Since the railways at this time had been completely stopped for passenger use in order to support the transportation of the army. Even the passengers on the train were all kicked off the train and sent to the battlefield with soldiers instead. Yu Qiaqing and others could only leave by road, but mechanical equipment could
Leaving through the railway, after seeing the machinery and personnel begin to retreat, Jiang Cheng also began to retreat and secretly moved the family members of his team members to Sichuan. Jiang Cheng purchased a large piece of hilltop and prepared to resettle these people here. Soon after, probably
Only this land of abundance is the last safe place.
Jiang Cheng also withdrew the security team to Wangjiawan, which was still a wasteland at this time and close to the sea. Jiang Cheng bought a large estate and prepared to let his troops help the National Army at the most critical moment.
August 13, 1937
The great powers hoped that China and Japan would make Shanghai an undefended city, but Japan rejected it immediately. Chiang Kai-shek was overjoyed and ordered Zhang Zhizhong to prepare for the offensive. Zhang Zhizhong changed the headquarters from Liuyuan to northwest Shanghai for the convenience of command.
of Nanxiang.
Although later generations like to call it the Battle of August 13, in fact, this day was extremely peaceful, and no major battles occurred between the two sides. The two armies were making final preparations, and only some sporadic exchanges of fire were restrained by each other.
The commander of the Japanese army was Okawauchiden. He stationed his troops in an area about 10 kilometers from Hongkou to Yangshupu, with the Huangpu River as his back. There were more than 20 warships of the 3rd Fleet parked on the river. These 10,000 troops were constantly defending, and the Japanese army
The Ministry directly told him that as long as the defense lasted for 6 days, reinforcements from the two divisions would arrive in Shanghai.
Okawauchiden is full of confidence in this.
Zhang Zhizhong looked at the rows of officers below. Here are all the officers above the company level in the 88th and 87th divisions.
Zhang Zhizhong waved his hand and said, "You are all the elites of the party and the state. I won't say more about the many lies. Since September 18, we have been training and planning every day for so many years. What are we doing for this country?
Why are you scrimping on food and clothing and buying guns and cannons for everyone?"
All the officers shouted in unison, "Kill the Japanese!!!"
Zhang Zhizhong roared angrily, "There are now 10,000 Japanese troops in Shanghai, and 5,000 of them are civilians who have just picked up guns. You are the most elite troops of the party and the state, and you are the bravest fighters. I order you - attack! Attack! Attack!"
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The Battle of Songhu, the bloodiest battle of the entire Anti-Japanese War, began.
On this day, the typhoon came to the East China Sea, and the whole Shanghai was shrouded in dark clouds. Jiang Cheng looked at the sky and sighed to Li Qian beside him, "A storm is coming."
The war started with the air force.
August 14, 1937
The Japanese military headquarters, like the White Party, believed that in a war, it was necessary to strike first and take advantage. They immediately ordered aircraft carriers such as the Fengxiang in the East China Sea and aircraft from the Hsinchu Airport to take off and attack the Chinese airport.
But the weather was not good that day. A typhoon passed by the East China Sea. The Japanese aircraft carrier, which had originally planned to strike first, was unable to take off in the strong winds and waves. Three of the nine planes flying from Taiwan were almost blown away and could not return home. Only
Only six arrived at Hangzhou Airport in China.
If these six planes were given the choice again, they would definitely choose to be blown home.
This time happened to be the time when the Chinese plane arrived, and it was the Chinese Fourth Aviation Group, led by Gao Zhihang.
The Fourth Brigade was the strongest aviation force in China at this time, and Gao Zhihang was even known as the first of the Four King Kong Pilots.
Gao Zhihang was preparing to land with the plane, but the Li Guidan squadron behind him suddenly shook its wings wildly. Gao Zhihang knew something was going on at the first glance, and when he looked along, he saw only six Japanese planes flying towards him.
Gao Zhihang was overjoyed. What is good luck? This is good luck. He saw Gao Zhihang piloting the ****3 plane first and rushing towards the Japanese plane with his comrades.
