The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 589 The Japanese Army's Landing Operation

The 36th Division can only rely on the few armored combat vehicles to force forward.

On the Internet of later generations, if you search for "a chariot in the Battle of Songhu", you can find that on the broken streets, the chariots of the Chinese army attacked the bunkers full of Japanese troops alone. This is the post-war Japanese army's posing Yes, but the real chariot has been destroyed by the Japanese army. In fact, the Japanese army is hidden in the buildings on both sides and even in the ruins.

Chariots are not suitable for street fighting, but the advance speed of the 36th Division is too slow. To advance a street, a large number of soldiers' lives will be used to fill it. It is absolutely necessary to dispatch a small number of chariots.

The chariot has a certain propulsion ability, but the infantry can't keep up at all. The Japanese army has set up a cross-fire network of machine guns on the buildings on both sides of the street. The officer ordered the tanks to attack again, but this time, the Japanese army brought in the tank defense guns. With the loud noise, black smoke billowed from the lonely tank. The company commander in the tank died, and the platoon Long also sacrificed.

Poor and sad, the main reason is the wrong tactical command of the commander at that time, which is not uncommon in the entire Songhu battlefield.

The battle for Luodian was like a flesh and blood mill. Xia Yuan ignored everyone and thought carefully about the whole process from the landing of the Japanese army to the occupation of Luodian, which can be summed up in two words.

'easy. '

How easy was the Japanese army’s landing plan? The landing site chosen by the Japanese army was along the Yangtze River, and there was only one 56th Division under Commander Liu Shangzhi on the Yangtze River. The resistance received was negligible, but the Japanese army also made the mistake of being insufficiently prepared, and caused themselves a lot of trouble.First of all, the army mistakenly believed that the navy had completely obtained the air supremacy around Shanghai, and did not take any air defense measures when it landed. As a result, the headquarters of the No.11 division was bombed by the National Army Air Force that day, including Masao Shimosaka, the staff officer of the No.11 division. Major and many others died.

Secondly, although the national army's defensive force at Xiaochuanshakou, the landing site chosen by the Japanese army, was weak and did not cause them much suffering during the attack, Xiaochuanshakou was not a particularly good landing port, and the road traffic conditions were very poor. Limited by road traffic, the landing progress of the Japanese army was much slower than expected, and the materials carried by the landing troops were seriously flooded, especially the artillery shells of the Japanese artillery were flooded and could not be used, which directly affected the follow-up combat arrangements of the Japanese army.

In addition, the Japanese army also made serious mistakes in the geographical investigation of the surrounding areas of Shanghai. According to the previous aerial investigation, the Japanese army believed that Shanghai was densely covered with water networks and surrounded by rice fields. In August, the rice fields should be muddy and heavy artillery transportation was inconvenient. Therefore, the Japanese army did not have any heavy artillery and other heavy equipment in the first batch of troops. As a result, the Japanese army discovered after landing that due to the continuous war in Shanghai, the farmers around Shanghai had already fled, the rice fields had dried up, and the traffic conditions were actually worse than theirs. A little better than expected.

Of course, the Japanese army was not the one who discovered the problem of the rice fields. The national army also noticed this. The bald head had an order to store water in the rice fields near Shanghai to disrupt the Japanese army's traffic. Unfortunately, the defenses along the Yangtze River at that time were too Loose, no one implements it at all.

As long as there are more troops fortified at Xiaochuan Shakou, the Japanese army will suffer huge losses.

At dawn, the Japanese army dispatched No.40 No. [-] Company No. [-] Battalion and engineering soldiers to take Luodian directly to the south. Because the national army's troops in Luodian were very empty, the Japanese army occupied Luodian that afternoon with almost no effort.

What is more interesting is that on the night when the Japanese army successfully landed, the Japanese army near Xiaochuan Shakou encountered a night attack from a small group of national army troops. The location is far away, and the ministries have not issued orders to the Japanese troops to attack Ogawa Shakou at night to their troops.

