Bullets came like a rainstorm and swept across the roof in an instant. Ordinary roof tiles were shattered into large pieces in just an instant.
But of course the soldiers would not use the roof tiles as a cover, as they would surely not know how they died.
The bunkers the soldiers were looking for were very strong. Even if the little devil kept firing with their guns, the soldiers were still unscathed.
But the firepower of the Japs is really fierce. Lu Jian, the commander of the 136th Brigade of the Sichuan Army, said that there are only dozens of Japs in this foreign company, and together with the Japs in the church, they only have the strength of one squadron. But referring to this foreign company alone
, I am afraid there are no less than a dozen machine guns, and they are firing continuously.
Such strafing was like a shower falling on the Northeastern Army position opposite the foreign bank.
The soldiers of the Northeast Army were all disgraced, but except for one soldier who was injured by a falling roof tile fragment, there were no casualties.
Because they had already calculated that the Japs would retaliate, they all retreated behind the bunker after catching the Japs off guard.
They waited for the Japanese to empty out their bullets, change their magazines, and reload their bullets. Then they ducked out again, aimed at the window of the foreign store, and started shooting indiscriminately from the balcony.
There was no light at this time and the Japs were in the room. It was difficult to know the exact location of the Japs.
So whether they can hit or not depends on luck. What's more, they are just feinting to cover the Dragon Boat Festival combat operations.
And sure enough, the Japs' attention was attracted by the enemies on the south side of the Yangtze River, and they no longer paid attention to the road to the west of the church.
Duanwu, Sun Desheng and others quickly reached the west side of the church and behind the shop on the street diagonally opposite the church.
At this time, the shops were already empty, and most of the people followed the Dragon Boat Festival's order and evacuated Bengbu before the Japanese arrived.
Although many houses have been burned to the ground after this battle, compared to the loss of lives, the property damage is nothing.
Duanwu hid on the west outer wall of the store and observed that the Japanese from the foreign trade company had been attracted by the feint attack troops.
This is definitely good news for the Dragon Boat Festival. But at the same time, there is bad news, that is, the devils in the church were also attracted by this battle.
Although it was only a glimpse of the Dragon Boat Festival, he saw that a window of the house outside the church was opened.
Although the window was closed again later, it was obvious that the little devil was paying attention to this battle.
So at this time, it is impossible to cross this street without anyone noticing, unless the devils are all blind.
At this time, Duanwu suddenly remembered the blinding bomb. If there was one of these things at this time, crossing the street would not be a problem at all.
But no, Duanwu could only compete with the little devil in speed, running quickly through the nearly five-meter-wide street, and then climbed over the nearly two-meter-high wall into the backyard of the church.
During the previous Dragon Boat Festival observation, there was an inner corridor in the church's backyard leading to here.
This corridor is as high as a one-and-a-half-story building and is a fully enclosed corridor. It should be that the foreigners in the church deliberately extended this corridor from the main building to the utility room in the backyard to store things.
Of course, it is undeniable that building a house like this is a waste of money.
But the church is not short of money, and they have a large number of believers. As soon as the priest opens his mouth, many rich people will donate to the church.
The priest said: This is called atonement silver. Each of us has committed many sins in this world, but as long as you give the money to God, God will forgive your sins and allow you to live in heaven.
So this is why the great powers in those days went around killing people and setting fires. Because they believed in God, they killed people and robbed other people's money, then kept part of it for themselves and dedicated the other part to God. His crimes were forgiven and he died.
You can still go to heaven in the end.
As a result, many Chinese people began to believe in God. Because it was so good. No matter what bad things they did, as long as they paid the money, they would be free of sin. After death, they could go to heaven and become God's people.
Everyone knows how to do this business. Therefore, many wealthy people are willing to donate money to the church and pay atonement money.
But God is no match for the Japanese. Chen Shusheng and the mayor both came to the church and said: The Japs are coming, they kill without blinking an eye, and they must leave immediately.
But the priests and priests in the church were completely disdainful, saying: God is with us, and we are all God's people. What's more, we are not you Chinese, and our empire is very proud.
So, a priest and two priests lay neatly in the church.
When the little devil came, they refused to let him in, saying, "This is a sacred and pure land for listening to God's holy voice. You Japanese are not allowed to come in and desecrate this holy land."
Then the Japanese officer said: "You are not God. How do you know that God will not let me in? Is that so? I will send you to see God and ask him if he will let our Imperial Japanese Army in?"
So these three people went to see God together.
The little devil entered the church and saw that it was magnificent, with large floor-to-ceiling windows and colored crystal glass more than three meters high.
Moreover, they also found a small vault in the church, which was filled with gold bars, gold, and some jewelry, with a total value of no less than 200,000 gold.
These were donated by believers, but ended up falling into the hands of the little devils.
The little devil was so happy that he accepted it for God.
Of course, these all happened yesterday. But the corpses of the three foreigners were still lying neatly here, and no one touched them.
The Japanese officer was in the second-floor hall of the church, looking at the south side of the foreign bank with a telescope.
Maybe he thought this was very abnormal, because why didn't the Chinese attack the church and then attack the east city gate? If the other party's officers were not idiots, they should have been able to distinguish what was serious and what was light.
Therefore, the Japanese officers guessed that the real intention of their enemy was not Yangxing's imperial garrison, but his church.
Because only the church can truly support the East City Gate defenders in their battle.
In other words, when his soldiers stand on the roof of the church, the defenses of the East Gate will be in full view.
Therefore, it is precisely because of this that the Japs attach great importance to the security of the church. Not only can it directly support the battle at the east city gate, but it can also block at least two streets to the west. It can also support each other with the Japs in the foreign companies to form cross fire.
Perform multiple strikes against the enemy.
As long as these two fortresses are there, the east city gate and one street on the east side of the church and two streets on the west side, a total of three streets, plus an east city gate, will be impregnable!