Chapter 475: Attack on Shanghai (7)
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The speed of the advance army's attack was terrifying, and the geographical defense line around Shanghai launched an attack at half past four in the morning until Dongku and they rushed out of Hongkou and advanced into Luojing Town and the main direction of attack by the surrounding large forces, and the time was only three hours, and the strategic points on the periphery were broken one after another. At the same time, the Japanese army was also divided into several pieces from the inside out, and left their positions under the strafing fire of a large army of "mechanized" anti-aircraft machine guns, and fought completely on their own, and when the positions were penetrated and the inside and outside were connected, they were annihilated, and it was only a matter of time.
After Yu Ke's army simply cleaned up the battlefield, he marched in a hurry and rushed to Hongkou to take over the mess there and exterminate the Japanese army in the Japanese theater outside Hongkou.
Just when the battle in Shanghai was already in chaos, and the advance army was rapidly advancing and launching a fierce attack, Nanjing, however, had an accident.
When the artillery bombarded the edge of Nanjing, all the peripheral positions were left only Guan and other positions near the river that were not attacked, and Nanjing was already exposed to Yu Lei's artillery fire. The Japanese knew that although the enemy was still about 20 kilometers away, the attack had already arrived.
The front of Gu Zhutong's army also benefited from Yu Lei's artillery support, and the troops advanced steadily and surrounded Nanjing.
When the defenders of Nanjing confirmed that Changzhou and Jiangyin had been cut off and that the enemy army had approached Zhenjiang and Danyang, they had already begun to retreat, and they really could not withstand the artillery fire that blew up a large number of corpses and bones, and they did not have the ability to restrain the enemy's long-range firepower, and no matter how many troops they had, they would be blown up.
At the moment when he tried to counter-charge to no avail, was ruthlessly crushed by the artillery fire, and suffered heavy damage, he was sure that he would retreat back to the city. It can't stop the attack.
Nakajima Imago is the division commander of the 16th Division, and after Pumu was wiped out by Dong Ku in Heilongjiang and the division was wiped out, the reorganized 16th Division was also the commander of the division that had just taken office. They were not transferred back to the base camp like Ryosuke Yoshizumi, and they escaped the catastrophe because of this, and they were not caught by Dong Ku.
He analyzed the current situation with Chief of Staff of Mitsuo Nakazawa, and saw clearly the current battle situation, once Danyang was breached, they would be the turtle in the urn and would be surrounded in Nanjing. So, when Yu Lei's shelling stopped, he asked Nishio Shouzo. But he was commanded to hold on. In the early hours of the morning, a telegram was received that Shanghai had been attacked, and then the command headquarters could not be contacted quickly.
Nakajima was shocked and contacted the base camp directly. At this time, in addition to desperately urging the reinforcements to hurry up, the base camp already knew that there was going to be trouble in Shanghai. They couldn't contact Nishio Shouzo, and after receiving Nakajima's analysis of the battle situation, they saw that Nanjing was going to become the next isolated island.
On the premise that the Xuzhou battlefield could not draw troops, it agreed to abandon Nanjing. Strategically retreat to Yangzhou and keep Yangzhou. Again try to counterattack.
So, after receiving the order that he could retreat, Nakajima Imago and Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu of the 114th Division quickly organized a retreat, and the army urgently moved towards Danyang and Shimonoseki in the night, and the 16th Division moved quickly and went straight to Danyang. The 114th Division was responsible for transporting the baggage and crossing the river to Yangzhou directly.
It is equivalent to Lei They found that the Nanjing army had retreated, and when they pursued it again, it was too late, and the army had already left Nanjing. After walking for two hours, it was difficult for them to catch up with the 16th Division when it arrived in Danyang, and besides, the 16th Division was moving together with the newly formed 36th Division and the 37th Division, and it was difficult for the army to encircle and annihilate it.
However, even so, Yu Lei did not give up the pursuit, and when he received the news that the enemy had fled, he was annoyed, and he immediately sent a brigade to chase lightly, striving to bite off a piece of enemy meat before Danyang.
