He said goodbye to Major Lei Xiong, who admired him very much, and quickly ran to his company's position on the southern city wall. The young deputy squad leader was very worried. The battle that lasted just over 20 minutes was extremely brutal, and the powerful Second Company of the Police Reconnaissance Battalion suffered more than 100 casualties.
In an infantry squad, as far as he could see, more than 8 people were carried into the underground pipeline covered with linen. He didn't know what would happen to his company.
The young soldier didn't know that what he had just experienced was just the second round of offensive and defensive battles within an hour and a half after he fell into coma. Before that, the Japanese army attacked for 40 minutes before retreating. It exceeded the strength of an infantry brigade.
The attack with 5 Type 94 tanks, 10 infantry guns, 4 37mm anti-aircraft guns, 2 mortars and more than 50 grenade launchers caused the Cangcheng defenders who had the geographical advantage to pay an extremely heavy toll.
cost.
The crazy first round of attacks by the Japanese army forced the already fully replenished 3rd Battalion of the 152nd Infantry Regiment and Lei Xiong's infantry company in Cangcheng to bring out their final reserves before they were able to repel the Japanese attack and defend their positions. Don't look at just now
In the second round of attacks, the Japanese army also deployed 89 medium tanks, but the intensity of the attack was far less powerful than the previous first round of attacks.
The young soldiers only saw that Lei Xiong's infantry company suffered 13 casualties in this round of attacks, but they did not know that in the first round of attacks, the Sihang Warehouse had only about 20 casualties in total and was able to withstand one Japanese infantryman.
The infantry company attacked by the coalition suffered 23 casualties. In total, it only had two infantry platoons, almost half of which were lost.
The Leixiong Infantry Company, which had extremely rich combat experience in the bloody battle with the Japanese invaders in Songhu in March, suffered such heavy casualties in the Japanese attack. It is also conceivable that the casualties suffered by other infantry companies of the 152nd Regiment.
When the young soldier ran back to his 7th company's position with worries, he couldn't help but feel a little stunned.
Except for the two guard posts on the top of the dilapidated city wall, the rest of the soldiers were sitting under the city wall and resting against the wall. However, the infantry company, which had a full lineup of 130 people in the morning, was a bit pitiful, with a height of more than 100 meters.
There would never be more than 60 soldiers covered in gunpowder smoke and mud sitting under the city wall.
Fortunately, the young soldier saw his veteran squad leader at a glance. He was leaning against the city wall with his head down and smoking a cigarette.
The young soldier walked over hesitantly.
Looking at the young soldiers who had been promoted to privates in the morning and were walking towards them with guns on their backs, the familiar soldiers still had the look of gunfire on their faces, revealing teeth that looked white against the dark faces, although the background color was mostly yellow.
"Shanzi is back."
"Come, come, Shanzi, sit here and listen to your Long Guo tell you that Long Guo was the one who killed two Japanese soldiers."
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"Old deaf man, you know how to blow, but you don't know who was hit by the Japanese cannon. His crotch is all wet." A veteran laughed at the side.
"You're a big mushroom like a fairy, you know how to make sarcastic remarks. You're a bitch, you're not bombed by artillery shells. Of course you're not scared. If you were hit by a Japanese artillery shell, you'd be scared shitless."
." The soldier who was called the old deaf man scolded him back with a blushing face.
"That's true. You Guawazi are so lucky. You were hit by an infantry cannon from the front and you were fine. But the two brothers in the third squad over there were only hit by a Japanese grenade. One of their intestines was blown out, and one of their legs was blown out."
Is it gone?" The bald soldier holding a gourd on his head, which was called a big mushroom, was not angry even after being scolded, and asked with a smile.
"Yes! Old deaf man, tell me quickly, did you hide away?" A soldier on the side asked curiously.
After all, on the battlefield, no one can pay attention to every corner of the battlefield. It is simply a miracle that someone like the old deaf man can escape a frontal bombardment without any damage.
"This means that good people don't live long, and disasters last for thousands of years. The artillery bombardment came and hit me. I was hiding under the wall at that time." The old deaf man proudly recounted his experience with a smile on his face.
In fact, it was more of a panic. "I closed my eyes and was just waiting to be blown up. What do you think I was thinking at the last moment?"
Watching a cannonball aimed at you would probably be a nightmare for anyone, even a veteran warrior.
"What are you thinking about?"
"The stupid big mushroom knows where the Dayang I just sent is hidden. Seeing that I am dead, he will definitely be crazy about taking my Dayang home to marry his cousin. If he had known that I would pretend to be my wife, we would have blown it up together."
"Haha!" The soldiers around laughed.
"You son of a bitch understands me very well! If you haven't slept with a woman, I won't be able to sleep with you for decades!" Big Mushroom even laughed and his nose was filled with snot.
"Don't go too far, old deaf man. Let's talk about that shell that didn't kill you. You are such a disaster." The soldier on the side was full of curiosity and handed over a piece of black smoke.
