After Wang Hengyue, the president of the Republic of China, visited Britain and issued a strong declaration, the offensive against Britain intensified in vain.

A large number of Sino-German allied troops poured into Britain and launched the most ferocious attacks on various battlefields in Britain.

26 February 1944, Southampton, England.

The howitzer finally waited for the time to fire. Loading shells, pulling the cannons, and retreating to conceal, the eight howitzers completed the first round of firing almost simultaneously. However, the six shells only made a larger white dot on the wall of the fortified fort defended by the British opposite, and the wall that had been hit by the shells remained intact and stood on the edge of the fort.

When the howitzers fired, the British in the battery heard the roar and were simply frightened. They were in disarray, screaming and fleeing deeper inside. After the cannon sounded, they found that the wall was only trembling for a while, and it was still acting as a barrier.

At this time, all the British were happy, and they realized that this was a terrible bombardment, and that there was nothing they could do with the attacking [***] people, because they could not penetrate the battery. Then the British, with a smile on their weeping faces, ran back to the perforation, howling and roaring arrogantly, and firing unscrupulously at the artillery that was ready to fire a second time.

This time, the British inside the battery changed tactics. They aimed anti-aircraft machine guns and several heavy machine guns at the howitzer group. The other two machine guns were drawn to suppress the grass and prevent the Chinese from cooling their guns again.

The fierce strafing of the British anti-aircraft machine guns did not give the howitzer a chance to reload at all. The artillerymen were beaten and lay on the enemy, and they had no power to fight back.

Li Jie, the commander of the [***] squadron who was commanding at the front, was hindered by heavy machine guns and could not get to the front of the battery, so the sniper mission could not be realized.

The company commander Zheng Zhuguo realized the danger of a stalemate, so he organized the whole company to fire at the battery with light and heavy firearms to cover the artillery retreat.

Suppressed by strong fire, the artillerymen dropped eight guns and hastily withdrew to the starting position.

The attack was frustrated, and Zheng Zhuguo was annoyed, but he couldn't think of a better way to attack for a while. In desperation, he had to ask his superiors to dispatch Dakoujing artillery again.

The frontal assault on the Southampton battery was temporarily halted.

To the southwest of the battery there was a railway station. In order to prevent the British here from escaping by the train after the fort was captured by the squadron, Zheng Zhuguo decided to take the railway station first, so that the enemy of the fort would be completely surrounded. When the large-caliber artillery arrives, pick up the remnants of the enemy here.

Li Jie led the reinforced second row to the train station.

The ranks of forty or fifty men marched forward in two columns on the open ground, and as soon as they crossed the unnamed heights in front of them, the railway station was exposed to the attack.

After a continuous rapid march, the warriors rushed to the front of the position.

After arriving here, the queue began to be chaotic, and I didn't care who was in front and who was behind, although everyone was out of breath, but they didn't forget the honor, and they all wanted to be the first to rush to the position at the first time.

The warriors are all fighting bravely, you are faster than you, I am faster than you. Even a few soldiers who were carrying artillery shells were not willing to be defeated, and they actually called the board with the group of pure infantry led by Jiang Jianglong.

Just as the second platoon was speeding towards the position, suddenly, gunfire rang out in the position.

As soon as the shots rang out, several fighters who rushed in front were immediately knocked to the ground.

When the soldiers saw the Englishmen on the hill, they began to exclaim, "Lie down, lie down, there are Englishmen here." ”

The warriors in front lay down, and there were people rushing up behind.

Jiang Jianglong pulled a soldier who was passing by to the ground and shouted: "You don't want to live, I didn't hear that there were Englishmen up there!" ”

The second platoon was pinned down on the hillside and could not move.

Li Jie observed the terrain and called out to Xiao Yong and said, "Fourth squad leader, take your squad to copy it over and take down the mountain for me." ”

"Yes," Xiao Yong replied, then turned to the soldiers on the hillside and shouted, "Class 4, follow me." ”

As soon as the shout came out, more than a dozen figures suddenly floated from the ground.

Xiao Yong didn't say much, and bent his waist to the south side of the position. A dozen people in the back followed closely in a straight line.

An Englishman in the position spotted Xiao Yong and the others, and after shouting a few times, he held a submachine gun and shot at them.

When Jiang Jianglong saw it, he quickly lay on the ground and fired back at the Englishman.

