When they were in Luodian, the National Army's decision-making was already wrong.
The forces of five divisions were concentrated, but they launched an attack on the Japanese army in Luodian Town from three directions. The forces were not able to concentrate on one point to break through. Instead, the forces were dispersed and used on three sides. As a result, there was not enough force to break through the Japanese defense line.
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Even though some troops broke in, they were eventually beaten out by the Japanese because of lack of coordination between the troops.
The five divisions are not fighting together, but more like fighting independently. You fight yours, and I fight mine.
The equipment was already backward, the intelligence against Japan was seriously insufficient, and the national army commanding class also committed such taboos in tactical arrangements. In the Battle of Luodian, it was quite good not to lose.
The field was the target of the second phase of the Japanese reinforcements' arrival.
Since the Japanese troops landed reinforcements from Wusongkou and along the Yangtze River, Chinese troops have gathered heavily in the field. It is bordered by Zhabei to the south, Jiangwan to the east, Hezao Bang to the north, accessible to Liuhang and Luodian, and Nanxiang and Luodian to the west.
Jiading is like a round central store. From here, it can radiate to every stronghold on the Songhu battlefield.
This place is only a few miles away from the Japanese positions in Jiangwan and Hongkou.
It is the last strategic location for the Chinese army to fight against the Japanese army and prevent the Japanese army from joining forces in the city.
Once the Japanese army captures the battlefield, the Chinese army's front line will be split in half by the Japanese army.
The Japanese army located in Shanghai can join forces with the Japanese 9th Division, 101st Division and 3rd Division in the suburbs, and the battlefield situation can be reversed.
The first to defend the battlefield was the 36th Division, commanded by "General Eagle Dog" Song Xilian. This was one of the most powerful units in the national army.
However, the brutality of the battle was still beyond imagination.
Just when the 101st Division of the Japanese Army launched an attack on Hazaobang, the Japanese army in Shanghai did not stop its attack on Dachang. After dozens of days of offensive and defensive battles in the urban area, by the time of the defensive battle of Dachang,
Song Xilian's entire division had suffered heavy casualties, so he had to withdraw and let other troops take over the defense.
Not only Song Xilian's troops, but also the entire Central Army suffered heavy casualties after two months of fierce fighting.
It was impossible to organize the desired offensive at all, and they all gritted their teeth and struggled to support it.
Every day, every hour, every minute, every second.
The troops sent to fight in urban areas suffered heavy casualties from the Japanese army.
On August 3, 1937, the Battle of Songhu started. Li Zongren ordered the 7th Army and the 48th Army of the Guangxi Army to go north to resist the Japanese. The 172nd Division of the 7th Army assembled in Wuzhou on August 22 and set off first, taking a boat to Guangzhou and taking a train to
Wuhan transferred to Xuzhou for assembly.
The 170th and 171st Divisions of the Seventh Army set off from Liuzhou, and the 173rd, 174th and 176th Divisions of the 48th Army set off from Guilin and walked lightly to Hengyang City, Hunan Province. They took a train in Hengyang and arrived at Hankou along the Guangdong-Han Line. Then they took the Pinghan Road train and entered Henan via Wusheng Pass.
, along Xinyang to Zhengzhou, from Zhengzhou to Longhai Road train and then to Xuzhou via Kaifeng. On September 25, according to the order of the Military Commission of the National Government, the troops completed the deployment between Xuzhou and Lianyungang.
In early October, he received an order to rush to the Songhu battlefield. On October 11, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the 7th Army and the 48th Army to form the 21st Group Army. Liao Lei was appointed as the commander. The 21st Group Army set off by train from Xuzhou that day, passed by Jinpu and passed through Nanjing.
Get off the bus at Zhenjiang and walk to Changzhou to assemble and mobilize. They set off immediately the next morning, with the 48th Army going first and the 7th Army behind them, and walked towards Shanghai.
From October 16 to 19, 1938, the 48th Army and the 171st Division of the 7th Army arrived in Shanghai one after another. The 170th Division and the 172nd Division received orders to be on standby in Wuxi before entering the urban area of Shanghai, and then transferred to Wuxing to perform blocking missions.
