Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 281 I'll Give You Small Shoes
Crazy artillery fire rose again in the residential area.

As the commander of Cangcheng, Tang Dao and the two commanders of Songjiang City, both set their sights on the outside of the city, which was being focused on by the enemy of Xicheng with artillery fire.

They all knew that it must be the Japanese army who had suffered a great loss in this residential area and then used dozens of artillery to retaliate against the residential buildings with almost no fortifications.

Except that Tang Dao knew the difficulty of street fighting and had predicted that the Japanese army would be blocked here, the two commanders were pleasantly surprised.

According to Tang Dao's suggestion, throwing out the security team that is not strong in combat effectiveness. For the two of them, the 2000 people are just an abandoned son. Unexpectedly, it was this abandoned son who made the Japanese army attack twice in a row and has not made an inch. .

Rewards must be rewarded. In order to boost morale, the supreme commander in Songjiang City, General Wu, issued a commendation order to the security regiment and the entire army of the Cangcheng position. The two defenders were each issued five oceans.

Those who are alive will be distributed by the officers directly under them after returning to the city, and those who died in battle will be added to the pension. The three major battalion commanders of the security regiment will all be promoted to lieutenant colonel, and all the officers and soldiers who died in battle will be promoted to a higher level. The pension will be issued according to the military rank after promotion;
In the Cangcheng position, all those who died in battle, regardless of whether they were officers or soldiers, were promoted to the first rank of military rank, and recorded and reported to the theater headquarters.

The reason why the two infantry army commanders dared to issue promotion awards in this way was because they knew that the theater headquarters would not refuse them. If you want the horse to run but also want the horse not to eat grass, is there such a beautiful thing in the world?
Except for the rank of general, the two lieutenant generals dare not promise, and the ranks below general, both of them can make a decision.

Although on this kind of battlefield, whether it is the gold reward or the promotion of the military rank, it doesn't mean much, but it is also a kind of recognition from the minister's department. After the two positions were transmitted by phone and telegram, the morale still rose a lot. few.

On the other hand, the Japanese army was much more depressed.

As for Major General Kunizaki, the captain of the Kunizaki detachment with an ugly face, the fireballs rising hundreds of meters away gradually calmed him down.

The defeat in the first battle made him realize that this battlefield is completely different from previous field battles and city offensive and defensive battles.

This is a brand new battlefield for him and his subordinates. If he still wants to win quickly like before, then he has to pay an unimaginable price.

But for this Japanese major general, his goal in coming to southeast China was not to conquer this small town. Like Yanagawa Heisuke, he hoped that hundreds of thousands of elite Chinese troops would stay in Songhu, and then he would have the opportunity to go south. Take the capital of China and occupy it, thus establishing immortal feats.

If he was under this city, he would kill his soldiers, what would he use to realize his dream?

Kunisaki Teng is indeed an experienced general on the battlefield. Although he is very proud and confident, he never blindly looks down on his opponent from the stand of pride.

This failure made him realize that he had made a mistake.

It's not that he underestimated the enemy, but that he overestimated the combat capabilities of his officers and soldiers on the new battlefield.

The Chinese, on the other hand, obviously have to adapt to this battlefield better.

The calmness of the major general of the Japanese army undoubtedly saved more Japanese troops from this.

You must know that after entering the era of hot weapons from the era of cold weapons, street fighting in cities has been the most tragic war since its birth and the most helpless war for both attackers and defenders.

The most classic example of terrible urban street fighting is the Battle of Stalingrad that broke out a few years later, turning the entire city into rubble. The meat grinder-style battlefield will cost the lives of nearly 200 million soldiers on both sides within 8 months. devoured.

In China, the famous Hengyang Defense Battle took 50 days, and 1.5 Chinese defenders killed 10 people in the battle, and also directly defeated the Japanese army with [-] troops.

It can be said that in any urban street battle, as long as the defenders are strong enough, even if the attacker has an absolute advantage, they will pay an unimaginable price.

As long as Kunizaki didn't want to waste his troops and continue to invest, he could only wait for the last batch of heavy artillery brigades to disembark to arrive on the battlefield. That was the trump card of the Tenth Army.

几乎相当于战略部队的第六重炮旅团拥有大正七年式150mm口径的重加农炮30门，九零式240口径的重加农炮20门，还有九六式305重型榴弹炮10门。

The only certainty about these heavy artillery that can make people creepy just by listening to their caliber is that their mobility is too poor. They need to be towed by heavy trucks and have high requirements on roads, and the road conditions in China are called a poor one. It's not that it hasn't reached the battlefield yet.

