Chapter 945: Blood stained the Yalu River

In simple comparison, the artillery troops have not updated their artillery equipment since the Russo-Japanese War. As a rising star, the Chinese artillery almost replaced two generations of artillery in just two years, and at the same time, they quickly established a large-scale heavy artillery unit. In comparison, the only heavy artillery unit with advanced advantages in the Japanese army has long become China's spoils in the Qingdao War. It is not difficult to imagine that the Japanese positions were under extremely tremendous pressure when facing artillery.

Although the "Red Devil" Flight Team that took off from Fengtian has not yet been equipped with the most advanced second-generation fighter jets, it has been improved compared to the previous pure wooden aircraft. The fighter jets of the "Red Devil" Flight Team are all improved by large equipment companies in Hanyang Arsenal. They have improved the mold of the aircraft, making the aircraft appear simpler and more solid. All shafts, connection positions and some parts are replaced with steel, and the Rolls-Royce's larger horsepower engine is replaced.

The improved fighter has significantly improved performance compared to the previous wooden aircraft, and its cruise speed has risen to a higher level in synchronized with the safety of the aircraft skeleton. Compared with old aircraft, the improved aircraft has significantly improved its quality test actions such as dives and sharp turns, and there is no need to slowly slide down like a snail when diving like before.

Even the previous Chandler-style machine gun was replaced with the 20mm rapid-fired aviation gun of the second-generation fighter. Not only did the overall weight of the aircraft, but the shooting speed and accuracy were also improved a lot. The installation position of the new aviation gun was changed from the previous nose to the bottom of the nose, which completely resolved the conflict between the shooting position and the propeller. It can be said that the improved fighter belongs to the first fifth-generation fighter of the Chinese Air Force.

Currently, the improved fighter jet is named "Chengshi Improved Fighter", abbreviated as "Chengshi Improved Fighter". In the production of all China's aircraft production factories, except for some civil aircraft and export aircraft, the rest have begun to produce this type of aircraft. To date, more than 60 "Chengshi Improved" fighter jets produced today happened to be assembled into the "Red Devil" Flight Brigade and directly participated in the Sino-Japanese War.

The roar in the sky was getting closer and closer, and the Chinese artillery bombed the entire hilltop of the south bank of the Yalu River, which just provided a certain sight for the "Red Devil" brigade. Soon, more than 60 aircraft dispersed according to the formation of the team, and priority was given to the attacks on some exposed Japanese strongholds. Rapid-fired aviation artillery and bombs greeted the ground without hesitation, and launched another round of powerful strikes after the artillery bombing.

Under the dual cover of the air force and artillery, the North Bank's third-root ferry troops rushed to the south bank without hesitation. Nearly 100 armed ships of the 22nd Mixed Brigade opened fire on the other side while advancing at full speed. The naval gunboats were naturally at the forefront. These gunboats were more or less protected by naval armor, which was much better than fishing boats with only light machine guns and sandbags. The 73rd Regiment's ferry troops were not willing to lag behind and launched a charge, but there were too few ships of the strong ferry troops and weak firepower, so they could only place their hopes on the cover of the air force and artillery.

Although the firepower suppression of the Chinese team had a good effect, for the stormtroopers crossing the Yalu River, the heavy machine guns from the Japanese beachhead bunker still caused serious casualties. Although they chose the narrowest area in the Dandong section of the Yalu River, compared with the other two crossing forces, there were no gunboats or sandbags, and only a few protective shield walls played a very small defensive role.

The ships without bulletproof shield walls were constantly hit by blind bullets, and many stormtroopers fell into the river one after another. Before the war started, the young soldiers with full confidence finally learned the cruelty of the battlefield. They had no power to fight back on the ship except to quickly pull the rope forward. Many people were afraid in the face of this huge contrast.

A heavy machine gun swept over, quickly lifting a bullet on the river surface, hitting the leading ship in front. Although the leading ship had protective armor cover and "Ding Ding Ding" blocked some of the bullets, the dense bullets still passed through the edge of the armor and hit the arm of a soldier holding a rope. The large-caliber bullet actually shot his arm off, and blood spilled out. The soldier fell on the ship in pain and covered his broken wrist with another hand. Another soldier next to him wanted to help, but when he saw the half palm hanging on his wrist and the large gush of blood, he vomited.

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die!" Hu Zongnan personally controlled the bulletproof wall on a ship with bulletproof wall behind him. He heard a trembling sound from a ship not far behind him. When he turned his head to look, a soldier jumped out of the boat and jumped into the river and swam back desperately towards the north bank.