On the 15th, the Sichuan Army fought with the Japanese army from the south of Hezao Bang for so long. Instead of breaking in, the Japanese 101st Division had already crossed Hezao Bang and occupied the garrison position on the south bank of Hezao Bang.
The various units of the national army defending the Hazaobang defense line had suffered heavy casualties and were unable to prevent the counterattack.
This mission naturally fell into the hands of the wolf soldiers Gui Jun who had just arrived in Songhu.
At this time, the Sichuan army had just withdrawn, and the Gui army arrived at Zhongzaobang and entered the position.
The soldiers of the Gui Army were born with an unwillingness to admit defeat. The first time Xia Yuan saw them, he believed that they were an army of tigers and wolves.
Before the Sichuan army left, they told the Gui army, which took over their defense, that the God of War would stay in the position.
Therefore, not long after the Gui Army arrived at the front line, Xia Yuan was taken to the headquarters and met the various division commanders of the Gui Army, as well as the commander-in-chief of the 21st Group Army of the Gui Army, Liao Lei.
The blood stains on Xia Yuan's body have not been washed off, and his military uniform is in tatters. The 38-style uniform is wrapped in a layer of blood cloth. On his body are grenades seized from the Japanese army, and two boxes of magazines are stuffed with them.
It was full of bullets, and the yellow-orange bullets were particularly eye-catching.
"The name of the God of War is indeed well-deserved when I see him today."
Anyone who saw Xia Yuan could feel an almost solid killing intent from Xia Yuan, which was cold, heavy, and heart-stopping.
This is the aura that only veterans who often fight on the battlefield have.
"What does the Commander-in-Chief want to see me for?"
Xia Yuan had no stage fright at all. He glanced at the commanders of each division in the headquarters, and then landed on the slightly burly man.
Many of these people can only be seen in history.
It really feels a little different to actually appear in front of me.
"I heard from my brother in the Sichuan Army that you killed many Japanese soldiers on the battlefield. It would be difficult for the Japanese army to capture the position with you. Therefore, I want you to join my command and fight against the Japanese army."
It would be a pity that such a war god who wanders on the battlefield is not under his command.
"I will not join any army." Xia Yuan shook his head and said, "But there is no big problem in following your army to fight."
When leading troops in war, too many people died. Whether it was in Luodian or Yanghang, as long as there was a team led by him, they would have high hopes and be sent to the front line to fight the Japanese army.
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Yang Xing, Hezaobang was the time when he was fighting guerrillas, unfettered, and most free.
Carrying soldiers makes me feel uncomfortable.
After pondering for a moment, Liao Lei nodded: "Okay, since the God of War said so, then I will obey you, and you can just follow the 173rd Division. Lao He, it's okay to let the God of War follow your team."
He Weizhen, commander of the 173rd Division, belongs to the 48th Army of the 21st Group Army.
A smile appeared on Mr. He's face: "No problem, hahahaha, everyone, I got a good deal."
He was very happy in his heart. Having such a general would be a great help whether it was fighting positional warfare or attacking difficult battles.
The name of the God of War is unknown to everyone and known to everyone.
The commanders of each division looked at Lao He's expression and felt envious in their hearts. They had nothing to say about the commander-in-chief's arrangements.
Whoever the God of War follows is fighting the Japanese. As long as he is fighting the Japanese, that's right.
On the 16th, the Japanese 101st Division crossed the Zhongzao Bang.
In order to capture Ezoobama, the Japanese 101st Division paid heavy casualties. The Ghana Regiment was basically annihilated, and the entire 101st Division was crippled and reduced by nearly two-thirds. After crossing the river, Commander Masaki Ito did not even
If we are willing to attack further and continue to fight, the regiment's flag will not be able to be preserved.
Matsui Iwane had no choice but to take out the 3rd Division as a reserve and continue to march towards Oba.
According to Matsui Iwane's deployment, the Japanese army will attack Zoumatang and Dachang Town with the 3rd Division, 9th Division, and 101st Division as the main attack, with the 11th Division, 3rd Division, and Chongteng Detachment as assists.
Faced with the menacing Japanese army and an unfavorable situation.
On October 19, after emergency research, Bai Chongxi, Chen Cheng and others decided to reorganize their troops and launch a counterattack against the Japanese troops entrenched on the south bank of Zhongzaobang. They were caught off guard. The person who served as the backbone of the counterattack was the reorganized Guizhou Army.
