War is inhumane. If you don’t want to be like the Germans and fight to the death with the Japanese room by room, then you have to use a more efficient way to eliminate the Japanese.
What Angel wants to do is to maximize the Allied forces' advantages in weapons and equipment and use artillery shells to destroy the Japanese instead of consuming the precious lives of soldiers.
As for whether civilians will die during the entire process, no one really cares.
Compared with the Russian battlefield at the same time, the East Asian battlefield has just begun.
Many people, including the media in southern Africa, have focused on the defense of Moscow and the ongoing Battle of Volgograd, while few people have paid attention to St. Petersburg, which has been besieged for nearly a year.
After the Russo-German War broke out, the Germans advanced 320 kilometers in four days, and the Battle of St. Petersburg broke out immediately.
After the initial defeat, the Germans surrounded St. Petersburg. Mustache publicly declared: We must not be merciful (to the Russians) and make every Russian tremble with fear - we do not need Russia, nor do we need a hostile Russia.
, and we don’t need friendly Russia, we only need a piece of eastern land. So we will never accept the surrender of either Petersburg or Moscow. You must turn them into nothingness, turn into dust, and let them disappear from the earth.
In order to destroy the will of the defenders, the Germans used various methods to attack St. Petersburg, even using torpedoes to bomb.
From January to February at the beginning of this year, about 10,000 civilians died every day in St. Petersburg from German bombings.
A greater threat to the defenders than German bombing was the severe shortage of food. During the coldest period last winter, St. Petersburg residents only had about 150 grams of bread per person per day. These breads were made from burnt flour, edible fiber, sawdust and even
Made of edible chemical powder.
After eating all the pets, rats, and birds in the city, cannibalism was inevitable in St. Petersburg. In order to stop this behavior, Zhukov specially formed a special division.
In St. Petersburg, about 500,000 people are buried in the largest cemetery.
What is desperate is that even in this situation, the St. Petersburg defenders still did not give in. They insisted on fighting the Germans and never surrendered. Women and children also participated in the defense of the city. German bombs could destroy the entire city.
But it could not destroy the indomitable fighting spirit of the defenders and residents.
In order to reinforce St. Petersburg, the Russians also tried every means.
It was summer when the war broke out, and St. Petersburg did not formulate any retreat plan. It was not until winter came that the Ladoga Bay lake was frozen, cars could pass, and the transfer of personnel and materials began to become active.
This passage is very dangerous and is often bombed by German troops. If the ice cracks, the car will sink to the bottom of the lake.
The Russians suffered heavy losses and the road was also known as the "Road of Death."
Even so, the Russians decided to fight to the end until victory.
Compared with the attention received by the Russian battlefield, Saigon received obviously insufficient attention. Except for the French, no one cared about how the Allied forces recaptured Saigon.
On August 21, the Allied attack on Saigon officially began. Within about six hours, the Allied artillery fired about 100,000 artillery shells into downtown Saigon.
After the shelling stopped, the armored troops belonging to the Australian 5th Division, with the cooperation of infantry, launched a tentative attack on this area.
In fact, there is no need to be so cautious. There is no need to test at all. The area that was bombarded has been flattened and there is not a single complete building in sight. The tanks of the Fifth Division were unable to move forward soon after setting off because there was no road ahead.
, there are only huge craters one after another, extending all the way to the Saigon River.
In this case, it is impossible for any Japanese troops to survive.
In southern Africa, only artillery with a caliber of 120 mm or above is considered heavy artillery.
The lethality of a shell fired by a 120-caliber artillery can cover more than half of a football field. Saigon was not very large at this time. There were only more than 10,000 buildings in the entire attack area. On average, ten shells were fired per building.
There was no way anyone had survived, not even a body.
"No living thing can survive this level of attack. I can guarantee that there is not even a mosquito in this area now -" Major Peng Yue, the commander of the armored force, had a painful expression. The smell of the air made Peng Yue unbearable, so Peng Yue found him.
Wearing a mask had no effect at all, so Peng Yue simply put on a gas mask.
"Should we continue to move forward?" Infantry company commander Lieutenant Fox asked Peng Yue from behind the tank.
"We cannot move forward unless the engineers pave the way for us -" Peng Yue kept his mission in mind and was just probing the attack.
clang--
A bullet flew from nowhere and hit the bulletproof plate next to Peng Yue. It was a Japanese sniper.
