On November 8, Lei Xiong's troops shot down a total of 8 Japanese planes, and the bodies or body parts of 8 Japanese pilots were found.
However, he sacrificed 8 people, damaged three trucks and one heavy machine gun, and the battle damage ratio was almost 1:1.
The corpses and body parts of the Japanese pilots were dug into a big pit and buried together. It's not that there was any kindness to let them be buried in peace, but the aroma of being roasted by the flames wafted in the wilderness, which was really stimulating to the human sense of smell.
Yeah, the smell of it makes me unable to eat.
The graves of the eight sacrificed soldiers are also in a joint tomb, located just above the Japanese graves. Even if they died, they would be trampled under their feet.
As many as a hundred refugees died due to the Japanese bombing, and the soldiers organized the refugees to dig out large graves and bury them.
That night, Lei Xiong sent the results of the battle to the Songjiang headquarters.
The two top commanders were almost stunned.
If the results of the eight Japanese aircraft were enough to make people happy, then Lei Xiong's so-called 1:1 battle loss ratio turned the joy into shock.
They knew that the Sixing Battalion was awesome, otherwise they would not have sent such an elite force to guard the bridge when Songjiang was in such a crisis, but they never thought that it would be so awesome, so awesome that they would use infantry and aviation to attack the bridge.
Change one.
So much so that they couldn't believe it.
But they also knew that there was no need for Lei Xiong to lie about this.
However, after discussing it, they chose to keep this shocking victory secret, not to mention announcing it to the entire army and the country, not even Tantai Mingyue and the returning Tang Dao.
It's not that I'm afraid of people questioning such incredible results, but if tomorrow's major newspapers report it so happily, it will definitely irritate the already injured Japanese navy.
If one squadron is not enough, what should we do if we send two or even three? Even if they directly bomb the bridge regardless of the offensive route required by the Japanese army, no matter how good the tactics and how brave Lei Xiong's troops are, they will probably end up in the battlefield.
It's better to pretend that nothing happened for the time being and let the Japanese fleet leaders who are still on the sea have time to think about how to wipe this ass.
Losing eight fighter planes in one battle is not dispensable for the Japanese fleet, which has nearly a hundred fighter planes. They will definitely find a way to erase this battle loss, and if things go wrong, they will ask the Japanese Army to take the blame for them.
For example, the main battlefield in Songjiang or the main battlefield in western Shanghai will never be in the small Baihe Port.
A general is a general, he stands at a different height, and his vision and layout are also different.
They guessed correctly what Commander Kiyoshi Hasegawa of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet was thinking.
This kind of shame, which is similar to walking around in the emperor's new clothes, will be difficult to erase even if the entire Baihegang Bridge area is razed to the ground. The base camp will definitely criticize it, and the army will even add fuel to the fire with ridicule.
Kiyoshi Hasegawa can figure this out.
Because China has no navy at all, the Japanese naval fleet, which dispatched three aircraft carriers and dozens of ships of various types, can only spend most of its time blowing wind at sea, in addition to using aircraft and naval guns to prove its prowess on land.
To put it bluntly, in the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese Navy was a auxiliary, while the Japanese Army was the main attacker.
It would be strange for the proud main attacker to not catch the assist's mistakes and ridicule them wildly.
The only way to avoid being humiliated by your own people is to keep a calm mood, pretend it's nothing, and continue to send planes to participate in the war in Huxi and Songjiang City tomorrow.
It was a fierce battle involving hundreds of thousands of troops. The battle losses accumulated little by little, and only 8 aircraft could be collected.
As for the Baihe Port Bridge, the Army likes to do whatever it takes. At worst, they have to swim across the river by themselves. Anyway, their naval aircraft only need to step on the accelerator to cross the river.
As for revenge, for a naval admiral who is more proficient in politics than military affairs, those are useless emotions. As long as the Tenth Army captures Songjiang, the Chinese people at Baihe Port will be wiped out.
The only thing the admiral is worried about is China. Don't let the whole country know about this matter. Then even if he intends to swallow this battle alive, he can only make his own response.
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Fortunately, the Chinese are not stupid either! This is what the Japanese admiral who had been frustrated all night wanted to see.
The Chinese Army Lieutenant General and the Japanese Navy Admiral had sufficient tacit understanding, but Commander Yanagawa Heisuke of the Japanese Tenth Army did not.
He is bound to win the Baihegang Bridge, the only road from Songjiang area to north to Kunshan.
Especially after Hisao Tani accidentally killed Matsue in battle.
Even if one of the Chinese defenders escaped, he would feel sorry for Mr. Gu, whose corpse was so hard.
There has been no response from the Navy and Malus, so we have to rely on ourselves.
Throughout the day on November 9, the number of refugees heading north from Kunshan to Jinling via the Baihegang Bridge continued to increase.
