Chapter 441: Crazy and Crazy

General Zhang Zhizhong was in the command headquarters, and when he saw the Japanese army like cháo, frantically attacking the defenders' positions, he knew very well,

Matsui went crazy and threw all his strength into a ruthless move, all he wanted was to break through the beachhead in one go, and the Japanese soldiers also went crazy, regardless of casualties, and went forward to charge desperately one after another.

Under this kind of frantic attack of the Japanese army, the defending units of the Central Army, gritting their teeth and insisting, often ran out of battalions, and immediately put in new troops, and the reserves at hand of the division commanders were constantly sent to empty positions, often another bloody battle, and the Japanese army started a ròu battle, with the advantage of the new force, the Japanese army was simply beaten out, and this new battalion, casualties also amounted to one-third, but the position was still in the hands of the Chinese defenders.

In the evening, the Japanese army finally stopped the attack and returned to the sea, the beach that had been fighting all day like a tsunami was quiet, the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dispersed, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers and the defenders, all over the beach, rose cháo, and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers were carried into the depths of the sea by the cháo water.

The afterglow of the setting sun, indifferently shrouded in this blood-soaked beach, wisps of black smoke drifted in the sky, like wrapping an ominous black veil around the sunset, the observation posts in the heights, many pairs of vigilant eyes, still staring at the sea, those crazy beasts, still unwillingly, staring at the big Shanghai.

The headquarters of the Ninth Army, which was holding a meeting of the commanders of the divisions to summarize and review the day's fighting, was also present at the meeting because Chang Feng's troops and the Ninth Army were in the defense, and he was the only participant with a calm face.

General Zhang Zhizhong's face was grim, and the bloody battle of this day gave him a great shock, and according to statistics, all divisions suffered heavy casualties, with as many as 32,000 casualties, and at the cost of this, nearly 40,000 Japanese landing troops were killed, and the ratio of casualties between the enemy and us was 0.9 to 1, so it can be said that this was a tragic victory.

Only the Changfeng Department of the Tenth Group Army, with less than 800 casualties, killed more than 10,000 Japanese troops, and the first to end the battle, this is the only unit that achieved heavy results with extremely slight casualties, if you do not count the more than 10,000 Japanese troops, the casualty figures of the divisions of the Central Army will exceed the Japanese army, so General Zhang is not very satisfied.

The reasons are many, the troops of the Central Army, lacking large-caliber heavy artillery, could not suppress the heavy artillery fire of the Japanese army, while the defenders were under the fire of the Japanese army, and the vast majority of casualties were caused by the heavy artillery of the Japanese army, and the troops of the Central Army, like the troops of the independent division, were not equipped with a large number of individual automatic weapons, that is, Suomi submachine guns, the number of light and heavy machine guns, which was less than a quarter of the troops of the independent division, and could not cause a large number of casualties to the Japanese troops who charged the group.

The most important thing is that these Central Army units are the first time to fight the large-scale and crazy Japanese army, the siege and annihilation of Yangshupu, strictly speaking, it is not a positional war in the true sense, and they have a great advantage in troops, so they do not understand the operational characteristics of the Japanese army, and cannot take extremely strong defensive measures against xìng.

All these caused huge casualties to the troops, however, the courage of the soldiers of the Central Army also left a deep impression on Chang Feng, he admired those hot-blooded men, especially those soldiers who were in close contact with the Japanese army, although the battle was so fierce, he still divided a part of his strength, paid attention to the safety of friendly and neighboring troops, and if necessary, he would put reserves into support, this is a relationship between chún teeth and teeth, and if that point is broken, it will lead to the tragedy of the overall rout.

General Zhang Zhizhong summed up the day's battle, commended the units that fought bravely, sternly pointed out the shortcomings of several division commanders who did not pay attention to tactics and fought hard and hard, and took the Changfeng troops as an example and advocated that everyone should study; General Zhang Zhizhong once served as the chief of education of the Central Military Academy, and several division commanders present here were still his students, and this is a person who is qualified to criticize others.

Finally, General Zhang asked Chang Feng to introduce his experience, so that he could fight again tomorrow, and he knew very well that judging from today's situation, Matsui Shigen was already a mad dog with red eyes, and tomorrow's battle would be even more fierce, and the Japanese army still had more than 100,000 people, and there were no injuries.

What can Chang Feng say? Saying that the artillery and submachine guns of his own troops are still several times more light and heavy machine guns and mortars than those of the Central Army, and that the training standards of the troops and the plain values of the fighters are incomparable to those of the Central Army? can't say that this is suspected of showing off oneself and belittling others, and he has no benefit for himself, and he also adds a blockage to the hearts of other division commanders, can he be guilty?

Therefore, Chang Feng said very sincerely: "Commander Zhang, division commanders, throughout today's battle, the Japanese army's heavy artillery poses the greatest threat to us, I have an idea, please consider speaking out, and distribute the heavy artillery of our artillery brigade evenly in three directions, namely the Chuansha River Estuary, Lion Forest, and Wusong area, and the front of our troops' defense, leaving only six mén heavy artillery, and the heavy artillery will set up positions overnight, and I don't know what Commander Zhang and the division commanders think?" ”

Chang Feng's words fell, and there was silence in the headquarters, General Zhang Zhizhong wanted to say something, but he didn't speak, just nodded heavily, and the eyes of the division commanders looked at Chang Feng, not only as simple as a feeling, but also contained complex feelings, which could be realized from their bright and shining eyes.

