Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 240 The Most Dangerous Position

Watanabe Junichi's gaze was stern.

The soldier's intuition told him that this residential area was extremely dangerous.

But any commander with a bit of military literacy would not give up this geographically complex residential area, and let the opponent's army directly arrive at the city to launch an attack on the city.

They will definitely try their best to deploy troops in this area, and try to delay the time as much as possible by fighting for every inch of land.

As for street fighting, for him and his subordinates, it was obviously not an ideal battlefield, and superior artillery fire could not give full play to its advantages.

Watanabe Junichi had a headache.

But he also knew that there was not much time left for him.

There is still an hour at most, and it will be dark. If you launch an attack at that time, you will undoubtedly give up all your advantages. It's like a blind man fighting a blind man. So what if the fighting power is much stronger than the Chinese?

In the end, what decides life and death depends more on luck.

But soon, Junichi Watanabe's eyes were attracted by a corner of the residential area.

There, there is actually a small castle.

In the field of vision of the telescope, blue and black military uniforms flashed from time to time.

There, there are positions of Chinese soldiers.

Soon, the Japanese major, who was considered rich in combat experience, had an insight into the intentions of the Chinese defenders.

This small 'castle' located in a residential area surrounded by an isolated city can form an angle with the two city walls. Enemies who want to attack the east and west walls will be hit by fire from the city walls and the castle.

Whether it is an infantry artillery or a rapid-fire artillery fired at close range, they will all be within their range of fire. For the attacking side, it is definitely an enemy position that is stuck in the throat.

However, in order to achieve this goal, this 'castle' must be strong enough to withstand the opponent's more ferocious attacks.

This is the most threatening position to the enemy, but it is the most dangerous position to oneself, not one of them.

The most dangerous position in Jun Watanabe's eyes is Cangcheng, an important defensive position selected by Tang Dao and General Guo for patrolling outside the city.

This is a small castle located at the junction of the west and east of the ancient city of Songjiang. The surrounding walls are well preserved and surrounded by water. Why is it called Cangcheng? As the name suggests, this place originally existed as a warehouse. Songjiang Rice in Ming Dynasty Tribute to the capital, the water transport fleet set off from here.

Although in modern times, due to the emergence of roads and railways, the word water transport has become a thing of the past, and the original role of storage and transshipment of goods in Cangcheng has been completely lost, but perhaps the Chinese are nostalgic for the past. This building was built 400 years ago. The small castle is still preserved.

Wang Gongyu, who accompanied Guo Zhongjiang and Tang Dao at that time, talked about this historical building very well: "The city wall of Cangcheng is about 1000 meters long, 5 meters high, and 3 meters wide. The four gates in the east, west, north and south are also well preserved. , Surrounded by water on both sides, it is convenient for transportation and security. There are 233 original residents in Cangcheng, with a population of 1028.”

It doesn’t matter how many people live, what’s important is that the city wall with a total length of 1000 meters ensures that the inner diameter of Cangcheng reaches more than 300 meters, which ensures sufficient strategic depth, more than 50,000 square meters is equivalent to seven or eight football fields The area is so large that the Japanese army will not kill the defenders here with artillery alone.

Both Tang Dao and Lieutenant General Guo keenly realized the importance of this small city for the defense of the two walls of Songjiang, and decided to garrison here.

However, this place is more than 800 meters away from the main city. Even if you want to retreat after completing the task of blocking the enemy, you still have to go through the battlefield of more than 800 meters to return to the main city defense area. Under the Japanese artillery fire, the chance of surviving is extremely low.

What is even more terrifying is not this, but if the Japanese army completely occupies the residential area around Cangcheng, Cangcheng will really become an isolated island, an isolated island surrounded by the Japanese army.

That is the situation where the whole army is wiped out.

Without enough courage, not everyone can accept this military order with a death rate as high as 90.00%.

After arriving, Lieutenant General Wu hesitated a bit. They were all his soldiers, and he had the right to let them go to death, just like he rushed to Songjiang with more than 72 troops. However, Songjiang's defense The military order given by Zhan Shangfeng is [-] hours to block the enemy. Looking at it this way, there is still a chance for the whole army to survive.

But entering Cangcheng almost took the initiative to cut off all vitality of the defenders.Once the residential area outside the city falls, the defenders of Cangcheng will be dead, and there is no escape.

And the main force of the army is in Songjiang City. Even if there are troops like the Songjiang Security Regiment waiting in the residential area outside the city, it is mainly to delay time, and it will be a matter of time before they give up.

After all, the garrison in Cangcheng was doomed almost from the beginning to be abandoned pieces, pawns that exchanged their lives for time.

Therefore, General Wu, who has always had a strong personality, did not give orders directly, but found two division commanders and eight infantry regiment commanders under his command, and let them decide for themselves.

Those who can rush to Songjiang are already brave enough, but when faced with such a situation where they may not be able to hold on for a day and are completely trapped in a position of nowhere to retreat, more than two-thirds of the army colonels still have hesitation in their eyes.

