The rooftop terrace was already crowded with envoys from Western countries stationed in China and reporters from various media outlets. There was a long queue in front of the row of telescopes with long focal lengths.
At this moment, Wilson, the military attache of the U.S. Embassy in China, was standing behind a long-focus telescope, observing the Luodian battlefield intently! Just now in the western restaurant, I heard Helena say that after the Japanese infantry besieging Jiangwan were completely wiped out, Wilson
I no longer had any appetite, so I quickly drank a glass of milk and went up to the rooftop of the hotel.
As a top student who graduated from West Point Military Academy, Wilson was quite confident in his military abilities, so he was particularly unable to accept the news that the Japanese attack force in Jiangwan was completely wiped out. How could this be possible? According to logic, this
It’s simply impossible!
However, when Wilson hurried up to the rooftop, when he turned his long-focus telescope to look in the direction of Jiangwan, he found that Jiangwan had become quiet, the smoke had dispersed, the explosions had stopped, and even the gunshots had disappeared.
!My God, the Japanese troops attacking Jiangwan were really wiped out?
Wilson's mouth opened instantly!
Obviously, if the Japanese army has captured Jiangwan, then the next step should be to attack the urban area. But now, the urban area of Shanghai is peaceful and has not suffered any attacks! On the other hand, Luodian in the north of Jiangwan Town is full of gunfire at this moment.
There was a loud noise and smoke rising everywhere, as if two armies were fighting fiercely.
At that moment, Wilson turned the long-focus telescope around and pointed it in the direction of Luodian.
The direction of Luodian is a bit far away. Even if the focal length is adjusted to the longest, it still looks a bit blurry. However, for a veteran like Wilson, it is enough to get a rough look, because he can see the general situation on the battlefield.
, accurately determine who has the upper hand, and how long the disadvantaged side can sustain.
Coincidentally, when Wilson turned the telescope to Luodian, it happened to be when the large-caliber naval gun group of the Japanese Navy's Fourth Fleet launched an indiscriminate bombardment! The field of view of the telescope was immediately filled with continuous red light. Wilson
The power of the explosion can be clearly felt as far away as ten kilometers away!
My God! Wilson straightened up from behind the telescope, his expression dull!
The gun groups of the Japanese Navy's Fourth Fleet began to cover Luodian Town with indiscriminate artillery fire. This is enough to show that the Japanese lost the Battle of Luodian!
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Meanwhile, in Tokyo.
Hideki Tojo is still anxiously waiting for the battle report from Shanghai.
Half an hour ago, the troops of the Songhu Military Division of the Communist Party suddenly strengthened their offensive. Takahashi Tagaji had reported this situation to him through the radio. However, it is not known what the subsequent fighting will be like! Therefore, Tojo Hideki was particularly
He didn't think Luodian would fall quickly, but he was still worried after all.
Because of his worries, Tojo Hideki was particularly dissatisfied with the slow action of the 104th Division.
After walking a few steps, Tojo Hideki couldn't help but stop and asked his adjutant Egawa Shiro: "Egawa-kun, please ask again, when will the 104th Division arrive at Luodian?"
"Hai!" Egawa Hoshiro said loudly and turned to leave.
However, before Egawa Noshirō could go out, a major staff officer hurriedly walked in and reported: "Your Excellency, Deputy Chief, it's not good, something happened, something happened!"
"Baga!" Tojo Hideki said angrily, "Why are you panicking? Speak slowly."
"Hai!" the major staff officer said after a serious pause, "just half a minute ago, the rest of the 20th Division were collectively crushed in Luodian, and General Takahashi also sent a farewell telegram."
After finishing speaking, the major staff officer handed over the telegram in his hand.
"Nani?" Tojo Hideki didn't reach out to pick it up, he just looked at the major in surprise.
The news just now really shocked Tojo Hideki, even more surprised than the news that the three infantry regiments besieging Jiangwan were severely damaged early this morning!
Tojo Hideki has basically figured out the Battle of Jiangwan. It can be said that it was caused by Xu Rui's trick. If Xu Rui, a cunning man, had not planted a large amount of explosives and chemicals in Jiangwan Town in advance, it would have been impossible.
It was not because of the night that the three infantry regiments that invaded Jiangwan Town failed to discover the clues. There would have been no defeat at all in Jiangwan!
In other words, the defeat of Jiangwan was not a defeat in battle, but a defeat due to Xu Rui's conspiracy!
But on the Luodian battlefield, the rest of the 20th Division were the defenders, and Xu Rui was the attacker!
In other words, on the Luodian battlefield, Xu Rui could not play any tricks at all, and could only rely on his troops to fight seriously! Because of this, Tojo Hideki was particularly shocked.
In the Battle of Store, even if the remainder of the 20th Division cannot receive naval support, no matter what, there are still more than 10,000 troops!
You must know that the Japanese army’s military service system is different from other countries!
In other countries, technical arms are just technical arms. For example, artillery, medical corps, and even engineers are unlikely to charge into battle like infantry. But in the Japanese army, all arms, whether artillery, medical corps, engineers, baggage troops, or even communications
The female soldiers in the team all receive strict military training, and they can all charge into traps like infantry.