Before dawn, the army rushed to Nanjing, but unfortunately, they still came one step late, the 114th Division had already transported most of the baggage across the river, at this time, the river was full of boats, all of which were the last to evacuate the troops, at least half of them had not come ashore, and were rowing on the river to the opposite bank.
Yu Lei angrily dropped his hat and yelled: "Set up a cannon!" Give me the ship that sank on the river!! ”
The follow-up artillery rushed to Nanjing before it received Yu Lei's order, and then, the artillery built a position on the spot, and in less than ten minutes, the shells flew over the head of Gu Zhutong's army, and when there were at least one-third of the 114th Division on the river, they fell with a bang.
Columns of water rose into the sky, huge shock waves set off waves several meters high, barges were overturned by the huge waves, and were blown up by artillery shells, and the Japanese troops fell all over the river.
As the shells fell, the ships that had not yet docked on the river had no chance to dock again, and in the huge waves, even if they did not capsize, they could not move an inch, and it was only a matter of time before they capsized.
Gu Zhutong heard the screaming of cannonballs overhead, and saw that the advance army had no intention of entering the city, so he also had a high posture and secretly sent a guard battalion to enter the city first, in the name of checking whether there were still remnants of the Japanese army, but in fact, he occupied the city first.
The shelling, as he drove to the river, continued. The power of the 150 guns overturned the ships on the river in two rounds of artillery fire, and then the artillery fire extended to bombard the fleeing Japanese troops on the river bank.
At this time, the river was still turbulent, the waves were agitated, engulfing the struggling Japanese soldiers one by one, the fragments of the boats, the shattered corpses were floating all over the river, and the river was red, extremely terrifying.
Gu Zhutong saw the tragic situation on the river in the telescope, looked at the Japanese soldiers who struggled to swim to the opposite bank in the river, looked at the figure of floating and sinking, reaching out for help, and his back was cold.
Before he could express his feelings, Yu Lei ordered again: "Shell the river, don't let them go ashore!" ”
Shaoqing, a column of water rose on the river again, the water mist was filled, the river was turbulent and agitated, those Japanese soldiers who had good water quality and tried to swim ashore did not have time to show their water nature, they were directly swept into the bottom by the waves, and the chance of survival was zero.
"Hiss......"
Gu Zhutong glanced at the young general of the advance army standing a few meters away, and felt creepy at his ruthlessness, and gasped.
After two rounds of shelling, Yu Lei ordered the bombardment to be stopped.
At this time, the river was full of corpses of Japanese soldiers. Follow the turbulent water and float downstream.
Here, there are no longer any ferries, and the pursuit, obviously, is impossible.
Yu Lei looked at the floating debris and corpses in the mist, and ordered: "Gather troops." Pursue Danyang! ”
After giving the order, he turned his head and said: "Commander Gu, the scene here will be handed over to you, I will send a brigade to search in the city, I will take all the Japanese away, I will not care about the rest, the city was fought down by you, here, my department will not be able to cooperate with Commander Gu to pursue Yangzhou." Our troops are going to reinforce the troops attacking the enemy in Danyang and Zhenjiang. ”
"Is General Yu leaving?"
Gu Zhutong was surprised. Without the advance army, the pressure on him to attack Yangzhou would have increased greatly. The artillery shelling of the advance army was too strong.
"Yes, Commander Gu, our department wants to reinforce Danyang, Commander Gu will expand it alone, so I can let go of my hands and feet, I won't enter the city, and in twenty minutes, our department will all leave Nanjing."
Yu Lei said pointedly.
"Ha Lu Ha!"
Gu Zhutong Da Lu smiled to hide his embarrassment and said, "Then Gu wishes General Yu a victory." Looking forward to working with the general next time. ”
"I think so, there's an order. I will cooperate with Commander Gu. ”
Yu Lei said without being salty or light, and then said goodbye and left.