"I can't live anymore, I can't live anymore, run away!" Then several other soldiers jumped into the river.

Hu Zongnan was furious and shouted at the back: "His grandma, are there any officers? Everyone listens to me. Whoever dares to escape will kill me directly!"

When the officer behind heard the order, he immediately pulled out his pistol and looked at the river. He saw someone swam to the north shore and shot without hesitation.

The four fleets crawled on the river surface with difficulty, and finally crossed half of the distance. It seemed that the defenders found that the situation was not good and had to call for artillery support. Just as they were about to approach the south bank, some artillery soldiers began to divert their firepower and aimed at the stormtroopers to open fire. The shells exploded on both sides of the fleet, and the river water that exploded was hot, spilling the Chinese soldiers on the ship all over the body. At the same time, the waves generated also made the entire fleet shaking.

Hu Zongnan's face suddenly became ugly. He gritted his teeth and couldn't help but pray in his heart. When he was listening to the mission briefing from the regiment headquarters the day before the operation, the regiment headquarters had already clearly told the degree of danger of the mission. The stormtrooper chose the most remote place in the defense line of the 16th Division of the Japanese army. The purpose was to avoid the Japanese artillery firepower, use the other two crossing forces to attract the main firepower, and quickly and concealedly break into the other shore.

Once the stormtrooper is suppressed by artillery fire, the four fleets will easily be blown off by shells. Whether it is blowing up the ship or the ropes, it will be a very bad blow to the entire ferry operation. If you want to continue completing the task, you must use your lives to pave the way, and you will have to pay a heavy price for every meter forward.

Hu Zongnan was not only worried about not being able to complete the task, but also worried about his life. If it were just a heavy machine gun, the bulletproof guard wall could also play an effective protective role, but once the shells landed on the ship, the entire ship would undoubtedly die.

But now, as the commander of the stormtrooper and voluntarily volunteered to carry out the mission, he naturally could not escape at the last minute, so he could only rush forward with a tough bullet. He hoped that the firepower of the air force and artillery should continue to increase, and that the Japanese artillery firepower would be suppressed in any case.

At this moment, a sudden explosion sounded, and a fleet about thirty meters away from Hu Zongnan's fleet was hit by a shell. Several ships close together were immediately overturned, and the flesh and blood mixed with the river water was scattered everywhere like a fountain. The fleet, which was unfortunately hit by the shell, immediately fell into chaos. The ship in front lost its power, because many soldiers on the ship had hit it before, and few people continued to pull it.

Advancing with the rope, he leaned against the ship behind him and pushed forward little by little, but now the fleet was cut off in half. The first half of the fleet was like a fly with its head cut off. He couldn't do anything except struggle, shouting, and panic. As for the second half of the fleet, he even made a shell bomb just now blinded, and the ships lost their consistency, dispersed from the team one after another, and could not make it in a while.

"My arm, save me, my arm is gone!"

"I don't realize it anymore, hurry up, pull me, I'm going to sink... hurry..."

"I can't swim... Help!"

The screams were terrifying tragedy nearby. Many soldiers who were injured and not dead were struggling in the river. Some were unable to swim because of their limbs and could not get up alive. Some people finally caught a piece of wood board of a ship, but were grabbed by another soldier who was panicked. The two of them sank into the water. Some people directly pressed the bulletproof wall on their heads, and they couldn't struggle, and eventually lost consciousness.

Hu Zongnan looked at this scene and felt a burst of pain in his heart, but he could not lend a helping hand to these men. He tried hard to curb his sobs, and shouted at the fleet that was blown away by the shells: "Swim towards the shore, don't be confused, don't be confused, grab the side of the ship to continue swimming. People on the shore quickly save people, hurry up!"

The Japanese artillery shells continued to hit the river. The only thing that is thankful is that the Japanese artillery aimed at this side was not a intensive artillery of position. It seemed that there were only two to three small-caliber mobile artillery, and the suppression of the artillery fire was not very fierce. However, even if they were not hit by the artillery shells for a while, the splashes that exploded from front, back, left and right were still thrilling and uneasy.

Hu Zongnan's fleet barely crawled forward for about three or five meters, and many more soldiers were shot and fell down during this period. At this moment, a clear roar of engines came from the sky. When he looked up, he saw three planes lowering their altitude and rushing to rescue from the front battlefield in the southwest direction.
Chapter completed!