The battle of Shanghai

darth sidious

Banned Idiot
the follwoing is a good artical on the battle but is so long!!!! people that Know chinese please help translate!!!! in that Battle the Japanese suffered 50000 dead and 4 times wounded

long live those who died in the defence of their homeland!:china:

I also have many pic about the battle But dont know how to post them

远期背景:

上海自128沪战以后,根据当时淞沪停战协定,中国军队留驻于安亭、太仓以西等地,但日方则在虹桥、杨树浦(日租界)驻有海军陆战队三千余人,陆军可以随时登陆。

上海当时是中国最大的国际通商港口和最大的工业城市,对外贸易额几占全国3/5,亦是中国对国际影响最大的城市。

目前种种资料表明,早在128沪战以后,国民政府鉴于上海的地位、和京都的厉害以及对日关系的变化,就有迟早要和日本开战的打算,故从1934年起就拨用巨款费时3年在苏州至福山镇、无锡到江阴以及嘉庆周围构筑了“吴福线”、“锡澄线”、“乍嘉县线等战略防御工事(很明显当时的防御思想是受了欧洲的一次大战以后的防御观念影响,力图在中国建立类马其若、齐菲尔似的固久工事),并于1935年由军令部主持研究拟定华中及京沪杭地区的防御阵地计划。是时主管京沪防卫的张治中甚至辞卸了中央军校教育长职务,专心从事以后战事的防御准备工作。128沪战以后上海即成立了直辖军委会指挥的保安总团,其专业训练却全是野战巷战之类正规作战内容。

临战背景:

1937年7.7事变以后,日军在占领平津地区后于8月上旬日军部分主力沿平绥线在察、绥地区与第2战区国军部队激战,另一部分(约4个师团)则沿平汉、津浦两线向南进攻。

卢沟桥事件的前两日,蒋曾急电上海警备司令部:…注意发生事变,暗中加强防范…。

7.7以后鉴于日寇在华北地区进展迅速,军委会即策划在上海开辟第二战场。现通过手头资料分析,笔者认为其主要战略用意(按轻重缓急排列):1. 表明抗战决心以正视听、利用上海地位唤起国际重视、同情和支持; 2. 利用日军暂时不想在该地区行动以“先手”痛击狂倭;3. 鉴于沪杭地区的指挥、部署、补给以及军事地理条件于中国军队作战之利大于弊。

日本政府的战略目的是把中国战事幻变成关起门窗虐弃儿的 “私人纠纷” 局部,对中国逐步蚕食取之;而日本军方少壮派则顽逞以中国这四等劣国为靶、为己建立显赫军功之愚劣德性;但内阁和军方均暂时不想开辟过多战场。


开战前的态势图(点击可看大图)



战事经过

(一)进攻阶段

8月11日21时在接到向上海推进的电话命令之后,早于月初就在公路两旁露天待命的第9集团军(总司令张治中)87师(王敬久部)和88师(孙元良部)连夜进入市区,87师推到江湾新市区日租界北外侧,88师也迅速开抵北站布防。集团军司令张治中的计划是以88师围攻闸北日海军司令部,87师进取大公纱厂;两师迅速扫清日军据点后封锁海口阻击敌后援部队登陆。8月14日10时中国空军以其有限的资源对汇山码头、日海军司令部以及公大纱厂等日军据点实施轰炸,是日夜87、88两师开始攻击(虽然历史将淞沪之战称为813,实际真正开战是814,之前只应视为小规模的冲突),15日拂晓第9集团军全线发动总攻。


国军进攻汇山码头实况图(点击可看大图)

然而事实证明国军的准备工作做得并不充分,无论对敌情了解或部队训练(尤其炮兵的训练)都远离理想,因而进攻一开始就立即受到日军顽强抵抗;国军15公厘的德国重炮对敌司令部周边的固久工事也束手无策(蒋先生于开战前曾叮嘱张治中:“倭营钢筋水泥之坚强,确如要塞,十五生的重榴炮与五百磅之炸弹究能破毁否?希再研讨”。事实上参战的炮兵完全不懂得如何应用重炮近距直射敌工事),开战伊始就未获突袭效果和“先手”优势,敌我迅速形成胶着状态。接连3日国军士兵虽然一直保持高昂的为国成仁士气,向敌正面发动3次猛烈攻击,予敌重大杀伤,但实效的杀敌方法却基本上是单兵武器加血肉之躯。


