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Chapter 55 Songhu Battle (5)

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    "Fire!" Following the stern order of Tu Yuanxiong, Commander-in-Chief of the Northeastern Army Fleet, the "Shenwu", "Zhenwu", "Chongwu", "  The triple 280mm main naval guns on each ship of the "Shangwu" together let out an overwhelming roar. The violent impact of the cannons ejecting from the barrel even shook the 25,000-ton warship slightly on the sea.  The huge naval gun shells roared sharply through the sea and air and rushed towards the Japanese fleet that was shelling the Chinese troops on the shore. Amidst the loud explosions and the spray of water columns that exploded into the sky, the Japanese destroyer "Yakaze" was caught off guard and was hit by the first wave.  The shell hit directly, and all the armor on the left side of the ship was blown open and penetrated. The Japanese sailors on the deck were suddenly bloody and screamed.  A raging fire immediately rose into the sky. In the billowing black smoke that covered the sky, the boiler chimney of the "Yakaze" collapsed. The entire warship was immediately completely paralyzed by the second wave of bombardment by the "Shenmu" and struggled to death on the sea, unable to move.  Almost at the same time, two more Japanese ships were unable to dodge and were hit by continuous bombardment. The three shells fired by the "Chongwu" suddenly exploded a series of black and red fireballs on the bow, port side, and stern of the Japanese ship "Chomi".  , the explosion caused heavy casualties to the Japanese sailors on the ship and also destroyed one of its twin 203mm turrets.

    "Baga! Fight back immediately!" Nagano Xiushen became angry and shouted at the top of his lungs.

    The stunned Japanese ships turned around one after another and fired back at the approaching Northeastern fleet. The fire and thick smoke from the cannons rose one after another on the rolling sea.  More than a dozen Northeastern Navy ship-borne water torpedo attack aircraft quickly passed through the sea and air and rushed towards the Japanese warships with raindrops of anti-aircraft fire. One after another "Lance" torpedoes "plop" and "plop" plunged into the sea and opened up white streaks.  The waves brought death and destruction to the Japanese ships.  The heavily damaged Japanese battleships "Kaohsiung" and "Chorikai" were like wounded beasts, desperately dodging torpedoes and artillery shells while firing back at the Northeastern Army warships rushing through the waves.  The entire sea surface boiled like a pot of hot porridge under the water columns exploded by the naval gun shells raining down from both sides and the waves of torpedoes flying horizontally from both sides. Earth-shaking explosions shot up into the sky. The sea surface was filled with flames and flames.  The dense forest-like snow-white water column and the red fire and black smoke from the burned ships on both sides complement each other, forming a fierce naval battle scene.

    Under the intensive bombardment of a total of 20 203mm main guns on the "Kaohsiung" and "Chohai", the fiercely charging Northeast warships were all hit and damaged.  The bridge of the "Shangwu" was directly hit by a Japanese cannon. The naval officers in the control tower were killed or injured. They were thrown into the sea by air waves in the explosion; the hull of the "Zhenwu" was also hit by a Japanese cannon.  The torpedoes hit, and the "Shenwu" and "Chongwu" were hit one after another without exception. The four ships that were so heavily attacked still sailed tenaciously at high speed to avoid the intensive artillery fire of the Japanese fleet and fought back with all their strength.  Among the Japanese fleet, the Japanese motorboats that had just shown off their power and bombarded the Chinese troops on the shore were in the most miserable situation. Because their tonnage was too small, they were either hit by the Northeastern Army's artillery shells and directly torn into pieces along with the people and boats, or they were overturned and sunk by the waves that exploded in the air.  .  Large areas of the sea were dyed crimson with the torn bodies of Japanese sailors, and the remaining Japanese motorboats hurriedly hid and scurried around.

    The Japanese fleet consists of two 15,000-ton heavy cruisers "Kaohsiung" and "Chomi" and eight "Honkaze" class destroyers. Although the number and tonnage exceed the Northeastern fleet, its overall combat effectiveness is weak.  to the enemy.  In addition, several ships had already lost their combat effectiveness under the fierce bombardment of the opponent's artillery fire at the beginning. Nagano Shushen clearly understood that his fleet was gradually falling behind, but he was unwilling to be beaten away in disgrace, so he stubbornly  Let the fleet fight head-on.  Both sides of the war were furious.

    There are two warships from a third country watching the fierce naval battle outside the area. They are the two light battleships of the German Navy "Admiral Spee" and "Admiral Scheer" responsible for escorting the Northeastern Army warships back home.  Due to the need to maintain a neutral stance, the German ships did not participate in the naval battle. However, under the order of the commander-in-chief, Major General Rudolf Karls, German sailors went into the sea in rubber boats to rescue the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army Navy who fell into the water.

    "Whoops~" A shell suddenly shot through the air, exploding a huge cloud of water mist less than a hundred meters in front of the "Admiral Spee".  The ship's communications officer immediately ran into the command room and reported: "Report! The Japanese warship fired a warning shot at us and sent a signal with a semaphore!"

    "What?" A surge of anger suddenly rushed into Karls's heart, and he hurriedly walked to the observation deck and raised his telescope.  Sure enough, not far ahead, a Japanese sailor was waving a signal flag on the signal tower of the Japanese ship "Kaohsiung" that had just threatened him with shelling.  "What did they say?" Karls asked coldly.

