Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2326 Blood River

War is inhumane. If you don’t want to compete with the Japanese room by room like the Germans, you have to use a more efficient way to eliminate the Japanese.

What An Qi has to do is to maximize the advantages of the Allied forces in terms of weapons and equipment, and use shells to destroy the Japanese instead of consuming the precious lives of the soldiers.

As for whether civilians will die during the whole process, no one really cares.

Compared with the Russian battlefield at the same time, East Asia has just begun.

Many people, including the southern African media, are focusing on the defense of Moscow and the ongoing battle of Volgograd. Few people pay attention to St. Petersburg, which has been besieged for nearly a year.

After the outbreak of the Russo-German War, the Germans advanced 320 kilometers in four days, and the Battle of St. Petersburg broke out immediately.

After the initial defeat, the Germans surrounded St. Petersburg, Mustache openly declared: We must not be kind (to the Russians), we must make every Russian tremble with fear - we do not need Russia, neither a hostile Russia , nor a friendly Russia, we only need a land in the East.Therefore we will never accept the surrender of either Petersburg or Moscow.You must annihilate them, reduce them to dust, and make them disappear from the face of the earth.

In order to break the will of the defenders, the Germans used various methods to attack St. Petersburg, even using torpedo bombing.

From January to February at the beginning of this year, about [-] civilians in St. Petersburg were killed by German bombing every day.

A greater threat to the defenders than the German bombing is the serious shortage of food. At the coldest time last winter, St. Petersburg residents had only about 150 grams of bread per person per day. These breads were still made of burnt flour, edible fiber, sawdust and even Made of edible chemical powder.

After eating up all the pets, mice, and birds in the city, the tragedy of cannibalism inevitably occurred in St. Petersburg. In order to stop this behavior, Zhukov specially set up a special division.

In St. Petersburg, about 50 people are buried in one of the largest cemeteries.

What makes people desperate is that even in this situation, the defenders of St. Petersburg still did not give in. They insisted on fighting the German army and never surrendered. Women and children also participated in the defense of the city. German bombs can destroy the entire city. But it cannot destroy the unyielding fighting spirit of the defenders and residents.

In order to reinforce St. Petersburg, the Russians also tried every means.

It was summer when the war broke out, and St. Petersburg did not make any evacuation plans. It was not until winter came that the lake in Ladoga Bay was frozen and cars could pass, and the transfer of personnel and materials began to be active.

This passage is very dangerous and is often bombed by the Germans. If the ice cracks, the car will sink to the bottom of the lake.

The Russians suffered heavy losses, and this road was also known as the "Road of Death".

Even so, the Russians decided to fight until they were victorious.

Compared with the attention received on the Russian battlefield, Saigon received significantly less attention. Except for the French, no one cared about how the Allied forces regained Saigon.

On August 8, the Allied attack on Saigon officially began. In about six hours, the Allied artillery fired about 21 shells into the urban area of ​​Saigon.

After the shelling stopped, the armored units belonging to the 5th Australian Division, with the cooperation of infantry, made a tentative attack on this area.

In fact, there is no need to be so cautious, there is no need to test at all, the area that was bombarded has been razed to the ground, and no complete buildings can be seen. The tanks of the Fifth Division were unable to move forward shortly after departure, because there was no road ahead. , only one huge crater after another, extending all the way to the Saigon River.

In this case, it is impossible for the Japanese army to survive.

In southern Africa, only artillery with a caliber of 120 mm or more is considered heavy artillery.

A shell fired by a 120-caliber artillery can cover more than half of a football field. The area of ​​Saigon at this time is not large. There are only more than 1 buildings in the entire attack area. On average, ten shells are fired per building. There's no way anyone survived, not even a dead body.

"No living thing can survive this level of attack. I can guarantee that there is not even a single mosquito in this area—" Major Peng Yue, the commander of the armored force, had a painful expression on his face. The smell of the air made Peng Yue unbearable. Putting on a mask had no effect at all, so Peng Yue simply put on a gas mask.

"Should we continue to move forward?" Lieutenant Fox, the infantry company commander, asked Peng Yue from behind the tank.

"We can't move forward unless the engineers pave the way for us—" Peng Yue kept his mission in mind and was just trying to attack.

clang--

A bullet flew from nowhere and hit the bulletproof plate next to Peng Yue. It was a Japanese sniper.