Peng Yue cursed angrily, retracted the turret and closed the hatch cover directly.
In movies, infantrymen often climb onto tanks, open hatches and throw grenades into the tank, killing the tank crew in the turret.
This is actually an artistic exaggeration. The hatch of the tank can be closed from the inside, but it is difficult to open it from the outside.
At least soldiers without tools would not be able to open the hatch cover with their bare hands.
The Japanese are indeed very good at learning. After fighting with the southern African army for so long, the Japanese have also learned a lot. Many Japanese veterans have good shooting skills. They can compete with the precision shooters in southern Africa, but the number is much smaller.
This is not because the Japanese are reluctant to use bullets in training, but with the wear and tear of the war, the number of veterans is getting smaller and smaller. There are many defenders in Saigon who are new recruits who have just joined the army.
This is one of the reasons why Yamashita Fengwen wanted to fight the Allies in Saigon.
The new recruits were used to defend the city and make ends meet. Not only could the solid fortifications be able to withstand the bombardment of large-caliber artillery shells, they would at least give the defenders a psychological sense of security.
When fighting in the field and directly facing the numerous artillery pieces of the Allies, there was no need for a tank attack. After being directly bombarded by artillery for half an hour, the troops collapsed.
"To be able to survive such intensive bombing, the Japanese have more vitality than cockroaches -" Peng Yue ordered the troops to retreat, not in a hurry.
The Germans have been fighting against St. Petersburg for more than a year, and the offensive and defensive battles are still ongoing.
Saigon has just begun, don’t be in a hurry.
In the evening, the Allied forces broadcast to Saigon as usual, announcing tomorrow's artillery bombardment area and informing people in the area to evacuate as soon as possible.
Peng Yue sat on a bamboo chair, holding hot coffee in his hand. The mutton on the oven in front of him was sizzling with oil. The sheep were sent from southern Africa. Although Australia is also a big sheep-producing country, Peng Yue
I feel that Southern African mutton tastes significantly better.
Peng Yue is an Australian. He immigrated to Australia with his family after World War I. After graduating from high school, he studied at the Nyasaland Army Academy and became a professional military officer.
"This kind of notification has no effect. The Japanese will not let the civilians leave. They will drag the civilians to bury them with them." Fox drank black tea, which came from India.
"How long do you think the Japanese can hold out?" Peng Yue did not discuss this issue. His greatest hope was to end the fighting in French Indochina as soon as possible and continue to advance north.
Further north in Indochina——
This is also the wish of all Chinese soldiers within the Allied Forces.
"If I were Japanese, I wouldn't be able to hold on for even a minute -" Fox sprinkled salt on the mutton and muttered that without cumin, the roasted mutton would lose its soul.
Peng Yue didn't care, it would be nice to have roast mutton to eat in a battlefield, at least he wouldn't have to eat unpalatable luncheon meat.
"That's because you haven't experienced the pain of being Japanese." Peng Yue used scissors to cut off the burned parts, and it tasted extremely delicious.
Broken English suddenly came from the radio, which probably meant that there were about 5,000 civilians, including 1,000 whites, in the area where Allied artillery would bombard tomorrow.
"When we reach Tokyo, we'd better use this attack method." Fox's face was expressionless. These are all debts that the Japanese will have to pay back sooner or later.
Peng Yue didn't say anything. The little devil was too despicable. It would be more appropriate to apply the mustache's attitude towards St. Petersburg to the Japanese.
The Allied forces were not affected by the Japanese, and at nine o'clock the next morning, they launched an artillery bombardment on the notified area on time.
The intensity of the shelling was about the same as yesterday, with periods of fighting and pauses, and the artillery and artillery had to rest.
Peng Yue and Fox had already arrived at the starting position and were preparing to launch a tentative attack after the bombardment stopped.
Probably because yesterday's shelling caused too much damage to the Japanese, the main Japanese troops in the shelling area withdrew early, leaving only some security forces.
When the shelling first started, some civilians rushed out of the shelling area and ran towards the starting position where Peng Yue and Fox were located.
Soon these people were knocked down from behind.
Peng Yue and Fox were silent at the same time. This must be a Japanese shooting, and the Japanese want to drag the Saigon people to die together.
