Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 128 The Army Comes to Seek Trouble

Nakagawa Hiroshi was deeply moved by Yoshika Ryosuke's anger. Who would be willing to stay away from the front line at this time?

Besides, the Marine Corps Headquarters is a tough nut to crack, with a group of defeated soldiers and desperate criminals hiding in permanent fortifications. There would be no credit for winning, and if you are not careful, you might get a bad temper. There is no worse mission than this.

"Mr. Commander, according to the intelligence from the navy's counterattack, there are at least 5 defeated soldiers, equipped with a large number of artillery and light and heavy machine guns, wearing the uniforms of the German-equipped division—"

Lieutenant General Yoshika interrupted Colonel Nakagawa Hiroshi's words and said angrily:
"You believe what the Navy said, they are just making excuses for their own incompetence!

There could not be 5 fully-organized defeated soldiers in the rear. At most, there were 2 people, which should be an under-staffed regiment that gathered some scattered soldiers and equipped them with a few Type 20 mortars.

If there are 5 German-equipped troops, with only 3 useless Marines, can they withdraw 2?"

Colonel Nakagawa Hiroshi thought about it and thought that they were probably trying to flatter themselves after being defeated. Navy idiots often do this, so he followed Vice Admiral Yoshika's words and said:

"Your Excellency the division commander is absolutely right, and this is consistent with the Navy's consistent style. The German-equipped division is so powerful that they cannot deal with it.

I heard that there was also a German-equipped regiment in the Sihang Warehouse in Zhabei, claiming to have 800 men. After the continuous attrition in the previous battles, it is realistic to say that there were only 800 men left in the regiment.

The group occupying the headquarters building should also be a group that has suffered heavy losses. At most, they have gathered some stragglers. 2 people should be their limit. With such a mob, even if there are 3 people, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. "

"Mr. Nakagawa, your analysis is very accurate. Considering that the headquarters building is easy to defend but difficult to attack, I decided to use the 7th Regiment as the backbone and strengthen it with an artillery battalion, a baggage battalion, a tank squadron and other units to form a detachment.
Major General Akiyama of the Sixth Infantry Brigade will be appointed as the detachment commander. He will be dispatched to encircle and suppress the scattered Chinese soldiers in the Hongkou area. He will be given three days to recapture the headquarters building and annihilate the remaining soldiers. All of them must be eliminated. No prisoners are needed. "

Nakagawa Hiroshi took the order and left. Yoshika Ryosuke gave Matsui Iwane enough face this time and sent thousands of elite troops to wipe out the remaining enemies.
With the powerful combat capability of the Akiyama Detachment, they might be able to catch up and annihilate the main force of the Chinese south of the Suzhou River.

As a first-rate division of the Japanese Army, they could not miss this feast. As for that group of remnants, he really did not take them seriously. One reinforced regiment was enough.

At the 527th Regiment Field Command, Communications Staff Officer Xu Guangpu ran in excitedly and reported to Yue Qianli:
"Commander, we have intercepted a telegram from the Japanese, it is highly classified!"

Yue Qianli thought it must be related to the enemy's reinforcements, so he took the message impatiently and started to decipher it by himself.

Now they lack professionals in this area and can only do it themselves. Xu Guangpu turned around and left tactfully. It was the rule not to look at things that you shouldn't look at. Although he really wanted to get the code book in the commander's hand, the organization needed it so much that he decided to report it to Director Dai.

Seeing Xu Guangpu leave, Yue Qianli revealed a barely noticeable smile. He had been wary of Xu Guangpu for a long time. He took out the code book deliberately because he wanted to see whether the other party's surname was Jiang or Wang, or if he was from his hometown.

The message was quickly translated by him. As he expected, the team that came this time was the Seventh Beast Squadron.

In another time and space, this regiment massacred tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians in Jinling City. Now that they are here this time, don’t even think about leaving.

