Chapter 8: Recovering Chen Family

When the vanguard of the 20th Army arrived in Shanghai, the Chinese team moved from the initial attack to defense. The Ninth Army (Zhang Zhizhong Army) was the Central Corps, the Left Wing Corps was the 15th Army (Luo Zhuoying also served as the commander of the Group Army), the Ninth Army (Xue Yue served as the commander of the Group Army), and the Right Wing Corps was the Eighth Army of Zhang Fakui. Zhang Zhizhong Army and the Chen Cheng Army of Liuhe Town from September 11 to 14 respectively. The Eighth Army of Hangzhou Bay was responsible for the right rear wing position of Hangzhou Bay. The Japanese army launched a full-scale attack on the line on the 14th and concentrated firepower near Luodian. On the 21st, the attack was launched to focus on the left wing troops of the China Team, forcing the Chinese team to retreat to the Yunzaobin line. After that, the Japanese army took advantage of the victory and pursued Yunzaobin to break through.

On October 9, while the 20th Army was still marching, Yang Sen received an order from **: "Let Yang Sen's 133rd Division, 134th Division and the transferred 23rd Division (Teacher Li Bifan) be assigned to the command of Xue Yue, the commander of the 19th Group Army of the Songhu War Zone, and be incorporated into the battle sequence." As soon as Yang Sen's 20th Army arrived in Shanghai, he received an order from Xue Yue: "Let the 20th Army defend the Shanghai suburbs, Yun Zaobang, and Chen Jiaxing's front-line positions."

Yang Sen immediately ordered: "Digging an air-raid shelter, and the hidden department will set up a military command at Nanxiang Railway Station!" The Chief of Staff Xian Guangjun was responsible for setting up a military command. Yang Sen went to the station to welcome the troops that arrived one after another and loudly encouraged the troops, "It is the most honorable for our 20th Army to be transferred to Shanghai to fight against Japan! It is also the most valuable for sacrifice for the country! Our 20th Army is the iron army of the Sichuan Army and a brave unit famous nationwide, so it is transferred to Shanghai to fight against Japan. This time we are fighting a national war, and we must withstand the enemy's attack. If Shanghai cannot withstand, the country will be destroyed!" The morale of the Sichuan Army soldiers was greatly boosted, and they sang anti-Japanese songs such as "The March of the Volunteer Army" and "The March of the Great Sword" entered the trenches of artillery fire.

When the 20th Army troops entered the battlefield, Chen Jiaxing had fallen and the battlefield situation was very critical. Yang Sen immediately ordered Deputy Commander Xia Jiong to lead two regiments to recapture Chen Jiaxing's position. At this time, the Japanese army had increased its troops twice, with a total force of 6 divisions, two detachments, and one brigade. In addition, there were the Navy Third Fleet, Naval Aviation (the Japanese army did not set up a separate air force, divided into Army Aviation, Naval Aviation) and other forces to support it. The Japanese army had a total force of more than 150,000. The Chinese team had reached more than 500,000, and the army was on the way. Xia Jiong came to the first military Aviation and 402 Brigade.

At the 804th Regiment, Xia Jiong recruited two company commanders and above officers to attend the meeting. "Dear, the commander of the army received an order from the commander of the group army, Commander Xue Yue, to quickly recover the Chen Jiaxing position. Now, I don't say much, and I don't understand the situation. We are preparing and attacking, and we must fight the first battle. Please commander Yue Hanping and prepare for the battle to Commander Wenbin." ** Regiment, the soldiers of the 804th Regiment stood neatly, waiting for Xia Jiong to speak. Xia Jiong took the opportunity to make a pre-war mobilization, "Brothers, why do we fight the Japanese? Because the Japanese bully people. I won't say it anymore.

