October 27, 1937, was definitely a catastrophic day for Major Yoshimitsu Yoto, captain of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 36th Infantry Regiment of the 9th Division.
The moment he heard the rumble of artillery coming from the 1st Infantry Squadron in the middle, he commanded the 3rd Infantry Squadron, which he personally led, to quickly rush to the left flank of the Chinese army's position towards the 1st Infantry Squadron.
As a relatively excellent mid-level commander of the Imperial Japanese Army, Yin Teng Zenko knew very well that instead of joining forces with the 1st Infantry Squadron to confront the enemy, it was better to attack the enemy directly to reduce the pressure of the 1st Infantry Squadron.
Pressure. And he also believed that the 2nd Infantry Squadron located 2,000 meters away would also adopt this strategy instead of foolishly going to rescue the 1st Infantry Squadron first.
He had clearly seen through the telescope the location where the enemy mortars fired, right on Suzhou Hebei Road, where the bank buildings should be marked on the map.
It has to be said that the Japanese major made the right choice. According to his tactics, two infantry squadrons outflanked the east and west wings. Not only could they rescue the 1st Infantry Squadron that was suppressed by mortars and machine guns, but they could also attack the remaining Chinese troops.
The army encircled and faced the fierce attack of nearly 400 Japanese Imperial Army troops. Even if the Chinese had more than one infantry battalion, they would be strangled in the ruins of what was once known as the Eastern Economic Capital of the World but is now littered with ruins.
Major Yoshimitsu Into has this confidence. The reason why the 1st Infantry Squadron was suppressed by Chinese machine guns and mortars is because they are pure infantry and do not carry heavy equipment. But the 3rd Infantry Squadron under his personal command is not
Similarly, half of the infantry brigade's machine gun squadron is accompanied by six heavy machine guns, not to mention two infantry cannons. No matter how strong the firepower is, it can only turn into a ball of fireworks in front of the two 70mm infantry cannons.
Then, the Chinese could only flee in vain under the fire of heavy machine guns.
However, the loud shouting of the Chinese civilians who were only a hundred meters away from the 3rd Infantry Squadron that was rushing towards the Chinese position made Yin Teng Zenko extremely unhappy. If possible, he would even have the guts to set up a heavy machine gun and kill those lowly people.
The urge to kill all Chinese civilians.
But he finally endured it. When he detected that the main force of the Chinese army was retreating and the main force of the empire was about to fully enter the Zhabei area of Shanghai, the commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force, General Matsui Iwane, held a military meeting attended by major-level officers and specifically emphasized that,
The empire's first priority now is to conquer China. It is not yet capable of a full-scale war with China and at the same time with Western countries. The concessions of European and American countries must not be easily invaded.
He could not destroy the strategy of the empire's base camp for his own sake. Although he also wanted to kill all those blond monkeys, they had opened the door to the empire with strong ships and cannons more than a hundred years ago.
Europeans don't like Japanese, so why do Japanese like them?
Therefore, he could only order the entire army to ignore the Chinese civilians who were not far away but a hundred meters away and reminded the Chinese defenders with the sound of roaring mountains and tsunami and move forward at full speed. Since the Chinese were still thinking about using this method to remind the Chinese that they had already
The remnant army is surrounded, let him, Yin Teng Zenko, crush their unrealistic illusions.
In this way, in front of tens of thousands of Chinese, their last resisting troops and the soldiers who dared to resist were killed one by one. That would be real despair for them! It can be said that when they arrived at the fortress held by the Chinese
Previously, what annoyed Major Yoshimitsu Into most was not that Chinese soldiers dared to resist or attack the 1st Infantry Squadron under his command. Instead, it was the Chinese civilians who shouted "The devils are coming" to remind the Chinese defenders. That represented
But they still don't want to surrender. As a major of the Imperial Japanese Army, he has the obligation to let those lowly Chinese civilians understand: the weak Chinese can never stop the indestructible Imperial Japanese Army tanks, and all their resistance
, all in vain.
Therefore, when they turned onto the main road of Suzhou Hebei Road, which was only 500 meters away from the Sihang Warehouse, Major Yin Teng Yoshimitsu quickly occupied a building as the frontline headquarters of his infantry brigade and observed the Sihang Warehouse with a telescope for five minutes.
After confirming that all the remaining Chinese troops were huddled in the tallest building in the area, they brazenly dispatched an infantry squad to begin a tentative attack.
On both sides of them were 6 heavy machine guns, 6 light machine guns and 2 infantry cannons. The two large-kill infantry cannons of the infantry brigade had reached a position 800 meters away from the Sihang Warehouse Building in a straight line.
A field bunker has been prepared. Once the enemy's firepower point is exposed, the two infantry cannons will fire. At a straight line distance of 800 meters, the infantry cannons will absolutely destroy the masonry wall.
Obviously, Yin Teng Zenko did not conduct detailed intelligence research on the Sixing Warehouse. Of course, the Japanese army's extremely complete intelligence system did not say that it had made detailed data analysis on every building in Zhabei, Shanghai, and was ordered to clear out Zhabei.
The 36th Infantry Regiment, which still has Chinese defenders in the area, does not have information on Sihang Warehouse.
The only thing they can be sure of now is that if they want to attack, they can only attack the tallest building in this area from the east and west wings. From the north and south, let alone a cannonball, even if a bullet falls on the west
It is easy to cause international disputes in the concession areas of the country.
