When the Japanese troops who entered Cangcheng were digging around for the Chinese defenders who seemed to have disappeared from the world, the only enemy that the Japanese army major general thought could be captured was still resisting tenaciously in Xilin Temple.
That was already the fourth team sent by Matsuda Chaogo. Of course, except for the first team, which was caught off guard and whose character exploded, almost ten were taken down in one go. The other two infantry teams lost their lives respectively.
After three or four people, they were ordered to retreat by the iron sentry. But this infantry squad was different from the previous squads. They all wore gas masks. This was Matsuda Chaogo's last resort.
Not to mention the order from the rear brigade headquarters to arrest him alive, even Matsuda Chogo himself began to admire this tenacious enemy on the top of the tower.
Although the empire entered China under the guise of "we are passively responding to the war," as an adult and a soldier who graduated from a highly educated army school, Matsuda Chogo knew very well that this was actually an invasion, and the Chinese would resist it to the death.
It was an inevitable result. However, since the division entered mainland China from the Northeast, this was the first time that Matsuda Chaogo encountered such tenacious Chinese soldiers, alone and still holding on to their positions.
It was not that he did not try to get the Chinese who was in desperate situation to lay down his arms and surrender. He even made a guarantee in the name of His Majesty the Emperor that as long as he laid down his arms and came down from the top of the tower, the Sixth Division would guarantee his life safety.
Unfortunately, his answer was still a gunshot, although it did not hit the Chinese translator brought from the Northeast who was hiding 60 meters away and shouting at the top of his lungs.
For such an enemy, Matsuda Chaogo can only respect his choice, but as a soldier of the empire, he can only make his own choice. All conventional tactics have been proven to be ineffective. Light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers are not suitable for solid
The stone tower was useless. The only threatening infantry gunner refused to fire. An infantry squad's repeated attacks did not exhaust the ammunition of the Chinese soldiers at the cost of 16 casualties. He even had terrible grenades thrown out of the holes.
The grenade blasted the two demolition soldiers who were in the blind spot until they were covered in blood and still lay eight or nine meters away from the base of the tower.
He could no longer waste the lives of the Empire's warriors needlessly. Conventional tactics were useless, so he used unconventional tactics. Except for the small team that had put on gas masks and was preparing to attack, the rest had all retreated 120 meters away. Grenades
Next to the soldier's side was a box of special grenades with a scary red skull mark painted on the surface. It was a chemical ammunition specially distributed by the division headquarters before the attack. Once opened, it meant the coming of death.
The explosives of human life are much more terrifying.
At the North China Station, Chinese soldiers with at least one infantry regiment who had set up positions in a hilly area withstood four or five waves of attacks from the brigade without retreating. Their combat effectiveness was extremely strong. However, only three minutes after encountering this mustard gas bomb attack,
All the bravery was in vain.
At most, less than 500 people fled the battlefield, and a full thousand people stayed on their positions. Matsuda Chogo, wearing a gas mask, witnessed the horror of mustard gas bombs with his own eyes, because the Chinese soldiers who breathed and were contaminated with mustard gas became
A large number of blisters appeared on the skin contaminated by mustard gas, some even the size of eggs, and after painful struggles and damage, shocking yellow water leaked out.
But Matsuda Chaogo knew that the real cause of their death was due to breathing mustard gas. If their chests were opened, they would find that their lungs were swollen like basketballs. The terrible emphysema made them unable to function normally at all.
Breathe, and within two minutes, they will die in agony.
The Chinese was finished. Although the grenade explosion could not destroy the top of the stone tower, as long as he needed to breathe, the escaped mustard gas could enter his lungs along with the air he breathed, eventually suffocating him to death.
The team waiting fifty meters away wearing protective clothing and gas masks did not even carry explosive bags. Their mission was to enter the stone tower and bring back the Chinese body. Although, according to Matsuda Chogo
The idea was to bury this tenacious and fearless enemy in the place where he had fought, and even erect a monument as a memorial, but he knew that he might not be able to do this. The empire had suffered heavy losses in this battle area, and it had already been
The frantic captain and brigade commander might hang up the body of this foreign warrior as a deterrent to the Chinese in the city.
On the North China battlefield, His Excellency Lieutenant General Hisao Tani set an example by hanging an entire village of Chinese people.
"Brother Qingpi, what is the purpose of that ghost-looking thing that the little devil is wearing? Can it stop bullets?" The young man who looked through the holes at the Japanese soldiers wearing gas masks and walking slowly among the ruins asked Qingpi curiously.
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"I don't know. When the soldiers come, they will cover up the water and the earth. No matter what they want to do, they will do their best." Qingpi shook his head with a very cautious expression. "Qiu Sheng, you hide, no, you hide on the next floor."
Without formal training, Qingpi had no idea what a gas mask was, but his instinct as a warrior made him feel that something was wrong.
Qingpi didn't know, but Shanying knew very well what the Japanese army wanted to do. If they couldn't attack for a long time, the Japanese wanted to use inhumane poison gas bombs again.
Although there was no expression on his face, Shan Ying was extremely anxious. Ever since he was ordered to sneak into the battlefield to prepare for the friendly forces, he had been observing for more than 15 minutes but did not send a report to the captain. It was not because he found that there was only one friendly force.
