Chapter 1451 Lost the enemy's soul and take its courage
Chapter 1451 Lose the enemy’s soul and take away his courage
A red sun hangs high in the sky, and the warm sunshine shines on the earth, bringing a bright and good mood to everyone in the cold wind of this early winter morning.
In the early morning of the 23rd, the remaining Japanese troops on the Pudong front line and the Japanese Concession suddenly retreated into the French Concession and the Public Concession in Shanghai with the support of the British, American, French and other countries' troops and domestic ships. At the same time, the third fleets of other navies all lowered their
The majestic and majestic sun flag of other countries' navies raised the American Stars and Stripes, sailed away from Huishan, Gaoqiao, and Qiujiang piers, and entered the military ports owned by Britain, the United States, France and other countries in the Huangpu River concession area.
The Anjia army advanced quickly on the morning of the 23rd without losing a single blow, recaptured the entire Pudong area in one fell swoop, and occupied Waigaoqiao Port, where the Japanese troops landed, Bailong Port to the east of Chuansha Town, Laogang and Nanhui to the east.
Dongmen Port in the southeast of Fengcheng successfully took over the defense of the Japanese concession area north of the Suzhou River on the 24th, and publicly announced through loudspeakers throughout the Songhu area: An Jiajun will arrive at 10 o'clock today.
A grand entry ceremony was held in the Japanese Concession area to celebrate the recovery of Shanghai.
At half past nine, officers and soldiers of the 115th Brigade of Gu Changfeng's 24th Army, who were responsible for guarding this ceremony, were fully armed and marched in a hurry from Zhenru Station in Huajie District, Zhabei, along the asphalt road on the north bank of the Suzhou River.
, running towards the Japanese Concession. After entering the Japanese Concession, the troops passed through Qiujiang Road, Baoshan Road, Sichuan North Road, Wusong Road, and arrived at the intersection of Daming Road where Suzhou River and Huangpu River meet.
This block can be regarded as the most prosperous area in Shanghai's concession area. You only need to cross the Waibaidu Bridge, which is a steel frame structure and can pass trams, and cross the Suzhou River. Opposite it is the most prosperous Bund and Nanjing Road in Shanghai. Banks from various countries
, consulates, commercial institutions, various naval and naval headquarters in Shanghai, etc. are among the dense rows of high-rise buildings on the right side of the road along the river. The troops stationed in the Japanese Concession by the Anjia Army chose to pass by here, which has a strong symbolic significance.
The officers and soldiers of the 115th Brigade left half of their troops at the intersection, and quickly spread out and stood on both sides of the street they were coming from. They began to maintain street order, prevent Japanese and puppet lurking personnel from causing damage, and put an end to shoving, trampling, theft and other vicious events.
The incident occurred while the troops waiting to enter the city were able to pass through the downtown area without hindrance.
The remaining soldiers continued to run along the road along the Huangpu River, passed through Huishan Pier, entered Yangshupu Road, and then went to the Open University Cotton Factory, then turned north and passed Hujiang University until they regained and settled yesterday.
At Qiujiang Wharf, all officers and soldiers were left along the road to carry out strict security.
At present, Huishan Wharf, Baziqiao, Chizhi University, Yinxiang Port, Miaohang, Jiangwan, Zhanghuabang, and Wusong lines inside and outside the Japanese Concession are all controlled by various departments of the 24th Army. The defense of the entire Shanghai area is under the control of
Protected by powerful artillery fire from the Yangtze River and Hangzhou Bay fortresses, they were impregnable.
At 9:55, the majestic military music "Serving the Country with Loyalty" played by a special orchestra came out from all the loudspeakers. Shanghai citizens who had been waiting on both sides of the streets along the route of the army were crowded and eagerly awaiting
, rushing to witness the graceful appearance of the Anjiajun soldiers entering the city.
Propaganda floats led by one after another, the propaganda personnel of the Anjiajun Political Department, from the carriages of the floats, continued to throw large posters printed by the Anjiajun Political Department to celebrate the liberation of Shanghai on both sides of the street.
Small red flags with red ground were thrown to the crowd.
People came forward to fight for it, and they smiled happily, or looked down at the festive red posters, or waved bright little flags, echoing the majestic military music adapted from "Loyalty to the Country" and played continuously, on-site
It was so lively that the white people, black people and red-headed Indians who were watching were astonished.
The officers and soldiers of the Anjia Army who maintained order watched friendly people snatching posters and red flags and making all kinds of incredible and thrilling moves. One soldier saw a four- or five-year-old child being pushed down by the crowd, and quickly stepped forward to pick him up and take the
Taking out the candy that had been prepared in his trouser bag, the child burst into laughter and kissed the soldier on the face with a "bang" sound. A white reporter accurately recorded this scene with the camera in his hand.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the music became more urgent and the rhythm accelerated significantly. Everyone's hearts tightened and they all looked to the northeast.
