At 8:30 pm on January 28, 1932, Yukiichi Shinozawa, the commander of the Japanese First Detachment Fleet, wrote a statement:

"The Shanghai, both inside and outside the loan, are shaken, the situation is unstable, and it is gradually deteriorating. Therefore, the Ministry of Industry and Technology has already issued martial law orders, and all ** teams are also on guard. In view of the fact that most people in the country live in Zhabei, in order to maintain public security, the Imperial Navy wants to equip the department with troops to take responsibility for security. This commander hopes that the Chinese side will evacuate all ** teams and facilities in Zhabei from the momentum."

Although the statement was written at 8:30, the statement was not delivered to the Shanghai Municipal Government and Public Security Bureau until 11:25. Five minutes later, the relevant personnel had not yet waited for the relevant personnel to deliver the statement to the mayor and others. Yukiichi Yanze ordered the troops to launch an attack on the 19th Route Army of the Central ** team.

After the order, the Japanese Marine Corps, who received the order, went out in front of the Tiantongan Station, which was seized in advance, conducted a full attack at 11:50. The first route entered Tiantongan Road from Tiantongan Station and attacked the rear of the North Railway Station, the terminus of the Beijing-Shanghai Railway; the second route started from the Japanese Primary School at the intersection of Yingui Road, and entered Yokohama Road along the road to west, supporting the first route to attack the North Railway Station; the third route went north from Qiujiang Road and headed straight to the North Station.

Each of the three Japanese troops had a scale of four or five hundred men, with tanks or armored vehicles as the vanguard, with motorcycle convoys following behind, and infantrymen at the end.

According to Yuichi Yanze's plan, by raiding, these three armies should be able to occupy the North Station without any obstacles. Cut off Shanghai's traffic connection with the outside world, and then his Marine Corps can separate the 19th Army and defeat them one by one, and calmly occupy Zhabei and Wusong areas.

In the original history, more than 1,000 people were stationed in Zhabei, two squadrons of the 156th Brigade, and two squadrons of the Public Security Police Brigade and a company of military police, totaling about 1,700 people. Due to the sudden attack of the Japanese army and the lack of anti-tank weapons, the fortifications of the Sixth Regiment were once covered by the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles to break through and occupy the North Station. Although the North Station was taken back after the reinforcements of the Fifth Regiment arrived, the Sixth Regiment had already suffered heavy casualties.

But this time, due to Roger's arrival, the situation changed a lot.

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"Captain! Leader! The little Japanese armored car is coming!"

When Zhang Junsong saw that the soldiers under his command rushed into the barricade, he couldn't help but feel instinctively. He immediately knocked on the head of the news soldier and shouted, "What are you calling out? Isn't it just a little Japanese armored car? Didn't you tell your short sluts to come before? Why are you still so impatient? Nothing big is to make you scream. The brothers of Qiongjun are watching here, and they are really impatient. We have lost all the faces of our 19th Route Army!"

"I know... I won't dare anymore..." The soldier murmured in a low voice and stood aside. He really couldn't figure out why his ranks, including so many old brothers, were so flattering to a small team leader of the Qiong Army.

This new soldier, who was not sure about the depth, but when Luo Jie entered Guangdong, Zhang Junsong and others had fought with Chen Mingshu and the Qiong Army. Many of them even became prisoners of the Qiong Army. They still remember the combat effectiveness of the Qiong Army. How dare they look down on the Qiong Army? In addition, the Qiong Army is now coming from afar to help their brothers from the 19th Route Army fight the Japanese. If you don’t be flattered at this time, you can ask for more good things and even shy your face?

After scolding the little devil, Commander Zhang Junsong turned over to practice and said with a smile: "Captain Xiao, our little brother has just joined the army. He is not used to many rules. Please forgive me and don't make fun of it."

At this time, Xiao Jun was squatting in front of Zhang Junsong, the commander of the 6th Regiment of the 156th Brigade.

