Since Yu Hongjun announced the fall of Shanghai, the Japanese people living in Shanghai, the Japanese living in the Northeast, and even those still living on the small islands all cheered.

In their opinion, their dedication had not been in vain, and their sacrifices had finally been rewarded.

Being able to defeat and trample on the empire they once admired and yearned for fully satisfied their inner vanity.

It also fulfilled their long-desired great power image.

In the East of this era, Shanghai was the largest international metropolis, and being able to occupy this city inflated the ambitions of all Japanese people.

Riding on the wave of victory, Doihara Kenji visited Zhang Xiaolin, and the two sides discussed matters that had been discussed before.

They held enthusiastic and friendly exchanges and reached a final agreement.

Zhang Xiaolin finally took this substantive step. He not only agreed to help the Japanese stabilize the situation in Shanghai in the coming days, but also stepped forward to call on all walks of life in Shanghai to "coexist and prosper" with the Japanese, and provide food, cotton, coal, and medicine for the upcoming war.

After achieving great success with Zhang Xiaolin, Doihara Kenji came to Du Mansion again to seek an audience with Du Yuesheng.

However, he was once again told that Mr. Du was not in.

Doihara Kenji ran to Huang Mansion to seek an audience with Huang Jinrong, but was told that Boss Huang was unwell and could not receive guests.

Having been turned away twice in a row, Doihara Kenji left disappointed, having arrived full of enthusiasm.

Unwilling to give up, Doihara Kenji stationed a company of soldiers outside both Huang Mansion and Du Mansion.

He wanted to teach these two Shanghai tycoons a lesson.

After the eleventh, three Japanese banks, Mitsubishi Bank, Dai-ichi Bank, and Taihe Bank, simultaneously began to strictly investigate withdrawal receipts.

Seeing that this kind of no-cost, high-profit business could no longer be done,

the decision was made to leave Shanghai for Hong Kong. This had been decided long ago.

It was just that the original plan was to leave before the Japanese occupied Shanghai, but now he was leaving after the Japanese had occupied Shanghai.

When Du Yuesheng left Shanghai, the hundreds of agents that Doihara Kenji had arranged outside Du Mansion watched as the hundreds of people inside Du Mansion walked out.

No one dared to step forward to stop them.

Zhang Xiaolin knew that although Huang Jinrong was still living in Shanghai, he was claiming illness and was unwilling to work for the Japanese no matter what.

In the past few days, he had been worried about Du Yuesheng still being in Shanghai. What if he suddenly changed his mind and also worked for the Japanese?

He would be behind him again.

Now that he knew that Du Yuesheng had left with the people from Du Mansion,

he was extremely happy and ignored Doihara Kenji's request for him to send someone to keep Du Yuesheng behind.

With the boss and second-in-command of the Shanghai's Big Three no longer in charge, Zhang Xiaolin finally rose to prominence.

Director Pan had been very busy these days, having to rush to the bank to withdraw money every day, and also having to busy himself with acquiring arms.

Those weapons that the National Revolutionary Army soldiers had abandoned when they retreated were picked up by the common people.

They were quietly sent to some peddlers who traveled from village to village in exchange for some copper coins to spend.

Director Pan was not only acquiring these weapons, but also searching for talent.

Those soldiers who had become separated from the main force were being guided, one by one, to take off their obviously distinctive clothing.

They were replaced with ordinary people's clothes.

In a few days, the person in charge that Director Pan had arranged in the suburbs had collected nearly a thousand such soldiers.

Director Pan now had money in hand, and the warehouses in the four directions of the public concession were now piled high with grain and cloth.

But such a thousand people needed someone to lead them.

If they were just dismissed like that, without anyone saying anything, Director Pan would be the first to disagree.

If these people were organized, they could be called a regiment.

It was just that these people no longer had the morale they had when they first arrived on the battlefield.

They needed a strong leader.

The first person that Director Pan thought of was Lin Fan.

He knew that Lin Fan was leading the Special Forces Company in Jiaxing, at the forefront of the war of resistance.

It was just that Lin Fan was not his direct subordinate, so Director Pan could only propose his idea to his superiors.

