Chapter 156: Cannon!
"Hey, it's not bad!" Li Jie praised: "Kill me another one." ”
Jiang Jianglong turned the muzzle of the gun, and then aimed at the place where the submachine gun exploded, and with a slam strike, the British at the window also stopped shooting.
"Just fight like this," Li Jie said, "Jiang Jianglong, you are covering here." After saying that, he stood up and shouted, "Brothers, rush! ”
Hearing Li Jie's order to charge, the soldiers stood up from all their feet and rushed towards the waiting room.
The fierce exchange of fire and the frantic tearing of the wind broke the silence of the station again.
Jiang Jianglong lay on the sleeper, his eyes fixed on the waiting room, and as long as he found which window had continuous fire, he would shoot there. A few shots came down, and the British did not dare to show their heads inside. Until Li Jie led people to rush into the waiting room and wiped out all the British here.
As soon as they entered the waiting room, the soldiers were all stunned.
All five of the wounded were killed, each with bullet holes from the crows. The five wounded fell to the ground side by side with the six fighters who had been killed.
When Niu Qiang saw Peng Guangrong, he hurriedly ran over, hugged his head and shouted: "Peng Guangrong, Peng Guangrong." While shedding tears, he blamed himself, "It would be nice if I took you with me!" That's what it can be. ”
Suddenly, Peng Guangrong's eyes opened, and he squinted at Niu Qiang, and he couldn't open his mouth when he wanted to say something, he just raised his hand with great effort and pointed forward.
Peng Guangrong's subtle movements caught Li Jie's attention. Li Jie sensed that there might be something wrong here. So, he followed Peng Guangrong's finger and looked over, only to see a large iron cabinet lying in the corner.
"Get it out of the way." Li Jie walked over and ordered a few soldiers.
The tin cabinet was removed, revealing a dark hole underneath.
"Turtle son, you are hiding here." Li Jie cursed, and then ordered, "up." ”
Then several fighters "clanged" and threw grenades inside.
After blowing it up, there was no sound inside.
"Xiao Yong, go down and take a look, what kind of guy is it." Li Jie instructed.
Xiao Yong lit a torch and led a few soldiers down the cave.
Descend the steps of the cave entrance and go deeper and deeper. The walls are cast with cement, and the whole hole is in the shape of a corridor, which extends inward.
After walking for about ten minutes, Xiao Yong felt that this was very dangerous, so he returned with a few fighters.
"Platoon commander, this is a secret passage, it is long, it may lead all the way to the battery." Xiao Yong reported to Li Jie.
Li Jie thought for a while, "Okay! If there is a secret way, then why don't we use it to give the British a surprise attack. ”
"Good! All right! Beat him a turtle son and was unprepared. Several fighters chimed in.
"Tie up the torches and go down to the hole."
The soldiers found usable rags and rotten cotton in the waiting room, tied them into torches, poured gasoline on them, and carried them down the hole.
The dark passage was illuminated by the torches, and it looked eerie, cold and cold. After walking for a while, Li Jie asked people to extinguish the torch and move forward in the dark.
Although everyone slowed down, the scattered sound of landing still formed a hollow sound in the dark passage.
Suddenly, there was a question in front of them, apparently the British had spotted them and were looking for a password. I asked twice, but no one responded here, because the British accent was whimpering, and no one here could understand it, and of course I didn't know how to answer.
The British began to pull the pistols.
When Li Kit heard this, he realized that the British had discovered them. Without waiting for the British to shoot, they shouted, "Hit." ”
The fighters pulled the slams, and all kinds of weapons opened fire on the British.
Soon, the other side also responded, and also responded with a dense number of bullets.
The two sides were in a stalemate for a long time, and Li Jie felt that it was very unfavorable for him to continue fighting like this. On the one hand, the terrain is unfamiliar, and on the other hand, the firepower of the British is unknown. It is difficult for these people under his command to attack it, and if they don't get it, they will be wiped out. So, an order to retreat was given.
Li Jie led the people back to the ground, pondering how to block this secret passage to prevent the British from sneaking up from behind.
At this time, Jiang Jianglong came up with an idea, "Platoon commander, let's blow up the secret passage for him, don't want to come out of it." ”
"That's right! It's a good idea. Li Jie called the three squad leaders to him, "Everyone split up to find the secret passage, and after finding it, they dug it up and blew it up."