Gu Zhu knew that it was his fault that the enemy in Nanjing ran away this time, and it was said that if he hadn't advanced steadily, he would have blocked all the passages in advance and completed the encirclement. The Japanese army could not escape. But the matter has come to this point, I have not been able to get enough weapons and equipment, and I secretly regret it in my heart, and remember the words of the next time there will be a chance to cooperate. No longer play these games to save strength, the benefits, will be maximized.
Twenty minutes later, Yu Lei took all the Japanese in the international security zone away, and all the Japanese in the city who had not had time to leave were loaded into their American-made heavy trucks and pulled out of Nanjing.
The foreigners in the city did not know the temperament of the team, and when they took the Japanese, no one objected, or rather, no one was willing to object.
Gu Zhu Tongzhi said, these people, it is estimated that the best fate of Lu is to enter the Yangtze River to feed the fish, however, he will not report this, this has nothing to do with him, in order to be able to pull down a large number of Japanese, he also contributed 30 heavy trucks, for the future there is still a chance to cooperate with the advance army, it can be said to lower the posture, after all, there are still battles, the advance army will fight back to Heilongjiang, so he believes that the battle of Yangzhou, the advance army will inevitably come after freeing up their hands.
At this time, it was only nine o'clock in the morning, and the news of the recapture of Nanjing spread all over the world. And Shanghai, when the whole country was jubilant and the Battle of Nanjing began quietly and won quietly, was stepping up to complete the interspersed division.
According to Dong Ku's meaning, the Japanese army can't be given a chance to hold on, those ammunition are money, and if the fight is slow, it will be consumed. Besides, once the Japanese army receives reinforcements and the deployment here is not in place, the battle situation in Shanghai will be changeable, and it is difficult to say where it will go.
Compared with the intense intersperse, Yu Ke's troops were relatively relaxed.
More than an hour after he broke up with Dong Ku, he rushed to Hongkou and took control of all the streets, including the road leading to the concession in the Japanese war zone.
In the concession, the British and American armies were combined and nervously guarded the entrance and exit of the concession. They don't know the battle situation outside Langdao, they don't know if the Chinese troops have started a counteroffensive, and the most important thing is that they don't know what kind of temperament this group of advance troops in Langdao is.
Just when they were nervously defending, a group of soldiers in the distance, carrying a big bag on their backs, carrying a gun, and holding a gun, quickly rushed to the concession intersection, and under their noses, in just a few tens of seconds, they annihilated the thirty or forty Japanese soldiers guarding the passage in and out of the concession, and there was not a single one left.
Moreover, to the shock of the British and American soldiers, these people had extremely high tactical literacy, tacit cooperation, and in a short fierce battle, there were no casualties. The weapons in their hands are also automatic weapons, dense firepower, accurate shooting, they were deeply shocked.
At the moment when they were stunned, this team actually quickly fortified and built sandbag bunkers, and then, the muzzle of the gun was raised, and the team actually carried out a guard in the concession.
"Defense!!"
The commander shouted as if he were facing a great enemy, and the heads of the machine guns were all turned on, ready for battle.
At the moment when they were nervously reporting, worried that the grimacing troops on the opposite side would attack the concession, Yu Ke drove a Japanese sidecar three-wheeler, squeaked and stopped behind the defensive position, then half-raised his hands, signaled that there was no weapon, walked through the bunker and shouted: "Please find a general who can talk, I am the First Army of the Advance Army." Lieutenant Colonel of the New Sixth Division, please come out and speak to a general. ”
Yu Ke's fluent English once again startled the British and American soldiers on the other side, and then a lieutenant stepped forward.
Yu Ke didn't talk nonsense, and said loudly: "Mr. Lieutenant, there is a battle behind me now. For the sake of the safety of the concession and to avoid unnecessary accidental injury, the military administration here is temporary, and I hope that Mr. Lieutenant will convey this meaning that no one is allowed to enter or leave the concession until the end of the battle. ”
"Good lieutenant colonel, sir."
The lieutenant saluted and said in a proper manner.
Yu Ke waved his hand, turned around and returned to the motorcycle, and abruptly left here with the other four motorcycles.
