"Sir, we have to explain it here this time, right?" Tan Fei, who got out of the shell-proof hole, slowly crawled towards Tangcheng. He wanted to return the bullet to Tangcheng. Tang didn't answer.
Cheng took the bullet handed over by Tan Fei, then glanced sideways at Tan Fei before closing his eyes and leaning on the scorched earth. Only by touching the pistol on his waist and the carbine on his knee could he lie down firmly.
It was past noon, and the Japanese troops on the other side did not cross the river again or shell the Tangcheng side. Even the wooden bridge returned to silence. Naturally, Tangcheng would not believe that the Japanese troops on the other side of the river would lay down their weapons and become Buddhas on the spot.
, Tang Cheng, who speculated that the Japanese army was planning another conspiracy, had been observing the other side of the river with a telescope. Tang Cheng could see the Japanese army in the woods through the telescope, but the Japanese army did not attack.
Zhao Zhi and the others in the trenches were exposed to the scorching sun. There was always the buzzing sound of flies and mosquitoes in the air, and the stench was steaming in the air. Fortunately, everyone's sense of smell was somewhat numb.
Waiting for the Japanese army to cross the river again, Tangcheng only set up a few observation posts in the trenches. Most of the people slept in the bombproof caves to regain their energy and prepare for the Japanese sneak attack at night. In the afternoon, the Japanese army finally
The bombardment started again, and the rumbling bombardment never stopped. The Japanese army's cold guns also became more and more intensive. Fortunately, the guys who served as observation posts were very sneaky and were very careful. "Dice, it's your turn and Yanlong's turn."
Let's go out and teach those little devils who are cold-blooded." Being pressed hard by the Japanese cold-blooded gunmen, Tangcheng sent out Dice and Yanlong who were sleeping in the shell-proof cave.
This indiscriminate bombardment by the Japanese army probably cost as much ammunition as the previous fire preparations combined. Tangcheng and the others were knocked down, and the smoke and dust rising from their heads completely covered everyone in the trench. The smoke and explosive dust
The clear sky above seemed to have entered deep twilight, and the dice was probably hit by an explosive rock, and a bloody forehead appeared in Tangcheng's field of vision. "You guys, this is serious, this cannon is very accurate,
I had just fired a few shots when two shells chased me." As Dice spoke, he tore open a first aid kit and wrapped gauze around his head. The untied gauze head was flying in the wind like a flag.
Floating in it.
"Guys, the food is here, the Japs are coming." Tang Cheng and the others, who had just closed their eyes to rest, were awakened by the shouts of the observation post. They yelled and got out of the shell-proof hole, holding their rifles and lying on the ground.
On the trenches, the defeated soldiers got out of the trenches with their own guns, lying on the trenches like Tang Cheng and others, waiting for the Japanese army to cross the river. This time the Japanese army crossed the river no longer in a neat queue, but in ambush.
He lowered his body and used the wooden platoon as cover. When he pushed the team to the river, he used the machine gun following the wooden platoon to shoot at Tangcheng and the others across the river.
The Japanese army intended to use its own machine gun firepower to suppress the counterattack firepower on Tangcheng's side so as to cover the troops' crossing of the river. The Japanese mortars and grenade launchers that followed later bombarded Tangcheng's riverside positions with machine guns.
The Japanese troops crossing the river provided heavy fire support. Several of the unprepared soldiers were knocked down by Japanese machine guns and flying shrapnel. They fell into the trenches, covered their faces and screamed, and were dragged away by military doctors.
"Sir, send the signal. This won't work. Brothers can't stand it any longer." Tang Cheng was observing the Japanese machine gun position on the other side of the river with his binoculars. A veteran wearing a German-style steel helmet ran over along the trench. The veteran's face was filled with tears.
It was gray and black, and Tang Cheng couldn't recognize who this guy was, but he knew why the other party wanted to send a signal by himself. When cleaning up the warehouse left by Wallace, George and Zhao Liang also found an English in the warehouse.
After consulting with George, Tangcheng regarded this 40mm anti-aircraft gun as an unexpected long-range firepower.
Tangcheng had always kept a backup plan. The 40mm anti-aircraft gun had already been towed to a place 500 meters behind the river bank and hidden. This was Tangcheng’s only means of dealing with the heavy firepower of the Japanese army. It only relied on those few machine guns.
Tangcheng and the others couldn't defend the river bank at all. Anti-aircraft guns were not only used for air defense. On the contrary, they could also be used to attack ground targets. Although the rate of fire of the old 40mm anti-aircraft guns of the British army was not very good, Tang
However, the city needed to use its ultra-long range to deal with the Japanese mortars and grenades across the river.
After waiting for Tang Cheng's observation post to find the Japanese mortar position, Tang Cheng sent a signal to the 40mm anti-aircraft gun that had been hiding behind him. The appearance of the 40mm anti-aircraft gun made the Japanese panic. They didn't know
The defenders on the river bank actually still have artillery. Although there is only one solitary one, the powerful long-range shooting capability of the 40mm anti-aircraft gun makes it a nightmare for the Japanese army. The several gunners who control the 40mm anti-aircraft gun are also worthy of mention.
, a bang-bang shell hit across the river, and a few clouds of smoke rose from the edge of the woods on the opposite side, followed by a deafening explosion.
