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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 476 Hangzhou Bay (1)

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    Chapter 476 Hangzhou Bay (1)

    The direction Chen Shuangxi ran back was the tent of his squad. The sound passed through the thick fog at dawn. It was unusually loud, revealing tension and panic. It alarmed his squad leader and comrades. Everyone rushed out of the tent and looked at each other in surprise.  At Mushui's Double Happiness, the squad leader said dissatisfiedly: "Double Happiness, what's the name of the ghost so early in the morning? Are you not afraid of being laughed at by other classes?"

    "Squad, squad leader, Japs, so many Japs!" Shuangxi stuttered so anxiously that his comrades burst into laughter. This little guy didn't wake up. Was he dreaming?  There wasn't even a shadow of a ghost around, it was so quiet, where did the ghost come from?  The squad leader was even more dissatisfied. If the soldiers in his squad had this situation, if other squad leaders saw it, wouldn't they shave off a piece of their face?

    Shuangxi didn't care much, and pulled the squad leader to the gun emplacement. The squad leader looked at Shuangxi suspiciously and turned his eyes to the screen. At this sight, the hair on the squad leader's body stood up. This veteran soldier with rich experience, he knew the screen  The red dot on the screen represents something. I climbed up to the gun emplacement in one step and scanned it again. During this time, the red dot became much larger again. It was certain that it was a large number of warships heading towards the beach.

    The squad leader rushed to the phone and called Xu Shan, the commander of the air defense brigade. After receiving the report from the outpost soldiers, Xu Shan did not hesitate and ordered all the artillery sighting radars of the air defense brigade to turn on, scan the sea surface, and prepare for battle.  Prepare, and then report the situation to Commander-in-Chief Tang Qiusheng.

    Tang Qiusheng believed that this was true. Xiaoqiu's prediction that the Japanese army would land in Hangzhou Bay became a reality. He immediately issued combat orders to the entire army. All personnel in the headquarters were alerted, and all the phones were called.  Orders were quickly issued to all units. Under the orders of commanders at all levels, the soldiers quickly entered the fortifications, and each artillery slowly raised its thick muzzle.

    On the battlefield, there were bursts of rapid footsteps, and the voices of commanders at all levels lowering their voices to issue orders. It was tense and orderly. There was no chaos before the battle, only the tense air, which seemed to overcome the thick cold fog in front of me.  Looking ahead with big eyes, there was nothing but lingering thick fog.

    Tang Qiusheng called Chang Feng, the chief of staff in Taicang, Jiangsu, to inform him of the news of the Japanese troops arriving from Hangzhou Bay, and asked him to order the troops to enter combat mode. Then, he picked up the phone and called the Eighth Army's forward garrison division.  , at his insistence, a direct telephone line was set up with the divisions of the Eighth Army, just to prevent the Japanese troops from landing while these motley troops were still sleeping with their heads covered.

    The ringing rang for a while, but no one answered the phone. Tang Qiu's anxious eyes burned, and he shook another phone. After a while, someone finally answered the phone, a lazy and obviously sleepy voice.  He asked patiently: "Who is it? You are not allowed to have a good sleep so early in the morning. Are you seeking death?"

    Tang Qiusheng asked: "Are you the division commander? Please answer the phone, division commander!" The man was very unhappy, "What's the matter? I want to talk to the division commander. The division commander drank too much last night and was not at the headquarters. What?  Tell me what's going on, I don't have time to grind my teeth with you!"

    Tang Qiusheng, who had always been calm and kind, suddenly became furious: "Listen to me, I am Tang Qiusheng, the commander-in-chief of the Sulu Mobile Corps. Wake up that bastard division commander and order the soldiers to enter the position. The Japanese army is about to attack."  Landing in Hangzhou Bay, if you don¡¯t want to lose your head, go quickly!¡±

    The other party was obviously taken aback, so angry?  After calming down, he said, "It turns out to be Commander-in-Chief Tang. Sorry! Sorry! However, our outpost did not find any abnormality. Without orders from the summit, we dare not act rashly. We should wait for Commander-in-Chief Zhang's orders. You don't have to worry.  ! "The implication is that it is not your responsibility. Your orders are not effective. You are talking nonsense so early in the morning. Where did the Japanese come from? Are you a master?

    Tang Qiusheng threw down the phone angrily and ordered loudly: "Commander of the guard, immediately send a battalion to the Eighth Army's position, fire at all the tents, and blast away these reckless guys.  Push us to the battlefield!" After giving the order, his face was still angry and livid, but his heart felt sad. Zhang Fakui couldn't contact him. Such an army is just a mess.

    This was the first time that the staff officers saw the commander-in-chief getting angry. It turns out that a good-tempered person is more terrifying when he gets angry. After a while, crisp gunshots rang out from the position of the Eighth Army. Soldiers from Anxin's miscellaneous army and security group,  They were disheveled, yawning, and ran out of the tent in a noisy manner. Their eyes were obviously bloodshot from lack of sleep. They looked around and kept asking, where was the gunshot?

    When he saw that he was a soldier of the ** division, he immediately started scolding him dissatisfiedly. He was not allowed to have a good sleep even early in the morning. What kind of evil wind could he smoke? Are you looking for death?  Several commanders came running over with their helmets and armor removed, smelling of alcohol, shouting: "Where are the guns? You don't want to fucking live?"

