In the east, a touch of red painted the sky. Before I knew it, twenty minutes had passed.
The blasting of the city wall produced a large number of ruins. The remains of these city wall bricks flew everywhere, providing the Japanese army with many ready-made bunkers. It was with these bunkers that the Japanese army fought to the death, and the sound of "empty, empty" echoed in the air. There was a sound on the Japanese army's position, and one grenade after another hit the ruined position, causing huge casualties to the defenders.
Behind the Japanese position, Yoshihashi Ryosuke's eyes were red, and he was so angry that the vanguard failed to take down the ruins in one fell swoop, "Tell Asahi Shiro that I will give him another quarter of an hour. If he cannot take it down by then, I will let the heavy artillery go." The regiment carried out indiscriminate bombardment." Asahi Shiroji, the commander of the 7th regiment, it was the remaining two brigades of the regiment that were responsible for the first round of offensive missions.
After Qiu Jimin fell, he calmed down a lot. At this moment, he had changed his weapon to a rifle. Seeing that the Japanese grenade had caused too much damage to his own side, he shouted to Deputy Company Commander Wang Dafa: "Dafa, let Tan Jingming and others shoot the grenades first."
Tan Jingming was the squad leader of the sniper squad. Wang Dafa responded and ran towards the sniper squad position. After walking a few steps, he saw Xie Changan and said hello quickly: "Brigade, you are here too."
After being awakened by the explosion, Xie Changan first calmed the troops, and then rushed over with the 19th Regiment. He nodded to Wang Dafa and asked, "Have you seen Brigadier Zhu?"
Wang Dafa pointed him in the direction, and he asked the 19th regiment to enter the position immediately, and then walked towards Zhu Zaiting.
In the battle just now, Zhu Zaiting was grazed by a bullet on his cheek, and his face was now covered in blood. When Xie Changan came with people to support him, he had already noticed it. At this moment, he ran down to the front line to greet him and said: " Brigadier Xie, it seems that we are going to fight a war of attrition, this line of defense must not be lost, otherwise, once the 9th Division breaks in, our brother troops will be in danger."
The purpose of the Xuebing Army staying in Nanjing was just to buy time for the main troops and the people to retreat. In view of this purpose, the last thing Ouyang Yun wanted to see was a war of attrition. This was also why he gave up the city wall section when setting up the defense line. The main reason was that at the pre-war meeting, because he emphasized this point, Zhu Zaiting said these words to Xie Changan in a consultative tone at this moment. Xie Changan nodded and said: "This is the only thing at present. We and the headquarters There is a problem with the phone connection, and I have sent someone to report it."
"Okay, let's guard this line first and wait for orders from the command center."
The Xuebing Army does not want to fight a war of attrition, and the Japanese army actually does not want to fight a war of attrition. However, the 9th Division is destined to be an exception. This is not only because Matsui Iwane paid special attention to Yoshihashi Ryosuke when he issued the order, but there is also another very important reason. The reason is that the 9th Division and the Xuebing Army had already forged a grudge before the Battle of Nanjing. To use a more clichéd word to describe it, enemies are extremely jealous when they see each other. Therefore, Yoshizhu Ryosuke just now To say such cruel words,
And not long after he made the harsh words, the Japs from the two brigades of the 7th Regiment launched another fierce attack regardless of casualties, amidst the shouts of Shiro Tosei.
Nearly two thousand Japanese soldiers rushed towards the garrison position in dense crowds. The sound of gunshots and explosions was heard endlessly. Small mushroom clouds rose up one after another, inevitably taking away several fresh lives.
"The Japs are crazy, brothers, fight." Qiu Jimin put the rifle on his shoulder, pulled the trigger violently, and shouted in hiss. Suddenly, the sound of "hoo" came from not far away, and came from the side A voice shouted: "Company Commander, be careful." A figure jumped on him, and with a loud "boom", the body on top of him trembled, and soon stopped moving.
"Xiao Lin," Qiu Jimin shouted loudly when a warm liquid wet his back, turned over violently, and hugged Lin Guoguo,
Lin Guoguo is his bodyguard. He is only 16 years old this year and is the youngest soldier in his company. Qiu Jimin originally asked him to be his bodyguard because of the nature of taking care of him, but he did not expect that in order to save himself, this child would He actually gave his young life,
Xiao Lin had more than a dozen wounds on his body, and his back was torn apart by shrapnel. His blood-stained face still maintained the expression of shouting just now, his mouth was slightly open, and his eyes were wide open...
A wave of heat rose from the deepest part of his chest, and soon his blood boiled. Qiu Jimin was so stunned that he yelled: "Asshole." He wiped Lin Guoguo's eyes with his hand, stood up suddenly, and Jump on a city wall brick, lower the muzzle of the gun and start shooting.
"Company Commander, come down." A soldier noticed his danger and immediately reminded loudly,
Wang Hai, who was not far away, saw this scene and stood up and cursed: "Qiu Jimin, you son of a bitch, your baby is really looking for death, uh." Before he could finish his words, his body suddenly trembled, and a bullet pierced his heart. After that, the blood quickly dyed his chest, his chest and abdomen red, and he felt that all the strength in his body was draining away quickly; he stretched out his hands to cover his chest, trying to stop the blood from flowing out, but it was in vain; he gulped Panting heavily, he turned his head to look where the bullet came from, trying to see which turtle son had hit him. In his field of vision, the dense khaki figures were fading away. He opened his mouth and cursed: " Damn it." Then he fell down with a "poof",
"Company commander." The Sichuan soldiers shouted loudly, and several of them threw away their guns and rushed over.