"Damn Seventh Regiment, it's true that we are enemies on a narrow road. I will destroy you all even if I lose an arm!"

Yue Qianli gnashed his teeth and said, his hatred for the Seventh Regiment was no less than that for the Sixth Division. Since God had given him a chance, he would not let it go. Thinking of this, he shouted coldly:

"Someone, call Deputy Captain Tian over here!"

A few hours later, at the 1st Battalion Headquarters, a meeting was underway.

Li Jie had already received the telegram from the regiment headquarters. He immediately convened a meeting of several company commanders. After the battalion headquarters moved in, most of the gates were sealed with sandbags, leaving only one exit on the west side, which was a side door, through which a small number of people could enter and exit.

When Li Jie saw that everyone was present, he said directly:
"Brothers, our enemy is coming. According to intelligence, the Japanese army has formed a detachment with the Seventh Regiment as the core, and after strengthening the artillery and tanks, it has about 6 people. The commander is Major General Akiyama Yoshiyoshi, the commander of the Sixth Infantry Brigade.

This is the Japanese's first-rate brigade. Everyone is familiar with the 7th Regiment. It can be said that they are enemies meeting and are extremely jealous of each other!
The regiment commander asked us to use the headquarters building to hold back the Japanese, consume their manpower, firepower and morale, and finally concentrate the main force of the regiment to annihilate them. "

Several company commanders were so excited after hearing this that they all expressed their willingness to live and die with the position and to fully cooperate with the main force to encircle and annihilate the Qiushan Detachment.

Then Li Jie made adjustments to the troops. The Second Company, which had previously served as a reserve force, withdrew into the headquarters building and hid on the first floor.
They built a large number of street barriers with sandbags in the warehouse on the front of the first floor. Once the Japanese broke into the building, they could use these simple fortifications to block the enemy.

If the casualties on the second floor are too great, the first floor will be responsible for replenishing them to ensure that the second floor of the main position has sufficient manpower and firepower;

The ruins on the third floor were the combat area of ​​the mortar group, which adopted guerrilla warfare tactics and continuously launched surprise attacks on the enemy's heavy firepower.

The first and third companies fought urban guerrilla warfare and street fighting with the Japanese outside the building and assisted in guarding the headquarters building. They were under the unified command of the third company commander Duan Yulin.

After the adjustment, the total force in the building increased to more than 800 people, which was enough to withstand the attack of an enemy several times its size;

The two companies of the troops outside the building had nearly a thousand people, hiding in a large block. The Japanese could not do anything to them, let alone a detachment or even a division. They would fight if they could win, and rob if they couldn't.

They thought that hundreds of thousands of people from both sides could still move around when fighting in the city, but now the 527th Regiment had thousands of people hiding in the vast city, like a fish in the sea. The Japanese couldn't surround and kill them without several divisions.
This is the reason why Yue Qianli insisted on urban guerrilla warfare. With hundreds of thousands of national troops on the periphery, the Japanese had no way to deal with them.

As long as the 527th Regiment is there, Shanghai will not fall!

After the first battalion adjusted its deployment, it patiently waited for the Akiyama Detachment to arrive, while the main force of the regiment hid in the vast urban area north of Jiangwan and south of Yunzaobang. If necessary, they could even cross Yunzaobang and go to the northern line.

Since the urban area north of Jiangwan and south of Yunzaobang was where hundreds of thousands of troops from both sides fought, there were many scattered soldiers and vagrants in these places, so the main force of the regiment was constantly strengthening itself while hiding itself;

When they encountered small groups of Japanese invaders, they would encircle and annihilate them; when they encountered large strongholds, they would avoid them. With the support of the people of Shanghai, they thrived and felt like a fish in water.

After receiving the order, the Akiyama Detachment quickly advanced towards the HK area. In just half a day, the vanguard Arai Battalion arrived at the periphery of the headquarters building and engaged in a firefight with the guard troops of the third company. The battle between the two sides kicked off...

(End of this chapter)