And the reason why the Sixth Division on the east side of the city is only a tentative attack so far, and has not yet launched a fierce attack, is probably unwilling to wear too much under Songjiang City, and is waiting for the arrival of the heavy artillery brigade.

However, the proud major general of the Japanese army miscalculated one thing after all.

When he dismissed the idea of ​​a quick battle and sent his changed tactics to the nominal commander of the 114th Division, Lieutenant General Suematsu Moji, he received such a reply.

"Please don't forget your duty, just work hard to implement the tactics that Shangfeng has already decided, and hope that you will return with a big victory."

Suematsu Moji's tone was very polite, but even colder.

The subtext is nothing more than, now the elder brother is the boss, and you are the younger brother, so if Fett says anything, it's over.

What is wearing small shoes, this is it.

And it was a bit rude to put on a small shoe for Kunisaki. Others might underestimate Seishiro Itagaki, a well-known warrior in the Japanese army, but Moji Suematsu, who has Madoka Dohi as his backing, really can't underestimate him.

In particular, Kunisaki Teng didn't give him much face from the time he was put under his command. If Moji Suematsu didn't give him eye drops at this time, it would really be a waste of his rank of lieutenant general.

Who can get into the position of lieutenant general in the army, which one is easy to mess with?
Of course, Kunisaki can disrespect the military order, but that would be a big risk. Once Suematsu Shigeji pulled his face and handed over the telegrams between the two armies to the Army Headquarters, even Seishiro Itagaki would not be able to keep him.

For his own future, knowing that Moji Suematsu was using his commanding authority to wear shoes for him, Kunizaki could only knock down his front teeth and swallow them.

This is the reason why people have to bow their heads under the roof.

Not only Suematsu Shigeji sent Kunizaki the telegram that he must attack, but even Yanagawa Heisuke on the bank of the Huangpu River also sent Kunisaki an order to attack in the direction of Matsue West City.

The reason is very simple. The Sixth Division is responsible for attacking the two defense lines in the southeast of Songjiang. It seems that they can face the city defense directly, but the Songjiang city wall is not comparable to Xiaoxiaocangcheng. There is also a moat as wide as 20 meters, and there is no heavy artillery that can blast the city wall. With the help of the brigade, the Sixth Division must pay a painful enough price.

As for the direction of the west city, although the two nails are very hard, they are not so dependent on heavy artillery, and they only need to fight firmly enough to solve it.

When the Chinese positions outside the West City are cleared, the Heavy Artillery Brigade should be able to cross the Huangpu River. At that time, with an attack from three sides, Songjiang City may be defeated in one go.

Moreover, as the supreme commander of the Tenth Army, Yanagawa Heisuke obviously viewed the battlefield from a longer-term perspective than Kunizaki.

From the perspective of the overall situation, the more tenacious the enemy army is, the more they want to be defeated, which is more conducive to hitting the enemy's confidence and morale.

This is like two people fighting, defeating the place where the opponent is most proud can quickly disintegrate the enemy's fighting spirit, and finally win the final victory.

Even, for Yanagawa Hirasuke, he was actually very pleased that the Chinese were fighting outside the city, so that he could hang all the Chinese corpses killed outside the city with wood one by one before launching the final general offensive, and enjoy Demonstrating the bravery of the imperial army, the Chinese in the city lost their combat effectiveness because of fear.

In the past time and space, this is how he won the victory in his own way under the city of Jinling, and it was also by using inhuman killings to improve the so-called morale of the soldiers of the Tenth Army.

Respond to the enemy's tenacity with more crazy attacks, this is the answer given by the supreme commander of the Tenth Army.

No matter how helpless Kunisaki was, he could only obey the order.

Even if he hit his head in the residential area called the dark block by the 114th division, he still got it.

It's just that the previous combat method has been proven to be unacceptable, unless he is willing to invest in two infantry brigades at once.

But it is not a good choice to invest a large amount of troops. The Chinese in the city have a large number of mortars. If they come to die, and fire while the two sides are fighting, the loss will be too heavy.

Some helpless Kunizaki can only cast his eyes on Cangcheng. Wouldn't it be better if he could conquer there first, and then use this place as a base to slowly advance to the neighborhood?
(End of this chapter)