After receiving the call from Digua, Jiangnan immediately took out fifty Browning heavy machine guns from the underground armory, and then rushed them to the Wusong Fortress by the transportation team. He hurriedly and slowly arrived before dawn the next day.
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After receiving this batch of heavy machine guns, Xu Rui immediately ordered Shi Changqing to transfer a platoon from the First Battalion and build a heavy machine gun position behind the Wusong Fortress near Wusong Town. Because the matter was so important, Shi Changqing did not send any platoon from the Second Company.
Or the Third Company might have dispatched troops, but went up in person with his guard platoon.
Seeing Shi Changqing giving the order to increase the firing angle of all fifty heavy machine guns to 45 degrees, the guard platoon leader He Pan immediately wondered, what is going on? This is to establish an anti-aircraft machine gun position to deal with the Japs.
An air raid? But Wusong Fortress already has an anti-aircraft gun position. Wouldn’t it be a waste of resources to build an anti-aircraft machine gun position?
At that moment, He Pan said in confusion: "Batalion Commander, where did you sing this song from? Are you masturbating with a heavy machine gun?"
"Bullshit, what's a good fight?" Shi Changqing said angrily, "Of course it's a little devil."
"Hitting a kid? That's not right." He Pan became more and more puzzled and said blankly, "The kid is running on the ground, not flying in the sky. You can adjust the shooting angle of the machine gun to a 45-degree upward angle.
, what are you talking about? This is a machine gun, not a cannon. I have never heard of a machine gun being used like this."
"Boy, are you ignorant?" Shi Changqing said in amusement, "Who told you that machine guns can't be used like this?"
"What the hell, can a machine gun really be used like this?" He Pan scratched his head and said, "Is there really such a combat example?"
"Nonsense, of course there are such war cases, and they are classic war cases!" Shi Changqing said, "Let's talk about foreign ones first. Do you know about the Battle of the Somme in World War I?"
"I know this." He Pan nodded and said, "The largest battle in World War I! A total of 1.3 million people died between the German army and the British and French forces. It was really a miserable battle!"
Shi Changqing asked again: "Then do you know how these 1.3 million people died?"
He Pan thought for a while and said: "I heard people say that most of them were killed by the Maxim heavy machine gun."
"I'll leave it to you." Shi Changqing nodded and said, "Most of the more than 1.3 million people who died in the Battle of the Somme were killed by the Maxim heavy machine gun. That's why there is such a
It is said that the Maxim heavy machine gun is the single most lethal weapon in the world's military history."
After a pause, Shi Changqing added: "However, you must not know that more than half of the more than 1.3 million people who died in the Battle of the Somme were killed by Maxim heavy machine guns in the trenches.
That is to say, less than half of the soldiers from both armies were killed by Maxim heavy machine guns during the charge!"
He Pan said in astonishment: "You will be killed by the Maxim heavy machine gun even if you are hiding in the trench?"
"Is it weird?" Shi Changqing said, "In addition to straight-line shooting, the heavy machine gun can also shoot in a long-distance curve. When the heavy machine gun fires in a long-distance curve, the bullet rain falling from the sky can easily penetrate.
In the trenches, the ghosts of the German troops and the British and French allied forces in the Battle of the Somme were killed in this way."
After a pause, Shi Changqing added: "However, the first to use this method of warfare was the German army in the First Battle of the Marne. The German army creatively used this method of warfare, causing great damage to the British and French allied forces.
But the Germans eventually trapped themselves in a cocoon and suffered the consequences of this method of warfare in the Battle of the Somme two years later."
He Pan nodded and said: "You just mentioned foreign ones first, do we have them in China too?"
"Yes, and it was commanded by our regiment commander." Shi Changqing said, "It was the Battle of Nantong!"
After a pause, Shi Changqing continued: "In the Battle of Nantong, the remnants of the temporary 79th Division led by the regiment leader severely damaged the Japs' Chongteng detachment with less than 500 men, and even captured the Japs' detachment leader.
The reason is this tactic! Now you know how powerful and terrifying this tactic is, right?"
"Good boy," He Pan exclaimed, "Now the little devil will suffer a lot."
"Of course." Shi Changqing smiled ferociously and said, "Just so you know, this time, if I can't kill the little devil and bleed him into a river, I will take your surname!"
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The next day, the Japanese navy and aviation rarely covered the Wusong Fortress with artillery fire, and the First Guards Infantry Regiment also rarely launched an attack.
However, the 7th Engineer Regiment of the 7th Division never stopped.
From early in the morning to three o'clock in the afternoon, more than 700 Japanese engineers and soldiers did not stop except for two short breaks to eat something and drink some water. Fourteen hours passed.
After digging with all their strength, the Japs finally pushed the trench to less than 200 meters away from Bunker No. 13.
At this time, looking down from the observation post on the top of Fortress Mountain, you can see a spectacular picture.
