Chapter 1410 In order not to be laughed at by the Red Deer Navy
In fact, it is not the Chinese soldiers who are hurting the death of their brothers in battle.
The Japanese Army Colonel, who said expressionless and righteously to his deputy about the courage of the Imperial Army, was bleeding in his heart. In addition, the soldiers in this wave of attacks were almost completely wiped out. Not counting the casualties of the soldiers in the feint attack on both wings, it was just
On the battlefield in front of the Sihang Warehouse, two of the three infantry squadrons he invested in the first round were directly defeated, and almost all officers from the lieutenant squadron leader to the squad leader and sergeant above were killed. Even if the Sihang Warehouse was successfully captured in the end, there would be no
Without these key grassroots officers, it is still unknown whether these two infantry squadrons can be rebuilt.
If it was just like that, Wakibajiro would have endured it. How could there be a fight without death? The 9th Division fought bloody battles in Songhu for more than 20 days. The 36th Infantry Regiment fought miserably, but it was by no means the worst. But
What made the army colonel despair was that this critical battle was just the beginning. He lost two infantry squadrons, but the Chinese defenders hiding in the warehouse suffered much fewer casualties.
Even in the hand-to-hand battle that just happened in front of everyone's eyes, more than half of the Chinese were able to stand up and return to the warehouse. The legendary infantry company still had most of its combat power.
However, no matter how much Wakiitajiro's heart bleeds, he also knows that he has to hold on to fight this battle. Even if the entire infantry regiment is wiped out, including him, the army commander, is killed in the battle, he still has to fight.
Go down and start the attack from the moment the division commander gives the order.
Just like the previous small-scale hand-to-hand battle, the Chinese regarded Sihang Warehouse as their battle of honor. So here, it is also the battle of honor of the Imperial Japanese Army. Even if all the soldiers died in this small area
On the position, it is better than saving more than 1,000 troops and retreating but bringing the disgraceful reputation of the Imperial Army being unable to conquer the defensive position of a Chinese infantry company.
As a member of the Army, Jiro Wakibata is deeply aware of the joke of the Navy's grandsons watching the tragic casualties of the Imperial Army on the sea. Every casualty that occurs becomes a reason for them to laugh at the Army. If it hadn't been this time
There are members of the royal family suppressing the navy and the army, who must work together to fight against the hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops. Jiro Wakita has reason to believe that these stupid pigs may have left the battlefield long ago, waiting for them to fight the Chinese and lose both sides before coming back to pick them up.
Cheap.
He and his men must fight here with all their strength, even like Nogi Nogi, who led 130,000 people to storm the Port Arthur Fortress in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War and eventually killed 60,000 people. He has to fight.
Yes, the real reason that forced Jiro Wakiba to drive his men like moths to a flame to attack the Sihang Warehouse was not because this was the last position of the Chinese army in urban Shanghai, nor was it because he was afraid of the Chinese nation.
This position that they had been holding on to was inspired to fight against Japan with all their strength, but it came from within them, the ridicule of the navy, the sworn enemy of the Japanese army.
The reason for fighting an enemy's position and even preferring to die rather than retreat is just because they don't want to be laughed at by another branch of their own country. If this reason is put into the future, it will be simply unbelievable.
But in Japan during this period, it was a real thing. Different military services of the same country could get each other's bayonets to the point of red. Looking around the world, this is the only one, and there is no semicolon.
Many people don’t understand why Japan’s two military services are so at odds with each other, or they think it’s normal to have some conflicts between the military services. They don’t want to hold each other back during this kind of national war. That’s how you really treat Japan.
Not much is known about the grievances between the navy and the army.
The causes of the conflict between the Japanese navy and army were laid down long before the Meiji period. The earliest one was the battle between the Choshu clan and the Satsuma clan, such as the exile incident of the Seventh Prince and the Forbidden Gate Incident. If Ryoma Sakamoto hadn't been involved in the conflict, the two armies would not have been able to fight each other.
The fight had started a long time ago. Note that the two sides were not beating each other with sticks, but actually shooting at each other with guns. After the establishment of the Meiji government, the Choshu clan engaged in the army and the Satsuma clan engaged in the navy. The forces represented by both sides tried their best to penetrate into the other side's camp.
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Before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, the Navy, conscious of its merits, demanded a change in the status quo of land masters and sea slaves. As a result, the army did not agree, and the conflict deepened. In the Russo-Japanese War, why did Nogi Nogi Nogi lose 60,000 Japanese troops in the first battle? Of course, he has his rigidity.
Human wave tactics and crazy and perverted bushido concepts, but after the battle review after the war, the Japanese base camp discovered that the most important reason for such heavy casualties was that the Japanese navy at that time did not provide artillery support to the army.
Yes, the Japanese navy at that time was so willful. After repelling the Tsarist Russian navy, it retreated. Later, it sent a telegram to tell the army that they were here to fight the Russian navy. After the military order was completed, of course they patted their butts and left.
.The terrifying naval guns with a caliber of over 200 millimeters actually did not even cover a single shot of the Japanese army, which the navy regarded as a country army. Then, the Japanese army, a country army, killed more than 60,000 people in front of the fortress.
The Japanese Navy was in the first year of junior high school, and the Japanese Army was a country boy but not a fool. This fifteenth year must be done. Finally, ten years later, in 1914, the Japanese media exposed Siemens under the revelation of Army agent Akashi Genjiro.
