Shimomura Masuke couldn't stay at the headquarters and rushed to Kaifeng intersection in person.
Because after Okamoto returned to the consulate, he called Hasegawa Kiyoshi. Hasegawa Kiyoshi was ridiculed by Okamoto and then transferred his anger to Shimomura Masuke.
Hasegawa Kiyoshi even issued a death order to Shimomura Masasuke.
If the Songhu Independent Group cannot be solved by midnight today, let him commit suicide.
Shimomura Masuke could no longer sit at the headquarters and immediately rushed to the Kaifeng intersection in person.
"Maeda-kun, His Excellency Hasegawa just called again, saying that His Majesty Fushimi Palace and His Majesty the Emperor already knew about the press conference and were very angry. They also sent a telegram to His Excellency Hasegawa. The wording is probably not good. Too friendly.”
"Because of this, Mr. Hasegawa gave us a death order."
After a pause, Shimomura Shosuke continued: "The Songhu Independent Regiment must be eliminated before midnight today, otherwise not only our Songhu Special Marine Corps, but also the entire Imperial Navy will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history."
"Don't worry, Commander, there shouldn't be any big problems this time." Ritsu Maeda reassured.
"Oh?" Masasuke Shimomura was overjoyed when he heard this, "So Maeda-kun is already confident?"
Maeda Ritsu said with a serious smile: "I dare not say that I am absolutely sure, but I am still 70% or 80% sure."
After a pause, Maeda Ritsu continued: "For this attack, I have prepared four sharp arrows for the Songhu Independent Regiment!"
"Four sharp arrows?" Shimomura Masaki asked, "I would like to hear the details."
Maeda Ritsu said: "Commander, follow me."
…
Chinachem Hotel rooftop.
Those Western reporters and military observers were starting to get bored.
"Is this all the Japanese can do? Apart from carrying ladders to storm the gap in the north wall of the Sixing Warehouse, can they not think of any other tactics?"
"Does the Japanese army really intend to use up the Molotov cocktails of the Songhu Independent Regiment?"
"God, I've never seen a more stupid or stereotyped army than the Japanese."
"If the Japanese only have this level of skill, we might as well go back to sleep."
"Yes, yes, when we come back tomorrow morning, most of the Japanese will still be climbing the ladder."
While field reporters and military observers were ridiculing, the Sihang Warehouse battlefield finally changed. The Japanese army, which had been attacking in small groups, suddenly increased its strength to a squadron.
There is still a lot of difference in visual effects between a squad and a squadron.
Seeing hundreds of Japanese soldiers carrying dozens of ladders rushing towards the Sixing Warehouse, the reporters and military observers who were originally drowsy immediately became energetic.
Oh, the Japanese dwarf is finally going to get serious with the Chinese?
However, at this moment, lights suddenly came on on North XZ Road.
Several high-power searchlights and dozens of car lights instantly illuminated North XZ Road as bright as day.
The war reporters and military observers on the rooftop were shocked to discover that the British troops who were supposed to be guarding the Qufu intersection and the Kaifeng intersection had actually withdrawn, and the British patrol on the North XZ Road had also disappeared.
Immediately, the Japanese army used a dozen tanks as the vanguard, smashed through the barbed wire fence and broke into North XZ Road.
Behind these dozens of tanks, there were some armored vehicles and three-wheeled motorcycles. In addition, there was at least one small group of infantry following up, and they were advancing very fast, almost at full speed.
"Oh, two wings are flying together?" Major Steve, the French military attache in Shanghai, said excitedly, "We have two outstanding wingers in our San Dias club. When playing games, they often go down at the same time and are beaten by the fans. We call it "flying together with two wings", but I didn't expect to see this tactic on the battlefield in the East today."
"Flying on both wings? Steve, you French people are too conservative." Reeves said disdainfully, "Our Sheffield club has three forwards, and we often use the trident tactic during games."
"Trident tactics?" Steve frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
Reeves said suddenly: "This means that in addition to the infantry that stormed the north wall of the Sihang Warehouse, and the armored forces that advanced along the North XZ Road, the Japanese Navy must have a third force."
After a pause, he added: "If I guessed correctly, the Japanese army's third unit should also be an infantry unit, but its number will be larger than that of the unit that stormed the north wall, and its attack direction will be southwest of Sihang Warehouse. horn!"
As soon as Reeves finished speaking, the battlefield ahead changed again.
