Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 337

Chapter 337 Picturesque scenery!

The east city wall was breached and became a booster for the Tenth Army.

On the Nancheng side, the Sixth Division continued its offensive. Although it did not break into the city, it contained all the troops in Nancheng.

The beaten-up Kunisaki Detachment and the 114th Division in Xicheng needed to wash away their shame with Chinese blood. Both sides each sent three infantry brigades with nearly 6,000 people to take turns to attack violently. The original green water in the moat completely turned into darkness. red.

The Chinese defenders in the city did not know how much the Japanese army had suffered in the battle, but Lieutenant General Liu Yuqing, who was responsible for guarding the west city, was holding a report that he only had 4,500 men available. You know, before yesterday, he had a full complement of men. The infantry brigade and half of the Songjiang Security Regiment lost nearly 2,000 people in less than a day.

The situation in Beicheng District was slightly better, but the cavalry brought news that nearly 10,000 Japanese troops had crossed the Huangpu River and headed for Songjiang City in the early morning. However, because the cavalry could not get close enough to know where they were, an infantry brigade in Beicheng District did not dare to do anything. Act rashly.

The Tenth Army's strategy was ready to emerge at this time. Using the East City as a breakthrough point, the two southwest cities were violently attacked to increase the pressure. The North City was besieged but not attacked, waiting for the will of the Chinese defenders to collapse. Finally, the North City was defeated, and nearly 10,000 Japanese troops were waiting to work. It can easily kill the Chinese defenders who have lost the protection of their fortifications in the wilderness.

The most important part of the Japanese strategy is naturally Dongcheng, which serves as the breakthrough point.

Hisao Tani personally sat at the frontline headquarters of the 11th Brigade, which was only 600 meters away from the city wall. He watched with stern eyes as Tokutaro Sakai put his five infantry brigades into the battlefield in the city one after another.

By 4 p.m., the 11th Infantry Brigade had used almost all its available forces. In the end, under the dignified major general brigade commander, there was only one **** squadron directly under the brigade headquarters around the headquarters.

If the Chinese can have a surprise force at this time, they don't need much. Just one infantry battalion can beat the sixth division's lieutenant general commander and a backbone major general brigade commander into a pulp.

Sakai Tokutaro's face had not seen a smile since three hours ago, especially after Tani Hisao's cold eyes put the last two infantry brigades into the battlefield, it became even more livid.

This is a dilemma that Sakai Tokutaro has never had since his military career.

This time, the Japanese heavy artillery and small-caliber howitzers were unable to participate in the battle. The only heavy firearms that the infantry of both sides could use were the Japanese 70-mm infantry cannon, and the Chinese mortars. The rest could only be machine guns and rifles of the infantry of both sides. and grenades and hand grenades.

This is a battlefield dominated by infantry.

According to reports from the front line, the Chinese have retreated to 500 meters inside the city, but that was also the final distance for the four thousand infantry to attack. The city area with a width of more than 2,000 meters and a depth of 500 meters was the battlefield for both sides.

There were ten thousand people fighting fiercely on a battlefield of nearly one square kilometer.

The Chinese relied on the ruins, the trenches they had dug earlier, and the remaining houses, and fought for every inch of land.

The warring parties' positions were intertwined, with bullets and grenades flying from both sides, and no inch of ground was safe.

The Chinese military strength seems to be endless and will never be exhausted. According to the most conservative estimate, more than 1,200 Chinese soldiers were killed, but the opponent's number still did not decrease.

Although the front line did not report the number of battle losses, Sakai Tokutaro knew that no matter what the final outcome of the Battle of Matsue, the strength of his 11th Infantry Brigade had been reduced by at least 40%. The result of the large number of casualties among veterans could only be to supplement the second-line supplies. .

Compared to the Chinese major general whose forehead was covered in cold sweat, who was only more than 1,000 meters away from him in a straight line, the Japanese major general's mood was not very beautiful either.

It can be said that the four-hour fierce battle in Songjiang City was heartbreaking for both warring parties, from the top commander to the frontline commander to the lowest level officers and soldiers.

If it had been any other time, the two sides might have taken a step back from each other, like two fierce beasts fighting each other. They could lick their own wounds and regain their strength while looking for their opponent's weaknesses with cold eyes, waiting for the next battle to kill them. One hit kill.

But here, one side has no way to retreat, and if it retreats, thirty thousand or even hundreds of thousands of the entire army will die;

The other side has no choice but to advance, but if they don't advance, the losses of more than 3,000 casualties will be in vain. The honor of the entire "strongest division on the surface" will be thrown into the roaring Huangpu River, and even the glory of the entire Imperial Army will be destroyed. They looked down upon and trampled upon the Chinese.

The commanders of both sides were like two gamblers who put their money and lives on the gambling table. They both had red eyes and continued to invest their troops, and poured their reserves into the **** battlefield.

As the commander-in-chief of Songjiang, Lieutenant General Wu also had an extremely firm will. His reply to the 108th Division and the 332nd Brigade had only one word: "Fight!".

The Sixth Division has 20,000 troops and the 114th Division has the Kunisaki Detachment as friendly forces, and he also has them.

Although the 43rd Army of the Sichuan Army and the Songjiang Security Regiment have less than 3,000 people, they also have a strong will. Two consecutive days of fighting proved that they are trustworthy comrades. If you have comrades, you have courage. At worst, we will all end up together in Songjiang City.

Both sides have a common meaning, "Come on, stud! Whoever doesn't stud will be a grandson!"

