The kid's bombing of neighborhoods outside the city this time was fundamentally different from the previous ones.
In the past few days, the focus of the Japanese bombing has been on the core city within the Fengtian City Wall. Due to the dense air defense firepower network, the bombing effect of the Japanese Air Force was actually very average, but even so, the Japanese Air Force still tried its best.
It is possible to dispatch high-altitude horizontal bombers for bombing, and occasionally dive bombers will be dispatched for dive bombing at night, but the focus of bombing has always been on the core urban area within the city wall, especially the area where the Fengtian Ordnance Factory is located.
However, the neighborhoods outside the city were not subjected to large-scale bombing by Japanese aviation, or even clustered shelling.
But this time, the little devil had clearly realized the urgency of time, or had completely lost his patience, so he directly dispatched a large fleet of aircraft including dive bombers to carry out large-scale bombardment of the neighborhoods outside Fengtian City.
bombs, and even dropped a large number of sulfur bombs, followed by a large-scale cluster bombardment.
Therefore, when Shi Changqing and the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Battalion returned to the surface from various underground shelters, they found that the residential buildings on the surface had long been blown to pieces, and most of these residential buildings were made of civil structures, so they were still burning.
, such a huge fire can burn someone to death while standing on the street, let alone hiding in the ruins of a house.
When Xu Rui came up, Shi Changqing was standing on the street with his hands on his hips, spitting and swearing.
"Okay, stop scolding. If you can scold the little Japs away, why do we need our soldiers to go to the battlefield?" Xu Rui glanced at Shi Changqing coldly, then turned around and took the Momo from Zhuo Ligetu.
Xinagan rifled, looked around, and then endured the scorching heat and climbed up to a house where the fire had been extinguished.
Shi Changqing scratched his head and immediately ordered the troops to enter the position.
Although most of the residential buildings on the surface have been burned down, and many residential buildings are even still burning, fortunately, the streets and alleys are also covered with barricades of their Chahar Independent Regiment. With these barricades, their Chahar
Our independent regiment can still start street battles with the Japs, and can still make the Japs pay a heavy price for every step forward.
Xu Rui held the Mosin-Nagant rifle and climbed to the second floor of the house. It was a brick-wood mixed-structure Western-style building. The frame was made of brick, so even though all the wooden floors and beams had been burned, the entire building was still intact.
The structure of the building was not seriously damaged, so there was no need to worry that it would suddenly collapse and bury people alive.
However, even though the fire in the fortress has been extinguished, the heat wave shrouding the house is still very scorching. Less than half a minute after Xu Rui and Zhuo Ligetu entered the house, they were already sweating profusely.
, Xu Rui stretched out his hand to test the temperature in the corridor on the second floor. It was at least sixty degrees. It was unbearable for a person to lie down at such a high temperature.
At that moment, Xu Rui took off his military uniform, turned on the kettle to wet the uniform, and then spread the wet uniform on the corridor, then leaned over and lay on the uniform. This time he could finally endure it.
Then, Xu Rui extended the muzzle of Mosin Nagant's gun from a gap in the guardrail and pointed it at the street ahead.
Zhuoligetu was squatting about five meters away from Xu Rui, holding a telescope to Xu Rui to observe.
On the battlefield, snipers are often the greatest threat, but snipers need to concentrate when shooting, which inevitably neglects to monitor the surrounding environment, so they are easily hunted by the opponent's snipers. At this time, give
It is very necessary for the sniper to be equipped with an observer, who can observe the surrounding environment at any time through a telescope.
Moreover, in addition to providing early warning, observers can also search for targets for snipers.
After lying on the ground on top of his military uniform, Xu Rui quickly adjusted his breathing and entered a sniping state.
Zhuoligetu turned the telescope and moved it back and forth between the two street intersections about a hundred meters ahead.
After a moment, Zhuoligetu called out in a low voice: "Commander, at the eleven o'clock direction, there is about an infantry squad, maybe more, and there is a Type 95 light tank behind it to cover it."
Upon hearing this, Xu Rui immediately turned the Mosin-Nagant rifle and aimed it at the eleven o'clock direction.
Through the gap in the guardrail, Xu Rui could clearly see that about a small group of Japanese infantrymen were holding 38 big covers against the walls of private houses on both sides of the street, bending down and advancing slowly, in the middle of the street.
It was a Type 95 light tank, with some Japanese soldiers following behind the tank.
The Japs set up a standard infantry-tank coordinated attack formation.
However, in street fighting, such a standard infantry-tank coordination formation is not easy to use, because the terrain of street fighting is too complex. Even through the indiscriminate bombing of the Little Devil aviation and artillery groups, the blocks outside the north gate were destroyed.
Although large areas were destroyed, the remaining ruins of civilian houses could still provide cover for the defenders.
After advancing about fifty meters, a tongue of flame suddenly shot out from a private house on the right side of the street, hitting the fuel tank on the left rear of the Type 95 light tank. There was only a bang, and the little devil's Type 95 light tank suddenly hit the rear left fuel tank.