"Bang Bang!"

A few bullets were fired in front of the British position, and Saturn burst into chaos.

When the Englishman saw that someone was shooting at him, he let Xiao Yong and them go, turned the muzzle of the gun, and began to concentrate on shooting at Jiang Jianglong.

This Englishman was very cunning, not only hiding in the bunker, but immediately retracting his head after two shots, so that Jiang Jianglong could not find the target for shooting all the time.

Jiang Jianglong had no shelter on his chest, and he had to put his body to the lowest, clinging to the ground, and fighting back with great effort. He didn't dare to raise his head too high, lest he become the target of the British.

The two men took turns shooting, taking turns bowing their heads to dodge. After tossing for a while, Jiang Jianglong found that Xiao Yong and the others had disappeared from sight, and they probably turned around the bend of the mountain. I thought, "Lao Tzu won't play with you anymore." "A grenade was drawn from his body and thrown at the British.

The grenade exploded in front of the positions of the British.

Jiang Jianglong took advantage of the smoke of gunpowder and chased after Xiao Yong and them.

As soon as the fourth class turned the bend in the mountain, all the British on the top of the mountain were exposed to their sight.

"Hit." Xiao Yong didn't say a word, and started fighting. A dozen or so fighters, who had long been holding back their strength, shot at the British in the truth.

Due to the haste of preparations, the British were not able to complete the fortifications here. The sandbags piled up in the front cover could only withstand a frontal attack, but they were helpless against the strafing fire coming from behind.

When the British found out that there was a [***] person in their backs, they hurriedly turned their guns and counterattacked, but where was the hurry!

The soldiers of the fourth squad rushed and swept together, plus grenades were thrown, and the British, who were hit in an instant, threw away their armor and fled along the ridge in the direction of the railway station. Five or six British bodies were dropped on the top of the hill.

It's not that easy to run.

Xiao Yong led four classes of soldiers to bite these Britons tightly, but they chased fiercely.

In the open field leading to the railway station, three Englishmen ran wildly forward, ran for a while, and then crouched down and turned around to shoot. Shoot a few shots and run again. Don't look at the three Britons who lost their positions, but in the process of escaping, they still appeared to be methodical, crossing fire to cover up.

With these few tricks, Xiao Yong and the others were not very happy to chase, don't look at the number of people they bringed, they had to stop from time to time to dodge. Otherwise, there is a real possibility of being hit by the British.

In the blink of an eye, the three Englishmen disappeared behind the train wagon.

Fearing an ambush by the British, Xiao Yong gave the order to stop the attack.

At this time, Li Jie also rushed over with the fifth and sixth squads of the second platoon.

"Platoon commander, do you want to rush over." Xiao Yong asked.

"Send someone over to scout first." Li Jie didn't finish his words. Jiang Jianglong hurriedly said, "Platoon commander, I'll go!" ”

Li Jie agreed when he saw that it was Jiang Jianglong, and instructed, "The situation inside is unknown, pay attention to concealment." ”

"Yes." After Jiang Jianglong finished speaking, he called Niu Qiang and Peng Guangrong, "Go." ”

Jiang Jianglong took Niu Qiang and Peng Guangrong to crawl towards the train.

As they approached a section of railroad track and were about to turn over, suddenly, the British machine guns rang out.

The bullet came from a water tower.

The machine-gun bullets were condescending, and they volleyed down in a series towards Jiang Jianglong, Niu Qiang, and Peng Guangrong.

"Puff puff!"

Dense machine-gun bullets surrounded the trio. After hearing Peng Guangrong's "sigh", he curled up his right leg mechanically.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Jianglong asked.

"I was shot." Peng Guangrong covered his calf in horror and said.

Jiang Jianglong crawled over, held down the wound, and said to Peng Guangrong, "Don't move, keep your posture low." As he spoke, he reached out and pulled out the sanitary bag from his body, and strangled Peng Guangrong's leg hard, "Hold on, wait for me to get you back." ”

Jiang Jianglong moved Peng Guangrong's body, ready to drag him back.

After Li Jie found the machine gun on the water tower, he loudly ordered the artillery who came over, "Shoot that machine gun for me." ”

Two artillerymen hurriedly set up their guns and fired a shot at the water tower.

"Boom!"

A shell flew over and exploded underneath the water tower, missing the machine gun above.

