?The aircraft carrier Shikoku is equipped with nine battleships, more than 20 destroyers, and hundreds of large and medium-sized ships. It can be said that the scale is very large. ""
But such a large aircraft carrier fleet was actually sunk by the Dragon Teeth Legion's air force in less than an hour. In the end, more than thirty Japanese sailors were able to escape.
When Kazuo Takeo, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Shanghai Front stationed in downtown Shanghai, received the news that the Shikoku fleet had been wiped out, his angry roar echoed in the office.
The staff outside the door were all trembling with fear and did not dare to express their anger. They knew that the commander had smashed all his beloved pieces, which showed how angry he was this time.
In fact, not only Takeo Kazuo was greatly stimulated, but also other people in the headquarters were greatly stimulated.
That is an aircraft carrier, and hundreds of supporting ships. It is a huge fleet. It is not just a few eggs in someone's chicken coop. If you drop it, just drop it.
For a people like the Japanese who would rather break a penny in half to spend it, they tighten their belts and save every penny to build each aircraft carrier. Of course, they treat it as a treasure.
But others are just angry when they are angry. After all, they are not the ones in charge. However, Commander Kazuo Takeo is different. He is the commander of the Japanese Shanghai Front and is responsible for guarding Shanghai.
This Shikoku is the main guarantee for their coastal defense security, and it can also support the shore. Their naval guns have a long range and are powerful enough to pose a huge threat to enemies attacking on the shore.
Now that we have arrived, the enemies on land have not yet taken action. The aircraft carriers at sea have been captured first, and not even one of them has escaped from its nest.
Along with the aircraft carrier group, 85 fighter jets and tens of thousands of Japanese sailors were destroyed. Such losses were really heavy and Japan could not bear it.
After locking himself in the office and venting his anger, Kazuo Takeo called the Japanese commanders in various defense zones in Shanghai and gave them orders:
It is hereby ordered that all defense areas of the Shanghai Front must perform their duties to prevent the Chinese ** troops from entering the urban area. If it is not possible for the troops to implement the scorched earth plan on the spot, no delay will be allowed.
The Scorched Earth Plan, an action plan formulated by the Japanese Shanghai Front Army Headquarters, was to disperse all Japanese troops and start street fighting in Shanghai, dragging down or even killing the squadron.
Kazuo Takeo has already sent an urgent telegram to the Imperial Army, reporting the serious situation here. He believes that reinforcements should be on the way by now, and as long as he supports them for a while, the situation will be reversed.
Implementing the scorched earth plan can greatly delay the progress of the Chinese Communist Party's recovery of urban Shanghai, and even drag it into the quagmire, unable to extricate itself. Once reinforcements arrive, they can launch a counterattack.
Kazuo Takeo was quite confident about the combat effectiveness of the three divisions under his command. He felt that they were overqualified for street fighting.
Just like that, as he issued an order, the Japanese soldiers in Shanghai immediately became busy. They went from house to house to collect sacks and various bags, then filled them with soil and piled them at the entrances of the streets and alleys.
Be prepared for the street fighting ahead.
Next, the Japanese army took off some of their military uniforms and put on civilian clothes to blend into the crowd of civilians. This was also in preparation for street fighting.
The Japanese were not optimistic about the fighting on the edge of the urban area. They felt that Shanghai's urban area would be conquered sooner or later, so they mainly made preparations for street fighting.
News from the front keeps coming, all of which are unfavorable to Japan. Wujiabang was captured by the Chinese army, and Salmentine was taken down by the Chinese army. There is something bad happening every moment.
When the news came, the Japanese soldiers felt a layer of gloom.
Three days later, the Japanese military positions on the outer edge of the city were basically lost. The Japanese troops were compressed to the second line of defense and continued to resist.
By this time, people all understood that the current perimeter defense line could no longer be defended, and street fighting was inevitable.
Some Japanese soldiers took off their military uniforms, disguised themselves as ordinary people, and prepared for street fighting.
By nightfall on the third day, people in urban Shanghai could already see the flashing explosions in the night sky and hear the rumbling sound of cannons.
The common people were on tenterhooks. They huddled in their homes and kept praying, hoping that the fighting would end as soon as possible so that they could escape from the misery of Japanese rule as soon as possible.
Since the Japanese occupied Shanghai, they were a little polite at first because their foothold was not stable, but later their true nature was completely exposed. They carried out white terror in Shanghai, arresting people at will, killing at will, robbing men and dominating women.
Do no evil.
Even those wealthy businessmen with status were either threatened or forced, framed, assassinated or kidnapped... Most of them used various means to seize the industries they had worked so hard to develop.
Because of this, there were originally tens of thousands of merchants in Shanghai, but now only less than 3,000 are still in business, and the rest of the market has been occupied by Japanese shops.
