This ruthlessness is certainly not the harshness of military law.
Although the cavalry arrived a little later, they did not exceed the deadline for the assembly order issued by Tang Dao.
Of course, Tang Dao would not naively kill chickens and scare monkeys to establish his authority. With his fierce military exploits in Songjiang, he had no need to do so.
Ever since he led the Cangcheng lone army to fight the Japanese invaders for a whole day and night, and uttered the deafening words "shoot me", he has been the most handsome boy in the Songjiang garrison, even though the Songjiang headquarters did not announce to the entire army that it was a Tang Dao sniper kill.
This is the achievement of Hisao Tani.
Tang Dao omitted the procedures such as introducing himself and the battalion commanders in front of the newly formed advance regiment.
His opening statement was extremely direct.
It was so direct that everyone present was chilled.
"Brothers, I specifically requested you by name from the two commanders. The main reason is of course that you are the elite of your army and division." Tang Dao's voice was like gold and stone, resounding throughout the wilderness.
All the soldiers standing in solemnity held their chests high and their faces showed pride.
This is either a guard camp or a cavalry camp, or even a newly established guard camp. It is said that they are the elite of the entire Songjiang Army and there is nothing wrong with them.
This time, they should be fighting the hardest battle under this commander, and even serving as a shield for the entire army to block the Japanese Tenth Army and cover the evacuation of the main force.
From the moment they received the assembly order, as elites, they had this awareness.
This is glorious.
But, they were wrong.
"You elites were originally the last trump cards in the hands of army commanders and division commanders, and you would never reveal them easily until the last moment, but I'm sorry, but this time it's different." Tang Dao's voice continued to ring out among the pride of the soldiers.
"This time, you will be abandoned. You will be abandoned by the main force of our army before the Tenth Army arrives."
"This time, instead of letting the strongest of you fight the Japanese, I let you die. Only if you die can more brothers live.
Because this time, our threat comes from the sky, not the ground. Even if you can deal with several Japanese devils by yourself, you are destined to be powerless this time."
In the wilderness, there was silence.
It was so quiet that even the heavy breathing of the war horses seemed to be inaudible, and only the roar of Tang Dao echoed in the wilderness.
The elite of the entire army were gathered together, not to confront the Japanese army head-on, but to let them become abandoned sons and die meaninglessly under the Japanese bombers. This argument was difficult for anyone to accept.
This is so meaningless.
There are more than 2,000 people here. Even if they face the Japanese army that has assembled a large number of troops, they can still fight hard! Isn't it a big loss if they all died under the bomb like this?
Not to mention the ordinary soldiers, even the officers who stood in front of the entire army had expressions of disbelief on their faces.
"Sir, I also understand the tactics you mentioned, but what I don't understand is, why us?" After a moment of silence, a guard battalion captain stepped forward and asked in a deep voice.
This should be the sentiment of all officers and soldiers present.
They are not afraid of death, but they don't want to die meaninglessly. As elites, they hope to die in a bloody battle with the Japanese army. If one fight is enough, two will make a profit.
"Good question!" Faced with the question, Tang Dao, who originally had a stern face, grinned and actually smiled. "Perhaps, your question can be answered by using the words of a Westerner who has tried to understand China.
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"That's what he said. China has always been well protected by their bravest people! Although he was a little one-sided, he was right about one thing. We soldiers are the backbone of the country. If the backbone does not fall, the country will not fall.
Destruction, our country and nation are protected by the bravest of us, and only we can protect them;
And all of us here are the hardest bones in this spine. Facing the most cruel and terrifying attack that the Japanese army is about to come, if our hard bones can't bear it, who will? The 3,000 seriously wounded? Or those who can bear it?
Young men without high combat effectiveness? Or medical soldiers? Signal soldiers?
There is no doubt that from a purely tactical perspective, as a commander, you should give up the weak and retain the strong. This will at least ensure victory in this battle.
However, whether you believe it or not, this Patriotic War will be too long for you to imagine. Countless soldiers will die and countless people will become soldiers.
Just like now, if we elites die, those brothers who survived because of us will replace us and become elites!
The brave fire will continue to be passed on like this. In the national war with the Japanese, we will eventually win, and our descendants will still live happily on this land.
When I say this, do you understand? Captain!"
"Yes, I understand!"
The captain raised his hand in salute, stepped back, and entered the queue.
In his eyes, pride replaced unwillingness.
Because he is the hardest bone.
"So, do you understand?" Tang Dao looked at the soldiers standing solemnly.
"clear!"
"Then, brothers, come with me on the road!" Tang Dao waved his hand very firmly. "The whole army is heading north, advance!"
Decades later, the surviving veterans all burst into tears every time they recalled this scene.
The entire advance group marched out, embarking on the road to death. This happened only once in their more than ten years of military career.
