Chen Yunfa and others, who started to walk out of the tunnel at 1 a.m., fought more than three times in a row, annihilated nearly an infantry squadron of the Japanese army, and ran for more than 13 kilometers on the Japanese army's territory, had exerted their combat effectiveness to the extreme.
They rushed forward again and again. Not only were there no casualties, but no one was left behind except three people who were slightly injured at the first checkpoint. But this was not the most miraculous thing. They also carried all the heavy equipment they had moved out of the Sihang Warehouse.
, and even brought four captured Japanese mountain cannons, from the rear of the Japanese position to the Tianma Mountain area at least five kilometers away from the Japanese position, it has to be said to be a miracle.
If they enter the wilderness, they will abandon all their equipment and leave the road lightly to move closer to China's main position. No matter how strong the 300 people led by Yamaji Kiichi are, they can only do nothing. In the darkness, dozens of people left
Highways are like sand thrown into the desert and water droplets thrown into the sea.
What's more, what Yamaki Kiichi and Nakagawa Hiroshi, who issued the pursuit order, did not rely on were the strength of the two light tanks and 300 infantry. The role of the pursuers was to hold back the enemy who did not want to abandon their heavy equipment, and then use the strength of the already prepared troops to hold them back.
The heavy artillery of the regiment annihilated it. The 12 105 heavy artillery pieces of the 9th Division Artillery Regiment had a range of up to 10 kilometers.
The maximum distance for Nakagawa Hiroki's pursuit to Yamaki Kiichi was the Tianma Mountain area. Once out of Tianma Mountain, Yamaki Kiichi could only lead his team back. Of course, what would greet him after returning without success would be a huge disaster.
Kiichi Yamaki understands this very well.
Therefore, even if there is hell in front of him, Yamaji Kiichi has to chase it in.
At this time, it was already half past five in the morning.
In fact, on this night, not only small figures like Chen Yunfa, Lei Xiong, Kitajima Takeo, and Yamaki Kiichi were fighting for their own destiny.
General Gu, the commander of China's Third Theater Command, General Matsui Iwane, the commander of the Japanese Songhu Expeditionary Force, and even the generals of the supreme headquarters of both sides, many of them stayed up all night. Or, they suddenly woke up at this time and stood up.
In front of the military conference table.
The telegrams between China and Japan suddenly became denser. As transport ships gathered in the Jinshan Guard in Hangzhou Bay, large and small landing craft were transporting ant-like Japanese troops. They used the tide to rush towards the Jinshan Guard beach. The Jinshan Guard's cannons fired immediately.
roar.
The Japanese army landed at Jinshanwei.
The result that China least expected to happen has happened.
From the first gunshot of Jinshan Guard, the calls and telegrams from the Third Theater Command never stopped, and the generals who hurriedly walked into the headquarters all had frost on their faces. The Japanese troops landed at Jinshan Guard, not only
It means the complete defeat of the Battle of Songhu. Although the Japanese troops from the rear have not yet shown their ferociousness, they have already made them feel a chill. The Japanese army wants to attack from both front and back to defeat the hundreds of thousands of national troops on the front line in the west of Shanghai.
The soldiers made dumplings, which really had a huge appetite.
However, they also had to admit that with sufficient air superiority and fire support, when the Japanese military strength expanded again, this possibility was as high as 80%.
Retreat, before the Japanese army fully deployed its forces on Jinshan Guard. If the generals of the theater headquarters only communicated privately before receiving this news, now they have spoken openly about it.
The words of encouragement from the bald man who went to the front line to cheer me up are still in my ears, but compared with the cruel reality, it’s better to put those mirror images aside for now.
The Supreme Headquarters in Nanjing was also brightly lit. Ever since they received the telegram from the Jinshan Guards about the third battle, several military leaders had been standing in front of the map for a long time. Compared to the panic of the frontline generals,
In fact, they are not as calm as they appear on their faces.
If hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers on the front line were surrounded by the Japanese army, their lives would be in danger, but for them, it would also be heartbreaking. They are all direct descendants of their respective subordinates. If they are all destroyed in a battle, they will soon change.
I became a loner.
Including the bald man who was walking towards the conference room with a stern face, the most elite members of the Central Army under his command, from the teaching corps to the three divisions of the Royal Forest Army to more than a dozen reorganized divisions, if the ones who invested the most in direct lineage were not those warlords,
And it is he, the leader of a country, who has spent a full five years and a lot of money to build China's strongest army. If it is destroyed in one battle, despite his deep character, he can't help but frown at this time.
Lock.
On the other hand, in the headquarters of the Japanese Army's Songhu Expeditionary Force, although telegrams were also transmitted frequently, and the combat staff kept reporting on the progress of the Jinshan Guards, the faces of the generals were even more joyful. After all, their pre-war tactical deceptions were effective.
Although the Chinese defenders were vigilant and redeployed an infantry division back to Jinshan Guard, it was still much stronger than the landing force encountering a corps or even a group army.
