Chapter 262: The Battle of Baoshan
Under the bloody struggle of our defending officers and soldiers, the army launched more than a dozen attacks on Baoshan City, all of which ended in failure! In the headquarters of the 68th Wing of the Army, the Wing Commander Takamori Takashi Dazuo was furious, and the two captains under his command had been directly slapped into pigs' heads by Takashi, and two other squadron leaders were even more unlucky, although they did not get the slap from their respected Wing Commander, but they were honorably ordered to apologize for their crimes!
"There is only one battalion of the Zhina Army in Baoshan City, and there are only five or six hundred people at most, and your two brigades have been fighting all day, but there is no progress, and the face of this imperial army has been lost to you!" Takamori Takashi Dasa, who was beating with pain in both hands, shouted loudly and angrily.
The two captains knew that His Excellency the Wing Captain was in a state of rage now, and they didn't dare to make any excuses at all, so they could only lower their heads and say, "Hayi! Hayi! ”
"I'm giving you one last chance! If you can't take Baoshan Castle anymore and annihilate the Shina army in Baoshan Castle, you will apologize to His Majesty the Emperor yourself! Takamori Takashi Dazuo, who was tired and scolded, coldly threw down this sentence, and then turned his head, really too lazy to look at these two wastes again.
After a day of fierce fighting, the Yue army, which suffered heavy losses, was uncomfortable, and the Yao Ziqing battalion, which was fighting a strong enemy with a weak army, was even more uncomfortable. On this day, Yao Ziqing had already asked the division commander Xia Zhongchu and the brigade commander Fang Jing for help twice in succession. Division Commander Xia Chuzhong told him on the phone: "The reinforcements of the 1st Army have arrived in Yanghang and are rushing towards Baoshan, so you must hold on!" As everyone knows, the army blocked all passages with intensive artillery fire, and the reinforcements could not pass through at all. After receiving the request for help from Yao Ziqing's battalion, Fang Jing scraped together a battalion of troops to urgently support Baoshan, but was discovered by the Yue army on the way, and under the artillery bombardment of the Yue army, the battalion was suppressed on the way and could not reach Baoshan at all.
At this time, the enemy with continuous reinforcements had besieged the east and north gates, and the west and south gates were also attacked, and the Yao Ziqing battalion, which had suffered heavy losses, was seriously under-armed, so Yao Ziqing had to order a retreat to the city wall. Yao Ziqing, who retreated to the city wall, almost cried, there were only more than 100 people left in the whole battalion, 3 of the 4 company commanders were killed, only 3 of the 9 platoon commanders survived, and a reorganized battalion was fought into a company, which shows the fierceness of the battle.
Yao Ziqing said loudly to the surviving officers and soldiers with tears in his eyes, "Brothers, it is said that this devil killed my compatriots, annihilated my sisters, occupied our country's territory, and deceived people too much. Not expelling the devil from China is a great shame for every Chinese soldier! I can lead you out too. Like me, you have a father and a wife and children. However, at a time when the country and the nation are in peril, if we and other soldiers with weapons in our hands still survive and dare not go to the soup to fight the fire, and make up our minds to die, how can we live to see the fathers and elders of Jiangdong, how will the 40,000 women and children compatriots survive, and even if we survive, what face will we have? The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and now, the time has come to take revenge and blood hatred, brothers, let it go, fight with me to the end, and die with glory! ”
The remaining 100-odd officers and men raised their arms in unison and shouted: "The people are on the battlefield!" ”
"Swear to live and die with Baoshan!"
"Fight with the little devil!"
There were also people in the crowd who shouted: "Whoever is greedy for life and afraid of death is a bastard, Lao Tzu killed him!" ”
"That's right! Whoever is greedy for life and afraid of death and escapes from the battle is a bastard. Everyone echoed in unison: "Camp, whoever dares to run away will be shot!" ”
Looking at the faces covered in dust, clothes full of bullet holes, and eyes full of incomparably resolute faces, Yao Ziqing sighed in his heart: These are good men who stand up to the sky and the earth, and the iron bones are strong, and when his heart is hot, a tear comes out of his eyes, Yao Ziqing continued:
"Make up your mind to die in order to survive. But the battle is a bad battle, and everyone must be prepared to sacrifice. To fight is to die; If you don't fight, you will die, both horizontally and vertically, there is no other way, rather than stealing life and dying, it is better to die generously. I, Yao Ziqing, will never take half a step back. If anyone can get out alive in the future, they will be responsible for reporting the results of the 3rd Battalion to their superiors, and will be responsible for taking care of other people's wives and children. I died, the company commander took over my command, the company commander died, the platoon commander took over, the platoon commander died, the squad leader took over, the squad leader died, and the veteran took over. At that time, there is no need to ask for a report, just take over automatically. ”
7 In the morning, the army launched a more fierce attack on Baoshan City. With the ground forces unable to support Baoshan, Xia Zhongchu had to request air support from the air force, hoping to hold Baoshan City. Zhou Zhirou, commander-in-chief of the Air Force, ordered the Fujian Air Force, which has the strongest combat effectiveness, to dispatch fighters to provide air support to Baoshan. However, due to the fierce fighting in various places at this time, air support was needed everywhere, and the Fujian Air Force could only dispatch more than 30 fighters to support Baoshan in the end.
The army dispatched tanks to assist the infantry in launching a fierce attack on a gap in the eastern city wall, hoping to use this as a breakthrough to attack Baoshan City! In order to boost morale, the captain of the army had to personally join the charging team.
Looking at the three army tanks that were staggering over, Yao Ziqing couldn't help frowning, "Organize a death squad!" Blow up the little devil's tank! ”
Yao Ziqing gave an order, and immediately five soldiers rushed out with explosives bags in their arms. As soon as two of the soldiers rushed out, they were beaten into a sieve by the machine-gun fire of the army, and Yao Ziqing closed his eyes in pain when he saw this. Yao Ziqing's battalion was poorly equipped, and had no anti-Tan weapons at all, so it could only rely on the flesh and blood of officers and soldiers to fight against the tanks of the Yue army.
"Boom!" A violent explosion sounded, and a military tank rose black smoke and lay there without moving. Seeing this, the other two tanks hesitated. However, the captain of the army received a strict order not necessarily to capture Baoshan City, so he unceremoniously issued an order to continue the attack.
The little devil's tank rumbled towards Baoshan City again, and by this time all five warriors had already died. Just as Yao Ziqing was about to organize a death squad again, a piercing scream suddenly sounded in the sky. Yao Ziqing hurriedly raised his head, only to see a silver-white war eagle swooping down rapidly, the blue sky painted on the fuselage was so shining in the sunlight, and a trace of ecstasy flashed in Yao Ziqing's eyes.
At this time, a swarthy bomb fell from the sky, accurately dropped it in the attacking team of the Japanese army, and then exploded with a bang. The two Douding tanks were like paper paste, and they were directly torn to pieces by the huge shock wave generated by the explosion, and the infantry who followed the tanks evaporated directly in the world.