Hongkou, Japanese Special Marine Corps Headquarters
After several days of hard fighting, the 88th Division finally cleared several outlying strongholds, and the leading force, the 254th Regiment, reached the outskirts of the Japanese headquarters;
In this process, the 88th Division also paid a heavy price. During the attack on the fortress of the Patriotic Girls' School on the afternoon of the 14th, Major General Huang Meixing, the commander of the 264th Brigade who was commanding the front line and a graduate of the first phase of Huangpu, was attacked by the Japanese. During the artillery attack, he was shot and died for his country. Also sacrificed with him were Lieutenant Colonel Deng Guang, the brigade staff director, and more than 30 officers and soldiers from the communications platoon. None of them survived. This was the first general to die for his country since the Songhu battlefield began. .
On the first day of the official offensive, the 88th Division lost a brigade commander. This made the division commander Sun Yuanliang's somewhat heated head finally calm down. This was his classmate in the first period, the major general brigade commander. He finally discovered that the general was there. The Songhu battlefield is nothing at all. A single artillery fire may kill the country.
He did not want to die for his country, even though he shouted slogans louder than anyone else, but he cherished his life more than anyone else. Sun Paopao was famous on the battlefield of the Northern Expedition. Now the Japanese artillery is even more fierce. After what happened to Brigadier Huang, He immediately retreated the headquarters for more than ten miles until he could no longer hear the gunfire from the Japanese headquarters and felt a little relieved.
He handed over the frontline command to his third-term apprentice, 262 Brigade Commander Major General Zhu Youqing, who was also the brigade commander of Luo Ying's brigade. The 254th Regiment, as the vanguard, suffered heavy casualties all the way through the attack. The 2nd Battalion and 1st Company were replenished again;
Due to its outstanding performance in the previous battle at Baliqiao, the 254th Regiment was named as the main attack group by the division commander. After knowing this, Luo Ying could only smile bitterly, and then said to Li Shuo:
"Hurry up and let the brothers take a rest. The Japanese headquarters is not easy to fight!"
Luo Ying had visited the Japanese Marine Special Marine Corps Headquarters in his previous life and went there specifically to check in. It has become a famous place for Internet celebrities to check in in Shanghai. The reinforced concrete structure complex covers an area of more than 6,000 square meters and has the largest number of people inside. It can station 2,000 troops and dozens of tanks, making it the most important military stronghold of the Japanese in Shencheng;
This is a group of Japanese fortresses, starting from the headquarters at Jiangwan Intersection, along North Sichuan Road, Wusong Road, and ending at Huishan Wharf on the Huangpu River. With the Huangpu River as its back, you can get a boat docked on the river at any time. It was supported by artillery fire from more than 20 warships of the Third Fleet.
If those large-caliber naval guns were hit even once, there would be only a few men left in his company. Once the battle started, it would be a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. No matter how many troops there were, it wouldn't be enough. It wasn't that he was afraid, but that he really didn't want to admit it like this. Under the Japanese's large-caliber naval guns, it was a pity that he had no say.
As long as he dares to retreat, the regiment leader will have to sacrifice his flag first. There is no mercy!
The mission of the 88th Division is to attack the Marine Special Marine Corps Headquarters, while the 87th Division is responsible for attacking the Japanese factory dock from the direction of Yangshupu.
The Naval Headquarters is the core fortification of the fortress group along the line. The Japanese reinforced it two years ago. Not only did they add a large amount of reinforced concrete, but they also thickened the steel plates at key locations. Therefore, although the Chinese army has already pressed heavily on the border, the Japanese command The officer was not worried at all.
The Japanese commander Okawauchi Denqi, the seventh major general, said to several captains very arrogantly:
"Gentlemen, the time has come to make contributions to His Majesty the Emperor. The more Chinese people come, the better. This is to give credit to the Imperial Army!
Faced with such a strong ever-prepared fortress, I am very curious about what they used to crack open the shell of the fortress?
