After receiving Yu Zhiqian's order, a group of soldiers slowly dived into the water.
There may be many people in future generations who cannot swim, but in this era, as long as there is a river, the children growing around are not landlubbers. In order to supplement the family income, they fish in the water, and more out of naughty, jumping into the river in the summer, as long as Those who can get ashore are not bad at water quality.
Among the entire team, there were only a dozen people who couldn't swim, but Yu Zhiqian sent four people around them to hold them up to prevent accidents when crossing the river.
In early November, it is slightly cold, and there is no large-scale global warming. In Shanghai at night, the outdoor temperature is about ten degrees Celsius, and the temperature in the water may be even lower. After entering the water, you can feel a biting coldness.
Yu Zhiqian put his weapon and backpack on his head and swam forward quickly, looking around from time to time to determine whether the surrounding environment was safe.
Just as we swam across the middle of the Suzhou River, a group of Japanese patrols appeared on the other side. Using flashlights, they began to patrol forward little by little along the river bank.
"Get into the water!"
After Yu Zhiqian finished speaking, he retracted his whole head into the water. The remaining soldiers would pass the order back one by one, and finally all the soldiers dived towards the river one by one.
"Qiangzi, hold your breath, don't be afraid when you get into the water, brothers are dragging you, don't struggle!"
"good!"
Soldiers who can't swim are now too scared to move. They can only let their comrades drag them. After hearing the order to dive, they are even more frightened, but they don't dare to make any big moves, so they can only hold on for dear life. Close your eyes and slowly dive into the water. This is your trust in your comrades.
There were about 20 Japanese patrols on the other side of the river. They used flashlights and scanned the water from time to time. After finding nothing unexpected, they continued to move forward.
Half a minute later, the patrol left. Yu Zhiqian and others emerged from the water, shook their heads, and continued walking forward.
Five minutes later, everyone came ashore. Most of them were lying tiredly by the river. The Suzhou River was not wide, but it was not narrow either. Wearing a complete set of Japanese equipment and rifles, it was difficult for anyone to cross the river. It's all a test.
Not to mention that some of these soldiers could not swim at all. It was not easy for everyone to cross the Suzhou River safely.
"People in one row, be on guard, and the rest of the people, rest where you are for one minute. After one minute, we will set off. Everyone, pour out the water from your shoes, and don't make any noise!"
A group of soldiers nodded and began to tidily sort out the things around them.
Shoes, hats, etc. were all full of water. A group of soldiers were shivering while packing their things. There was no wind today. After landing ashore, they moved their bodies a little and their body temperatures gradually warmed up.
After a minute of slight correction, all the soldiers stood up and started to line up. Yu Zhiqian glanced around, focusing on the fact that there was still some space for the shoes. After confirming that there were no problems, he nodded with satisfaction: "Let's go!"
In the Sihang Warehouse, Zheng Shijue and a group of wounded soldiers were nervously arranging the defense line in the warehouse.
"Batalion Commander, give me a grenade and I will guard the flag!"
A soldier who was lying on a stretcher and unable to move gently pulled Zheng Shijue, indicating that he was of some use.
"Okay, I'll take you up!"
"Battal Commander, give me one too. Hey hey hey, I can also pull two. I have killed more than a dozen Japanese. If there are two more, I can go down and show off to Erlunzi and the others. The stupid Erluzi killed three people before.
He's a devil, give him a blow!"
There are not many wounded soldiers, so it is impossible to take care of all places. Most of them are concentrated on the first and second floors. They are some defenders who have injured their legs and have no problem shooting. They are responsible for sniping the charging Japanese.
, first delay as long as you can.
There were six or seven seriously injured people gathered on the fifth floor, sitting around the flag pole, holding grenades in their arms, relying on each other. They were the last defenders of Sihang Warehouse. After the Japanese soldiers came up, they would die together with the Japanese soldiers.
An hour later, the Japanese began another attack, which was similar to the previous attack. Artillery fire went first. More than a dozen mountain cannons began to bombard the Sihang Warehouse. More than a dozen shells fell around the Sihang Warehouse.
The originally sturdy Sihang Warehouse had become shaky after several days of shelling. The shells fell on the walls and blew away the bricks on the walls. The entire floor of the Fourth Factory Warehouse was bombarded with more than a dozen large holes.
The current Sihang Warehouse is a dangerous building that may collapse at any time. On the fourth day, the Japanese conducted an hour-long bombardment in an attempt to blow up the Sihang Warehouse, but the Sihang Warehouse still stood tenaciously.
Suzhou River.
"Brothers, the Japs are here, put in the bombs, go tell Lao Wu and prepare flares!"
Zheng Shijue lay on the window and looked at the attacking Japanese in the distance. He yelled with all his strength, trying his best to let everyone hear his voice clearly.
After the injured soldiers, many people suffered from hearing loss. If the sound was low, they could not hear any sound at all.
"okay!"
After hearing this, a soldier who was lame on one leg immediately jumped upstairs on one leg. Climbing stairs was not easy, so the soldier climbed up using his hands and feet.
On the top of the building, after hearing this, the man named Lao Wu Shang Shang took out a flare from his arms, pointed it diagonally at the sky, and shot it out.
"call out!"
The sound of flares taking off was the last thing any Japanese soldier who attacked at night wanted to hear. Originally, there was night as a camouflage, allowing them to quickly approach the Sihang Warehouse, but after the flares took off, they had no way to hide. Sihang
The defenders of the warehouse can see them clearly.
"Onboard!"
A group of Japanese soldiers roared and rushed towards the Sihang Warehouse.
"beat!"
Zheng Shijue roared, and almost everyone on the first and second floors spoke immediately.
The Japanese attacking soldiers clearly felt that their firepower had become weak. There were only three machine guns firing from the windows on the second floor. The firepower on the first floor was also much weaker. They could easily rush into the Sihang Warehouse from a distance of about fifty meters.
Now the color of the land in Sihang Warehouse can no longer be seen, it is all corpses. The ground is piled with Japanese corpses. Every time the Japanese soldiers take a step forward, they have to step on the corpses of their comrades to move forward.
Some clever soldiers would lie down among the corpses when attacking, pretending to be corpses and shoot. Although there were flares, they could not see clearly. From the third and fourth nights, more and more Japanese soldiers used
This tactic caused the defenders' casualties to skyrocket.
