Shigeharu Suematsu finally reveals his long-hidden fangs

Not only did Wu Ming notice this, but Yanagawa Heisuke, who always paid attention to the changes in the battle situation, also knew the victory or defeat of the road, and in the next hour, he raised his forehead and muttered: "With such a big investment, it's time to end It's time for the new second division to be a strong opponent, and Wu Ming is a respectable opponent."

Rear Admiral Shosuke Shimomura, the commander-in-chief of the task force next to him, also showed the same expression.

If it weren't for the 114th Division's cover by fleet artillery and carrier-based aircraft groups, the battlefield situation would never have been as one-sided as it is now.

Yanagawa Heisuke turned around and gave an order to Major General Shimomura: "Shimomura-kun, have you received the exact location of the forward command post of Wu Mingxin's Second Division that Yoshino Shaoza has passed back?" ”

"Hay—"

Shimomura Massuke responded, and immediately said angrily: "Your Excellency Commander, in order to eliminate Wu Ming and his new second division, the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier 'Longxiang,] have almost been exhausted, the two battleships have scrapped four 14-inch main guns and six single-mounted U-inch secondary guns, and the barrel wear of other battleships is also extremely serious."

"Doesn't it feel a little too much for the commander to promise that the previous round of artillery bombardment was the last one, but now he wants us to cover the forward command post of the new 2nd Division again, and makes such endless demands? Now the barrels of most battleships have been badly worn, and I am worried about another shelling, I am afraid that a large number of barrels will be scrapped"

Yanagawa Heisuke looked at Shimomura Massuke coldly: "Your navy provoked a war in Songhu without authorization, and as a result, all the marines in the urban area of Shanghai were buried, and it was only by relying on our army to send troops to recover the decline, and our army has lost nearly 200,000 warriors so far in the battle...... Now that you're talking to me about the loss of the barrel, do you think I'm a bully as a commander? ”

Shimomura Massuke's face turned red: "This-"

"Say no more"

Yanagawa Heisuke waved his hand crisply, interrupted Rear Admiral Shimomura's defense, and said coldly: "In five minutes, I hope that the fleet artillery group will bomb the forward command post of the new Second Division into a pile of scorched earth, and all the remaining carrier-based aircraft will also be sent out to sweep that area...... I don't want you to say the attrition figures, as long as I see the result, it will be Wu Ming's death, and then shake the morale of the Chinese army"

Shimomura Massuke didn't speak, he was still worried about the huge loss of the fleet - another round of artillery coverage, it is estimated that most of the main guns and secondary guns of the battleships under the fleet's jurisdiction will face the threat of scrapping, and they have to return to the mainland to replace them

"This is a saber given by Commander Matsui"

Yanagawa Heisuke pulled out the saber at his waist, his eyes shrouded Rear Admiral Shimomura, and his tone was cold: "Shimomura-kun, if you still feel sorry for your damn barrel, I will directly accept the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor, and send all of you naval officers who took the initiative to provoke the Songhu war to the military court."

Originally, the Japanese Army advocated attacking from the north to the south in order to give full play to the superiority of the army. However, the Japanese navy advocated attacking from east to west in an attempt to occupy the economically developed coastal areas along China's coast and force the Nanjing government to surrender as soon as possible.

The outbreak and rapid expansion of the Battle of Songhu marked a strategic victory for the navy, but the navy could not go ashore, so it had to turn to the army for help and had to reach a compromise with the army.

Hearing Yanagawa Heisuke's naked threatening words, and then seeing the cold edge of the saber given by Admiral Matsui Ishone, Shimomura Massuke felt a chilling murderous intent, and had to give in at the moment: "As you wish, Your Excellency Commander, I will now go and order the fleet to prepare"

"Shimomura-kun"

When Rear Admiral Hamomura was about to leave the bridge and go to his command cabin to set up a mission, Yanagawa Heisuke said to his back: "I hope to carry out my orders without compromise, and if I find out that someone is doing something, I will send the person responsible to a military court."

Shimomura Massuke's body froze, his steps stopped for a moment, and then strode away.

