Convinced that the Japanese gunner on the opposite side had been wounded, Xu 19 personally carried the mortar and stood in front of the window, shoulder-carrying mortar flat aiming is a difficult job, and only Hu Jie and a platoon commander have this ability in the entire artillery company, and now that the platoon commander has been sacrificed and Hu Jie is also seriously injured, Xu 19 can only go into battle in person

The black blind man stood nervously beside Xu Shijiu, ready to act as a meat shield at any time.

Xu Shijiu ignored the black blind man, glanced at the Japanese machine gun nest on the gap opposite, and then raised the barrel slightly, and shouted without looking back: "Cannonball!" ”

The artilleryman who had been waiting behind Xu 19 with the shell hurriedly stepped forward, picked up his feet and stuffed the shell into the muzzle, the shell slid into the barrel and fired the fuse, Xu 19 quickly pressed down the barrel and aimed at the gap directly above the Japanese machine gun nest, after a short delay, he heard a tom, the barrel flew backwards, but the shell had already whistling and flying to the gap 100 meters away, Xu 19 was full of gunsmoke from the barrel.

By the time Xu Shijiu opened his eyes again, the Japanese machine gun nest built on the gap in the city wall had already disintegrated, even the machine gun nest made of steel plate welding could not resist the direct fire of the 82mm caliber mortar, not to mention the rudimentary machine gun nest built by Xiao Ri in a hurry with city bricks and wood?

As soon as the Japanese firepower point on the gap was cleared, it was not a problem to leave the bunker under the gap, and the 19th Brigade finally blew up the bunker after sacrificing four veterans, and Xu 19 personally led the assault team to rush up the gap along the collapsed mound, and launched a tragic white-edged battle with the remnants of the Japanese army guarding the gap.

This is the first white-knuckle battle that broke out on the Nanjing Fukuo position, Xu 19 and 26 veterans were killed at the cost of two killed and six slightly wounded, and the eighteen Japanese soldiers were neatly killed.

Because an infantry squadron of the Kagoshima Wing (45th Infantry Wing) occupied two sturdy bungalows outside the gap, and was still resisting stubbornly at this time, the 347th Regiment of the 58th Division attacked the Japanese army that failed to completely annihilate the stubborn resistance all night, and fought until dawn, and only more than 400 people died in the whole regiment, and the regiment commander Shi Butian was also seriously wounded.

When Xu Shijiu personally led the assault team to recapture the gap in the city wall, the 347th Regiment outside the city also hit the juncture of Zuihou.

The 347th Regiment fought with the Japanese army outside the city all night, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the whole regiment died and only more than 400 people remained, and the regiment commander Shi Butian was also seriously wounded, and the casualties were not unheavy, according to Western standards, the 347th Regiment should have revoked the number of troops a long time ago, but according to the standards of the Easterners, the battle had only just begun!

didn't say anything, the bloody nature of the 347 regiment has been completely beaten!

Even if the Japanese army transferred two armored vehicles, it also failed to shake the determination of the officers and men of the 347th Regiment to attack.

In the trenches, Yao Jiefu, the deputy of the regiment and the commander of the L battalion who commanded the battle instead of Shi Butian, was mobilizing the twenty daredevils for the battle, and these twenty daredevils were all carrying water-soaked quilts on their chests, and they formed two columns, and the two veterans standing in the queue were still full of grenades around their waists, not to mention twenty

Twenty veterans were silent, the atmosphere at the scene was suffocating, at this moment, no one knew what these veterans were thinking, they may be missing their wives and children at home, maybe they are saying goodbye to this shijie, but most likely they are roaring in their hearts, weishenme is me, weishenme chose me?

Ants are still greedy for life, let alone people? No one wants to die!

The twenty veterans were unwilling, their eyes that seemed to be about to breathe fire were enough to explain everything, they didn't want to die, they were full of attachment to this shijie, but when Yao Jiefu also stood at the front of the queue with a quilt, the twenty veterans closed their eyes one after another, their faces were full of grief and indignation, that's it, the official is not afraid of death, and the old man will let go!

"Brothers, I won't say anything superfluous." Yao Jiefu's left eye had been blinded by a ricochet, he didn't even let the medical soldiers bandage him, let the blood flow all over his face, Yao Jiefu's only right eye showed a cold and firm gaze, like a knife swept over the faces of the twenty veterans one by one, and then continued, "Today's battle, either Xiao Ri is finished, or we die, Xiao Ri Yi originally wanted to step into Nanjing City, there was only one way to go, and that was to step on our corpses!" ”

"All of them." Yao Jiefu turned around and stood at the front of the left column, his fists clenched at his waist, and made a running gesture, and the next moment, his hoarse roar had resounded throughout the position, "Run...... Walk! ”

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Xu 19 led the assault team to rush to the gap in the city wall, and defeated the remnants of the Japanese army on the gap with bayonets, and then saw a tragic scene that is unforgettable in his life, a battalion commander, with twenty daredevils, rushed out of the trench and launched a decisive charge towards the two Japanese armored vehicles in front.