You know, the 19th Route Army's 128th Battle of Songhu, what you know. China and Japan signed an armistice agreement, stipulating that the Chinese ** team must not be defended in Shanghai and around. Only two regiments of the Shanghai Police Corps and Jiangsu Security Forces under the command of the Songhu Security Commander Yang Hu served as guards. The Japanese had heavy troops stationed in Hongkou, Shanghai and Yangshupu area, and also established a Marine Corps Commander. A large number of warships showed off their power in the Huangpu River!" The Sichuan Army brothers were generally low in cultural quality, and the majority of officers and soldiers had never heard of these things, and they shouted: "Strange thing, why can't the Chinese ** team be stationed on their own territory?" Xia

Jiong said loudly: "Yes, on July 7 this year, the Japanese launched the Lugou Bridge Incident, invaded Pingjin, and now they want to occupy Shanghai. A few days ago, two soldiers from the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai rushed into our Hongqiao Airport and were shot dead by Jiangsu security forces. The Japanese used this as an excuse to attack the Chinese team." The officers and soldiers shouted: "The Japanese should fight, fight to the end, and serve the country to the death!" A soldier from the ** regiment raised a large blade, "Ge, the Japanese devil of Turtle Son, I want to make you look good!" Xia Jiong saw that his morale was available, and waved his hand, "Brothers of Sichuan Army, rush!"

Yue Hanping and Xiang Wenbin's two regiments got off the train and did not drink a sip of water, they immediately entered the counterattack. One regiment was sitting, the other regiment was on the right, spreading on the front line, shouting and rushing towards the Japanese army.

The second battalion of the 124th Regiment of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army was the 124th Regiment of the 35th Brigade of the 18th Division of the Central Army. This battalion had just repelled the counterattack of the 32nd Division of the Central Army, and did not take the Chinese team seriously. When the middlemen rushed up, the Japanese light and heavy machine guns fired together. When the attack formation just entered the Japanese range, Yue Hanping discussed with Xiang Wenbin that the troops should try to use hidden objects to approach the Japanese army. When the distance reaches the range of the grenade, the Sichuan brothers chose the ability to drop bombs.

Hands, first throw a row of grenades at the Japanese army. Sichuan-style grenades were shattered and fragmented. After the explosion, the splashed shrapnel gave the Japanese army great lethality. In one encounter, more than 20 Japanese army were killed. Taking advantage of the smoke from the explosion of the grenades, the Sichuan-style brothers rushed into the position and collided with the Japanese army. The Sichuan-style brothers held the bayonet rifles and fought with the Japanese army. The Sichuan-style brothers were holding bayonets and fighting with the Japanese army. The Sichuan-style brothers met in groups of three, and they met in an orderly manner. Two of them used bayonets and one of them used

Big Blade. When a Japanese stabbed the brothers of Sichuan Army with a bayonet, the two in front intercepted them with a bayonet, and one behind quickly stepped forward, waved the big blade, and cut off the head of the Japanese soldiers with one knife. And so on, although the Japanese soldiers had strong ability to fight the snipers, they could not withstand the long-term training and cooperated with the tacit Sichuan Army's "Three Talents Spurs Formation". Yue Hanping also held a bayonet rifle and fought with the Japanese soldiers. He was brave and was trained by brothers who knew martial arts in the Sichuan Army.

The ability to fight the piercing was improved quickly. He greeted a Japanese soldier. When the Japanese soldier stabbed him, he used a bayonet to thrust the Japanese bayonet to the side, turned his hand and stabbed the Japanese army into the chest, and at the same time he kicked the Japanese corpse. Seeing the regiment commander so brave and fighting spirit, the brothers were constantly stabbed down, and more brothers from the Sichuan army rushed forward with bayonets. The Japanese position was in a stir and gradually lost their support. The Sichuan brothers mustered up the courage and drove the Japanese army off the position in one breath.

Although the Japanese soldiers were brave, they were superstitious and feared that their heads would be cut off, thinking that they would not be reincarnated. When the sharp blade of the Sichuan Army smeared their necks, these imperial soldiers' legs became weak, and some even forgot to resist and their heads were cut off by the sharp blade. The second brigade of 800 soldiers were driven out of the position by the 20th Army of the Sichuan Army and the 804th Regiment. The brothers of the Central Army in the adjacent positions were also shocked by the bravery of the Sichuan Army's brothers and were all respectful.

Standing on the battlefield covered with smoke, looking at the piles of corpses, Yue Hanping arranged soldiers to Wenbin to quickly clear the battlefield, collect the bodies of brothers **, and transport them backwards. The Japanese corpses were piled up on the spot into fortifications, collecting guns and ammunition discarded by the Japanese army. There was only one battalion on each regiment on the position to prepare for the battle. The rest of the troops were temporarily retreated to the back and rested as reserves.