The fighters began to look for hidden passages in the direction of the waiting room of the railway station. One will dig this, the other will dig that.
After Jiang Jianglong dug a deep pit in the ground, he got an empty bucket out of nowhere, followed it inside, and tapped it slowly. After knocking for a while, he shouted happily: "Platoon commander, I found it, here." ”
Li Jie asked, "How are you sure it's here?" ”
"By feeling." Jiang Jianglong smiled.
"Okay, try it, dig here first." Li Jie ordered.
The soldiers started one after another, and after digging for a while, they really dug up to the top of the cement cover.
"Haha, it's really here." Li Jie was happy and turned to the artillerymen: "Shellman, bring your shells." ”
Everyone put cannonballs on the top of the cement cover, then piled up the grenades, bundled them, and pulled the grenade ring.
With a loud bang, the tunnel collapsed.
"Report to the company commander, my platoon has occupied the railway station." Li Jie reported to Zheng Zhuguo on the radio.
"Good, not bad. Are there many casualties? Zheng Zhuguo asked.
Li Jie groaned for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Eleven people were killed." ”
Zheng Zhuguo paused at the other end, and said for a long time: "Can you still fight?" ”
"Yes." Li Jie's attitude is very resolute.
"Okay, I'll take your platoon to the battery now."
"Yes."
Li Jie straightened his team and began to move towards the fort.
Viewed from the southwest, it is slightly higher than the northeast, but it is still in an open area. The location of this battery is so special that its extension occupies almost the entire position. Except for this position, the surrounding area is all open land, and there is not even a hiding place. Even if this is not a solid concrete fortress, as long as a few trenches are simply built on it, with its condescending and untraceable advantage, it is really a bit of self-respecting arrogance.
The second platoon formed a skirmisher line, lined up, did not fire a single shot, remained silent, and gradually approached the battery.
Li Jie estimated that the troops were close to the British fire network, and suddenly issued an order to the troops to stop the attack.
Everyone lay down on the spot, concealed their bodies, and waited for the charge.
Li Jie wanted to wait for the moment when it got dark.
He looked back at the sun in the west, and although the great fireball hanging in the sky was no longer hot, its last few rays of light hit the concrete fortress, and it was still dazzling. The golden markings, covered with the old traces of the cement wall, give birth to hideousness and ridicule. As if to challenge him, "I am the master here, and no one can touch me." ”
Yes, the British have dominated everything here since the day this fort was built......
The people in front of them hated this fort so much that they wanted to split their eyes and couldn't see each other. Therefore, it is imperative to end the life of this fort.
"Don't wait, fight now." After Li Jie made this decision, he ordered the mortars assigned to the platoon, and the recoilless guns attacked the battery.
Three mortars, two recoilless guns simultaneously fired at the battery.
Li Jie knew very well that with these few small cannons, he couldn't blow up the fort at all, but he had his own plans. He ordered mortars to be fired exclusively at the lookout post on top of the battery. Recoilless guns are aimed at perforated fire.
After a burst of shelling, more than a dozen British people hidden on the top of the fort were bombarded back into the fort, and the recoilless artillery shells occasionally drilled into the holes, causing a lot of panic to the British.
Li Jie saw that the time was almost up, so he gave the order to charge.
The fighters jumped to their feet and, with a shout of killing, rushed to the battery.
"Da Da Da!"
The British in the battery opened fire, and the light and heavy machine guns immediately formed a powerful network of fire on the offensive line of the second platoon.
"Knock out the machine gun for me." Li Jie ordered the recoilless gunners.
A recoilless gun, after firing a shot, exploded only on the edge of the perforation.
The British machine guns were still roaring.
An anti-aircraft machine gun in the turret spotted the 82 recoilless gun, turned the muzzle, and swept towards the 82 recoilless gun.
The gunner, who did not come, took a quick seat and was hit by a bullet.
The fighters of the second platoon were pressed on the offensive line and could not advance.
"Report to the company commander, our platoon's attack has been blocked, and we request artillery support." Li Jie asked Zheng Zhuguo for help.
"Go back. Wait for the order to attack. In order to reduce casualties, Zheng Zhuguo let the second platoon retreat first.
The second platoon fought and retreated, until it was outside the British fire net.
At this time, in the northeast direction, two tractors came with two howitzers.
After the howitzer was put on a posture, Zheng Zhuguo assigned a task to Li Jie through the radio.
