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Chapter 354 Twenty Army

The Battle of Songhu was the largest battle on the Chinese battlefield with the largest number of participants, bar none.

The battle ended with the Japanese winning. Similarly, the Chinese army also achieved its own goal, changing the strategic center of the Japanese, smashing the arrogant remarks of subjugation of China in March, and transferring a large number of industries. The tinder was preserved.

In the same battle, the Chinese army suffered heavy losses, and the elite troops were out of ten, which laid the groundwork for the failure of subsequent major battles.

Although the battle failed, the performance of the Chinese army in the battle of Songhu was still remarkable. During the offensive and defensive battle of Luodian, Hu Lian led a regiment to fight the Japanese for several days and nights, with almost no casualties. The spirit of the hundred warriors who would rather die than surrender is eloquent.

There are also SH citizens who actively supported the army and won a lot of time and precious transfer space for the Songhu battle. It also let the world see that the Chinese may be defeated, but they must not be knocked down!
Although the battle is coming to an end, the city of Shanghai is still full of gunshots, and various propaganda slogans can be seen everywhere. There are almost no people making trouble, and the people in the areas that have not yet fallen are still supporting them. It is said that the military and the people are united.

It's a pity that the Chinese army's retreat plan was very chaotic, and it was bitten by the Japanese, which led to Nanjing...

Yu Zhiqian and others are walking on the streets. Now Shanghai is very prosperous, but the prosperity has been destroyed by the flames of war. There are all kinds of construction waste everywhere. However, a few aerial bombs were dropped.

"boom!"

An aerial bomb landed on a building not far away. The original three-story building was turned into ruins in an instant. Yu Zhiqian and others looked up and saw several Japanese bombers hovering in the air above their heads. with.

"Hey!"

Yu Zhiqian looked at the Japanese bombers and sighed. The saying that you will be beaten if you fall behind is not a joke. The Chinese Air Force basically has no air supremacy in this era. The air force can resist in the early stage, but with the As the battle came to an end, problems began to arise, such as insufficient pilots and insufficient number of aircraft. In the end, no Chinese aircraft could be seen in the sky over Shanghai.

"There are gunshots ahead, go over and have a look!"

At this time, there was a rush of gunfire not far away, all of which were old-fashioned bolt-action rifles, but they were very dense. From a distance, Chinese troops in blue uniforms could be seen retreating.

"Be careful, don't be mistaken for Japanese with our current clothes!"

Yu Zhiqian and others are dressed in camouflage uniforms. Although they are different from the Japanese military uniforms, they are also different from the Chinese army and can easily be regarded as enemy troops.

"Brothers in front, which unit do you belong to!"

Yu Zhiqian yelled at the top of his voice when he was still 200 meters away, and now he regrets why he didn't bring a big domestic speaker.

"We belong to the 20th Army!"

"The 20th Army?"

Yu Zhiqian immediately thought of this army. The 20th Army is the Sichuan Army. It came out of Sichuan to fight against Japan in September. It should have joined the battlefield recently. Yu Zhiqian took a rough look at this army. The 20th Army is relatively well equipped among the Sichuan Army. The troops, they have been reorganized and equipped, and they have a scale of about five to six thousand people.

Even for this group of well-equipped troops, Yu Zhiqian saw that they were still wearing single clothes, their military uniforms were torn, some were barefoot, and their weapons were somewhat uniform, but they were also a bit worn out. what it looks like.

"We belong to the 88th Division!" Yu Zhiqian replied, and also saw the Japanese army chasing after the group of Sichuan troops, a Japanese tank, followed by dozens of Japanese soldiers, slowly advancing along the road.

The Sichuan soldiers retreated while shooting, but the bullets had no effect on the tanks. The Japanese soldiers were very arrogant and almost used tanks as cover, shooting while moving forward.

The Japanese tank is the legendary Douding tank. The main armor thickness is only 25mm. In Europe or anywhere in the world except China, there are countless ways to easily penetrate it, but in China, this thing has always been The nightmare of the Chinese army.

These two tanks have 57mm short-barreled artillery and two machine guns. In front of the Chinese army, which lacks armored forces and artillery, it is a walking fortress. It takes dozens of people or even more to kill one of them. casualties.

