Start with Four Lines Warehouse

Chapter 5 The Curtain Opens
Tang Wei is a professor of physics at Fudan University in Shanghai and lives on the south bank of the Suzhou Creek in the concession.As a knowledgeable and progressive person, he has a clear understanding of Japan's wolfish ambitions.However, he still didn't have the idea to let him go directly to the battlefield.

At this time, he was standing on the balcony, looking at the Sixing Warehouse on the north side of Suzhou River, where there was a burst of violent gunfire just now.Although it stopped soon, this made him even more puzzled, because according to the news he heard from the concession yesterday, all the national army troops participating in the Battle of Songhu had withdrawn.

However, the sound that came just now did not sound like a battle, but rather like the series of firecrackers that the children set off during the New Year.Although it was very lively, the time was too short.

Chen Dao, who had just fallen asleep, was also woken up. He is the second in command of Tianfu Casino, Brother Sichuan Pao.Leaning against the window with a cigarette in his mouth, wearing a coat, he looked at the other side of the river expressionlessly.

Sister Rong, the boss of the casino, was gazing at the north bank of the Suzhou River while comforting a white peacock that was frightened by the gunshots.

It can be said that today the concession on the south bank of the Suzhou River was awakened by gunfire that should have stopped.

In the Four Lines warehouse at this time, Xie Jinyuan led the crowd to welcome Ma Chao and his party who had returned from cleaning the battlefield.

Lei Xiong and others were the first to come back. They took the [-] caps, grenade bullets, steel helmets and other trophies they had received from the corpses of the Japanese army and withdrew them first.

The last one to enter the warehouse was Ma Chao, because when he was just cleaning the battlefield, he had been watching the devils from the commanding heights. Fortunately, the little devils were not too alert to the gunshots here, they must have drifted away.

The moment Ma Chao stepped into the gate.

"Salute!" With Xie Jinyuan's loud shout, all the soldiers in the Sixing Warehouse saluted Ma Chao who had returned from his death.

Ma Chao hurriedly stood at attention and returned the salute, before Xie Jinyuan hugged him tightly before he could speak.

"Thank you brother." Yes, Xie Jinyuan was thanking him from the bottom of his heart, because the Battle of Songhu was fought for three months and lost for three months.After losing to the current situation, everyone is disheartened and hopeless.

Even if they were fighting the devils head-on on the battlefield, when they retreated, they would alternately cover and retreat very methodically.No such total annihilation has ever been recorded.

And Ma Chao just proved it.They are not much worse than Little Japan, and the little devils will die, and they will be arranged clearly, which further proves that the failure of this battle is not the fault of the soldiers.That gave them hope, hope of victory, hope of survival.Even if this hope is so slim.

Hearing the unique whistle of the Japanese army from a distance, it should be the Japanese soldiers who came to check the situation and found the bodies.Ma Chao didn't care about what to say, he quickly picked up a steamed bun and ran to the window to observe.

The footsteps of Japanese leather shoes gradually sounded, and everyone was waiting nervously.

"Papa" "Ah! Mom!" The bombs and booby traps and the wailing of the Japanese army constantly reminded everyone in the warehouse that they were there.

The [-]th Division of the Tenth Army of the Japanese Army who was nearby immediately ordered a small team to come to support after hearing the gunshots from here.

Because according to the comparison of the quality of soldiers in China and Japan at this time, even if they encounter a surprise attack, they can fight for at least half an hour, and it takes only 10 minutes to engage in military dispatch.

On the way back, team leader Oshima Kurosawa was still anxious when he heard the gunshots gradually fading away.What he was worried about was not about the safety of Zuobei Takahashi and the others, but about not being able to win the battle.Therefore, when they were far away, they were already urging the soldiers to speed up.

"Haha, Amaterasu Omikami really blessed me!" Seeing the corpses of Takahashi Sahei and others, Oshima Kurosawa's first thought was not anger, but ecstasy.After these months of fierce fighting, the Japanese army maintained contempt for the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army from top to bottom.However, rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry, so this kind of pursuit is too deep and they are annihilated from time to time.

Usually, this kind of thing means that there are a large number of Chinese soldiers nearby.Otherwise, the Chinese would not have the guts.For the Japanese army, this means military exploits and glory, so Oshima Kurosawa is so happy.

Although a certain amount of casualties were caused on the road, for him, this can better reflect the difficulty of this attack.It also means higher credit.

Standing next to the corpses of Takahashi and others, Oshima Kurosawa observed the surrounding terrain, the positions where the corpses walked and the traces of blood spattering, and quickly determined that they were standing on the surrounding buildings by the Chinese, condescending They shot and killed, and then gave the team an order to search the nearby buildings, and then divided up the troops and took a few little devils into the crumbling building.

