Chapter 151: The Counterattack in the Battle of Shanghai (8)

After losing nearly a squadron, the first brigade of Gaocheng United finally broke through the third line of defense outside the south of the city. The Japanese captain rushed behind and saw the defenders retreating into the city from the gap of more than 20 meters wide that collapsed, and waved his command knife: "Kill me, warriors, rush in and kill all the Chinese."

The captain of the 13th Regiment, Gao Chengshuichi, saw his soldiers swarming towards the gap in the city wall in the telescope, and couldn't help but shout excitedly: "I've rushed in, I've rushed in."

Sakai Tokutaro put down the telescope in his hand. The haze of the two artillery brigades being destroyed just now was swept away. He nodded proudly: "Yoxi, order the entire army to advance."

Kawashima, who was standing beside him, looked depressed. His artillery brigade and the infantry brigade with more than half of the casualties undoubtedly made wedding dresses for others again.

The engineering battalion behind the gap in the city wall had already built up a dozen arc-shaped sandbag bunkers, replenishing the two companies of the second battalion of the regiment and a platoon of six Type 92 heavy machine guns that retreated into the city first, hiding behind the bunker, waiting for battle. Shortly after the last soldier of the first battalion fell at the gap, a group of Japanese soldiers carrying 38 covers and carrying backpacks on their backs howled and rushed out of the gap.

"Fight." The Hua Machinery in the second battalion commander took the lead in firing, and three consecutive shots accurately hit the front chest of the Japanese who rushed to the front. Six heavy machine guns, ten crooked handles, and nearly two hundred rifles fired together, and instantly weaving a fire net at the gap of just over twenty meters wide. More than twenty Japanese who rushed into the gap were suddenly beaten into a hornet's nest.

The Japanese attack brigade was blocked and was about to attack the city. The Japanese captain kept urging the soldiers to attack the city. At the same time, the machine guns and grenade launchers that were covered quickly rushed to the gap to suppress fire. Although the Chinese national team's firepower was very strong, the machine gunners were shot by the head of the bullets that hit the face without a few shots, the soldiers following behind moved away their companions' bodies without hesitation and continued to shoot. After losing several grenade launchers in succession, they finally fired several grenade launchers. At a distance of fifty or sixty meters, the grenades accurately destroyed two heavy machine guns and killed many Chinese soldiers.

Then as soon as the Chinese defenders slowed down their firepower, dozens of Japanese soldiers rushed into the gap and rushed towards the bunker. A desperate suppression of grenades and the remaining four heavy machine guns finally repelled the Japanese's attack.

The battle at the city wall was fiercely staged. In just twenty minutes, a thick layer of corpses of neon soldiers had been piled up in the gap. The Japanese who followed up simply used their companions' bodies as bunkers, set up crane guns and grenade launchers to open fire at the positions of the Chinese defenders.

The two companies of the Second Battalion responsible for blocking were also very casualties and the fire platoon. There were two heavy machine guns left, and the infantry of the two companies also lost one-third. At this time, with two huge explosions, the gate of the city blocked with huge rocks was blown up by the Japanese with explosives. A large number of Japanese rushing in from the city gate with howling.

"Retreat." The city gate was lost, and this gap suddenly lost the meaning of continuing to defend. With the order of the second battalion commander, the remaining soldiers retreated into the city alternately.

Although the first brigade of the Gaocheng Regiment lost most of the squadron's strength again at the gap, it was worth it for the Japanese captain to break through the city wall and rush into the city. More than 700 remaining soldiers from the first brigade rushed over from the city gate and the gap in the direction of the retreat of the Chinese defenders.

The city wall was broken, and Kawashima couldn't wait to ask Tokutaro Sakai for battle and said, "Brig Commander, please allow me to lead my subordinates to clear the remaining enemies in the city."

The three brigades of the Kawashima corps have lost more than half of the damage, and the artillery brigade was wiped out by the Chinese artillery. Although the county was eventually broken through by the Takashima corps, the Kawashima corps also made an indelible contribution. Tokutaro Sakai nodded generously and said, "Okay, Kawashima Jun, the first brigade of the Takashima corps will also be given to you for command."

When Kawashima heard this, he was overjoyed and quickly bowed deeply to Sakai Tokutaro with gratitude. Then, he led more than 600 remaining soldiers to pounce on the city.

