The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Breakthrough in the center is to concentrate superior forces, attack from one point, and then attack deeper and deeper, and then expand this breakthrough, and attack on both wings. collapsed.

The only requirement for the central breakthrough is firepower. Without firepower, how can we get in? It's completely human flesh buns. Go to one, hit one, but the Chinese army's few bombers have been exhausted in the previous months of combat. The air supremacy was completely lost, and the [-] planes parked at Jinling Airport could not be put into use.

But when the Gui army came out of Guangxi, they were full of confidence and high morale, and vowed to contribute to the motherland. They fought this battle with infinite confidence.

Even so, it is conceivable how difficult it is for the 21st Army to carry out a breakthrough in the center.What is even more sinister is that the No.20 First Army encountered the third division, the main force of the Japanese army.With the 11rd Division, 13th Division, and [-]st Division as the main force, the No.[-] Division, No.[-] Division, and the Chongteng Detachment as the assists, the Japanese army attacked Zoumatang and Dachang Town.At this time, the [-]st Division of the Japanese Army had already broken through Kuanzaobang and was heading south along the Hutai Highway, approaching Dachang.

The third division was behind and collided with the No.20 group.

Due to the Japanese army's air supremacy, the counterattack was scheduled for the evening of the 21st.

On the evening of October 21st, the No.20 First Army launched a counterattack on the south bank of Yuzaobang, concentrated its forces, and violently attacked the central part of the Japanese army. The Japanese devils of the Third Division discovered the Chinese army and launched a violent attack on the No.20 First Army s attack.

The intensity of the Japanese attack was quite terrifying.At that time, the national army was only afraid of the Japanese army for two reasons. One was the bombing of Japanese aircraft. Once they found that the Chinese army was gathering, they would launch violent bombing and strafing.The second point is that I am particularly afraid of the Japanese Sanqi gun. The national army called it the "ka hole" gun, just because the sound of its firing was "ka hole". This thing is very effective against machine gun fire.Due to the serious lack of guns in the national army, many light machine guns were equipped, but this thing, once it finds your machine gun, it knocks out the firepower of the machine gun with a click.

At that time, some officers said after the war that there were six or nine light machine guns in a company, and they were basically all gone in one day.Under such circumstances, the offensive plan adopted by the soldiers of the Gui Army can be imagined.

There was no heavy firepower to break through the Japanese positions, and the firepower of the machine guns was also tightly blocked by the Japanese cannons. Even if they chose to attack at night, they could only choose to fight with their flesh and blood and forcefully charge forward, hoping to recover the land occupied by the Japanese army. land.

In the dense fire net of the Japanese army, the soldiers of the Gui army charging in front were shot and fell to the ground one after another, but the soldiers behind were not afraid. They seemed to not know what death was, and continued to charge while stepping on the corpses of their comrades. Waves of people rushed to the shore of the Japanese position, the waves in front smashed on the shore, and the waves behind continued to rush up.

The Gui army regarded death as home in the face of the ferocious Japanese firepower, but human flesh could not resist the bullets after all. Many soldiers fell on the way to charge without even seeing the Japanese army.

In just one day, all six divisions were defeated.

General Bai cried a lot at the headquarters when he learned about the situation on the front line.

The loss of six divisions in one day is no longer a simple flesh and blood mill. As for the six divisions that were rumored in later generations, six brigades and six regiments went, which is even more nonsense.

"Blood water gathered into a stream, flowing along the high slopes to the low-lying areas, and the corpses were everywhere, like a purgatory on earth."

Even so, Xia Yuan was still depressed.

He returned to the hut, and then began to think about the landing operations that took place that day. The landing operations of the Japanese army were almost unimpeded.

Xiaochuansha faces the Yangtze River in the east and faces Chongming Island across the sea. More than 70 years ago, that is, today in [-], Xiaochuansha was a muddy beach with few people. It was here that the main force of the Sino-Japanese War in Songhu War began. And everything that happened here changed the course of future wars.

After landing in the early morning, the Japanese army advanced to Liuhe, Luodian, Baoshan, and Wusong to expand their occupation positions. Once the Japanese army occupied the area from Shizilin to Wusong and established a bridgehead, the consequences would be disastrous.

