4.33 Siege (VIII)

The result of the typhoon night was that the 99th Division captured the outer defense line of the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters at about 90 degrees, and a platoon of the 1st Company of the Special Service entered the headquarters building and occupied a small support position.

Okawa Neichuan Qi ordered the troops on the periphery to shrink, and he wanted to fight street battles with Huang Haoran's 99th Division!

But Huang Haoran did not answer, he ordered the troops to step up and intersperse, go around between the Japanese headquarters and the outer defensive positions, and then concentrate the superior forces to eat the devils who were divided into small pieces one by one!

He will not let the seven forces of Okawa Neichuan accumulate together, and it is better to fight a tough battle with the Japanese army than to destroy them outside. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sasaki's intelligence indicates that the Japanese Marine Corps Command has been transformed into a murderous fortress by Major General Okawa.

Since you can't take it for a while, you can't let the little devils increase troops in the headquarters, so that it will be much easier to attack the fortifications!

Only less than one-fifth of the subordinates of Okawa Neichuan Seventh came back, and the rest were robbed and killed by the 99th Division on the way back!

Even this fifth has become a lifesaver for Major General Okawa!

Because he didn't expect to be broken through the defense line by the 99th Division so soon, and the Marine Corps was seriously understaffed in the building, this round, Huang Haoran finally made a mistake, and he gave Okawa Nei Chuan Qi a chance to breathe!

Huang Haoran didn't expect that the devil soldiers who were raided by Zhang Haozhang and Battalion Commander were none other than Major General Okawa who was transferred from the headquarters to Chief of Staff Kokurihara, and the 99th Division missed the best opportunity to attack......

After Huang Haoran eliminated a large number of Japanese troops, the 99th Division turned around and began to attack the snake body of the Japanese army's long snake formation, and the 531st, 533rd and 537th regiments ran all the way towards Huishan Wharf!

The 99th Division surrounded the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters like an iron bucket, and watched it like this!

Such a ripe fruit hangs there, the 99th Division just won't come up and take a bite!

Huang Haoran just increased the number of troops entering the headquarters to one company, and then opened up a line of communication, and then did not make any big moves!

Huang Haoran is telling Dachuan Neichuan Seven, your headquarters is a piece of meat on the side of my Huang Haoran's mouth!

I can eat you if I want! If you don't want to eat it, you won't eat you! I don't even have to say hello to you!

Okawa Neidenchi knew that there would be no good results for the Japanese army to be consumed like this, but he did not have the courage to launch a counterattack, the remaining forces in his hands were already very tight, and the ammunition was not sufficient, and the collapsed building on the west side contained two of the four main ammunition depots of the Marine Corps Headquarters, and one of the remaining two ammunition depots was about to be emptied.

The Japanese army has always had the habit of using stocks according to plan, and now the dead brains of their Yamato nation are punishing them again!

During the day on the 15th, the typhoon left Shanghai, and the howl of Okawa Nei Qiqi on the radio was exhausted, Vice Admiral Hasegawa ordered all the planes to bomb the downtown area of Shanghai indiscriminately, and the naval artillery also began to bombard intensively, and the Japanese army even implemented artillery fire covering civilian buildings, and now they no longer have to worry about the problem of accidental injury, on the morning of the 15th, General Zhang ordered the 87th Division and the 61st Division to cooperate with the 99th Division to carry out the attack, At present, except for the two core positions of Huishan Wharf and the Marine Corps Headquarters, as well as a few strongholds such as the Dagong Yarn Factory and the Navy Club, there is no longer any territory belonging to the Japanese in the whole of Shanghai, and the Japanese Concession almost no longer exists, and a large number of Japanese expatriates have retreated into the British Concession and began to send people under the fence......

On the afternoon of the 15th, General Zhang again called Nanjing to ask for credit for Huang Haoran and his 99th Division, and Jiang Baili privately informed Huang Haoran on the radio that the highest authorities had planned to use the 99th Division as the backbone to expand an army, and the throne of this army commander belonged to Huang Haoran!

Huang Haoran knew that Jiang Baili was cheering him up, but he was not more concerned about his future now, but what Nanjing planned to do next!

A good position also has a life to do, right?

After a few more hours, the commendation telegram from the Nanjing Ministry of National Defense and the highest authorities arrived, and Huang Haoran had another 100,000 yuan of legal currency in his pocket, and the 99th Division collectively commended him for his great merit......

