Chapter Seventy-Two: The New Commander of the National Army
Major General Okawa Uchiden, commander of the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai, said in a telegram: "Starting at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the Chinese army has changed its commander and adopted new tactical means, and the inferior strength of our army has been fully exploited by the enemy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe new commander of the enemy was very cunning, and during the offensive operation, he used deceptive tactics, causing huge casualties to our troops.
At present, our troops are less than 1,200 soldiers, of which most of them are wounded, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to support them until tomorrow morning.
Please note that the new commander of the opposing side, this person's tactical level exceeds the current level of training of the Imperial Japanese Army, and he will surely become a scourge for our Imperial Japanese Army.
Rest assured, our troops will fight to the last man. Long live the Imperial Army of Japan, long live the Emperor! ”
Admiral Matsui Ishine for the war in Shanghai. Now it is beyond the reach of the whip, the air force is too far away, the range is not enough, and it is expected that until noon tomorrow, the position of the aircraft carrier will enable the air force to provide support to the Japanese forces in Shanghai. He was now deeply helpless, so he had to secretly pray that Major General Okawa and his subordinates would be able to hold out until noon tomorrow.
Xia Chao and the others headed in the direction of the Japanese headquarters building. Not far away, a Japanese warehouse appeared, and many people were coming in and out, most of these people were not soldiers, and there were even women among them, who carried ammunition boxes and walked in the direction of the headquarters building. Needless to say, the real people were expatriates temporarily recruited by the Japanese army.
Xia Chao made a gesture, stood up, and swaggered towards the Japanese warehouse.
Guarding the Japanese warehouse was a devil second lieutenant, he saw a team of people coming in the night, and was about to ask, Xia Chao had already spoken first, he shouted: "Password? ”
The second lieutenant replied, "Osaka Moon." Requirement? ”
Where did Xia Chao know what to order, and he shouted: "Baga, your password is wrong, password?" He and the special operators pointed their guns at the guards at the door of the warehouse.
The second lieutenant was questioned. He received the password last night, and he didn't receive a notice that it had changed, and the new password was issued at 10 o'clock in the evening, could it be that a new password was issued? But didn't you get notice?
The second lieutenant of the devil didn't expect the enemy to come from behind, and he saw that the gun in the summer was pointed at them, for fear that they would misunderstand, so he said: "May I ask Your Excellency Shaozuo, the password I received is the Osaka Moon, is there a new password, I haven't been notified?" ”
Xia Chao said: "Baga, an hour ago, the headquarters issued a new password, and you haven't received it yet?" ”
As he spoke, he walked to a distance of only a few meters from the devil lieutenant.
Suddenly, the second lieutenant found that the weapon in the hand of the person who came was not the standard weapon of the imperial army, but the weapon equipped by the German army. He was about to draw his gun, but it was too late.
Summer stepped forward towards an arrow, picked up the submachine gun in his hand, and swung it continuously, knocking several guards at the door to the ground. The special operators worked together to kill the rest of the guards. Zhang Quan rushed into the warehouse with the reconnaissance squad.
At this time, there were seven or eight Japanese expatriates near the warehouse, carrying boxes of ammunition but no weapons in their hands. Xia Chao had already explained to the team members, and when he saw the Japanese, he would kill them. The team rushed up and wiped out all the Japanese expatriates with a bayonet.
Xia Chao left a few people to guard the Japanese warehouse, and took the rest of the team members, each carrying a box of explosives from the warehouse, to continue to advance.
After walking a short distance, Xu Feihu sent someone to report that a Japanese military hospital had been found in front of him, and there were many wounded soldiers and female medical staff in it. How to deal with the request?
Xia Chao said: "Damn, do you still need to ask for instructions?" Kill them all! Not a single one is left. "All the Japanese people, including women, supported the war of aggression against China, and it can be said that they are all war criminals and should pay the price for the war.
Xia Chao and the others continued to move forward, and they didn't encounter anything along the way, even if some Japanese expatriates saw them, they thought they were troops who had gone to reinforce them. Soon, they came to the headquarters building. The Japanese guards behind the building asked them for their passwords, and Natsu answered Osaka Tsuki, and then killed the Japanese sentries.
Due to the fierce attack of the Nationalist army, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties, and all those who could fight were thrown into the battle to hold the building.
Xia Chao ordered Xu Feihu to take control of the ground floor of the building, and then placed the explosives boxes brought by the team members at the base of the wall and the stairs. Then, quickly evacuate with the team members.
In front of the Japanese headquarters building, Sun Yuanliang had already moved his division headquarters forward, less than 500 meters away from the Japanese army. Although the tactical level of the national army has improved, the terrain in front of the Japanese headquarters is open, which is very conducive to the defense of the Japanese army.
The Nationalist army has pushed tanks and all kinds of direct-aim artillery to the front, but the Japanese army also has a lot of artillery, and their anti-aircraft guns have a high rate of fire, which poses a great threat to the Nationalist army. Not only that, many Japanese soldiers climbed to the roofs of nearby buildings, and the firepower on the headquarters building was condescending, suppressing the firepower of the national army. The national army suffered heavy casualties.
Sun Yuanliang's mouth also had blisters, he looked at his watch, it was already time for the raid that Xia Chao said, and even a minute had passed, and every second that passed was a blow to Sun Yuanliang. He was afraid that the plan of the Xia Dynasty would fail, so his troops would have to attack strongly, and the casualties could be imagined. The point is that the command of the devil may not be able to be defeated.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the earth trembled. In the firelight, half of the building of the Japanese headquarters collapsed. The Japanese fire on the building immediately fell silent.
"Well done!"
Sun Yuanliang smashed his fist on the armored car and ordered loudly: "All attack!" He himself rushed forward with his pistol raised.
Shortly after the explosion, Xia Chao rushed into the headquarters building with a special combat team, and in one of the basements of the building, they found the commander of the Japanese Marine Corps, Major General Okawa Uchidenqi, who had been stunned!
Japanese Army General Matsui Ishine received a report that communications had been interrupted and that he had lost contact with Shanghai. Sitting on the couch, his body curled up.
It was 10:25 p.m.
The War Room of the Supreme Military Council of Nanjing.
Chairman Chiang, He Yingqin, Feng Yuxiang, Chen Cheng, and others were all anxiously awaiting news from Shanghai.
Not long ago, Japan's top brass made arrangements for resolving the China incident in three months, and this time the Shanghai war began, they had already mobilized more than 100,000 troops from the army, navy, and air force to Shanghai. The operational deployment was also based on the fact that the Japanese marines in Shanghai were able to hold the Huishan wharf. Therefore, whether or not the Japanese marines can be annihilated is very important to both China and Japan, at least for a period of time, and it is an issue that has to do with the initiative on the battlefield.
10:22 a.m., at the door of the war room.
Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, saw a telegram from a major general in the chamber and asked, "Is it a telegram from Shanghai?" ”