The Japanese defenders in Shantou are not many. There is only one brigade of land forces and two squadrons of marines, plus six freighters and four destroyers in the port. The top commander of the port is a naval commander named Nagano.
Self-cultivation.
In the past few days, the situation in Guangdong has taken a turn for the worse. The 21st Army was defeated in Guangzhou. Commander Furuzhuang Qianlang and Army Chief of Staff Tanaka Kuichi committed suicide one after another. Nearly 60,000 Japanese troops were almost wiped out. The main force of the Japanese army in Guangdong was almost completely wiped out.
They were wiped out. The Japanese troops stationed in various places were either shattered or abandoned the city and fled under the attack of the 300 troops. Many Japanese troops fled to Shantou, a port far away from Guangzhou, looking forward to taking advantage of it.
The warship returned to Japan, so many Japanese troops came here one after another these days, making the originally peaceful dock a mess.
Seeing such a situation, Nagano Shushen naturally did not dare to neglect. He quickly reported the situation here to the base camp in Tokyo and asked how to deal with it. Soon, the base camp called back and asked him to gather the broken troops as much as possible, and then waited until the pursuers arrived.
Shantou was evacuated before. But there is a premise here, which is to ensure the safety of the escorted goods, otherwise Nagano Shushen can leave the port early.
As a result, Nagano Shushen, who received the order, immediately ordered two of the six cargo ships staying in the port to be vacated as a place to receive broken troops. After being busy for three or four days, he successively received three or four thousand broken troops.
Bing, he originally planned to stay for one more day and leave here the day after tomorrow to retreat to Japan, but this plan was broken today.
Less than an hour after lunch today, Nagano Shushen heard the faint sound of cannons in the distance, and the sound of cannons was getting closer and closer.
The surprised Nagano Shushen quickly picked up the phone, connected to the position in the Western District, and asked the defenders there what was going on. The defenders replied. The Chinese armored troops had been spotted in front, and they were heading towards Shantou City.
The district is advancing rapidly.
"Nani? Chinese people found on the outskirts of the city?" Nagano Shushen was immediately taken aback. The plan really couldn't keep up with the changes. After walking around the command room twice, he immediately ordered: "Order the army to hold their positions, and the ships in the port will immediately
Fire up and get ready to go!"
The first officer on the side couldn't help but hesitated for a moment when he heard this order and then asked: "Your Excellency Colonel, but there are still many soldiers on the shore who escaped yesterday and today and have not yet boarded the ship? Should we wait for them?"
"It's too late!" Nagano said impatiently: "The Chinese tanks are coming now. What will we do if their planes also arrive later? We have to know how many days we can stay here for those incompetent army idiots.
We have taken a big risk. If the goods to be transported this time are lost because of them, do you think the generals at the Naval Command will spare us?"
As soon as he heard about the goods to be transported this time, Da Da immediately fell silent. The reason why their small fleet came here this time was to protect the things on those cargo ships. In the eyes of the big guys at the base camp.
There were more of those things than the army soldiers on the shore had before. If it weren't for the army generals in the base camp who pressed hard, they wouldn't have cared about the lives of these defeated troops.
When it came to the things on the freighter, the first mate did not dare to neglect, "Hai, I will immediately order all ships to set fire and weigh anchor immediately!"
"Remember, after all our warships leave the port, let the Eifuku Maru and Shibamaru set off first, and the other cargo ships will follow. Now, let's order the main guns on the destroyers to support the army positions. Do you understand?"
"Hai! I understand!" The first officer bowed to Nagano Shushen and immediately walked out of the command room.
"boom……"
An artillery shell landed on a Japanese machine gun position. The machine gun on the position, together with the first and second machine gun shooters, blasted into the west sky, and the splashed mud mixed with blood flew around.
Li Chenzhe shouted into the microphone: "Attention, all units, increase the firepower and suppress the enemy's firepower! Pave the way for the infantry behind!"
Following Li Chenzhe's order, hundreds of Dodge trucks following the armored regiment stopped more than 600 meters away from the Japanese position. The soldiers got out of the vehicles one after another. Then they followed the Somoa tank and faced
They attacked the Japanese positions.
In this battle to attack Guangzhou, the armored regiment was dispatched with the highest frequency. Not only did they participate in the entire battle to regain Guangzhou, but before they had time to rest and recuperate after the battle, they immediately marched eastward with the 398th Division toward the
The Japanese army fought through various county towns guarded by the Japanese army and fought all the way to Shantou. The 398th Division was able to attack here so smoothly in more than ten days because of the sharp attack power and eye-catching power of the armored regiment.
tongue-tied speed.
Sitting in the tank, looking through the lookout at the increasingly weakened Japanese positions ahead, Li Chenzhe, who had not slept for a day, yawned gently and murmured to himself: "Damn, I finally got to fight."
