The Chinese army's attack also used the same method as the Japanese army, first sending troops to feint and attract some firepower points. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, this tactic is very intuitive, and the defender knows it, but in the face of the opponent's attack, if you don't use some firepower points, it is difficult to repel it at all. Therefore, in many cases, even if they know that the firepower point will be taken care of when it is exposed, they have to use it head-on, and for this, the previous Chinese army has suffered a lot.

Now, it was the turn of the Chinese army to use this trick on the Japanese army, and the soldiers in charge of the feint attack were also very brave in battle, and did not regard this as a feint at all, but as a real attack.

As a result of the repeated bombardment just now, the Japanese positions and fortifications were almost completely destroyed, and some of the units were also disrupted. After the artillery bombardment and air raids of the Chinese army, the ground troops quickly launched an offensive, and did not give the Japanese much time to buffer, so the deployment of defenses was also a bit of a hurry.

In this case, the Japanese army had to expose some hidden firepower points that had not yet been blown up, otherwise, as soon as the Chinese army rushed to the position, these firepower points would be useless if they did not play a role.

The figure of the "......" Apache appeared directly over the forward position, directly following the offensive force of the Chinese army.

With a few "bangs", several machine guns fired directly at one of the Japanese fire points that were frantically attacking, and the shells of the machine guns directly covered an area of the fire point.

The "boom ......" exploded like several grenades at the same time, directly blowing up this area beyond recognition, and none of the Japanese troops, including the firing point, survived.

......Because the high-altitude line of sight is very good, as long as the Japanese army's firepower is exposed, Wei Qidong can clearly see it, and then carry out targeted elimination at the first time, and this kind of strike efficiency is much more efficient and timely than the Japanese army's firepower coverage.

"It seems that we hardly need to feint to attract the fire of the little devils, and then destroy it with artillery fire, General Wei and General Tang did the job directly, and they are very good." Chen Cheng said after observing the battle in the forward position with a telescope for a while.

"Yes, General Wei and General Tang are in the sky, that is an arsenal that can move at any time, and their plane is stronger than dozens of planes." The Chief of Staff agreed.

"The feint troops immediately retreated, the artillery was prepared, and the Japanese positions were bombarded for half an hour."

"Therefore, the troops in the forward positions are ready, and after the artillery bombardment, they will directly launch a general attack......" Chen Cheng immediately ordered, not ready to delay any longer. However, in order to reduce the casualties in the attack, Chen Cheng still decided to attack the Japanese position with artillery fire first, and could strike through the layout of the Japanese defensive formation discovered in the battle just now.

After Wei Qidong received Chen Cheng's telegram, he immediately asked Tang Xinyi to fly the Apache back to the rear to replenish it, waiting for the next all-out attack.

After the feint troops had not all withdrawn, the artillery units that had already extended their artillery fire were ready, and they quickly launched a fierce artillery bombardment, and the huge Japanese position was once again baptized by madness. It was the 13th Division that resisted head-on, and the arrogant state soldiers were like frosted eggplants, hiding in the temporary headquarters and not daring to expose them easily, for fear of being beheaded.

At this time, the headquarters of the Central China Front also seemed to have a haze hanging over its head, and it was lifeless, as if it had not yet recovered from the pain of the annihilation of the main artillery force. It can be said that the destruction of the main artillery force this time is even more uncomfortable for them than the loss of Shanghai's air supremacy. After all, the Chinese Air Force said that it had won air supremacy, but the Chinese Air Force itself was weak, and even if it won air supremacy, it would not be able to make a qualitative change in the war situation.

But artillery is different, this is the most relied on force after the Japanese army lost air supremacy, and the loss of the main artillery force is almost equivalent to a 180-degree change in the firepower of the Chinese and Japanese armies. In the past, it was their Japanese army's heavy firepower that was far ahead of the Chinese army, but at this moment, the situation in Shanghai is that the heavy firepower of the Chinese army has far ahead of their Japanese army. Now their Japanese army has become an outdated army.

"We need support, support, otherwise, the 300,000 imperial elites sent to Central China will be completely destroyed and will no longer be able to serve the empire......" Matsui Ishine called the Japanese base camp almost in a pleading gesture.

After the Japanese base camp learned that the artillery was too concentrated and the main force was completely wiped out at once, many of them even clamored for the withdrawal of Matsui Ishine, because the Japanese army has always judged a person's merits by their military exploits.

Of course, the senior generals of the Japanese army who were defeated in the hands of Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi were not only Matsui Ishone, but Tojo Hideki in Shanxi did not know how many times he was defeated, but in the eyes of the Japanese army leaders in these base camps, there was no way to do it, and the tactical arrangements made by Tojo Hideki were not much wrong, but the methods of Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi were too strange and unpredictable.

But this time is different, obviously because of the arrival of Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi some time ago, a heavy artillery brigade was lost, so it is necessary to be more cautious. On the contrary, not only did they send the remaining heavy artillery brigade to the front line, but they even drew artillery from various divisions and wings and concentrated them together. As a result, it was directly served by others, isn't this putting all the eggs in the basket by yourself, and then giving them to others to fall?

Therefore, the Japanese base camp felt that the heavy losses of the artillery units in Shanghai this time were most directly related to this wrong decision, so Matsui Shigen took a heavy responsibility. According to the normal process, Matsui should be recalled to China and then sent someone else to take office.

However, the current Shanghai is almost an isolated city for the Japanese army, without sending a combined fleet, even if it is useless to recall Matsui Ishine, Shanghai has become a mess, there are no planes, no artillery, and whoever is sent over is deliberately pushing him to the fire pit.

In fact, in addition to this issue, the most discussed issue by the Japanese army during this period was the question of whether the Japanese Combined Fleet should support it. Some time ago, the terrible losses of the Combined Fleet are still vividly remembered, and even with the rampant and refusal of the Japanese army to admit defeat, they have to be treated with caution.

It is really different from the army, the army is easy to replenish after losses, and it is not afraid of fighting. But the navy, in addition to personnel, the most important thing is ships, for Japan, which is not very strong in industrial strength, the several aircraft carrier battle groups destroyed by Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi twice are enough for them Japan to spend two years to restore its strength.

It will take two years for Japan, and Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi will be scrapped in just a few days, how can this be played? Therefore, in the face of such a huge high risk, the Japanese Combined Fleet, which is the strongest in the Asia-Pacific region, had to admit it, which was also tacitly approved by the emperor. Because everyone knows that the Japanese Combined Fleet is a strategic-level unit, and without the Combined Fleet, Japan will not be able to go far, and the Great Eastern Industry Co-prosperity Circle is a joke.

"The Combined Fleet is still not fit to come forward, we can't afford to lose anything. Gather merchant ships, use merchant ships to transport soldiers and supplies, if Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi want to blow up, let them blow up slowly, we have a lot of merchant ships in the Japanese Empire. Nagano Shusei, who was the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, changed his mind and proposed this compromise.

"I agree with the commander that China's navy is too weak for even a merchant fleet to pose much of a threat. If we mobilize domestic merchant ships, transport ships, and other ships as much as possible, it will be enough to ensure the needs of China's battlefield. Moreover, through the merchant ships, we can also test the attitude of Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi, if their submarine ammunition and fuel reserves are sufficient, they will definitely launch an attack. Otherwise, it can indicate that there is something wrong with their supplementation. Mitsumasa Yonechi, who is the Minister of the Navy, expressed his views in detail.

Subsequently, after repeated discussions, the Japanese base camp finally made the decision that the Japanese Combined Fleet would remain motionless and send merchant ships to support the Chinese battlefield.