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- Chapter 443: Calm North China
The sound of killing was loud and the army flags were hunting. Song Xilian's 36th Division came to support. Compared with Liao Lei's 87th Division, Song Xilian suffered much less pressure. There were no Japanese tanks in front of his position. All , the Thirty-sixth Division fought relatively easily. After repelling many Japanese attacks, Song Xilian still had a complete brigade of reserves in his hands that had not been used.
The serious situation that occurred in the 87th Division made Song Xilian's head "bang". The 36th Division was the left defensive force of the 87th Division, and the positions abandoned by the 276th Brigade were in the defensive positions of the two divisions. At the junction, Song Xilian realized the seriousness of the problem. The last line of defense of the Eighty-seventh Division could not stop the fierce attacks of Japanese tanks and infantry. The Eighty-seventh Division was finished, and the Thirty-sixth Division had no good results. Everyone is finished together.
Before he could ask Zhang Zhizhong for instructions, he immediately brought a brigade reserve to support him. The heavy artillery regiment of the Tenth Army also killed the Japanese tanks. Song Xilian seized the opportunity and the soldiers of the Thirty-sixth Division crossed the trenches and rushed towards the enemy. The bruised and exhausted Japanese army, with the addition of this new force, finally overwhelmed the Japanese army, which had lost all its energy.
The Central Army pushed the Japanese troops all the way to the sea before withdrawing their troops and returning to their positions. This day was called the most painful and fierce day since the Songhu Battle. A total of more than 50,000 Japanese soldiers fell on the Wusong, Chuanshahekou, and Shizilin lines. At the front of the Chinese garrison position, a tank regiment was completely wiped out, and two heavy artillery brigades lost more than half. Matsui Iwane's Shanghai Expeditionary Army was killed with blood flowing everywhere, corpses strewn in the fields, and their vitality was severely damaged.
Chang Feng's troops of the Chinese garrison's Ninth Army and Tenth Army also paid a heavy price. The Central Army suffered more than 36,000 casualties, but Liao Lei's 87th Division suffered more than 15,000 casualties. , it can be said that the 87th Division was crippled. Changfeng supported the heavy artillery regiment in the direction of Shizilin, losing 21 men of heavy artillery, 461 soldiers killed, and the entire anti-tank gun unit was wiped out.
At this cost, we fought for three days and killed more than 100,000 Japanese troops. If it weren't for the scum of the 276th Brigade Commander, it could be said to be a complete victory.
At the headquarters of the Ninth Group Army, Zhang Zhizhong's face was terrifyingly serious, and his eyes were full of anger. The brigade commander who escaped was detained by the military police in five bundles. He stood dejectedly in the conference room. He didn't seem to be too scared. After hearing the news that the commander of the 276th Brigade of the 87th Division had abandoned his position and fled, Zhang Zhizhong smashed the tea cup in anger and immediately ordered the Military Justice Department to send a squadron of military police to chase him to the ends of the earth to capture this scum.
The escaping brigade commander had already seen the high-rise buildings in Shanghai. Before he could take a step forward, he was overtaken by the military police. His guard platoon wanted to use force, but the military police shot the platoon leader and several squad leaders to death on the spot. The guy and his men were captured with great restraint.
Zhang Zhizhong held this meeting specifically to deal with this brigade commander. A staff officer who knew what was going on secretly told him that this person had some connections. He was a distant nephew of Chen Guofu, the head of the Central Organization Department of the Kuomintang, and could go to the 87th Division. Minister Chen recommended him to become a major general brigade commander. The division commander Liao Lei was a fellow countryman of Minister Chen, and the relationship was very complicated.
Liao Lei's face was horribly pale and his expression was sluggish. On the one hand, he was bleeding too much and had not yet recovered. More importantly, something so embarrassing happened to his subordinates. Among the 200,000 people who participated in the war, only this guy abandoned his position and faced the battle. Running away, his heart felt like a dull pain. How could he raise his head in front of so many colleagues?
What happened was clear at a glance. This guy was a shameful deserter. Because of him, the 200,000 troops almost collapsed. Zhang Zhizhong ordered that he be dragged out and executed on the spot as a warning to all troops. The guy became anxious and shouted: "Commander Zhang, please show mercy to my uncle. If you let me go, I will be rewarded generously."
Zhang Zhizhong smiled coldly. For your uncle's sake, I will leave you a whole body. Otherwise, I will cut off your head and hang it on the gate of Shanghai to let everyone know the shameful fate of deserters. There are no scum like you in the Central Army. , General Zhang Zhizhong was pulled out and waved his hand in disgust.
This was the first major general-level officer shot dead on the Songhu battlefield. The whole army was shocked. Liao Lei, the commander of the 87th Division, asked for punishment. His subordinates became deserters. Of course, as a division commander, he has a responsibility. Zhang Zhizhong comforted him with kind words. Zhang Zhizhong already understood Liao Lei's performance on the battlefield. How could he bear to rebuke such a general? In view of the fact that the 87th Division had lost its combat effectiveness, it was transferred back to Shanghai to rest and recuperate, and additional troops were sent to replace the 87th Division. Line of defense, it is said that Liao Lei was ill for three months because of this, and said to himself from time to time, "I am not employing people properly."
At the mouth of the Yangtze River, the flagship of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, Matsui Iwane has become a little demented. His last sharp sword failed and returned. More than 100,000 soldiers will never return to Japan. There are also those tanks and heavy artillery, a series ofDefeat was like a rough boxer, hitting him so hard that he was numb with pain.
