Unfortunately, the two division commanders rolled up several cigarettes, and the artillery fire continued, as if it were raining. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Sun Yuanliang had long wanted to command all the officers and soldiers to rush over and avenge the dead General Huang Meixing.

"Lao Zhang, how long has this cannon been fighting?"

Zhang Baiting, chief of staff of the 88th Division, took out his pocket watch, glanced at it and said, "Division commander, it's going to be an hour." ”

"Which loser is this, special mother~ I don't know how much money the cannonball costs, look at it, look at it, can you still see a complete brick in front, this is more sparse than Lao Tzu when he ploughed the ground!" Sun Yuanliang pointed to the Hongkou District in front of him angrily and said.

"Division commander, you better rest for a while, how long have you been around, I can't stop this artillery fire for a while and a half, it's better to let the guards make two big cakes to nibble, I'm hungry in the middle of the night." Zhang Baiting said.

Sun Yuanliang touched his stomach and sat down, "Speaking of which, I also feel a little hungry, guard, go, get a few flatbreads to nibble." ”

Next to the heavy artillery position, Sun Liren stood beside Lin Feng, "Sir, it's almost, it's been an hour, and all the rats are dead." ”

"Don't stop, let the brothers work harder, we haven't finished the shells yet. Let me tell you, the little devil is much more powerful than the mouse, and it is really not possible to kill all the heavy artillery in an hour, so keep fighting, and don't stop until the cannonball is finished. Lin Feng threw away the cigarette butt, took out a bottle of mineral water and drank two sips.

Sun Liren was helpless, took out the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Keep firing the cannon and finish the shells!" ”

"That's right, don't be stingy with shells, this is actual combat training, and there is no harm in firing a few more rounds."

Sun Liren turned his head and didn't look at Lin Feng, is this a few more rounds, the slowest 280mm heavy gun can shoot three rounds a minute, at this speed, it can shoot nearly 13,000 shells in an hour, and a shell can pour 2,600 tons of ammunition in an hour according to an average of 200 kilograms.

The officers and men of the heavy artillery battalion were already panting from exhaustion, and the commanders repeatedly asked to speed up, and when the barrels of the guns were red, they directly drew water from the wells, and carried water from the river to pour it up.

On the Izumo, Hasegawa sat paralyzed in his chair, babbling about his mouth, and the staff officer next to him barely heard, 'That heavy force is coming, I knew they were coming, I knew it!' ’

"Your Excellency Commander, does our ship provide naval artillery support to Hongkou?" The staff officer asked, bending down and bowing his head.

"Yaga! What else is there to do with the support drops, all of them are dead, dead, dead! Hasegawa Kiyoshi scolded loudly, this staff officer had no eyesight at all, and he didn't know how to make a proposal to withdraw from the port.

"Hey!" The staff officer's head hangs lower, how good it is to die, don't be afraid, we are still squatting here and frightened.

"Immediately send a telegram and urgently apply to the Tokyo base camp for support from the 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade." Hasegawa Qing couldn't bear it, this huge artillery group rang for more than an hour, and it didn't stop, and the 10,000 troops in Hongkou and Yangshupu were estimated to be more than lucky.

In fact, Hasegawa originally wanted to say that the battleship Nagato was transferred, and the battleship Nagato was the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet at this time, equipped with four twin 410mm main guns, and the power of one of its main guns was equivalent to 190 75mm field guns of the army.

The attack power of the entire Nagato-class battleship, including the main guns, secondary guns, anti-aircraft guns and torpedoes, is equivalent to 1,400 75mm field guns, which is more powerful than several artillery divisions.

It's a pity that this can only be thought about in the mind, the Nagato is a symbol of Japan's combat power at this time, and the Tokyo base camp and the Combined Fleet Command will definitely not agree to transfer the battleship Nagato to Shanghai to help in the war.

"Hey!" The staff officer bowed and walked out of Hasegawa Kiyoshi's cabin, and then went to the communication room to find the signal soldier to send a telegram.

The Japanese army's heavy artillery brigade is a strategic unit, and a standard heavy artillery brigade consists of two heavy artillery wings, including 30-40 150mm heavy cannons, 20 240mm heavy cannons, and 10 Type 96 305 heavy howitzers. Individual heavy artillery brigades are also equipped with 3-6 mortar guns of Type 98 320mm caliber.

The Japanese army has a total of six heavy artillery brigades, named the 1st Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery, the 2nd Brigade until the 6th Brigade, and pulling out one is more than Lin Feng's brigade. Of course, because of the different natures, Lin Feng's provisional 201st Brigade was no worse than a Japanese heavy artillery brigade in terms of combat effectiveness.

When the Tokyo base camp received a telegram from the Third Fleet, it immediately blew up the pot, and received information as early as 10 days ago that a heavy unit had appeared in East China, and now this unit was actually engaged in the battle in Shanghai, and the increase of troops in Shanghai was already a problem that needed to be considered.

According to the information obtained by the Japanese intelligence organs, at this time, the party-state had ordered the 18th Army, the 6th Division, the 98th Division, the 2 divisions of Hu Zongnan's 1st Army, and the 51st and 58th Divisions to concentrate in the direction of Nanjing and Shanghai, while the navy sank a large number of old warships and merchant ships built in the late Qing Dynasty in the 16th shop and blocked the Huangpu River.

At present, the Japanese army has gathered more than 30 warships, more than 100 aircraft, 40 artillery pieces of various calibers, more than 20 tanks and armored vehicles in Shanghai, and about 10,000 troops on land, including marines, soldiers in the countryside, carrier-based mobile troops, and reinforcements from various ships.

The loss of troops on land is not yet known due to the non-stop shelling of heavy artillery at night, but the pessimistic speculation is that the losses are exhausted, and it is fortunate that there are only one or two thousand remnants left.

The General Staff Headquarters has always regarded North China as the focus of its strategic offensive, believing that it would be extremely difficult to land at Wusong and that the chances of victory would be extremely small, so it was unwilling to send troops. Naturally, the Navy Command strongly supported the commander of the Third Fleet, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, and repeatedly consulted with the General Staff Headquarters and gave a guarantee: Bombing and artillery bombardment will be carried out before the landing of the army, and the army will never be allowed to land recklessly alone.

The General Staff Headquarters finally agreed to establish the Shanghai Dispatch Army Headquarters with Senior General Matsui Ishine as the commander and Major General Mamoru Iinuma as the chief of staff.

The Shanghai Dispatch Army Headquarters has the 3rd and 11th Divisions, the 7th Independent Machine Gun Brigade, the 5th Combat Vehicle Brigade, the 8th Independent Light Armored Squadron, the 10th Independent Heavy Artillery Wing, the 4th Mortar Brigade, the 3rd Field Antiaircraft Artillery Team, the 3rd Field Air Defense Team, the 8th Independent Engineer Wing, the 6th Independent Flying Squadron, the Headquarters of the Shanghai Dispatch Signal Team, the 5th Independent Siege Heavy Artillery Brigade, and the Military Station Unit.

In addition, in accordance with the requirements of intelligence and Hasegawa Kiyoshi, the 5th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade led by Rear Admiral Uchiyama Eitaro was assigned to the Shanghai Dispatch Army, whose mission was to cooperate with the navy to destroy the enemy near Shanghai and occupy an important area in Shanghai and its northern area.

Under the heavy artillery bombardment of Lin Feng's frenzied heart, the Japanese troops in Hongkou and Yangshupu districts have been killed and wounded, and few can breathe, and those who are alive do not dare to breathe, for fear that a heavy artillery will be smashed around them. (To be continued.) )