The Japanese army used heavy artillery and completely shook the concession.
The anxious consuls from various Western countries did not bother to argue with the lunatic, but instead aimed directly at China.
In one morning, there were as many as six military orders sent from Jinling to the retreating Third Theater Command. Even General Gu, who was anxious about how hundreds of thousands of troops would withdraw from Songhu, had to take time to send a phone call.
Order the 88th Division Headquarters and strictly order them to contact Xie Jinyuan's headquarters no matter what. Tonight is the deadline for retreat.
Otherwise, all generals of the 88th Division will engage in military law!
Of course, the executives of the Third Theater Command are not stupid. The radio station can be damaged, but several senior agents from the Central Command came to nothing with secret passwords and military orders stamped with the seal of the headquarters. Naturally, they knew that this was most likely a warehouse.
The defenders did not want to retreat and refused to accept military orders in disguise.
In the past, high-ranking officials would of course cry out as heroes, receive symbolic commendations and rewards, and leave the rest to their fate.
But at this time, you can't be a hero, you have to obey the orders and be a bear. The spies of the Central Command are not easy to use, so the immediate superiors of the warehouse defenders can only take action.
The former commander of the 524th Regiment was seriously injured in the first battle after entering Songhu. Xie Jinyuan was already considered the de facto supreme commander of the 524th Regiment. He was promoted to colonel a day ago. If he wanted him to obey orders, he would have to take action as a general.
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Finally, the 88th Division Major General Chief of Staff was ordered to secretly return to Songhu from the retreat.
All of this, of course, could not be hidden from the eyes of high-level Japanese spies lurking in China.
The information that "the Chinese are trying every means to force their troops to evacuate!" had been placed on the desk of the dejected Jiro Wakiba in the afternoon.
Wakitajiro smiled again. From a tactical point of view, he failed, but strategically, he won.
If the Chinese use the Western Concession as a shield, then they will "repay the enemy in kind" and use the Westerners as spears to pierce this fortress that is strong on the outside but rotten on the inside.
He has even planned to report the truth about the Chinese people's voluntary evacuation through the news media at the right time, despite ridicule.
Is it a big joke that a tenacious army fights bravely on its own land but is blocked by other countries? The so-called fighting spirit will definitely fall apart in the face of such a ridiculous joke.
Of course, this is just the personal thought of Wakiitajiro, who is almost going crazy. He is shameless. His lieutenant general division commander and General Matsui Iwane still want to lose face, right?
In fact, in the past time and space, the truth at the end of the Battle of Sihang Warehouse was not made public until after the victory of the Great Patriotic War.
As the saying goes, victory can cover up all ugliness.
Politicians took advantage of their victory to whitewash this ugliness, and the people who were immersed in the joy of victory were too late to celebrate. Will they pay too much attention to the story that happened far away or even a few years ago?
Human beings are the creatures that most habitually choose to forget.
Sacrifice and unyielding were thus annihilated in the long river of history.
But this time and space will inevitably change.
Because of Tang Dao's deliberate delay, the Sihang Warehouse defenders who were supposed to retreat in the early morning of the 29th were still holding on to the warehouse on the 30th.
The Japanese colonel who received the information that "the Chinese will inevitably withdraw from the warehouse tonight" also received encouragement from General Matsui Iwane of the dispatched force headquarters. The general believed that the strategic vision of the army colonel was worthy of praise.
The Japanese commander, who had been stunned by the battles of the past few days, suddenly fainted.
An army colonel can be considered a big figure in a division, but what if he is placed in a dispatched army of more than 200,000 people? He can't even go to the conference table to pour tea for the generals!
This was suddenly recognized by His Excellency, the commander in charge of an army of more than 200,000 people. How could he, Wai Itajiro, not feel dizzy?
I was so dizzy that I was about to float into the sky, and I didn't pay attention to the subtext of the army general: You are just a tactician and not practical! You can be more honest today.
Some people are happy with just a little sunshine. When they see two 120-caliber field guns placed 3,000 meters away from the front of the warehouse, they fire two consecutive shots. One shot blasted the barricade in front of the Sihang Warehouse building and left traces on the wall.
A big hole was created, and the other two cannons almost destroyed the wall.
Wakibajiro, who was so brilliant that he almost forgot about himself, gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, and once again concentrated six infantry squads to serve as the main frontal attack, and four infantry squads to serve as feint attacks on the two flanks of the battlefield. This afternoon, another strong attack came.
In fact, it cannot be completely said that the Japanese colonel was slightly 'teased' by his own army general and his hormones surged and he became a little carried away. After all, he was still unwilling to suffer a pure tactical failure.
His idea was very simple, use 120 field artillery to open the way, and then attack again. If he still couldn't attack, just wait and wait for victory the next day.
On the bright side, it also gave the army reporter Shuichi Fukuyama something to write about: The Imperial Warriors fought fiercely with the enemy for another day, and the enemy suffered heavy casualties. They had to use the cover of night to hide in the Western Concession to seek shelter. The Imperial Army once again won glory.
Big victory.
Another very important point is to continue to put pressure on the concession parties.
After these two days of dealing with Westerners, Wakiitajiro was actually no longer afraid of offending them and being scolded by his superiors.
The Japanese colonel discovered that the fear of death among Westerners is deeply rooted in their bones. As long as they don't actually detonate the super bomb and drive the yellow-haired and blue-eyed people to a dead end, even if there are bullets or artillery shells falling on the territory of the Western Concession,
, they also have to swallow this breath first.
They were just a bunch of cowards who were afraid of death. The Japanese colonel simply ordered two 120 field guns to approach 2,500 meters and aim at the warehouse building. Even if they missed, they would bomb into the concession and the first to be killed would be those watching the fun.
The Chinese will never hit that big gas tank anyway.
However, the Japanese commander's calculations were quick, and the Chinese people who were watching the excitement were definitely not stupid. When they saw that the Japanese artillery was different from the previous two days, the Western coalition soldiers were so frightened that their faces turned white.
I also understand that the Japanese army used heavy artillery.
They also moved their positions one after another and stood in the blocks two to three hundred meters to the left and right of Sihang Warehouse to watch the battle. Those were also the wealthy areas of the concession. There was a big way, little devil, just come and bomb me and blow up me and the Westerners together.
God, wait for the foreigner to come and fight for you.
Who can take care of it? You can't go home, and no one is allowed to stand on the street downstairs? Not to mention the Westerners are dumbfounded, the Japanese troops on the other side also have a headache.
I have to say that the Chinese people are very quick in their thinking. This has been the case since ancient times. This thing is probably a genetic inheritance!
The one who was really anxious and sweating was the commander of the Western Alliance, Brigadier General Smartet, who took the initiative to place the observation point 300 meters away from the rear flank of the Sihang Warehouse.
The Chinese were furious and refused to retreat, and the Japanese madmen also brought in 120 heavy artillery. Moreover, it was not just a deterrent as he imagined, but they actually went into actual combat.
"Fake yo jepenny rim ma ma!"
The old man with a gray beard pinched his beloved pipe, looked at the battlefield that was once again in full swing, and cursed all afternoon.
