However, the gaze of the battlefield at this time did not stay on the small battlefield of Xilin Temple.
When Shan Ying led a special soldier through the underground pipe network and used the cover of the house to advance towards Xilin Temple where gunfire erupted, a deafening explosion suddenly came from the direction of Cangcheng.
A terrible buzzing sound also came from the sky.
When nightfall was about to fall in half an hour, the last patience of the Japanese army was exhausted. Even Hisao Tani could only lower his arrogant head and request naval support from the Tenth Army Headquarters.
In fact, the number of casualties reported from the southeast and west made the famous butcher shocked. When he added up the previous losses on the Huangpu River, Hisao Tani could only be dumbfounded, and he had not even officially begun to deal with it.
When Songjiang City launched a general attack, his Sixth Division actually suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and almost every one of the four infantry regiments was lost.
And what about the Chinese who were annihilated? He didn't even see a corpse. The repelled Chinese army by the Huangpu River dropped a large number of landmines to block the pursuit of the imperial army, giving them time to remove the bodies of the wounded and even the dead.
All shipped away.
The Japanese Army shamelessly asked for reinforcements, but the always arrogant Navy did not retaliate this time, calling the Army a fool, because their faces were also swollen from being beaten at this time, and they were afraid that the Army would see the joke.
The Japanese Navy suffered a big loss the day before yesterday. Although it bombed the most important airport in the Chinese capital, it paid an unimaginable huge price. Nearly a hundred military planes were shot down, and more than 20 pilots fell into the wilderness and became Chinese
While they were hurriedly landing in the dark, several of them hit the grass on the tarmac and exploded into fireballs. That day was definitely a day when the senior officials of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet were scratching their heads. In just one battle, they almost lost their lives.
The fighter planes and pilots on the three aircraft carriers have been exhausted. How to explain to the Navy base camp? According to the requirements of the base camp, the Navy must provide sufficient air support to the Army. What will they use to support now? Waving their arms to pretend to be a birdman?
Therefore, when the Tenth Army requested assistance from the Japanese Navy through the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters, the Japanese Navy agreed with a rare response and dispatched six 96 dive bombers in one go to fully support the ground operations of the Army's Red Deer brothers.
Hisao Tani was moved to tears and vowed never to call him "grandson of the navy" again. The navy was doing this just to save his face, wasn't it? Seeing that he was anxious, in order to complete the bombing before nightfall, even the escorting fighter jets
None of them are sent. Although there are no Chinese fighter planes in this area, where is your heart?
Short-legged Valley didn't even think about it. How many fighter jets are there in the entire Third Fleet now? It's good enough to protect its own aircraft carrier, and it also escorts bombers. The commander of the Third Fleet, Hasegawa Kiyoshi himself, can't wait to wear a wing suit.
Where is the birdman!
However, six 96 dive bombers are still very good, especially on this battlefield with only the army, they can definitely change the battlefield situation. Wherever the Chinese Air Force was defeated and beaten to the point of numbness, the Japanese Navy did not even recognize it.
The aviation force took it out on the Chinese Army. Each bomber carried a 500-pound aerial bomb and six 30-kilogram bombs.
Because there was no threat from the ground, the bombers dived from high altitude until they were 400 meters above the ground before dropping their bombs. The power of the 500-pound aerial bomb was not to mention the devastation felt by people inside Cangcheng.
Qingpi, who was more than 1,000 meters away on the top of the tower, felt a wave of heat coming towards him.
Lei Xiong, who had led everyone back to the underground tunnels ten minutes ago to evacuate to the city, couldn't help wiping the cold sweat from his unscrupulous face and cursed:
"You're so good, luckily I can run fast!"
Lei Xiong was actually frightened because the Second Infantry Company, which had not killed or injured several brothers in a battle with a Japanese infantry regiment in Sihang Warehouse, actually lost more than twenty people in Cangcheng. Lei Xiong, who was furious, was killed in 152
After all the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the regiment retreated, they took the initiative to take on the task of blocking the enemy. If Yu Xiancheng hadn't issued the military order to evacuate Cangcheng by phone three times, he would have even wanted to fight with the Japanese again in Cangcheng.
People work for an hour.
Now it has been proven that he was wrong. When the Japanese used bombers, they were more terrifying than naval gun shells. If the Sixing Warehouse had not been used by the Japanese army on the edge of the concession, I am afraid that even his infantry company, let alone his infantry company, would have
Even if the entire regiment was still there, it would have been blown to ashes by the terrible aerial bomb. If he had entered the underground pipe six or seven minutes later, it was very likely that he would never have a chance to fight the Japanese army again. He had already left the underground of Cangcheng.
He didn't even know whether the section of pipeline under Cangcheng had been blown down.
Yu Xiancheng's judgment of the battle situation was extremely accurate.
