To put it bluntly, the Japanese army regarded the 152nd Regiment, which was fighting extremely anxiously with them, as the elite of the Chinese Army, but in fact, they were just a bunch of second-tier rookies who relied on the blood and courage of the Sichuan people to survive.
The Japanese army made a mistake in judgment and had to pay the price again, losing three more infantry squads.
Although they were still at the end of their game, with three infantry battalions plus an Imperial Guard infantry company that had participated in four bloody battles, it was not a big problem to deal with three small squads without soldiers.
Especially on Lei Xiong's side, after nearly three months of bloody battles, those who have survived until now are all veterans among veterans, the best among elites, not to mention those who have fought in a few small battles on the North China battlefield and have not been tested in practice.
The Japanese troops of the 6th Division were in vain compared to the soldiers of the most elite Bayonet Battalion of the Independent Regiment.
Even though the front of the position was shrouded in the gradually dissipating smoke and faint night, no heavy firepower was even used. Dozens of "double-gun soldiers" armed to the teeth with rifles and submachine guns kept firing at them.
Walking upstream of the 300-meter position, with the help of the fire caused by the shells and the light of occasional illumination bombs, I fired at the remaining Japanese troops in the rear who had consciously completed their mission and started to retreat.
Because he could not go to the front of the position to count the results, Lei Xiong did not report the results of this round of offensive and defensive battles to his infantry company to Xie Guji, but the Japanese had statistics. After the Japanese army officially landed on the Huangpu River and was about to launch a general attack on Songjiang,
The battle report submitted to Hisao Tani clearly stated: In the first round of the Chinese right-wing position alone, the 26th Infantry Squadron lost 243 imperial officers and soldiers, including those killed, wounded and missing. The 8th Infantry in charge of the rear
Only 6 people from the team survived.
After seeing this battle report, Hisao Tani's back molar almost broke on the spot. Missing on the battlefield almost meant death, and being injured was even worse. Not only was he unable to fight, but he also wasted imperial medical resources on treatment. Two squadrons were damaged in the battle.
183 people means that the two infantry squadrons with a total strength of less than 400 people have lost almost half of their combat strength. The infantry squad responsible for the rear is even worse. Only 6 of the 40 people survived, which is a higher battle loss rate than the other two directions.
Forty percent.
Of course, as the division commander, Hisao Tani would not pay attention to small-scale battles such as cross-river landing operations except for issuing combat orders during the cross-river operations. The rest of the time would be left to the wing-level commanders to make their own decisions.
, what he has to consider is how to capture Songjiang in the shortest time, and then the main force will leave Songjiang as soon as possible and move toward Suzhou.
The Japanese Army Lieutenant General was very concerned. His gaze did not even stop at Songjiang, but at the hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops in the west of Shanghai who were trying hard to retreat but could not retreat at full strength.
This is the so-called different status, different standing heights, and different visions. However, this person may not have thought that the mountains in China are much higher than the mountains in Japan. If you stand too high here, you will fall miserably.
.To stand high and see far, you must first ensure that your feet are stable enough.
There is no order from the top, but this does not mean that Kubo Masamori is qualified to retreat once and for all. Imperial officers and soldiers are not good at night fighting, but the division commander has categorically ordered to fight the Chinese at night, which has almost made it clear to the Japanese Army.
Determined to conquer Songjiang as soon as possible, he could not let the lieutenant general spend the night drinking from the northwest wind by the river.
Hisao Tani's Mistral may only have a bloated stomach after drinking too much, but he may not be qualified to drink Feng in the future.
Therefore, even during the interval of gunfire from both sides, all the soldiers retracted to the river beach position for inventory and found that in this round of attack, the five infantry squadrons plus a heavy machine gun squadron under his command suffered more than 400 casualties.
Without hesitation, they began to prepare for the second round of attack. The reinforcements of five new infantry squadrons were about to arrive at the river bank.
This time, he was more determined and prepared to divide the 1600th Infantry into two waves and devote them all to the attack. The attacking infantry alone exceeded the entire infantry of the 152nd Regiment, not to mention the additional 30 grenades.
The cannon group, plus the 24 remaining grenadiers, are equivalent to 54 small-caliber mortars at a distance of 250 meters.
The Japanese Army Colonel believed that under such fire suppression, all the heavy firepower points that the Chinese had previously exposed could be blown up into the sky.
The Japanese troops on the river bank were waiting for the arrival of reinforcements to launch the next wave of more ferocious attacks. The 152nd Regiment's position had also returned to calm. Mountain artillery and mortars had stopped shelling long ago. They had to use the few shells they had at the end.
At the critical moment, instead of blindly exploding on the vast river beach. If the Zhao Ergou Artillery Battalion with sufficient artillery shell reserves was here, it would have roared and turned the river beach into a sea of fire, which would have made Kubo prosperous.
Shuang Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai went to do some inventory. It was not certain whether the Japanese commander had the courage to stay on the river beach. Unless he was beaten into hiding in the cold river water, Zhao Ergou would probably be prepared not to give up his surname as Zhao.
Unfortunately, the 152nd Regiment did not have a local leader, so they could only fire artillery sparingly. Even if they knew that the Japanese troops would gather in waves on the river beach, they could only watch helplessly. The darkness made the Japanese troops blind, and for the Chinese artillery observers
It's the same thing, everyone is groping their way through life in the dark.
