Chapter 82: Luodian's Great Victory
The devil led the team by a Cao Chang, who saw a young officer getting off the car, and hurriedly stood up and saluted. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Info Devil Shaozo said that he was from the 3rd Division to support the 11th Division, and he was ordered by the commander of the Yamamuro Sect Martial Division to go to the 11th Wing of the Mountain Artillery of the 11th Division.
There is a strict hierarchy in the devil army, and Xia Chao was kind when he talked to him, and even handed him a cigarette, and the devil Cao Chang was very moved, so he enthusiastically pointed out the direction for him.
Seeing the enthusiasm of this devil, Xia Chao had some good feelings for him for a moment and wanted to save his life. However, the devil is this thing, respectful to the superiors, ruthless to the subordinates, and even more ruthless to the Chinese, and it is not at all appropriate for people to look at.
I don't know who said that only dead devils are good devils. The summer dynasty is very much in favor. For the sake of this devil's respect for himself, Xia Chao decided to leave him a whole corpse.
Xia Chao suddenly punched and hit the devil Cao Chang's chest, and he immediately vomited blood and wilted.
The snipers, who had been staring at the summer movement for a long time, fired together, and with a slight sound, more than a dozen devils all fell.
The silencer was designed by Maxim in 1909, and by 1925 a better performance product had been produced. Summer spent a lot of money to get 30 through Colonel Hans, and the snipers were each equipped with one.
Xia Chao continued to advance with his troops, and soon reached the position of the 11th Wing of the Japanese Mountain Artillery.
The 11th Field Artillery Wing has an establishment of 2,322 people, and there are three artillery brigades of 688 people, each equipped with 12 75mm field guns or mountain guns. There was an infantry squadron responsible for protection. The total number of guns was only 548.
On the Japanese artillery position, the artillerymen were shooting at the position of the national army in the direction of Luodian, and due to the hot weather, many soldiers were shirtless and worked very hard.
The roar of cars was heard in the distance behind the position, which was almost inaudible under the suppression of the artillery. When the devil in charge of the sentry saw the convoy, the convoy was already very close.
For the devils, it was normal for troops to pass by in their rear, and no one paid attention to the artillerymen. Seeing the sun flag on the first car, the infantry in charge of the guard did not think much about it, until he saw that the convoy was heading towards the artillery position, and then he lazily looked at the convoy and wanted to ask about it.
The artillery position was located in a relatively wide position, and the first car in the summer reduced its speed, and the other vehicles drove up, gradually forming a side-by-side formation.
The devil sentry felt that something was wrong, and when he was about to call the police, the tiger camp opened fire.
The devil's artillery itself is weak in combat effectiveness, plus it is defenseless, most of them don't even have guns, and they are not the opponents of the Tiger Battalion at all. In less than half an hour, the battle was over.
Xia Chao sent a telegram to Chen Cheng.
After Hashimoto, the commander of the 22nd Wing, returned to the headquarters, he reorganized his forces and launched an attack. Suddenly, he noticed that the artillery in charge of supporting the gun had stopped firing, and he was a little puzzled, and he dismissed the conversation, but no one answered. He had no choice but to stop the attack.
Soon, he noticed that a large number of Chinese troops had appeared on the opposite side, and there was a relatively dense artillery fire on his own troops. It seems that they are about to attack themselves. Sure enough, under the cover of artillery fire, the national army launched an offensive.
At this time, Hashimoto urgently needed artillery support, but he couldn't get in touch. He called the division headquarters. The phone also doesn't work. He was anxious and ordered his men to keep calling.
Outside the war room of the division and regiment headquarters, several staff officers heard the sound of the telephone inside and did not dare to go in, thinking that the people inside would answer. Unexpectedly, the phone kept ringing, but no one answered. A lieutenant staff officer couldn't help it, pushed the door in and answered the phone.
Hashimoto reflected the problems of the artillery wing, and the staff officer did not dare to make the decision, so he went to ask the division commander for instructions, and when he arrived at the door, he shouted a few reports, but no one inside answered, and he boldly pushed open the door, and the scene inside made him creepy, screamed, and sat down on the ground.
The 11th Hill Artillery Wing finally opened fire, and the artillery fire was very fierce. The commander of the 22nd wing, Hashimoto, was delighted. Unexpectedly, a large number of shells fell on their own positions, blowing up the flesh and blood of the Japanese officers and men.
The officers and men of the Tiger Battalion basically use artillery, although their professional level is not high, and they can only simply operate the artillery, but it doesn't matter, there is a summer to this demon here, and their artillery is extremely accurate.
Before Hashimoto could figure out what was going on, a shell landed next to him, and the whole person was blown up so that even his own mother couldn't recognize him.
Originally, after these few days of fighting, the 22nd Wing had less than 2,400 people left, and with this fierce artillery attack, there were only more than 1,000 people left, and the wing commander also died. The whole army was in disarray.
Chen Cheng concentrated the strength of three and a half regiments, with a total of more than 8,000 people, and attacked with the Huben battalion. The remaining remnants of the 22nd Wing were completely annihilated.
The 12th Wing of the 11th Division originally planned to attack Luodian from the east, but when it learned that the division headquarters had been attacked, it directly retreated to the front line of the Lion Forest. At this point, the battle for Luodian came to an end for the time being, and the Chinese army won a major victory.
Great victory, real victory!
Since the Japanese landing, although the Chinese army has also eliminated many Japanese troops, it has never achieved the record of completely annihilating a complete squadron of the Japanese army.
Luodian was victorious, and the Nationalist Army completely annihilated the 18th Wing of the 3rd Division, the 22nd Wing of the 11th Division and the 11th Wing of the Mountain Artillery. Lieutenant General Yamamuro Munetake, commander of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army, and Major General Kanichiro Ueno, commander of the 29th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Division, were killed, and the wing commander did not bother to mention it.
Chen Cheng's voice trembled and he ordered, "Report to Chairman Jiang!" ā
The most Kar military council in Nanjing.
Chairman Jiang did not listen to Song Meiling's opinion, Chen Cheng was his favorite general, and he was very distressed, but he could not remove him at this time.
The troops participating in the Battle of Songhu were not only his descendants of the Central Army, but also the armies of all factions across the country sent troops to participate. The Central Army, especially Chen Cheng's troops, is the focus of attention of many troops, and its exemplary role should be shown at this time.
Chairman Chiang could only put tears into his stomach.
In the war room, Chairman Chiang, He Yingqin, Feng Yuxiang and others were studying the battle situation. He Yingqin suggested that the troops should appropriately retreat and organize a second line of defense in the suburbs of Shanghai. Feng Yuxiang also supports this view.
Chairman Chiang was very conflicted in his heart, there was indeed a problem with this way of fighting, and the threat of the Japanese naval artillery was too great. He also agreed with them, but since the reinforcements were still on the way, the troops were retreating, and the Japanese army controlled a wider area, so they could organize the attack more calmly, and the second line of defense of the national army had not yet been perfected, and he was also very embarrassed.
In these days of fighting, the national army has not achieved a decent victory, and the morale itself is very low, if this is ordered to retreat? Chairman Chiang didn't dare to imagine it.