Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 370

Chapter 370 The decisive battle is the decisive battle

Captain Toba Hatoyama has never set foot on this land again in his life.

In the past, it was he who led his men to shoot and kill Chinese soldiers in the river, causing thousands of Chinese soldiers who had no power to resist to die in the river.

But in this day and age, everything is reversed.

The Japanese infantrymen wearing heavy leather boots and military uniforms struggled hard in the waves of the river. The proficiency in water skills they had practiced at the sea made them more powerful than the Chinese soldiers in that time and space, carrying rifles weighing several kilograms. .

But what's the purpose of chirping? A gun cannot be used as a ship.

Leng Feng, who was ordered to station on the north bank, led two anti-aircraft positions and all the soldiers carrying various guns and artillery had already set up defenses along the river bank. The rising flares clearly illuminated the heads of people in the water.

It was not a battle, it was a shooting game.

　　The Japanese were simply unable to shoot a bullet in the water. Bleeding and drinking water were the two things they could do.

The panicked Japanese troops were in a dilemma in the water. They were reluctant to abandon their equipment and were exhausted after swimming across the 300-meter-wide river. There was no way they could swim back or dive into the water and escape downstream.

It takes too much energy to keep diving to avoid bullets and then surface for air.

So, almost all of them died.

Only twenty-three out of ten Japanese soldiers died from the bullets of Leng Feng and others. Most of them drank enough river water and became "submarines", including Captain Toba Hatoyama who chose the wrong direction to break out.

The Japanese army captain who drank too much water became a fat bait for the fish in the Suzhou River. Even his feet were chewed clean, and naturally he would never have the chance to set foot on land again.

The 30 Japanese soldiers who were left behind by Toba Hatoyama's "Strong Man to Cut Off His Arms" did not hold out for long. They were overwhelmed by bullets and grenades in just over 10 minutes.

As the battlefield gradually became quiet, with only the excited shouts of the Chinese soldiers remaining, this head-to-head confrontation that was not an ambush finally came to an end.

The flashlight left behind by the Japanese army became a trophy that pleased the Chinese soldiers. It was not very convenient to use this to find the remaining Japanese troops.

As for what to do if you find it?

Of course, the old rules are still the same. Not to mention the veterans who originally belonged to the Sixing Battalion are already familiar with this routine. The soldiers of the 67th Army and the 43rd Army are now also familiar with Chief Lei's favorite method.

Only dead Japs are good Japs.

There is no need to bother digging a hole to bury the person, just throw the body into the river. Anyway, Songhu downstream has been occupied by the Japanese, so let them drink more corpse soaking water. China has just finished fighting with them. Soldiers have no psychological burden at all.

In the end, the 400-man task force sent by Yanagawa Heisuke and its two commanders were nearly wiped out and became the missing persons list of the 18th Division.

The reason why I say it was close is because the Japanese task force still had a single seedling left behind.

A senior soldier named Momotaro had a bad stomach after eating cold rice balls. He had to find a place to solve his internal problems every ten minutes so frequently that he fell behind. The Japanese senior soldier, who was a full 300 meters away from the main team, heard the sound of gunshots. After that, he originally ran 20 meters towards the main force, but when his own flares were fired and he unexpectedly saw two machine guns that began to spit out artillery fire, the smart Momotaro immediately made a drift and turned around.

　　The Japanese soldier who turned around and ran wildly became the only survivor of this task force. Later, the main force of the Japanese army, which arrived ten kilometers away from the Baihe Port Bridge, found the already exhausted soldier in a bush.

Once he knew that he and all his colleagues were on the missing list, Private Momotaro's originally extremely depressed mental state improved a lot.

Ushijima Sadao heard his version of the heroic battles of his task force.

Due to the unfortunate exposure, Major Nishikawa led the task force to fight bravely with the Chinese, but the number of Chinese who besieged them was as high as an infantry regiment or even an infantry brigade.

It didn't matter that the Chinese had more people, but what was even more exaggerated was that they also had heavy firearms such as machine guns and mortars. The battle lasted until late at night, and as a member of the rescue team sent by Toba Hatoyama, he was ill due to illness. Instead, he was ordered to hide and wait for help, while the rest of his colleagues were missing.

The craters struck by mortars on the river bank and the horrific impact points after the raging machine guns all proved the bravery of the imperial warriors described by Momotaro. Even if Ushijima Sadao had doubts, he could only choose to believe it. Or even if he doesn't believe it, the honor of the 18th Division still makes him choose to believe it.

Momotaro, who suffered a "serious mental injury", never set foot on the battlefield again. Instead, he returned home to tell the people how the brave army soldiers of the empire fought against the Chinese with an outnumbered enemy.