Peng Yue cursed angrily, retracted into the turret and closed the hatch directly to death.

In the movie, the infantry often climbed onto the tank, opened the hatch and threw the grenade into the tank, killing the tanker in the turret.

This is actually an artistic exaggeration. The hatch of the tank can be closed from the inside, but it is difficult to open from the outside.

At least soldiers without tools cannot lift the hatch cover with bare hands.

The Japanese are really good at learning. They have learned a lot from fighting with the southern African army for so long. Many Japanese veterans have good shooting skills. They can compete with the precision shooters in southern Africa, but the number is much smaller.

It's not that the Japanese are reluctant to use bullets in training, but that as the war wears on, the number of veterans is getting smaller and smaller, and many defenders in Saigon City are recruits who have just joined the army.

This is also one of the reasons why Yamashita Fengwen wanted to fight the Allied forces in Saigon.

The recruits are used to defend the city, and the solid fortifications can not be said to withstand the bombardment of large-caliber shells, at least psychologically, it can bring a sense of security to the defenders.

Fighting in the field, directly facing the large number of Allied artillery, there is no need for tanks to attack, and the army will collapse directly after being directly bombarded by the artillery for half an hour.

"To survive such intensive bombing, the vitality of the Japanese is stronger than that of cockroaches—" Peng Yue ordered the troops to retreat, not in a hurry.

The Germans fought St. Petersburg for more than a year, and the offensive and defensive battles are still going on.

Saigon is just the beginning, don't rush.

In the evening, the Allied forces broadcast to Saigon as usual, announcing the bombing area of ​​tomorrow's artillery and informing the people in the area to evacuate as soon as possible.

Peng Yue was sitting on a bamboo chair, with hot coffee in his hand, and the mutton on the oven in front of him was sizzling. The sheep were sent from southern Africa. Although Australia is also a big sheep-producing country, Peng Yue It feels like the southern African lamb tastes significantly better.

Peng Yue is an Australian. After World War I, he immigrated to Australia with his family. After graduating from high school, he studied in Nyasaland Army Academy as a professional military officer.

"This kind of notification has no effect. The Japanese will not let the civilians leave. They will drag the civilians to be buried with them." Fox drank black tea from India.

"How long do you think the Japanese can last?" Peng Yue didn't discuss this issue. His greatest hope was to end the fighting in French Indochina as soon as possible and continue to advance north.

Indochina farther north—

This is also the wish of all Chinese soldiers in the Allied Forces.

"If I were Japanese, I wouldn't be able to last even one minute—" Fox sprinkled salt on the mutton, muttering in his mouth that without cumin, the roasted mutton would lose its soul.

It doesn't matter to Peng Yue, it's good to have roast lamb in the battlefield, at least you don't have to eat unpalatable luncheon meat.

"That's because you haven't experienced the pain of being a Japanese." Peng Yue cut off the burnt parts with scissors, and the taste was extremely delicious.

Suddenly broken English came from the radio, which probably meant that there were about [-] civilians, including [-] whites, in the area that the Allied artillery would bombard tomorrow.

"When we hit Tokyo, it's better to use this attack method." Fox was expressionless. This is a debt, and the Japanese will have to pay it back sooner or later.

Peng Yue didn't speak, the little devil is too despicable, it is more appropriate to apply the mustache's attitude towards St. Petersburg to the Japanese.

The Allied forces were not affected by the Japanese, and at nine o'clock the next morning, they shelled the notification area on time.

The intensity of the shelling was about the same as yesterday, and the artillery and artillery had to rest for a while.

Peng Yue and Fox had already arrived at the starting position, ready to continue to launch a tentative attack after the shelling stopped.

Probably because yesterday's bombardment caused too much damage to the Japanese, the main force of the Japanese army in the bombardment area withdrew early, leaving only some guard troops.

When the shelling just started, some civilians rushed out of the shelling area and ran towards the starting position where Peng Yue and Fox were.

Soon the men were knocked down from behind.

Peng Yue and Fox were silent at the same time. This must be the Japanese shooting. The Japanese wanted to drag the Saigon people to die together.

