Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 241 Young 'Veteran'

Three hours ago, Tang Dao had entered Cangcheng from Songjiang City.

And two hours ago, the military flags of the Northeast Army and the Sichuan Army were raised in Cangcheng to make an oath, and then the whole army entered the position.

Ever since the arrival of the Japanese army, Watanabe Junichi's gaze has been gazing at this thousand-year-old city, and Tang Dao has never let go of his observation of them.

When he saw that the Japanese infantry began to avoid the residential areas and began to move from the fields to the two wings of Cangcheng, Tang Dao picked up the phone and informed the infantry companies that the vanguard of the Japanese army might attack Cangcheng.

The Japanese artillery had probably already been set up. More than an hour ago, the cavalry lurking on the south bank also reported to the headquarters by radio that a light destroyer had finally arrived on the Huangpu River.

Although Tang Dao didn't see it with his own eyes, he knew that even the Fubuki-class light destroyers in the Japanese navy were equipped with six terrifying 127mm naval guns.

The main opponent of that thing is a ship covered with steel. If it explodes on land, its power can be imagined.

There are two ways of communication between Cangcheng and the main city. One is by telephone. More than 500 civilians spent midnight digging trenches for burying telephone lines, but no one can guarantee when the Japanese artillery fire will destroy these telephone lines. The other is naturally the field radio station. The only field radio station in Cangcheng is the one in the 644 regiment headquarters.

General Guo personally notified Tang Dao by phone of the arrival of the Japanese destroyer.

Therefore, Tang Dao concluded that if the Japanese army wanted to attack Cangcheng, it must first have a round of large-scale bombardment, and the intensity of the bombardment would even exceed the imagination of everyone here.

Including the 43rd Army that fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army in Dachang Town.

The Songjiang security regiment, which had all withdrawn into the residential area, was also notified by Tang Dao through the headquarters to immediately look for places to avoid the artillery.

The sharp bamboo whistle sounded one after another in the residential area, and more than 2000 officers and soldiers of the security regiment jumped out of their hiding places and hid in the places selected by each squad to avoid the artillery.

Some are basements dug by rich people, some are cellars for storing food, and some are bullet shelters dug with great effort by my own team.

Regardless of whether they can fight or not, at least the Songjiang Security Corps showed a good quality of self-protection before their lives were threatened.

If there is a cannon, our buddies will hide in the ground, if there is no cannon, the buddies will come out again.

Why!That's it.

A few drops of cold sweat left on the forehead of the Japanese major who was still staring closely at this side 800 meters away.

How many troops did the Chinese in Baga deploy in this residential area?Why does it look like thousands of people?

I'm more than 1000 people, what to do?
Fortunately, brother is not stupid, let's make a sample first.

Silently glad that he chose the right one, Watanabe Junichi completely gave up the layers of residential buildings, and set his sights on Cangcheng on the other side.

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Cangcheng city head.

Young soldiers, no, to be precise, young "veterans", lying quietly in the fortifications at the head of Cangcheng.

Not even breathing.

The young soldier who discussed gossip about the battalion commander with his veteran squad leader was originally a second-class soldier. He was promoted to a first-class soldier after the war because he killed a Japanese soldier in a counterattack during the First World War in Dachang Township. Two-thirds of the veterans died in battle and were appointed as the deputy squad leader of the infantry squad.

It's just that the young deputy squad leader hasn't adapted to his new role at all, and most of the time he still regards himself as the little follower of the old squad leader who also survived the battlefield, but now, he has entered the wartime state, and he has to take on the responsibility of the deputy squad leader. responsibilities.

The vanguard of the Japanese army arrived, eyeing Cangcheng, which protruded from the whole city. Judging from its unfolding formation, it was actually going to attack a wave before it got dark.

Lieutenant Colonel Tang Dao, the supreme commander in charge of the Cangcheng position, did not let the entire army go to the position, but issued an order for the entire army to enter the bomb shelter, and sent out guard posts from each company on the two walls directly facing the Japanese army.

The 43rd Company of the 26th Division of the 3rd Army was in charge of defending the southern city wall. The young "veteran" who had not yet adapted to the role of deputy squad leader was brave enough to everyone's expectations. He took two soldiers to serve as guard posts in the hastily completed fortifications at the head of Cangcheng City.