    "Report to the general! The Japanese side asks us to stop rescuing the Northeast Army sailors immediately, otherwise we will be regarded as assisting the Chinese army in combat."After forcibly crossing the Suzhou River on the 7th, they quickly moved closer to the two landing forces, and the three Japanese forces gradually formed a closing trend.  The 700,000-strong National Army in the Songhu area was suddenly in a dangerous situation. If they did not retreat, they would become turtles in a urn and be wiped out by the Japanese army.  At this moment, Chiang Kai-shek still clung to unrealistic illusions about the "League of Nations" and was reluctant to order a retreat. He believed that "as long as we continue to resist in Shanghai, I believe that the countries of the Nine-Nation Pact will come forward to sanction Japan."  Bai Chongxi urgently told Chiang Kai-shek at a meeting of the Supreme Command that the officers and soldiers at the front were panicked after hearing the news of the Japanese landing. Some troops were already in chaos and were likely to be uncontrollable. If they did not retreat, the 700,000 national troops would have to wait in vain.  Faced with the dangerous situation in which all the elites of the National Army were about to be surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army in Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek finally gave up his illusion of relying on the League of Nations for mediation. After repeated joint persuasion by Bai Chongxi, Chen Cheng, and Zhang Xueliang who was far away in the northeast, he finally issued the order on the 28th.  The order was issued to "abandon Shanghai, move the entire army forward, and retreat to the 'Iron Mountain' defense line."

    The Japanese army, which occupied most of Shanghai, began to advance vigorously.  On the 23rd, more than 40 Japanese aircraft bombed Changshu in turns. The first part of the 16th Division, under the command of the division commander, Lieutenant General Nakajima Jingo, passed through about five kilometers between the 15th Army and the 21st Army of the National Army as a large force.  Kilometers of gaps entered the north of Changshu City and launched an attack on Yushan.  The commander-in-chief of the 15th Group Army, Luo Zhuoying, commanded the 98th Division and the 32nd Division and fought fiercely with the Japanese until the 25th. Later, as Japanese reinforcements landed from the direction of Hupu Town, the 15th Group Army was attacked from head to tail and had to withdraw from Changshu; the 21st Group Army  Then they fought with the main force of the Japanese 6th Division in Sifangqiao and Fushan Town. As Suzhou was captured by the Japanese 11th Division on the 25th, the 15th Group Army and the 21st Group Army had to abandon their positions and move to Yixing and Wujin. On the same day, the Japanese army  The 10th Division and part of the 12th Division, under the cover of aircraft, heavy artillery and tank troops, stormed the National Army's Xicheng defense line. The National Army's 9th and 19th Group Armies, which had just stationed here, hurriedly responded.  The bitter fighting resulted in heavy casualties, the morale of the troops was shattered, and the combat effectiveness was further reduced. Although the Beijing-Shanghai Theater High Command repeatedly issued death orders to defend the position, as time went by, the defensive positions of various departments were successively defeated by the Japanese army, and there was no strategic reserve team available.  , the situation was precarious, Wuxi fell on the 29th; in early July, the Qingpu-Qiujiang defense line of the National Army was gradually breached by the Japanese army.  There was no way to save the day. On the 7th day of the war, Jiashan was captured by the Japanese army. The Japanese army immediately attacked Jiaxing. Its leading troops quickly crossed the Su-Jiaxian line of the Beijing-Hangzhou National Highway and captured Pingwang. The national army's "Iron Mountain" defense line (Jiajia Defense Fortifications)  Line) was intercepted by the Japanese army.

    At this time, it was obvious that the Japanese army was advancing on Wu Xing to annihilate the Nationalist army near Taihu Lake. Chiang Kai-shek was greatly frightened and ordered Lieutenant General Zhou Zuhuang, commander of the 7th Army, to lead his troops to stop the enemy and cover the retreat of the main force of the Nationalist army.  After receiving the order, Zhou Zuhuang immediately dispatched the 170th Division and the 172nd Division, the main force of the 7th Army, to advance rapidly towards Shengshan and Wuxing respectively and build fortifications to prepare to resist the enemy.  On the 9th, the Japanese 6th Division and the 16th Division split up and attacked the two areas wildly. The officers and soldiers of the 7th Army fought bloody battles. Major General Xia Guozhang, deputy commander of the 172nd Division, Colonel Wei Jiansen, commander of the 388th Regiment of the 170th Division, and other officers were fighting fiercely.  He was among the first soldiers and eventually died heroically for his country.  After fighting hard until the 11th, various units of the 7th Army suffered heavy casualties, and the Japanese army occupied Shengshan and Wuxing.  Seeing that the situation was critical, the 23rd Army and other friendly forces of the Chinese army rushed to support the 7th Army to cover and block the Japanese army. However, they did not stop the rolling wheels of the Japanese tanks at all.

    With the support of aviation, the Japanese army continued to pounce westward.  Guangde, Ningguo, Xuancheng, Wuhu and other places were captured one by one.  On the 14th, Shanghai Mayor Yu Hongjun issued a letter to the citizens, sadly announcing the fall of Shanghai, the first international city in the Far East.  In mid-July, the 6th Division, the main force of the Japanese army, began to march north from Langxi to invade Nanjing.

    (As the Japanese army's frontline points towards the capital Nanjing, the Northeast Army Army is finally about to appear. The Northeast Army has not been the protagonist in these sections, which makes me feel like "I am cheating to get gold coins", which is really embarrassing. Haha  )(Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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