The Thirty-sixth Division could only rely on a few armored fighting vehicles to force forward.
On the Internet of later generations, if you search for "a tank in the Battle of Songhu", you can find that on the broken streets, the Chinese army's tanks attacked the bunkers and fortifications filled with Japanese troops alone. This was a staged photo shoot by the Japanese troops after the war.
, and the real tank had been destroyed by the Japanese army. In fact, there were Japanese troops hidden in the buildings on both sides and even in the ruins.
Tanks are not suitable for street fighting, but the advancing speed of the Thirty-sixth Division is too slow. To advance a street, a large number of soldiers' lives are needed to fill up, so dispatching a few tanks is completely out of necessity.
The tanks have certain propulsion capabilities, but the infantry cannot keep up with them at all. The Japanese army has a crossfire network of machine guns on the buildings on both sides of the street. It is too easy to attack the infantry behind the tanks from a high position. The infantry cannot keep up. Command
The officer ordered the tanks to attack again. This time, the Japanese army brought in tank defense artillery. The lonely tank emitted billowing black smoke with a loud noise. The company commander in the tank died, and the platoon
The leader also sacrificed.
It's pitiful and sad. The main reason was the wrong tactical command of the commander at the time, which was common in the entire Songhu battlefield.
The battle for Luodian was like a bloody mill. Xia Yuan ignored everyone and carefully thought about the entire process from the Japanese landing to the occupation of Luodian, which could be summarized in just two words.
'easy.'
How easy is the Japanese army's landing plan? The landing site chosen by the Japanese army is along the Yangtze River. Along the Yangtze River, there is only one 56th Division of Commander Liu Shangzhi. The strength of the troops is extremely loose. The defense force at Xiaochuanshakou only has one company.
The resistance encountered by the Japanese army was minimal, but the Japanese army also made the mistake of being underprepared, which caused a lot of trouble for itself. First, the army mistakenly believed that the navy had completely obtained air superiority around Shanghai, and did not do anything before landing.
As a result, the headquarters of the 11th Division was bombed by the Nationalist Air Force that day, including Major Masao Shimosaka, the staff officer of the 11th Division.
Secondly, the Japanese army chose Ogawashakou as the landing site. Although the national army's defense force was weak and did not cause them much suffering during the attack, Ogawashakou was not a particularly good landing port and the road traffic conditions were very poor.
Limited by road traffic, the Japanese army's landing progress was much slower than expected, and the materials carried by the landing troops were seriously flooded. In particular, the Japanese artillery shells were flooded with water and could not be used, which directly affected the Japanese army's subsequent combat arrangements.
In addition, the Japanese army also made serious mistakes in the geographical reconnaissance around Shanghai. Based on the prior aerial reconnaissance, the Japanese army believed that Shanghai was densely covered with water nets and surrounded by rice fields. In August, the rice fields should be muddy and it would be inconvenient to transport heavy artillery.
Therefore, the Japanese army did not equip any heavy equipment such as heavy artillery among the first batch of troops. As a result, after landing, the Japanese army discovered that due to the continuous fighting in Shanghai, the farmers around Shanghai had fled, the rice fields had dried up, and the traffic conditions were actually worse than theirs.
Expected to be better.
Of course, the Japanese army was not the one who discovered the problem in the rice fields. The Nationalist Army also noticed this. Baldhead issued an order to impound water in the rice fields near Shanghai to disrupt the Japanese army's traffic. Unfortunately, the defenses along the Yangtze River were too large at that time.
It's loose and no one implements it at all.
As long as more troops were deployed at Ogawa Sand Pass, the Japanese army would suffer huge losses.
At dawn, the Japanese army dispatched the 2nd Brigade of the 44th Company and engineers to the south to capture Luodian. Since the national army's strength in Luodian was very empty, the Japanese army occupied Luodian that afternoon with almost no effort.
What is more interesting is that on the night when the Japanese army successfully landed, the Japanese army near Ogawashakou encountered a night attack by a small group of National Army troops. However, according to the data of the Nationalist Army, the various units of the Nationalist Army were far away from Ogawashakou at this time.
The location was remote, and the ministries did not issue orders to their units to attack the Japanese troops at Ogawa Sakou at night.
