However, as one round after another of howitzers, field artillery, and mountain artillery shells exploded hundreds or even tens of meters in front of Cangcheng, the sound of the artillery gradually became sparse.
"As I said before, hide, the real enemy bombardment is coming." Tightening his helmet straps, the young deputy squad leader hid his protruding body deep inside the fortification, facing the two little faces.
The signal soldier, who had turned pale, said.
The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is filling the building. This terrible tranquility indicates that a bigger storm is coming.
Sure enough, after almost five minutes, the continuous scream of artillery shells rang out over the entire Cangcheng!
Moreover, the scream of the artillery shells this time was short and sharp, like screaming directly in the ears!
For those of you who are timid, not to mention waiting for the cannonball to hit the ground and explode, just hearing the whistle of the cannonball above your head will scare you to the point of peeing.
The young deputy squad leader had already put his fists under his chest, and at the same time, he curled up desperately and clung to the ground.
He had already taught this kind of tactical maneuver to two signal soldiers before going to the observation post on the city wall. It would be really unfair if they were not killed by the explosion but were killed by the violent vibration of the shell.
This kind of action was also gained through bloody lessons in the Battle of Dachang Town, where the 43rd Army also encountered shelling from 105mm grenades and even 150mm howitzers. In the early days of the war, many Chinese soldiers were not hit by the shock wave of the artillery shells.
In the middle of the war, he still lay down in the trenches and even died quietly in the individual artillery holes.
They were shocked to death by the shock wave generated when large-caliber artillery shells exploded at close range.
As for closing your eyes tightly, that has nothing to do with tactics, nor is it because you are afraid of being blinded. It is purely because it is a national habit to pray to ancestors for blessings with your eyes closed.
There is no Chinese with big eyes and silently thinking about the blessings of his ancestors, right?
He had done everything he could, but whether he could survive such a level of bombardment did not depend on bravery or tactics, but on luck.
Not only was he betting, but all the Chinese soldiers within the range of the Japanese artillery were betting that their luck would not be so bad and that they would not be hit by the shells.
Those hastily dug bullet holes can protect against 75-caliber artillery or even 105-caliber howitzers, but they can never protect against 127-caliber naval guns. Projectiles weighing tens of kilograms that fly in the air at a high speed of 800 meters per second can only
Permanent fortifications made of reinforced concrete can be prevented.
The next moment, the young deputy squad leader's ears, which had been stuffed with cotton, suddenly burst out with a banging sound. The huge sound was like a sharp thorn, piercing his eardrums in an instant, causing his head to hurt and suffocate!
If he hadn't plugged his ears in advance, he was sure that even if he hadn't died, his ears would have become a decoration from now on.
The young deputy squad leader hiding in the observation post fortification did not see the thick clouds of gunpowder smoke rising up inside and outside Cangcheng, just like the wild flowers that kept popping up in the spring meadow, and finally formed a cloud.
The entire Cangcheng inside and outside was completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke.
And an orange-red flame with black smoke exploded on the city wall about 120 meters away from him.
Bricks, stones and wood flew across the fortifications like raindrops, and continuous crashing sounds could be heard inside the fortifications, just like the end of the world.
The luck of the two signal soldiers was obviously good. If they had not chosen to hide in this fortification with their deputy squad leader out of fear, one of them would have been blown to pieces together with the fortification closer to the explosion point. Even the bones would be found.
Less than.
However, this means that all of them are not lucky enough.
This was just the first round of Japanese artillery fire. The city wall, which was no more than three meters wide, was hit by artillery shells.
Once the Japanese army started shelling, it usually lasted more than 20 minutes.
Sure enough, as time passed, artillery fire continued to explode at the top of the city.
The ancient city wall, which originally looked quite majestic and full of vicissitudes of time, gradually began to shake. People who stayed on the city wall were like sitting on a small boat in the huge waves of the sea.
My whole body felt like I wanted to vomit violently, which was the result of a strong shock to my internal organs. If my posture hadn't been correct enough, I might have been vomiting blood instead of vomiting.
Continuous and huge explosions sounded inside and outside Cangcheng, but the three Sichuan soldiers in the fortification could not hear anything.
Because their ears were temporarily deafened the moment the cannonball exploded on top of the city wall.
