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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 436 Eliminating the Remaining Enemies

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    Chapter 436: Eliminating the remaining enemies

    The Japanese army's firepower was hard to shake. Finally, Chang Feng creatively used an anti-tank gun. He peeled off cocoons and attacked a little bit of it to create a gap. Wang Xu, who probably invented it, never dreamed that this gun would be used.  It can still be used in this way. He followed the same method and blasted three more Japanese firepower points. Immediately, Chang Feng mobilized all mortars and Type 92 infantry guns to concentrate the shelling along the gap.

    This is a bit like the piping surge of a long embankment, which means that the raging current is invisible, but at the bottom of the embankment, the impact range is quietly expanding. At a certain critical point, the seemingly solid embankment will eventually collapse.

    The seemingly indestructible Japanese stronghold was finally penetrated in the strongest section. As the scope of the bombardment became larger and larger, a spacious passage was opened, and the troops rushed along the concrete debris everywhere.  , a passage mixed with the fragmented corpses of Japanese Marines, passed through the billowing smoke, and rushed into the Japanese stronghold in Hongkou. A battalion commander rushed at the front, waving a sharp machete in his hand.

    The troops broke into the solid stronghold occupied by the Japanese army in Hongkou. Chang Feng breathed a sigh of relief and his expression became calm. There was no suspense. The rest of the battle was much easier. Anti-tank guns were more effective in conquering solid fortifications.  Chang Feng left a distinct impression on his mind. In the future, similar tough battles would be unavoidable. He began to think seriously about how to avoid greater casualties in the troops.

    After the war, based on the example of the Battle of Hongkou on the Songhu battlefield, he suggested that the Special Equipment Research Institute develop a direct-fire heavy weapon that is easy to carry by an individual soldier and can be equipped to an infantry platoon. It can be used to destroy the strong fortresses of the Japanese army, especially heavy artillery.  Blind spots that cannot be covered.

    Chang Feng's suggestion aroused Tang Qiuli's great attention. He thought of the recoilless rifles and rocket launchers of later generations, which were sharp weapons for clearing out the strongholds of the defenders at fixed points. This gave rise to the idea of ????which was later equipped to the army platoons of the ** division.  First-class, standard direct-aiming weapon rocket launcher. Later, the artillery towers invented by Okamura Neji were spread all over the North China Plain.

    The small detachment of the ** Division used this kind of rocket launcher to turn the gun towers into living coffins for burying Japanese garrison troops. It once set a record of clearing more than a thousand Japanese gun towers overnight, causing great harm to the Japanese.  They had to retreat to the central cities along the railway line, leaving the vast countryside to the Eighth Route Army troops who were good at guerrilla warfare.

    After the troops entered Hongkou, the Japanese Marine Corps fell into chaos. Under the command of the Japanese commander, the Japanese soldiers held 38-guns with bright bayonets and howled towards the soldiers. The soldiers of the Japanese Marine Corps  We, hand-to-hand combat training is not a key subject, so even though we carry machetes behind our backs, we are too lazy to use them. We hold our submachine guns straight, and a squad of soldiers forms a battle formation. There is a burst of fire, and the Japanese corpses are laid out layer by layer.  All over the ground.

    The remaining Japanese soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and the Chinese people's conscience was greatly damaged. Those who did not know how to use bayonets and those who fired guns got into the fortifications one after another, but all the firepower points were shot holes opened to the outside.  There was no place to shoot in. The soldiers were happy and hid in the turtle shell?

    Three or four grenades were tied into a bundle, and one grenade exploded into the door. Before the smoke had cleared, the cluster grenade was thrown in. There was a muffled sound here, a burst of fire somewhere, Hongkou Japanese Marine Corps Base, hunk of concrete fragments  However, the lu¨¤n was flying, and the Japanese troops were crowded together in small groups, which brought great convenience to the troops to concentrate on destroying them. The soldiers felt relieved, and they finally came out to suppress the bird spirit in their hearts.

    After more than an hour of fighting, only a thousand of the nearly 20,000 Japanese troops retreated into a strong basement to resist, refusing to hand over their guns. The rest were wiped out on the spot. In the lingering smoke, gunshots everywhere  Concrete fragments, mixed with fragments of dark blue uniforms of the Japanese Marine Corps, and bloody Japanese corpses.

    The large door in the basement was made of who knows what material. It was extremely strong. More than twenty grenades were used in succession, but no cracks were opened. Instead, twenty were injured by bullets fired from unknown sources.  Several soldiers, looking at this, would probably have to chew on them for a long time even with anti-tank guns.

    A battalion commander led the remaining 200 or so soldiers and rushed to the front, chasing the Japanese troops and watching them retreat into the basement. Six or seven of the injured soldiers were his subordinates.  I was running around anxiously, feeling that the fire in my heart had not been vented yet, and at a glance I saw a high stack of oil barrels piled in a large bunker.

    He led the soldiers to run over, snorting the pungent smell of gasoline, which almost knocked him over. This thing is a good thing. He directed the soldiers to open the caps of fifty or sixty barrels of gasoline and move them along the slope.  Rolling to the large door in the basement, the gurgling gasoline flowed into the basement along the cracks in the door. I could vaguely hear panicked shouts in Japanese coming from the basement.

    A grenade was thrown over, and immediately, there was a "boom"Under the fire, a raging fire burned, and screams suddenly sounded in the basement. The commander of the first battalion silently took off his military cap, and the remaining soldiers of the first battalion also took off their military caps. More than 600 comrades who died in the battle,  Brothers, I sacrificed the lives of more than a thousand little devils to pay homage to you. I hope your heroic spirits can see this.