The five light tanks exploded into a huge ball of fire in an instant. After a while, the top cover of the tank turret opened from the inside, and then a Japanese soldier came out. But just as he came out, the whole person was completely swallowed up by the fire.
After landing, the Japs tried to extinguish the flames by rolling, but this was in vain. After rolling twice, there was no more movement.
The Japs advancing along both sides of the street, as well as the Japs infantry following the tanks, had no time to rescue them. In fact, no one was willing to rescue them because they were too busy taking care of themselves. Almost at the same time as the rocket was fired just now,
, the officers and soldiers of the fourth battalion lying behind the front barricade also opened fire fiercely.
The little devil's infantry-tank coordination is still weak. In this regard, not to mention compared with the Chahar Independent Regiment with Xu Rui as the chief officer, even compared with the European powers and even the US military, it is slightly inferior. Ishihara
Wan'er's Seventh Army would have been even more unbearable if it hadn't experienced a hell-like fierce battle in Chita.
However, the Seventh Army is a defender in Chita, not an attacker. Even if it occasionally engages in counterattacks, it is only a small-scale counterattack on a local battlefield. Therefore, the use of infantry-tank coordination tactics is very little, so even the Seventh Army
, the level of infantry and tank coordination is also very low, and there is no way to compare with the Chahar Independent Regiment trained by Xu Rui.
You know, the Chahar Independent Regiment relied on the coordination of infantry and tanks to crush the North China Front Army, and then crushed the First Division of the three eastern provinces.
Closer to home, the tank used by the Japs to cover the infantry attack did not play the expected role and was destroyed by a rocket launcher ambushed on the street. Although the Japs infantry quickly counterattacked, using light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers and rocket launchers, the tank collapsed.
They reached the private house where the Chinese rocket launchers were hiding, but the tank was gone.
Without the cover of tanks, the Japanese attack fell into the same old routine.
At this time, it is time for snipers like Xu Rui to show off their skills.
Xu Rui turned the muzzle of his gun and easily found a grenade launcher in the Japs' attack queue. The Japs were hiding behind a broken wall and had already set up a grenade launcher. Let's see where he was aiming.
, should be the first barricade set up by the Fourth Battalion on the street. Without any hesitation, Xu Rui gently pulled the trigger.
Eighty meters ahead, the Japanese grenadier had just set up the grenade and was about to ask the deputy shooter to load the grenade. However, he suddenly jumped forward and there was no movement. When the deputy shooter hurriedly came over to take a look, he discovered that the grenade was being thrown.
The back half of the skull in the hand had been blown away, and the red and white brains were spread all over the floor.
"Baga!" the deputy shooter cursed, and without hesitation picked up the grenade from the ground, then stretched out his thumb to compare it twice with the barricade stationed by the Chinese soldiers in front, and then immediately adjusted the shooting angle of the grenade.
Fine-tuning, but before he could adjust it, another bullet flew over at high speed and pierced his head.
"Poof!" A cloud of blood mist instantly rose from the back of the deputy shooter's head, and he fell into a pool of blood.
"Baga Yalu!" The Japanese second lieutenant leading the team had just come over. He was holding up his saber and trying to guide the grenade to knock down the Chinese heavy machine gun on the opposite barricade. However, he happened to see the Japanese deputy shooter being killed. Seeing this
, the Japanese second lieutenant immediately became angry, sheathed his sword immediately, and prepared to control the grenade himself.
However, the Japanese second lieutenant soon followed the footsteps of the two Japanese grenadiers and was shot dead by Xu Rui.
Due to the existence of Xu Rui, a sniper, the Japanese grenade launchers and rocket launchers have never been able to exert their due power, and the only Type 95 light tank responsible for cover has been destroyed, so the Japanese infantry has no way to do it.
Destroy the Dshk heavy machine gun on the barricade ahead.
Facing the Dshk large-caliber heavy machine gun with full firepower, the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun was helpless, not to mention the crooked light machine gun. Therefore, an entire infantry squad attacking from the main street in front was suppressed on the street.
Both sides were unable to advance even an inch, and as time passed, the Japanese casualties began to increase sharply.
However, the Japanese were obviously fierce. Even with so many casualties, they had no intention of retreating.
The stalemate lasted for about a quarter of an hour, and just when the attacking Japanese infantry team was about to collapse, a Type 97 medium tank finally came to the street in front. Moreover, behind the Type 97 medium tank and on the left and right sides
, there is at least one infantry squad of Japanese infantry following up, and Japanese reinforcements are coming up.
And this time, the little devil needs to be much more cautious when advancing forward.
There were still at least a hundred meters away from the first barricade of the Fourth Battalion. The Japanese tank stopped moving forward. Instead, it slowly turned the turret and pointed its black muzzle at the large-caliber German tank that was spitting out firepower fiercely.
Shika heavy machine gun, Shi Changqing realized the danger and was about to order the heavy machine gun team to move but it was already too late.
I saw a sudden flash of red light from the muzzle of the main gun of the Japanese tank. Immediately, a huge red light appeared on the Deshka heavy machine gun position in front. Then the air wave generated by the explosion instantly set off a large amount of fire.
Sand and smoke quickly spread, quickly covering the entire circular barricade.