The British machine guns were still firing at Jiang Jianglong.

"Stupid." Seeing that the artillery did not hit, Li Jie became angry and scolded the two artillerymen.

The two artillerymen corrected the downward direction and fired a second shell at the water tower. The shell, with a snorting whistle, landed unbiasedly on the water tower.

With a "boom", two people flew down from above.

Li Jie smiled, "It's pretty much the same." Then he said, "The artillerymen will set up all the artillery for me, and the British will bomb it!" Infantry brethren, charge me. ”

The three recoilless guns have found their positions, and the cannons are ready.

Li Jie waved his pistol and rushed towards the station with dozens of fighters.

The station is not very large, only the only building in the waiting room. Around it, radiating to the rails on the north and south sides, a few wagons are parked scattered. Around the station, there is all open space without any shelter. Therefore, as long as the British occupy the waiting room, they can rely on their strong firepower to form a radiated firepower network.

As soon as Li Jie and the others came into contact with the range of British firepower, they were blocked by the British firepower.

Our soldiers, who were charging, were divided into several pieces after being hit by the British. Some lay on the ground and couldn't move, some hid behind the wagons, and even the low railroad tracks became a hiding place.

Bullets kept being fired at the soldiers in the second platoon from the roof of the waiting room, from the windows, and from the wagons of the train.

"Fire, fire." Li Jie hid behind a sleeper and shouted loudly to the artillerymen.

Three 82 mortars opened fire after finding the position of the British.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Two successive rounds of shelling finally knocked out the British fire point on the roof.

As soon as Li Jie saw that the British firepower had weakened, he shouted to the soldiers: "Charge! ”

Without the suppression of condescending fire, the warriors rushed towards the waiting room like the wind. Although there were still British people shooting outside the waiting room, they did not stop the stormy attacks of the soldiers.

The soldiers charged and strafed, and as the distance gradually closed, the gunfire in the waiting room was finally stopped, and there was no way to fight back. Seeing that the soldiers were about to approach the waiting room, they grabbed the window and rushed inside.

Suddenly, behind the fighters, the door of a compartment was opened. As the door pulled to the side, a machine gun came out of it.

"Da Da Da!"

The British machine guns went off, and the bullets that came from behind pierced the backs of several fighters in an instant. The warriors didn't even have a chance to turn their heads to look, and they fell to the ground.

Jiang Jianglong, who was rescuing Peng Guangrong, heard the sound of machine guns in the wagon not far away, and then saw several soldiers fall to the ground in response. He realized that it was an ambush by the British, and that the attacking team was being flanked from both sides.

Jiang Jianglong left Peng Guangrong and ran quickly towards the train wagon with machine guns ringing.

Jiang Jianglong approached the wagon and quietly touched it from the side.

I saw two Britons with a machine gun firing wildly outward. The barrel of the gun protruded about half a foot from the wagon, and the half-meter-long tongue of fire was pushing the rain of bullets to spray outward.

When Jiang Jianglong saw it, he couldn't care much about it, so he jumped over, grabbed the barrel of the gun and went down, and was pulled down by him with a machine gun and an Englishman. Without waiting for the Englishman to react, Jiang Jianglong picked up the machine gun he had snatched and smashed it into the British's head.

"Smack!"

The butt of the gun that hit down hit the head of the Englishman with a watermelon scoop, and immediately blood splattered, red and white mixed together, splashing Jiang Jianglong's face all over his body.

Another Englishman, after being stunned by the sudden appearance for a few seconds, immediately reacted and flew from the car to pounce on Jiang Jianglong. The gravity that fell in the air caught Jiang Jianglong off guard, and he fell to the ground with a "poof". The Englishman pressed on Jiang Jianglong, pulled out a sharp knife and was about to stab it down. Jiang Jianglong was almost knocked unconscious, but in the haze, he was still aware of the danger he was facing. Hurriedly stretched out his hands and grabbed the British's wrists. Both men were fighting and rolling.

At this time, Niu Qiang also ran over and found that Jiang Jianglong and the British were rolling together, holding a gun to aim at the British, but he was afraid of hurting Jiang Jianglong, so he followed the two and did not dare to pull the board blow.

After Jiang Jianglong's eyes swept to Niu Qiang, he shouted loudly: "Shoot, shoot." ”

Although Jiang Jianglong kept shouting, Niu Qiang still waited for the opportunity.

