"Yo Xi, just fight like this, flatten all the houses in front of you, let all the Chinese people go to hell, hahaha!"
At a corner of a street, Captain Takeda Shuito, commander of the 47th Regiment of the 11th Brigade of the 6th Division, stood behind an infantry gun, staring at the row of houses more than a thousand meters in front of him and making loud noises.
Shouted.
After receiving the support of six infantry guns and four rapid-fire guns, he made up his mind to level the defenders in front by advancing step by step.
The fact was as he expected. After implementing this method, the advantage of the Chinese defenders in light weapons was completely lost. Under the cover of artillery fire, the infantry slowly advanced forward with the help of the cover of buildings, leaving the defenders on the opposite side helpless and had to
Use blind fire with machine gun fire to block streets.
Although this has some effect, the consumption of ammunition is huge. According to Takeda Shuren's estimation, in just three hours, the opponent fired at least 50,000 or 60,000 rounds of ammunition. Such a consumption is not to mention ammunition.
The Chinese garrison was in short supply, and even the Imperial Japanese Army, which had smooth supply channels, could not afford it.
At this time, the chief of staff came to report: "Your Majesty, Colonel, our infantry has advanced to a distance of 500 meters from the China position. Do you want to order the infantry to attack?"
Takeda sighed for a moment, shook his head and said: "No, the Chinese people's light firepower is too strong. Now let the infantry forcefully charge, the loss will be too great. Our regiment has lost hundreds of soldiers today. You must know these loyal and brave soldiers."
They are all precious assets of the empire, and we have no right to let them die in vain."
"Yo Xi, His Excellency Colonel is really a good commander who cares about the soldiers."
The Chief of Staff very "emotionally" praised the "merciful" heart of the Wing Commander, although he knew very well that this was just a gesture made because the Wing Captain was afraid of being criticized by his superiors due to too many casualties, and his path to promotion would be cut off.
.
But as the deputy to the captain, he also has his own pursuits. In the army, he has always been a carrot and a pit. As his boss, Takeda Shuito, if he cannot be promoted for a long time, then he, as Takeda Shuito's deputy, will have no choice but to
Stay where you are.
But as soon as Takeda Jiren is promoted, the seat will naturally become vacant, and his opportunity will naturally come.
Takeda nodded reservedly and ordered: "You, order the artillerymen not to be stingy with shells, and must level the Chinese position. After giving way, let the infantry charge, and must annihilate all the current Chinese defenders!"
"
"Hai!"
The chief of staff bowed his head and ran out...
Just as Takeda ordered the artillery to blast the Chinese garrison positions ahead with infantry artillery, a muffled sound like thunder suddenly came from the sky, followed by a low scream.
"Bang...boom..."
A strong explosion sounded on the street next door to Takeda. Takeda only felt the rice under his feet shaking violently, and then in front of his eyes, a bungalow slowly collapsed, killing more than a dozen Japanese soldiers.
Soldiers were buried in the rubble.
Seeing such a scene, Mr. Takeda felt a tightness in his chest. The house that had just collapsed contained two of his 37-mm rapid-fire cannons. Now, even the people and the cannons were buried.
Takeda's expression suddenly became dull, and he murmured: "Heavy artillery... China's heavy artillery!"
During this period, countries around the world had different definitions of heavy artillery. In European countries, only those artillery with a caliber above 150 mm could be called heavy artillery or large-caliber artillery, and those with a caliber below 105 mm could be called heavy artillery.
Those with a caliber between 105 and 150 can only be called light artillery, while those with a caliber between 105 and 150 are called medium artillery.
However, in the resource-poor island nation of Japan, all artillery with a caliber above 105 mm is called heavy artillery.
Just by listening to the sound of the flying artillery shell, Takeda knew that it was definitely an artillery piece with a caliber above 1.05 mm, so he shouted out in panic.
"Whoosh..."
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Not long after the first shell fell, two more shells landed about fifty meters in front of Takeda. Although these two shells did not cause any casualties, they still surprised Takeda.
"Baga, the Chinese have more than one heavy artillery!"
"Quick, order the infantry to take cover immediately! Move the artillery fire immediately!"
