"Leng Feng, what do you think I will choose?" Tang Dao, who had been looking into the distance, suddenly asked in a deep voice.
In the distance, there has just been an explosion.
In order to expand the access to the city, an engineer platoon following the Third Battalion buried nearly 200 kilograms of explosives under a city wall!
However, in order to ensure a wider passage for the infantry, the engineers did not use the almost crazy blasting method of placing two hundred kilograms of explosives in the same area. Of course, it could send a nearly twenty-meter-long city wall into the sky, and even
Use a shower of stones to hit the Japanese position not far from the city wall. If it doesn't kill you, it will kill you.
However, compared to this result, Leng Feng was more inclined to ensure a channel for his infantry to attack.
The road must not be narrow anymore!
So, it is a directional blasting divided into 3 positions!
An eighty-meter-wide section of the city wall completely collapsed, completely exposing the Japanese defensive position illuminated by flares to the sight of the two commanders.
The Japanese army's position was perfectly deployed. In the darkness, sparks from machine guns and rifle shots were flickering. The Chinese soldiers, suppressed by Japanese firepower, fought back behind the ruins. The light and heavy machine guns of both sides fired at each other, creating a formation in the night sky.
A series of extremely magnificent crimson phantoms.
In the final darkness before dawn, for ordinary people, this is undoubtedly an unforgettable spectacle, but for two soldiers who have experienced countless cruel battlefields, they know very well that every phantom disappears
Behind the scenes, perhaps the flower of life is withering.
Whether it is Chinese soldiers or Japanese invaders!
War has nothing to do with beauty, but can only be cruel!
"I don't know!" Leng Feng shook his head in pain.
He had no choice, but he was in pain because he could see the medical soldiers frantically carrying off the wounded soldiers from the front line. At this moment, there were already more than ten, and this had not officially entered the offensive stage. The last time they fought against Bihe
In the battle, we defended against the attack of a Japanese infantry brigade, and we had never suffered so many casualties in the early stages.
Sure enough, offensive battles are much harder to fight than defensive battles.
"In this war, China is facing a powerful enemy that it has never encountered in thousands of years. Regardless of national strength or industrial capabilities, China is at a disadvantage. It is almost impossible to win the final victory.
But fortunately, we have a vast territory and a huge population. This is the only opportunity for China to reverse its course.
That's right, not being afraid of death and sacrifice! This is China's only chance to win this war.
This sacrifice is necessary not only for my generation of soldiers, but also for all Chinese people. In order for our descendants to continue to live on this land, the sacrifice is necessary." Tang Dao's tone was firm and cold.
Leng Feng felt a shudder. He already roughly knew his regimental commander's final choice.
"Leng Feng, do you know that as the top commander on the front line, every second of hesitation you make will lead to an increase in the number of casualties among your subordinates.
Moreover, the Japanese invaders in the city may have already approached the residential areas. Every minute of delay will lead to the worst outcome we expected in advance. By that time, when you see rows of white-haired old ladies and wailing women,
When the baby is crying, do you still have the courage to order your brothers to shoot? If you don't want or dare not make sacrifices, then you will face more sacrifices." Tang Dao still didn't look at his capable subordinate.
His eyes were filled with red that was constantly flying in the night sky.
"What's more, do you think that with the precautions taken by the Japanese army against our people, they will be allowed to continue to stay around their positions and spy on them?
How could they have thought that one day, their firepower would be no match for the Chinese army, which they looked down upon? They built defensive positions with residential buildings and streets. They probably wanted to kill a large number of infantry but never thought that the opponents they encountered would
There must be cannons!" Tang Dao's eyes suddenly became a little fierce: "I think you, the highest commander in the South Gate direction, should know what you should do!"
The commanders of the three infantry battalions under Tang Dao's command were Lei Xiong, the regimental deputy and commander of the first battalion, bold and enthusiastic, Guo Shouzhi, the second battalion commander, who was persistent and calm, and Leng Feng, the commander of the third battalion, who was fierce and firm.
It seems that among the three infantry battalion commanders, Leng Feng is the coldest one, and the one who can best make effective decisions when faced with such difficult decisions.
But in fact, Leng Feng is a typical example of being cold-faced and hot-hearted. In the Battle of the Golden Pit, he did not hesitate to expose the position of the entire company for stones. Zhengzhou was attacked by the Japanese. His individual combat power was actually far weaker than that of two Japanese ninjutsu masters.
