Danzi, who was excited about the other recruits who didn't understand guns, was excited for a while. Monkey put the gun behind his back and stood at attention, with a proud look on his face.
The scholar's expression was also somewhat moved. He wiped the surface of the gun with his sleeve, carried it behind his back, and held it in his arms.
Old Man Wang bared his big yellow teeth and held the gun squarely behind his back.
Looking at the gun in his hand and the appearance of everyone, Xia Yuan couldn't help but think of what Li Yunlong said.
The weapons issued were all made in Hanyang, with smooth rifling, but as long as the gun could still fire and fire bullets, it would be a treasure in the hands of soldiers.
In the entire national army, only German weapon divisions were equipped with medium and formal equipment. Most of the miscellaneous troops were made in Hanyang. From the Qing Dynasty to the entire Anti-Japanese War, the Hanyang Arsenal produced millions of Hanyang-made weapons. During this period, what they lacked most was Hanyang.
make.
Only weapons were issued, not ammunition.
Then came the whole team training. During this period, Xia Yuan performed well and was noticed by the company commander, so he served as the vanguard. Xia Yuan was not careless. Since he chose to join the national army, he trained well and prepared to go to the Songhu battlefield.
As far as he understood, it was already early August, and the Battle of Songhu was still half a month away.
Soon, the Battle of Songhu will begin.
It is estimated that the Japanese army is paralyzing the Chinese army at this time.
It is strange to say that the Japanese army has launched the July 7th Incident and started a full-scale war of aggression against China.
Moreover, the Japanese army built a large number of military fortresses in Shanghai.
From Hongkou to Yangshupu, with the Huangpu River as its back and pointing at Zhabei, the Huajie area of Shanghai, and the Jiangwan area, a large number of military fortresses have been built. Their positions start from Huishan Pier, along Wusong Road, North Sichuan Road, Jiangwan
From Bay Road to Hongkou Park and the nearby Marine Corps headquarters, the military firepower fortress formed a long tongue, and more troops were continuously sent to Shanghai.
The Gongda Cotton Factory located on Jungong Road was also an external military stronghold of the Japanese army.
There are also famous generals in the national army. The Beijing-Shanghai security agency, headed by General Zhang, formulated the "Plan for Mopping Up Japanese Strongholds in Shanghai" as early as 1936, in order to eradicate the Japanese strongholds entrenched in Shanghai.
General Zhang had been waiting for this battle for five years. It was a regret left by the failure to eliminate the Japanese army during the December 8th Incident in 1932. After the July 7th Incident, General Zhang accelerated the layout of the plan and sent spies to infiltrate.
In Shanghai, the Japanese military fortresses were collected and a detailed battle plan was formulated.
On the eve of the Battle of Songhu, that is, on August 12, General Zhang led the Eighty-seventh Division and the Eighty-eighth Division into designated positions according to the plan and completed combat preparations. General Zhang called the headquarters to pray for
The attack was launched at dawn on August 13th and the Japanese military fortress in Shanghai was cleared in one fell swoop. At this time, the Japanese reinforcements had not yet arrived.
Unexpectedly, what was waiting for him was the reply of "waiting for orders" and "avoiding conflicts among small units" from the bald man.
Why don't you agree? During this period, Baldhead still had hope for international mediation. Baldhead hoped that the United Kingdom, the United States and other international countries could mediate and let the Japanese army sit on the negotiating table and have peace talks with them. At that time, the United States and Britain
Other countries did come forward to mediate the relationship between China and Japan.
Baldhead still had a glimmer of hope for international mediation and did not agree to General Zhang's attack plan at the first time.
This is one of them.
Secondly, the Japanese army had already begun to fool the bald men.
The incident dates back to August 9. The Hongkou Airport incident made the situation in Shanghai tense. Two Japanese soldiers were shot dead at Hongkou Airport. At about 5 pm on August 9, Japanese Marine Corps Lieutenant Oyama Isamu and Sailor First Class
Kaizo Saito drove a military car into Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and was shot dead by the casualty security team stationed at Hongqiao Airport. Then the situation in Shanghai became tense. The Jinling government tried to resolve the matter diplomatically and asked the Chinese Ambassador to Tokyo
The embassy sent people to understand Japan's attitude.
Then, the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo sent two telegrams to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jinling. The first one read, "The Japanese Navy has no intention of escalating the situation." The second one came a few hours later than the first one, saying, "Japan
The news media reacted strongly to the incident, accusing China of violating the armistice agreement and questioning the investigation results.'
