Chapter IV: Positions (1)
The Bazi Bridge is a reinforced concrete bridge across Yokohama on Liuying Road. X
A main road in the east-west direction of the Zhabei area of Liuying Road, which is connected to the West Bazi Bridge in the west, and can reach the Hutai long-distance bus station; After crossing the Bazi Bridge in the east, we arrived at He's house, which extended to the northeast to become a water circuit. From Hejiazhai to the south through Tongren Road, you can reach Tongtianan Station on the Songhu Railway, and next to this railway station is the headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps.
From the Bazi Bridge to the headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps, there are only two or three miles, no wonder the Japanese want to swear to occupy it?
In fact, at the time of the first Shanghai Anti-Japanese War, the Bazi Bridge was the focus of the 19th Route Army and the Japanese army, at that time the bridge was still an ancient bamboo and wood bridge, only because the battle was destroyed by artillery fire, after the war in order to ensure the smooth traffic in the east and west directions, this cement bridge was built.
Originally, at the beginning of the battle, the Shanghai security team also secretly regarded this place as an important position, so in advance near the west bridge head of the Bazi Bridge, a deep tunnel was dug as a combat trench, forming a simple fortification.
Since the battle began on 13 August, the 88th Division quickly took over the Bazi Bridge position, and made use of the existing tunnels to continue to build new trench positions on the left and right flanks on the north and south sides of the Liuying Road bridgehead, dug up the asphalt road of Liuying Road, and connected the two positions through trenches to form a new dumbbell-shaped position, so as to protect the key points west of the bridge from being broken by the Japanese army, and at the same time was making preparations for opening up the Tongren Road.
Who would have thought that these Japanese were not stupid, they had just completed the layout of the 88th Division, and before they had time to send the main attack force here, they launched a surprise attack, using their preset artillery position at the target range east of the Marine Corps Headquarters, to hit a large number of shells here, causing heavy casualties to the defenders of the 88th Division.
Because the Japanese army launched a desperate counter-war, there were several directions to break through, and the division commander Sun Yuan urgently transferred troops over, but only held the two key points near the Sixing warehouse where the division headquarters was located, the direction of the Bazi Bridge, because it was far away from the division headquarters and close to the main attack position of the 87th Division in the east, Sun Yuan had hoped that the friendly troops could support, but the support troops of the 87th Division were still a leg slower, and when they arrived at the Bazi Bridge position, this place had been occupied by the Japanese, and the ** officers and soldiers of a company holding the position, None of them came back alive.
On the way, Liu Jingang briefly told Xiao Linghu and others about the situation of the Bazi Bridge position, and had already led them to the front line of the battle in the face of the sound of gunfire.
At this time, the battle of the 263rd Regiment was still ongoing, under the strong willpower of the regimental commander Zhang Cheng and the order of life and death, they finally captured a circular combat trench on the south side of the Bazi Bridge position, but the enemy's counterattack was still sharp, and the two sides had already fought several times in this position, fighting from morning to noon, and from noon to now close to dusk.
The group came to an abandoned shop on the south side of the road, which was the center of the second battalion's battle, but before entering the broken wall, Meng Fanwei couldn't help but squat on the ground and vomited.
"What's wrong with him?" Liu Jingang couldn't help but turn his head, looked at Meng Fanwei and asked.
Without waiting for Xiao Linghu to answer, Huang Mao said, "What else can I do?" Our little young master of the Meng family has never seen such a bloody scene when he goes to the battlefield for the first time, and it is estimated that he will not be able to eat for several days in the future! ”
Liu Jingang was silent, but Xiao Linghu nodded, and at the same time looked at the side where the gun rang out, which was the position on the south side of the Bazi Bridge, and there was still ** in his hand at this time.
It's just that on that position, it is already like a hell on earth, not to mention the black mud that has been blown up, and the asphalt stones flying everywhere on the road, but the corpses scattered in all directions are unbearable, and even more incomprehensible, I saw that there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, red blood and white brains everywhere, and there was a terrifying scene, a devil was nailed by a bayonet to a large willow tree not far away that was so thick that it had been blown into half, the abdomen was wide open, and Huahua's intestines and internal organs flowed out, fell all over the ground.
No wonder Meng Fanwei couldn't help but gag, even a veteran like Xiao Linghu, who had experienced countless battles, also felt extremely disgusting.
It is precisely because of the fierceness of the battle that no one is allowed to have time to do half a cent of clean-up work.
After waiting for a while, Meng Fanwei recovered from the initial discomfort, but his face was pale, and he was obviously extremely stimulated.
"How?" Xiao Linghu asked with concern, "Can't stand it?" ”
Meng Fanwei nodded, but shook his head again, pretending to be very fearless: "It's just the first time I've seen something that I don't feel comfortable with, and there's nothing I can't stand it!" Those devils are dead when they die, and if I were to disembowel them, I would have disemboweled! ”
Xiao Linghu smiled, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, comforting: "It's okay, when you really have to fight, you won't feel this way anymore!" ”
"Hmm!" Meng Fanwei nodded, and there was a warmth in his heart.
At this time, Liu Jingang came over with a person and introduced to Xiao Linghu: "It's Staff Officer Yu of our second battalion, he is about to go to the position, do you want to go over together?" ”
Looking at the position on the side of the road beyond the broken wall, it was actually a circular tunnel, but it became a key point of contention between the two sides because it could effectively block the enemy on the bridge. There was already a half-length trench connected to the tunnel, and it had only been dug up for a short time, because there was no water in the trench, and the soil was fresh.
Xiao Linghu looked at Meng Fanwei and said, "I'll go over with Huang Mao to take a look, Xiao Meng, you stay here and wait for us to come back!" ”
Meng Fanwei knew that this was Xiao Linghu's intention to take care of himself, but his strong nature made him unwilling to accept this kindness, he insisted: "I have nothing left, there must be a process, I will go with you!" ”
Huang Mao said: "I said Young Master Meng, we really had to fight in the past, wasn't it the kind of little fight just now?" ”
Meng Fanwei glared at him: "Huang Mao, if you call me young master again in the future, see if I don't break your mouth!" ”
Huang Mao smiled and said disappreciatively: "Young master is young master, if you really can go to the battlefield, I won't call it that!" ”
This is clearly a provocation, Meng Fanwei really wanted to bully him and kick him, but he saw Xiao Linghu and Staff Officer Yu frowning at him, so he had to suppress the fire, pointed at Huang Mao and scolded: "Lao Tzu is really going to the battlefield today, watch me kill a few devils for you to see!" As he spoke, he walked like a child to the marching trench.
Staff Officer Yu was a little puzzled and asked Xiao Linghu: "Are these two of your soldiers?" In his opinion, these two soldiers did not look like soldiers at all, but like a pair of enemies.
Xiao Linghu nodded and smiled at him: "My two soldiers, one is a thorn and the other is a bar; One is a scourge, the other is a scourge, hehe, but it's the pain of me, who is the company commander! ”
Staff Officer Yu was a little puzzled, but Liu Jingang was amused and laughed.