, but he still guarded the box door and refused to step back, guarding the woman he liked almost with his life.
The coldness on his face is to cover up the pain in his heart, but the coldness in his heart is actually only for one kind of people - Japanese invaders!
It is almost impossible for such a person to make such an almost cruel decision in a short period of time.
But the south gate position is very special. Mingxin's "making a living" by walking around the streets and alleys of Licheng this week is not just for food and accommodation. Except for the heavily guarded arsenal area of the Japanese army, she has never had the opportunity to visit the Japanese military camp in Licheng.
He was very familiar with the situation in the residential area, and the information had already reached Tang Dao.
During the night combat meeting of the Fourth Army Regiment in the latent area last night, except for Lei Xiong who had already gone to the blocking position, the two infantry battalion commanders each understood the situation in the area where they were about to fight.
In the South Gate area, the residents of private houses that had been requisitioned by the Japanese army as camps were naturally driven away.
In fact, before the Japanese army arrived, one-third of the original residents of Licheng County had already fled. Those who remained either had no place to go or were lucky enough to think that the Japanese army would not do anything to them.
The entire Licheng County has a population of only 6,000 at most. As the Japanese army vigorously promoted the so-called "China-Japan Friendship" and did not do anything evil in the city, more than 1,000 people returned to the county, which only had a population of 7,000.
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There is a street leading from the south gate to the center of the city, which is also the commercial center of the entire Licheng County. Businessmen such as rice shops, grain shops, wine shops, cloth shops, restaurants, etc. are basically concentrated on this street.
Businessmen are indeed different from ordinary people. Money is even more important to them than life. When the Japanese came, civilians ran away more, but many businessmen still chose to stick to it.
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Although the Japanese army also had free food, they did not burn, kill, and loot like the legend. The bottom line of the people was dropped so quickly. In the past half month, many shops were even open for business.
To put it bluntly, as the most prosperous area in Licheng County, there are naturally no Chinese on the Japanese positions in the South Gate area, but the surrounding residential buildings have not been driven away, and there are still many businessmen. Once the artillery fire is fired, there will definitely be
There was an accidental injury.
If after the war, Leng Feng saw the corpses of his compatriots lying in the wild under his own orders, it would definitely be a huge blow to him, and it might become his lifelong demon, just like when he saw his youngest brother die in the
It's the same as before my eyes.
To this day, he still has the bayonet used by his younger brother under his pillow. Without that knife, he cannot sleep no matter how deep the night is.
Tang Dao can't watch Leng Feng put another shackle on him!
That's why he came to the South Gate in person to supervise the battle.
Sure enough, when Leng Feng couldn't make a choice, Tang Dao helped him make a decision.
But with the development of the Four Lines Regiment and the changes in the war situation, Tang Dao cannot stand behind him every time. Leng Feng, who has become a battalion-level commander and may even take a higher position, must learn to make choices.
As Tang Dao said, for the victory of the nation, no one can be sacrificed, including himself.
In every war, what is won is not only victory, but also sacrifice, but also learning and growth.
Soldiers become elite soldiers in all battles. Commanders learn to dare to take on more responsibilities, even if they are deeply ashamed of themselves.
After one general's success, thousands of bones withered, Tang Dao was forced to learn to be ruthless and cruel, and so did his subordinates.
"Order that the officers and soldiers in the city wall area withdraw from the city wall in batches, leaving an infantry platoon to contain the Japanese firepower and cover the engineer platoon as they approach the battlefield; the infantry platoon at the city gate retreats into the city gate after receiving the order, and no rash advance is allowed before the military order arrives.
The 1st telegraph gun company used all 82 soldiers to cooperate with our battalion's machine gun company to cover the Japanese frontline positions with artillery fire for ten minutes after our battalion sent out the signal flare.
At the same time, the 2nd Telegraph Artillery Company, because the Japanese army has a fortress and our battalion needs firepower reinforcements, request them to support four rapid-fire guns and four infantry guns!"
Leng Feng lowered his head and pondered for more than ten seconds, then raised his head resolutely and issued the order.
Three minutes later, watching groups of soldiers retreating from the city wall area to 300 meters away, looking for bunkers to hide, Leng Feng looked at Tang Dao with cold eyes, and finally couldn't help but said: "Tuanzuo, I'm sorry, this area
There may still be many people from Licheng in the area, and I still want to try again..."
