Chapter 14: The Bloody City
Since December last year, the Japanese army has been constantly provoking and constantly increasing troops near Yuguan, but the above has turned a blind eye and pressed the troops, hoping for peace talks, shouting again and again to defend Yuguan, but the troops defending Yuguan have not increased by a single soldier. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Now that the war is fighting, the shortcomings are immediately highlighted, although the old commander He Zhuguo is anxious, but due to the limited strength of his subordinates, there are several counties in the defensive area, and he wants to reinforce Yuguan, but he also has spare strength and is insufficient.
There were 600 casualties in one day, and a regiment would be completely reimbursed in three or four days, and when he thought of this, Shi Shi'an was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Speaking of Li Han's company, at this time he had already known the battle situation of the whole regiment through the heralds, but in general, the first battalion suffered the most casualties this time.
His own company alone almost killed 120 people, the second and third companies at the south gate were not having a good time, the main force of the devils was over there, the planes, artillery and tanks were bombing non-stop, and the second company was fighting a white-knuckle battle, and at the end of the day, the total casualties of the first battalion exceeded 400, which was more than the other two battalions combined.
The battle situation of the other three gates was also very tragic, but they were not the direction of the main attack of the Japanese army, so the Japanese attack had very few heavy weapons, and the casualties were not as large as that of a battalion.
Originally, the casualties on Li Han's side would not have been so large, but because the Yamada squadron was disabled before, it aroused Nakamura's anger, and more than ten charges were launched in one day, and both sides fought out sparks, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides.
"Company commander, it's not okay to go down like this! In just one day's work, more than half of us were killed or wounded! I'm afraid that after tomorrow, we won't even have one. ”
Lin Youzhi, the leader of the platoon, said with a gloomy face. There are less than thirty people left in his platoon, and it can be said that he has not fought such a battle since he joined the army.
Several other platoon commanders were also worried, after today's battle, the casualties of each platoon were not small, and even Wang Dazhu's cavalry platoon, which was equivalent to the size of the company, now has 40 people left.
Of course, Li Han also understood that such a hard fight would definitely not take advantage, but now his task was to defend the city, and he could not carry out guerrilla warfare, and the Japanese army was approaching the city, so it was very difficult to attack at night.
Under the circumstance that the time and place are favorable, weapons and equipment, and troops are not advantageous in an all-round way, in addition to losing the city wall, the means that can be used are really very limited.
However, it is definitely not possible to have a hard top like today, the devil on the opposite side has suffered a big loss today, and according to the consistent style of the Japanese army, he will definitely retaliate.
Li Han estimated that the casualties of the devils were at least more than five hundred, not to mention anything else, just those two squadron-level attacks were beaten and fled by themselves, and the casualties were estimated to be no less than three hundred, and the remaining ten or so attacks would have one or two hundred casualties.
"That's it, tomorrow we will see the attack of the devils, if the devils launch a squadron-level group offensive, we will retreat to the city to fight with them, and if the attack below the squadron, give me a hard fight!"
Li Han thought about it for a long time, and finally made up his mind, with the strength in his hands now, if the Japanese army launched a squadron-level charge, one of them might be ruined if he was not careful.
Anyway, just in case, Li Han built a fortification for street fighting at the west gate in advance, but what he didn't expect was that it would be used so soon. The battle had only been fought for a day, and Ximen Chengcheng was almost unable to hold on, which made him embarrassed.
Hearing Li Han's method, several people nodded in agreement, as long as the company commander has a way, and in such a situation, it seems that there is no better way.
The day passed quickly, the morning light pierced the silence of the night, and the whole world suddenly came alive again. The soldiers of the first company quickly assembled, and under the leadership of their respective commanders, rushed to their posts.
"Company commander, do you want one?"
Wang Dazhu sat down next to Li Han against the city wall, took out a cigarette case from his arms, took out a few, and smoked it beautifully. Li Han was very surprised when he took the cigarette, Wang Dazhu smoked a Japanese cigarette, the battle was so fierce yesterday, and I don't know when this guy got it from the devil.
When Li Han was a college student, he was proficient in eating, sleeping lazily, skipping classes, reading novels, and playing games, but he didn't learn smoking, not that he didn't want to learn. The key is that his son Li Shusheng doesn't like his son to smoke, although he smokes himself, he strictly requires Li Han and his three brothers not to smoke. For this reason, Li Han fought more than once, but he was defeated by his father's stick.
Now that his father can't manage it if he wants to, Li Han was gloomy in his heart, took a sip lightly, and then followed Wang Dazhu's example, slowly swallowing the smoke out, and finally didn't forget to smell the faint fragrance. Wang Dazhu on the side looked at it, held back his eyes, and said secretly: What a waste! He knew that Li Han didn't smoke at all.
Before a cigarette was finished, there was a loud bang, the bricks on the city wall that had been blown up by the cannonballs fell down with a clatter, and the defenders of the city quickly entered the bunker, and Li Han knew that the devil's new day attack had begun. Lying on the battlements of the city wall, Li Han saw cannonballs flying through the sky with white smoke and smashing towards the city wall.