Sure enough, soon, the retreating Japanese army quickly organized a counterattack. Yue Hanping told the brothers to Wenbin, "Save some ammunition and fight when the Japanese get close!"

On the position, the brothers of Sichuan Army stared silently at the closer and closer Japanese army until these Japanese were only 20 meters away from them. The brothers could clearly see the appearance of the Japanese soldiers opposite. Yue Hanping waved his hand and "Bat!" All the light and heavy weapons opened fire together. There were only two light machine guns and one Maxim heavy machine gun on the position, but the firepower of these three machine guns was very strong, and the rain of bullets like a sickle was covered with bullets. The Japanese army, who thought there was no problem, was stunned by the sudden rain of bullets. Many soldiers lay on the ground, and a sergeant was lifted from time to time.

Whenever he fired a gun, a brother of the Sichuan Army was killed. Whenever he saw it, Yue Hanping was anxious and said, "Big Bowl, come here." The person who is called "Big Bowl" was a sergeant squad leader, a native of Qu County, Sichuan. He usually likes to drink with big bowls, so he was nicknamed "Big Bowl" by the soldiers. He has a unique skill, one hundred steps through Yang, and a gun, and he hits wherever he points. After the big bowl came, Yue Hanping pointed with his hand, "See, there is a Japanese sergeant there. His gun technique is very accurate. He has already killed four of us brothers. Kill him for me." The big bowl used a Hanyang-made 88 rifle, and he will step

The gun was in his hand, and he pushed the bullet and aimed at the sergeant. The moment he raised his head, the big bowl calmly pulled the trigger, and a "bang" sounded, and a big blood hole was piled up on the sergeant's head, and red and white splashed all over the ground. The Japanese counterattack was quickly repelled. As soon as the Japanese army retreated, Yue Hanping immediately ordered the soldiers to find hidden objects to prevent the Japanese artillery attack. Sure enough, as soon as the Japanese army retreated, the fierce artillery fire was overwhelming. Sichuan soldiers were not equipped with steel helmets, but on the position, everyone stuffed cotton around the hats prepared in advance to make "earth steel"

The helmet also effectively protected the soldiers. When the Japanese army came up again, they were still greeted by the Sichuan brothers fighting fiercely. They fought until dusk, and it was getting late, and the Japanese army had to stop the attack. The thick smoke of gunpowder floated on the position, and the choking throats were looking at Wenbin and Yue Hanping at the shrapnel positions. The bodies of the dead soldiers were lying all over the fortifications, blood, and blood flowing everywhere, and the pungent blood rushed straight into the nose. Many corpses could no longer be identified because they were only left with residual limbs. Yue Hanping silently thought in his heart that this was just the beginning, and the more cruel one was still behind.

On October 12, at night, the 32nd Division took over the position taken back by the Sichuan Army. Yang Sen immediately ordered the ** regiment and the 804th regiment to retreat and rest. Back to the military headquarters, Yang Sen said happily, "When you fight well, you gave the 20th Army a face." Xiang Wenbin said modestly, "Hanping is still thoughtful. Our army hired famous martial arts masters in Guizhou, and combined with close-up fighting, a set of 'Three Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents Talents

Yang Sen asked the two of them to have a good rest and prepare for the next fierce battle.

Note: The combat process of the ** team in the Battle of Songhu:

1. During the siege of the Chinese team

On August 13, 1937, the 9th Army of the Chinese Navy Team completed the siege preparation the next day. On the morning of the 15th, the attacks were about 15,000 Japanese troops defending the city of Shanghai, focusing on the naval barracks where the main force of the Japanese Marine Corps was located. However, because the strength of the Japanese navy and air force far exceeded that of the Chinese Navy Team, our army suffered heavy losses and failed to succeed in multiple attacks. As the Sino-Japanese War gradually expanded, Japan was preparing to send reinforcements and decided to completely destroy the Songhu defenders.

In view of the expansion of the war, the Nanjing Military Commission issued war guidance and combat plans on August 20 to achieve the basic theme of protracted war, formulate offensive and defensive plans, and divided them into five war zones, of which the Songhu area is the third war zone. Overall, the Chinese and ** team concentrated North China with a part of them, overlapping equipment and defense, blocking the Japanese troops from North China along the Jinpu Railway, and at the same time defended all key areas along the South China coast with minimal force. Finally, the main force of the Chinese and ** team should quickly sweep the Japanese naval base in Songhu, successfully prevent the enemy from landing, and ensure Shandong and Shanxi, striving to gain time to restrain the consumption of the enemy.

