Chapter 68: The Docks

Yangshupu is a well-known industrial area in Shanghai, but the land price in the area is also high, the closer to the British Concession, the higher the land price, the farther away from the British Concession, the lower the land price. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoThe land price is closely related to the density of streets and alleys, and where the land price is high, there are naturally high-rise buildings, and where the land price is high, shantytowns can be seen everywhere.

The reason why yesterday's assault of the armored regiment was so powerful had a lot to do with the fact that the area was full of civilian houses and shantytowns, and the Qiqihar Road where the commander of the 1st Battalion took was fine, while several other squads did not take the streets at all, and directly pressed through the shantytowns to make the Japanese army defenseless. However, yesterday's experience is impossible to apply to the area of Zhaofeng Road, and what makes people headache is that there are many high-rise buildings in this area, and there is Tangshan Road in the east, and at the intersection of Tangshan Road and Zhaofeng Road, there is a four- or five-story building, and the Japanese army has built barricades on the street, and a lot of heavy firepower has been arranged on the roof.

The Vickers tank was a very rudimentary tank, and its 47mm tank gun could not reach the second or even third floor, and if you retreated to find the firing angle, the poor muzzle velocity of the tank gun could not penetrate the walls of the building. Besides, a bunch of people are using tanks as shields, and as soon as the tanks withdraw their hearts are shaken, who can afford to take this responsibility? Zhaofeng Road is blocked, and the adjacent Deng Tuo Road is also blocked, and this building connects two streets.

The front was blocked, and Xiong Xinmin, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 216th Regiment in the rear, immediately asked the staff officer to find a map, but the map he brought up was not a military map at all, but only a map of the Shanghai Concession - the territory of the Concession. It was impossible for the army to come in and survey, and of course it did not think of surveying and mapping - the map was useless. The battle was fierce in the front, but there was no way in the rear, Xiong Xinmin was worried that the regiment commander Hu Jiaji would call, but he didn't want the phone to come, but Hu Jiaji killed him personally.

"What's going on?" Hu Jiaji probably came running, covered in ashes, with two guards.

"It's blocked!" Xiong Xinmin reported, "The tank turret is too low to reach the second and third floors. ā€

"And now?" Hu Jiaji was very dissatisfied, he knew before the attack that the situation was urgent, and Japanese reinforcements would arrive the day after tomorrow. If we can't take the Huishan Wharf tonight, then there will be no chance in the future -- the Nanjing High Command has already adjusted its operational plan and intends to fortify the area where the enemy may land, so the operational plan of the Ninth Group Army will definitely have to be adjusted, and even if it is not sent to block the landing port, it can only be transferred to defense. After a week of fighting, no one can accept this result.

"Now the soldiers have been ordered to fight house by house to eliminate the Japanese troops on this building." Xiong Xinmin said, feeling furious in his heart.

"Good!" At this time, Hu Jiaji sat down at the temporary command post, and he said again: "How long will it take to take this building?" ā€

"Report to the head of the group, about half an hour." Xiong Xinmin gave a time after being apprehensive.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you for half an hour!" Hu Jiaji patted his thigh, but then glared at Xiong Xinmin: "I can't take it for half an hour, you personally lead the charge for me!" ā€

"Yes!" Xiong Xinmin shouted - the party-state soldiers, the spirit first, if you can't take it, you will rush with your life, or success, or become benevolent, all for the purpose of realizing the Three People's Principles of New China. The German mechanic is the party-state cadre, and he is the sixth phase of Huangpu, so he still understands this truth.

The gunfire outside the command post did not stop, and Xiong Xinmin, who issued the military order, immediately strengthened the attack, and when all the soldiers were sent, he could only wait for the front line to report. The seconds ticked, and the anxious half an hour arrived in a blink of an eye, Xiong Xinmin at the command post could no longer sit still, and just as he was about to go out to investigate in person, a figure flashed at the door, and the battalion deputy ran in. He was wounded, and after barely saluting, he gasped and said, "I can't get in, battalion commander." There were several machine guns in front of the building, and the brothers rushed into it and fell as many as they prank! ā€

"Humph!" Hu Jiaji stood up dissatisfied, and took two steps before he said, "Who let you enter through the gate, can't you blow up the wall?" ā€

"You can't blow it up, Commander!" The battalion deputy screamed, "It's all cement and steel ......"

"Bastard!" Hu Jiaji was furious, "Lao Tzu doesn't believe that there is a building that can't be exploded." You lead the way! ā€

Hu Jiaji is a desperate San Lang, and it is a common thing to be in the line of fire. As soon as he set out, Xiong Xinmin also followed him out, and the building under the moonlight was like a machine devouring human life, constantly spitting out red bullet chains, and where the machine gun couldn't hit it, the grenadier was supplemented by roll call. The tank that hit the downstairs was originally protected in the front, left and right, who thought that something would fall from the sky, and the No. 53 car of Zhao Huzhen, the commander of the 3rd battalion, was opened and the ammunition was detonated, and the tank was still burning with fire, thick smoke blowing, and a scorched smell of burning hair and nails filled everyone's nose.