Perhaps because there were still many Japanese wounded soldiers in the area attacked by the Japanese army who had not been brought back, the Japanese army did not cover the area with artillery shelling during the battle. Instead, they sent out a large number of search teams, using the cover of night to crawl on their knees to search for the wounded soldiers and place them there.
They were dragged back. According to the grassroots officers on the front line, they should shoot a few flares from time to time to round up these Japanese who wanted to save their wounded soldiers. How many more idiots could be killed.
But soon, the regiment headquarters issued an order: During the break between battles, each company and platoon should seize the time to repair and send the wounded who can be rescued to the rear. The few flares were not allowed to be wasted. As long as the Japanese did not approach the 80-meter area, there was no need to worry about them.
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Although they did not understand the military orders of the regiment headquarters, they were overwhelming, and the officers of each company and platoon at the grassroots level faithfully carried out the orders of the regiment headquarters.
The Japanese soldiers who secretly searched for their own wounded soldiers seemed to know the bottom line of the Chinese. They rarely climbed to the 70-80 meter area, and basically moved around 100 meters away. Whether they were dead bodies or they were holding their breath and did not dare to scream.
Every wounded soldier had his legs tied with a rope, hung on his waist and dragged back with all his strength.
The two warring parties fell into a rare calm, although everyone knew that the calm was only temporary, and the next round of war would only be more cruel.
In fact, Xie Guji really wanted to sap the Japanese army and ambush them while the Japanese troops were groping for the wounded back and forth on the battlefield. He would not hesitate to retaliate with artillery fire from the Japanese army, which would only cause more casualties to the Japanese army.
The soldiers lost their last chance of survival.
It's a pity that the strength does not allow it! Not to mention that the stock of flares is so small that it cannot be used in such insignificant places. Even the casualties of the 152nd Regiment are not light. Without necessary repairs, those new recruits who have just entered the battlefield will probably
They will be mentally broken.
In the wave of Japanese artillery fire coverage and attack just now, the 152nd Regiment suffered more than 300 casualties, a full one-fifth of its strength, and most of the casualties occurred at the very beginning of the battle.
In fact, many recruits were not killed directly by artillery shells, but were shocked to death. If the terrible 105 howitzer did not hit the trenches head-on, it would not be able to use shrapnel and air waves to kill the soldiers hiding in the anti-gun holes and deep in the trenches.
Yes, but the violent vibrations produced can. Many recruits were so frightened by the terrifying artillery fire that they forgot the veterans' instructions not to keep their bodies close to the ground. They only knew to hug their heads with both hands and huddled in the anti-aircraft hole.
Therefore, when the Japanese artillery fire stopped, many of them did not have the strength to walk out of the artillery holes. Many of them, even if they could hold on until the end of the battle and were sent to the stretcher teams hiding in the retreat trenches, would vomit blood and very quickly
Fast people can't do it.
The number of new soldiers who died in this way even exceeded those who were directly hit by artillery shells and those who were suffocated to death by shells that collapsed the shell-proof caves.
There were also some new recruits who died in exchanges with Japanese infantry in the early stages of the battle. They either raised their heads too high, or their bodies were too exposed in the trenches. The Japanese army's marksmanship was extremely accurate. At a distance of more than 100 meters, it was almost impossible to
The head hit is the chest. The Sichuan Army has steel helmets, but not everyone is rich enough to have one. Even if he is wearing a steel helmet and is hit by a Japanese gun, the chance of survival is not very high. The strong kinetic energy will make people's necks snap.
Falling back on the ground and breaking the fragile neck bones can also kill people, and recruits often tie the helmet straps tightly around their necks.
In short, in real battles, recruits made countless mistakes, and these mistakes gave them no chance to do it again.
If you make a mistake on the battlefield, you will die.
Soldiers who can survive this battle will naturally learn how to save themselves in the next battle.
Now, the most important thing is for these surviving recruits to overcome the psychological barrier of heavy casualties among their comrades. Only by overcoming the fear of death, rather than relying solely on the courage to fight on the battlefield, can these recruits be qualified to become elite soldiers.
As for the Japanese army, it is obvious that they will not leave too much time for the Chinese soldiers to repair themselves.
On the battlefield, there are so many high-ranking officials, but there are no psychological counselors. For the naturally optimistic Sichuan people, how to comfort the recruits who are in extreme fear of death is actually just a matter of the veterans and the recruits smoking a bag of cigarettes and posing together.
It's just a dragon gate formation.
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ps: I recommend a new book "Ming Ting" by a friend who writes history: I accidentally joined the eunuch party. The time is at the end of the sixth year of the Apocalypse - Chongzhen is about to come to power. The new book is seedlings. Welcome all the big guys to watch. Yes.
Okay, by the way, let me explain the part in the first few chapters where the Japanese army mistakenly entered the sandbank. Some book friends said that Fengyue was to take revenge. Everyone said that my writing was too sad and not exciting enough. Now it feels too exciting. In fact, this is a real war example. Yes
It happened during the Battle of Zaoyi. Thousands of people from a Japanese regiment boarded the sandbank blindly and were hanged and beaten. The result, you know.