The pilot of the Japanese plane looked at it and said, "Hey guys, there are more than twenty ****3s." He was so frightened that the plane almost disintegrated in the air. He quickly turned around and wanted to run away. They were here to bomb. Most of them were bombers. How could they escape?
Gao Zhihang.
This was due to the bad luck of these Japanese invaders. In fact, the National Army Air Force at that time was simply a world aviation exhibition hall. 9 groups were equipped with a total of 16 types of aircraft, and one squadron even had two types of aircraft. However, the Fourth Group was the main force.
But the fleet is all ****3 aircraft.
Gao Zhihang swooped over, the 12.7-inch machine gun spitting out tongues of flame crazily, and a Japanese plane whined and spun with thick smoke in the blink of an eye.
Several other squadron leaders were also anxious when they saw it. It was a rare opportunity to eat meat at this time. Several squadrons pursued them separately. For a while, the Japanese planes were named one after another. Black smoke and torches appeared one after another. Gao Zhihang's group
He killed these six Japanese planes without any damage, which made the other pilots who didn't hit them feel itchy.
As soon as Gao Zhihang landed, he sent a telegram to report to Nanjing, saying that the Air Force was victorious and had a 6-0 record in Hangzhou (history is 4-0).
Gao Zhihang is not only a qualified pilot, but also a qualified air force commander.
Gao Zhihang looked at his happy comrades and thought, "The Japanese army is obviously so powerful, why did they only send so little air force? If all the main force is used this time, I'm afraid we will suffer a lot of losses - Typhoon, it must be the typhoon that caused the Japanese aircraft to
Can’t take off.”
After making the judgment, Gao Zhihang immediately sent a report to Nanjing to report his opinion. Nanjing quickly ordered the Chinese Air Force to attack, split the troops into two groups, attack the Japanese command center all the way, and bomb the Japanese warships all the way, hoping to seize the fighter planes and knock out the Japanese command center.
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It is a pity that the Chinese Air Force does not have powerful aircraft. The most advanced ****3 aircraft can only carry 250 kilograms of bombs. The Japanese Third Fleet also had anti-aircraft artillery, and in the end only a few secondary guns were lost. The command headquarters further
It was unscathed by the 250 kilogram bomb and only shattered a few pieces of glass.
After Gao Zhihang discovered the anomaly in the Japanese military headquarters, he immediately reported the information. Jiang agent looked at the information and thought of that magical young man. Thanks to him, he now has many more heavy artillery and armor-piercing projectiles. He hopes
You can use this country's most important weapon to conquer the enemy's nest.
If the Air Force can be said to have fought beautifully, the Army has fought bloody.
Zhang Zhizhong ordered the 87th and 88th Divisions to attack from the east and west sides respectively. In his opinion, with the combat effectiveness of the 87th and 88th Divisions and a number of 30,000 people, it was not easy to deal with 10,000 Japanese troops. However, he ignored that the Japanese army's firepower was still far away.
The fact is that it far exceeds the Chinese army, and the result of spreading the troops is just a bitter battle.
The Japanese Marine Corps was dealt with by the 19th Army once in 128. They were still frightened and built a large number of reinforced concrete bunkers to match the surrounding buildings. They used heavy machine guns, mortars, and light machine guns to form a firepower network, and then cooperated with the second line
The large-caliber mortars, anti-aircraft guns, howitzers in the position, and finally the battleship gun group on the seaside are actually difficult bones to crack.
August 14, 1937 at two o'clock in the afternoon
The 1st Battalion of the 523rd Regiment of the 88th Division was the first to arrive at the strategically important Baziqiao. The so-called Baziqiao actually has no bridge at all, just a channel on a small ditch, no more than 10 meters long. This kind of small bridge is the most common in any southern country.
There are hundreds of big cities, and they are simply inconspicuous.
