"Yes." Gu Xinheng responded, "Reporting to the regiment, our third battalion lost a total of ninety-eight officers and soldiers and seriously injured sixty-seven people in the battle on Gongping Road, for a total of one hundred and sixty-five casualties. Now, can we All those who went to war are here."
Like the regiment leader Hu Jiaji, Gu Xinheng is also an infantry officer who is not a professional. He is a graduate of the sixth artillery department in Huangpu.
"Okay, your battalion will launch the first wave of attacks later! Your battalion has the smallest casualties among the three battalions of our regiment. Soldiers from the artillery battalion will come to blast open the iron gate later. When the iron gate is broken, , that's when your battalion launches an attack." Hu Jiaji personally ordered Gu Xinheng's general.
"Yes, regimental leader. I will live up to your high expectations in my humble position and eliminate the enemies at Huishan Pier as quickly as possible!" Gu Xinheng stood at attention and saluted, with a trace of determination on his somewhat honest face.
"Okay. I hope you can complete Xiong Xinmin's unfinished task." Hu Jiaji said earnestly.
"Yes. I understand." Gu Xinheng responded and then asked: "Regimental leader, I heard that Commander Xiong Xinmin of the 1st Battalion has been transferred back to the 106th Brigade?"
"Yes, that's right. Battalion Commander Xiong has been transferred back to the 106th Brigade." Hu Jiaji nodded and said, "By the way, you and the 212th Regiment are attacking the Fair Road together. How is the battle there?"
Gu Xinheng replied without any thought: "The fighting over the 212th Regiment is very fierce at the moment. It is Brigadier Chen (Commander of the 106th Brigade, Chen Ruihe) who personally leads the charge and is already launching an attack on the enemy on Yangshupu Road. We have launched a fierce attack, and I believe it won’t be long before we can clear out the enemies at the Yangshupu Military Terminal.”
Hu Jiaji nodded and said, "Okay! Take the soldiers of your third battalion and go up!"
"Yes!" Gu Xinheng responded and left.
After Gu Xinheng left, Hu Jiaji turned his attention to Guo Qiliang: "Advisor Guo, go and call me the commander of the first battalion. At the same time, let the officers and soldiers of his first battalion take a rest and let him come over by himself."
"Yes." Guo Qiliang responded.
After a while, Zhang Tianhai came over, trotting all the way over, breathing lightly.
At this time, Hu Jiaji had already sat down on the edge of a flower garden, and a large group of people were standing next to him, waiting for Zhang Tianhai's arrival.
"Reporting to the regiment, Zhang Tianhai, commander of the first battalion, has come to report!" Zhang Tianhai stood at attention in front of Hu Jiaji and saluted.
"Okay, I'm calling you here this time just for this battle. Just stay with me for this battle." Hu Jiaji said sternly.
"Yes, group seat!" Zhang Tianhai straightened his back and responded.
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At this time, the battle has not yet started, but the scene is in a hectic state.
Soldiers from the division's artillery battalion arrived, pushing two German-made Pak-35/36 combat anti-aircraft guns.
The Pak35/36 combat anti-tank gun is actually a 37mm tank defense gun with a caliber of 4025 meters produced by the Pak series of anti-tank guns in 1935 and 1936. That's right, tank defense guns are referred to as combat defense guns, and can also be understood as anti-tank guns.
After all, this was a new type of weapon developed for anti-tank purposes. Well, at the time, it could definitely be called a new type of weapon.
You know, in this era, the popularity of tanks has not yet reached its peak.
Even at this time, France only used tanks as combat support weapons to accompany infantry battles, rather than as an independent weapon branch.
It can be said that in this era, except for Germany and the Soviet Union, there have not yet been organized combat units such as tank regiments or tank divisions.
Even the First Tank Division, the trump card among the Japanese divisions and a "national treasure", was only established in 1942, not as some comments on the Internet said - the First Tank Division participated in the Battle of Nomenkan.
But no, it was a false report by the Soviets after their victory in World War II. However, the false reports were not only about the troops participating in the war, but also data. Actual data produced after the disintegration of the Soviet Union proved that the Soviet casualties at that time were far more than they thought. That number was falsely reported.
The real battle damage data is that the Soviet army suffered more heavy casualties than the Japanese army. The number of injured alone reached more than 15,000, twice as many as the Japanese army; the number of killed officers and soldiers also reached more than 9,000, almost more than the Japanese army. A thousand people came out.
Okay, let’s get back to the main story.
As a big country equipped with a large number of tanks, Germany is naturally also studying weapons to restrain tanks, and this PaK series of combat anti-tank guns is one of its masterpieces.
For China, a country that cooperates with Germany's revival (mainly strategic resources), Germany will naturally not be too secretive. For new artillery produced between 1935 and 1936, the Germans It was also sold to China.
This group of artillerymen trained by German consultants came pushing these two combat defense guns and carrying artillery shells on their backs.
For this group of artillerymen, it doesn't matter if they don't have cars to pull them, or if they don't have horses to pull them, but pushing them is really a very distressing thing - who made Shanghai be like this now? ? Due to the lack of war horses and the fact that this is an urban battlefield, cars are blocked by various obstacles and cannot move forward at all.
"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!" A leading artillery officer kept urging his soldiers. He knew that the support of this thing is needed on every battlefield now. If he waits a moment, he can save one or more people. lives of many soldiers.
After all, when they arrived, these soldiers no longer needed to use their lives to block the muzzles of the guns - like Japanese bunkers, thin-skinned small tanks, etc., there was nothing that could not be solved with one shot; if not, then two shots.
The artillery battalion officer who came was a lieutenant. Like Zhang Tianhai and the others, he was also a young man in his twenties but not yet thirty years old. He was probably a graduate of the artillery department of either the sixth or seventh class of Huangpu.
After all, not everyone like Hu Jiaji and Gu Xinheng graduated from non-majors and were promoted quickly, let alone the scarce troops like the artillery battalion, which were "treasure bumps" in any army.
"Brothers from the third battalion, prepare to fight!" Seeing the brothers from the artillery battalion pushing the combat cannon, Gu Xinheng finally gave the battle order.
After the combat order was issued, groups of officers and soldiers of the third battalion with steel helmets bearing the blue sky and white sun badge entered the battlefield and arrived at the designated position, preparing to launch the final charge against the enemy at Huishan Pier!
The beacon smoke ignites again; the fierce battle ignites again!
The battle is about to break out, and the performance belonging to the officers and soldiers of the third battalion is about to begin!
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