I saw a neat rows of jeep convoys appearing in front of Zhenru Station in Zhabei District. These jeepneys all had their leather roofs removed. The grassroots platoon commander standing in the passenger seat continued to greet the Shanghai citizens on both sides of the street.
He waved his hand. On the left and right sides of the back seat of the jeep, three Anjia officers and soldiers were sitting with loaded ammunition. They were all equipped with submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles. Each of them had a friendly smile on his face, turned his head, and kept nodding to the Shanghai citizens on both sides of the street.
He paid tribute, but he did not relax his vigilance at all. He always held a submachine gun in his hand. Once a troublesome enemy appeared, he would not hesitate to give him a fatal blow.
Fifty military jeeps drove past, followed by a phalanx of large and small leopard off-road vehicles entering the city.
The windows of all the off-road vehicles were opened, and Lieutenant Colonel Anjia, who was sitting in the car, waved friendly to the growing crowd outside. The people on both sides of the street were excited and gave out bursts of loud cheers.
Behind the huge convoy of a hundred large and small leopard off-road vehicles was the formation of An Jiajun's motorcycle troops.
Leading the entire phalanx of motorcycle troops are elite two-wheeled motorized infantry carrying semi-automatic rifles. On the back seat and on both sides of the two-wheeled motorcycles are anti-"concave" closed iron boxes that protect the wheels. The boxes are loaded with items including
As long as the fuel can be replenished with individual soldier rations, ammunition, first-aid medicines and other supplies, there will be no problem in conducting a 200-kilometer raid in 24 hours.
Two-wheeled motorcycles were lined up two by two, driving slowly on the street. It took more than an hour to pass the 500 two-wheeled motorcycles, followed by the three-wheeled motorcycle army.
A combat team is formed by the driver and shooter of the three-wheeled motorcycle. On the front of the three-wheeled motorcycle is a murderous general-purpose machine gun, warning anyone who wants to do evil whether they have the courage to withstand the powerful machine gun firepower in a short period of time.
Strike. There is still a huge box installed on the back seat of the three-wheeled motorcycle, which contains logistical support, and a spare wheel is placed behind the side bucket.
However, everyone does not know that there is a fully sealed space under the side bucket seat, which is used to store spare gasoline. Therefore, the endurance of this three-wheeled motorcycle far exceeds the awareness of people in this era.
After the two hundred three-wheeled motorcycles passed by, they were the infantry troops of the Anjia Army.
The company and platoon leaders carried submachine guns on their backs and rode majestically on their horses. They kept waving to the excited people on both sides of the street. From time to time, bold citizens stretched out their hands, and the company and platoon leaders smiled and bent down to talk to them.
They shook hands lightly, and the people immediately cheered loudly.
The infantrymen wore leggings, carried marching packs, and carried semi-automatic rifles, and moved forward in three columns.
Every twenty-one people, there will be a Maxim heavy machine gun carried by four people in the marching team, and one other person can carry the advancing general-purpose machine gun, and there will be one among every nine people, making everyone
The interested people watching took a breath.
The 20,000 troops walked for more than two hours. Just when everyone thought the entry into the city was about to end, the ground on the street suddenly trembled, and a huge J1 tank appeared at the end of the street.
In order not to damage the city's roads, artificial rubber barriers are installed on the tracks of the J1 tank. However, even so, the huge volume crushes the road and still makes the ground tremble, giving everyone an invisible sense of oppression.
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The tank army was like a mighty torrent that could not be seen to the side at a glance. The high-raised turret, the huge muzzle, and the general-purpose machine gun that could rotate 360 degrees made everyone hold their breath and watch in silence.
Tanks painted in camouflage colors rumbled past him one after another.
One hundred tanks passed by, followed immediately by a team of one hundred armored six-wheeled and eight-wheeled tanks. The same terrifying configuration of cannons and machine guns made the banquet hall on the top floor of the Sassoon Building on the other side of the Suzhou River.
The U.S. Ambassador to China Johnson, the French Ambassador to France, He Wu, the Charge d'Affaires of the British Embassy in China, the commanders of the navies of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and the Netherlands in Shanghai, as well as the general directors, presidents and presidents of concessions and public concessions, observed the appearance of the Chinese army through binoculars.
The directors looked pale.
Duel, commander of the French Navy in Shanghai, said fearfully:
"Oh! My God! Those who participated in this city invasion are probably only a small part of the crazy warlord leader's many troops. How many tanks and armored vehicles did he produce in the southwest? This is still the poor and weak one in our impression.
