Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 243 Stormy Seas
However, as the howitzers, field artillery, and mountain artillery shells exploded hundreds or even tens of meters in front of Cangcheng, the sound of the artillery gradually became thinner.

"According to what I said before, hide well, the devil's real bombardment is coming." Tightening his helmet strap, the young deputy squad leader hid his protruding body deeply in the fortification, facing the two small faces Said the pale messenger soldier.

The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is all over the building. This terrible tranquility indicates that a bigger storm is coming.

Sure enough, after about 5 minutes, there was a continuous scream of shells over the entire Cangcheng!

Moreover, the screaming sound of the shells this time was short and sharp, as if screaming directly in the ears!
If you are less courageous, let alone waiting for the shell to explode on the ground, just listening to the howling sound of the shell on the top of your head will make you pee in fright.

The young deputy squad leader had already put his fists under his chest, and at the same time, he curled up desperately and stuck to the ground.

He had taught two signal soldiers this kind of tactical action before going to the observation post on the city wall. If they were not killed by the bomb but were shocked to death by the violent vibration of the shell, it would be really wronged.

And this kind of action was also exchanged for the lessons of blood in the battle of Dachang Town, where the 43rd Army also encountered shelling from 105 or even 150 howitzers. In the early days of the war, many Chinese soldiers were not hit by the shock wave of the shells However, they still lay reclined in the trenches or even the individual artillery holes and died quietly.

They were shocked to death by the shock waves generated when large-caliber shells exploded at close range.

As for closing your eyes tightly, that has nothing to do with tactics, and it's not because you're afraid of being blinded, it's just that it's a national habit to ask your ancestors for blessings with your eyes closed.

Isn't that Chinese staring at his big eyes and meditating on the blessings of his ancestors in his heart?
He did everything he could, but whether he could survive this level of shelling could not depend on bravery or tactics, it could only depend on luck.

Not only he was betting, but all the Chinese soldiers within the range of the Japanese artillery were betting that their luck was not so bad that they would not be hit by the shells right into the bullet shelter.

Those hastily dug shelters can protect against 75-caliber artillery or even 105-caliber howitzers, but they can't defend against 127-caliber naval guns, the kind of projectiles weighing tens of kilograms flying at a high speed of 800 meters per second in the air, only Permanent fortifications made of reinforced concrete can be prevented.

The next moment, the young deputy monitor's ear, which had already been stuffed with cotton, suddenly burst into a booming sound. The huge sound wave was like a spike, piercing his eardrum in an instant, causing his head to hurt until he suffocated!

If he hadn't plugged his ears in advance, he was sure that even if he didn't die, his ears would become decorations from now on.

The young deputy squad leader hiding in the observation post fortifications did not see that clouds of dense gunpowder smoke were rising inside and outside Cangcheng, like wild flowers constantly emerging from the grass in spring, and finally formed a piece.

The entire inside and outside of Cangcheng was completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke.

And an orange flame with black smoke exploded on the city wall about 120 meters away from him.

Bricks, stones and broken wood flew horizontally, hitting the fortifications like raindrops, and the continuous impact sound could be heard inside the fortifications, just like the end of the world.

The luck of the two signal soldiers was obviously good. If they hadn't chosen to hide in this fortification with their deputy squad leader out of fear, one of them would have been blown to pieces together with the fortification closer to the explosion point, and even a bone would be found. less than.

However, this means that all of them are not lucky enough.

This was just the first round of Japanese shelling, and the city wall, which was less than three meters wide, was hit by shells.

Once the Japanese army starts shelling, it usually takes more than 20 minutes.

Sure enough, as time went by, gunfire exploded continuously at the top of the city.

The ancient city wall, which looked mighty and majestic and full of vicissitudes of time, gradually began to shake. The people staying on the city wall were like sitting on a flat boat in the huge waves of the sea.

My whole body felt like I wanted to vomit violently, which was the result of the strong vibration in my internal organs. If the posture was not correct enough, I am afraid that I am vomiting blood instead of wanting to vomit right now.

Continuous and huge explosions sounded inside and outside Cangcheng, but the three Sichuan soldiers in the fortification could not hear anything.