Perhaps it was because he had been saying it for a long time that even he believed it himself. After all, he was the only Japanese who survived the scene, wasn't he?

Therefore, even if China announces its results in the future, the battle report that the more than 300 Chinese officers and soldiers responsible for guarding the bridge took advantage of the terrain to wait for work and annihilated 400 Japanese invaders was firmly denied by the Japanese Army. They believed that the Chinese military dispatched an infantry brigade was trying to give themselves a pat on the back. .

China and Japan, which had invested nearly a million troops in a fierce battle, actually had a long verbal war over a mere 400 people. It was also one of the strange things on that battle-level battlefield.

However, the Chinese troop strength fabricated by Momotaro caused Ushijima Sadao and Yanagawa Heisuke who learned the news to make wrong judgments. They believed that the Chinese had sent at least one infantry division in order to defend the Shirakawa Port Bridge.

If the remnants of the army that retreated from Matsue are included, the number of troops will still remain at more than 30,000. After learning the news, Yanagawa Heisuke immediately ordered the pursuing Sixth Division and Kunisaki Detachment to slow down the pursuit speed to avoid being caught in a hurry. The Chinese army came to recall the carbine, causing unnecessary losses.

This slowdown added another two hours of extremely precious time to the retreating Songjiang defenders.

Yes, on the night of November 9, Lei Xiong and his men had just finished their first ground battle when they received a secret message from the Songjiang headquarters.

The Songjiang garrison has completed the military order issued by the theater headquarters in the early morning of November 5 to resist the Japanese Tenth Army for three days and nights.

To be more precise, not only did he successfully complete the military order, but he also held on for an extra 24 hours, buying enough time for the retreating army in the west of Shanghai to retreat.

At about 7 p.m., Wu and Guo from the Songjiang headquarters jointly sent a secret telegram to the theater headquarters. The telegram stated that the entire Songjiang army would defend Songjiang to the death. As long as one soldier of the Huxi garrison did not complete the evacuation, even if the entire Songjiang garrison was Even if you are overwhelmed, you will never take a step back.

The big bosses at the theater headquarters were moved to tears. At least more than ten lieutenant generals and above, including Deputy Commander Gu, jointly called back, saying that the Songjiang army is a model for Chinese soldiers, and they will definitely serve Songjiang as a model. The whole army set an example and fought the Japanese aggressors to the bitter end.

It was not just the Chinese generals on the battlefield who were moved?

The important generals of Japan's Tenth Army also had complicated feelings.

Within three hours, the general content of this secret message, which was transferred to the Ministry of Military Affairs, was placed on the desk of Yanagawa Heisuke, who personally arrived at the front line to supervise the battle.

A group of major generals of the Tenth Army frowned tightly, and almost vomited blood from the stubborn Songjiang defenders.

This fight lasted four days. The Chinese suffered huge losses, but the losses of their Tenth Army were also not small. The battle losses exceeded 10,000 infantry and auxiliary troops, not to mention even the lieutenant general commander of the "strongest division on the surface". They all died here.

　　But no matter how much blood is vomited, looking at the desperate attitude of the Chinese people, this battle will still have to be fought.

The Chinese are not stingy about sacrifice, so why wouldn't the Imperial Japanese soldiers do the same?

In the frontline headquarters of the Tenth Army, which was brightly lit almost all night, a group of important generals of the Japanese Tenth Army gritted their teeth and discussed the information sent by the spy No. 3 who was hiding in the Chinese government and had a high position within the Chinese government. tactics after dawn.

The 18th Division, which has been on standby on the bank of the Huangpu River, also mobilized an infantry brigade to the Songjiang front line. The 10th Army will launch a larger-scale attack at dawn on the 10th.

This time, the attack will be from all sides. The heavy artillery brigade and the naval bombers coming to assist will completely destroy the four walls. More than 20,000 infantry will enter the city and use human sea tactics to submerge the remaining Chinese defenders in various ruins. Nook and corner.

The sky has reached the dawn of Buddha.

“Gentlemen, this attack on Songjiang will be our Tenth Army's entry into southeastern China for a full-scale battle. Your Majesty is waiting for the news of our victory in the palace. I hope you will spare your life!

Also, in this battle, those who want to quit! Dead, dead! "When Yanagawa Heisuke made his final concluding remarks, he folded his hands on the desk and stared at the major generals and lieutenant generals in front of him with sinister eyes.

“Empire, may your military fortunes be prosperous!” Two rows of Japanese generals stood up and stood at attention.

Looking at this situation, today's battle is a decisive battle.

Both sides fight to the death.

(End of this chapter)

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