Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 44: Street Fighter (1)

Japan's Shanghai Marine Special Marine Corps is an alien in the navy. In the early days, the Japanese Naval Ministry and Military Command did not pay much attention to the deployment of marine forces in various ships and even sub-compartments. Both training and equipment were inferior to the army. But when they really established a standing Marine Corps, the top navy unexpectedly put a lot of effort into this force.

In order to increase the firepower of the Marine Corps in close-range street battles, the Navy sent people to Germany to purchase MP18 submachine guns. Even the expensive Rolls-Royce armored vehicles, the Navy allocated seven to this unit at a time. There are so many, you must know that at that time the entire Special Marine Corps had only more than 900 people, almost two infantry groups.

After the end of the first Songhu Battle, the Japanese navy regarded Shanghai as an important overseas base area and began to rapidly expand the force of this force. The establishment was finally determined to be 2,000. Despite the fact that the number is only two-thirds of the army’s regular wing, it is equipped with tanks, tracked machine gun vehicles, wheeled armored vehicles, and heavy artillery of 15 cm and 12 cm. The level of firepower equipment is even compatible with The Army’s special mixed brigades are comparable.

The outbreak of the Second Battle of Songhu, the source of which was the killing of Lieutenant Oyama Yuio of the Shanghai Special Marine Corps. During the Battle of Songhu, the Special Marine Corps performed quite tenaciously, and therefore became the target of the navy's external brag. Since then, the Shanghai Special Marine Corps has no longer focused on ordinary army units, let alone the ad hoc division that was formed after the war.

After receiving a call from the Naval Detachment Fleet Command, the Marine Corps immediately entered the highest combat readiness state.

The commander, Major General Moriji Takeda, has a keen sense of politics, and the question in his mind is much deeper than that of Mataro Tanimoto.

At this sensitive point in time, the Army suddenly ran away without warning. Is there any special conspiracy? Damn, these horse dung have too many convictions, who knows what they are thinking about. If it is another time for Liutiaogou or Lugou Bridge, what should they do, what their goals are and what reactions they want to trigger, these must be understood as soon as possible.

Because the public concession involves the interests of a bunch of European and American countries, if it is not handled properly, it will inevitably trigger a series of diplomatic chain reactions, and may even trigger a war.

Which country does the Army want to provoke this time? Britain or France? It can't be Germany anyway, it's the object of their worship during this time.

If it is the United Kingdom, although it is difficult to entangle, but after all, it is no longer the empire that never sets, and it is no longer a threat to the Japanese navy. France is more troublesome, because it is too close to Germany, and it may take a lot of time for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to solve it.

Although Takeda had a lot of doubts in his stomach, he did not dare to delay Lieutenant General Tanimoto’s orders. The Hongkou Marine Corps headquarters stationed a total of three Marine Special Marine squadrons. As a result, it only took ten minutes. The assembly was completed in the headquarters compound.

Major General Takeda got into his Ford sedan, cleared the way by two tricycles from the communications squad, and quickly rushed out of the gate of the Marine Corps headquarters. The remaining Marines were assigned to the six-wheeled Nissan truck of the transport team to follow the officer's car, and the six Rolls-Royce armored vehicles directly under the headquarters were in charge of the formation at the end of the team.

The mighty transportation convoy was discharged for a full two kilometers, which really scared many Shanghai residents passing by. People hurriedly hid in the roadside shops and looked through the windows. I don’t know if this group of Japanese people smoke today. What's the wind? Now the streets of Hongkou are full of Japanese soldiers hurriedly carrying rifles.

Seeing this posture, is it going to war again? The imagination of Shanghai residents was extremely rich that year, so soon various versions of rumors spread in the boundary of Hongkou.

Some people say that the Japanese and British have turned their faces and are preparing to send troops to occupy the public concession. If the family hides the pound sterling in the family, go to the bank and exchange it for yen, otherwise it will not be available for use later. Some say that the guerrillas of the government appeared on the outskirts of Shanghai, killing and wounding many Japanese soldiers. President Jiang used his soldiers as a god, and he did not hurry to the concession to donate money to support Chongqing. It is also said that the Japanese imperial army is engaged in a joint military and navy exercise. Don't listen to rumors from the outside world. Everything is under the control of Chairman Wang of Nanjing.

