"Isn't it there? Why is it gone? If you look again, it will count as long as you are still breathing!
There is a whole battalion, why are there only these few people left? If we look for it again, we can decide——"
The battle was finally over. The commander of the second battalion was crying and begging the commanders of the first and third battalions for help to search in the tunnel. He really couldn't accept the reality that only 37 brothers from one battalion were left, and these 37 people Almost everyone was injured, even those who could breathe.
"Old Xu, please calm down. We have searched all the horns in the tunnel. We have carried out all the dead brothers and the Japanese. There is no one inside anymore -"
The first battalion commander's voice was also choked with sobs. The second battalion fought so hard this time that it made people cry. There were only 37 seriously wounded people left in the battalion.
"Old Xu, the brothers are all good. They killed at least 300 Japs. Many brothers died together with the Japs, and even died with the Japs' parts in their mouths--"
The kind-hearted commander of the third battalion counted all the remaining Japanese enemies who went into the tunnels behind the first and second battalions to clean up and eliminate them, and credited them to the brothers of the second battalion. Everyone felt that there was nothing wrong with them;
Without the sacrifice of the 2nd Battalion, the 254th Regiment would not have won this battle, although their sacrifices were equally heavy.
The first and third battalions plus the regiment headquarters have 389 people left, and the second battalion with 37 people left, the whole regiment has 426 people including minor and serious casualties. Everyone is injured. Strictly speaking, they have finished the fight!
"What are you doing? You're crying like a bunch of women. Are you going to let the brothers go?
Although our 254th Regiment made a huge sacrifice, we killed the Japanese 44th Regiment. For the sake of the country and the nation, our brothers died in the right place!
This time it's them, next time it's us. As long as the Japs are still in China, our 254th Regiment will fight the Japs to the bitter end, and we will never withdraw our troops even if we beat the last man.
I would rather die in battle than be a slave to the country's subjugation! "
The last sentence, Captain Han shouted almost from the depths of his soul, and there were a lot of responses;
This is what they said and what they did. Their sacrifice is worthy of this nation.
At the headquarters of the 11th Division, the commander of the division, Somu Yamamuro, blushed terribly and gloomily, and several regiment captains remained silent.
"Gentlemen, two hours ago, He Zhijun sent a farewell message. Then they launched the final attack on Luodian. All of them were broken into pieces. They are all true warriors of the empire. They devoted their lives to the holy war. After death, their souls will enter the ghosts of the country. Society, respected by the people forever!
The 88th Division is worthy of being China's first-class elite, and the jade pieces of the 44th Regiment are not without value. They completely disabled the 262nd Brigade, the main force of the 88th Division, laying a solid foundation for the imperial army to capture Luodian in the next step.
The war in Shencheng has just begun, and victory or defeat is a matter of military strategism. If necessary, the empire can easily arm a hundred divisions, but China only has one 88th Division;
The base camp has dispatched 22 brigades from North China and the mainland and have arrived at Wusongkou. The lost soldiers of the 44th Regiment, 12th Regiment and other units will be quickly replenished. The additional troops will arrive in two days at most. I will be on the 11th The division will be restored to combat effectiveness.
Your Excellency, the Commander, still has trust in the 11th Division, so the next step in the strategy for Luodian is still up to us. He encouraged us to be aware of our shame and be brave, and to get up wherever we fall..."
With the destruction of the 44th Regiment, the 11th Division temporarily lost its offensive capabilities and shifted to a defensive state. The 88th Division also suffered heavy casualties. The addition of the three security regiments could not fully restore its combat effectiveness and was unable to attack the enemy. The First Division launched a counterattack;
The two sides temporarily stopped fighting, and the Luodian battlefield, which had been fought for several days, entered an intermission. Both the enemy and ourselves were deploying troops and generals to restore combat strength in order to fight again.
The 88th Division, which defended Luodian for several days, displayed its national and military might, causing at least seven to eight thousand casualties to the Japanese, and more than half of its own casualties.
The North Route Army headquarters took advantage of the gap between the Japanese troops to adjust their forces and replaced the 88th Division with heavy casualties with the 11th Division of the 18th Army, an elite civil engineering department;
After the two sides handed over their positions, the 88th Division withdrew to the Chinese area in the rear to rest and recuperate, and the independent battalion also got a rare opportunity to rest.
Time has entered September, and both the enemy and us are constantly adding troops to the Songhu area. The Japanese once again mobilized the 9th Division, the 13th Division, the 101st Division and a heavy artillery brigade from North China and the mainland to the Songhu battlefield. ;
The main direction of the Japanese attack also shifted to the line from Dachang to Nanxiang. The main force of the Nationalist Army's Ninth Group Army, the 36th Division of the 15th Group Army, the 98th Division and other units relied on the criss-crossing ditches here to build field fortifications layer by layer to compete with the incoming attacks. The Japanese fought to the death and held them back.
