Chapter 743 The reappearance of the 'Songhu Defeat' (ask for subscription!) ）

The reappearance of the 'Songhu Defeat'

Time flies by in a blink of an eye, after a week of strategic deployment. The 250,000 Kwantung Army jīng Rui, who had just been transferred from the northeast, had finally replenished their strength in terms of both the number of bullets and heavy weapons. At the same time, all combat units also entered their preset positions at the first time, and were ready to launch an attack at any time...

The Japanese army was in the front line of the position, and the rear was large. Located in Wuhan, Nanjing... All. In the Japanese military airfield, there are bombers and fighters of various types. With the efforts of the crew and ground crew, they are quickly refilling the bombs, replenishing fuel, and making final preparations for the take-off operation to be held......

In the General Headquarters of the Japanese Army in Nanjing, the Supreme Commander Prince Miyamoto, the Commander of the Central China Front, General Matsui Ishone, and the Commander of the Kwantung Army, General Mitsu Ishiro. The three of them are sitting leisurely around the desk, sipping the Japanese tea ceremony, talking and laughing, waiting for the battle report from the front line....

"Report...."Just when the three of them, with a smile on their faces, were talking about the upcoming battle that would decide the life and death of China. In the headquarters, the voice that was very familiar to the combat staff reached their ears.

"Come in...."General Matsui Ishone's face immediately showed a hint of joy, and then, he spoke.

With a young staff officer, he pushed away the big mén and walked quickly into the office. The eyes of the three people also gathered on the body of the young staff officer in front of them for the first time.

"Shaozuo, what's wrong?" At the signal of Prince Miyamoto, Matsui Ishinedai will continue to ask.

"Your Excellency the Commander, Commander of the Air Force, the United Fleet has just sent a telegram: All the air units under the Central China Front are ready, with a total of more than 300 bombers of various types and more than 100 fighters, all of which are ready to take to the air at any time....All carrier-based aircraft of the Combined Fleet are also ready to take off......," Shao Zuo replied.

"Yo Sai, Matsui-kun, Mizu-kun, our opportunity has finally come. This time, we must use this offensive to completely annihilate the main forces of the army and complete the tasks that we have not completed on the Nasonghu battlefield. How about it, are all the combat units of the Central China Front and the Kwantung Army on the front line ready? Prince Miyamoto's face was immediately filled with a thick smile. Turning around, he asked rhetorically at the two generals beside him.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, all the attacking troops of the Central China Front are ready to launch the most fierce attack on the positions of the people of China at any time, break through the defense line of the ** troops of China in one fell swoop, and destroy the national affairs of China..."

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the Kwantung Army Front, totaling 250,000 troops, is all ready. As long as Your Excellency the Prince gives your order to attack. The 250,000 Kwantung Army will definitely break through the ** jīng rui of the Zhina at the first time, and completely annihilate the **300,000 jīng Rui..."

"Yo Xi, very nice. In this case, I now order: All air force units, after half an hour, immediately rise into the air and carry out a fierce bombardment of the ** position in China for half an hour. Then, the artillery unit, on the current China ** position, carried out an hour-long saturation xìng shelling, killing and injuring a large number of ** living forces, destroying their defensive positions... After the bombardment is over, all the combat units will immediately carry out sorties and strive to break through the ** position in China in one fell swoop..."Prince Miyamoto ordered with a confident face.

"Ha Yi, Your Excellency the Commander is wise, and you will do it immediately..." After speaking, the two commanders with the rank of general rushed out of the office quickly.

On the first position, which stretched for several hundred kilometers, one after another Japanese fighters, at the risk of being shot down, destroyed the position after the limited anti-aircraft firepower of the first unit. One bomber after another, loaded with all kinds of bombs, came to the battlefield one after another and began to drop bombs......

"Buzz Buzz Boom Boom T Then, on the ** position with trenches and fortifications, a large crater with a radius of several tens of meters was blown out.......

With the big pit as the center, within a radius of fifty meters, no matter where they were hiding, the ** troops were hit by the bombshell destruction xìng.

For a time, in the sound of the explosion of one bombshell after another, the entire position was completely enveloped by the sea of fire generated by the explosion of the shells for the first time. Almost every minute, hundreds of ** soldiers, because of the rudimentary fortifications, were blown to pieces...., a ** position, built several meters underground in the regimental command post, with each explosion of aerial bombs, a large number of clods of earth, dust, fell from the wooden beams at the top of the offensive. In less than ten minutes, the entire regimental command post was shrouded in thick smoke and dust...

"Tuanza, Tuanza....It seems that the little devil is ready to launch a general attack... I have been a soldier for so many years, except for the original Battle of Songhu, I have never seen such a fierce bombardment....I don't know, what happened to the troops outside? Squatting in the corner of the headquarters wall, amid the violent explosion of shells on the surface, the deputy regiment commander almost roared and shouted at the regiment commander beside him.

"Brother Wang, what we can do now is hope that God will bless you. If nothing else, today, the little devil who has been preparing for more than half a month will launch a general attack on us. And now, the air strikes of the little devils are only the first axe of their attack. At that time, after the end of the first plate axe, there will be a second plate axe, artillery fire. In a word, we have suffered from the artillery fire of the little devils today......" The regiment commander replied helplessly......

