This was the first infiltration and counter-infiltration battle on the Chinese battlefield and lasted for two days and one night.
The Japanese army dispatched 163 elite troops, and the Chinese side dispatched about 600 troops.
The final outcome was that the Chinese killed 159 people and the Japanese recovered more than 140 corpses after the war. One side was completely victorious and the other was defeated.
Since this battle, the 36th Infantry Brigade and the 18th Infantry Division have never engaged in such stupid things as going behind enemy lines to kill people during the entire war.
Obviously, this victory, which was almost similar to a special battlefield, was not just as simple as killing more than a hundred Japanese soldiers, but the Japanese army no longer had the ability to detect the movements of the entire Jiaxing army from the ground.
All battlefield reconnaissance relies on the navy's reconnaissance aircraft dispatched every two hours.
But in this era, there is no such thing as an all-weather fighter. Fighters need good enough weather to take off.
For example, when encountering thick fog or rain, fighter planes can only park on the deck. Even if the army and land forces repeatedly request, the fighter planes take off at the risk and look at the chaotic ground from high altitude, but they are still blind.
The Jiaxing front line waited for its own luck. On the second day after arriving at the Jiaxing defense line, it ushered in foggy weather.
At this time, the three commanders with stern expressions at the headquarters all smiled.
"Pass me an order to electrify the war zone. All the troops on our Jiaxing defense line will defend Jiaxing to the death and fight the Japanese invaders to the last man." Lieutenant General Wu punched the table hard.
"I am ordering the 36th Brigade to attack from the left wing and commit no less than 2,000 troops. The 23rd Brigade will attack from the center and commit no less than 3,000 troops. The 35th Infantry Brigade will attack from the right wing and commit no less than 3,000 troops.
The strength of the troops shall not be less than 3,000. The 12th Field Artillery Regiment shall prepare three basic ammunitions. The artillery fire shall be prepared for 30 minutes, and the artillery fire shall extend back 3,000 meters." Ushijima Sadao from the headquarters of the 18th Division, five kilometers away, was in the communications unit.
After intercepting the Chinese message, the military order was issued in almost the same posture.
"I believe you! You are such a bad old man!" The Japanese Army Lieutenant General, who is already over 60 years old, will not fall for the evil tricks of the Chinese again.
The scene in Songjiang twenty days ago is still vivid in my mind. The Chinese also made a statement saying that they would defend Songjiang and Songjiang City to survive together. As a result, they ran faster than a rabbit that night, covering 20 kilometers in five or six hours.
The 18th Division, which was responsible for the ambush in the wilderness north of the city, ambushed Lonely. Although the commander, Yanagawa Heisuke, was concerned about Ushijima Sadao's face and did not curse, the other colleagues did not have such scruples.
The shady tone at the military meeting made the 60-year-old man almost furious.
In addition, due to heavy fog, reconnaissance planes could not take off. This was the best time to retreat. The Chinese must have wanted to run away again.
If he still stands still.
In order to hold back the Chinese army that had entered the reinforced concrete defense line, Ushijima Sadao really used all his strength this time. The 36 field guns of his field artillery regiment used almost half of the artillery shell reserves, and each gun was equipped with
100 rounds of artillery shells were used, and nearly 8,000 infantrymen were invested, accounting for one-third of the total force.
It's a pity that he still doesn't understand Chinese people very well.
Chinese people have always been very particular about keeping their promises and keeping their word.
Under the order of the supreme commander, nearly 12,000 infantrymen from three infantry divisions entered the trenches. All artillery under their command raised their muzzles. The artillerymen moved all the few artillery shells to underground artillery shell storage points while dripping with sweat.
I didn't mean to deceive anyone, I just prepared to fight the Japanese army head-on.
As for the fact that he deceived everyone in Songjiang last time, it was Tang Dao's bad idea and had nothing to do with Wolong Fengxia, at least that's what those two people thought.
Although Jiaxing's defense line still bears the most obvious mark of this era - a shoddy project, it still looks like it should.
The entire defense line is divided into a first line and a second line. The distance between the first line trench and the second line trench is nearly 400 meters, and is connected by a considerable number of traffic trenches. Every 300 meters in the second line trench, there will be a garrison point with a thickness of 70 centimeters of reinforced concrete. Although the fortifications are far below the original 120cm standard of being able to defend against 200mm heavy artillery, the ability to defend against 75mm mountain field artillery is still just as good as a joke.
Unfortunately, Ushijima Sadao now has no heavy artillery brigade to help him, whether it is the 75mm field artillery equipped by the 12th Field Artillery Regiment of the 18th Division, or the 75mm field artillery of the Mountain Artillery Battalion of the 36th Infantry Brigade. The millimeter mountain cannon is still very powerful in field combat, but for this kind of permanent reinforced concrete fortification, it is of no use.
When the Japanese artillery shelling began, the Chinese soldiers in the first-line trenches collectively evacuated to the second-line trenches through the communication trenches.
