Chapter 1508 There are too many Chinese, I'm a little scared
"Everyone, stay in formation!"
"Yamaguchi-kun, you are walking too slowly! Didn't you have breakfast?"
"Yoshida-kun, you are walking too fast, are you in a hurry to die?"
"Yamamoto-kun, concentrate and stop talking about mummy! Amaterasu will bless you."
Hideo Fukuda was holding a 38 cap with a bayonet on it, and he followed slowly behind a Type 94 light tank. He skillfully hid his body behind the tank to avoid possible dangers on the other side.
When the bullets were fired, he looked at the quiet houses on the other side of the street, and while walking slowly forward, he loudly warned the soldiers of his team.
"Attention everyone, put away your carelessness. From now on, mountains, rivers, vegetation, are all enemies!" Hideo Fukuda continued to shout at the top of his voice while bending forward, "Once you find any living thing in your area,
If you are within sight, don’t hesitate and kill them immediately! Of course, if you are eager to lie down in the small wooden box and return to the island, just pretend that I didn’t say anything!”
"Haha!" dozens of Japanese soldiers following behind laughed loudly.
With the laughter, the tense atmosphere permeating the marching ranks immediately faded a lot.
It must be admitted that Second Lieutenant Hideo Fukuda is still quite good. At least his ability to adjust the atmosphere before the war is something that few people can match.
The formation of the Japanese army became more strict, with two people in groups, one holding a gun to the right and the other holding a gun to the left. The safety cover of the 38 cover had long been opened. If there is an enemy, they can shoot at any time. Bayonets, too.
It was installed early. If an enemy dares to get close, the 1.7-meter-long spear-like rifle can pierce them, even if the chance is very small.
Obviously, it was a laugh, but no one wanted to be transported back to Japan in a small box like their infantry squad leader said.
While talking, Futian's team continued to roll forward under the guidance of the tank.
Although Hideo Fukuda appears to be calm and composed on the surface, and is even in the mood to joke, in fact, he is also very nervous inside. It can even be said that he is extremely nervous.
As the vanguard of the entire brigade, 52 people from the 18th Infantry Squadron entered from a small street in the west and headed for the west gate of Songjiang City under the cover of a 94 tank. This was also due to the narrow width of the 94 tank of 1.62 meters, which allowed this
A detective team moved forward among densely packed residential buildings.
Hideo Fukuda has been in China for more than a day or two. He has seen the number of Chinese people in northern China, but it was only after he arrived in China's Jiangnan water town and saw the houses outside Songjiang City that the doors are almost door to door.
Have a better understanding of China’s huge population base.
There are really too many Chinese people. They are all outside the legendary city wall, or the so-called outer city. There are many houses, criss-crossing alleys and densely packed houses that make Hideo Fukuda’s head grow bigger.
Yes, he dared to say that if someone were to hide in the dark and shoot at them as the commanders had said, he would not even know where the enemy was.
The houses here are not only dense, but also "look" the same. It feels like being trapped in a maze. If you don't go further in, the streets you enter at first become narrower. In order to give the team the biggest reliance -----94
If the tank could continue to move forward and find this 4-meter-wide road with a bluestone roadbed, Hideo Fukuda felt that he would definitely get lost.
Get lost in this residential area on the outskirts of this small town in Jiangnan, China.
Can the empire really win the final victory in a war with this country with an astonishingly large territory and population? The Japanese second lieutenant, who was quite worried, felt that he was about to lose his way. He actually had a feeling that he could not express.
Expressing anxiety.
The Japanese second lieutenant did not know that Songjiang, although it may be a little-known town, was the most important commodity distribution center near Shanghai, which has become the economic capital of China. Even if it were not for Shanghai, in the history of China, this place was
An important commodity transshipment place, it also served as the capital city of Wudi. It is the city with the most concentrated population besides Shanghai within hundreds of miles. Not to mention that the permanent population here will reach 1.8 million in the next 80 years.
In ten years, the registered household population here has reached nearly 100,000, making it definitely one of the most important population gathering places in Jiangnan.
Of course, as a small country boy from a fishing family on the coast of Kumamoto Prefecture, this Japanese second lieutenant only has a limited perspective. The county seat of Kumamoto Prefecture, with a population of less than 10,000, is probably the most prosperous city he has ever seen in his hometown!
Those who set up fish stalls and sushi stalls are probably big bosses in his eyes.
However, the road he found was good. It ran across the east and west sides of Songjiang City, with a total length of 5,000 meters and a width of 4 meters. Zhongshan Road was definitely the widest street in Songjiang City in this era. The Type 94 tank was puffing black smoke in front of it and voluntarily gave up its use.
The unreliable "bastard box" Hideo Fukuda, who was holding a rifle, followed closely with 51 soldiers. The bluestone road made a harsh friction sound under the crushing force of the Type 94 light tank.
To use the language of Chinese literati at that time, the Chinese territory was groaning under the iron hooves of the Japanese invaders. To use a more realistic vernacular, it was a Japanese tank with a group of nervous Japanese soldiers "pressing down the road."