For the concession that was blocked. When the ambassadors and the Ministry of Industry in the concession received the report, they thought that this was understandable, and from this point of view, the advance force was still friendly, and it seemed that there was little chance of war. Although in the event of a war, they will send troops on their own soil, but after all, they will be the first to be bulleted. What can the troops do if they suffer losses first? Their own interests are still important.
After Yu Ke left. He returned to Hongkou. At this time, there were still some Japanese troops in Hongkou, who either escaped the killing, or after several mechanized troops left Hongkou and left, they flocked in to contact the headquarters.
When they come. The headquarters was already full of corpses, there was no trace of the enemy, and all the equipment had been removed.
Before they could figure out what to do, Yu Ke's army had just taken to the streets. Looking at the battle situation, he entered Hongkou.
The chickens and dogs jumped, and the civilians fled back to their houses in terror, and the Japanese soldiers who participated in the competition ran fast and hid in the houses again, and those who ran slowly were all killed.
Yu Ke followed Dong Ku's instructions and politely greeted the concession, then came to Hongkou to complete the task assigned to him by Dong Ku.
At this time, the Shanghai area of the Japanese theater was still in a big war, and several places were still fighting, and outside the city, in just two hours, the troops inside and outside had been connected, and the division was completed, and the rest was strangled.
Yu Ke couldn't wait to come back, but in fact, Dong Ku gave him an important task, which was to gather all the Japanese.
On the streets, at every street corner stood the soldiers of the advance army, guarding every street.
After Yu Ke returned, he first went to inspect several military camps, and then ordered to quickly clean up the military camps and headquarters.
Trucks collected along the way stopped on the side of the road, and groups of soldiers "politely" drove the Japanese out of the houses, "politely" looted all their belongings, interrogated them one by one, interrogated those who had deposits, bank deposit passwords and account numbers in the public concession, registered and made a register without fear of trouble, and recorded the names of the Japanese together, and implicitly warned everyone who was interrogated that if the information was wrong and the money could not be withdrawn, then the account would be settled after the autumn.
The homes of the Japanese were also carefully searched, and then, a piece of cultural relics, all kinds of treasured calligraphy and paintings, etc., were searched.
Yu Ke looked at the boxes of belongings, batches of items were loaded into the truck, this hatred in his heart, these are all Chinese things, and he can't complain that the captain must move quickly to avoid the Japanese from entering the concession and increasing the pressure on Guo Weiquan's gangsters. I don't know how many blood and tears there are in this road!
"Give me a careful search!" Yu Ke shouted in the walkie-talkie, and then added: "The body is also cleaned, and the gold teeth are knocked out!" ”
Hearing the order, these recruits were even happier with their work, and although they were strictly ordered not to kill, they did not say that they could not beat people. So, in the midst of the fierce gunfire in the distance, these boys used all their means to squeeze out their belongings, and then they let go of the wounded guys, and they were gathered together and sent to the barracks area.
At this time, the Japanese already knew that the general trend of the road was gone, and one by one, they were obedient and like their grandsons, groveling and very cooperative with the work of the soldiers of the advance army, and the houses were emptied, the belongings were searched, but the pots and pans were not moved, and not a grain of grain was left.
In the barracks, more and more people gathered, and as those with calluses on their hands and steel helmets on their heads were pulled out, the panic of the Japanese became even heavier.
Of course, Dong Ku will learn from the Japanese methods, and this is what he wants. As a soldier, he will never let go of being caught by mistake, and his oath is that a Japanese soldier will not let go. As for looting and detaining, he naturally wanted to send these Japanese who came to China to make a fortune back to their homeland and show them to other countries, and the advance army would not hurt civilians.
As the gunfire in the urban area gradually became scarce, Hongkou, with the efforts of 20,000 or 30,000 advance soldiers, loaded 100 truckloads of belongings, and the bank deposits also reached an astonishing number. The Japanese were robbed because of their bank. In the aftermath of that incident, large sums of money were deposited in British and German banks, and Citibank in the United States did not lose its share.
