(This story is purely fictional, please do not imitate it!)
Shanghai, as the largest coastal city in China, is located on the estuary of the Yangtze River. Therefore, Shanghai is a typical city that is easy to attack and difficult to defend. In the case of a three-dimensional war on land, sea and air, if China does not have a strong navy and air force, Shanghai will inevitably suffer.
to the invasion of war.
The former commander of the Japanese 6th Division, Lieutenant General Hisao Tani, has been promoted to the commander of the 11th Army. The division commander at this time is Lieutenant General Tokutaro Sakai, who was originally the major general of the 11th Brigade of the 6th Division.
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Hisao Tani's promotion to Army Commander was also considered "popular" among Japanese military circles, because in the North China Battle of the North China Front, only Hisao Tani's 6th Division was unstoppable and attacked from Tianjin Wei all the way to Texas, opening up a victory for the 1st Army.
road.
In this attack on Shanghai, Hisao Tani refused to fight and got the "forward" position, which he directly gave to his 6th Division.
The 6th Division has two brigades, the 11th and the 36th. Within the division, the commander of the 36th Brigade, Major General Okamoto Masaomi, competed with the commander of the 11th Brigade, Major General Okamoto Yasuyuki. Therefore, the forward among the forwards was
It was handed over to Colonel Shiro Fujita of the 23rd Regiment under Okamoto Masaomi.
The 6th Division, except for its extremely beastly side, its combat power definitely belongs to the "first-level division" in the Japanese army, and is not inferior to any "steel army" in history, because the Japanese 1-6th Division , originally one of the seven oldest divisions of the Japanese army, was established in 1888. In 1894, during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the 6th Division bravely took the lead and captured our Weihaiwei Navy Base; after that, it captured our important barrier Motianling Fort; During the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, the 6th Division once again set foot on Chinese territory and participated in the battles of Liaoyang, Shahe, Heigoutai, and Fengtian; from 1923 to 1925, the 6th Division invaded our country for the third time and stationed Northeast. In 1928, in order to prevent our Northern Expeditionary Army from unifying my country, the 6th Division invaded Shandong and occupied Jinan, wreaking havoc on our military and civilians, killing more than 50,000 people, and creating the "Jinan Massacre" that shocked China and foreign countries.
After receiving the order to secretly seize the beachhead and cover the landing of the follow-up troops, Shiro Fujita couldn't help but feel happy. He knew that as long as the landing was successful, his rank of colonel would soon become "major general".
After the December 8th Incident in 1931, the Chinese government had lost the right to garrison troops in Shanghai. However, after the July 7th Incident, especially after the 1st Army of the North China Front began to attack Shandong, Chiang Kai-shek took the opportunity to order the 9th Group Army to garrison.
Shanghai, seized some strategic locations, and formed a confrontation with the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai.
Fujita Shiro's 23rd Regiment began landing at 3 o'clock in the morning. Since the special forces directly under the front army had already eliminated the Chinese army's sentries, the landing process was very smooth. It only took 10 minutes for the first squadron to disembark to control the landing site.
Several strategic locations and simple blocking fortifications were constructed.
An hour later, Shiro Fujita got in touch with the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai. When he learned that the enemy not far away was only a battalion of the Chinese 88th Division, he immediately ordered the 67th Infantry Brigade, which was ready for battle, to attack the Chinese in front of them.
The army attacks!
In the original history, a brigade of the Japanese army had four infantry squadrons, a machine gun squadron (eight heavy machine guns), a brigade artillery squad (two 70mm infantry guns), the infantry squadron had three infantry squads, and the squad had
One machine gun group (two light machine guns), one grenade group (two grenade barrels) and two rifle groups. However, after the "baptism of war" given to the Japanese army by the National Defense Forces, the infantry squadron of the Japanese army group remained unchanged, but
The machine gun squadron's 8 heavy machine guns have become 12, and the brigade's artillery squad has become a "reinforced artillery squad" with four 70-mm infantry guns; the squad's machine gun group's light machine guns have increased to three, and the grenade group's grenades
The number of cartridges was also increased to 3. In this way, the heavy firepower of the "Brigade" as a Japanese tactical unit increased by at least 40%.
Of course, at this time, the battalion-level firepower of the National Army's "German Arms Division" was much stronger than in history. Although there were no such things as mountain artillery, the 60-meter force, heavy machine guns, and light machine guns were stronger than during the same period in history.
"Bah!" Seeing the dark crowd hunched over and running towards their sentry post, the national army's secret sentry had no time to go back and report, so he had to fire a shot at the figure.
The Japanese army did not fire back, but continued to hunch forward. This is where the Japanese army became smarter. In the past, the Japanese army would definitely fight back. If they fought back, it would be equivalent to reporting that someone was coming to attack; but if they did not
Fighting back can at least win a few seconds or even dozens of seconds. In this kind of charge, a few seconds are also very precious. It most likely means victory, and at least you can advance tens or hundreds of meters more.
This kind of wisdom was obviously learned by the Japanese army from the National Defense Forces during the North China Campaign. This is called "biting dogs do not bark", and it is also a way of "seizing the opportunity".
"Bah!" After the secret sentry of the National Army fired his gun, the secret sentry in another area also discovered the sneak attack enemy and hurriedly fired a shot. However, the accuracy of this shot was excellent, knocking down a Japanese soldier, and then followed the charge.
When the Japanese soldiers from that small group saw that their companions had been shot, they immediately raised their 38 rifles to fight back.
