifeless, and Wu Keren's condition was not much better. Several wounds were shocking and smoke was still rising on his clothes!
"Have awake, wait!"
Hu Dong crawled to Wu Keren in a heartbroken manner and carefully helped him up. He saw that half of Wu Keren's face was burned!
"Little Dongzi!"
Wu Keren barely opened his eyes, turned his head with great difficulty and looked at Wu Tonggang who was lying not far away and said, "Go and see the Chief of Staff!"
Hu Dong cried and said, "The Chief of Staff has died heroically!"
"Hey! The general is bound to be killed in the battle!"
Wu Keren sighed lightly, then used his last bit of strength to grab Hu Dong's hand and said, "Xiao Dongzi, I can't do it anymore!
Remember my words, you must take your living brothers back to the Northeast in your lifetime! Even if you are the only one left in our 67th Army, you must be taken back to your hometown!..."
"No, the military throne! Our 67th Army cannot be without you!"
Hu Dong burst into tears, pulling Wu Keren's hand hard and shouted loudly: "Medical soldier! Medical soldier! Hurry up, come! Wuwu, come!..."
"Xiao Dongzi, stop shouting, it's useless!"
Wu Keren shook his head and used his last bit of strength to roar at the sky: "There is no coward in our 67th Army, and there is no coward in our Northeast Army! We, no, coward!"
?After yelling at the last word, Wu Keren tilted his head and swallowed his last breath.
However, the pair of tiger eyes were still wide open and staring straight at the northeast direction!
"Military! Don't worry, as long as one of us lives, we will fight back to our hometown in Northeast China! Kill all the Japanese! Our Northeast Army will never have a coward!"
Hu Dong faced Wu Keren's heavy promise in tears, and then gently wiped Wu Keren's face with his trembling right hand. Wu Keren's wide-open eyes finally closed.
"Brothers! Build the bridge quickly! We must not let the military captains, the chief of staff and all brothers die in vain! We will definitely fight back to our hometown in Northeast China alive!"
After gently putting down Wu Keren, Hu Dong picked up a machine gun and fired wildly at the Japanese plane flying all over the sky, only to regret that he was powerless to turn the sky back!
In order to gain more time for the main force to retreat, the 67th Army of the Northeast Army fought with the Japanese invaders in Songjiang for three days. Almost all the money of the 67th Army was involved, and more than half of the 43rd Army and local security team were injured or killed.
Wu Keren, commander of the 67th Army, Wu Tonggang, chief of staff of the 67th Army, Deng Yuzhuo, chief of staff of the 107th Division, Liu Qiwen, commander of the 322nd Brigade, and Xia Shuxun, commander of the 324th Brigade, five generals, star Xun, fall. Wu Keren is the highest-ranking general in the middle rank of those who died in the Battle of Songhu!
As for the officers and soldiers below the 67th Legion, it is difficult to calculate.
The main thing that remained in the Songjiang Battle was He Kui, who did not participate in the Battle of Songjiang Battle because of illness, and the 67th Army left by the 67th Army.
They later retreated to Wuyuan, Anhui, and received more than 3,000 remnants by December.
After the Battle of Shanghai, the 67th Army was unable to replenish its troops due to serious casualties and injuries. The number of the army was cancelled and its subordinate troops were organized into the 25th Army Wang Jingjiu's troops!
The Japanese cabinet had concerns about expanding the war against China, so the Japanese General Staff stipulated that the line from Suzhou to Jiaxing was a restricted line (i.e. the Sujia Line), and the Japanese army must not cross it.
In this way, Nanjing was drawn out of the front line.
But for the upper generals of the 10th Army (including Tanisuo), who were blinded by victory, this restriction is intolerable.
After occupying Songjiang, the commander of the 10th Army, Heisuke Yanagawa and Tanisuo, decided to break free from the "reins" after conspiracy. The group of madmen pursued Nanjing alone with their staff headquarters!
On November 8, the Third War Zone issued an order for a full transfer, but the retreat route was only the Beijing-Shanghai Railway and several highways!
Hundreds of thousands of troops were walking along the line, and refugees were surrounded by them. They would encounter air strikes at any time. There were pursuers. It was impossible for each unit to maintain its establishment and eat normally. The Great Retreat of Songhu once again turned into a catastrophic escape!
On November 11, the Japanese army advanced to the banks of the Suzhou River, and the troops in Nanshi and Pudong, which were responsible for cover missions, were ordered to withdraw from the position.
On the same day, Shanghai Mayor Yu Hongjun issued a letter to the citizens, proclaiming the fall of Shanghai, the largest metropolis in the Far East!
Since Jinshan County, Songjiang and Fengjing Town were occupied by the Japanese army and turned into an occupied area, Yang Fan naturally could not retreat along the highway route in a swagger, and could only walk the country road!
Chapter completed!