Anyway, the public concession is still not doing anything, the Hongkou occupied area of ​​Japan has become a mess. Numerous inquiries were dialed to various Japanese agencies in Shanghai and the garrison headquarters, which even caused a sudden communication blockage by the telephone company.

Because of the sudden incident, the Japanese civilians living in Hongkou did not know what was going on. The inexplicable mobilization of the troops caused panic in the community to spread rapidly, and many cowardly Japanese expats had begun to collect gold and silver. She is ready to go out and take refuge.

There are only a few roads from Hongkou to the Bund, and Sichuan Road is the most important one. Army barracks are mostly distributed in the Jiangwan area. When the Marine Special Marine Corps convoy broke out of the Marine Corps headquarters, the main force of the 120th Infantry Regiment also rushed out of the Jiangwan Road Barracks, fully armed.

However, compared with the Special Marine Corps, the Army is much shabby here. The 120th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Infantry Regiment goes up and down, not to mention the armored vehicles, even the trucks are not equipped with one.

The Japanese army's squadrons are directly under the headquarters of the division's depots. Usually large-scale squadron transportation, such as the transportation of ammunition and grain to the front line, depends on the transport teams of the divisions' depots. These transportation squadrons were truck-like or mule-like, depending on the terrain of the combat area at that time.

Originally, the number of trucks equipped by the Japanese Army was not large. At this time, even the main divisions were not enough, so wherever they could be equipped to special divisions.

The 116th Division of the Japanese Army is a standard horse-pulling division. The 116th Division of the Japanese Army has a one-water carriage, and the only one equipped with trucks is the hapless 116th Engineer Group. As a result, it was taken by the thick east. I went to the Bund and died.

Fortunately, an infantry squadron of the 120th Infantry Wing was stationed right by the Suzhou River. It finally rushed to Sichuan Road and Bridge ahead of time to set up a position and set up a front stand for the Wing. You can give an explanation to the commander of the Zetian Army.

The Thirteenth Army Headquarters has been completely messed up, and Wing Captain Watanabe Osa is on the verge of going to the house in a hurry. As a result, only a transport truck squad at Jiangwan Depot was transferred there. There are only nine trucks in total, two of which are flatbed trucks without guardrails around them.

Even so, Watanabe had no choice at this time. Infantry Osho determined that after the incident was over, he must talk to the animal in charge of the dispatch.

Because of the urgent order, the wing captain ordered the nine trucks to be packed as much as possible, and personally led the truck unit to set off.

The remaining officers at all levels finally have horses allocated, while ordinary infantry can only run forward with two legs open. The barracks are almost seven or eight kilometers away from the destination, which is considered to be an armed force marching training. .

Watanabe Osado was sitting in the truck cab, with a Type 94 saber in both hands, staring at the road ahead murderously. The original driver was rushed into the back compartment by the wing captain, and now his adjutant Lieutenant Fujiwara is driving.

"Can't it be faster? Yoshikawa." The captain said the first sentence after the departure.

"Heh~IndoMTL.com~ is already very reluctant, sir, the roads here are very complicated. Where do you go! You red deer!"

A pedestrian crossed the road from the front of the car. Fujiwara honked his horn and poked his head out of the window to yell at him. He was wearing a Japanese kimono just now, otherwise he would definitely end up horribly.

"If you run into this kind of **** again, hit me over. We have to get to the Bund in front of the navy." Watanabe tapped the handle of the knife impatiently with his fingers.

When he set out, he had just received news that the Navy was gathering troops, apparently preparing to intervene in this incident. As long as the Army keeps a breath, it will never sit back and watch this happen.

"Look at your lord, it looks like an armored vehicle of the Special Marine Corps in front." Fujiwara shouted, pointing to the front.

"Kunoya deer, these octopuses are moving so fast, accelerate, Fujiwara, must pass them!" Watanabe patted the truck panel and ordered.

"Heh! Your lord, leave it to me." Lieutenant Fujiwara replied loudly, and at the same time stretched out his left hand to hold the gear lever by his leg.

"It's going to accelerate, my lord." The Army Ensign switched gears neatly, and then stepped on the accelerator. The Type 94 truck loaded with Army soldiers began to roar and rush forward.

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