In Songjiang City, final arrangements are still being made.
The more than 4,000 young men who helped dig various fortifications had no time to retreat. The Army Lieutenant General simply arranged them all into the city defense circle after asking their opinions. Each infantry regiment was assigned 1,000 people and stayed in the tunnels.
, because there were no extra guns, they were not equipped with guns. Instead, they served as a stretcher team and baggage team, helping to transport supplies and carry wounded soldiers.
In fact, they are the last source of troops prepared by the Lieutenant General of the Army. They have no weapons. If the soldiers of the 43rd Army die in battle, they will have weapons. This is what the Lieutenant General of the Army said clearly in front of them.
This is not to say that every young and strong man wants to defend his family and country and accept death as home. There are also those with weak temperaments who cry in despair when they hear that they can’t leave. But it’s really not the 43rd Army that doesn’t let them leave, but the Japanese reconnaissance.
The small team has been operating within a dozen miles around Songjiang. If they encounter them, they will almost certainly die.
If you can't leave, you can only fight. Although the men in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are gentle in temperament, they are still bloody at the moment of life and death. Most of them accepted the arrangement and became the final reserve of the 43rd Army.
The lieutenant general promised them that they would not be sent to the battlefield until the last moment.
Of course, the subtext is actually understood by everyone. At the last moment, you can get it even if you don’t want to. The Japanese devils who are red-eyed after the war will not stop killing you just because you say you are a common people. The Japanese Sixth Division is far away
The North China War was notorious for killing villages at every turn, and was frequently reported in newspapers.
Not only is the 43rd Army busy preparing for the upcoming battle, but the Special Operations Group of the Independent Regiment is also not idle.
Except for the four special forces who have been closely protecting Liu Xueyuan, the other special forces are all performing their own tasks, some outside the city and some inside the city.
Just like once, the water was inside the city, and it was alone.
There will be a famous scenic spot called Fangta Garden in the east of the ancient city wall of Songjiang in the future. In fact, the core scenic spot is the tall tower named Fangta in the garden. It was built in Xining of the Northern Song Dynasty. The tower during the Yuanyou period has survived.
For nearly a thousand years, the tower has a slender body, with a total of 9 floors and a height of 42.5 meters. The stairs inside the tower have long been damaged. It is impossible to reach the top floor without climbing from the outer wall.
But Zeng Shui, one of the strongest snipers of the independent group, chose the highest point in Songjiang City and entered this seemingly abandoned place with enough water and dry food for three days, as well as more than 500 rounds of bullets and 18 grenades.
In an ancient tower that will collapse under two bombardments.
According to him, here, he can kill all targets within a range of 650 meters that he can see. Although this statement seems to be a bit too much for Colonel Fu Bingxun, the commander of the 151st Regiment of the 43rd Army responsible for the defense of the east of the city.
, but he still ordered the soldiers to help move dozens of sandbags and transport them to the top of the tower to strengthen the defense on the seventh, eighth and ninth floors.
Maybe this young army lieutenant is bragging, but the rare courage of ordinary people to dare to climb a high tower that is difficult to retreat alone and act as a cold gunman is worthy of admiration. You must know that the Japanese army does not only have light and heavy machine guns to attack this high tower.
There is a threat to the tower, and they also have infantry cannons that can be aimed directly. As long as they can hit this ancient tower, the ancient tower that has experienced thousands of years of wind and rain will definitely collapse. The fate of the people inside can be imagined, not to mention being killed.
If you are killed by a cannonball, you will also fall to death from a height of 40 meters. If you dare to put yourself in such a death place, if you are not a madman, you will need superhuman courage.
Only Yu Xiancheng knew that his super sniper, who was promoted to a first-level military rank in the Battle of Niangziguan, was not bragging. On such a high-rise building with an excellent view, Zeng Shui, who had an extended barrel and a six-fold scope, would definitely
It has the strength to kill Japanese troops 600 meters away.
As for his safety, Yu Xiancheng is not too worried. Do you really think that the Japanese army can accurately shoot an infantry gun from 800 meters away to a range of several square meters? That thing also depends on luck! If it comes to approaching,
In terms of shelling, the Square Tower was originally located in the defensive circle in the east of the city. If the Japanese invaders could unscrupulously target the Square Tower with infantry artillery and bombard it, it meant that the east side of the city had fallen. Zeng Shui might have moved his position long before that, and the Square Tower Garden was not far away.