Because their ears were temporarily deaf at the moment the shell on the top of the city wall exploded.

This kind of temporary deafness caused by the huge sound waves may not immediately create three disabled people, but hearing loss is certain.

The conversations between soldiers have always been loud, which is necessarily related to participating in similar battles. Even in peaceful times, the gene of loud bells has been passed down.

What allowed them to judge whether the Japanese army was still shelling was not the sound, but the violent vibration of the city wall below them.

At this moment, what the young deputy squad leader was worried about was not whether he would be turned into scum after being hit by a cannonball, but more worried about whether the city wall would collapse because it could not withstand the bombardment of the shells. Companions, there will be four infantry companies and a fire support company responsible for the defense of the entire Cangcheng with 750 people.

If the defense of the city wall is lost, all firepower points will have to be exposed to the open air and let the various artillery of the Japanese army wreak havoc...

But in fact, when the 105 howitzer with a grenade weighing more than 22 kilograms exploded at the top of the city, the battlements and the surrounding fortifications within 30 meters were wiped out, and the five-meter-high city wall was also blasted open. a gap.

A large gap over three meters high and four meters wide.

From a distance, it looks like a belt that is about to be completely broken.

If the Japanese shells could hit this area as accurately as if they had eyes, it would probably not take much to tear apart a flat area enough for infantry to attack.

Fortunately, there are no laser-guided shells in this era, and shells also rely on probability. If two shells fall into the same crater, the probability of spending two yuan in the future is not much different from 500 million.

It's just that the Japanese's shells seem to be inexhaustible, one after another, one row after another, one wave after another, endless.

Not to mention that the inside and outside of Cangcheng have long been shrouded in gunpowder smoke, the residential area where the Songjiang Security Group that Tang Dao reminded was also covered with clusters of fireworks.

The elegant buildings in the south of the Yangtze River with white walls and black tiles are like cheap building blocks in front of the raging artillery fire. They are easily pushed into ruins by the shock wave. The foundations also show that there was once a house here.

Junichi Watanabe reported to Shigeru Suematsu that the Chinese had also set up defensive lines in residential houses outside Matsue City. The head of the 114th Division, who was angry and wanted to give the Chinese a big gift, simply included the entire city of Matsue into the artillery regiment with full firepower. The team's bombardment target.

Including Songjiang City, groups of terrible smoke and dust gradually rose up. It was the masterpiece of the 10 howitzer and the 105 naval gun with a range of up to 127 kilometers.

Fortunately, the six large air-raid shelters are used to resist more terrible aerial bombs, which is enough to ensure the safety of the soldiers hidden in them, that is, the artillery that can only be hidden in semi-permanent fortification bunkers is a bit worrying.

Fortunately, the strategic depth of Songjiang with an area of ​​2 square kilometers is enough for the shelling density of more than 40 artillery pieces. The Japanese artillery without too specific shelling coordinates is nothing more than a few shots for the not-so-small Songjiang City.
Except for Cangcheng, the other positions are actually more of Japanese artillery using artillery fire to vent the anger of their own generals and regiment commanders.

In a trance, I don't know how long it has passed. In the senses of the three young soldiers curled up in a ball, it seems that only a moment has passed, and it seems that a hundred years have passed...

Until, the young deputy squad leader felt that the trembling of the city wall below him was finally no longer as violent as before. The sound of the cannon seemed to be very close, but at the same time it seemed to be far away.

What filled the nostrils was the burnt and extremely choking smell of gunpowder smoke.

Standing up in a daze, he opened his eyes.

I pinched my arm a few times, and felt the pain, so I was sure that I was really still alive, and not going to see the Jade Emperor.

Really, the air is full of thick and substantial gunpowder smoke, so white that people can't tell the sky and the earth at all. Breathing into the lungs, it chokes people coughing violently and tears almost come out.

When stepping out of the fortifications, one has to be very careful when landing, for fear of accidentally falling off the top of the wall.

It wasn't until the autumn wind blew for a while that the gunpowder smoke that shrouded the city finally dissipated, and the sight gradually became clear.

The heart of the young deputy squad leader suddenly twitched.

(End of this chapter)