The battle in Shanghai became more and more fierce and more and more cruel, this cruelty even exceeded Su Jin's expectations, and Su Jin couldn't help but be a little stunned when he received the casualty report from Huang Weiguo in the headquarters. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhou Yusheng on the side also reported a little gloomily: "Sir, Huang Weiguo said in the telegram that the 347th Division suffered more than 1,200 casualties yesterday alone, and the 349th Division also suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and he hopes to use heavy weapons in the city!" ”

Seeing that Su Jin didn't speak, Zhou Yusheng couldn't help but persuade: "Sir, the Japanese have built many strong fortifications all over Shanghai, although we have used armored troops, but there are still many casualties, if we continue to fight at this speed, I am afraid that our troops will be exhausted in another week!" I know that you didn't let the siege troops use heavy weapons because they were afraid of accidentally injuring civilians, but now that the situation is more difficult, I think it's okay to use some heavy weapons a little. ”

"No way!" Su Jin shook his head, and his attitude was very resolute: "This is a battle on our territory, once this opening is opened, all troops will immediately use heavy weapons unscrupulously, think about it, once hundreds of heavy artillery guns enter Shanghai for shelling, how many innocent civilians will be killed and injured, maybe most of Shanghai will be bombarded into ruins." Shanghai has only become what it is today after so many years of construction, and if it is destroyed because of us, we will be the sinners of Shanghai, and then those literati in China who have enough to eat and nothing to do will drown us with spittle stars! ”

"Alas......"

Zhou Yusheng sighed unconvinced, but he also knew that Su Jin was right, Shanghai is an international metropolis, there are not only many foreigners living here, but also millions of people living there, once heavy artillery is used, the consequences will be too serious, especially the 203 caliber B-4 heavy artillery, a cannon down a radius of hundreds of meters of the building will become a ruin, there are no people and animals within hundreds of meters, if you fight like this, it is strange not to die hundreds of thousands of people, If Su Jin really dared to do this, even if he could successfully recover Shanghai, the history books of later generations would nail him to the pillar of shame in history.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yusheng could only sigh helplessly and said to Su Jin: "Sir, why don't we withdraw the troops, we didn't really plan to occupy Shanghai, and it should be almost the same to hit this kind of Chengdu!" ”

Su Jin shook his head: "No, the heat is not enough, this battle was provoked by the Japanese first, if we don't beat them, they will still make trouble with us from time to time after we don't beat them, I have to continue to fight, at least to make the Japanese feel painful." ”

"But once the Japanese reinforcements arrive, it will be difficult for us to retreat!" Zhou Yusheng said worriedly.

"You don't have to worry about that." Su Jin waved his hand and said: "I ordered the First Garrison Division of the National People's Guard yesterday to move from Ningbo to move closer to Jiaxing, if the Japanese reinforcements really arrive, I can let the First Garrison Division cover the 347th Division and the 349th Division, and dispatch the 1st Air Division to provide air cover, and I plan to let Fred lead the 1st Armored Division to stand by dozens of miles away from Jiaxing, if the situation is really dangerous, the 1st Armored Division can quickly advance to relieve them from the siege." ”

"Then I have nothing to worry about!" Zhou Yuchang let out a long sigh, Su Jin can be said to have prepared a double insurance this time, if the Japanese reinforcements are really entangled, the first armored division can defeat the Japanese army with a quick assault.

It's just that the smile on Zhou Yusheng's face hasn't bloomed yet, and a staff officer hurriedly ran in and said loudly: "Report to Commander Su and Commander Zhou, we have received an urgent report that the Japanese army has suddenly dispatched a large number of planes to prepare to bomb our army in the Shanghai area. ”

Su Jin's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "Staff Officer Hao, have you figured out the specific number of Japanese aircraft?" ”

Staff Officer Hao shook his head: "I haven't figured it out yet, but according to the report from the front, there will never be less than a hundred Japanese planes." ”

Su Jin's mouth pursed: "It seems that the Japanese are really in a hurry, and they do not hesitate to send planes from various battlefields to help in order to hold Shanghai." ”