After reinforcement, the outer wall can withstand the bombardment of more than 200 mm naval guns. The largest caliber of Chinese artillery is only 150 mm. The shells falling on it are no different from scratching. I would like to take a look at the most elite 88th Division of the Chinese. , are you using your teeth to bite open the shell of the fortress! "
The words of the Seventh Major General Okawauchi caused a series of roars of laughter from below, which was extremely arrogant;
Major Suzuki Koichi, captain of the Third Battalion, stood up like a small steel cannon and said loudly:
"Your Excellency, Commander, don't worry, the imperial army will destroy as many Chinese people as they come, and the entire Hongkou will be covered with Chinese corpses!"
Okawauchi Denqi nodded with satisfaction:
"Yoshi, Mr. Suzuki is worthy of being named and praised by Commander Hase as a brave man. I'll wait for you--"
"Boom boom boom..."
The old devil's boastful words were interrupted by a series of explosions. There was a faint feeling of shaking in the headquarters building. The expressions of several captains changed accordingly. On the other hand, the seventh major general Okawauchi's expression was still calm and he said disdainfully. :
"Yo Xi, the Chinese are already tickling our fortress with their cannons!"
The 16 heavy artillery pieces of the 10th Regiment of the Artillery Corps directly under the Ninth Army launched a fierce bombardment at the headquarters building from the Zhenru and Nanxiang areas. The 150mm heavy artillery shells roared and smashed into the Japanese turtle shells. Every Chinese person was interested in such heavy artillery. Full of expectations...
"Company Commander, these are some perverted turtle shells. A heavy artillery shell will create a crater when hit! Not to mention destroyed, it can't even penetrate the wall."
Li Shuo, the deputy commander of the first company, had a look of frustration. This was already China's most powerful artillery piece, and it just made a hole. It was so despairing!
Although he already knew the result, Luo Ying still had some illusions before that. After all, it was a 150 mm German-made heavy howitzer;
The reality is so cruel!
"Brother, this shell is wrong. It's an ordinary explosive shell. They were forced by the Japanese to sell us armor-piercing shells. Only armor-piercing shells can penetrate such a strong wall."
After listening to this, Li Shuo almost couldn't believe his ears and shouted angrily:
"How could they do this! What China has given us is real gold and silver in foreign exchange, as well as a large amount of tungsten ore in exchange for-"
"Brother, save your energy, don't you know that a weak country has no diplomacy?"
Luo Ying also felt a deep sense of powerlessness in her heart. Before the Japanese put an iron rod on their heads and dragged Yingjiang across the ocean into the battle circle, the Chinese people had been facing the most cruel army and navy of 2 million Japanese alone, fighting to the death. In the sea, Songhu alone suffered nearly 300,000 elite casualties. One battle had wiped out the bones and blood of the Kuomintang army. He didn't know how long his company could hold it, so he had to fight to the death!
"Company Commander, the 264th Brigade has also arrived. It seems they are the first to attack!"
The platoon leader who came down from the regiment headquarters was well-informed. He got some gossip from the classmates at the regiment headquarters. For some reason, the first attack was changed to the 264th Brigade. They had just changed to a new brigade commander, and they needed to report to the Japanese. When the blood debt is repaid.
After hearing this, Luo Ying breathed a sigh of relief and blushed for no reason. It was so embarrassing. He was frightened in front of the Japs' iron walls and the more than 700 naval guns of the Third Fleet on the Huangpu River... .
After the artillery preparations were completed, the 264th Brigade launched a fierce attack on the turtle shell of the Japanese headquarters. Groups of young soldiers with M35 helmets on their heads rushed towards the enemy without hesitation with rifles in their hands;
Tornadoes of flames erupted from the Japanese headquarters, mowing down groups of M35 steel helmets. The so-called German weapon masters were actually more of steel helmets and Mauser rifles. Such a firepower configuration could not attack the Japanese soldiers. A defense line composed of countless machine guns and reinforced concrete
"Brothers, charge!"
A young Huangpu officer shouted loudly and rushed forward with an MP28 submachine gun. Behind him was a platoon of soldiers...
"boom!"
A large-caliber naval gun shell fell, and a huge explosion engulfed the entire platoon. The young officer's entire body disappeared in the smoke...
After a long time, an M35 steel helmet fell to the ground, leaving a shallow mark. This was the only thing that could prove that he had been in this world and fought for this country and nation.
Luo Ying's eyes were blurred...
History only records this day in one blood-red line:
On the 14th, the 264th Brigade failed to attack the Japanese headquarters for one day, causing more than a thousand casualties.