Before I knew it, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky was gradually darkening.

After repelling a ferocious attack of the Japanese army again, the battlefield was calm, like the darkness before dawn, and like the calm before the storm, and the tense and oppressive atmosphere infected everyone on the battlefield.

On the battlefield on the northern front, the three battalions of the 1st Brigade, the 2nd Regiment and the 3rd Regiment of the New 2nd Division, which had suffered 70 percent of the battle losses, had already withdrawn, and now it was a battalion that was mixed with the officers and men of the 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment that had been withdrawn to rest and recuperate.

The officers and men with gunpowder smoke on their faces hid on the slope of the jagged trench, and not far from the entrance of the anti-artillery hole, as soon as the Japanese artillery sounded, the officers and men had to retreat into the anti-artillery hole as soon as possible. All officers and men closed their eyes and rested, and the continuous fighting led to physical exhaustion and severe mental exhaustion, and everyone was on the verge of physical limits.

On the third-line position, Luo Yuming, commander of the First Brigade, was bending down to check the situation of the officers and men. The blood flowing at the bottom of the trench had coagulated, and on the left and right were the corpses of officers and soldiers who had died under the fire of the Japanese artillery, and most of the people who insisted in the trenches were wounded, among which more than 100 seriously wounded people insisted on staying and fighting devils with their comrades, but they were forcibly carried down by the stretcher team.

At present, there are about 1,900 officers and men remaining in the position, some of whom are a battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Supplementary Brigade that has been reinforced.

Wave after wave of Japanese attacks have plunged the first brigade and two regiments into an unprecedented crisis.

I can only see a rough picture from the binoculars, Luo Yuming was already moved, and when he arrived at the scene, he realized that the battle was more cruel than what he saw, looking at the soldiers who fought bloodily and died, Luo Yuming's eyes were full of tears, but he kept forcing himself not to shed it.

It is said that men don't flick when they have tears, but they haven't reached the sad place

Under the threat of Japanese naval guns, mortars must be transferred after two or three minutes of firing, and the semi-covered pillboxes where the machine gun positions are located are provided with elevators, and after firing for a period of time, the elevators will descend and shrink to the ground, and only re-emerge when the time is right.

It was these tight designs that ensured that the fire support for the forward positions was never cut off, and the Japanese army was still unable to move forward despite the great sacrifices.

Accompanied by Fan Daoquan, Luo Yuming walked through every part of the trenches one by one, gently patting the shoulders of every officer and soldier, and his silent movements conveyed the feelings of his comrades that could not be expressed in words. The 1st Brigade had already lost most of its parts, and the shelter for wounded soldiers in the rear was already full, and now he had no troops to send, so he had to lead the civilian personnel of the brigade headquarters to the front line.

Every soldier on the battlefield was good, and the frenzied attack of the Japanese army not only did not defeat them, but made the officers and men sharper and sharper like unsheathed swords, and the team was fully tempered.

I believe that the soldiers who survived this battle will definitely be reborn and become a tough guy Luo Yuming thought about it, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, such an iron army was formed in his own hands, as Wu Ming said, how can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain, how can an army be worthy of the heavy responsibility of protecting the family and defending the country without going through flesh and blood, and being nirvana?

"Brigade seat, the Japanese army is about to launch a new wave of offensive, the front line is too dangerous, please also ask the brigade seat to quickly withdraw to the reserve position with the brigade headquarters personnel"

Fan Daoquan once again offered to let Luo Yuming leave the battlefield.

"Huh?"

Luo Yuming snorted coldly and waved his hand: "At this juncture, you persuaded me to leave, do you think that I, Luo Yuming and the brigade personnel, are greedy for life and afraid of death, and think that I will affect you?" ”

"Ah, don't get me wrong" Fan Daoquan hurriedly pleaded, his dark face full of wrinkles.

"Alright, go back to your command position"

Luo Yuming smiled: "The Japanese army has exhausted its skills, and the next battle will be the last battle, and the four regiments of the supplementary brigade on the reserve position are ready to go, it depends on how you behave, if you are still like this, Lao Tzu will remove you from your post now."