When the subsequent troops completely controlled the South Gate, Sakai Tokutaro climbed the city tower accompanied by Koichi Takashi. At this time, a trace of white fish appeared in the sky. Gunshots in the city were heard, and the Chinese national team retreated into the city and launched a fierce street battle with more than a thousand Neon Army soldiers who had already rushed into the city. However, at this time, Sakai Tokutaro was not worried that the natural danger of the Huangpu River had been broken through, and the defensive positions carefully arranged by the Chinese army outside the city and the last line of defense - the city wall, were all occupied. Are they still worried about the remnants of the remnants who fled into the city? Moreover, there were even more violent sounds of gunfire from the west. Sakai Tokutaro knew that the reinforcements of the 18th Division had already met with the left-road army led by Niushima Manta and were launching a fierce attack on the 67th Army.

Tokutaro Sakai was very proud. Although he was better than Ushimajima, he was the one who was the first to break through Songjiang Prefecture.

"Report to the division commander, and I said that I had stood on the city tower at the south gate of Songjiang, and the troops were clearing out the remaining enemies in the city."

At this time, the brigade department of the Independent 20th Brigade of Songjiang County Middle School was located. Chief of Staff Qiao Zhen put down the phone and reported to Shen Xiuwen, who was walking around in the war room with his arms in his arms, said: "Brig Commander, all troops have entered the attack position."

Shen Xiuwen originally wanted to wait until all the Japanese on the south bank of the Huangpu River entered the encirclement before launching the general attack. However, the changes in the entire battle situation and the pressure on the 67th Army on the western front continued to increase, Shen Xiuwen could not take this risk. He stopped and gritted his teeth and ordered: "The general attack began. The special agent camp and the sergeant camp jointly supplemented the regiment to eliminate the Japanese in the city. The 38th Regiment, the 40th Regiment, and the 42nd Regiment encircled and suppressed the enemies outside the city, and the fire battalion covered the attack."

"Yes." Qiao Zhen quickly picked up the phone and personally issued a general attack order to the various troops.

Kawashima personally led more than 1,300 remaining troops from the headquarters brigade and the first brigade of the Takashima Regiment, and advanced into the city along the street. Although the buildings along the street had been converted into street battle fortresses by the Chinese army, the Neon Army was still progressing very quickly. As the buildings on both sides of the street were taken down, the troops were developing in depth to both sides. Kawashima led the main force to occupy the county government and approaching the county middle school, the highest building in the center of the county.

At this time, two red signal flares suddenly rose from the direction of the county middle school. On the three-story teaching building facing the street, which was originally covered in morning mist, the fire suddenly spit out, and the roar of heavy machine guns followed. The whole building was like a hedgehog, not only fired at the neon army charging on the street, but also covered the neon army advancing deep.

"Lying down." Kawashima rolled down while lying down, barely avoiding the bullets of several heavy machine guns. The bullets hit the bluestone floor and splashed sparks. Kawashima rolled into the corner of a building on the street and wiped a cold sweat from his head. Most of the soldiers following him were not as lucky as him, and had fallen half of them in an instant.

"Grouton, fire suppression." Kawashima shouted loudly, waving the Southern Fourteen-Type Pistol in his hand.

However, the firepower upstairs was too fierce, and the grenade launcher could not effectively fire grenades at the building. At this moment, the gunshots on both sides were also dense, no longer the sounds of the 38 rifles and the Taisho 11 light machine guns, and were mixed with the sounds of a large number of automatic weapons.

The third battalion of the supplementary regiment was defending the county middle school, and the secret service battalion and sergeant battalion that were ambushing on both sides launched an attack on the Neon Army, which was developing in depth.

The number of people fighting in the street is not large, but the elite. The special agent battalion and the sergeant battalion are all the latest American equipment, Thomson submachine gun, Browning light machine gun, and Galand rifle. Compared with the Type 38 rifle that is inconvenient to turn around in the hands of the Neon Army, the firepower is too obvious. What's more important is that the special agent battalion and the sergeant battalion are far from the soldiers of the supplementary regiment. They are all veterans of the war, and they do not need to be elite soldiers in either shooter skills or combat experience. In addition, they are very familiar with the terrain and compress the neon army on both sides of the street into the middle like a destruction.

When the signal flare rose, Sakai Tokutaro, who was observing the progress of the city on the city tower, was very surprised. What did Hua Jun, who had already been defeated in his eyes, want to do?

