The remnant sun is like blood, and the cold wind is like a knife.

On the evening of September 30, the last rays of afterglow disappeared from the horizon, not only the end of September, but also the end of Okamura's good mood.

34 years ago, in the Battle of Lushun, in order to capture Jinzhou, Japan suffered more than 4,000 casualties in Nanshan a day, the news reached the rear, and the superiors thought that the number was added by one more zero, and today's Battle of Jiujiang, the casualty figure was counted to the 11th Army Headquarters, and Okamura Ningji even felt that the number was two more zeros!

3,751 people were killed in battle, 3,847 were wounded, 1 wing commander was killed, 2 wing commanders were wounded, 23 infantry brigades attacked, 5 group commanders were killed and 6 were wounded, and countless were below the squadron commander. The 106th Wing of the 113th Division, which suffered the most serious losses, was almost completely wiped out, and even the retreating squadron had less than 30 personnel left.

These are only the casualties of the army, and the casualties of the Marine Corps Okamura Ninji have not yet been obtained, but judging from the fact that Jiujiang City is still intact among the opponents, the navy will inevitably run into a package.

Even more worrying than the casualty figures was the nature of the casualties, the Japanese suffered the losses of the formation, and the opponent was like a clever chess player, and the move was directed at his vital point. During the battle, the squadron often seized the fighter plane, concentrated firepower into heavy troops to counterattack, and wiped out the Japanese army that attacked in formation, and most of the more than 3,700 people killed today were completely wiped out by the squadron or even the brigade level.

The biggest problem of the squadron's defense in the past was that the defense had no depth, and the Japanese army often only needed to concentrate its forces and firepower and break through a little, which could cause the collapse of the opponent's defensive line. But today's adversaries use a system of defense in great depth, with strong fortifications, clever and dense points of fire, and strong mobile troops, which constitute this system. To deal with the Japanese troops that were heavily fortified at a certain point, as usual, the squadron often concentrated its firepower to divide it from friendly and neighboring troops, especially being good at cutting off its rear route, and then investing heavy troops in a crazy counter-assault.

After a day's fighting, no troops in the 106th and 101st Divisions dared to carry out such an awl-like assault, because those who dared to do so had all been broken!

Of course, Okamura Ninji was not without gains, he finally knew the reason why his hundreds of heavy artillery pieces did not achieve results. In front of him, a squadron firepower point was copied, and even the four-layer shockproof setting was tinkered out.

"Boom!" A Type 89 15 cm cannon accurately hit the shell next to the point of fire at close range.

Several soldiers quickly ran to the replicated fortifications to check on the damage.

A few days later, a Japanese soldier ran loudly and reported: "Commander Gangcun, there is no damage inside the bunker." ”

Okamura Ninji walked in personally, and the inside of the bunker was intact, not only did the walls and various load-bearing beams not crack or cause the slightest damage, but even the tables and chairs placed on them were not shaken.

There was also 1 bowl of water on the table, a full bowl without the slightest trace of being shaken.

It was as if it was not shelling, but mosquitoes biting on top of the bunker.

This is the result of a direct hit from 150 heavy guns at a distance of 2 km!

Other officers of the Japanese army who watched were also blue-faced, this kind of fortification, it is difficult to destroy it with conventional firepower, nor can the bombing of the air force, the bombing of the air force in the 30s is very inaccurate, at that time the Japanese aircraft could not make a large-angle dive, and could only use the way of horizontal bombing, and the accuracy was extremely poor (at that time, there were already mature dive bombers in the world, which was the German Stuka series, and the bombers in Japan at that time were all traditional horizontal bombers).

"Use the death squad to carry out a strong attack, this is the only way." Junrokuro Matsuura saw that everyone didn't speak, and broke the silence with a voice.

This is an old routine during the Russo-Japanese War, and more than 30 years have passed, and machine guns and other infantry heavy weapons have been greatly developed, but this old method of attack is still used. Okamura Ninjiden thought of such a terrible scene, and wave after wave of Japanese human avalanches pushed forward, attacking from the valley ravines and countless such fortresses. Suddenly, the machine guns of the squadron spewed out countless tongues of fire, smashing this human feast one by one, blood flowing like a river in the valley, and the corpses in the ravines piled up into mountains.

Okamura Ninji nodded, this is the only way to attack, the war has been fought to this point, there is no way to retreat, and the Japanese Empire is afraid that it will have to endure an unprecedented and tragic battle.

Is this fortification really invulnerable? In response to the question raised by Qiu Linfeng, a curious baby, Xu Ming laughed, "Xiao Feng, there is no impregnable fortress in the world, and there is no impeccable fortification, and there is a corresponding solution to any problem." Next, he took another sip of tea slowly, "However, the secret of heaven must not be revealed, this can't be known to the little devil!" ”

Just when he saw the staff officer Cheng Ziyuan coming, Xu Ming asked, "Have the bodies of the brothers been packed?" The battlefield has not been cleaned. ”

"The report is that the bodies of the fallen soldiers have been recovered, a total of 724 bodies, and they have been placed in a suitable place to be buried tomorrow. We don't care about the little devils, the battlefield is being cleaned, but it's getting dark, and the cleaning effect is very poor. ”

"I know, you will go to Division Commander Xie in a while, pay attention, and let the 642nd Regiment of the 107th Division, the 619th Regiment of the 108th Division, and the 1044th Regiment of the newly formed 18th Division prepare for night battles." After explaining this, he turned to Qiu Linfeng and said: "Xiaofeng, in my name, you go to send a telegram to the chairman of Hunan Zhang Province, and you must ensure that our soldiers can receive a letter home every 5 days."