日海军司令部经过多年的加固整修,在会战初期国军的克虏伯150毫米重炮亦无法彻底摧毁


在海军司令部天台负隅顽抗的日海军陆战队



(二)守势阶段

9月11日军委会委员长亲自披甲担任第3战区司令长官,第9集团军和15集团军逐渐退守浏河镇、罗店、蕴藻滨、江湾至上海北站一线,第8集团军(张发奎)防守杭州湾北岸。日军凭借优势采用以中间突破为轴心的全线进攻策略,但国军全线死守,寸土不让,以数倍牺牲的代价消耗日军,双方都打得异常惨烈艰苦,往往一个镇落据点反复易手十余次之多,致使日军中间突破的战术收不到迅速摧垮守军的效果(由于弹药消耗太大,日军甚至以弓箭浸蘸汽油点燃后向守军射发)。9月30日后,日军加强兵力向国军防守阵线压迫,左翼作战军(陈诚)逐渐退守蕴藻滨右岸、杨泾河西岸至浏河镇一线,此时国军防线整体已经变形:左翼作战军成为整个防线的中央,中央作战军却挤到了京沪铁路一带,而右翼作战军为加强中央部位已由原杭州湾北岸逐渐偏移至左翼军的右侧。日军继续不断向蕴藻滨方向猛攻,战区即将新调来的21集团军(廖磊部)增援;经十几天的战斗,左翼作战军防线被突破5公里。

战区顾忌日军突破大场威胁中央作战军的侧翼,便于10月19至21日组织了一次反攻。

反攻以15集团军(罗卓英)、19集团军(薛岳)、21集团军等单位为主力,以蕴藻滨方向为重心,但由于国军接连2月苦战,素质较好的老兵伤亡巨大,各单位之战力大大下降,反攻很快被日军各个击破,此后国军防线逐渐向西偏离上海市区,但上海方向的日军亦因伤亡损耗巨大,无力有效穿插突破歼灭国军。

日军从813以后至11初已在中国上海地区先后投入6个多师团,但仍不能象开战时所预期的那样迅速摧毁中国军队的战斗意志,至10月中旬就开始考虑在国军的战略侧翼杭州湾登陆,但因气候和水文条件等因素限制,登陆一直延至11月5日。中国守军在开战时即注意到杭州湾的重要意义,于8月中旬就令第8集团军湾的北岸,但随着战事的发展,第8集团军兼顾右翼作战军的任务,同时战区于9月中曾计划逐步退守吴福线等战略防线,杭州湾的防守一直未能得以加强。5日拂晓,日军近两个师团的兵力利用浓雾掩护从金山卫一带登陆,迅速击溃沿岸守军,于8日基本控制杭州湾北岸。日军登陆成功后迅速调整指挥系统,编成了“华中方面军”由松井石根大将统一指挥,此时日军在上海及周边地区的兵力已加强到10个师团(其中两个是由华北调来)。


日军杭州湾登陆态势图(点击可看大图)


1937年11月5日于杭州湾北部登陆的日军后继部队


1937年11月5日日军在金山卫登陆,从而淞沪地区国军态势急转恶化。薛岳将军时任19集团军总司令,当夜薛岳正在集团军司令部(位于安亭)和泗江口断后的67师师长黄维(当时黄隶第15集团军罗卓英之18军罗卓英兼军长所属)通电话,但双方通话时刻均同时遭到日军攻击,通话中断。薛将军急令特务营抵抗,同时率司令部人员撤退。途中又遭受日军袭击,薛岳之坐车司机、副官和卫士均被日军射杀,薛岳此时正感冒发烧,只身跳入路边河中,凭借自己广东佬之泅渡技术,游过河沟幸免于难。深夜薛岳将军爬上对岸后,又乏又冻,加之重疾高烧,几度神智模糊,幸得14师(时14师师长陈烈,隶54军霍揆彰,当日夜霍揆彰军长随14师转移)路过,霍军长急脱去身上大衣为薛将军换上,并护送后方,薛岳将军才死里逃生。此为两人事后合影。
 

由于右后侧翼已被日军迂回,在上海战场坚持了3个月苦战的国军开始向吴福线方向溃退,第9、19集团军所属部队于10日沿京沪线两侧撤退时遭到日机日夜轰炸,部队联络中断乱成一团,幸好15和21集团军在浏河镇至嘉定的新泾河河西岸固守,战区主力才得以掩护后撤,掩护任务完成后两集团军后撤至太湖西南的孝丰、宁国一带。

