The bombardment by the Japanese navy lasted for two full hours.
In two hours of shelling, the Japanese Navy destroyed more than 5,000 large-caliber artillery shells. In order to cooperate with the army, the Japanese Navy really went all out this time. However, the reason why the Japanese Navy worked so hard is another factor that cannot be ignored.
, that is, their naval commander Kiyoshi Hasegawa was captured by the Songhu Independent Regiment.
Until now, Hasegawa Kiyoshi is still imprisoned in the dungeon by the Songhu Independence Regiment.
I just don’t know where this dungeon is. Otherwise, the Japanese navy would have dispatched 96 carrier-based bombers to carry out a massive bombing of the dungeon where Hasegawa Kiyoshi was imprisoned. As for the purpose of the bombing, killing the Songhu Independent Regiment was secondary.
Kiyoshi Hasegawa, a self-destructive wimp, is the real thing.
So in the shelling just now, the Japanese navy fired more than 5,000 shells.
Before the bombardment ended, Li Yingqing was almost knocked unconscious by the shock wave generated by the explosion of the large-caliber shell. He was woken up by Li Dan from his daze. He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. He saw that the hour hand had pointed to 10:05 in the morning.
However, the Japanese naval bombardment finally stopped.
However, suddenly the deafening explosions could no longer be heard. Li Yingqing was still a little uncomfortable. His ear holes seemed to have been suddenly hollowed out, and his eardrums also ached faintly. Li Yingqing couldn't help but groan.
, covering his ears with both hands, and then he felt a little more comfortable.
Then, Zhao Gong shouted hoarsely from the front: "The enemy is attacking, the Japanese are attacking, the Japanese are attacking, the Japanese are attacking, the Japanese are attacking..."
Following Zhao Gong's hoarse roar, a row of officers and soldiers who were shaken to pieces by the shell shock wave woke up from their confusion and rushed out of the reed swamp where they were hiding. Unfortunately, many veterans
He just fell down in the reeds and couldn't stand up again.
Li Yingqing ran all the way out from the hiding place and passed by a depression. He saw a veteran lying face down. Without thinking, Li Yingqing immediately stepped forward and patted the veteran on the shoulder, signaling him to get up and return to his position. However, the veteran did not do anything.
When there was no response, Li Yingqing and Li Dan quickly turned the veteran over.
But he found that the veteran's eyes were wide open. There were no wounds on his face or body, but he was not breathing. There were only a lot of small brown spots on the back of his neck. Seeing these small spots, Li Yingqing suddenly looked miserable, because it meant
Now, this veteran has been killed by the shock wave of the artillery shell.
With a sad sigh, Li Yingqing reached out and gently touched the veteran's face, and the veteran closed his eyes forever.
Li Yingqing took Li Dan and rushed outside again. Along the way, they met several veterans who were shocked to death. However, this was not worse. What was even worse was that a large-caliber artillery shell fell directly into the reed swamp.
A huge crater was created, and even a complete finger bone of the dozen or so veterans hiding in the reeds could not be found.
After a while, Li Yingqing took Li Dan into the position and met Zhao Gong.
Zhao Gong pointed forward and said to Li Yingqing: "Old Li, look, the little devil is coming with great force!"
Li Yingqing looked in the direction of Zhao Gong's finger, and immediately his heart sank, but he saw that at least one squadron of Japanese soldiers had opened up a sparse line of skirmishers, and was slowly moving toward their position with shining bayonets.
They were approaching. Because they were still far apart, the Japanese seemed a bit casual, with all of them standing straight.
However, the murderous intent emanating from the Japs can be felt from thousands of meters away.
"Old Li, my premonition is not very good!" Zhao Gong shook his head and said in a deep voice, "You should hurry up and prepare for the party oath-taking ceremony for the commando team. Maybe you will join the commando team soon."
"Old Zhao, you can't," Li Yingqing said, "You can join the commando team so soon?"
Zhao Gong said: "You'd better prepare first. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens!"
"Okay! I'll go get ready." Li Yingqing turned and left.
Zhao Gong's face became increasingly gloomy.
Not long after Li Yingqing left, the Japanese approaching from the front came within 500 meters.
At this time, the little devils became more cautious. They no longer walked straight forward, but bent down one by one, and the distance between them became wider. In the shooting range of the defender's machine gunners
, basically no two Japs will appear at the same time, which means that you will basically not be given a chance to sweep them away.
"Get ready to fight!" Zhao Gong said and raised his pistol.
More than 80 officers and soldiers who had entered the position also raised their rifles. There were more than 120 people in Zhao Gong's platoon. However, more than a dozen of them were sacrificed in the preparation of the Japanese navy's artillery fire just now, and Li Yingqing took them away again.
Out of a commando team of more than 20 people, there were only more than 90 officers and soldiers left on the position.
Soon, the Japanese were approaching within 200 meters.
However, Li Yingqing still did not order the shooting.
