Chongming Island is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, covering an area of more than 1,000 square kilometers. It is the third largest island in China. It is known as the "Gateway to the Yangtze River and Yingzhou in the East China Sea". It is the largest alluvial island in the estuary and the largest sand island in the world.
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At nine o'clock in the evening, north of Yinyang Village in the southeast corner of Chongming Island.
The sandy and gravel road leading from the mouth of the Yangtze River to the hinterland of the island in the west is flat and straight. This earthen carriage road on the island was originally less than three meters wide. After more than 20 days of unremitting efforts by the Japanese army, it was expanded to six meters wide.
A battalion of Japanese engineers on the island continued to extend the road to the south river bank and the central area of the island. More than 800 indigenous people on the island were threatened by the bright bayonets of the Japanese army.
They smashed rocks and cut down trees day and night. This cruel and inhumane situation could not be spread to the outside world under the tight blockade of the Japanese army. The brothers of the Special Forces Brigade of the Independent Division only learned of this after sneaking into the island and approaching the road construction line.
In this case, everyone from the captain Zong Xingzhen to the ordinary soldiers gritted their teeth and hated the atrocities committed by the Japanese aggressors when they saw the people who were sallow and thin and who were often shouted at and beaten.
The salty and slightly fishy sea breeze blows continuously from north to south, making a "wow" sound. Under the lush and lush vegetation, the special warriors who have been lurking here for a long time are already soaked to the skin, and the moist dense forest
The crisscrossing streams and ponds on the island had already made the soldiers shivering with cold, and their feet were numb from the cold.
There is not much feeling in the toes, but the more than 500 well-trained warriors, who can be called the kings of the entire army, have no complaints. Under the roots of tall weeds and low-lying shrubs around the airport that has been completed and has undergone two days of take-off and landing tests,
A pair of cold eyes stared closely ahead through the electrified barbed wire.
In the thick shadow of a century-old tree 2.3 kilometers northwest of the Japanese military airport, the "tick-tick-tick" sound of the radio station could be heard faintly. Zong Xingzhen was hiding under a tight raincloth, phoning.
The flashlight illuminated the group numbers for the translator, and soon he received the latest news from the division headquarters:
Two Japanese brigades successively occupied Wusong Fort and began to attack Baoshan Town. Your troops need to wait until the 16th Division's counterattack is over before taking action.
Zong Xingzhen turned off the flashlight, let out a long breath, and whispered to the herald to inform each team to continue to lurk and wait for orders. Then he got out of the raincloth and stood under the big tree that required five or six people to hold hands.
Staring to the southwest, it seemed that I was trying my best to listen to the sound of fierce fighting coming from the Baoshan line. Unfortunately, they were too far away from each other, and separated by the narrow Changxing Island. The strong north wind in winter was not conducive to the transmission of the sound, so it was impossible to get any sound.
the information he wanted.
Zong Xingzhen shook his head helplessly, and returned to the team site listlessly to sit down next to his brothers. He took out the unopened pack of cigarettes from his jacket pocket, put it under his nose and smelled it again and again. He was an orphan since he was six years old.
The Taoist sect is really not into smoking and drinking, but at this time he really wanted to smoke a cigarette, but under the strict military discipline and special operations regulations, he could only smell it to make his heart feel better.
At 10:30 in the middle of the night, with the support of naval guns, the Japanese officers and soldiers captured Baoshan Town, the gateway to Shanghai. The defenders who resisted tenaciously and finally failed, hurriedly threw down more than two hundred corpses and hundreds of broken machine guns and rifles, and rushed towards the town in panic.
After retreating, the intensive gunfire gradually stopped. The surrounding burning houses and the burning trees that were dried like huge torches illuminated the bloody and cruel battlefield like a hell on earth.
Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda, Chief of Staff of the Japanese Marine Corps in Shanghai, escorted by more than a dozen officers and soldiers, enthusiastically came to the only intact mansion on Zhennan Old Street and took a look at the burning stove under the corner of the stone house.
Documents turned to ashes, papers scattered on the ground, and tattered military blankets on the ground, loudly asked the captain accompanying him if this was the headquarters of a division of the 19th Route Army?
The stocky captain nodded with a smile on his face, pointed to the antenna towering high on the eaves of the side house, and added: "Kuroda-kun, please take a look at this radio antenna, as well as the document headers that the enemy did not have time to burn, and
These military blankets on the ground are only owned by senior officers. Based on a comprehensive analysis of all the circumstances, this place is indeed the headquarters of the so-called 19th Route Army Supplementary Division."
