In the previous article, we said that the Gui army collapsed in the first battle, and had already reached this point, and Chiang Kai-shek had decided to prepare for a comprehensive retreat, pressing all his troops on the defensive line behind him, and depleting the Japanese army's combat strength step by step.
Fighting a war is just such a thing, not to talk about the use of weapons and equipment and tactics, only to say that the soldier's will to fight, relying on a lot of energy. If there is no order to retreat, the soldiers who fought bloodily in Shanghai may still die with the Japanese army with the greatest sacrifice. But after the retreat order came down, the will to fight collapsed directly.
The Japanese army took advantage of the victory to pursue, and after fierce artillery fire and aircraft bombardment, began to cross the Suzhou River from the positions of the teaching corps and the tax police regiment.
Let's not talk about teaching the general corps, this is a hard battle for the troops, mainly in the later Nanjing campaign, we mainly talk about the tax police corps. This unit played a great role in the Battle of Shanghai, the first battle contained algae hama, the second world war, and the third battle Suzhou Creek.
The Tax Police Corps, originally when Song Ziwen was the minister of finance, established a pro-army force. The name is also very good, as if the main task is to engage in anti-smuggling, collect some taxes or something. At this time, why did it become a regular army and go to the anti-Japanese battlefield?
The Taxation Police Corps is Song Ziwen's personal soldier. Song Ziwen was a god of wealth in the Nanjing government, his own soldiers, and naturally had a good treatment. From the beginning, the soldiers of the Tax Police Corps were the best equipped and paid, and in 1932, they had already competed with japan in Shanghai.
After Chiang Kai-shek took this unit in, the combat style of the unit has not changed, the game is still American, and if you want to hold a position of platoon leader or above in the Tax police corps, you must have an American diploma.
When it comes to the performance of the Taxation Police Corps in Shanghai, many people are highly praised, but they feel that this unit is relatively special, the weapons and equipment are good, the quality of the soldiers, and the battle record are certainly good, but in fact, this is not the case. In the big battle, the Tax Police Corps also participated, and his performance can be described as a strange thing.
On the battlefield, there have even been large-scale no-order retreats. The artillery team of the Tax Police Corps was even more infuriating, taking only some parts of the war artillery, fleeing in a hurry, and directly throwing away the position. It was precisely because of this that the commanders of the two detachments of the Tax police corps were directly dismissed.
Of course, this situation does not mean that the Tax Police Corps, all the people are not playing well.
It was during this period that Sun Liren stood out.
Sun Liren had a characteristic in fighting, that is, he would use reserves. In the critical situation at that time, many unit commanders pressed the entire line of troops and left no reserves, which was not news at all. Sun Liren, on the other hand, is different, not only must keep a reserve, but also uses.
The Taxation Police Corps led by Sun Liren fought the Japanese army to the death at Zhoujiaqiao, and liu jiazhai also became the fiercest battle line in the Battle of Suzhou Creek.
Sun Liren fights with his brain.
At that time, more than 50 Japanese troops, braving a rain of bullets and bullets, crawled out of the river like water ghosts and hid in coal storage holes on the shore. The soldiers were in a hurry, there was no angle of fire, and they could not hit the Japanese army. Sun Liren immediately ordered his subordinates to find 4 thick steel plates, send people to use this as a parapet to seal the fire of the Japanese troops on the other side, and then use cotton to buy gasoline, push down the river bank to burn the Japanese troops in the cave, did not burn out of the smoke, directly exploded with grenades.
On November 3, a small building in Henan, Suzhou, was occupied by the Japanese, and cold guns were released from time to time inside. In order to buy time, Sun Liren sent people to the headquarters to retrieve the mines, and while inspecting the mines, he was hit by a grenade, and Sun Liren fell in a pool of blood.
Sun Liren fought well, and Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi in Nanjing were naturally very pleased, and after hearing that he was injured, Song Ziwen immediately called Huang Jie and asked him to save his life at all costs.
Just after Sun Liren walked off the battlefield, the Japanese suddenly stopped fighting, and the Suzhou Creek was suddenly quiet. What happened to this? The next article will give you a detailed introduction.