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Chapter 239 The Hope of the Major of the Japanese Army (The first day of July, subscribe! Monthly pass!)

Moji Suematsu was very angry. As the forward of the Tenth Army, the 114th Division naturally moved faster.

However, at 114 o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the 18th Division had already gathered on the south bank of the Huangpu River, while the 2nd Cavalry Squadron of the 115th Cavalry Regiment and its machine gun squadron and the 1st Infantry Battalion of the [-]th Infantry Regiment, which was designated as the forward, were on the battlefield. An hour ago, they crossed the simple pontoon bridge that the engineering team spent hours building.

However, the leading troops of the 114th Division did not rush forward because of the anger of the division commander. According to the information from the Songhu Dispatch Army Command, an infantry corps of the Chinese had already arrived in Songjiang City.

Sue Matsumoji is more or less self-aware, knowing that relying on his own strength to fight Matsue City, which is defended by an infantry army, is still not enough, so don't get angry, just add more energy.

The 1st Infantry Battalion, which was originally a siege vanguard, was not so much a vanguard as a unit responsible for the defense of the raiding formation when the main force of the division crossed the river.

By the way, we also need to provide support for the hapless bastards of the 18th Cavalry Regiment.

With the lessons learned by Kazuto Fujiwara, when the 18th Cavalry Regiment searched and reconnaissance near Songjiang, it no longer dared to rush into the hills and forests so much. It always sent a cavalry team to check. .

Moreover, the 18th Cavalry Wing did not dare to go out of the attack radius of the four mountain cannons of the Artillery Squadron of the 1th Infantry Wing transported across the river with the 115st Infantry Brigade.

The angry Suematsu Shigeru did not lose his composure. He also knew that his future was related to the amount of military exploits he gained in this surprise attack on Huxi, and he only brought an infantry brigade, an artillery regiment and an engineering regiment. And part of the supply wing, the strength is not enough for him to squander.

He didn't reprimand the Cavalry Wing for their caution.

However, the Chinese seem to have disappeared.

Not only was there no Chinese soldier within five kilometers of the landing site, even the village was empty.

If it weren't for the chickens and ducks in the village still looking for food in the fields, it would make people think that there was a dead land outside Songjiang City.

This is actually Tang Dao's suggestion.

As early as yesterday, he asked the Songjiang County government to send someone to the villages and towns ten kilometers around Songjiang City to inform them that everyone, old or young, must leave.

Because here will become a battlefield, and more than 100,000 people from the Japanese army will come to attack Songjiang.

The common people naturally don't want to leave their homes, but when they hear that the Japanese have [-] people, no matter how stupid they are, they will know that such a huge army requires a vast terrain. Once a war starts, the shells fired from the city will not matter Are you Chinese or Japanese.

In addition, there are rumors that the Japanese are cruel, burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of crimes on the North China battlefield, so it would be strange to leave without bringing their families.

One day and one night was enough to evacuate tens of thousands of surrounding villagers, and also avoided the disaster of the Japanese army massacring ordinary people to vent their anger.

In the evening, a Fuxue-class light cruiser sailed from the lower reaches of the Huangpu River under the escort of two gunboats, and the 114th Division, which was all ready, began to cross the river with its main force.

The range of the 127mm naval gun is as high as 11000 meters, and it happens to cover the city of Songjiang ten kilometers away. That also means that no matter where the Chinese artillery positions are, six 6mm naval guns can carry out counter-retaliation shelling against it .

The six cavalry companies led by Gong Shaoxun followed Tang Dao's advice and withdrew directly from this area after completing the vote with Tang Dao, not even leaving the sentry behind.

The Japanese army whose anger value has been teased to the extreme will not make the mistake of advancing aggressively again. A small number of cavalry must be followed by infantry and artillery.

They still have to retain their strength to move around the battlefield, just like Lieutenant General Wu hoped, to become a pack of wolves wandering outside, and when they see the opportunity, they will give the Japanese army who besieged the city a bite, without killing them, it hurts That's it.

Now, don't you just bite them and hurt them!

After the main force of the 114th Division crossed the Huangpu River, the 115st Infantry Battalion of the 1th Infantry Regiment as the forward, accompanied by four tanks, took the lead in advancing towards the east of Songjiang City.

