Chapter 55: Take advantage of the situation (New January, please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket!)
Why did the Japanese plane arrive so early?
In fact, Tang Dao also felt a little surprised.
In the past, after being unable to attack itself for a long time and suffering heavy casualties, the Japanese army finally used aircraft. However, instead of dropping bombs, they flew directly close to the edge of the concession and fired machine guns at the roofs of the buildings.
This did not scare the Chinese defenders in the warehouse, but it frightened the Western "gentlemen" in the concession. They repeatedly put pressure on the Chinese government, forcing them to order the Sihang Warehouse defenders to retreat into the concession.
Yes, it was not the Chinese and Japanese warring parties that finally ended the battle at Sihang Warehouse, but a group of foreign spectators on the edge of the battlefield who were worried that they would be accidentally injured.
But now, although the Japanese army has suffered setbacks in two consecutive battles, it is only a small defeat. It is not enough to allow them to use fighter planes to drop bombs regardless of the warnings of the Western world. Even if it is machine gun fire, there is still the risk of shooting bullets into the concession.
unless......
"Sir, if the Japanese can dispatch fighter planes to bomb the edge of the concession with just a subordinate officer, then I will be really impressed by the decentralization of the Japanese military command structure." Tang Dao replied firmly.
"You mean...bluffing?" The lieutenant colonel's brows furrowed deeper.
Tang Dao's words are not unreasonable, but as the top commander in the warehouse, he must be responsible for the more than 400 brothers under his command. It is still the same sentence: you can die, but you can't die worthless.
Obviously, if the bombs were dropped by Japanese aircraft and killed in the warehouse, not only would it be worthless, but it would even contribute to the arrogance of the Japanese army to a certain extent.
"Brother Tang Dao, how sure are you?" Lei Xiong was almost stunned. "What is the purpose of the Japanese doing this?"
He also heard what Tang Dao meant, which was that the Japanese fighter planes were just here to scare people. Do you think the Japanese jet fuel was blown by the strong wind?
"Of course the Japanese dispatched fighter planes to do nothing in vain." Tang Dao listened to the faint buzzing sound in the air, his eyes cold: "I'm afraid they want to see our machine guns!"
At this point, the Army Lieutenant Colonel finally made up his mind:
"Lei Xiong, send someone to the roof to observe the height and distance of the enemy plane.
Also, follow orders and then act. Anyone who dares to act without permission will be subject to military law."
Although Lei Xiong was a little unwilling to give in, military orders were overwhelming. The military said that practicing military law was no joke, especially in this kind of war, violating military orders could easily lead to one's head being turned upside down.
"Report, the enemy aircraft is at an altitude of about 1,200 meters and is about 1,000 meters away from our warehouse in a straight line. It has begun circling in the air and may enter the battlefield at any time to drop bombs." A senior machine gunner ran up to the roof, and after visual inspection for a while, ran
Come down and give a firm report.
After hearing the machine gunner's report, the army lieutenant colonel's stern face became much more relaxed. He glanced appreciatively at Tang Dao, whose expression remained unchanged, and turned his gaze back to the sky outside the window. He hummed softly: "Platoon Commander Tang is right.
The Japanese pirates are indeed playing tricks on their minds."
"What do you mean? Lao Lei, do you understand?" Deng Ying, who had been silent for the whole time, quietly poked Lei Xiong, who was a little confused next to him. "Why can the regimental deputy be so sure that the Japanese are playing tricks on him?"
Lei Xiong rolled his eyes at him and replied angrily: "How many directions in our Sihang Warehouse can the Japanese drop bombs without dropping them into the concession?"
"Go from east to west!" Deng Ying thought carefully and gave an uncertain answer.
"That's alright. The Japanese fighter planes are flying from the sea in the east, so they are still circling like birds! If there are bombs, they can just drop them." Lei Xiong spread his hands in frustration.
"You stupid little devil is just a showman. It seems that he won't lower his height, and I won't be addicted to it anymore."
"Hey, Captain Lei, I don't think so." Tang Dao smiled faintly.
"The devils have already taken action. If we don't play with them, won't they be lonely?"
"Haha, that makes sense!" the Army Lieutenant Colonel rarely laughed loudly, but his eyes showed perseverance.
"Order, the No. 1 position of the machine gun company drags the machine guns and heavy machine guns from the traffic trench to the roof of the building and enters the fortification, and fires at the enemy aircraft. But you must remember that the shooting should not exceed 30 seconds before you immediately withdraw into the building.
, no one is allowed to love war. Violators will be subject to military law."
"Brothers, let's get to work!" As soon as he heard that he could get addicted to flying, Lei Xiong didn't care to continue talking with Deng Ying, and took big steps towards the roof of the building.
A machine gun squad that was already on standby carried a 200-kilogram machine gun along the traffic trench and entered the fortification. It took almost only two minutes for the machine gun to be ready.
First, the heavy machine gun spoke, and then Lei Xiong, who personally took the fighting position, controlled the machine gun and started shooting. However, this time Lei Xiong did not empty a bullet plate in one breath like before, but used burst firing to aim.
Shooting from two Japanese planes circling in the sky.
The two Japanese planes did not lower their altitude very much. After being attacked, they immediately raised their noses and raised their altitude using conventional tactics, passing over the roof of the Sixing Warehouse at high speed.
Lei Xiong was not reluctant to fight. He immediately jumped out of the fighting position after emptying a springboard, and shouted to a group of brothers to run away with the machine gun.
Lei Xiong himself was strong, and he stayed in the machine gun company for two or three years, and his prestige was extremely high.
Although the soldiers complained about carrying the heavy machine gun and running away after a few rounds of fire, no one dared to talk nonsense, and the speed of running away was not slower than when entering the battlefield.
The role of strict military orders on the battlefield has finally been demonstrated.
The soldiers, who had just been carrying the heavy and heavy thing back and forth, were still a little bit complaining. After hiding in the building for a minute, they realized how wise their commanders were.
The Japanese plane had just flown not far from the building when the Japanese mountain artillery fired. There was almost no test firing. A round of extremely high-speed shelling. In just 30 seconds, nearly 20 shells fell on the building. The entire roof was blown into pieces.
A sea of fire.
This is what Yin Tengzhonger calls "snatching the grass and alerting the snake".
Taking advantage of the threat that planes are about to drop bombs, draw out the anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns from the warehouse, and then cover them with artillery fire, trying to destroy the machine guns on the Chinese defenders that scare even the tank squadrons, and prepare the ground for the infantry attack.
Pave the way.
Tang Dao's judgment was correct. At this time, the Japanese were still wary of the Western world, which had once used strong ships and cannons to break open the Edo Bay. They would never use such a desperate method before the bayonets were really red.
One move.
And the reason that finally made the Army Lieutenant Colonel make up his mind to believe in Tang Dao was also correct. The Japanese planes flew too high.
If the Japanese were really crazy at that moment and wanted to risk the world's disapproval to drop the bomb, in order to increase accuracy, the flight altitude would have to be lowered to at least 500 meters.
Because when bombs are dropped from an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, the minimum error is 200 meters, and 100 meters away is the concession.
To drop bombs at that height, unless they can be as shameless and blindly confident as they were four years later when they slapped the American cowboys in the butt in the Pacific before declaring war.
Otherwise, they may face the military front of the Western world without being able to justify themselves.
Westerners look down on China, which is poor and backward, so can they look down on Japan?
That's really too much to think about.
In this era, even a hundred years later, there is still a gap destined to be insurmountable between Eastern and Western cultures and identities.