Landing at Jinshanwei was actually an adventure for the Japanese base camp. The wide tidal flats at Jinshanwei were just as the Chinese Admiral Tang imagined. They were not suitable for large-scale landing battles. Large ships on the coast with insufficient water depth could not approach the coast at all. If
If you cannot quickly deploy troops and build positions on the tidal flats that put pressure on the defenders, it is very likely that a large-scale landing battle will turn into a suicide battle. The defenders with fortifications can easily use machine guns to attack the defenders on the tidal flats.
The Japanese soldiers who were walking heavily were shot and killed.
However, judging from the strength deployed by the Chinese defenders, an infantry division, which is still within the acceptable range, may incur considerable casualties, but it is almost certain that this landing battle will be successful.
For these senior Japanese generals, especially General Matsui Iwane, the number of casualties is not important. What is important is the success of the Jinshanwei landing strategy. Compared with the annihilation of hundreds of thousands of China's most elite troops in World War I, no matter how big the battle,
The casualties are acceptable, which almost means victory in the national war with China, a weakening giant.
In the past time and space, they were just a little bit close to succeeding. Although the vast majority of the Chinese army escaped the flesh-and-blood mill of Songhu due to the three-day bloody battle in Songjiang, in Nanjing, under the stupid command of some high-level Chinese generals
, the surviving Chinese elites once again drained the last drop of blood. However, if the elites are gone, will China perish? The Japanese know the history of China and know that China has been ruled by foreigners twice, both times the elites fell, and the enemy forces
They marched straight into the capital and overthrew the dynasty, but they did not see the endless resistance that had emerged in various places for decades behind them. Moreover, China at this time was no longer the China of the feudal era. The Chinese farmers at the bottom were awakening, and they were far from being numbered.
Unmatched even a hundred years ago.
If the farmers of a large agricultural country with a population of 40 million begin to resist, their role will be far greater than that of the elites. The Japanese, who overestimated their own strength, will be drained of their essence little by little in the terrible quagmire of China.
Not to mention, he foolishly poked the unsuspecting American cowboys in the anus. In the end, the American cowboys who had made a fortune in war were severely beaten with warships, aircraft and cannons that they could not look up to.
They regarded a tactical-level battle plan like the Battle of Songhu as a strategy, which was a big mistake in itself, because their eyesight, perhaps because of their height, had never seen further.
But no matter what, they are undoubtedly extremely successful now. Their two-pronged battle plan seems to be about to succeed.
The big shots, because of the latest changes in the war situation, stayed up all night, controlling the fate of various little people at the conference table.
And the little people can only struggle in the torrent of the times. No matter how difficult it is, they must struggle to move forward.
In the Independent Regiment's camp, Liu Tuanzuo was not the only one who was not asleep, but he was looking worriedly at the southwest.
In a tent located 200 meters west of the independent regiment headquarters, Liu Dazhu, Ling Hong, and Zhao Ergou were sitting around a small coal stove. There was a steel helmet placed on the small coal stove, and steam was rising from the helmet.
That was when Zhao Ergou took some time off in the afternoon to take Xiong Er for a walk in the wild fields outside the station. Xiong Er caught two hares from the field.
The two dogs were brought over to satisfy the appetite of the two old brothers.
Of course, Battalion Commander Zhao Dazhu, who was used to being beaten by everyone, learned shrewdly this time. He persisted until twelve o'clock at night, and then quietly ran to Liu Dazhu with the fat rabbit skinned by the orderly and a bottle of liquor.
Ling Hong, of course, had been notified by him a long time ago. The one he used was a personal communicator. Now, every battalion and company commander has been equipped with one.
Birds of a feather flock together, and people form groups. Although the independent regiment is said to be integrated from top to bottom, and the atmosphere inside and outside the army is relatively good, as long as we are human beings, there will always be small groups that are closer to each other and identify with each other for one reason or another.
Over the past five years, small political or non-political groups are not uncommon in the independent army. Every soldier will become more familiar with certain people for various reasons and become more united.
For people like Liu Dazhu, Zhao Ergou and Ling Hong, since they followed Liu Lang and rushed into the Japanese hinterland without hesitation, only six people survived. These six people have a very special feeling in their hearts. Even, regardless of whether they have it or not
In the eyes of everyone else in the Independent Regiment, this feeling of sharing life and death, the six remnants of them are one and the same. They are the old people who started their careers with Liu Tuanzuo. This is not even just based on their will.
Naturally, no matter how big or small the official position is, the six people move closer to each other. However, there are only four of them and Xiao Fenghua in the camp at this time, and Xiao Fenghua, as the head of the security department, due to the nature of the work
For this reason, we rarely attend such purely private gatherings, so the rabbit and wine can only be enjoyed by three people.
The three former top soldiers now all wear Army Major insignias. However, looking at them sitting on the ground with cigarettes hanging sideways in their mouths, they still look the same as the former top soldiers.
Perhaps, this is the most correct way for the three of them to open up. In front of their brothers, they are still the same people they once were.