日军除于淞沪正面向国军追击外,另约3个师团沿京杭国道西进,先后攻陷平湖镇和嘉兴,并向吴兴推进。国军第7军(周祖晃部)于吴兴阻击日寇,新抵战区的川军23集团军(刘湘部,约6个师,但抵达的约5个师)也立即开往广德策应。

第7军在吴兴阻击日第6师团主力6天后不支,退守孝丰宁国附近。23集团军在长兴广德一带掩护锡澄线后撤的国军,阻击追敌达十日之久,12月初退守宁国一带,淞沪会战至此结束。
 
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darth sidious

Banned Idiot
google translation


Forward background: Shanghai fights since 128 Shanghai, according to at that time 淞 the Shanghai ceasefire agreement, the Chinese army left stationed west of Yu An Ting, Taitsang such as the places, but the date side in Hongqiao, 杨树浦 (date foreign settlement) in had the marine 3000 extra people, the army may as necessary land. Shanghai at that time was China is biggest international trades together the harbor and the biggest industrial city, the foreign volume of trade several occupied national 3/5, also was China to the international influence biggest city. At present all sorts of materials indicate, as early as fights after 128 Shanghai, the national government in view of the fact that Shanghai's status, is fierce with Kyoto as well as to the date relations change, has sooner or later must the plan which makes war with Japan, therefore from 1934 on 拨用 the great sum of money time-consuming 3 years in Suzhou to as well as fine celebrates the Fushan town, Wuxi to Jiangyin periphery constructs " the Wu luck line ", " the tin clear line ", " for the first time praises strategic defensive fortification and so on county line (very obviously at that time the defense thought is receives Europe's one war later defense idea influence, Tries hard in Chinese establishment class Ma Qi Re, neat Feir to resemble firmly the long fortification), and makeed the management research in 1935 by the armed force to draw up Central China and the Beijing Shanghai and Hangzhou area defensive position plan. Is when is in charge of the Zhang Zhizhong even refined language which Beijing and Shanghai defends unloads the central military academy training director duty, wholly absorbed will be engaged in the later war the defensive preparation work. 128 Shanghai war later Shanghai namely will establish the security which the directly under military council directed always rolls, its specialist training actually all was the field operation street fighting and so on regular combat content. Pre-combat background: After in 1937 7.7 emergencies, the date armed force after seizes puts down the Tianjin area date armed force partial main force along evenly pacifies the line to the beginning of August in observes, pacifies the area with the 2nd war zone national troops army fierce combat, another part (approximately 4 divisions) along the even Chinese, south the Tianjin water's edge two alignment attack. Lugouqiao event previous on second, Jiang once urgent telegram Shanghai garrison headquarters: The attention has the emergency, strengthens the guard in secret... 7.7 later in view of the fact that the Japanese invaders will be rapid in the North China area progress, the military council namely will plan in Shanghai opens the second battlefield. Presently through on hand the material analysis, the author thinks its main strategic intention (according to priority arrangement): 1. indicates the Sino-Japanese War is determined by the seeing and hearing, arouses the international value, the sympathy and the support using the Shanghai status; 2. uses dates armed force temporarily does not want in this local motion by " offensive " 痛击 the crazy dwarf; 3. in view of the fact that the Shanghai and Hangzhou area direction, the deployment, the military supplies as well as 军事地理 the condition is bigger than the shortcoming advantage to the Chinese army combat. The Japanese government's strategic goal is imaginary turns the Chinese war closes the windows and doors oppressively abandons " the personal dispute " partial, gradually nibbles to China takes it; But Japanese military young guard then obstinately flaunts take China these four and so on the poor country as the target, establishes the prominent armed force meritorious for the oneself 愚劣 the morality moral character; But the cabinet and the military all temporarily does not want to open the excessively many battlefields. Makes war the front situation chart (clicks worthy of looking at big chart) the war passes through (1) attack stage on August 11th 21 o'clock in receives the telephone order which advances after Shanghai, is earlier on the 9th group army which open-air awaits orders both sides the road (Commander-in-Chief Zhang Zhizhong) 87 teachers (king respects long) than the beginning of the month and 88 teachers (grandson Yuan good) on successive nights enters the urban district, 87 teachers advance north the river bay new urban district date foreign settlement the flank, 88 teachers also rapidly arrive at the north station deploy troops for defense. The group army Commander Zhang Zhizhong's plan is besieges the Zhabei date naval headquarters by 88 teachers, 87 teachers enterprising grand dukes cotton mill; After two teachers rapidly sweep clean the Japan armed force foothold block the seaport block the enemy backing army land. On August 14th 10 o'clock Chinese air force to collects date armed force foothold implementation bombing and so on mountain wharf, date naval headquarters as well as male big cotton mill by its limited resources, is day and night 87, 882 teachers starts to