Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 479

Chapter 479 A tearful smile

When dawn arrived, the two infantry regiments welcomed the returning advance regiment and reported to the main position.

The three lieutenant general commanders of the Jiashan Frontline Command, together with the lieutenant general commanders of the 107th, 108th, and 26th Infantry Divisions, a total of 6 army lieutenant general-level officers, all came out of Sanli.

If the Japanese army launched a bombardment on the Jiashan defense line at this time, the cliff would be full of gains, and the effect would be no worse than the Chinese annihilating one of their heavy artillery brigade.

It's a pity that they have no heavy artillery brigade.

Although there were enough corrupt officials in this period, investing huge sums of money in defense fortifications to prevent enemy troops from landing at sea to defend 75mm cannons was still just a joke.

At this moment, Ushijima Sadao was still struggling to gather the frontline troops, including the disgraced 36th Infantry Brigade, and for the time being he could not think of starting a war against the Chinese army that had retracted into the defense line.

The greeting standard is a bit high, but the advance team is worth it.

Any unit that can take out a heavy artillery brigade is worthy of being greeted by their commander with this standard.

To use the exact words of the violent-tempered lieutenant general commander of the 108th Division: "If you can knock out the Japanese 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, let alone replace it with my guard battalion, even the entire division, I won't feel bad about it."

Although, the Army Lieutenant General's cheeks were shaking when he said this while standing in the guard camp where only 180 people remained, and everyone was injured.

That is distressing.

The losses suffered by the advance team this time were huge.

Out of the more than 3,200 troops who were divided, only 2,000 troops were finally able to join the main force, and 1,200 of them lay dormant on the battlefield in the southeast.

What makes these senior commanders even more sad is that a major officer was killed, more than 20 lieutenants, and more than 400 sergeant-level veterans suffered heavy losses.

How can you become an elite if you are not a veteran? If you are not a veteran, how can you lead new soldiers on the most dangerous battlefield? When artillery fire comes, veterans who are best at saving their lives can only use death to remind their comrades of the cruelty of the battlefield, and they can only use death to strengthen their strength.

No matter which army it is in, veterans are the true cornerstone of an army.

If the veterans survive, and after recruiting enough new soldiers, the troops can regain sufficient combat effectiveness after a short period of training.

But the advance regiment lost hundreds of veterans in this battle. It is strange that the chief officers did not feel sorry for them.

If we only look at the losses, this battle led by Tang Dao, who lost one-third of the entire army's elite, was a defeat.

But if you look at the results of Tang Dao and the advance regiment, no matter how sad the general is, he will laugh with tears in his eyes.

One heavy artillery brigade was already worth these sacrifices, let alone beating the arrogant Sixth Division.

The 36th Infantry Brigade ran fast and did not stand up and get beaten on the position like the idiot of the infantry regiment under the 18th Division, but this also resulted in them not taking away the bodies left on the front line.

Because time was limited, the math of the cavalrymen who were responsible for cleaning the battlefield and collecting the number of Japanese killed in action was a bit terrible. If the number was large, it would be unfavorable to add more numbers.

Lu Sanjiang's fellow even counted on his fingers for a long time and then gave Gong Shaoxun a figure of 4,000 people, which almost made Camp Commander Gong kick him into the ditch.

That's nonsense! How many people are there in the 36th Infantry Brigade? How many people can you swallow up a whole brigade with a thousand soldiers? Why don't you go to heaven!

Not to mention the big guys above would not believe this number, not even the infantrymen who started it would believe it! And because it was dark, the cavalry could not run to check every ditch, and Tang Dao had no choice but to make a rough calculation of 2,200 based on the corpses left by the Japanese troops in front of the positions reported by each company.

Having a head-on field battle with the awesome 36th Infantry Brigade and killing 2,200 of them? And if we still fight with more and less, even if we set up twelve heavy artillery and bombard us, it won't be enough! You think the 'strongest division on the surface' is a fool! Stand there and let you hit me?