The Songhu Independent Regiment is not short of ammunition. At least Xu Rui has not issued an order to save ammunition. However, the commanders at all levels still instinctively save ammunition. Nothing else. It is really poor. Even the central government
The army often fell into the dilemma of lack of ammunition during the Battle of Songhu.
Therefore, it is better to save a little bit.
After entering a hundred meters, the Japanese began to charge.
Looking at the Japanese infantry swarming over like a tide, Zhao Gong remained unmoved, as did the more than eighty veterans in a row. These were all veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles. They were all in a scene that was more dangerous and tragic than this.
After this experience, why should we fear the mass charge of a squadron of Japs?
Zhao Gong didn't even bother to instruct his officers and soldiers to wait for his order before allowing them to shoot, because Zhao Gong had absolute confidence in his veterans!
In the blink of an eye, the Japanese were already within fifty meters!
At this time, due to the constraints of the terrain, the Japanese skirmisher line was inevitably compressed, and the distance between individual soldiers was not as large as before. Occasionally, two Japanese soldiers would run together.
This is what I've been waiting for! Zhao Gong smiled ferociously and yelled: "Hit me!"
With this roar, Zhao Gong pulled the trigger, and the pistol fired.
Zhao Gong's gunfire was an order. In the next moment, more than 80 officers and soldiers who had been waiting impatiently pulled the triggers one after another. Three light machine guns and more than 70 rifles fired at the same time.
In an instant, the bullets were like dense raindrops, pouring towards the Japanese skirmishers.
In the blink of an eye, more than twenty Japanese soldiers were charging forward with bayonets in hand.
However, the remaining Japanese soldiers quickly fell down and started shooting at the defenders.
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At this time, we were in the enemy's attack position.
The captain of the 25th Infantry Regiment, Hirotoshi Adachi, and the deputy of the regiment, Aono Ryuta, have arrived outside the temporary headquarters of the 1st Infantry Battalion to which they belong. Upon hearing that the captain and the deputy of the regiment arrived hand in hand, the captain of the 1st Infantry Battalion,
Kashima Hideji hurriedly welcomed him out of the headquarters.
"Co-captain, deputy co-captain!" Kashima Shuji paused heavily and asked respectfully, "Why are you here?"
Adachi Kantoshi waved his hand and said: "Kashima-kun, you don't have to worry about us, we will fight this battle as we should."
Aono Ryuta even smiled and said: "Grandmaster and I just want to see Kashima-kun's heroic command of Wakasada."
"The deputy captain is joking." Kashima Shuji waved his hand and said, "You are a top student who graduated from mainland China, and you are also a member of the saber team. How dare you show your shame in front of you in your humble position?"
Kashima Shuji's compliments were very helpful to Aono Ryuta.
At that moment, Aono Ryuta asked: "Kashima-kun, is the attack going well?"
Kashima Hideji then raised his hands and said: "Commander Commander, Deputy Commander, please move to the observation post."
Adachi Kantoshi and Aono Ryuta readily agreed, and immediately followed Kashima Shuji to the observation post located above the brigade headquarters. Kashima Shuji's brigade chose a two-story private house, which was fairly sturdy, so the old devil went to
A temporary platform was built on the top of a private house to be used as a forward observation post.
After Adachi Kantoshi and Aono Ryota arrived at the observation post, they unanimously raised their telescopes.
However, Kashima Hideji did not follow up and raised the telescope, but pointed to the front and introduced: "Captain and deputy commander, you see, in front of us is the South Gate defensive position of the Chinese Army. This is where the Imperial Army goes to Wusong Fort.
As long as we get through here, even if we don't take Baoshan, we can still directly attack Wusong Fort."
"Sodais." Aono Ryuta nodded and said, "This place is definitely a chokepoint."
Adachi Kantoshi asked while adjusting the focus: "Have you ever found the weak point of the China Army?"
"Hai, we have found it." Kashima Hidezo pointed in a direction and said, "Commander Commander, please look, the weak point of the China Army is there, the Sitang Bridge!"
"Si Tang Bridge?" Adachi Kantoshi frowned and said, "Isn't the bridge already bombed?"
"Hai." Kashima Hidesan said after a pause, "Although the Sitang Bridge was blown up, according to my observation, the river near the Sitang Bridge is the narrowest and also the shallowest! As long as the Sitang Bridge is broken through
With a little repair of the position by engineers, the Imperial Army's heavy equipment can cross the river. As long as the Imperial Army's heavy equipment crosses the river, the China Army's defense line will not be far from collapse."
"Yoshi!" Adachi Kantoshi nodded happily, "Kashima-kun, don't hesitate, do it quickly."
Aono Ryuta also lost no time in interjecting: "I have made a request to the division headquarters, asking the division commander to dispatch a tank team to cooperate with our 25th Infantry Regiment. The commander and I have unanimously decided to send this
The chariot team is assigned to your first infantry brigade, Mr. Kashima, please be sure to capture the Sitang Bridge position, please!"
"Hai!" Kashima Shuji said with a heavy nod, "I will never disappoint the captain and deputy captain in my humble position, let alone the empire and His Majesty the Emperor!"