However, the Bazi Bridge is located in the middle of the north and south positions of Zhabei. If our army controls it, it can become the best forward base. If the Japanese army controls it, it will cut off the connection between our positions. It is a battleground for military strategists.
Sun Yuanliang, commander of the 88th Division, knew the importance of this place and immediately ordered the 523rd Regiment to occupy the Bazi Bridge.
The commander of the first battalion was Yi Jin. Yi Jin immediately began to arrange the position, pulled up the prefabricated cement modules and began to build the fortress.
The Japanese led troops to seize two brigades - the 1st Brigade and the 3rd Brigade. The captain of the 1st Brigade, Yamakawa Souta, discovered that the Bazi Bridge had been seized by the Chinese army, and immediately ordered the 60 mortars and grenade launchers accompanying the army to attack.
At the same time, he ordered the chariot to charge and prepared a charge to take back the Eight-shaped Bridge.
Yi Jin only saw that the soldiers building fortifications by the bridge were suddenly covered by a burst of artillery fire, and then bursts of bullets flew in. When he heard the familiar sound of the 38-meter cover and the crooked machine gun, Yi Jin understood that it was the Japanese.
Here we are. When we look at them, we see two Japanese chariots squeaking towards us, with heavy machine guns firing at us.
Yi Jin pulled up his sleeves and laughed wildly, "Well done, brothers, take out all our precious children and take good care of these little devils."
Due to Jiang Cheng's efforts, the German Arms Division has been greatly supplemented, especially in terms of artillery fire. The first battalion has four mortars, eight heavy machine guns, and 27 light machine guns. This firepower is the first in China.
The important thing is that because it is the vanguard force, the first battalion was also supplemented with a 37-meter anti-aircraft gun. And because it arrived at the position an hour early, it even arranged a lot of simple fortifications and occupied the surrounding houses. Only countless
The fire chain swept towards the charging Japanese army. Yi Jin was personally next to this precious anti-tank gun, watching the artilleryman slowly aim the muzzle at the first tank spitting out flames, and with a fierce pull, the entire tank
There was a sudden pause, and then a violent fire broke out.
The suppressed soldiers of the first battalion waved their arms excitedly. The second tank wanted to retreat as soon as it saw the tragic situation in front of it. The anxious Yi Jin quickly urged, "Fight quickly, fight quickly. If you get hit, I will give you meat, beef."
!!”
The gunner's nervous hands were trembling, and he was muttering "Beef, beef." He pulled hard and saw that the second tank also turned into a fireball. The gunner stood up excitedly and shouted, "I've hit it."
, I hit it, battalion commander, I want to eat beef."
Yi Jin also started to wave his fists, "Don't worry, I will let you eat beef even if I pay for it myself. By the way, what is your name?"
At this time, the gunner suddenly pounced on Yi Jin. Yi Jin was stunned and was pounced on. With a bang, a shock wave pushed him aside.
On the Japanese position, Sota Yamakawa patted the mortar operator beside him and said, "Yo Xi, very good, the Chinese artillery position has been destroyed, the whole army charges!!"
Yi Jin pushed away the one he couldn't even name. The combat anti-artillery artilleryman who had just been transferred to his unit less than three hours ago covered his eyes tremblingly and said, "Brother, we won't eat beef today.
Eat the devil!! Brothers! Beat me as hard as you can!"
For a time, mortar shells kept hitting the infantry group of the Shanchuan Brigade, and the machine gun fire chains swept the charging Japanese soldiers to the ground one after another.
Yamakawa Shota couldn't believe his eyes. When had he ever seen the Chinese army with such firepower? Not to mention the Japanese army, even the German army was nothing like this. Yamakawa Shota gritted his teeth and shouted, "Attack! Attack!" and immediately contacted the people behind him.
The artillery unit and the tank unit hope to receive support. At the same time, let the third group come up quickly.
