Chapter 115: The Battle of Shanghai (5)
Explosions were heard everywhere, and the veteran cowered in a corner to hide from the flying debris. Lin Yurong heard more than a dozen sounds of fragments cutting into the wooden pillar. Some of the debris cut straight into the house. There was a constant stream of muffled cries in the house.
A Japanese soldier was on the second floor, and after the second floor was blown open by a rocket, he could not find a place to hide, and was exposed.
The debris rain has just passed. The veteran raised his gun and fired a shot.
How could the Japanese army have never thought that someone would survive in such a situation.
Lin Yurong's guns didn't stop. Four, Lin Yurong's marksmanship is still good.
The veterans have already begun to draw rockets. There was a dense running sound on the other side of the wall, which was definitely not a comrade-in-arms. Because comrades-in-arms will not be so stupid.
The rocket pierced the wall directly, the flames of the explosion flashed through the hole, and then the wall collapsed with a bang.
The veteran rushed out before the courtyard wall had completely collapsed.
After a few bursts of automatic rifle fire, Lin Yurong also passed through the collapsed wall.
Whoever is able to move, he will mend his spear.
On the veteran's side, a Japanese soldier hiding in the doorway was thrown into the arms of the veteran. The whole body was knocked down and slammed into the veteran's knee.
Lin Yurong hit the Japanese soldier with a point shot, revealing his figure.
But he heard the whistling of rockets.
The veteran pulled him through the doorway.
Bricks and tiles flew everywhere and smashed on the remnants of the Japanese army.
There weren't many people left to survive, and the automatic rifle in the hand of another veteran on the opposite side was actually able to shoot short bursts.
Seeing the old soldier's gesture of reaching out briefly, he stopped.
The recruits, who had been charged with ammunition, rushed over after taking out a Japanese soldier who was still struggling with a dagger. But he was a little lame. Apparently the right leg was injured.
"Can it still work?" The veteran asked.
The recruit gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay. He said with a dark face: "There are not many rockets." ”
The veteran listened for a moment and thought about the explosion. Ask: "How many more." ”
"Five." Xinmin said.
Lin Yurong said: "I still have two on me. ”
The veteran looked at himself. After listening to it again, he said, "It should be enough." ”
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Matsui knew it was too late when he heard the explosion that suddenly remembered him.
The enemy has been preparing for so long, it must be a thunderous strike.
He could already hear the sound of the whistle on the river.
"Retreat, retreat, everyone who can run. Run to the river and you can survive. Matsui Ishone took the lead and ran.
This time, there was no effective resistance.
The Japanese army, which had less than two thousand men left, completely collapsed. They picked up from various hiding places and ran towards the riverbank.
Lin Yurong knew at a glance that the battle was over.
The veterans didn't stop, though.
"Keep up with the Japanese army. The Japanese warships are coming, and if the guns are fired, there will be heavy casualties. Rush to the beach and take out those Japanese soldiers. Warships in the distance could not distinguish between friend and foe and would not open fire. Prepare rockets. ”
"Get close, shoot."
People on both sides are crazy. Run fast to the beach. But the two sides run in different positions. It is also clear in the darkness.
Soon, all the Japanese fell under the fire of automatic rifles. This is simply a mass shooting. Because the Japanese army has lost resistance.
At least thousands of fighters were on the beach, and some had already run into the river. It is impossible to tell how many bazookas are facing the shadows on the river. And the number is still increasing. Some of the soldiers who knew Japanese shouted and waved the Japanese flag.
Lin Yurong thinks. It's nothing short of a miracle. Because of a company. It may be a coincidence that a regiment can think of this. But the veterans can quickly form a very risky and wonderful consensus with each other. This is not a coincidence, but a matter of tactical literacy.
What is the concept of a salvo of thousands of rockets?
Lin Yurong felt that the sky had brightened at this moment.
At this time, no one should have used the wrong rockets, almost all of them were armor-piercing.
After the light. There was a moment of darkness.
Then the interiors of the hulls of the ten warships lit up with countless bright spots. Finally, it converged into a dazzling fire.
Countless shellings converged into a big explosion.
The warship was still advancing, making a heavy sound.
I don't know who is shouting.
"Retreat, retreat."
On the beach. The black-pressed crowd ran backwards desperately.
Because no one expected that the warships were still rushing towards the river bank. That's undoubtedly ten super bombs.
All of them have chosen their concealment.
Not all warships are rushing over. Some of the ideas have turned into huge fireballs, and the warships that have lost their balance are directly plunged into the bottom of the river.