The document that the electrical appliance company bribed the navy directly led to the resignation of Yamamoto Gonbei's cabinet, and the navy's expenses were significantly reduced. The Japanese navy hated the army. The changes in the February 26th Incident pushed the conflict between the two companies to the peak.
The Japanese Navy insisted on suppressing them, but the Japanese Army bosses saw that you wanted to suppress them so much, but I refused to do so. They even sent money and equipment to the rebels. It was not until the Emperor of Japan finally came forward that he forced the Army to suppress the rebels.
Suppressed.
From then on, the Japanese Army and Navy were completely at odds with each other. From generals to soldiers, they would call each other "horse dung" when they met. A little joke widely circulated in the Japanese Navy even made the army to call each other "horse manure".
The navy, which claimed to be noble, hated it to the core.
The army said: "What is the use of your navy besides driving around in warships? Do you think you can also attack cities and seize territory?"
After hearing this, the navy asked: "Does your army have engineers?"
After hearing this, Lu Jun asked doubtfully: "Yes, what's wrong?"
The navy said with a relieved look: "Then we can rest assured. When you go to North Korea in the future, you can build a bridge by yourself."
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The most frightening thing is that the Japanese navy and army are quarreling with each other. The most frightening thing is that the two armies have already gone from a war of words to holding each other back during the war. Take the national war like this Songhu War as an example.
, at the request of the base camp, the Navy dispatched aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers to provide air and artillery support to the main force of the land battle with carrier-based aircraft and naval guns. The Japanese Navy still complied with the military orders, and all these supports were in place.
However, the navy is not your army's transportation team. You want to transport supplies? OK! No problem. In addition to helping you transport people, a landing craft of thousands of tons can not exceed 500 kilograms of supplies due to limited space. Damn...
...The Japanese army bosses probably greeted all the women in the navy bosses' families on land.
In fact, this is nothing. If we push the time back a few years, the classic quarrel between the Japanese navy and the land will make military historians' jaws drop to the ground. In the Pacific battlefield with the Allies, the Japanese navy at that time
As soon as the aircraft carrier aircraft was dispatched, the aircraft carrier was sunk by the Allied forces led by American cowboys. The aircraft could only park at the Army airport. Unexpectedly, the Army airport at that time refused to allow them to dock.
Said that if they fly over us, we will shoot them down...
This extremely weird relationship between the navy and the army makes the Japanese themselves feel lucky. Fortunately, we did not establish an air force in Baga. Otherwise, if we add another military branch, Japan will be bombed? Why does Japan not have a dedicated air force?
As for the air force, the army and navy have a tacit understanding on this point. They have established "land-based aviation" and "sea-based aviation" respectively, and half of them fight independently.
In any case, in order not to make the "red deer" parked on the sea 20 kilometers away and eating Western food laugh, Wakibajiro was forced to bite his back molars and launch a Nogi Nogi style attack at the Shihang Warehouse.
Human wave tactics and a desperate attack.
From early morning to dusk, Colonel Wakiitajiro himself sent more than five death squads to the battlefield with a menstrual belt wrapped around his head.
No one knows how many Japanese casualties there were, but Lei Xiong knew how many casualties his infantry company had suffered.
Although protected by the strong and thick walls of the Sihang Warehouse, there were still soldiers who could not avoid being hit by the Japanese artillery fire or the bullets poured in regardless of the cost. Excluding the 15 soldiers killed in the morning and the 5 injured
At noon and in the afternoon, 17 people were killed, 6 were slightly injured, and 7 were seriously injured. The soldiers who were slightly injured could still participate in the battle with simple bandaging, but those who were seriously injured could not.
At the end of the day, a total of 32 people were killed in the battle. Including the seriously wounded, the actual reduction was 40 people. If placed on the entire Songhu battlefield, even the commanders at the regimental level would not take a direct look at the mere 40 casualties.
, let alone this amount of battle damage in one day of fighting, in actual battles, the casualties caused by a single shell from the Japanese naval gun may not be this number. But this number will not work if it is placed in the Sihang Warehouse.
How many people did the entire infantry company have? Only 120 people. Including Chen Yunfa's special detachment, the entire Sihang Warehouse garrison only had 127 people. This was considered a one-third casualty.
The 33% battle damage rate is actually not the most terrifying thing. On the Songhu battlefield, the national army, which had risked its life to fight the Japanese army, could even withstand a 90% casualty rate. It had already put aside the Western tactics.
The theory that the morale of the entire army will collapse when the casualty rate reaches 40% is astounding. In the past, the Central Army and other warlords despised the "two-gun army" who was like a beggar.
When the entire 26th Division of the Sichuan Army withdrew from the battlefield, only 600 people walked out of the position on their own.
When death has made people numb, the casualty rate is no longer what the soldiers care about. They only hope to kill the enemies on the opposite side, and they themselves will die.
For Sihang Warehouse at this time, the terrible thing is that with the increase in casualties, the manpower on the three positions is seriously insufficient. On each position, there are only less than two infantry squads who can participate in the battle. This is plus all the soldiers.
The shooters and gunners at the firepower point, especially the heavy machine gunners, had the highest battle loss rate, resulting in the firepower intensity on the three sides of the position having been reduced to a terrifying level.