After Song Yinghui's Qiongya Second Division was adapted into the "Xuanwu Master" of the Republic of China Guard, Xiao Jun and his team stationed in Fujian Province with the "Xuanwu Master". Some time ago, the division selected personnel secretly sneaked into Shanghai to cooperate with the operations of the 19th Route Army. Xiao Jun was selected for his extraordinary qualities and became a temporary team leader. He had two 50mm recoil-free cannons in his hand, plus a twenty-person escort. Among these twenty people, except for four who were good at gunpoint use as quasi-snipers, the other type 16 assault rifles were held, and the other type 16 assault rifles were all Yishui. As for general machine guns, they were not brought due to ammunition supply and flexibility in use. However, in urban warfare, assault rifles were more flexible than machine guns.

Now, Xiao Jun's temporary mixed team was arranged on the defense line of the Sixth Regiment of Zhabei, waiting for the Japanese army's attack.

"Why are you laughing? When I first went to the battlefield, I was not as good as this little guy." Xiao Jun smiled indifferently. "Captain Zhang, let's prepare to move the bones as well. I have been squatting at this street corner for all night, and the bones that don't move will be frozen."

"Okay. Captain Xiao wants to get a few big fireballs for us to warm up!" Zhang Junsong said with a smile. He was counting on Xiao Jun's recoilless artillery team's iron cans.

"Captain Zhang, please be fine! Just keep the thin canned Japanese foods, one shot!" Xiao Jun clasped his fists at Zhang Junsong, and led his people to the recoilless cannon that had been ambushed.

After Xiao Jun left, the little devil who had just reported the message came to Captain Zhang and said, "Captain, you have seen the situation here too. Now the Japanese will arrive soon, so you might as well go back quickly!"

"Bad! When the Japanese devils come, we should defend our positions to the death. Where can we make a retreat? "Zhang Junsong glared at the little devil, "Anyway, the matter in the regiment has been arranged, and the radio station is here, so I will command the battle here!"

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At this time, on a road less than one kilometer in front of Xiao Jun and his defense line, Lieutenant Ancun from the first team of the Japanese Marine Armored Convoy was leading his armored troops along the way toward the positions of the 19th Route Army.

Lieutenant Ancun used the headlight to see the situation ahead. He had already familiarized the terrain here and immediately opened the door of his car, the Vix M-25 armored vehicle, and took a flashlight to the vehicle behind him, informing them that the Chinese army was the defense line in front of him, asking them to slow down the speed and prepare for battle.

After issuing the order, Ancun retracted into the car and closed the side door. Because the armored vehicle was quite loud, Ancun could only approach the driver Kameda's ear and said loudly: "Katada, lower the car speed. Pay attention to the obstacles in front of you and never hit something! Don't be too close to the Chinese position later, as it will make us the target of grenades!"

"Hey!"

After instructing Kameda, Ancun climbed up the turret again, approached the machine gunner's ear and shouted: "We will enter the battle later. If any Chinese army rushed out to throw grenades, it must be eliminated as soon as possible!"

"I got it! I won't let them hit us!"

After explaining the precautions, Ancun finally felt a little relieved. There was a reason why he was so careful. The Vicks M-25 was seated under his butt. He was equipped with two Vicks MK. Type 1 7.7mm water-cooled machine guns; the armor was 5.5mm thick; the vehicle weighed 4.85 tons; it was equipped with a Crossley 4-cylinder 36.8-kilowatt water-cooled engine. The maximum speed was 64 kilometers per hour, and the retreat was 8 kilometers per hour; the vehicle was equipped with a Crossley 4-cylinder 36.8-kilowatt water-cooled engine. The maximum speed was 64 kilometers per hour, while the retreat was 8 kilometers per hour;

The body length is 5.02 meters, 1.87 meters wide and 2.58 meters high. Just looking at the data, you can tell that this is a cannon fodder armored vehicle with thin armor and large volume. The 5.5 mm thickness armored plate is okay to resist bullets, but if it is approached by infantry and throw cluster grenades, even if it explodes nearby, it can be damaged and destroyed. Therefore, Ancun must ensure that it is not approached by infantry, otherwise once an infantry approaches the edge of the armored vehicle, his car can explain it.

