The weakness of the naval gunfire is secondary. The key point is to dispatch at least 50 bomber sorties required by the military headquarters. The navy actually pushed back and dispatched only 0 bombers. Four hours later, many of the Chinese's forward positions were destroyed.
But the "heavy artillery" that was the real biggest threat also exploded the tidal flat into a sea of flames.
It can be said that what makes Matsui Iwane, an old Japanese soldier, want to take a bite of meat at this moment is not the Chinese army that fights extremely tenaciously on the opposite side, but the group of naval generals who are happy to see the Imperial Army defeated.
As for the mentality of the Japanese naval generals, which makes them dare to do nothing at this moment of decisive battle between the Chinese and Japanese armies, I am afraid it is also because the army's gangsters have already fought in the land war.
He gained the upper hand and was about to make dumplings for hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops, thus achieving great feats.
In the early days of the Songhu War, because the Marine Corps was overwhelmed by the superior strength of the Chinese army, it finally relied on the landing Imperial Army to rescue the siege. The navy was often laughed at by the army soldiers, but at that time, China and Japan were fighting extremely hard.
Anxious, the headquarters headquarters kept a close eye on him, and the navy, who felt aggrieved, naturally did not dare to be too negligent at that time. The army only asked for help, and basically offered help.
But when the urban area of Shanghai was occupied and hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops were driven to the outskirts of Shanghai, the Army Red Deer mobilized 100,000 troops from the northern battlefield of China to prepare to steal the Chinese retreat route. Seeing that the decisive battle and victory was imminent.
In this first decisive battle between China and Japan, because the weak Chinese navy scuttled its main ships in the Yangtze River and Huangpu River, the navy had no outstanding achievements except dispatching ships and aircraft to support the army's operations.
The ship was severely damaged by a horrific suicide ramming attack by a Chinese air force pilot.
If nothing else, when the Imperial Council was discussing their merits after the war, the naval generals could almost think of the ugly faces of the army officers.
"I occupied the largest city in the East, I defeated hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, I..."
"What happened to the navy? Isn't it just fishing on the sea with a ship built by the empire with a lot of money? It was almost sunk by the Chinese with a plane. It would be great if the empire didn't ask you bunch of losers to pay for it. You still want military exploits, so shameless
Woolen cloth?"
In fact, the navy generals really didn't think too much about it. In the past, at the merit discussion meeting of the Japanese headquarters headquarters after the Songhu War, the army generals fought against them like this. They always used
Positioning themselves as high-end, the navy generals who wore shit-yellow military uniforms looked like rustics and almost ran out of breath and vomited blood, but the tragedy was that they could not win back the victory.
This is because the Chinese Navy has no main warships since the sinking of Changjiang River and blocked the waterway. The most they can do is harass with torpedo boats and gunboats. Their huge fleet has no chance to gain military exploits.
In the end, the Japanese high command decided to make a crazy gamble and stab the American cowboy in the anus. I am afraid that the navy will not get any benefits in the Sino-Japanese war. The navy is extremely urgent to establish meritorious service, which is more or less the case.
It has something to do with the fact that the small fish and shrimps in the South Sea alone cannot satisfy their appetite. Only the large bathtub of the Pacific Ocean can provide a bath for the powerful Imperial Japanese Navy.
But the arrogant Japanese navy did not expect that the big bathtub in the Pacific Ocean was a bit too big and too deep, and their legs were too short. The American cowboys stirred up a little trouble and drowned them all, taking them with them by the way.
Their lifelong enemy---the Army Red Deer. More than five elite army divisions were beaten to pieces all over the ground by the crazy artillery fire of American cowboys on a small Pacific island, and some were starved into mummies.
However, in this time and space, as the 114th Division encountered difficulties in the Jinshanwei landing operation, the petty worries of the naval generals who had been unhappy for a long time began to come to life. The Chinese did a good job! They did not let the army
The red deer easily come ashore, yes, let’s do this to them.
It is indeed strange, but this is the mentality of the Japanese naval generals. If they were not afraid that it would reach the headquarters of the headquarters, the generals sitting on the ship several kilometers away from the shore would like to raise a toast together and shout together through the intercom on the ship.
A cry: "Yo Xi!"
You don’t have to work at full strength, dragging your feet, etc., it is simply simple. If you want fifty sorties, the Navy Master must send out fifty? Don’t you know the wind is blowing on the sea? If the uncle can send out 0 fighter sorties, that is the Empire
The heroic and fearless work of the navy warriors has come to an end, okay?
Of course, even though Matsui Iwane was gritting his teeth with hatred, he really had nothing to do with those navy men who were sitting comfortably on the ship, blowing the sea breeze and basking in the sun. They could have a thousand reasons to explain why.
There are not enough bomber sorties and the density of naval gun bombardment is not enough.
The Chinese defenders of Jinshanwei became the ultimate beneficiary of the conflict between Japan's navy and army. Although the Japanese troops on the sea continued to flow towards the tidal flats, there were still Japanese planes circling in the sky dropping 50-pound aerial bombs.
, there were still bombardments from large-caliber Japanese warships and naval guns on the sea, but they miraculously held their position.
To be honest, even without the help of naval carrier-based aircraft, the Japanese army's strength in landing operations is not weak. The 00 naval guns of several battleships have a range of up to 15 kilometers or even 0 kilometers, and a shell weighing more than 100 kilograms can be fired in one shot
Completely destroy the position of an infantry platoon. Even those light destroyers, the range of 140 naval guns can reach 1 kilometer, and they are very lethal to the Chinese army in the simple field fortifications on the shore.
Moreover, after the experience of the landing operations in urban Shanghai, the Japanese army once again improved their experience in landing operations. Dai Flemer, a reporter from the Third Reich who followed the Japanese fleet, described in his memoirs the impact of this war on his own position.
