Chapter 350: Wuxi Street Fighting

Because the fortifications of Wuxi City at this time were far from being repaired, so under the strong offensive of the Fujian army, the little devil's city wall defense line was quickly broken through, and the army was forced to withdraw into the city, using the barricades, houses, and even ruins in the city, and launched a tragic street battle with the attacking Fujian army.

Street fighting, also commonly known as "urban warfare", is because street fighting is a street-by-street, house-by-house battle, usually in a city or a large village. Its salient characteristics are, first, that the enemy and the enemy are in close hand-to-hand combat, and that the cruelty is great, and the second is that the enemy and the enemy are mixed with each other, and the dog's teeth are intertwined, and the dangerous surname is strong. The brutality of street fighting is something that every commander is unwilling to face, especially when it comes to a strong attacker.

But at this time, the state soldiers were huddled in Wuxi City, and Jin Zhao had to fight with the little devil in order to capture it as soon as possible. And as the sky got darker, the situation became more and more unfavorable for the Fujian army.

In the street fighting, the armored cluster with the strongest combat effectiveness of the Fujian army could not exert its due power at all, and even if the powerful fire of the tank trampled the fortifications of the little devils, it was difficult to guarantee that there would be surviving little devils who hid under the rubble and continued to shoot at our attacking troops. And in the narrow tunnels, once a tank is destroyed, the tanks behind it will not be able to advance, and can only be reduced to a fixed fortress. Although the army does not have anti-tank weapons such as bazookas, but the flesh bomb attacks of the little devils are endless, and these human bombs can also pose a certain threat to the tank, even if they can't blow through the armor of the tank, but as long as the track is blown up, the tank can only lie there honestly.

As a traverser, Jin Zhao naturally understood that tanks could not exert their strong combat effectiveness in street battles, so Jin Zhao only sent a small number of tanks to assist the infantry in attacking. Often just one or two tanks cover the infantry attack of a platoon, or even a company.

The battle did not stop because darkness fell, but became more brutal. A group of Fujian soldiers held the guns in their hands and cautiously searched and advanced on a street. Suddenly, a blazing tongue of fire erupted from a dark corner on the side of the road, and the two soldiers walking in front were caught off guard and swept to the ground by the oncoming rain of bullets. The Fujian soldiers in the back fell down one after another, or hid in the ruins on the side of the road.

"Da Da Da!" The sound of machine guns in the army continued to sound, and with the help of the light of the flares, the soldiers of the Fujian army had already seen clearly that it was a dark fortress built from private houses. The little devil made a shooting hole in the wall, facing the direction of the street, and this machine gun could block the entire street.

The company commander who led the team made a few gestures to the back, and at this time, two Fujian soldiers suddenly leaned out from their hidden places, and the submachine guns in their hands instantly spewed out a tongue of fire, and the dense bullets swept towards the machine gun fire point of the little devil. After the two fought, they hurriedly hid again.

Sure enough, the machine guns of the army quickly chased after them, and the dense bullets hit the broken wall, sparks splashed everywhere, and the two soldiers honestly hid behind the broken wall, not moving at all. At this moment, a Min soldier with a jar on his back suddenly ran out from another direction, rushed forward for a while, and then fell to the ground. Then the soldier unceremoniously picked up the gun in his hand and aimed it at the opposite machine gun fire point.

"Teng!" With a muffled sound, a fire dragon rushed out directly. The machine guns of the army finally stopped, and through the shooting hole, you can see that the fire inside is so bright that it actually ignites a large fire.

Yes, it is the flame ** device, which was first invented by the Germans long before World War I, and then put into use for the first time in the Verdun battlefield in World War I. The Flame Weapon is usually used to destroy enemies at close range, as well as to clean up enemies in bunkers and fortifications. The burning oil will sneak in from the shooting holes and ventilation holes of the fortifications, bringing heat and suffocation to the enemies in the bunkers, and even if they are not burned to death, they may be suffocated to death because of the burning out of oxygen.

Jin Zhao naturally knew this kind of sharp weapon to deal with the enemy's strong fortifications and bunkers, and at the beginning of taking over Fujian, Jin Zhao ordered people to start developing flame weapons. With the experts summoned by Jin Zhao through the system, and with the samples provided by Jin Zhao, the flame ** weapon was naturally quickly developed and successfully equipped with the troops. At present, each division of the Min army is equipped with about one or two companies of pyro, and in wartime these pyromans will be assigned to various units to assist in the battle, and they will be specially used against the enemy hiding in strong fortifications and fortresses.

Not only the flame weapon, but also Jin Zhao also equipped the troops with smoke bombs, tear gas and other street fighting weapons, these secret weapons played an extremely important role in street fighting. Although the resistance of the Yue army was very tenacious, the heroic soldiers of the Fujian army still marched all the way, constantly pulling out one of the firepower points of the little devils. The little devils are also constantly consumed, and the living space is constantly compressed.