After Zhang Zhizhong learned that the Baziqiao attack had begun, he immediately ordered a full-scale attack. At this time, China's heavy artillery had arrived. The 8th, 9th, and 10th artillery regiments had up to 36 German-made 150-meter heavy artillery and 16 Liao-made and Japanese-made 150-meter artillery pieces.
The heavy artillery roared together, and mortars, mountain artillery, and infantry artillery from all units also began to attack. Countless German armorer troops in yellow military uniforms rushed towards the positions where the Japanese troops were stationed. For a time, the ground shook and the mountains shook, and the shouts shook the sky. These
The most elite soldiers charged with bayonets drawn under the cover of artillery fire and machine guns. The defending Japanese army was stunned by such an attack. Is this still the weak Chinese army?
The Mauser 98K rifle fire, the fire chains of various light and heavy machine guns, and the cover of mortars caused the Japanese troops whose front line positions were exposed to the outside to be beaten to pieces for the first time.
Okawauchi looked at this scene with a telescope in the sentry tower of the Navy Headquarters. He took a step back and grabbed the staff officer next to him and shouted, "This is wrong, this must be the German army. Damn the Chinese, they actually hired the German army."
Don't they have the shame that a warrior should have when fighting a war?"
The staff officer lowered his head and said, "General, that's China's German weapon master!"
Okawauchiden couldn't believe it and took out the telescope again and said, "German weapon master? He actually has such strong fighting power? In this ignorant country?"
The various points that the Japanese army seized in the early stage had no fortifications at the beginning. Most of them were temporary fortifications piled up with barricades and earthen sandbags in the past few days. Under the violent attack of the 87th and 88th Divisions, they were quickly defeated.
In addition to the strategic location of the Bazi Bridge, which replenished two brigades and cost five to six hundred casualties, it fended off the National Army's attack. In addition, Chizhi University, Wuzhou Cemetery, Hujiang University, and the Bazi Bridge were successively lost.
and other strategic locations.
Zhang Zhizhong was excited when he saw the extremely smooth battle, but Jiang Cheng, who was watching the battle with Huang Jinrong and Yu Yishan in the concession, was worried. He knew in his heart that there were no major Japanese army fortifications in these places, and they were only outer lines. They had finished eating the meat, but
Can the bones be chewed?
Sure enough, the attacking troops soon encountered problems. The Japanese troops at several defense points of the attacking troops built permanent fortifications, which were equipped with heavy machine guns and machine guns, blocking the attacking Nationalist troops from the fortifications.
Fortunately, Japan's Type 92 heavy machine gun is air-cooled and cannot change the barrel, so it must stop every few hundred rounds. This gives the National Army an opportunity. At the beginning, the soldiers carried rifles.
, bullets, and grenades. Later, I just brought grenades with me. I threw them in when I got close. Everything was OK. It was useless to bring weapons if they were not reliable. It was better to keep them for future comrades to use.
The 87th and 88th divisions are indeed the most elite of the Chinese army. No one retreats and they all move forward desperately. There are often corpses lying on the ground in front of a fortification.
Ma Ming has been a veteran for nine years. He was a soldier in 128, and now he is a company commander. Looking at the Japanese bunker at the intersection in front of him, he was angry and scared. All his soldiers were
The elite soldiers had ten light machine guns themselves, but they couldn't seal the muzzles of the machine guns on the opposite side. There were constant threats from Japanese riflemen and light machine guns upstairs, making it difficult for them to move forward.
Ma Ming stamped his feet and said, "Brothers, attack from the building next to me. If you take the main road, you will die."
During this period, most of the Shanghai concessions were made of stone buildings. Later Shikumen buildings came from this period. These buildings have now become the biggest obstacle to the Chinese army's offensive.
Ma Ming asked someone to feint attack from the front with an MG-34, and he led his men to attack through the roof. The attack from the roof indeed turned the Japanese fortress into a decoration, but the Japanese also set up a light machine gun position on the roof. Ma Ming
Mao crouched down and tried to calm down. He secretly stretched out his rifle and fired a shot at the helmet of the Japanese machine gunner who was firing bursts. The crooked handle suddenly stopped. The soldiers following him seized the opportunity to rush out. Several
The squad leader took the lead and fired a barrage of shell guns, killing the deputy shooter. The light machine gun on the rooftop opposite noticed something was wrong and was about to turn around, but a strong soldier threw a grenade and was disabled.
