Should Pukien receive from one source or another a good supply of ammunition, another retreat may be ordered, notwithstanding the counter attack of Sunday. This new line would then eliminate the apex mentioned above and run straight from Huangtu with a slight bulge at the rails, to Minghong, bringing the battle to withia eight miles of the Arsenal. A competent military man observed on Sunday, that, if the southerners have as mich as 500 rounds apiece, Marshal Lu will be forced to take this Tine.
On the other hand Lunghua, though outnumbered greatly, the entire Fukien army having now crossed the Huangpu, intends to operate on both flanks as one would open a pair of scissors and force back those bent on capturing Shanghai. However, the line as proposed for the last defence, would have great advantages for the defenders, as it is close to Shanghai and the base of supplies and a good road, which has in no small measure been the reason for their success, just behind the trenches (should there be any), runs from behind Huangtu to' the vailway—men and supplies could thei be transported easily.
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