Chapter 111: The Battle of Shanghai (1)
"Cheng Gong really wants to go with the communist army?" Jiang Dingwen heard Cheng Qian say that he was going to fight Shanghai, and hurriedly dissuaded: "The communist army and the gentry are incompatible, and they don't deal with foreigners, so I'm afraid life in Shanghai won't be easy." ”
Cheng Qian sighed and said, "As far as I know, they have no intention of occupying Shanghai, they just want to fight the Japanese. ”
Jiang Dingwen didn't believe it: "Shanghai is a land where every inch of land is valuable, will the communist army not be blushing?" ”
Cheng Qian shook his head and said: "This is not the point, the communist army from Wuyuan to Huzhou, not a thousand miles, but eight hundred miles, and there is not a trace of faith when they come over." Although my Huzhou is not as elite as the Second Army, the more scattered it is, the more difficult it is to control it quietly. The communists did it. I went from Huzhou to Jiaxing, and I originally thought that they were just besieging the city to negotiate, but I didn't expect your brother to also want to see how they fought. I was brought with a platoon in a very peculiar way of marching, so that I believe they would be able to leap a thousand miles. But I still want to take a look. ”
Jiang Dingwen stopped persuading.
In fact, he also wanted to know how Zhang Chun and Mao Shishan did it. It's just that Jiang Dingwen is different from Cheng Qian. Cheng Qian was the former military department of the Protector Army, who was excluded and removed from military power, and now he is just leading a group of miscellaneous troops to maintain law and order. He Jiang Dingwen was deeply trusted by Chiang Kai-shek, had real power in his hands, and his treatment and equipment were also the best in the Central Army. Cheng Qian can flick his sleeves and leave, but he can't.
Jiang Dingwen ordered the army to retreat back to Huzhou.
So Jiang Dingwen watched a green torrent sweep across Jiaxing, and did not march as a whole like the Central Army, but all with scattered soldiers. Advance in battle formation.
He shuddered in his heart, for it showed that the army had given way even on its own. is also preparing to kill himself.
Jiang Dingwen hurriedly sent a report to Shangguan Yunxiang on the front line: "The communist army has passed Jiaxing, and the potential of 30,000 elite soldiers is unstoppable, the elite is similar to the Japanese army, and the weapons and equipment are excessive, and the old brother is unstoppable, which will increase casualties." Evacuate to Jiaxing at the right time. After the communist army fought against Japan, it was making a decision. ”
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Cheng Qian was fascinated by the battle of this army, because even in the rear line, the soldiers still meticulously completed the search for concealment. Cross cover, a tactical move of leap assault. You know, there are comrades-in-arms all around, and there are no enemies at all. This made the entire battlefield almost invisible to a massive charge. The skirmish lines of the soldiers were very fragmented. But definitely under the ability to cover each other.
This set of things was strictly adhered to by the command of the company, including officers and staff officers, telegraph soldiers, medical soldiers, and so on.
The big man of Mao Shishan also tried to bend down and follow the guards as much as possible. The commander of the People's Revolutionary Army in the announced direction of the attack. After the units attacked the target, they completed their mission. At this time, the leader was no longer the commander but the soldier, and it is said that the command of the temporary decision-making had been lowered to the company level.
"Damn it, don't you know there are snipers? You don't know that there will be army aviation in the future, and if you are exposed and meet the rapid fire of the enemy, you will be finished, and you will kill us. They're looking for people like you to fight. The soldiers with Cheng Qian's group of officers have been whispering reprimands.
"But the national army didn't have it at all. Neither did the Japanese army. ”
Cheng Qian is forty years old, and he is considered to have the best physical fitness among all officers. To be like this, Cheng Qian himself is also proud, otherwise he would not have the courage to dare to say that he would act with this group of fighters. He bent over and ran at the behest of the warriors, and for hours at a time, his body could hardly stand it.
"Not now, not in the future, the Japanese army's marksmanship is very accurate. If you can't finish it, straighten your waist, you see, are you the most conspicuous, is it not you who dies or who dies? The warrior doesn't know how many times he said it.
"But there are no enemies here." Cheng Qian was very unconvinced.
"Does the enemy have no artillery, no long-range fire?" The soldier hated the feeling that iron could not be made of steel: "Look at our commander-in-chief, look at our corps commander, and those girls from the health team. I'm ashamed to take you. ”
Not far away, Zhang Chun and Lizhi had already carried several rockets on their backs instead of the soldiers. Two men became the supply soldiers of the soldiers in front. Mao Shishan also carried a map and a book covered with a camouflage suit, which were his two treasures, and he refused to throw them away.