With a distance of less than ten kilometers, the 1st Infantry Battalion with motorcycles and trucks reached the area 1500 meters outside Songjiang City in less than half an hour.

All the officers of the Japanese army lay on the top of a small mound and carefully observed the city surrounded by layers of residential buildings.

Before their convoy arrived in a mighty manner, the cavalry of the 18th Cavalry Regiment had seen sporadic Chinese cavalry fleeing into the city in a hurry, indicating that the Chinese already knew of their arrival.

Standing imposingly on the high ground with a telescope to observe, it is cool, and it has the temperament it should have, but if it is seen by the Chinese and bombarded, the consequences will never be so wonderful.

Dongcheng, designated by the Tenth Army Headquarters, is the main theater of the 114th Division. The 6th Division, which will arrive later, will be in charge of the West and Nancheng. The 18th Division will remain on the south bank of the Huangpu River as a reserve for the entire army.

Sending out a division and a half to attack a small town is already very respectful of the Chinese.

Not to mention that there is also a tactical arrangement of siege. Once the besieged Chinese escape from the northern city, they will die faster. One of the "Double Bs of the Empire" who is waiting for work will besiege and kill them in the southeast of China. in the wilderness.

And because of Shigeru Suematsu's anger, the 1st Infantry Battalion, who once again acted as the siege striker, knew that the Chinese may not last long under the siege of their own army, but it does not mean that they will die if they are not careful. You are eligible to taste the fruits of victory.

As the forwards of the whole division, if they can't do their best to fight this battle well, there will never be more than half of the thousand infantry brigade who are qualified to set foot in this small town.

As the captain of the 1st Infantry Battalion, Major Junichi Watanabe must be responsible for himself and his subordinates.

So as soon as he arrived outside Songjiang City, he disregarded the honor of the commander of the brigade, and brought the deputy of the brigade and several infantry squadron leaders to the forefront of the temporary field fortifications that the soldiers were building according to the terrain, and observed the Chinese city defense.

However, because of the obstruction of the layers of residential buildings hundreds of meters away, the Japanese officers could not see clearly the construction of the fortifications in front of them.

If you want to get under the exposed corner of the city wall, you have to go through this densely populated residential area.

The layers of residential areas are quiet, even though it is already sunset and it is time to cook dinner, there is no trace of cooking smoke, just like a dead zone.

Obviously, the Chinese have evacuated all the civilians in the villages outside the city not long ago.

The residential area of ​​the city was originally their favorite area, just like the Chinese cities they once entered with strides. Any move could lead to death.

The thrill of life and death is really wonderful.

This is conquest.

But this quiet residential area outside the city without a trace of sound actually made Watanabe Junichi feel a little palpitation for no reason.

It seemed that it was a sleeping ferocious beast that would open its big mouth at some point and devour everyone who dared to enter this area.

But what can we do if we don't send people in?It is unrealistic to destroy this residential area with an area of ​​more than one square kilometer just by relying on our own artillery.

Not to mention that there are not so many shells for him to waste, and time does not allow it.

Shigeru Suematsu, who was advancing here, had already issued a military order, ordering them to launch an attack on Dongcheng as soon as they arrived.

All the artillery of the approaching artillery wing of the division and the six naval guns of the Fuxue-class destroyer staying on the Huangpu River will provide fire support to them.

When the heavy artillery brigade that accompanied the army arrives tomorrow, the Chinese besieged in the city will be turned into powder, along with the entire city.

Watanabe Junichi actually didn't take the telegram that was still full of anger from His Excellency the head of the division.

He didn't dare to disobey the order, so he could only launch an attack on the city first to detect the Chinese firepower construction for the main firepower of the division, but it didn't mean that he had too much expectations for the naval guns and heavy artillery brigades.

The small town in Jinshan County is much smaller than the Songjiang City in front of me!The results of it?The two infantry regiments took turns to fight, and they fought all afternoon.

The small town was about to be blown to pieces, but the Chinese kept fighting to the last man.

The Chinese officer who ignited the explosives and went to Huangquan with the wounded soldiers and a dozen imperial troops left an indelible impression on the Japanese major who arrived at the scene in person.

Could it be another golden mountain here?
he does not know.

He just hoped it wasn't.

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