Many of them were residents of Songjiang City. They originally thought that they could return home after taking shelter from the war with relatives in the countryside, but they did not expect that the Japanese were so cruel.
For several days in a row, the news reached the ears of these people that either the Japanese massacred that village or how many people the Japanese had killed.
It seemed that we could no longer stay in our hometown and had to escape as far away as possible before the Japanese occupied Matsue Castle.
Only by living can you have the chance to go home.
It is human instinct to seek good fortune and avoid evil.
However, crossing the bridge is not an easy task.
In order to prevent the bridge from being attacked and damaged by Japanese spies, Lei Xiong issued a military order after arriving at Baihe Port that no one was allowed to cross the bridge at night.
Moreover, a checkpoint was set up on the main road more than 100 meters away from the bridge to check the refugees.
The continuous influx of refugees from the main road, coupled with yesterday's fighting, means that nearly 10,000 people are stranded on the south bank of the bridge.
Everyone must check the doorsteps and unpack their belongings one by one to avoid weapons or explosives.
There are not many such people. In the past two days, more than a dozen people were found to be carrying pistols and grenades.
There may be some armed escorts of merchants and broken troops who retreated from other places, but everyone was reminded after entering the inspection area that they can hand it over voluntarily, and they can return it after leaving the bridge.
Those who did not voluntarily hand it over and still kept their weapons were naturally those with ulterior motives. Regardless of whether they had anything to do with the Japanese, the soldiers would mercilessly push them to the side of the road and shoot them.
In this way, it will naturally take a long time.
From early morning to afternoon, only five to six thousand people crossed the bridge, and thousands more were stranded in the wilderness waiting.
For those who are fleeing, every minute and every second may be a chance to survive. This time has been waiting for a long time, and the refugees will inevitably complain. Coupled with the encouragement of some caring people, refugees continue to appear and start to rush for the card.
the behavior of.
Although the Chinese soldiers had military orders, they could not point bayonets at the old men with gray hair in ragged clothes or the women carrying their clothes and holding their children. They could only use their words to persuade them.
But obviously, this is not very effective for people who are eager to leave this place.
As the commander of the bridgehead of the bridge, Li Jijin, the second platoon commander, was very experienced, but when faced with thousands of people who were about to lose control, he could only sweat profusely and was unable to come up with an effective solution for a while.
He asked Lei Xiong, the top officer of the entire defense circle, for support, but Lei Xiong just replied: "Damn it, you can't even deal with the common people, how can I expect you to deal with the Japanese? Otherwise, I can send a telegram for you."
Ask the battalion commander how it was done?"
It wasn't that Lei Xiong didn't want to spare his manpower to help him, but that the Japanese aircraft formation suffered a loss yesterday and it was uncertain how they would retaliate today. The positions of the three air defense positions had been exposed, and new positions had been constructed since last night.
As the supreme commander, he had to worry about redeploying firepower and arranging personnel, so he still had time to take care of the small things like Li Jijin's inspection of refugees crossing the river?
Whether to use force to suppress or try to appease and maintain order depends on Li Jijin's ability to adapt to the situation.
Two light machine guns and more than twenty guns protruding from the fortifications were already aimed at the people who were constantly attacking the defense line. The sweat on Li Jijin's face was pouring down.
He did not expect that the harmonious situation between the army and the people, which had achieved brilliant results because of their resolute counterattack yesterday, would evolve into this.
But he knew better that shooting and killing as a warning was the easiest way. But once the refugees spread the news that "soldiers shot and killed refugees", not to mention him as an army second lieutenant, even Lei Xiong and Tang Dao couldn't afford it.
this reputation.
Maybe the Four Elements Camp, which had just gained a glorious reputation and was famous all over the world, would become famous all over the world again because of this incident, but this time it would be infamous.
In China's five thousand years, anyone who kills civilians will basically be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
In a wilderness three hundred meters away from the bridge, hundreds of people gathered.
There were women and children, some old people, and most of them were adult men.
Women and children are considered at the lowest level in the war, and the number is slightly smaller, which is normal.
A middle-aged man wearing tattered clothes and a dirty face looked at the chaotic scene in the distance with a proud look on his face.
"Captain Nishikawa, the Chinese are already panicking! Your strategy is clever." A man of about the same age squatting next to him looked around and sang a hymn to the proud-looking man in a low voice.
"Kane Hase, my teacher once told me that crazy slogans are of course more contagious than careful logic, and extreme emotions are naturally more contagious than complex reality." The man's eyes were full of pride.
"Look, those stupid Chinese people didn't even care about the soldiers who helped them fight bloody battles for themselves. The reason why their reason was wiped out so quickly is just that we helped them aggravate their anxiety a little bit."
"I've been taught a lesson!" A look of deep admiration filled the man's face, and he nodded fiercely.
This is the typical attitude of subordinates towards their superiors. Regardless of whether they understand or not, they just look like they have learned a lot.
This chapter has been completed!