Battle of the Third Reich

The Japanese and Shanghai Marine Special Marine Corps belonged to a different category in the navy. In the early days, the Japanese Navy Ministry and the Military Command did not pay much attention to the configuration of the marine forces of each ship and even the sub-fleet. Both the training and the equipment were not as good as the army troops. But when they actually built a standing marine, the high-level navy people unexpectedly put a lot of effort into this force.

In order to increase the firepower of the Marines in close-range street fighting, the Navy specially sent people to Germany to purchase mp18 submachine guns. Even if it was an expensive Rolls-Royce armored vehicle, the Navy allocated seven troops to this unit at one time. It should be known that at that time, the entire Special Marines had only a total of more than 900 people, and there were almost two infantry brigades.

After the first Songhu Battle ended, the Japanese navy regarded Shanghai as an important overseas base and began to rapidly expand the strength of this unit. The establishment was finally determined to be 2,000. Don’t look at only two-thirds of the regular army wing, but it is equipped with tanks, tracked machine gun cars, wheeled armored vehicles, and heavy guns of 15 and 12 cm caliber. The luxury of its firepower equipment can even match The Army's special hybrid brigade is comparable.

The origin of the second Songhu Battle was the murder of Lieutenant Oyama Yamato of the Shanghai Special Marines. (There are many versions of the so-called truth about the [Dashan Incident] between China and Japan, and there are many contradictions, which are not reviewed in this article.) The Special Marines in the Battle of Songhu performed quite tenaciously, and also Therefore, it became the object of navy bragging. Since then, the Shanghai Special Marine Corps has stopped looking at ordinary army units, not to mention the ad hoc divisions that were formed after the war and were obviously filled with water.

After receiving a call from the Naval Detachment Command, the Marine Corps immediately entered the state of highest combat readiness.

The commander-in-chief, Major General Takeda Shengzhi, has a very acute political sense of smell, and the problems he has in mind are much deeper than Tanimoto Mataro.

At this sensitive point in time, does the Army suddenly run away without warning, is there any special conspiracy? Damn it, there are so many cases of horse dung, who knows what they think. If it is another time to do Liutiaogou or Lugou Bridge, what is their goal and what reaction do they want to trigger, these must be understood as soon as possible.

Because the public concession involves a bunch of interests in European and American countries, if it is not handled properly, it will surely trigger a series of diplomatic chain reactions and may even trigger a war.

Which country does the Army want to provoke this time? Britain or France? It could not be Germany anyway, it was the object of their worship during this time.

If it is Britain, although it is difficult to get rid of, it is no longer the sunless empire of the year, and it is no longer a threat to the Japanese Navy. France is a bit more troublesome because it is too close to Germany, and it may take a lot of time for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to solve it.

Although Takeda had a lot of doubts in his stomach, he did not dare to delay the command of Lieutenant General Takamoto. The headquarters of the Hongkou Marine Corps stationed a total of three naval special marine squadrons. As a result, it only took ten minutes, and all the personnel were at the headquarters. The assembly in the compound is finished.

Major General Takeda got into his Ford sedan and was driven by two three-wheeled motorcycles from the communications class, quickly rushing out of the door of the Marine Corps Command. The rest of the Marines divided the six-wheeled Nissan trucks of the transportation team immediately after the chief officer's car, and the six Rolls-Royce armored vehicles directly under the command were in charge at the end of the team.

The vast transportation fleet was discharged for two kilometers, which really terrified many people passing by in Shanghai. People hurried into the roadside shops and looked through the window. I don’t know what the wind of this group of Japanese people is today. Now, the streets of Hongkou's land boundary are full of Japanese soldiers who hurried off with rifles.

Seeing this situation, is it going to fight again? At that time, the imagination of the people of Shanghai was extremely rich, so rumors of various versions spread quickly in the Hongkou realm.

Some say that the Japanese and the British have turned their heads and are preparing to send troops to occupy the public concession. Hiding the British pounds in their homes, go to the bank and exchange them for Japanese yen. Otherwise, they cannot be used later. Some said that there were guerrillas from the State House on the outskirts of Shanghai, killing and wounding many Japanese soldiers. President Jiang used his soldiers as a god, and did not hurry to the Concession to donate to support Chongqing. Some also said that the Japanese Imperial Army was engaged in a joint army and navy exercise. Everyone must not listen to rumors from the outside world. Everything is under the control of President Wang in Nanjing.