But then he mentioned that 'the situation has eased slightly this morning, and a certain party (Minister of the Navy) did not advocate expansion, and the embassy suggested that the incident should be properly resolved.'
That is to say, the situation in Japan eased a lot in the morning. Then they found Navy Minister Yonei to understand the situation. They learned from him that Japan did not advocate escalating the situation, so the plan given to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jinling was to properly resolve the matter.
.But the fact is that on the second day after the Hongqiao Airport incident, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, commander of the Japanese Navy’s Third Fleet, immediately ordered more troops to be sent to Shanghai.
Almost as soon as these two telegrams were sent out, a large number of Japanese warships had already sailed into the Huangpu River. That night, more than 2,000 Japanese Marines had landed. It turned out that the Japanese Navy wanted to ensure that the war in Shanghai could continue.
Progressing smoothly, the Japanese Navy was requesting to send two army divisions to support Shanghai, but it has not been approved. The Japanese Navy needed to buy time, so it deceived the people at the embassy in Tokyo.
When General Zhang's two divisions arrived at the designated combat positions, the number of Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai plus the more than 2,000 Japanese troops who landed was only more than 3,000. If the Chinese army launched a full-scale attack at this time, it would only rely on the Japanese troops.
The two to three thousand men stationed in Shanghai were unable to withstand the Chinese army's attack.
Baldhead hesitated and missed the best time to attack.
On the contrary, General Zhang's plan to send troops was given by Bald Head, but he did not give General Zhang an attack plan and missed the opportunity.
At 9:15 a.m. on August 13, a small group of Japanese Marines rushed into Baoshan Road and clashed with the Chinese security team stationed near West Baoxing Road.
In the afternoon, the Japanese army bombarded Jiangwan and other places in Zhabei.
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"The Flesh Mill."
Xia Yuan had been to Changjin Lake and reached Shangganling, and he also fought against the Japanese army in my regiment, the commander of my regiment.
This war was very cruel. What was cruel was that the Chinese infantry fought against the Japanese warships. The support of a division was gone in half an hour.
The vast majority of brothers in the national army hold old sleeves with problematic accuracy like the one he holds. The only advantage is that it eliminates the disadvantage of exploding the barrel.
After training the entire team, they also conducted daily training such as physical training, trench ambush training, machine gun bunker training, goose-stepping training, close combat training, advanced combat training, etc. In Xia Yuan's opinion, many of the trainings are unnecessary.
For example, in trench ambush training, a pit is dug at the base of an earth wall, and the machine gunner lies under the pit and shoots at the enemy.
On the one hand, the earth wall is very fragile in the face of large-scale artillery bombardment, and on the other hand, the shooting angle and scattering range are too small to provide full coverage of the battlefield, and there are not many opportunities to use it.
Xia Yuan didn't say anything about the content of the training subjects.
At the end of the training, everyone was very tired. They drank some gruel every day and ate wild vegetables and coarse grain cakes without any oil or water. They didn't have enough food at all. How could they have the strength to maintain daily training? Most other soldiers of the national army were used to this.
Many recruits can't bear the life. In the village, although they don't have enough to eat, they don't have to work all day, so they are busier during the busy farming season. However, in the military camp, physical training is required every day.
If nutrition cannot keep up, eventually the body will become weaker and weaker, more and more people will get sick, and death will gradually occur.
The result in the long run is bound to be this, but the Battle of Songhu will break out in the near future.
As August 13th came, a small group of Japanese Marines rushed into Baoshan Road and clashed with the Chinese security team stationed near West Baoxing Road. In the afternoon, the Japanese bombarded Jiangwan and other places in Zhabei. On the night of the 13th,
, Baldhead was in a meeting with internal staff. He was extremely shocked when he received the news. He came to his senses and announced it to everyone on the spot.
'The war in Shanghai has begun. Launch a general offensive on August 14th! Drive the Japanese army off the Huangpu River!'
The day after the Shanghai War started, Xia Yuan and the others who were far away in Yu received the news of the outbreak of the Shanghai War. This news was released to the entire army. For a time, the Forty Division was filled with a tense atmosphere.
, making people panic.
In half a month, Xia Yuan successfully became the deputy squad leader of the third class. He had some rights in his hands and was in charge of more than ten people. His physical fitness also returned to its peak state. In daily training, due to Xia Yuan's outstanding performance
His performance attracted the attention of many people, but they just thought that Xia Yuan was just a soldier with relatively good physical fitness. After all, he was standing there with his size. Good training did not mean strong combat ability.