Chinese army?”
No one could answer him. Most people fell into a state of sluggishness. They almost lost the ability to think as they watched the torrent of Chinese steel moving forward with indomitable momentum in front of them.
After the armored vehicle group passed, a group of one hundred anti-aircraft vehicles continued to appear.
The entire city of Shanghai was almost in a state of madness. In their impression, the Chinese army was just wearing leggings and carrying rifles. Who could have imagined that An Jiajun, who had been praised many times by newspapers and magazines, could unknowingly possess
Such a terrifying mechanized armed force? Many people shed tears of excitement and happiness, feeling that the victory of the Anti-Japanese War was no longer something that could not be expected!
After the anti-aircraft vehicles passed by, there were the 150mm heavy howitzer formations from each army.
This time, the Anjia Army gathered two corps and division-affiliated 150mm heavy howitzers in one go. A total of 192 heavy howitzers were hauled by six-ton heavy-duty military trucks and drove through the urban area of Shanghai. The huge
The muzzle of the cannon is like a heavy hammer, hitting the heart of every aloof white ruler.
On both sides of the street, generals such as Matsui Iwane, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, Nagafujita Susumu, Ogisu Tatehei, and Yamamuro Munetake, who took off their military uniforms and disguised themselves as Shanghai citizens, looked at each other in shock. Although they had anticipated the terrifying strength of the An family army, they retreated in advance and
They evacuated the troops, but because they were unwilling to fail like this, they disguised themselves and entered the French Concession to lurk. They wanted to see how terrible the An family army was and why Ishihara Wanji suddenly changed their strategy and got the support of the base camp. Witnessing it with their own eyes at this moment, their hearts rose.
I felt a chill, and suddenly felt a sense of respect for the new general in North China who was taking charge of the overall situation.
After the 150mm heavy howitzer formation passed, today's finale, the 150mm heavy cannon unit, finally appeared.
This time An Yi, in order to disgust the white colonists on the other side of the Suzhou River, and also to warn other compatriots, mobilized the heavy cannon units of three regiments of the Second Artillery Corps, using a total of 240 150mm guns, when a large number of Chinese and foreign reporters gathered.
Heavy cannons participated in this entry into the city.
When an eight-ton half-track truck, towing a 150mm heavy cannon, drove past the road on the north bank of the Suzhou River, the invisible pressure brought by the long and huge barrel made all white people and other people
I was so frightened that I couldn't speak for a long time.
You must know that the industrial strength and technological content behind the 150mm heavy cannon are definitely not comparable to that of the 150mm howitzer. The long and thick barrel must be forged by a hydraulic press of more than 10,000 tons before it can be formed, and only
A 10,000-ton hydraulic press is not enough. Being able to produce such a large number of heavy cannon barrels proves that China's steel plants have basically popularized 1,000-ton hydraulic presses. Only in this way can the production of large-diameter seamless steel pipes be fully ensured and economies of scale achieved.
This is an almost continuous stream, and the number of heavy cannons that converge into a terrifying torrent is even close to the number of cannons owned by the entire Maginot Line of defense carefully constructed by France (note: a total of 344 artillery pieces). If you add in the heavy cannons that have just been fired.
The number of cannons possessed by the howitzer phalanx far exceeded the total number of cannons on the Maginot Line.
Such a horrible thing happened in semi-colonial China. How could we not make the white people and the Japanese feel like the sky was falling?
French Ambassador Naqiya put down the telescope, trembling body, left the floor-to-ceiling window, returned to the sofa in the hall and sat down, raised the glass of wine in front of her, and wanted to take a sip to calm down her shock, but her hands were shaking too violently, "pop"
With a loud bang, the cup fell directly to the ground and broke into pieces.
All the white people who had fallen into a demonic state were awakened by the sound. They all turned their heads and looked at Na Qi Ya. Na Qi Ya raised her hand with a wry smile to indicate that she was fine, and then asked the waiter to clean the floor. Then she said:
"I'm sorry, I lost my temper. I really have nothing to say about the scene before me. I suddenly regretted my advice to our government and parliament... The French Annan government took action against the warlord yesterday.
, unilaterally closed the Yunnan-Burma railway and highway and prohibited the flow of all materials to China. For this reason, the southern Yunnan government issued a solemn protest to the French Annan government at 6 o'clock this morning, saying that if goods worth tens of millions were not sent to
Southern Yunnan, reopen bilateral trade and ensure that similar incidents will not happen again in the future, and all consequences will be borne by the French Annan government."
"The attitude of the southern Yunnan government is so tough?"
