It would cost you to retreat with such a fierce shelling, and these Japanese devils paid a heavy price.

With a loud "boom", a whistling shell exploded violently, and a large pit of more than ten meters was blown up on the ground, and the soil splashed. There were more than a dozen Japanese soldiers next to them, fleeing in fear. The explosion sounded, and several of these Japanese soldiers were blown away, like bundles of rags, thrown away far away.

There were also a few Japanese who were slightly far away and were knocked to the ground. Two of these Japanese who fell to the ground were bleeding from their heads, and they obviously couldn't survive. After more than ten seconds of the explosion, one Japanese who barely got up.

The Japanese who had difficulty getting up, shook the mud on his head and looked miserably at the other Japanese who were already unresponsive next to him. His eyes were dull and seemed to be frightened.

The shelling was very fierce and dense. Not far away, a Japanese lieutenant led a few Japanese to retreat along a broken trench, raising his waist and retreating with fear.

Another loud "boom" sound, and a shell exploded not far away, exploding the sky full of soil, almost covering up this section of the trench. The second lieutenant of the Japanese who was waisted in the trench was almost buried in the soil.

After the explosion, the Japanese lieutenant struggled to get up and spit out all the mud. At this time, he found that the Japanese lieutenants who were retreating with him had already been killed by two or three of them. Seeing that several more people had died, the Japanese lieutenant's eyes were full of despair.

"boom!"

The Japanese lieutenant was in a bad luck. Another shell exploded violently next to the Japanese lieutenant. The huge power directly tore the Japanese lieutenant into pieces.

...

The commander of the Third Infantry Division, holding a telescope, watched the shelling situation with great enthusiasm. Seeing that the Japanese who were about to withdraw from the position were seriously injured under his dense and violent shelling, the Third Division Commander shouted happily: "Okay, okay, it's so satisfying!"

The shelling was about to end, and a colonel came over and reported loudly: "The shelling is about to end. Please give me instructions."

Reluctantly putting down his telescope, the commander of the Third Division waved his hand and said, "After the shelling is over, the whole division charges together, and attacks into the city and destroys the Japanese."

"yes!"

The shelling ended soon. Several dazzling signal flares rose into the sky. The soldiers who had long been unable to hold back were shouting, making shocking shouts, holding their weapons, and under the guidance of one chariot, rushed towards Songjiang Prefecture from all directions.

In the city, the Japanese independently formed the command center of the 3rd Brigade.

Hearing that the shelling outside gradually stopped, the Japanese officers at all levels in the entire command center did not feel at all relaxed. These Japanese officers knew that the large-scale attack of the newly formed 6th Army would definitely begin.

Sure enough, not long after, a Japanese officer stumbled in and said in tears: "His brigade commander. There are only two warriors on our peripheral positions, and three hundred have retreated into the city. Now, at least tens of thousands of people in the newly formed 6th Army have attacked us from all directions under the guidance of a large number of chariots."

Hearing this, bad Japanese officers all changed their colors, tens of thousands of people, a large number of chariots and other words strongly impacted these Japanese officers. Many people thought to themselves, what kind of opponent they had met!

The Major General of the Japanese Brigade Commander also changed his face and said anxiously: "There are tens of thousands of people in the new 6th Army that attacks our company? This is impossible."

"The Brigade Commander, there are indeed tens of thousands of people, and the city is surrounded by soldiers from the newly formed 6th Army. It won't take long before the entire Songjiang Prefecture will be surrounded by all sides." The Japanese officer who reported the report said with his head down and said powerlessly.

Hearing such a sure report, the Japanese Brigade felt weak all over and almost sat on the ground.

****

In the western suburbs of Shanghai, the area around Shenjiaqiao.

There are also fierce battles here. In fact, from today on, there are battles everywhere in the western suburbs of Shanghai, and the battles in the Shenjiaqiao area are only part of it.

At this time, an infantry battalion of the Fourth Infantry Division was fighting fiercely with an infantry brigade of the Japanese. There were also some tanks in cooperation with this infantry battalion, about a tank company, with a total of 11 M4 Sherman tanks.

