readx;? Seeing that a burst of artillery fire had broken down the wall in front of him, Seishiro Itagaki ordered Major General Noboru Kunisaki of the 9th Brigade to attack. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Noboru Kunisaki's subordinates were two dissatisfied wings, and after receiving an order to attack from the division commander, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki, he asked the 11th wing to attack. The 11th Wing had only two battalions of soldiers, four mountain guns of the Wing were lost, only a few mortars, and even six heavy machine guns remained.

Wing Commander Osaki Sasaki was able to cover the infantry only with a few mortars and six heavy machine guns. After the Japanese shelling stopped, Zhang Hanlin, the commander of the 637th Regiment, let the first battalion enter the position, although the wall has collapsed a few sections, but behind the wall there is still a sandbag fortification that has been built a long time ago, not to mention that there is no collapsed wall available. The first battalion originally had six light machine guns and three heavy machine guns, but this time two light machine guns and one heavy machine gun were strengthened.

Although the Japanese crooked handle is not as good as the Czech one, it must be a machine gun, which is better than a rifle. Seeing that the Japanese infantry was attacking, the lookout post on the high ground quickly notified the commander of a battalion on the position, and the commander of the first battalion ordered the soldiers to calm down and put the Japanese closer before fighting. When the Japanese troops advanced to about 100 meters from the wall under the cover of mortars and heavy machine guns, the commander of the first battalion shouted "Hit!" The position was full of light and heavy firepower, and the attacking Japanese troops fell one by one.

The two sides exchanged fire for a while, and the Japanese commander saw that the defenders were fierce and the infantry could not attack, so he ordered a retreat. At this time, it was getting late, and Seishiro Itagaki ordered to set up camp and wait for tomorrow to launch an attack. In order to take the Matsue Railway Station as soon as possible and open the road to Matsue Prefecture, Itagaki Seishiro sent a telegram to Commander Yanagawa Heisuke requesting air force support in order to take the Matsue Railway Station as soon as possible and open the road to Matsue Prefecture.

Coincidentally, the commander of the 13th Division's Ogishu Ribei Division, who had made no progress in the day's attack, sent a telegram to Commander Yanagawa Heisuke requesting air support. Early the next morning, more than 100 Japanese planes divided into two formations and simultaneously carried out large-scale bombardment of the positions north of Bridge No. 30 and the Songjiang Railway Station. The position north of Bridge No. 30 is not bad, and no bombs have fallen on the front-line position near the bridgehead, which may be because of the fear of accidentally blowing up Bridge No. 30.

For a time, the explosion of bombs on the defensive positions of the entire Songjiang Railway Station continued to sound, and the position was shrouded in gunsmoke, dust and fire. The Japanese planes recklessly dropped all the bombs, and then swooped and strafed with machine guns at low altitude for a while before flying back, leaving craters in both positions.

The situation of the 547th Regiment was fine, there were only 500 officers and men on the position, and no bombs had fallen on the front-line position, so only a few soldiers were sacrificed, and more than 10 people were injured. However, it is different here at the Songjiang Railway Station, where all the officers and men of a whole division are on the position, and the personnel are already dense, and no matter how strong the fortifications are, they cannot stop the direct hit of the heavy aerial bombs.

After the Japanese planes flew away, the Songjiang Railway Station was in shambles, and many fortifications and the ** officers and soldiers hidden in the fortifications were destroyed by the explosion of bombs. The most unfortunate thing is that the brigade command post of the 321st Brigade was also hit by a bombshell, and this small two-story concrete building was destroyed on the spot, and the commander of the 321st Brigade, Major General Zhu Zhirong, and the commander of the 642nd Regiment of the 321st Brigade, Colonel Liu Qing [a fictional character], were unfortunately martyred.

More than 300 officers and men of the 107th Division were martyred with them, and more than 200 were wounded. Nearly two battalions of officers and men were lost at once, and the martyrdom of Major General Zhu Zhirong, commander of the 321st Brigade, and Colonel Liu Qing, commander of the 642nd Regiment, was a heavy blow to the 107th Division. The division commander, Major General Jin Kuibi, buried the remains of the martyrs with tears in his eyes, and while letting the 637th Regiment in front of him withstand the attack of the Japanese army, he directed the officers and men of the division to rebuild the fortifications and dig the air-raid shelter.

Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki of the 5th Division, commander of the 5th Division, saw through his telescope the smoke of gunpowder from the bombshells dropped by the planes in the Matsue Railway Station, and the flames were soaring to the sky, and he nodded with satisfaction and ordered the artillery to continue shelling the first-line positions of the defenders of China, and then the infantry launched an attack. At this time, the 637th Regiment had already learned the news of the martyrdom of more than 300 officers and men, including Brigade Commander Zhu Zhirong and Regiment Commander Liu Qing, in this Japanese air raid.

