latelenovela Chapter 935 Difficult to deal with
Chapter 935 Difficult to deal with
The war in Pujiang has been going on for four consecutive days.
Both sides successively occupied and lost the Baji Bridge position in Pujiang.
Contrary to what our army had previously guessed, they believed that by dispatching the elite troops of the National Army, they would be able to eliminate the Japanese Marines in Pujiang as quickly as possible.
If we succeed, the subsequent Japanese troops will not be able to find any support.
According to some people in the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, this is just like what happened in Qingdao. After the landing troops in Qingdao were killed, the subsequent troops at sea retreated quickly. They also wanted to kill the Japanese troops in Pujiang, so that the Japanese army might give up fighting in Pujiang.
The idea was very good, but reality soon woke these people up. The Japanese Marines stationed in Pujiang might not be very strong when facing Li Shaoyi's men, but when facing other national army troops, these people were much stronger than several German-equipped divisions in terms of training and personnel qualifications.
In the battles of the past few days, the 88th Division suffered casualties twice as high as that of the Japanese side.
During the entire Battle of Shanghai, the German-equipped division was the only one capable of fighting one-for-one with the Japanese army, but the subsequent Japanese army was no match for this Marine Corps, so under the existing attack, the 88th Division suffered a lot of losses.
Songhu Garrison Command.
"I just don't understand. Do our shells have a smell or something? Our men aren't participating in the battle. We're just providing artillery support to the brothers of the 88th Division. How can we not even do this?"
In the office of the security command, Wu Zhenlei was about to bang his head on the table. He fought for several days in a row. Our field hospital also received more than 40 seriously injured soldiers.
Seeing the miserable state of his brothers, Wu Zhenlei rushed directly to the headquarters and asked the artillery unit under the Pujiang Police Department to join the battle.
"Deputy Chief Wu, please don't worry. This matter is not something I can decide. I have orders from above regarding the outline of this operation. I'm sure you've seen them. Please don't make it difficult for me."
The top two commanders of the headquarters were not there, so they sent a deputy chief of staff to deal with Wu Zhenlei. According to their thinking, the Japanese devils were already at the end of their strength and would break in after two days of fighting. If the artillery of the Pujiang Police Department was used, it would be difficult to explain who exactly destroyed the Japanese Marines.
"Do you really need to be so clear-cut with us? If we fail to achieve our strategic goals, don't come begging me. I'm going to make this clear: if I walk out of this door today, no member of the Pujiang Police Department will obey Yu Jinling's orders in the future. I'll punish you if I wish. That's what I'm saying."
After Wu Zhenlei finished speaking, he strode towards the door. The people from the Songhu Garrison Command also had bitter expressions on their faces. If they had the final say, they would have pulled up the police station's artillery long ago.
Thirty-two 105mm howitzers, no matter which direction they were placed, could bombard the Japanese Marines' positions. How could they not be able to break in?
But the superiors were not happy. The artillery of our 88th Division was not bad, but most of them were 75mm infantry guns. Although there were a lot of shells, their reaction capabilities were poor. Whenever we fired, the Japanese artillery quickly found our artillery positions, and often before we caused too many casualties to the Japanese, our artillery positions were destroyed first.
Coming out of the garrison headquarters, Wu Zhenlei looked in the direction of the battle. The sound of gunfire and artillery fire was very dense, but unfortunately there was no place for us to contribute.
The various orders from above almost put the Pujiang Police Department under house arrest.
And how the hell do they fight?
Wu Zhenlei looked back at the Songhu Garrison Command and was so angry that he almost cursed.
At this moment, the 88th Division had just captured two buildings when Japanese artillery soon struck them, killing more than a dozen soldiers who had occupied them.
In the minds of the officers and soldiers of the 88th Division, they are the trump cards of the entire National Revolutionary Army.
With only more than 3,000 marines, they should be able to defeat them easily. As long as we take it seriously, these people should not last more than two days.
But now two days have passed, and we are still fighting between several buildings. Although our respective artillery pieces have been pulled up, the losses are too fast. The artillerymen can only survive for no more than seven hours on the battlefield. If you can survive for seven hours, an ordinary private can immediately become a squad leader.
"Everyone, brace yourself! The Japanese are about to launch a counterattack."
The building under Captain Zhou's feet was originally the Fuji Trading Company building. Both sides had suffered hundreds of casualties in the fight for this building.
Although the building is in our hands now, no one dares to say that we have occupied it. Dozens of Japanese soldiers are coming from a distance, and two grenade launchers are ready next to them.
When we first arrived at the battlefield, none of us took the grenade launcher seriously, but after fighting for a few days, we realized how powerful it was.
In the hands of Japanese veterans, this thing can hit whatever they point at, and it is easy to carry, so two Japanese soldiers can drag it around.
Last night, all three heavy machine gun positions in the regiment were destroyed by this thing, and even our most experienced machine gunner was killed.
During the daytime battle today, without these three heavy machine guns, the attack of the entire regiment was delayed a lot. Now it cost more than a dozen brothers to take over this building. But before we could even get comfortable here, the Japanese counterattack came.
"Hit me hard."
Captain Zhou picked up the Mauser rifle next to him and fired a shot at the Japanese in the distance. Unfortunately, the distance was a bit far and the shot was not accurate. Instead, it reminded the Japanese in the distance to hide.
Captain Zhou did not dwell on this, but immediately changed his location. When he fired, his position had already been exposed, and several Japanese soldiers around him saw it. Fortunately, Captain Zhou dodged quickly. Several bullets were fired at his previous position. Even if the stray bullets did not hit him, it would be dangerous enough.
The Japanese's counterattack was so sharp. When they first arrived two days ago, they fired shots and did not hide immediately, so several people died. Now everyone has basically learned that it is best to move to another place after each shot, otherwise the Japanese's shooting skills are very accurate.
"Captain, you see, I'm afraid we can't hold on."
Just as Captain Zhou was brushing the dust off his hat, two Japanese anti-tank guns were dragged out from a corner in the distance.