Because, their partial division could not hide in the face of the Japanese bombers that might come, and they even had to create a main force of more than 20,000 people to let the bombers carry out the bombing.
All the cavalrymen were dragging branches behind their horses to stir up dust. There were less than 300 horses and they had to pretend to be thousands of people marching in the wilderness.
The ten large trucks from the baggage camp joined the seven remaining trucks from the Four Lines Camp, also dragging wooden frames and branches that were roughly nailed with thick iron nails to look like cannons.
There were more than thirty horse-drawn carriages mainly used to transport baggage, and the packhorses dragged the carts camouflaged by tree branches on the main road.
Together with the trucks, they formed a convoy that stretched for several miles in the dust rising all over the sky.
In the wilderness on both sides, infantrymen wearing tree branches camouflage their heads were naturally accompanied by convoys.
Of course, it's impossible to look closely, but if you look down from an altitude of a thousand meters away, at least there are an army of more than ten thousand people advancing.
They are not bait, they are on the road to death.
One heavy aerial bomb dropped by Japanese bombers can kill dozens or even hundreds of soldiers. There is no cover here.
What is this feeling like?
No one knows except those who have experienced it.
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As Tang Dao and the two generals expected, Songjiang's army was not only hated by the Japanese Tenth Army, which had suffered heavy losses, but also by the Japanese navy, which was beaten up by Lei Xiong in an ambush the day before.
When Hasegawa Kiyoshi received a message from Yanagawa Heisuke requesting the naval fleet to send a reconnaissance plane to help find the location of the Chinese troops who had escaped from Matsue, the idea that flashed in his mind was not just assistance.
He wants revenge.
The unexpected losses of six 96s in the battle the day before yesterday made him, the commander of the Third Fleet, almost scratch his head. He was worried that he could not find a reason to dispatch fighter planes on a large scale, and the Chinese came to visit.
Huddled in Songjiang City, the Chinese had fortifications, underground bunkers, and anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns. He had nothing to do with these Chinese, but they took off their tortoise shells on their own initiative, and they became his empire's navy, army and aviation.
We must kill them, and then take advantage of this battle to inflict damage to a few fighter planes. After all, the Chinese also have anti-aircraft guns, right?
Faced with the Navy's notification that bombers would be sent to bomb the Chinese army, Yanagawa Heisuke certainly wanted it.
Even though he was chasing after the Songjiang defenders hoping to devour more than 20,000 people in one bite, he was actually a little scared. Under Songjiang City, his 100,000-strong army was forcefully bitten by his opponent.
, and suffered more than 10,000 losses in battle.
With such a tough enemy, even if he catches up with him and his opponent launches a desperate counterattack, he might be bitten again and his blood will drip.
It would be best for the navy to step in and beat the opponent to a pulp first, and then let him clean up the mess. He also wouldn't mind sharing some of the military exploits with the navy and mainland.
The Japanese navy and army, which have always been at odds with each other, became unprecedentedly unified at this moment in the early morning of November 10 because of a common goal and their respective Xiao Jiujiu.
On the ground, more than 70,000 troops were in hot pursuit. On the sea, up to 24 Japanese aircraft were taking off from an aircraft carrier facing the rising sun.
Or, to be more precise, 18.
In order to quietly wipe out the battle losses of the six fighter planes, His Excellency General Kiyoshi Hasegawa apparently dispatched two squadrons, but gritted his teeth and re-sent the unlucky ones who had only half a squadron left the day before.
onto the battlefield.
But the 18 Japanese planes were already the largest bombing formation dispatched by the Japanese navy since they completely gained control of the air over Songhu.
In order to increase the bombing effect, among the 18 Japanese aircraft, only 10 were 96-ship combat aircraft and 8 were 96-ship critical attack aircraft.
Although the speed of 310 kilometers per hour is far inferior to that of the 96 Ship Battle, as the most advanced carrier-based bomber of the Japanese Navy at this time, its engine has greater horsepower, allowing it to carry a larger bomb capacity, even if it also carries 250 kilograms of aerial bombs
, you can also fight, instead of being forced to drop aerial bombs as soon as you encounter an attack like 96 Ship Battle in order to make more maneuvers.
In addition to having two fixed 7.7mm machine guns, there is also a rotatable 7.7mm machine gun, which significantly strengthens the attack on the ground.
His Excellency, General Kiyoshi Hasegawa, had already exerted all his energy and made up his mind to wipe out the Chinese in the wilderness.
It's just that things are unpredictable.
In the boxing ring, if a seemingly weak opponent hits the vagina without following the rules, Tyson's ears will be broken to pieces even if he bites his ears.
And on the battlefield, there are no rules.
Pick out your ears, poke your eyeballs, kick your crotch, whatever can kill you, use that move.
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