    On the command shipYanagawa Heisuke looked at the turquoise water and mist-shrouded Hangzhou Bay, which became more and more like a fairyland. He then looked at the huge fleet behind him and said to his assistants with emotion: "China is such a vast country, and the fertile fields are thousands of miles away.  There are beautiful scenery everywhere, but this inferior nation has been occupied for thousands of years, while the excellent Yamato nation can only live on four small islands. God is so unfair!"

    "Today, we will use the sabers in our hands to open up the infinite territory of the Yamato nation. What an honor it is for you to participate in this battle in your lifetime! It will also leave a broad living space for future generations!" After saying this, he seemed to be filled with emotion.  , looking towards the wider sky. Unfortunately, the heavy fog obscured his sight, and all he saw was an indistinct blur.

    The assistants around them looked at the commander who was shouldering an important mission with great respect. His words aroused the passion in their hearts. Not far ahead was the most prosperous land in China. There was nothing to ask for.  Countless beauties with wealth and money, in their view, Hangzhou Bay is just an undefended beach, just like the naked beauties exposed in front of them, they can conquer it easily.

    The faint sound of gunfire caused a flash of doubt in Yanagawa Heisuke's eyes. Are the Chinese troops already prepared?  However, he soon felt relieved. So what if he was prepared? With the combat effectiveness and equipment level of the Chinese soldiers, could they stop my 170,000 elite Imperial Japanese Army?  There is an idiom in China called "The mantis's arms are like a chariot", which means exactly this.

    Hangzhou Bay is approaching, and the Japanese troops preparing to land have boarded the landing craft one after another in accordance with the order of battle. The sound of motors rang, and the landing craft, like vicious arrows, shot towards Hangzhou Bay with the greed and murderous intent of evil wolves.

    On the morning of November 5th, at 6:20, the Japanese Tenth Army, with a strength of more than 170,000, was divided into three batches. The leading force, two divisions of more than 70,000 people, marched from the vicinity of Jinshan Guard in Hangzhou Bay.  Caojing Town, Quangong Pavilion, Jinsiniang Bridge and other places began to implement the landing plan, and all the warships of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet responsible for escorting slowly raised their thick naval guns, preparing to provide fire support. This was Emperor Hirohito's plan.  The sharpest knife prepared by the Chinese.

    Around seven o'clock, the first sunshine made the fog lighten a little. The first batch of Japanese troops began to land on the beach. The water was waist-deep. The Japanese soldiers were all murderous and wished they could grow wings and fly to the shore.

    The Jiangsu Security Division of the Eighth Group Army first discovered the tidal wave of Japanese troops coming from the beach and immediately fell into extreme panic. The soldiers tremblingly picked up the rifles in their hands and could not even pull the bolt.  A few veterans bravely attacked the Japanese soldiers.

    The sparse gunfire from the defensive positions not only failed to suppress the Japanese landing troops, but instead acted like a starting gun, prompting the Japanese soldiers to seize the beach at a faster speed and attracting fierce fire from Japanese warships. Now that the landing attempt had been exposed, the Japanese troops could no longer  Hiding their whereabouts, all the soldiers shouted loudly: "Give me the opportunity to kill!" The roar was so powerful that it drowned out the gunfire of the Eighth Army.

    When the Japanese troops landed, the position of the Eighth Group Army was already covered by the artillery fire of the Japanese ships. The bunkers and fortifications built perfunctorily fell to pieces in an instant under the bombardment of large-caliber artillery shells. Bricks and stones flew everywhere, and the bodies of soldiers were blown away by the shells.  Torn apart, the position fell into panic. From time to time, senior officers could be seen hurriedly changing into the clothes of ordinary soldiers.

    In the face of the Japanese army's offensive and momentum, an officer on that position was the first to drop the gun in his hand, hold his head and flee toward the position of the Sulu Mobile Corps, as if a plague was contagious. In an instant,  , the Eighth Army, with nearly 100,000 troops, had not seen the faces of the Japanese clearly. After firing a few bullets, the entire line collapsed, and the first defensive position collapsed.

    Not a single officer stood up to organize resistance. Instead, the officers were the first to flee. The officers fled for their lives and the soldiers had no fighting spirit. The so-called defeat was like a mountain. Seeing the Chinese defenders in disarray, the Japanese soldiers seemed to have been given an aphrodisiac.  Bull, getting more and more crazy, took no tactical action at all, just held the 38-gun straight upright, shouted wildly, chased the Chinese soldiers down from behind.

    The chasing Japanese soldiers didn't even need to aim, they just raised their guns and fired. The Chinese soldiers who were fleeing in a group were the best living targets. When the gunshots were heard, they would be knocked down. Seventy thousand people chased out one hundred thousand people. This kind of battle was what Japan saw.  Only the Imperial Army can create it, chase!  Don't let a single Chinese go, kill them all. Bloodthirsty excitement rises in the hearts of every Japanese soldier.

    Nearly 100,000 people of the Eighth Army retreated from Caojing Town, Quangong Pavilion, Jinsiniang Bridge and other places in Hangzhou Bay Jinshan Guard. The route of the retreat was covered with the corpses of Chinese soldiers. Japanese soldiers walked on these  Corpse, attack deep into Hangzhou Bay.

    The second batch of more than 60,000 Japanese troops who landed have already boarded the returning landing craft, successfully landed and quicklyThe news of the rapid defeat of the Chinese defenders excited Yanagawa Heisuke. The battle situation was just as he expected. The Chinese defenders were vulnerable. The success was beyond his expectation. He could not understand why Matsui, who was a veteran in the army,  Shi Gen was beaten so badly in the first Battle of Songhu?

    (To be continued)
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