This kind of temporary deafness caused by huge sound waves may not immediately create three disabled people, but hearing loss from now on is certain.
Soldiers have always had loud voices when talking to each other, which is inevitably related to having participated in similar battles. Even in peaceful times, the gene of loud voices has been passed down.
What allowed them to judge whether the Japanese troops were still shelling was no longer the sound, but the violent shaking from the city wall beneath them.
At this moment, the young deputy squad leader was not worried about whether he would be hit by a cannon and become a scumbag, but he was more worried about whether the city wall would collapse because it could not withstand the bombardment. It would not be him and a few others who would die.
Companions, there will also be four infantry companies and a fire support company of 750 people responsible for the defense of the entire Cangcheng.
If the defense of the city wall is lost, all firepower points will be forced to be exposed in the open air and allowed to be ravaged by various Japanese artillery...
But in fact, when the 105 howitzer's more than 22 kilogram grenade exploded at the city head, the city wall stacks and the surrounding fortifications within 30 meters were wiped out, and the five-meter-high city wall was also blown apart.
A gap.
A large gap more than three meters high and four meters wide.
From a distance, it looks like a belt that is about to be completely broken.
If the Japanese artillery shells can accurately hit this area as if they have eyes, it probably won't take too long to tear open enough for the infantry to invade the flat ground.
Fortunately, there are no laser-guided artillery shells in this era. Artillery shells also rely on probability. If two artillery shells fall into the same crater, the probability of winning 5 million for two dollars in the future is not much different.
However, the Japanese seem to have more artillery shells than they can use up, one after another, one after another, one after another, endless.
Not to mention that the inside and outside of Cangcheng had already been shrouded in gunpowder smoke, the residential area where the Songjiang Security Group was stationed as Tang Dao reminded was also filled with clouds of fireworks.
The original elegant buildings in the south of the Yangtze River with white walls and black tiles were like cheap building blocks in the face of the raging artillery fire. They were easily pushed by the shock wave and turned into ruins. If they were hit head-on by the artillery fire, there would be debris all over the sky and only the remaining remains.
The foundation also proves that there was once a house here.
Watanabe Junichi reported to Suematsu Shigeharu that the Chinese had also set up defense lines in residential areas outside Matsue City. The angry commander of the 114th Division, who wanted to give the Chinese a big gift, simply included the entire city of Matsue into an artillery unit with full firepower.
The team's artillery target.
Including Songjiang City, terrifying clouds of smoke gradually rose up, which were the masterpieces of 105 howitzers and 127 naval guns with a range of up to 10 kilometers.
Fortunately, the six large air-raid shelters are used to withstand more terrifying aerial bombs, which are enough to ensure the safety of the soldiers hiding in them. That is, the artillery that can only be hidden in semi-permanent fortification bunkers is a bit worrying.
Fortunately, the strategic depth of Songjiang, which covers an area of 2 square kilometers, is sufficient for the bombardment density of more than 40 artillery pieces. The Japanese artillery, which does not have very specific bombardment coordinates, can only hit Songjiang City, which is not too small, with a few blind shots.
Except for Cangcheng, in other locations, the Japanese artillery was mostly just using artillery fire to vent the anger of its general and division commander.
In the trance, no one knows how much time has passed. In the senses of the three young soldiers huddled together, it seems that only a moment has passed, and it seems like a hundred years have passed...
Until, the young deputy squad leader felt that the trembling of the city wall beneath him was no longer as violent as before, and the sound of cannons seemed to be very close and yet very far away.
What filled the nostrils was the burning and extremely choking smell of gunpowder smoke.
He stood up in confusion and opened his eyes.
I pinched my arm several times until I could feel the pain, and then I was sure that I was really still alive and not going to see the Jade Emperor.
Really, the air was filled with gunpowder smoke that was so thick and substantial that it was so white that one could not tell the difference between the sky and the earth. When one breath filled the lungs, it choked people and coughed so violently that tears almost came out.
You have to be careful when walking out of the fortifications and where you land, for fear of accidentally falling off the city wall.
It wasn't until the autumn wind blew for a while that the smoke that shrouded the city finally dispersed, and the vision gradually became clear.
The young deputy monitor's heart suddenly tightened.