The 107th Division fought a bloody battle with the Japanese 5th Division at the Songjiang Railway Station, and the 13th Division of the Japanese Army at Bridge 30 also carried out a ferocious attack on the position of the 547th Regiment. After the front-line positions repelled several Japanese attacks, the commander of the 13th Division of the Japanese army actually ordered the use of chemical weapons. After the order was issued, the Japanese army fired dozens of rounds of scabies poison gas from mortars at the positions of the 547th Regiment, which caused the unsuspecting officers and men of the 1st Battalion of the 547th Regiment to suffer a big loss.

The officers and men of the old Independent Brigade were all taught by Wang Haitao how to deal with the enemy's chemical weapons attack during training, but the 547th Regiment was a new regiment that was established only after arriving in Shanghai, and because the New 90th Division had not yet encountered an attack by the Japanese army using chemical weapons in defensive warfare before, Wang Haitao also neglected to train the 547th Regiment on how to defend against the Japanese army's chemical weapons attack.

Fortunately, the officers and men of the first battalion were all veterans of the Central Army before, and they were trained in how to deal with chemical weapons attacks when they were in the Central Army; when it was discovered that the Japanese army had used poison gas, the officers and men quickly left the scene while covering their mouths and noses with wet cloths, and in this case there were still nearly 100 officers and soldiers who fell on the position and on the way to retreat.

When Wang Haitao learned that the 13th Division of the Japanese army had used poison gas in the attack, he was angry and immediately sent medical personnel to take the officers and soldiers injured by the poison gas to the field hospital in the county town for treatment. At this time, among the Japanese army materials captured by the New 90th Division, there were some imitation masks, although not enough for every soldier to have one, but it was enough for the soldiers on the front-line positions.

And Wang Haitao also made up his mind at this time to teach a lesson to the 13th Division of the Japanese Army that dared to openly use poison gas. After the retreat of the 547th Regiment, the 13th Division of the Japanese Army easily crossed the Huangpu River from the 30th Bridge, and the commander of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Ogizhou, was still a little proud of being able to repel the defenders of China and seize this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack position, and he was completely unaware that Wang Haitao was angered by this incident, which brought death to the 13th Division.

After crossing the Huangpu River, the 13th Division of the Japanese Army divided into two routes, and the 103rd Brigade led by Major General Yamada 2nd advanced to the east gate of Songjiang County, and together with the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the 18th Division, which had previously launched an attack on Songjiang County, launched an attack on the east gate of Songjiang County. He led the 26th Infantry Brigade to attack the south gate of Songjiang County.

After the division of troops, the 26th Brigade of the Japanese army advanced to the Dazhangjing River and stopped, and the scouts came back after reconnaissance to report that there was a ferry in the direction of Songjiang County, and there were fortifications built by the defenders of China to the north of the crossing, and the defenders of China were stationed. Although the rest of the place was not defended by the defenders of China, it was limited by the terrain and could not pass through with heavy weapons.

After thinking about it for a while, Lieutenant General Ogisu decided to break through the defense line of the Shina Army head-on from the ferry, and in the eyes of Lieutenant General Ogishu Libing, he had the magic weapon of chemical weapons, so where would he care about the defenders of China. So the 26th Brigade of the Japanese army advanced to the south bank of Mishidu and set up camp. Guarding the position on the north bank of Mishidu were more than 1,000 officers and men of the 546th Regiment of the New 90th Division, and Regiment Commander Wei Erxi had already learned that the Japanese army might use poison gas in the attack, and had received 300 sets of gas masks sent by the Logistics Department.

On the one hand, the Japanese had the engineer units prepare rubber boats and other means of crossing the river, and on the other hand, they arranged artillery positions on the south bank of the river. Because it takes time for the sappers to prepare the tools to cross the river, Lieutenant General Ogisu Libei ordered to be stationed today and not to attack again. At the same time, under the guidance of the scouts, the 103rd Brigade also came to Huayang Town in the afternoon to join the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, and together they were preparing to attack the east gate of Songjiang County again.

It turned out that the ** 108th Division, which was guarding the east gate and the north gate, had already suffered a broken muscle in the last defensive battle, and now there are less than 2,000 men left in a division, and it is no longer able to defend the east and north gates at the same time. Wang Haitao only assigned the task of guarding the north gate to the 108th Division, and sent the 544th Regiment that originally defended the city wall to guard the east gate, while the 543rd Regiment was used on the city wall, which was full of recruits, in order to stabilize the 543rd Regiment, Wang Haitao sent the guard company around him to assist the 543rd Regiment.

At this time, only the men of the division headquarters and a reconnaissance company were left in the city, and there were also soldiers from the second division of the baggage and logistics departments, and the original security brigade in the city at this time, in addition to maintaining law and order in the city, was also responsible for the guard task outside the field hospital, and the internal vigilance was taken care of by the remaining soldiers of the 547th Regiment. Zhang Lingfu saw that Wang Haitao had sent all the guards around him to the city wall, and immediately let his guard company go to the division headquarters to take on the task of guarding the division headquarters and protecting the division headquarters.

Seeing that Wang Haitao had already used the strength of the new 90th Division to the limit, Zhang Wenqing, the commander of the 108th Division, also squeezed out a reinforced battalion of 500 men from the 108th Division and handed it over to Wang Haitao for command.