Street fighting has always been the most cruel and bloody. Fighting in a small and fragmented space means that the probability of close firefights and hand-to-hand combat between the two sides increases significantly, making it even more dangerous.
During street fighting, the field of vision of both sides is limited. No one knows whether an enemy has already arrived when they turn the corner or break into a yard, which increases the risk of uncertainty.
Jiangqiao Town is not a city, but the large residential complex makes street fighting feasible. In addition, it has been bombarded by Japanese aircraft and artillery, and the town has become more complicated. For the defenders, street fighting is their best option.
choose.
Yang Ling and the others were not fighting purely on the street, because they were not fighting street by street, but relying on these huge residential buildings to deal with the Japanese and engage in guerrilla warfare, mainly to kill and injure the effective forces of the Japanese soldiers to achieve the goal of guarding the Jiangqiao.
The landlord's compound where Yang Ling and the others were hiding was one of the few large courtyards in the town that had three entrances and three entrances. It was close to the front street of the town. The reason they chose this place was because the walls were high and thick. Even if the Japanese knew they were hiding inside, they would be immediately besieged.
It's also difficult to break in.
The front and back doors of the compound had been blocked with debris. Yang Ling and his seven guerrilla groups were guarding houses near the street to facilitate the first wave of attacks.
Lieutenant Yoshino, the leader of the Japanese squadron, followed the two tanks into the town with more than a hundred Japanese soldiers. Due to the bombing, the streets were piled with collapsed walls and rubble, making it a mess.
The two Japanese chariots advanced more than ten meters and then fell asleep. Because there were ruins everywhere and the road was gone, the tanks had to stop in place to cover the Japanese infantry.
Under the officer's gesture, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers climbed up the ruins in battle formation, holding rifles in hand, and headed towards the town to search.
The town was quiet, except for the broken and mottled walls and the blown-up wood. There were ruins and rubble everywhere.
There are still some corpses of Japanese soldiers lying in the ruins. They are the Japanese soldiers who were killed in the attack on the town last night. Apart from these dead people, this place is strange and weird.
The Japanese soldiers' boots made a clanging sound on the rubble. They looked around on guard, but apart from ruins and ruins, not a single Chinese defender was found.
Two Japanese soldiers squatted on the ground. One of the sergeants pointed to the half-covered house in front of a Japanese soldier and motioned for him to go in and search.
The Japanese soldier nodded in understanding, and under the cover of other Japanese soldiers, he sneaked close to the wall and under the window of the house, took a grenade and threw it through the window.
With a bang, broken rubble and smoke spurted out from the window. The Japanese soldiers under the window ignored the rubble that hit their helmets and rushed in with their guns raised.
But nothing was found, nothing but an empty house. The other Japanese soldiers covering the area were also very confused. Where were the Chinese defenders?
The Japanese soldiers walked out of the house with rifles in hand, shaking their heads at the covering Japanese soldiers to signal safety.
But as soon as he took a step, he suddenly saw several black holes in the wall of a house across the street, and there seemed to be figures moving around.
The Japanese soldiers opened their mouths, trying to alert the other Japanese soldiers on the street, but with the sound of a gunshot, bullets flew into the Japanese soldiers' long mouths, pulling a large amount of flesh and blood out of the back of their necks.
A flash of bright red appeared on the wall.
The Japanese soldier's body swayed, and then he fell straight into the rubble, splashing a large amount of dust.
Bang bang bang——
A series of gunshots rang out, and the attacks came from all directions, including bullets fired from the roof of the house in front, as well as bullets fired from the windows on both sides and from the holes in the wall. It was like a rain of bullets, and the Japanese in the ruins seemed to be frightened.
Some of the rabbits were lying down on the spot, and some were hurriedly looking for bunkers to hide.
The Japs reacted quickly. More than a dozen Japs were knocked over by this round of attacks, and several more were holding their wounds and wailing in the rubble.
