Chapter 204: The Great Move (Part II)
"At dawn on August 31, the Japanese army attacked Wusong with more than 30 planes and naval guns and forcibly landed; Another part of the Japanese army landed at the city ferry terminal. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoA regiment of the 61st Division of the Chinese defending Wusong suffered more than half of the casualties and did not retreat; However, the Wusong Fort was still defended by the Shanghai Security Corps. Lieutenant General Zhang Zhi transferred Liu Xing's Sixth Division to Yanghang and Wusong to expel the enemy who had landed. On the night of the 31st, the division advanced to attack Wusong, and encountered the enemy in the area north of Yanghang, where a fierce battle broke out. “
The 61st Division was reduced to a regiment due to heavy losses, the division commander Yang Bufei was dismissed, the Ministry of Military Affairs ordered the second division to supplement the brigade (that is, the independent 20th brigade) to reorganize the division, the reorganized 61st Division has two brigades, Zhong Song served as the division commander, Yang Wenjing served as the commander of the 181st Brigade, Deng Zhongmei served as the commander of the 183rd Brigade, and then the division was ordered to block the Japanese army along the right bank of Fuzaobang along the line of Tangjiazhai and Chenjiaxing, and fought back and forth with the Japanese 9th Division, the battle was tragic, and the two regiment commanders died heroically (Li Zhong, commander of the 361st Regiment, Commander of the 365th Regiment Tivepe). ”
In the middle, Zhang Zhizhong heard his name from Wang Liang's mouth several times, and it seemed that it was still something bad.
In the middle, Zhang Zhizhong heard his name from Wang Liang's mouth several times, which seemed to be a bad thing.
But he didn't stop, but continued to write down on paper.
Because Wang Liang's speed of speech was so fast, he couldn't keep up.
The study of classic war examples is a compulsory course for Wang Liang in his study of military history, although he later transferred to the command department, but how could he lose his old profession?
Historical facts plus his own analysis, Wang Liang constantly sorted out his own thoughts, he couldn't stop, as soon as he stopped, it would be chaotic.
Wang Liang has found his own rhythm, and he wants to restore the entire Songhu Battle to its original place.
"On September 1, more than 1,000 Japanese troops besieged the Lion Forest Fort. In order to connect and expand the landing grounds of the two divisions, the Japanese launched a fierce attack on the central part of Xiachu of the Chinese 98th Division, which was defending Yuepu and Baoshan, with the support of warships, aircraft, and tanks from September 2 to 5. ”
"From September 2, the Japanese army attacked the position of the 6th Division of Sanguantang with heavy troops and forcibly crossed the Sitang River, which was repulsed. From the 3rd to the 4th, the Japanese army continued to attack the area around Sanguantang. The 18th Brigade of the 6th Division bravely resisted the attack and destroyed many enemies, but the brigade suffered many casualties, and the brigade commander Weng Guohua and regiment commander Zhu Fuxing were wounded. ”
"On the morning of the 5th, the enemy attacked the position from Baoshan to Sanguantang from Wusong, Zhang Huabang and Sharonkou. The 6th Division suffered from the enemy, all the villages were burned, all the defenders of the Gunpowder Bureau were killed, and the commander of the 17th Brigade, Ding Yousong, suffered more than half of the casualties, and held out until noon, and the division retreated to the Sitang River. The Japanese army crossed the Sitang River Bridge and invaded westward, so the communication channel between Shishilin and Wusong was opened by the enemy, and the Chinese defenders of Baoshan City fell into a heavy siege. ”
On September 5, the Japanese army concentrated more than 30 warships to cover the army to launch a fierce attack on Baoshan, the Chinese army resisted stubbornly, and more than 500 people from the 3rd Battalion of the 583rd Regiment of the 98th Division, which was ordered to stick to Baoshan, under the leadership of the battalion commander Yao Ziqing, held the determination to live and die with the position, and repelled the enemy's crazy attacks again and again. The Japanese army used sulfur bombs, and the city was set on fire, and all the buildings were reduced to rubble. ”
"On the morning of the 7th, the Japanese army broke into the city with tanks as the forerunner, Yao Ziqing led the officers and soldiers of the whole battalion to fight with the enemy in the streets, firing the last bullet, and at 10 o'clock in the morning of the same day, except for one person who was ordered to break through the siege and report the military situation to his superiors the night before, all the rest died heroically."
