Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 1179 Cruel Silhouette!
"Hit, hit me hard!" Wang Xiaoqiang held the binoculars, looked at the raging flames in front of him, and suppressed his excitement.

Commander Wang couldn't help but be excited. The siege battle was certainly nothing new for a veteran who had served in the army for nine years, but it must be the first time in his life to fight such a rich battle.

The salvo of 8 75mm mountain guns is really not too wonderful. Blossoms are blooming on the top of the city wall and the Japanese defensive positions inside the wall. The four or five-meter-thick city wall seems to be trembling under the artillery fire.

In addition, there is a Japanese-style 92 infantry artillery. The 70mm direct-pointing gun is less than 700 meters away from the nearest city wall. It aims at all visible fortifications on the top of the wall and fires.

But these two excellent infantry support artillery are nothing in front of 150 heavy pressure!
The power of large-caliber mortars is fully displayed in this kind of offensive and defensive battle with extremely obvious targets. Once a shell is fired, everything will be destroyed!

The brick tower at the south gate, right in front of Wang Xiaoqiang, was shattered by a 150-pound shell. If Wang Xiaoqiang hadn't reacted quickly and fell to the ground, he would have been bruised and swollen by the blasted bricks and tiles!

Commander Wang Datuan was too close to the front line, less than 400 meters away!
That is also the position where the officers and soldiers of his 772 regiment were ordered to lie in wait. When the artillery fire is sparse after 10 minutes, the infantry will approach the area 200 meters away from the city wall. When the artillery fire extends, the infantry attack mode will be activated.

Behind the infantry, there are machine guns, heavy machine guns, and light machine guns waiting in full force, and they will provide the most ferocious fire cover for the infantry in charge.

But obviously, the Japanese army will never be wiped out because of the fierce artillery fire. They will definitely rush out of the smoke and launch a fatal blow to the Chinese soldiers who are about to pounce.

Offensive and defensive battles are cruel to the defenders who are being beaten under artillery fire, but the sacrifices paid by the attackers are destined to be much greater.

Otherwise, even if Tang Dao decided to attack with more than five times the force of the Japanese side, it was ready to make a major sacrifice.

Therefore, Wang Xiaoqiang, the top commander of the South Gate, took the risk to reach the forefront less than 400 meters away. But for this behavior, even if he won the battle, he would be reprimanded by Brigadier Cheng Da when he returned.

If he, the head of the main regiment, was shot and killed by the Japanese cold gunner, then the victory of this battle would not only be for the 921 Division, but even for the entire Jindong Army.

At least the entire Battle of Jindong has been fought so far. In the Chinese army, battalion commanders, company commanders and even deputy regimental commanders have died in battle, but there is no precedent for colonel-level officers to sacrifice. All of them are finished, and this battle of Jindong can be called a crushing victory.

But Wang Xiaoqiang still stubbornly believed that under his personal supervision, it was worth everything if he could successfully blast the city wall and reduce the losses of his commanders and fighters.

The head of the regiment personally visited the front line to supervise the battle, which was indeed a great encouragement to the front line soldiers.

The regiment leader is willing to risk his life, so what are we, the top soldiers, afraid of?The soldiers who were about to launch a general attack had an unspeakable power surging in their bodies, and they just hoped that the bombardment would end soon!

Of course, there is also Wang Xiaoqiang's determination to win the bet with Tang Dao.

The artillery coverage on the three city walls is basically set at 10 minutes. The first wave of attack is just a test to find out the firepower points that the Japanese have not been completely destroyed. The decisive time when the infantry actually enters the battlefield.

This process is very simple to say, but if it is implemented, it will take at least 40 minutes. When the infantry is under the rain of bullets and climbs into the inside of the city wall by wooden ladders, there will be more difficult offensive and defensive battles.

The Japanese commander was not a fool, so he stupidly put all the defenses on the city wall with obvious targets. Wouldn't that be taken away by artillery?

Layers of defense along the streets and alleys according to local conditions are the real city offensive and defensive warfare system!That was another tough battle that cost countless lives and time.

These have long been in the calculations of Head Wang Datuan, who is eager to win the bet.