In fact, this kind of anti-infantry mission should generally be completed by accompanying infantry. Unfortunately, the tactics of armored vehicles at this time have not yet developed to this point. Apart from Roger, there is no army in the world who has a clear understanding of the importance of infantry fighting with armored soldiers, so Ancun can only rely on himself.

"Ah... why does this kind of a mediocre armored vehicle cost 900 pounds (conservatively estimated to be 180,000 US dollars in Hyundai)? It is said that it has been reduced from 2,100 pounds (at least 420,000 US dollars). I don't know how many infantry can be equipped with this money."

While Ancun was complaining about his car, the armored vehicle had already arrived at the intersection where the 19th Route Army was deployed.

"The Chinese seem to be prepared!" Ancun looked at the tightly defended barricade in front of him. According to yesterday's information, the barricade here should only be built on the left side of the road and the right side of the road. But now it is completely blocked, "In this way, our team can only serve as a fire support point..."

Ancun muttered dissatisfiedly that because his armored vehicle was not enough to have enough tonnage and thin skin, it was impossible to break the bunker sandbags, so he could only let the team's armored vehicles squat at a safe distance and shoot at the barricade, waiting for the arrival of subsequent infantry.

The soldiers of the 19th Route Army squatted behind the barricade of brick and stone structures of sandbags, and the crew of the Japanese Vix M-26 armored vehicle hid behind the 5.5mm thick iron sheet. No one on both sides could do anything to each other and kept firing at each other.

Although the barracks in front of him could not be taken down by his own troops alone, he was not worried, because the subsequent large infantry troops would only take two or three minutes to arrive. At that time, they would use machine guns from three armored vehicles to suppress them. I think the brave Marines should be able to quickly break through the Chinese army in front of him and march towards their target tonight's North Station.

"Lieutenant! Lieutenant Anmura!"

Yamura was wondering when his infantry reinforcements would arrive, and the driver Kameda, who was sitting next to him, suddenly shouted loudly.

"What's wrong with Kameda-kun? What did you find?"

"Lieutenant, isn't it too strange that the Chinese army on the opposite side shows no sign of attacking us but does not retreat? It will be of no benefit to them to drag here! If they don't approach our armored vehicles before our infantry arrives and use cluster grenades to deal with us, they will have no chance to wait for a while! Will they be so calm and wait for artillery?"

"Waiting for artillery?" Ancun smiled disdainfully and said, "Kun Kameda, your concerns may be valid for European and American troops, but it is impossible for the Chinese army. They have very few artillery. According to the information we have obtained before, the defenders of Zhabei do not even have many mortars, and there is not a single direct-fired cannon. They can't wait for anything!"

Hearing his commander say this, Kameda finally felt relieved. He turned his attention back to the battlefield in front of him, carefully observed the surroundings, and watched vigilantly whether there were sneaking Chinese death squads in the darkness.

After the fire exchange lasted for about four or five minutes, the Marine infantry that Yamura had been waiting for finally arrived. Seeing the situation in front of him, the infantry commander naturally pulled out his command knife without hesitation, roared and waved forward. More than a hundred Marines inserted bayonets into their rifles, and screamed and rushed towards the barricade opposite.

From the observation window, we saw that our infantry had already launched a charge. Ancun laughed and turned his head to the driver Kameda and shouted: "Kun Kameda, did you see that there are any artillery in the Chinese army opposite? Our infantry has arrived. Now it is their doomsday!"

As soon as Ancun finished speaking, he heard a deafening explosion sounding on his left side. He lay in shock to the observation window and looked out. The burning fire ball was a Vix M-25 armored vehicle of his team!

