Jiangwan, the defensive position of the 88th Division, with heavy artillery fire and smoke.
The 13th Division, which had just completed the landing, launched a fierce attack on the 88th Division's positions. The Japanese naval guns did not care about the life and death of the Chinese people and carried out indiscriminate bombing of Shencheng City. The people of Shencheng were trying to escape the war. One after another fled into the concession to seek shelter, while the Kuomintang army went upstream. The main 88th Division, 87th Division, and 36th Division entered the city. Relying on the streets that had been bombed into ruins by the Japanese, they fought with the Japanese alleys and streets to let the Japanese invaders land. The Japanese paid a heavy price.
Hongzhen Old Street, Independence Battalion Position
They had just repelled a tentative attack by the 1st Battalion of the 65th Regiment, leaving dozens of corpses behind. Then they were greeted by fierce shelling. This was almost an old routine of the Japanese. All members of the independent battalion The superior commanders were all familiar with their tactics. As soon as the Japanese withdrew, their light and heavy machine guns moved away, leaving the Japanese's artillery fire a lonely one.
The Thirteenth Division is a reorganized division. This division was first formed during the Russo-Japanese War. At the end of the Russo-Japanese War, almost all of the twelve previously formed divisions were deployed on the Manchuria front line, leaving the local troops empty. There was not even a single division. In this state, the Japanese formed four more divisions: 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th;
After the war, he was sent to the garrison in Korea and upgraded to a permanent division. After World War I, the economy of various countries generally declined, and the Japanese could not afford 17 permanent divisions. In 25 years, the designations of the above four divisions were cancelled.
After the Songhu War broke out, Shencheng was reduced to a pile of mud, and the Japanese troops were seriously insufficient. The four divisions that had been abolished were rebuilt, and the 13th Division and the 16th Division participated. The Battle of Jinling was the worst crime of the Jinling Massacre. They were even more brutal than the infamous Sixth Division!
According to "The 12th Year of Showa, China's Jinling Strategy" written by Jaiko:
"Among the brigade and regiment levels, the 1st Sasaki Division, the 2nd Division Yamada Dan, and the 65th Regiment were the most courageous, slaughtering more than 70,000 Chinese prisoners of war and Jinling civilians."
When Luo Ying learned that the enemy in front of him was the 65th Regiment of the 13th Division, a beast unit, his eyes shone with hatred. Since God allowed them to meet this group of beasts, they must fight to death. , he had already told all the officers and soldiers in the battalion that these Japanese would not be taken prisoner.
As soon as the Japanese artillery preparations ended, the 1st Battalion of the 65th Regiment, led by Major Kenichiro Kaneyama, the captain, divided the troops into three groups and rushed murderously towards the independent battalion's position;
The Japs in the Thirteenth Division, which was formed with the Sendai Second Division as its parent body, were all reservists of the Second Division. These Japs were very arrogant. They were still living in the world of the Russo-Japanese War and had no regard for the Japanese. The Chinese people take it seriously.
The education they have received since childhood is that the Chinese people are very backward and cowardly. When two bandits are fighting in their country, they dare not object and just stand aside and watch the excitement. Such a nation is not worthy of owning the large and fertile land of China.
These reservists usually have no chance to contribute to the holy war in their hearts. This time, the Thirteenth Division was reorganized. The Japanese who had just retired a few years ago signed up to join the war. It only took three days for a regiment to be formed. Zhongquan Private Jiro is one of them.
After Nakaizumi Jiro retired, he thought he would never have the chance to fight for the emperor in his heart. Unexpectedly, the war in Shencheng gave him an opportunity. In order to seize this opportunity, he even gave his newlywed wife to the recruiting officials several times to enjoy it. , and then he was lucky enough to grab a free ticket to come to Shanghai to fight for the emperor.
After landing with the large army, Nakaizumi Jiro was shocked by the prosperity of Shencheng. Although they had been blown into ruins by their artillery fire, those dilapidated high-rise buildings were much more luxurious than his small wooden house;
He secretly made up his mind that he must conquer China for the empire, and then bring his Kojima Yoshiko to China to live a life of a master.
His team belonged to the first wave, so he got the opportunity to rush to the front. The team leader told them that the Chinese had long been killed by their powerful artillery, and they only needed to rush up and collect the corpses of the Chinese.
Nakaizumi Jiro carried his Type 38 rifle and searched for Chinese corpses on the streets. To his surprise, they went a long way without seeing a Chinese corpse. He was even worried that the Chinese would run away. , then he won't be able to make any merit...
Sergeant Takeo Kitahara was not as optimistic as he was. The old devil's keen sense of smell allowed him to smell a hint of danger, just like the feeling when he was being stared at by a beast while hunting in the woods. This feeling was not good at all. He shouted loudly Remind the soldiers in your unit:
"Keep your eyes open, and if you find any suspicious targets, shoot them!"
