Rise from eight hundred

Chapter 40
The battlefield has completely returned to calm, but whether it is inside or outside the battlefield, everyone knows that this is only temporary.

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

Perhaps, apart from the ordinary people who have been inspired by two consecutive victories, not many people are optimistic about the four-line warehouse defenders who have exposed their cards.

This naturally also includes Brigadier General Smallet, the commander of the six-nation coalition forces in the Western Concession.

Standing on the roof of the Allied Forces Headquarters Building in the Concession Area, the brigadier general of the Empire of the Sun Never Sets, biting a pipe and with a thick golden beard on his mouth, put down his binoculars and sighed slightly: "The last struggle of the Chinese in Songhu , will fail disgracefully."

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

Obviously, for this colonel of the Western Army, the sooner the battle between the two sides ends, the safer the concession, which is only separated by a river. Considering his own side, he prefers to end the battle earlier.

"Can't resist this morning?" The brigadier-general frowned slightly.

"Although the commanders of the Chinese are average in commanding ability, judging from the momentum of the military salute they stood on the top of the building 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 last until the sun goes down. Bar!"

"However, this is already a battle that is doomed to fail, and there is no point in discussing them, James, we should also observe the Japanese more, their performance in this battle is really surprising!

Although the tactics are backward and the equipment is ordinary, the will to fight is tenacious. Even us, we can't underestimate it! "The brigadier general turned the subject to the Japanese army, and a faint worry appeared in his hazel eyes.

Although the current Japanese are still respectful to the Western countries, their aggressive aura also makes the brigadier general of the Empire where the sun never sets quietly feels a little threatened.

And when he put the imperial army on the battlefield against the well-performing Japanese army, 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 Empire of the Never Setting Sun may not have imagined that he still underestimated the Japanese army and overestimated his empire. A few years later, the Japanese army, who had completely torn apart its face with the Western world, drove straight into the Southeast Asian battlefield, and almost never encountered it. to decent resistance.

While the face of the Western countries was slapped by the Asian No. [-] at that time, it also made the high-level ambitions of Japan's high-level leaders tick.

It turned out that the yellow nationalists were all paper tigers, which was probably the truest thought of the Japanese executives at that time.

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

Then, they were also hit by dimensionality reduction from the world's largest industrial power, and they have since become licking dogs.

That may also be one of the great contributions made by the Western countries represented by the home country of His Excellency Brigadier General to this war that has swept the world.

They lost the war in Southeast Asia humiliatingly, but they strategically fooled the Japanese and made a terrific contribution to the anti-*** war.

"General, the Japanese are starting to attack." The colonel reminded, pointing to the left wing of the Sihang warehouse 200 meters away.

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

1937年10月27日早6时，对于第36步兵联队第3步兵大队第1步兵中队的大尉中队长北仓满都来说，绝对算得上踌躇满志的一刻。

Because he received an order to assist the [-]st Infantry Brigade to annihilate the last Chinese army position in the Zhabei area of ​​Songhu.

In the eyes of Captain Mandu Beicang, this is definitely not a hard job, but an opportunity to make a lot of military achievements.

China's 700,000 troops have been defeated, how long can a small lone army of no more than a thousand people last?Even if it is protected by a solid bunker!

Therefore, as soon as he arrived at the front line, he impassively applied to Captain Toyoda Hideo for the main attack, seemingly forgetting that he was originally just a support.

Originally, Beicang Mandu did not expect to become the main attacking force with the greatest military merit.

Who knew that the captain of the Toyoda Hideyoshi was too generous. After staring at him for a while, he finally agreed to his request to lead the 3st Infantry Squadron of the 1rd Infantry Brigade under his command to be the main attack on the left wing.

Don't look at it as just the left wing, but its role is no less than that of the warehouse frontal battlefield, or even more.

This is really because the Sixing warehouse where the Chinese are stationed is an extremely embarrassing position for the Japanese army.

The Sixing Warehouse is backed against the concession. It is easier to attack from the front, but except for the direct-aiming guns such as infantry guns, the other artillery pieces are almost useless, because let alone artillery shells, just a bullet falls into the concession , Toyoda Hideo is also unable to eat and walk around.

So Toyoda Xiu chose to place three infantry squadrons in front of the warehouse, and one infantry squadron was dispatched on each of the two wings. It was not a fancy way of playing, but it was an old way of using the front as a feint to attract the heavy firepower of the Chinese defenders, and then the two wings carried out breakthrough.

The role of the two wings is extremely important.

Of course, if the frontal battlefield can see the weakness of the defenders and make a breakthrough, the three infantry squadrons of up to 600 troops will never be relentless.

Therefore, the moment Beicang Mandu, who was entrusted with the important task, heard the rumbling of artillery from the main force of the infantry advancing on the frontal battlefield, he instructed his 1st Infantry Squadron to quickly move to the Sixing warehouse where the Chinese army was located. The left wing ran wild.

As a fairly good middle- and low-level commander of the Imperial Japanese Army, Kitakuraman knew very well that this was his best chance to approach the Chinese positions.

All the attention of the Chinese is on the middle lane, which seems to be the most dangerous position. If he does not seize this opportunity, and when the Chinese recover and deploy the firepower, his subordinates may pay a price that they should not bear.

The Japanese captain took his infantry squadron to draw a perfect arc in the ruins, not only without attracting the attention of the Chinese defenders, but also using the neutral position of friendly forces to attract the opponent's artillery fire to approach quickly.

The tactics were done with determination and perfection. The Japanese captain, who was all about gaining military merit, didn't even notice the strange color in the eyes of Major Hide Toyoda when he proposed the main attack. It was a combination of pity and some indescribable joy. complex.

Perhaps, it is more perfect to explain it with the look of a fool.

It's a pity, not to mention that the Japanese captain didn't notice, even if he did, he would only think that it was a surge of appreciation from Major Toyoda Hide to him.

This is the so-called position is different, the feeling of seeing things is also different!

Anyway, 20 minutes after the Chinese defenders stopped shelling, he had already led his subordinates to reach the Sixing warehouse 600 meters away.

(End of this chapter)