Chapter 72: The Battle of Songjiang (11)
Ushijima Sadakuma, who was on the other side of the river, saw this scene through a telescope and immediately ordered the follow-up troops to speed up and cross the river to meet them, and at the same time let the artillery fire at the bunkers. After a burst of shelling, several bunkers were silent, and Ushijima Sadakuma shouted happily: "Yo Xi! "I am very satisfied with the effect of the shelling.
At the same time, Bai Fei, the Jiangbei Command, was also shocked when he saw the Japanese shelling of the bunkers, for fear that these cement bunkers would not be able to withstand the frontal attack of the Japanese artillery, so he hurriedly contacted Xu Changsheng, who was in charge of the defense of that section, to inquire about the situation, but heard Xu Changsheng say: "Those bunkers are fine, they have not been destroyed by Japanese artillery fire, and the reason why the ceasefire is to give the devils an illusion, and at the same time attract a large army of devils to pass quickly." β
Only then did Bai Fei relax and continue to observe the enemy's situation, but suddenly saw that the little devils who were passing through the pontoon suddenly jumped into the river one by one. Bai Fei was also a little stunned for a while, and after a closer look, he found out what was going on.
It turned out that when the pontoon bridge was just fixed, the 35th Wing of the 114th Brigade began to go to the north of the river from the three pontoon bridges in a steady stream, but because the pontoon bridge swayed left and right on the river, it was not very stable, and people were floating on it and could not pass quickly. As a last resort, the commander of the 35th Brigade had no choice but to order the soldiers to jump into the river and climb on both sides of the pontoon bridge, and use manpower to stabilize the pontoon bridge.
In this way, the pontoon bridge was indeed much more stable, and the speed of the Japanese army crossing the river was greatly accelerated, but in just five minutes, more than 1,500 Japanese troops had crossed the Huangpu River one after another.
At this time, the rest of the hidden bunkers built by the Protector Army on the other side of the river were also opened one after another, and the soldiers of the Protector Army inside held AK47s and continued to shoot through the shooting holes, but due to the large number of Japanese troops crossing the river and the scattered formation, although many Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded, they could not stop their footsteps. Soon, the Japanese army had occupied a large area at the front of the Protector Army's position, and soon attacked the left side of the bunker.
Xiao Tenghui, chief of staff of the 18th Division, saw that there were more and more soldiers who successfully crossed the river, and said to Ushijima Zhenxiong with a smile: "Your Excellency, the division commander, the Chinese army was suppressed by our artillery fire and could not come out to meet us, so they could only stop us through a few pillboxes, but now they are about to lose even these pillboxes. It seems that this battle will add another great merit to your Excellency. β
Ushijima Sadakuma listened, his heart was very happy, and when he was about to say a few words of modesty, suddenly a huge explosion came, only to see a large area of land in front of the Chinese army's position on the other side of the river as if it had been turned over, a huge smoke and dust flame rose from it, countless gravel and mud were blown away by the bomb shock wave, all the Japanese soldiers who stepped on it were blown up, their stumps and broken arms were flying around, and the sound of wailing and screaming could be clearly heard even on the other side of the river, and more than 1,000 soldiers who had just been alive and well, Seven or eight out of ten were reimbursed in an instant, and the rest of the personnel were all shocked by the huge shock wave and flew out far away, falling in a daze, and they couldn't even find the north.
Ushijima Zhenxiong's eyes were split, and he shouted and scolded: "Yaga! What's going on? β
The chief of staff, Xiao Tenghui, was also shocked, and said tremblingly: "This... Thisβ" I didn't say anything for a long time.
Soon someone came to report: "Your Excellency the division commander, the Chinese army has planted a large amount of explosives in front of the position, and suddenly detonated it while the forward soldiers were concentrating on dealing with the pillbox, causing heavy losses to our forward warriors..."
Ushijima Saduma almost vomited blood in anger, gritted his teeth and said: "Continue to attack me, you must break through the position of the Chinese army today, I will let them leave no armor!" β
At the same time, in the command room of the former enemy of the North Shore Protector Army, Li Hu, the leader of the special operations team, excitedly said to Bai Fei: "Tuanzao, this guy must have thousands of people killed in the whole little Japan, right?" β
"It depends on the situation, no less." Bai Fei smiled: "You are very good, you know how to use broadsword directional mines and pearl grenades in explosives." β
Li Hu said modestly: "That's all Tuanzuo, you taught it well!" However, this C4 explosive also contributed a lot, and the power is really amazing. β
Bai Fei said: "Of course, isn't it a good thing, can I take it out for you to use?" β
"That's that!" Li Hu scratched the back of his head and smiled flatteringly.
"But Tuanza, it seems that the little devil is not giving up, now that there are more and more people crossing the bridge, is it time for us to make the next plan, the brothers are waiting for itchy hands."
Bai Fei picked up the binoculars and looked outside, and said, "After seeing Wu Dazhong's artillery battalion fire, you will act." β
"Yes!" Li Hu saluted and walked out.
Bai Fei connected with the other three battalion commanders and said to them: "Now that the Japanese army is in a hurry, we can appropriately increase resistance and consume some of their men first." β
Because the Japanese artillery fire continued for a moment, the Protector soldiers hiding in the bunker had long been depressed, and after receiving the news, more and more fortifications hidden in the grass and mounds along the coast were activated. At this time, although the Japanese army sent nearly 2,000 people, due to the increased resistance fire of the Protector Army, the Japanese army was still suppressed in front of the position and could not advance.
Ushijima Saduma saw that the soldiers on the other side of the river could not attack for a long time, and the casualties continued to increase. Angrily, he pulled out his saber and cut down a small tree with the thickness of an arm, roared and said to the opponent of the ball: "Give me more attack!" β
At this time, the 35th Wing of the 114th Brigade had all been sent to the other side of the river. The handball provincial three had no choice, so he had to order the 124 Wing under his command to send two teams to continue to follow up.
At the same time, Ushijima ordered the artillery to bombard the pillboxes on the other side of the river, and in the rumbling of artillery, three bunkers finally collapsed due to multiple shells.
After Bai Fei found out, his heart sank, and he knew that it was time, otherwise more and more hidden castles would be destroyed, and the losses of the Protector Army would also be greater and greater. So he gave an order, and the mute and others who had been waiting for a long time immediately walked out of the trench with their waists bent, and a few seconds later, a missile flew straight from the north bank of the river to the hot air balloon on the Japanese artillery position on the south bank, and after a boom explosion, the hot air balloon that was used as a signal by the Protector Army was finally shot down.
"The battalion, the regiment gave a signal, and the Japanese hot air balloon was shot down." An artillery battalion soldier who was in charge of observing the situation saw through the telescope that the Japanese hot air balloon had been shot down, and immediately ran to report to Wu Dazhong.
Wu Dazhong, who led the artillery battalion to hide in the woods near Xujiadai on the northeast side of Mishidu, heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he was full of energy. With a wave of his hand, he shouted, "Brothers, it's time for us to perform next, immediately remove the camouflage from the cannons, and give me a hard blow to the Japanese position." β