Chapter 57 The longest day and night (6)
Piao Tianwen The defensive front consisting of 209 Japanese soldiers was instantly broken through, and all the defenders were shot dead. The Qing army suffered a considerable loss, with more than 160 people killed and injured. These people had follow-up troops to be responsible for treatment and cremation, so there was no need to mention it. Bao Qibao walked a few steps back and forth. He originally wanted to capture one or two Japanese commanders and ask about the other party's combat deployment, but they were all shot dead. In fact, only a very small number of people knew about the Japanese army. Even if they caught him alive, they could not ask anything.
"Sir, what should I do next?"
“What time is it now?”
"It's already past four o'clock."
"Wait a minute, wait until the news from Lao Ji comes back."
In less than a moment, Giltoa, Zhan Shunqi and Zhang Wenming led their personal soldiers to come quickly. Seeing their frowning, it was obvious that the situation was developing in a very bad direction. "How is it?"
"It was almost the same as what we had just talked about. The Japanese army only defended and did not take the initiative to attack at all." Giltoa said, "I'm waiting for news from Lao Hu and Lao Chen now."
After waiting for a while, Hu Yuantu and Chen Shaoqi rushed over. Seven or eight people sat together to discuss and determined that the Japanese army's combat method was completely wrong, and there must be hidden information! "Report the situation to the two military gates first. Let's hear what they said?"
"You can't just wait," Hu Yuantu said, "I think it's better to take this opportunity and rush forward and take a look. It will be dark in less than a few hours!"
"That's right. Take this opportunity to push a little further. If the Japanese really have other intentions, we can take the initiative to occupy the battlefield." Chen Shaoqi also spoke, "Why not come together with the three teams? Wait until we hear the gunshots, let's push a little inside together?"
Giltoa and Bao Qibao thought about it for a while, and nodded, "Okay! Let's use gunfire as a signal. Three groups attack together."
Several people discussed it and returned to their troops to make their final preparations before the battle. At 5:35, they heard gunfire sounding from both sides at the same time. Bao Qibao jumped up and "rush up!"
After this moment of rest, the Qing soldiers were at their peak. When they were in high spirits, they picked up their rifles, followed their teams, and started charging forward. The Japanese army's reaction was fast and fierce. When the opponent broke into the range of the fast gun, the commander gave the order, and the fast gun fired at the same time, and both sides began to shoot at the same time.
This kind of combat method does not allow each other to have too much time to react. Whoever survives depends on God's expression, but if you have a smart mind, you may find other ways to break through. The horse team of the seventh battalion was leaning against a pillar of a house that had been burned to the dark. Listening to the wood that was hit by the bullets from time to time, making crackling sounds. Although as a soldier, life and death have been put aside, he still felt a burst of congestion when he heard such a sound.
I took my busy schedule and looked sideways. The team of people I led had been reduced by more than half, and there were more than 40 people left, either squatting or lying on the base of the house, cursing and fighting back. If I continue to attack like this, my team of people will be reimbursed here.
The horse team was tilting their heads and thinking for a while. Suddenly, they had an idea, pursed their lips, and whistled gently, attracting the soldiers' attention to themselves. They pointed to the burning house beside them with their hands, and thrust their mouths, "Matou? What are you doing?"
"Idiot! Let's go through here."
"Walk through? What to do?"
The horse team was too lazy to explain, taking advantage of the opponent's shooting gap and stepping into the house. All they had stepped on was garbage after the fire. There was a piece of blackened wood everywhere. When he kicked it with his feet, a gable fell down and raised a large piece of dust. He didn't say anything, but led the team to lead the way in front, and the soldiers behind followed him step by step.
After passing through four houses that were burned by fire, the road ahead was over. "What should I do if the horse head?" At this time, the soldiers had roughly guessed the plan that the team was thinking, surrounded him and asked in a low voice.
“How far have we come out?”
"Twenty meters?"
"It's still far from the enemy's position! If not, you have to find a way to continue moving forward. It's best to go around the Japanese, at least, you can get the place closest to them." The horse team said quietly, "Go and find out where there is a way to go forward?"
Compared with the gunshots that were more than ten meters away from outside, the environment in which a team led by the horse team was in can be described as a water geese flying. The soldiers also noticed the strange atmosphere, raised their steps and lowered their movements with caution.
It is not difficult to find a way forward. It is all the scenery after being burned by the fire. It is charred everywhere. When you step on it, it is a dry and sad. Suddenly, a soldier said lightly and looked down. It turned out to be a corpse that had been burned into a charcoal! His limbs and body were curled up in a ball. Not to mention that he couldn't tell what he was originally, he couldn't tell whether he was a man or a woman.
The soldier frowned and suddenly bent down and vomited violently! The horse team was walking to him and patted his shoulder, "I'll get used to it when I've seen such things. Let's go, let's continue to move forward."
Everyone was unremittingly packing their energy and continued to advance along the deep and shallow garbage. The Japanese army seemed to have ignored the possibility that the houses on one side of the front would be used as the Qing army's marching route. Later, I realized that it was not that the other party had ignored this place. The number of people was really limited, and it was impossible to distribute a part of the soldiers to defend the throne, giving the Qing army an opportunity to take advantage of.