Duel, the commander of the French Navy in Shanghai, was shocked and complained:
"Mr. Ambassador, why did you convey such information to the country before the matter was completely clear? After the Germans stabilized the situation in Austria, bad breath began to float over Europe again. It is reported that the Germans in the Sudetenland region of the Czech Republic died in October.
A public rally was held on the 9th, demanding that Austria follow Austria's example and annex the Sudetenland region, where the majority of Germans are majority, to Germany to form a true Greater German Empire. Although the demonstration was dispersed by the Czech government sending military police, the signal sent out was that
It’s worth pondering! In this case, there is no need for us to create extraneous problems and provoke a powerful warlord. This will completely disrupt our country’s arms expansion and war preparation plans.”
Na Qiya's mood calmed down a little at this time. She took a glass of Nezha Cave mineral water produced in Xufu from the waiter, took a sip, and then said fiercely:
"It is because the Syrian government and the southern Yunnan government are so tough that they should fight back! You must know that resolute suppression of colonial and semi-colonial countries is a function that successive French governments and ambassadors to colonial and semi-colonial countries must exercise
!
"As the second largest colonial empire in the world, France has a huge colony of nearly 12.3 million square kilometers, accounting for 8.6% of the world's total land area. If we give up our continued suppression of a semi-colonial country,
, leading to the collapse of the entire French colonial system, what should we do? Therefore, what if we offend the warlord? I don’t believe that he dares to risk the disapproval of the world and openly attack French Annan!"
He Wu, Charge d'affaires of the British Embassy in China, comforted: "Don't worry, the interests of the British Empire and France are the same. If that warlord dares to challenge the majesty of the world's most powerful navy and army, I don't mind if he bumps into us in a daze.
The business is impenetrable.
"The British Empire has a huge colony of 33.5 million square kilometers, accounting for a quarter of the world's land. The colonial population is 450 million. In terms of resources, manpower and material resources, the British Empire has a steady stream of
I don’t believe that a country that doesn’t even have sea power dares to take action against two super military powers!”
Johnson, the U.S. ambassador to China, also expressed comfort: "Don't worry, your Excellency, the interests of Britain and France are completely consistent with those of the United States of America. If someone deliberately breaks the Versailles and Washington systems, the United States will make them pay a heavy price. If nothing else,
There is absolutely no problem in ensuring the supply of strategic materials! I don’t believe that a country that doesn’t even have its own territory would have the guts to attack France. And based on my understanding of Chairman Chiang, he is not a responsible person.
A person who is cautious in doing things will definitely not allow his subordinates to do this..."
"But......"
Duel, commander of the French Navy in Shanghai, said: "That person is just a local warlord and is not directly affiliated with the army under the leadership of the Chinese central government..."
Unfortunately, no one paid attention to Duel's words. Deafening cheers came from the other side of the Suzhou River outside.
Almost all the white people gathered in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and saw a dense group of fighter planes flying over Shanghai at an altitude of between 250 meters and 600 meters.
All the fighters of the Anjia Army flew in echelon, including A26 fighter jets, AB26 dive bombers, S3 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, imitation German Stuka J88 dive bombers, imitation German He111 tactical bombers, and an unnamed four-engine heavy bomber produced by the Syrian government (see
The bombing of Japanese oil tankers (previously mentioned) and the fleet of B1 Mosquito bombers painted in bright metallic colors flew towards Pudong with overwhelming momentum. The total number of fighter planes reached 628. The huge sound waves emitted by the aircraft engines,
It shook the glass windows and made a "chirping" sound.
All the white people looked at each other, speechless, and the worry in their eyes grew stronger.
As the planes gradually receded and the sky gradually darkened, the Shanghai citizens, whose voices were hoarse with excitement, slowly walked towards their homes.
Groups of them, wearing mandarin jackets and long robes, walked across the Suzhou River in despair. Today's scene left a deep impression on them. They knew that as long as this huge force existed, there would be no hope of touching Shanghai for the rest of their lives.
Just as the street lights in the streets and alleys of the concession area were lighting up one after another, a deafening explosion suddenly came from the surrounding areas of the concession. When people didn't know what happened, they panicked and looked for shelter everywhere. Suddenly they found that the lights around them were
There was a whole day.
When I looked up, I saw that the sky above Shanghai was covered with countless fireworks. The fireworks shells fired by the 203-caliber cannon were extraordinary. Not only Shanghai, but the entire Songhu area was also completely covered in colorful colors.
The sound of military music from the loudspeakers all around was replaced by a song from the latest album recorded by Golden Throat Zhou Xuan:
"Hey - the fireworks in the sky are red and festive, the good songs convey deep affection, the watercolors of the moonlight brighten tomorrow's day, the joy of victory is in our hearts. Hey -, today is a good day,