Liao Lei's 21st Group Army is the main force.
Counterattack time, the night of October 21st.
During this period, Japanese bombers and fighter jets did not perform missions at night.
The Gui army has just arrived in Songhu, with strong troops and strong horses. All the soldiers participating in the battle are full of high confidence.
In order to support this counterattack, Bald Head also spent all his money and brought in all the artillery that could be mobilized.
The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, and 16th Artillery Regiments, the Artillery Battalion of the Teaching Corps, and the Central Artillery School Training Team are bound to smash the Japanese army's combat plan and drive the Japanese troops on the south bank of Rozaobang to the north bank of Rozaobang in one fell swoop.
To a large extent, the Japanese troops on the south bank of Hazao Bang were eliminated.
The evening of the 20th.
The sky is dark.
There is only one day left before the counterattack.
Xia Yuan looked at the position of the 173rd Division. The roar of gunfire came from the front line. He sat on the ground and looked at the bandage wrapped around his arm. This was the first time he had been injured since he participated in the Songhu Battle. His arm was wounded by the Japanese.
He was bitten by a bullet. Fortunately, his physical condition was strong enough. Master He ordered someone to give him medicine, and he was able to move within two days.
"Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the evening, it is time for the counterattack. The 173rd Division will attack Hujiazhuang." Commander He walked to Xia Yuan and sat down, looking at the gray sky in the distance, and continued: "It is very difficult to attack the enemy, Xia Yuan, to attack the Japanese army.
The mission of the forward position is left to you."
"No problem, just leave it to me." Xia Yuan asked again: "How many troops will we attack tomorrow?"
"Six divisions."
Xia Yuan clicked his tongue.
Six divisions, with at least 50,000 men, were to attack the south bank of Zhongzao Bang. It seemed that the current war in Zhongzao Bang was already quite urgent.
After playing in Hezao Bang for so long, he can see the current situation more clearly.
The Japanese army wanted to pass through Hezao Bang to attack Daochang, so they invested a large amount of troops in the Hezao Bang operation.
The fighting started in late September and lasted until the 15th. It was a bloody battle for more than 20 days, with more than 100,000 troops invested and an average of 5,000 casualties every day.
The Gui army has invested six divisions, and I am afraid that they will all be wiped out tomorrow night.
It’s not that the Japanese have been fighting for so long and can still maintain high-intensity combat, but when the national army counterattacked, the 3rd Division of the Class A Division, which was a reserve force, happened to arrive at the front line from the rear.
, was the reserve force of the Japanese army dispatched in Shanghai. When it was put into the battlefield, it had not participated in any combat.
There is no doubt about it.
The collision between the Guangxi Army and the Japanese 3rd Division was like the tip of a needle against the awn of wheat.
Seeing that Xia Yuan was preoccupied, Commander He asked the reason: "We have assembled six divisions to counterattack the Japanese army in Zhongzaobang. We are quite confident. Why are you sighing?"
"If we had encountered the Japanese Class A division, this battle would not have been so easy to fight."
The Japanese 101st Division suffered heavy casualties and was unable to support the heavy task of attacking a large field. It was inevitable to send reinforcements. The reinforcements were the Japanese Class A division, the 3rd Division.
Division, the basic tactical corps, is the highest-level fixed organization unit of the Japanese Army.
When the "July 7th Incident" broke out in 1937, the Japanese Army had 17 "permanent" divisions. During the War of Aggression against China and the Pacific War, 156 divisions were successively formed, for a total of 173 divisions.
The so-called standing divisions, also known as standing divisions, are the 17 standing divisions retained by the Imperial Japanese Army after the "Ugaki disarmament" in 1925. They are the standing forces of the Japanese Army, and their designations are from Guards, 1st to 20th (
Internally owes the 13th, 15th, 17th and 18th Divisions).
The permanent division has two brigades, four infantry regiments (each brigade has two infantry regiments), and one regiment each of cavalry, artillery, engineering, and supplies, for a total of 8 regiments.
At that time, the Chinese army's infantry divisions also mostly adopted a two-brigade-four-regiment system. China called this "two-two" organization a "square system." However, the number of directly affiliated units (special forces units) of Chinese infantry divisions was far less than that of Japanese divisions, usually only two.
