Chapter 740: Fighting in Shanghai

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh..."

102 heroes, except Ye Tian, ​​all wore Taoist robes.

After receiving Ye Tian's order, they spread their feet and walked briskly in the rugged mountainous area.

At this moment, they have left the secret camp far away.

Of course, in order to prevent being seen by people with ulterior motives, they are staying together in groups of three or five on the basis of keeping in touch with each other.

In a hurry to accept the big gift package, Ye Tian thought of a good idea.

So, when he was 10 kilometers away from the edge of the secret camp, Ye Tian suddenly raised his hands back.

After receiving the order to pause, under the organization of Miao Tengfei, the death squads all stopped and waited for Ye Tian's next order.

With a strange smile, Ye Tian appeared alone in an unmanned courtyard.

With a thought, Ye Tian took out 101 bicycles from the storage space.

In addition, there were 101 sets of casual clothes.

Then, Ye Tian began to accept the big gift package.

2,000 kilograms of explosives!

50 MP3G34 general-purpose machine guns and a large amount of supporting ammunition.

After accepting the gift package, Ye Tian was overjoyed when he thought of the Battle of Songhu that would break out tomorrow.

Tomorrow, August 13, the Battle of Songhu will break out.

In order to seize the initiative in the war and eliminate the devils in Shanghai before the island country's reinforcements arrive, Zhang Zhizhong's 9th Army is ready to take action first, thinking of encircling and annihilating these devils.

On the 13th, the war broke out as scheduled. Zhang Zhizhong's 3 divisions and 1 independent brigade of the 9th Army launched a full-scale attack on the devils.

At the same time, China also dispatched the Air Force.

The mission of the Air Force is very simple, that is, to bomb the devil's Marine Corps headquarters, Huishan Wharf and ships at sea.

At the beginning of the Battle of Songhu, because of the large number of people, the Chinese army had an absolute advantage.

Yes, the devils were less than 5,000 people, but China had 3 German-equipped divisions and 1 independent brigade.

In addition, China also has two heavy artillery regiments equipped with German artillery, namely the 10th Artillery Regiment equipped with 100mm cannons and the 8th Artillery Regiment equipped with 150mm howitzers.

In addition, there is also air force support.

Even China's only armored force, the Nanjing Armored Regiment, with two tank companies attached to the 36th Division, also made a brilliant appearance.

On the other hand, the main force of the Japanese is the more than 3,000 Marines.

After the emergency plan was activated, the Japanese mobilized more than 1,000 retired soldiers from the Japanese merchants stationed in Shanghai.

If all are added up, the Japanese force is only 4,000 people.

The Japanese have few troops and insufficient heavy weapons.

There is no way, these more than 4,000 Japanese have to rely on strong fortifications to resist tenaciously.

Tanks and air force assisted in the battle, and two heavy artillery regiments also came over. There are still so many ordinary armies. Logically, China should have a crushing advantage.

Unfortunately, because the firepower of the Chinese troops was not strong enough, they could not conquer the Japanese reinforced concrete fortifications.

This battle was the first large-scale coordinated operation of the Chinese army by sea, land and air, and it was a coordinated operation of multiple arms including infantry, artillery and tanks.

Unfortunately, because there was not much similar coordinated training, the coordination effect was very poor.

For example, the coordination between infantry and tanks was particularly poor.

The tanks did not pay attention to covering the infantry, and the infantry had no concept of clearing danger for the tanks.

For another example, the coordination between infantry and artillery was even worse.

The Japanese infantry could charge on the explosion point of the shells.

In this way, when the Japanese infantry arrived at the Chinese positions destroyed by artillery fire, they could easily control the situation.

On the other hand, the Chinese infantry, due to a serious lack of corresponding training, could only charge at a long distance when the artillery was out of fire.

The result was that after the Japanese avoided the artillery fire, they raised their heads again and immediately shot the Chinese soldiers who were charging in groups with their weapons.

It was not unfair that China did not gain an overwhelming advantage.

The poor level of coordination was not the main reason.

The main reason is that soon after China took the initiative to show its sword, many of the devil's giant ships began to exert their strength!

The 150mm howitzer equipped by the 8th Artillery Regiment is very powerful.

However, compared with the devil's naval guns, the 150mm howitzer can only be described as a small witch compared to a big witch.

The caliber of these naval guns is mostly 300 to 400 mm, with a longer range and more power.

The targets of these naval guns of the devil are very simple, which are the two artillery regiments of China.

The next moment after the two artillery regiments were almost dealt with, they aimed at the two tank companies of China.

Under the guidance of the ground devils, the two tank companies were completely destroyed.

Then, the devil's naval guns aimed at the infantry of China.

It is conceivable how tragic the fate of these Chinese infantry will be, and how great the casualties will be!

For the Chinese Air Force, it can be said that the ideal is full and the reality is very skinny.

They want to bomb as many warships of the devil as possible, but unfortunately, the air defense capabilities of these warships are very strong.

The most important thing is that the devils also have naval aviation.

Although the Chinese Air Force has created a brilliant record, it cannot stop these devils' giant ships from slaughtering Chinese infantry.

Because he is familiar with the history of the War of Resistance, Ye Tian also knows a very depressing battle example.

After losing the cover of the tanks, the Chinese infantry continued to charge into the devil's fortifications.

On the other hand, the devils huddled in the fortifications and frantically shot and killed the Chinese infantry in the open field.

What made Ye Tian depressed was that when a Chinese battalion appeared on a street, the Japanese hiding in the bunker wiped them out, and none of them escaped!

Of course, although there were heavy casualties, the Chinese soldiers still bravely moved forward under the orders of various officers.

Relying on the advantage of terrain, the Japanese slaughtered Chinese soldiers while waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

However, in the face of China's human sea advantage, especially the fighting method of filling it with human lives, the Japanese suffered a lot of losses even if they had good terrain.

There was no way, in the end, all the Japanese retreated to the Marine Corps Headquarters.

Then, relying on the strong fortifications there, the Japanese continued to resist.

The Chinese troops had been fighting for a long time, and they were fighting to kill the Japanese again, so they fought and lost again and again, and fought again and again!

The most important thing is that with this kind of fighting, China's casualties are getting bigger and bigger.

Although there were heavy casualties, under the personal command of Zhang Zhizhong, the commander-in-chief of the Ninth Army Group, the 36th, 87th, and 88th Divisions and other troops continued to attack the Japanese frantically.

At the same time, after finding that they could not deal with the many warships of the devils, the Chinese Air Force also began to bomb the Hongkou base of the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai.

Zhang Zhizhong's purpose was very clear, that is, to try to wipe out these thousands of devils before the arrival of the devil's reinforcements.

After seizing these extremely hard fortifications, they tried to deal with the devil's reinforcements.

In this way, the vigorous Songhu Anti-Japanese War began!

Tomorrow, the Songhu Battle will break out.

Ye Tian does not want to see the situation where the Chinese troops suffered countless casualties!