Anyway, the public concession hasn’t been much better, and Japan’s Hongkou occupied area has become a mess. Numerous inquiries were sent to various Japanese agencies and garrison headquarters in Japan, and even caused a sudden communication blockage by the telephone company.

Because the incident happened suddenly, the Japanese civilians living in Hongkou did not know what happened. The inexplicable movement of the troops caused panic in the community to spread rapidly. Many timid Japanese expatriates have already begun to pack up their gold and silver and prepare to go out. Take refuge.

There are only a few roads from Hongkou to the Bund, and Sichuan Road is the most important one. Most of the army’s barracks are located in the Jiangwan area. When the navy special marines convoy killed the Marine Corps headquarters, the main force of the 120th Wing of the Infantry was also fully armed and rushed out of the Jiangwan Road barracks.

However, compared with the Special Marines of the Navy, the Army is much more shabby. The 120th Wing of the Japanese Infantry goes up and down, not to mention armored vehicles, even the trucks are not equipped with one.

The Japanese army units are directly under the command of the headquarters of the division. They usually carry large-scale transportation, such as the transportation of ammunition and grain to the front line. The Japanese army relies on the transportation teams of the divisions belonging to the division. These transportation squadrons have trucks and mules, the key depends on the terrain of the combat area at that time.

Originally, the number of trucks equipped by the Japanese Army was not large. At this time, even the main divisions were not enough, and where to get the special divisions.

The 116th Regiment of the Japanese Army is a standard armored division. The subordinates of the 116th Wing of the First Wing are the only one equipped with a truck. The unlucky 116th Engineer Wing is the only one to be taken to the Bund by Houdong. Dead.

Fortunately, the Infantry 120 Wing had an infantry squadron stationed right next to the Suzhou River. Finally, it rushed to Sichuan Luqiao to set up a position in advance and played a front stop for the Wing. It could give the commander of the Zetian Army an explanation.

The Thirteenth Army Command has been completely messed up. The captain of the United States, Watanabe Watanabe, is almost anxious to go to the house. As a result, he was only transferred to a transport truck squad at Jiangwan Station, only a total of nine. Two trucks, two of which are still flatbed, do not have surrounding guardrails.

Even so, Watanabe did not have the choice to choose one from the other at this time. After the infantry Dazuo decided that the incident was over, he had to find the animal responsible for dispatching to talk.

Because of the urgency of the order, the captain of the wing ordered to fill up as many as nine trucks as much as possible, and then personally took the truck troops and set off.

The remaining officers at all levels finally have horses assigned, and ordinary infantry can only throw off two legs and run forward. The barracks are almost seven or eight kilometers away from the destination, which is regarded as an armed force training.

Osa Watanabe sat in the cab of the truck, his hands holding the 94-style saber, and stared at the road ahead in a murderous manner. The original driver was rushed to the back car by the captain, and now he is driving his lieutenant Lieutenant Fujiwara.

"Can't it be any faster? Yoshikawa." The captain said the first sentence after departure.

"Oh, it's already reluctant, sir. The road here is very complicated. Where to go! You red deer!"

A pedestrian crossed the road from the front of the car, Fujiwara honked his horn hard, protruded from the window to drink and scolded, that is, the man was wearing a Japanese kimono just now, otherwise the end will be absolutely terrible.

"I met this kind of **** and bumped into me. We had to rush to the Bund in front of the gang of navies." Watanabe struck the knife handle impatiently with his finger.

He had just received news when he was about to leave, and the navy was gathering troops, apparently preparing to intervene in the incident. As long as the Army still holds a breath, it will never sit and watch this happen.

"Look at adults, it looks like an armored vehicle of the Special Marines in front." Fujiwara shouted directly in front of him.

"Kunoya deer, this group of octopuses are moving fast, accelerating, Fujiwara, must exceed them!" Watanabe ordered, patting the truck panel.

"Oh, sir, just give it to me." Lieutenant Fujiwara replied loudly, while extending his left hand and holding the gear on the leg.

"It's going to speed up, sir." The lieutenant of the army shifted neatly, and then stepped on the accelerator hard. The ninety-four truck full of army soldiers began to roar and ran forward.

ps: There are a lot of things today, finally caught up, thank you for your support.