The traffic trenches in the first line of trenches were built all the way to the wall of the building, and two and a half-man-high gaps were even dug for this purpose.
Naturally, you cannot see the activities of the soldiers in the trenches if you look straight at them, but the Japanese army can at least judge the opponent's actions by the degree of resistance in the trenches.
Several waves of grenades were fired in succession, and tank guns and heavy machine guns also attacked the trenches several times. Even the infantry began to cautiously move forward in the ruins. The Chinese soldiers who were still risking their lives in shooting just now did not see even a single shot.
bullet.
No matter how stupid the Japanese army was, they should have known that the Chinese defenders who protruded from the warehouse and were used for front-line defense chose to retreat.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be hiding in the trenches waiting to be bombed without firing a single shot. They're not holding back the Turtles, oh, no, they're ninjas.
"Kill me!" Kurokawa Orizo, who had a tuft of heart-protecting hair and was shivering with goosebumps, roared fiercely.
The forward infantrymen, hunched over the ruins, began to speed up.
In the distance, in addition to the Type 92 heavy machine guns in the fortifications, they also raised their muzzles to suppress the fire points on the second and third floors of the warehouse. The infantry artillery had stopped shelling, and the four tanks came to a complete stop 100 meters away from the warehouse.
The poor 7.7mm heavy machine gun of the Type 94 tank is actually a sufficient threat to infantry and is not terrible for fortifications, but the two 57mm tank guns are not easy things to deal with.
When a shot is fired, even two layers of sandbags cannot stop it, and the sandbag fortifications and the soldiers behind them are often blown away together.
The shooting range is only 100 meters, which is not easy for the gunners of two tanks.
The fortifications on the first floor were destroyed one by one by two tank guns as if they were named. The terrifying big holes were like the hideous wounds on the giant of the Sihang Warehouse Building.
The firepower on the first floor almost completely stopped. No one even stayed in the lobby on the first floor. Tang Dao's three platoons had already withdrawn to various gun-proof areas on the first floor under his order.
Under the power of the two tank guns, except for a few Maxim heavy machine guns on the third floor that fired behind the shooting holes drilled in the wall, they were still firing desperately to suppress the infantry who had begun to speed up and were about to enter the charge state. The firepower of the light machine guns had basically been exhausted.
Misfire.
You can save yourself by hiding behind the shooting holes, but that means that the shooting range is also limited. The Japanese army has already observed the positions of several heavy machine gun firepower points before. After entering the charge mode, they naturally avoid the shooting range of the heavy machine guns.
The heavy machine gunners were also helpless.
The rifles of the infantrymen located on the second and third floors did not stop shooting, but the thick smoke and smoke bombs seriously obstructed the line of sight, resulting in the shooting level being far lower than normal.
There were two infantry squads plus two squads of nearly 130 Japanese soldiers. During the stage of speeding up the charge, only five or six were shot down.
The officers and soldiers in the warehouse just watched helplessly as the yellow Japanese troops rushed towards them like locusts, passing 100 meters, 80 meters, 50 meters...
Even when the protective hair on the chest of the leading Japanese soldier was clearly visible, the supreme commander still did not make effective tactical adjustments.
The two much-anticipated machine guns still haven't appeared.
The most terrible thing was that as the Japanese forwards approached, several mortars that had previously caused the Japanese army to be extremely wary of firing were completely ineffective. The distance of only a few tens of meters exceeded the 82-mortar's closest firing range.
They are all people who have been on the battlefield for a long time. Of course they know what this means.
Even if this group of Japs only came half way, as long as these dozens of Japs can entangle the warehouse defenders for ten minutes, no, maybe it only takes five minutes, the main force of the two infantry squadrons with nearly 400 people following them will
Rushed in.
400 vs. 400 doesn't seem scary, but there are at least several hundred people on both wings of the Japanese army. When they take advantage of the chaos and rush over to blast the walls on both wings, the battle will basically be over.