There, at least one infantry battalion must be thrown in. No one wants their five or six hundred people to be wiped out in front of their eyes.

In the end, someone braver took the order.

The well-known tiger general in the 67th Army, Colonel Wang Xirui, head of the 108th Regiment of the 322nd Brigade of the 644th Division, took the initiative to accept this almost fatal task.

He will personally lead his first battalion to garrison Cangcheng.

Although he couldn't bear the tiger general under his command to take the initiative to die like this, as the supreme commander of Songjiang, Lieutenant General Wu could only nod his heart and agree.

How can you get your subordinates to do things that the chief himself dare not do?
Just like him as the commander of the 67th Army, according to wartime regulations, the military headquarters can be placed 20 kilometers away from the front line, but if he does not come, he is sure that morale will drop by half.

Therefore, the bravery of the head of the king is not just the bravery of accepting military orders for his subordinates, but the bravery of daring to face death himself.

Facing such a general and such a colonel, Tang Dao once again felt that he was so lucky to be able to come to this time and space to stand side by side with these outstanding people. His choice of coming to Songjiang was not wrong.

Just because I was lucky enough to meet them.

However, Tang Dao still didn't let this brave colonel leader be more beautiful than before.

He stood up and took the credit.

Tang Dao offered to replace Colonel Wang as the supreme commander of Cangcheng. His reason was very simple. He is currently the only representative of the Central Army here.

Because of the accidental joining of the Four Elements Battalion, for some big shots, it was actually an unexpected surprise. It meant that the Central Army also had troops to participate in the Songjiang Battle. , In order to stop the tongue, by the way, he caught up with the 67rd Army that had been beaten into a remnant army.

Now, the gang of tough guys from the Four Elements Battalion directly under the theater headquarters have also gone. In fact, many big shots smiled knowingly.

It has both talking heads and can make the thorns disappear, which is a very good ending.

But in terms of face, Tang Dao and Sixing Camp represent the face of some people.

How can the central army be missing in a place of death like Cangcheng?
Tang Dao's reason is sufficient.

No one can refuse.

Even the two Lieutenant Generals Wu and Guo, who admired Tang Dao very much, could not refuse Tang Dao who challenged to fight in front of eight colonels. They could only ask Tang Dao to play the role of deputy director of the staff department of the headquarters before the battle began.

Tang Dao was appointed as the supreme commander of the Cangcheng garrison.

Moreover, not only Tang Dao will participate.

The four walls of Cangcheng alone are 1000 meters long, and the entire area is as high as more than [-] square meters. One infantry battalion seems to be insufficient for defense, but two infantry battalions seem to be too many.

We can't let the 67th Army rush to the forefront, even if it's for the sake of face, before Tang Dao stepped forward to grab the credit, Lieutenant General Guo, who was the deputy commander in chief, had already stepped forward and took the initiative to add another infantry company to Cangcheng.

Battalion Commander Liu, who is 'fearful of death', will lead his infantry company to jointly defend Cangcheng.

The so-called fear of death is just wanting to go back to see relatives, but if you really want to die, just like what the soldier of the Northeast Army who Tantai Mingyue held in front of said, then go to die!
Battalion Commander Liu, who received the order, didn't even hesitate, and took the soldiers who were still asleep 2 minutes ago to transfer to Cangcheng.

There is Tang Dao, the lieutenant colonel of the central army, who took the initiative to ask for a battle, and he has already filled five infantry companies into the "fire pit". He doesn't care about more manpower. Molars, and an additional fire support company was allocated to Cangcheng.

A fire support company with four mortars, 160 rounds of shells, 4 heavy machine guns and 5000 rounds of ammunition, two Oerlikon cannons, and 300 rounds of shells.

There are a total of 750 troops, with a total of 26 light machine guns, 24 grenadiers, 10 heavy machine guns, 4 mortars, and two machine guns. It is called luxurious, even if it is compared with a Japanese infantry brigade, it is not in vain.

Since Cangcheng was selected as a must-garrison position on the afternoon of the 5th, construction of various firepower fortifications and bomb shelters began.

That is to say, Tang Dao, who is the supreme commander, is not in Cangcheng, but the second commander, the commander of the 67st Battalion of the 644th Regiment of the 1th Army, is acting first, and is responsible for commanding the entire army and the civilians assigned to them in accordance with the various fortifications given by Tang Dao Click on the drawings for construction.

After nearly 1200 people frenziedly digging and constructing for a day and a night, one by one, 2 meters deep into the ground, with logs as support columns, the bomb shelters gradually formed, and then the trenches led to various fortifications.

As long as they are not hit by large-caliber heavy artillery or aerial bombs, even if the Japanese army has surrounded them, they still need to pay enough to kill them all.

Junichi Watanabe, who was trapped by the military order and had to fight the Chinese first, is now focusing on such a goal.

A battalion of infantry?

In Cangcheng, in the fortification behind the wall.

Fearful of death, Battalion Commander Liu took the binoculars he had brought along from Commander Liu Yuqing, looked at the Japanese army 800 meters away, and could only say
Ha ha!

(End of this chapter)