In the Xilin Tower, the little boy's body suddenly shook, and tears welled up in his eyes.
He bit his clothes tightly in his mouth, trying hard not to cry. Although he only spent more than an hour with Qingpi, the hour or so of life and death was better than spending a lifetime with many people.
At the moment when Qingpi roared and jumped off the Xilin Tower, and the last figure slipped from the young boy's eyes, the boy finally understood why the elder brother made such a decisive choice. Only he died in front of the Japanese devils.
, the Japanese would not go to great lengths to enter the tower to search in order to protect themselves.
Of the two people, at most one can live. His life was purely bought by his brother.
Throughout his life, the young boy has been running for Qingpi, hoping to erect an "Anti-Japanese Hero Memorial Plaque" for his brother in front of Xilin Pagoda. In the end, the local government built a monument on Zhongshan Road based on the battlefield records of that year, and wrote "
The anti-Japanese heroes will be immortal”.
In the past time and space, the little boy himself was a hero and became a sculpture in Zhongshan Road Primary School, passing on the name of hero to future generations. In this time and space, the little boy became a witness and disseminator of heroic deeds, telling stories in this city
Heroic things he has experienced personally.
When the octogenarian old man sat in front of the Xilin Pagoda at sunset and told a group of red scarves about the scene he had experienced eighty years ago, the red scarfs all saluted to the sky. Their hero is in this sky.
The book contains the light that belongs to him, which shines brightly.
That leap was not only a leap into eternal greenness and a reputation for centuries, but also a leap into a kind of inheritance. There is still China behind Yashan. Even after thousands of years, the name of China is still the eternal star.
Just as Liu Lang listened to Yu Xiancheng's battle report on the battle outside Songjiang City, he was silent for a moment and then called back: We have shed blood on our country just to keep the mountains and rivers the same, and the stars and the sea are the journey of a young man.
In the underground tunnel, all the surviving officers and soldiers of the Songjiang Security Group heard Liu Xueyuan's affectionate recitation of this message on the radio. Although they couldn't understand what the stars and the sea were, they all burst into tears.
This evaluation is the highest praise for a local army. The praise from comrades-in-arms far exceeds all others.
"The brothers who resisted the Japanese invaders have died heroically. Shan Ying requested that the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 152nd Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Infantry Company of the Independent Regiment Police Reconnaissance Battalion stop operations. Artillery fire covered the Japanese invaders during the siege. The target coordinates..." Shan Ying
Eagle made a request to the wireless intercom. "Requesting artillery coverage, repeat, target coordinates..."
After saying that, the two special forces began to retreat quickly.
The voice from the wireless communication device made the Army Colonel and Army Lieutenant Colonel look at each other. Although these scouts of the independent regiment were well-equipped, they were not surprised that they could even communicate with the headquarters in real time hundreds of meters away. Rather, these guys
It's so cruel, they themselves are still within the range of artillery fire!
When mountain artillery and mortars start shelling, the shells don't care whether you are Chinese or Japanese, they will send anyone they meet to the sky.
"Order all artillery in Xicheng District to obey the orders of my front scouts and implement artillery fire coverage at the coordinates in two minutes!" Although he didn't understand why Shan Ying was so determined to request artillery coverage this time, Yu Xiancheng issued the order without hesitation.
The reason is extremely simple. There are not many people who can be regarded as brothers by the outstanding and proud special forces under his command. Moreover, he believes more in the decision of Shan Ying on the front line. Two minutes is enough to get them out of the most dangerous situation.
area.
When rounds of artillery fire began to explode around Xilin Temple, Shan Ying, who had already retreated 300 meters away, glanced back at the Xilin Temple tower where Qingpi jumped down, and never looked back.
The continuously exploding artillery fire was Shan Ying's tribute to the unknown Pao Ze. Since Pao Ze could use his body as an arrow to attack the Japanese invaders, Shan Ying would not be stingy about being in the situation.
Send him a farewell "fireworks".
However, many of the "audiences" who watch the fireworks will become burial victims.
Matsuda Chaogo did not expect that for a Chinese soldier, he had to pay nearly 20 casualties. Qingpi's last tragic blow killed two people on the spot and seriously injured three others; but he did not expect that the Chinese revenge would come.
So fast, so accurate, so unscrupulous.
The almost crazy bombardment from more than 4 mountain guns and 10 mortars covered an area of 10,000 meters in diameter at the moment he was about to go to Xilin Pagoda.
The Chinese had no fear of retaliation. Even after five minutes, the division's artillery group reacted and roared and poured artillery fire on Songjiang City. They still bombarded the area indiscriminately for more than 20 minutes.
The shelling of more than 600 artillery shells plowed this not-so-large area five or six times. When Matsuda Chogo, who narrowly escaped the disaster, counted the number of people after the war, he cried on the spot.
Before surrounding the damn Chinese, his 7th Infantry Squadron still had 182 troops. However, within an hour, only 106 were left. In addition to the 20 killed by the Chinese soldier on the tower, there were a total of 50
Many people were killed in Chinese shelling retaliation.
Really, it’s too much of a loss.
If he could do it over again, the Japanese captain was sure that he would roll as far as he could and would never fight the Chinese on the tower. Damn it, they were both those two infantry gunners who claimed to be "Buddhist"
To his detriment, the furious Matsuda Chogo blamed all the mistakes on the artillery squad that refused to fire.
