Chapter 832: The Calm Before the Storm
At eight o'clock in the morning, after the third battalion had breakfast, they began to wait for a long time, and the first thing the Japanese showed was still their reconnaissance plane, which circled in a low altitude, dropped two bombs in a flash, and then turned away.
Then came the artillery bombardment, a fierce bombardment of Luodian, because of yesterday's experience, all battalions and companies were ready, after the first Japanese shell fell, they immediately turned into bunkers, the Japanese bombardment achieved not too great an effect, and the third battalion only had a dozen casualties.
Unlike yesterday, after the Japanese finished the artillery meeting, there was no attack, and the third battalion was ready for battle, but the Japanese did not appear, and from eight o'clock to eleven o'clock, not a single Japanese appeared in front of the position
At half past eleven, Yu Yang inspected the position again, still did not wait for the Japanese, as if the Japanese had abandoned Luodian, as long as some traces of Japanese activities could be seen in some positions outside Luodian.
"Battalion commander, you said that the Japanese still can't fight, it's been so long, and there is not even a person!" Liu Youcai asked curiously while eating.
"You're in such a hurry to fight, it's just right that the Japanese don't come, let the brothers have a good rest, last night we fought all night, and I didn't have time to rest properly! After eating, except for the attack of Little Japan, don't bother me, I just had a good night's sleep! ”
"Okay, battalion commander, you have a good rest, the whole battalion is counting on you, you can't be tired, the battalion commander eats a chicken leg!"
Liu Youcai always had a smile on his face, Yu Yang scolded him and kicked him, with one expression on his face, as if there was no second expression.
After eating, Yu Yang once again set up his kennel in the headquarters, lay down and rested, too tired, he didn't sleep well, it just so happened that the Japanese didn't come today, take a good rest, Lu Xun said, you can better kill devils if you have enough spirit!
In the distance, at the Japanese beachhead, the strong winds and torrential rain last night caused the 3rd Division to send less than half of its troops ashore overnight, and around the beachhead, there has been an exchange of fire with the Kuomintang troops, and part of the 11th Division has already hit not far from the Japanese beachhead.
"Captain, should we take Luodian today!" An operations staff officer whispered to the Wing Commander.
Wing Commander Chuan Hemi of the Sixth Wing of the Japanese Third Division shook his head: "We are now understaffed, we lost half of the strength of the brigade last night, if we divide the troops today, there will be a hole in our flank, the army in front of us is the main force of the Chinese people, we still have to be careful!" ”
"Hayi!"
The Japanese Sixth Wing is one of the first 24 wings to be awarded the flag by the Japanese, and it is not very famous, but the former captain of this wing is notorious in China, and Okamura Ninji once served as the wing leader of the Sixth Wing in 1927!
According to the original plan, the Sixth Wing should have entered Shanghai, but now it is stuck on the beachhead and cannot advance or retreat.
Last night's torrential rain made the 18th, 34th and 68th Wings that originally came to support still floating on the sea, and the third and second brigades that had been divided into troops were all disabled.
At this time, the Sixth Wing was attacking Wang Jingjiu's Ninth Army and Luo Zhuoying's newly formed 15th Army, which were only less than a kilometer away from the landing site, but they could not break through the Japanese artillery blockade.
At the same time, the 98th Division is now fighting a bloody battle with the Japanese at Lion's Mouth, and the Japanese have collapsed on all fronts, holding the landing site and waiting for reinforcements to arrive!
Chuan Jimi looked at the map and kept planning a counteroffensive in his mind, and after drawing it repeatedly for a long time, he threw the pen aside, and the number of troops was too small to break through the defense of the Chinese army.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Chuan and Mi finally waited for the good news, the 34th Wing had successfully landed, and there was also a tank brigade of more than 40 tanks that landed together!
"Here's your chance!" After hearing the news, a smile finally appeared on his helpless face, the reinforcements he was waiting for finally arrived, the lack of armored forces before tore apart the defense line of the Chinese army, and now the tanks are coming, Chuan and Mi believe that it only takes two days to take Shanghai!
After the 34th Wing, which landed on the Japanese ground, entered the beachhead, it did not participate in the attack at the first time, but repaired, and drifted on the sea for a day last night, leaving the Japanese soldiers of the entire wing in an extremely weak state, and now it was the last chance to drive the Japanese soldiers into the sea.
However, Chang Kaishen, who likes micro-exercises, did not seize this opportunity, he first let Feng Yuxiang, the commander of the Third Theater, go to the Sixth Theater, and he himself took command and served as the commander of the Third Theater, and at the same time did not attack the Japanese who landed at Chuanshakou, but gathered troops to attack the Japanese who landed in Zhang Huabin and the Japanese troops entrenched near Wusongkou, missing the last opportunity.
The Japanese were quietly licking their wounds at the location of Chuanshakou, retracting their fists, and preparing to strike hard, while at this time in the downtown area of Shanghai, the Central Daily was frantically publicizing the results of the 66th Regiment of the 11th Division in Luodian!
"Outside, outside, the 3rd Battalion of the 66th Regiment of the 11th Division, fought with the Japanese army in Luodian for a day and night, killed and wounded more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers, and the corpses of the Japanese were piled up!"
"Outside, outside, the 66th Regiment defeated the Japanese, and Yu Yang, the commander of the third battalion, said that Japan will be defeated, and China will win!"
With newspapers in their hands, little newspaper boys kept shuttling around in Shanghai's non-war zone, spreading the news of victory to every citizen who was still in Shanghai!
When a citizen bought a newspaper, a crowd of people immediately gathered around him, and the person who bought the newspaper opened the newspaper, and on the second page, he saw several photos of Japanese corpses piled up!
"Good! Well done! "People who were still a little skeptical, after seeing the photo, immediately began to applaud and celebrate, compared to the previous battle report, this time the war report was accompanied by a photo, although it was not very clear, but the corpses in the photo added up to hundreds of people.
In addition, in the third edition, there are also photos of two Japanese soldiers captured, and after the people around saw it, they couldn't help but be amazed, and for the first time they saw the Chinese army capture the prisoners.
"Last night, our reporter went to the 66th Regiment in the suburbs of Shanghai to conduct an interview...... In this battle, the three battalions killed and wounded Japanese soldiers...... The corpses of the Japanese army were piled up, and our army only suffered dozens of casualties......"
"Good, good fight!"
"It's a beautiful fight, drive these damn little devils out of China......"
After the literacy read the content, there was immediately a cheer around him.
PS: Ah, I owe a lot, and I'm ready to come to Bo Shichang.