Chapter 946: Annihilation of the Sixth Division

The battle for Tokyo, which began on May 28 and ended on June 1, was initially decided on the outer front. [Very literary].

Although Matsui Ishone did his best, he still couldn't stop the advance of the squadron.

On June 1, the 7th Division was completely annihilated. The annihilation of the 7th Division was an extremely huge blow to the entire Japanese perimeter defense line.

On the 2nd, the 3rd and 4th Chinese Army Corps and the 11th Armored Corps arrived on the battlefield one after another, which also indicated that the general offensive of the squadron was about to begin.

On the 3rd, after full artillery preparations, a large number of squadrons began to launch a general attack on the Japanese army's outlying positions in Tokyo under the cover of aircraft and artillery.

The battle was fierce.

Although the Japanese army was at the end of its rope, it still stuck to its position and did everything possible to block the attack of the squadron.

In the sky, there are Chinese fighters everywhere at a glance. They desperately threw bombs downward, desperately bombing every position of the Japanese army.

On the ground, infantry and tanks fought in tandem, advancing layer by layer, and the momentum was unstoppable.

The artillery roared and rained down on the Japanese positions. There were explosions everywhere, there were fires everywhere, and the Japanese positions on the outskirts of Tokyo were instantly turned into a huge slaughterhouse.

Matsui Ishone used almost all of his skills.

He frequently mobilized the troops in his hands and constantly filled in the weak points of the position. At this point in the war, the Japanese were almost completely relying on human lives to fill the battlefield.

In fact, at this time, Matsui Ishine knew that no matter how great his ability was, he would not be able to reverse the situation of the war, and defeat would only be a matter of time.

The only thing I can do now is to do my best to delay the pace of the squadron's attack.

The smell of horror and gore permeated this terrifying battlefield. The smell is disgusting. As far as the eye can see, you can see dead people everywhere.

The tanks rampaged across the battlefield, followed by the infantry, and quickly broke through the Japanese defenses. The wounded Japanese soldiers who screamed miserably were spurned most mercilessly. Not even a single Chinese soldier was willing to slow down and take a look at their enemy.

The Chinese and Japanese soldiers strangled each other and made every effort to attack or defend. All of us are working towards a common goal.

Win or lose! There will be no third option on the battlefield.

The sky was also covered with a layer of blood-colored sun, and it hid behind the clouds, and it was no longer bearable to see what was happening on the ground.

War will always be one of the greatest disasters for mankind. However, many things can only be solved by means of war

Urgent reports from the front line continued to be delivered to Matsui Ishone, and the situation on the front line had reached the most critical juncture, with artillery support everywhere and begging for reinforcements everywhere.

But at this stage, Matsui Ishone has nothing left in his hands

The war consumed almost everything in Japan

"Do your best." Matsui Ishone sighed softly: "Do your best."

What else can I do now besides doing my best? Matsui Ishine smiled bitterly, there was no more way to do it. I will leave my life here ̈ with my own soldiers

In the afternoon of the same day, the squadron concentrated the strength of three infantry divisions and one armored division to launch a fierce attack on Gu Shoufu's sixth division.

In the face of the surging squadron, Gu Shoufu was powerless. The only thing he could do at this moment was to urge the soldiers to put one life after another into the huge bottomless pit of the battlefield.

Defeat is coming faster and faster towards the Japanese army!

At 15 o'clock on the afternoon of the 3rd, the 45th Infantry Wing of the 6th Division suffered a devastating blow. The squadron quickly turned its forces to the 47th Infantry Wing again. …,

In the face of the absolute air and ground superiority of the squadron, the 47th Wing soon suffered the same fate as the 45th Wing.

A large number of Japanese soldiers were killed in battle, and a large number of Japanese soldiers were taken prisoner. Faced with the wailing of his subordinates, Tani Toshio was as isolated as Matsui Ishine.

What else could be done to save the 6th Division? What else can be done to save the empire? Gu Shoufu smiled helplessly.

17:00。 Tani Shofu gave the order that the Japanese commander liked best:

Jade shattered!

It seems that only "jade shattering" can block the enemy's attack, and the current squadron doesn't care too much about the Japanese's way of playing.

Groups of Japanese, completely ignoring the artillery fire of the squadron, screamed "whooping", stared at blood-red eyes, and rushed towards the squadron like suicide layer by layer.

They were greeted with machine guns, mortars, and tanks!

Suicide! The Chinese soldiers could not think of any other words to describe the crazy Japanese on the other side than suicide.

