July 2, 1928

The Japanese in Hongkou knew that the Chinese fleet surrounding Shanghai had left, which made them all let go of a hanging heart. All this time, the guns of the battleships were aimed at them. This made them feel the breath of death all the time, and now that the Shanghai overseas fleet had left, the pressure of death in their hearts was much less.

They had hoped that the Imperial fleet would not come to destroy the Shina fleet many times before, but they waited for the right to see the Imperial fleet arrive. The Japanese expatriates did not know why the empire did not send a fleet over, but many of those soldiers understood. The first was that none of the Imperial fleets could compete with each other, and the second was to protect the mainland and prevent China from landing on the Japanese mainland for the second time after the United States.

The Japanese expatriates were relieved, but the defenders of a brigade of the Japanese army did not let go, and now there are still 10,000 or 20,000 southwest troops outside the concession, and they are like a steel knife hanging over their heads, not knowing when they will fall.

Although the fleet of China was docked in Shanghai, they all knew that the other side would definitely not shell themselves, the main thing was to blockade Hongkou and prevent them from evacuating, and now that the fleet had left, it meant that the other side might start attacking.

Their thoughts were soon confirmed, and in the afternoon sun, a burst of mortars landed on the heads of the Hongkou defenders. Dozens of 75mm field guns then joined the shelling. This shelling was the first shot fired by the Southwest People's Army to annihilate the Hongkou Brigade.

What the Japanese army has not yet reflected is that how dare the people of China shell here, you must know that Hongkou is next to the concessions of other countries, are they not afraid of causing international disputes?

Of course, these Su Yusheng thought about it, but he believed that the artillery under his command would never make such a mistake, if it weren't for the fact that this place couldn't put heavy artillery, he would want to directly set up heavy artillery to bombard his mother.

In the face of the shelling, the whole of Shanghai boiled. The people from the concession next to Hongkou all ran out to see. The expatriate traitors in Hongkou are not so leisurely, the people inside are already in a mess, and their cries are muffled by the sound of cannons. The crowd of people running around, the Japanese army in the brigade began to run out of the camp, preparing for the attack of the Southwestern Army.

Su Yusheng has no pity for the people in Hongkou. The same is true of the soldiers below. Hearing the "ghost" cry coming from inside, the artillery shells were fired more diligently.

The artillery of the Hongkou Brigade also wanted to return fire, but when they just showed up, they were discovered by the fighters in the sky, and after a few very simple dives, those Japanese soldiers no longer dared to touch the artillery. can only be bombed by others, helpless.

Half an hour of shelling passed, and the fighters of the Southwestern People's Army took the steps of the offensive. It was not the infantry on the ground who were the first to strike, but the snipers who had already been ambushed on the surrounding tall buildings. As long as the Japanese troops on the offensive line of the ground forces were dealt a severe blow. It's okay to hide in a corner, but it's basically hard to retract when you show up.

At first, it was very smooth, but once it reached Hongkou, the pace of the attack slowed down. At this time, there was not only a brigade of regular troops in Hongkou, but also many armed expatriate ronins. They hid in their houses and shot outside, and there were quite a few bunkers along the way. All these things seriously hindered the offensive edge of the KPA.

The attack on the front line did not go well, and I originally planned to take Hongkou by relying on infantry, but I did not expect that the Japanese resistance would be so stubborn. Tanks that were not intended to be used before, there are no scruples at this time.

Su Yusheng said to the herald with a murderous face: "I don't know what is dead or alive, order the armored regiment to attack and crush the enemy's fighting spirit." ”

"Yes."

The tanks in the rear soon appeared in front of the Japanese pillboxes, and many of them had been removed, and they were destroyed faster under the attack of the tanks. The troops advanced faster.

For those who resisted, the soldiers were not polite, and there was gunfire in that house, and it was directly a bazooka blasting open the door, and a few grenades flew in. Regardless of whether the people inside were dead or alive, the troops began to attack.

The brigade commander at the Hongkou Headquarters listened to the battle reports that kept coming, and his eyes were dead for a while. Like many Japanese generals, he couldn't believe that the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire would lose to China, and even the Third Fleet was killed by China's navy. This is definitely the biggest disaster of the century in Japan.

A large Zuo ran in front of him again and reported to him that two more streets had been occupied, and now it was less than five hundred meters from the headquarters. More than half of the soldiers of a brigade and more than 10,000 expatriates have been killed or wounded, and they are still unable to stop the attack. Although he was very confident that the casualties of the other side were not small, they were nothing compared to his own troops.

He was no longer in the mood to listen to the battle report, but called a large sa and told him to order the troops to stop resisting. He now no longer wants to see the senseless sacrifices of the soldiers and civilians of the Empire.

That Dazuo originally wanted to say something, but he stopped him directly, and just asked him to carry out the order.

Then under the gaze of Osa, he walked into his room.

Osa saw his brigade commander walk into the room, and he knew what his commander was going to do. But he couldn't stop it, gritted his teeth, and turned away.

Soon the Japanese army took to the streets and officially surrendered to the Southwest People's Army. The battle also ended with the surrender of the Japanese army.

