Crazy artillery fire once again broke out in residential areas.
As the commander of Cangcheng, Tang Dao and the two commanders of Songjiang City both turned their attention to the outside of the city, which was heavily focused on by the enemies of Xicheng with artillery fire.
They all knew that the Japanese army must have suffered a big loss in this residential area, so they used dozens of artillery fire to retaliate against the residential areas with almost no fortifications.
In addition to the fact that Tang Dao knew the difficulty of street fighting and had already predicted that the Japanese army would be blocked here, the two commanders received an unexpected surprise.
According to Tang Dao's suggestion, the security group with weak combat effectiveness was thrown out. For the two of them, the 2,000 people were just abandoned soldiers. Unexpectedly, this abandoned soldier allowed the Japanese army to attack twice in a row and has not been able to advance an inch.
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A commendation must be obtained. In order to encourage morale, Lieutenant General Wu, the supreme commander in Songjiang City, issued a commendation order to the security regiment and the entire Cangcheng position. Each of the two defenders was given five pieces of gold.
Those who are alive will be paid by the superiors directly under them after returning to the city, and those who died in the battle will be added to the pension. The three major battalion commanders of the security regiment will all be promoted to one level to lieutenant colonel, and the officers and soldiers who died in the battle will also be promoted to one level.
Pensions are paid according to military rank after promotion;
In the Cangcheng position, all officers and soldiers who died in battle were promoted to the first rank, and were recorded and reported to the theater headquarters.
The reason why the two infantry corps commanders dared to issue promotion awards like this was because they knew that the theater headquarters would not refuse. If you want a horse to run but not eat grass, is there such a beautiful thing in the world?
Except for the two army lieutenant generals with the rank of general, they dare not make a promise, but with the rank of general and below, both of them can make a decision.
Although on this kind of battlefield, whether it is a gold reward or a promotion to a military rank, it is not of great significance, but it is still a kind of recognition from the commander's department. After being transmitted to the two positions through phone calls and telegrams, the morale is still high.
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Looking at the Japanese army, they were much more depressed.
For Major General Kunizaki, the leader of the Kunizaki detachment, who had an ugly face, the rising fireballs hundreds of meters away actually made him gradually calm down.
The defeat in the first battle made him realize that this battlefield was completely different from previous field battles and city offensive and defensive battles.
This is a brand new battlefield for him and his men. If he still wants to win quickly as before, he will have to pay an unimaginable price.
But for this Japanese major general, his goal in coming to southeast China was not to conquer this small city. Like Yanagawa Heisuke, he hoped to keep hundreds of thousands of Chinese elite troops in Songhu, and then have the opportunity to go south and attack directly.
China's capital and occupied it, thus establishing an unparalleled feat.
If his soldiers are defeated under this city, what will he do to realize his dream?
Kunizaki is indeed an experienced general on the battlefield. Although he is very proud and confident, he will never blindly stand on his pride and look down on his opponents.
This failure made him realize that he had made a mistake.
It was not that he underestimated the enemy, but that he overestimated the combat capabilities of his officers and soldiers on the new battlefield.
The Chinese are obviously more adaptable to this battlefield.
The calmness of the Japanese major general undoubtedly allowed more Japanese soldiers to survive.
You must know that after the era of cold weapons entered the era of hot weapons, city and street fighting has been the most brutal and helpless war for both the offensive and defensive sides since its birth.
The most classic example of horrific urban street fighting is the Battle of Stalingrad that broke out a few years later. The meat grinder-like battlefield that turned the entire city into rubble cost the lives of nearly 2 million soldiers from both sides in eight months.
Devoured completely.
In China, the famous defense battle of Hengyang took 50 days, and the 20,000 Chinese defenders also directly defeated the 100,000-strong Japanese army at the cost of 15,000 deaths.
It can be said that in any urban street battle, as long as the defender's will is strong enough, even if the attacker has an absolute advantage, he will pay an unimaginable price.
As long as Kunisaki didn't want to waste more troops and continue to invest, he could only wait for the last batch of heavy artillery brigades to disembark to arrive on the battlefield. That was the trump card of the Tenth Army.
The 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, which is almost equivalent to a strategic force, has 30 Taisho 7-type 150mm caliber heavy cannons, 20 90-type 240-caliber heavy cannons, and 10 96-type 305 heavy howitzers.
The only certainty about these heavy artillery that can make people's hair stand on end just by listening to their caliber is that their mobility is too poor. They need to be towed by heavy trucks and have high requirements on roads. China's road conditions are so poor, otherwise it would be terrible.