When we get to Shantou, after this battle, I have to sleep well for three days and three nights."
At this moment, a low whistling sound came from the sky.
"boom……"
A loud bang sounded fifty meters in front of Li Chenzhe's tank. The violent explosion even made Li Chenzhe, who was sitting in the tank, hear a buzzing in his ears.
Li Chenzhe was suddenly startled, and his original sleepiness disappeared without a trace. The exclamations of the tank commanders also came from the headset: "What's going on? Where did the shells come from?"
Soon, the voice of Lin Shiqian, commander of the 398th Division, was inserted into their channel: "Attention all units, the shells just now were fired by Japanese destroyers in the port. Everyone should be careful, increase the intensity of the attack, and
Attack the port in the shortest possible time so that their naval guns cannot exert their power."
At this time, Li Chenzhe's sleepyheads had long been driven away. He immediately connected to the armored regiment's internal channel and shouted: "The first battalion speeds up and immediately rushes from the left side of the Japanese position. The defense there is relatively weak. The second battalion speeds up.
The third battalion used artillery fire to cover the first battalion, and after the first battalion broke through the Japanese position, it immediately followed up to expand the victory."
At this time, a battalion commander asked on the radio: "Regiment, without the infantry following closely, I'm afraid the casualties will be considerable if we rely solely on us!"
"Bullshit!" Li Chenzhe scolded disdainfully: "You think we are in Guangzhou now? How can the Japanese today have the intention to fight with us? Now they only think about escaping. Wang Tiezhu, don't talk nonsense to me.
, If you can’t do this job, tell me as soon as possible, and I’ll let the Second Battalion do it!”
"Who... who said we can't do it anymore? I'm just saying it. Just wait, we'll be ready soon." The first battalion commander immediately became anxious upon hearing this, and quickly urged his battalion to brave the Japanese naval gunfire.
They rushed towards the Japanese army's left position.
Li Chenzhe is right. The Japanese army in Shantou is not the Japanese army that was determined to die a few days ago. With the influx of many defeated troops in these days, some pessimistic and negative remarks and thoughts have also spread among the Japanese army. In addition,
These defenders were not regular field troops to begin with, and their fighting will was not comparable to those of the elite divisions. Now that they had suffered such a violent blow, the morale of the Japanese brigade deployed outside Shantou quickly fell to the bottom.
.
Except for their captain and some officers who were desperately urging the soldiers to shoot forward, some of the soldiers below had long lost their fighting spirit. Many soldiers were firing guns randomly. If they just listened to the gunshots, it would be natural.
It was a fierce fight, but it's hard to say whether it was accurate.
"Baga, these damn rural soldiers, after retiring and returning home for a few years, each one became so greedy for life and afraid of death. These people should all be shot!" Seeing this situation, Tengshan, the captain of the garrison brigade,
Lieutenant Colonel Chongyi was so angry that he cursed loudly.
Although Tengshan Chongyi was so angry that he almost drew his sword and killed people, he also knew that the soldiers in his garrison were almost all local soldiers who had enlisted for the second time. After the soldiers retired and returned home, they lived for several years.
After living a quiet life, even after getting married and having children, if you enlist in the army again, you will definitely not be as aggressive as those young people who enlisted for the first time. After all, you already have ties in your heart, and your combat effectiveness will not be as elite as those of the field troops. Moreover,
The morale of the army was already very low now. If he killed people randomly again, the army would collapse immediately. Therefore, he had to swallow his bad breath.
But now that he saw the Chinese tanks attacking his weak left wing in a roundabout way, he could no longer sit still and quickly ordered a squadron to reinforce the left wing. However, nearly ten minutes had passed, and the troops ordered to reinforce were still there.
After dilly-dallying along the way, by the time Tengshan Chongyi noticed it, the Chinese tank group had already broken through the left defense line and rushed towards the dock.
After the left wing was breached, the Japanese defense line was immediately declared lost, and subsequent tanks and infantry swarmed into the Japanese position like a tide. At this moment, another low roar sounded in the sky.
A squadron leader under Tengshan Chongyi looked at the sky and said in despair: "Your Excellency, Captain, the Chinese planes have also come to help. We can't hold on anymore, so we should retreat quickly!"
"But Colonel Nagano Shushen asked us to hold on for one day, what if we retreat without permission?" Tengshan Chongyi couldn't help but hesitate.
"Captain, we are the army. Why should we listen to those bastards in the navy? They obviously want us to be scapegoats. Now the Chinese have even come with planes. It's no wonder we can hold on!" The squadron leader looked at it.
Looking towards the port, he said bitterly.
Tengshan Chongyi looked at the black dots getting closer and closer in the sky, and said with caution, "Okay, let's retreat towards the port immediately. I hope the anti-aircraft guns at the port can block the Chinese planes for a while."
After saying that, Tengshan Chongyi led the remaining Japanese troops and retreated towards the port...