Outside the city of Wuxi, listening to the gunfire in the city gradually becoming more and more relaxed, Jin Zhao raised his wrist, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening at this time, Jin Zhao turned his head to Yun Yinglin beside him and said, "According to the current progress, how long will it take for you to capture the entire Wuxi!" ”

Yun Yinglin hesitated for a moment and said, "It will take about an hour!" After all, it's night, and the night has become the best cover for the little devils, if it were during the day, we would have captured Wuxi a long time ago! Yun Yinglin thought that Jin Zhao was dissatisfied with their attack speed, and hurriedly explained.

But Jin Zhao didn't listen to his explanation at all, and then asked, "Then if I withdraw the first national defense regiment and leave you with only one infantry regiment and one tank battalion to cooperate, how long will it take you to capture Wuxi?" ”

"This?" Yun Yinglin didn't understand what Jin Zhao meant for a while, and hesitated for a moment before saying uncertainly, "It will take about two or three hours!" ”

"Now the little devil is compressed in a small area in the center of the city, and it is not much use to leave the extra troops, the strength of a reinforced regiment is enough, I limit you to capture Wuxi within two hours!" Jin Zhao looked at Yun Yinglin and said undoubtedly.

"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! Yun Yinglin replied loudly.

Jin Zhao nodded, then turned to Zhou Bin and Peng Hanmin and said, "Immediately order the armored brigade (two armored regiments plus the armored battalion of the first national defense regiment to be temporarily reorganized into an armored brigade) to leave one battalion to assist the first infantry regiment to capture Wuxi, and the other departments immediately urgently assemble in the east of the city, and order the first national defense regiment to immediately withdraw from Wuxi City and assemble in the east of the city to standby!" ”

"Yes!" The two bowed down to receive the order.

"Your Excellency, General! The offensive of the Chinese people is so fierce that judging by the current offensive, we will not hold out until dawn! Yuzaburo Hata said to the state soldiers with a bitter expression. In fact, Yusaburo Hata is still optimistic, and the real idea of his psychology is that it is not to say that it is dawn, and it is already the blessing of Amaterasu to be able to hold on until the early hours of the morning.

The state soldier sighed helplessly, "Send a telegram to Chaoxiang Palace, please send reinforcements to support Wuxi as soon as possible, otherwise the thirteenth division will be shattered!" ”

"Hayi!" Yusaburo Hata replied respectfully, and then hurriedly ran to the confidential room to send a telegram.

After receiving a telegram from the state soldiers asking for help, Suzhou's Chaoxiang Palace Hachihiko was furious, "Baga Road!" Rubbish! It's all rubbish! Thousands of warriors of the imperial army couldn't stop the people of the state for a night, is it a stupid pig to get the state soldiers? ”

"Your Highness is angry!" Major General Mamoru Iinuma, chief of staff of the Shanghai Dispatch Army next to him, hurriedly persuaded, "Now is not the time to hold the commander of the Houzhou Division accountable, we should dispatch troops to support Wuxi as soon as possible, we must not watch the 13th Division be annihilated by the Zhina!" ”

Hatohiko thought for a while and asked, "When will the 11th Division be able to arrive in Wuxi?" ”

"The 11th Division has stopped the attack on Yangzhou in accordance with His Royal Highness's order, and is preparing to rush to Wuxi to rescue the 13th Division, but with the speed of the 11th Division, I'm afraid it's too late!" Mamoru Iinuma said with a frown.

"How many troops do you have in Suzhou now?" The face of the Asaka Palace Hatohiko became more and more ugly, originally this guy came to Huaxia to gild, but just a few days after he arrived, the army ate a defeated battle in Huzhou, 100,000 troops were annihilated, and the emperor was furious! Even Hatohiko Asakanomiya was reprimanded by the base camp. originally thought of attacking the Fujian army on two roads, and it was a shame before the snow! But I didn't expect that the Fujian army actually sent an elite army to suddenly insert into the rear of the army, and captured Changzhou in just one day's effort, destroying a brigade of the army.

"Your Highness, now there is only one wing of troops in Suzhou, and it is really impossible to draw troops to support Wuxi! However, Changzhou still has a wing of the 9th Division and the 15th Division, and they can be ordered to rescue Wuxi quickly! Mamoru Iinuma said quickly.

"Yo Xi! The people of China are killing themselves! Hatohiko glanced at the map and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Wuxi seems to be in danger, but Wuxi's army has fallen into the heavy encirclement of the imperial army, Changzhou has the strength of our two wings, cutting off the retreat of the Chinese people, the 11th division in the north will be able to cross the Yangtze River tomorrow to reinforce, and Suzhou in the east is also firmly in the hands of the imperial army!" As long as we attack from three sides, we can easily annihilate this Chinese army! Order the defenders of Suzhou to transfer two brigades of troops to support Wuxi! ”

Mamoru Iinuma listened to Hatohiko's analysis, and was still nodding secretly, but Mamoru Asakanomiya's last sentence startled Mamoru Iinuma. Originally, Mamoru Iinuma said that Suzhou could not mobilize troops, just to leave enough troops to protect the king of Hatohiko of Asaka Palace, and in case that person attacked Suzhou desperately, wouldn't it be dangerous for Hatohiko of Asakamiya. "Your Highness! Never! Mamoru Iinuma hurriedly stopped.