Chapter 39 The Japanese Invaders Are Fierce

The battlefield has completely returned to calm, but everyone knows that this is only temporary, whether inside or outside the battlefield.

The Japanese army has approached the Sihang Warehouse standing on the north bank of Suzhou River from the east, west and north.

Perhaps, apart from the ordinary people who were inspired by two consecutive victories, not many people are optimistic about the Sihang Warehouse defenders who have exposed their cards.

This naturally includes Brigadier General Smallett, the commander of the Western Six Nations Allied Forces in the Concession.

Standing on the roof of the Concession Allied Forces Headquarters Building, the Brigadier General of the British Empire, who was biting a pipe and had a thick, slightly curled golden beard on his mouth, put down his telescope and sighed slightly: "The Chinese's last struggle in Songhu will also fail in disgrace."

"General, how long do you think they can resist?" The colonel next to the brigadier general also put down the telescope. "I personally think they can't hold out this morning, which is actually good news for us."

Obviously, for this Western Army colonel, the sooner the battle ends, the safer the concession separated by a river will be. Considering his own side, he hopes to end the battle earlier.

"Can't hold out this morning?" The brigadier general frowned slightly.

"Although the Chinese commander's command ability is average, looking at their momentum when they saluted on the roof just now, they should still be able to fight. In addition, they have no way to retreat. If they fight to the death, they should be able to hold out until the sun sets!"

"However, this is already a battle that is doomed to fail. There is not much point in discussing them. James, we should also observe the Japanese more. Their performance in this battle is really surprising!

Although their tactics are backward and their equipment is ordinary, their fighting will is tenacious. Even we can't underestimate it!" The brigadier general turned the topic to the Japanese army, and a hint of worry appeared in his light brown eyes.

Although the Japanese are still respectful to the Western countries, their aggressive momentum also makes the brigadier general of the British Empire feel a little threatened.

When he put the imperial army on the battlefield against the Japanese army, which performed well, the brigadier general was even surprised to find that without the assistance of the navy and air force, the imperial army would never perform much better than the Chinese army.

The brigadier general of the British Empire, who was considered to be somewhat far-sighted, might not have thought that he still underestimated the Japanese army and even more underestimated his empire. A few years later, the Japanese army, which had completely torn its face with the Western world, marched straight into the battlefield in Southeast Asia and encountered almost no decent resistance.

While the faces of Western countries were slapped by the then No. 1 in Asia, the ambitions of the Japanese high-level officials were also aroused.

It turned out that the yellow ** nationalism was a paper tiger, which was probably the most real thought of the Japanese high-level officials at that time.

So, driven by this pride, the Japanese brazenly stabbed the American cowboys in the buttocks.

Then, they were also hit by the dimensionality reduction attack from the world's first industrial power, and became licking dogs from then on.

That may also be one of the great contributions made by the Western countries represented by the brigadier general's motherland to this war that swept the world.

They lost the Southeast Asian Warehouse shamefully, but strategically fooled the Japanese and made a great contribution to the anti-Japanese war.

"General, the Japanese have begun to attack." The colonel pointed to the left wing of the Sihang Warehouse two hundred meters away and reminded.

In the field of vision, an infantry squadron of nearly 200 people was approaching the left wing of the Sihang Warehouse along the bank of Suzhou River.

At 6 o'clock in the morning on October 27, 1937, for the captain of the 1st Infantry Squadron of the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 36th Infantry Regiment, Bei Cang Mandu, it was definitely a moment of confidence.

Because he received a military order to assist the 1st Infantry Battalion to annihilate the last Chinese army position in the Zhabei area of ​​Songhu.

In the eyes of Captain Bei Cang Mandu, this was definitely not a hard job, but an opportunity to make great military merits.

The 700,000-strong Chinese army was defeated. How long could a small army of only a thousand people hold out? Even if they were protected by a solid bunker!

Therefore, as soon as he arrived at the front line, he enthusiastically applied to Captain Toyota Hide for the main attack, seemingly forgetting that he was just an auxiliary.

Originally, Bei Cang Mandu did not expect to become the main attack force with the greatest military merits. His statement was just to avoid being a bystander and wasting a good opportunity to gain military merits.

Who knew that Captain Toyota Hide was so generous that he stared at him for a while and finally agreed to his request to lead the 1st Infantry Company of the 3rd Infantry Battalion to serve as the main attack on the left wing.

Although it is only the left wing, its role is no less than that of the front battlefield of the warehouse, and even more so.

This is really because the Sihang Warehouse garrisoned by the Chinese is an extremely embarrassing position for the Japanese army.

The Sihang Warehouse is backed by the concession. It seems easier to attack from the front, but except for the direct-aiming artillery such as infantry guns, the rest of the artillery is almost useless, because let alone artillery shells, even if a bullet falls into the concession, Major Toyota Hide will be in trouble.

So Toyota Hide chose to deploy three infantry squadrons in front of the warehouse, and one infantry squadron on each wing. It was not a fancy move, but an old routine to use the front as a feint to attract the heavy firepower points of the Chinese defenders, and then break through the two wings.

The role of the two wings is extremely important.

Of course, if the front battlefield sees the weakness of the defenders and breaks through, the three infantry squadrons with a strength of up to 600 will never be soft.

So, when Kitakura Mandu, who was entrusted with an important task, heard the rumbling sound of artillery coming from the main infantry force on the front battlefield, he commanded his 1st Infantry Squadron to rush to the left wing of the Sihang Warehouse where the Chinese army was located.

As a relatively good low-level commander of the Imperial Japanese Army, Kitakura Mandu knew very well that this was his best chance to approach the Chinese position.

All the attention of the Chinese was focused on the middle road, which seemed to be the most dangerous position. If he did not seize this opportunity, his subordinates might pay a price that they should not have to pay when the Chinese came to their senses and deployed their firepower.

The Japanese captain led his infantry squadron to draw a perfect arc in the ruins, without attracting the attention of the Chinese defenders, and could quickly approach by taking advantage of the gaps when friendly forces attracted the opponent's artillery fire.

The tactics were completed resolutely and perfectly. The Japanese captain, who was all focused on gaining military merit, did not notice the strange color in Major Toyota Hide's eyes when he proposed the main attack. It was a complex combination of pity and some unspeakable joy.

Perhaps, it would be more perfect to explain it with a look of looking at him like an idiot.

Unfortunately, let alone the Japanese captain not noticing it, even if he noticed it, he would only think that it was Major Hide Toyoda's admiration for him.

This is what is called seeing things differently depending on where you are!

Anyway, 20 minutes after the Chinese defenders stopped shelling, he had led his men to 600 meters away from the Sihang Warehouse.