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"Beginning on October 1, the Japanese navy and aviation launched a new attack in coordination with ground forces. The north road is directed to Guangfu and Chenjiaxing by the 11th Division of Yamamuro Zongwu; The 3rd, 9th, 13th, and 101st Divisions of the South Road were concentrated to force their way across Fuzaobang and attack Dachang and Nanxiang in order to cut off the defenders from the outside world in the Dachang to Jiangwan area and make them a lone army. From October 5th to 9th, the 8th Division, the 59th Division, the 61st Division, the 67th Division, the 77th Division, the 90th Division, and the Tax Police Corps withdrew from their positions one after another. On the 9th, the Japanese army once again concentrated naval and air force firepower, and cooperated with infantry to attack the southern bank of Fumohama, but was finally stopped by the Chinese defenders. ”
"On October 15, the Japanese army broke through Fumohama, and the battle situation was urgent again."
"On October 19, the Chinese troops guarding the southern bank of Fuzaobang cooperated with Liao Lei's 21st Army to launch a counterattack on all fronts. On the same day, the Japanese 9th Division of Yoshizumi Ryosuke, the 101st Division of Masaki Ito and the 1st Division of the 3rd Division also launched a fierce attack on the southern bank of Fumohama. Fierce fighting lasted until the 25th, and the troops were forced to retreat. The four regiments of the Left Wing Army counterattacked the Japanese on the south side of Guangfu to the north road, but were also repulsed by the Japanese. The Japanese army took the opportunity to counterattack, and the front of the troops pointed directly at the big field. ”
"On October 23, the Japanese army approached the Zhentai Highway with heavy troops and threatened the left flank of Dachang. Zhu Yaohua of the 18th Division, Liu Yuqing of the 26th Division, and Huang Wei of the 67th Division of our army resisted the Japanese offensive after hard resistance. ”
At this time, the Chinese army formed a semi-circular front from the east of Dachang, through Dachang and the city center, to the northeast, and circled the north of Jiangwan. The temple line and the large field are prominent, and then they become a thorn in the eyes of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army mobilized all kinds of artillery and aircraft to bombard it fiercely, and the radius is several miles, and it is almost scorched earth. The Japanese army then took more than 40 combat vehicles as the lead to cover the infantry to seize Hujia Bridge, Tahe Bridge, Zoumatang and other positions. In order to preserve their strength, the defenders moved to the southern flank and lost a large field. ”
"The big field was lost and the Seckert line was actually breached. The Third Theater had no choice but to make the move of abandoning the North Station-Jiangwan position. The troops of the Central Army retreated to the south bank of the Suzhou Creek, and the Left Wing Army was also ordered to move, and by October 28, the Chinese army had retreated into the second phase of the existing defensive positions on the line from Liuhe, Shenjiaqiao, Chaowangmiao, Xujiaxing, Guangfu, Chenjiahang, Jiangqiao, and Beixinjing to Fanwangdu, with a new defensive line of 35 kilometers. ”
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"On the evening of November 8, ****** ordered a general retreat, and all troops withdrew from the battle in Shanghai and retreated to Nanjing, Suzhou, and the area west of Jiaxing by two routes. Due to the haste of the order, the command was out of control, and the result of the great retreat turned into a full-scale rout. ”
"Since the 9th, the Japanese army has repelled the scattered resistance of the Chinese army and occupied Hongqiao Airport, Longhua, Fengjing, and Qingpu."
"On the 11th, the Japanese army advanced to the bank of the Suzhou Creek, and the troops in Nanshi and Pudong who were on the task of covering were ordered to withdraw from their positions. On the same day, Shanghai Mayor Yu Hongjun issued a letter to the citizens, sadly announcing the fall of Shanghai, the largest metropolis in the Far East. ”
(To be continued.) )