Kuroda, who was tall and thin with a mustache, nodded slightly and said with high spirits: "Very good! Everyone, in fact, this very stubborn unit that was defeated by our Empire of Japan's sea, land and air force was not ten thousand.
The Ninth Route Army is not a vulnerable supplementary division, but one of the elite divisions of Lieutenant General An Yi, the representative of China's young faction.
I don’t need to explain what An Yi is like. The film "Model Camp" that our military is watching internally is to promote this person's achievements and inspire the morale of the Chinese army. With the addition of several subsequent materials, we should all know this very well.
He is a man of bravery and resourcefulness, and is familiar with his series of achievements in the Chinese Civil War. He also knows how much of a headache he is through his unscrupulous all-round attacks and the huge losses he has caused to our army since the war began.
It can be said that, putting aside the opposing positions and looking at it objectively, the young An Yi is indeed a rare and outstanding general in the Chinese army. His continuous conquests over the past few years have allowed him to grow up at an alarming rate, and he has become a leader of our Japanese army and the army.
The number one enemy of the navy. Therefore, it is not surprising that our army paid a high price to capture this strategic location. The navy spent millions worth of artillery shells and fuel. Otherwise, with more than 3,000 soldiers, it would be difficult for us to reach here.
, even at greater cost, the three-way login cannot be successfully implemented.
Everyone, the first priority right now is to immediately build defensive positions to prevent the enemy from counterattacking. As long as we hold on until noon tomorrow, the 11th Army Division will continue to attack, and our Imperial Japanese Army will firmly occupy this road from now on.
The bridgehead position in the urban area of Shanghai, occupying the foreign shipping terminal and the first station on the lifeline of the Songhu Railway that is close to the sea outlet, thus firmly controlling the Huangpu River and Shanghai, and even the most important sea channel in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, has far-reaching strategic significance.
At the same time, our heroic Marine Corps will fight an arduous battle and win the final victory despite the pain of nearly 10,000 casualties of outstanding soldiers since the war. The great and invincible Marine Corps will be famous for this.
The world shines in the annals of history!”
"Hi-hooray!"
A group of Japanese soldiers shouted in unison with great excitement.
The night sky was dark and the wind was howling. Just as the Japanese troops in Baoshan were sweating like rain and nervously building defenses, groups of Chinese officers and soldiers, led and covered by the soldiers of the Special Forces Brigade, quietly emerged from the damaged trenches on the north and south edges of the town, carrying heavy backpacks.
Move quickly.
In Chahe, about three kilometers south of the town, the soldiers of the 46th Brigade Artillery Battalion tied the decomposed mortars and artillery shells tightly on their backs, lay on the small bamboo rafts tied with bamboo, and slowly pulled the ropes set by the engineer brothers.
More than a dozen bamboo rafts were connected end to end, like a long snake swimming on the dark land, sliding meter by meter along the dirty narrow river, avoiding the enemy's observation posts, and sliding towards the enemy's side and rear.
Under the ruins in the north of Baoshan Town, the brothers of the 48th Brigade were huddled in narrow, damp sewers, cellars, or in the mud that had been emergency built and camouflaged in deep bomb craters, waiting hard for battle.
The first round of artillery fire was launched.
The underground headquarters of the 24th Army in the south of the town was busy. Acting Army Commander Yin Jinan, the new Deputy Army Commander Ye Cheng who had not yet arrived but had already started actual work, and more than ten generals including Xie Chi, Commander of the 16th Division, were surrounded under the lanterns, nervously
Listen to reports one by one, and make final arrangements on the progress of each department and the deployment of mobile troops.
At this time, An Yi, the former chief of staff of the enemy in the Songhu War Zone, was covered with a military blanket and fell on two pieces of wooden boards in the corner. He was sleeping soundly. He had not slept for three days and three nights. No one could bear to wake him up at this time.
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"Report……"
"Keep your voice down..."
Xie Chi waved his hand to stop Han Chengfu, the confidential director, pointed to An Yi in the corner, and asked him in a low voice what was going on.
Colonel Han Chengfu glanced at An Yi distressedly, squeezed into the middle of the generals, and reported in a low voice: "Most of the Japanese warships have moved away and are probably returning to the southeast corner docks of Changxing Island and Chongming Island for supplies, and the waters of the Huangpu River Estuary and Baoshan Linjiang docks
There were only a total of four small gunboats cruising on guard."
"Great! The time has come and we can start." Xie Chi said happily.
Yin Jinan nodded slightly, discussed in a low voice with Ye Cheng, and immediately issued an attack order to Zhang Xiaowu, the director of the operations department. Zhang Xiaowu saluted excitedly and led two guards to run out of the headquarters.