There were three battalions. It was not until the late Anti-Japanese War that some art divisions had artillery regiments. The "Special Section" troops of the Japanese divisions (cavalry, artillery, engineering, supplies, etc.) had 4 regiments, accounting for half of the division. Generally, they were all equipped
The full strength of the main standing army division of the Japanese army can often reach 24,000 to 28,000 men, with 7,630 horses, 14,900 rifles, 144 grenade launchers, 288 light machine guns, 54 heavy machine guns, 16 mountain cannons, and field guns.
Equipped with 36 guns and other weapons and equipment, it is a combat unit with strong combat effectiveness that is coordinated by multiple arms. This type of division is divided into two types: draft horse system (field combat type) and pack horse system (mountain combat type).
It is not impossible for a force of 25,000 men to engulf six divisions of the national army in one night.
However, the current combat troops have a kind of blind optimism.
The same is true for Commander He, "With six divisions and more than 50,000 troops, even if we face one division of the Japanese army, we may not be without the strength to fight. For this counterattack, several artillery regiments have been invested to assist us in the attack.
Japanese Army.”
Xia Yuan said no more.
He saw this counterattack from God's perspective.
And they are just standing from the perspective of the current era.
"What is your combat strategy?"
"Central Breakthrough."
At this time, the national army had also reacted. When they attacked Wusong, Luodian, and Yanghang, although they invested several divisions of troops, these divisions were scattered in various strategic locations and had no control over each other.
In cooperation with each other, even if it is a counterattack, each will make a profit and fight his own way. If the superior forces were concentrated earlier to attack the Japanese army in Luodian, it may not be impossible to break through the Japanese defense.
But now, he concentrated his superior forces and attacked a little. Xia Yuan pondered for a moment, but finally said nothing.
The central breakthrough is to concentrate superior forces to attack a point in the Japanese army's iron wall, open a hole to get in, and then bloom inside.
Twenty-one days.
Night falls.
There were only a few hours left before the counterattack, and all six divisions of the Gui Army were advancing in an orderly manner. Xia Yuan followed the leading troops of the 173rd Division and advanced slowly, preparing to go to the designated combat location.
There were no obstacles along the way, and they arrived at a village smoothly. The troops entered the village and quietly waited for the time to counterattack.
A quarter past nine.
Boom!
From behind them, the roar of artillery fire came from all directions. The firing pin collided with the shells, making a dull metallic sound. The shells dragged long arcs, flew rapidly from behind them, and landed on the Japanese position.
In an instant, earth-colored flowers bloomed.
Deafening roars surrounded the troops participating in the battle.
Behind the fields, among the ruins, in the villages.
A large number of troops from the national army have already been assembled.
Accompanied by fierce bombardment, the leading charge began. The Gui army defeated six divisions and attacked the front line of Hujiazhuang.
Xia Yuan was one of the first troops to charge. To his left, right, and behind him were all the Gui army soldiers carrying guns and charging forward rapidly. The darkness was like drinking water swirling in the night, with heavy breathing and the collision of equipment.
The sound kept ringing, and the helmet glowed brightly under the flickering light of artillery fire.
"Keep up, keep up, don't fall behind, the brothers behind are watching us win the prize, the little Japanese enemy's position must be defeated!"
Ta-ta-ta!
When we were four to five hundred meters close to the Japanese position.
In an instant, in the dark wilderness, the Japanese army's light and heavy machine guns sprayed out long tracer trajectories that could tear everything apart. The tracer trajectories formed by the bullet light were like long whips, lashing there like a black wave.
attack on the soldiers of the Gui Army.
The scary thing is that the coast of Hazaobang is not like the various undulating buildings of later generations.
This is a lonely and uninhabited wilderness.
The Shanghai area is not a mountainous area to begin with. As far as the eye can see, it is an endless plain, and you can vaguely see the dark shadow of the ruins of the village. The light and heavy machine guns set up by the Japanese are like sickles for cutting wheat, and the slender tracer bullets
The Tao whipped the soldiers, and the soldiers in front fell to pieces.
The whooshing sound of the bullet rubbing against the air rang in my ears.