"Haha, very good, Leng Feng, you did better than I thought. If you had just requested the 1st artillery company to use a 150-weight mortar or a 75-weight mountain gun, then it would be great for you to become a regimental commander in the future. If you
If you have been under the command of me, Mr. Tang!" Tang Dao, who had looked cold just now, had a smile on his face.
On such a cruel battlefield, sacrifice is the most common situation. If you feel deeply guilty when you see a little bit of your own blood, then you'd better not shout the slogan of defending your home and country and go home.
But if you do it for the sake of tactical victory and don't care about the lives of your own civilians, then you are as cold-blooded as a butcher.
Just like the Garden Mouth of the Yellow River in time and space, yes, after the levee was blasted, the raging Yellow River water turned a small half of Henan Province into a state of Zeguo, hindering the march of the Japanese mechanized troops. Zhengzhou was saved, and the slow-moving Japanese troops were forced to
Having to take a detour, the battle around Jiangxia, an important town in central China, gained valuable time, which was considered a victory from a strategic perspective.
However, the price paid by the people of Henan Province was that as many as 890,000 people were buried in the belly of fish, millions of people became victims of the disaster, and their bones stretched thousands of miles away.
The losses were so great that they even exceeded the Japanese invaders' rampage in Jinling. Tang Dao would not agree with such a chilling strategic victory.
Of course, Tang Dao also knew very clearly that this was the reason why he could only become a soldier and not a politician, no matter in his past or present life.
There is no warmth on the battlefield, but that does not mean that one loses his humanity.
Leng Feng's choice is very good.
The accuracy of the 150-heavy mortar and the 75-weight mountain gun is much lower than that of the 82-pound mortar, which can fire 500 meters away from the battlefield. A slight difference can blow up residential areas into a white field.
And he used the engineer platoon again, and Tang Dao vaguely guessed his next strategy.
This time, he no longer needed infantry to attack the passage. He wanted to use another method to give the Japanese some color.
In addition to the 60-meter gap, the tall city wall at the south gate is more than 500 meters long, and the platoon of Bai Sheng's engineer company can carry a full 800 kilograms of explosives this time. That was the last time they blew up the Yellow River Iron Bridge.
The rest of the time.
In order to ensure that the Yellow River Iron Bridge completely disappears on the Yellow River, the First Theater Command specially approved a full 4,000 kilograms of explosives, which was considered to have completely wiped out the bottom line.
And since Tang Dao has exchanged some of the captured weapons for the New Eighth Division Engineer Company, these remaining explosives will naturally be accepted with a smile. Tang Dao is not a philanthropist. There is no reason to spit out what he swallowed.
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Therefore, the engineer platoon went into battle again and "crazy" buried 400 kilograms of explosives under a complete city wall less than 20 meters away from the Japanese defensive position!
That was 400 kilograms of explosives. When Tang Dao participated in the Battle of the Four Elements, he only buried hundreds of kilograms in a building and blew up the whole building.
This section of the city wall is only 4 meters high and 3 meters wide, which is nothing compared to a building made of reinforced concrete.
With a loud "boom", the not-so-majestic 20-meter city wall was directly blown into the sky.
Thick smoke enveloped the entire city wall area.
In other words, darkness has shrouded the city wall area.
Because, from that moment on, there was neither a flaming phantom nor a flare.
All the Chinese soldiers on the position, including Tang Tuanzuo and Leng Feng, all made one move, curled up and buried their heads on the position.
The broken stones even traveled through a space of three hundred meters and hit the helmet.
As for the jingling sound, it doesn't exist.
Because everyone's eardrums were buzzing from this huge explosion, no sound could be heard at all. Even if someone roared in their ears, it was as low as a mosquito.
And this was after everyone was told to plug their ears with cotton.
If there is no blockage, and the distance is only a few dozen meters, the possibility of becoming deaf is estimated to be more than 80%.
It took nearly a minute before Leng Feng ordered the grenade launcher to approach the area near the city wall and fire a flare.
Then, the Chinese soldiers who looked up and looked ahead collectively took a breath of cold air.
The scene of concentrated blasting with 400 kilograms of explosives is much scarier than the previous use of 200 kilograms to open a road.
The city wall, which was originally three to four meters high, has become a ruin. The highest part is only waist-high ruins.
Dozens of tons of masonry were blown away, and the pit where the explosives were buried was diagonally inward along the base of the city wall. It was a typical directional blasting. Sixty to seventy percent of the masonry that was blown away was
Fly towards the county seat within the city wall, especially the Japanese position which is only thirty or forty meters away from the city wall.
