Chapter 261: Confusion
In the era of artillery fire, no one knew if they would survive to the next day. Anything can happen, just like now!
More than 100 artillery pieces were fired in bursts, and all the ammunition was smashed on the garrison of the 6th Division.
Many people are still asleep, and their flesh and blood are already blurred, and they can't even make up a complete body.
The 114th Division, which arrived twenty minutes earlier, was dumbfounded, and they were all in place, waiting for the assault half an hour later, so they did not set up camp. However, there were still a lot of shells.
After a month and a half, there were nearly 50,000 people left in the three divisions of the Central China Dispatch Army, of which the 18th Division accounted for about 20,000. That's right, the 18th Division barely consumed, they were responsible for guarding Zhenjiang and ensuring the smooth flow of logistics. The 6th Division and the 114th Division combined were more than 20,000 people. For a month and a half, more than half of them were left here in this human flesh mill.
If it weren't for that, how could the 114th Division rush over?
If the 6th Division had a full number of soldiers, no, even if it was only two-thirds of the soldiers, they would definitely not agree to the request of the 114th Division! This is what everyone in the 114th Division thinks, in their eyes, the Sixth Division is not a problem to deal with **** 50,000 people, or even 80,000 people, when it is full!
Japan has 17 standing divisions, of which the 6th and 2nd divisions are famous throughout Japan for their savage and fierce combat power. Whether it was the First Sino-Japanese War or the Russo-Japanese War, the Sixth Division was the vanguard!
The commanders of the 114th Division had doubts about the 6th Division's promise to let them follow, but they absolutely did not believe that the 6th Division would be controlled by the enemy. At the same time, in the month and a half of the Sixth Division, in addition to the artillery, there were less than 9,000 soldiers left. And this. It is also the reason why the 114th Division will ask for coordinated operations and attack Zhonghua Gate with the Sixth Division, anyway, with the Sixth Division as the vanguard, they only need to occupy territory. In this way, the problem of insufficient numbers of the Sixth Division can be solved by them, and the shortcomings of their slightly weaker combat power can also be filled by the Sixth Division. Why not?
I thought that this request would be refused, but I didn't expect the Sixth Division to agree later, could it be that the commander Yanagawa Heisuke gave instructions?
Without much thought, the 114th Division arrived. They never suspected that this consent was forged by the enemy, and the Chinese army did not have this ability at all, they would only run away, except for that Baoshan regiment!
That's right, the little devil is so confident now! Otherwise, it would be impossible to shout the slogan of destroying China in three months!
Now it seems. This is a complete trap, a trap set by the Shina people.
At this moment, the commander of the 114th Division, Lieutenant General Shigeji Suematsu, and the chief of staff, Saburo Isata, were all stupid, looking at the direction where the shells were coming, yes, this was definitely from their own troops! How so? What about Shiro Inaba, the commander of the 6th Division? What is Chief of Staff Shimono Kazuho doing? Why is there such chaos in the barracks?
"Withdraw, withdraw!"
When the second wave of shells fell, Shigeharu Suematsu shouted. Now. He didn't have any ability to take care of the 6th Division anymore, and their 114th Division was also covered by shells.
At night. It was a mess, people kept shuttling in the middle, the tents were lit, and the flames rose into the sky, which was even more conspicuous in the night. There was a violent explosion from the makeshift ammunition depot, and it was not known that someone had ignited the explosives inside. Or was inadvertently hit by a shell.
The screams of the heavens and the earth, the confused shuttle. At the same time, there were people with black guns in their backs, and they had absolutely no idea who it was, but there were bullets that strafed the crowd. They don't know. I didn't know anything, so I could only take a gun and frantically sweep towards the possible spies of the Quartet.
The men of the 6th Division found that their commander was gone, as was the chief of staff, and the brigade commander was gone. They were in chaos, utterly chaotic, like headless flies, fleeing in all directions.
The 114th Division is a little better, at least the commanders are still there. It's just that hundreds of shells in a row also made them a little confused.
The night did not stop, the shells were very powerful, and the elixir killed more than 20,000 people, at least thousands of shells. But someone put a black gun, and the commander disappeared, which was enough for the little devils to blow up the camp.
In this chaotic situation, Shigeharu Suematsu also felt a little powerless.
Is this battle over?
Shigeharu Suematsu smiled bitterly and held on for a month and a half, and victory was just around the corner! But, after today, everything has to start all over again! He could imagine at this moment that if those pavilion elders in the base camp knew about this, they would definitely tear them all to pieces!
On November 7, 1937, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters formed the Shanghai Dispatch Army and the 10th Army into the "Central Branch" Front Army, with Matsui Ishine as the commander. At that time, the Japanese cabinet was worried about expanding the war against China, so the Japanese General Staff stipulated that the line from Suzhou to Jiaxing was a restricted line, and the Japanese army was not allowed to cross it. In this way, Nanjing was also drawn out of the battle line.
However, the commander of the 10th Army, Yanagawa Heisuke, and the commander of the 6th Division, Toshio Tani, pursued Nanjing alone on November 15 with the staff headquarters on their backs. On November 20, Deputy Chief of Staff Tada Jun learned of the 10th Army's plan after receiving a telegram and could not help but be surprised. By this time, the 6th Division had already arrived in Huzhou, and the Sujia line had become a fictitious form. Faced with the fait accompli, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters abolished the Sujia Line on the 24th. On December 1, the Japanese High Command issued the "Continental Order No. 8": ordering the Japanese army to capture Nanjing.
In Japan, since the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, there has been a culture in the army, and those generals who dare to disobey orders and make their own decisions are often regarded as rare talents. Historically, Gu Shoufu's action was greatly affirmed in the end, and he was promoted to the cabinet.
But this time, the base camp side was clearly a little unhappy. Tani Shofu was transferred away on the battlefield as proof of this! If you win, everyone will be happy. If you lose
And today, if the 6th Division and the 114th Division are clumped and sunk in the sand outside Nanjing, it will not be a certainty, but a storm! If a standing division with strong combat strength, a personnel and two-thirds of the new division is wiped out here, even if the 114th division can escape after a huge loss, the result will definitely not be ideal!
Shigeharu Suematsu was already able to imagine his fate at this moment. Although it was Yanagawa Heisuke and Tani Toshio who acted without permission. Even the shelling of the camp of the 6th Division had little to do with them, because it was also the 6th Division that was deployed here. But he was a member of the 10th Army Corps, the division commander of the 114th Division, and the commander of the 114th Division that attacked Nanjing with the 6th Army!
The best possible outcome is to be called back to the base camp. And the worst outcome will be the sinners of the nation!
Shiro Inaba is dead, why didn't you stop the sneak attack of the Shina people? Shigeharu Suematsu can imagine that those elders would definitely question him like this!
In the chaos, Shigeharu Suematsu's thoughts were very chaotic and mixed. (To be continued.) )