The Forty-seventh Brigade, which was attacking the front line, went to have a look and then strode away.
Ye Cheng threw down the marker and raised his head thoughtfully. He was shocked when he suddenly saw An Yi's smiling face appearing next to his head.
An Yi lowered his head and looked at the latest situation that had just been marked on the map, nodded with satisfaction and laughed:
"Okay, okay, very thoughtful. If the troops march smoothly, the battle will be over in less than two hours. If the enemy's headquarters is hidden in the Shi Family Courtyard where the 48th Brigade Headquarters was originally stationed, tell the troops to surround them.
Attack it, but occupy it without attacking it,
We can even surround the remnants of the enemy around the Shi Family Courtyard, use superior firepower to cut off their attempts to break out, and then eat them calmly one bite at a time. Even if the enemy headquarters reports to the rear headquarters, we can encircle the spot to bring reinforcements and take advantage of the fire.
Ha ha!"
"Commander, this is how we arranged it. Judging from the fact that there are no abnormalities in all directions on the front, all the ministries are progressing smoothly, and it is estimated that they have all reached the attack position." Major General Deng Chuanxiang, the party representative, replied cheerfully.
An Yi nodded happily: "Okay! After this battle is over, I would like to commend you and all the officers and men of the 24th Army. You several deputy military-level officers commanded properly and deserved the most credit. You are here in Nanjing."
But we pay close attention to the battle situation on the front line day and night, although now we have the 19th Route Army on our heads.
hat, but in addition to fame, there will definitely be no shortage of benefits. In the face of the series of achievements that have been achieved and are about to be achieved, the bosses of the Commission and the Military Commission will not be stingy about promotions. It is estimated that in a few days, how many of you will
They have the same military rank as me, and everyone under my command will benefit from it!
But the most important thing is that through this series of battles against Japan, we have established the confidence that our army will win. Even if we face the Japanese in the future, we will not be in a hurry, and we will even have a psychological advantage. It costs nothing.
You can’t buy it!”
The generals nodded their heads in agreement.
At twelve o'clock at midnight, as three red flares slowly rose into the sky, illuminating the earth with blood, the positions of the two artillery battalions behind the 47th Brigade in the west, the brigade's machine gun battalion and the 46th Brigade's machine gun battalion in the south
Roaring at the same time, hundreds of large and small artillery shells made a sharp whistle and flew down the enemy's position, blowing to pieces the Japanese troops who were under intense construction and had no time to take cover.
Howling spread everywhere, and the whole Shanghai, which had just been calm for two hours and gradually fell asleep, suddenly woke up. The flashing explosion flames, rolling smoke, and flying fireballs illuminated the sky above Wusong Baoshan with blood red, including Cai Tingkai and others who had just fallen asleep.
Countless soldiers and civilians got up again, looking at the raging battle in the north and listening to the bursts of cannon fire, and were extremely surprised.
The Japanese army, which was caught off guard and responded hastily, suffered heavy losses and quickly retreated. They hastily established a defensive line and sought a breakout direction. However, as the soldiers of the 44th Division in the south launched a supporting attack without hesitation, the Japanese army's southward retreat line was immediately lost.
In the dark night, the commanders of various Japanese army departments asked for emergency instructions and ordered their soldiers to resist with all their strength.
Who would have thought that just as they had stood firm, there was a sudden burst of gunfire in the town, and the explosion of grenades suddenly sounded. The Japanese troops in the north who were resisting and the two Japanese squadrons in reserve in the northeast were suddenly overwhelmed by a large number of Chinese troops who suddenly appeared behind them.
The officers and soldiers attacked fiercely, and a dense rain of light machine guns and machine gun bullets flew towards the unshielded Japanese army behind them. Several completed heavy machine gun firepower points were blown to pieces by a steady stream of grenades before they could be fired.
Under attack from both sides, the Japanese army fell one by one, and the remaining people were in despair. However, the northern battlefield that worried Yin Jinan the most was because the Japanese army had the huge advantage of being supported by warships on the river.
The brave and powerful soldiers took the lead in razing the area.
As the fierce fighting in the northern battlefield ended first, the brothers of the 48th Brigade, under the command of Colonel Gao Guodong, the deputy brigade commander, divided their troops into two groups and quickly attacked south and west. They fought with the brothers of the 47th Brigade Cai Shaohua who was responsible for the important task in the west.
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It took only thirty-five minutes to defeat the Japanese defense line and launch a large-scale charge. Fortunately, the remaining two hundred Japanese troops retreated quickly before a partial encirclement was formed, and fled wildly to Shijiada, where the Zhennan headquarters is located.