The offensive method adopted by the Japanese army is the same as the offensive method adopted by the Gui army in the future. They all adopt the method of breaking through the center and then attacking the two wings. Even when the army does not have an advantage in numbers, its weapons and equipment are quite luxurious.
Responding to the attack of the two divisions of the Japanese army was General Chen Cheng's Eighteenth Army, which was one of the most powerful armies in Bald Head.

Baoshan, where the battle was particularly fierce, was where the Japanese army landed. In the 21st century, Baoshan City was already a bustling urban area, but today in [-], the river network made up for it, and the open alluvial plain was filled with endless mud and swamps. .

On August 24, 11, Peng Shan's No.[-] Division traveled day and night and arrived near Luodian to set up defenses. As soon as they entered the battlefield, they encountered serious trouble. Since the January [-]th Incident in [-], The national army and the Japanese army signed the Songhu armistice agreement, which stipulated that the national army was not allowed to deploy defenses in Shanghai, so after they arrived, there was no fortification here, only temporary field positions constructed and excavated.

This is an alluvial plain with muddy beaches everywhere. Soldiers used shovels to dig field positions. After a few shovels went down, groundwater burst out. There was no way to build decent fortifications.

It is close to the sea and there is no danger to defend, which is very beneficial to the Japanese army. The Japanese navy and aviation can take advantage of the sea and air, and the naval guns can directly bomb the Chinese army deployed along the coast.The caliber of the naval guns is very large, far exceeding that of the infantry guns and howitzers. When it falls on the position, the entire position is gone.

The national army soldiers of the Anti-Japanese War fought against the Japanese army in such open-air field fortifications. The accumulated water in the excavated field fortifications reached knees. The fortifications were very simple and the depth was only half a person’s height. , and lack of solid support, even the small-caliber mortars of the Japanese army can cause huge casualties to the national army.

Coupled with the serious water accumulation in the trenches, it was impossible to dig deep. The soldiers often stood in the water to fight the Japanese army. Injured by Japanese gunshots and stray bullets, countless.

While severely injuring the landing Japanese army, the Eighteenth Army also suffered huge sacrifices. The No. 11 division of the Japanese army that landed on Xiaochuansha fought fiercely with the national army for two days and nights, with 400 casualties, and a senior staff officer of the division was killed.The third division of the Japanese army that landed from Wusong also suffered more than [-] casualties.

Corpses are everywhere. Due to the hot weather, mosquitoes and fly maggots are rampant throughout the tidal flat. The air is filled with a strong smell of gunpowder smoke and the pungent smell of corpses.

With the landing of the two divisions of the Japanese army, a protracted life-and-death battle broke out in Songhu.

The news that they were about to go to the front still spread, and the tense and terrifying atmosphere spread throughout the [-]th Division. Even eating could not mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers. During training, many people were like walking dead, and more and more people fled. When I ran in the morning, there were only three or four people hanging from a tree, and there was only such a big tree with people hanging from a long distance away.

But now, every few meters, you can see a big tree with five or six people hanging from it, bloodstained and miserable.

"The new barracks has strengthened its vigilance, and there is no way to escape."

Xia Yuan made a simple observation. In the past, there were only two or three people at the gate, but now it has been increased to one squad. Since he has never been out, he naturally does not know the situation of the secret sentries all around him, but he can basically guess that the [-]th Division has strengthened the new barracks. The security here is to prevent people from escaping.

Old man Wang still wanted to escape, but Xia Yuan and Xu Liu looked at him, and he had no chance.

Old man Wang felt inexplicably terrified by Xia Yuan's vigilance. Every time he came back from the toilet, this guy would stare at him, not to mention how weird it was.Old man Wang is also a smart person. Knowing that Xia Yuan has been paying attention to him, the idea of ​​running away has been reduced a lot, but the idea has not disappeared, and he has been looking for opportunities.

Old man Wang would not be like those reckless people who chose to escape without investigating the situation clearly. As a result, he was caught by the guards outside as soon as he escaped.