The main battalion of the 772 regiment is the first battalion, but in the front row of the infantry, it is the blasting team that the 772 regiment has already prepared!

Even though the walls of a big city like Shimen are old, they can't be easily destroyed by cannons.

He went into battle with all kinds of artillery fire, and then called out machine guns, light and heavy machine guns, and soldiers also carried wooden ladders that had been tied up in the mountains long ago. They looked like they would risk their lives to attack, but in fact it was just an illusion.

On the outside, Wang Xiaoqiang looks like a rough guy, but in fact, only those who know him know what a thief this guy is!

He was reluctant to let the elite under his command sacrifice in vain in this siege battle that was already destined to win.

His trump card is the blasting team composed of 20 people. For this purpose, he prepared 10 large explosives, including 100 kilograms of explosives, and blasted a big gap in the city wall. The Japanese army in the city was like a tortoise without its shell. Let him decide.

Moreover, the three hours he had promised Tang Dao to conquer the South Gate position would be shortened by at least one hour.

The artillery fire gradually thinned out and began to extend to the Japanese defense positions shown on the intelligence in the city!

"Company 1, prepare for a tentative attack, blasting team, get ready!" Wang Xiaoqiang looked at his pocket watch, squinting his eyes and ordered.

"Boom!" With a sound, the earth shook and the mountains shook!

This is not just at the South Gate, but the whole city to be exact!
Even Wang Xiaoqiang, who has experienced many battles, couldn't help opening his mouth wide at this moment, looking at the huge fireball rising in the dark sky to the west.

"I'm Ritarian, where did the explosion come from?"

"Regimental Commander, it seems to be the west side!" The first battalion commander who had just been ordered to leave replied.

"Damn it! It's Tang Dao, the prodigal son again! This one used at least two or three hundred kilograms of explosives! The devil must have been blown out by now!" Wang Xiaoqiang grinned and cursed.

"Then, regiment commander, do we have to add some too?" the first battalion commander asked weakly.

"Add more, I still have the cheek to get this little explosive from the Four Elements Regiment, and it's all for your baby's first battalion. Add it, can I fill it with my [-] catties for your baby?" Wang Xiaoqiang He rolled his eyes and refused decisively.

The commander of the first battalion opened his mouth and swallowed the words again. He clearly remembered that the Munitions Division of the regiment headquarters had received 200 kilograms of explosives from the Four Elements Regiment!At that time, his old comrade-in-arms in the Quartermaster Division was so beautiful that he could hardly see clearly.

"Oops! Don't tell me I almost forgot, this boy Tang Dao stole all my tricks, hurry up, let me explode, and let the little devils in the south gate taste the power of our explosives! "Wang Xiaoqiang came to his senses at this moment, slapped his thigh, and hurriedly ordered.

The officers and soldiers of the 772 regiment at the south gate here began to attack in an orderly manner, but the Japanese army at the west gate over there was miserable!

Because, that was not the two or three hundred kilograms of explosives that Wang Xiaoqiang estimated, it was a full 400 kilograms of explosives!

As an important town in the north, Shimen's city walls are not of the level of Licheng County. Not to mention four meters thick, they are also five or six meters high. Many Japanese fortifications were built on the city walls.Moreover, there is also a cave for hiding soldiers under the city wall. Even if the enemy has artillery, it can resist for a while.

If you want to deal with this kind of fortification, you can only rely on bombardment, but you don’t know if you will be bombarded until the year of the monkey. The best way is to wash the ground with artillery fire, and then continue to feign attacks to cover the engineers digging tunnels, and then plant explosives to blast the city wall to the sky. , also takes time.

The Japanese defenders of the four gates received orders from the headquarters to persist until 9:[-] am. When the Imperial Army Aviation bombers arrived, all crises were resolved.

Although they didn't know that the Imperial Army Aviation was beaten up by the Chinese Air Force yesterday, and they didn't dare to come too much if they could come.

But the Japanese army never dreamed that the Chinese would omit the process of digging the tunnel, and the explosives would explode underground.

The explosion of 400 kilograms of explosives directly blasted a section of the city wall ten meters wide, and the three to forty-meter city wall collapsed directly due to the violent vibration. It went to the sky, and, like the bricks on the wall, they were all broken.

