Age of Rebirth

Through the gunpowder smoke, five Japanese tanks drove up roaringly, the turrets rotated, firing cannons from time to time, and the machine guns on the tanks also roared frantically. The shooting and the blood of their companions stimulated their inner beasts. For a while, tanks rumbled, gunshots rang out, and the violent flames of the Japanese army pressed down like a tangible wall, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Masao Sasaki, the front-line commander of the Japanese Marine Corps on Baoshan Road, was so stimulated by the defeat just now that he was furious. Half of the body leaned out of the headquarters, using binoculars to observe the situation of the Chinese defenders' positions.

One is to observe the effect of the shelling just now, and the other is to see the progress of the attacking troops. The lens of the telescope flashes and is keenly captured by the snipers from the third battalion on the third floor opposite.

This sniper is Fan Tiezhu, who joined the army during the first Jinzhou campaign. He is just 19 years old this year. Because he has the potential of a sharpshooter, he was sent to the sniper brigade of the special warfare detachment to learn from the brigade. He once worshiped as the deputy commander of the sniper brigade. The captain, Fu Qiang, was his teacher, and he learned a good skill. He was the captain of their company's sniper team. [

From the dense gunpowder smoke, he keenly caught a flash of light, and immediately aimed the muzzle of the gun at it. In the dimness, it seemed that he was observing something with a telescope. It must be a senior official of the devil, Tie Zhu secretly thought, he He held his breath, tapped the trigger, and the special sniper rifle whizzed away from the barrel, passed through the gunpowder smoke, and went straight to the target.

Masao Sasaki's body froze suddenly, the shattered lens was mixed with the blood on his face, a blood hole appeared in his left eye, his head pierced through the back of his head, and a piece of skull flew away, the snow-white brain flowed out from the hole the size of a fist , his body leaned forward, and he folded down from the fourth floor.

According to the memories of the Japanese naval officers present at the scene, no gunshots were heard at all, and His Excellency fell downstairs. We thought that His Excellency had high blood pressure, dizzy and stumbled, and fell downstairs accidentally. Only then did I realize that His Excellency Da Zuo was assassinated by a sniper from China. His entire head was almost smashed into pieces. The iron pillars were not made of broken armor. Otherwise, Japanese officers would not be able to see His Excellency Da Zuo in full.

It is said that Masao Sasaki, Admiral of the Navy, was the first senior officer of the Japanese navy to be shot dead by the squadron since the Shanghai Incident. Offenders will be severely punished, but it is a pity that Fan Tiezhu lost a chance to make meritorious deeds.

Facing the Japanese tanks, the policemen panicked. How to deal with this invulnerable iron guy? At this moment, a few soldiers set up four weird-looking guns. Two people were busy working on one gun, which was scary enough. Yes, it's as thick as a small mallet, and simple-minded, it's awesome just looking at it.

The Japanese tank that was on rampage suddenly paused, thick black smoke came out from the cabin, and faint flames could be seen with the naked eye. The remaining tank was luckier and was taken care of by Sifazi at the same time, and it exploded and caught fire at the same time. Immediately, the hatch of the smoking Japanese tank was opened, and several Japanese drivers jumped out flaming all over. A burst of submachine guns flew over, and they became burning human candles.

Then, the roar of light and heavy machine guns suddenly sounded, and the thousands of Japanese troops facing the rear were head-on. With fierce firepower, the Japanese troops on the blocked road were knocked down in pieces like cutting wheat, eight mortars, Also according to the position of the Japanese artillery positions observed just now, the first round of eight rapid fires, the Japanese artillery positions immediately billowed with smoke and pieces flew across. This is a high-explosive mortar produced by the Huangyadong Arsenal, which is more powerful than that of the Japanese army. Type [-] infantry artillery.

The soldiers of the third battalion rushed out of the position and started a counter-charge. Relying on the still smoking tanks, the Somi submachine gun screamed cheerfully, wantonly harvesting the lives of the Japanese soldiers. In urban warfare, especially street fighting, this kind of The high-performance automatic weapons undoubtedly had the absolute upper hand, and the 800 people actually played with the momentum of [-] people.

The Japanese army was not to be outdone, and relying on the corpses of their comrades, fought back vigorously. From time to time, some soldiers were hit and fell down. The team couldn't hold on any longer, and retreated in a panic. The Second Brigade followed closely and compressed the Japanese army to the starting point of their attack, the Hongkou area of ​​Shanghai, where there were strong fortifications built by the Japanese army. The Second Brigade adopted the method of encircling , the attack was temporarily halted.

Zhao Zitong did not feel the joy after victory. Out of 81 people in the reinforced platoon that reinforced the police force, only 38 survived. The rest of them were buried on the wide road in Shanghai. This is the backbone of the third battalion. His heart was torn apart. The counterattack they launched cleared the obstacles for the follow-up troops of the Second Brigade, and the spirit of the fallen soldiers will last forever!It also inspired all the soldiers of the Second Brigade.

