Yoshizumi Ryosuke changed his tactics, from a sudden attack to a long-term siege. The battlefield north of Suzhou temporarily fell silent. Only small street battles occasionally broke out in some streets. However, on the south bank of the Suzhou River, battles centered on the life lines of communication of both sides. , but began to become unprecedentedly intense. ．m
There are two main battlefields on the south bank of the Suzhou River, one at Xinjunqiao and the other at Sichuan Road Bridge.
On the New Garbage Bridge battlefield, the patrol battalion tried to reopen the New Garbage Bridge. Even though the New Garbage Bridge had been blown down, the iron frame of the bridge was still there, so as long as the New Garbage Bridge could be controlled and laid with planks, various Military supplies can be transported to the north bank, and personnel trapped on the north bank can also be withdrawn.
On the Sichuan Luqiao battlefield, the patrol battalion hopes to cut off the life traffic line of the Broadway Building, because as long as the Sichuan Luqiao and Erbaidu Road Bridges are cut off, the special agent team stationed at the Broadway Building south of the New Junk Bridge will immediately become a lone force, otherwise It will collapse in three to five days!
This is a battle against time, so it is unprecedentedly brutal.
Kiyoshi Hasegawa and the Japanese navy officers and soldiers on the destroyer Izumo were fortunate enough to witness the fierce battle south of Erbaidu Road Bridge at close range.
Hasegawa Kiyoshi didn't even need to use binoculars. With just a pair of naked eyes, he could clearly see that the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion were like a colony of ants out foraging. Under the muzzle of the machine gun, a moment later, the patrol battalion rushed forward again row by row.
From early morning to evening, Huangputan Road, Yuanmingyuan Road, Museum Road and Sichuan Road, the four streets used by the patrol battalion as attack routes, were covered with the corpses of patrol battalion soldiers, and the blood flowing from the patrol battalion soldiers. It almost dyed these four streets red, as well as the alleys between the streets.
Standing on the bridge of the Izumo, Hasegawa Kiyoshi could smell the strong smell of blood in the air. After dark, Hasegawa Kiyoshi was reluctant to leave the bridge porthole for a long time, even on the opposite side of Erbai Ferry Road. The direction was already dark, everything was gone, and Hasegawa Kiyoshi still didn't want to leave.
On the one hand, Hasegawa Kiyoshi was shocked by the "death-like" aura displayed by the patrol camp.
But on the other hand, Hasegawa Kiyoshi also began to have an inexplicable respect for the Broadway Building in Henan, Suzhou, and at the same time, he also began to feel worried about the Broadway Building! Hasegawa Kiyoshi felt that their Japanese navy must do something for the Broadway Building Secret Service Team that was stationed on the south bank of the Suzhou River.
After all, these Chinese are working for the Empire's Greater East Asia Jihad.
At that moment, Hasegawa Kiyoshi ordered the adjutant to take out all the flares in stock and shoot a few flares at regular intervals. Only with the flares can the naval guns be guided to fire accurately. In addition, Hasegawa Kiyoshi also ordered the sailors of the Third Fleet to be organized. , a special task force was temporarily formed, ignoring the warnings of the concession authorities, and brazenly entered the concession.
Compared with the Japanese Army, the Japanese Navy is more proud and does not pay attention to the West.
The Japanese Navy does have its reasons for pride, not only because the total tonnage of the Japanese Navy ranks third in the world, but also because the comprehensive strength of the Japanese Navy ranks second in the world. In fact, even if it is regarded by the Japanese Army The most proud of the Russo-Japanese War, most of the credit must be attributed to the Japanese Navy.
If it weren't for the fact that Togo Heihachiro commanded the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet to defeat the Russian Pacific Fleet in the great sea battle of Tsushima Strait, thereby blocking the sea route, the Japanese Army would have been wishful thinking to win the Russo-Japanese War. Therefore, the Japanese Navy faced The sense of psychological superiority in the West was stronger than that of the Japanese Army.
The military's sense of psychological superiority, or self-confidence, is always created on the battlefield.
For example, the Chinese People's Liberation Army in later generations, their confidence came from the head-on confrontation with the fifteen-nation coalition led by the US military on the Korean battlefield!
Hasegawa Kiyoshi ignored the warning from the Concession Ministry of Industry Bureau and brazenly sent the 6th Marine Corps into the concession. However, Hasegawa Kiyoshi did not go too far. He only ordered the 6th Marine Corps to assist the Broadway Building in defending the Erbaidu Road Bridge and Sichuan Road Bridge to ensure that these two As long as the life line of communication is not cut off by the patrol camp.
Hasegawa Kiyoshi didn't know, he was making a fool of himself!
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Let’s not talk about Kiyoshi Hasegawa first, let’s talk about the frontal confrontation between the Broadway Building and the patrol camp.
The little devil didn't know that the patrol battalion who launched a death charge at Erbaidu Luqiao position in Luqiao, Sichuan were not real patrol battalion soldiers, but just cannon fodder captured by the patrol battalion! But what must be admitted is that because these cannon fodders had no choice, their charge in desperation was still very heroic and absolutely shocking!
Just like the charge launched by the Guangxi Army's ace Steel Seventh Army in the Battle of Songhu, more than 10,000 death squads, with their chests and abdomen exposed, carrying machetes on their shoulders, shouted slogans, and advanced in uniform steps. This scene was definitely shocking enough. Even though the final result was a disastrous defeat as always, it still gave the little devil a great shock.