The Japanese soldiers who had survived the artillery fire by chance were not much better. They fell directly with the collapsed masonry and were buried by the masonry.

The saddest thing is that at least one infantry squad was hidden in a hiding cave inside the city wall, and all of them were buried by a huge amount of bricks and stones. They even suffocated to death without even seeing the Chinese people on the opposite side.

The Japanese army, which was lucky enough not to be within the scope of the explosion and collapse, was also stunned by the sudden loud noise.

The 300-meter-long city wall was covered in smoke and dust.

"First company, upper company, second company, firepower platoon, fire cover, all mortars cover the wings, machine guns, heavy machine gun fire cover." Lei Xiong, the supreme commander on the front line, took out the cotton in his ear and issued the order immediately Assault order.

There is no charge, no signal flares, with the wave of commanders at all levels.

"Kill" Lian Mao, who was hiding 400 meters away, rushed towards the gap in the city wall in a customary three-three formation.

The pouring rain of bullets covered by the two wings fell on the battlements, leaving almost no gaps.

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Kawata Katori's complexion was already ugly by the sudden blazing artillery fire 10 minutes ago. All his dreams came to nothing, and the Chinese started attacking the city overnight.

But he is also a battle-tested veteran after all, and he has calmed down in a short time. No matter when the fight starts, he is also commanding more than 7000 troops after all.

The headquarters of the Japanese army in Shimen is still brightly lit, and it maintains telephone contact with various ministries such as Simen and the train station baggage warehouse.

However, the huge fireball rising from the direction of the west gate made Kawada Katori's face so ugly that he swallowed a piece of shogun, and ordered without hesitation: "Order the temporary 3rd squadron to fully reinforce the west city."

Kawata Katori knew very well what this explosion represented. It represented the explosion of a large amount of explosives. Naturally, the target of the explosion could only be the city wall.

As for how the Chinese were able to blast successfully in such a short period of time, that is no longer what Kawata Katori can consider now. He must now mobilize enough manpower in the shortest possible time to block the attack that is about to enter the city from the breakthrough. Chinese.

If he can't withstand the Chinese assault even overnight, then his gambling heroism in resisting the pressure and not bombing the baggage area is a silly joke.

The Chinese would laugh at him, but his boss ruthlessly threw him on the list of fools while scolding him.

But if you want him to order to blow up the supply area now, the Japanese Army Major doesn't have the guts.

Think about it, the three defensive areas are fighting fiercely, and suddenly there is a big explosion in the rear, which clearly tells the soldiers who are fighting fiercely that the calf is over, and the Chinese have entered the city from all directions.

Then there is the fighting spirit of a bird?

Properly is to seek death.

To put it bluntly, either the baggage was blown up before the war started, or it was discovered at the end that the war was completely corrupted and hopeless. Otherwise, there was no chance!
Of course, the Japanese army, known as the number one in Asia at this time, was not as powerful as their future opponents. The command issued a military order, and it could be notified to the most basic combat units within half a minute.

In fact, in this regard, the Japanese army is not much better than the impoverished Chinese army. They all rely on the two legs and one mouth of the signal soldiers to inform.

When the Japanese army's signal soldiers frantically ran to the barracks to notify, there were already sporadic gunshots.

The Four Elements Group not only exists outside the city, but also inside the city.

If the Japanese want to go for reinforcements, then we have to see if they are willing.

They are not the only uncles and nephews who are brainless and unhappy who have experience in the Battle of Licheng. These two are now a second lieutenant and deputy platoon leader and a sergeant squad leader, and the other is leading a 12-man reconnaissance squad.

In the form of a firepower team of three or five people, they hid in Shimen City through the relationship network of the 'Rumble' Wang family.

A Mosingana rifle, an MP28 submachine gun, a rifle grenade and 3 Black Star pistols are the standard firepower configuration for a three-man firepower team!
If you add a light machine gun and a submachine gun, it is the firepower configuration of a five-person firepower team.

They were in the city, either to seek a decisive battle with the Japanese army, or to delay the reinforcement of the Japanese infantry and cause confusion to the Japanese army's communication command!

