Not long after Liu Yangyang left, "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" The Japanese artillery finally fired again. Tang Cheng couldn't believe it was true. The target of the Japanese bombardment was the Second Company's position, but their company His own soldiers were also covered by artillery fire. Tang Cheng even wondered if the Japanese artillery commander was a fool. After pushing Jiu Jin into the nearest artillery hole, Tang Cheng still hid under the Japanese corpses. Surviving the intensive bombardment depends not only on the shell-proof holes, but also on who has good luck. Tangcheng does not believe that his luck is the worst.
The helmets in the trenches all retracted their heads and squatted in the shell-proof holes. They were no longer unfamiliar with the Japanese shelling. The only thing that was difficult was the period when the shelling just started. As the shelling continued and everyone became numb, the position changed. The helmets inside have gradually adapted to the Japanese shelling. With the violent explosion, rolling smoke and smoke columns rising into the sky began to rise from the position. Tang Cheng, who had already appeared to be exhausted, lay quietly under the Japanese corpses, feeling in his heart Desperately praying to God for blessing.
The explosion opened up the soil and threw huge rocks out of the soil. Before the stones could fall to the ground from a height of several meters, they would be hit by subsequent artillery shells fired by the Japanese army and become scattered back to the ground. Rubbles. The entire position has been completely covered by the orange-red flames after the explosion of the artillery shell. The splashing shrapnel was mixed with the shock wave and swept everything on the position. It is appropriate to describe the right-wing position at this time as shaking the ground. The Japanese army's This shelling actually turned the Second Company's position into a sea of fire.
The Japanese army learned from aerial reconnaissance that the Chinese troops here were already well prepared and ready to fight. However, the battle in Chunhua Town made them not believe that the defenders of Guanghua Gate would have much combat effectiveness. After the Japanese army tentatively inserted them twice in a row After the defeat, the Japanese army besieging Chunhua Town gained a new understanding of the defenders of Guanghua Gate. Thanks to their outstanding performance in the Shanghai War, the Japanese Ninth Division also joined the offensive formation against Nanjing. At this time Facing Xie Chengrui's regiment position was the 36th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Ninth Division.
Knowing that this garrison was the second regiment of the famous teaching corps of the Chinese Army, the 36th Infantry Regiment naturally did not dare to neglect and issued a fatal order to completely annihilate this Chinese force. The Japanese army's plan was to cut off the 51st Infantry Regiment. The division's retreat from Chunhua Town completely annihilated the 51st Division in the Chunhua Town area. Therefore, Xie Chengrui's position became a fortress that the 36th Regiment must conquer. For this reason, the 36th Regiment spent a lot of money, except for the division. In addition to the entire artillery regiment being included in the combat order of the 36th regiment, the 114th Division also dispatched a brigade to join the attack.
The brigade of the 114th Division was the first to attack. Their plan was to outflank the Chinese defenders on the position. Unfortunately, their plan was discovered by Xie Chengrui. Of course, the brave and capable 36th Regiment was not idle either. While the infantry brigade of the division launched an attack on the main position of the Chinese defenders, the Yamashita team of the 36th Regiment disguised themselves as weeds and secretly sneaked in, preparing to take advantage of the Chinese defenders' attention to be diverted to raid the right flank of the Second Company. position.
Both the 114th Division Infantry Brigade and the 36th Regiment had good plans. The mistake was that they met Xie Chengrui and Liu Yangyang. Relying on the experience of fighting the enemy on the battlefield, he saw through the camouflage and purpose of the Yamashita team. The infantry brigade of the 114th Division was repulsed by Xie Chengrui, and the Yamashita team was blocked by Liu Yangyang and others outside the trench and beat them severely. Suddenly on the right wing position The burst of gunfire let the 36th Regiment know that reinforcements were coming from the Chinese defenders on the position, so they began to shell the Second Company's position, hoping to destroy the opponent's will to fight through large-scale shelling.
The artillery shells fired by the Japanese army continued to fall from the sky, and there were continuous explosions in the distance behind them. The black smoke, flames and dust rising from the positions that were bombarded by the Japanese army rose into the air, completely covering the entire horizon.
Looking far away, the huge shock caused by the explosion still made people feel dizzy. Tang Cheng, who was hiding under the Japanese corpses, was already sweating heavily on his body and face. This was the first time he encountered such an intensity of shelling.
The soil falling from the trench walls was about to bury him alive.
"Don't come here." During the earthquake, Tang Cheng, who was hiding under the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, suddenly found that Jiu Jin, who had been pushed into the shell-proof hole, ran out. Tang Cheng shouted to Jiu Jin to hide back, but his throat
The pain in his chest was like a knife being pulled, and the voice that should have been screamed could only be lodged in his throat. Jiujin, who was equally disgraced, got out of the shell-proof hole and picked up a steel helmet belonging to an unknown person in the trench.
He put it on his head and crawled along the bottom of the trench to the side of Tangcheng.
"You're stupid. The shells blasted holes everywhere, and you still insisted on running out." After being rescued by Jiu Jin from the situation where he was about to be buried alive, Tang Cheng, who had already exhausted all his physical energy, allowed Jiu Jin to let him go.