In fact, when it comes to the flexibility and endurance of movements, there is really no one who can compare to Zhang Chun and Lizhi. Mao Shishan's physical fitness is also very good, he is too big, and it is a little difficult to bend over, but his step is bigger than the one step of ordinary people. It has a special rhythm and is still quite fast.
A sniper in front of him was lying on the ground, searching with a scope, the gun was very heavy and very large, it was not a gun at all, but a cannon.
With a low "bang", the huge bullet casings faded out. But he was caught by a hand with thick gloves and put it in a side pocket. You know, this shell is still hot.
"Did you hit it?" The soldier who served as an assault soldier quickly ran past him and did not forget to ask.
The sniper rolled over, turned around and cracked his mouth and smiled, then got up and ran to the front under the cover of a bush.
Cheng Qian felt that it was a cheetah running behind the trees.
As they entered the city, the troops at the front slowed down.
Lines of fire were sent out from bazookas and fired at houses and forts.
The assault men had already run to the front. As he ran, he changed into an automatic rifle and held a grenade in one hand.
There was no sound of cannons, and there was no sound of heavy machine guns, because as soon as there was the roar of heavy machine guns. There was no charge over there. And the snipers from a distance opened fire. Terrifyingly accurate.
As soon as the heavy machine guns and machine guns in front stopped, someone immediately pounced. There were no gunshots, but the sound of dense grenade explosions and rocket explosions came and went. Then there was the sound of Japanese rifles. Very sparse. It is not a deterrent at all.
There were wounded soldiers, but most of them were not important parts. These soldiers protect themselves very closely. And the bullets of the Japanese soldiers only pierced a hole in their bodies, and some were bandaging themselves, and only the seriously wounded medics went up. The soldiers had improvised medical kits on their bodies, and they were very skilled and fast in bandaging.
Cheng Qian gasped and persevered.
He saw a badly wounded Japanese soldier struggling to turn over. He wanted to save him because it was a very young-looking child. But with his soldiers, while running, he felt for a dagger from his leggings. With just a slight wave, he ran over without even stopping.
Cheng Qian didn't dare to stop, but looked at the Japanese soldier holding his throat and looking at him with a desperate face.
"You kill him, he has no resistance." Cheng Qian fell beside the soldier.
"There's no time for him, and he won't live. Can you still run. ”
Cheng Qian lay on the ground panting, wiping a handful of sweat that was about to cover his eyes. He was speechless.
He saw two points in the sky flying in the direction of the city.
The soldier lay next to him with a straw stick in his mouth.
"That's our plane."
"It's flying so high." Cheng Qian could only see one or two points, and he couldn't see the shape of the plane clearly.
The soldier laughed: "It's just less, those crazy people are all guys who like the new and hate the old." ”
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Cai Tingkai's headquarters was surrounded by Japanese troops. If it weren't for Jiang Guangnai, the commander-in-chief, who mobilized the residents of Shanghai to continuously provide them with supplies, they would definitely not have survived.
Beside him, only one regiment remained, and the staff officers kept persuading him to break through to the rear.
Cai Tingkai didn't say anything, his eyes were bloodshot, because his division commanders had all gone to the front line, and it would take time to prepare for retreating.
At this time, Fan Hanjie, deputy chief of the general staff, ran over and said: "The plane, the Japanese plane has not come, Liu Zhanxiong of the 119th Brigade wants to fight forward, otherwise the depth of defense is not enough." ”
"Why didn't the plane come?" Cai Tingkai suffered greatly from the bombing of the Japanese air force, and every time he made the slightest progress, he was bombed back by Japanese planes, and he suffered heavy losses every time.
At this time, even the chief of the General Staff, Zhao Yi, came running. Cai Tingkai, who was just crooked on the bed for a while, had to get up.
"The Izumo, the Izumo has finally sunk." Zhao Yishou said excitedly.
Cai Tingkai smashed a punch on the ammunition box: "The Air Force and Navy brothers did a good job. Let Division Commander Liu push forward a mile and pay attention to air defense. ”
Another staff officer ran over: "The Haruna is also sinking, and the brothers at the front line saw it with their own eyes." It was blown up by the heavenly monkeys. ”
Several people were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and Zhao Yi said, "It's the Wuhan government, they have joined the war." "The Wuhan government's monkey-piercing incident has caused a lot of uproar, and all Shanghai people know about it. So the three of them thought of it immediately.
"Let the reserves go up, it is also difficult for Chiang to command there, we need victory." Fan Hanjie suggested.
Cai Tingkai listened to the sudden gunshot, smiled bitterly and said, "Go on, it's not good if you don't go up, the front has already advanced." (To be continued......)