But later I found a record of this night attack in the diary of a staff officer of the dispatched army in Shanghai. It turned out that the Japanese army landed that day was chaotic, and the sequence was mixed together. One person mistakenly took his own people for the national army and beat them, but considering the face of the No.11 division, they declared to the outside that they had encountered a night attack by the national army.

After the Japanese army occupied Luodian, the national army responded quite quickly. While the Japanese army was attacking Luodian, reinforcements were dispatched from various regions, including the 11rd Brigade of No.33 Division, which arrived at Luodian at 33:[-] p.m. At this time, the Japanese engineers were building fortifications. The [-]rd Brigade, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Japanese army, rushed into Luodian and started a fierce battle with the Japanese army. This was the last time the national army occupied the landing point. The battle is comparable to a flesh and blood mill.

During the battle, the competition mainly revolved around the various streets and urban areas of Luodian.

In the end, Luodian still fell, and the Japanese army attacked in the direction of Dachang, and the brutal Battle of Juzaobang broke out again.

Xia Yuan had a detailed understanding of the Battle of Songhu, but there was no way, the impact of the Battle of Songhu was too great, so after returning, he first studied the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, and then studied the War of Resistance Against Japan, Self-Defense Counterattack, India Wars and so on, but his main tutoring goals are the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and the War to Resist Japan, and he has gained a lot of useful knowledge.

Unexpectedly, this time he traveled to the Songhu battlefield.

Xia Yuan didn't know much about the [-]th Division, and he didn't know where the next battlefield would be. If it wasn't in Luodian, or it would be in Zaozaobang, or they insisted on a certain place, quietly waiting for the Japanese army to arrive, and then they might Encountering the heavy artillery of the Japanese army, under the artillery fire and the charge of the Japanese army, it was wiped out.

What's more, at night, the train stops at a railway station in a certain city for a rest. Everyone's bodies are wet, and there is a hazy drizzle in the sky, and the clothes are wet and stuck to their bodies. Dry your clothes and shoes.

Du Guanggui came over and raised his voice: "The superior ordered us to rest at the station for half an hour and leave in half an hour."

Everyone complained, and Du Guanggui said: "Everyone is persevering. I know that it is difficult for everyone, and I am also very difficult. The open-air scooter is really uncomfortable. I am also asking my superiors to get us a shelter from the wind." Rainy car."

Hearing what Du Guanggui said, everyone felt better. They were more grateful for their faces. Although Du Guanggui was a little harsher on them during training, he did not torture them. On the other hand, the officers of other recruit companies used There are not a few whips, so Du Guanggui's prestige in the company is still very high.

"Where is this place?"

"I don't know, probably haven't left the province yet."

"This iron lump runs so fast, after running for a day, it must have been out of the province."

"Where do you think we are going to fight?"

"The superior didn't say anything."

"Not only did he not say anything, he didn't even fire any bullets."

It can be heard that everyone's complaints are not directed at Du Guanggui, but the officers above. Although they are recruits, even if they are ridiculed by veterans as cannon fodder, they can't treat them like this. On the flatbed train without shelter, it was wet and cold all the way, and I shivered from the cold.

Some people have already begun to think about how to escape, but it is not realistic to escape here. There are national army patrols and soldiers on guard along the railway, and there are towns around. It is not very good to escape from here. It is best to be able to Find a wilderness.

However, without waiting for these people to think much, the rest time of half an hour was suddenly brought forward, and the urgent whistle kept urging them to board the train. After staying two nights on the train, I got off the train in a dilapidated town and walked to the front line.

The new barracks set off for this destination along a narrow path.

"It's walking and taking the train again. Where are we going? It's too far away."

After walking for more than two hours, the monkeys were tired and couldn't help complaining.

"What are you doing so much with the ball, just keep walking." Xu Liu patted the monkey on the shoulder, and kept his eyes on Old Man Wang for a while.

"The squad leader sees what I'm doing. I'm not a big girl with a yellow flower, and I have a dull face." Old man Wang bared his big yellow teeth.

"Hahaha!" Old man Wang's joke made everyone laugh.

"Look at your ugly face, I'll see if you're not good enough." Xu Liu said bluntly.

"Silence! Concentrate on marching!"