In the field of vision of the young deputy squad leader, there were only a few hundred meters away, shadow pupils with feces-yellow shadows, and no artillery could be seen at all. However, after the battle of Dachang Town, the soldiers of the 43rd Army who survived by chance were very familiar with the battles of the Japanese army. Routine.

It's just that the artillery has finished attacking the infantry, and the infantry has finished attacking the artillery.

If you want to avoid shelling and block infantry at the right time, you can only go to the guard post.

What is a guard post?It means that he will become the eyes of the whole army. Even if the Japanese army's shells are overwhelming, he has to work hard to survive, and then inform the whole army that the Japanese infantry is attacking.

Otherwise, how would soldiers still in the shelter know when to charge into position?
It's just that if you want to live, you don't rely on will or tactics, but really you can only rely on luck.

In the battle of Dachang Town, the young deputy squad leader, who had never even seen a mountain cannon, personally experienced the lethality of the devil cannon.

Especially that kind of large-caliber heavy artillery, when it hits a large pit the size of a pond, if it hits a certain section of the trench, even with the protection of the trench, the terrible shock wave can easily kill a platoon of people.

With the power of such artillery, not to mention hiding in the observation post fortifications made of sandbags and logs on the city wall, even the firepower points hiding inside the city wall are not very safe from the terrible large-caliber shells.

However, the young deputy squad leader was no longer the recruit who only knew to hide in the trench with his head covered and his face pale when the guns fired. No matter how frightened he was, he had to grit his teeth and hold on!

As a soldier, how can he escape from the battlefield?Besides, he is still the deputy squad leader, and he still has a few soldiers under him.

The reason why he became brave this time was that he refused the platoon leader's request that each class draw lots for the guard posts. The reason was simple. I really hope that they can have more opportunities to go back and see their mother-in-law and baby.

And he himself is only a young man, his parents are still young, and he has younger brothers and sisters at home, so his worries are much smaller.

However, the brave young deputy squad leader didn't want to die either. Seeing the Japanese infantry gradually approaching, he was sure that the Japanese army was about to launch an attack, so he drove away the two younger soldiers who followed him.

"You two melon rinds, the Japanese are about to start firing. What are you two doing with me? You two can make meat sauce!"

On the more than 200-meter-long city wall, there are a total of three fortifications dedicated to observation posts and artillery posts to observe the battlefield. The other two soldiers were originally signal soldiers in the regiment. Later, there were less than 200 people left in a regiment. The ball needs to be used, simply, except for a few health workers, all the other personnel have been added to the infantry squad.

The signal soldiers are all relatively young, and they have common topics with the equally young deputy squad leader, and they quickly become friends.

Young, his greatest strength is ignorance and fearlessness. Seeing that the deputy squad leader volunteered to be an observation post, his head got hot and he followed him. Now seeing the serious expression of the deputy squad leader who had fought in the front line, he couldn't help but feel scared.

"Deputy squad leader, how do you know that the Japanese are going to fire?" Xiao Bing's face was pale.

"Guawazi, I didn't see the Japanese digging a trench a mile away. It was their temporary field trench. The Japanese are the best at this. They will build fortifications wherever they go, and they will never be lazy." The young deputy squad leader Following the calmness of the veteran squad leader, he analyzed the two soldiers.

"500 meters is the most suitable distance to launch an attack. This can not only ensure that their large-caliber guns will not accidentally injure them, but also use light and heavy machine guns, grenades, and infantry guns to suppress the enemy's firepower."

"Then what should I do? I'm afraid to stay there alone." Xiaobing's face showed deep fear.

The courage that once dared to rush to the city wall has long since disappeared.

"Afraid of a hammer, Brother Pao, don't loose your belt." The young deputy squad leader glared, trying to imitate the veteran squad leader's tone of scolding the two recruits.

But looking at the two technical soldiers who had only picked up their rifles for half a month, their hearts were still soft after all, and they were trying to comfort them and persuade them to return to their respective observation posts.

After all, if the three of them stayed together, it was bad luck. If one shell killed all three of them, and each stayed in a different place, the probability of three surviving one would be much higher.

However, before he could speak, there was a howling sound in the sky!
The whistle was long and low.

(End of this chapter)