Huang Haoran smiled after reading the telegram, what he would prefer to see was that Nanjing made up for the losses of his 99th Division, but the ammunition and medicine he was most concerned about and the supplementary telegram for the soldiers did not mention half a word in the whole text, but the empty check appointing him Huang Haoran as the army commander was written in advance in his hands Huang Haoran.

Lao Tzu can't exchange the letter of appointment for guns and bullets! When is this, Nanjing is still playing these tricks!

Huang Haoran stuffed this telegram under the teacup as a cushion, and Jiang Baili's private telegram Huang Haoran folded it and put it in the briefcase.

After a while, he felt that something was wrong, took out Jiang Baili's telegram again, lit it with a lighter, and burned it, and then took out the two commendation telegrams from Nanjing and the highest authorities from under the cup and handed them over to the civilian staff officers for archiving.

From August 13th to August 15th, the results of the 99th Division were indeed the most brilliant among the Chinese troops participating in the war, but the losses were also the largest, in more than 2 days, the number of casualties of the 99th Division exceeded 2,000, especially the 533rd Regiment, which was the first to enter the battle, and some companies even lost more than half.

The loss of weapons and ammunition is also very large, Huang Haoran has always emphasized the use of firepower advantage to reduce casualties, so the consumption of ammunition in the 99th Division has been high since the start of the war, plus the 99th Division is a temporary long-distance march from Changshu to Shanghai, in time Huang Haoran has long stored a batch of weapons and ammunition in Shanghai, but now the logistics are still a little unable to keep up.

The supply of weapons and ammunition to other Central Army units is easier to handle, and the Ministry of National Defense has long set up a large number of arms depots near Shanghai, but the supply is guaranteed.

However, a lot of the equipment of the 99th Division is imported, and there is no stock in the warehouse of the Ministry of National Defense!

Now the 99th Division has the most ammunition for the riflemen, the ammunition of the Mauser rifle is common to other Central Army troops, the worst is Thomson, the entire Shanghai army only uses this thing for the 99th Division, and the ammunition supply is also the only one, there is no semicolon!

Wang Huanzhi, the deputy commander of the 99th Division, the logistics chief of the 99th Division, has begun to complain in front of his eldest brother, the Japanese air raid has blown up the road from Changshu to Shanghai, and the logistics of the 99th Division are now even worse!

It's not that Huang Haoran doesn't want to storm the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters, but the 99th Division is really a little untouchable now.

The attack on the night of the typhoon consumed a lot of physical strength from the soldiers, and now there is a shortage of ammunition.

If the 99th Division uses human lives, it can indeed quickly pile up a "big victory", but Huang Haoran only has more than 20,000 well-trained soldiers in his hands, if he runs out, what will you let him use to supplement?

Elite divisions such as the 88th and 87th Divisions also became weak after Songhu because there was no supplement from veterans.

You must know that the bloody battle of Songhu has just begun, and the Japanese reinforcements are not far from Shanghai at this moment.

After enjoying a brief assault on Shanghai, the Chinese army soon moved to a full-fledged defense.

What's even worse is that the supreme authorities in Nanjing seem to be unable to hold back the joy of victory and plan to drive the expedition in person!

There is a famous saying in the history of later generations, where the highest authorities go, where the Central Army will be defeated, and now he Huang Haoran can disobey General Zhang's order, but the highest authorities, is it his little major general and division commander who disobeyed it?

Huang Haoran has seen a lot of the treatment of generals without troops in Nanjing, and I am afraid that even a police chief will not buy your account.

The 99th Division is Huang Haoran's reliance, and he can't exchange the lives of these elite soldiers for his own fame!

You can't lose your old capital in vain!

Only by mastering this army can a bigger situation be opened!

Huang Haoran ordered the troops to stop the attack and switch to a small-scale attack, telling Wang Huanzhi:

"Two days! Only two days! I want the ammunition reserves of the 99th Division to return to the level before the war! No.... More than that! ”

Wang Huanzhi looked at the face of his eldest brother Tieqing, knowing that it was useless for him to say anything, he took his guards and went straight to Changshu, only there, there were the materials needed by the 99th Division!

The 99th Division began to disappear on the afternoon of the 15th, and only a few small-scale exchanges of fire occurred in the area of the Japanese Marine Corps headquarters.

The planes of the Japanese raged from day to night, and it was not until the night had begun to seriously affect the sight of the bombing that these pesky Japanese flies stopped.

With the departure of the Japanese planes, the 99th Division, which had fallen into an unusually quiet day, began to move.

