Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at the palm-sized patch on the map, suddenly drew a mark on it, and said:
"Thousands of Qing troops are crowded into these two or three square kilometers. We can completely destroy them all with artillery fire... Why not?"
...Is it to protect animals?
Li Gensheng was waiting to ask Xiang Xiaoqiang this question. After commanding the battles together several times, Li Gensheng discovered that Xiang Xiaoqiang's military literacy was actually not very good, and he could not even be said to be a qualified military general. But he had a good understanding and accepted
He was very capable and respected the suggestions of his subordinates. Li Gensheng and other officers felt that they could make the most of themselves. For example, this time, Xiang Xiaoqiang first thought of capturing the zoo, and then suddenly thought that in this situation, he could use artillery fire.
Destroy. If you are a qualified officer, you will definitely think of using artillery first.
But fortunately, Xiang Xiaoqiang thought of this step immediately, otherwise, Li Gensheng would really be disappointed in him.
Li Gensheng smiled and said:
"Well, your Excellency has a good idea. In this case, it would be best to use artillery to destroy the enemy... But the current state of this area is not just... well, it is not just the Qing army that is waiting for us to attack, but
The 118th Regiment of the 32nd Division of the Capital Garrison is in this area. It seems to have been dispersed and has occupied several points. It is fighting with the Qing captives... Therefore, we cannot use cannons and can only move in.
Push flat.”
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The northwestmost area of Nanjing City is generally under the control of the Fourth Division of the Eight Banners of the Qing Army, but some sporadic strongholds are still in the hands of the 118th Regiment of the Capital Garrison. They have been beaten to the point of losing their organizational structure. Originally there were more than a thousand
There are currently three to four hundred people left in the human group. Some are "fighting guerrillas" in dilapidated buildings, while others have occupied the animal houses in the zoo and are resisting with determination.
Because the space in the zoo is relatively open, ten anti-aircraft guns have been deployed. Now the Ming Army and the Qing Army have occupied several of them, and they are trying to bombard each other. Now six of them have been destroyed by each other, and the remaining four have been torn apart by both sides.
position, put it on wheels and towed it to a hiding place.
Now more than 20 people from the Ming army have retreated into the Rhino Hall. The Rhino Hall has only one floor, more than 100 square meters, because it is for rhinos. The walls are made of 30 cm thick reinforced concrete, which is quite strong and is equivalent to a low-standard bunker.
Yes. In the previous shelling, a 105mm artillery shell was fired at the rhinoceros hall. A gap was opened in the wall, killing one white rhinoceros, and the remaining three black rhinoceroses all ran out.
These twenty or so Ming troops pulled a 75mm anti-aircraft gun in. The black muzzle pointed at the gap, and with a machine gun, they resisted the overwhelming advantage of the Qing army. The fight was already arduous. Fortunately, Rhinoceros Pavilion
It is close to the zoo wall, and a small area outside the wall is still in the hands of the Ming army, so there is no need to be attacked from behind. A few dozen meters in front of the rhinoceros museum is the crocodile pool, with artificial rivers at both ends, winding towards the park.
It can only be passed through the small bridge above. This also makes it difficult for the Qing army to rush over.
More than 20 people used all their strength to push the huge dead rhinoceros to the gate. They used its heavy body as a sandbag and mounted the machine gun on it. It was more useful than the sandbag.
“Woo——Boom!!!”
Another mortar shell hit the roof of the Rhino Hall, and the building was filled with dust again. The 60mm mortar shell did not penetrate the cement floor, but this was already the third one. Two more hits on the roof would be enough.
It collapsed.
"Attention," a soldier who climbed up to the high window to observe shouted, "at two o'clock... the Qinglu pushed something over again!..."
The five Ming troops below, under the command of the only artilleryman, hurriedly shook the cannon and turned the muzzle to the right.
"...Attention, they are pushing a 20mm cannon!...Damn it, it's ours!"
Opposite the crocodile pond, three Qing soldiers came over with a 20mm machine gun. The Ming army fired without saying a word, but their skills were so poor that the shell broke a tree in the distance.
"Quick! Reload! Reload!"