It's just a pity that the opportunity did not wait after all, and the order to go to the front line was issued.

The war in Shanghai is already related to the safety of the capital Jinling City.

On this day, the superior paid them the salary in advance. To old man Wang and the others, it was too unexpected. I didn't expect that they would pay the salary when they joined the national army. Although there was only one piece of ocean, for the farmers at that time, A piece of ocean is already pretty big.

The big guys basically knew that they were going to the front line, so the veterans took the recruits into the city to buy a lot of wine, cold dishes, stewed meat, and cigarettes and brought them back to the army.

Old man Wang hurried back to the thatched shed of the third class with the monkey, saw Xia Yuan and Xu Liu were talking, after old man Wang sat down, he said bluntly: "The people outside are crazy, they spend all their money It's over, I bought a lot of wine and meat."

Xu Liu stood up, touched the silver dollar in his pocket, and said, "I'm thinking about it, let's go and take you to buy food."

Old man Wang was puzzled, the money was hard-won, how could it be spent so quickly, he was a little distressed, and he was reluctant to follow Xu Liu to spend the money. It takes a long time to save one silver dollar. Even if the silver dollar looks a bit low-quality, they are reluctant to spend it, hoping that one day they can go home and bring the money home.

"Let's go, I don't know if I can come back alive from the battlefield this time. I don't spend money, are you planning to stay on the battlefield?" Xu Liu pulled the old man Wang up from the ground, looking very optimistic, and said But everyone was silent.

Xia Yuan didn't feel anything, and said with a smile: "Let's go, why are you standing there, let's get drunk today."

After more than a month of living, the few of them have become quite familiar with each other. Everyone's views on Xia Yuan are deepening every day. Even in class, Xia Yuan's words are more useful than Xu Liu's, but Xu Liu Liu is also an optimist, he is cheerful all day long and never says anything. In terms of training, Xu Liu's words are much better than Xia Yuan's.

The first one to stand up was the scholar, his body was a little thinner, his skin was darker than before, he looked a little thin, but he could still see a little malnutrition from his face.

This month's training has made everyone look malnourished. Fortunately, their platoon leader is strict and cares about everyone in life. He is one of the few good officers he has met. Of course , the premise is that you have to be obedient and obedient. Because of Xia Yuan's existence, everyone in the third class is very obedient. In addition, the platoon leader values ​​Xia Yuan more, so everyone just looks a little malnourished, but they don't suffer much. Overcome the hardships of others.

After more than a month of training, everyone in the third class has basically adapted to this kind of life.

If the monkey is old man Wang's diehard loyalist, then the scholar is Xia Yuan's diehard loyalist. The two chatted together when they had nothing to do. The scholar found that the man in front of him was knowledgeable and well-informed. It's not as good as the rough farmer in front of him. Over time, he developed incomparable admiration for Xia Yuan.

So after Xia Yuan spoke, he also stood up.

Xu Liu looked at the scene in front of him, smiled and said nothing, he is a veteran, he has fought several battles, and every time new recruits come, the situation is the same as before, and they have to go through a battle to really make them return to their hearts.

The battlefield is the most grinding.

After coming and going for an hour, everyone spent almost all the money on their bodies and bought a lot of food. They were still a step late, and all the good meat had been bought. More than 9000 people from the Forty Division Eight were stationed around , The news that we will go to the front line tomorrow has already spread in the army. How many people can come back from the battlefield? Sending home, more people choose to go to the city to buy some good wine and food.

"Eat and drink well, and I won't worry about it anymore."

Some veterans of the [-]th Division basically had the idea of ​​dying generously.

On that day, many soldiers were drunk, and the officers of the [-]th Division saw it. They gave the soldiers a day off. At this time, no matter how bastard they were, no one beat them.They have already received a lot of news from the front. The Japanese attack is particularly rampant, and a large number of reinforcements are still on the way. This war has gradually expanded.

As far as they know, the Sichuan Army, the Anhui Army, the Guangdong Army, the Guangxi Army, and other local armies in several provinces have already set off to the front line to participate in this battle. Even if some troops do not participate in the battle, they must always be prepared to participate in the battle Prepare.