On the wall on the left wing of the building, the Chinese have carved out more than a dozen shooting holes in an orderly manner. There is also a barricade built with sandbags below the floor. At least a dozen soldiers are hiding in the barricade. In the infantry squad,
When they advanced to the building more than 300 meters with tactical maneuvers, light machine guns and rifles began to fire from the shooting holes and barricades. This was a normal phenomenon. As soon as the Chinese defenders' light machine guns started firing, 6 Japanese troops on both wings were responsible for covering it.
A heavy machine gun and six light machine guns also began to roar to suppress them.
Including the six grenade launchers carried by the infantry squadron, they also blasted hard against the walls and sandbags on the barricades.
Although the penetration power of machine gun bullets into walls is insufficient, the main purpose of the twelve light and heavy machine guns is only to suppress. With far more machine guns and more bullets than the enemy, no matter how small the shooting hole is, there will always be bullets.
The shooting holes will cause damage to the Chinese, or even if they are not so lucky, as long as they are human, they will be afraid of death, as long as the machine gunners suppressing the opponent cannot aim and shoot the infantry with peace of mind.
As for the grenade that was fired, it was naturally even more impossible to shoot directly into the shooting hole. Several consecutive rounds of grenades only left black spots on the wall, which proved that the wall was a little stronger than the Japanese army thought.
But that doesn’t matter. The thick smoke and flying debris will also block the defenders’ sight and cause psychological pressure on them. They only need to suppress it for a few more minutes, and wait until the infantry rushes into the blind spot of the defenders’ machine guns, and the demolition soldiers carry them on their backs.
The explosive packs can completely blow open the wall and create a doorway wider than the door. Without the protection of the outer wall, that will be the last day for the defenders to die.
Seeing that the firepower of several light machine guns and more than a dozen rifles in the shooting holes in the wall had been completely suppressed, and the Chinese soldiers who were still active in the barricade were nowhere to be seen, the infantry squad under their command used various tactics with extremely skilled tactics.
The cover of the building has entered the range of only 150 meters away from the building. Yin Teng Yoshimitsu has been staring ahead through the telescope with a murderous look in his eyes.
The stupid Chinese couldn't even withstand the first round of probing attacks. So what if they had heavy weapons like mortars?
Waving his hand, another infantry team followed, about 300 meters away from the leading infantry team. After the first infantry team blew open the wall, they would quickly follow up and rush into the building.
, by that time, it was already considered the end of the war.
Just now, the captain of the 2nd Infantry Squadron, Kiichi Yamaki, who arrived on the right wing of the building, has sent a second lieutenant to go around from the front street building and report to Yoshimitsu Into about the tactics that the 2nd Infantry Squadron will implement. He will also know how to do it.
An infantry squad will be organized to conduct a feint attack. At the same time, an infantry squad will be organized to replace the 1st Infantry Squadron that was attacked in the center and enter the bank building, which is only thirty meters away from the warehouse building, to suppress fire on the front of the building.
The 1st Infantry Squadron to be attacked can reorganize its troops and attack the building from the front. The main entrance of the building occupied by the remaining Chinese troops is mainly defended by fortifications made of sandbags, and it should be the most vulnerable place.
Yin Teng Zenko has already approved the combat plan of the junior fellow who also graduated from the Imperial Army Military Academy. But obviously, the Chinese are too scumbag and do not need such complicated tactics at all. The left wing position may be able to swoop in a few minutes.
Breakthrough.
There is no need to worry about the current battle situation. Into Yoshimitsu's only worry is that he doesn't know how many casualties those idiots in the 1st Infantry Squadron have suffered. An infantry squadron of nearly 200 people was unexpectedly destroyed by Chinese mortars and heavy weapons.
It's so stupid to suppress the machine gun 400 meters away.
Fortunately, after the attack on both wings, the Chinese mortars stopped bombarding them and fell into silence. Perhaps they were afraid of artillery retaliation from the Imperial Army, or perhaps they were crazy and realized that their artillery reserves had been exhausted by them.
Well, now I know how to save.
Anyway, the mortars on the roof of the building that most worried Yin Teng Zenmitsu stopped firing. Yin Teng Zenmitsu was not stupid. After discovering that the Chinese had a large number of mortars, he immediately made a request to the wing headquarters
Fire support. It's just that the location of the building where the Chinese are hiding is too special. The artillery squadron directly under the wing headquarters is moving to the two wings of the building. They must ensure that the mountain artillery shells will not fall into the concessions of European and American countries.
The machine guns and mortars deployed by the Chinese on the roof of the building will soon be attacked by the artillery squadron directly under the wing. Four mountain guns and four 90mm mortars are enough to blow up the roof of the building into a sea of flames.
Major Yoshimitsu Into didn't have time to pay attention to the 1st Infantry Squadron, which was ravaged by machine guns and mortars in the ruins for more than 10 minutes. Naturally, he didn't know that most of the idiots in his eyes had turned into dead idiots. Even he
Everyone thought that the crazy Chinese artillery was actually even crazier than he imagined. In less than 8 minutes of bombardment, a total of 6 cannons participated in the battle, but they poured more than 240 rounds of artillery shells into the small ruins.
The unlucky guys in the 1st Infantry Squadron each got more than one shell on average. How could the result be any better?
At this time, the Chinese civilians on the south bank of the Suzhou River became even louder.