The description of the landing Japanese troops on the battleship is this: When I saw the Japanese "motorized landing tools", it seemed like something I had never seen before. They didn't have any "steering wheels" on the bow of the landing craft.
device" but "surrounded by curved armored steel plates", the ships carried 80 men and 0 tons of cargo, including tanks, armored vehicles, horses and artillery, and had a "stern section that could be lowered" so landing ships could come ashore
They can quickly unload cargo. These ships have high side armor, so they can "prevent infantry and machine gun firepower." Just from the observation of landing tools, the Japanese do far surpass traditional military powers such as the United States and Britain.
"These world-advanced equipment will undoubtedly make it more difficult for the Chinese army to resist the Japanese troops coming ashore.
Perhaps, we can first taste the hardships of the Chinese army in this battle from the description of the Japanese army in a certain part of this reporter's memoirs. Perhaps this reporter from the Third Reich still did not realize a very important issue until he wrote his memoirs.
, that is, the 114th Division, which landed first, was originally just a special division, rather than the two permanent divisions, the 6th Division and the 18th Division, which were still waiting on the ships behind to clear the landing channel.
In other words, the troops leading the charge were only the weakest troops in the Japanese Tenth Army, but they were still armed to the teeth and were far from what the Chinese army could match.
But the Chinese people have a brave and fearless heart.
Tao Guang, a famous general of the Hunan Army. The 8th Army under his command has three infantry divisions, and the 6th Division is the infantry division with the strongest combat effectiveness and willpower under his command. In the past, it was the 6th Division under his command.
Two infantry companies and an artillery company fought against the landing Japanese troops for nearly half a day with one battalion. When Jinshan Guard was occupied by the Japanese invaders, the 6th Division that was redeployed to the Jinshan Guard battlefield by the Third War Zone was in Tianma.
They set up defenses at Mount Tianma and Fenghuang Mountain to stop the Japanese troops, and inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese troops in Tianma Mountain and other places.
In the battle of Tianma Mountain, the Hunan soldiers, who were famous for their proficiency in fighting and daring to fight, all 800 soldiers including Zhang Kongyi, the commander of the 67th Regiment of the 62nd Division, Xie Kangquan, the commander of the 1st Battalion, died heroically in the battle. The 67th Regiment and the entire regiment suffered all casualties.
It was not uncommon in the Great Patriotic War for a platoon, a company or even a battalion to be completely exhausted, but it was also rare for an entire regiment to remain heroic and the entire army to stand up.
The Sichuan Army is world-famous for sending out the most troops and exerting the most force, and for sticking to its position without retreating to the death; the Gui Army is remembered by future generations for its bravery and good fighting skills, with few surrenders and survival; and the Hunan Yaozi also sacrificed their lives with blood in this national war.
proved themselves.
The Japanese commander Matsui Iwane was heartbroken just to see his landing troops wailing under the mountain artillery of the Chinese army, which was not very large in number. But the loyal war correspondent of the Third Reich, Dai Flemere, saw
Yes, it is the bravery of the Chinese army.
In order to obtain first-hand battlefield information, the war reporter who finally took up his duty stepped off the heavy cruiser, which was enough to ensure his safety, four kilometers away from the shore, and arrived at the battlefield where artillery fire was raging.
The Japanese army fell under artillery fire and fell on the muddy beach in vain to fight for their lives under machine gun fire. It was a completely hellish scene, but in his telescope, the Chinese army, which was not many in number, was equally miserable.
A heavy artillery fell, and the heavy machine gun position that was spitting out tongues of fire just now ceased to exist, along with at least thirty soldiers around it. Not to mention the simple position that was dug in the Jiangnan water town, it was only 1.5 meters deep and soaked with half a meter of muddy water.
Field trenches cannot withstand the bombardment of 00mm naval guns, and even permanent fortifications covered with reinforced concrete and steel plates cannot withstand several bombardments from such large-caliber heavy artillery.
Although Sihang Warehouse reduced the 6th Infantry Regiment to rubble, the geographical location was chosen well enough that the Japanese did not dare to use large-caliber naval guns. If they used 00mm naval guns, let alone Xie Jinyuan's troops.
Brave, even if the gods come, they will be blown into flying ash. The reinforced concrete walls of Sihang Warehouse, which are more than 1 meter thick, can at best withstand the bombardment of 150 heavy artillery.
After the war, the war correspondent walked towards the occupied Chinese army positions. The large craters one meter deep and four to five meters in diameter proved to the war correspondent how terrifying the large-caliber naval guns were with their ferocious faces. It was hard for him to imagine.
, how did the Chinese survive such a terrible bombardment and shoot bullets at the enemy.
But the fact is that he lay in the mud for a full day. On the opposite position, the Chinese gunfire never stopped, even if the position was destroyed again and again.
Because his eyes could not see farther, the Chinese army was organized into a reserve force in company units. Whenever an infantry company on the front line suffered all casualties, another infantry company would quickly be added to the position.
For the Chinese soldiers, the greatest sadness of the Japanese naval gun is that countless comrades can no longer be seen, but the greatest effect is that they no longer need to rebuild fortifications and dig positions.
The giant craters are the best bunkers. You only need to use a shovel to dig out the place to stay, and then you can hide inside and continue shooting bullets at the Japanese army.
Until the next artillery shell or aircraft bomb arrives.
Then, there will be a new round of position construction and the arrival of a new round of defenders.
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PS: Actually, half of this chapter is the first half of the chapter I posted on Friday. Since I don’t know how to modify it, I simply rewrote the entire second half. It’s basically a new chapter. Anyone who has read it, please forgive me.
, it’s not that Fengyue wants to make up the word count. (To be continued)