There is an entrance to the tunnel, which is enough space for the water to retreat and leave this place.
Niu Er, the captain of another special team, also took two special forces, Zhuang Er and Fan Tong, to find a place in the city to build their own sniper point. However, unlike Zeng Shui who chose to fight alone, the positions chosen by these three people were not only
He was able to snipe from a long distance and even strike with heavy firepower. Zhuang Er carried a "Hitler" chainsaw and 20 rounds of grenades alone, while Fan Tong even more exaggeratedly carried a Somi submachine gun and worked tirelessly to carry two bullets.
The box contains a total of 4,000 rounds of ammunition.
The room on the third floor of the Agricultural Bank of China vault they chose was located in the west of the city. The walls were already strong and thick enough to protect against 70mm infantry artillery and 37mm anti-aircraft artillery. However, the three were not satisfied and specially found more than 20 young people.
Strong, two more layers of sandbags were stacked around the windows in all rooms.
Seeing that Xie Guji, who is in charge of the defense in the west of the city, has put the regiment headquarters in the basement of the vault here, he is a little worried. These guys are using this place as a headquarters and a position! But fortunately, these three
Obviously they didn't intend to stay idle before the battle started. This was just one of the battle points they planned. After placing some supplies in the room they selected, they went to look for other battle locations in the west of the city.
As for Chen Yunfa, Mo Xiaomao, Cai Dadao, Shan Ying and others, some of their battlefields are in the south of the city, some in the north of the city, and some outside the city. Yu Xiancheng, who has no soldiers under his command, is not so much checking the battlefield selection of his soldiers.
In view of the situation, it is better to take this opportunity to inspect the defensive arrangements in the city.
As far as he knew, the 43rd Army had no experience in street fighting. Yu Xiancheng, who had been specially trained in street fighting by Liu Lang, explained some essentials of street fighting to the commander of the 43rd Army. After all, he still felt a little uneasy and wanted to see the 43rd Army.
How prepared are you?
However, Yu Xiancheng, who had been in the 19th Army, abided by the rules. Even if he saw something inappropriate, he did not give any advice to the 43rd Army soldiers on the spot. Instead, he went straight to the responsible company commander or battalion commander to explain the relationship. Generally,
Generally speaking, seeing that he had a slight Sichuan accent and had the rank of Army Colonel on his collar, the lieutenants, captains, or majors were more polite to him, and seeing that what he said made sense, they naturally obeyed him.
However, there are always exceptions.
Yu Xiancheng walked to the west of the city, right on Zhongshan Avenue. At least one platoon of infantry was busy building barricades. Dozens of soldiers were working feverishly carrying sandbags. They even built a circular fortification, which seemed to be intended to place heavy machine guns.
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Yu Xiancheng's brows immediately frowned deeply, and he strode forward to find the second lieutenant platoon leader with sweat dripping from his face: "Who asked you to build a barricade here?"
When asked by an army colonel-level officer, the second lieutenant platoon leader was stunned and did not answer.
"I, I asked them to repair it. Is there anything wrong with it?" A faint voice came from behind Yu Xiancheng.
When Yu Xiancheng heard the sound, he turned around and saw a colonel in front of him. The same dark blue cotton uniform was covered with mud dots. Who was Xie Guji, who had just withdrawn from the Huangpu River front line at midnight last night?
"Regiment seat!" the second lieutenant officer saluted quickly to Xie Guji.
"Hello, Captain Xie!" Yu Xiancheng took the initiative to give a military salute.
After staying in Sichuan Province for a long time, Yu Xiancheng has learned a lot about the habits of Sichuan people. They are bold, chivalrous and good-looking. Even in war, they are the same. They would rather die in battle than return home and make others laugh.
"Chief of Staff Yu has come to my younger brother's defense area. What advice can you give me?" As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face. Yu Xiancheng was so generous that Xie Guji was too embarrassed to hold it any longer. He also returned the military salute to Yu Xiancheng, which was a bit lukewarm.
He said nonchalantly.