Cheng Ziyuan and Qiu Linfeng hurriedly wrote it down in their notebooks, and Xu Ming added: "Xiao Qiu, this is a big event, the biggest key point in this battle is the morale of both sides, as long as the soldiers know the meaning of their battle, they can exert unimaginable combat effectiveness." ”

In Xu Ming's battle plan, the morale and morale of the army were raised to a strategic height that determined victory or defeat, and many actions and activities were carried out around this; compared with other troops, Xu Ming's method was more effective, and even lower, at least, writing a letter to his family was much cheaper than a piece of ocean, and of course, the content of the letter should be strictly examined and given "special guidance."

As soon as he confessed to Wan, Zhang Shaofang walked in with a sad face, followed by a smiling Hu Lian.

Xu Ming felt strange, "Zhihua, is there any trouble?" ”

Zhang Shaofang lamented: "Commander-in-chief, if you win the battle, I will report it, but the war zone does not believe it, and if you say that in a one-day battle, the little devils will not suffer tens of thousands of casualties." ”

Hu Lian laughed from behind, "Commander, Chief Chen said, let us take more photos, preferably photos of the destroyed infantry fighting vehicles and devil officers, and also collect the captured weapons and take good pictures." ”

Speaking of posing for the corpse of the devil officer, Xu Ming remembered, and he asked, "It seems that the captain of a devil has been killed, has the name been confirmed?" ”

"It's confirmed, it's Tanaka Seimichi, the captain of the 113th Wing, he was blown into several pieces, but the saber and epaulettes have been confirmed, it's Tanaka Seimichi."

In history, Tanaka was killed by the squadron, and this time and space still did not escape the fate of death, Tanaka Seido became the second general (chasing Jin) to die in the Japanese army after the Battle of Nanxun since Ikeda Naozo, but it will never be the last.

September 30, Wuhan, Tan Hualin, Military Commission War Situation Briefing.

It's already 11 o'clock in the evening, but it's still bustling with people, and the auditorium, which can accommodate more than 300 people, is full of people, and countless journalists from home and abroad, as well as people related to the national government, gather here.

Chen Cheng, commander-in-chief of the Wuhan garrison and commander-in-chief of the 9th Theater of Operations, walked in, and the magnesium lights rang out, almost blinding Chief Chen's eyes.

As soon as Chen Cheng stepped onto the rostrum, the underground reporters immediately burst into applause, starting with Chinese reporters, followed by foreign reporters.

Chen Cheng smiled, waved his hand left and right, briefly greeted the reporters, and began to report on the first day of fighting.

“… By 6 p.m., the Japanese had been forced to stop their offensive, and even the usual twilight offensive could no longer be sustained, and in today's one-day battle, the Japanese army had suffered a heavy defeat, and the corpses that had been cleaned up exceeded 5,000, and the total number of enemy casualties was estimated to exceed 10,000. Killed the commander of the enemy wing, Tanaka Seido Osa, destroyed more than 30 combat vehicles, captured 22 taels, 3,800 rifles, 110 light machine guns, 25 heavy machine guns, more than 70 grenadiers, and nothing else. ”

The venue once again burst into applause, unprecedentedly warm.

When the defeat of De'an came, although the government repeatedly covered it up, the news of the loss of the army and the loss of land could not be concealed, and the hearts of the people in Wuhan and other places began to waver, and today, the victory of Jiujiang has swept away the haze of defeat.

This is the main reason why the Chinese government can't wait to hold the press conference, because China needs a real victory so badly.

This was followed by a question-and-answer session from reporters, first of all, the Chinese reporters began to ask questions, asking about some details of the battle, Chen Cheng's mouth was like a hanging river, spit flying, and he said everything that did not exist or existed, as if he was the commander of the battle.

"According to the battle plan and deployment drawn up by my 9th theater, under the wise guidance of the supreme leader, I am loyal and brave to defend the army..."

A reporter asked, "May I ask Commander-in-Chief Chen, have any photos of the battle been delivered?" ”

Ever since someone invented the "picture and truth" countermeasure, any battle will use a lot of photos.

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Today's battle has just ended, and the photos will not arrive until noon or afternoon tomorrow, which is already the fastest speed, journalists and friends, please rest assured, you will get it by this time tomorrow." ”

When it came to the question session of foreign reporters, Associated Press reporter McDaniel stood up first, "Dear Commander-in-Chief Chen, your country always does not allow our reporters to report on the front line, do we have a chance to apply for this battle of Jiujiang?" ”

China rarely allows foreign journalists to go to the front line, not because they are afraid of leaking military secrets, but because they are afraid that the bad war situation will be spread, and if they win the war, or can confirm that they have won the war, they will not refuse to report on it.

"Mr. Daniel, China has always attached great importance to the safety of journalists, but today, we have just discussed that we can allow 10 Chinese and foreign journalists to go to the Jiujiang front, of which the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and the Soviet Union can each send 2 reporters."

The Battle of Jiujiang will be fully displayed in front of the world.

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