Killing the Japanese signal soldier is one of the missions performed by the scouts this time!
At least five Japanese signal soldiers fell on the streets of the city, causing Kawata Katori's military order to be received by the reserve team in his hands seven or eight minutes late.

In the ever-changing battlefield, let alone delays of seven or eight minutes due to poor instructions, unexpected changes may occur within a minute.

On the position where the west gate was blasted, the first battalion of the Four Elements Regiment did not feint at all, and directly entered the charge stage.

In order to meet the fire support needed by Tang Dao, the air defense company supported 6 machine gun squads and 6 heavy machine gun squads.

That is 6 20mm machine guns and 12 12.7mm heavy machine guns, plus the first and second battalion's own, the total is as high as 8 machine guns and 18 heavy machine guns. It is estimated that the reinforced concrete bunker can also be leveled.

For example, there is a gap of 40 meters. When the infantry bends down and starts to charge, four 4mm machine guns raise the muzzle to 20 meters to cover the gap with firepower.

The 20mm artillery shells with terrible kinetic energy smashed the fortifications built with sandbags behind the city wall into dust, and while breaking through the sandbags, they also tore the Japanese troops hiding in them to pieces.

When hit by such a shell, the arm is hit, the arm is gone, the leg is hit, the leg is gone, the body is hit, congratulations, don't worry about missing any parts, because the whole person is gone.It was shattered by shells.

Even the Japanese infantry, whose nerves were tough enough, could not bear the bloody storm.

Who else would not dare to continue to stay in the fortifications where he witnessed his companions being smashed, and he might become the next bunch of minced meat scum that no one knew?
However, the fate of the Japanese army who escaped from the fortification at the fastest speed in his life was not much better.

No matter how skilled the tactical movements are, even if they jump out of the fortifications, they will continue to roll on the ground amazingly. However, in addition to machine guns, there are also 12.7mm heavy machine guns, 7.92mm light machine guns, and submachine guns that only designate shooting areas. In front of the bullets that are usually fired, it is futile, even ridiculous.

No one can go faster than a bullet with a speed of hundreds of meters per second.The only people who can dodge bullets like that are the protagonists who are full of pig's feet in future dramas.

Obviously, these Japanese soldiers can only play supporting roles.He's still the kind of super little bit player who doesn't even have a name and can scream his lines.Many people were shot without saying a word in the first step of their escape.

It is not that the Japanese army tried to resist. In the future battle of Nomenkan, the heroic Imperial Japanese Army dared to confront the tank of the red polar bear with a saber, and even smashed the tank with crazy machine guns. It was crushed into a puddle of meat.

A Japanese machine gunner set up a strange machine gun and fired at the gap in an attempt to suppress the trotting forward infantry, and several figures in a row lay down in the darkness.

It's just that these heroic Japanese shooters have never hated their military experts so much.

The [-]-centimeter-high frame of the light machine gun they used was too high. If you wanted to shoot with the machine gun, the shooter's entire body would be exposed to the enemy's sight.

If the firepower of one's own side can suppress the opponent, that's all right, but the machine guns and bullets of other people's machine guns can almost smash the wall, and it is completely courting death to use a light machine gun to shoot at others .

The light machine gunners of the Japanese army had a death rate of 5% almost within the first 90.00 minutes of the war!This is definitely a terrible ratio, which never appeared even in the Battle of Songhu.

But the Japanese army was not completely incapable of counterattack. The Japanese army also dug out bunkers inside the city walls. The walls as thick as several meters gave them the best protection, allowing them to survive the raging artillery fire.

A camouflaged shooting hole with an area of ​​no more than 0.5 square meters was opened, and a 92 heavy machine gun behind it, with the roar of a machine gun that was bombarding a wall fortification, even fired at the machine gun, hitting the machine gun before Dust splashed all over the sandbags, and sparks splashed all over the steel shield. A few ricochets hit the ammunition soldier who was inserting the bullets, and fell down in the fortification without saying a word.

"Flare, give me a flare." The eyeballs of the main shooter of the machine gun instantly turned red, and he roared sharply.