Compared with cannonballs that can pierce the soul in one shot, the lethality of rocks flying into residential areas is much lower. Leng Feng finally chose this slightly gentle attack method on his own people.
But for the Japanese army, it was really violent.
A few minutes ago, as there were fewer and fewer Chinese on the city wall and the firepower became weaker and weaker, Lieutenant Nakaki Yamashita, who was responsible for leading more than 160 soldiers to garrison the south gate, was feeling a little excited.
With the qualifications to repel the Chinese army, he may be stable as the temporary infantry squadron leader, instead of assuming the position of acting squadron leader because Captain Tanaka was accidentally injured.
He was very satisfied with the outcome of the battle just now, although his subordinates suffered considerable losses in the fierce exchange of fire in the past few minutes. According to reports, more than a dozen people were killed on the spot and more than twenty people were injured.
This group of Chinese who came to attack was obviously different from the Chinese troops he had encountered before. Not only did they have a large number of artillery, but they also had a large amount of continuous firepower. However, a small force of dozens of people was actually more powerful than the Chinese army in the past.
An infantry company in the army is much more powerful. If it weren't for the two heavy machine guns in the squadron, the infantry squadron in the fortifications would not even be able to raise its head.
But, so what if it's strong? With this level of shooting, the Chinese can't overcome it. But if he wants to charge into the position, he has 160 infantry, 6 light machine guns, 2 heavy machine guns, and complete fortifications. He can definitely do it.
Let the Chinese pay more than ten times the price.
This cannot be said to be Lieutenant Nakaki Yamashita's blind confidence. In the past, an infantry brigade surrounded by the 921 Division relied on civil fortifications that took a day to build and resisted for a whole day without being completely wiped out. The lack of artillery resulted in insufficient attack capabilities.
The 921st Division paid a battle loss that made the two commanders extremely heartbroken years later.
But this time, Lieutenant Nakaki Yamashita really thought too much. The opponents he faced, let alone the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, just talked about the equipment. I dare not say it at the division level, but they easily beat all the Japanese Army regiment levels during this period.
The infantry sequence is still no problem.
The huge explosion made by 400 kilograms of explosives shook Sakira Nakatama who had just escaped. The ugly face looking towards the south gate turned as white as if it had just been powdered.
Snow white.
As a center-left officer, Nakatama Sakira knew what it was. What else could it be besides blasting? It couldn't be that the Chinese lit up big firecrackers to entertain themselves!
The direction of the south gate is not good. Brothers from Lucheng, come quickly! If you don't come, you can only collect the bodies of 1,000 imperial colleagues. Qi Liangchutama once again ordered the signal corps to send a rescue telegram to Lucheng, even if he knew such a similar rescue telegram
Just posted it a few minutes ago.
"Good boy, you have moved the Sihang Warehouse here again!" Heizi, who was still busy arranging his fighting position in Wang's mansion, couldn't help but sigh.
He had seen with his own eyes how Tang Dao blew up a building.
"Captain! Don't sigh. I want to hear your story, but we have to wait until we die!" Shen Laoliu over there had a grimace.
Before the big explosion, the gunshots rang out in the city were getting closer and closer, and the Japanese were coming soon.
Although it was an honor for the entire regiment to line up to salute and see him off after he died in battle, Shen Laoliu really didn't want to just lie down like that. He wanted to brag to his children and grandchildren in the future! What's the point of just watching them burn paper, light incense and pour wine in the ground?
Thing, is that thing edible or not?
Too far away...
It's all because Lao Liu has too much inner drama.
After all, that is how people feel hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters away!
For the Japanese troops who were close to Chi Chi's South Gate defensive position, especially the Japanese troops who were closest to the front-line position, including a certain Japanese lieutenant who had to plant trees at the foot of the mountain, it was really not a loud noise, but
It's an explosion.
Deafness in both ears was no longer enough to describe how they felt at this time. At least half of the Japanese soldiers had two thin traces of blood streaming from their ears, indicating that their eardrums had been shattered.
Even if they are lucky enough to survive, they will live in a silent world from now on.
In short, they can apply for a disability certificate from this moment on, the third level one!
(Japanese: Who are you looking down on? When did we have level 3? If you want to come, let’s go to level S!)
(Feng Yue: I am superficial!)
But this was the first wave of consequences caused by the explosion.
The city wall that flies to the sky will fall down!
Even if it's the goddess's loose flower style...
This chapter has been completed!