The government established the 19th Group Army in early September, which consists of the 69th Army, the 66th Army (Dian Army), the 75th Army and the 4th Army (Guangdong Army), all of which are elite members of the national army. Commander Xue Boling;
After the formation of the 19th Group, it immediately entered into operations on the northern front, under the command of General Chen Cixiu, commander-in-chief of the Left Route Army. In this way, the main force of the Kuomintang army on the northern front increased to two and a half armies, and the tense situation of military strength was alleviated. The losses in previous battles The 88th Division, which was too heavy, was transferred to the second line.
Jinling and Takumi Kyoto are like two high rollers on a gambling table, pushing piles of chips to the gambling table. The scale of the battle is getting bigger and bigger, and it is still expanding;
Troops from East China, Central China, and South China have successively arrived around the battlefield, and the Japanese have also successively invested the 3rd, 11th, 9th, 13th, 101st Division and 22nd Brigade supplementary troops as well as a heavy artillery brigade. The total strength in Shanghai has been More than 120,000 people.
After entering September, the two sides fought trench warfare from Dachang to Nanxiang on the left, which was no less brutal than the battle for Luodian;
This fight lasted for more than a month, and both sides tried their best. The three newly landed divisions and one heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese took turns to attack, constantly attacking the defense lines of the 15th Group Army and the 19th Group Army;
The fields were littered with dead bodies fought by both sides. In forty days, the Japanese only advanced 5 kilometers and suffered more than 20,000 casualties, more than 10,000 more than in another time and space.
Since the Luodian in this time and space has not been lost, and the North Route Army's back route has not been cut off by the Japanese, the Kuomintang Army's Fifteenth Group Army and Ninth Group Army fought very calmly, and there were no incidents caused by the cutoff of the back route. panic situation.
Due to the continuous and uninterrupted Japanese attacks, ammunition was running out, and the Shencheng Expeditionary Army even had the dilemma of borrowing ammunition from the North China Expeditionary Army. The Japanese still could not open up the situation on the North Road after adding 3 additional divisions;
The tenacity of the two oriental nations was once again demonstrated. The more this happened, the more they refused to give in to each other. The two sides were planning to continue to increase their troops. The northern front became a war of attrition, and the Japanese plan for a quick victory went bankrupt.
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Yu Ren's face was very ugly. Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro stood aside uneasily and listened to the edict. The war in Shencheng had made both the royal family and the cabinet anxious;
As soon as the cannon was fired, thousands of taels of gold were produced, and more than 100,000 sea and land troops went on expeditions. The money was spent like water, and the national treasury was almost empty.
"Konoe-kun, it is rumored that there are different voices in the country. They are questioning the empire's policy towards China, calling on the military to exercise restraint and try to use diplomatic channels to resolve the incident in China?"
Prime Minister Konoe bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, these are foolish remarks made by some short-sighted people. Their ideas are out of touch with the times. Without victory on the military front, it is impossible to obtain the desired benefits in diplomacy;
All delusions of getting something for nothing are foolish ideas. If the empire wants to maintain its interests in China, it must achieve a major military victory.
Occupying North China, Shencheng and even Jinling is the only means to force China to surrender. Diplomacy can only be used as a supporting means and must obey and serve the overall military situation.
Currently, there are more than 400,000 Chinese troops concentrated in the Shencheng area, most of which are direct descendants of what they call the Central Army, as well as the Guangdong Army and the Hunan Army that have been transformed into the Central Army;
In addition, nearly 300,000 people from the elite 21st Group Army of the Guangxi Army and the Sichuan Army of the Chinese Local Army will arrive one after another. By then, there will be a total of 700,000 troops. This is almost the essence of the Chinese army!
China is so big, with a population of hundreds of millions, and an inexhaustible supply of troops. Once they complete mobilization, they can even arm an army of more than 5 million. "
After hearing this, Yu Ren took a deep breath and took over the words:
"Yo Xi, so the empire must mobilize enough troops, use the advantages of sea and air to fight the 700,000 Chinese elites in Shencheng, and annihilate the Chinese elites gathered in the area in one battle, so that they will not have enough veterans to expand more troops;
Without enough veterans, even if China could arm an army of millions, it would be just a group of peasants with weapons, not worth mentioning! "
"What your Majesty said is absolutely true. Shen Cheng is now the winner on the chessboard. The two sides are fighting in the middle game. The empire should invest enough troops to ensure victory in the middle game."
The old Japanese soldier Konoe made the right suggestion to increase troops in Shencheng, which was exactly what Yuren wanted. He looked at the old Japanese soldier Konoe appreciatively, nodded and said:
"Yo Xi, immediately deploy the 6th Division, 18th Division, 114th Division, a heavy artillery brigade and an artillery regiment from North China to support the Songhu battlefield, and annihilate the main Chinese forces gathered in the Shencheng area at all costs !”