"The ammunition depot self-destruction!" Ancun, as a navy, unconsciously had such a ridiculous idea in his mind, but then he threw it away - only how can the machine gun armored vehicle self-destruct to explode itself into a ball of fire!? Then is the fuel tank being exploded? But the fuel tank of the armored vehicle cannot penetrate the bullets at all!?

Just as Ancun was thinking about it, another armored vehicle in his team was also beaten into a second fireball!

"Damn it! The Chinese army has direct artillery! Retreat immediately! Retreat immediately!"

At this time, Kameda had already realized that something was wrong. Before Ancun could tell the order, he had already stepped on the reverse gear and stepped on the accelerator and started to reverse crazily.

At this time, Anmura and Kameda were only concerned about leaving the battlefield as soon as possible, completely ignoring the Marine Infantry hiding behind their armored vehicles to avoid bullets, and directly crushed the two soldiers who were not anxious to dodge! They fled wildly!

Although they were so crazy that they wanted to escape, they were still unable to get rid of the scythe of the god of death. Without driving for a few meters, a shell blasted against the body and exploded! Although they did not hit directly, the explosion's shock wave and shrapnel damaged the fragile left front wheel of the Vicks M-25 armored vehicle.

This explosion not only destroyed a wheel, but also scared Kameda, who was extremely nervous. If one of them failed to operate properly, the Vix M-25 armored vehicle overturned!

In fact, Xiao Jun and his recoilless cannons had already aimed at Ancun and their armored vehicles in the dark, but Xiao Jun felt that if these armored vehicles were destroyed immediately, they would be very likely to alarm the snake, exposing the situation of artillery on his side, which scared the Japanese infantry to not dare to attack, so he suppressed the order to open fire until the Japanese infantry began to charge before issuing it.

As a result, the Marine Infantry, who had just charged to the center of the main road, suddenly lost the suppression firepower of the armored vehicles and was completely exposed to the muzzle of Chinese soldiers!

"Brothers, beat up the Japanese grandma!" Xiao Jun roared. He adjusted the Type 16 assault rifle in his hand to fully automatic mode, aiming at the Japanese army without any cover in the center of the street and fired.

In an instant, the roar of the Type 16 assault rifle resounded through the sky. More than a hundred Japanese Marines who launched the charge immediately fell to death. The rest did not care about the orders of attack, and turned their heads and fled backwards.

However, the wreckage of two burning armored vehicles on their back road illuminated the nearby area as daytime. The backs of the Japanese Marine Infantry who were fleeing to life were particularly clear under the light of the fire, and became a wonderful target for Chinese soldiers.

"Everyone fires a single shot! Save ammunition!" Xiao Jun yelled at his brothers, and then began to lit the Japanese's name one by one.

Obviously, the 16-type submachine gun that can fire a bullet is more efficient than the Mauser manual rifle in the hands of the 19th Route Army soldiers around him. Looking at the rhythmic shooting movements of the Qiong Army soldiers, they all swallowed their saliva in their eyes - whoever is not willing to make a good gun to play with?

Looking at the dead Japanese soldiers in front of him, Zhang Junsong was originally very excited, but gradually he couldn't laugh. He felt as if he had knocked over the five-flavor bottle, because just a few years ago, it was the ones who were named by the Qiong Army! Now he was lying in the same trench with the Qiong Army to point the Japanese's lives. How could Lao Zhang not be moved?

It was only half a minute before and after the Marine Corps arrived and launched the charge. The Japanese army, which was already aggressively charged, had retreated without a trace. After confirming safety, Xiao Jun and others sent people to clean the battlefield and roughly counted the bodies of the Japanese army. In this battle, they destroyed two Vix M-25 armored vehicles, and one of them was injured and turned to the side of the road. However, since they could not be dragged away now, in order to prevent the Japanese from using it again, they could only blow up the Japanese army, killing more than 80 Japanese soldiers, and the injury was unknown. Only one of them had a scratch on their arm, and the rest were no longer lost! The opening battle of the Songhu War ended with a complete victory in China. (To be continued)


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