Chapter 383: Crossing the Bridge
In the face of the Japanese tank squadron rushing like a desperate rush, the tankers of the forward company were not in a hurry, after finding that the Japanese tank guns could not penetrate their own armor, they became more and more calm, under the order of the company commander, not only did they not advance, but began to retreat to widen the distance with the Japanese army, and continued to fire after loading the shells.
"Release the smoke...... We must not allow the people of China to hit our chariot so easily! ”
Seeing his own chariots being shot one after another and catching fire, the commander of the 92nd Brigade, Major General Yuma Shinohara, was also stunned, he didn't expect that the chariot troops he had given high hopes for would be so vulnerable, and it was just a cannon from the other side, and what was even more embarrassing was that the shells he shot out could only leave a black mark on the opponent's armor, and the faces of the chariot troops of the Great Japanese Empire were all lost by him.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, have we ordered the troops to continue to attack with the chariots?" The captain of the 213th wing, Ma Fukuda, ran to him panting and asked.
"No need!" Shinohara Yuma said with a gloomy face: "Order the troops to retreat quickly, hurry up and cross the bridge, Machida Youya, this idiot has not even broken the skin of the chariot for so long, and they have no other way to go today except for all the jade shatters." Now you immediately organize the troops to retreat, remember to be fast, otherwise it will be too late! ”
"Hay!"
Fukuda Aso replied loudly, after all, he had followed Yuma Shinohara for so long, and he naturally knew who his boss was, if he picked up and fled, it is estimated that there is no one in the entire Japanese Army who is more proficient in this technique than him, except for the unit that claims to be not afraid of defeat.
Under the command of Yuma Shinohara, the Japanese soldiers who had been charging with the chariot quickly slowed down the pace of the charge, and then stopped advancing and slowly retreated to the rear.
By the time Shinohara Yuma retreated to the iron bridge, more than a dozen tanks of the chariot squadron had turned into torches burning on the side of the road.
"Aha...... Brothers, after packing up the chariot of the little devils, it is now the turn of the 92nd Brigade to get those miscellaneous pieces. Rush up and kill them! ”
As the company commander's order came from the radio, more than a dozen No. 4 tanks, along with No. 2 tanks, began to speed up and rush forward.
By this time, nearly half of the soldiers of the 92nd Brigade had crossed the river through the iron bridge. Nearly 2,000 people are still stuck in the river waiting to get on the bridge.
"Quick...... Fast...... Hurry up! ”
"Yaga, what are you guys inking. Don't hurry up and get over it! ”
The bridge was full of the sound of soldiers scolding, Fukuda Aso Osa was sweating profusely by the river, and the tanks of the Chinese people behind were getting closer and closer, but nearly half of them had not crossed the river.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
Just when the Japanese army was in chaos, there was a dense sound of machine guns in front, and it turned out that the tanks of the forward company were coming, and the first was three No. 2 tanks in a zigzag shape, and the 20mm machine guns on the turret kept roaring. Together with the parallel machine guns on the turret, they also roared incessantly, and the rain of metal bullets poured into the dense crowd of Japanese troops.
"Spread out...... Disperse ......" Fukuda Aso shouted desperately.
But before he could finish shouting, a few meters away from him, a senior soldier who was running towards his river was hit by a series of machine gun bullets, a series of bullets first hit his waist and hips, and his fragile body immediately became cut in two, and when his upper body was dropped, he was hit in the chest by a machine gun bullet, and the upper body was instantly torn apart by sharp shrapnel. With the blood spraying like a spray, dozens of shards of bright red lungs or hearts spread out forward.
Before the senior soldier could even scream, his body was completely torn to shreds. Some of the frightened recruits were running down the side of the road screaming in terror. After a few steps, he was knocked to the ground by a machine gun, and when the 20mm machine gun fired, several dust and mud pillars up to nearly one or two meters high would explode on the ground.
But the nightmare was not over, just as the soldiers were scrambling to flee for their lives, there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky, and soon the smoke rising from the dense explosion almost completely submerged the Japanese troops on the river bank, and it was the M7 Priest self-propelled guns behind them who arrived and were shelling the Japanese troops on the river under the guidance of observers.
Countless Japanese soldiers ran along the river. It was the first time in their lives that these recruits who had just been replenished to the 92nd Brigade from China experienced this kind of fierce artillery fire, and the phrase that the recruits were afraid of artillery and the veterans were afraid of machine guns was fully expressed in them. Many of the recruits who couldn't wait even jumped into the river and swam to the opposite side.
"Forward Company, rush over...... Destroy them! Dong Hongyun in tank 056 urged the driver to speed up and rush forward. Seeing more and more Japanese troops crossing the bridge, he was also anxious, this iron bridge was very important to them, if it was blown up by the Japanese army, then they could only watch the Japanese troops of the 92nd Brigade who had already crossed the river escape like this.
"Dada...... Dada......"
More than a dozen No. 2 and No. 4 tanks did not rush past the Japanese troops after approaching them, but strafed back and forth at a distance of more than 100 meters from them. At this time, the riverside was already covered with corpses, and the surface of the river had been stained red with blood, and under the strafing and bombardment of more than a dozen tanks, dozens of machine guns, machine guns, and self-propelled guns, more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers who did not have time to cross the river were almost killed and wounded.
"Stop shooting...... Stop shooting ......"
The voice of the company commander resounded on the radio, and when the gunfire stopped, Dong Hongyun and the others all looked at the tragic situation by the river in a daze.
At some point, Wei Junneng poked his head out of the cab, looked at the river full of corpses outside, grew his mouth in surprise and muttered; "My good ...... Did we kill all these devils? ”
"Yes...... Possibly! Dong Hongyun also stammered a little.
In fact, not only them, but also the tankmen who saw this scene were all stunned, such a bloody scene was the first time they had seen it, and many people were excited and then followed by a convulsive feeling in their stomachs, and many people vomited on the spot.
"Alright...... Don't be stunned, hurry up and cross the bridge to continue the pursuit! ”
"Cross the bridge!"
The voice of the company commander continued to be heard on the radio, but as soon as his words fell, a loud bang came from the bridge deck, and a huge smoke rose from the bridge deck. After the explosion, the iron bridge, which spanned tens of meters long, made a gurgling sound, and then collapsed with a bang...... (To be continued.) )