Regarding the appointment of the commander of the Tangdao Inspectorate Battalion and the deputy director of the staff department, this person had no objections and agreed.
However, he shook his head and refused to form an inspection battalion with the Sihang Battalion as the core. Instead, he directly requested that two infantry companies of the 43rd Army plus a company drawn from his 67th Army guard battalion be used as the inspection battalion.
The two lieutenant generals of the 43rd Army were greatly moved. They knew that this was his special care and wanted to leave as much seeds as possible for him in the 43rd Army, just like the reason why they wanted Si Xing Battalion to be an inspection camp during the day.
Same.
The role of the supervisory battalion is naturally to supervise the battle. There is no need to rush to the front line. Even if the entire army is wiped out in the end, the supervisory battalion will basically be the last group of people to die, and the possibility of survival is much greater than that of the frontline officers and soldiers.
It’s just that I was moved. Since the 43rd Army dared to come, they also dared to fight. So why would they let all the 67th Army come in and hide behind them as auxiliaries? It doesn’t make sense either emotionally or rationally.
Guo and Liu looked at each other. As the boss of the 43rd Army, Lieutenant General Guo was about to speak.
"Brother Guo, Brother Liu, needless to say, our 67th Army has just rushed to the southeast from the battlefield in North China, and has encountered an old opponent, the Sixth Division. It seems that it is God's will that our 67th Army must compete with them again.
" Lieutenant General Wu waved his hand rather domineeringly, his eyes filled with brilliance.
"What's more, the shame we have carried for six years can only be washed away with the blood of our Northeastern Army, so that some people know that our 67th Army came to Songjiang. It's not that we don't know the reason, but that this is a national war.
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Several generals here who are qualified to participate in the meeting all have horrified expressions. On the one hand, this is because what this person said was a bit excessive. Once it reaches the ears of that person, with that person’s deep thoughts, not to mention the one who spoke personally, he is the one here.
, will also be remembered by him.
Wang Gongyu's face was even more ugly and he almost cried. He didn't expect that the general who came with 30,000 troops would drag him into a pit before the battle started. How much would he have to do?
Tough luck!
Of course, the meaning expressed from the side of these words is even more obvious. I am here to die. If I am not afraid of death, who should I be afraid of offending? Even the king of heaven dares to scold me.
Tang Dao once again experienced the minds and methods of the big guys who have a place in this turbulent era. There is really no simple person.
Wu Zhong said these words not only for a quick moment, but also to set the tone for the Songjiang battle.
That is telling everyone here that the 67th Army represents the Northeastern Army in front of them. Even if they fight to the last man, they must complete military orders. By the way, it also tells Guo and Liu that he has the final say here. The 43rd Army and the Security Group are both
Play auxiliary.
Without some skill, how could he become the pillar of the Northeast Army after the imprisoned Xiao Zhang and the second-largest figure in the Northeast Army, General Wang, who died in the attack?
The next step is to determine the final battle plan.
Tang Dao and the two lieutenant generals spent an afternoon walking around Songjiang City and the Huangpu River bank more than ten kilometers away from the city. The three of them racked their brains and came up with a brand new plan.
After the Japanese army occupied Jinshanwei and then marched towards Songjiang, they had to pass through the mighty Huangpu River.
Originally, the two lieutenant generals advocated pushing the position to the bank of the Huangpu River. This way, they could fortify layers of defenses and deepen the depth of the defense. At the same time, they could delay the Japanese advance and prevent the Japanese invaders from crossing the river without any pressure.
Attack Songjiang Castle.
From the perspective of defensive warfare, such a design is of course no problem. In fact, this is what they did in time and space. The 67th Army did not put all its troops inside the city, but sent two to three regiments to search outside the city.
The main force of the Japanese army was restrained at a suitable location, so that the Japanese army could not attack Songjiang City with all its strength. In the end, although the Songjiang defenders paid heavy casualties, they still completed the military order to block the Japanese army for three days and nights.
But doing so would undoubtedly put the Chinese people on the banks of the Huangpu River under Japanese artillery fire. They only had 12 hours of preparation time at most, and it was impossible to complete artillery defense fortifications that could protect against 120-caliber artillery.
That almost means that delaying the Japanese army for several hours only cost the lives of thousands of soldiers. The same was true in time and space in the past. Even the two major generals and brigade commanders of the 67th Army who were sitting next to Tang Dao at this moment were killed outside the city.
Although judging from the final result, the strategic goal of blocking three days and nights was achieved, the price paid was too heavy after all.
Especially for Tang Dao, a little butterfly from the future, he knew more about the misery that the 67th Army would suffer after being crippled. The sacrificed Lieutenant General not only had no reputation and no pension, but was falsely accused of surrendering to the enemy. The 67th Army
The designation was canceled and reduced to an infantry division, which made everyone who knew this history feel angry and sad.