Logically speaking, Xie Guji should be grateful to Yu Xiancheng. It was Yu Xiancheng who supported him with an infantry company with strong firepower. His 152nd Regiment was able to fight successfully in Songjiang, and he directly used four machine guns to kill two soldiers.
A Japanese gunboat, otherwise, the loss of its heavy machine gun firepower would be huge.
But gratitude is gratitude, but Xie Guji just doesn't like this young colonel. It's not because of anything else. He is the captain of the colonel, but he is already forty years old. However, Yu Xiancheng also holds the rank of colonel, but he is only in his thirties.
They have the same age and military rank, but are ten years apart in age, which makes me feel a little unhappy.
No one is perfect, and this is actually a normal psychology. The forty-year-old director originally thought that he was still a figure, but when I went to a meeting, I went and there was a thirty-year-old director. The psychological gap was a bit big.
, it becomes difficult to like the other person anymore.
Of course, if you meet Liu Lang, who is only in his twenties and has a higher military rank than him, Xie Guji's little jealousy will disappear. The reason is very simple. The two sides are not at the same level, and there is no comparison.
Than, he was also at the level of Army Lieutenant General to be jealous of Liu Tuanzuo’s youth.
Politeness is politeness, but Yu Xiancheng was and is an extremely pure soldier. He immediately went on to say: "Jie Tuanzuo, just forget about the built barricades. There is no need to spend manpower to dismantle them, but these built barricades
, you cannot send troops to garrison, especially you cannot deploy machine gun fire on the barricades!"
"What?" Xie Guji's face suddenly darkened and he snorted, "Can't we send troops to guard it?"
After a pause, Xie Guji said again: "You can't build up machine gun firepower yet? It's a joke. If you don't send troops or place machine guns, how can you stop the Japs? Just let the road open and let the Japs drive straight in? Then they won't rush directly to me soon.
The regiment headquarters?"
Yu Xiancheng said: "Get rid of the regiment and place the machine guns in the middle of the street. What will happen if the Japs send out tanks or flat-firing guns? Can these sandbags stop them?"
Xie Guji immediately fell silent upon hearing this.
In fact, Yu Xiancheng was still very considerate and did not add a sentence at the end: "I will kill you with one shot, including both men and guns."
After a while, Xie Guji groaned and said, "What does Chief of Staff Yu think we should do?"
Yu Xiancheng pointed to the houses on both sides of the street: "Street fighting, especially when the firepower is not dominant, we should try to avoid facing the enemy head-on. We need to build up side firepower as much as possible!"
"Flanking fire?"
Yu Xiancheng added: "When the firepower is not dominant, the defending side should strictly prohibit the construction of direct firepower points. Although direct firepower has a wide field of view and a good range of fire, it is also easily destroyed by the attacker's direct firepower! Side firepower
Although the range of fire is not as good as the frontal firepower point, it is better at being concealed and can very effectively avoid the enemy's direct firepower!"
After a pause, Yu Xiancheng continued: "Once a tight side fire is built up on both sides, cross fire can be formed without blind spots. Even if the attacker has tanks and absolutely superior artillery, it will be difficult to move forward! And this,
This is also the main reason why our 9th Army did not capture the Japanese Navy Headquarters at the beginning of the battle."
In the first stage of the Battle of Songhu, General Zhang led the five elite divisions of the Ninth Army. They not only had a large number of defensive tanks and artillery, but also tanks to assist in the battle. However, they were unable to deal with more than 3,000 Japanese Marines.
Why? It’s because the Japs built a lot of side firepower!
In street fighting, the power of side fire is beyond imagination!
This is the key point Liu Lang specifically mentioned when giving the special forces class on street fighting.
A year ago, Liu Lang gave a good lesson to the special forces in the buildings built at the Guangyuan base. He only used twenty ordinary infantrymen with rifles, but put an entire infantry company with heavy machine guns.
Blocked in an alley, you can neither retreat nor advance. Use actual combat to prove to the special forces that what is the most reliable thing in street fighting? It is the ubiquitous side fire!
In fact, 80 years in the future, the powerful American cowboys can be said to have armed their soldiers to the teeth, but in the street battles they experienced, they were still beaten to pieces by local stragglers armed with simple submachine guns!
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