I saw a large number of national troops suddenly appearing in various gaps in the west wall of the Sihang Warehouse and on the roof of the Bank of Communications Warehouse, firing fiercely at the ruins in the middle.
Through the light of tracer bullets, you can vaguely see hundreds of Japanese infantry in the ruins in the middle, rushing southward quickly.
The direction in which the Japanese infantry advanced was the southwest corner of Sihang Warehouse.
"God!" Sophia's heart immediately lifted.
Before this, Sophia was not worried about the Songhu Independent Group at all.
But at this moment, Sophia felt that the Songhu Independent Regiment might have difficulty blocking the Japanese army's three-sided attack this time.
However, Lotov gave Sophia an even more severe blow at this time.
"Trident tactics?" Lotov said quietly, "I'm afraid the Japanese troops participating in the attack are not three groups, but four groups. There should be a fourth group of Japanese troops."
"The fourth Japanese army?" Reeves said suddenly, "Where else can the Japanese army attack? From the sky?"
Lotov shook his head and said: "Of course the Japanese army cannot attack from the sky, but they can attack from underwater."
"Underwater?" Sophia was startled and exclaimed, "Major Lotov, you mean the West Tower Waterway?"
"Yes." Lotov nodded and said with concern, "The Japanese army has created such a large battle this time. It is obvious that they intend to launch a general offensive at any cost, so they will never ignore the water channels of the Sixing Warehouse... …”
Just as he was talking, a bright red light suddenly lit up somewhere by the Suzhou River ahead.
"God, it's the waterway entrance of Sihang Warehouse!" Major Steve exclaimed, "The waterway under the west building of Sihang Warehouse just exploded. What a surprise, there really was a fourth Japanese army attacking from the waterway. "
"Oh, this is really interesting." The reporters and military observers suddenly became more and more excited.
Sophia and Lotov began to worry, facing the onslaught of the four-pronged Japanese army, could the Songhu Independent Regiment withstand it?
…
"Maeda-kun, you did a great job!" Masasuke Shimomura couldn't help but praise Maeda Ritsu, "The four troops participating in the general attack launched the attack almost at the same time, and the time difference was not even more than half a minute. Maeda-kun, you must You have done a lot of work on it, thank you very much.”
"Hai, this is what I should do." There was no trace of pride on Maeda Ritsu's face.
Because in Maeda Ritsu's view, this four-way assault was not necessarily very clever, but rather a helpless choice, because even if the Four Lines Warehouse was finally captured, the Japanese army would suffer heavy casualties.
Shimomura Masuke was a little greedy, and said regretfully: "Maeda-kun, you have such a good strategy, why didn't you tell it four days ago? If you could have told it earlier, how could the Songhu Independent Regiment be so arrogant today? We in the Navy don’t have to endure the humiliation of this idiot Yoshimasa Okamoto and the Army’s Ma Shi.”
"Your Excellency, Commander, I am afraid that the four-way assault used four days ago was useless." Ritsu Maeda shook his head and said, "Because at that time, the elite veterans of the Songhu Independent Regiment were all in the Four Lines Warehouse, especially those who were good at night. Shooting veterans will become a nightmare for the Marines participating in the general offensive. No matter how many Marines rush into the Sihang Warehouse, they will be easily killed by them."
Shimomura Masasuke looked shocked. They were a group of fierce men who could shoot bullets into the muzzle of a 37mm caliber gun from a hundred meters away, and that was at night.
"So that's it." Shimomura Masasuke suddenly realized, and at the same time he also thought about another problem, "No wonder the Zhabei detachment set up nearly 30 machine gun fire points on the roof of the Bank of Communications warehouse and the commanding heights on the west side of the ruins, but they were still attacked by Songhu Independent The regiment was defeated within forty minutes because of this group of veterans who were proficient in night shooting!"
"But now they are trapped in the Bank of Communications warehouse and cannot return to the rescue in time."
Maeda Ritsu said: "This gives us a natural opportunity to seize the Sihang Warehouse."
"Yo Xi." Masasuke Shimomura nodded happily, "As long as we take over the Sihang Warehouse, the Bank of Communications Warehouse will be easier to deal with, because we no longer have to worry about accidentally blowing up the gas tank at the boiler plant."
PS: At the moment of the decisive battle, I beg on my knees to read it, to beg for a monthly ticket, to recommend a vote, to beg for it!