Sure enough, as the regiment commander said, the bombardment that lasted for half an hour had just ended, and the Japanese artillery units, which had assembled nearly 1,000 mén artillery pieces of various calibers, immediately began to let out a deafening roar, and almost every minute, thousands of large-caliber shells fell on the fragile ** position, setting off patches of blood rain and broken limbs and arms of soldiers.......

"Tuanza, the shelling of the little devils is coming to an end...", an hour of continuous shelling. Finally, under everyone's expectations, it ended. As the heavy Japanese artillery fire began to extend to the rear of the position, almost half of the regimental command post had been blown up. The deputy head of the regiment reminded loudly to the head of the regiment beside him....

"I heard it too. The order went down, and ordered all the living brethren to enter the position at once, repair the trenches, and prepare to meet the infantry attack of the little devils....In addition, in the shortest possible time, find out how many people are left in the current army after the shelling just now...."The face of the regiment commander was immediately enveloped by a solemn god, and he ordered very decisively.

"Yes, Danza..."

Rushing out of the regimental command post, the position that had been blown to the ground appeared in the eyes of the deputy regiment commander. Of course, the entire surface of the position, during more than an hour of bombardment and shelling, was already covered with a thick layer of floating soil, completely charred by artillery fire ....

"Brothers, quick, enter the position, the little devil is coming..."

"Living brethren, enter the position immediately..."At this moment, the deputy regimental commander did not have the strength to continue to appreciate the position that had been bombed into ruins. Stepping on the soft floating soil on the ground, relying on his own memory, looking for the anti-aircraft dòng of the Tibetans on the position...

The huge position, with the voice of the deputy regiment commander, finally began to show a trace of movement....A soldier who had no jīng to pick up after heavy artillery fire began to drag the heavy rifle in his hand and crawl out of the trench that was almost blown into ruins. Then, under the command of the commanders at all levels around him, the machine waved the sapper shovel in his hand and began to repair the trench...

"The regimental seat, the casualties of the troops have been counted ...."Rushed into the regimental command post. Facing the anxious head in front of him, the deputy head spoke.

"Say.," said the regimental commander.

"Yes, Tuanza, I just made a preliminary count: in more than an hour of artillery fire, we had a total of seven anti-aircraft dòng, which were directly hit by the artillery fire of the little devils. And our seven infantry platoons hiding in the air defense dòng, more than three hundred soldiers, without exception, were all killed. In addition, there were six anti-aircraft dòng, which were damaged to varying degrees, and more than a hundred soldiers were killed...... So far, less than 1,100 people remained in the regiment that could fight in the regiment, including the regimental headquarters. The heavy weapons, except for the eight tǐng light machine guns, were all destroyed...."The deputy regiment commander replied with a sad face.

"That is, in the shelling just now, the whole regiment lost a third of its strength. In addition, all the heavy machine guns and two-thirds of the light machine guns were lost...", the regiment commander asked rhetorically, frowning at his brow.

"Yes, the regimental ......," the deputy head replied affirmatively.

"No matter what, even if there is one person left in the whole regiment, he will give me a position to hold the position....The division commander has just called, and there is no order from the superiors, and until the battle reaches the last man in the whole regiment, I can't give up the position. Otherwise, what awaits us is a cold gun..."The regiment commander said with a resolute face. "But, Captain. We had to face a Japanese Kwantung Army brigade equipped with jīng liang....without heavy firepower, plus we without trench cover. Lying on the ground, we are almost the target of the little devils... Did the division say to send us reinforcements? With the last glimmer of expectation, the deputy head of the regiment asked rhetorically to the head of the regiment in front of him.

"Reinforcements, you still don't want to think about it. According to the report of the division, the bombing and shelling of the little devils just now. Several other main regiments suffered greater losses than ours. So far, the six regiments of the division, the strength of 10,000 troops, plus the troops directly under the division headquarters, there are only less than 6,000 troops left....However, the division seat said that at a critical time, the mountain artillery battalion directly under the division headquarters will provide us with some artillery support. Of course, we should not get our hopes up too much, after all, our artillery shells are limited, and the artillery units of the little devils are also staring at us. As long as the artillery battalion fires, it will definitely be hit by the destruction of the Japanese army. Until the critical moment, the division seat will definitely not use this precious artillery battalion in his hand..."The regiment commander replied helplessly.

"Tuanza, then we will watch more than a thousand brothers die here..."The deputy head of the regiment asked retorted with a reluctant face.

"Being able to die on the battlefield of resistance against Japan is also the pride of all of us. Deputy Commander, don't say any more. In the name of disturbing the morale of the army, I will impose military justice on you... Don't forget, we are all Chinese. I think that at the beginning, we retreated from the Songhu battlefield again and again, and arrived here. If we retreat, we will have to return to our hometown... Do you want the fathers and elders in your hometown to also fall into the flames of war and be pinched by the little devils? The head of the regiment yelled with a murderous face.

