Rise From Eight Hundred

This was the first infiltration and counter-infiltration battle on the Chinese battlefield and lasted for two days and one night.

The Japanese army dispatched 163 elite soldiers, and the Chinese army dispatched about 600 troops.

The final outcome was that the Chinese side killed 159 people, and the Japanese side found more than 140 corpses after the war. One side won and the other side was defeated.

Since this battle, the 36th Infantry Brigade and the 18th Division never did such stupid things to send heads behind enemy lines during the entire war.

Obviously, this victory, which was almost similar to a special battlefield, was not just as simple as killing more than a hundred Japanese soldiers, but that the Japanese army no longer had the ability to scout the movements of the entire Jiaxing army from the ground.

All battlefield reconnaissance depended on the navy dispatching a reconnaissance plane every two hours.

But in this era, there was no such thing as an all-weather fighter plane, and fighter planes needed good enough weather to take off.

For example, in the event of dense fog or rain, the fighter planes could only stay on the deck. Even if the army horses repeatedly requested that the fighter planes take off at risk, it would be blind to look at the chaotic ground from high in the sky.

The Jiaxing front line waited for its own luck. The foggy day came the day after arriving at the Jiaxing defense line.

Now, the three commanders with stern faces at the command center all smiled.

"Pass on my order, and send a clear order to the war zone. The entire army of the Jiaxing defense line will defend Jiaxing to the death and fight the Japanese invaders to the last man." Lieutenant General Wu slammed his fist on the table.

"Pass my order, the 36th Brigade will attack from the left wing, with no less than 2,000 troops, the 23rd Brigade will attack from the center, with no less than 3,000 troops, the 35th Infantry Brigade will attack from the right wing, with no less than 3,000 troops, the 12th Field Artillery Regiment, prepare three base ammunition, artillery fire preparation for 30 minutes, and artillery fire extends 3,000 meters backward." Five kilometers away, Ushijima Sadao of the 18th Division Headquarters issued a military order in almost the same posture after the communication unit intercepted the Chinese telegram.

"I don't believe you! You old man are very bad!" The Japanese Army Lieutenant General, who is over 60 years old, will not be fooled by the Chinese again.

The scene in Songjiang 20 days ago is still vivid in my mind. The Chinese also sent a telegram saying that they would defend Songjiang and Songjiang City to the death, but they ran faster than rabbits that night and ran 20 kilometers in five or six hours.

The 18th Division, which was responsible for the "one" in the "encircle three and kill one", ambushed in the wilderness north of the city in vain. Although Commander Yanagawa Heisuke did not curse out of consideration for Ushijima Sadao's face, his other colleagues did not have such scruples. The sarcastic tone at the military meeting almost made the 60-year-old old man angry.

In addition, due to the heavy fog, the reconnaissance plane could not take off. This was the best time to retreat. The Chinese must want to run away again.

If he still did not move.

In order to delay the Chinese army that had entered the reinforced concrete defense line, Ushijima Sadao really used all his strength this time. The 36 field guns of his field artillery regiment almost used half of the artillery shell reserves, each gun was equipped with 100 rounds of artillery shells, and nearly 8,000 infantry were deployed, accounting for one-third of the total force.

Unfortunately, he still did not understand the Chinese.

The Chinese have always been committed to keeping their promises and doing what they said.

Under the order of the supreme commander, nearly 12,000 infantrymen from three infantry divisions entered the trenches, and all the artillery under their command raised their muzzles. The artillerymen sweated profusely as they moved all the few shells they had left to the underground shell storage point.

There was no intention to deceive anyone, they were just ready to fight the Japanese army.

As for the last time they deceived everyone in Songjiang, it was a bad idea from Tang Dao, and it had nothing to do with Crouching Dragon and Phoenix, at least that's what the two of them thought.

Although the Jiaxing national defense line still bears the most significant mark of this era - shoddy engineering, it still looks the way it should.

The entire defense line is divided into the first and second lines. The distance between the first and second trenches is nearly 400 meters, and there are a considerable number of traffic trenches connected. Every 300 meters in the second trench, there will be a garrison point. Although the 70-centimeter-thick reinforced concrete fortifications are far lower than the original 120-centimeter standard for defending against 200-mm heavy artillery, it is still as easy as pie to defend against 75-mm mountain and field artillery.

Unfortunately, Ushijima Sadao now has no heavy artillery brigade to help him. Whether it is the 75mm field artillery of the 12th Field Artillery Regiment of the 18th Division or the 75mm mountain artillery of the Mountain Artillery Battalion of the 36th Infantry Brigade, they are still very powerful in field battles, but they are useless for this kind of permanent reinforced concrete fortifications.

When the Japanese artillery began to bombard, the Chinese soldiers in the first-line trenches collectively retreated to the second-line trenches through the communication trenches.