Before he could come back, the sound of cannons outside the city had already sounded, but it was not heavy artillery, but by the bamboo forest southeast of the county town, the eighteen sixty mortars of the fire battalion lined up, bombarding the follow-up troops of the Neon Army that were surrounding the county town. What followed was the sound of heavy machine guns that he had never heard before. The second and third brigades of Gaocheng Regiment, who were driving towards the county town, were evading the artillery fire, while avoiding the artillery fire, they fell to the ground under the strafing of heavy machine guns. The highway was full of fires of mortar shell explosions and the screams of soldiers.

At the same time, deafening shouts of killing sounds sounded from the east and west sides. Standing on the city wall, Tokutaro Sakai, who was standing on the city wall, could clearly see from the telescope that there was a unit in yellow and green uniform in each direction surrounding his two brigades in the middle, with a total of six or seven thousand people.

"The Central Army is the Central Army of China." Sakai Tokutaro exclaimed. At this time, he had no time to consider where these two huge Central Army of China came out, and loudly ordered the same panic, Takashiro Maki, and said: "Order the troops to quickly move closer to the city and occupy the outer defense of the Chinese army to block the attack. Immediately ask the division commander for artillery support."

When the Japanese brigade quickly approached the south gate and gradually escaped the range of the fire battalion's mortar, Li Weishan, who had long witnessed all this in the telescope, ordered: "Bombardment, cut off the Japanese's route."

The twelve Krupp mountain cannons transferred to the pre-set position artillery battalion of Xiguan were flashing a flame at the same time. The front edge of the outer fortifications had already been set to shoot the various elements, so there was no need to test the fire. The twelve grenades dragged the scarlet tail flames and hit the front position and road in the South Gate three kilometers away.

The shell was retracted, loaded, and fired in less than five seconds, and the second round of shells had been discharged.

At this time, the front of the South Gate had become a hell on earth. Although the range of the sixty guns was not enough, the firepower of the m2 was more than enough. The strafing of the 12.7 mm large-caliber bullet was undoubtedly very amazing. I have never seen such firepower similar to the anti-aircraft machine gun for flat shooting just now, which made the soldiers of the Kumamoto Division, who had always claimed to be brave, feel unprecedented fear.

"Mom" A soldier who was hit by several 12.7mm bullets and hit two pieces in half, just cried and screamed, and blood approaching the mouth surged from his mouth, and a few cooing sounds came from his throat, rolling his eyes to see Aunt Amaterasu.

Twelve grenades fell directly into the Japanese crowd and exploded. The explosion center turned into a bloody rain. The shrapnel released were shot in all directions and wanted to harvest the beasts from that small island.

When they retreated, they had to die, and they could only rush forward, rush into the trenches, and rush into the city. The Japanese officers loudly urged the soldiers to continue rushing forward. But the second and third groups of bullets followed, blocked the Japanese in front of the front positions.

The roaring cannons and the scattering shouts spread to seven kilometers away, at the command of the 6th Division of the Yoshido Division. Tanisuo, who had just received good news from Tokutaro Sakai's attack on the prefecture, was preparing to report to the commander of the 10th Army, Yanagawa Heisuke, and was shocked.

"Your Excellency, the division commander, something is not good. General Sakai was surrounded by the Central Army of Tens of Wanhua outside Songe City and asked for artillery fire support." A staff officer put down the phone and ran over with a pale face to report to Tanisuo.

"Baga." Tani Shouo pulled out his commander's sword and slashed over the staff's nose with a chill, and shouted loudly: "Order the artillery to open fire."

The heavy artillery wing hurriedly raised the observation balloon again, and six 105 howitzers began to counterattack. As the position of the artillery battalion was transferred to Xiguan, it had exceeded the theoretical maximum range of 10,050 meters of the 105 howitzers. The Japanese artillery could only suppress the fire camp positions in the bamboo forest under the guidance of the observation balloon. Although within the range, although the observers on the observation balloon provided accurate shooting elements, the accuracy of the artillery battalion was much worse than the distance between eight or nine kilometers.

The Huangpu River has a wide surface and rapid flow. The engineer corps has not completed the installation of the floating bridge in the middle of the night. Twenty-four styles of 94 cannons are waiting at the ferry side, and the Chinese army cannot be suppressed by fire.

"Bageya Road, order the Engineers' Corps to set up a pontoon bridge within an hour." Tanisuo looked at the slow progress of setting up the pontoon bridge and roared angrily.

Then he personally picked up the field phone number that had been connected with the left army, Yan ordered Niushima Man to quickly defeat the 67th Army in front of them, quickly approached the Xiguan of Songjiang to rescue the surrounded Tokutaro Sakai.
Chapter completed!