When the diced tanks turned out of the corner, they had already started to rotate the barrel, looking for their target.

"Pay attention to the devil's tank, you withdraw, the tank is handed over to us!" After Yu Zhiqian finished speaking, he quickly put down his backpack, took out two grenades, stuffed them into the lower pendant, called out the ruler, and aimed at Japan. Beans Tank.

But at this time, the Japanese Douding tank had already opened fire, and a light machine gun on the side spewed flames and knocked down several Sichuan soldiers to the ground, while more Sichuan soldiers still kept retreating quickly while retreating from time to time. He turned around and fired two shots, trying to slow down the pace of the Japanese pursuit.

"Fat Qi, kill those Japanese soldiers, and leave the tank to me!" Yu Zhiqian shouted, calculating the moving speed of the tank, and finally pulled the trigger slowly, a 40mm grenade fell on the Japanese tank rear position.

After the explosion sounded, several Japanese soldiers around were directly killed, but the tanks were not killed. The two Douding tanks were still firing recklessly, and several Sichuan soldiers fell to the ground.

There is a wide road around, and there are no bunkers around. While retreating, the soldiers of the Sichuan Army kept falling down.

"Run to both sides, run to both sides!" Yu Zhiqian shouted while putting the second grenade into his gun chamber, preparing to adjust and blow up the bean tank.

But at this moment, Yu Zhiqian saw a wounded soldier from the Sichuan Army who had been shot in the leg before and fell to the ground. He was moving slowly, holding two wooden handle grenades in his hand, approaching the tank little by little, not moving fast. Afraid of being discovered by the Japanese.

When the Douding tank approached, the wounded soldier suddenly stood up from the ground, pulled off the safety of the grenade, and then stuffed the grenade into the track of the two tanks. At this time, the machine on the tank The gunman also found the soldier, turned the gun, and a dozen bullets passed through the soldier's body in an instant.

But at the last moment of the fall, this unknown Sichuan soldier still stuffed the grenade in his hand under the track of the tank.

"boom!"

An explosion sounded again, and the soldiers of the Sichuan army and the tracks of the tank were directly blown off and stopped in place.

"Grass!"

Yu Zhiqian's eyes were a little red. This only happened during the Anti-Japanese War. The equipment and weapons were outdated. If you want to kill the backward tanks like the Japanese, you can only use human lives to fill them. This is a lucky one. Normally, you need at least Dozens of soldiers can replace a tank.

"The little devil of the dog day!"

Yu Zhigan spit out a mouthful of saliva, readjusted the landing point of the grenade, and pulled the trigger again. This time, the grenade landed directly on the Japanese Douding tank without any deviation. The fragile armor of the Douding tank could not stop the 40mm tank. The grenade turned into a ball of torches in an instant.

However, after the tank was blown up, the Japanese infantry behind them still did not stop moving forward and continued to move forward. Now these Japanese have gone crazy, no matter what the surrounding situation is like, as long as they see the Chinese army, Will bite and hold on.

This kind of situation is not limited to Shanghai. This group of crazy Japanese followed the retreat route of the Chinese army and chased them all the way to Nanjing. If the commander surnamed Tang in Nanjing did not retreat before the battle, Nanjing might be in another situation. .

"beat!"

On the other side, Yan Qi looked at the Japanese who had lost the cover of the tank and was still chasing them crazily, and immediately ordered to open fire. The marksmanship of the six of them was very superb. At a distance of more than 100 meters, several Japanese soldiers who rushed to the front were all shot down. land.

"Mao Sanbai, use burst fire, our bullets are precious!"

Yan Qi reminded me that at the same time, a Japanese soldier who was aiming was killed with one shot. The marksmanship of this group of Japanese soldiers was very precise. After several people fell down in a row, this group of Japanese soldiers also found Yu Zhigan and others. Although the clothes were very strange, they still turned their guns and shot at Yu Zhiqian and others.

"beat!"

After seeing the Japanese tanks being killed, the soldiers of the Sichuan Army boosted their morale, especially when one of their officers found that although Yu Zhiqian and others had killed more than a dozen Japanese soldiers, they immediately squatted behind a bunker excitedly. He took out his pistol and shot at a Japanese soldier while shouting.