Among the young recruits, I have encountered many soldiers who were well trained, but they wilted on the battlefield.
Xia Yuan is only slightly stronger than these new recruits.
Xia Yuan understood that if he wanted to reach a certain height, he needed to show his strength. He set his sights on the Battle of Songhu, which was also one of his goals. The Battle of Songhu was quite brutal.
The Japanese army built a large number of military fortresses in Shanghai. The Japanese Navy Headquarters Building was made of reinforced concrete. The thickness of the walls reached 0.8 meters, which was very strong. At that time, the Chinese army generally lacked heavy weapons, even the first batch of
The two divisions that started the Battle of Songhu were both German weapon masters.
It is said that they are German weapon masters, but in fact they are just a hodgepodge of German weapons and national weapons. They are not at all made in Germany as shown in modern movies and TV dramas. Most of the real German weapon masters lack heavy weapons, and the ones with the most German flavor are
It is the M35 helmet. The weapons and equipment are still made in China. The education level of the soldiers is low. The officers have passed through Huangpu Military Academy and Baoding Military Academy. There is no supporting industrial and logistical support, and there is a serious lack of heavy firepower.
Like the 87th Division and the 88th Division, they are only equipped with a small number of mortars. The only uniform in the troops is the M35 German helmet.
Worried about insufficient firepower, General Zhang asked for support from the rear before the war started, and got the best artillery regiments to support Shanghai, including the 150mm field howitzer just purchased from Germany in 2006, which is currently the number of the National Army.
There are only twenty-four of the largest and most advanced artillery pieces.
This artillery was used in the battle to attack the Japanese Navy Headquarters Building. The artillery units aimed at the outer walls of the building and blasted hard. The heavy artillery used destructive shooting. The so-called destructive shooting was to aim at a point and fire one shot at a time.
The target was hit continuously until the target was completely destroyed, and incendiary bombs were also used in the process.
Even so, the target was still not destroyed because the walls of the Japanese Navy Headquarters Building were too strong.
General Zhang could only focus on the 88th Division.
The first battle of the Songhu Battle was the Baziqiao, a strategic pass from Hongkou to Zhabei. Since the Japanese army built a large number of military fortresses in Shanghai, the 88th Division could only advance gradually, just like pulling out nails one after another.
The main offensive team was the 264th Brigade of the 88th Division. The brigade commander Huang Meixing was a famous brave general in the Central Army. When the Songhu Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1932, Huang Meixing led a regiment of officers and soldiers.
, fought bloody battles with the Japanese troops in the Miaohang area for two days and two nights, and were once called the "Yellow Tigers" by the Japanese.
After signing the armistice agreement of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, when Huang Meixing withdrew from the Shanghai area, he shed tears and determined not to be a subjugated citizen. When he returned to the Songhu battlefield this time, he vowed to avenge his shame. The fighting lasted until 5 p.m.
At 12:00, a cannonball landed next to Huang Meixing. He was shot in the abdomen and died on the spot.
This was the first senior general to die since the outbreak of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War.
On the first day of the war, the 264th Brigade suffered more than a thousand casualties, and the 527th Regiment carried off seven company commanders in one day.
In the early morning of the 15th, the two sides launched an even more intense and brutal street battle near the Bazi Bridge.
At the same time, the Japanese Air Force Command was not idle. On this morning, they dispatched bombers to fly to Jinling.
After lunch on August 15th, Jinling, known as the stove, was so stuffy that people couldn't breathe. People in the sweltering heat raised their heads and looked at the treetops, motionless. There was no wind at all. People couldn't rest.
Holding banana fans and paper fans, we hid in the shade of the trees and fanned ourselves while chatting about the current situation and the war in Shanghai.
"Woo-wu-wu-"
Suddenly, the piercing air-raid sirens sounded one after another. When all the men, women and children in Jinling City heard this frightening sound, they all panicked.
Carrying what they could carry at home, they poured into the streets and alleys from all places, and people everywhere were shouting in terror:
"The enemy plane is coming! The Japanese are coming! Run quickly!"
Suddenly, Jinling City was filled with screams, cries, and curses. Everyone was pushing and shoving. The crowds were swarming to the east and west. They didn’t know where to escape, and they didn’t know where to escape.
Safety.
The common people ran away, and government agencies were no exception. Some of those government officials and ordinary staff hid in air-raid shelters, some hurriedly ran home, and some joined the crowd and ran with them.