Hospital direction.
Thousands of soldiers of the 16th Division did not give up and launched a pursuit. Together with Li Zhide's brothers from the 46th Brigade who captured the southern front and quickly completed the east route outflank, they tightly surrounded the remaining 700 enemy troops in the Shi Family Courtyard and its surroundings.
A small area of two square kilometers around
Here, machine gunners from each company and platoon began to build firepower points and launch suppressive shooting. Excellent shooters from various military units and snipers from the special brigade took turns to fight, and began to launch a precision shooting competition against the timid Japanese army who had lost most of their mortars and heavy machine guns.
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Colonel Li Zhenhan, the captain of the special brigade, was so awesome that he went around and spread the news that whoever could kill five Japanese soldiers would have the opportunity to participate in the next round of selection training at the division headquarters. This made many brothers who aspired to become the king of soldiers excited and roaring.
Everlasting.
After receiving the good news from the front line, An Yi raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "Okay, in one hour and twenty-eight minutes, it is really surprising to achieve such rapid results under heavy tasks and complex terrain. It is only better than the Tigers in the south."
The first 44 divisions advanced to the original position 11 minutes late, good, very good! Such an excellent performance of the 16th division will probably make the brothers of the independent division ashamed, haha... to the major general——"
"arrive!"
Director of the Political Department Zhan stood at attention and answered loudly.
"Immediately call Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing and forward it to the 19th Route Army Headquarters and the Central Military Commission: At 12 midnight, the 24th Army launched a full-scale counterattack against the enemy. Under the decisive command of Acting Army Commander Yin Jinan and other generals, Commander Gu
The Feng 44th Division defeated the enemy in just one hour and seventeen minutes, annihilated more than 800 enemy troops, recovered the front line from Nongqian River to Chenjiaxiang, and planned to set up a position on the west bank of the Songpu River.
A dense mine formation was set up to block the enemy's counterattack; Xie Chi's 16th Division took the initiative to abandon the Baoshan and Wusong front lines in advance, luring the enemy deep in, and unexpectedly counterattacked across the entire line. In only one hour and twenty-eight minutes, it regained the lost ground and annihilated two thousand enemies in one fell swoop.
The remaining people have now surrounded the Japanese Marine Regiment Headquarters and the 700 remaining enemy regiments. They intend to encircle them instead of attacking them. They are pressing forward step by step, luring the enemy to bring in reinforcements to fight with all their strength! An Yi."
At 1:50 a.m., Nanjing Military Commission Headquarters.
Chiang Kai-shek rubbed his tired eyes, stood up slowly, glanced at the generals who were standing and waiting for the meeting to be dismissed, and then thinking of the worrying battle situation on the front line, he waved his hands distractedly and whispered, "Everyone, please go back and rest for now."
The generals had just packed up the documents when a confidential staff officer of the Military Commission suddenly pushed in the door. Under the horrified gaze of the generals, he ran to Chiang Kai-shek's side and excitedly presented the victory report in his hand:
"General An called. At twelve o'clock at midnight, our 24th Army suddenly launched a full-scale counterattack. General Gu Changfeng's 44th Division successfully regained the position on the west bank of the Songpu River and wiped out nearly a thousand enemies. Xie, who originally thought that the hard battle was over, lost Baoshan.
General Chi's Sixteenth Division was not defeated as we thought, but
He voluntarily gave up and lured the enemy deeper. In just one hour and twenty-eight minutes, he successfully counterattacked, recaptured Baoshan, and achieved a great victory in wiping out more than 2,000 enemy troops. Now he has captured the enemy's Marine Corps frontline headquarters together with 700 remaining enemies.
We are all surrounded, and General An sent a message saying that we are planning to encircle and call for reinforcements!"
All the generals cheered. Chiang Kai-shek received the victory report with trembling hands and moist eyes. He finally sat down slowly after reading it and looked at the chandelier on the ceiling. He was filled with emotions for a while. He originally thought that more than half of the 24th Army was lost in the battle and Wusong Baoshan was destroyed.
This strategic location was lost and Shanghai was in danger. Chiang Kai-shek and the entire army were extremely worried and distressed. How could he not be filled with joy and sorrow when he suddenly received good news?
After a while, Chiang Kai-shek glanced at the joyful generals and said with emotion: "The iron-blooded army is the sharp blade of the country... My students have realized their ideals with their blood. They fought hard for ten days and were still unable to fight despite severe attrition.
Indomitable, fighting endlessly, as brave as a tiger, and full of resourcefulness, it is really a blessing for the country and the nation to have such outstanding students and outstanding soldiers..."