Chapter 790 47th Infantry Regiment

In the real history of the War of Resistance Against Japan, all the devils are definitely worthy of the title of war criminals.

Especially the big devils, they will all be tortured to death, and will never wrongly accuse good people.

Among the many big devils, as a Class A war criminal, Tani Hisao has committed many evil deeds against the Chinese people.

Tani Hisao and his Sixth Division are very famous in the hearts of those who are interested in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japan.

In fact, the Sixth Division was originally a left-behind division.

Their mission is very simple, that is, to watch the other divisions fighting on the Chinese front, and to protect the emperor and the homeland to ensure that they are not attacked by the Chinese army.

Among the island country's troops, after years of evolution, the basic tactical corps is the division, which is the highest level of fixed organization of the island country's army.

Of course, above the division, there are also units such as the front army and the army.

However, such super forces are temporary organizations, and the subordinate divisions are often transferred.

Before the July 7 Incident, that is, before the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, the island country had a total of 17 standing divisions.

They are all standing armies of the island country, with numbers from the Guards, 1st to 20th divisions.

In name, there are 21 divisions.

In fact, it is not the case.

For example, the 5th, 13th, 17th, and 18th divisions are all vacant.

However, as the situation of the war of resistance intensified, the island country gradually began to build these divisions.

That's not all, the island country continued to expand its army and build other more numerous divisions.

Taking the 6th Division, which is a standing division, as an example, the troops are organized into four units.

That is to say, the division is under the jurisdiction of 2 brigades, and each brigade is under the jurisdiction of 2 infantry regiments.

In fact, these Class A divisions are divided into two types.

One is the packhorse division, with a total establishment of 28,500 people.

Such a division is under the jurisdiction of an artillery regiment.

The artillery regiment is under the jurisdiction of four battalions, with a total of 48 75mm mountain guns or field guns.

In addition, each infantry regiment also has an artillery squadron with four mountain guns and an infantry artillery squadron with four Type 92 infantry guns.

The second type of Class A division is the horse-drawn division, with a total establishment of 25,000 people, which is slightly inferior to the packhorse division.

In fact, these more than 20,000 devils are just the main force.

In addition, on the battlefield, these divisions will also be equipped with auxiliary troops.

Such as cavalry brigades, tank regiments, independent engineering regiments, independent field artillery regiments, independent field heavy artillery regiments, field heavy artillery regiments, independent heavy artillery battalions, mortar battalions, independent mountain artillery regiments, telecommunications regiments, railway regiments, field hospitals, etc.

On July 28, 1937, after a conspiracy, the island country headquarters issued an order to invade China to the 6th Division.

On August 1, amid the hysterical flattery of the citizens of Kumamoto City, especially the Women's Defense Associations of various countries, the 6th Division, which was fully supplemented with more than 25,000 devils, embarked on the sixth invasion of China.

After arriving in China, they were incorporated into the 1st Army of the North China Garrison Army.

When invading North China, along the way, the devils of the 6th Division, with the connivance of Tani Hisao, burned, killed, and committed all kinds of evil.

Their specialty is nothing but to attack the Chinese people.

And this kind of action is mostly murder!

This time, because the situation of the Battle of Songhu was relatively tense, in order to defeat the main force of the Chinese army, the Japanese General Staff came up with a big move.

Form the 10th Army and land in Jinshanwei, Hangzhou Bay, so as to cut off the retreat of the Chinese army!

For this reason, in addition to the 18th and 114th Divisions originally scheduled to be incorporated into the 10th Army, the 6th Division was also incorporated into the 10th Army.

In the real history of the War of Resistance, in the late stage of the Battle of Songhu, to be precise, after the 10th Army landed in Jinshanwei, China began to withdraw its troops.

Because the order was too hasty, and most of the commanders at all levels died for the country, and the new commanders were not familiar with the troops, the great retreat turned into a great rout.

All of these gave Tani Hisao's Sixth Division an excellent opportunity to perform.

While frantically chasing the scattered Chinese soldiers, the Sixth Division also played a massacre in Kunshan!

It must be said that when the Sixth Division jumped out and chased the Chinese army, another thing happened.

At that time, the upper-level devils of the island country believed that there were too few troops left behind, and a large number of military expansions were still in full swing, so it was not appropriate to expand the scale of the war too early.

Therefore, the General Staff of the island country stipulated that the line from Suzhou to Jiaxing was the restriction line, and strictly ordered all troops not to cross it.

In this way, the capital of China, that is, Nanjing, was drawn outside the battle line.

However, for the top generals of the 10th Army, who were overwhelmed by victory, such as Commander Yanagawa Heisuke and especially Tani Hisao, this restriction was intolerable.

In fact, in the Japanese army, the tradition of "overcoming the superiors with the inferiors" was popular as early as the Russo-Japanese War.

Those generals who dared to disobey orders and act on their own were often regarded as rare talents and were promoted because of their extraordinary achievements.

After some urgent consultations, Yanagawa Heisuke and Tani Hisao decided not to listen to the headquarters!

So, on November 15, the 6th Division pursued Nanjing alone without the knowledge of the General Staff.

On November 20, Deputy Chief of Staff Tada Jun received a telegram from the 10th Army.

At this time, the 6th Division had already crossed this line.

Faced with the fait accompli, there was no way, and the Japanese General Staff abolished the Sujia Line.

On December 1, with the Emperor's consent, the island nation's supreme command issued an order:

Capture the Chinese capital as soon as possible and force China to surrender!

On December 5, 1937, the vanguard of Tani Hisao's 6th Division arrived at the outer position of Nanjing after a forced march.

Immediately afterwards, the devils of the 6th Division, relying on superior firepower, continuously wiped out the Chinese city defense troops.

On December 12, 1937, part of the 47th Regiment of the 6th Division occupied the front of Zhonghua Gate.

After opening this gap, Nanjing fell the next day, that is, in the evening of the 13th!

After entering the city, the brutal Japanese army of the 6th Division was so brutal that they immediately started a massacre!

In the area of ​​​​Shimonoseki alone, the bodies of Chinese soldiers and civilians killed by the 6th Division covered the 2,000-meter-long and 50-meter-wide river surface!

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Before officially landing, two battalions were wiped out by the Chinese army in succession! ?

In this situation, as the vanguard of the three divisions of the 10th Army, the commander of the 6th Division, Tani Hisao, was furious.

Under the advice of the Chief of Staff Colonel Shimono Ichikō, the commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade, Major General Jii Tokutaro, and the commander of the 36th Infantry Brigade, Major General Ushijima Mitsuru, Tani Hisao immediately came up with a new attack plan.

The 13th Infantry Regiment has a total of four infantry battalions.

Now, two battalions have been destroyed, and the 13th Regiment has lost half of its combat effectiveness.

For this reason, Tani Hisao ordered the entire 47th Infantry Regiment to go out!

In the eyes of Tani Hisao and the other big devils, doing this is actually a very shameful thing.

Yes, in the past when facing the Chinese army, they often fought with more people.

The most important thing is that basically, they can win every battle!