Chapter 143: Alone
Although the Sixing warehouse is very strong, if it is really hit by the large-caliber naval guns of the little devils, it will undoubtedly be blown into ruins.
However, the application of the Japanese squadron leader was directly rejected, because although the power of the naval guns was huge, the accuracy was not very high, and it was normal for an error of two or three hundred meters.
But the crux of the matter is that the four rows of warehouses are not a few hundred meters behind, but they are the territory of the British and Americans. These two countries are really not something that little Japan can afford to offend.
The leader of the Japanese squadron suddenly felt extremely depressed. But there is nothing to be done.
They can't use heavy artillery bombardment, which means that the problems that could have been solved with one cannon now need to be solved with human lives.
The choice of this place as the last defensive position was also due to the fact that it was very close to the British and American concessions, and the Japanese did not dare to use heavy artillery easily, so they could hold it for a long time.
Many of the citizens of Shanghai are now climbing onto the roofs of their homes and looking in the direction of the Sixing Warehouse.
They were originally very depressed because of the retreat of the national army and the fall of their homeland. At this time, I suddenly heard the sound of gunfire from the Sixing warehouse, and I was immediately very excited.
In the concession on the other side of the river, there are many people who began to look at the Sixing warehouses on the other side of the river. Some even brought gongs and drums and began to cheer for the soldiers who were holding the Sixing Warehouse.
Qin Chuan stood on the rooftop, looking at the Japanese troops approaching the Sixing warehouse not far away, knowing that the real battle was about to begin.
At this time, the entire downtown area of Shanghai had basically been occupied by the Japanese army, and only the Sixing warehouses remained, which were still under the control of the national army.
This time, Matsui Ishine planned to personally command the troops and take down the last stronghold of the national army.
Two wings of Japanese troops began to quickly gather in the houses around the Sixing warehouse.
They set up light and heavy machine-gun and mortar positions on the roofs of some buildings, and at the same time sent a large number of soldiers to assemble in the surrounding neighborhoods, and in just one morning's work, they had completed the siege of the four rows of warehouses.
It's just that the Suzhou Creek behind the Sixing warehouses and the new garbage bridge next to it are left, because they belong to the scope of the public concession, they did not send troops to block it.
At noon, a large amount of materials had been piled up at the head of the new garbage bridge. Those materials were transported to the new garbage bridge by the people in downtown Shanghai through the concession.
There were a lot of these materials, and almost the bridgehead was piled up.
At this time, Deputy Regiment Commander Xie began to order the troops to pile sandbags along the Suzhou Creek until they reached the bridgehead of the new garbage bridge. The supplies will then be transported to the four rows of warehouses.
The Japanese did not dare to shoot in the direction of the new garbage bridge, because there were quite a few British and Americans on the bridge, and if they were accidentally injured, it would definitely be an unnecessary international dispute.
Most of the supplies were some food, as well as a lot of clothing and medicine, as well as some daily necessities.
Although these people of Shanghai could not stop the loss of their homeland, they were still able to do their best to help the remaining troops.
The official offensive of the Japanese troops began in earnest after they completed the complete blockade of the Sixing warehouses.
This time, there were two wings attacking the Sixing warehouse, but because of the terrain, they could only attack from the front.
On the rooftop, Qin Chuan dropped the cigarette in his hand, and then quickly picked up the sniper rifle behind his back and began to look for the commander of the Japanese army.
This time, the Japanese army no longer charged brainlessly like the last time, but very carefully dispersed the formation, under the cover of heavy machine guns, through the cover of the street houses, carefully advanced to the four rows of warehouses.
On the streets, there were more than 20 corpses left by the Japanese soldiers, and the blood stained the streets red.
When these Japanese soldiers were still in the block, there was no gunfire coming from the Sixing warehouse, as if there were no troops stationed inside.
The leader of the 1st Brigade under the 19th Wing of the Japanese Army, Gao Shen, who took the lead, lay on the roof and observed the progress of his unit's charge with a telescope.
He was the commander in charge of this attack, and when he saw that the vanguard was already approaching the Sixing warehouse, he immediately shouted: "Charge!!" ”
Hearing his shout, the Japanese soldiers shouted and rushed towards the Sixing warehouse.
Every 10 of these Japanese troops was a small detachment, and within each detachment, there was a very clear division of labor.
Some were riflemen, others threw grenades for cover, and finally a few Japanese soldiers with explosives bags.
These Japanese soldiers planned to blow an entrance out of the wall in front of the Sixing warehouse.
But no sooner had they rushed out of the block than the light and heavy machine guns and rifles hidden behind the windows of the four rows of warehouses began to roar at this time.
"Da Da Da!! Bang bang!! ”
The sound of machine guns and rifles was mixed together, and both the soldiers behind the windows and those on the rooftops were sparing no effort to fire bullets at the Japanese soldiers below, with their guns in their hands.
A storm of bullets covered the streets in the blink of an eye. The Japanese soldiers had just rushed out less than a few meters before seven or eight soldiers were knocked out.
But at this time, the commander of the rear of the Japanese army was yelling for the Japanese soldiers to continue to charge.
Those Japanese soldiers could only bite the bullet and continue to charge forward.
And at this time, mortars and heavy machine guns in their rear began to attack the four rows of warehouses.
"Boom!!".
Mortar shells, in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen were fired out, landing in front of the four rows of warehouses, as well as on the rooftop.
However, because the entire building was made of reinforced concrete, these small-caliber mortar shells of the Japanese army were not enough to cause any damage to this warehouse.