There is a bargain, and Huang Haoran still wants to take advantage of it.

The number of scattered Japanese troops remaining between the Huishan Wharf and the Marine Corps Headquarters added up to a considerable amount, and this kind of investment was not large, and the 99th Division was the favorite.

Huang Haoran raised his binoculars and looked out from the bunker of the 537 regiment's headquarters.

The most terrible thing about war is not the face-to-face fighting, but the tranquility before the bloody battle starts.

It's creepy!

The remnants of the Japanese army in various places are now submerged in this tranquility.

And Huang Haoran only had excitement in his heart!

The assault on the remnants of the Japanese army between the two core positions of the Japanese Huishan Pier and the Marine Corps Headquarters is about to begin!

The artillery of the 99th Division began a fierce bombardment of the Japanese lines, but it was not long before it was forced to stop, because the carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese Third Fleet began to appear in the sky, and without the cover of the air force, the artillery had to begin to shift positions under the cover of anti-aircraft guns.

The Japanese dropped a large number of flares in the sky, turning the night sky into daytime!

Fortunately, the 99th Division emphasized that the artillery should constantly shift its position in its peacetime training, and as soon as the mountain artillery battalion of the 99th Division left their firing position, the Japanese naval artillery began a fierce attack under the guidance of reconnaissance planes.

Less than ten minutes of artillery preparation failed to completely destroy the Japanese fortifications, and now, the infantry had to exchange their own flesh and blood for the Japanese fortifications.

In the face of a Chinese army several times larger than themselves, and superior firepower, these Japanese soldiers were very unaccustomed to it.

They have always relied on superior artillery fire to bully the Chinese, how did they turn it up and down today?

Fortunately, the bombs of the air force and the naval guns of the navy relieved them, otherwise they could only lie in the trenches all the time, how to stop these Chinese soldiers?

Today's coming up is not an ordinary Chinese army, these Chinese soldiers have equipment and quality that the Japanese army has never seen before, as well as terrifying reaction speed and the ability to control the superiority of artillery fire.

For the first time, the Imperial Army was at such a total disadvantage!

Huang Haoran saw that the people in the command post were a little depressed because of the appearance of the Japanese Air Force, so he opened his mouth to cheer everyone up.

It is no wonder that the officers of the 99th Division were a little discouraged, you must know that the Chinese Air Force at this time on the Songhu battlefield had a numerical advantage, and such an attack by the 99th Division should be coordinated by the Air Force

Looking at the performance of the Japanese Air Force in the night, Huang Haoran's heart is not a taste!

Where is our Air Force? Lao Tzu also donated planes to you!

At that time, the Japanese army had more than 100 combat planes of various kinds at its disposal in Shanghai, the main types of which were the "Type 96" land-based attack aircraft, the Type 96 and Type 95 carrier-based fighters.

The "96" land-based attack aircraft was built in 1936, is a monowing, has a maximum speed of 188 nautical miles per hour, carries a crew of 5, is equipped with 3 machine guns, can carry 800 kg of bombs, and has a cruising range of 2,365 nautical miles. It was this kind of plane that went deep into Nanjing, Hangzhou, and other areas to bomb. The carrier-based bomber is a two-winged bomber, with a maximum speed of 167 knots, a crew of 2, equipped with 3 machine guns, can carry 250 kg of bombs, and has a cruising range of about 600 nautical miles, mainly used for tactical operations. Type 96 and Type 95 carrier-based fighters were mainly used in air combat.

At the beginning of the Battle of Songhu, the Chinese Air Force directly participated in the operation of four brigades and more than 100 aircraft, with Nanjing and Guangde as bases and Cao'e, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Changxing as the forward airfields.

The Chinese air force participating in the war was roughly equal in strength to the Japanese naval aviation.

The Chinese Air Force's home combat base is relatively close, and it is easy to replenish, so it has a slight advantage.

However, due to the lack of unity of command and close coordination, the Chinese Air Force is inferior to the Japanese Naval Air Force in giving full play to its combat effectiveness.

Until now, the highest authorities have never issued an order for the air force to cooperate with the army to attack, and in his eyes, the two independent branches of the air force and the army division have nothing to do with each other, so the Chinese army in Shanghai cannot get the support of its own air force!

The 99th Division used the air force to bomb the Japanese Third Fleet on the 14th, and it was the opportunity that Huang Haoran himself was looking for.

It can only be regarded as the 99th Division taking advantage of this opportunity for the Air Force to launch an attack, and it cannot be regarded as air-ground cooperation.

