Introduction: The Battle of Songhu, the first encounter between Chinese and Japanese tanks. During the Second World War, all kinds of forces in China had unbearable regularization and large-scale all-round foreign struggle. Although the Japanese army did not have a decent mechanized tank force in the world, in fact, neither the New Fourth Army nor the national army of China could effectively and fatally attack the Japanese army in the decisive battle at that time.

1937 The "8. 13" incident broke out, and the battle between Shanghai and Songsong started. This is the first modernization movement in Asian history. Due to the limitation of urban buildings and the mechanical problems of tanks themselves, tanks play a limited role. In the battle of Songhu, Chinese and Japanese tanks met for the first time, but these battles did not have much impact on the battle results. The tanks of both sides belong to the infantry phalanx to cover the infantry charge.

Of course, these limited tanks are also of certain significance to the deployment of the campaign. China National Government used 400,000 troops in this battle. Lieutenant General Zhang Fakui commanded the 8th and 10 armies on the right side of the front (including Pudong and Chuansha), General Zhu Shaoliang commanded the 5th and 17 armies in the center of the front, and Chen Cheng's 15 and 19 armies were arranged on the left side (including Baoshan). These elite parts of China's army are all trained by German officers and equipped with advanced German equipment, which can be called "the essence of the national army". Against it is the Japanese 10 Army, including the 5th and 6th divisions transferred from North China, the 18 and 1 4 divisions transferred from Northeast China, the12nd Reserve Infantry Brigade transferred from Japan, a chariot wing and three independent light tank brigades. By the end of the same year,165438+1October 7, nine divisions of the Japanese North China Army had all arrived in the Shanghai Theater under the escort of the 3rd and 4th special mixed fleets of the Japanese Navy (including the flagship Izumo of the 3rd fleet). At this time, the Japanese army assembled 300,000 officers and men, 200 tanks, 200 fighter planes and a huge fleet in the local area.

August 2009 19, China armored forces participated in the war for the first time. According to the memory of the combatant at that time (the Minister of Operations of the 9th Army Command), the armored forces dispatched two chariot companies (tanks weighing 7 tons) and a battalion of anti-aircraft guns, belonging to the 87th Division (commander Wang Jingjiu), to attack Yangshupu block. This is the first photo to reveal the fully mechanized troops that have just arrived in China, showing heavy tanks, motorcycle teams and tank soldiers moving. China's tank troops are named after animals in the traditional Chinese zodiac of China, such as tigers and dragons, which is superstitious in China. Zodiac animals are painted on the tank. These photos were taken in Hunan Province in central China, where the famous Changsha Battle started. Hunan has the best road network in the country and is the best rice producing area in the country. Although the Japanese launched several offensives in an attempt to invade the whole of Hunan to the south, only a small piece of land at the northern end of the province was occupied by the Japanese.

Although the Americans didn't explain it, from the photos, it should be a Vickers B tank. According to relevant historical data, in 1934, the national army purchased 20 tanks from Britain (16 B tanks, and the other four were equipped with a radio communication device named MK.F). In the early morning of the same day, the tanks attacked with the 87th Division, but due to the lack of infantry cooperation, all the tanks were destroyed and two company commanders were killed. 20, the newly transferred 36th division (teacher Song Xilian) took part in the attack. In the early morning of the same day, a team of light tanks participated in the attack of the 36th Division on Huishan Wharf. According to the data, these tanks were being repaired in the factory and temporarily pulled out to participate in the battle. Due to the lack of infantry cooperation, all these tanks were destroyed

2 1 in the early morning, the 36th Division attacked Huishan Wharf again and once attacked Huangpu River. However, after dawn, Japanese warships began heavy shelling and Japanese planes began air strikes. The troops attacking the dock were forced to retreat, and all the tanks of the first and second tanks of the chariot were destroyed. In the area less than 10 square kilometer of Nanjing Road, after three months of hard street fighting, China's 65,438+million elite troops and more than half of its tanks were consumed in the "Oriental Verdun" meat grinder, and the Japanese army lost about 60,000 people.