Qiu Jimin didn't know that Wang Hai had fallen down in order to save him. He fired all the bullets in the gun and was about to change the magazine. Suddenly he felt a strong force hit his chest and abdomen, and he fell backwards in mid-air. In the middle, the blood gushing out from his chest and abdomen turned red, staining the bricks of the city wall under him red.
"Company commander." Xue Bingjun also shouted, and in a moment, the two company commanders fell one after another, and their death undoubtedly gave a shot of stimulant to all the nearby soldiers. ,
Since the Japanese soldiers of the 7th Regiment were told by Asahi Shiro that if they could not take down the ruins of the city wall in half an hour, they would be subjected to indiscriminate bombardment by the heavy artillery regiment, everyone had gone "crazy".
The combat effectiveness of the twenty divisions regularly organized by the Japanese army has a great relationship with the folk customs of the place where they are organized. For example, the 9th Division, because the folk customs of Kanazawa, the place where it is organized, are strong, the Japanese soldiers of the Kanazawa Division are strong. Not afraid of death, they are one of the most elite divisions of the Japanese army. Nearly two thousand Japanese soldiers launched a fierce charge without fear of death, and it really had a miraculous effect. In just five minutes, a group of Japanese soldiers rushed into the city only thirty meters away from the top of the ruins of the city wall. meters distance,
The death of the two company commanders more or less affected the performance of the soldiers of the two companies. At least at the moment they fell to the ground, many people turned their heads and looked around instead of continuing to shoot. It was by taking advantage of this gap that this film The Japanese rushed forward quickly and reached a place only about thirty meters away from them.
"Xingxi, if you work harder, we can drive the Chinese out of the position." A squadron leader of the Japanese army officer began to encourage his soldiers optimistically.
And just after he finished speaking, he suddenly heard many people around him exclaiming in unison. In his ears, the sound of gunfire suddenly became denser. He hurriedly looked forward and saw no less than twenty Chinese soldiers suddenly Jumping to the top of the ruins, the muzzles of the guns in their hands were spitting out brilliant flames. He didn't react to anything. He only felt sharp pain in his chest and abdomen, his vision went dark, and then his whole body was covered in bullets from nearly a dozen bullets. It was thrown up with huge force and hit behind like a sack full of sacks.
A company of cadet soldiers and a company of Sichuan soldiers suddenly burst out with amazing fighting spirit because of the death of the company commander. At this moment, all the usual instructions of the commander have become deaf ears; the results of past training have also faded away with the weather. All they want now is to avenge the company commander. In order to take revenge, they even sacrifice themselves.
"Avenge the company commander." "Tear these bastards apart." "Brothers, kill."... With a roar that was astonishing, they actually launched a countercharge against the Japanese army.
This counterattack came quite suddenly, and they were condescending. The Japanese soldiers were caught off guard. After being knocked down for twenty or thirty people in a row, they all turned around and ran away.
The defensive positions of these two companies were located on Guanghua Gate, to their left. After Xie Changan saw this scene, he couldn't help but cursed: "Nonsense."
"Bridge, it seems Qiu Jimin is dead." A staff officer said,
Xie Changan was startled and felt a little sad. Then he said: "Gu Pang, you temporarily take over Qiu Jimin's duties and stabilize the situation over there."
On the position on the right side of Guanghua Gate, Zhu Zaiting's eyes lit up when he saw this scene. He immediately shouted: "Brothers, charge and kill the little devil." Then he took the lead and climbed to the top of the ruins, shooting at the same time. While rushing down, "Charge, brothers, charge." Behind him, Fu Bingxun, the leader of the 151st Regiment, shouted and rushed down after him.
The defenders' counterattack came quite suddenly. It can be said that the Japanese army was not prepared at all. Of course, in the eyes of Asahi Shiro, this was a God-given opportunity. After the Guanghuamen city wall was blasted, a tower with a height of about five or six meters and a width of Originally, whoever seizes the commanding heights of this small slope of more than 100 meters will have a natural defense. Based on Shiro Asahi's understanding, if the defenders hold on to the high ground, the 7th Regiment can conquer it. That would also lead to huge casualties. But now, the Chinese people have started to fight back. This is undoubtedly tantamount to abandoning natural fortifications. This makes him unhappy,
Shiro Chao Shenghei waved his command sword and kept shouting: "Attack, attack, speed up, before the Chinese people come out, rush forward in one fell swoop."
As mentioned earlier, those responsible for the defense of Guanghua Gate were not only the 7th Xuexue Brigade and a tank regiment, but also two regiments of the Sichuan Army. After Zhu Zaiting and Xie Chang's Security Department entered the ruins front, the 7th Xuexue Brigade and the Sichuan Army's reserve troops all rushed out. At this moment, except for two regiments that are fighting on the front line, other troops are gathered behind the ruins of the residential area. The tank regiment commanded by Qian Guangming personally has been assembled and is waiting after receiving the order from the headquarters. On the flat ground under the ruins of the city wall, ready to attack at any time,
The order Qian Guangming received was to help the 7th Xue Brigade and the Sichuan Army hold the line of defense. At this moment, the troops on the front line began to counterattack, which made Qian Guangming hesitate. Should he follow him out?