The news that the attack was blocked was known to the infantry, and of course Du Yuming, who was outside the concession, also knew - this was only a distance of one kilometer, and it was night (during the Songhu War, there were many traitors. Military communications are often cut off), and telephone lines are unimpeded.

"This building belongs to your company?" In the command post, Hou Teng wrung his eyebrows and stared at a person in front of him who bowed his head, he was here to send money, and the purpose was naturally to ask for the country. The army should not damage its own building.

"Yes, sir. The company does some silk business, and the name outside is called Wuhua Silk Weaving...... "Chen Yilan suddenly felt that he was wrong, but the belongings of Wuhua Company were in the building, and the price of silk plummeted after the economic crisis.

"Where did Lao Tzu's 3rd battalion commander die!" Hou Teng excitedly pulled out his gun, and he couldn't wait to kill the little white face in front of him in a suit and leather shoes. The army is desperate, but he wants the country. Don't break your own things.

"Feixia!" Du Yuming, who had been silent, shouted, "Put the gun down!" ā€

"Brigade commander, this ......" In fact, even if Du Yuming didn't stop him, Hou Teng couldn't do it. was called by Du Yuming, he sat on the chair, tilted his head, and did not speak.

"Boss Chen, now that the Japanese army has taken your company's building as a stronghold, if our army can't attack it for a long time, it will naturally be bombarded with artillery......" Du Yuming glanced at this Chen Yilan - in the middle of the night, he saw the guns and artillery near his factory building, and dared to run over to find the country. The soldiers are merciful, but they are also courageous.

As soon as Du Yuming said that the cannon was bombarded, Chen Rulan's face suddenly darkened, and there were hundreds of new electric silk looms and new silk wide width machines in the building.

ā€œā€¦ā€¦ But I have a way," Du Yuming said again: "This building belongs to your family, you naturally know the structure inside, if you can help us penetrate it, after our army occupies it, you can naturally snatch those precious machines out." ā€

"Punch it through?" Chen Rulan, who wanted to drown, grabbed the last straw and said urgently: "I'm willing to help, I'm willing to help!" ā€

"That's fine. Deputy Peng Tuan, immediately let him draw a map, let the tank bombard nearby, and pass through the middle of the building! Du Yuming is still fighting with the knowledge he heard from Li Kongrong, but Li Kongrong is talking about street fighting through walls, and he is now tanks through walls.

The time was already half past three in the morning, Hu Jiaji, who was blocked outside the Wuhua Silk Weaving Company building, had already prepared a death squad, he no longer wanted to occupy this building, he wanted to rush over and rush through this building, as for how to rush over the follow-up troops and how to deliver supplies and ammunition, that was no longer something he had to consider.

"Comrades and brothers, the Japanese are by the river! The first prime minister and chairman of the National People's Congress taught us that the revolution must have sacrifices, and this is the time for sacrifices. Now I order: advance against all sacrifices and braving enemy fire ......"

Hu Jiaji was enthusiastically mobilizing, and the two hundred shirtless men in front of him were eager to charge now, not wanting a Congdapu motorcycle to come over, and after several passes, he had to turn around and ask: "Is there really a way?" ā€

"There's a way!" The herald raised the sketch in his hand, "We can enter the building." ā€

"Good!" Hu Jiaji was overjoyed, "Quick! Lao Tzu wants to kill it himself! ā€

The impact turned into a wall, and it was a tank through the wall, if it weren't for the order written by Du Yuming himself, Hu Jiaji wouldn't believe it at all, but he still agreed. The No. 56 car, which had been hiding in the corner of the wall, began to reverse under the command of the commander Xu Huiding, but in order to avoid repeating the mistake of the No. 53 car, Xu Huiding did not dare to fire on Tangshan Road.

The tank hid in the house and fired through a large hole in the wall at the outer wall of the Wuhua building across Tangshan Road. As the general office of the company, Chen Yilan naturally knows where the building is strong and where it is weak, and now the lot chosen by the tank is the non-load-bearing wall section, and it used to be the corridor in the middle of the building, and it will not touch the reinforced concrete column if you drive in a straight line.

With a "......bang", the 1.5 kilogram grenade fired by the 47mm tank gun came out of its disembling and exploded a big hole in the wall of the opposite building, but no one looked at the big hole, and the gunners who had been prepared continued to open fire, and for a time the smoke of gunpowder billowed and broken bricks splashed everywhere. Ten shells were fired in one go, and the driver didn't wait for the smoke and dust to dissipate to see if the hole was big enough, so he slammed on the accelerator and rushed over. With a 'boom', with the onslaught of the tank, a wall fell.