Therefore, Tang Dao firmly opposed this defense plan of exchanging life for time.
What he suggested was very simple. The entire army abandoned the perimeter, retreated to the city, and fought an advanced version of the Hengyang defense battle.
As long as the Japanese Tenth Army is brave enough to take a bite, Songjiang, with more than 30,000 troops, is not just a hard bone that can break people's teeth, but a ferocious beast that can bite back at any time.
The Battle of Hengyang, which took place a few years later, was used in this way to beat hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops to tears. In the end, the Japanese generals personally came forward to persuade them to surrender, and swore in the name of their emperor that they would never abuse prisoners of war, and even
The senior officers guarding the city were allowed to leave with their wounded soldiers.
I just ask the Chinese to stop guarding and symbolically hand over Hengyang City, which has been reduced to ruins, to them.
It wasn't that the Japanese didn't want to take revenge on the defenders, but that they really couldn't fight. The casualties of 100,000 Japanese troops far exceeded the number of Chinese troops defending the city.
In a month and a half of fighting, the Chinese had 17,000 soldiers, and more than 16,000 were killed and injured, with only 1,000 left. However, the Japanese army of 110,000 lost 20,000 lives and injured more than 50,000. If the fight continued, the Japanese Eleventh Army
Several divisions under his command can be reduced into one division.
A general who was fully qualified to be the commander of the front army suddenly became a lieutenant general and division commander. This was much more unlucky than Jiro Wakita in the Battle of Shihang Warehouse.
Songjiang now has more than 30,000 people, and they can save a little ammunition and food, which is enough to last him for a month. If the Tenth Army also wants to form a tenth division, it can definitely give it a try.
Moreover, Tang Dao was very sure that Yanagawa Heisuke would not have that much time and would most likely give in and change his route. However, by that time, the hundreds of thousands of troops in western Shanghai had basically withdrawn.
"You idiot, it doesn't matter if you want to spend all the capital of my 43rd Army here in Songjiang. Anyway, I only have so many people, but what about the 67th Army? Do you think they will think so? Do you believe it?
The gun will kill you first!" Standing on the edge of the Huangpu River, Lieutenant General Guo stared at Tang Dao for a long time before he cursed.
"Since you dare to come here, you won't be afraid of this. I believe in the 67th Army." Tang Dao acted like a fool at that time.
Obviously, Leng Tou Qing was right.
As soon as the combat meeting began, the tough 67th Army Commander Songjiang Frontline First Commander had already set the tone.
This man agreed to Tang Dao's battle plan without hesitation.
That is to say, knowing that this extremely decisive battle plan that buried everyone half in the soil was actually made by Tang Dao, this person was a little surprised, but he soon felt relieved.
It doesn't seem like anything new for a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander who dared to fight a fierce battle with a Japanese army ten times his own in a desperate situation like Sihang Warehouse to find himself in a desperate situation again.
Of course, the subsequent defense zone planning is not decided by Tang Dao. Several generals are all veterans.
In addition to the four city walls, the urban area with the densest number of residential buildings outside the east gate is also a key defense area. Unless the Japanese army has enough artillery shells to level the residential area covering an area of several square kilometers, they will have to send infantry to occupy it bit by bit.
It was an excellent battlefield for street fighting.
There is also Cangcheng, which is located 800 meters away to the west of the city. It is also a position with extremely important geographical location. If the Japanese army wants to attack that city wall, they will be cross-attacked by the firepower of the city wall and the firepower of Cangcheng.
However, both positions were located outside the city, so the attacks and casualties suffered must have been heavy.
But obviously, for these leading generals, as long as they can hit the enemy to the maximum extent, the number of casualties is no longer among their key considerations.
After delineating the defense area, the next step is to assign combat tasks. Because the Songjiang Security Group is familiar with the residential areas in the east of the city, that became their battlefield.
This time, Commissioner Wang, who was always frightened, probably lay down completely and accepted the military order calmly.
Liu Yuqing originally planned to fight to garrison Cangcheng, a defense area with a narrow escape from death, but was rejected again. However, this time it was not that the Northeastern man wanted to take care of the Sichuan Army with few people, but after hearing about the current firepower configuration of the 43rd Army, this
Completely shocked.
A fire support company actually had two mountain cannons, four infantry cannons, eight heavy machine guns, and four mortars.
With such awesome firepower, wouldn't it be good to use it in the main city to fight the Japanese? After all, this is the main battlefield.
It didn't matter that the 43rd Army didn't find a position where they wanted to show off their bravery. Seeing that the defense zones were all divided, not to mention all the second-line positions in the city, even the additional first-line troop locations were decided, and the combat meeting was about to conclude the speeches.
The famous Four Elements Camp was not even mentioned by the big shots.