Du Guanggui was patrolling nearby. Hearing everyone's laughter, he couldn't help frowning.

They are rushing day and night, there is a high probability that the battle on the front line is starting to tighten up, and they must hurry up to get to the front line battlefield.I just don't know where I am now and how far I am from the front line.

The sky was gloomy and the rain had stopped. There was a lot of water in the water network ditches by the roadside. It had been several days since everyone came out of Yudi, and they hadn't replenished much. The staggered water network ditches are supplemented with water sources to cope with the next journey.

Xia Yuan also followed the others, put the marching kettle in the water, filled the kettle with water, screwed on the lid and hung it on his body, rolled up his sleeves, washed his arms in the water, and then splashed the water on his face. After a few washes, I feel much better.

"Xia Yuan, follow up."

Du Guanggui's voice was loud, and the team maintained the silence of marching. Xia Yuan heard the sound, waved to Du Guanggui, rolled up his sleeves, and walked into the team.

Many people stopped to replenish the almost empty water in the marching canteen.

After walking for nearly five or six hours, passing through villages and mountains, I got on a troop transport truck from a small town. The road was bumpy for another day and night, almost day and night. Finally, the truck entered a huge In the small town, Du Guanggui, who had disappeared for a while, came back and told everyone that the troops were here for a short correction, and then went directly to the front line.

Xia Yuan deduced that this place should have reached the border of Jiangsu, otherwise, when the current battle is tense, they will not stay and rest before arriving.

In the big town at this time, many troops have gathered, from various military departments, including troops that have retreated from the battlefield. When they first entered the city, they saw a large number of wounded soldiers wrapped in bandages. Sit in a truck and drive past them.

Everyone scrambled to look up, some were missing a leg, some were missing an arm, and some had bandages wrapped around their heads soaked in blood. The eyes of these people were full of rejoicing for the survivors, and They were taken away as strong men, and they came to the barracks alive in exactly the same appearance.

Some people sit on the ground and don’t look at them at all, and the veterans next to them will scare him: “What are you afraid of, when the shells fall, you don’t know the pain at all. Why are you in pain?"

The frightened man turned even paler.

"This is the ones who survived. How many of those who didn't survive came out of the village with us, and how many people died along the way." Old man Wang took out the cigarettes that had been soaked in his pocket for a long time, with a look on his face. pity.

It's a pity that my cigarette can't be smoked after being exposed to the rain.

Everyone didn't know what he was sorry for, whether he was sorry for those who stayed on the battlefield, or his own cigarettes.

These recruits don't have much concept of war, let alone the cruelty of war. Even after training, they still don't have much concept of war. Therefore, many people don't show timidity on their faces.

The truck stopped on the outskirts of the city. This is the place assigned by the superior to the [-]th Division. It was just an open space, with many embers left by the burning campfire, and a simple wooden shed covered with a layer of grass and leaves. The superiors didn't give the [-]th Division anything, they needed to build their own tents to sleep at night.

Xia Yuan can also clearly feel that the treatment of the new barracks is not good. Some existing wooden sheds are given priority to other troops, and the new barracks need to build wooden sheds by themselves.

"It's really not human to treat, just treat us like this."

You guys are not fools. Who wouldn't be able to see that the superior is so blatantly partial to other companies.

Xia Yuan knew in his heart that the superiors completely treated them as cannon fodder battalions. The backward local armed forces still used the same methods as before. No wonder the weapons and equipment given to them were such extremely backward and obsolete weapons and equipment. The battlefield is over, and they are not even given bullets. The treatment of this kind of behavior is obviously the treatment of cannon fodder.

"Big man, to be honest, these people just treat us as cannon fodder, we even have to build a place to live, why are you working so hard for them?"

When felling wood, old man Wang was very tired, the weather was still gloomy, beads of sweat hung on his forehead, he hugged a tree trunk as thick as his arm, let out a long breath, and looked around.

Xia Yuan was behind him, without saying a word, he heard old man Wang say again: "You said that your head is better, but it's not as good as when you were stupid before. This is fatal. You think war is a joke."

(End of this chapter)