Chapter 425: Assault Headquarters
In the Japanese headquarters, the lights were still on in the room of Vice Admiral Kenkichi Ueda, and he and the Japanese Consul General in Shanghai, Murai Kuramatsu, were red-faced because of the negotiation and the armistice, and Murai Kuramatsu adhered to the will of the cabinet and hoped that the 6th Army would be decided, so he sent reinforcements from the 24th Brigade and the 9th Division at the beginning of the 6th Naval Force's attack, but the arrival of the 6th Army did not tilt the battle situation to the favorable side of the Imperial State, but the resistance of the Shina people became more intense, and the Zhabei District located in the main battlefield was even destroyed into ruins. This has put the Cabinet under unprecedented international pressure.
Originally, the cabinet did not advocate the use of force against China, but since the Kwantung Army killed Zhang Zuolin in the northeast without authorization, the binding force of the cabinet on the army has become weaker and weaker, and at the same time, the cabinet ministers are mostly filled by the senior generals of the Navy 6 armies, so the grievances and entanglements of the Navy 6 Army have continued to the cabinet, and the Shanghai Incident is dominated by the navy, which has always been less aggressive than the 6 Army, and it is also the navy in order to redeem the decline in the cabinet, but it backfired, the Navy naval war was insider, the 6 wars were unsatisfactory, and the Navy 6 squadron suffered heavy losses. In the end, the dominance of the battle was still snatched by the 6th Army.
And the Japanese consul general in Shanghai, Murai Kuramatsu, because of his inextricable relationship with the navy, was not satisfied with Ueda Kenkichi's delaying tactics, because in his view, this was completely a continuation of the navy's combat strategy, and he did not come up with a better way at all, so he hoped that the 6th Army would be tougher to relieve the pressure on him from the cabinet and navy factions.
When the two people were arguing, the raiding troops led by Li Zejun had already approached the Japanese headquarters, and the dense whistling sound of infantry artillery shells pierced the night sky that was destined to be unstable, and at the same time, the signal flares rose into the air, emitting dazzling light like meteors, and then, the shells exploded in the defense area of the Japanese headquarters, and the sound of charging suddenly resounded in the night sky, and the Japanese soldiers patrolling were killed in front of the barrage woven by the submachine gun MP28 submachine gun in an instant.
Li Zejun looked up to the north, where the rumbling of artillery was also faintly heard, and they agreed in advance that after the successful surprise attack on the Japanese headquarters, the defenders of the Songhu railway defense line would also attack at the same time to cooperate with the military action against the Japanese headquarters.
The defensive ring around the Japanese headquarters was quickly broken and destroyed, and at this time, most of the soldiers guarding the Japanese headquarters had just been awakened in their sleep by the sound of dense gunfire, panicked, and did not get the order of the superior officer, for a while like a fly at a loss, the dogma of the Japanese 6th Army was simply laughable, before the order was issued, even if the guns and cannons outside were ringing out, they did not dare to act without permission, the Japanese army of the Gongwei Command was large enough to have a wing, The commander of the wing was stunned by the infantry artillery and delayed the best time to give the order, and in the end, it was only after a lieutenant commander issued an order to resist to his subordinates in the name of the wing commander that the Japanese troops rushed out of the barracks.
And these few minutes of delay is enough to change a lot of things, the commander of the 9th Division and the commander of the Japanese army in Songhu, Lieutenant General Ueda Kenkichi initially only thought that his own soldiers had gone wrong, and when he was trying to understand the situation, the gendarmes directly pushed the door into the house, set up Ueda Kenkichi and walked out, Ueda Kenkichi was furious: "What are you doing, kidnapping the commander." ”
A gendarme hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Commander, please forgive me, the people of China have attacked the headquarters, and we must take you to a safe place." ”
"What, what."
Ueda Kenkichi couldn't believe his ears, the stupid and cowardly Shina people dared to use force in the public lease, aren't they afraid of the retaliation of the powers, the shouting of the Shina people who sounded at the right time seemed to be a footnote to the words of the gendarme, and the Shanghai Consul General in the room, Murai Kuramatsu, immediately looked like ashes, he knew that due to extreme self-confidence, the Japanese army did not deploy too many troops around the headquarters set up in the public lease, and only one wing was ordered to be stationed here, but the soldiers were still asleep, How much combat power this wing still has to withstand the surprise attack of the Shina people, he is beating a drum in his heart.
"Wait, wait, take me with you, Commander."
Ueda Kenkichi struggled to break free from the two gendarmes, and after sorting out his military uniform, he said angrily: "I'm not going anywhere, I'm going to command the samurai of the imperial kingdom here to annihilate the despicable Shina people." Then he pointed to one of the gendarmes and ordered: "You take my warrant to the commander of the Watanabe Wing, and immediately let the soldiers fight separately in small units, and the Chinese will attack the public leased land with few troops, and as long as the attack is repulsed, the Chinese will definitely fall into the embarrassing situation of being attacked by the enemy." ”
The gendarme nodded vigorously and said, "Hayi." "Turn around and go out.
Ueda Kenkichi pointed to another gendarme and ordered: "Immediately send a telegram to the main force of the division at the Baoxing Road crossing, and tell them to be careful of the sneak attack of the Zhina." ”
"Hayi." Another gendarme, likewise straightened his jaw and strode away.
Shanghai Consul General Murai Kuramatsu saw that Ueda Kenkichi was so calm, so he put his beating heart back into his stomach slightly, but the dense gunfire was getting closer and closer, and he could even clearly hear the roar of the commander of the Commander of the Shina, which made him uneasy, like a frightened bird, but Ueda Kenkichi was still sitting in the house, and it was not easy for him to run for his life alone, otherwise his reputation would be ruined in the future.
Li Zejun began to attack as smooth as imagined, but the Japanese army was well-trained, and in a few minutes, he organized an effective defensive counterattack, which brought huge casualties to his commando soldiers, Li Zejun did not have the phobia of domestic generals, as early as ten years ago, he led the Suidong Army to beat the Japanese and Russian armies, and now he did not put these little Japan in his eyes, but this contempt also made him pay a heavy price, and today's Japanese 6th Army can not be the same as it was back then. The combat power is amazingly strong.
Ueda Kenkichi sat in the room, although he was calm as usual on the surface, but his heart was already getting cold, he was probably cut off from the wing, otherwise there would have been such a serious incident, and the wing liaison officer would have come to the headquarters early in the morning to stand by for battle.
Fortunately, the radio station was set up next to him, and the gendarme ran back in a moment, but his face was a little more frightened, "Your Excellency Commander, the people of China have launched a large-scale attack on the 6th Army of the Imperial Kingdom on the front line of the Songhu Railway, and the front-line command has judged that the people of China are afraid, and they are afraid that they will fight a decisive battle in advance." ”
Ueda Kenkichi only felt that his chest was tight, originally he proposed to negotiate a delaying strategy, waiting for the two divisions of domestic reinforcements to arrive in Shanghai, so he made a thunderous blow with superior forces, who knew that he was preempted by the Zhina, this news was undoubtedly a heavy blow to him, and the pride of the Imperial 6th Army made it difficult for him to bear this humiliation.
He finally squeezed out a few words between his teeth: "The people of China...... Despicable and shameless...... backsliding...... but he didn't think that he didn't have such a despicable and shameless idea.
Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and Kenkichi Ueda raised his eyes to see that it was the captain of the Watanabe wing.
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