The place where the explosion came from was the Japanese mortar position and the grenade position. The ammunition should have been hit by the anti-aircraft artillery shell, causing the explosion. After the Japanese mortar was fired, the 40 mm high mortar can be moved at will.
The artillery again focused its attention on the machine guns behind the Japanese platoon, and another round of shells hit it. The Japanese machine guns were also honest. The tenacious Japanese soldiers threw down the wooden platoons on the ground, and the corpses and turned into
The machine gun with firearm parts retreated back into the woods.
When George assured Tang Cheng that this kind of anti-aircraft gun could be used to clear ground targets, Tang Cheng still didn't believe it. But after seeing it with his own eyes, Tang Cheng was already smiling from ear to ear. As long as this 40mm anti-aircraft gun
Still under their own control, the Japanese troops on the other side of the river will never have a chance to cross the river, unless they can use the cannons on fixed gun positions outside Liduo to blast away this anti-aircraft gun. Tangcheng did not know that he was using anti-aircraft guns.
The act of clearing ground targets with artillery would have been laughed at by people in the British army. The proud British would never use anti-aircraft artillery as support firepower for ground troops. This was the first of its kind in Tangcheng.
As the sky gradually darkened, the surviving soldiers in the trenches learned how to play dice, cut some branches and thatch, and stuck them on the sides of the trenches where they were, to prevent themselves from being exposed by flares at night. All of them
Everyone has received an order from Tangcheng not to light fires in the position, which means everyone has to eat cold cans and compressed biscuits again. There are also flares here in Tangcheng, and they will fire a few rounds from time to time to prevent the Japanese army from forcibly crossing the river at night.
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Tang Cheng, who was also exhausted, was sitting in a corner of the trench with a helmet under his buttocks. He was holding a spoon he got from nowhere and was wrestling with a box of cans. Tonight, he would stay here and be careful not to jump over the wall.
The Japanese army crossed the river at night. As expected from Tangcheng, the Japanese army really wanted to sneak across the river in the middle of the night. Over a hundred Japanese soldiers held up wooden rafts and quietly sneaked close to the river. Unexpectedly, the observation post on the Tangcheng side heard the movement.
A flare was fired into the air, and the Japanese troops sitting on rafts floating in the middle of the river were completely exposed. They were used as live targets by Tang Cheng and others across the river bank for a while, and the Japanese troops retreated again.
After three failed attempts to cross the river, the Japanese army became angry and resumed their shelling. This time they not only bombarded the river bank positions, but also began bombing the entire city. The night sky was dyed dimly by the explosions, and everyone huddled up.
In a place where they think they are safe, being motionless is like being dead. Only the occasional head or eyes looking around means they are alive.
Until dawn, the Japanese army did not cross the river again. It is estimated that the Japanese commander was not willing to make such useless sacrifices. The soldiers who were still alive in the trenches hastily collected the bodies of their killed comrades and used engineering shovels to
They dug the trenches and artillery-proof holes deeper and more concealed until they thought they could prevent the Japanese artillery fire. Tang Cheng lay on the trench and looked at the other side with a blank expression. The disappearance of the Japanese army made Zhao Zhi feel very uncomfortable.
It feels like something is about to happen.
Just when everyone relaxed their vigilance, the sound of artillery shells was heard in mid-air again, "shelling, shelling, drilling holes, drilling holes," the veterans shouted loudly, and got into the shell-proof cave first.
. Several artillery shells fell around the trench, but no explosion was heard. The veteran drilled out of the hole and looked at the white smoke coming out of the artillery shells. He shouted loudly, "Smoke bombs, smoke bombs, we are going to cross the river. It's hard."
Defend, fortify defense"
Tang Cheng stared at those shells. More and more white smoke was emitted from those shells. With the help of the wind blowing in the morning, it had already covered a section of the trench. Suddenly, Tang Cheng discovered that there were two soldiers in the trench covered by smoke.
The soldier fell to his knees, coughed, and began to rub his eyes with his hands. A rifleman next to them slipped down the trench and ran back. He couldn't even see the road clearly, and he fell solidly into an anti-gun.
In the cave.
"Damn it, it's a poison gas bomb." Tang Cheng, who suddenly realized something, screamed at the top of his lungs, "Poison gas, it's poison gas." Tang Cheng shouted along the trenches, "Those with gas masks stay, and those without, retreat to the woods behind.
, Hurry, Hurry." The solid smoke quickly moved towards Tang Cheng. He kept kicking and beating the defeated soldiers whose faces were full of tears and snot, and drove them out of the trenches one by one. Tang Cheng
Now I regret not letting my soldiers clean up the battlefield. The corpses of those Japanese soldiers should have gas masks around their waists.
There were only a few broken soldiers with gas masks. The remaining broken soldiers could only evacuate backwards according to Tang Cheng's order. Even Tang Cheng and the others had to follow suit. The wall of smoke moving along the river bank was heavier than the air.
, flowing slowly like water into their original position in Tangcheng. "Come up, the Japanese are coming up." A defeated soldier wearing a gas mask pointed to the front and shouted, while the Japanese soldier also wearing a gas mask held up a wooden raft.
We have rushed to the river and are ready to launch the raft into the water.