Jin dragged himself to an artillery-proof hole, and just complained in a low voice that Jiujin was ignorant. The artillery-proof hole that Jiujin found was big enough for both Tang Cheng and Jiujin to hide in it, so he first put Tang Cheng and Jiujin into hiding.
The city pushed into the artillery-proof cave, and then Jiujin imitated Tang Cheng and grabbed a Japanese soldier's corpse and blocked it outside the artillery-proof cave. This way, he and Tang Cheng were naturally much safer.
Hiding in an artillery cave does not mean that you will be protected from the ravages of Japanese artillery fire. In fact, as long as you are on the battlefield, you will inevitably suffer the danger of death. Everyone here has an equal chance of survival.
, it just depends on luck. It took five minutes for the Japanese shelling to stop, and the entire position became quiet, but Tangcheng's eardrums were affected to varying degrees by the explosion.
, everyone’s hearing sounds are not very accurate.
The concentrated lethality of the Japanese artillery fire was too terrifying. When the weak Tang Cheng was pulled out of the artillery hole by Jiu Jin, Tang Cheng actually found that he and Jiu Jin were the only two living people on the entire position. He looked in front of him.
The collapsed trenches made Tang Cheng's heart sink. Looking over, the Japanese army's violent artillery fire seemed to have turned over the entire ground and burned every grain of sand on the position. Otherwise, why would they be like this?
Burnt black color.
After experiencing the bombardment, the right wing position was so bombed that the landform was completely changed. The original outline could not be found at all. Tang Cheng stood in the trench at a loss and looked around, but he did not see Liu Yangyang, nor Zhou Fu, nor Zhou Fu.
No other members of the Second Company were seen. The joy of escaping the Japanese bombardment disappeared instantly. At this time, Tang Cheng felt as uncomfortable as falling into an ice cave. His mind kept turning over the picture of Liu Yangyang who always hung up.
The face full of ridicule and the appearance of everyone in the second company.
"There are living people, there are living people." Jiu Jin, who did not believe in evil, used his steel helmet to dig in the floating soil in the trench. He changed several places in succession, and finally he dug out a breathing person from the floating soil.
, but that was a guy from the 51st Division. The person Tang Cheng was expecting did not show up. As long as he was alive, it was good that he was still alive. Seeing that Jiujin had dug out a living person, Tang Cheng's body was suddenly filled with strength.
He picked up a steel helmet stained with blood and knelt on the ground to dig up the loose soil, muttering to himself while digging.
The entire position had been "cultivated" by the Japanese artillery fire, and the soil was so soft that if a person stepped on it, half of his calf would be lost due to the loose soil. Based on the location in his impression, Tang Cheng finally found Liu Yangyang when he was commanding the battle.
The main body of the artillery-proof fortification was not completely destroyed, but the opening was shattered by the shelling, leaving only a one-meter-square hole. Tangcheng looked inside, but could not see anything in the darkness. "The people inside are still there.
Are you alive?" Tang Cheng leaned against the entrance of the cave and subconsciously shouted inside. After shouting, he realized that he had done something wrong.
Tang Cheng quickly dug up the floating soil blocking the entrance of the cave with the steel helmet in his hand, and then he lay down on the floating soil like a bug and burrowed into the collapsed fortification. Through the light coming in from the hole, he looked at the face of the cave.
What came into view was a large pile of tattered sandbags, which were used as protective walls by the men of the Second Company when they were renovating the fortifications. Most of these sandbags were broken, and the sand spilled out and was mixed with the collapsed soil.
Only by standing in this fortification can one feel the fear of being under Japanese artillery fire: the foundation made of stones and tree trunks was shaken to pieces, and the top of the entire three-story fortification, which was also paved with logs and solid soil, was almost almost
It was blown through. The soil that poured down from the top of the fortification made the fortification feel much smaller. Liu Yangyang, who had originally injured his shoulder, was lying on a sack, with his eyes closed and not knowing whether to live or die.
"Wake up! Wake up quickly..." Tang Cheng rushed over and shook Liu Yangyang's body desperately. He tested Liu Yangyang's nose and breathing with his hands. Tang Cheng only dared to shake Liu Yangyang's body gently.
He didn't even dare to use too much force. He was afraid that Liu Yangyang would bleed black blood from his mouth and nose like the platoon leader he had in the miscellaneous company. Suddenly, Liu Yangyang's eyes were opened on his dark face covered with mud, and then he felt weak.
He raised his hand, seemingly pointing at his ear, then softened it and closed his eyes again.
"Jiujin, Jiujin" Tang Cheng couldn't get Liu Yangyang out of this fortification by himself, so Tang Cheng climbed out of the fortification and called Jiujin, and Jiujin, who was covered in mud, had already been dug out of the floating soil.
Eight people were killed, including Zhou Fu, who had a broken arm. With Jiujin's help, Tang Cheng quickly expanded the collapsed hole to a size that could allow two people to drill in at the same time, and then he and Jiujin got in.