The entire battlefield was horribly bloody, and a large number of Japanese were under the intensive fire of the squadron. The thick layers of the whole # body in front of the position. The wounded soldiers, who had not yet died, made a miserable cry in the pile of dead, but their companions did not even notice.

The officers of the squadron looked at the Japanese soldiers who were losing their minds and shook their heads involuntarily.

The war has developed to this point, and the Japanese still prefer to use these "meat bullet tactics" ̈ What other use can such tactics be used except to increase their own casualties?

From the 3rd to the 4th, the Japanese troops of the 6th Division themselves forgot how many attacks they had launched, and each time they gained nothing but the terrible casualties that continued to increase.

When the last charge on the 4th was over, Tani Shoo knew that his mission was over.

He looked blankly at the Sixth Division, which had been completely disabled, and smiled helplessly. It's a desperate laugh.

Now, the opposite squadron is launching a counterattack, and there is no longer any force that can stop their breakthrough. Not long ago, Commander Matsui Ishine sent a telegram to inquire about the battle situation here, and at that time, Tani Shofu's answer was still very positive, he was holding on, and he would hold on until the last man.

However, the real situation is that he and the 6th Division can no longer hold out for even an hour.

Gu Shoufu drove all the officers out, let them carry weapons, and went to fulfill their last responsibilities as emperors, and then, he closed the door of the headquarters of the Children's Palace so that no one could disturb him.

He took out a short knife and rubbed it carefully with his handkerchief, very slowly and carefully. When he finally felt that he had polished the knife, he let out a soft sigh.

Then he fell to his knees and unbuttoned his military uniform.

"Long live the Emperor! Long live Your Majesty! ”

These were the last words of Toshio Tani, the commander of the Japanese Sixth Division, in this world.

At 21:00 on the night of June 4, 1937, Japanese Army Lieutenant General Toshio Tani ended his life in his division headquarters.

On the same day, Japan's elite 6th Division was completely annihilated. The entire division completely collapsed.

Gu Shoufu's body was found by Chinese soldiers, and when the Chinese soldiers brought Gu Shoufu's military uniform and command knife to the commander-in-chief, Liu Zhaocheng and Li Zongren watched carefully for a long time.

This is one of the Japanese troops named by the president to be arrested, and to be defeated. Although Liu Zhaocheng and Li Zongren were a little strange, they did it.

And the 6th Division has also become another Japanese division that has been completely annihilated after the squadron launched an operation against Tokyo!

The good news from the front line kept coming, and under the blow of the first squadron of land and air, the Japanese army was losing and retreating, and there was no way to delay the attack of the first squadron for even one more minute. …,

What appeared in batches on the battlefield was no longer the soldiers who actually fought, but the groups of suicides in the Japanese army. They strapped grenades to their bodies and then rushed to the squadron with a roar.

Although this also brought some casualties to the squadron to a certain extent, it could not make any changes to the situation of the battle.

Now it's time to clear the last obstacle to Tokyo's outer defenses.

On the 5th, the squadron continued to maintain a strong attacking power. On this day, there will be a winner who will decide the battle of Japan.

Liu Zhaocheng continued to devote a large number of reserves in his hands to the war, chasing and attacking the Japanese army that was about to collapse. Little by little, the victory is consolidated.

On that day, more than 20,000 Japanese troops were annihilated, and a large number of Japanese soldiers became prisoners. In a telegram sent by Matsui Ishine to Tokyo, he desperately admitted that the empire had lost the war.

At 20:00 on the 5th, the Tokyo government of Japan issued a general retreat order.

The Japanese army, who had been trapped in endless nightmares on the battlefield for several days, finally left this terrible battlefield and turned to the defense of Tokyo.

However, everyone knows very well that the loss of a large number of elite Japanese troops outside Tokyo is no longer able to defend Tokyo, the capital of Japan.

In the sky, Chinese planes continued to bomb Tokyo. On the ground, the ferocious assault of those large numbers of tanks was unoccupied.

The Japanese troops who did not have time to evacuate the battlefield, and what awaited them was either death or becoming prisoners; And the fate of the Japanese troops who finally withdrew to Tokyo was only a matter of time before they were still outside the city.

On the 6th, Wang Hengyue, president of the Republic of China, sent a telegram ordering him to enter Tokyo before the 10th and basically end the fighting by the end of June.

This is not a particularly difficult thing for Liu Zhaocheng and Li Zongren.

Liu Zhaocheng put down the telegram in his hand and smiled on his face, victory, for any commander, is a happy thing. Then, in a relaxed tone, he said:

"Now, let's enter Tokyo!"