Chapter 442: Matsui who lost the bet

The sea and land duel, the Shanghai Dispatch Army's heavy artillery brigade and regiment, which had no roots under their feet, suffered a big loss, and the artillery losses amounted to more than one-half, and the remaining Japanese artillery finally found a trick to avoid being beaten, and the landing craft adopted a maneuverable way, and the engine was transferred to the place after a few shots, not to mention, this trick was really good, and the number of landing craft hit by the heavy artillery of the Chinese defenders was greatly reduced, but in this way, the artillery support that could be provided to the landing force was pitifully small, and it could not pose a threat to the defenders at all.

Matsui Ishine, who was on the flagship, listened to the faint sound of solidified guns and cannons from the direction of Shanghai, sitting on the chair expressionlessly, the surrounding staff and staff officers did not dare to come out, His Excellency the Commander has hardly spoken since yesterday, and the Matsui Ishine, who was the kind elder in the past, was gone, replaced by Matsui with a face full of yīn owls, occasionally rolling his eyelids, and his eyes were cold.

Matsui used all the troops at hand, and in his words, he called it an all-out blow, and the Ministry of Intelligence finally figured out that the one who ate Yoshizumi Ryosuke's division was the army known as the Devil Tang Qiuli, and the current number is the Tenth Army, this is the person who lost nearly 140,000 people on the day of the North China Incident, and the next plan of the empire was forced to be terminated, and he was a terrible opponent.

Why is his shadow everywhere on the battlefield? Tang Qiuli was in North China, but he stretched out his hand to the Songhu battlefield to see the fighting style of the Tenth Group Army, which won the true biography of Tang Qiuli, so Matsui set the main attack direction in the area of the Chuansha River Estuary and the Lion Forest, in order to avoid the Tenth Group Army, which was super strong in combat effectiveness and firepower.

There was a battle in Shanghai with Tang Qiuli's troops, and this battle was not easy to fight, and Matsui was worried about whether he could capture Shanghai and Nanjing as planned this time and sweep the south of the Yangtze River, and his confidence was greatly reduced.

After receiving the news that the heavy artillery brigade had suffered a big loss and suffered heavy losses, Matsui didn't even raise his eyelids, which was not surprising, and he was against Zhang Zhizhong, who was also quite famous in the Chinese army, if it weren't for him, the troops would not have fought so hard the next day, and they couldn't even think of adjusting their firepower, and they were not worthy of being my Matsui Shigen's opponent.

"Order the chariot wing to attack, concentrate on attacking the direction of the lion forest, and the troops in the other two directions, increase the intensity of the attack, do not let the defenders of China divide their troops to reinforce the lion forest, after the chariot wing breaks through the lion forest defense line, go straight to the city of Shanghai" Matsui gave an order lightly.

This is his last killer weapon, when the battle between the defenders of China and the landing force is in full swing, the sudden addition of a large-scale armored assault force will cause great pressure and panic to the defenders, and thus the whole line will collapse, and it is very likely that Matsui is extremely experienced in commanding operations, and at a critical time, he will use a killing move, which is also the last blow he desperately has.

The Japanese tank wing suddenly joined the Lion Forest battlefield, the effect was very obvious, the morale of the Japanese soldiers was greatly boosted, the first troops in the front line, there was no direct weapon against the tank, in the face of the steel monster that spewed smoke and fire, the heavy machine gun bullets hit it, and the soldiers were not afraid of death with cluster grenades, and launched a suicide attack on the Japanese tank.

The Japanese troops are very skillful in infantry and tan coordination tactics, the tank is assaulting in front, and the infantry following closely behind, providing fire cover, ** The soldier has not yet approached the tank, he was hit by the Japanese fire, and fell on the way to the tank, the cluster grenade on his body was detonated, and the soldier's body turned into a rain of blood.

The first line of defense of the Lion Forest defensive position was broken through by the Japanese army, a large number of Japanese troops, like a flood that burst the embankment, rushed up along the breakthrough, the first-line defenders desperately intercepted, and were overwhelmed by the flow of Japanese soldiers.

When the Japanese tanks rushed to the second line of defense, they met the opponent, the anti-tank gun detachment of the Tenth Army, and gave the Japanese tanks a head-on blow, sixteen anti-tank guns, the first shot made fifteen Japanese tanks smoke and fire, and one was broken and spun in place.

The number of Japanese tanks far exceeded the number of anti-tank guns, and the loss of sixteen tanks did not affect the speed of the Japanese assault, and in the face of the Japanese tanks at high speed, as well as the Japanese soldiers who could not see the tail of the mad dog in the back, the commander of the 276th Brigade of the 87th Division, who was guarding this defensive line, was frightened, took off the uniform of the major general, changed into the clothes of a soldier, and fled with the guard platoon in the direction of Shanghai, abandoning his position and becoming a shameful deserter.

The brigade commander fled, shaking the determination of the soldiers of the 87th Division of the entire defense line, and the soldiers slipped away quietly, which eventually caused the soldiers to flee as a whole, and the second line of defense of the Lion Forest beachhead was easily broken through by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army roared towards the third and last line of defense of the Lion Forest position.

