You can dodge bullets by lying down, but you can't dodge cannonballs.
What is the result of a 22-kilogram grenade exploding on the sand?
The Chinese soldiers on the position only saw bunches of fire, and then shrubs and human bodies were thrown away by the air waves.
But in fact, for the Japanese soldiers suffering under hell-level artillery fire, the most terrifying thing was not the air waves.
After all, everyone was lying down, and as long as the cannonball didn't fall within seven or eight meters of their sides, their lives were still guaranteed.
But the sand formed and accumulated after thousands of years of river erosion has become an accomplice to the explosive energy explosion. After being stimulated by the explosive energy, it is like countless sharp arrows, more terrifying than the flying shrapnel.
When a piece of accelerated yellow sand hits a human body, it will become a bloody hole.
But here, there is nothing but endless yellow sand.
This is equivalent to adding another bonus to the attack power of these large mortar shells, increasing their power by at least 20%.
Once the enhanced artillery shells are fired, they often take away several lives. However, the Japanese soldiers who suffered such pain had no way to hide or escape, and could only endure it.
Because there were countless guns staring at them. As long as they dared to jump up and run away, the fierce stream of bullets would make them lie down in the grass again.
Lying on the sand and waiting, waiting for the god of death to ignore him or come to chat with them affectionately.
The Chinese artillery, on the other hand, plowed the land in an extremely regular manner, sweeping all the way from the left to the right of the sandbank.
The Japanese army could only watch helplessly as the scythe of death harvested them, and then were torn into pieces by artillery fire. Or, they managed to survive in the gap between artillery fire. Before they had time to rejoice, they saw that the mortar that had blasted one round came from another round.
Fry one side over again.
The fear of waiting for death is even more painful than being directly killed by a cannon.
However, the Chinese were extremely patient and seemed to have no shortage of ammunition reserves. They had no intention of launching a charge attack with infantry.
Finally, when the artillery fire began to shift to one side regularly again, the remaining Japanese troops still lying in the grass could no longer bear it.
Jump up and run wildly.
Of course, they are not trying to charge.
The Chinese artillery even shut down three gunboats of the navy. Their infantry is nothing in front of others!
Run for your life!
The sandbank is not very wide, only a few dozen meters, which allows artillery fire to wreak havoc, but also gives the Japanese troops a very short escape distance. As long as they run fast enough, they can jump into the river and rely on their proficiency in water.
Swim all the way back to the sea...
Well! In fact, no Japanese soldier has ever thought of going so far.
They simply want to escape from this purgatory, they simply don't want to watch themselves being bombed into the sky, they just want to live.
Live in this moment.
As for their water quality and whether they could escape, they really didn't think too much about it.
The machine guns and rifles that had been prepared for a long time were waiting for this moment, waiting for the Japanese infantry who could no longer withstand the bombardment to reveal themselves.
The fierce sound of gunfire is no less than the sound of cannon.
I don’t know how many Japanese soldiers were mowed down by bullets the moment they just started.
However, because the entire sandbank is shrouded in thick smoke, the distance of 300 meters is still a bit too far for infantry. This is not a shooting range. There are still many lucky people who can escape the splash of shrapnel and escape the torrent of bullets.
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At least more than 60 Japanese soldiers jumped into the Huangpu River.
That scene was so spectacular.
Just like a veteran who lived until the war told his great-grandson who had just put on a red scarf the story of how he fought the Japanese:
The Japanese were so frightened that they lined up and jumped into the river with your great-grandfather and my guns in hand. I only pulled the bolt twice and shot twice, while watching helplessly a dozen Japanese devils.
Jumped into the river, and then they disappeared.
"Master, they all dived and swam away?" The little boy said with regret on his face.
"Silly boys, they wear big leather boots, carry magazines and grenades on their bodies, and have engineer shovels stuck in their waists. It's probably okay to dive, but it's not necessarily true whether they can swim." The veteran smiled.
He said.
The veteran couldn't give his grandson the most accurate answer, but having lived into the future, he knew one thing very well. Swimming fully armed, even for elite special forces, requires years of practice.
As for whether the Japanese infantry had this practice, veterans are 100% sure that they did not.
According to the cavalry company who sent people to the sandbank after the war to count, after more than 20 minutes of fighting and shelling, the Japanese soldiers who stepped on the wrong place found 330 corpses on the sandbank. Some of them may have been alive, but they may have been boarded on the sandbank.
