The moment Zhou Dapeng stopped the plane, he collapsed on the plane seat. He was carried out of the plane.
A bullet penetrated the cockpit and hit his thigh. The excessive blood loss filled the entire cockpit with a strong smell of blood, and almost killed him. The only good thing was that although the bullet penetrated his thigh
A hole as thick as a thumb was left in his muscle, but it miraculously avoided the femoral artery, preventing him from fainting and dying in the air due to massive blood loss.
People are almost dead, and airplanes are even worse.
After an inspection afterwards, it was found that his plane was hit by more than 150 bullets, some of which belonged to the Japanese 7.7mm machine gun bullets, some of which belonged to the 6.5mm machine gun bullets, and some of which had bullet marks left by the 20mm machine gun. Even the engine of his plane was turned on at Hengyu
During the test, the cylinder exploded completely without even turning on the afterburner.
In Hengyu's words, it is a miracle that such an aircraft can still fly back to the ground.
War is a place where sadness and miracles are born. Behind every victory, there is huge sacrifice.
The people can cheer for victory, but soldiers can only silently put away the tears in their eyes and continue walking along the path that their comrades have walked. Because the invaders are still there, and they still need to continue fighting until they die like their comrades.
, or, final victory.
This is the fate of soldiers.
In the thick darkness, thousands of officers and soldiers from the Independence Regiment and the Guard Regiment, led by Liu Lang, Tang Yongming and others, took off their hats and saluted their fallen comrades lying in the thick flames.
This is a tribute from a comrade-in-arms and a farewell to a comrade-in-arms.
The military orders for the sacrificed officers and soldiers have been completed. They can return to the Martyrs Cemetery in Guangyuan and wait for the news of the victory of their comrades. However, the living people must rush to the cruel battlefield within the specified time. There are still a group of comrades in danger there.
Waiting for them, even if they have never met.
The soldiers lined up, took one last look at the still-burning fire, and left resolutely. The bones of their comrades would naturally be taken care of by people from the logistics department of the two regiments, so they didn't need to worry about this.
Qiang Sanwa didn't cry this time, and left closely behind the platoon leader who had just been promoted from platoon deputy. The new platoon leader was also Qiang Sanwa's old squad leader. He was a veteran in his thirties who had been in the army for more than six or seven years. He patted her with some pity.
He clapped the youngest soldier on the shoulder: "I just asked the battalion commander. You can stay with the baggage company and collect the platoon leader's ashes. Then you can follow them over here."
"No! If my brother finds out, he will definitely scold me. This time, I will definitely kill a Japanese with my own hands to avenge my brother and my parents." The recruit, who had buried his head in his arms since getting in the car, made a fuming sound.
answer.
"Well, if you have the guts, you can do it." The new second lieutenant sighed slightly, then sat down and stopped talking.
On that young face full of hidden tears, a trace of strength quietly emerged. When the tears of a loved one are hidden from others, the once weak heart has already begun to become strong.
Death will only destroy the fighting spirit of the weak, but for one kind of person, it will plant the seeds of strength.
The convoy, after bidding farewell and making sacrifices, got back on the road.
The Jinshan Guards are still fighting bloody battles, and all the soldiers and civilians in Songjiang are also working hard all night long.
From the lieutenant general of the 43rd Army to the lowest-ranked private, everyone was involved in digging and building various fortifications.
The entire city wall that surrounds Songjiang City for more than ten miles, every 100 meters, will have a section hollowed out as a machine gun fire point fortification. At the same time, there is a long trench extending from the fortification to the alley, which is in the city.
When broken, they could retreat and continue to block the fortifications used by the Japanese army. In the entire city, all valuable building windows and corridors were filled with sandbag fortifications filled with soil. On the contrary, the spacious streets were not blocked by field fortifications.
During the blockade, the lieutenant general did not plan to engage in a decisive battle with the Japanese invaders in the city to conquer the land. Instead, he planned to use every house as a position, and even the living room and bedroom of every residence as a position.
The entire city is a huge position. Unless the Japanese army has the ability to wipe this city off the map, or kill all the Chinese soldiers hiding in countless positions in this city, otherwise the battle will not happen.
stop.
Even in order to prevent the building where the military headquarters is located from being destroyed by Japanese artillery fire and causing command failure, the army lieutenant general delegated most of the command power to the four infantry regiments. Each colonel commander has the right to shoot any colonel who dares to escape the battle.
There was a military order to retreat but was not given to the four infantry regiments. In other words, unless he personally ordered the retreat, anyone in the army who said to retreat would be disobeying the military order and would be punished with death.
Because, since arriving here and hearing that more than three Japanese divisions had landed at Jinshan Guard, the Army Lieutenant General had no intention of leaving alive.
He knew very well that he did not have the courage to fight to the death. He only had a mere 10,000 troops in his hand. Let alone resisting the reinforcements for three days, I am afraid that it would be enough to resist them for one day. Rather than being defeated by the Japanese invaders and fleeing, he would be beaten.
The firing squad at the headquarters left a notorious reputation for thousands of years. It would be better to fight to the death with the Japanese invaders here. Maybe we can survive for three days. Even if we don't resist for three days, if everyone dies in battle, we can still leave a good name for our relatives at home.
