In fact, this was not enough to make Yamajiki Kiichi's face look as gloomy as a dead man. After seeing the sentry post in front of him reduced to ashes in the artillery fire, he quickly reported to the division headquarters and quickly mobilized all the troops at the sentry post.
They moved closer to the front line from the position and dug individual bunkers in the wilderness about 700 meters away from the checkpoint, trying to delay the sudden advance of the Chinese convoy.
Tactically speaking, he did not make any mistakes. The Chinese came with great force, and when they had heavy firepower and were unable to defeat them, he re-selected his position, held the enemy back, waited for the main force to arrive, surrounded and annihilated them, and commanded an infantry
The squadron is definitely capable.
According to his understanding of this group of "crazy" old opponents, they wanted to stab the army in the back and relieve the pressure on the main force on the front line, even at the cost of their own lives. From the Battle of Sihang Warehouse, their
Judging from performance, the possibility of this is as high as 90%.
At the 9th Division Headquarters, because the division commander Yoshizumi Ryosuke happened to be inspecting the front line, only Colonel Nakagawa Hiroshi, the chief of staff, stayed behind.
Hiroshi Nakagawa was a man of great ambition and talent. He came to the army with mixed qualifications. In addition, Yoshizumi Ryosuke himself was strong. The chief of staff had never really played any role as a staff officer. He finally captured a small Chinese force.
In particular, it may be the remnant Chinese army that was not wiped out after the Battle of Sihang Warehouse. Then how could he not want to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation to show off his abilities?
Not only did they immediately agree to Lieutenant Yamaki Ki's request to retreat, they even dispatched two Type 94 tanks and an infantry squadron from the tank brigade directly under the division, riding a baggage squadron and fifteen trucks from the baggage regiment to help out.
, in his opinion, with such strength and the defeated soldiers of the 36th Infantry Regiment attacking from both sides, it would be difficult for the Chinese to fly.
What if those guys in the 36th Infantry Regiment are pigs?
From a logical point of view, the colonel and the army captain are all right. If it is really a field battle, with more than 300 Japanese infantry supported by division-level heavy artillery, Lei Xiong's company can really be completely wiped out.
Hanged in the wilderness.
But the key point is, they all thought wrong.
The Chinese convoy did not go to the western front line like moths flying to a flame. Instead, after passing 200 meters past the original checkpoint position of Lieutenant Colonel Kiichi Yamaji, it turned south and headed straight for Songjiang.
Yamaji Kiichi, who was watching the Chinese convoy turn around 500 meters away, almost spat out a mouthful of blood. The direction of Songjiang was the rear of the Chinese army, and those hateful Chinese wanted to draw a line on the left side of the confrontational position between the two armies.
An arc perfectly bypassed the two armies and fled.
After working for a long time, I didn’t want to show my bravery like a moth to a flame, but ran away with my tail between my legs! At that moment, Shanji Xiyi was really in tears. If the Chinese just defeated two checkpoints in a row and cheated
Three checkpoints scared him away, and then he patted his butt and ran away. Then his so-called transfer of positions to contain him pushed him into a pit of fire. In other words, he was afraid of fighting, and he was about to fall.
Of the brain.
Your Excellency, the division commander, may not be able to chop off the head of the assistant officer, but he, the newly promoted little army captain, can’t just chop off his head?
This is not the most tragic thing. After all, his order to move the position was authorized by the chief of staff of the division, so there is still a glimmer of hope. But after receiving the battle report from the front, Nakagawa Hiroshi ordered him to lead all the forces that could be gathered.
The 36th Infantry Regiment joined the infantry squadron that came with reinforcements and rode the trucks of the baggage regiment to pursue the fleeing Chinese.
Then, wouldn't it cost your life?
The Chinese who escaped were not many in number, so he was not afraid, but the Chinese had accumulated hundreds of thousands of troops in the west of Shanghai. If there was any movement on their flanks, any infantry regiment they sent out would be able to make dumplings out of more than 300 of them.
Ah! It’s still the kind that eats all the stuffing.
Through the Battle of Sihang Warehouse, Captain Yamaki Ki had lost confidence in the Type 94 tank that he was once proud of. That thin-skinned and big-packed guy was simply a dishonor in front of other people's machine guns!
"Baga! According to reconnaissance, the Chinese have not deployed any defenders in the Tianma Mountain area. Your troops can definitely catch up with the Chinese. There are observers from the artillery regiment accompanying you. The division's artillery regiment will attack your troops at any time.
Provide fire support, and you can completely annihilate the enemy troops and retreat to their positions in the shortest possible time, otherwise, you will be dead." Nakagawa Hiroshi's roar was deafening on the phone.
Of course, Nakagawa Hiroshi was very angry. He allowed a small Chinese force to pass through six checkpoints from the defense area of the 9th Division, known as the "Twin Jewels of the Empire". Moreover, because of his order, the opponent did not waste a single shot.
After passing the last line of defense, if word of this spreads out, the little Japanese captain will certainly be punished, but he, the chief of staff, will probably also be ridiculed by all his colleagues.
He wanted to annihilate this small force at all costs, even if his subordinates left the formation and penetrated into the blank area on the left side of the confrontation between the two armies. Fortunately, he still had some sense and understood that while he was looking at the opponent, the two opposite
The Chinese who are kilometers away are also staring at them. Large-scale troop mobilization may cause a new round of firefights, which will not be beneficial to the main frontline forces who are mobilizing troops, replenishing ammunition and supplies to accumulate strength for tomorrow's war.
