On the morning of February 28, 1932, before the Japanese army launched a full-scale offensive in Shanghai, the number of Japanese troops in Shanghai had reached more than 70,000, 150 aircraft (plus 160 naval aircraft) and the Navy's First and Third Fleets. At this time, China
The total strength of the 19th Route Army (including the Fifth Army) is only more than 40,000, and has been relatively weakened. The right-wing army has lost about 13, and the left-wing army has lost about 14. The defensive line stretches for more than 50 kilometers, and the weapon loss is huge. Only the front
The defense felt that the troops were weak and they planned to increase the number of troops to defend. However, due to insufficient troops, they repeatedly called for reinforcements. Chiang Kai-shek only ordered to "hold on" and "strengthen the alert", but delayed sending troops to reinforce the Japanese army in order to cover the main force of the 11th Division in Liuhe.
Landing on one side, a fierce attack was carried out on Miaohang Town in order to hold back the main force of the 19th Route Army and make it difficult to transfer to the landing side of the 11th Division. At the same time, in order to confuse the opponent's attention, feint attacks were carried out in many places, especially
Frequent attacks were launched at Zhabei Baziqiao, Tiantong'an Road and other places. Near Tiantong'an Road, the two sides fought fiercely for eight hours. The defenders' 60th Division continued to send death squads to jump out of the trenches and engage in hand-to-hand combat, forcing the Japanese troops to retreat towards Disiwei.
Fighting was also fierce elsewhere on the road.
A tug-of-war broke out at Zhabei Bazi Bridge. The defenders suffered three losses and three gains, resulting in heavy casualties. The Japanese army also suffered heavy casualties. Colonel Lin Bo, the regiment leader, was shot dead. After the Japanese army launched a full-line attack on the Songhu area, they first bombarded the defenders' positions continuously with aircraft and artillery.
, which lasted for 3 and a half hours, and then the infantry, under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, launched an attack on the defenders' positions. The 9th Division, the mixed 24th Brigade and the Marine Corps marched toward the temple, west of Jiangwan, and launched a fierce attack on the front line of the Zhabei Bazi Bridge.
Naval artillery bombarded Shizilin, Yanglinkou, Qiyakou and other places at about 7 o'clock, and then dispatched aircraft to bomb the Dachang garrison. Under the general attack of the superior Japanese army, although the position was repeatedly broken through by the Japanese army, they still tenaciously fought with the enemy for the Japanese army's first position.
The left wing of the 9th Division attacked Guangdong Yidi, Maiwangzhai and Lujiazhai before noon; at 14:00, it also occupied Tanjiazhai, Lingnan Bridge and the east line of Yangjialou. After its right wing launched an attack, it was attacked by the defenders.
Heavy casualties were caused, but by the afternoon they had successively occupied areas on both sides of Zhuyuandun and Guangdong Yidi, and entered Zhoujiazhai. The four-vehicle front line, its central team occupied the northern part of 23rd Garden, and the mixed 24th Brigade occupied Daijiazhai, and
Entering Zhangjiaqiao, at the western end of Zhujiaqiao, just as the 19th Route Army and the 5th Army were fighting tenaciously with the Japanese army on the entire frontal front, the Japanese 11th Division started at 6:00 on February 28, from Qiyakou and Yanglinkou respectively.
A company of the Central Training Corps and a handful of volunteers who landed at Heliubangkou to guard the Liuhe area were still outnumbered by the powerful artillery fire and infantry attacks of the landing Japanese troops, and stubbornly resisted the 26th Division of the 87th Division, which was urgently mobilized by the 19th Route Army Headquarters.
The first brigade rushed to rescue, but due to lack of transportation means and being bombed by Japanese planes along the way, until 18:00, a regiment arrived at Liuhe. At this time, Liuhe had fallen into the enemy's hands, and the Japanese army was rushing towards the direction of Jiading.
Retreat is an active move to a new defensive position
As it turned out, the Japanese troops in Dachang and other places fought even more fiercely. The Chinese army often organized death squads to rush in and die together with explosives, which frightened the Japanese army. After a day and night of fighting, with corpses strewn across the fields, they finally captured the town as they wished.
center, but outside the town, Chinese military resistance remained
The Fourteenth Division newly transferred from China was responsible for reinforcing the urban line. General Shirakawa Yoshinori, the commander of the Japanese army, learned that major breakthroughs had been made on all fronts and victory was not far away. He urgently ordered all ministries to advance and expand the results from within Japan.
