Chapter Seventy-Eight: Street Fighting (1)

"Open the artillery" With the neighing shout of the Japanese artillery commander outside the city, from 8 o'clock to 9:40 in the morning, the Japanese artillery outside the city began to concentrate fire on the city gate to delay the shooting, at 10 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese infantry attacked and set off from the right side of the city gate to engage in street battles with the defenders, and after being shelled by the Japanese army for one hour, the Chinese defenders retreated on all fronts.

The defeated defenders did not walk away, but used the terrain in the city and the Japanese troops entering the city to engage in street fighting, and the equally exhausted Japanese troops were desperate to defeat the defenders, so they had to carry artillery up the city tower and condescendingly bombarded the desperately resisting defenders in the city. "Boom" A fireball erupted from a window on the second floor of a two-story building, and the huge explosion shattered the glass on several other windows, and behind the masonry more than 100 meters away from the small building, a Japanese grenadier took out another grenadier grenade with a proud face.

"Boom" was another explosion, and the machine gun position on the right side of the small building that kept spitting flames was swallowed up by the rising smoke. Hitting the target, Yoshio Kameda was a little proud of his performance, and he used only two grenadiers to destroy two enemy fire points, which is rare in the Imperial army. With a crisp sound of "dang", Yoshio Kameda, who was taking out the third grenade from the bullet bag behind his waist, froze on the spot, ignoring the shouts of his companions beside him.

"Kameda-kun? Kameda-kun, what's wrong with you? The Japanese soldier closest to Kameda reached out and patted Kameda on the shoulder, but he didn't want to just pat it lightly, but Kameda Yoshio, who was still holding a grenade in his hand, fell straight face down. Oh no, Kameda Junyu is broken. Yoshio Kameda, who fell face down, had already lost his voice, and a bullet from somewhere chiseled a bullet hole in Yoshio Kameda's steel helmet, and there was another crisp sound, and the Japanese soldiers who were shouting next to Kameda's body also followed in the footsteps of Kameda's father.

Two soldiers were killed by bullets piercing through their steel helmets, and some veterans in the Japanese formation shouted, "Snipers, be careful of the snipers of the Chinese people." "The Japanese soldiers who had temporarily stopped at the corner lowered their figures, and at this time there were already officers searching for suspicious places with binoculars, and as soon as they found the location of the enemy gunners, they would immediately order mortars to fire. Xiao Lin, who was holding the binoculars, looked left and right for a while, but unfortunately he didn't find the location of the gunner, if he couldn't find the position of the other party, the mortar fire was fierce in time, and I was afraid that it would not cause any damage to the other party.

Not discovering the other party's location was not only a crisis for Kobayashi, who held the position of squad leader, but also a mistake in his own command. His squad now had more than 40 people, and Kobayashi had wanted to avoid the Shina army fighting against the large army, and after his squad had made a detour through the ruins, he attacked from the flank of the Shina army that had intercepted them, but he didn't expect his squad to be blocked here.

It's shameful to be blocked, it's a shame that I've lost several soldiers in a row, but I haven't really seen the shadow of my opponent. When a Japanese soldier was shot in the head on his side, Kobayashi Hiroi, who was supposed to be short to dodge and lower his figure, straightened his body and didn't move, and turned his telescope to look to his left side. The fleeting gunfire in the ruins in the distance did not escape Kobayashi Hongyi's eyes, and Kobayashi Hongyi, who turned his gaze, was happy in his heart, and he was glad that he had finally discovered the location of his opponent.

"Mortar preparation" Kobayashi Hongyi quickly locked on the opponent's position, but before he could finish shouting, he only heard a "boom" in his ears, and the qi Lang who hit him vigorously from behind pushed Kobayashi Hongyi out from behind the ruins. This is the first time that Kobayashi Hongyi feels that the gun flame will be so beautiful, although the opponent also made some disguises, Kobayashi Hongyi still clearly saw the gun flame blooming in the distance.

Kobayashi Hiroki, who was shot in the chest, screamed and rolled to the ground, and the plasma splattered from the bullet hole quickly wet Kobayashi's chest. The squad leader was shot, which is not a good thing for the other soldiers in the squad, especially since this Kobayashi Hongyi's own uncle is a high-ranking official in the military department. "Nishimura, Okamoto, you cover me, I'll go get the squad leader back." An empty-handed veteran of the Japanese army rushed towards Kobayashi Hiroki, who was also struggling to move his body backwards.

The Japanese veterans who were running fast did not directly drag Kobayashi Hongyi who was lying on the ground, but first rushed to the back of the corpse not far from Kobayashi Hongyi, and then slowly raised his head and looked in the direction of the bullet a few times, and finally decided to drag Kobayashi Hongyi, who was still bleeding on his chest. Things seem to be a bit unexpected by everyone, including the Japanese veteran who rescued people, almost all the Japanese soldiers at the scene thought that the enemy gunmen would take the opportunity to shoot the person who tried to save Kobayashi Hongyi, but none of them thought that the other party would just let the Japanese veteran save the injured Kobayashi Hongyi.

