Chapter 14: Unexpected
Hu Yi lay lazily on the ridge, his hands on his head, and he was drowsy from the sun. It's a good day, and it's not a good day. It would be nice if it could rain heavily for three days, and the defensive pressure would be much less, at least not to see the damn plane. Now that it's sunny, it's nice to be in the sun, but ......
A shallow pit type bunker is basically completed, and now the finishing work is being done, and the excavated soil can not be piled here, but it must be integrated into the surrounding environment as much as possible, so as not to make the position of this bunker appear prominent, in front of the bunker is a horizontal ridge, with wild grass, and a little arrangement has a concealment effect.
The big man casually poked the shovel into the ground, wiped the sweat on his head, and asked Hu Yi's opinion: "Brother Hu, is this trench too shallow, just enough for us to squat." If a cannonball hits me, can it be safe if it's so shallow?"
Hu Yi tilted his head to look at the big man, this guy is really a good material for work, his body is strong, and it didn't take long for the fortifications to take shape. "We don't need anti-artillery, we can hide people. If the shells do fly over, it will be useless to dig deep. β
Zhao Yong almost disposed of the soil dug out by the big man, ran over and sat in the bunker. "Damn, a row watched us as a show. I said, Sir Hu, even if we dodged the shells according to what you said, what if the devils really came from the west? β
Hu Yi still looked at the blue sky, and replied without thinking: "That can't be helped, we can't let us take advantage of all the good things." β
"Ah, you are also a step at a time? Okay, I almost took you for Zhuge Liang. β
A gunshot shattered the silence.
Hu Yi sat up suddenly. The sound of the gunshot, apparently a seventy-nine rifle, was quite far away, and must have come from the east of the city. What was the situation? The sentinel warned or did it go off? While Hu Yi was still guessing, the follow-up gunshots finally kept coming.
Wang Laoyan had been on the low hill to keep watch, and after hearing the gunshot, he also ran back and entered the bunker with Hu Yi. "I heard that the location should be the third battalion in the east, it seems that it has come into contact with the devil. Damn, it's coming so soon. β
All five men in three rows shrank into bunkers on the open ground, huddled in and crouched against each other. Zhao Yong curled his legs, leaning on the damp soil with his back, feeling uncomfortable, holding the gun in his arms and complaining: "If you don't run to suffer this crime, even if the little devil fires the cannon, I think staying in the city should be no worse than in this wasteland, what else can I do if I find a hole in the wall?"
Wang Lao raised his leg and kicked Zhao Yong: "You know a fart! β
Zhao Yong tilted his head: "What's wrong, it's not that I haven't been hit by a cannon, I've also seen the mountain cannon of the little devil, as long as the cannonball doesn't hit the window or the roof, the house can still hide." β
Wang Lao smiled: "After being a soldier for two months, you really think of yourself as an old bird, do you think that mountain artillery is a cannon?"
The main force of the devils reached the bank of the Huangpu River, and the three divisions were lined up side by side from west to east, and the 6th Division was the 1O7th Division in front of it.
The wharf and ferry positions suitable for crossing the river have been guarded in advance by the 1O7 Division, and the devils do not want to delay time, so the infantry is lightly armed, and the upstream and downstream are crossed in advance, and the heavy firepower is temporarily deployed on the south bank of the Huangpu River to support the troops who have crossed the river to recapture the wharf and ferry.
The devil troops, who had crossed the river from the downstream of Desheng Port, had already reached the periphery of Desheng Port and had tested the defensive line east of Desheng Port with firepower, and this was the reason for the gunfire that Hu Yi and the others heard.
The fire contact from the east brought the entire 638th Regiment into a state of imminent battle. The commander of the third company basically walked through all the defensive positions in the defense area, except for the three rows in the field in front. Remind the brothers below to be vigilant, check for mistakes, and remind them to guard against artillery. After all, he is a company commander who has fought for many years, and he must have this awareness.
Although the character of Wu Gui, the leader of the platoon, is almost good, he is absolutely cautious on the battlefield, otherwise he would not be alive today. I will not forget that the devils may carry out shelling, and I have long said hello to the brothers, and I try to spread out the layout as much as possible, and try to drill thick houses. The commander of the third company inspected it and was very satisfied with Wu Gui's arrangement.
Yuyun: 'People have no long-term concerns, but they must have near-term worries'. The anti-artillery awareness of the third company commander and Wu Gui is based on experience, and it is regarded as homework before every battle, which is a matter of habit, which is similar to Zhao Yong's thoughts. And the anti-artillery that Hu Yi said this time is based on the judgment of the current situation, the devil is in a hurry, then the firepower will be strengthened, it will be fierce, and he can't wait to take the victory port overnight, so Hu Yi called this anti-artillery 'robbery'.
But this time, things were out of everyone's expectations, and Hu Yi's judgment was also out of Hu Yi's judgment.
The number of JΓΉ obtained from the reconnaissance and fire test of Desheng Port was turned into air waves by the devils, crossed the Huangpu River, and reached the fire support troops on the south bank.
Unfold the big rack, fix the stationing hoe, and the crank of the high and low machine rotated quickly, squeaking - in a series of piercing metal grinding sounds, the cold barrels of the cannon slowly rose and pointed fiercely towards the northern sky. Clang - 15o mm shells enter the chamber and are in place.
This time, the first wave of shelling was not the 75-caliber mountain artillery that is often used, nor the 1O5-caliber field artillery as Hu Yi guessed, but the 15O-caliber heavy artillery! One thing Hu Yi is right about is that the devil cares more about 'time' than about means.
Boom -- The violent tremor and the momentum of the shells as they disengaged rolled up large clouds of dust, covering the sky over the artillery positions. The 15o caliber heavy artillery shell, carrying the evil mission of the invaders, broke free from its shackles, flew into the sky with a strange roar, crossed the Huangpu River, and then smashed down fiercely, smashing into the town that was bathed in sunlight by the river.
When the first mushroom-shaped explosion smoke rushed into the air dozens of meters in the air, and it seemed that no sound could be heard, the whole town jumped violently, and all the window panes in the town shattered and splashed into the house.
The second bloomed immediately after, and the tiles jumped up on the roof, leaking in sunlight.
Then came the third flower, and the solid walls were torn apart in an instant, and dust flowed down the walls like a waterfall......
In the dust, the commander of the third company saw that the soldiers on the opposite side seemed to be shouting something to him, but there was no sound. Trying to stand up against the wall, he was tossed to the ground by another loud earthquake, and the dust on the ground was shaken and swirled, appearing in the light that came in, rolling up strange patterns. The commander of the third company tried to return to the corner, but suddenly, most of the entire wall disappeared, and the light penetrated into the ......
The town was completely shrouded in flying dust, mixed with the sun, and turned dark. There was no sound, just the shock of the soul again and again, and the mushroom-shaped clouds of smoke that rushed into the air from time to time......
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