After having 120 field artillery to support the battle, the Japanese army was indeed more confident.
The sandbag fortifications that could defend against heavy machine guns were like paper under the bombardment of heavy artillery. After the Japanese army bombarded them with several consecutive artillery shells, they were reduced to a field of rubble.
The first line of defense of Sihang Warehouse was lost before the Japanese infantry even started attacking.
Fortunately, when the Japanese heavy artillery began to test-fire on the first floor, the Army Lieutenant Colonel strictly ordered all the officers and soldiers of the first company to return to the warehouse and abandon the first line of defense. Otherwise, just those few guns would have reduced Tang Dao's third row by half.
Infantry squad.
The sweat on the face of the veteran Youzi, who had become the deputy platoon leader, almost turned into streams. The 120 field artillery made this veteran who had experienced countless life and death battlefields feel the crisis.
All the fortifications in the first-line trenches were swept away, and the two 120-meter heavy artillery began to aim at the building and fire. After more than twenty rounds of shelling, the solid walls of the four-row warehouse were no longer as indestructible as before. More than a dozen shocking
Big pits remain on the wall like scars.
Two windows that were completely sealed with sandbags were directly hit by large-caliber cannons and completely exploded. The extremely penetrating armor-piercing projectiles used kinetic energy to blow the sandbag fortifications into powder all over the sky. At the same time, they even had the energy to continue to rush forward and shoot straight into the sky.
A large hole was blown out of one of the walls of the building.
Fortunately, Tang Dao had already anticipated the terror of the large-caliber cannon, and all the soldiers who were not in combat positions hid in a room protected by thicker walls at the corner, so there were no casualties.
By the way, Tang Dao is no longer the third platoon commander of the company. After the artillery attack on the Japanese machine gun positions that had been ambushed last night, the army lieutenant colonel issued a promotion order again.
Shangguan Yun, commander of the first company, was promoted to deputy battalion commander and became the third-ranking figure in the warehouse defenders.
Lei Xiong, the most senior commander of the machine gun company, refused to be promoted. He did not want to leave his brothers in the machine gun company. His machine gun company, because it needed to undertake fire support tasks, actually suffered the most casualties in the warehouse defense battle.
In the company, Lei Xiong was furious and could not suppress the roar of the gunfire: If I don't get promoted, even if I die, I will die with my brothers.
Of course, if he becomes the deputy battalion commander, I am afraid that Major Lei Xiong will no longer be able to personally serve as the cannon shooter as he is now, and that should be one of the reasons.
The other two infantry company commanders naturally didn't have many ideas because they were relatively junior.
Shangguan Yun was promoted, and the vacated position of commander of the first company was originally the deputy commander of the first company in terms of seniority, Leng Feng, but Leng Feng took the initiative to find two commanders and recommended Tang Dao as the commander of the first company. Tang Dao's army was originally his preference.
The lieutenant colonel naturally followed the trend and ordered Tang Dao to be promoted to the commander of the first company.
Unintentionally, Tang Dao actually set a promotion record in the Yulin Army. In three days and four nights, he was promoted from a sergeant to a captain, and he also served as the captain of the main company. Moreover, he did not receive any serious treatment in the army.
The loss occurred while the chief officers were still alive.
This can only be described as a miracle.
At the same time, because of the vacancy, veteran Youzi Li Jijin, who had been promoted to second lieutenant, became the third platoon leader, and Lao Hei served as the deputy platoon leader.
Yang Xiaoshan and Niu Er were transferred to the company headquarters by Tang Dao as guards, and Erya, the original platoon correspondent, naturally became the company headquarters correspondent.
But the joy of promotion was quickly diluted by the sacrifices made during the day.
The second platoon, which defended the first floor together with the third platoon, suffered trauma when the Japanese attacked. Because of the threat of 120 field guns, all the machine gun teams were actually very careful, and often rolled into the bunker after a long point shot.
But in the end, two groups were unable to hide in the bunker during a hard-fought shooting, and unfortunately encountered a terrible impact from the 120 field artillery.
A sinister shell exploded just above the sandbag fortification. The huge shock wave directly lifted the main and auxiliary shooters of the machine gun team three to four meters high and threw them five or six meters away.
The two soldiers, vomiting purple-black blood, stopped breathing before the medics arrived.
