The Red War God of Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 299 Shanghai Changes Hands 2

"Quick, quick, get in the car and head to the north bank of the Suzhou River, we are going to save people!" At the 024th Division and 025th Division's station, the soldiers were driven out of their beds by their battalion commanders, company commanders and platoon leaders, while buckling up. Buttoning his clothes, he ran to the parking lot.

At this time, the garrisons of the two divisions were brightly lit, motors were roaring everywhere, and soldiers were running everywhere!It gives people the feeling of being chaotic, if Wu Aihua sees this scene, officers at all levels will inevitably be punished.

"What? Save people, save who?" A soldier asked back.

"Quick, this is an order! Who are you going to save? Don't talk too much!" The company platoon leaders were not in such a good mood to reason with the soldiers.If a soldier is dragged down, the platoon leader can't speak in the whole company, and the company commander can't speak in the whole battalion.If you miss the opportunity to fight, you might be punished by military discipline.

Fortunately, this kind of chaos in the Wehrmacht is a chaos of vitality and excitement. Only when the soldiers get on the bus will they become orderly again; and as soon as the gunshots are fired, this vitality and excitement will turn into a charge motivation.

General Matsui Iwane, commander of the Japanese East China Front, never rested after being woken up by the guards.In fact, in this state, Matsui Ishi may not really be able to sleep, he just forced himself not to think about the burning war.

Half an hour later, Matsui Iwane got the answer to the question of "how many attackers, designations, and equipment".The attackers had a reinforced regiment, and most of them were equipped with light weapons below 60 per cent. However, the proportion of individual automatic weapons was very high, and the Imperial Japanese Army was at a loss in close combat.

This answer is naturally the conclusion drawn by Si Neicheng through observation and analysis.However, Matsui Iwane did not expect that after sending this valuable telegram, Terauchi Castle was "fired" by the scouts of the National Defense Forces, and eventually died of the metal flames intertwined by the National Defense Forces' machine guns and submachine guns.

"Order: The Marine Corps' Hongkou Base troops are dispatched immediately to annihilate the Chinese army that has penetrated into the urban area as soon as possible!" Matsui Iwane is very sober: this enemy cannot be left behind!If other combat troops learn that the Chinese army has penetrated into the urban area of ​​Shanghai, it will definitely deal a serious blow to their morale.

However, just 10 minutes after the order was issued, General Matsui Iwane received new information: Three other small troops of the Chinese Army crossed the Suzhou River, and their attacks were very sharp and ferocious, and their advance speed was very fast!

"Baga, is the Chinese army going to seize Shanghai directly?" Matsui Iwane thought of the Chinese National Defense Army navy that had arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River yesterday evening and announced the blockade of the Yangtze River, and he was convinced of his own judgment.

"Order: Immediately forward all telegrams received after this morning to the Tokyo headquarters!" Matsui Iwane thought for a while, but he really couldn't come up with any solution.In terms of fighting, maybe the regimental and battalion captains below are better at fighting than him, so Matsui Iwane really has nothing to do at this time.

Of course, Matsui Iwane had to change the order just now, because he had to send troops to block the attacks of the other three troops, and at the same time he had to strengthen the security of the front army headquarters.If he, the commander of the front army, was killed or captured by the Chinese when the battle was in full swing, it would be the biggest joke in the history of the Japanese army.

The Tokyo base camp of the Japanese army, just like this, when the day just dawned, the ministers from all walks of life were notified and quickly went to the cabinet to hold a meeting.However, what they never expected was that after only one night, there were a few more regiments of Chinese troops in the city of Shanghai where the imperial army was stationed.

More bad news is yet to come. At 6 a.m. China time, that is, 7 a.m. Tokyo time, the Japanese base camp in Tokyo received two more explosive news: The 38th Division of the Imperial Army stationed on the south bank of the Suzhou River was violently attacked by the Chinese army. Attack; Another mechanized force of nearly 3 people in one division has forcibly crossed the Suzhou Creek and penetrated into the city.

The 024 Division's strong advance, the 38th Division of the Japanese Army frantically stepped forward to block it, but the 024 Division did not entangle with it at all, calling the 025 Division to deal with any enemy.It's just that when crossing the Suzhou Creek, the rocket battalion was used abruptly to open up a safe passage.

The National Defense Forces suddenly invaded the core urban area of ​​Shanghai this time, and the National Defense Forces themselves did not expect this result before.As for urban street fighting, the National Defense Forces had little experience in the Battle of Pingjin, and they have not fought seriously since then.However, several wartime reconnaissance regiments of the Wehrmacht continued to create experience in urban street fighting during the attack.

Street fighting in the city is most taboo to be a barricade duel!In that case, it will only be a confrontation between the light and heavy firepower of the two sides.Fortunately, the Wehrmacht is inexperienced and theoretically not inferior to any army in this era.

When they encountered fortifications or bunkers on the street, they either immediately sent troops to "pass through the wall" or immediately sent troops to "go around". In short, they would never really confront the Japanese army on the street.

When encountering large buildings or commanding heights in the city, send troops to occupy them immediately to form an air fire advantage.

If five wartime reconnaissance regiments broke into the core urban area of ​​Shanghai, the total strength of the Japanese army still has a certain advantage. However, the 5 Division suddenly crossed the Suzhou River, which made General Matsui Iwane feel a little stretched.