After the rest of the soldiers heard the order, they immediately searched for a simple bunker nearby and launched a counterattack against the Japanese. Originally, Yu Zhiqian and the others were at a disadvantage in numbers, but now they were suddenly at the same level. The upstart Japanese.

"withdraw!"

After killing more than 30 Japanese soldiers, a small Japanese sergeant finally felt that something was wrong. If he continued to fight like this, the whole army might be wiped out, so he ordered to retreat.

The Japanese soldiers began to retreat to the rear, and Yu Zhiqian rushed out from behind the bunker: "Follow forward for 200 meters, brothers in the Sichuan Army, everyone, pick up the Japanese weapons, don't waste them!"

"Hahaha, thank you sir!"

The Japanese retreated very quickly and in an orderly manner. Yu Zhiqian and others stopped chasing after reaching the corner. Although the contact battle just now was only a few minutes, nearly 30 soldiers of the Sichuan Army died, and 36 Japanese were killed. People, but most of the soldiers of the Sichuan Army were killed by tanks, otherwise the casualties would be lower.

"Hi sir, I am Du Haifeng, deputy commander of the third company of the 20th Regiment of the No.804 Army!"

"88th Division, Colonel Staff Officer, Yu Zhiqian, where is your unit?" Yu Zhiqian returned a military salute and looked at Du Haifeng in front of him. He was not tall and had injuries, but he looked capable.

"Sir, it's all gone. Our people were responsible for guarding the defense line of Yunzaobang River. Some time ago, our defense line was breached and the regiment leader sacrificed. Our brothers recovered the defense line and were beaten back by the devils!"

Speaking of this, this strong man suddenly burst into tears, and Yu Zhiqian patted him on the shoulder lightly. The Yunzaobang River defense line was the first shot of the Sichuan Army on the anti-Japanese battlefield, and it was also commanded by Yang Sen, the commander of the [-]th Army. battle.

Yang Sen fought fiercely during the civil war, but he performed even better on the anti-Japanese battlefield. He considered himself a descendant of Yang Jiye. The 20th Army of the Sichuan Army mostly had brothers and nephews of the same clan as Yang Sen. The 20th Army of the Sichuan Army had "General Yang, Guang'an soldiers," said one.

Yang Sen once had a famous saying: It is the most honorable thing for our 20th Army to be transferred to Shanghai to fight against Japan.Sacrifice for the country is worth it!
The 20th Army fought fiercely at the defense line of Yunzao Binhe. Basically, it can be said that the entire army was wiped out. However, at the last moment, all the surrounding positions were lost, and the defense line was worthless before withdrawing from the position.

It is said that at the most tragic time, the soldiers of the Sichuan Army continued to fight using the corpses of their comrades-in-arms as cover. Stacked in front to act as cover.

Sichuan people are fond of nostalgia and value love and friendship. They were either fellow villagers or old friends who participated in the battle of Songhu. The corpses of their brothers were used as cover in this way, which shows the unyielding morale of the officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army in bloody battles. The Sichuan army should be chronically malnourished and weak. When fighting the Japanese soldiers, they stabbed in close combat. The Sichuan soldiers were not the opponents of the Japanese army, but the Sichuan people were staunch and stubborn.

As soon as the Japanese army entered the position, if the soldiers of the Sichuan army failed to approach and shoot, they would pull the grenade and die with the Japanese army. In addition, more officers and soldiers of the Sichuan army held explosives and attacked the Japanese tanks close to the trenches. This is how they resisted the Japanese. The plane bombed, the tank rushed, and the task assigned by the commander was completed.

"You should retreat now. Now all the troops have received the order to retreat. If you go west all the way, if you encounter a large army, notify them. You must leave the troops behind, and the Japanese can't bite their tails, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous! "

After hearing Yu Zhiqian's words, Du Haifeng was stunned for a moment: "Sir, you withdraw, we will cover you, although our brothers' marksmanship is not as good as yours, but don't worry, if the devil wants to chase him, he must step over our corpses." In the past, sir, we didn’t run away just now, the brothers still have an ambush circle behind them, ready to attract the devils, but I didn’t expect these devils to have tanks, and many brothers died, but it’s worth it!”

(End of this chapter)