attack (although history 淞 war the Shanghai will be called 813, actually truly will make war is 814, before will only be supposed to regard as small scale conflict), on 15th before dawn the 9th group army entire line will start the general attack. The national troops attacks collects the mountain wharf live chart (clicks worthy of looking at big chart) however the fact proves national troops's preparation work does certainly is not certainly full, regardless of to the enemy intelligence understands or the operational training (especially artillery's training) all is far away the ideal, thus attacks as soon as starts on immediately to receive the Japan armed force stubborn resistance; The national troops 15 male thousandths of a Yuan German heavy artillery also were at a loss to the enemy headquarters peripheral firmly long fortification (Mr. Jiang to make war front once urge Zhang Zhizhong: " The dwarf camp reinforced concrete is strong, the true like fort, 15 fresh heavy pomegranates artillery investigate with 500 pounds bombs can broke down otherwise? Hopes deliberates again ". In fact enters a war the artillery completely does not understand how applies the heavy artillery short-range perpendicular incidence enemy fortification), makes war the beginning not attains the surprise attack effect and " offensive " the superiority, the enemy I rapidly forms the rubber condition. One after another on 3rd national troops soldier although continuously maintains soaring is the country dies for a righteous cause the morale, directly starts 3 times of violent attacks to the enemy, gives the enemy significantly kills, but the actual effect kills the enemy the method actually basically is the individual weapon adds the flesh and blood. The date naval headquarters passes through the many years reinforcement renovation, in engages in a decisive battle the initial period national troops 克虏伯 150 millimeter heavy artillery also is unable thoroughly to destroy the date marine (2) defensive stage which resists stubbornly in naval headquarters Tientai on September 11th military council chairman personally 披甲 holds the post of the 3rd theater commander, the 9th group army and 15 group armies gradually retreat the Liuhe River town, Luo Dian, 蕴 the algae shore, the river bay to Shanghai north station one, the 8th group army (sends Kui) defends north shore Hangzhou bay. The date armed force relies on the superiority uses take 中间突破 as the axle center entire line attack strategy, but the national troops entire line clings to tenaciously, the small patch of land does not let, by the several fold sacrifice price consumption date armed force, both sides both hits exceptionally frigidly is difficult, often one town falls the foothold repeatedly changes hands ten extra is next many, causes the Japan armed force 中间突破 tactic to receive rapidly does not demolish the garrison troops the effect (because ammunition consumption is too big, date armed force even soaks after arrow dips gasoline lights shoots to garrison troops sends). In September 30 in the future, the date armed force will strengthen the military strength defends the battleline oppression to the national troops, the left wing combat armed force (Chen is honest) gradually retreats 蕴 the algae shore 右岸, the poplar Jinghe River West bank to Liuhe River town one, this time the national troops defense line whole already distorted: The left wing combat armed force becomes the entire defense line the central committee, the central operational armed force actually crowded area the Beijing to Shanghai railroad, but the right wing combat armed force for strengthened the central spot has gradually displaced by original Hangzhou bay north shore to left wing armed force's right flank. The date armed force continuously fiercely attacks to 蕴 the algae shore direction, the war zone soon newly moves 21 group armies (the Liao rock pile department) reenforces; After ten several day-long fights, the left wing combat armed force defense line is broken through 5 kilometers. The war zone attends to the death anniversary armed force breaks through the big field threat central combat armed force the flank, was advantageous for organizes in October 19 to 21st one time to counter-attack. Counter-attacks take 15 group armies (the Luo outstanding England), 19 group armies (Artemisia stelleriana mountain), unit and so on 21 group armies as the main force, take 蕴 the algae shore direction as the center of gravity, but because national troops one after another in February struggles hard, the quality better veteran casualties is huge, war strength various units greatly drops, counter-attacks one by one is very quickly defeated by the date armed force, hereafter the national troops defense line gradually deviates to the west the Shanghai urban district, but the Shanghai direction date armed force because the casualties loss is also huge, the incapable effective alternation breakthrough annihilates the national troops. The date armed force from 813 successively will later have put more than 6 divisions to the beginning of 11 in the Chinese Shanghai area, but still will not be able likely to make war when will anticipate such rapidly will destroy the Chinese army the fighting will, will start to middle of October to consider will land in national troops's strategic flank Hangzhou bay, but