This kind of life makes people live in fear, and it feels like years, and they wish it would end immediately.
It was night, and gunfire suddenly broke out. The entire city of Shanghai was filled with fierce gunfire and explosions. It lasted until the next morning, when people who got up early discovered that the Japanese soldiers who had been heavily guarded on the streets were nowhere to be found.
, people all cheered happily.
The Japanese were finally beaten away!
But people were not happy for too long when they discovered to their horror that although there were no Japanese soldiers in military uniforms, groups of mysterious people in civilian clothes were fighting fiercely with soldiers in Chinese military uniforms, and the fight was very lively.
If it was originally a large-scale refutation of fire, now it has become a small-scale fierce battle. The scale is not large but the intensity is much greater than before.
Smart people have figured out the clue. Aren't those mysterious people those Japanese soldiers who were killed by God? They thought that just because they were dressed in horse dung yellow, I would know them!
At this moment, the common people who had originally planned to come out to greet the Chinese troops shrank back, and even the doors of their houses were bolted tightly to avoid incurring any misfortune.
Although the Chinese ** team has now invaded, who knows who will win in the final result? If they go out to support the Chinese ** team but the Japanese win in the end, one can imagine what kind of cruel revenge is waiting for people.
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At this moment, the ostrich character of some people came into play. They would rather stay at home, cover their heads with quilts and shiver, but did not have the courage to open the door and go out to drive away the invaders together.
In the urban area, the fierce fighting continued. A large number of Japanese soldiers put on civilian clothes hid in the dark and continuously attacked the Chinese troops entering the urban area. Except for Zheng Xiao's army, all the remaining units suffered casualties, and this
The numbers are still increasing.
The generals hurriedly reported the situation to Zheng Xiao, hoping that he could come up with a way to solve it.
In terms of street fighting capabilities, the Japanese army was much more effective than these squadrons. They often worked in groups of three or five, shooting from a distance and engaging in bayonet combat. They cooperated very well.
Not every army is like Zheng Xiao's Dragon Tooth Legion, which trains street fighting as a basic subject. Many troops have never heard of street fighting, let alone conducted targeted training. Therefore, they are naturally helpless and passive when they are suddenly attacked.
Get beaten.
After Zheng Xiao learned the news, he laughed to the sky for a while, then clapped his hands and said, "This is nothing, just a small problem."
Next, Zheng Xiao mobilized a team and dispersed to start a street fight with Japan.
Although it was just a very ordinary field force, it was more than enough to deal with the street fighting of the Japanese army.
At this time, the urban area of Shanghai was lively, and the two armies started a battle based on this Oriental Magic City, and the fight was very exciting.
The Japanese army suffered a lot after the exchange of fire. On the first day of the exchange of fire, at least one brigade of the Japanese army was wiped out. It was like giving them a blow in the head and knocking them unconscious.
You know, in street fighting, the casualties are much lower than in positional fighting, because the personnel are scattered, in small and small groups, and not a few people can die in most of the day.
In one day, more than 500 people were killed. How could this not surprise the Japanese?
After carefully questioning the Japanese soldiers who survived the disaster, the Japanese commander got the exact information. This team wore urban camouflage uniforms that were very suitable for urban combat. The weapons they used were not bulky field weapons, but all micro-colored uniforms.
submachine gun
Street fighting, because the terrain is narrow, is not suitable for using weapons that are too long. The length of this submachine gun, which has similar characteristics to the German MP40, is just right for street fighting, and its improved lethality makes up for its shortcomings.
Sophisticated weapons and equipment, coupled with extremely skilled street fighting skills, and excellent basic technical and tactical skills, these combined together turned the soldiers of the Dragon Tooth Legion into terrifying killing machines, which stunned the Japanese army and caused casualties.
Quite heavy.
However, the Japanese spent a lot of money on street fighting. They even dispersed an entire division of troops throughout the city of Shanghai and started street fighting with the Chinese troops.
There are more than 10,000 people, which is like a wave in the sea in the oriental metropolis of Shanghai. Nothing can be seen. They rely on the intricate terrain of urban Shanghai to attack frequently, and the harassment squad has already controlled it.
area, bringing chaos to the entire urban area of Shanghai.
Although Zheng Xiao and the others control a large part of Shanghai's urban area, there are still a large number of attacks every day in the control area alone, and no matter how much encirclement and suppression is carried out, they cannot be completely wiped out.
In fact, there is no way around this. There are many concessions in the city of Shanghai. Almost every relatively large Western country has a concession in Shanghai, which makes Shanghai fragmented.
These Japanese moved around the city as civilians, and sometimes broke into the concessions, making it much more difficult to pursue them.
In this way, the two sides were constantly entangled throughout the city, and a week passed in the blink of an eye.
The battle still continues!
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