Most of the troops under the newly formed 6th Army's Armored Division, Mechanized Infantry Division and other units were dispersed, and they cooperated with the infantry divisions in the company and battalion. The units of the entire newly formed 6th Army seemed to be scattered, but in fact they echoed each other from afar, and were launching attacks on the Japanese and puppet troops in Shanghai at almost the same time.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

A series of dense shelling sounds were heard one after another, and dense explosions sounded across the Shenjia River. The soldiers of the Third Battalion of Infantry were conducting intensive shelling of the Japanese and puppet troops on the other side.

The third battalion has nearly 1,000 people, so it is naturally a 3+1 organization. Three infantry companies and one machine gun company are composed of. The machine gun company has 8 30-inch caliber heavy machine guns, 3 50-inch heavy machine guns, and 6 81mm mortars. The machine gun company provides support for the entire battalion.

Similarly, each of the subordinate infantry companies is also equipped with 3+1 units. Each infantry company has 3 infantry platoons and 1 machine gun platoon, with a total of 193 people. The machine gun platoon has 2 point 30 machine guns, 3 60-compulsive guns and 1 point 50-heavy machine gun.

In order to deal with the enemy on the other side, the third battalion commander ordered all his mortars to start intensive artillery attacks on the Japanese. As for whether the Japanese infantry brigade also has weapons such as mortars or infantry artillery, the third battalion commander directly ignored it.

The entire Third Battalion had 6 81mm mortars. In addition, the number of 60mm mortars reached 9, with a total of 15 mortars intensively bombarding the enemy on the other side.

The 11 Sherman tanks of the tank regiment also drove up directly, lined up, with the black tank gun facing the opposite shore, about two or three hundred meters away from the Japanese on the other shore.

The Shenjia River is only ten meters wide and the water depth is about one meter. The water flow is very slow. If it weren't for the thick sludge at the bottom of the river, these tanks would have led the soldiers all the way.

On the other side of the river.

The Japanese built a large number of fortifications, there were many trenches, many sandbags, and a large number of machine guns. The Japanese did not expect that the soldiers' artillery bombardment would be so fierce that they were immediately stunned.

The leading Japanese captain, the captain of the Japanese, was covered in dust, spit out the mud and sand in his mouth, and said in a furious manner: "Where is our mortar, you can also beat me hard, hurry up!"

Seeing his squad leader shouting, a Japanese lieutenant, risking being bombarded, hurriedly ran backwards and ordered the Japanese artillery to fire. This team of Japanese soldiers was equipped with 4 60mm mortars.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The warriors on the opposite side were bombarded continuously and densely, and the entire river was filled with smoke and soil, and many Japanese devils were blown away directly.

An explosion sounded, and a shell exploded in a circular fortification built by a sandbag of the Japanese. Suddenly, several Japanese in the fortification were blown away, and a crooked machine gun was blown away, flying far away.

Several explosions sounded, and several shells rang out next to a trench. It seemed that another shell had fallen into the trench. Suddenly, soil splashed, and the Japanese in the trench were covered with soil. Several people were killed and at least a dozen were injured.

The shell that exploded in the trenches rang out with a "boom", blowing away several Japanese devils, and even several Type 38 rifles were blown away, flying more than ten meters away with the soil.

The explosions made the Japanese captain almost vomit blood, because each explosion represented the casualties of Japanese soldiers.

"Baga, where is our mortar, fight back quickly, hurry!"

Seeing his captain roaring, a Japanese officer hurriedly ran to the back of the position, urging the Japanese artillery soldiers there to fire back fire.

Finally, the four 60mm mortars of the Japanese were ready. A Japanese soldier prepared to fire the gun. A Japanese lieutenant held his command knife high and shouted loudly.

"Kill and give it to me!!!"

The Japanese finally fired, aimed at several mortars from the Third Battalion on the other side of the river, and prepared to destroy these mortars that were closer to them and were completely within range.

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Chapter completed!