Moreover, Director Pan clearly proposed that this team could be called the Southern Jiangsu Guerrilla Column.

His proposal was quickly approved: Agreed!

Now they were just waiting for the Special Forces Company to withdraw from the battlefield.

On the morning of November 16, 1937, when Lin Fan led the Special Forces Company to retreat to Linping, he turned on the radio and received this suggestion: It was suggested that the Special Forces Company go to the suburbs of Shanghai to receive a team of thousands of defeated soldiers.

Establish a Southern Jiangsu Guerrilla Force and carry out guerrilla warfare on the spot.

Lin Fan thought: This was the first suggestion his superiors had given him.

He knew that this was actually a test.

Testing whether he could listen to the organization and follow the organization.

But he really wanted to go to the Jiangyin Fortress. He liked the anti-aircraft guns on the fortress.

And he also knew that after the fall of the Jiangyin Fortress, none of those cannons were transferred, although they were destroyed.

But it still gave the Japanese military industry department inspiration, allowing their domestic anti-aircraft gun design to advance a big step forward.

Lin Fan asked Li Xian to convene a collective organizational meeting of the entire company.

At the meeting, Li Xian conveyed the suggestions issued by his superiors.

Hearing that there was a team of thousands of people in the suburbs of Shanghai waiting for the Special Forces Company to incorporate them, everyone became excited.

Everyone discussed with each other: Before coming here, they all had their own small teams.

Now here, they all started as ordinary soldiers, although this was arranged by the organization.

But everyone's ideas were always different.

Now that there was such an opportunity to expand the team, these comrades all saw the opportunity.

And through these days of fighting with the Japanese, they also discovered that many people in the National Revolutionary Army had gone missing.

Among these missing people, many had deserted.

These were all people who could be worked on and allowed to join their team.

Only when the sea recedes does the hero emerge!

Now this situation was the time for everyone to show their abilities.

Lin Fan cleared his throat and suppressed the heated discussion: "When we set off from Jiangyin, my plan was this:

We are here to help guard the Jiashan line, so that the main force of the National Revolutionary Army can retreat back.

Now my goal has been achieved.

Next, we will rush back to Jiangyin Fortress.

There are anti-aircraft guns there that can give the Japanese the biggest blow.

And I also plan to take all four anti-aircraft guns with us when the National Revolutionary Army retreats.

This requires a lot of manpower, and our 160 people are not enough."

Niu Dongxing asked: "The Jiangyin Fortress will not agree to take away four anti-aircraft guns from the Jiangyin Fortress Command."

Lin Fan said with a smile: "They will not agree now, but they will agree when there is no other way.

Rather than destroying the cannons and leaving them to the Japanese, it is better to give them to us."

Li Xian thought for a moment: "How many people are needed?"

Lin Fan said: "At least 600 people and four vehicles.

I estimate that there are vehicles inside the fortress. We only need to prepare in advance.

When the troops are defeated, these vehicles must be protected."

Li Xian continued to ask: "How do we go after we get the four cannons?"

Lin Fan said firmly: "Go to Nanjing! Participate in the Battle of Nanjing."

"And then?"

"After these four cannons follow us to fight the Battle of Nanjing, we will turn around and enter the Southern Jiangsu area to establish a base."

While Lin Fan and Li Xian were discussing, the other thirty-nine members present were all listening quietly.

When they heard the company commander's ambitions, they were all stunned: When these people were fighting guerrilla warfare, a machine gun was already a treasure.

The company commander was single-mindedly thinking about anti-aircraft guns, and he wanted four of them.

The team of nearly a thousand people in another direction, these people wanted it.

Everyone wanted the four anti-aircraft guns too.

They were all adults, and they did not do multiple-choice questions: They wanted them all!

The eyes of thirty-nine people all turned to Li Xian.

Li Xian thought for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Let's report to our superiors.

Report our next thoughts and listen to what our superiors have to say.

When do you think we can leave Nanjing?"

Lin Fan said without hesitation: "The thirteenth of next month!"

There were many connotations in this sentence, and everyone was shocked.

Li Xian asked in disbelief: "The thirteenth of next month? The National Revolutionary Army can't even hold on for a month?"