The battle in the urban area of ​​Shanghai ended with the loss of more than [-] Japanese marines, and the remaining [-] were compressed in the Hongkou and Yangshupu areas. Because the Japanese army had strong fortifications, they held on to the danger and waited for reinforcements. The Sulu Mobile Corps of the Independent Division adopted the method of encircling the Shanghai aid troops, and the war in the urban area was temporarily in a state of confrontation.

The fighting in the urban area has temporarily ceased. It is located in Wusongkou, the confluence of the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River in the north of Shanghai. The battle is going on.

Wusongkou is more than [-] kilometers away from the Yangtze River estuary in the east. It faces Chongming Island in the north and Changxing Island in the east. It strangles the flanks of the main channel of the Yangtze River. If you can go up the Yangtze River along Wusongkou, occupy Shanghai, threaten Nanjing, Wuhan and other important cities along the Yangtze River, and go straight to the hinterland of China, half of the rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River will be lost!

While the Japanese Marine Corps was launching an attack in the urban area, the Japanese fleet, which had been wandering outside Wusongkou, formed an attack formation of two ships and eight warships, increased their horsepower, and rushed towards the Wusongkou Fort. On the Japanese ship, the front main gun fired first, and the gun roared and landed on the fort.

The shooting accuracy of the Japanese ship is very high. Perhaps during the period when the Jiangsu Provincial Security Corps was stationed, the coordinates were determined by the Japanese long ago. Although it was traveling at high speed, it achieved the first hit. The No. [-] gun position was hit by several large-caliber heavy shells In the middle, the sturdy fort shook violently amidst the sound of explosions. A cannon shot landed at the door of the hidden cave. When it was caught off guard, a group of soldiers from the air defense brigade on the emplacement fell in a pool of blood. The cannon was also slightly damaged.

Almost at the same time as the Japanese ship was shelling, the commander of the fort gave the order to fight back. One after another, the cannons roared out and flew towards the Japanese ship. Unfortunately, the Japanese ship was moving at high speed, and the soldiers The first actual shooting, using this large-caliber coastal defense gun, was not very proficient in operation. The first round of counter-firing guns hit the target and stirred up a column of water around the Japanese ship.

The Japanese ship was taken aback. It didn't expect that those scraps from the Chinese defenders' security regiment would dare to fire back their guns. They quickly made evasive movements and twisted into an "S" shape on the sea surface. , Clouds of fireworks spewed out from the muzzle, and a burst of rain fell on the Wusongkou Fort. Smoke and dust billowed on the fort. The solid cement fortifications were blown up with large pieces of concrete, shrouded in a cloud of gunpowder smoke.

The Japanese ship was enraged. The Chinese army, which has always been tolerant, dared to fire at the noble Imperial Japanese Navy warship. The bullish Japanese navy is annoyed by a tiger being scratched by a cat.

They didn't know that what they were facing was the nemesis of the Japanese army, Tang Qiuli's troops. In front of such troops, any Japanese army would definitely not be able to please them. The mild ones were seriously injured and vomited blood, and the severe ones were wiped out with ashes and bones. Today, they To face the defenders of the Wusongkou Fort with the attitude of a king is to ask for a fight. [

Inside the turret, the aimer responsible for locating the target slapped himself in regret. Even the geese flying in the sky could be shot down. Such a large warship missed the target. If he said it, his colleagues would not laugh out loud. What's wrong?Just in time, the Japanese ship took an evasive action, exposing the entire huge hull.

This time we must not miss again. The aimers almost put their eyes on the artillery mirrors. Almost at the same time, the command to shoot was issued one after another, and the guns landed on the Japanese ship accurately, bursting into flames. Then, the Japanese Smoke billowed from the ship.

There was a burst of cheers on the fort, and then more guns flew towards the Japanese ships. The soaring water column and the thick smoke on the Japanese ships complemented each other. Each Japanese ship was injured to varying degrees, and the two leading Japanese ships were even more The objects of focus are also the two Japanese ships that are the most rampant and fight the most fiercely.

The Japanese fleet suffered a bit, seeing the fierce firepower of the fort, although I don't understand what's going on, I haven't seen the Chinese defenders so powerful?The commander of the fleet quickly ordered to retreat and confront the coastal defense guns. The warships could not take advantage of it. There were no roots in the water, but the coastal defense guns were hidden in solid fortifications. On the warships, only thick barrels could be seen.

The Japanese ship turned its rudder and retreated, trying to get out of the range of the coastal defense guns as soon as possible, while using the rear main gun to fight back. The two Japanese ships in the front rushed to the front. This time they became the last to evacuate. Heavy, the action is not very agile, some fell to the rear, the soldiers of the air defense brigade, can you let them go?

All the coastal defense guns focused on bombarding these two warships, and the guns rained down on the Japanese ship. Seeing the skyrocketing fire on the Japanese ship, the ship's hull was pouring more and more, and the speed was getting slower and slower. A Japanese ship, it may be that the medicine cabin was hit, or the medicine was killed in the fire. There was a violent explosion, the bow of the ship was raised high, and then suddenly fell to the sea. The huge hull was divided into two parts. Two, break from it, create a vortex on the sea surface, and sink into the surrounding sea in the blink of an eye.

(To be continued)