The 14th Division came continuously and poured into Zhenru, Dachang, Zhabei and other urban areas. They didn't know that they had fallen into the Chinese army's trick. The more people came, the happier the Chinese army was.
It was early morning on the 29th, when the Japanese troops were sleeping most soundly and at the most relaxed time. According to the set time, the Chinese soldiers hiding in various places came out to detonate the areas they were responsible for. They were all hiding in the well-preserved areas.
In the cave, the fighting was fierce, so in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan, at least two people were assigned to all positions.
Really, the big field and other places were bursting into flames. Many Japanese soldiers were sent to hell in their sleep. Some Japanese soldiers were in hazy pajamas. Seeing such a violent and concentrated explosion, they thought it was the navy's naval guns. Even if they couldn't connect
The young Japanese army officers also thought so and cursed the navy one after another. Even if there are deep conflicts between your senior officials, they should not be vented on us little shrimps! What's more, at the point of the rise and fall of the empire, the Japanese army actually bombarded us in anger.
They all looked for places to hide.
But the whole town was exploding, so where could they hide? They would either be killed directly by the explosion or hit by large rocks raised by the explosives. When the explosion stopped, countless soldiers of the 19th Route Army and the Fifth Army poured in.
In these towns, there was a fierce battle with the remaining Japanese troops until nearly dawn. In order to avoid being severely damaged by Japanese aircraft and naval guns, after packing up useful things, the two armies did not stay here, but quickly retreated to Jiading and Taicang.
There is no way around this. For this plan, the 19th Route Army and the Fifth Army spent all their resources, including the fortress artillery shells of Wusong Fort. Their existing weapons and ammunition can no longer support a large-scale war.
war, and the government hasn’t sent them weapons and ammunition for who knows how long.
That day, Zhang Zhizhong talked with Jiang Guangding and Cai Yankai for a long time before deciding to follow Wang Jiuling's plan. This way, the war could be ended in a dignified manner and the fighting force could be preserved. According to international statistics, Japan suffered more than 20,000 casualties in this war.
15,000 died. In the last counterattack by the Chinese army, Japan's losses reached more than 8,000. Except for a few hundred wounded, all the others died.
According to incomplete statistics from China, more than 4,270 officers and soldiers of China's 19th Route Army and Fifth Army have died and about 9,830 people have been injured. On March 7, the Shanghai Social Bureau announced that since the Shanghai War, Shanghai's houses, shops, factories, and housing
Four losses exceeded 140 million yuan; on the 11th, it was announced that as of the 6th of that month, 160,000 Shanghai residents had been victims, 6,080 people were dead, 2,000 were injured, and 1.04 million were missing. On the 20th, the Shanghai Municipal Education Bureau announced
, due to the losses suffered by various schools in the Shanghai War: a total of 228 schools were affected, with property losses amounting to more than 10 million yuan.
The Shanghai War ended like this. Except for the Fifth Army, the Nineteenth Route Army, and Chiang Kai-shek, no one else expected, including Wang Jiuling. Originally, Wang Jiuling thought that the success of his plan would greatly delay the progress of the war. On March 3
The war would never end, so he took the Sakan sword seized from Iijima and drove away in two carts, preparing to exchange the sword for some weapons and ammunition to support the front line. He did not ask Zhang Zhizhong about the follow-up plan after the success of the plan.
,Although Zhang Zhizhong is more optimistic about Wang Jiuling, it does not mean that he must tell him everything.
The two Japanese troops did not expect that, firstly, the position they had recaptured was so brutal during the day, but it was actually a trap by the enemy, and more than 8,000 people were killed in one fell swoop; secondly, they did not expect that the Chinese army would win such a great battle, and then they would be killed.
It’s really unbelievable that we retreated.
The European and American countries have the same idea as the Japanese, but many people look down upon the Chinese army. The weapons and equipment are far inferior, and the number is almost half of the enemy. The army, tired from long battles, can actually kill the enemy.
Three times as many of our own were killed, and all countries were shocked. They reassessed the national strength and combat power of China and Japan, especially Germany. They felt that this ally was trustworthy, and later increased their all-round assistance to China.
It was a blessing in disguise that the National Government did not expect