Lin Fan smiled bitterly. He could not say it: A team without morale and without fighting spirit was completely without combat effectiveness.

When Lin Fan sent out the telegram drafted by Li Xian, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now it was up to his superiors to decide.

In the entire Special Forces Company, only Lin Fan could send and receive telegrams, so all telegrams could only be sent and received by him.

The telegram was sent out, and everyone was waiting for a reply.

Li Desheng looked at the telegram sent by the Special Forces Company, with the inscription of the Special Forces Branch.

He said with a smile: "Li Xian's work is still effective."

He handed the telegram out: "Old Chief, take a look!"

The Old Chief finished reading the telegram and handed it down again.

After this telegram was circulated among five people, Li Desheng asked with a smile: "Let's talk about our views!"

The Old Chief said: "Judging from previous judgments, Lin Fan has not made any mistakes.

He had long proposed that Japan had established the Tenth Army and was going to land from Hangzhou Bay.

The Japanese really did what he said.

Now he proposes that Nanjing will be occupied by the Japanese on the thirteenth of next month.

If this is the case, the anti-war situation is not good!

As for his current plan to go to Jiangyin Fortress to assist in the defense, I think, the defense is true, and plotting for those cannons is also true."

Enlai said with a smile: "We still have to have ideals, in case they are realized.

During these days, we have already seen that Comrade Lin Fan is very good at firing cannons.

If he has a few cannons in his hands, it can indeed greatly increase the strength of the entire team.

Besides, if we don't want these cannons, they will be given to the Japanese for nothing.

Therefore, I think this matter is worth doing.

As for the thousands of people in the suburbs of Shanghai.

Let Director Pan find a way to delay it for a month, and it will not be too late to receive them after Lin Fan and the others free up their hands."

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

"Then send a telegram back: Agreed!" Li Desheng ordered with a smile.

He pondered and stood up: "The loss of Nanjing will have a very big impact on the enthusiasm of the soldiers and civilians to resist the war!

The pessimistic sentiment that the Japanese are invincible now has a large market in the country.

We cannot allow this pessimistic sentiment to occupy the mainstream view of the war. We must find a way to reverse this situation."

Enlai said with a smile: "Comrade Desheng! It is time to pick up your pen and point out a road to resist the war for the people of the whole country."

"It's time! People's hearts cannot be scattered. All 400 million people must be united, think in one place, and exert their strength in one place." The Old Chief also said with a smile.

They had never doubted the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

Their belief in victory still needed to be written down and made known to people from all walks of life across the country.

And everyone also needed to know the reasons, which was a difficult problem.

If they wanted everyone to understand the principle of the inevitable victory of the Anti-Japanese War, they needed to point out all the advantages and disadvantages of both the enemy and ourselves, and explain them clearly with undeniable principles.

This was an arduous task.

The few people present saw that Li Desheng was deep in thought, and they all tiptoed out of his yard.

Leaving him alone, thinking quietly here.

Lin Fan, who received the reply telegram, breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered: "Prepare the whole company, leave Linping in the afternoon and go to Jiangyin."

Li Xian smiled: "Company Commander Lin, don't you think you are still short of some people?

What do you think of those soldiers from the One Two Eight Division?"

Lin Fan immediately understood what he meant: "These people are all good soldiers, courageous, powerful, and obedient.

They just have worse weapons."

Li Xian said: "Is it okay for us to take a group of them away when we leave?"

Lin Fan was embarrassed: "Digging people's walls like this will get us beaten.

Besides, Commander Gu has been very kind to us!"

Li Xian said with a smile: "There are already many of our people in this division. If we talk to Commander Gu, he should be able to agree.

After all, this division will definitely be replenished after returning."

Thinking of the soldiers of this division wielding their broadswords and slashing at the heads of the Japanese, thinking of the division commander, brigade commander, and regimental commander all personally going to the battlefield to kill the enemy,

Lin Fan of course knew the soldiers who came out of this team.

He said embarrassedly: "I'll mention it to Commander Gu! If he agrees, I'll take the people away. If he doesn't agree, then forget it."

When Lin Fan found Gu Jiaqi: "Division Commander!"

He couldn't say the following words.