The only artilleryman yelled like crazy. Several infantrymen hurriedly opened the barrel of the cannon and ejected the shells. A soldier came over with the cannonball and slipped. The long cannonball fell to the ground and bounced several times.
Went to the corner. Everyone was staring at the cannonball. They were all frightened and no one knew what to do.
The Qing army cranked up the barrel and opened fire at the Rhino Hall, "Bang, bang, bang, bang..."
A piece of cement wall in the Rhinoceros Pavilion was suddenly broken into pieces and riddled with holes. All the Ming soldiers in the pavilion were lying on the ground, watching as the anti-aircraft gun was hit by several 20mm shells, and the barrel was deformed. Fortunately, the barrel was deformed.
There are no shells inside.
Every Ming soldier held his head tightly, thinking only:
"Dead……"
Suddenly there was a "bang" from the side, a sound of a brick wall collapsing, followed by a gunshot, and a corresponding explosion in the distance. The 20mm cannon stopped making noise.
The sound of the engine appeared in their ears, and the desperate Ming army in the hall quickly got up and took a look. They saw that the cannon in the distance had become a pile of wreckage, and several Qing soldiers died beside it. Then, a Lightning-3 tank
Appeared in front of me. Then another one appeared.
The tank turret has a black sword painted on it.
The Ming troops in the Rhino Hall suddenly cheered wildly, knowing that reinforcements had arrived, and they were the legendary People's Guard.
The People's Guard Motorized Infantry Regiment took the lead in breaking through the fence and entering the zoo.
Immediately, dozens of People's Guard infantrymen rushed into the Rhino Hall, set up Woodpecker machine guns, mortars, field telephones, and dragged sandbags from armored vehicles, instantly turning the building into a solid frontline command post.
The heroes had the same idea, and they also took a fancy to this solid cement building.
Three tanks and two armored vehicles spouted flames and charged forward. The soldiers in front fled in the face of the wind. The battle line was pushed forward nearly fifty meters in an instant, and did not stop until next to the crocodile pond.
The surviving garrison infantrymen were so excited that they almost cried. The tragedy and despair of fighting alone just now were vented out. Military doctors from the People's Guard also came in and bandaged their wounds. In the blink of an eye, several cooking soldiers dragged in.
There was a broken tricycle with a stove and a large pot on it, which was steaming. The garrison soldiers watched them lift the lid of the pot and put hundreds of dumplings in it with a huff.
"Brothers, haven't you had lunch yet?" a People's Guard officer said with a smile, "Leave it to us to fight... Today is New Year's Eve. I tell my wife that every brother on the front line should eat hot dumplings.
!...Well, there’s a dead rhinoceros here! Come on, let’s have a taste!”
As he spoke, he asked two cooking soldiers to cut off a large piece of rhinoceros meat with bayonets, scoop out a spoonful of boiling water from the dumpling pot to wash away the blood, cut it into several pieces and throw them into the pot to cook together.
More than two dozen garrison soldiers were so moved that they almost cried. They didn't know if they would survive today, but now they were not only safe, but they could eat dumplings right away. They looked at the dumplings and large chunks of dumplings tumbling in the pot.
Rhino meat, smelling the smell of Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar, now I feel unbearably hungry in my belly, and now I feel that today is the Chinese New Year.
Xiang Xiaoqiang still doesn't know about the "virtuous policy" that has moved all the Ming soldiers in the city to a complete state. The soldiers only know that it is "Mrs. Xiang"'s care, but they don't know who it is. In fact, the idea is Xiu Xiu's.
I came up with it and told Qiu Qiu. Qiu Qiu immediately agreed and immediately mobilized the female officers of the headquarters, the security team, the political work team and other relatively idle female officers, as well as some of the officers' families, to help the soldiers on the front line.
dumpling.
With a stomachache, Snail immediately made the decision and asked the propaganda truck of the political work team to drive onto the streets of eastern and southern Nanjing. Soon, this meaningful move spread throughout Nanjing. At the moment when the troops were approaching the city, the sound of artillery roared in the north of the city, and dozens of people in the south of the city.
