Age of Rebirth

Chapter 480 Bloody Shanghai

Nakajima Komogo, who ran to the landing craft, let out a long breath. Hearing the sound of the guns and guns on the attack road that had subsided just now, he felt unspeakable bitterness in his heart. The result was beyond his expectation. The army, the ferocity of firepower, and the ingenious use of tactics are completely different from the Chinese army he is familiar with.

Instead of establishing a blocking position on the beach, he adopted the method of ambush halfway. Does this mean that his landing plan has long been under the control of the Chinese army?This is a problem he can't understand. Nakajima doesn't think that the retreat order he issued is timid and cowardly. Under such circumstances, even if the entire division is filled in, it will not help.

Even if the blocking Chinese army is finally wiped out, how many troops will the Sixteenth Division have left, and can it complete the mission of cutting off the Beijing-Shanghai railway and highway and cutting off the retreat route of the Chinese defenders in the Songhu area?The answer is definitely not, what should I do next?Waiting for the heavy weapons to come ashore and fight again with the blocking Chinese army, is it possible to defeat or annihilate this blocking Chinese army?Nakajima Komono is not sure of victory.

Soon, he received a notification from the base camp to attack the main force in the Songhu area. Lieutenant General Yanagawa Hirasuke, the commander of the Tenth Army, was unfortunately hit by enemy artillery fire when he was on the front line to command the battle, and he was loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. , All the accompanying senior staff officers were broken, and the troops lost more than [-] people, and they have now retreated to the sea off Hangzhou Bay. [

At the same time, in view of the unfavorable situation in the war situation and the failure of the Hangzhou Bay landing plan, the No. 16 Division must not go deep alone, and ordered to retreat to the sea and wait for the next order. Fortunately, fortunately, I saw the opportunity early and did not blindly attack the blocking positions of the Chinese army. Otherwise, it is still unknown whether I can come back. Because of Nakajima's knowledge of current affairs, among the Japanese troops attacking the Songhu area in the third route, No. The .16 division suffered the slightest losses.

Compared with the No.16 division in Nakajima, the Shanghai Expeditionary Army with the former deputy chief of staff Masao Ishihara as the commander of the base camp faced a much more tragic experience, although Masao Ishihara had been psychologically prepared.

Songhu Garrison Commander Zhang Zhizhong did a solid job in preparing for the war. He built three solid lines of defense in the landing area chosen by the Japanese army for the first time. He had the same idea as Tang Qiuli. Signing, with the Japanese's habit of treachery and extremely greedy character, who would believe that they can stop here?

Only those big officials in Nanjing have such naive thoughts. Zhang Zhizhong, who fought the Japanese for thirteen days in the first battle of Songhu, did not believe that the Japanese had good intentions for a truce. After a long talk, he became more aware of the wolfish ambitions of the Japanese.

The secret fort on Changxing Island was completed before the end of October. Eighteen large-caliber coastal defense guns were installed, but due to the requirement of secrecy, no actual test firing was carried out. The two iron gate bolts on the main channel of Haikou, not only that, but the channel between Changxing Island and Chongming Island is full of new magnetic mines provided by the Independent Division. More than [-] troops are ready to fight, never letting go.

Masao Ishihara's Shanghai Expeditionary Army fell into an ominous bloody storm as soon as it started to attack. First, the landing troops who detoured the waterway between Changxing Island and Chongming Island were blasted into the sky by sea mines, crying for their parents and mothers, responsible for The head of the commanding division reported in a panic that the troops might be attacked by submarines of the Chinese Navy, because the explosion points all came from below the waterline of the landing craft.

Of course Ishihara didn't believe his nonsense, China submarine?Are you kidding me? It is true that the troops encountered an attack. He could imagine what happened to the troops just by listening to the continuous explosions. Landing sites in the Shahekou and Lion Forest areas.

As soon as the Japanese troops entered the main channel of the Yangtze Estuary, the landing craft were sunk by coastal defense guns from Changxing Island and Wusongkou Fort. Like the [-]th Division, Ishihara's troops did not have the firepower provided by the main battleships of the Japanese Navy. As a cover, the area around Wusongkou is a sad place for the Japanese navy.

However, after all, he came out of the base camp. With some face, the Fourth Fleet allocated him five small gunboats. Unfortunately, the gunboats, which were much larger than the targets of the landing craft, became the main targets of the fort. They were all bombed and sank into the water of the main channel of the Yangtze Estuary. Thanks to these gunboats attracting the firepower of the anti-aircraft guns on both sides, the Shanghai Expeditionary Army under the command of Masao Ishihara was able to drive more than half of the landing craft to the beach where they landed.

At this moment in Shiyuan, there are no more than [-] troops left, and the rest are floating on the sea. The Japanese troops who were still wading and landing were knocked down in the sea by the heavy rain from the beachhead. Float to the depths of the sea.