The artillery fire flashed and the roar was deafening. The Gui army soldiers could not see where the enemy was. They could only hear a large number of bullets rubbing the air and flying past their heads or sides. They felt that most of their bodies had lost consciousness. They wanted to stand up, but they could no longer stand.
He got up and fell to the ground not long after, and then he died.
Many of the fallen soldiers did not even see the shadow of the Japanese soldiers, and fell halfway in the charge.
This did not scare the soldiers of the 173rd Division at the rear. They stepped on the occupied corpses and continued to charge.
The Gui army rushed towards the shore like waves. The waves in front were broken on the shore, while those behind continued to rush up.
They used their flesh and blood to resist the Japanese bullets.
Xia Yuan participated in it and felt the cruelty of war firsthand. Too many people fell. The soldiers of a company charging beside him were all gone in just a few minutes.
He lay on the ground, bullets flying over his head, not daring to move at all. The soldiers behind him were still charging, but more and more people were dying.
In this kind of plain fighting, the Gui army did not have the weapons and equipment to tear apart the Japanese machine gun firepower. They could only rely on human lives to pile up, rush, and tear apart the Japanese defense lines. But what they encountered was a well-equipped Japanese Class A division.
Regiment, 3rd Division.
This division has light and heavy artillery of various calibers, armored vehicles, tanks, and fighter jets.
Occupying absolute advantages on land, sea and air.
On the other hand, look at the Gui Army.
It is said that several artillery regiments were brought in as reinforcements, but the equipment of the national army's artillery regiments was just that.
It was quite good to be able to fire two rounds. After the first round of shelling, they basically stopped firing. At least while Xia Yuan followed and rushed forward, their cannons did not fire.
On the contrary, the Japanese artillery fire became more and more fierce.
On the vast plain, cannonballs fell one after another among the charging Gui army brothers, and the flowers that bloomed were all bloody.
"Kill, kill me."
Xia Yuan crawled forward and met several Gui Jun brothers who were still alive. Their bodies were torn to pieces by the Japanese heavy machine gun bullets. They were not dead yet. They were still breathing, and they were suffering tremendous mental and physical torture.
, knowing that he can’t survive, he just wants to walk faster.
When they saw Xia Yuan, they felt like they saw a life-saving straw. Instead of begging Xia Yuan to save them, they just gave him a shot to make them go faster.
These soldiers are not afraid of death.
"Brother, can you still hold on?"
"Hold on, if you can't hold on any longer, kill me."
"sorry."
"Thanks."
After a brief conversation, with the sound of a gunshot, Xia Yuan's eyes became a little colder.
War is bloody and cruel. Even though it was not the first time he experienced it, his heart was still hit hard.
Soldiers in this era cannot see the hope of victory, but they still have a lot of energy.
The greatness of life is vividly displayed at this moment.
Xia Yuan himself looked down on the top brass of the national army, but these soldiers, even if they were standing in other positions, had absolutely no say in how they treated foreign enemies.
"I will take revenge on you."
"Thanks."
After killing a national soldier again, Xia Yuan's heart was as hard as stone, his eyes were filled with coldness, and he crawled on the ground with his hands and feet.
The national army's counterattack alarmed the Japanese 3rd Division. Not only light and heavy machine guns, but also tanks were mobilized, including the heavy machine guns on the tanks, and they fired indiscriminately at the vast plains of the dark night. The temperature of the muzzle
It's rising, the blood is boiling.
Xia Yuan smelled the smell of blood floating in the air, his expression unchanged.
He could not save the soldiers who fell on the ground, so he could only rely on himself to knock out a few Japanese firepower points to reduce the number of Japanese gun bullets encountered in the front.
Facing the hunkered-down defense of the Japanese, even he might not be able to break through.
The attack lasted for half an hour. Gui Army soldiers continued to rush past him, but they soon fell down. Under night vision, Xia Yuan could clearly see the soldiers who rushed forward and fell down.
The time on the ground only lasts for more than ten seconds.
Moreover, in these ten seconds, it was not just one person who fell, but a group of people.
This is the first few companies.
Xia Yuan doesn't know either.
All he knew was that more and more Gui soldiers were falling in his field of vision, and there were corpses everywhere on the road crawling forward.
Each corpse was riddled with bullet holes and looked very horrifying.