The Japanese commander who directed this battle deployed 4 Type 89 tanks and more than 700 infantry on the front line alone. He had no intention of probing the attack.
Although the Cangcheng defenders repelled three consecutive waves of Japanese attacks and killed at least 200 Japanese soldiers and destroyed one tank, the defenders also suffered heavy losses.
Because there was no experience in dealing with Japanese tanks in this kind of positional defense battle, the biggest losses were not the infantry, but the heavy machine gun fire points. In less than 10 minutes after the battle started, three heavy machine gun fire points of the 67th Army were destroyed by Japanese tanks.
The cannon or the rapid-fire cannon lurking in the distance blew up.
However, the machine gunners of the fire support company were inexperienced. After several rounds of attacks, the Japanese tanks perfectly hid in the ruins. There was even a machine gunner who was eager for success and was hit by a shrapnel that exploded five meters away and was seriously injured.
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This is why Tang Dao, as the supreme commander, had to personally control the Oerlikon cannon and shoot at the Japanese tanks. If the tanks were not killed, the increasingly unscrupulous tanks would sooner or later destroy the infantry that could best suppress them.
Kill all the heavy machine gun fire points.
Without the continuous firepower output of heavy machine guns, the Cangcheng position would be difficult to withstand the charge of Japanese infantry.
The Japanese infantry were not only fearless in numbers and numbers, but the firepower that provided cover for them was also ferocious.
Not counting the large-caliber artillery of the Japanese army further away, the heavy firepower possessed by the Japanese army in front of them, including 6 infantry guns and 4 rapid-fire cannons, is enough to make people palpitate.
The four mortars hidden in Cangcheng have been working hard to counterattack the infantry artillery and rapid-fire artillery that pose the greatest threat to the fire point. However, after the Japanese army discovered that their opponents had mortars, they placed these direct-aimed artillery guns 1,000 meters away.
, under such weather conditions, it was difficult for the artillery observers at the head of the city to determine its specific coordinates, and could only make rough estimates.
The effect of the shelling can be imagined.
Tang Dao actually wanted to inform the artillery troops in the city to launch a saturation attack on several direct-aimed guns that threatened the Japanese army. However, when he thought that this was just a contact battle before the Songjiang War, it was not even an appetizer. Songjiang
This is where we have to use our trump card. It's really not cost-effective, so we can only suppress this extremely tempting idea.
Mortars alone cannot suppress the attack of the Japanese 10 direct-aiming guns, so they can only rely on fortifications to resist, and naturally the price paid will be higher.
The two major battalion commanders were probably still counting the losses and had not come to report to him. Tang Dao did not know how much his side had lost in the half-hour fierce battle. However, the four destroyed heavy machine gun fortifications alone were enough for Tang Dao.
My heart aches.
That means four heavy machine guns and a dozen experienced machine gun shooters are gone.
Tang Dao was waiting in the front-line trench for reports from the two major battalion commanders of the Northeast Army and Sichuan Army, and also observed the movements of the Japanese troops who were still reluctant to retreat.
But the young deputy squad leader who hurriedly returned to his team found his own company.
As he approached the position, the young soldier suddenly froze.
Except for the two guard posts left on top of the dilapidated city wall, the rest of the soldiers were sitting under the city wall and resting against the wall.
However, the infantry company, which had more than 120 people in full lineup in the morning, was much smaller than he had imagined.
Although it was already dark, he could see at a glance that there were no more than 70 soldiers covered in gunpowder smoke and mud sitting under the more than 200-meter city wall.
Does that mean that the entire infantry company lost more than 50 people in this battle?
The young soldier's face was tense, and he was extremely nervous looking for his infantry squad. Fortunately, he saw his veteran squad leader at a glance. The veteran with a bandage on his arm was leaning against the city wall with his head lowered and smoking a cigarette.
The young soldier walked over hesitantly.
Because he did not see the comrades who had been recruited from other battalions and companies in the past few days, this made him feel a little gloomy.
Looking at the young deputy squad leader walking over with a gun on his back, the soldiers who were already familiar with him grinned, revealing teeth that looked white against the dark face, although the background color was mostly yellow.
After a fierce battle, it is undoubtedly a pleasant thing to see your comrades return.
It is the same for both parties.
“Here comes the pillar.”
“Come, come, Zhuzhu, sit here and listen to Haiguo tell you that Haiguo was the one who killed two Japanese soldiers.” A soldier waved to the young deputy squad leader from a distance.
That was Liu Hai, the deputy squad leader of the second class. He was very grateful to Qian Dazhu for taking the initiative to serve as an observation post. When he saw Qian Dazhu coming, he was naturally extremely enthusiastic.