What is very tragic is that this time, he had no place to find a scapegoat, because the slow-moving artillery team carrying a heavy infantry gun and two boxes of shells could only hide in a house and rely on the blessing of Amaterasu.
He tried to escape the sky-wide artillery fire, but obviously, a mountain artillery shell hit the roof cleverly and coincidentally, and the thick beam collapsed, killing the ten-man artillery team. The fact that Amaterasu was so powerful at this moment
I am very busy and have no time to take care of them.
By the time the Japanese infantry found them, they were almost cooked, just like the Chinese custom of roasting sweet potatoes over a fire above.
Not to mention the tragedy of the 7th Infantry Squadron, the Japanese army finally had the upper hand on the entire battlefield. Although they paid a small price, they finally conquered the Cangcheng Fortress and occupied the outer city of Songjiang West City. At the same time, they calculated that the enemy was about to be wiped out.
The number of people is 1800.
Although only about 300 Chinese soldiers' bodies were counted, many of them were "shattered to pieces" in shelling. Even if there is only one Chinese soldier in a stubborn firepower point, the battle report of the infantry squadron usually reports more than 4 people. Otherwise,
Compared to the considerable casualties they suffered, the squadron leaders were shameless!
The squadron reported to the brigade that water had been added, and the brigade reported to the wing to add more water. The brigade headquarters saw that "the pig is not fat enough" and added more water. So, the battle report fell into the hands of Sakai Tokutaro.
It turned into annihilating more than 1,800 enemies.
Of course Tokutaro Sakai was not stupid, and he could see the fishiness in it at a glance, but the huge casualties under his command made him decide to go with the flow for a while, otherwise, he, the brigade commander, would be even more shameless.
The problem of lying about military achievements is not unique to the Chinese army. It also exists in the Japanese army. In order to maintain high morale, the Japanese army has always said as little as possible about the casualties of its own people, and will not report them if it can.
In the end, the Japanese infantrymen believed that they were protected by Amaterasu and were invulnerable to weapons and bullets.
As a result, a great victory was born out of false reports at all levels of the Japanese army. Even Hisao Tani turned a blind eye and pinched his nose to admit it. The total number of Chinese troops annihilated from the east, west and south exceeded 3,500.
However, he only suffered 800 casualties and achieved a record of 1 to 4 in the offensive and defensive battles. He was worthy of being the "strongest division on the surface".
This message, sent to the headquarters of the Tenth Army two hours after nightfall, was unfortunately stored in the archives of the Japanese Army Base Camp, and became the most practical evidence that later military historians ridiculed the Japanese Army for its love of bragging.
3,500 people were annihilated outside the city. Where did the Chinese garrison of Songjiang, with a total strength of less than 10,000 people, end up with so many people that overwhelmed the Sixth Division, which had a strength of more than 20,000 people?
Of course, the Sixth Division can't care about the future now. Anyway, after nightfall, the position outside Songjiang City was taken, and the strategy for Songjiang City was roughly achieved. It's good for you and me now.
A very happy situation.
However, for Tokutaro Sakai in the west of the city, it does not mean that he can occupy the residential area with complex terrain outside the city and station his troops in the residential areas. The Chinese defenders in the city have a lot of artillery.
Not to mention that the Chinese can use the cover of night to sneak into the territory that is now theirs to carry out attacks, but it is enough to say that those artillery guns have nothing to do and hit them like this.
Standing at the combat conference table, Sakai Tokutaro pondered for a long time, and finally issued an order: "Order the 10th Infantry Brigade and the 11th Infantry Brigade to each send 3 infantry squadrons to build field trenches along the Matsue City Wall, and order the Engineer Regiment to use artillery and
Explosives were used to clear all houses in the area 100 meters in front of the trenches, and barbed wire was deployed 40 meters in front of the field trenches. The searchlight troops must ensure lighting at the front of the position to prevent sneak attacks by the Chinese Army. At the same time, the Cangcheng garrison troops were ordered to find out where the Chinese were retreating
The tunnels used. The rest of the troops will stay in their pre-war positions for the time being. Pay attention to keeping vigilant and send extra sentries to patrol."
In the face of the strategic victory, Sakai Tokutaro remained cautious enough. The number of troops remaining on the civilian positions reached more than 1,000, which was enough to withstand the massive Chinese attack. He also worked tirelessly to dig trenches and reduced the number of troops due to
Losses caused by shelling by Chinese troops.
The two-kilometer long barbed wire fence and high-power searchlights illuminated the front of the Japanese position as bright as day. The Japanese sentries patrolling inside and outside the trenches were in an endless stream like going to a market, basically preventing counterattacks from inside the city to outside the city.
and the possibility of a sneak attack.
However, Sakai Tokutaro still did not expect that someone would have built an underground pipe network under Matsue Castle in advance that could go down to 10 meters for hundreds of years. The protection in front of the Japanese position was in place, but what about behind?
Paying attention to the head but not the buttocks refers to the Japanese troops here in Xicheng.
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PS: I recommend the new military book "The Capital Is the Earth" by my good friend "White Rice" - I took off my crotchless pants at the age of three, stopped wetting the bed at the age of five, and peed three feet in the wind at the age of ten... I am addicted to myself all day long.
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