This is the Tang Dao. Wu and Guo knew that he would not falsely report his military exploits. If it had been someone else, he would have been slapped with a big ear-scratcher. However, the three lieutenant general-level commanders of the headquarters still gave this number to gritted his teeth and cut 700.

The number of enemies killed by 1,500 people was already astonishing for a field battle involving thousands of people.

As everyone knows, according to post-war statistics of the Japanese army, as many as 1,800 infantrymen of the 36th Infantry Brigade were killed on the spot and more than 700 were injured. More than half of them died due to wound infection, and as many as 600 people were later missing in the shelling. The rest include Lieutenant Colonel Setouchi Ri and a group of staff officers and communications officers.

In other words, in this brutal field battle that only the parties involved knew how brutal it was, the 36th Infantry Brigade suffered more than 3,000 casualties, 800 more than Tang Dao's estimate. Two infantry regiments were completely wiped out. .

Lü Sanjiang, that guy who doesn't know how to count, is actually not much less accurate than Tang Dao's estimate.

If the losses under Songjiang City are included, the elite army of the 36th Infantry Brigade has basically lost its combat effectiveness. If we have to do it hard, there will only be some baggage soldiers and engineering soldiers left to fill the facade.

In fact, after the losses were counted after dawn, Major General Ushijima Mitsuru became autistic. Even when he arrived at the defense area of the 18th Division, he did not take the initiative to say hello to his family, Lieutenant General Ushijima, who also had the same surname.

At that time, Ushijima Sadao's resentment towards Ushijima Mitsuru was already like a surging river that was out of control, and he would not take the initiative to comfort this unfortunate child.

The unauthorized transfer of the infantry regiment guarding the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade caused the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade to take the blame. Ushijima Sadao didn't want to take the blame, but he couldn't. It could only be done by Ushijima Mitsuru, a major general. He had previously asked for help from the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade. The message from the 18th Division is still there.

The Japanese North China Expeditionary Force Headquarters was very efficient this time. After receiving the opinions of the collective commander of the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade and the Lieutenant General Commander Yanagawa Heisuke of the 10th Army, the order to dismiss was issued.

Mitsuru Ushijima, the major general commander of the 36th Infantry Brigade, who had become autistic, was suspended from his post and ordered to return to the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters to be retained.

As a result, the military order was issued too quickly. When the former 47th Infantry Regiment Colonel Masanori Hasegawa, who temporarily succeeded the position of commander of the 36th Infantry Brigade, reported the battle losses of that night to the Tenth Army Headquarters, The big guys almost vomited blood and died collectively.

Honestly, this idiot Ushijima Mitsuru not only deceived the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, but also crippled his own 36th Infantry Brigade.

No wonder, this guy who usually has his nostrils turned upward didn't even complain. He took a few armed guards and ran away without even seeing Yanagawa Heisuke's face.

The unlucky guy ran away, but he still had to take care of the matter. This was what worried Yanagawa Heisuke and the lieutenant generals of the North China Expeditionary Army the most.

Therefore, the battle report of the 36th Infantry Brigade's battle damage was kept at the headquarters of the Tenth Army until the Battle of Jinling, which broke out a month later, was completely over, and was not reported to the upper level.

Until then, Japan's Songhu Expeditionary Force did not know why the "Strongest Division on the Surface", which must be the vanguard in every battle, had become a coward this time and had been willing to serve as a reserve force on such an important battlefield.

Honestly, they had already been a vanguard, a vanguard that had been disabled.

The Japanese were furious, while the Chinese were laughing in disbelief.

Tang Dao went to rest in the tunnel after giving a brief report. He had not had a good sleep for countless days and nights, and no matter how hard he was, he could no longer hold on.

Six lieutenant generals in the headquarters sent this message, which can only be called a "miracle", to the theater headquarters.

(End of this chapter)

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