An infantry company was roughly distributed in two bomb-proof holes. Listening to the violent explosions that kept ringing outside, the soldiers rarely turned pale and waited for the judgment of fate. They either leaned against the wall of the fortification and smoked silently, or closed their eyes and fell asleep. .
Without heavy artillery, the Japanese's small-caliber artillery could not penetrate the artillery defense fortifications where they were located. They had to wait for the Japanese infantry to come up, which was their battlefield.
However, this time, the commander did not insist on fighting for every inch of territory as before, and even allowed the Japanese infantry to completely occupy the empty front-line trenches under the cover of artillery fire, which puzzled the soldiers.
However, the military orders are like mountains, so they can only follow them.
Compared with the "confusion" of the Chinese soldiers staying in a safe place, the Japanese infantry were actually very nervous.
They have been dealing with this army for more than twenty days, and they know how powerful this Chinese army is. When did they give up their trenches so easily?
There are only two possibilities for this. One is that they took advantage of the thick fog to run away as the division commander said. The other is that there is a conspiracy.
God Amaterasu bless you, preferably the first one. Under the cover of the continuous artillery fire, the Japanese infantrymen who entered the front-line trenches prayed like this in their hearts.
It's a pity that Amaterasu, whom the Japanese have always believed in, abandoned them again.
In the underground bunker, Lieutenant General Wu looked through the telescope at the 'shit yellow' shadow looming in the thick fog, with a stern look: "All the artillery in the army, fire, don't be stingy with the shells, give me as many rounds as you can."
This may be the second time that the Chinese artillerymen have been so extravagant. Before this, they had only received such an order when Tang Dao asked to "fire at me" in the Battle of Cangcheng. From then on, no matter how difficult the battle situation was, gold was precious.
The cannonballs are always counted as 'fired'.
They also understood the difficulties faced by the commanders. After the Battle of Songjiang, they had no more supplies, and the number of artillery shells was one shot and one shot missing.
Now, it's finally time to open up.
It was all lighted up, and it was time to hit the road lightly. The Jiaxing headquarters, which had received military orders from the theater headquarters and could decide whether to fight or withdraw, no longer had any worries.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Three heavy mortar battalions and three mountain artillery battalions located behind the Jiaxing defense line opened fire at the same time.
This was the confidence that gave the three commanders the courage to abandon the frontline trenches.
They have cannon.
All large anti-gun holes are placed in the second-line trenches, and the first-line trenches do not have this function.
Especially for the three heavy mortar battalions with 150 mortars, the coordinates of the frontline trenches have long been included in their shooting charts.
Curved artillery is the best weapon to hit trenches, bar none.
Bombs exploded inside and outside the front-line trenches that had been occupied by the Japanese army, making the still anxious Japanese soldiers howl like ghosts.
At this moment, they finally felt uneasy. This wave of artillery fire at least made them understand that this was a trap from the beginning.
The various types of mortars owned by the Chinese are enough to ensure that they cover the battlefield between the first and second lines with a depth of 500 meters.
The Japanese troops who reacted did not fail to respond. A considerable number of the Japanese troops gritted their teeth and braved artillery fire under the leadership of the squadron leaders.
After all, this is a defense line with a width of more than 12,000 meters, but there is no way that dozens of artillery can even think about covering this vast area.
Moreover, Ushijima Sadao also dispatched an armored vehicle brigade directly under the division, with a total of 16 tanks cooperating with their attack.
However, the number of Chinese soldiers who broke out of the artillery holes and entered the trenches of the second line of defense was far greater than theirs. In addition to the various types of rifles that started shooting, there were also heavy machine guns hidden in semi-underground fortifications. The most terrible thing was that they still had the original weapons.
The Oerlikon 20mm machine gun, which came for anti-aircraft defense, also joined the battle.
"There is no need to be stingy with ammunition. This battle is to inflict pain on the 18th Division. The pain will make Ushijima Sadao, an old devil, become an honest boy from now on." This is Lieutenant General Wu, who will fight against all divisions, brigades, and regiments.
Military orders issued.
Nearly 10,000 people with full firepower hid in the well-established fortifications, shooting without scruples at the shadowy 'shit yellow' in the thick fog.
However, the Japanese either stayed in the slightly crude front-line trenches and were bombed, or they attacked forward and encountered a head-on attack.
In just twenty minutes of fighting, four tanks that could be used as soldiers' forward bunkers were destroyed, and the four infantry squads that followed the tanks were torn apart by ferocious machine guns and pursuing mortar shells.
into pieces.
The Japanese army's so-called artillery fire extending 3,000 meters back is destined to be nothing more than a joke.
Not to mention that the Chinese army had no intention of withdrawing, even if it did retreat, in such foggy conditions, the Japanese army felt that the intensive artillery fire was just a shot at mosquitoes - a few blind shots.
But if we don't extend, how can we retract and fight? That position is basically filled with Japanese infantry, and the Chinese are hiding in strong fortifications. Isn't it fun to blow up our own people?
Ushijima Sadao, who personally came to the front line to supervise the battle, looked as ugly as if he had just eaten a big lump of pap!
But, in this kind of weather, it's hard to get something warm for him.
This chapter has been completed!