Chapter 85 Operational Deployment on the Eve of the 128th Battle
Chapter 85 Combat deployment on the eve of the 128th Battle
Author: Entertainment Cat
Chapter 85 Combat deployment on the eve of the 128th Battle
A week later, the first dispatch fleet finally arrived in Songhu.
And the landing was carried out smoothly, and directly entered the Marine Corps barracks established by the Japanese in Songhu,
With the arrival of reinforcements from the Japanese Marine Corps, the 19th Route Army, totaling more than 33,000 people, was rapidly making pre-war combat deployments. The 60th Division was stationed in Suzhou and Changzhou; the 61st Division,
The 78th Division is stationed on the front lines of Nanjing and Zhenjiang; the 78th Division is stationed on the front lines of Songhu, Wusong, Kunshan and Jiading.
After the 19th Route Army garrisoned Beijing and Shanghai, driven and influenced by the Songhu people's resolute anti-Japanese actions, their determination to resist Japan was firm.
The 19th Route Army was well prepared to resist the Japanese invasion in the Songhu area, and issued a secret order on combat deployment, requiring that "the entire army should be rigorously prepared for war in order to defend the country and fulfill their duties as soldiers. For example, the Japanese troops
If there is indeed an attack on the troops stationed in the 19th Route Army, they should be put out with all their strength."
Even though Chairman Chang tried to compromise and avoid going to war with the Japanese troops, the order had been conveyed to the headquarters of the 19th Route Army. Commander Jiang and Deputy Commander Cai also asked some troops to be very alert to the Japanese troops at any time.
Sneak attack operations of war,
Especially when the 2,000 Japanese Marines commanded by the First Foreign Fleet Commander Shiozawa Koichi arrived in Songhu,
The two of them even raised their vigilance to the highest level.
January 28, 1932
Major General Shiozawa was gathering all the Japanese officers at the headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps for an emergency combat meeting.
"The purpose of calling you all together now for a combat meeting is that tonight we must launch a night attack to attack the location of the 6th Regiment of the 156th Brigade of the China Army, and we must work together to annihilate this China Army unit!"
"Capture Songhu for our imperial army and fight the first battle!"
"Let everyone, whether they are Chinese troops or foreign troops, clearly see the strong combat effectiveness of our Marine Corps! This will be the best way to quickly improve the combat morale of our troops!"
"So now you tell me, are you confident that you can win this battle?"
Looking at the Japanese officers who were summoned by him,
Major General Shiozawa also had a very excited look on his face, and he was excited, even high in fighting spirit, and was doing a morale booster.
"Your Majesty, Major General! You are absolutely right! We must win the first battle, and I am willing to take the lead in leading my troops to launch the first round of offensive operations!"
After Major General Shiozawa finished speaking,
As his closest confidant, the officer Tsukamoto Takada was the first to echo loudly,
"Hai!"
"I am also willing to be the first unit to attack. All the Chinese troops are waste troops. I am confident that I will be able to complete this combat mission and annihilate all those Chinese troops!"
Another Japanese officer, Mayen Fukawa, stood up at the same time and responded with a loud roar.
Then, one after another, many Japanese officers, all very excited, stood up and snatched, becoming the first officer to lead troops to attack.
"Yo Xi! I just like you brave warriors with high fighting spirit, so let's launch an attack tonight!"
"As for who will go out to fight, let's draw lots!"
"It doesn't matter which one of you draws the lot to go out and fight, I just need to see the result!"
After watching the Japanese officers under his command vying for the spot to be the first to lead troops into battle,
Major General Shiozawa was in a very good mood and nodded with satisfaction and responded,
"Hai!"
"Hai!"
"Hai!"
All the Japanese officers quickly nodded and agreed loudly.
Then they began to draw lots to see who would be lucky enough to be the first officer to lead troops into battle.
19th Route Army Headquarters,
"We'd better strengthen the defensive deployment of the station tonight. I don't know why my eyebrows are always twitching today!"
"You know we people in Yangcheng like to be superstitious, so I don't want anything unexpected to happen where our troops are stationed!"
"Especially today you saw the reinforcements from the Japanese Marine Corps, which have arrived in Songhu, with a total of 2,000 troops!"
"And according to our intelligence personnel, follow-up Japanese reinforcements are still on their way, and we don't know how many more Marine reinforcements will come!"
"So this time I think the Japanese must want to break out a war, so our next battle is absolutely unavoidable! Even if President Chang doesn't want a war to break out, it won't work!"
"The ambitions of the Japanese have always been very huge, and the ambitions of the wolf are far from enough!"
Commander-in-Chief Jiang was in a serious mood and gave instructions to Deputy Commander Cai.
"Okay! I have the same idea as you. What I'm most worried about is whether these insidious Japanese Marines will conduct a night attack!"
"This is what the devil likes to do the most!"
Deputy Commander Cai also nodded in agreement.
"Okay! Then I'll leave it to you!"
"Especially ask the 6th Regiment of the 156th Brigade to be more vigilant and not allow the Japanese to succeed in their night attack!"
"Otherwise, the combat morale of our troops will be hit to a certain extent!"
"In addition, prepare a reserve force in case the Japanese Marine Corps launches a really insidious night attack to supplement the frontline combat troops and resist the Japanese attacking troops!"
"So that our follow-up reinforcements can arrive in time to clean up the mess!"
Commander-in-Chief Jiang also nodded and added.
"Yeah! That's right. I'll arrange the reserves right away so that once the war breaks out, we won't be without reinforcements and can support the 6th Regiment of the 156th Brigade in a short period of time!"
"With the immediate support of the reserve forces, our reinforcements will definitely have enough time to come in, so that we can resolve the conspiracy and scheming operations of many Japanese troops!"
Deputy Commander Cai also agreed.
So the two of them continued to discuss the combat deployment of the remaining troops.
Then, Deputy Commander Cai hurried to personally supervise the deployment of the reserve troops.
at the same time,
Songhu garrison commander Dai Ji also quickly received an order from Commander-in-Chief Chiang, asking him to immediately issue an order for all garrison units to conduct high-level patrols and combat deployments to prevent the Japanese army from taking advantage of the 19th Route Army's change of defense.
Zhabei ordered all security forces to immediately enter their positions and conduct strict security.
Then, all the senior generals of the 19th Route Army were nervously waiting for the Japanese Marine Corps to launch a night attack at any time. Especially on this night, they were even more restless.