Zhou Yusheng also sighed: "Yes, these days, the Japanese have launched attacks on us from all sides, especially the Japanese air force has frequently attacked, although we have also dealt a great blow to the Japanese, but Japan is very strong in terms of national strength and military strength, and even if there are losses, they can be quickly replenished, which is incomparable to us." The 1st Air Force Division was under a lot of pressure during this time, and Chu Yuan had complained to me several times, saying that the pilots of the 1st Air Force Division had been dispatching too frequently recently, and the pilots had been unable to hold on. ”

When it comes to this issue, Su Jin is also very helpless, although the Third Army frequently inflicts heavy losses on the Japanese army with the two excellent fighters of the Vixen fighter and the Thunderbolt fighter, but the national strength of the Japanese army far surpasses them, and they can overwhelm the air division with their numerical superiority, and the aircraft can not be afraid of fatigue but the pilots cannot, so once the scale of the battle is large, the pilots will be a little careless.

After being silent for a while, Su Jin looked at Zhou Yusheng and said, "Chi Yu, aren't our students in the third phase about to graduate recently?" ”

Zhou Yusheng said casually: "Yes, they will graduate in half a month, and this time there are quite a few of them, there are more than 300 people, as long as this batch of pilots graduates, the shortage of personnel in our air force can be alleviated to a certain extent." ”

"That's good!" Su Jin said in a deep voice: "Let people select one hundred and twenty of the best pilots from among them, and the 1st Air Division will be expanded to four more battles, and I want to see them put into the battlefield immediately!" ”

Zhou Yusheng hesitated for a moment and then said, "This ...... Sir, isn't that too hasty? In addition, even if the flight cadets graduate and are assigned to the army, they must first run into one with the army for two months before they can officially enter the battlefield, so it is feared that there will be great casualties if they are rushed to the battlefield. ”

Su Jin glanced at Zhou Yusheng and sighed secretly in his heart, this Zhou Yusheng is meticulous and steady, but the biggest shortcoming is that he is not hesitant enough to do things, he is not decisive enough, he is not bold enough, and his heart is not ruthless enough. Such a character is the most suitable to be a staff officer, but it is not possible to be a military commander. As the so-called Ci is not in charge of the army, as a military commander, in addition to the need to be steady and meticulous, what is most needed is decisiveness and courage, otherwise the fighter plane on the battlefield will be fleeting, and any hesitation will lead to the loss of the fighter.

He shook his head and said: "What's the hurry, the time for the students to graduate is only half a month ahead of schedule, as for the run-in, the battlefield is the best run-in, as long as they can survive on the battlefield, they can naturally transform into the best warriors in the city." ”

"This ......" Zhou Yusheng's lips squirmed, but the words came to his mouth but he swallowed them back, he knew that his character shortcomings were not suitable for being a military commander, so he had been working with Su Jin very happily over the years. According to his observations, although his boss is not very good in military quality, his biggest advantage is that he has the courage to dare to fight, and he always puts on an open-minded posture when fighting against the Japanese, and does not have the slightest problem of the current national army generals who are forward-looking and afraid, so the Third Group Army, which is armed with sufficient supplies and advanced weapons, can achieve many good results in the battle against the Japanese army, which is also what Zhou Yusheng admires him the most.

Some people may say that the consequence of being too bold is to become too arbitrary and prone to making bad decisions. But in Zhou Yusheng's view, this is not a problem, there has never been a perfect battle plan and a general who never defeats a battle in this world, in fact, in addition to fighting logistics, will, equipment, and the individual quality of soldiers between the two armies, the most important thing is to compete with the generals on both sides who make fewer mistakes, but as the saying goes, for a commander, even a wrong order is a hundred times stronger than no order.

"Boom!"

The muzzle of a Tiger tank flashed, and the 88-millimeter shell was instantly discharged, accompanied by a violent explosion, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were horrified to see a military commander not far away being blown into the air, and his body was broken in two in the air, falling to both sides.

"Infantry artillery fired...... Knock out that chariot! ”

In a pillbox on the outer defense line of the Gongda Yarn Factory, a Japanese second lieutenant pointed at the Tiger tank in the distance with a command knife and shouted frantically, more than 200 meters away, a Tiger tank blackened by gunpowder smoke was adjusting the barrel, and the black hole made them feel the breath of death emanating from it, and the Japanese soldiers behind the cover quickly pushed two Type 92 infantry guns from behind, and the muzzle of the guns was invariably aimed at the huge Tiger tank that was swaggering and pestle in front of the Gongda Yarn Factory.

"Boom, boom......"