"The shelling will begin immediately, and as soon as the artillery fire stops, you will rush upwards. You are from the southwest, and I am from the northeast, to form a two-sided attack on the British. ”
"Yes." Li Jie happily conveyed the company commander's intention to the soldiers.
In less than five minutes, the sound of shelling sounded from the northeast of the battery. Two howitzers began shelling towards the battery.
The first platoon and the third platoon were put into battle, covering the cannon artillery to regain the artillery position, and under the cover of smoke after the explosion of the howitzer shell, the gun body was advanced by more than ten meters.
The artillery of the cannon, knowing that this kind of shell could not blow up the cement wall, and the surname Suo would not blow it up, so they aimed at the shooting holes and opened fire.
"Knock, knock" shells drilled through the holes, and the top layer of the explosion was blown up to the second level, and all the British went down to the second layer. For a moment, the machine-gun fire of the British stopped.
As soon as the cannon sounded, Li Jie did not wait for Zheng Zhuguo to give the attack order to the second platoon, so he rushed forward with the soldiers.
Due to the lack of machine-gun fire, the soldiers charged smoothly this time, and in a blink of an eye approached the British battery.
Suddenly, the vent of the turret was punctured, and a string of bullets was fired from it.
Several fighters were shot by bullets that suddenly appeared and fell to the ground.
As soon as one of the fighters beside Jiang Jianglong fell, Jiang Jianglong realized the potential danger. He jumped under the concrete wall. When he took a closer look, he realized that the bullet had come out of several black holes.
"Turtle son, this little hole can also shoot guns." Jiang Jianglong scolded, and quietly approached the air hole.
Because the vent is so small, it forms a large dead end, and if you stand next to it, as long as you don't consciously expose yourself, the British inside can't see the outside situation at all.
Jiang Jianglong pulled out the grenade, pulled the ring, and stuffed it in.
I heard a bang, a grenade exploded, and the gunfire inside was gone.
After blowing one up, Jiang Jianglong seemed to have found Qiaomen. Then he went for a second one, and stuffed another grenade as it was, as it had been concocted.
Several of the fighters who rushed up also saw the doorway, followed his example, and stuffed grenades into the vents. After a while, all the vents about a meter above the ground were controlled by the fighters.
After blowing up the air vents, Jiang Jianglong and several soldiers surrounded the cement wall to find an entrance. Turning northwest, a closed iron gate came into view.
Jiang Jianglong judged, "Needless to say, this must be an export!" ”
Looking at the steps he had taken down the hill, he was sure, and then exclaimed:
"Explode, explode."
The soldiers untied their grenades one after another and handed them all over to Jiang Jianglong.
Jiang Jianglong tied the grenade with a belt, put it at the door, tied the pull ring, and shouted to everyone, "All retreat." ”
Everyone stepped back, hidden, and Jiang Jianglong pulled the grenade.
The blast of the grenade blasted the iron door open, revealing a dark chamber.
Before the soldiers could rush in, gunfire rang out from inside, and the entrance was crowded at once.
The British inside were in the corner, and machine guns and submachine gun bullets were woven into an impermeable curtain at the entrance.
The warriors hurriedly retreated, and even so, there were still two warriors who hung their prizes.
Then, the people outside also began to fire back inside, and one by one the grenades were thrown in. After a long day, none of this worked. You hit yours, you blow yours. The guns of the British rang out as well, and the bullets still blocked the imports.
It seems that the British are hiding in a blind corner where guns can't shoot and grenades can't explode. It's a waste of bullets to fight.
As soon as the British machine gun stopped, two soldiers recklessly rushed in, but Jiang Jianglong grabbed them, "Hey, what are you doing?" ”
"The British stopped firing their guns and rushed in."
"Fuck, that's a British trick. As soon as you show up, the British are ready to shoot. ”
The warrior didn't believe it.
"You wait." After speaking, Jiang Jianglong jumped from one side to the other. His jump attracted a burst of strafing from the British.
Seeing that the soldier was silent, Jiang Jianglong said in a tone of lesson, "See! ”
"What then?" A fighter asked.
"They are guilty of shitting, and there is no need to give them a funeral. It doesn't come out, right? Let's burn him a ghost son. Jiang Jianglong said as his eyes wandered around.
At this time, the second and third platoons, attacking from the northeast, had already rushed to the top of the battery, completely controlling the entrance and exit above and the air outlet in the same direction, and those perforations close to the upper floor were also under the control of our troops.