When Yu Ke was busy, Zhao Liqiang led the team into Shanghai, opened the passage all the way, and wiped out the remnants of the enemy. completed the strategic task in his direction, and then, followed by a large number of trucks pulling heavy artillery, heading straight to Hongkou, interspersed with Fort Bang, Baoshan County.
Zhao Liqiang's main task is to escort artillery. They don't have much time and they have to hurry.
At Yushan Island, two river ferries had already been used to transport cannons and shells to the island yesterday, and they had been busy all day. Now, explosives are being used to level the field and build a battery in preparation for the Japanese warships.
Chongming Island is the task after Zhao Liqiang transports the artillery in place. The 50 guns on Yushan Island were too thin, and the 30 anti-aircraft guns were not enough to completely block the Japanese warships. They had to build multiple batteries along the coast, taking advantage of the Japanese army's misjudgment that there would be no artillery with a range of more than 30 kilometers. Come surprise the Japanese warship.
The firing range of this batch of 400 guns was specially processed, and the shells were individually customized. Unlike the conventional heavy artillery on Yushan Island, these guns were all at a range of thirty-five kilometers, which was nearly five kilometers away from the conventional 150 guns.
These cannons were made separately by Dong Ku. He knew that his naval strength still needed to be trained, and his air strength still had to wait for the helicopter to be installed. In the short term, he did not have the strength to deal with the Japanese fleet and air power, and for the defense of Shanghai, he could only temporarily use passive shore defense artillery and anti-aircraft guns to defend.
Zhao Liqiang strengthened the bridge all the way, and if it didn't work, he would build another one. Quickly moving in the direction of Jiangwan Town, it is estimated that it will take a maximum of three hours to reach Baoshan, and then cross the river with it, and transport the artillery to a part of Fort Bang.
The battle, in which Zhao Liqiang and Yu Ke were busy in the city, continued. The will of the Japanese army that was quickly divided was still very tenacious, and when there was no way to retreat, and they did not know where to retreat, they showed the spirit of Japanese bushido and fought to the death against the advance army that came from the encirclement and suppression.
However, the weapons and equipment they faced and the combat quality were superior to their advance army, and their bushido became suicide.
After Dong Ku picked up Yu Ke's troops in the direction of Yuepu, he circled around and swept all the way north along the place where there was a road.
The mecha with fast maneuvering speed showed the ability to advance quickly at this moment. Along the way, no Japanese army could stop the strafing of anti-aircraft machine guns, and no Japanese army could stop a torrent of steel full of guns and tongues of fire.
Dong Ku's anti-aircraft machine gun once again had a reddish barrel, but he was no longer ready to stop, his breakthrough mission was basically completed, and he could return to Shanghai to preside over the overall situation after laying down the last position in front of him.
"Rush over!!"
Dong Ku shouted on the walkie-talkie at the moment when the team members changed into bullet boxes, and then, he seized the anti-aircraft machine gun, and in the terrifying sound of tom, the bullet hit the bunker two or three hundred meters away in front of him, and a puff of blood mist bloomed in the dust, so that the Japanese troops guarding in front had no ability to resist at all, and even the two armored vehicles were bombed by two anti-aircraft machine guns.
The convoy rushed into the position almost without hindrance, and then the soldiers on the truck jumped down like tigers, and in the shouts, another round of white-knuckle combat began.
Nearly 600 elites dealt with the remaining less than 2,000 Japanese troops, and their combat effectiveness was not at a certain level, blood mist was flying, skulls and limbs were rolling around, and in just ten minutes, there was no Japanese soldier on the position.
Dong Ku's body was covered in blood, the plasma had coagulated into lumps, and his face was wrapped in plasma, like a shell, and even his face could not be distinguished.
After several battles, Zuo Boyang's body is no longer so clean at this time, and his face is also covered with bloodstains, but there are relatively not so many.
The hands, bodies, and faces of the team members were full of dried plasma, and although their eyes were still flexible enough, their physical efforts made their bodies tremble after the battle.
Dong Ku glanced at everyone, grinned ugly and said, "Our task is complete, bandage the wounded, and we will return to Shanghai to sleep!" (To be continued......)