The Japanese army landed on the beach and couldn't move anymore. Zhang Zhizhong didn't intend to let them go. The artillery unit of the Central Army, which had already marked the coordinates in advance, covered the landing area of ​​the Japanese army with artillery fire like a volcanic eruption. However, he felt that he had attracted all the firepower of the Chinese defenders, so Yanagawa Heisuke and Nakajima Konzago should be going well, right?

Holding on to this breath, Ishihara ordered the troops to dig field fortifications on the spot, stick to the landing point, and wait for the rendezvous with the Tenth Army that landed in Hangzhou Bay. Braving intensive artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers began to dig fortifications at an extremely fast speed and the sand was fine. It's as soft as a lover's hand, but it just can't hold the cannon.

Ishihara gritted his teeth and endured. His troops faced the threat of ferocious shelling by the Chinese defenders. Many soldiers were buried alive in the beach fortifications they dug. The sad thing is that there are four regiments of heavy artillery, but they cannot build artillery Let the soldiers with rifles attack the position, and the squadron relying on reinforced concrete fortifications to defend is different from suicide, and Ishihara didn't even think about it.

His only idea is to persist until the Tenth Army appears behind the Chinese defenders. At that time, it is time for the Shanghai dispatched army to avenge their shame. The news that the No.16 division had successfully arrived in Shanghai was followed by more and more heavy casualties.

Masao Ishihara couldn't take it anymore, his brave soldiers were always being killed by the damned Chinese, how long would they last?Are all the firepower of the Chinese defenders on their own heads?Even if he wanted to retreat at this moment, he would have to pay a huge price. In desperation, he wanted to pass through the base camp and asked the navy to send planes to bomb the urban area of ​​Shanghai and the defenders' positions in China to relieve the pressure on the dispatched troops from Shanghai.

At the same time, I hope that the base camp will urge the Tenth Army and the No.16 Division to accelerate the pace of attacking Shanghai. My troops are under the exhaustion of Chinese artillery fire at all times. When the Ishihara telegram was received, the Japanese base camp was surrounded Gloom and mist, the three attacking troops, two of which had been beaten badly and returned home. The main attacking force, the Tenth Army, was even worse. Even the commander was killed. Now it is the leader of the group.

The only Shanghai Expeditionary Army still on land was suppressed by the firepower of the Chinese troops on the beach, unable to move. This kind of corrupt situation was never imagined by the senior generals in the base camp. The only thing they can do now is to It is to send a plane to support Masao Ishihara.

The Japanese planes on the aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy's Third and Fourth Fleets, which received the order, were loaded with bombs and rushed towards Shanghai with a murderous look.

With the first battle of Songhu, the troops were hit by the Japanese air force and suffered serious losses. Zhang Zhizhong paid special attention to strengthening the air defense force. On the basis of the original four air defense regiments, he did everything possible to increase the number of three air defense regiments. The anti-aircraft firepower guards the sky in the area defended by the Central Army like an iron bucket. [

The Japanese bomber fleet did not take advantage of the outer positions in Shanghai. The skies in the fighting area of ​​the two sides were full of smoke formed by the explosion of deadly anti-aircraft guns. The air bombing of the Chinese Communist Party was killed, and a column of conflicting water was stirred up on the sea.

With the cover of anti-aircraft weapons, the central army's pressure on the Japanese landing force continued unabated. Ishihara was almost desperate. He was now in a dilemma. Attack?Unable to attack, the Chinese defenders relied on complete fortifications to build an iron wall and retreat?If they can't withdraw, they will be counter-attacked by the squadron and thrown into the sea to feed the sharks.

The Japanese bomber fleet couldn't take advantage of the battle area, and the commander leading the team was extremely annoyed. So many bombers couldn't be brought back to the aircraft carrier, right?He issued an order to bomb the urban area of ​​Shanghai.

Hundreds of Japanese bombers and escorting fighter jets, like ominous crows, rushed towards downtown Shanghai viciously.

All the anti-aircraft artillery fire is concentrated in the outer positions of Shanghai, and the air defense force in the urban area is almost blank. For these robbers from the sky, Shanghai is an undefended city, just like a beautiful naked girl, In the face of a group of hungry and strong men, there is no ability to resist.

The roaring bombs fell from the sky and fell on the heads of the common people. Jiading and Baoshan were bombarded indiscriminately by Japanese bombers. High-rise buildings collapsed and houses caught fire. The beautiful big Shanghai has become a hell on earth.

The Japanese fighter pilots were even more frenzied, skimming the streets of the urban area at ultra-low altitude, and frantically strafing the fleeing citizens. The flames sprayed from the nose of the aircraft were like the devil's grin, and innocent lives were brutally taken away. In the wanton killing, he got great pleasure, and swooped down again and again, like a god of death spreading his wings.

Whether it is a car or a running pedestrian, all moving targets on the ground have not escaped the clutches of the beast-like Japanese pilots, and they have not even seen any moving targets. As long as they want to, they can shoot at any target that is willing to fire. The beastly behavior of attacking unarmed civilians was obviously approved by the top Japanese navy.

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