Two flamethrowers kept running, one spraying this one twice, and the other a few times.
When Jiang Jianglong saw it, he called the two of them over, and then said to the people around him, "Go, get some grass." ”
I saw a warrior bring back a few large bags of artemisia grass. Jiang Jianglong let them step on the ground, and took advantage of the gap between the British to shoot and threw the bale into it. Then he said to the Pyro, "Shoot in." ”
Two flamethrowers sprayed gasoline with flames in it.
Soon, flames and smoke rose in the dark room. But it was only a matter of moments, and the fire was over, and smoke came out of the vents. This method of fumigation simply doesn't work.
Jiang Jianglong and the others thought of a way to keep pounding here. But it didn't play much role for a long time. The British inside shot whenever they saw a figure, and the soldiers couldn't fight, and they couldn't get in.
At this time, Zheng Zhuguo led people to start shouting to the British through an interpreter at an entrance and exit in the south. Let the British inside, but after shouting for a long time, the British here refused to surrender.
The interpreter said, "I'll go in and negotiate with them." ”
Zheng Zhuguo glared, "What if the British don't talk about it!" Will you ever be able to come back alive? ”
The translator was stunned for a moment and said, "If you don't let me out, even if you sacrifice, you will avenge me." ”
". There are still tasks to be done. I can't tell these Englishmen to be true. Zheng Zhuguo said loudly there: "Keep shouting for me, give them another ten minutes, and if you don't surrender, you will be resolutely eliminated."
The interpreter then shouted to the British to persuade them to surrender.
At this time, the communicator ran over and said to Zheng Zhuguo, "Company commander, the second platoon has done it." ”
"What hands?" Zheng Zhuguo asked puzzled.
"Jiang Jianglong, they are pounding explosives and want to blow up the fort."
When Zheng Zhuguo heard this, his brows moved, "Go, find Jiang Jianglong." ”
The communicator ran to find Jiang Jianglong.
After a while, Jiang Jianglong followed the messenger to Zheng Zhuguo.
"Jiang Jianglong, what do you kid have in mind?" Zheng Zhuguo asked with a face.
Jiang Jianglong didn't know what the company commander meant by looking for him, and when he heard this question, he was really a little confused, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
"I'm asking you, what are you doing with explosives?" Jung Joo-kook explained.
"Oh, the company commander asked this!" Jiang Jianglong said, "The turtle son resisted to the end, and we couldn't get in, so everyone wanted to blow him up." ”
"What's the frying method?"
"Pile up the explosives inside, then pour gasoline on them, and bang the ground, and the British will be reimbursed."
"It's a little cruel, isn't it?" Zheng Zhuguo said slowly.
"Company commander, aren't the British cruel when they killed so many of us?" Jiang Jianglong said almost with tears in his eyes.
The soldiers around him also helped Jiang Jianglong speak.
"We have killed so many people, and we want revenge."
For a while, there was a lot of shouting, shouting, and shouting.
"Alright, alright, wait until I ask my boss." Jung Joo-kook persuaded the soldiers.
Zheng Zhuguo asked the interpreter to come in and ask, "How is it, did the British surrender?" ”
"Surrender bird! As soon as I shouted, they shot out. The translator said angrily.
"In that case, let's not be polite." Zheng Zhuguo turned to the radio soldier and said, "Give me the regiment headquarters." ”
The British did not surrender, but were putting up stubborn resistance. If the British are not cleared here, it will obviously be very detrimental to the next battle.
Zheng Zhuguo's request for instructions was finally agreed to by his superiors. After a while, several trucks brought in 12 tons of explosives and 12 tons of gasoline.
The fighters were happy, and with this, they no longer had to risk their lives to rush in and fight the British. A victor's momentum, a kind of pride in beating the water dogs, dyed the entire field at this time.
The fighters ran up and down the ground, busily transporting explosives and gasoline.
After everything was ready, Zheng Zhuguo asked people to shout to the British in the fort to persuade them to surrender. But the British still responded with bullets. In desperation, Zheng Zhuguo gave the order to blast.
With a loud boom, many fireballs drilled out from the perforations, air vents, entrances and exits, wherever they were ventilated. Immediately afterward, the huge fort collapsed, and the bouncing rubble flew everywhere.
With this loud bang, Southampton's fate has been sealed!
(To be continued)