Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Devil Crosses the River

Everything is ready to go.

The commander of the devil ordered the baggage soldiers and sappers to build a pontoon bridge, and at the same time ordered the rest of the soldiers to cross the river with fishing boats and rubber boats to seize the tidal flat positions on the opposite side, so as to ensure that the baggage soldiers and sappers could build the bridge smoothly without being disturbed by the other side.

"Warriors of the Empire, cross the river immediately and take the position on the opposite side! Kill the chicken and give! ”

After receiving the order, more than 1,000 devil soldiers acted as the vanguard, and they carried weapons, jumped onto the boats on the shore, and quickly crossed the river by boat.

The devils of the 6th Division made full preparations for landing before crossing the river to fight.

Nearly 100 ships were filled with devil soldiers, who stacked sandbags on the bow of the ship to resist the blows of bullets from the opposite side, and at the same time mounted a light and heavy machine gun on the sandbags.

These boats, except for the rubber boats brought by the devils, the rest of the civilian wooden boats are all fishing boats plundered by the devils in the local area.

After all, the little devils have limited boats, and it is impossible to load all the large troops at one time, so they can only let the vanguard troops cross the river to establish positions, and then cover the follow-up troops to continue to cross the river.

Yang Jing's attention has been on the Japanese attack position on the south bank of the Huangpu River, and when he saw the little devil start to cross the river, he immediately ordered with an awe-inspiring face: "The little devil has started to cross the river, machine gun crew, immediately fire at Lao Tzu!"

Remember, don't be warlike; After a wave, regardless of the casualties against the enemy, immediately shift your position and hide in safe fortifications! ”

After receiving the order, on the machine-gun position, the main shooters who had been impatient for a long time pulled the trigger one after another.

"Da Da Da!"

"Da Da Da! ——”

On the forward position of the Tiger Battalion, more than a dozen heavy machine guns opened fire one after another, and as the main shooter's arm waved, the dense rain of bullets that flew out suddenly formed a huge fire net, covering the river near the Songjiang wharf.

"Bang bang bang!" A dense rain of bullets roared, some hitting the surface of the river, and suddenly splashed one after another.

There were also some bullets that hit the hull of the ship, as well as the bow of the boat, or hit the little devils on the ship.

"Ahh ……”

The little devil who was shot let out a miserable scream, and fell into the river in twos and threes, or crooked to the side of the boat.

"Yaga! Machine gun suppression, counterattack, quick counterattack! ”

When the little devils heard the commander's order, they bent down one by one, lowered their heads to avoid the bullets, and the machine gunners on the bow of the ship opened fire one after another, suppressing the machine gun fire point of the Tiger Battalion on the opposite bank.

"Da Da Da!"

"Bang, bang! ——”

Countless bullets flew back and forth.

The little devil sat on the boat, the boat swayed, and it was impossible to aim and shoot at all, which greatly reduced the accuracy of the shot.

With the defenders' machine gun point, it was a kilometer away from the shore.

Therefore, the bullets fired by the devils are completely no different from stray bullets, and it is difficult to hit, and it is even difficult to hit the defenders' fire points.

The devil riflemen, on the other hand, are completely wasting bullets, and the range is not long enough.

Of course, the powerful firepower of the Tiger Battalion did not deter those devils, and they were still forcibly crossing the Huangpu River at all costs. Because they know that if they go ashore, the defenders on the opposite side will be slaughtered by them!

However, they underestimated the firepower of the defenders.

More than a dozen machine gunners controlled the machine gun, and fired continuous long bursts to attack the devil's fleet on the river, and the bullets easily destroyed the devil's wooden boat and rubber boat. Let the little devils who cross the river make a mess.

"Yaga! It's not good, the boat is leaking, stop it, hurry, drip! ……”

The ships were mostly made of wood or rubber, and they were easily pierced by the overwhelming barrage of machine-gun bullets, leaving bullet holes.

The river kept pouring in through the bullet holes, and the water soon filled the cabin. Due to the sandbags stacked on the bow base, the boats sank even faster, and many of the boats even lost their balance and rolled over.

Taking advantage of his illness and asking for his life, the machine gunners of the Tiger Ben battalion took advantage of the chaos of the devils crossing the river, and the bullets kept beckoning him.

"Da Da Da!"

"Da Da Da! ——”

The little devil was tossed and turned around on the boat, his body swaying, and he could only become a live target.

"Ahh ……”

The ghost soldiers who were shot screamed one after another, blood splattered on their bodies, and a group of ghost soldiers 'pounced, plopped' into the icy river water one after another.

"Ya Yan Butterfly, help me, help, help!"

Some of the little devils who were not shot, or who were slightly injured, fell into the water, screaming and struggling desperately.

Japanese artillery positions.

The devil artillery had long been ready to support the troops crossing the river with firepower at any time.

Seeing that the troops crossing the river were blocked by the opponent's firepower, the commander of the 6th Wing of the Japanese Artillery, Sadao Oshima, fiercely pulled out the command knife at his waist, waved it forward, and said hoarsely: "Artillery Wing, fire at me and suppress the enemy's machine gun fire!" ”

The devils of the artillery wing immediately adjusted the angle of fire as fast as possible and fired continuously.

"Tom!"

"Tom tom!"

Eighteen 75mm field guns and six 105mm howitzers, which had been erected in advance, opened fire one after another, raining shells at the defenders' machine-gun positions.

However, the machine gunners of the Tiger Battalion, who had been prepared for a long time, withdrew into the rear fortifications one after another according to the orders of the battalion commander Yang Jing after fighting a wave of attacks. Therefore, although the devil's artillery fire was fierce, it did not cause any casualties to the defenders.

"Little devil, do you think you're the only ones who have artillery?"

At the forward position of the Tiger Battalion, the corners of Yang Jing's mouth raised, he grabbed the phone violently, and after connecting it, he shouted into the microphone: "Rake your ears, open fire immediately, and part of the artillery fire will counteract the Japanese artillery positions and machine gun positions."

The other part bombarded the devils of Lao Tzu and blew them all to death in the Huangpu River to feed the fish! ”

"Yes!"

In the artillery position of the Huben battalion, the commander of the artillery company raked his ears and put down the phone sharply, and began to give orders.

"One platoon, two platoons, give me artillery positions and machine gun positions to blow up devils!"

"Three rows, four rows, give me the devil who blows up the river!"

"Quick! Fast! ”

The artillery company consisted of four platoons, each with 10 field guns and infantry guns of caliber of 75mm or more.

In order to prevent being hit by Japanese fire, four platoons were deployed to four different places.

As the herald passed on the company commander's order to rake his ears, 40 artillery pieces opened fire one after another and began to counter the devils.

"Tom!"

"Tom tom! ——”

Shells dragged along the line of fire and flew out one after another from the artillery positions in the rear of the defenders.

The first to be hit by artillery fire was the Devil's artillery position, which was located more than 500 meters behind the river shoreline.

Gu Shoufu thought to himself that the defenders on the opposite side simply did not have the strength and courage to compete with his 6th Division. even thought that after the other party saw the majesty of the imperial army, he couldn't resist at all, and he was so frightened that he ran away.

The heavier ones are to surrender directly on their knees.

So he directly deployed the artillery position in a place with a good view.

The front was unobstructed, and it was easy to inflict artillery fire on the defenders' positions on the other side of the river, but at the same time completely exposed themselves to the view of the Tiger Battalion.

Finally, Tani paid the price for his hubris......

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