Chapter 1487 The anger of the leader of the sixth division
The wrong choice of the landing point and the extremely inappropriate choice of exposing the top commander to the enemy's gunfire on the wrong battlefield resulted in the 47th Infantry Regiment losing more than half of the battle in just half an hour.
main reason.
Although the newly appointed Japanese Army Lieutenant Colonel Nagasawa Uto of the 47th Infantry Regiment watched helplessly as his four infantry squadrons were wasted on the empty sandbank, the extremely valuable folding boats equipped by the two engineering squadrons could return.
It was less than one-third, and the engineers also suffered heavy losses. However, he was not as impulsive as his boss who had been carried back but was already beyond recognition. Not only did he not continue to attack angrily, but he still commanded the troops to stay in the river.
Thousands of infantrymen and engineers on the shore retreated more than 800 meters.
Based on the half-hour battle just now, as an experienced army commander, he has already estimated that the number of mortars that the Chinese like to equip the most is more than 10, and they even have more than several Type 41 mountain cannons.
.The two sides were only 800 meters apart. Without field trenches, they were still within the range of their opponents' mortars and mountain artillery.
In other words, the Japanese lieutenant colonel who lost more than one infantry brigade simply gave in and had no intention of continuing the attack. Instead, he would rather be beaten up by his irritable lieutenant general division commander than to general
Another infantry brigade was drowned in the rushing river.
Nagasawa Uto's caution saved the infantry brigade of the 47th Infantry Regiment of the 6th Division, which had been completely demoralized. Two and a half hours later, the main force of the two infantry regiments that rushed towards them arrived and immediately went into attack.
Later, the remaining soldiers of the 47th Infantry Regiment who did not participate in the first ferry crossing operation were extremely grateful to their somewhat "cowardly" acting commander.
Because the Chinese on the opposite side have not fully exposed their fangs. Because the position is far away from the sandbar and because they do not want to expose all the firepower points at once, the Lei Xiong Infantry Company deployed on the far right side of the entire position participated in the artillery shelling in addition to mortars.
Except for the other light and heavy machine guns and the two machine guns, they did not fire at all. Similarly, the two machine guns deployed as trump cards on the far left side of the defensive position also waited quietly.
The four machine guns with a horizontal range of up to 2,000 meters fired in a cross pattern created a terrifying whip. Not to mention the fragile folding boats and the wooden boats that the Japanese army found on the riverside, even the light gunboats that the navy came to support were hit with sparks.
Run away in embarrassment.
Of course, Nagasawa Uto cautiously retreated the entire army further, which was a bit overestimating the 152nd Regiment. The more than 15 minutes of shelling just now allowed the 152nd Regiment to use up the artillery shell reserves that were transported to the river.
More than three-quarters of the way there, Xie Guji personally sent a telegram to the army lieutenant general stationed in the city to request artillery support, but was directly scolded by his own army commander in the telegram.
Originally, the 43rd Army came to defend Songjiang this time. The Third Theater Command was still very generous. It was still the old saying: "If you want a horse to run, you can't let the horse stop eating grass." Apart from the lack of additional troops, the other requirements were
You are given whatever you want. These 82 mortar shells were given to both young and old. However, they were allotted to each infantry regiment with 5 mortars. Otherwise, no matter how many shells were given, if you didn’t have the artillery to fire them out, you would have to leave them alone.
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The 152nd Regiment came to the river to block the attack this time. The Army Lieutenant General was also very generous and allocated one-eighth of the entire army's artillery shell reserve to him. In other words, that was half of the 152th Regiment's artillery reserve for all the battles.
But they knew that because of the appearance of the Lei Xiong Infantry Company, they had six more mortars coming out at once. In addition, the enemy target on the sandbank was so obvious. The artillerymen were so excited that they almost killed them in one breath.
The artillery shells that were supposed to support the entire blocking battle were all used up.
How can an army lieutenant general not get angry? In half an hour, you have killed one-eighth of the army's artillery shell reserves. If you are asked to fight for another half day, don't you want to kill half of the army's artillery shells? At this rate, even if the rest
If the infantry regiment can't fire a single shot, you, the 152nd regiment, can't last three days just by yourself!
Fortunately, first of all, with the support of the record, the result of killing hundreds of Japanese soldiers in one battle, plus the thick-skinned leader of the Jieduanzuo who had the perseverance to give me shells even if you cursed me to death, the military department finally sent out the supplies again.
The battalion brought him 500 rounds of artillery shells. If the 11 mortars were fired at full speed, they would all be empty in less than five minutes. Do you think the gunners of the 152nd Regiment were willing to waste the few artillery shells?
In the midst of a Japanese army formation that couldn’t be seen clearly!
According to Xie Guji, who ordered the re-construction of the artillery position about 600 meters behind the position, apart from bombing the Japanese troops who were about to land on the river bank, if the artillery team dared to attack anywhere else, they would be dealt with according to military law.
This is the tragedy of Chinese soldiers in this era. If they had enough artillery shells, not to mention Nagasawa You would have taken the initiative to withdraw from 800 meters. Even if it was 1,500 meters, as long as the range of the mortars was sufficient, I am afraid that the overwhelming artillery shells would have swept over it.
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The Japanese, who were licking their wounds, retreated first and waited for the arrival of the main force. After a brief cheer, the officers and soldiers of the 152nd Regiment on the position did not sit idle and wait. The heavy firepower points just exposed were repositioned and rebuilt fortifications. Even though they had fought hard just now,
Huanshi, that’s because the Japanese reconnaissance balloon didn’t take off. When the main force of the Japanese artillery arrives later, the situation may not be so good.