Tens of thousands of dumplings were packed and transported to the front line on tricycles and bicycles.
Whether they were soldiers of the People's Guard or soldiers of the Capital Garrison, they all ate hot dumplings amidst the hail of bullets. Seeing that the Qing soldiers on the opposite side could only eat pancakes, and many could not even eat pancakes, their morale was greatly boosted.
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In front of the crocodile pond, mortar shells from the Qing army fell from time to time, raising tall and straight columns of smoke. Several tanks and armored vehicles of the People's Guard were parked here, their engines trembling, and their armor clanking from shrapnel. Continue
It's too dangerous to park here, but the crocodile pond in front is very wide and the artificial rivers on both sides are more than two meters wide, so we definitely can't drive through it.
The observation soldiers climbed to the top of the rhinoceros hall and guided mortars to fight back against the Qing army. Three 60mm mortars had been set up here, firing shells into the sky with "boom, boom, boom".
But the effect of this is too limited, not to mention that there is still mist and cannot be seen from a few hundred meters away. The Qing army on the opposite side only needs to fire artillery in the direction of the Rhino Hall, but the Ming army here does not know where the Qing artillery fire is.
, can only estimate the suppression.
One of the platoons that served as tank support infantry was Xu Xiangde's platoon. Xu Xiangde chewed on straw sticks, held a submachine gun, and sat behind an armored vehicle. Bullets from nowhere hit the armored vehicle with a "ding-dong-dang" sound, and he
But he took the risk and stretched his head to look at the crocodile pond, and suddenly ordered:
"Liu Xiaosheng, go measure how deep the crocodile pool is!"
Private Liu Xiaosheng was shocked, but immediately said:
"yes!"
Then he covered his helmet and crawled towards the crocodile pool on all fours. When he got to the crocodile pool, he sat up and hid behind the concrete fence. Bullets from the opposite side could not hit him for the time being.
The crocodile pool actually has gentle slopes on both sides, with water in the middle, making it easier for the crocodiles to climb up and bask in the sun. In order to prevent the crocodiles from climbing out, guardrails more than one meter high are built around them with cement brick walls. If the water is not deep, the tank will be completely
You can hit the guardrail and drive through the pool.
However, the guardrail had already been blasted with three large gaps by artillery shells, and a few crocodiles must have escaped.
These crocodiles were originally inactive this season, but the shells for days continued to shake the earth. Although these crocodiles could not hear the sound, they were already very active due to the vibrations.
Liu Xiaosheng stuck his head out from a gap and looked at the green water in the pool and several crocodiles crawling around on the slope. He was a little frightened and thought about how to "measure" the water depth. He looked back and saw a few crocodiles crawling around.
A tank stood in the rising smoke column, with a large number of infantry hiding behind, waiting to follow. The platoon leader also showed his head from behind the armored vehicle, looking at himself anxiously.
Liu Xiaosheng's heart skipped a beat, he turned over and crawled into the crocodile pool through the gap, ducking into the water. He paddled with his legs in the water, clutching the submachine gun tightly, staring at the crocodile. He was so nervous that his heart almost jumped out, and he didn't feel anything at all.
When the water cools down.
He walked into the center of the pool with fear, and found that the water was only up to his thighs. He felt relieved: the tank was completely passable!
Liu Xiaosheng straightened up happily, turned around and shouted:
"Platoon commander——! The water depth is only more than one meter——! The tank is completely..."
Before he finished speaking, blood mist exploded on his head, and he fell into the water, making big splashes. The body was like a bloody gourd, heaving up and down.
Xu Xiangde was heartbroken, immediately retracted his head, leaned against the armored vehicle and shouted:
"Qing army sniper——! Hidden——!"
Liu Xiaosheng's body was floating in the crocodile pool, and the blood slowly spread. Several crocodiles slowly crawled into the water and came closer.
Three crocodiles bit his head, shoulders, and thighs respectively. The fourth crocodile bit his arm, spinning it up and down in the water, twisting the arm off, raising its mouth, and swallowed it several times. Then, it
He bit the body again, and it was time for another crocodile to eat it...
For a moment, the crocodile rolled in the pool and the water surface was blood red.