"Yes, Danza, I see... You just give the order..."Hearing that the father of his hometown will be caught in the flames of war because of his retreat. The face of the deputy head of the regiment was also at the first time, lù out of a resolute god sè. Then, he replied very decisively.

"Well, tell the brethren that the man is in the position. For the sake of the fathers and villagers in my hometown, even if I die on the battlefield, I can't take a step back..."The regiment commander ordered with a resolute face....

On the position of the Kwantung Army, there was an infantry brigade with nearly a thousand devil soldiers equipped with jīng liang. Standing neatly on the starting position, listening to the words of his captain....

"Gentlemen, you are all the best Kwantung Army troops in my Great Japanese Empire. In Manchuria, the Kwantung Army units of our Jīng Rui, under the blows of the Northeast Field Army of China, suffered repeated setbacks and were repeatedly ridiculed by their colleagues. And today is the first battle since the entry of our Kwantung Army, and it is also a step to wash away the shame of our Kwantung Army. Therefore, I hope that all of you standing here can carry forward the god of the Kwantung Army and use the strong combat effectiveness of our Kwantung Army to break through the position of the ** troops in front of you in one fell swoop...."

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live the Great Japanese Empire......" At the moment, a deafening shout came from the infantry phalanx. Every soldier waved his clenched fist and said loudly.

"Yo Xi....Now I order, infantry artillery squadrons, mortar squadrons, heavy machine gun squadrons, immediately deploy positions to provide adequate fire cover for the infantry. The 1st Infantry Squadron served as the first echelon, and the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Squadrons served as the 3rd echelon. The 4th Infantry Squadron, as a reserve, will attack immediately......" Chōu commanded with a confident look on his face as Chōu unsheathed his sword.

"Ha Yi...," several squadron leaders replied in unison. Then, with his own troops, he quickly rushed to the battlefield not far away.

In less than five minutes, the infantry artillery squadron, mortar squadron, and heavy machine gun squadron directly under the brigade let out bursts of angry roars at the current ** position, which had been bombed into ruins. At the same time, the 1st Infantry Squadron, more than one hundred and eighty little devils, holding the rifles with bayonets already loaded in their hands, launched their own first round of charge ....

"Brothers, get into the position, the little devil is starting to charge, enter the position..."The first shell from the enemy shè had just fallen into the position. On the battlefield, the regiment commander, who was patrolling back and forth, roared loudly at the soldiers around him...

"Kill and give... Brothers, give me a hard blow, and resolutely block the attack of the little devils..."More than a hundred little devils, as soon as they came into sight, the few remaining tǐng light machine guns in the whole regiment spewed out several hot tongues of fire under the order of the regiment commander. In an instant, more than a dozen little devils who were charging at the forefront fell in a pool of blood. However, for the Kwantung Army, which was equipped with good and well-trained guns, less than ten tǐng light machine guns could only achieve such great results.

As soon as the defenders opened fire, the Japanese heavy machine gun squadron, which had already moved into place, erupted dozens of hot tongues of fire. Under the suppression of the powerful fire of the Type 92 heavy machine guns, all the light machine guns on the defenders' positions immediately became silent.

At the same time, the Japanese infantry lying on the ground, relying on their own marksmanship, began to kill the Chinese soldiers on the position from a distance. In less than a few minutes, the firepower on the position became minimal.

"Kill to ......"

More than a hundred devil soldiers launched a charge again...

The defenders' positions, suppressed by the powerful firepower of the Japanese army, had become desolate. Because, in the middle of the fire against the shè in less than a few minutes, more than a hundred soldiers were killed in the shè of the Japanese riflemen. It dealt a very huge blow to the morale of the fighters.

"Tuanza, the little devil's marksmanship is too accurate. If we go on like this, we won't be able to stop even one of their attacks..."Seeing the corpses of soldiers being quickly carried off the position, so as not to cause instability in the morale of the army. Facing the regiment commander who also looked sad beside him, the deputy regiment commander said with a desperate expression.

"Tell the brethren that we are no match for the little devils in terms of firepower, and we are no match for the little devils in marksmanship. Then let's fight bayonets with the little devils. Order the troops, all bayonets, and prepare grenades...."As he spoke, a thick murderous aura appeared on the regiment commander's face. From the trench, pick up a rifle with a bayonet on it, lie on the edge of the trench, and wait for the arrival of the little devil ...

"Yes, regimental seats, all bayonets, ready to engage in a white-knuckle battle with the little devils..."

Without the blocking of the ** troops on the position, more than 100 devil soldiers, in the blink of an eye, charged to a position less than 50 meters away from the position. When he saw that there were already devil soldiers, he began to take out the grenade on his waist and prepare to throw it. The regiment commander also took out a grenade at the first time. Pull the ring, quickly throw it out....

"Brethren, throw grenades and prepare to charge..."

"Woo...... A huge whistling sound sounded, and more than five hundred grenades, after drawing a perfect arc in the air, landed beside more than a hundred little devils...

"Brothers, rush, kill devils..."Seeing more than a hundred little devils, they were instantly enveloped by hundreds of grenades. Without any hesitation, the regimental commander immediately picked up the rifle with the bayonet in his hand and was the first to rush out of the trench ...

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