The murderous Chinese soldiers cleaning the battlefield were frightened.
The murderous aura is really scary.
So, there were only corpses on the sandbank.
As for the number of Japanese soldiers who jumped into the river in a panic and tried to swim back to the sea, the cavalry company could not count them.
Because their diving skills are very good, if they jump down, they will disappear.
In the future, everyone will have the potential to be a diver.
Maybe only Japan itself knows.
The war report of the Tenth Army after the war described the losses caused by this reconnaissance squadron due to the wrong selection of the landing site: The 114th Division Reconnaissance Squadron, including Major Hideyuki Koyama, landed 396 people, 330 died in battle, and 65 were missing.
1 person was injured.
The so-called disappearance on the battlefield is naturally the kind that can never come back.
The Huangpu River is not like those small rivers on Japanese islands. In such a cold late autumn, not to mention the rapid water flow, even the rapidly dropping body temperature can kill a person who is good at water.
It was not difficult to land on the sandbank and clean the battlefield. A few young men who knew how to swim first swam across the sandbank with ropes, nailed wooden stakes, and formed a rope bridge on the river bank and sandbank. A cavalry company climbed the rope and entered the sandbank.
It was not to count the casualties of the Japanese troops, but to keep away the spoils of war, which were hundreds of rifles with light machine gun grenades and the like, enough to arm an infantry battalion.
As for last hits or prisoners of war, as the commander, Tang Dao was directing the artillery troops to dismantle the artillery and mount it on horseback. He believed that the Northeastern cavalry, who had had many encounters with the Japanese army, would make the right choice.
It took about half an hour to clear the battlefield, and the artillerymen successfully mounted their horses and retreated with all the loot under the protection of two infantry companies.
Tang Dao's prediction was very accurate. The four Japanese fighter planes arrived at the battlefield about 30 minutes after Tang Dao led his troops to leave. They circled in the sky for several times. Except for the sight of khaki corpses lying everywhere below, it was completely over.
The battlefield was deserted, and the Chinese who were said to possess artillery were not even seen.
30 minutes was enough for the cavalry to run seven or eight kilometers. Tang Dao ordered the cavalry company to separate early, and after being far away from the battlefield, he hid in the woods for temporary shelter.
Unwilling to be reconciled, the Japanese fighter planes simply flew to Songjiang City not far away, thinking that since they were here anyway, they would be fine if they dropped bombs on the Chinese people's heads.
Unfortunately, Songjiang City is not the Jinshan Guards, and the 67th Army is not the extremely poor Sichuan Army or the Hunan Army. There is an air defense battalion in the city, and the remaining 6 Oerlikon single-barreled machine guns may not be able to fire tanks as neatly as Sulotong.
, but air defense is its strong point.
The six sudden tongues of flames startled the four Japanese planes. Before they even reached the sky above Songjiang City, they flapped their wings, dropped their bombs and flew away.
However, there were several big holes left in the mud outside the city, so this trip was not in vain.
As for the three gunboats, they had been riddled with holes. Although they had not been sunk, they had completely lost power and were drifting downstream along the river.
The tactical goal has been achieved, and it is no longer important whether the gunboat can be completely destroyed. When Tang Dao ordered the artillery to start turning to attack the Japanese infantry, he had already given up on three iron points.
That is probably the only thing the Japanese navy can be proud of when the Japanese navy and army are quarreling and insulting each other over the failure of the battle.
Not one of my three gunboats was lost. The blood and countless bullet holes on the ships all prove the bravery of the Imperial Navy. Moreover, there are still 43 people alive on my three gunboats. Where are you army horses? How many survived? Pull them out.
Let me take a look.
This almost shameless remark almost made a group of senior generals of the Tenth Army headed by Yanagawa Heisuke go crazy.
Damn it, do you still have dozens of people alive? When the infantry was being bombarded by the Chinese, why did you remain silent as if you were all killed? Your three 80mm naval guns were blocked by horse manure.
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Japanese Navy: In order to protect the empire’s important weapons from being destroyed, our navy’s warriors endured humiliation...
Japanese Army: Even pretending to be dead is said to be so noble by you, and you are the only ones in the navy and land forces.