I'm afraid that both warring parties have thought about this kind of battle situation, but no one has thought about it. They thought that there would be heavy casualties, but they didn't think that it would be so heavy.

At this point in the battle, Lieutenant General Wu even forgot that he had received the military order and only persisted in Songjiang for three days and nights. Calculating from the early morning of November 5th when he received the military order, it has been more than 72 hours since the afternoon of November 8th. Even if it has been since It has been nearly 48 hours since the Japanese army began their attack on the evening of November 6.

The time specified in the military order is no longer that important. What is important is that you cannot retreat even half a step. If you retreat further, the entire army will be killed. The Lieutenant General Commander of the 108th Division who rushed to Dongcheng saw with his own eyes that the main infantry brigade under his command was half disabled in a day of fierce fighting. He requested reinforcements from Lieutenant General Wu an hour ago.

But Lieutenant General Wu refused his request for help with an extremely strong and cold attitude. The 67th Army had two infantry divisions and four infantry brigades, each of which guarded a city wall. The Japanese offensive was equally fierce in the two positions in the southwest. The North City seemed calm, but in fact it was more It is dangerous. Once the troop movement is discovered by the Japanese army, tens of thousands of Japanese troops several kilometers away from the city will swarm in. If Beicheng is breached and the artillery position closest to Beicheng is destroyed, Songjiang will die.

The only mobile forces he can use now are Tang Dao's guard battalion, the special service regiment directly under the military headquarters, and a supply battalion.

A force of more than 3,000 people seems to be quite large in normal times, but in this kind of battle situation where tens of thousands of people are fighting fiercely, it seems too weak, even though Tang Dao's guard camp is called "the sharpest sword in Songjiang" by him.

This is also his last trump card, and he will never use it until the most critical moment.

Liu Qiwen sent another telegram to the headquarters ten minutes ago, and the extremely strong major general burst into tears.

One of his infantry regiments lost half of its men yesterday evening. Another infantry regiment lost hundreds of people on the city wall fortifications this morning. After entering the street fighting, the two infantry regiments, which originally had more than 2,300 men, were able to contact each other. There were no more than ten infantry companies. He later even threw the guard companies of the two infantry regiments, the guard companies of his own brigade, and the two infantry companies from the Sichuan Army into the battlefield.

But the Japanese army was still too powerful to do so. The deputy brigade commander led the staff and cooks of the brigade and regiment into the battle. Without reinforcements, he, the major general, might have to go to the front line with his pistol like the three colonels.

Lieutenant General Wu finally ordered that the more than 1,000 young men and women who remained in Songjiang City should be organized into reserves. The more than 1,000 people were divided into five teams, each with about 200 people. Two teams were prepared for the two southwest cities, and the remaining three teams were selected from the elite by the special agent group. Led by veterans, they threw themselves into the Dongcheng defense line.

Young and strong people were just ordinary people three days ago. Some of them were farmers, craftsmen, and salesmen. They should have rested at sunrise and sunset in the beautiful small town. Although it was not easy, they and their families were peaceful and happy.

But, the war came.

Death is also coming.

At this time, there was no distinction between soldiers and civilians in Songjiang City, only Japanese and Chinese.

The robbers and the defenders, only one can leave the city alive.

For these young men with no war experience, despite the shortage of troops, the infantry commanders still maintained enough rationality. Although they were physically strong, they could not even fire a gun when they entered the battlefield and could not become elite soldiers to stop the Japanese attack. , the greatest possibility is to become a living target that consumes Japanese ammunition.

They first became stretcher bearers and learned how to drag out wounded soldiers from all corners of the battlefield under the hail of bullets and send them to the rear for treatment. The bodies of the soldiers were also among them. They experienced the battlefield and witnessed the cruelty of **** and fleshy injuries. This is what they must learn before going to the battlefield. The first lesson arrived.

The more cruel it is, the faster it must grow. Those who cannot grow or do not grow fast enough can only be eliminated.

And being eliminated on the battlefield can only lead to death.

Even so, in the direction of Dongcheng, the death rate of young men who entered such a terrible battlefield for the first time was so high that it was chilling.

By about 5:30 in the afternoon, in half an hour, more than 260 people were killed in the battle just by the stretcher bearers who rescued the wounded and retrieved the bodies of our own soldiers, accounting for more than 40% of the young men who entered the battlefield.

Among them, more than 30 people were shot by the battlefield law enforcement team without hesitation because they were too afraid to move forward and even chose to leave the team and flee.

Using extraordinary means in extraordinary times, the thunderbolt methods and cruel battlefields of the army major generals who personally carry pistols to supervise the battle are the best lessons.

In just over an hour, the young men quickly completed the transformation from civilians to warriors. They no longer vomited in the face of hideous wounds, and no longer just faced bullets that they didn't know were coming from which direction to blow up their heads. Holding his head and hiding in the ruins, he cried in despair.

Fear and crying will not help you improve your scores. The only thing that can make you graduate from the battlefield school with high scores is courage to face **** bravely.

However, the Japanese army deployed nearly 5,000 tactically proficient infantrymen on the battlefield in Dongcheng District. Except for the terrain, which was not as good as the Chinese defenders, the rest were better than the Chinese in terms of equipment and tactical literacy.

The advantage on the battlefield is gradually tilting towards the Japanese army.

The line of defense is crumbling.

Lieutenant General Wu has already picked up the phone and is preparing to use his last trump card. The already prepared guard battalion is about to enter the battlefield again.

At this time, the sunset fills the sky and the scenery is picturesque!

(End of this chapter)

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