Therefore, only one infantry squadron strong enough to annihilate the opponent's strength and the pigs of the 36th Infantry Regiment were dispatched. As for the artillery regiment's artillery support, it would only carry out artillery bombardment as a last resort. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese on the opposite side were like frightened birds.
The army cannot be scared away before the grand strategy of the Songhu Dispatch Army Headquarters is completed.
As an officer at the level of chief of staff of the division, Nakagawa Hiroshi did not know the strategies of the base camp and the dispatched army headquarters, but from Yoshizumi Ryosuke's few words, he could more or less analyze that in the past two days, the imperial dispatched army general
There will be big moves, but he can't let this happen.
And this is the biggest troop mobilization he can make while ensuring not to offend the sensitive nerves of hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops.
Indeed, after breaking through the fifth checkpoint and bombarding it with mountain artillery, observers on the Songhu front line in front of the position saw fireballs and dull explosions rising in the dark behind the Japanese position several kilometers away. This abnormality appeared on the first
It was even reported to the Third Theater Command for a time.
By 4 a.m., the commander of the Third War Zone, Admiral Gu, who had barely slept due to the huge pressure, immediately called on several colleagues to analyze the anomaly. In the end, he could only come to the tragic conclusion that it was the Zhabei area.
The remaining soldiers who had not had time to retreat made a final counterattack. The sound of the artillery fire belonged to the Japanese Type 41 mountain artillery. Presumably, the few remaining soldiers had been wiped out in the Japanese artillery fire.
Just as Nakagawa Guang thought, hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops on the western front line of Shanghai were wavering between withdrawals. If the Chinese leader had not flown to the front line to comfort the frontline generals a week ago, I am afraid that the troops would have retreated long ago.
The reason why we are still holding on and confronting the main force of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in the west of Shanghai is simply because we are still waiting for the order from the Supreme Command to withdraw.
Once the order to retreat is given, the hundreds of thousands of troops will probably lose all will to fight and collapse thousands of miles.
It’s not that the brutal Songhu War in the past three months has broken down the fighting will of the Chinese soldiers, but anyone who is familiar with military affairs knows that the Jiangnan plain of Shanghai and Jiangsu is really not suitable for blocking, and their
There are four defense lines that have been built behind him. Layer-by-layer defenses in those places are far more useful than field trenches in the Jiangnan Plain where water can emerge as soon as they are dug.
Unfortunately, most of the bald leader's military considerations are from the political level. With his military talent, it may be difficult for him to command an infantry battalion. His eyes never stay on the unobstructed wilderness of Jiangnan, but on tens of thousands of people.
kilometers overseas, at the so-called League of Nations convention.
A weak China is destined to be abandoned. It is not China itself that is abandoned, but its weakness.
Natural selection, survival of the fittest. This law applies to all creatures in nature, and humans are no exception.
Even if the little white rabbit sits on the lap of the lion, it will end up with a plate of braised rabbit in the end.
Lieutenant Shan Jixi, with a frustrated face, took less than 70 soldiers under his command, got on the truck, and under the leadership of two 94 tanks, pursued the Chinese convoy in the direction of escape.
It was an extremely simple road, and no one could run fast, even if they focused on escaping.
The Army Captain should be lucky. If he had not decided not to wait for the 36th Infantry Regiment at several checkpoints behind to come and join him in order to save time, the 36th Infantry Regiment might have become the first organic infantry unit on the Songhu front line to be killed by the Chinese.
Alliance.
His decision at least saved the last 200 officers and soldiers of the 36th Infantry Regiment, even though they were regarded as a shame to the empire after the Songhu Battle, and all of them caught up with the ship back to the Japanese mainland.
After all, they are still alive, right? And those who are good at fighting are already dead.
After you chased me for an hour, a Chinese convoy of ten trucks entered the Tianma Mountain area that Nakagawa Hiroshi mentioned in his scolding.
Tianma Mountain is located 11 kilometers southwest of Songjiang. It was called Ganshan in ancient times. It is said that the generals of the Wu Kingdom forged swords here in the Spring and Autumn Period. Tianma Mountain is steep, with the ridgeline of the mountain approaching the east-west direction. The shape of the mountain is like a Pegasus with wings spread and about to fly. Today it is called
Tianma Mountain.
The mountain has two peaks, both of which are subtropical broad-leaved forests. The forest is dense. The highest peak is 98 meters above sea level. A simple road passes through the canyon between the two peaks. If someone is planning an ambush here, it is definitely a good place.
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At this time, the sky was already turning pale. Shanji Xiyi felt his balls hurt as he watched the Chinese convoy 700 meters away headlong into Tianma Mountain.
He really wanted to turn around and leave. What Nakagawa said was that there was no Chinese garrison here, which he felt was very unreliable. What if there were?
But he cannot disobey military orders.
Even if he leads 300 people into hell, and that is where their pursuit ends, as long as the Chinese are not blocked somewhere, he can go back.
Anyway, give it a try!
When dawn was approaching, Shanji Xiyi and his pursuers resolutely rushed into Tianma Mountain.