Oshima Kurosawa was leaning against the wall, holding a Nambu Type [-] pistol in his right hand, and his eyes were fixed on the front.Cooperate with soldiers to explore upwards.

He was very melancholy after entering the building. There are two reasons. One is that for this kind of urban street fighting, no matter how good the weapons and equipment are, they will be weakened by wireless, and even have the constraints of multiplying amplification.

You know, the 1.28th Dagai gun is 1.7 meters long, and with a bayonet, the total length is directly approaching [-] meters, which is taller than many little devils.

And inside this kind of building, the narrow space made the devils with the [-] big cover even more uneasy.Helpless, the officers with pistols had to be on the front line to respond in time.

The second is that as a copycat product whose appearance imitates the German Grew pistol, its quality is really speechless.The firing pin is very easy to break when shooting, resulting in misfiring, insufficient penetration, and even thicker door panels cannot be penetrated.

Even using it to commit suicide may be fatal.Why, the bullet from the first bullet got stuck on the bone, and the firing pin from the second bullet broke. I finally endured the pain and repaired the pistol, but it hurt to death. Don’t you think it’s embarrassing.

Of course, the current Oshima Kurosawa doesn't have time to think about these things.He was concentrating on leading the soldiers to explore the room where there might be enemies.Cold sweat had already covered his pitch-black face.

At this time, he had reached the stairs leading from the second floor to the third floor, and in front of him, a nearly transparent silk thread swayed slightly.

Ma Chao, Xie Jinyuan and the others were lying behind the bunker, looking at Oshima Kurosawa with binoculars. They came to Takahashi Zuohei to check, and then quickly rushed into the buildings on both sides of the road, feeling a little disappointed.

Because under Takahashi and others, there are exquisite gifts prepared by Ma Chao to welcome them.It's a pity that they don't have "good luck".However, it doesn't hurt too much.After all, he went straight to dinner. From this point of view, he was definitely possessed by the Emperor Ou.

"It's obvious that you can retire due to injury, but you want to leave the whole body, why bother? It's really respectable."

Xie Jinyuan next to him was a little speechless when he heard Ma Chao's rambling words.The big guys are waiting nervously, but he is here to arrange devils, which really means that bean buns are not used as dry food.You are so mean, can you show others some respect?

"The little devil is still very elite. It's no problem to rank first in Asia in terms of military quality. It's not the bean sprouts. Be careful!" Xie Jinyuan gently mentioned to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao looked at Xie Jinyuan and nodded after thinking for a while. Indeed, although the little devil is really not an enemy worthy of attention for him, but for the brothers of the 88st Battalion of the [-]th Regiment of the [-]nd Brigade of the [-]th Division It is said that they are nightmares on this battlefield.Sophisticated equipment, superb shooting skills, and overwhelming bombing all woke them up again and again in the cold night.

These brothers are brave and fearful. Bravery means that when they come here, they are prepared not to go back alive. They are not afraid of the ferociousness and ferocity of the enemy.

As long as you come to the battlefield, fear will go away with the sound of guns and guns.But seeing his comrades-in-arms, Paoze, fell under the bombing of the Japanese army before seeing the enemy's face.

With a loud bang, the entire squad, the entire platoon, and the entire company were wiped out. Except for a large pit that was slowly seeping water on the ground, everything they had in this world was wiped out.

And on the position not far away, countless robes also fell asleep forever, their internal organs were shattered, and the broken internal organs flowed out along the mouth and nose mixed with blood, only the resentful face and clenched hands The hands of the weapons silently poured out their unwillingness.

In the early days of the war, almost all the soldiers in the country had no experience in defending against heavy artillery. They only knew that they only needed to lie down on the ground after encountering enemy bombing and shelling, and the rest were left to fate.

But it was precisely this defensive method of lying down that caused them even greater casualties.At that time, whether it was the Type 150 356mm caliber field howitzer of the Marine Corps or the [-]mm caliber main gun of the Navy, it could be said that where the shell fell, both humans and animals died within a hundred meters.

If you are in the center of the explosion, your body will vaporize in just a few milliseconds. If you are in the blast hole, you will be shocked to death first, and then the blast hole will collapse and bury yourself.This is why in large-scale battles, there will be quite a few soldiers missing.

The Type 150 5mm caliber field howitzer has a crater diameter of 50 meters, a killing radius of 850 meters, and a killing area of ​​about [-] square meters.In theory, as long as you are within the killing radius, as long as your body is in contact with the ground, the vibration from the shell explosion is enough to shatter your internal organs.The safest way is to lie on the ground, but keep your body above the ground.

And these are things that Ma Chao has never experienced, so the little devils he arranged are useless just now, but these arrangements are a great harm to the brothers of the 88nd Brigade, [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Division!

This was also what Xie Jinyuan had just asked him to pay attention to.

(End of this chapter)