"Cover! Cover!! Rush! Rush!! Hu Jiaji, who had been watching blood for a long time, saw the tank rushing into the building, and immediately ordered the machine gun to cover the death squad charge. The shirtless soldier uttered 'Ahh Whoa...', as soon as they rushed into the building, they threw and burned. Bottles and grenades, the Japanese were caught off guard by the fire, and were either strafed by the flower machine or killed by the Mauser pistol.

According to the map given by Chen Yilan, a team of people went up the stairs to sweep the enemy, and a team of people followed the tank to attack forward, and before they went far, the tank guns opened fire again, and the tank had already penetrated to the Dongxihuade Road.

"Happy!" Hu Jiaji, who saw Mingyue again, laughed, he was not a bad breed, when the death squad charged, he also rushed into the building with two guards, and he did not encounter any Japanese soldiers when he followed the tank, and he was unharmed.

"Fight again, fire again!" After laughing, Hu Jiaji pointed to the wall on Dongxi Huade Road in front of him, "Let's just go through it!" ā€

He was addicted to wearing through walls, but fortunately, the tank commander Xu Huiding was not crazy, he ordered the tank to turn and said loudly: "Report to the chief, there is a gas factory in front, you can't wear it!" ā€

"Gasworks?" Hu Jiaji was confused, but he expected that the armored regiment would not be mistaken, otherwise how could it rush out of the Wuhua building so smoothly.

It is only 190 meters from East Hee Ward Road to East Broadway Road, and it is flanked by the Gas Factory to the north and Nanyang Tobacco Company to the south. East Broadway Road past the Docklands. The gas factory can't wear it, but the Nanyang Tobacco Company can, and it didn't go far on the Zhaofeng Road, and the No. 56 car rushed into the Nanyang Tobacco Company. When I went in, I was in the company's finished product warehouse, and boxes of cigarettes were neatly stacked there, and what happened after that, Hu Jiaji didn't see it at all. Nanyang Tobacco doesn't have a detailed floor plan like the Silk Weaving Company, but it's not a cement house, and within minutes, a tank with headlights on breaks through the last wall and appears on East Broadway Road.

"Shina tank! Shina people!! "In the Huishan wharf area, the Japanese on the high wall shouted while firing guns. The gunfire on the side of the Wuhua Silk Weaving Building continued, and who would have thought that the tank pangolin would actually come out of the wall.

"Quick! Fast! Punch him through, punch him through! Hu Jiaji, who finally saw the target in the middle of the night, rushed to the tank, grabbed Xu Huiding and shouted, he wanted to drag him down and shoot himself.

In fact, without waiting for him to scream, the gunner had already loaded the shell, and as soon as the trigger was pulled, a 47mm grenade was fired, and a big hole was immediately punched in the wall around the pier.

"Fight again! Hit again! "This is not only Hu Jiaji, but even the commander Xu Huiding is also anxious. At his urging, five shells were fired, and the wall was completely destroyed. At this time, the Japanese machine guns clanged the tank armor, and Xu Huiding couldn't care about anything else, so he immediately ordered the driver to drive forward, and rushed into the Huishan dock with the infantry.

"Hit in! Punched in! "The first to learn that the troops had entered the Huishan Wharf was Song Xilian, the commander of the 36th Division, and in the great joy, he forgot to go to Hu Jiaji on the front line, and only praised Hu Jiaji for playing well.

The call to report the victory was soon reached the headquarters of the Jiangwan Group Army, and after the report of Lieutenant Colonel Shi Shuo, who hung up the phone, Zhang Zhizhong was also overjoyed. He immediately ordered: "Immediately notify the 98th Division, 87th Division, and 88th Division, and tell them that the 36th Division has entered the Huishan Wharf, and they will not be able to drink the soup anymore!" ā€

The headquarters of the 9th Army in Jiangwan was overjoyed, while Lieutenant General Kiyokawa Hasegawa, who commanded the entire battle situation in Shanghai at the headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps, was full of sorrow, and he had just learned of the report of the invasion of the Huishan wharf by the Chinese army. "How did they do it?" Kiyokawa Hasegawa asked.

"Your Excellency, the Chinese army used tanks." The report was made by Major General Rokuzo of the Chief of Staff Shoshoyama.

"Tanks?" Kiyoshi Hasegawa, who was in the navy, did not think that tanks could do anything.

"Yes, it is said that the Shina tank came through the wall." The chief of staff continued. "Your Excellency, we ......"

"Don't worry." After sitting for a long time, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, who had been holding the command knife, raised his hand and interrupted the chief of staff's words, and he said disapprerovingly: "The people of Shina may have forgotten that it was originally a dock!" ā€