The horse team was leading their own squad all the way forward, but they didn't know how far they had gone, but they felt that the gunshots were getting closer and closer. When they heard the sound, what appeared in front of them was a piece of intact houses that had not been baptized by artillery fire. The focus of the Japanese defense line was built here. Standing in the shadow of the backlight, you could hear the Japanese shouting loudly.
The horse team was protruding their heads to go out to see. It was already dusk, and the space in the house was dark and could not be seen clearly. Only a few people were walking back and forth, which looked like a Japanese command center. When they looked out from the other side, they realized that their small team had crossed the Japanese blockade line and entered the rear of the enemy. There was a defense line composed of 160 or 70 Japanese soldiers in front of the position. They were lying in front of the temporary fortification on the street, firing violently towards the opposite side. The Qing soldiers were suppressed from a distance of 60 or 70 meters, and they couldn't even raise their heads, let alone attacking.
The horse team was feeling that someone was touching him. Looking back, it was a soldier holding a fire grenade in his hand. He made a gesture to throw it out. He quickly shook his head, "No!" He said, "You can't use this thing!"
"Why?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" The horse team was glaring, and frightened his subordinates so much that they inserted the fire grenade back to their waists. His body slowly lowered, and waved his hand to signal the brothers to squat down, "Wait a moment and greet me with a rifle!"
Everyone didn't know what was said, so they had to squat down and wait with him, and they didn't know how long they had been waiting. The Qing army opposite organized an attack again, and the Japanese army's quick guns rang out as usual, and the horse team was jumping up without saying a word. They kicked the door of the war room with one kick, and raised their hands and a shuttle of bullets, "Tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu t
The Japanese army inside the gate never expected that the Qing army would break into the gate under such circumstances. These people were well-trained and had extraordinary combat capabilities. When they heard the sound was wrong, they did not rush to get the gun, but lie down! Avoid the bullets that were flying in. The horse team was just killing two slow-responsive Japanese soldiers. The others crawled back and forth at the heavy combat room long table to avoid the attack of guns and bullets.
"Don't let them go out and call people!" The horse team was ordering quickly. At the same time, they changed into a row of magazines and extended the muzzle under the long table. Without even looking at it, another round of bullets was fired.
Hearing the screams below, it was obvious that this time the effect was achieved. The soldiers rushed in, walked around inside and outside the combat room, and confirmed that there was no living service, so they gathered again. "Matto, you're doing a beautiful job!"
The horse team ignored it and grabbed the documents on the table to see them. They were all in Japanese, with a few Chinese mixed in them, but they couldn't understand them at all. He put the documents aside, walked back to the door of the street and visited outside. He was so lucky! The Japanese defensive soldiers were shooting at the Qing army on the interface. Not only did they not notice their existence, but even the gunshots inside the house were blocked by the gunshots outside.
The horse team was relieved and took off the fire grenade from his waist. They turned around and smiled at the brothers, "What are you waiting for? Hey the fire grenade!"
A fire suddenly exploded behind the Japanese position, which not only caused the defenders to panic, but even the Qing army, who was preparing to fight on the street, was stunned. At this moment, there was no time to tell the truth. The first thing to consider was to take his life while he was sick. The soldiers shouted in unison without waiting for orders and rushed forward. After a few big strides, they had already crossed the open area between the two armies and rushed to the enemy position. The gunfire sounded and quickly resolved the battle.
When the gunfires stopped, someone remembered to ask, "What happened just now?"
The team led by the horse team finished the passage, which made the comrades envious and jealous, "Damn! This time you have been in the limelight!"
"Where, where!" the soldier giggled, but the glory on his face could not be concealed. Indeed, a small team went deep into the enemy's heart and solved the Japanese command center and opened up a road for friendly troops to advance. No matter how you look at it, it is a top achievement!
"Stop talking nonsense! Go and do whatever you should do, and you have to continue fighting later." While speaking, Du Xinyuan and Zhou Cheng walked over from behind, waved everyone away, nodded to the horse team, and squeezed out a smile, "Well done, pony!"
"Thank you, sir." The horse team was not afraid to be negligent and bowed their knees, "Sir, I just found some documents in the enemy's command and combat room, but I don't know if it is useful or not..."
"Oh? Let's go in and take a look."
After picking up the document, the two of them just glanced and put it down. "I can't understand it at all, so I'd better leave it to the person who knows these ghostly talismans? Come on! Put these things away and send them to the two military gates immediately. Please translate them for translation."
After finishing this, Du Xinyuan looked at the sky and it was getting darker. Under such sky, he could only allow the Qing army to make another last attack. "Stop organizing brothers and attack again, it is best to put there..." He pointed his hand at the far end of the street. It was the hall of the Mansion and one of the few stone buildings in the city. "Take it down and let the brothers have a stable defensive location. Even if the Japanese want to attack at night, there is no need to be afraid."
"By the way, have you noticed? This time, I didn't seem to see any Japanese people?" Zhou Cheng muttered, "Are you hiding?"
"What do you care about so much?" Du Xinyuan ignored him for the time being and turned around and ordered, "Let your brothers prepare and set off immediately."
The Qing soldiers rested for less than five minutes and began to sort out their weapons at the urging of their respective teams. "Why do you still have to fight? It's almost dark."
"Stop fucking nonsense!" The team was cursing and urging, pushing and kicking a group of lazy people up from the ground, sorting out the team, and preparing to set off.
Chapter completed!