When dawn arrived, the two infantry regiments welcomed the returning advance regiment and reported to the main position.
The three lieutenant general commanders of the Jiashan frontline headquarters, together with the lieutenant general commanders of the 107th, 108th, and 26th infantry divisions, and a total of 6 army lieutenant general-level officers, all came out of Sanli.
If the Japanese army launched a bombardment on Jiashan's defense line at this time, the cliff would be full of gains, and the effect would be no worse than the Chinese annihilating one of their heavy artillery brigade.
It's a pity that they no longer have a heavy artillery brigade.
Although there were enough corrupt officials in this period, investing huge sums of money in defense fortifications to prevent enemy troops from landing at sea to defend 75mm cannons was still just a joke.
At this moment, Ushijima Sadao was still struggling to gather the troops on the front line, including the disgraced 36th Infantry Brigade. For the time being, he could not think of starting a war against the Chinese army that had retracted into the defense line.
The reception standards are a bit high, but the advance group is worth it.
Any unit that can take out a heavy artillery brigade is worthy of being greeted by their commander with this standard.
To use the exact words of the violent-tempered lieutenant general commander of the 108th Division: "If you can knock out the Japanese 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, let alone replace it with my guard battalion, even the entire division, I won't feel sorry for you."
Although, the Army Lieutenant General's cheeks were shaking when he said this while standing in the guard camp where only 180 people were left and everyone was injured.
That's heartbreaking.
The advance team's losses this time were huge.
Of the more than 3,200 troops at the time of division, only 2,000 troops were finally able to join the main force, and 1,200 of them lay dormant on the battlefield in the southeast.
What makes these senior commanders even more heartbroken is that a major officer was killed, more than 20 lieutenants were killed, and more than 400 sergeant-level veterans suffered heavy losses.
If you are not a veteran, how can you become an elite? If you are not a veteran, how can you lead the recruits on the most dangerous battlefield? When artillery fire comes, the veterans who are best at saving their lives can only use death to remind their comrades that the battlefield is cruel, and they can only use death to strengthen them.
of strength.
No matter which army it is in, veterans are the true cornerstone of an army.
If the veterans survive, the troops can regain sufficient combat effectiveness after a short period of training with enough new recruits.
However, the advance group lost hundreds of veterans in this battle. It is strange that the chief officers did not feel sorry for them.
If we only look at the losses, this battle led by Tang Dao, who lost one-third of the entire army's elite troops, was a defeat.
But if you look at the results of Tang Dao and the advance team, even the saddest general will burst into tears and laugh.
A heavy artillery brigade was already worth these sacrifices, not to mention beating up the arrogant Sixth Division.
The 36th Infantry Brigade ran fast and did not stand up and get beaten on the position like the idiot of the infantry regiment under the 18th Division, but this also resulted in them not taking away the bodies left on the front line.
Due to limited time, the math of the cavalrymen who were responsible for cleaning the battlefield and collecting the number of Japanese killed in action was a bit terrible. If the number was large, the results would be unfavorable.
Lu Sanjiang's guy even calculated it on his fingers for a long time and then gave Gong Shaoxun a figure of 4,000 people, which almost caused Camp Commander Gong to kick him into a ditch.
Isn’t that nonsense! The 36th Infantry Brigade has only a few people in total. How can you swallow up a whole brigade with a thousand soldiers? Why don’t you go to heaven!
Not to mention that the big guys above wouldn’t believe this number, even the infantrymen who started it wouldn’t believe it either!
And because it was dark, the cavalry couldn't run to check every ditch, and Tang Dao couldn't do anything either. They had to make a rough calculation of 2,200 based on the corpses left by the Japanese troops in front of the positions reported by each company.
In a head-on field battle with the awesome 36th Infantry Brigade, you killed 2,200 of them? And with more people hitting less people, even if they set up twelve heavy artillery and bombarded them, it wouldn't be enough! You think they're on the surface of the earth?
The strongest division belongs to fools, right? Standing there and letting you fight?
This is Tang Dao, Wu, and Guo, who knew that he would not falsely report his military exploits. If it had been someone else, he would have slapped him with a big ear-scratcher, but just like that, the three lieutenant general-level commanders of the headquarters still gave this number to
gritted his teeth and cut 700.
The number of 1,500 enemy killed was already astonishing for a field battle involving thousands of people.
As everyone knows, according to post-war statistics of the Japanese army, as many as 1,800 infantrymen of the 36th Infantry Brigade were killed on the spot and more than 700 were injured. More than half of them died due to wound infection, and as many as 600 people were later missing in the shelling.
The remaining people include Lieutenant Colonel Setouchi Ri and a group of staff officers and communications officers.