The artillery fire was very bright, but as the artillery fire gradually thinned out, the line of sight in front of the city wall was actually not good. Notice the Japanese heavy machine guns hidden inside the city walls.

It was just such a negligence that led to a heartbreaking ending for the cannon shooter. The dark red blood flowing from the head and the body that was no longer moving proved that the close comrades who had fought together for several months were impossible to live.

At this time, he didn't have time to be sad. The most important thing for him was to kill that heavy machine gun, even if he would be hit by a heavy machine gun bullet the next moment.

If the heavy machine gun were to attack the infantry charging towards the gap, the infantry loss would be even more heartbreaking.

The flares not only illuminate the position of the Japanese army, but the flares falling down like a small sun will display the position of hundreds of meters in everyone's field of vision.

He can find the position of the Japanese heavy machine gun, and the Japanese heavy machine gun shooter, and he will also see him very clearly.

The soldier in charge of firing the flares hesitated for a moment, and a row of heavy machine gun bullets swept over again, causing sparks to fly from the steel shield!That shows that, through ballistics, the Japanese heavy machine gunner has already determined his approximate position.

"I drafted Nanai's legs and fired flares for me. Today is not the end of my day!" The roar of the machine gun shooter even overwhelmed the blazing bullets.

The flare hit the sky and slowly fell, and the firing hole in the city wall could no longer be concealed, just like the cannon fortifications were also exposed.

The moment the machine gun and the heavy machine gun of the Japanese army appeared in the bright light, they saw each other's position clearly at the same time. The machine gun shooter and the sergeant of the machine gun squad leader, whose adrenaline had been soaring, seemed to be able to see the fortifications 350 meters away. The cold eyes of the Japanese heavy machine gun shooters are also fearless.

The muzzle of the heavy machine gun swung slightly, and while the scope was locked on the Japanese fortifications, the lighter Japanese 92 heavy machine gun roared first, and the terrifying heavy machine gun bullets "jingled" the fortifications and the steel shield.

If it weren't for the two layers of sandbags prepared in advance and the 10mm thick steel plate shield that Tang Tuanzuo asked to add to the machine gun before the battle, not only the machine gun sergeant shooter would be directly smashed into a sieve, and the observers and Neither of the other two ammunitionists would survive.

Even so, a heavy machine gun bullet still passed through the gap in the steel shield and hit the left arm of the machine gun shooter.

Although the 7.7mm caliber bullet is not as terrifying as the 20mm machine gun bullet, it is also a terrible weapon for killing people. The arm of the machine gunner was directly discounted, and the red and white bone stubble exposed through the military uniform showed the extent of his injury while gushing out blood. Seriously, with the current medical level of the Four Elements Group, even if the rescue is done in time to save their lives, this arm is probably useless.

But the machine gunner didn't realize it, as if he wasn't the one who got shot.The muscles on his face twitched twice with difficulty and pain, "Damn it, it's time for me to fuck you now! Let's see who will die first." His finger snapped the trigger.

A series of at least 3 shells hit the area around the firing hole in bursts. It was just a test shot to determine the trajectory. When the trigger was pulled again, there were 8 more rounds in a row, visible to the naked eye, but only 0.5 square meters of shooting In the hole, a ball of fireworks ignited.

Long-term hard training and fighting on the battlefield, as well as the experience of fighting high-speed mobile handguns in several fields, within a distance of 350 meters, the ballistic trajectory is maintained at 0.5 square meters, and the hit rate of 10 rounds exceeds 30.00%. For this sergeant That said, it's by no means a fantasy.

This not only has bravery and a high level of shooting, but also has the self-confidence deeply rooted in the victory.

After the shooting hole, the heavy machine gun was hit by a shell, and the steel parts were scattered, and the Japanese heavy machine gunner was also pierced by two 20mm shells. The entire upper body was almost shattered, leaving only a steel helmet. They are still spinning around in the solid fortifications that will not be destroyed by shells.

This is war, when bravery meets bravery, only with blood and death can the winner be decided!
And this is just a silhouette of the cruelty of war, not even a microcosm.

More sacrifices and deaths, accompanied by a blood-red flare hit the sky, surged!

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