However, the Japanese people's pressure on the road at this time is not like that of young men and women holding hands in the future, where male and female hormones are secreted at a rapid rate and both parties have indescribable thoughts. Even though their hormones are also rising at this time, they are just scared.
The Japanese army was actually very nervous at all levels. The streets were so quiet that not a single Chinese person was seen. Could it be that the Chinese people were so scared that they hid behind the city wall because they were timid? If it had been an hour and a half ago,
Hideo Fukuda might still believe this nonsense, but after more than an hour of fierce gunfire and the 9th Infantry Brigade being carried down hundreds of corpses and wailing wounded, he was already sure that the people here were
The Chinese army was much more difficult to deal with than what they encountered in northern China.
There is a plain, and the Chinese army has no danger to defend it. In front of the empire's artillery, they can only flee in defeat. But how to use artillery here? Unless the empire has the ability to use artillery to level the entire city, but
That is obviously impossible. Many of the residential buildings full of the Jiangnan atmosphere of China have been destroyed by artillery fire, and some are still emitting black smoke, but many more are standing strong.
If you want to use artillery to wipe them all out, maybe you can send the entire Third Fleet over and bombard them with the terrifying cannons of those heavy cruisers!
In this way, he doesn't have to worry about entering this city! While Hideo Fukuda continued to carefully hide his body behind the tank, he observed the Chinese houses on both sides that seemed extremely deserted amidst the roar of the tanks, and by the way reminded him of the "
The soldiers were like "idiots". Seeing that they were either reckless, listless, or more cautious than him, the Japanese second lieutenant felt a cold feeling in his crotch.
Don't be afraid of opponents who are like gods, but be afraid of teammates who are like pigs. This concept does not exist only in the minds of the Chinese.
If it weren't for the presence of an infantry squad pushing an infantry gun two hundred meters behind him, Hideo Fukuda would have really wanted to turn around and go back and suggest to the squadron leader: I think it's better for the whole brigade to come together! I was a little scared.
Yes, in addition to the Fukuda team, there are three other teams participating in this vanguard investigation. In other words, just for the investigation of the approach to the west gate of Matsuyama, Sakai Tokutaro invested 4 infantry teams, two 94 armored vehicles and 4
A heavy machine gun and two infantry cannons. With the strength of an infantry squadron plus these heavy weapons, the Chinese would never be able to swallow them up without dispatching an infantry regiment.
Even if the Chinese are bold enough to hide so many soldiers in the residential buildings in this outer city, the safety of these vanguard squads can be guaranteed. Do you think the nearly 2,000 troops of the two infantry brigades who are staying outside and have not yet entered are dead?
Sakai Tokutaro was a general who was a professor at the Army University, and he would never throw away the life of any Imperial soldier easily.
The tanks roared and the bluestone road "moaned". The Japanese reconnaissance team moved forward along the street with their hearts in their hands and their faces tensed.
Soon, the team was less than 500 meters away from the west gate of Songjiang City. The six-meter-high city wall and tall tower were right in front.
Not as an Army second lieutenant, but as a veteran, Hideo Fukuda accurately estimated the distance of five hundred meters, and almost as soon as he entered this distance, he subconsciously hid directly behind the tank.
!
If the Chinese had deployed garrison troops on the city wall, the terrifying light and heavy machine guns would be able to fire at this time. On such an unprotected street, only the steel body of the Type 94 tank could help it withstand bullets.
But what surprised Hideo Fukuda was that there was silence on the city wall of Songjiang West Gate hundreds of meters away. Not to mention someone shooting, when he looked carefully with a telescope, he didn't even see a ghost! But out of sight
With the instinct of a veteran, he was sure that there must be Chinese people on the city wall, and they must have seen his group.
He could even feel that the muzzle of a heavy machine gun was aimed at this side, or a 20mm machine gun? Thinking of this, the blood in Hideo Fukuda's body was about to freeze with fear. If so.
Damn it, the Type 94 tank in front of him is just a scumbag.
"Everyone spread out and build positions as small teams." Hideo Fukuda quickly left the tank, hid himself in the gatehouse outside an intact Chinese residence, and gave the order.
His reconnaissance mission has been completed. How to attack the Chinese city wall is a matter for the Major General and the Colonel.
What he has to do now is to find a suitable location in this residential area to build a position and wait for the arrival of the main force.
A group of Japanese soldiers almost arrogantly used their rifle butts and iron boots to break open the locked doors of the houses, entered the houses, set up machine guns and grenade launchers on the gables facing the Songjiang city wall 500 meters away, and entered the houses.
Search within.
Firstly, to eliminate danger, and secondly, of course, to make a little fortune. Perhaps there are some belongings left behind by the Chinese people who are eager to escape!
As the main thoroughfare in Songjiang City, Zhongshan Avenue is actually full of shops on both sides, especially the side close to the main city.
The Japanese army gained a lot.
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ps: I have a class and a meeting today, so I am a bit busy, so the update is late! I recommend a book by a friend, "The Master of Chinese Martial Arts in the Republic of China", which tells the story of Chinese Martial Arts. This old man is a martial arts man and is an absolute master.
Man, the story should be pretty good, book lovers who are not well versed in reading can check it out.