If you want to survive the bombardment of the Japanese invaders, you must not skimp on your physical strength. In addition to having just won a battle, the morale of the 152nd Regiment is extremely high, and the efficiency is even higher than before.
However, the battle just now is indeed something that the officers and soldiers of the 152nd Regiment can be proud of. Not to mention the fact that they almost wiped out all the Japs on the sandbank. Our side has a well-constructed position and good camouflage. The Japanese artillery has always been very accurate.
There was almost no major damage to the 152nd Regiment in this battle. Except for two heavy machine gun fire points that were overturned by the air wave of the 75 Mountain Artillery that exploded 12 meters away, several machine gun shooters were injured, that is, more than a dozen infantrymen were killed by the infantry.
The cannon's shrapnel hit only 16 people, and only 3 people were killed. It can be said to be a complete victory.
After half an hour of statistics, more than 600 Japanese soldiers were killed or injured, and the battle report that our own side had only 20 casualties made several lieutenant generals and major generals in the city unbelievable. If it weren't for Xie Guji's sufficient character guarantee, there might not have been many
A general personally came over with a law enforcement team to conduct a personal investigation. If there was any false reporting of military records, in a war like this, the army colonel might not be able to save his head.
Fortunately, the Japanese soldiers who managed to escape on the sandbank took away the bodies of their regiment commanders and squadron commanders. However, the bodies of most ordinary soldiers were not recovered in time, and they were still lying on the sandbank in a mess. The reason why they were ordered to send artillery shells
The battalion commander of the supply battalion directly under the military headquarters confirmed that the record of the 152nd Regiment was real after just one look with his binoculars. When he left, he also took away the bodies of 16 wounded soldiers and 3 soldiers who died in battle.
Throughout the afternoon, the officers and soldiers of the 43rd Army who were waiting in Songjiang City were discussing the performance of the 152nd Regiment, and their fear of the Japanese invaders was involuntarily reduced. Without planes and artillery, the little Japanese had to carry their heads on their shoulders and be shot.
They all died just as quickly.
It can be said that the unexpected victory of the 152nd Regiment in the first battle stimulated not only the 152nd Regiment alone, but the entire 43rd Army. This laid an extremely solid foundation for the hard fighting in the city in the next two or three days but no one retreated.
Psychological basis. Army Colonel Kanzaki Tetsujiro, who had already been shot in the head by a little-known Chinese soldier, did not know that because of his stupidity, he not only made the "strongest division on the surface" lose face, but also allowed his opponent to possess
More courage to face the 6th Division.
Hisao Tani was very angry and furious.
After receiving the telegram from the 47th Infantry Regiment at the front, no one dared to approach this army lieutenant general who was less than 1.6 meters tall, with short legs and a thick neck. If he wore an apron, he would look like a Chinese cook.
Ten meters.
The Japanese Army Lieutenant General sat in the car with his lips tightly closed, his cheeks raised in a terrifying arc, his eyes coldly looking ahead, holding his Lieutenant General's command knife in both hands, and he had been sitting in the car without saying a word for 30 minutes. He was familiar.
His people knew that this was a symptom of a violent Army Lieutenant General who wanted to kill someone.
Two months ago, because a small team searching for the remnants of the Chinese army was ambushed by a Chinese infantry company in a village and all of them were killed, the Army Lieutenant General, who kept his lips tightly shut, first ordered the team to be located.
The lieutenant of the infantry squadron performed a disembowelment to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor, and then ordered two infantry squadrons to surround the village with a population of over a thousand people, and issued a military order to massacre the village.
Thousands of Chinese people, ranging from 70-year-olds to infant babies, were all massacred. Even Hisao Tani, who was still angry, ordered the massacre of the Chinese villages he passed along the way. In one city, Baoding alone,
Because of his orders, more than 9,000 Chinese people were massacred.
But this time, the number of the Imperial Army that was shattered due to command errors turned out to be hundreds. What terrible actions will the Japanese Army Lieutenant General make? No one knows, even Shimono Ichi, Chief of Staff of the Sixth Division,
Huo Dazuo didn't know either, and he didn't dare to go over and ask.
When they arrived at the bank of the Huangpu River in the Songjiang area, before the acting captain of the 47th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Ze Youdu, led a group of remaining officers to come to the division headquarters to apologize, this officer issued a military order with a cold gleam in his eyes:
"Order, all officers of the lieutenant level and above in the 47th Infantry Regiment and the 6th Engineer Regiment who participated in the first echelon attack must be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor! The Sixth Division needs warriors, not cowards."
This notorious butcher in the past time and space showed his ruthlessness the moment he arrived in Songjiang, even towards his own compatriots.
A group of Japanese military officers headed by Nagasawa Uto looked pale, but they remained silent and no one dared to question this military order. Even among the first echelon of officers who retired, there were still six officers above the lieutenant level who were injured.
Captain Yamada and Captain Kanzaki, who may have made a big mistake, said in hell that they were very lucky. Although they were finished, at least they didn't have to be dismembered under the orders of their superiors.
It is definitely a choice that a lunatic would make to pull out a cross in his belly and let out his intestines and then die in pain for up to an hour.
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ps: I'm sorry everyone, the update is late today, but I don't blame Fengyue. Fengyue wrote the manuscript at around 3 o'clock, but when I logged in to update, I found that the Qidian backend crashed. Later I found out that it was a fiber optic failure in Shanghai...