The light and heavy machine guns on the Japanese armored vehicles fired wildly, and the red flames that erupted from the muzzles were clearly visible even in broad daylight, and the battalion commander and another veteran who rushed to the front of the queue were hit dozens of bullets in an instant, and the water-soaked quilts on their chests were smoking, and the powerful impact of the bullets caused their bodies to lose their balance, and the whole person began to lean back and tilt uncontrollably, but their legs were still desperately moving forward, forward, and continuing to move forward......

The battalion commander finally fell, fell about twenty meters away, he cost his life, sent the ten daredevils behind him forward twenty meters, through the telescope, Xu Shijiu could even see the battalion commander's expression clearly, his expression was hideous, his mouth was still closed, he was still yelling.

Xu Shijiu's tears came down, he couldn't hear it, but he could read through the shape of his mouth that the battalion commander was clearly yelling: "Brothers, rush, rush......"

Immediately after the battalion commander, the first veteran soon fell as well.

Then the second, the third, the fourth...... The light and heavy machine guns on the Japanese armored vehicles opened fire like crazy, and the scorching bullets were splashed like water.

Gao Shenxing and the guard platoon also rushed to the gap, seeing the tragic scene being staged outside the city, this man who was as indifferent as steel was finally moved, his Adam's apple twitched twice, and he turned around and said to Li Mu, the little soldier who followed him, in a somewhat dry tone: "Remember this scene, this is a soldier, a real soldier of the Chinese Communist Party!" ”

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The chief of staff of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, Shimono Kazuho, was also moved, standing more than a thousand meters away, Shimono Kazuho, Gu Shoufu, Ushijima Mitsuru and other senior Japanese generals all witnessed this tragic scene, Shimono Ichiho's hands holding the binoculars were trembling, and his tone was also unprecedentedly dignified: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that person to be so bloody!" ”

"The soldiers of China seem to have fought bloody." Ushijima's tone was equally solemn, "I seem to have seen that in the next street battle in Nanjing, the imperial army will suffer stubborn resistance, and the streets and alleys of Nanjing will be filled with the blood of imperial soldiers. ”

As if to bet on Ushijima's assertions, the old devil had just finished speaking, when two loud "booms" were heard in front of him, and 20 Chinese soldiers relayed their lives and finally sent two daredevils with no less than 20 grenades tied around their waists to the two Japanese armored vehicles, and then blew themselves up.

Mitsuru Ushijima and Kazuho Shimono put down their binoculars and looked back at Tani Toshio.

The air at the scene suddenly became extremely solemn, but Gu Shoufu smiled, and smiled very easily, facing the two worried subordinates, Gu Shoufu said very easily: "Ushijima Sang, Shimono-san, I don't know if you have studied the ancient history of the Zhijin people, I found that the Shina soldiers have a very interesting characteristic. ”

Ushijima is full, Shimono Yihuo looks at each other, at this time to discuss the history of the Chinese country?

Gu Shoufu continued to himself: "I found that the Chinese army, to be precise, has a very significant characteristic, that is, when they have an excellent and strong commander, they can quickly evolve from a group of sheep to a group of wild wolves, but when they lose their own commander, they will soon degenerate from wild wolves to sheep again. ”

"For example?" Shimono Kazuho said thoughtfully.

"For example, the Han army." Gu Shoufu said, "Before Wei Qing and Huo Quai, the Han army was a group of sheep, and they only had to be eaten in the face of the Hun cavalry, but after Wei Qing and Huo Qu's illness appeared, the Han army immediately changed from sheep to wolves, and the Hun cavalry had no advantage in the face of the Han army, until they were finally expelled from the Far East and fled to Europe."

Another example is the Song Army, when Yue Fei was there, how powerful was the Song Army? Shaking the mountain, shaking the Yue family's army, this is the helpless sigh issued by the Jin army at that time, if it were not for the Jiangnan chaebol to drag its feet, the Song army would have been successful in the Northern Expedition, but after Yue Fei's death, the Song army quickly degenerated into sheep, only more than 30 years, the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Mongols. ”

Shimono Yihuo said: "It seems to be true, but what does the division commander want to explain?" ”

Gu Shoufu said: "What I want to say is that no matter how bloody the soldiers of China are, no matter how capable they are, they are not to be afraid, because they have a large group of senior generals who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and there is a cowardly and incompetent supreme commander!" After a pause, Gu Shoufu said confidently, "Look, as long as the Purple Mountain changes hands, the Zhina army should collapse." ”

Shimono Yihuo nodded, and said thoughtfully: "I seem to have heard people talk about it, there is a proverb in China, called Purple Mountain burning, Nanjing falls, I hope what the division commander said can come true." ”