"Bing Gou, Bing Gou, Bing Gou..." As dawn was approaching, gunfire erupted on Shanghai Beach, and the sentry who fired the gun soon died in the random gunfire of the Japanese army.
"Enemy attack——" There was finally a sound from the national army position.
"Dong dong dong..." A national army heavy machine gun responded very quickly and started shooting.
As soon as the Chinese machine guns fired, the Japanese troops fell to the ground. Except for a few unlucky ones, there was almost no lethality.
"Suddenly -" the national army's machine gun position was just exposed, and was immediately blocked by the Japanese grenade. "Boom -" the national army's simple machine gun fortification was overturned. Even if the machine gunner was not killed, he was seriously injured.
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The shooting skills of the Japanese army are still so accurate.
This is a temporary machine gun position at the front of the national army. Otherwise, the Japanese army would not be able to overturn a heavy machine gun so easily.
"Click, click, click..." The Japanese Taisho 11 machine gun also joined in the shooting.
"Da, da da..." Because the terrain was favorable, the national army's light machine guns fired in a leisurely manner, firing bursts from time to time.
"Tuanzuo! Tuanzuo! Our battalion was attacked by heavy enemy troops. The sound of gunshots may be a large-scale Japanese attack!" Battalion Commander Deng Mingshan reported eagerly in a house guarded by the national army.
"What? The Japanese army is launching a massive attack? Are you sure?" the voice of regiment leader Liao Qiling came from the microphone.
Liao Qiling is the commander of the 527th Regiment of the 264th Brigade of the 88th Division of the National Army. His brigade commander is the famous Huang Meixing, the first National Army general who died in the Songhu Anti-Japanese War. I hope that in this parallel time and space, he can escape the catastrophe of his life.
"Yes, regimental commander. The sounds of the Japanese Army's 38 rifles, crooked machine guns, and grenade launchers are very special. I can't mishear them!" Battalion Commander Deng Mingshan said with confidence.
"Okay! You must resist! I will report to the host immediately!" Liao Qiling said.
"Yes, regimental seat!" Deng Mingsheng replied simply. Because he basically saw clearly that the Japanese army only had a thousand men, and his own battalion had about 600 men. In addition, the terrain was favorable and the fortifications were solid, so defense was basically no problem.
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As the two sides engaged in battle, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, grenade launchers, 60mm guns, etc. all came into use, firing bullets at the opponent regardless of the cost.
The tasks of the Deng Mingshan Battalion were, firstly, to guard the beach in front of the position, and secondly, to guard the Huangpu River waterway. However, because this battle occurred too suddenly, the Dengmingshan Battalion actually failed to fulfill its responsibilities, because the soldiers from several outposts were
All the sentries were "touched" by the Japanese special forces, so the Japanese army could attack the main position so easily.
The time slowly pushed to 4:30, and the sky had already revealed the light of day. Boom, boom, bang, twang, ding, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong.
The casualties gradually increased.
Just when Deng Mingshan felt that the Japanese army was nothing more than this, "Boom, boom, boom—" a huge explosion suddenly came from the frontier position!
"Oops!" Deng Mingshan understood as soon as he heard it. This was the Japanese 75mm mountain cannon and 70mm infantry cannon. Historically, the Japanese infantry wing had one wing artillery squadron (four mountain cannons) and one infantry artillery squadron (
four infantry guns), but also because of Wu Aihua's crossing, the Japanese army's artillery squadron was upgraded to an "artillery brigade", with two 6 75mm mountain guns for a total of 12 guns. In addition, plus the brigades gathered together
70mm infantry artillery, the national army's forward positions were suddenly engulfed in a sea of fire.
"Kill me -" As soon as the bombardment ended, the Japanese army immediately got up from the ground and rushed towards the national army's forward position.
The forward position of Deng Mingshan Camp was originally a warning position. The fortifications were crude and cramped, which was not conducive to defense at all. If a battalion commander of the National Defense Force was to guard it, the National Defense Force could put up a platoon or even a squad at most.
. However, in addition to placing a platoon here, Deng Mingshan also added a company here when the two sides reached a stalemate. Therefore, the Japanese army's shelling was an unexpected gain. In addition to the wounded of nearly one platoon, the National Army
The soldiers supported each other and returned to the main position. The other nearly 200 people were all exposed to this burst of artillery fire. Even if there were a few people who survived and could even resist, they could not stand in front of the hundreds of Japanese soldiers who rushed up.
It's impossible to do anything.
The sudden fall of the forward position put Deng Mingshan's battalion into a dangerous situation. Although the national army's fortifications and forts were built quite firmly, they could not withstand infantry artillery bombardment at the entrances and exits of the fortifications!
"Suddenly--" The 60-gun guns in the main position of the Chinese army quickly bombarded the Japanese troops who had just entered the forward position. The power of the 12 60-gun guns immediately caused the Japanese troops to flee in all directions.
"Guard Platoon, hurry up, follow me out and take back the forward position!" Deng Mingshan grabbed a submachine gun and rushed out of the main position.
"The camp seat——" The guard platoon saw the battalion commander rushing out, and there was no reason to be afraid of death. After screaming in surprise, they all rushed out.
"Da da da..." Just as the team of Deng Mingshan and others appeared in the wilderness, they were immediately fired upon by a Japanese machine gun group. At the same time, Japanese grenade launchers were also thrown against the ground.
"Boom -" a grenade exploded next to several soldiers. The guard platoon, Deng Mingshan's guard platoon, had to retreat to the main position after leaving two dead soldiers behind.
(Usually updated twice a day, so that the king can take a breather, thank you all.)