But after all, the advantage of the 99th Division is too great, and the remnants of the Japanese army that have become frightened birds are all faceted, and the soldiers of the 99th Division in some positions have not rushed up, and a bunch of devils have committed suicide together.

This is indeed a lot of ammunition saved by the 99th Division.

The attack of the 537th Regiment was completely completed after an hour, only when the attack on the naval club met strong resistance, and a company of troops was lost.

Huang Haoran affirmed the bravery of the 537 regiment, but still asked them to fight smarter next time.

Huang Haoran asked Commander Li of the 537th Regiment to search for any surviving Japanese troops in the occupied positions, and whether they were dying or not, they were all sent to General Zhang's headquarters, where a large number of Chinese and foreign reporters were waiting for fresh material.

On the night of the 15th, the 99th Division cleared the remnants of the Japanese troops in their area of responsibility at the cost of more than 300 casualties, killing 687 Japanese soldiers and capturing 6 people. Conquer the Navy Club.

The 87th Division also conquered the Dagong Yarn Factory at the same time, and now the Japanese defense line in Shanghai was only the head and tail of the snake.

Two of the six Japanese prisoners of war committed suicide on the way to the headquarters of the 9th Army, and one of the remaining four devils was seriously injured and died after being delivered.

These Japanese soldiers, dressed in rags and with their heads bowed, will appear on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper, which will surely greatly increase the circulation!

What made the reporters even more enthusiastic was the sending of the bodies of several Japanese adjutants together, all of which showed that the Japanese army was facing an unprecedented defeat in Shanghai!

On the morning of the 16th, these ink-smelling newspapers spread all over the land of China; in Nanjing, Wuhan, and Guangzhou, the Chinese cheered, and some families who planned to move their families to the mainland also temporarily canceled their relocation plans, and rumors that General Huang was about to drive the little devil into the Huangpu River were circulating everywhere, and Huang Haoran's reputation once again reached a new height, and some newspapers directly called him a national hero!

And our new national hero, Huang Haoran, apparently does not have time to enjoy his new honor, he is annoyed that the supplies cannot be delivered!

Wang Shankui and Shen Laoer were so anxious that they jumped to their feet at Huang Haoran's division headquarters, and some companies of their troops only had two magazines per soldier, and the mortar company could not even take out a base number of shells, which had seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the troops!

From the day of the 15th to the evening of the 16th, the 99th Division hardly launched any major attacks, but Dachuan Neichuan Chuan Qi made two counterattacks, trying to drive out the troops of the 99th Division that rushed into the headquarters building, but they failed to succeed, Wang Shankui used the last supplies on the blade, and the ammunition of the 1st Company of the Special Agent and the 536th Regiment was still sufficient. Other units that do not have a combat mission will not be taken care of.

The 536th Regiment took advantage of the large number of special shooters to organize special shooters to snipe at the Japanese soldiers, and the gains were also great in two days.

The devils in the headquarters haven't eaten hot meals for two days, and can only be supported by some rice balls.

The soldiers of the 99th Division are better, except for the soldiers on the front line who have to fill their hunger with flatbread, the rest of the troops can eat hot meals, and every day the people send the food from their homes to the troops, and then the soldiers finish eating before they pack up the dishes and chopsticks and leave.

Or turn her face as soon as she mentions money, a sixty or seventy-year-old mother can be fierce like a big tiger!

The two sides are losing each other, and Okawa Nei Chuanqi looked at his subordinates who had been tired from continuous combat in the past few days, and knew that his days were numbered......

In order to stabilize the situation in Shanghai, the Japanese military headquarters ordered the navy to transfer about 1,400 people to the 1st Special Marine Corps of Yokosuka Town Guard Mansion and the 1st Special Marine Corps of Kure Town Guard Mansion, which were on standby at Lushun Pass on the 16th; Two battalions of about 1,000 men from the Sasebo Marine Corps sent reinforcements to Shanghai to await the arrival of the main forces.

At 8 o'clock that night, the Chinese Navy's speedboat group No. 102 and No. 171 torpedo boats secretly sailed to the Huangpu River, preparing to attack the Japanese fleet, No. 171 boat broke down and returned halfway, No. 102 attacked alone, the captain of the boat, Captain Hu Jingduan, piloted the boat to fire two torpedoes at the Japanese cruiser Izumo anchored near the pier of the Japanese Consulate General, one missed, and the other hit the mine net. Blow up the barge. Boat No. 102 was damaged.

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