Gu Jiaqi looked at Lin Fan and said with a smile: "Company Commander Lin, just say what you have to say!

When we were in Jiaxing City, all the friendly troops left, but you didn't leave.

Now we are already in the rear. There is no banquet in the world that does not end.

Those who should leave still have to leave.

The sky is high and the water is long, we will meet again if we are destined!

We will continue to retreat to the rear."

Lin Fan finally said: "Division Commander! I came from Jiangyin Fortress, just to resist the war and fight the Japanese.

Now I am indeed leaving, going to Jiangyin Fortress to continue fighting the Japanese."

Gu Jiaqi looked at Lin Fan: "Gu admires Company Commander Lin's patriotism!

You have been fighting on the front line of the Anti-Japanese War after so many twists and turns. You are truly a model for soldiers of our generation!

Company Commander Lin, don't worry, just say anything. The One Two Eight Division will support you with all our strength if we can.

If we can't support you, I will also sell my old face and ask people everywhere to pave the way for Company Commander Lin."

Lin Fan was even more embarrassed, but he couldn't help but say it: "Division Commander should have seen that my company is a red company.

This time I'm going to Jiangyin, but I still have too few people. I want to take the people from the organization away from your division.

In addition, my company's mortar shells have all been used up this time, and I need to replenish some to prevent accidents on the road."

Gu Jiaqi pondered for a while: "How many people do you need approximately? How many shells?"

"Five hundred people. At least one hundred, at most two thousand."

Five hundred people was one-fifth of the entire One Two Eight Division now.

Gu Jiaqi looked at Lin Fan: "I'll give you half of my troops, one thousand people, but the weapons in the hands of these soldiers are only rifles, and they are the kind that we made ourselves in Phoenix City.

I have to keep the good weapons.

The One Two Eight Division also needs seeds.

I don't have any shells here, but there are many teams in Linping now.

It's no problem to go to them and get some, but two thousand is definitely impossible."

Lin Fan was extremely happy: "How should I thank Commander Gu?"

"It's all for the country, for the Anti-Japanese War. It's too much to say thank you." Gu Jiaqi said with a smile.

Lin Fan thought for a while: "I owe Commander Gu a favor. If we meet again in the future, I will definitely repay you."

Gu Jiaqi asked: "When are you leaving?"

"This afternoon!"

"Then when are you going to lead the troops?"

"Now!"

Gu Jiaqi directly assigned all the soldiers from the Seventh Sixty-Third and Seventh Sixty-Fourth Regiments to Lin Fan.

The casualties of the cadres of these two regiments were heavy. From the regimental commander and battalion commander to the company commander and platoon leader, most of them were either sacrificed or seriously injured.

The entire establishment was almost dispersed.

The more than one hundred people in the Special Forces Company suddenly became more than one thousand people.

A company was obviously not suitable.

Lin Fan discussed with Li Xian and decided to reorganize the entire Special Forces Company into a column.

It was called the Special Forces Column, and it was divided into eight detachments.

As before in Jiangyin, the 1,200 people from the One Two Eight Division were divided into 150 people for each squad.

Fair and reasonable!

No bullying!

This matter was a great surprise to Chen Sichuan, Liu Laopao and the other squad leaders.

They never thought that in less than a month, they, who were originally deserters, would now have a team of more than one hundred people under their command.

The soldiers under their command were of course also happy to see that the Special Forces Company had suddenly become so big: There must be many people to fight, and the same is true for war.

More people mean power!

This time, during the reorganization, Lin Fan asked Li Xian to directly equip each detachment with an instructor.

At the same time, as before, each detachment was divided into eight squads, and the number of people in each squad was evenly divided.

Each squad was also equipped with two squad leaders, one official and one deputy, just like the detachments.

The newly integrated soldiers were all ordinary soldiers. Their officers had either sacrificed or been injured on the battlefield, or had been transferred by Commander Gu to other regiments.

In this Battle of Jiashan, the One Two Eight Division suffered heavy casualties, and the casualties of officers were higher than those of soldiers.

Even such a simple reorganization of the Special Forces Company took a full three hours.

Lin Fan had wanted to leave at 1:00 p.m., but had to postpone it.