Because the little devil discovered that there are actually soldiers in China who are less afraid of death than they are!
From this, the Japanese officers must have doubted whether the conquest of China would go so smoothly.
Of course, the charges of these rogue cannon fodders from the Qing Gang cannot be compared with the charges of the Guangxi Army's ace Steel Seventh Army, but the scene was also very shocking. At least the veterans of the National Army who witnessed the charges again and again at close range were shocked, including the Guangxi Army. The ace of the army is Ni Shixiang, a veteran of the Seventh Steel Army.
Ni Shixiang was injured in that unprecedented death-defying charge.
In fact, Ni Shixiang was quite lucky. Among the more than 10,000 suicide squad members who launched a desperate charge, more than 9,000 people died on the battlefield in the end. Only less than 1,000 people survived, and most of them were disabled. Not only did Ni Shixiang not survive. Even though he died, he was not disabled, but only seriously injured. This was considered very lucky.
Unlike other veterans, Ni Shixiang did not receive help from anyone. When he was lying on a stretcher and abandoned, he climbed into the concession by himself with his tenacious perseverance! After hiding in the concession, Ni Shixiang did not receive any care. He was lucky enough to survive entirely by begging on the streets.
Therefore, Ni Shixiang's experience was worse and more chilling than that of other veterans.
However, Ni Shixiang's thin body hides a heart as hot as magma. The reason why he has not joined the patrol camp yet is simply because no one is looking for him, because there are very few Gui Army veterans stranded in Shanghai. In the whole of Shanghai, almost no one knew that he was from the Seventh Army of Guijun Steel.
However, Ni Shixiang has never forgotten that he was once a soldier!
After dusk, Ni Shixiang returned to his residence, but his mind was filled with scenes from the Luqiao battlefield in Sichuan. The cruel and heroic charge scene immediately brought him back to the Songhu battlefield two years ago. In his ears The loud shouts of comrades seemed to be heard again, as well as the huge crackling sound of large-caliber artillery shells exploding.
Ni Shixiang seemed to have his brothers around him fall one after another. From the beginning, there were more than 10,000 people in the army, and in the end, he was the only one left. Ni Shixiang could never forget it. When he found out, there was only one person left on the entire battlefield. When he was alone, all that was left was the unforgettable loneliness and despair he felt when he was still charging forward.
Thinking of this, Ni Shixiang lost all sleep, immediately put on his clothes and got up and walked out of the residence.
When he came to the street, Ni Shixiang found that there were very few pedestrians on the street. Because of the war, everyone had gone back to their homes early. Only a large group of people gathered around the corner in the distance, seeming to be listening to the radio.
After hearing the broadcast, Ni Shixiang quickened his pace and walked over there.
As he got closer, Ni Shixiang heard the broadcast on the telephone pole really ring.
Ni Shixiang remembered clearly that there was no radio installed here originally, but when he woke up this morning, he suddenly found that there was an extra radio here. He even stopped to listen to a section of the radio and was impressed by what Xu Rui said. , I was deeply moved by the fact that my comrades were willing to live and die because of misfortunes and fortunes.
Ni Shixiang did not expect that the radio that only rang once in the morning would rang again in the evening.
But this time, what was played on the radio was no longer Xu Rui's speech, but a follow-up visit by soldiers from the patrol battalion.
"Hello everyone, I am Liang Yixiao, a special correspondent of the Songhu Battlefield Radio Station. Today, I personally participated in the patrol battalion's attack on the Sichuan Luqiao position, and I also witnessed with my own eyes the patrol battalion soldiers' resignation of death. After I came back, I kept thinking, is What kind of force is supporting them, supporting them to move forward despite death?"
"For brothers!" Ni Shixiang yelled subconsciously, attracting many eyes.
Suddenly being surrounded by so many people, Ni Shixiang couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and took half a step back. But soon, Ni Shixiang straightened up his chest again, and his eyes became extremely determined. People around him seemed to realize that this was a veteran, Shixiang. There was an extra layer of respect in his eyes.
On the radio, the female reporter named Liang Yixiao was still talking: "I believe there are many people who have the same questions as me, but I can't answer this question. Fortunately, there are many veterans who participated in the war and survived. Let’s ask them, what are they really thinking?”
Then, there is a follow-up period.
"Hello, veteran, what is your surname?"
"My name is Wang Goucheng, from Fujin, Northeast China."
"I would like to ask, during the day today, when you charged with a bayonet towards the positions guarded by those traitors in the Broadway Building, what were you thinking? In other words, what kind of power was supporting you? , driving you to face the bullets of the traitor and rush forward resolutely?"
"For brothers!" the veteran replied simply.
"So simple?" the female reporter asked again, "Just for brothers?"
"It's that simple, just for brothers." Veteran Wang Goucheng said a few more words this time, "You know, many brothers in our patrol camp are being besieged by the Japanese in Sihang Warehouse. In a few days, they will run out of ammunition. Food is running out, so we have to save them even if we risk our own lives." Announcement: This site recommends a free novel app to say goodbye to all advertisements. Please follow the WeChat official account to download and install: appxsyd (press and hold for three seconds to copy)