No need to be scolded by others.
Outside the city, a winding trench extending for more than ten kilometers from Cangcheng to the Huangpu River has been formed. More than 5,000 people are still building various anti-gun holes along the way. This is to prevent Japanese machine gun fire and various Japanese troops from attacking.
Used for artillery fire. A large number of infantry mines were buried in the wilderness by engineers. Many of them were simply buried with just a few shovels, and the metal projectiles were clearly visible.
Of course, even if you can see it, no one can take it lightly. What about more invisible things? Unless the Japanese engineers are patient enough to use mine detectors to eliminate them one by one, no one will dare to take a big step out of this wilderness.
Moving forward, with the disorganized infantry mines, not even the engineers themselves knew that the area was safe.
In order to prevent our own people from running into the minefields, red flags were planted in each minefield as a warning. However, when there was no war, the Chinese who participated in the fortification excavation knew where to stay and stayed away.
When artillery fire exploded on this land a day later, many red flags that had not had time to be pulled out had been blown away by the air waves.
The result is that there are mines wherever there are red flags, and there are mines where there are no red flags. Except for the Japanese who dare to follow the road crushed by their own tanks, any other road feels dangerous. This is after they have paid the least
A truth summed up after dozens of soldiers were disabled. The Chinese have turned this area into a super minefield.
Of course, although there are a lot of infantry mines in that building, they are needed not only here, but also for various defensive positions in the city. The Army Lieutenant General does not have the strength to cover the wilderness with a radius of several kilometers with mines. However, the military used it that day
After dozens of thighs were blown off, he could only grit his teeth and regard this place as a huge minefield. Even a ruthless man like Hisao Tani did not dare to say to his subordinates: The Chinese definitely do not have so many landmines.
, don’t be afraid, just stride over and it will be fine. If you get killed by the explosion, it can only be considered bad luck.
In that case, his position as division commander would probably not be secure. Those ordinary Japanese officers and soldiers could be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor in battle, but they would not commit suicide by walking into landmines with human flesh.
Dry.
There were only a thousand landmines roughly buried in the wilderness, but they played an unexpected role. They delayed the Japanese army for nearly four hours, which actually exceeded the time it took for the Qiangji Group to stop the Japanese army on the riverside. This is
Even the Army Lieutenant General didn't expect it.
At the same time, there were nearly 4,000 people on the riverside who had a simple dinner of two large steamed buns and a bowl of hot soup per person and continued to dig trenches along the riverside. That was where the Jiegu Group wanted to block the crossing of the river.
The position of the incoming Japanese army.
Jiangnan is a water town. If trenches are dug deeper than 1.8 meters, water will come out. But even if they are standing in knee-deep water, soldiers and civilians have to dig downwards desperately. Without digging deeper, the soldiers in the trenches will not be able to escape the sun.
Kou's huge artillery bombardment. Although the Huangpu River was shallow and the Japanese cruisers could not come over, the destroyers and gunboats were able to move forward unimpeded.
The destroyer's 127mm and 140mm naval guns are also extremely terrifying firearms, which will be the most terrifying test for the nearly 2,000 people of the 152nd Regiment.
Human potential is really huge. In the face of the threat to life, the Sichuan Army, which has always been a bit lazy, changed its usual laziness. In just one night, it dug two kilometers of nearly 2 kilometers in the wilderness 250 meters away from the shore.
There are field trenches. Each trench is 2 meters deep and 1.5 meters wide, and there are many anti-cannon holes. Not to mention that it can protect against heavy artillery over 100 mm, but it can still protect against 75 mm mountain artillery.
As for being hit by a 100mm or more heavy artillery, you can only consider yourself unlucky, because even the regiment headquarters located in the second-line trenches does not have that defense. If it is hit by a 100mm heavy artillery head-on, the regiment commander will also be hit by a 100mm heavy artillery.
Finished.
When the first ray of the morning sun shines on this land, countless soldiers and civilians sleep in wet and cold trenches with their clothes on. After working continuously for more than 20 hours, no matter how strong the iron man is, he has to take a rest.
The stagnant water in the trenches was diverted by the wise Sichuan army into the wide wilderness. At least, everyone did not have to sleep in the mud.
The somewhat turbid Huangpu River is covered with sparkling glow.
Xie Guji, who was very tired but not sleepy at all, stood in the trench, watching the Huangpu River flowing quietly and glowing with beautiful glow, and smoking silently.
Because he knew that the tranquility of the Huangpu River was about to be broken.
News has come from the military headquarters that at 5 a.m., the 62nd Division of the Hunan Army, which had held its position for more than 17 hours as prescribed, suffered heavy losses and was forced to withdraw from the battlefield. The main force of the Japanese army was gathering for landing with all its strength.
The distance of fifty kilometers can be reached by the Japanese army in no more than ten hours at most, and it is even more likely that forward troops with vehicle transport capacity can arrive within five hours.
Soon, the battle will begin.
Moreover, this was a fierce battle! It was beyond any fierce battle he had experienced in his more than ten years in the army.