Fan Daoquan had a bitter face and wanted to say something, Luo Yuming pointed to the direction of Fuzhen Temple in the southwest: "You should know that the forward command post of the division seat is being attacked by the Japanese army, although the four regiments of the militia group that rushed from Pinghu are going to the rescue, but it is still very dangerous. ”

Fan Daoquan didn't speak anymore, solemnly saluted Luo Yuming, and then returned to the regiment command post

Luo Yuming walked into a half-blown blockhouse, looked back at the direction of the forward command post of the new Second Division, and was faintly worried about the safety of division commander Wu Ming.

Although the Yoshino Brigade was not lightly damaged by the minefield near the forward command post of the New Second Division, how could Yoshino, armed with the spirit of bushido, be stumped by this small problem? Soon a small group of Japanese soldiers was selected, they threw weapons and ammunition to their companions, shouted "board" and rushed to the mine array in front, a thunder explosion sounded "dong dong", followed by another wave of Japanese soldiers over the corpses of their comrades, rushing forward......

The Japanese army's idea of serving the country with loyalty led the soldiers to be martyred, and the Japanese troops in the rear rushed towards the blocking position of the guard battalion like wolves, like demons from hell.

However, as the most elite officers and men of the guard battalion of the new Second Division, they were not intimidated by the fierce and vicious Japanese army, and the so-called narrow road met the brave one wins, and the Japanese army's fearlessness of death also aroused the strong desire of the officers and men of the guard battalion to fight.

Never expecting to be attacked from behind, the Guard Battalion's line of defense had to rely on a dry irrigation canal, a few trucks pumping fuel in the gap, and a hastily brought rice bag to form a very rudimentary line of defense.

The Japanese troops quickly narrowed from 300 meters to 200 meters from the temporary blocking position, and the officers and men could already see the hideous face of the devil and the black muzzle of the southern submachine gun in his hand.

Suddenly, more than eighty devils crouched down and quickly set up a grenadier.

"Be careful of shelling," Chen Zuliang, commander of the first company of the guards, shouted loudly. As soon as his voice fell, dozens of dark red bullet marks swept through the air and roared towards the position.

"Boom-"

The cannonballs slammed into the ground, the ground shook violently like a strong earthquake, and fireballs burst into the air. In the thick of the fire and billowing smoke, the solidified earth was blown up into the sky and fell again. The air was filled with the choking smell of gunsmoke, the irrigation canal more than one meter deep was blown to pieces, especially several trucks became the focus of the Japanese army's care, and soon turned into piles of scrap steel in the continuous explosions.

Two melon grenades in a row were accurately hoisted into the improvised fortifications stacked with rice bags from grenadiers, and in the explosion, the two guards and officers were reduced to flesh and blood

Chen Zuliang pressed the deputy company commander Lieutenant Tang Lin, who was angry next to him, reached out and touched the blood stains that had splashed on his face from nowhere, and said in a deep voice: "Calm down, put the little devils closer, and give them a good look."

The Japanese artillery shells did not want to fight as hard as money, but as the Japanese rushed into the position a hundred meters in front of the grenadiers, the grenadiers finally stopped fire support, Qian Zhisheng calmly observed, aimed at a devil lieutenant who rushed in front, "bang", the devil officer who was brandishing a saber to encourage the troops to move forward was hit in the chest, reached out in disbelief, and then fell to the ground.

The sound of gunfire is an order, and on the position of the guard camp, which was still dead silence just now, a dense gunfire suddenly rang out, and all the Suomi submachine guns opened fire together, and in the sound of gunfire, countless devils were knocked to the ground.

You must know that the Ludao Suomi submachine gun is the best submachine gun in this era, with a rate of fire as high as 900 rounds per minute, and with a drum that can hold 70 rounds of ammunition, hundreds of submachine guns fire together, the power can be imagined, and at least two or three hundred devils will be killed in this wave of shooting.

More than 40 Czech machine guns also roared at the same time, and the veterans from the special service company fired accurate long and short shots, knocking waves of devils to the ground.