Those national scum were taken into the prison van with a dead face, and they were greeted with double punishment. At least half of them will be shot. They deserve it.

When the last Japanese in Shanghai were taken to the prisoner of war camp, a huge anti-crime operation was launched throughout Shanghai. All the gang members were arrested one by one, and those who fought against Japan were rewarded, and those who aided and abused were punished.

On July 3, the battleship detachment began to approach Port Arthur. Chen Shao did not want to expose the aircraft carrier now, at least the Japanese aircraft carrier was vulnerable to battleships, which had been confirmed in the Sino-Japanese naval battle. He has also been showing the world that the current Chinese Navy only has battleships.

At this time, Lushun had been surrounded by one of Long Yun's troops, and there was originally a defender of the Kwantung Army division in Port Arthur, but as early as when the Japanese army landed in Qingdao, it was sent to Korea. Now there is only one brigade in it.

In the Lushun Massacre that year, there were not many Chinese in Lushun except for those who were pro-Japanese. At this time, many people were propagating that China was going to attack Lushun, and told those Chinese to leave Lushun as soon as possible. When the People's Army began shelling, there was not a single Chinese civilian in Lushun at this time. In this regard, neither Long Yun nor the Navy and Air Force were polite.

Early in the morning, the artillery placed outside the city sounded the horn of attack at the same time as the naval guns at sea. Bombers and fighters did not show weakness either, and large piles of aerial bombs fell on the walls of Arthur.

Lushun Fortress, not for nothing. Although the KPA artillery fire was fierce, in the face of a fortress of this level, only the battleship's main guns and heavy aerial bombs could cause damage. The army's 150mm howitzers are of little use at all. However, it is still good to add some psychological pressure to the defenders inside.

At this time, the People's Army did not intend to attack, and the Arthur Fortress was known as the first fortress in the Far East. In the Russo-Japanese War of that year, the Battle of Arthur lasted for five months, and the number of Japanese troops involved in the battle was about 136,000, with 62,000 casualties. The Russian army lost 21,000 casualties. Fortress trenches. At that time, the Japanese commander Nogi Noshinori used "human flesh tactics" to attack the fortress, ordering the soldiers to attack only and not to retreat, and those who retreated were shot on the spot by the warlords. As a result, a group of outlaw Japanese soldiers rushed forward in the spirit of "bushido", and it is said that the corpses of Japanese soldiers were piled up in five or six layers in the trench. The dark fort in the Lushun fortress was built by the Russian army in that year to be extremely strong, the Japanese army could not attack the fortress for a long time, and the casualties were very large, and finally the method of digging tunnels was adopted, and the tunnels were dug under the Russian fortress, filled with explosives and finally bombarded the Russian army into the sky.

Long Yun didn't want to fill with the lives of the soldiers, and he had no intention of attacking at this time. With a couple of staff officers stood from a distance to watch the shelled Arthur fortress.

A brigade of the Kwantung Army was hiding in a bunker, looking at the KPA in the distance from the shooting hole. In the face of such shelling, it would be false to say that they were not afraid, but now they are safe.

Just when they felt that it was safe here, the battleship's main guns began to aim at a corner, and several shells came down in succession, and the outer wall of the fortress was blasted open with a huge opening. The Japanese soldiers hiding inside also died instantly.

Seeing that such a tactic worked, the main guns of the two battleships began to carry out precise shelling, wanting to destroy them piece by piece, just like shaving their heads. The heavy artillery of the infantry followed behind the naval guns and bombers, blowing up the gaps that had been blasted a little bigger.

At this moment, the Japanese troops hiding in the bunker could not calm down, they did not know when the building above their heads would be blown down. Every Japanese soldier prayed that the bomb would not be aimed at their heads. At this moment, a loud noise was heard. The hearts of these Japanese soldiers jumped hard. This was the sound when the previous section of the wall fell.

If it weren't for the strict discipline of the Kwantung Army, they would all want to get out of here. At least the houses in the city were not bombed. To stay here is to play to the death, and to see that the other party has no intention of attacking. It's just a vigorous shelling, don't you want money for shells?

When a large section of the wall collapsed, the troops on the ground, led by the Chinese tigers, began the attack.

This is the first appearance of the Chinese tiger, and it has been the Chinese leopard in action before. It is larger than the size of the Chinese leopard, and its firepower and defense have been greatly increased. The speed is not much inferior to the Chinese leopard.

In the face of the Chinese tiger, the Chinese leopard can only be ranked second, and the third team is the attacking infantry.

At this time, infantry fighting vehicles were not yet massively equipped with troops, and now only the Guards began to equip them. It's not that Chen Shao is reluctant to equip it, but there is no need for large-scale equipment at all, the current armored forces and artillery have made the logistics troops feel great pressure, and at this time, the domestic roads have not yet reached a certain level, and the equipment is not of much use. Just like the tanks this time, they are basically transported by train, and if you want the tanks to march to Lushun on their own, you don't know how much you have to lie down.

The defenders of a brigade thought that the fortress would be a good way to resist the Chinese attack, but soon the defenders of a brigade were overwhelmed by the attacking troops. The port city, which had been occupied by Japan for many years, was back in Chinese hands.

(To be continued)