Although another group was shooting at the shooting hole, a field gun almost exploded less than half a meter away from the shooting hole. The air wave, high temperature generated by the explosion, and shrapnel penetrated into the shooting hole, blowing the main shooter into a sieve.
A dozen first-aid kits were unable to stop the blood spurting out of his body. The massive blood loss completely took his life away in just a few minutes.
The deputy shooter was directly cut into the chest by a shrapnel. There were only medics here, no doctors, and we could only watch him lying in the arms of his comrades, calling his mother softly and dying peacefully an hour later.
Grief, but it can only be faced.
Light machine gun shooters have become the unit with the highest casualty rate on the battlefield at this time, but they must go.
Although the Japanese infantry were only feinting more than 200 meters away, they were like a group of sharks constantly swimming around. Once they smelled the smell of weakness in the warehouse, they would pounce and tear everyone in the warehouse to pieces.
The power of the 120 field gun is unparalleled.
Watching Jiro Wakiba arrive in the second-line trenches in person, he looked excited.
Damn it, if he had made up his mind earlier to call in heavy artillery for support, perhaps his 36th Infantry Regiment would have demonstrated the bravery of the Imperial Japanese Army. Occupying this fortress would not be as difficult as imagined.
The morale of the Japanese army, which had been extremely low for several days in a row, seemed to have been improved at this moment. Looking at the four rows of warehouses that were filled with smoke and even looked a little embarrassed under the bombardment of their own heavy artillery, they said, "Onboard! Long live His Majesty the Emperor! May the Empire's military fortune be prosperous.
!" Cheers came and went.
The lieutenant colonel of the army frowned deeply. Just two 120-meter heavy artillery were already so terrifying. If the Japanese army brought in a few more, they would be able to use this cannon with terrible penetrating power to knock down the thick wall bit by bit without almost any infantry attack.
By then, regardless of whether the building can withstand it, all firepower points will be completely exposed to the firepower of the Japanese army.
Then, the advantage will be lost, and the only option is to fight to the death.
"Tang Dao, if you can hold on until night, can you blow up the Japanese heavy artillery? This artillery poses too great a threat to us." The Army Lieutenant Colonel was the first to ask Tang Dao subconsciously.
Subconsciously, the Army Lieutenant Colonel believed that Tang Dao could definitely do it, even though he knew that it was a seemingly impossible task.
"Sir! It's not a problem to blow it up, but I don't think it means much anymore. Since the Japanese army can mobilize two doors and blow them up, they may be able to mobilize more." Tang Dao shook his head in an extremely rare way.
"Can we still not be able to defend this place after all?" A trace of sadness flashed in the eyes of the Army Lieutenant Colonel.
"Whether we can hold it or not, it's not up to us, but to those people!" Tang Dao's eyes showed a cold light. "Sir, with all due respect, maybe we will receive a stronger military order tonight!"
"Really? The Japanese army is just doing nothing, relying on heavy artillery to intimidate the Westerners in the concession to oppress our senior officials and force our troops to withdraw. There is nothing too new." The Army Lieutenant Colonel heard what Tang Dao meant, but he didn't
Slumped, but as if his fighting spirit was aroused by the predicament, there was a chill in his eyes.
"If that's the case, then I'll let the Japanese take a closer look and play tricks. They may be able to do it, but when it comes to attacking by force, they can't, at least not here."
"Leixiong!"
"have!"
"I'm ordering your machine gun battery. Don't be petty. Give me full firepower.
Isn't it a feint attack? Then I'll let you shed more blood and tell the brothers in the machine gun company to let go of the firepower and grenadier soldiers and focus on the infantry, all the infantry in sight."
Tang Dao sighed slightly.
He knew that the top commander had already made psychological preparations to evacuate.
Because he no longer intends to save ammunition.
But when Sihang Warehouse put up a full-throated resistance, the Japanese army gave in. After suffering dozens more casualties, they completely stopped, and even the 120 field artillery stopped firing.
This forced the Japanese army reporter Shuichi Fukuyama to quietly tear up a passionate battlefield essay he had just written.
In fact, His Excellency Colonel is like a naughty child. After being beaten by others, he immediately behaves honestly. He can remain silent, but don't shamelessly sing praises to him...