I have to say that his feeling was very accurate. The person who was eyeing him was Ning Tieniu, one of the best marksmen in the independent battalion. Ning Tieniu's impressive record had attracted Luo Ying's attention. In order to reward him, Luo Ying asked Li Shuo helped him get a four-power scope made in Germany on the black market, which he loved like a treasure;
With this scope, Kitahara Takeo's nose can be clearly seen. The reason why he was chosen as the first target to shoot was the plaster on the tip of Kitahara's gun. The flag made him look very unhappy, so he did not kill the officer first and gave the old Japanese soldier Beihara treatment as an officer.
Ning Tieniu had already aimed at Takeo Kitahara. He was waiting for the order to attack. The sound of the company commander's gun was the order.
Kitahara Takeo shrank his neck after smelling danger, and intentionally or unintentionally hid his body behind Jiro Nakaizumi. A stupid young man like Nakaizumi is the best human shield to block bullets. He has no right not to continue charging. , but he has many ways to protect himself.
In the ruins dozens of meters away, dozens of black guns were pointed at them. They were soldiers from a third company and a platoon. They were equipped with three Czech light machine guns and two grenades. They were led by the commander of the third company. Li Zhao personally directed.
There is a big difference between urban street fighting and field fighting. Although the Japs put in a large group of troops at once, they were scattered in several large and small streets. The number of Japs faced by each unit varied, just like Tian Ji is like a horse race, there are more and there are less.
The group of Japs encountered by the third company and one platoon was about a small group. When Li Zhao saw that there were only a few dozen Japs, he had the idea of annihilating them all. There were two platoons on both sides of the platoon. This time he wanted to use deception. The enemy's deep approach will lead this small group of Japs into depth, and then repel them;
When they retreat, the two platoons originally ambushed on the flanks can close the door and beat the dogs, easily eliminating them. This is a knock-down tactic in the company's tactics. As for the effectiveness, Li Zhao needs to test the Japanese's life.
Just when he was guessing that the time was almost up, the cannon in Li Zhao's hand went off, and a Japanese soldier fell down.
As soon as Kitahara Takeo heard the gunfire, he rushed towards a pile of ruins on the right. He had been eyeing this hidden position for a while. Wherever he went, he looked around to find a position where he could save his life. He was very slippery. Unfortunately, it was Ning Tieniu who targeted him this time;
Ning Tieniu seemed to have judged his course of action a long time ago. The moment he just pounced on the obstacle, Ning Tieniu's bullet was just in place, as if he had hit the bullet on his own initiative, and with his big face The bullet hit him in the eye, and he was hit in the face by a 7.92mm fully loaded bullet. He was basically shameless.
Kitahara Takeo, who had been hunting for half his life, still could not escape the fate of becoming someone else's prey. However, Nakaizumi Jiro, a stupid young man, escaped the first round of attacks by the Chinese and had already started to fight back against the Chinese in a bomb crater.
The effect of the first round of strikes was very good. One third of the Japanese team was knocked down, and the other Japanese soldiers lay in the ruins and fought back frantically;
"Brothers, you can't stand it anymore, retreat!"
After the successful attack, the three companies and one platoon quickly retreated. When the Japanese team saw that there were only about forty Chinese people, they took advantage and wanted to run away. There was no door, so they gave the order to retreat without thinking;
You must know that although his team lost more than a dozen people, they still had thirty or forty troops. According to the Japs' own combat strength calculation, they dared to pursue the Chinese even as a battalion, let alone a platoon.
When Nakata saw that the Chinese people had been beaten away by them, and the squad leader issued the order to pursue them, he excitedly ran out of the crater and chased after the large army. Although he had not achieved any military success yet, he was confident that he would pursue them. Go to war with the timid Chinese.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers chased and fought, and plunged into the deep position of the third company. At the same time, the second and third platoons completed the encirclement of the Japanese squad from both wings.
Zhuangxia's team had chased less than 200 meters when they were violently blocked by three companies and one platoon. In just one encounter, more than a dozen Japanese were knocked down;
This time, the first platoon performed very strongly, with several machine guns firing on all cylinders, making the Japanese unable to lift their heads.
Since the Japanese had already pursued them to a depth of two to three hundred meters, the heavy machine guns on the enemy's periphery could no longer provide fire support to them, so they could not take advantage of the firepower at all. The defenders also had the advantage of the terrain. Zhuangxia's team was fighting very passive;
Second Lieutenant Zhuang Xia had realized that he had been fooled, so he decisively gave the order to turn in, and the remaining thirty or so Japanese soldiers took turns covering the retreat.
After they had retreated less than a hundred meters, intensive gunshots rang out from both sides behind them, and countless bullets were splashed from both sides behind them. The efficiency of this kind of counterattack firepower was very high. The Japanese had not yet Before they could react, they were swept away in droves, leaving them unable to fight back;
"BaGeYaLu, you were fooled!"
