..73 of China's 180 divisions--and the best one-third--over 400,000 men,were thrown in,and all but wiped out.The conflict here consumed virtually all of China's nascent air force(which Chiang so treasured that he had not sent a single plane to the northern front),and the main warships.It significantly weakened the military force Chiang had been painstakingly building up since the early 1930s...
77 years ago,China 1937
Jung Chang on Shanghai:
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Herbert Bix on Shanghai:
..Chiang decided to abandon the north and by shifting the war to the lower Yangtze River region,starting at Shanghai,possibly involve the foreign powers in defense of their citizens living in China's largest and most international city...
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Thank you for the earlier close-up of the Nambu on a tripod!
Regarding pitman's comment, I believe the weapon is a Type 92 70mm infantry gun, also called a Battalion gun.It is said to have been the most common Japanese artillery piece of the war. According to a site concerned with the Aussie 42nd Battalions (http://au.geocities.com/thefortysecondi ... upport.htm), the Type 92 was issued at the usual rate of two per Infantry Battalion, though this could be doubled for specific units... It benefited from a relatively long range, though it was also deployed at much closer ranges. By firing at a higher elevation, it was possible to engage targets just 100 metres distant. This also meant the shells impacted at a much steeper angle, more akin to a mortar than a gun. Another view of the gun in action may be seen here:
http://www.galleries.hkvca.ca/photogall ... fantry.JPG
P.S. -- I also recall reading the Japanese also had an AP round for this gun...
Regarding pitman's comment, I believe the weapon is a Type 92 70mm infantry gun, also called a Battalion gun.It is said to have been the most common Japanese artillery piece of the war. According to a site concerned with the Aussie 42nd Battalions (http://au.geocities.com/thefortysecondi ... upport.htm), the Type 92 was issued at the usual rate of two per Infantry Battalion, though this could be doubled for specific units... It benefited from a relatively long range, though it was also deployed at much closer ranges. By firing at a higher elevation, it was possible to engage targets just 100 metres distant. This also meant the shells impacted at a much steeper angle, more akin to a mortar than a gun. Another view of the gun in action may be seen here:
http://www.galleries.hkvca.ca/photogall ... fantry.JPG
P.S. -- I also recall reading the Japanese also had an AP round for this gun...