But later I found the record of this night attack in the diary of a staff officer of the Shanghai Dispatch Army. It turned out that the Japanese landing on that day was quite chaotic. The sequences were mixed together. When it got dark, I couldn't tell you from me. They suddenly appeared.
One person mistakenly thought that one of their own was beaten by the National Army, but considering the face of the 11th Division, they claimed to the outside world that they had been attacked by the National Army at night.
After the Japanese army occupied Luodian, the national army responded very quickly. While the Japanese army attacked Luodian, reinforcements were sent from various regions, including the 33rd Brigade of the 11th Division, which arrived in Luodian at 4 p.m.
At this time, the Japanese engineers were building fortifications. The 33rd Brigade took advantage of the Japanese army's unstable foothold and rushed into Luodian to engage in a fierce battle with the Japanese army. This was the last time the national army occupied the place. Next, the two sides fought in Luodian.
A fierce battle ensued, comparable to a flesh-and-blood mill.
The fighting process mainly focused on various streets and urban areas of Luodian.
In the end, Luodian fell, and the Japanese army attacked in the direction of Dachang, and the brutal Battle of Rozaobang broke out again.
Xia Yuan had a detailed understanding of the Battle of Songhu, but there was nothing he could do about it. The impact of the Battle of Songhu was too great, so after going back, he first took courses on the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, and then the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Self-Defense and Counterattack, and the War of Resistance against India
war, etc., but his focus in tutoring was still on the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea and the War of Resistance Against Japan, and he gained a lot of useful knowledge.
Unexpectedly, this time I traveled to the Songhu battlefield.
Xia Yuan didn't know much about the Forty Division, and he didn't know where the next battlefield would be. Either it was Luodian, or Zaozaobang, or their company was holding on somewhere, quietly waiting for the Japanese army to arrive, and then there might be
Encountered the heavy artillery of the Japanese army, and was completely wiped out by the artillery fire and the charge of the Japanese army.
Besides, the train was at night, and it stopped at a train station in a certain city for a short rest. Everyone's bodies were wet, and there was a hazy drizzle in the sky. Their clothes were wet and clinging to their bodies. They felt so uncomfortable that they all wanted to find a place to go.
Dry your clothes and shoes.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Du Guanggui came over and raised his voice: "Our superiors ordered us to rest at the station for half an hour and set off in half an hour."
Everyone complained, and Du Guanggui said: "Everyone is insisting. I know it is difficult for everyone, and it is difficult for me too. The open-air trolley is really uncomfortable. I am also trying to get a shelter from the wind for us."
Rain’s carriage.”
Hearing what Du Guanggui said, everyone felt better. They were quite grateful for their faces. Although Du Guanggui was a little harsher on them during the training, he did not poison them. On the other hand, the commanders of other recruit companies used
There are many whips, so Du Guanggui's prestige in the company is still very high.
"Where is this?"
"I don't know, he probably hasn't left the province yet."
"This guy is running so fast. He has been running for a whole day. He must be out of town."
"Where do you think we are going to fight?"
"My superiors didn't say anything either."
"Not only didn't he say anything, he didn't even fire any bullets."
It can be heard that everyone's complaints are not directed at Du Guanggui, but at the superior officers. Although they are new recruits, even if they are ridiculed as cannon fodder by the veterans, they cannot be treated like this. They go to the battlefield and sit there without even firing bullets.
It was wet and cold all the way on the flatbed train without shelter, and I was shivering from the cold.
Some people have begun to think about how to escape, but escaping here is not practical. There are national army patrols and soldiers on guard along the train track, and there are towns around it. It is not easy to escape from here. It is best to be able to
Find a wilderness.
However, before these people could think about it much, the half-hour rest time was suddenly advanced. The rapid whistle kept urging them to get on the train. Some people could not even sit firmly on their buttocks. The train set off again. This time they
After staying on the train for two nights, I got off the train in a dilapidated town and walked to the front line.
The new military camp set off along a winding trail towards this destination.
"Walking and taking the train, where are we going? It's too far."
After walking for more than two hours, the monkeys were tired and couldn't help but complain.
"Why do you care so much about the ball? Just keep walking forward." Xu Liu patted the monkey on the shoulder and his eyes stayed on Old Man Wang for a while longer.
"Squad leader, look at what I'm doing. I'm not a young girl. I have a dull face." Old Wang bared his big yellow teeth.
"Hahaha!" Old Man Wang's joke made everyone laugh.