The old deaf man who filled the pipe with tobacco and happily took a puff continued to talk about his legendary experience: "I just felt a sudden shock all over my body. I almost flew up. I was just waiting for the shell to explode and hit me."
It was blown to ashes, but there was no movement after waiting for a long time, so I pretended to be brave and took a look, guess what?"
"What the hell!"
"That cannonball made a hole under the wall. It went in. It didn't explode, but left a pitch black hole somewhere!" The old deaf man said proudly. "I was so excited that I even peed. You know.
Come on! I am excited because I survived the catastrophe, not scared."
"Haha! You are so cowardly." The soldiers all laughed. "Where are the unexploded shells? We have to stay away, lest it doesn't kill you and blow me up."
"Let me think about it..." Before the old deaf man could point his finger, he heard a "boom" sound. A cloud of smoke exploded from the top of the city, and a piece of broken bricks and dirt fell down, hitting the soldiers' heads.
The helmets jingled.
"Exploded!" The old deaf man's face was stiff. Remembering that he had been fighting for more than an hour on top of this "time bomb" that could explode at any time, even though he was considered a veteran, he probably felt his crotch crotch again at this moment.
It's a little hot.
This time, I'm afraid, I wasn't excited because the shells didn't explode, but I was really scared. Why was my heart so heavy during that hour!
In the huge battle formation where a group of veterans were laughing and joking, the young soldier slowly walked towards his veteran squad leader. An ominous shadow enveloped him. Unexpectedly, he didn't see more than two familiar faces beside the veteran squad leader.
"Shanzi!" A soldier who had served in the squad for three years greeted him with his arms hanging and a bitter look on his face.
Another recruit who joined the class with him last year was as dusty as a field mouse. He could hardly distinguish his features and had tears in his eyes. His throat was throbbing and he was trying hard not to let the tears fall.
Come.
Silently nodding to the two people he knew best, the young soldier turned his gaze to the veteran squad leader who kept his head lowered, and asked softly: "Hai Guo, how many brothers are injured?"
This was already the inquiry he made with the greatest hope while suppressing his grief. In a previous battle by the Huangpu River, three people in the infantry squad, including deputy squad leader Jiang Dao Zhang, were killed in the civil war and two were seriously injured. The military headquarters added five new recruits.
The infantry squad now has 10 soldiers, plus a squad leader and a deputy squad leader. When the guard post was hit by Japanese shelling, three people were killed on the spot. There should be nine more people, but now there are only four including him, and the others
What about the five people? It would be okay if they were only injured! At least there is a chance to continue to live.
However, his wish finally came true.
"Those who were not injured were strictly ordered by the company commander not to leave the firing line unless they were seriously injured. Except for the four of us, we were all dead. Lao Zhang was killed by a Japanese machine gun, and Er Han was killed by a Japanese grenade..."
.....There is also the little mouse. We couldn't stop his bleeding and he refused to leave. In the end, he bled dry and died. These are the only people in our class." The veteran squad leader lowered his eyes and said
Said in a voice that sounded almost like a mosquito.
The young soldier stood frozen as if struck by lightning.
There are only four people in the entire infantry squad! Two squad leaders, plus two soldiers. With the additional five soldiers, there are 17 people in a squad, and 13 people were lost in the battle. And this battle has just begun.
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Such tragic casualties are still too hard to accept for a soldier who has just learned a lot from the war. Not to mention him, judging from the silence of Dahai, a veteran who has been in the army for more than 10 years, the blow is also extremely heavy.
.During the warlord civil war in Sichuan Province, there had never been such a phenomenon.
However, this is a war with a foreign race and a war with invaders. Whether new soldiers or veterans, they must learn to accept and accept an extremely cruel farewell.
Yang Songlin, the lieutenant commander of the 7th company, also sat blankly under the city wall and smoked silently. The casualties were too great. In just two offensive and defensive battles of one and a half hours, the casualties of the 7th company exceeded half. If it were not for the military
The commander issued a "National Compatriot Letter" before the war, and the regiment headquarters also sent documents to each infantry battalion to read out the commander's decision. Everyone knew that there was no way out, and I was afraid that the entire battalion could no longer support the underground pipeline.
He evacuated into the city.
But even so, Yang Songlin also knew that this had reached the limit of the casualties that the entire battalion could bear. If the Japanese army launched another such an intense attack, I am afraid that the entire battalion would have to abandon Cangcheng, a relatively strong stronghold outside the city, and retreat.
If the fight continues, not to mention that the 7th company will be wiped out, the 3rd battalion will probably not be much better. The battalion commander has several big fire bubbles on his mouth, and he was shocked by the battle.
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The cruelty of the war gradually drained away all the excitement and heroic spirit of this group of Sichuan officers and soldiers before they took the oath to fight.
The soldiers under the city wall, whether they are silent now or trying to smile and show off their dragon gate array, actually have one purpose, to persist in living.
The 500-strong garrison in Cangcheng, China, lost more than 250 people in two rounds of brutal offensive and defensive battles. An infantry battalion and a reinforced infantry company were directly transformed into a reinforced company.
As for the Japanese army, as the attacker, it was not much better either.