The Japanese naval air force faithfully performed its combat mission and did not go to find Matsue City uncomfortable. Instead, it dived back and forth towards Cangcheng, dropping all the bombs it carried in Cangcheng City, and then shook its wings and headed towards the city.
If the aircraft carrier flies to an aircraft carrier ten kilometers away, it will be dark if it is too late. It will be fine if it collides with the airport, but it will be a big deal if it collides with the aircraft carrier.
Cangcheng, which is not a large city, was blown beyond recognition by more than 4,500 pounds of bombs dropped by six Japanese bombers. The city wall, which can block infantry artillery and even mountain artillery, may have been hit by a 500-pound aerial bomb on the front. It is four meters high and two meters wide.
A large hole up to 20 meters wide was opened in the three-meter city wall, proving to everyone the terror of aerial bombs. The interior of Cangcheng itself had been ravaged by Japanese heavy artillery, and the buildings inside were either blown up or burned down.
, was hit by such a terrible shock wave, there were almost no walls higher than one meter inside Cangcheng, and even a river leading from the moat into Cangcheng was cut off. A huge 15-meter-diameter
The pothole remains in the middle of the river bed, and the small river that once carried cargo boats drips with a pitiful flow of water into it.
If the defenders were still in Cangcheng when the Japanese planes dropped these terrible bombs wildly, they would probably be either blown to death by bombs or shocked to death by aerial bombs. There would be no other way out. Even if they were hiding in
Inside the fortifications made of sandbags.
As for the Japanese infantry, they all hid in the field trenches hundreds of meters away. It was not until the aircraft fleet had gone away that they lined up and marched towards Cangcheng under the orders of the officers.
The Japanese army was still very cautious. Although the aerial bombs were very scary, causing them to be dizzy hundreds of meters away, the damn Chinese didn't know what kind of magic they used. They were bombarded by heavy artillery twice, and they were still able to survive.
Come out and fight again. Who knows if they will magically come out again this time? For the sake of their lives, they must not be careless.
All the houses in Cang City, from the city walls to the interior, were extremely severely destroyed. The only thing that remained intact may be the small moat more than ten meters wide outside Cang City. Although it has experienced the war, it still surrounds the small city like a green belt.
Small Cangcheng Fortress.
Without the help of aerial bombs, if there were still shooting from the defenders in the fortifications where the city walls were in pieces, this moat, no matter how small, could also become a sad place for the Japanese army. That thing is not about whether you can swim.
It can be done, in the water, slow movement is a living target.
The bridge leading to the city gate had long been blown up. To cross the river, we could only rely on the wooden ladders built by the engineers at random. Unfortunately, the wooden ladders made based on visual inspection were not long enough. The Japanese commander who had already arrived at the city had to order the water to be poured.
The Japanese troops jumped off the moat and continued to advance towards the fortress where there was no resistance.
Fortunately, Kumamoto Prefecture is close to the sea, and these guys who were blown black by the sea breeze know a lot of water. Although the weather in Jiangnan is colder in November, the Japanese soldiers still jumped into the water like dumplings. It was only one meter.
The deep water in the moat made the Japanese army ecstatic. After working on it for a long time, the Chinese people found that the moat was just a face-saving thing and was of no use. All of them, including their captain, abandoned the unusable wooden ladder and stepped on it.
Walking through the silt in chest-deep water, we headed towards Cangcheng.
Being cold in the wind was not the only thought of the Japanese troops who came ashore and climbed onto the city wall to enter Cangcheng. Their hearts were even colder.
Baga! Where are the Chinese? Even if they are killed, there must be something left behind!
There is nothing, except for the large craters that prove the power of the aerial bombs, except for the incomplete fortifications and the blood stains that have been evaporated by the high temperature and are somewhat burnt, proving that the Chinese have fought here, not to mention the living people, there is a dead figure.
nothing.
It was as if the Chinese who had beaten the shit out of them had never existed, and it was just a nightmare they had.
"Baga! Dig, dig for me, the damn Chinese must be hiding underground!" The Japanese captain, who was soaked all over and his face was pale, almost roared and gave a fairly sensible order.
It is impossible to go to heaven and can only escape to the earth. The Chinese must be hiding underground.
After receiving the news, Sakai Tokutaro was also confused. He didn't even find a Chinese corpse. What could he report to the division commander? He had killed more than a thousand people in battle, but he hadn't even killed a single Chinese.
If that were the case, he wouldn't even be able to forgive himself!
Could it be said that the Chinese on the broken tower who was besieging him in front was the only result he could obtain?
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PS: Ahem, Fengyue apologizes for the opinions expressed by many local book friends in Songjiang that Fengyue’s words about Songjiang in Fengyue’s article are not very accurate. Fengyue has been to Shanghai, but really has never been to Songjiang. I didn’t expect that it is only 40 kilometers away from Shanghai.
There is such a big difference between Songjiang dialect and Shanghainese dialect. Thanks to the book friends for their opinions.