Ma Ming breathed a sigh of relief. The fight was pretty good this time. There were no sacrifices. He waved his hand and asked his brothers to continue forward. A grenade suddenly hit the middle of the troops in front. Four or five soldiers fell in response. It turned out to be the Japanese army.
The commander of the fortress position discovered the anomaly and ordered a grenade attack. In such a narrow battlefield, grenade launchers were extremely suitable.
Ma Ming quickly directed the troops back to the house, looking worried at the bunker on the street that was constantly spitting out tongues of fire.
When it was quieter outside, I sneaked up again, only to find that the Japanese army had also sent people to the roof. All of a sudden, they were all over the house. The bullets in front and the artillery fire in the back were spraying blood and flesh on both sides.
Ma Ming saw that the Japanese army's attention was attracted upstairs, and went downstairs to the second platoon leader who was pretending to attack, "Our artillery can't blow up the Japanese bunker, so we can only go up with explosive packs. Everyone sign up."
Ten men attacked with all their strength and took down the Japanese bunker."
The second platoon leader was the first to say, "I'll take the lead in the charge. Company commander, you can take command. Who wants to join me?"
There was a sudden rush of answers.
Ma Ming nodded and said, "Okay, let's attack again, and I will ask the brothers upstairs to also attack."
Ma Ming contacted the mortar position behind him and smashed the bunker. During the artillery fire, the second platoon leader led ten warriors with explosive bags and rushed forward. The Japanese troops on both sides of the building wanted to block it, but were blocked by the people upstairs.
The Nationalist Army was entangled tightly, and the troops upstairs started fighting hand-to-hand because the distance between the two armies was too close. They held grenades and smashed their helmets when they were close, and exploded when they were far away. The helmets of this period were heavier, but it was also a hand-to-hand fight.
sharp weapon.
Ma Ming ordered the machine gun to fire at the entrance of the bunker like crazy. The Japanese soldiers in the bunker also knew that the National Army was going to fight for their lives, so they fired regardless. One warrior after another was knocked down. In the end, the second platoon leader and three soldiers only
He was able to crawl forward while holding the corpse of his comrade as a human shield. Seeing that his comrade's body was torn apart by heavy machine guns, Ma Ming pulled out a handful of his hair while he was still alive.
Finally, the second platoon leader rushed to the bunker. He exchanged glances with another soldier and threw a grenade fiercely. The Japanese inside were so frightened that they bent over and picked it up and threw it out. This bunker was connected to the fortifications.
Even if a few people were really killed, it would be useless. The Japanese army could quickly replenish them. The second platoon leader gritted his teeth and stuffed the explosive bag into the shooting port. He also pressed it hard and shouted to the soldiers next to him: "
I'm afraid I can't stand it alone, so you should come too."
The soldier's eyes were extremely frightened, and his legs seemed to have taken root. He wanted to run away, but he looked at the platoon leader who had been beaten to death by a machine gun and vomited blood. He gritted his teeth and rushed forward.
The explosive pack finally went off, and the bunker that had blocked the entire company for more than half an hour was engulfed in flames. However, Ma Ming's company had lost more than 30 lives, and more than 40 people were injured, half of whom were lost.
of combat effectiveness.
Ma Ming roared angrily, "Brothers, charge me!!" He picked up a Czech and rushed forward. There was actually a small bunker next to the bunker that had been reduced to half, and several bullets were drilled into it.
Ma Ming's chest.
Ma Ming vomited blood and stretched his hand forward with all his strength, as if there was hope of victory in front of him, and it seemed that his family was waiting for him at home. He looked around with hazy eyes, and suddenly fell into darkness.