Chapter 51 Copper Pea (Double monthly ticket, please buy it!)
Whether it is the Chinese people inside or outside the building, at this time, the little hearts are far more uneasy than the boiling river.
But fortunately, the Chinese military and civilians should be grateful for this era.
Perhaps I am a little poor and want nothing, but I haven’t learned how to fake it yet. The materials used in the warehouse building are solid enough, and the steel bars are as thick as shown in the plan.
His Excellency Colonel Jiro Wakibata was really angry enough. Of course, the artillery squadron directly under the 36th Infantry Regiment had to work hard and bombarded for half an hour.
At least seventy or eighty rounds of artillery shells were fired.
Finally, the frequency of shelling gradually became less frequent.
A gust of autumn wind blew by, the thick smoke slowly dissipated, and people's vision gradually became clearer.
The tall and majestic building still stands in Suzhou and Hebei, visible to the naked eye. Not only is the main body of the warehouse intact, but there is not even much damage to the walls. There are only a lot of mottled spots, which are the black smoke and some calculations caused by the gunpowder explosion.
Not a big hole.
Looking from the distance from Brigadier General Smartet's commanding perspective, many sandbag fortifications on the roof of the Sihang Warehouse were blown away and flattened, but the hard floor blocked the attack of the 75mm howitzer, and almost no shells could explode it.
Pass through the floor slab and enter the building.
And that may be the only achievement achieved by the Japanese army after spending nearly a hundred rounds of artillery shells.
The Brigadier General took a deep breath, but his crotch felt slightly melancholy.
Although his sympathy for the weak led him to be more inclined towards the Chinese army, as the supreme commander of the concession, he had to consider the safety of the concession.
The Chinese defenders are stronger here, which means that the Japanese must use more powerful means to attack.
70mm direct-fire guns and 75mm howitzers are no longer useful against this hard fortress, so what will the Japanese do?
As a veteran soldier, the Imperial Brigadier General The Sun Never Sets would not be foolish enough to place his own safety entirely on the so-called national agreement.
The so-called agreement is just a fig leaf used by politicians to fool ordinary people. Once their own interests are involved, they will tear it up without hesitation.
This is true politically and in terms of national interests, and the patience of the Japanese is also limited.
Brigadier General Smartet's eyes turned toward the direction about 800 meters east of the Sihang Warehouse, and his eyes gradually darkened.
There is a huge storage tank there, and the gas in the entire concession is exported from there. If it is detonated due to some accident, the explosion will be powerful enough to level half of the concession.
Of course, compared to the slight melancholy on the brigadier general of the Empire where the sun never sets, the feeling of the Japanese commanders at all levels when looking at the standing warehouse building in the distance can be described as pain in the balls.
From Jiro Wakiita to Hide Toyoda to Reimai Koizumi who was appointed as the front-line commander, the collective voice in the deepest heart is similar to the cry of the heroines of the most developed industry in the island country in the next few decades.
In this era, they began to work hard to inherit the glorious tradition of the island country's small film industry, ***! Mr. Ozawa! Mr. Hata! It seems that they all heard the voices from the future seniors. They were not shouting alone or several people, they
Overflowing with passion, their eyes were as charming as silk, and they screamed out those two words: You are so hard!
Actually! A round of indiscriminate bombardment by mountain artillery was not enough for the disgraced Chinese defenders in the warehouse. Even the brave and brave machine gun company commander Lei Xiong was shaken.
With his groggy head, he spit out a mouthful of ash from his mouth and cursed angrily: "You are so kind, the Japanese are crazy!"
Even if there is a solid building protection, the feeling of being in the center of artillery fire and the whole building shaking is definitely not something ordinary people can imagine.
No matter how tough a warrior is, facing the ravages of the god of land warfare and his destiny cannot be controlled by his own hands, he can't help but feel shaken.
Even an army lieutenant colonel, who was as calm as a lieutenant colonel, changed his expression slightly after the Japanese bombardment ended, and ordered: "Each company counts casualties, reports the damage to the building, and at the same time sends a message to the division headquarters to contact our intelligence personnel in the concession. I want to know
The external condition of the building.”
“Vice-General, why bother?” Lei Xiong, who was ashen-faced, opened his mouth, revealing his white teeth, “It depends on your forehead!”
Sent a few soldiers to bring some large wooden boards, and asked the army lieutenant colonel to write a few large characters on them: How much damage was done to the outer wall?
Then, the soldiers held up wooden planks and stood in front of the windows facing the river.
“Our hero is asking us questions!”
After the Japanese shelling, the sharp-eyed people who hid in alleys or shops shouted loudly.
“Quiet, all quiet!” A wise man stopped the enthusiastic compatriots.
The Japanese army had just launched a fierce attack. The faces of the concession soldiers who left the fortifications on the river bank were already extremely ugly. At this time, there were already signs of using guns to drive away the people who were still staying on the river bank.
If everyone makes a concerted effort to shout like this again, what will happen to those foreigners who are frightened by the fighting between the two armies and get angry at them?
I'm not afraid that the foreigners can do anything to the big guys, but it would be a huge pity if the big guys are driven away from the river bank and can no longer watch the brothers fight the Japanese and cheer for the brothers.
The young man reacted quickly. He quickly picked up the white cloth that had warned the warehouse defenders earlier and wrote in big words on it: No problem!
After receiving feedback from the people on the other side of the bank, a group of officers in the headquarters laughed.
"The people's support can be used." The army lieutenant colonel's eyes were shining and he ordered. "Let all the brothers who have nothing to do go to the window and let our compatriots take a good look. We are all fine, and the Japanese are not.
Erle.”
Rows of dark blue people stood up by the windows facing the river, their bodies upright, even though their faces and bodies were covered with dust.
The heroes are okay, they are all alive and well. The people on the opposite side covered their mouths and tried not to cheer out of excitement.
The fact that the Sihang Warehouse Building is strong enough to withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of the 75-meter mountain artillery may be one of the reasons. The persistence of the ordinary people on the opposite side is the real reason for these soldiers to be happy!
Soldiers can fight, they can wrap their bodies in horse leather, or they can not know where their souls are, but they must know who they are fighting for.
The Chinese who held up white cloths and stood firmly on the river bank in the face of stray bullets that might come from the Japanese army at any time were the reason why they stayed here to fight.
They are not fighting for themselves, but for the whole of China. Even if they die, they will not regret it!
Tang Dao did not stand in front of the window and watch the silent exchanges between civilians and soldiers. Instead, he hid behind the hole of the lookout post with Niu Er, who had a scope, and looked ahead with a stern face.
The Japanese artillery was ineffective, and Tang Dao naturally knew it.
In the past, the Japanese army not only used 75 mountain guns, but also used cannons such as 37mm rapid-fire guns and 75 field guns, but they were unable to do anything against the copper pea of Sihang Warehouse.
Unless heavy artillery is used, it is obvious that the Japanese army has not been pushed to that point of exhaustion yet.
Tang Dao was worried that the behavior of the Japanese army was somewhat abnormal. According to the Japanese army's conventional tactics, the Japanese infantry should have arrived at the front line as early as when the mountain artillery began to wreak havoc, and then take advantage of the sparse artillery fire that the enemy's heavy firepower points had no time to fight back and get close to the front of the position.
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But now, whether it is the two wings or the front of the warehouse, the Japanese infantry has not moved at all, and is still hiding at least 600 meters in front.