In other words, the remainder of the 20th Division, which was besieged in Luodian, still had more than 10,000 infantrymen!
The Luodian battlefield guarded by more than 10,000 infantrymen was defeated by Xu Rui's troops in less than half an hour. How is it possible? How is this possible? Don't talk about people, even if there are more than 10,000 infantrymen,
If the pig is placed in Luodian Town for Xu Rui's troops to catch, it will be absolutely impossible to catch it in half an hour!
In fact, Tojo Hideki thought too much!
Things were not at all what Tojo Hideki thought!
Even though Langya is powerful, it is absolutely impossible to annihilate the rest of the 20th Division in just half an hour. After all, there are more than 10,000 Japanese. No matter how powerful Langya is, can he kill them all in half an hour? Don't be kidding!
Even if five or six battalions are added, it is impossible. This is simply an impossible task!
However, fighting a war does not mean killing all the enemies to win!
In fact, until dozens of Langya's combat teams broke into Takahashi Tagaji's headquarters, the remaining personnel losses of the 20th Division were not large. At best, they suffered more than a thousand casualties, but it is indisputable.
The fact is that the remaining Japanese soldiers have been divided and surrounded in various neighborhoods of Luodian.
Because the Langya Brigade did not take the usual route and unexpectedly launched an attack from the rooftops of private houses in the middle of the streets, which directly caused the failure of the Japanese army's defensive deployment.
The defense line of the remnants of the 20th Division was riddled with holes. When the Fifth and Sixth Battalions followed suit, the Japanese defense line was completely in chaos.
But no matter how chaotic the situation is, most of the remaining Japs in the 20th Division are still stubbornly resisting.
Until Takahashi Tagaji sent a farewell telegram to the base camp and the navy, most of the remaining Japs in the 20th Division were still huddled in their respective defense areas, resisting tenaciously! However, it needs to be noted that if nothing too unexpected happens,
, the remainder of the 20th Division was still unavoidable from the fate of being annihilated.
Takahashi Tagaji also saw this, so he did not hesitate to send a farewell telegram to the Navy's Fourth Fleet, calling the Navy's large-caliber naval gun group to cover the Luodian battlefield, trying to make all efforts to clear out various blocks of Luodian Town.
The Chinese army died on the battlefield together with the remnants of their 20th Division!
Unfortunately, Xu Rui foresaw Takahashi Tagaji's intention, and at the most appropriate time, issued the order to retreat to the Langya Brigade and the two main battalions participating in the attack! This caused the Langya Brigade and the two main battalions to retreat.
The two main battalions survived, but the Japanese who resisted in various blocks of Luodian were blown up.
So in the end, these more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers did not die under the guns of Langya and the officers and soldiers of the 5th and 6th Battalions, but died under the guns of the Japanese Navy’s Fourth Fleet!
It was the large-caliber gun group of the Fourth Fleet of the Japanese Navy that killed more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers!
But Tojo Hideki didn't know this, so he was surprised, or shocked!
After a long time, Tojo Hideki finally came to his senses, glared at the major and said: "Takenouchi-kun, are you kidding me? Half an hour, half an hour! In half an hour, the twentieth
The division's more than 10,000 officers and soldiers were completely wiped out by Xu Rui's troops. Do you think you are stupid or am I stupid? Do you believe such nonsense?"
Major Takenouchi paused again and said: "Your Excellency, Deputy Chief, I can understand your mood, but this is indeed a farewell telegram sent by General Takahashi Tadashi. Furthermore, the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the 20th Division were not sent by
What the Chinese army destroyed was that most of them died under the indiscriminate bombardment of the large-caliber naval gun group of the Navy's Fourth Fleet."
"Nani?" Tojo Hideki suddenly realized, if this is the case, it would not be surprising.
It is completely understandable that Takahashi Tagaji chose to join the Chinese army at the last moment. This has even been deliberately promoted by the Japanese base camp! But I don’t know that Takahashi Tagaji and the rest of the 20th Division
Has the Jade and Stone Dream worked?
At that moment, Tojo Hideki asked: "Takenouchi-kun, did the indiscriminate bombardment of the Navy's Fourth Fleet ever damage the Chinese army?"
"Unfortunately, no." Major Takenouchi shook his head and said with regret, "There happened to be two combat reconnaissance aircraft of the 3rd Flying Regiment over Luodian at that time, so we could see that the Chinese army withdrew at the last moment.
They left the Luodian battlefield, so the indiscriminate bombardment of the Navy's Fourth Fleet did not bomb them."
"Baga!" Tojo Hideki couldn't help but let out a disappointed sigh.
Adjutant Egawa Hoshirō paused and asked: "Your Excellency, Deputy Chief, do you still need to continue to urge the 104th Division?"
"Baga, no need." Hideki Tojo shook his head sadly and added, "Order the 104th Division to immediately withdraw to Suzhou and Kunshan, and be on strict guard against a counterattack by the Chinese army."