In other words, in this brutal field battle that only the parties involved knew how brutal it was, the 36th Infantry Brigade suffered more than 3,000 casualties, 800 more than Tang Dao's estimate. Two infantry regiments were completely wiped out.
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Lu Sanjiang, that guy who doesn't know how to count, is actually not much more accurate than Tang Dao's estimate.
If the losses under Songjiang City are included, the elite army of the 36th Infantry Brigade has basically lost its combat effectiveness. If we have to fight hard, there will only be some heavy troops and engineers left to fill the window.
In fact, after the losses were counted after daybreak, His Excellency Major General Ushijima Mitsuru became autistic. Even when he arrived at the defense area of the 18th Division, he did not take the initiative to say hello to his family, Lieutenant General Ushijima, who also had the same surname.
At that time, Ushijima Sadao's resentment towards Ushijima Mitsuru was already like a raging river that was out of control, and he would not take the initiative to comfort this unfortunate child.
The unauthorized transfer of the infantry regiment guarding the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade caused the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade to take the blame. Ushijima Sadao didn't want to take the blame and couldn't, so it could only be done by Ushijima Mitsuru, a major general. He had previously asked for help from the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade.
The message from the 18th Division is still there.
The Japanese North China Expeditionary Force Headquarters was very efficient this time. After receiving the opinions of the collective commander of the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade and the Lieutenant General Commander of the 10th Army, Yanagawa Heisuke, the order was issued.
Mitsuru Ushijima, the major general commander of the 36th Infantry Brigade, who had become autistic, resigned from his post and ordered him to immediately return to the country on a navy ship transporting wounded soldiers to wait for the decision from the base camp.
As a result, the military order was issued too quickly. When the former 47th Infantry Regiment Colonel Masanori Hasegawa, who temporarily succeeded the position of commander of the 36th Infantry Brigade, reported the battle losses of that night to the Tenth Army Headquarters,
All the big guys almost vomited blood and died collectively.
Damn it, this idiot Ushijima Mitsuru not only deceived the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, but also crippled his own 36th Infantry Brigade.
No wonder, this guy with his nostrils turned up in the sky didn't even complain and just ran away with a few armed guards.
The unfortunate guy ran away, but he still had to take care of the matter. This was what worried Yanagawa Heisuke and the lieutenant generals of the North China Expeditionary Force the most.
Therefore, the battle report of the 36th Infantry Brigade's battle damage was kept at the headquarters of the Tenth Army until the Battle of Jinling, which broke out a month later, was completely over, and was not reported to the higher level.
It was not until then that the Japanese Songhu Expeditionary Force knew why the "Strongest Division on the Surface", which must be the vanguard in every battle, had become a coward this time and had been willing to serve as a reserve force on such an important battlefield.
Damn it, they had already been vanguards once, vanguards who had been disabled.
Yes, after Matsue and this extremely defeated pursuit battle, the 6th Division, which was originally a notorious butcher division, its general Hisao Nagatani was killed at the foot of Matsue Castle, and the 13th Infantry Brigade under his command was damaged in the battle.
As many as 5,000 people. One of the captains of the Colonel's regiment was killed in the battle. It has long existed in name only. The 36th Infantry Brigade under his command had its brigade commander removed from his post for investigation. The chief of staff of the Lieutenant Colonel was killed in the battle. The battle damage exceeded 4,000, which was equivalent to being interrupted.
My arms and legs have become a disabled brigade.
The Butcher Division, which in the past time and space made the whole of China eager to eat its flesh, was slaughtered first in this time and space.
Suffering from this blow, the Sixth Division never performed again throughout the war. After serving as a reserve division on Chinese soil for two years, it was ordered to return to China and was then transferred to the Pacific Theater.
Then, their ending was as tragic as before, being blown to ashes by American cowboys using exaggerated naval cannons on a small island in the Pacific.
And Ushijima Mitsuru, who had no chance to become a butcher, could not escape his previous fate through his own hard work. The man who was re-activated and served as the commander of the lieutenant general division opened the tunnel in despair.
own belly.
The Japanese were furious, while the Chinese were laughing in disbelief.
After Tang Dao made a brief report, he went to rest in the tunnel. He had not had a good sleep for countless days and nights, and no matter how hard his steel and iron bones were, he could not hold on.
The six lieutenant generals in the headquarters sent this message, which can only be called a "miracle", to the theater headquarters.
The whole world is shocked!
It is said that when the boss who had just had his first sip of morning tea saw the telegram that his Major General Attendant hurriedly brought him, he immediately washed his face.
With a sip of hot tea!
This chapter has been completed!