The first batch of officers and men who had used up 70 rounds of ammunition in a very short period of time quickly retracted into the trenches and quickly changed their drums.

Although they did not expect that the guard battalion had an unusually ferocious submachine gun and suffered a big loss, they quickly organized themselves to fight back, especially the 12 mortars in the rear began to cover the defense line of the guard battalion of the new 2nd Division as if they were not paying for money.

During this period, the quality of the devil's individual soldiers was extremely high, the southern submachine gun was fired like a rifle in his hand, and the dense rain of bullets covered the guard battalion defense line, and from time to time there were officers and soldiers who hummed and planted themselves in the trenches, or were shot and fell on the ditch and died, and the blood began to accumulate and flow in the dry ditch in the autumn and winter.

Unable to take into account the life and death of the robes around them, the death of their comrades-in-arms did not make the elite soldiers of the guard battalion feel afraid, because they knew that Wu Ming, the commander of the Daoist Division, was behind them, fighting with them, everyone was full of fighting spirit, and they would never take a step back, and the officers and soldiers still shot in waves, especially the snipers hiding behind rice bags and trucks, specifically firing at the grenadiers, machine gunners and officers of the Japanese army, fully suppressing the Japanese firepower

The sound of gunfire from the side and rear of the division's forward command post continued to reach the division headquarters, and even a few shells fired by Japanese mortars exploded a few meters away from the bungalow where the headquarters was located.

On the one hand, the division command post is made of reinforced concrete, except for large-caliber artillery shells and aerial bombs, ordinary artillery shells pose little threat, and secondly, all the officers and soldiers of the new second division are fighting bloodily, as a division commander, how can he escape?

Wu Ming silently calculated the comparison between the enemy and us, and now the northern front ushered in the strongest and most fierce attack of the Japanese army, and the officers and men of the first brigade could only grit their teeth and persist, surviving this wave of Japanese attacks, and the officers and men of the supplementary brigade attacking later could hit the waist of the Japanese army and defeat and annihilate the Japanese army in one fell swoop.

The few remaining people in the division headquarters were worried about Wu Ming's safety, but Wu Ming's attitude was extremely resolute, and the oil and salt did not enter, Zhang Ying, the chief of the combat section, had to give Dai Ziran a look, and Dai Ziran came to Wu Ming's side in desperation: "Division, it's too dangerous here, or let's go to the air-raid shelter in the backyard to hide."

"Don't Persuade Me"

Wu Ming pushed Dai Ziran away and ordered: "You go and give a death order to all the troops on the front line, no matter what happens to the division headquarters, you must stick to your position and resolutely resist the attack of the Japanese army."

"Yes"

Dai Ziran smiled bitterly and saluted, then turned to leave.

The Japanese offensive formation advanced to 800 meters in front of the position and stopped, Luo Yuming couldn't figure out what the Japanese army was going to do, came to Fan Daoquan's headquarters, looked up and just wanted to speak, a brigade headquarters staff officer suddenly rushed in and reported: "There is movement on the Japanese side"

"Oh?"

Luo Yuming and Fan Daoquan hurriedly came to the lookout, raised their binoculars to observe the movements of the Japanese army, and saw the puppet army in front of them receiving the ocean issued by the Japanese army, and screaming excitedly.

At the back of the queue, more than two dozen tanks spewed black smoke through the dense crowd, as if they were rushing at any moment. The two wings of engineers and baggage soldiers who were in reserve, as well as the two squadrons at the back of the cavalry brigade, were all incorporated into the Chiba Wing, and the offensive formation had been adjusted.

The soldiers of the Japanese puppet army clenched their guns one by one and made preparations for the most rearly charge.

According to the offensive formation of the Japanese army, it is now led by a remnant regiment of puppet troops, with about one and a half wings of Japanese troops acting as the main force, and more than 20 tanks, which should be the main force of the Japanese army.