Two 70mm shells hit the front armor of the Tiger tank almost simultaneously, but apart from two violent explosions, the Tiger tank could not be harmed at all, and the turret of the opponent was still rotating steadily.

"Target Japanese bunkers...... Put! ”

"Boom ......"

With the commander's roar, a ball of fire came out of the muzzle of the Tiger tank, and with a burst of smoke from the muzzle, the seemingly solid bunker exploded after being hit by a pzg.39 armor-piercing shell, and most of the entire bunker was blown up, and countless bricks and stones collapsed to the ground.

"Toot ......"

A sharp and piercing whistle sounded in the bunker, and the officers and men of the three companies, who had already been unable to hold back their revenge, all jumped out of the bunker with their respective squad and platoon commanders, and they rushed from both flanks to the Japanese defense line with rifles, submachine guns, and M24 long-handled grenades with unscrewed caps in the other.

At the same time that the soldiers jumped out of the bunker, more than ten MG34 suppressed the Japanese fire from the front with the cooperation of the Tiger tank to create favorable conditions for the charging soldiers, although the Japanese army still had some soldiers who only relied on rifle and machine gun fire to counterattack, but the Japanese army could not raise its head at all under the strong fire suppression, and the shells that the Tiger tank continued to shoot out of the pillboxes and tall walls that they regarded as guarantees were blown up into the sky one by one.

When rushing to a distance of dozens of meters from the front of the Gongda Yarn Factory, Liu Dazhou, who commanded the battle, shouted loudly: "Grenade!" ”

Hundreds of grenades rained down on the Japanese walls and pillboxes, and hundreds of explosions and smoke erupted.

As soon as the grenade exploded, the first wave of charging troops rushed to the Japanese wall, and the non-commissioned officers and veterans armed with submachine guns immediately fired wildly at the enemy behind the wall.

"Flamethrower! Flamethrower! Fast! Flamethrower! ”

The soldiers who had broken through the Japanese perimeter were shooting with submachine guns and rifles, shouting loudly about the same weapon.

For the Third Army, the M2A1-7 flamethrower that was just equipped last year has become an effective weapon for them to deal with the Japanese army's strong bunkers.

With the roar of the soldiers, the soldier Shanshan, who was carrying dozens of catties of fuel and flamethrowers, arrived, and after five or six flamethrowers arrived, they arrived at the pillbox or wall of the Japanese army and pulled the trigger, "Suddenly! Several dragons dozens of lengths sprayed along the firing holes of the walls or bunkers, and for a while, orange-red flames appeared from the firing holes of several bunkers.

"Ahh Dozens of flame-covered flamemen soon jumped out of the flames, rushing out of the bunkers or jumping out from behind the walls, running desperately, their mouths uttering heart-rending roars to vent their physical pain.

Amidst the terrible screams of those burning men, a voice resounded everywhere on the battlefield.

"No shooting! Burn these dog mongrels! ”

In yesterday's battle, the third company paid a lot of casualties, and the casualties of the whole company exceeded 30%, which is also a rare major casualty suffered by the third company since its establishment, and the Japanese army of the Gongda yarn factory has long hated them, and this time the place prepared so many flamethrowers before the attack was to burn the Japanese soldiers in the bunker to vent the hatred in their hearts.

With the Tiger Tank, an invulnerable steel monster, the Japanese army guarding the Gongda Yarn Factory suddenly felt a strong pressure, originally in the eyes of the Japanese, the Gongda Yarn Factory had already taken into account the defense problem when it was built, and couldn't help but build the wall extremely high, and every twenty meters also built a small pillbox, every eighty meters to build a large pillbox, with such a fortification, those poorly equipped **** can not be taken down for a month.

This point has been fully proved in the Battle of Songhu in 1937, when the 521st Regiment of the 261st Brigade of the 87th Division of the Ninth Army of the Nationalist Army besieged the Gongda Yarn Factory for two days and two nights and failed to take it. But now in the face of the invulnerable tanks of the Third Army, the defenders of the Gongda Yarn Mill were dumbfounded. This thing was too strong, and the 92 infantry guns and 47mm anti-aircraft guns equipped by the Japanese army had no way to deal with it, so he could only let him knock down the Japanese pillboxes one by one with artillery after he arrived, and soon knocked out a large part of the outer fortifications of the Gongda Yarn Mill. (To be continued.) )