Chapter 40: A close call
Baoshan East Gate.
In order to break through the defense line in one fell swoop, thousands of Japanese soldiers were swarming towards the city gate in an offensive formation.
At the same time, the Japanese infantry artillery, mortars, tank guns, and heavy machine guns have all opened fire in order to provide sufficient fire cover for the offensive troops.
On the city wall, dense rain of heavy machine guns was constantly hit by, and the smoke and dust filled the exterior wall bricks and stone debris fell down.
"boom!"
An infantry artillery shell landed not far from Yao Ziqing and exploded violently, causing large pieces of masonry and stone debris to "swish" and flew around.
Several of the shrapnel were almost blowing against Yao Ziqing's ears and head, but he ignored it, held his glasses and stared at the enemy troops swarming in the mountains outside the city with awesome eyes.
When the enemy entered his effective range, Yao Ziqing immediately roared and issued a combat order: "Brothers, open fire! Blow me hard!"
And he himself was the first to pull the trigger.
"Bang!"
The gunshots were orders, and hundreds of soldiers on the city walls all opened fire.
At this time, the city wall had already been blown up with a gap of about five or six meters wide, and the Japanese army's strategic purpose was to break in from here.
Therefore, most of the firepower of the defenders concentrated on pouring towards the gap in this section of the city wall.
More than twenty Japanese infantry rushing in the front immediately suffered a catastrophe and were beaten into hornets' nests one after another, and they screamed and fell down.
Just as the vanguard of the Japanese troops rushed to a place less than 50 meters away from the city wall, the bombers immediately swung their arms and threw the sounded grenade out.
"boom!"
"Boom boom boom!" Several explosions immediately made the Japanese scream and fell to the ground.
At the same time, several field artillery deployed in the city opened fire one after another. Hot shells passed over the city wall and shot towards the Japanese attacking troops outside the city, immediately blowing up a large area of Japanese.
However, the warriors in the artillery platoon were not as powerful as Yang Jing, so after several rounds of bombardment, they did not destroy a Japanese tank.
"Baga! Fight back, fight back!" Hundreds of meters away, a Japanese master in charge of supervising the battle swung his sword at the top of his lungs. While roaring and urging the attacking troops to fight back, he also called on his own artillery to find the enemy artillery position and counter them with firepower.
Suddenly, thousands of Japanese soldiers fired and charged forward bravely.
The Japanese have a large number of people, so their firepower is naturally denser than the defenders.
A large number of hot bullets roared and hit the city walls and the ruins in the city, and immediately splashed smoke and dust.
Especially the Japanese tank guns, the threat to the defenders was even more deadly. Almost every time the gun was shot, many defenders would be bombed and flew out of the city walls.
Beside Yao Ziqing, a machine gun soldier was hit by a stray bullet and fell on his back in a pool of blood, and the machine gun was immediately stunned.
Yao Ziqing was so angry that he was so angry that he rushed over. He pushed away his sacrificed subordinates in grief and anger, picked up the Czech light machine gun that had been stained with blood, and roared fearlessly: "You little Japanese, come on! Grandpa will send you to the West!"
After saying that, he pulled the trigger decisively, and the light machine gun immediately roared, and a dense and hot bullet roared out, hitting the Japanese in the head like a storm.
"Ahhhhh!" Six or seven Japanese soldiers could not dodge and were shot and fell to the ground one after another.
After firing the bullets in the magazine, Yao Ziqing took out a new magazine from the body of the sacrificial subordinate, loaded it up and continued to shoot wildly at the Japanese army.
The soldiers were moved by the heroic performance of their superiors and couldn't help but feel their morale boosted and they all opened fire and fought back without hesitation.
"Quick! Keep loading shells!"
In the city, the defending artillery positions and artillery platoon leaders kept accelerating their artillery firing, wishing they could use the field cannons and mortars in their hands as rapid-fire cannons.
"My!"
"My!My!"
Just then, a sharp whistle and harsh sound of wind breaking came.
The platoon leader's face changed and he immediately shouted at the top of his lungs: "No, it's the Japanese's shells, please hide them!"
However, before he finished speaking, several Japanese shells fell heavily.
"boom!"
"Boom boom boom boom boom!"
The next moment, the shell exploded, and a dazzling flame suddenly burst out on the defending artillery positions, swallowing more than 20 artillery soldiers and the two field cannons, killing and injuring them.
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Without artillery support on the city wall, the situation of the defenders became increasingly critical.
Seeing that the Japanese army had already rushed to the city, Yao Ziqing's adjutant Zhao Ming said anxiously: "Battery Commander, this may not be a solution! The Japanese tanks pose too great a threat to us. Why don't we retreat to the city and engage in street battles with the Japanese?"
Yao Ziqing flatly refused and said, "No, the Japanese's troops are several times more powerful than our army. If they are allowed to invade the city now, the situation will only be more unfavorable to us!"
Zhao Ming continued: "Why don't I go to Ximen and invite the first company commander over. I believe that with his magical cannon technique, I will definitely be able to kill the Japanese tanks!"
Yao Ziqing again: "No, in today's battle, I have already determined to die. Our mission is to restrain the Japanese army and create a chance for the first company commander and others to break through!
If you invite the company commander here now, will the sacrifices of the brothers and our previous efforts be wasted?"
Zhao Ming no longer spoke.
Instead, he hugged a submachine gun and poured all his anger on the charge of the Japanese.
At this time, a Japanese tank had already rushed to the gap in the city wall.
On the city wall, the defenders who had already prepared a long time ago immediately lit several 10-kilogram explosive packs and threw them into the gap in the city wall.
"boom!"
"Boom boom!"
One of the explosive packs fell accurately on the top cover of the Japanese tank, and the storm waves directly lifted the tank turrets out.
The Japanese tank soldiers in the cabin were also bombarded to death.
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However, the Japanese's revenge firepower quickly came over.
Before these defenders could enjoy the joy of blowing up the tanks, they had been shot one after another and fell into a pool of blood.
The Japanese mortars and grenade launchers also adjusted their firing angles one after another, pouring shells into the broken wall.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Japanese tanks once again cooperated with the infantry and swarmed towards the gap in the city wall.
"boom!"
However, just as the Japanese tank was about to rush into the city, something in the shape of a pot lid suddenly flew over from the city and landed in the gap in the city wall, and immediately exploded violently.
The storm shock wave directly tore the Japanese's thin-skinned tanks apart.
The Japanese soldiers who were attacking with the tanks were also affected, either being blown away by sweeping shock waves or being hit by broken tank parts, all of them screamed and fell into a pool of blood.
Chapter completed!