But, no matter how he weighed it, he could only make a desperate judgment that no one could save the security guard brother in desperate situation.
He couldn't, nor could the 4 mountain cannons and more than 10 mortars that had been prepared long ago. The security guard brother who was in a desperate situation was really ruthless. Although the position he chose to block the attack was indeed good, the Japanese without heavy weapons took turns.
He couldn't get in even if he attacked, but that position completely put him in a desperate situation.
Even if you give him wings, he will still have to face the muzzles of hundreds of Japanese soldiers, and he may not be able to fly out of the fire net. If he wants to escape, he must first have enough time to descend from an altitude of 46 meters to the ground.
At that time, the Japanese army may have already tightly surrounded the entire stone tower.
Unless the 152nd Regiment can organize a force of at least two or three infantry companies to attack this place and defeat the Japanese siege of an infantry squadron here in the shortest time, there may be a chance to rescue this trapped security guard.
brother.
However, from the perspective of a soldier, Shanying knew that he would do this only if the commander was crazy. Not abandoning or giving up is indeed the rule that all soldiers should follow, but to save this one person, hundreds of comrades must be sacrificed.
Life, even if the soldier survives in the end, he will spend his life in pain.
Because the reinforcements have to face not only this infantry squadron, but also more than 2,000 Japanese troops on this battlefield. Once a large number of enemies are discovered, they will naturally surround this place from all directions...
It can be said that the current war situation is an unsolvable situation. Rao Shishanying has faced countless dangerous and desperate situations fighting the Japanese army. At this time, there is nothing to do. When he sees the Japanese army from the 4x scope, he starts to wear protective clothing.
At that moment, Shan Ying knew that the last moment had come, and he could only leave the decision to the captain.
"There is only one brother from the security group who is trapped. He is on Xilin Tower. The one who besieged him is a Japanese infantry squadron. That brother is a hero. According to Shan Ying's report, he killed at least 10 Japanese soldiers."
Yu Xiancheng put down the personal radio in his hand and said solemnly to his two silent colleagues. "Shan Ying said that in order to capture Xilin Tower, the Japanese army is ready to use poison gas bombs."
"On the Xilin Pagoda?" Wang Gongyu took a breath, with pain on his face, and slowly shook his head and said: "We can't save him, we can't save him, even if we drag all the brothers from my security team over to fight with the Japanese.
, we can’t save him. Brother Yu, I know you have already tried your best, let the brothers withdraw! Don’t throw in a few more just for him, it’s not worth it!”
"No, it can still be saved." Yu Xiancheng's face was extremely decisive, and he looked at the silent Lieutenant Colonel Wang Kejun with piercing eyes: "Chief of Staff Wang, as the deputy chief of staff of the Songjiang Frontline Command, can I not ask for instructions from the command?
How many troops will be directly mobilized by the Ministry?"
"I don't know the whole city of Songjiang, but Commander Xie said before I came here that as long as it is to fight the Japanese, the entire army of our 152nd Regiment in Xicheng District is at your disposal, Chief of Staff Yu." Wang Kejun was stunned for a moment, and then replied at attention.
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"Okay, then I will use this to relieve the regiment commander's trust in me." Yu Xiancheng's face became solemn. "I ordered that half of the infantry battalion of the 152nd regiment, which was retreating towards Songjiang through the underground pipeline, and the police reconnaissance battalion of our independent regiment
The 2nd Infantry Company entered the battlefield through the exit from Xilin Temple. One unit set up a blocking position to resist the attack of the remaining Japanese invaders, and the other unit attacked the Japanese infantry squadron besieging Xilin Temple. All artillery in Xicheng District was commanded by Shan Ying, a scout from our independent regiment.
, bombarded the area around Xilin Temple to prevent Japanese reinforcements.”
"Tell the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 152nd Regiment and Deputy Battalion Commander Lei of the Police Reconnaissance Battalion of our independent regiment that this is a military order from me, Yu Xiancheng, not from the Songjiang Frontline Command. They can choose to refuse, but at the same time, please tell them that if they fall into
In this dangerous situation, I, Yu Xiancheng, will also issue such a military order."
"Yes! I will definitely convey your order." Wang Kejun stood at attention solemnly.
Wang Gongyu's eyes filled with tears.
They can guarantee that the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 152nd Regiment and the 2nd Company of the Independent Regiment Police Reconnaissance Battalion, which are being ordered to retreat, will definitely accept Yu Xiancheng's seemingly irrational military order and let hundreds of people take risks for one person, or even dozens of people.
The sacrifice of people or even hundreds of people.
But as commanders, or ordinary soldiers, they know that even if it were them, they would accept it.
It's not that sacrifice cannot be accepted, but the meaning of this battle itself is far greater than the result of the battle.
Regardless of whether they can be saved or not, from this moment on, Songjiang's Chinese defenders from three different factions will fight as one, whether it is the Songjiang Security Regiment, the Sichuan Army's 43rd Army, or the Independent Regiment Police Reconnaissance Battalion and
Reconnaissance Brigade.
All soldiers know that no matter who they are, they will not be abandoned by their comrades. As long as you are fighting bravely against the Japanese army.