An infantry company is distributed in two anti-artillery holes. Listening to the violent explosions outside, the soldiers rarely looked pale and waited for the judgment of fate. They either leaned against the wall of the fortifications and smoked silently, or closed their eyes and took a nap.

Without heavy artillery, the small-caliber artillery of the Japanese could not penetrate the anti-artillery fortifications where they were. Only when the Japanese infantry came up could they fight on the battlefield.

However, this time, the commander did not demand every inch of land as before, and even allowed the Japanese infantry to completely occupy the empty trenches under the cover of artillery fire, which puzzled the soldiers.

However, the military order was as firm as a mountain, and they could only do it.

Compared with the "confusion" of the Chinese soldiers staying in a safe place, the Japanese infantry were actually very nervous.

They have been dealing with this unit for more than 20 days, and they know too well how powerful this Chinese army is. When did they give up their trenches so easily?

There are only two possibilities. One is that they took advantage of the thick fog to run away as the division commander said; the other is that there is a conspiracy.

May Amaterasu bless you, the first one is the best. Under the cover of the continuous extension of artillery fire, the Japanese infantrymen who entered the front-line trenches prayed in their hearts.

Unfortunately, Amaterasu, who has always been believed by the Japanese, abandoned them again.

In the underground bunker, Lieutenant General Wu, who looked through the telescope at the "shit-yellow" shadow looming in the thick fog, looked grimly: "All artillery in the army, fire, don't be stingy with shells, fire as many as you can."

This may be the second time that the Chinese artillerymen have been so extravagant. Before this, they only received such an order when Tang Dao asked to "fire at me" in the Battle of Cangcheng. Since then, no matter how difficult the battle was, the precious shells were always used according to the "shot".

They also understood the commanders' difficulties. After the Battle of Songjiang, they had no more supplies, and their shells were running out.

Now, they could finally fight.

After they had used up all their shells, they could travel light. The Jiaxing Command, which had received the military order from the theater command and could decide whether to fight or withdraw, had no more worries.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The three heavy mortar battalions and three mountain artillery battalions behind the Jiaxing defense line fired at the same time.

This was the confidence of the three commanders to abandon the first-line trenches.

They had artillery.

All the large anti-artillery holes were placed in the second-line trenches, and the first-line trenches did not have this function.

Especially the three heavy mortar battalions with 150 mortars, the coordinates of the first-line trenches were already in their firing parameters.

Indirect fire artillery is the best weapon for trenches, nothing else.

Shells exploded inside and outside the first-line trenches that had been occupied by the Japanese army, making the still nervous Japanese army howl like ghosts.

At this moment, they finally stopped being nervous. This wave of artillery fire at least made them understand that this was a trap, from the beginning.

The various types of mortars owned by the Chinese were enough to ensure that they could cover the battlefield between the first and second lines with a depth of 500 meters.

The Japanese army that reacted did not fail to respond. A considerable number of Japanese soldiers gritted their teeth and braved the artillery fire under the leadership of the squadron leaders.

After all, this was a defense line with a width of more than 12,000 meters, but it was impossible for dozens of artillery to cover this vast area.

Moreover, Ushijima Sadao also sent out the armored vehicle brigade directly under the division, with a total of 16 tanks to cooperate with them in the attack.

However, the Chinese soldiers who rushed out of the anti-artillery hole and entered the second line of defense trenches had far more troops than them. In addition to the various types of rifles that started shooting, there were also heavy machine guns hiding in semi-underground fortifications. The most fatal thing was that the Oerlikon 20mm machine gun originally used for air defense also joined the battle.

"No need to be stingy with ammunition. This battle is to hurt the 18th Division, so that the old devil Sadao Ushijima will become a good boy from now on." This is the military order issued by Lieutenant General Wu to each division, brigade and regiment.

Nearly 10,000 people with full firepower hid in the perfect fortifications and shot at the shadowy "shit yellow" in the thick fog without scruples.

The Japanese either stayed in the slightly simple front-line trenches and were bombed, or attacked head-on during the forward attack.

However, in the battle of more than 20 minutes, four tanks that could serve as shelters for the soldiers were destroyed, and the four infantry squads following the tanks were torn to pieces by the fierce machine guns and the mortar shells that followed closely.

The so-called artillery fire of the Japanese army extending 3,000 meters backward was destined to be a joke.

Not to mention that the Chinese army had no intention of withdrawing, even if they really withdrew, in such a fog, the Japanese army's self-proclaimed dense artillery fire was just a mosquito - a few random shots.

But if they don't extend, do they have to retreat and fight? That area is basically full of Japanese infantry, and the Chinese are hiding in strong fortifications. Is it fun to bomb their own people?

Ushijima Sadao, who personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, looked as ugly as if he had just eaten a big piece of baba!

But in such weather, it is difficult to give him hot food.