On the morning of August 20, the Chinese team launched its fourth attack. After a day and night of fighting, it attacked Huishan Wharf. Because the Japanese reinforcements had arrived and threatened the Songhu defenders, the Chinese team's offensive was suspended. On the morning of the 23rd, a part of the Japanese army landed in Wusong and the area east of them. On the other hand, the Songhu Central Team also dispatched troops to fight. However, the Japanese army equipped with heavy artillery and chariots continued to reinforce, and the Songhu Central Team fell into a tough battle. By September 11, the two sides confronted each other at the front line of Wusong-Jiangwan-Yangjing.

2. Anti-landing operations between Liuhekou area in Wusong Town

On the morning of August 23, Japanese reinforcements landed near Wusong, Baoshan and Chuanshakou, and captured key points along the river. Later, Japanese troops increased one after another. At the same time, the Chinese ** team was responsible for fighting in the urban area of ​​Shanghai with the garrison troops on the south bank of the Yangtze River and the 9th Army. The newly formed 15th Army south of Wusong Town was responsible for the newly formed 15th Army. The Chinese ** team also dispatched to support ground operations for several days. However, the Japanese army equipped with the support of combat vehicles and heavy artillery and carried out coastal operations. The Japanese army could use the navy and air force to cooperate in combat, causing heavy casualties to our army. The fierce battle was fought until September 10, and the theater was re-adjusted and deployed and changed to the defensive.

3. The Chinese team's defensive period

After the adjustment and deployment of the Chinese team, the Zhang Zhizhong Army and the Chen Cheng Army retreated to Liuhe Town - Luodian - Yunzaobin - Jiangwan - Yangjing Line from September 11 to 14. The Japanese army launched a full-scale attack on the line on the 14th and concentrated its firepower near Luodian. On the 21st, the attack focused on the left wing of the Chinese team, forcing the Chinese team to retreat to the Yunzaobin line. After that, the Japanese army took advantage of the victory and pursued Yunzaobin to break through. By October 26, the two sides had fought hard for more than 20 days. On October 22, the Chinese team launched the final offensive, suffered setbacks, and the Japanese army counterattacked comprehensively and broke through the position of the Chinese team. The Chinese team was forced to retreat southward, and on November 5, the two sides confronted each other at Liuhe Town - the west of Luodian - the line from the left bank of the Suzhou River to the south station.

Fourth, the Japanese army landed on the north bank of Hangzhou Bay

After the outbreak of the Shanghai war, our army fought bravely and successfully disrupted the initial deployment of the Japanese army. The Japanese army increased its troops to 150,000, but still failed to achieve a decisive victory. In mid-October, one additional army was decided to land on the north bank of Hangzhou Bay to attack the side of the CPC team. At dawn on November 5, the Japanese army landed on the front of the Jinshanwei near Jinshanwei. After defeating the garrison troops of the CPC team, they attacked Songjiang with their main force. At this time, the CPC team was seriously threatened by the side of the CPC team's army. In view of the fact that the purpose of tempting the Japanese main force to be used in the East China region has been achieved, the command headquarters ordered the combat troops to move towards the Wufu Line.

5. Protracted war in Shanghai and Beijing (Nanjing) region

On November 8, the theater issued an order to move towards the Wufu Line. The two armies of the Chinese team began to retreat along the areas on both sides of the Beijing-Shanghai Line on the night of the 10th, but were bombarded day and night by enemy planes, and fell into chaos all the way. Under the cover of two armies defending the west bank of the Xinjing River, the main force of the war zone retreated smoothly and moved towards the Wufu Line. The Japanese army also launched a small-scale attack on the Chinese team and landed between Baimakou and Hupukou, trying to cut off the retreat route of the Chinese team, but the battle failed. On the 19th, the Japanese army head-on pursuit of the Chinese team's main force, forcing the Chinese team to fight decisively on the Wufu Line. As a result, when landing in Jinshanwei, the Japanese army captured Jiaxing on the 19th, and attacked Wuxing along the south side of Taihu Lake.
Chapter completed!