because of factor limit and so on the climate and hydrology condition, will land continuously delays until in November on 5th. The Chinese garrison troops in makes war when namely pays attention Hangzhou bay the vital significance, to middle of August 就令 8th group army bay north shore, but along with the war development, the 8th group army gives dual attention to the right wing combat armed force the duty, simultaneously the war zone once planned in September gradually retreats strategic defense line and so on Wu Fu Xian, Hangzhou bay defends not can be able to strengthen. On 5th before dawn, the date armed force nearly two divisions' military strength use thick fog shields land from the Jinshan health area, rapidly routs the coast garrison troops, basically controls north shore Hangzhou bay on 8th. The date armed force lands the successful after split-cycle control command system, formed " the Central China front army " unifies the direction by the loose well stone root senior general, this date and time armed force had strengthened in Shanghai and the peripheral locality military strength to 10 divisions (two is moves by North China). Date armed force Hangzhou bay landed the situation chart (clicks worthy of looking at big chart) on November 5th, 1937 the date armed force successor army which landed north Hangzhou bay in November, 1937 5 daily the armed force lands in the Jinshan health, thus 淞 Shanghai area national troops situation 急转 worsening. When General Xue Yue any 19 group armies commander-in-chief, that very night the Artemisia stelleriana mountain army group headquarters (was locating peaceful pavilion) 67 teachers division commanders which broke after the Si River Jiangkou the yellow dimension (yellow Magistrate 15th group army Commander Luo outstanding English 18 armed forces Luo Zhuo Britain concurrently is at that time respective) makes the telephone, but the bilateral telephone conversation time all simultaneously encountered the Japan armed force attacks, telephone conversation severance. General Xue anxious command 特务营 resistance, simultaneously leads the headquarters personnel to retreat. On the way again suffers the Japan armed force attacks, seat vehicle driver, the adjutant and the bodyguard the Artemisia stelleriana mountain is all shot by the date armed force kills, the Artemisia stelleriana mountain this time the cold has a fever, solitarily plunges into the roadside 河中, relies on the oneself Guangdong man swims across the technology, swims 河沟 escapes by luck Yu Nan. Late at night General Xue Yue climbs up after the shore, also is deficient freezes again, adds the grave illness high fever, several intelligences are fuzzy, 幸得 14 teachers (when 14 teachers Division Commander Chen dies for a just cause, Magistrate 54 armed forces Huo Kui 彰, when day and night Commander Huo Kui Zhang shifts along with 14 teachers) passed by, Commander Huo anxiously takes off on the body 大衣 exchanges for General Xue, and escorts rear area, General Xue Yue only then dies inside escapes. After this is two human affairs the group photo. Because the right after flank has been been circuitous by the date armed force, persisted in the Shanghai battlefield 3 months struggled hard the national troops started to the Wu luck line direction to retreat, 9th, 19 group armies subordinate units retreated along the Beijing to Shanghai line two sides when encounter Japan on 10th machine day and night bomb, the army contacted severs in great confusion, luckily 15 and 21 group armies defended stubbornly in the Liuhe River town to Jiading's new Jinghe River West Bank, after the war zone main force only then could shield removes, after shields the duty completes the latter two group armies removes to Tai Lake southwest the filial piety abundant, rather area the country. The date armed force besides pursues to 淞 the Shanghai frontage to the national troops, 另约 3 divisions along Beijing Hangzhou federal highway west bound, successively captures Pinghu the town and Jiaxing, and advances to Wuching. The national troops 7th armed force (week ancestor shakes) to the Wuching blockade Japanese invaders, newly arrives the war zone Sichuan rhubarb 23 group armies (Liu Hunan, approximately 6 teachers, but arrives at approximately 5 teachers) also immediately leaves for Guangde coordinates. The 7th armed force after the Wuching blockade date 6th division main force 6 days, does not draw back 守孝 in the neighborhood of the abundant rather country. 23 group armies after long are popular area Guangde shield the national troops which the tin clear line removes, the blockade pursues the enemy reaches the tenth long time, at the beginning of December retreats rather area the country, 淞 Shanghai engages in a decisive battle to this conclusion.

gives you a rough idea
 

patriot

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Your casualty number is a bit exaggerated for the Japanese. It's actually about 20000 killed and 80000 wounded. The number of Chinese casualty is about 600000 men. It's a shameful battle in Chinese history all due to one man-Chiang Kai-Shek. He give out the order for Chinese troops to retreating but while they were retreating, he ordered them to go back in guarding Shanghai. So, everything become chaotic and the Japanese started to attack.
 
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