It’s not like we haven’t reached the battlefield yet.
The reason why the Sixth Division on the East City side has only made a tentative attack so far and has not yet launched a fierce attack is because they are probably unwilling to suffer too much loss under Songjiang City and are waiting for the arrival of the heavy artillery brigade.
It's just that the proud Japanese Army Major General misjudged one thing after all.
When he gave up the idea of a quick victory and sent his changed tactics to the nominal commander of the 114th Division, Lieutenant General Suematsu Shigeharu, he received a reply like this.
“Please don’t forget your duty, and just work hard to implement the tactics that Shangfeng has already decided. I hope you will return with a great victory.”
Suematsu Shigeharu’s tone was very polite, but even more cold.
The subtext is nothing more than, now I am the boss, you are the younger brother, if you say anything, it will be over.
What does it mean to wear small shoes? This is it.
Moreover, he gave Kunisaki a shoe in the pants without being polite at all. Others might have dismissed Seishiro, a famous general in the Japanese Army, as a general, but Suematsu Shigeharu, who had Dohi En as his backing, really didn't dismiss him that much.
Especially Kunizaki, who didn't give him much face since he was put under his command. If Suematsu Shigeharu didn't give him some eye drops at this time, his rank of Army Lieutenant General would have been in vain.
Those who can get into the position of Army Lieutenant General, which one is easy to mess with?
Of course Kunisaki could disrespect military orders, but that would be a big risk. Once Suematsu Shigeharu lowered his face and handed over the telegrams between the two armies to the Army Headquarters, even Itagaki Seishiro would not be able to protect him.
For the sake of his own future, knowing that Suematsu Shigeharu was using his command power to help him put on small shoes, Kunizaki was so stunned that he could only knock out his front teeth and swallow them.
This is why people have to bow their heads under the eaves.
Not only did Suematsu Shigeharu send a telegram to Kunisaki that the attack must be launched, but Yanagawa Heisuke on the bank of the Huangpu River also sent a message to Kunizaki that the attack in the direction of Matsue West City should not be stopped.
The reason is very simple. The Sixth Division is responsible for attacking the two defensive lines in the southeast of Songjiang. It seems that it can face the city defense directly, but the Songjiang city wall is not comparable to that of Xiaocang City. There is also a 20-meter-wide moat, and there are no heavy artillery that can blast the city wall.
For help from the brigade, the Sixth Division must pay a heavy price.
As for the West City direction, although Two Nails is very hard, it does not rely so heavily on heavy artillery. It only needs a determined enough fight to solve it.
Once the Chinese positions outside the West City have been cleared, the heavy artillery brigade should be able to cross the Huangpu River. At that time, with an attack from three sides, Songjiang City may be able to be taken down in one go.
Furthermore, as the supreme commander of the Tenth Army, Yanagawa Heisuke obviously views the battlefield from a longer-term perspective than Kunisaki.
From an overall perspective, the more tenacious the enemy is, the more difficult it is to defeat it, which is more conducive to damaging the enemy's confidence and morale.
This is like two people fighting. By defeating the opponent's proudest place, the enemy's fighting spirit can be quickly broken down, and the final victory can be achieved.
Even for Yanagawa Heisuke, he was actually very happy that the Chinese had set up a battle formation outside the city, so that before launching the final general attack, he could hang up the corpses of all the Chinese killed outside the city with wood one by one, and enjoy
It showed the bravery of the Imperial Army and caused the Chinese in the city to lose their combat effectiveness out of fear.
In the past time and space, this was how he won victory in his own way under Jinling City. It was also the so-called morale of the soldiers of the Tenth Army that he used inhumane killings.
Respond to the enemy's tenacity with more crazy attacks, this is the answer given by the top commander of the Tenth Army.
No matter how helpless Kunizaki was, he could only obey the order.
With the 114th Division calling it a dark neighborhood, even if he had already hit a brick wall, he still had to go to the house.
It's just that the previous combat method has been proven to be undesirable unless he is willing to invest two infantry brigades at once.
But investing a large number of troops is not a good option. The Chinese in the city have a large number of mortars. If they are killed together and fire artillery while the two sides are fighting, the loss will be too heavy.
The somewhat helpless Kunizaki could only turn his attention to Cangcheng. Wouldn't it be better if he could conquer there first and then use this place as a base to slowly advance towards the neighborhood?