Only two of them rushed to the riverbank with the flames of constant explosions. The bow of one of them plunged into the sand. Countless debris is scattered in the shallow waters.
There were some people jumping down the boat. Because a fire broke out inside the ship. Explosions are a matter of time.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat. Call the inhabitants up and retreat. ”
The troops kicked the door open.
"Hurry up, hurry up, it's going to explode, you want to live with us."
In fact, this generation is all Japanese expatriates, and they did not think that the war would be lost, and many families participated in the war, and suffered heavy losses in the final fall. Those who remained were women, children and the elderly.
They did not expect that the Chinese would save them.
They ran with the Chinese soldiers. to a safe enough place. Then look sadly at the warships burning in the middle of the river and on the banks of the river.
Soon, the Big Bang happened. The explosion of countless shells was like fireworks in the sky, and the huge flames illuminated the ruined city.
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Cai Tingkai watched all this, and he originally had great respect for the commander who commanded this battle. Because infantry fighting warships, no matter what, those who dare to give such an order must have great courage and the psychology to bear huge casualties.
But Liu Ying, who returned from the front, said: "This is not the credit of the commander, who is only responsible for the pre-war preparation and the purpose of the campaign, the route, the collection and transmission of intelligence." The master of the battlefield is the warrior. ”
Cai Tingkai couldn't believe it, this was the masterpiece of the big-headed soldiers.
But whether it is Zhang Chun or Mao Shishan, they all take this for granted.
"On the battlefield, who is most sensitive to life and death? Warriors, they know how to survive. How to achieve victory. So into battle, tactical stuff, the commander is less careful. ”
The Battle of Shanghai ended.
This elite soldier drawn from various armies also suffered unprecedented losses. Two hundred and twenty of the best soldiers of the whole army were killed, and more than 400 were seriously wounded, many of whom were not discovered until the end. Nearly half of them were slightly injured.
The Japanese army had a total of about 110,000 men, which lasted for more than two months, and was already on the verge of victory, but in the end, except for less than 30,000 people who withdrew from the vicinity of Songhu, the rest of the army was annihilated. Nearly 70,000 people were killed in just one day of the People's Revolutionary Attack, the vast majority of whom were the result of the People's Revolutionary Army. Although the 19th Route Army finally counterattacked and achieved great results, it was nothing compared to the People's Army.
One of the divisions of the Japanese army, which was already on the way, was transferred directly to the Kwantung Prefecture. No one dared to put troop carriers in the range that the Air Force was capable of attacking.
The Japanese also lost two aircraft carriers, and thirty-four battleships and destroyers were sunk, including ten that were ready to take over Matsui's Ishine division. More than fifty warships barely returned to Japan and needed to be repaired. The Second Fleet and the First Air Force suffered heavy losses.
In addition to the 12 planes on the aircraft carrier that reluctantly sank to the bottom of the sea, more than 70 planes in Shanghai were blown up by themselves so as not to fall into the hands of the Chinese.
In the Central Army, the 19th Route Army suffered the heaviest losses, 30,000 people, of which only more than 11,500 remained, half of whom were seriously wounded, and less than 7,000 people who persisted on the battlefield in the end, and half of these people were wounded. If Zhang Zhizhong or Zhang Chun doesn't save it, this army will be finished.
followed by Zhang Zhizhong's Fifth Route Army. It is said that the attrition is also about 10,000 people.
Others, including Shanghai's tax police, gendarmerie regiments, and volunteers organized by the common people, also suffered heavy losses.
The reason why the People's Revolutionary Army has reduced its strength so little is that in addition to its weaponry, equipment, training, and actual combat experience, which far surpasses that of the Japanese army, the medical staff and the soldiers' own good medical skills have played a key role. More than 10,000 wounded, still as if they were fine.
The temporary hospital, the equipment and medicines in it made Cai Tingkai's eyes red.
And Cai Tingkai still has thousands of wounded people lying in extremely poor conditions, and they don't know whether they are alive or dead.
"Commander Cai, if you are willing to come with me, immediately prepare a few passenger ships, we will change into a hospital ship, carry all these wounded to the merchant ship, and we will cross the river together. I promise to do my best to treat him. ”
Zhang Chun watched as Cheng Qian was holding hundreds of nuns and doctors, including doctors from the Japanese military hospital. Towards a ship. There were already fighters guarding it, and all the KPA wounded had boarded the boat.
And Zhang Tian had already arrived on the north shore with an advance group, and replied that everything was going well. (To be continued......)