Spy Wars: I am the Captain of the Military Police

The hand-to-hand combat with bayonets began.

The soldiers roared and rushed towards the enemy, using bayonets, swords, gun butts, and even fists and teeth as weapons.

Blood splattered and screams were heard everywhere.

People kept falling, but those behind them immediately filled the gap.

As the battle progressed, the struggle along the coast of Zhuozaobang became more brutal.

The Japanese army relied on its advantages in equipment and firepower to continuously expand its bridgehead; the Chinese army relied on its numerical advantage and tenacious fighting spirit to launch counterattacks again and again.

The entire front became a huge meat grinder.

In order to reduce the Japanese artillery advantage, the Chinese army engaged in close combat with the Japanese as much as possible.

Once the Japanese army attacked, the soldiers would let them get close, and then suddenly launch a counterattack and fight with the Japanese army.

In this way, the Japanese heavy artillery and aircraft would not be able to exert their power, otherwise they would accidentally injure their own people.

Hand-to-hand combat became the daily method of warfare.

The sound of bayonets clashing, roars and screams were heard everywhere on the battlefield.

The soldiers were already blood-thirsty, and the only thought in their minds was to destroy the enemy in front of them.

Face to face with bloody bayonets, what is needed is will and courage.

In the moment between life and death, the only thing that flashed through my mind was how to kill the other person as quickly as possible and how to survive.

The bodies of Chinese and Japanese soldiers were piled up layer by layer along the shore of Zhuozao Beach, with you in me and me in you.

Later, both sides were unable to even clean up the bodies and could only continue fighting using the piles of corpses as cover.

The position was filled with a strong smell of blood and rotting corpses, attracting swarms of flies.

The road from Liuxing to Dachang was littered with corpses and rivers of blood.

It is only a few kilometers from Liuxing to Dachang Town.

But the Chinese army used their flesh and blood to block every inch of the Japanese attack. The Japanese army had to pay a heavy price for every step forward.

At the height of the fighting, a village might change hands five times in a single day.

Even the strongest Japanese regiment would find it difficult to hold a position for more than five hours after occupying it, and would be recaptured by the Chinese army at a desperate cost.

Both sides continued to deploy troops, and the battle line slowly moved southward in the stalemate.

The Japanese 101st Division attempted to build a bridge in the middle section of Zhuozaobang to force a crossing, but encountered stubborn resistance from the Chinese army.

Three attempts to cross the river failed.

This elite division, whose individual combat effectiveness surpassed that of the US Army at that time, lost two-thirds of its troops here and suffered unprecedented heavy losses.

The battle lasted from dawn to dusk, and from night to dawn, and the river bank positions changed hands many times.

With their tenacious will, the Chinese army pushed the Japanese army back to the other side time and time again.

The water of the Juzaobang River has been dyed red with blood, and countless corpses are floating on the river surface. . . .

Ninety percent of the squad leaders of the 101st Division were killed or wounded, and the soldier death rate was as high as 53%. The Ghana Regiment was almost wiped out, with less than 300 people left. The regiment commander, Osamu Ghana, was killed in action. Such losses were unprecedented for the Japanese army since the September 18th Incident in China.

Seeing the heavy losses suffered by his troops, the commander of the 101st Regiment, Masayoshi Ito, was even unwilling to attack further.

Similarly, the Chinese army suffered even more severe losses. Many troops were wiped out, reorganized and replenished, and then wiped out again.

At this time, the Chinese army had already deployed 25 divisions of the Central Army, totaling 19 people, to the Battle of Shanghai.

The Nanjing government’s central army is almost exhausted...

The foreign concessions were reduced to scorched earth, and the Central Army was almost exhausted.

Teams with different accents and equipment are pouring into the Songhu battlefield from all corners of China.

Sixty thousand Gui army soldiers set out from Guangxi, traveling by train, car, and finally on foot to Shanghai to join the battle.

On October 15, Liao Lei of the Guangxi Gui Army led the 48th Army and the 171st Division of the 7th Army, and Ye Zhao of the Guangdong Army led the 66th Army to arrive at the battlefield. The arrival of these fresh forces injected a shot in the arm for the Chinese army.

The Gui army was known for its bravery and fighting skills and was called the "Wolf Soldiers".

Although their equipment was simple, their morale was high and their fighting spirit was strong.

On October 18, the main force of the 21st Army of the Guangxi Army, known as the elite of the National Army, hurried to the central battlefield of the Battle of Shanghai.