Seeing that all the troops under his command had completed all the preparations, Shigeharu Suematsu, who was standing on the north hill of Akiwei Village, let go of all his worries, and at this moment, Mitsuzaburo Akiyama came over with a copy of the latest telegram:

"General Suematsu, our reconnaissance aircraft has observed that the Yoshino Brigade is attacking the forward command post of the New Second Division, and the Navy has confirmed the coordinates of Fukuzhenji, and it is estimated that after a round of calibrated fire, the continuous shells will completely bury it"

"Yo West"

Shigeharu Suematsu clapped his hands happily, finally waiting for this good news. He happily turned his head to look at the battlefield, tried to control his excitement, and gave an order to the communications staff officer: "Order all units to attack on all fronts."

With the order of Shigeji Suematsu, the Japanese puppet army was launched like a huge machine, and the puppet army acting as cannon fodder in front began to move forward, followed by a huge roar of tanks behind and rumbled to start, followed by the Japanese army of the brigade. The seemingly endless sea of people, like a rising tide, slowly approached the northern front.

Luo Yuming stood in front of the telephone and gave an order to Mo Mingqi, the deputy commander of the first regiment on the front line: "The bazooka team can't act rashly, and use flying thunder artillery to respond to the enemy in the early stage, which can not only kill the infantry, but also threaten the Japanese tanks Remember, the flying thunder artillery must be dispersed, don't let the Japanese artillery fire be wiped out all at once, understand?" ”

"Don't worry, Brigadier"

Mo Mingqi replied solemnly: "I know how to use it." This time, you put all the flying thunder guns and bazooka teams on the front line, I know how to use the maximum power."

Seeing the slow attack of the Japanese puppet army, Luo Yuming suddenly sensed it, rushed out of the headquarters at once, and shouted at the officers and soldiers outside: "Quick, the bombardment of the Japanese fleet artillery group is coming soon, hurry up and hide."

It was too late, and there was a muffled sound on the beach, and Fan Daoquan, who rushed out of the pillbox, knocked down Luo Yuming, and then dragged the brigade commander to the anti-artillery hole.

"Boom-"

There were several loud noises in the distance, and after about twenty or thirty seconds, the sound continued to resound, but strangely the position was not bombarded by artillery fire.

Luo Yuming pushed Fan Daoquan away, stood up suddenly, looked at the direction of the Japanese naval artillery bombardment in shock, and his heart was full of sorrow, and tears came out of his eyes: "Division"

Fan Dao's face turned red all of a sudden, and his eyes widened.

The Japanese artillery group bombarded Wu Ming's headquarters, first two or three shells, followed by a dense barrage of shells, and in a short period of time, thousands of shells fell within a range of less than 500 meters

The dense explosion stirred up columns of smoke that rose into the sky, and countless clouds of dust were swept into the air, forming a huge mushroom cloud at its peak. Twelve Japanese fighters circled high in the air, and after five minutes, when the fleet's artillery fire stopped, they quickly swooped down from the sky, and rushed from many directions towards the spot that had been ploughed countless times by dense shells.

The officers and soldiers next to him were confused by the strange movements of their brigade commander and regiment commander, and when they thought about it, they immediately understood, almost all the officers and soldiers couldn't help but cry bitterly, and some soldiers fell to the ground weakly, as if their souls were suddenly removed from Yu Jingjing, leaving only the body of the walking corpse.

Wu Ming is the soul pillar of all the officers and men of the new Second Division, but now he is in danger, and everyone feels that they have lost their spiritual pillar

"Knock-"

The dense shells fired by the Japanese infantry artillery in front exploded around Luo Yuming and others, and the continuous explosions were mixed with dull screams, and the position was splashed with balls of flesh and blood.

The Japanese tanks fully learned their lesson丨 rushed to a place 300 meters away from Shanghai Tang, and then took the initiative to stop, acting as a temporary battery and constantly firing shells.

Under the continuous bombardment of more than 20 57-mm tank guns, several crumbling pillboxes finally collapsed, burying the officers and soldiers inside, and sections of residual broken arms flew out of the broken walls.

The puppet army in front of them ran with shouts at a distance of 200 meters from Haitang, and then a large number of Japanese troops crossed the tanks and began a hysterical rear show......