"You look like a bear, I'll give you a try and you won't be able to do it anymore." Xu Liu said unceremoniously.
"Quiet! Concentrate on marching!"
Du Guanggui was patrolling nearby and couldn't help but frown when he heard everyone's laughter.
They were traveling day and night. It was most likely that the fighting on the front line was beginning to get tense. They had to hurry up and get to the front line battlefield. They just didn't know where they were now and how far they were from the front line.
The sky was dark and the rain had stopped. There was a lot of stagnant water in the water network ditches on the roadside. It had been several days since everyone had walked out of Yudi, and there was not much replenishment. Some soldiers rushed to the roadside by mistake.
The interlaced water network ditches replenished water sources to cope with the upcoming journey.
Xia Yuan also followed the others, poured his marching kettle into the water, filled it with water, screwed on the lid and hung it on his body, rolled up his sleeves, washed his arms in the water, and then splashed it on his face.
After washing it a few times, I felt much refreshed.
"Xia Yuan, follow up."
Du Guanggui's voice was loud, and the team maintained the silence of the march. Xia Yuan heard the sound, waved to Du Guanggui, rolled down his sleeves, and walked into the team.
Many people stopped to refill the almost empty water in their marching water bottles.
After walking for nearly five or six hours, passing through villages and mountains, we boarded a troop transport truck from a town. The journey was bumpy for another day and night, almost day and night. Finally, the truck entered a huge
In the town, Du Guanggui, who had disappeared for a while, came back and told everyone that the troops would make short corrections here and then go directly to the front line.
Xia Yuan deduced that this place should have reached the border of Jiangsu, otherwise at the time of intense war, they would not have stopped to rest before arriving.
At this time, many troops had gathered in the big town, from various military branches, including troops who had retreated from the battlefield. When they first entered the city, they saw a large number of wounded soldiers with bandages wrapped around them.
Sitting in the truck, speeding past them.
Everyone scrambled to look up. Some people were missing a leg, some were missing an arm, and the bandages wrapped around some people's heads were soaked with blood. Their eyes were filled with the joy of surviving the disaster, and
They were captured as young men and arrived at the military camp alive with exactly the same appearance.
Some people sit on the ground and simply don't look. The veteran next to them will scare them: "What are you afraid of? When the shells fall, they don't know the pain at all. They will blow you up and leave only pieces of meat on the ground."
Why are you complaining about pain?"
The frightened person's face becomes even paler.
"These are the ones who survived. How many people didn't survive? They came out of the village with us. How many people died along the way." Old Man Wang took out the soaked cigarettes from his pocket and said with a look on his face.
of regret.
It's a pity that I can't smoke my cigarette after it got wet in the rain.
No one knew what he was regretting, whether it was for those who stayed on the battlefield or for his own cigarettes.
These recruits don't have much idea about war, let alone the cruelty of war. Even after training, they still don't have much idea about war, so many of them don't show timidity on their faces.
The truck stopped on the outskirts of the city. This is where the superiors assigned the Forty Division to be stationed. It was just an open space with many embers from burning bonfires, as well as a simple wooden shed, covered with a layer of grass and leaves.
The superiors did not give the Forty Division anything, so they had to build their own tents to sleep at night.
Xia Yuan can also clearly feel that the treatment in the recruit camp is not good. Some existing wooden sheds are given priority to other troops, and those in the recruit camp need to build their own wooden sheds.
"You are really not a human being. You treat us like this."
We are not fools. How can we not see that our superiors are so blatantly favoring other companies?
Xia Yuan knew in his heart that his superiors treated them completely as a cannon fodder camp. The backward local armed forces were still doing the same thing as before. No wonder the weapons and equipment given to them were such extremely backward and obsolete weapons and equipment.
They are on the battlefield, and they are not even given bullets. This kind of behavior is obviously like cannon fodder.
"Big man, to be honest, these people treat us as cannon fodder. We even have to build a place to live. Why are you working so hard for them?"
When cutting down the wood, Old Man Wang was very tired and the weather was still gloomy. There were beads of sweat hanging on his forehead. He hugged a tree trunk as thick as an arm, took a long breath and looked around.
Xia Yuan was behind him and said nothing when he heard Old Man Wang say again: "You said your head is better, but it's not as useful as when you were stupid before. This will cost you your life. You think fighting is a child's play."