"Company Commander! I request my platoon to form a death squad, wait until the Japanese tanks get closer, and blow them up."
Leng Feng hooked his waist and trotted all the way to Shangguan Yun in the command post on the first floor to ask for a fight.
According to the battle position arrangement of the first company, the first platoon guarded the shooting point on the second floor, the second platoon guarded the third floor, and the first floor was assigned to the third platoon. Seeing that the Japanese army was so powerful, as the number two person in the first company, Leng Feng was still a little worried after all.
"We haven't reached the end yet. What kind of death squads do we need?" Shangguan Yun glared at the most courageous platoon leader under his command: "On your side, just don't let the Japanese infantry easily get close to the blind spot."
He glanced at the two infantry squads of the third platoon led by Tang Dao who were still hiding in the first trench outside the warehouse, and said decisively: "Leave the first floor to the third platoon! I believe in Tang Dao."
Tang Dao led two infantry squads, one and two, in the first trench 20 meters away from the warehouse gate. There were three traffic trenches leading to the interior of the building.
This is considered the first line of defense of the Sixings Warehouse. It is to prevent the Japanese infantry from entering the blind spots of the shooting points in the warehouse too easily.
The best thing about this trench designed by Tang Dao is not that it is a auxiliary attack, but that it is not afraid that the Japanese army will use it to threaten the warehouse after occupying this trench.
The firepower points on the second and third floors of the warehouse were just right enough to have a clear view of the trenches. It was our own fault. If the Japanese jumped in, they would be beaten!
That is, Tang Dao, who entered here for the first time, also had a good experience of the uncomfortable three months that the two warring parties in the Songhu Battle had to endure.
The southeastern part of China does live up to its name as a water town, it is too humid.
The trench was only 1.5 meters deep, but it was like digging a well. Not only was there ankle-deep water at the bottom of the trench, but the walls of the trench were also extremely slippery.
Hiding inside is like a fish stranded in a mud pond, covered in mud, freezing to the bone, and struggling to survive in a hail of bullets. It is really uncomfortable.
"Brothers, are you scared?" Tang Dao asked suddenly, leaning against the wet to muddy trench wall.
"Haha, I'm not afraid it's a lie." Before anyone could answer, Tang Dao pointed in the direction of the slowly advancing Japanese army and replied by himself. "Hey, my dear, the tanks are all out. It's such a big battle. I'm so careful.
I can’t help but tremble a little!”
"Sir, I'm sorry, you're scared too!" A soldier was amused by Tang Dao's metaphor of being a careless person, and boldly answered. "I originally thought you were a tough guy with blood on your face without even blinking.
Where’s the seed?”
"Haha! Why are you staring at me with your big eyes without blinking even though I'm covered in blood? That's unless your eyes have been closed for a long time." Tang Dao laughed.
The soldiers reacted and laughed.
Isn’t that the truth?
"Yes! Of course I'm afraid. I'm only 22 years old. I'm in the prime of my youth. I haven't married yet and have children. There are parents at home who are eagerly waiting for me to become a general and return to my hometown!" Tang Dao suddenly sighed.
"I'm afraid that if I die, my family will no longer have a livelihood; I'm afraid that if I die, there will be no one to take care of my parents! How can I not be afraid?"
"Sir..." Some young soldiers choked.
Obviously, what Tang Dao said was exactly what they were worried about.
If I throw more than one hundred kilograms, I will just throw it away here. But no one is born to be raised, and no one has a high position in the family. Some of them are older and have wives and children to raise. Thinking about this, who dares to
Talk about death lightly?
"But what can we do if we are afraid? Nowadays, when Japanese pirates attack our country, they are not like ordinary pirates and bandits who just grab a vote and leave.
This time they were fully prepared. They invaded Pingjin from the north and Songhu from the south. They planned to use a two-pronged approach to completely occupy China's rivers and mountains.
If we are afraid and do not dare to die, then not only the parents, wives and children of you and my brothers will have no way of living from now on, but the parents, wives and children of thousands of Chinese people will also have no way of living, and my entire Chinese family may be gone.
A way to survive." Tang Dao's voice gradually became lower and he asked in a voice that was almost a whisper.
"If you retreat, you will die, if you don't retreat, you will die! What do you think of the choice?"
"Sir, since you don't have a choice, what can you say? It's just a dead body!" Liu Datou responded loudly.