Why is this happening? He asked himself more than once whether he was careless or underestimated the enemy. Three days was enough to overturn his inherent impression of the Chinese. Is this still the China army he is familiar with? A few divisions can sweep through most of China, Matsui has always thought so.
But the ruthless reality made him painfully discover that all his experiences about this country of the sick man of East Asia were out of date. He was facing a Chinese army that was not inferior to the imperial soldiers. The war must be fought, but the strength in his hands , can we still launch a fierce offensive?
Matsui's face looked more than ten years older, like a decrepit old man who had been drained of all his vitality. He ignored the complicated looks of the generals and staff around him, staggered out, and locked himself in the cabin. , no one was allowed to disturb, the Japanese soldiers on duty discovered that the lights in the Commander¡¯s cabin had not turned off all night.
On August 26, the Japanese army did not launch an attack all day long. They fought on the beach for three full days. It was rare to be quiet. The Chinese defenders, who had a chance to breathe, seized this rare time to repair and strengthen the fortifications and replenish their ammunition. Transporting wounded soldiers and burying the bodies of Japanese soldiers, the beachhead was extremely busy with people coming and going. The blood everywhere had been washed away by the rising sea water, and the beach returned to its former cleanliness.
It's just that the Japanese reconnaissance planes kept flying over to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance. They were as annoying as green flies and couldn't hold back the anti-aircraft artillery of the Central Army's air defense regiment. After a burst of artillery shells, one of them was called down. The rest of the Japanese planes were so frightened that they disappeared. ran away.
Because the anti-aircraft artillery of the Sulu Mobile Corps Air Defense Brigade has the "Sky Eye" of the artillery sighting radar, the Japanese reconnaissance planes have already been in the target. However, Chang Feng strictly ordered not to fire. The soldiers had to look at the friendly forces shooting down the aircraft with envy. Chang Feng Feng's instinctive premonition was that Matsui could not move on the ground and had to make plans in the sky. The air defense brigade could not expose its strength, and he reported his judgment to General Zhang Zhizhong.
Since the start of the battle on the Songhu battlefield, the Japanese troops in North China have frequently dispatched large corps to launch multiple attacks on the ** division's positions. After encountering a slight blow, the Japanese troops immediately retreated and started all over again the next day. In the past few days, the Japanese army was extremely busy deploying troops and generals, leaving Pingjin three times and traveling to western and southern Hebei. From Huai'an, Yangyuan, Yuxian, and Laiyuan to Baoding, Hejian, and There were fightings on the Cangzhou front line, but they were not serious.
The enemy situation reports from each unit of the ** Division were almost the same. The Japanese army retreated immediately after the slightest contact. According to the requirements of the division headquarters, our unit stuck to the existing position and did not pursue pursuit. Tang Qiuli was furious because the Japanese army was heavily armed. The gaps between the various units were very small, and no suitable fighter planes could be found. The enemy was not good, and the troops were fortunately surrounded by the Japanese army.
In doing so, the Japanese army also had the intention of attracting themselves to North China and not being able to divide their troops to support the Songhu battlefield. However, Tang Qiuli was a little confused. The Japanese army, which had always advocated offense, had millions of troops in North China and was facing the Japanese Army. Hundreds of thousands of troops, instead of launching a large-scale attack to drive them away and disperse them, instead engage in these little tricks, the Japanese commander in North China must have water in his head, right? The thinking of the Japanese is really hard to guess with a normal person¡¯s judgment.
The plan to annihilate the Japanese army in western Hebei and southern Hebei failed, and the intention to introduce the Japanese army into the Taihang Mountains and Shanxi failed to be realized. Shanxi Commander Yan, with hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, was in a panic and just couldn't He was sent to the Hebei battlefield to share part of the pressure for Tang Qiuli. As the chairman of the Northern Army Branch, he once sent a letter to Yan Xishan and stated the interests, emphasizing that the Pingjin battlefield was actually a battle for households in Shanxi.
Tang Qiuli thought he was sincerely affectionate, but he didn't know that the man first complained about his poverty and suffered greatly. The troops had no food or clothing, lacked guns and artillery, and had not been able to pay them for several months. The soldiers had no intention of fighting, and then asked Conditions: I need this or that before I can send out some troops. He also said sourly that Vice Chairman Tang is very wealthy and the central government looks down upon him. If he wants money, he will give him money and if he wants a gun, he will give him a gun. This old man is borrowing your money. After reading the telegram, Tang Qiuli became angry and had no intention of dealing with this guy anymore.
He receives detailed information about everything about the Sulu Mobile Corps on the Songhu battlefield every day. Compared to North China, he is currently more concerned about the Songhu direction. The anti-landing battle in the Wusong area was bloody and there was no movement. The troops stationed in Hangzhou Bay had Zhang Zhizhong and the 200,000 Central Army on their minds, and they felt much more at ease. He knew that next, Brother Qiu Sheng would have even more courage on his shoulders.
After crippling Matsui, the Japanese will not give up. Next, the Hangzhou Bay area will be the main battlefield in the third phase of the Songhu Campaign. They regret that they cannot free up their hands and are pinned to death by more than one million Japanese troops. North China, otherwise, the threat on the southern front can be eliminated in one battle, and the northern front will be much easier to fight.
He also received a report that Chang Feng asked for disciplinary action.?, Tang Qiuli was somewhat surprised by this young man's outstanding performance on the Songhu battlefield, and was more happy that the ** division had another general who could take charge of his own affairs, despite the loss of heavy artillery and anti-tank guns. , of course he feels distressed, but if Chang Feng can achieve such a record, no matter how big the loss is, it is worth it.
To be continued
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