In an instant, the Englishman pressed Jiang Jianglong under him, and finally had the opportunity to raise his knife and stab him. At the moment when he waved his arm and was about to fall, the bull spear rang out.

"Bang Bang!"

There were three crisp gunshots in a row, and three bullets passed through the back of the Englishman through his chest, and he leaned and lay on Jiang Jianglong.

Jiang Jianglong pushed the British corpse off his body in disgust, stood up, and spat on the ground again, before turning around and aiming at Niu Qiang. Not only did he not thank him, but he also blamed him, saying, "You kid, you want to kill me!" Why didn't you shoot earlier? ”

"I, I'm afraid of hurting you."

"Hmph, you're afraid of hurting me, if it's too late, I'll be stabbed in the heart by this guy. That would, what's the use of shooting. ”

"Hehe, it's not nothing!" Niu Qiang smiled and said, "Alas, team leader, aren't you quite capable of fighting!" How did you let this guy get the upper hand today? ”

Jiang Jianglong squinted at Niu Qiang: "Don't you see I'm tired!" What a look. Look at how big that guy is. Fuck, suddenly throw a sack from above and smash you to try! ”

Jiang Jianglong and Niu Qiang limped towards the waiting room with Peng Guangrong in their arms.

By this time, the battle in the waiting room was over. There were six or seven Englishman corpses lying in the room. A soldier checked on the roof of the house, and there were only four Britons on the house, plus two Britons who were killed by Jiang Jianglong and Niu Qiang on the water tower and the train wagon. There were only a dozen Englishmen guarding the railway station.

"Platoon commander, that's just a bit of an Englishman." Xiao Yong came over and said to Li Jie.

"Yes! It seems that the British focused on the battery. Li Jie looked in the direction of the fort.

"The turtle son's, there are not many people, and the fight is quite fierce." A warrior scolded.

"Fourth squad leader, count the number of people." Li Jie said to Xiao Yong.

"Count the number of people in each class." Xiao Yong walked away and notified him according to his shift.

After a while, the number of casualties in each class was reported, and a total of five people were injured and six were killed.

Li Jie frowned, "Damn, it's just such a small station, so much loss for Lao Tzu." "Turn to Xiao Yong," organize the lightly wounded, and carry back the seriously injured brothers and sacrifices. The others followed me towards the battery. ”

"In that case, our combat strength will be less, so it is better to leave the lightly wounded and take care of the sacrificed brothers first, and wait until we take the fort." A squad leader suggested.

"Okay." Li Jie agreed, and then said, "Each squad counts the weapons and prepares to go." ”

After a brief tidying up, Li Jie and the rest of the people began to move in the direction of the fort.

They had barely walked far when they heard gunshots ringing out of the waiting room. Immediately afterward, a bullet was fired at them from the waiting room.

The team that was moving forward was made such a mess from behind, and they all fell to the ground, turned their heads, and stared at the waiting room, not understanding what was going on.

Li Jie was also confused, and secretly thought: "The British in the waiting room have been eliminated, how can there still be British." ”

Jiang Jianglong found that there was a British hat shaking in the window, and at a glance he saw that it was a British soldier, and shouted: "Platoon commander, the waiting room has been occupied by the British again." ”

"It's a shame," Li Jie secretly screamed. He was well aware that if there were Englishmen there, the wounded soldiers who were placed there would definitely meet with accidents. Thinking of this, he cried out, "Brothers, call me back." ”

The fighters turned around and attacked the waiting room again.

In this attack, for fear of injuring the wounded inside, they did not dare to use grenades and artillery. In this way, it gave the British people hidden in the waiting room an opportunity to take advantage of it. They shot out wildly in the wind and threw grenades outward, blocking the second platoon of fighters from taking a single step forward for half a day.

"Jiang Jianglong, aren't you accurate! Knock out that machine gunner for me. Li Jie was anxious, and ordered Jiang Jianglong with shouting.

Jiang Jianglong didn't say anything, thinking, "Yes, let's see, I'm not boasting, this is not what you sealed." Jiang Jianglong climbed behind a sleeper, put a half-action rifle on it, and fired a shot at the window that spouted flames.

As soon as the guns rang out here, the machine gun was immediately silent!

(To be continued)