The squad leader was seriously wounded, and according to military custom, Kurosawa, the highest-ranking second lieutenant in the squad, became the temporary commander. "Smack" just turned out that the second lieutenant Kurosawa in command fell in response, and the bullet fired from a distance happened to hit Kurosawa in the neck through a large hole in the earthen wall. "Eight-Grid, damn it." The team's gunners fired three shells with mortars at a location where the opposing gunners might be hiding, but unfortunately they had no way of confirming whether they had killed the opposing gunners.

After the shells were distributed, the remaining Japanese soldiers in Kobayashi's squad waited in place for more than ten minutes under the leadership of Cao Chang, until they were convinced that the elusive gunners on the other side had either left or died under the fire, and then they came out from behind the rubble and continued to rush towards another street corner where the guns were ringing. With the experience just now, the rest of the Japanese soldiers were a lot more careful, and while moving forward cautiously, they did not forget to be vigilant about the movements around them, and if there was anything wrong, they shot it first.

It was always better to be cautious, but it was much slower in speed, and finally through this not very long street, the remaining soldiers of Kobayashi's squad found themselves at a crossroads. A large number of defenders were broken into pieces to block the Japanese troops entering the city, and the 36th Infantry Wing that entered the city had already been disorganized, and the lost Kobayashi squad was just one of them.

Gunshots were heard from all three directions of the intersection, and after a slight groaning of the Japanese commander who had taken over the temporary command of the fallen officer, he decided to move in the only direction where no gunfire was heard. There were less than 40 men left, and this amount of troops rushed into the melee, which might not be effective but would outweigh the losses, and the Japanese commander Cao, who had seven years of military experience, planned to rush to the next junction and then conduct a roundabout battle in other directions.

Cao Chang, who led the team, decided the direction, and the Japanese soldiers with the flag could only follow Cao Chang's decision, but they only walked out of the dilapidated street for only a dozen meters, but they heard an extremely rapid "sigh" cry in mid-air, "Conceal, conceal." Cao Chang, a Japanese soldier walking in front, was so shocked that he only had time to shout twice, and the shells that fell in mid-air landed in the street unexpectedly.

There was a "boom" explosion, and the Japanese soldier Cao Chang, who had the fastest reaction, only had time to turn to the right, and dragged the little fellow who was following him down with a sideways fall and pressed him down, but unfortunately his actions were not completed. It was as if the huge explosion that engulfed everything was wrapped in an unusually violent impact, and although he was born and died many times on the battlefield, it was the first time that Cao Chang encountered a cannonball that fell and exploded at close range in such an unsheltered situation.

Cao Chang, who pulled his fellow villagers and fell down from the side, immediately curled up, knowing that he might be hit by flying shrapnel at any time, so he had to curl up and try to protect these important parts of his waist and abdomen with his hands and feet. Cao Chang, a Japanese soldier who was drowned in smoke, now only begged God to give him a good time, and he must not endure the torture of extreme pain like those seriously wounded, and finally died in pain "boom" "boom" "boom" "boom" explosions one after another, and the Japanese soldier Cao Chang, who was curled up on the ground on his side, did not dare to open his face, except that the first explosion was caused by a mortar shell, and now the explosions are all grenades. After a moment of blank consciousness, Cao Changxun, a Japanese soldier who endured the choking smoke of gunpowder, investigated whether he was at peace, fortunately, only the elbow and the left crotch that supported a considerable part of the weight of the whole body hit the ground and was painful and numb, and the rest of the body did not feel any abnormal pain After several explosions in a row, the street full of gunpowder smoke finally quieted down, and the Japanese army Cao Chang slowly raised his head and looked around. The smoke and dust produced by the explosion were very thick, but they dissipated faster than expected, and at this point you could faintly see the outline of the building at the entrance and across the street, and then it was difficult to look left and right, and the soldiers under him were lying on their stomachs or on their backs in various positions.

Cao Chang, who had just experienced a series of explosions, shook his head vigorously, sobering up his still somewhat dazed head, and making his buzzing ears hear more clearly. "Quick, pack their things! Take only weapons and ammunition, nothing else. There was a faint sound of hurried footsteps, and the Japanese soldier Cao Chang, who had recovered some consciousness, was startled and immediately prepared to raise his gun, but saw a black thing flying out of the smoke in front of him.

If the grenade that hit the steel helmet was pulled by the string, this may be the luck of the Japanese soldier Cao Chang, but it is a pity that the steel helmet that hit him was a grenade without pulling the line, and the Japanese soldier Cao Chang, who was hit by the grenade, was only smashed backwards and fell to the ground, but it could not be regarded as injured. "Poof" The Japanese soldier Cao who wanted to turn over and get up was nailed to the ground by a bayonet, and before he could scream out, a bayonet was also nailed to the right arm of the rifle "poof", and the Japanese soldier Cao Chang, who was hit twice in a row, screamed and looked up, and there were several strong men in black standing in front of him at some point.