    At 0:30 a.m. on August 19, the Hongkou Base of the Japanese Marine Corps in Shanghai was captured by the Sulu Mobile Corps. Not a single one of the more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers survived. From January 28, 1931,  From that day on, the Japanese Marine Corps, which had been entrenched here for six years, was wiped out and became the remnants of history. An evil sword in Shanghai was uprooted and thrown into the long river of history.

    Chang Feng completed the task half an hour earlier than the time specified by Tang Qiusheng. He immediately gathered his troops. An infantry brigade went along Hongkou to attack the Chuansha River mouth and Shizilin area. An infantry brigade set out from Hongkou to attack Wusong area.  Advance, eliminate the remaining enemies who dare to resist along the way, and after entering the designated location, build fortifications on the spot to counterattack Matsui Iwane's Shanghai Expeditionary Army troops who came from the Japanese mainland and were preparing to land in this direction.

    Chang Feng personally led the artillery brigade and anti-tank gun detachment to reinforce the Ninth Group Army. In the direction of Yangshupu, the sound of gunfire was still fierce. When Chang Feng led the troops to arrive, General Zhang Zhizhong was furious at the three division commanders, using five  Tens of thousands of elite troops were unable to attack Yangshupu, which was defended by only 8,000 Japanese marines for a long time. Instead, the troops suffered more than 5,000 casualties.

    The Ninth Group Army encountered the same problem as Chang Feng. Yangshupu is the location of the Japanese Marine Corps headquarters in Shanghai. After more than six years of hard work, it has become a solid combat fortress with thick concrete and steel fortifications.  It is said that it can withstand a direct hit from an aerial bomb of more than 500 pounds.

    Although the Ninth Group Army is the direct force of the old man and the elite of the Central Army, it cannot compare with the powerful artillery fire equipped by the perverted Tang Qiuli to the Sulu Mobile Corps. Moreover, among the field units affiliated to the ** Division, the artillery  The ratio far exceeded that of any Chinese army at the time.

    When General Zhang Zhizhong saw the young Colonel Chang Feng walking into the headquarters, he knew that the stronghold in Hongkou had been chewed off by this young man commanding more than 30,000 troops. The look of anger on his face became even stronger. Originally, General Zhang was motivated by  With good intentions, they have to bear the heavy responsibility of attacking Hongkou. There are more than 20,000 Japanese troops there, while there are only more than 8,000 Japanese troops in the direction of Yangshupu. In comparison, it is clear that the burden is heavier.

    Besides, the first battle in Songhu was fought against Vice Chairman Tang¡¯s troops. It¡¯s not easy to let other troops chew hard bones. The casualties were too high. It would be difficult to explain when they met in the future, but they were politely rejected by Chief of Staff Chang.  , the troops have been deployed, it is not easy to temporarily change the main attack target, which may cause chaos, these are Chang Feng's original words.

    General Zhang Zhizhong attacked Yangshupu with a competitive mentality. Vice Chairman Tang's troops can fight, and our Central Army troops are not just for food. Who would have known that at the beginning of the attack, the defending Japanese troops used heavy rain as densely as heavy rain.  Machine gun bullets and locust-like artillery shells weaved a fire net of death on the path of the troops' charge. The three regiments involved in the attack suffered most of their casualties and had to withdraw. The corpses of the Central Army officers and soldiers were covered with the attacking battlefield.  the way.

    Zhang Zhizhong was horrified, and quickly mobilized the artillery regiment. There was a fierce bombardment, firing more than a thousand artillery shells. Logically speaking, the small Yangshupu should also be bombed. He attacked again, but the Japanese army's firepower density did not weaken at all.  The shelling had no effect. The Japanese fortifications were as indestructible as copper poured into iron.

    The artillery bombardment, this time more than 2,000 artillery shells were fired, and the army's attack was beaten back. This was repeated several times, and the artillery regiment's artillery shells were almost exhausted. It did not shake the Japanese stronghold. Instead, the troops suffered a lot of casualties. Finally,  Organize a death squad of more than a thousand people, and each person will have five cluster grenades. Even if you use a mass of people, you still have to explode this turtle shell.

    The rain of bullets from the Japanese army was so tight that none of the death squads survived. The nearest one was only more than eighty meters away from the outskirts of the Japanese stronghold. Such a short distance turned into a death zone. From time to time, cluster grenades on soldiers were exploded.  , the scene of soldiers' corpses flying bloody made General Zhang Zhi's face livid.

    He had to issue an order to suspend the attack. The sound of gunfire in the direction of Hongkou had gradually subsided. The Ninth Army was helpless. How could Zhang Zhizhong not be annoyed? If possible, he wanted to lead the charge himself. Several division commanders were also anxious.  This is the first time they have encountered a fortification that cannot be exploded by artillery shells. They are all veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time. They know very well that in this situation, even if more than 50,000 people from the Ninth Army are packed into it, they will not be able to attack it.  Not coming down.

    When Chang Feng saw the atmosphere in Zhang Zhizhong's headquarters, he understood what was going on. The results of the Ninth Group Army could be inferred from the experiences of his own troops. Soldiers are eager to win, especially people like Zhang Zhizhong.  Famous generals, fifty thousand versus eight thousandAfter being unable to attack for a long time, there were a lot of casualties. Of course, in front of the juniors, Chang Feng's face was uneasy. Chang Feng's expression was as usual, without any trace of pride.

    It is just a solemn report that Chang Feng, Chief of Staff of the Tenth Army, is at the disposal of General Zhang on the orders of the commander, General Tang Qiusheng.

    To be continued

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