Several fighter jets passed over the starting position, followed closely by a large number of bombers. The Allies had gained air superiority over Saigon a month ago, and the bombers could come and go freely even without fighter escort.
Farther away, near the entrance to the sea, there are Allied destroyers cruising. No matter which ship is trying to leave Saigon, it will be sunk. After the Battle of Guam, the Japanese Combined Fleet has disappeared from the Southeast Asian waters and retreated directly to the Sea of Japan.
"Major Peng Yue, your mission today is no longer a probing attack. After occupying the enemy's position, organize a defense on the spot and be careful of Japanese snipers." The latest order came from the earphones, and Peng Yue's spirits were high.
That's right, you have to give the Japanese a chance to fight back so that they can have a chance to eliminate more Japanese.
The shelling stopped in the afternoon. After eating and drinking, the Allied officers and soldiers set out to continue towards the Saigon River.
Saigon in August is in the rainy season, and the road conditions are extremely bad. It rains every day. There was already a lot of water in the crater yesterday, and the mud kicked up by the shells turned the entire position into a big mud pit.
There are also shells in the mud pit that did not explode due to various reasons. These shells have been equipped with fuzes and are in an extremely unstable state and may explode at any time.
The troops were not advancing very fast, and some tanks had blades like bulldozers installed in front of them to smooth the roads at any time.
Bah——
The vitality of the Japanese is indeed very tenacious, and there are still Japanese soldiers hiding in the ruins and firing cold shots at the Allied forces.
boom--
Peng Yue did not let go of any doubts and fired repeatedly at all possible locations where Japanese shooters could be hiding.
Casualties also occurred.
Fox was shot by a Japanese soldier. Fortunately, the shot was not a vital part. The 38-meter rifle had strong penetrating power but was not very powerful. The bullet passed through Fox's shoulder. He could return to the battlefield after a few months' rest.
Tata-ta-
The machine gun on the tank was also firing, but the effect was not very good. We had no idea where the Japanese were hiding, so it could only serve as a deterrent.
A civilian crawled out of a ruined building next to the road, still bleeding, and asked for help from the Allied soldiers hiding behind the tank.
"Go back, go back to where you were, don't come out-"
Several soldiers reminded at the same time that they were available in various languages.
Some people quietly raised their guns, suspecting that they were Japanese soldiers in disguise.
The Japanese once disguised themselves as civilians and approached Allied officers and soldiers to launch a surprise attack. These were life lessons learned.
"Please, help me -" The injured civilian was a white man. One of his legs was blown off and his abdomen was bleeding. An injury of this level must be sent to a field hospital for treatment.
Being in a battlefield, even if the southern African army has relatively complete medical resources, they are definitely limited.
There are some unspoken rules that have become common practice. The military will not use precious medical resources on civilians.
Even if this civilian is white.
"Stay there, don't talk, save your strength -" the medical soldier with the red cross armband on his arm warned loudly, not daring to expose his body.
Bah——
The Japanese sniper fired again, and this time he was finally discovered by Peng Yue.
A cunning Japanese sniper was hiding in the attic of a house. The house did not completely collapse. The messy environment gave the sniper the best protection.
Peng Yue adjusted the turret and fired directly at it, completely destroying the only standing wall.
A dozen soldiers gathered around, first greeted him with a bunch of grenades, and then dragged the dying sniper out of the rubble. A soldier picked up the butt of his rifle and hit the sniper on the head with the butt of his rifle.
The sniper groaned in pain and his face was covered with blood. A sergeant major took out his pistol and shot three times in the head of the Japanese sniper. The surrounding soldiers had indifferent expressions, no joy, and no mercy.
War drives people crazy.
As the soldiers took action, medics rushed over to injured civilians to check on their injuries.
The situation was very bad. The broken thigh was actually not fatal. What was really fatal was the wound on the abdomen.
The conditions of the medical soldiers were limited and they were unable to check the injuries on the abdomen. First, a dose of analgesic injection could at least help the wounded relieve their pain.
The wounded man showed no reaction and his breathing gradually became weak.
The medical soldier gave up resuscitation and knelt beside the body for a long time without standing up.
At this time, it started to rain again, and the big raindrops turned from pattering to heavy rain in ten seconds. The blood on the ground was carried away by the rain and flowed into the nearby bomb crater, like a river of blood.