More than 70% of the Chinese officers and soldiers showed anxiety and fear on their faces.
"Fix the bayonet!" Leng Feng shouted.
The soldiers in the row on the second floor took out the bayonets from their scabbards and inserted them into their rifles.
If the Japanese army rushes into the building and fights hand-to-hand, the bullets will be empty and the white knife will go in and the red knife will come out.
Hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand combat, although the most brutal, is also the fastest way to resolve the battle. They must annihilate the approaching Japanese forward before the main force of Japanese support arrives.
"No matter what the order is, there is no fear." Based on this alone, Leng Feng's platoon is worthy of the title of the sharpest knife platoon in his chain of sharp knives.
"All, attack!" Toyoda looked at all this through the telescope, and finally gave the order for the entire army to attack.
Two infantry squadrons started trotting with rifles from more than 300 meters away, like a pack of wolves that had discovered food and started to hunt.
But this is only the first card played by Toyota Show.
700 meters away.
The Japanese colonel put down the telescope in his hand and ordered to the army major standing in the entrance of the tank: "Tokugawa-kun, you can go out. Today, we will go down in one fell swoop."
The Japanese major nodded and gave a military salute to the Japanese colonel. Without waiting for the Japanese colonel to return the salute, he got into the tank and closed the top cover of the tank.
The huge diesel engine of Tank 89 roared.
The two Type 89 tanks smashed through the earthen wall in front and rushed out of the hut hiding the tanks. On both sides of the tanks, there was at least one infantry squadron accompanying the action. That was the last infantryman of Toyoda Hide's 1st Infantry Brigade.
squadron.
This also means that on the frontal battlefield alone, the Japanese army invested 3 and a half infantry squadrons with 700 people, 4 main battle tanks and 2 reconnaissance tanks.
That's not all. Two Type 94 tanks also appeared on the left and right wings of the warehouse building. As they advanced, they aimed their heavy machine guns at the front and fired.
A group of Japanese troops carrying explosives packs followed the tanks with their waists bent, advancing resolutely.
At this point, all ten tanks owned by the 36th Infantry Regiment appeared on the battlefield, and the roar of the huge engines even overwhelmed the fierce gunfire at this time.
According to the situation of the battle, the Japanese commander who was personally on the front line directly started the decisive battle mode.
The front is the main attack, but the two flanks will never be ignored.
If either side fails to resist, the warehouse will be captured.
The voices of the crowd who were still chanting on the bank of the Suzhou River involuntarily became much quieter. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the Japanese army was at its peak at this time.
Only the middle-aged man kept beating the drums and the veins on his forehead popped out, showing that he had tried his best.
But at this moment, he seemed a little lonely.
The battlefield victory is tilting towards the enemy.
On the other hand, at Sihang Warehouse, four mortars finally began to roar, blasting the Japanese infantry sequence hundreds of meters away and sending them flying for cover.
The gunfire from the front and both wings also became fierce, and many Japanese soldiers fell in the smoke.
However, in the face of such a fierce Japanese offensive, these were still not enough.
In particular, the 130 Japanese forwards finally broke through the first trench after paying the price of nearly 40 people.
The line of trenches extending out of the warehouse finally showed its due role at this moment. The 2-meter-wide trench became a "trip rope" for the Japanese army. Japanese soldiers who could not cross the trench in one fell swoop would basically be used by the defenders from upstairs.
The rifles shot down the trenches without mercy.
2 meters is actually not very wide, but it is still a bit difficult for a fully armed soldier, especially a Japanese soldier with short legs.
As many as 20 Japanese soldiers actually died here.
The Japanese tanks still wanted to provide artillery cover, but unfortunately because the distance was too close and the elevation angle of the tank guns was extremely limited, it was difficult.
They could only watch as the defenders upstairs madly fired at the people downstairs with their guns, throwing grenades, and stared.
However, this still cannot prevent the fact that the Japanese forwards are about to attack the warehouse building.