Takeda Shuren is indeed an experienced mid-level officer. After being stunned for less than a few seconds, he immediately thought that these three shells were just test firings by the Chinese artillery. After they completed the test firing, they were greeted by
It must be a blow like a storm!
"Quick, quick, move the artillery fire quickly, and the infantry will stay in hiding!" Takeda shouted crazily, and while shouting, he took the lead and ran back. Judging from the explosion point just now, this place has become the target of the Chinese artillery.
, if you don’t leave, you will have to wait to die in vain.
Under the threat of death, Takeda Shuto no longer cared about the demeanor of an officer. He ran hard with short legs and long strides. As for capturing the opponent's position, getting promoted and making a fortune, he had completely forgotten about it at this moment.
back.
Takeda's premonition was correct. When he ran less than a hundred, a more rapid and sharp whistling sound came from the sky, and a series of earth-shaking explosions also followed behind him.
Rings.
"Boom boom boom..."
Continuous explosions engulfed the entire street in thick smoke. The power of the explosion was so huge that it covered the entire street.
When Takeda stopped his escape and looked back, he discovered that the busy artillery position behind him had turned into rubble, and thick black smoke was rising into the air. There were hundreds of busy artillerymen.
There was no trace either.
"Artillery position, my artillery position!"
Takeda looked ahead blankly, muttering something he didn't know.
It took him a long time to come back to his senses and murmured: "This is not a 105 mountain cannon. Judging from the ballistics and explosive power of the shell just now, this should be a 120-caliber mortar. Why, how can the Chinese people be like this?"
Large-caliber artillery?”
The painful Takeda people couldn't understand how the Nanjing defenders had such large-caliber mortars. This was too unscientific.
"Bang, bang... bang, bang..."
Artillery shells continued to fall on the Japanese artillery position just now. They had fired three rounds of artillery shells, but there was still no sign of stopping. They were still hitting the area one after another, as if they were going to smash through the earth.
Takeda knew that under such a fierce bombardment, the fate of his six infantry cannons and four rapid-fire cannons was doomed. The most important thing now was how to withdraw an infantry brigade that was still stranded in the front.
He has already lost ten artillery pieces. If he leaves a whole brigade here, he may not even be able to keep his position as company captain, not to mention being promoted.
At the same time, on the opposite side of the Chinese position, soldiers were lying in hidden corners, looking ahead with wide eyes, excitement flashing in their eyes.
Next to Su Rui, Wang Dashan looked at the Japanese artillery positions billowing with smoke in the distance and said happily: "Haha, Ge, I have been suppressed and beaten by Japanese artillery for so long, and it is finally my turn to show off my power!
"
Accidentally, another Sichuan dialect word came out of Wang Dashan's mouth.
But Su Rui's expression was not as optimistic as his. He pointed to the building five hundred meters ahead and said: "It's not that simple. Don't forget, there is at least one brigade of Japanese troops in front of you? Don't you?
If they wiped out dozens of our brothers today, will their deaths and injuries be in vain?"
Wang Dashan looked at the place five hundred meters ahead, frowned and said: "Sir, those Japanese are too scattered, it is not convenient for our artillery fire to blast them? And it consumes too many artillery shells, we still...
"
"If you can't bomb, bomb anyway!" Su Rui interrupted him and said through gritted teeth: "As long as we can kill those idiots, it's worth spending any amount of artillery shells! Wang Dashan, call the artillery company immediately and give the order
His artillery fire began to move back and began to clear the buildings five hundred meters in front of us!"
There was a hint of murderous intent in Suri's voice. The casualties of dozens of soldiers from the third company and the Japanese army's crazy killing of civilians had filled him with anger. Today was the first day. The Japanese were so rampant. If
If you don't teach the Japanese a harsh lesson and build confidence in your defenders, how can you defend Nanjing in the future?
"Boom boom boom..."
Following Suri's order, bursts of artillery fire began to move back, covering the Japanese hiding place five hundred meters ahead. This time, it was not only 120-caliber artillery, but also 80-caliber mortars.
Ended the battle!
For a moment, the Japanese starting position in front of the third company position was filled with flames and deafening explosions...
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