With a clatter, the bullet casing happily jumped out of the gun barrel and splashed onto the rubble at his feet. Yang Ling pulled the gun bolt with a calm expression and stood on the starting line with another bullet.
Yang Ling glanced at the Japanese soldier with an injured thigh. He was crawling in pain behind a broken carriage, trying to hide his body.
boom!
Flames spurted out from the muzzle, and faint smoke floated up. The bullets rotated at high speed and penetrated into the Japs' chests, splashing a cloud of blood mist. The Japs soldiers who were struggling to move struggled for a while but stopped moving.
"Over there! Over there!" A Japanese squad leader roared angrily when he saw the window with the muzzle of his gun sticking out. More than 20 Japanese soldiers raised their 38 rifles at the window.
"Hurry up!" Yang Ling rolled backwards, yelled, and ran straight to the door.
The window edge behind him was crackled by bullets, and wood chips were flying everywhere. Old Wang, who was so frightened that he wanted to throw a grenade, trembled, grabbed the grenade and ran out of the house.
Boom! As soon as they ran out of the house, two consecutive grenades were already smoking and rolling in through the window. The whole house was filled with rocks and rubble, and smoke and dust arose from the air waves.
More than a hundred Japanese soldiers reacted within seconds of the gunfire. They immediately lay down to find cover and then immediately began to fight back. The reaction speed of the Japanese soldiers made several guerrilla groups suffer.
They originally thought of firing a few more shots before retreating, but the Japanese's fierce counterattack had already arrived. Two defenders lying on the roof were hit by the Japanese and rolled down the eaves, carrying a lot of rubble with them.
It fell down.
One of them did not die immediately. Two Japanese soldiers rushed towards him and stabbed him randomly with bayonets. He was stabbed to death on the spot.
"You're still spanking, retreat quickly!" Liu Yidao led the soldiers of the guerrilla group who were about to fight again, but Liu Yidao cursed and took the lead in getting into the hole in the rear and entering another courtyard.
When the Japanese soldiers saw the guerrilla group evacuating, they immediately stuck to them like brown candy. The Japanese soldiers' marksmanship was accurate. Several Chinese soldiers who were unable to dodge were shot and fell to the ground. The rest wanted to go back to save them, but the Japanese soldiers were already chasing them.
Had to endure the pain and run away.
After Yang Ling and the others evacuated the house, they did not leave the small courtyard. Instead, they immediately lay down on the steps of the gate opposite the courtyard, with their guns pointed at the gate.
With a bang, a Japanese grenade blasted a hole in the door. Before the smoke cleared, a Japanese soldier with a rifle in his hand rushed in through the hole.
Snap!
This Japanese soldier was unlucky and immediately became a target. At least five bullets hit his body. He rushed forward a few steps with inertia, and then fell down in the yard.
When the Japanese who followed him saw that the one in front was beaten to death, they immediately retracted their heads and shouted to the back: "The Chinese army is inside!"
The Japanese second lieutenant immediately shouted: "The first detachment will encircle them on the left! The second detachment will encircle them on the right! Surround them!"
When I heard the chirping screams of the Japanese soldiers outside, I knew without guessing that their frontal attack was frustrated and they wanted to outflank them.
"You two take cover while the others go up to the attic!" Yang Ling ordered and climbed up to the attic first.
From the attic, you can see that the entire town is filled with smoke, and the rest of the guerrilla groups are already at war with the Japanese.
Yang Ling turned to the left. Outside the high wall, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were jumping and moving quickly among the ruins, trying to get around behind them.
He raised his gun, aimed at a Japanese soldier with a flag on his gun, pulled the trigger, and with a snap, the Japanese soldier fell to the ground.
The remaining Japanese soldiers had limited vision and did not know where the attack came from. They immediately sought cover and watched helplessly as the Japanese soldier who was hit was wailing on the ground and did not dare to show his head.