Because, facing this marine division with 96 "t-12" assault vehicles and fully mechanized advance, Matsui Iwane couldn't send a single soldier to intercept it!

However, Matsui Iwane is still very calm, because he has understood since yesterday: that is, after the base camp rejected the surrender agreement of the National Defense Forces and issued the announcement on its own initiative, the East China Front Army became a piece of meat on the chopping board. Waiting for the National Defense Forces to castrate at will.

The total force was less than that of the national defense force, heavy weapons were almost destroyed, the Chinese fleet of the navy was wiped out, and the remaining aircraft of the third flight group dared not take off at all.

In the face of the swift and violent offensive of the National Defense Forces, the Japanese troops from all walks of life fought bloody battles until 9:024 in the morning, and then began to fail.In particular, the addition of the [-]th Division Tank Regiment and Howitzer Regiment made the barricades of the Japanese army a joke.

"Order all the imperial army to quickly retreat to the front army headquarters!" At 9:10 in the morning, Matsui Iwane issued the order he was least willing to issue.Matsui Iwane, who is at the end of his life, is going to use the fortifications of the Front Army Headquarters to fight the National Defense Forces for the last time!

At 10 o'clock in the morning, another bad news came!The China National Defense Force Navy occupied the Japanese Chongming Island Airport!

At 10:30 in the morning, Wu Aihua suddenly "intervened" in the battle. He demanded that the National Defense Forces surround the Japanese Army Headquarters in Hongkou and not fight. Shi Gen ordered the Japanese 024th Army and 10th Army to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Chinese National Defense Forces!

At this time, the entire Shanghai, except for a few strongholds that were really difficult to attack, were still in the hands of the Japanese army, and other areas were already under the control of the National Defense Forces.The Japanese Marine Corps has broken away from the battle with the Wehrmacht, and all of them are gathered in the streets around the Japanese headquarters.

In this state, even ordinary Japanese soldiers understand that the artillery of the National Defense Forces can already bombard any house in the Japanese-controlled area, and the Japanese East China Front Command is no longer safe.

When the Japanese Army Headquarters in Tokyo learned that Matsui Iwane's headquarters had been besieged by the Chinese army, it had to send a telegram to the East China Front Army Command at 1:30 p.m., granting General Matsui Iwane full powers to handle the East China War, and at the same time dispatched Foreign Minister Hirota Koki He went to Shanghai with Ishihara Wanji, the first chief of the General Staff Headquarters, to discuss post-war matters with the Chinese National Defense Forces.

The Japanese army persisted until 2 pm. General Matsui Iwane, authorized by the Japanese base camp, issued an order to the Japanese 10th Army and 11th Army, requiring all troops to surrender to the Chinese National Defense Forces nearby.

Japan, a nation that does not shed tears without seeing a coffin, finally paid a heavy price for its stupidity!

From the beginning of the battle in the early morning of March 3 to 4 pm on March 3, the headquarters of the Japanese 5th Army stationed in Minhang, the Independent Tank Brigade, and the Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade, except for a few senior generals such as Yanagawa Heisuke, escaped. In addition, the remaining 2 people were wiped out by the National Defense Forces; the 10th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Songjiang has already wiped out more than 1 people; and the 18th Division of the Japanese Army stationed on the south bank of the Suzhou River, except for a few data points. , and the rest were wiped out; the 1rd Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Wujiang has also reached the end of its strength, with 38 regiments under its jurisdiction and only 23 regiment is still relatively complete; while the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai, two divisions At the time of the final surrender, less than 4 people were still alive and healthy.

In just over a day, Japan paid the lives of nearly 10 soldiers because of its stupidity!Of course, more than 3000 soldiers of the National Defense Forces are buried on the land of the Yangtze River Delta!

The Japanese base camp and its headquarters ordered the surrender, which was a kind of "relief" for the Japanese 10th Army, which no longer had a complete organizational system.However, Lieutenant General Tani Hisao of the Japanese 11th Army was unwilling.

In addition to the 23rd Division being disabled in Wujiang, the Japanese 11th Army also had the 6th Division in Suzhou, the 12th Division in Changshu, the 115th Division in Kunshan and Taicang, and the 32nd Division in Jiading. In Tani Hisao's view, although the heavy artillery and tanks of the 11th Army had lost more than half of the heavy artillery and tanks under the bombing of the Chinese Air Force, the Japanese army may not be unable to fight.

Because of this, when the main force of the Fourth Army of the National Defense Forces bypassed Wujiang and went to Suzhou, it suddenly encountered tenacious resistance from the 6th Division of the Japanese Army!The Japanese 11th Army Headquarters and two independent brigades stationed in Qingpu are also moving towards Kunshan and Taicang!

When Wu Aihua on the cruiser "Dingyuan 01" heard the news, he was very surprised: Is this the tradition of the Japanese army to "below the top"?

On the one hand, Wu Aihua ordered the National Defense Forces to contact General Matsui Iwane immediately, and on the other hand, prepare for a big fight!Wu Aihua didn't believe it, a little Hisao Tani became a master!

The attitude of the National Defense Forces is very tough: If the 11th Army is unwilling to lay down its weapons and surrender, then the Japanese 11th Army will not have a single prisoner!