All of you here are professional soldiers, and they understand that even if it is the role of a mén heavy artillery in the battle, the Tenth Army would rather reduce its own firepower and support friendly forces, which is not a sentence that can represent the mood, they all know Chang Feng's family background, and secretly envy it, which means that in the rear of their defensive position, at least forty-five mén heavy artillery will be pressing, and this battle will be much easier to fight.

At the end of the meeting, when these division commanders left, they didn't say anything, just held Chang Feng's hand tightly and patted him on the shoulder.

Not only that, but in the intelligence of the division commander, he also mentioned a tank wing of the Japanese army, and it was time to face each other these days, and he sent the anti-tank gun detachment to the other two directions, leaving only ten of them here, and the Central Army lacked direct firepower, and in the face of the Japanese tanks, it was only at the cost of soldiers' lives to blow up the tanks.

These anti-tank gunners arrived at the defensive position of the Central Army and told the chief of staff what they meant, and these division commanders were overjoyed, and the sharp weapons against the Xiǎo devil iron turtle also came, and they all saw the power of this strange gun, and protected the anti-tank gunners like treasures.

In the dark night, the Japanese warships on the sea off the coast of Shanghai flashed with ghost-eyed lights, and the searchlights from time to time cast beams of light on the dark sea, and at the beachhead, a ménmén heavy artillery quietly left its original position and was arranged in a new direction, ready to give the Japanese a surprise blow.

Looking at the many empty artillery positions, Chang Feng smiled silently, he knew the bottom in his heart, during the day, the heavy artillery of the Japanese army suffered a loss, and he would not look for bad luck again, he concluded that the key direction of the Japanese army's attack tomorrow must be in the Chuansha estuary and the Lion Forest area, where the Japanese army took advantage, and also found the weakness of the Central Army, and his own here, tomorrow is likely to be no war, even if there is a battle, it is also a feint made by the Japanese army in order to contain its own inability to divide troops to support other directions, Matsui is not crazy enough to hit the iron plate with his head.

In the early morning of 25 August, when the mist had not completely dissipated, Matsui used 120,000 troops to storm the defensive positions at the mouth of the Chuansha River and the Lion Forest, while in the direction of Wusong, there were less than 10,000 Japanese troops, and they were attacking with no effort.

This is already all the forces that Matsui can call on at hand, in two days of fighting, he has already lost two divisions, he refused the chief of staff to leave a division as a reserve, the reason is that it is necessary to press all the forces up, yesterday's attack showed that the fighting power and firepower of the Zhina army in the area of the Chuansha River Estuary and the Lion Forest are significantly weaker than those in the Wusong direction, and I am using all my forces to attack the weak link of the Zhina army.

The mouth of the Chuansha River and the Lion Forest were captured, and the direction of Wusong was surrounded by us, the Zhina army that made the soldiers of my empire suffer heavy losses, I want to see them die with my own eyes and have no place to be buried, when Matsui said this, his eyes were shining with a green and cold light, and he saw that the chief of staff was full of pimples, Your Excellency the commander was crazy, the chief of staff muttered, and glanced at Matsui worriedly, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

As soon as the battle began, the Japanese heavy artillery concentrated its firepower and fiercely shelled the beachhead of the Central Army, but today they were not unilateral as they wished, the first shell had just been fired, and there was a scream in the air of a metal projectile flying at high speed cutting through the air, and the experienced Japanese artillerymen suddenly turned white, my Amaterasu God, it was a cannonball larger than the caliber of our artillery flew over

Didn't the commander of the Japanese artillery shout in a good voice: "Hayagus, quickly, transfer positions, evacuate" to say lightly, where to evacuate? There was a raging sea all around, and it was extremely easy to shift positions, as long as the landing craft turned around, but these damn naval sailors, turned off their engines, hid in the cabin, and spewed fog to enjoy themselves.

But the Japanese artillery is angry, and the emperor is not the emperor of our army, why are we fighting with our lives, but you are like no one? The shouting and shouting finally alarmed these sailors, and before these reluctant Japanese sailors could board the plane, it was too late, and the shells fell like hail in the formation of the Japanese landing craft.

The huge column of water, like a white dragon, rushed into the sky, the landing craft shook violently, some Japanese artillery was unstable, planted into the sea, was directly hit by the shell of the landing craft, jumped suddenly, ignited a fire, and then sank to the bottom of the sea, the Japanese artillery fired back, panicked, plus the shaking gun position, where there is a jīng degree.

Finally, the artillery fire was not as dense as yesterday's Wusong, and the remnants of the landing craft finally turned around in a hurry, trying to avoid this fatal shell, and in the panic, many landing craft collided together, and the huge impact force lifted the heavy artillery on the boat into the sea, and the Japanese artillery fell into the rolling sea like dumplings, and then, the landing craft emitted black smoke, swirled, and turned upside down.

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