"The devil's old trick is back on." Wang Dazhu took a puff of cigarette and said nonchalantly. After dealing with the Japanese army for so many years, Wang Dazhu has completely figured out the routine of the Japanese army, which is nothing more than bombardment by planes, artillery bombing, and then infantry charging.
Of course, Li Han also knows the routines of the Japanese army, but even these few tricks, the large army of the Republic of China can't bear it, and in the face of the rain of artillery, there are only two things left to do besides praying.
Ignoring Wang Dazhu, Li Han took care of himself and checked his rifle. It's still the captured 38 big cover, and there are 90% of the new, the bolt was pulled twice, and it was full of bullets. Li Han was obviously satisfied, this thing was really as durable as Wang Dazhu said.
The rumbling explosion thought for more than half an hour before it gradually stopped.
"The devil is coming!"
As soon as the cannon stopped, a soldier immediately shouted, and soon the sound of pulling the bolt sounded on the city wall.
The combat mission was already arranged yesterday, and the fighters entered the combat position under the leadership of their respective platoon commanders and squad leaders, and now it only depends on the intensity of the Japanese attack.
It may be that yesterday they suffered several big losses in succession, and the Japanese army was still licking their wounds, but today their attack intensity is much smaller, and they have become more careful.
The first wave of Japanese troops attacked only a little more than a hundred people. This made Li Han breathe a sigh of relief, to be honest, Li Han really didn't want to fight in the street with the devil the next day, that thing was the most test of the quality of a soldier.
Besides, the Yuguan War of Resistance has just begun, no one knows how many days it will take, if there is a street battle the next day, then it is estimated that the West Gate will not be able to defend for a few days, Li Han does not want to become the first defender to lose ground on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, even if he dies in battle.
The attacking devils were led by a chariot, followed by the infantry, and the small cannons on the cart fired shells at the city gate from time to time, but most of the shells hit the city walls, and a small number of unlucky soldiers were hit by flying shrapnel, and immediately bled profusely.
The soldiers fired back, but most of the bullets hit the chariot with a clanging sound, and although the skin of the devil's chariot was thin, it was not pierced by rifle bullets. And the devil had a chariot as a cover, and the attack was more ferocious, and the speed of the advance suddenly increased.
When the warriors saw that the chariot of the devil was like a turtle shell, they were so angry that they shouted and cursed, but they were helpless. Lin Youzhi, who was in charge of frontal guards, had already begun to consider whether to organize a death squad. However, he was stopped by Li Han, and in the face of this situation, Li Han was not worried at all.
The devils who were besieging the city only heard the sound of gunfire, and they were indeed unharmed, and they rushed even more happily, following behind the chariot, like a big mobile shield, they did not have to worry about the bullets of the Chinese soldiers hitting them, and they even took pity on the comrades who died in battle yesterday, and they died in such a meaningless battle, and gave up their war exploits to themselves in vain.
But unfortunately, the good luck did not last long, only a boom was heard, and the devil's chariot fell into the trench more than 100 meters away from the city gate, and he couldn't get up for half a day. The devils who followed behind the battlecar immediately became live targets, and our soldiers' eyes lit up when they saw this, and they shot revenge bullets at the devils one after another, knocking down a large area in an instant.
It turned out that long before the war, Li Han had the soldiers digging the trench wide and deep, and at that time, Wang Dazhu and they also complained that Li Han had nothing to do, and the trench was dug so wide, at least it took twice as long as the time to do it, and they knew that at this moment they understood the role of the trench.
"Company commander, this thing really fucking works."
Wang Dazhu saw from afar that the devil's Iron King Eight was stuck, and he suddenly became energetic, after being a soldier for so many years, it was the first time he had done the devil's Iron King Eight so easily, you must know that before that, if you want to blow up a devil's chariot, you have to sacrifice the lives of at least a dozen soldiers to be possible.
"Okay, Dazhu, order the troops, immediately launch a charge and drive the little devil out of the position!"
Seeing the devil's chariot lying on his stomach like this, Li Han's eyes suddenly lit up, and this was the best time to regain the position.
In fact, even Li Han himself didn't expect that digging trenches like this could really block the devil's chariot, but he knew that the devil was very rampant, and in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, he wouldn't even send scouts to fight with our army, so he just went on a rampage all the way, not to mention that he was still facing the Northeast Army that was beaten by them and even lost his hometown.
Without saying a word, Wang Dazhu immediately put a bayonet on his Type 38 rifle, and then rushed out of the trench and shouted: "Brothers, rush! Drive the little devil back to his hometown. ”
Before the words fell, he took the lead and killed the devil soldiers on the battlefield.
"Rush!"
With Wang Dazhu as an example, the soldiers jumped out of the trenches one after another, and launched a white-knuckle battle with bayonets against the remnants of dozens of devil soldiers on the position.
When the devil saw the Chinese soldiers rushing up, he immediately let out a gurgling sound, withdrew the bullets from his rifles, and fought with the soldiers.
Don't get me wrong, the reason why the devils will return the bullets in the rifle is not out of the spirit of bushido, but because the Sanba they are equipped with is probably strong in penetration, and if they don't make a heart to shoot a bayonet when fighting a bayonet, the enemy may not be injured, but will kill their own people.