The little devil's engineers spent more than ten hours digging out countless zigzags in the wilderness from the southwest to the northwest of Fortress Mountain. Of course, these were not real zigzags, but stripes.
Zigzag trenches, and each zigzag trench is connected, criss-crossed, and can be shuttled freely.
Wusong Fort is close to the seaside, which has disadvantages but also advantages. The disadvantage is that the terrain here is an alluvial sandbar, and there is no way to dig tunnels. The advantage is that because it is a sandbar and the soil is loose, digging trenches is very easy and the workload is compared to other terrains.
It's much easier, so the project progresses very quickly.
If no accidents occur, in another half hour at most, the Japs' trenches will be able to advance in a roundabout way to the No. 13 bunker. In other words, in another half hour, the Japs will be able to pass through the engineers and attack the Wusong Fortress.
The outer bunker group carried out close-in blasting.
Wang Husheng said worriedly: "Old Xu, can it be activated?"
"There's no rush." Xu Rui shook his head and said calmly, "It's not the right time yet."
"Aren't you in a hurry?" Wang Husheng frowned and said, "If we wait any longer, the little devil will dig the trench right in front of our eyes."
Xu Rui said: "That's right, I just want to wait for the little devils to dig the trench in front of us before we take action!"
"What did you say?" Wang Husheng was stunned when he heard this, and said in a daze, "Wait until the little devil digs the trench in front of our eyes before we take action? Is it still too late?"
Xu Rui said: "It's too late."
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Time flies, half an hour passes quickly.
Although they were harassed by the defenders during this period, the Little Japanese engineers still maintained a high efficiency and successfully advanced the trench to less than fifty meters away from Bunker No. 13. Going forward was difficult because
Pushing further forward, the defenders' grenades can be easily thrown into the trenches.
But this no longer matters to the devils.
Because the distance was only fifty meters, the charge only lasted six or seven seconds! They rushed up in the blink of an eye. No matter how intensive the firepower of the defenders was, it was impossible to knock down all the charging Japanese with explosive packs in their arms in such a short period of time.
, as long as a Japanese soldier carrying an explosive pack rushes to the defender's bunker, the bunker will be finished!
Seeing this, Sanjo Kyousuke put down his telescope, turned to Konoe Shingen and said, "Konoe-kun, it's almost done."
"Yoshi." Konoe Shingen nodded happily, then turned to the captain of the second infantry battalion standing behind him and said, "Takaji-kun, the death squads can attack! The attack squadrons can also enter their positions!"
"Hai!" Nobuo Takashi paused heavily and turned around.
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At this time, we were at the observation post on the top of Fortress Mountain.
Wang Husheng, who had been standing behind the artillery mirror, suddenly shouted: "Old Xu, there's something going on!"
Without Wang Husheng's reminder, Xu Rui also saw that Fortress Mountain is not high, with an altitude of only fifty or sixty meters. However, since it is the highest commanding height within a radius of more than ten kilometers, from the top of Fortress Mountain, one can commandingly view all the Japanese positions on the opposite side.
With all the movement in sight, Xu Rui knew almost instantly that the Japs were about to attack!
The reason is also very simple. The Japanese engineers who were desperately digging trenches suddenly retreated, and groups of Japanese infantrymen with live ammunition moved forward along the zigzag trenches. This signal couldn't be more obvious. Obviously,
The little devil is not going to continue digging trenches, but is preparing to attack from fifty meters away!
Xu Rui immediately shouted: "Sweet potato, make a flag!"
"Yes!" Digua agreed and turned around.
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At the same time, there was a heavy machine gun position a few kilometers away.
Because he was impatient to wait, the guard platoon leader He Pan came to the artillery mirror again and cursed the sentry who was standing behind the artillery mirror: "You bastard, are you blind? It's been so long.
It’s time, but I haven’t received a signal from the group leader yet, you must be dazzled!”
The sentry said aggrievedly: "Platoon commander, I don't have one."
"You dare to be so stubborn?!" He Pan raised his right hand, ready to strike.
Shi Changqing immediately stopped him and said, "He Pan, what are you going to do?"
He Pan quickly retracted his right hand and then remembered that the Communist troops were not interested in beating people.
Shi Changqing came over and was about to reprimand He Pan when the sentry suddenly shouted: "Batalion Commander, there is a signal! There is a signal, I saw the signal! I saw the regimental commander's signal!"
"Start!" He Pan knocked away the sentry and occupied the artillery mirror. After observing intently for a moment, He Pan also shouted excitedly, "Batalion Commander, really, this is the regimental commander's signal!"
"Haha, we've finally waited!" Shi Changqing let out a long breath, then turned around and yelled, "Give me the order, all heavy machine guns will fire immediately, fire, fire quickly, kill the little devil!"
Shi Changqing's adjutant and several messengers also roared in unison.
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
PS: There will be another chapter in the evening, with rivers of blood flowing.