The anti-tank gun detachment was completely violently attacked in front of the Japanese army, and the troops of the independent division, there was no habit of running away, the soldiers ran out of bullets in the guns, blew up their beloved guns, and started a ròu battle with the Japanese army, the scene was extremely tragic, at the cost of the death of all thirty-three soldiers, forty-six Japanese tanks were destroyed, and the Japanese army did not get a complete anti-tank gun.

After receiving the news that the tank wing had broken through the two lines of defense of the defenders in the direction of the Lion Forest and was attacking the third line of defense, Matsui Ishone's face re-climbed into a red halo, and his eyes became smart and confident.

The surrounding staff and staff officers looked at His Excellency the commander with admiration, Jiang was still old and spicy, calm down, and at the critical juncture of the battle between the two sides, he suddenly threw into the chariot unit with strong assault and mobility capabilities, and sure enough, he achieved unexpected results, if he used the chariot wing on the first day, he could still stay until now.

Liao Lei, the commander of the 87th Division, was about to pop out of his anxious eyes, and the commander of the 276th Brigade gave up his position and fled, which was completely unexpected by him.

He no longer has the strength to think about how to deal with this brigade commander, the only third line of defense, bearing the fierce attack of the Japanese army, like a thin wall in the turbulent sea, there is a danger of collapsing at any time, if the Lion Forest defense line is broken through here, the Songhu Battle has the possibility of losing the whole battle, and he only has to go to the military court.

Liao Lei urgently transferred the 279th Brigade of the reserve and personally led the team to reinforce the third line of defense, which finally came in time, and could block the momentum of the Japanese army's impact, and the rickety third line of defense barely supported it, but the Japanese army, which had already touched the victory huāring, was unwilling to give up and launched round after round of fierce attacks.

Under the ferocious attack of Japanese tanks and infantry, the casualties of the defenders increased exponentially, and the weak third line of defense was shaky and dangerous, and I really don't know how long it can hold out.

Liao Lei personally fought on the front line, his left arm was hit by a stray bullet, blood flowed down his sleeve, he angrily pushed away the sanitary soldiers, picked up a tǐng light machine gun, and hit the Japanese army fiercely, a huge sense of shame, has made the lieutenant general of the Central Army have the idea of coexisting with the position.

The situation in the Lion Forest was soon known by Chang Feng, and the supporting heavy artillery regiment was fighting with the Japanese heavy artillery unit Jiāo, and reported the situation to him, and his heart sank, Matsui's attack tactics were somewhat unexpected to him, and he used all the armored forces in one direction, attacking one point, and shaking the overall situation, Matsui, this old guy, does have a set.

He immediately ordered the heavy artillery regiment to change the target of the attack and shell the front line of the third line of defense, especially the Japanese armored troops, and he knew very well that the anti-tank gun detachment he sent to the Lion Forest was afraid that it would be more than lucky, and doing so would be equally dangerous for the heavy artillery regiment, which meant that they would have to withstand the shelling of the Japanese heavy artillery brigade before they killed the Japanese armored troops, and they had no spare strength to return fire.

Chang Feng also understands this, without the suppressive firepower of the Japanese heavy artillery, how much of a threat to his artillery units, however, Chang Feng can only do this, in the direction of the Lion Forest, the only one who can take out the Japanese tanks is his own heavy artillery regiment, even if he suffers Yan zhòng losses, he must do this, lose the Lion Forest position, I am afraid that the whole line will have to retreat, the Shanghai anti-landing operation, it will be over, and it is impossible to predict how far the situation will develop.

The Japanese heavy artillery on the landing craft suddenly found that the shells that had fallen on their heads were gone, and they cheered, and the shells of the Chinese troops were gone, and the evil fire that had been pressed in their hearts for two days suddenly burst out, smashing the dense shells into the position of the heavy artillery regiment of the Tenth Army.

The Japanese heavy artillery had no pressure, the Japanese tanks suffered, and the large-caliber heavy artillery shells suddenly fell into the offensive formation of the Japanese tanks, which was a disaster for the Japanese tanks in service.

Some Japanese tanks were overturned by the impact of the explosion, some were blown off their tracks and became live targets, and some were unlucky, the shells were like eyes, and they went directly into the cockpit of the tank, blowing the iron turtle apart, and the front was a sea of fire, and the Japanese infantry who followed the tank charge screamed in the rain of bullets and turned into pieces.

It was really life-saving artillery fire, the Japanese tank wing, the whole army was wiped out on the forward position of the third line of defense of the 87th Division, the nearest Japanese tank, no more than 300 meters away from the fortifications, was still emitting billowing black smoke and dark red flames, surrounded by the remains of several soldiers of the Central Army, who used their lives to blow up the Japanese tanks that could not be destroyed by heavy artillery.

Without the assault of the Japanese tanks, the pressure of the 87th Division dropped sharply, but it was impossible to repel the Japanese troops who had already gained a foothold, behind the position, suddenly there was a tsunami-like shouting of killing, Liao Lei, who had already collapsed, turned around with difficulty, countless soldiers rushed over, he smiled, his eyes were dark, and he fainted.

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