"Tsk, tsk, otherwise everyone would call you conch! Even if you blow it loudly, you don't know who was hit by the Japanese cannon at that time. Your crotch is all wet, and it hasn't even dried up yet!" In addition,
An old sergeant laughed so hard that his teeth burst into laughter.
Those who can say this can only be old brothers. If we don’t fight like this, how can we deserve the joy of surviving!
Whether you are bragging or making sarcastic remarks, you must first be alive.
"You are a big watermelon like a fairy. You only know how to make sarcastic remarks. Fortunately, your life was not blown up by artillery shells. Of course you are not afraid. Believe it or not, if you were hit by a Japanese artillery shell like you, you
This turtle boy will probably scare the shit out of him." The veteran, known as conch, would show weakness and immediately blushed and scolded him back.
"It's true. Conch, you are so lucky. You were hit by a tank gun from the front and you were fine. Two brothers in my fourth squad were only hit by a Japanese grenade. One guy's intestines were blown out, and the other one's intestines were blown out.
I’m missing a leg. You’re a bitch. Compared with you, I’m totally unjust.” The round-headed and bald sergeant, who was called a watermelon, was not annoyed even after being scolded. Instead, he asked with a smile.
"Yes! Haiguo, tell me quickly, did you just hide away?" A soldier on the side asked curiously.
After all, on the battlefield, no one can pay attention to every corner of the battlefield. If it is true as Xigua said, it is simply a miracle that the conch can still be alive and kicking after being hit by a tank gun from the front.
“Hide? If you have the ability, you can hide the shells for me and let me see. I’m not hiding at all, okay?” When Conch introduced his legendary experience with high spirits, his eyes were actually more frightened.
“When I saw the muzzle of the Japanese tank pointed at us, I lay down in the fortification and closed my eyes, just waiting to be blasted into the sky by a crazy cannon. By the way, what do you think I was thinking at the last moment?”
Watching the tank's muzzle pointing at you, and the next moment a shell will fly over and tear you into pieces, that scene can definitely become anyone's nightmare, even a veteran warrior.
“What are you thinking about?”
"Xigua, the idiot, seems to know where I hid the ocean that the commander gave me when I entered Songjiang City. Seeing that I was blown away, the idiot must be laughing so hard that he can take it with me
Dayang went home to marry his wife!
When I think about me being blown up into skewers, and that Xigua, a melon, will have a smooth and smooth woman lying next to me in the future, and maybe I can give birth to several babies, calling him daddy in a milky voice, I feel regretful in my intestines.
Qingge! I can only call my ancestors to bless me and protect me from the Japanese artillery shells!"
“Haha!” The soldiers around laughed.
"You son of a bitch understands me very well! If you haven't tasted the taste of a mother-in-law, I will marry a pot to help you taste it. They are all brothers. They know what they are doing! Don't worry, don't worry, the pot is very grand.
, I will tell you what it feels like when I burn the paper." Xigua laughed so much that snot bubbles appeared in his nose.
"Don't go too far, Hai Guo. Tell me, that shell didn't kill you at all? Did it really fly away?" The soldier on the side was full of curiosity and handed over a piece of black smoke.
"Fly, you sparrow! Who knows if I am shot away and still survive?" The conch that filled the pipe with smoke and took a happy puff seemed to be still on the battlefield, shivering involuntarily: "I just feel
My whole body shook violently, and I almost flew up. I was waiting for the shell to explode and I was blown to ashes. But after waiting for a long time, there was no movement. I braved it and looked up. Guess what?
Well?"
“What the hell!”
“That cannonball made a hole under the wall, and it went in. It didn’t explode, but left a pitch black hole there!” Conch screamed on his face.
“I got excited and couldn’t hold it back, so I peed. You know! That’s because I’m grateful that the ancestors of the Liu family showed up and specifically told them that my grandson’s bird can still be used. It’s not because of any fear.”
“Haha! It’s indeed a conch. You can really blow it. Be careful. If your ancestors saw that you were so good at blowing, they might even take you away to relieve your boredom.” The soldiers all laughed.
“Where are the unexploded shells? We have to stay far away, lest it kills you and blows me up.” Xigua laughed loudly.
"Let me think about it..." Before the conch finger could be pointed, a "boom" sound was heard.
Not far away, a cloud of smoke exploded from the top of the city, and a piece of broken bricks fell down, causing the helmets on the soldiers' heads to jingle.
“That’s it!” Conch’s face was stiff.
It's not because the dumb bomb has exploded now, but because this person remembered that he had been fighting for more than 10 minutes next to this "time bomb" that could explode at any time. Even this person can be considered a veteran. It seems that he is showing off to his ancestors again.