On the day the Gui army arrived, unwilling to passively take a beating in the Battle of Shanghai, Bai Chongxi formulated a major counterattack plan mainly with the fresh forces of the Gui army.

The Gui army soldiers who had traveled a long distance had no time to rest and immediately launched a counterattack. The tragic military bugles sounded one after another in the desolate battlefield, mixed with the artillery fire in the sky, rendering the most tragic scene of the Battle of Shanghai.

Led by the military flag, the Gui army rushed to the front with more than 1 suicide assault officers and soldiers wearing British helmets, rushing towards the Japanese troops in Yunzaobang like a tide.

Almost at the same time, the main forces of the Japanese 9th Division under Yoshizumi Ryosuke, the 13th Division under Ogisu Rikuhei, and part of the Japanese 2nd Division also launched a general attack on the south bank of Yuzaohama.

Because the Japanese army became complacent after gaining an initial advantage, their defense line collapsed at the first touch when faced with the Gui army's fearless charge.

The Gui army successfully recaptured many lost positions.

However, the Japanese army quickly reacted and launched a fierce counterattack.

The Japanese army assembled the 9th and 13th Divisions and launched an attack using 700 artillery pieces and 150 bombers.

There was artillery fire, bullets, blood mist, and limbs hanging everywhere.

Facing the artillery fire, countless Gui army soldiers rushed northward like a great tide, being hit, falling, and not being hit, continuing to charge forward shouting. . . .

Because of the disparity in firepower between the Chinese and Japanese armies, the Chinese soldiers had no choice but to use their flesh and blood to gain the initiative to win the Battle of Shanghai.

The Japanese army's heavy artillery, naval guns, and fighter planes poured firepower on the Gui army's charging soldiers like a tide. In the face of the terrifying heavy firepower beyond imagination, Bai Chongxi, who was famous for his wisdom, was trapped in the command center. He was distracted and could only wait for the final outcome of the battle in a daze, leaving everything to fate.

On this day, the first wave of counterattacks launched by the Gui army failed.

Before dawn, with the cooperation of the various Kuomintang troops on the south bank of Zhuozaobang, Liao Lei led the remaining troops of the 21st Army that had rushed to the battlefield and continued to launch a full-scale counterattack.

The banks of the heavily bombarded and plowed Juezao Bay were filled with a mixture of blood, flesh, and mud, emitting the smell of death.

The officers and soldiers of the Guangxi Army stepped over the corpses and launched wave after wave of death charges towards the Japanese naval guns, tanks, heavy artillery, and fighter planes.

The enemy has planes, tanks, and heavy artillery, but we only have the chests of our soldiers.

In just three days, 10 infantry divisions of the Gui army and more than 3 soldiers participated in the battle, suffered nearly 6 casualties, and almost none of the nearly 4 suicide assault troops who charged in the first round survived.

After the war, of the six brigade commanders of the Gui army who directly participated in the battle, three died, two were seriously injured, and one was slightly injured.

Among them, Xia Guozhang, commander of the 522nd Brigade of the 174th Division of the 48th Army, personally led his troops in the charge.

Holding a Mauser pistol, he shouted loudly: "Brothers, follow me and kill the Japs!" Under his leadership, the soldiers' morale was greatly boosted and they rushed towards the enemy's position like tigers.

The Japanese army's firepower was extremely fierce. A shell exploded next to Xia Guozhang. Unfortunately, he was hit by shrapnel and died heroically.

Qin Lin, commander of the 511th Brigade of the 171st Division of the 7th Army, showed extraordinary courage and tenacity in the battle.

He led his troops to hold their positions and engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese army.

The Japanese army launched several attacks, but they were all repelled by Qin Lin's troops.

The enemy's offensive became more and more fierce, and the troops suffered heavy casualties. Qin Lin knew very well that if the position was lost, the consequences would be disastrous.

Regardless of his personal safety, he took up arms and engaged in close combat with the enemy. During the battle, he was unfortunately hit by an enemy bullet and died heroically.

Pang Hanzhen, commander of the 516th Brigade of the 172nd Division of the 7th Army, also demonstrated firm belief and fearless spirit in the battle. He led his troops in a desperate fight with the Japanese army and repelled the enemy's attacks many times.

At the critical moment of the battle, Pang Hanzhen personally led the suicide squad to charge the enemy. During the fierce battle, Pang Hanzhen was unfortunately hit by the enemy's machine gun and died heroically.

When Bai Chongxi learned about the battle situation on the front line in the command center, he broke down and cried.

This general, known for his calmness, could hardly suppress his grief in the face of such a devastating loss.