A few fighter jets flew over the starting position, followed by a large number of bombers. The Allied forces had obtained air superiority over Saigon a month ago, and the bombers could come and go freely even without fighter escort.

Farther away, near the estuary, there are allied destroyers cruising. Regardless of any ship, as long as it tries to leave Saigon, it will be sunk. After the Battle of Guam, the Japanese combined fleet has disappeared from the Southeast Asian waters and retreated directly to the Sea of ​​Japan.

"Major Peng Yue, your task today is no longer a tentative attack. After occupying the enemy's position, organize defense on the spot and be careful of Japanese snipers." The latest order came from the earphone, and Peng Yue's spirit was lifted.

That's right, the Japanese have to be given a chance to fight back before they can wipe out more Japanese.

The shelling stopped in the afternoon, and the Allied officers and soldiers, who had enough food and drink, set off and continued to the Saigon River.

Saigon in August is in the rainy season. The road conditions are extremely bad, and it rains every day. There was already a lot of water in the crater yesterday, and the mud lifted by the shells turned the entire position into a big mud pit.

There are also shells in the mud pit that have not exploded for various reasons. These shells have been fuzed and are in an extremely unstable state and may explode at any time.

The advance speed of the troops was not fast. Some tanks were equipped with bulldozer-like shovels in front of them, which were used to level the road at any time.

bah—

The vitality of the Japanese is indeed very tenacious, and there are still Japanese soldiers hiding in the ruins and sniping at the Allies.

boom--

Peng Yue did not let go of any doubts, and repeatedly shot at all possible positions where Japanese shooters might be hiding.

Casualties followed.

Fox was shot coldly by the Japanese soldiers. Fortunately, the shot was not critical. The [-] rifle had strong penetration but not much power. The bullet passed through Fox's shoulder, and he could return to the battlefield after a month of rest.

Tatata——

The machine guns on the tanks were also firing, and the effect was not good. They didn't know where the Japanese were hiding, so they could only serve as a deterrent.

A civilian crawled out of a ruined building by the road, still bleeding, and called for help from Allied soldiers hiding behind tanks.

"Go back, go back to where you were just now, don't come out—"

Several soldiers reminded at the same time that there are various languages.

Others quietly raised their guns, suspecting that they were disguised by Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese once disguised themselves as civilians and approached Allied officers and soldiers to launch surprise attacks. This is a lesson learned from life.

"Please, help me—" The injured civilian was a white man. One of his legs was blown off and his abdomen was bleeding. Such injuries must be sent to a field hospital for treatment.

In the battlefield, even if the southern African army has relatively complete medical resources, it must be limited.

There are some tacitly established unspoken rules that the military will not use precious medical resources on civilians.

Even if the civilian is white.

"Stay there, don't talk, save your strength—" the medical soldier with the Red Cross armband on his arm reminded loudly, not daring to expose his body.

bah—

The Japanese sniper fired again, and this time he was finally spotted by Peng Yue.

The cunning Japanese sniper hid in the attic of a house. The house did not completely collapse, and the messy environment gave the sniper the best protection.

Peng Yue adjusted the turret and fired directly at it, completely knocking down the only standing wall.

A dozen soldiers surrounded him, greeted him with a bunch of grenades, and then dragged the dying sniper out of the rubble. A soldier swung the butt of his gun and smashed it heavily on the sniper's head.

The sniper groaned in pain, bleeding all over his face. A sergeant major pulled out a pistol and shot three times in the head of the Japanese sniper. The surrounding soldiers looked indifferent, showing no joy, let alone mercy.

War drives people crazy.

As the soldiers moved into action, medics rushed to the wounded civilians to check on them.

The situation was bad, the broken thigh was not fatal, it was the abdominal wound that really killed.

Medical soldiers have limited conditions and are unable to check the trauma of the abdomen. First, a dose of painkiller injection can at least help the wounded relieve their pain.

The wounded was unresponsive and his breathing gradually weakened.

The medical soldiers gave up the rescue and knelt beside the corpse for a long time without getting up.

At this time, it started to rain again, and the bean-sized raindrops changed from pattering to heavy rain in a dozen seconds. The blood on the ground was carried away by the rain and flowed into the nearby bomb crater, like a river of blood.

(End of this chapter)