"Yes! Eighteen years later, he is a hero again!" Lao Hei's voice came from not far away.
"That's right, since you can't live, then why don't you drag a few more bastards with you!"
"Right, that is it!"
"Take a few more Japanese heads to honor your parents!"
...
As the soldiers expressed their stance, their slightly trembling bodies gradually became calmer, and their eyes became firmer.
Tang Dao looked up into the distance. The Japanese army was still about 350 meters away. If nothing unexpected happened, the firepower points on the second, third and fourth floors would start speaking in ten seconds. Try to attack the infantry before they approached the warehouse.
blow.
The Japanese army will only start to speed up at that time, and will not launch a charge until about 200 meters away. The minefields once laid have been plowed back and forth by the Japanese infantry artillery and mountain artillery in the morning, basically losing their role in hindering the Japanese infantry.
, then it’s time for the frontline trenches to join the battle.
As Tang Dao expected, ten seconds later, the light and heavy machine guns, including mortars, on the front of the warehouse began to roar.
The light and heavy machine guns were mainly aimed at the two infantry squadrons scattered in the ruins behind the Japanese tanks, while the mortars were mainly aimed at the small group of Japanese forward troops following the tanks.
The firepower network composed of four heavy machine guns and six light machine guns should not be underestimated. The main force of the Japanese army quickly lay down on the spot to avoid the terrible ballistic trajectory. Although at least ten soldiers were mowed down before they could react in time, most of the Japanese army
But they escaped the hail of bullets because of their dispersed formation.
The Japanese troops following the four tanks were extremely determined. Even if mortar shells fell around and the flying shrapnel would occasionally take away a few people, they still followed the tanks and moved forward tenaciously.
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The direct-aiming artillery placed in the semi-permanent fortifications built by the Japanese army was naturally not a vegetarian. The firepower point at the warehouse started firing, and they immediately launched a counterattack.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Balls of fire exploded from the building in front of the warehouse.
The two 57mm tank guns also fired recklessly, firing at the windows filled with sandbags.
The front of the Sixing Warehouse is different from the walls on both sides. Because it is densely covered with large windows, the wall is built thicker. This also makes the shooting hole much more difficult to dig than the side. Even if it is dug, the shooting
The holes are not big enough. In order to obtain a larger firing range and a better field of vision, many machine gunners simply use sandbags to build firepower fortifications.
The same goes for the infantry. Their fighting positions are mainly on the window sandbag fortifications.
But while the defenders gained a better view and shooting range, they also left opportunities for the Japanese army. They couldn't attack the strong and thick walls, but they could build sandbag fortifications piled in the windows.
The direct-aiming artillery located in the distance may be better. It is not a sniper artillery, and the Japanese gunners are not good enough to point where to hit. If you want to hit the window directly, you have to rely on probability.
But the two 57mm tank guns on the 89 tank, which is only 350 meters away from the warehouse in a straight line, are accurate enough.
After firing several rounds, the sandbag fortification of a window on the second floor was directly hit by a shell, opening a large black hole, and a light machine gun misfired.
Inside the warehouse, a light machine gun had been completely twisted and deformed, and two soldiers fell to the ground seven or eight meters away from the window.
No matter how Leng Feng shouted as he rushed over, they just vomited blood. The blood was filled with horrible black masses, but it was difficult to say a word.
Leng Feng hugged his soldiers, his heart felt like a knife. He knew that his soldiers had no way to save themselves.
Black, not blood, but fragments of internal organs
Those were his platoon of light machine gun shooters. Although they were not hit directly by the shells, the blast of the shells that were only three meters away from them was still too terrifying. It was no less severe than using a sledgehammer weighing hundreds of kilograms.
Hit them hard.
This was also the first time that there were sacrifices in the warehouse, two people at one time.
"Order all firepower points not to engage in head-to-head combat with the Japanese artillery!" Yang Ruifu ordered in a hissing voice.
Facing the fierce flames of Japanese artillery fire, the firepower in the warehouse was instantly weakened.
"Yo Xi!" Wakibajiro, who was watching the battle with a telescope from a distance, had a long-lost smile on his face.
In the distance, Chinese people on the banks of the Suzhou River looked at the Sihang Warehouse building trembling under Japanese artillery fire from both sides.
