Chapter 4 Bloody Battle in the Temple (2)
Although the photos and images that Chen Xiuwen had seen were also very bloody, they were just still pictures after all, and the sensory impact was completely different from the Japanese who were rushing towards the frontier positions in front of him.
Perhaps it was the hatred towards the Japanese brought by Chen Xiuwen in later generations. Chen Xiuwen only felt a fever in his chest and his blood was boiling. The fear just now had already been thrown out of the clouds. He shook Zhu Chi's hand hard and ran to Huang Meixing, who was observing the enemy with a telescope: "Captain Huang, I want to stay. I just said that I want to waving flags and shout for the anti-Japanese soldiers on the front line. I can't take it down."
Huang Meixing turned around, looked at Chen Xiuwen's eager eyes, and finally nodded: "Okay. However, you can only stay in my command center and not run around."
In fact, Huang Meixing just observed from his glasses that there were two squadrons of the Japanese attackers, more than 400 people, and a squadron of four Type 89 tanks to assist. The temple walks backed by Yunzaobang and broke through the temple walk, and the Japanese army could march straight into and cut off the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway. For such a strategic point, it seems that the Japanese are determined to win this time and want to capture the temple walk before dark.
The people who defended the temple now are just 800 people, and the weapons and equipment are quite different from the Japanese army. Even if the attack is repelled, it will be difficult for the Japanese to defend themselves if the Japanese increase their troops. In fact, it is not very meaningful whether to withdraw back to the town. Of course, Huang Meixing would not tell Chen Xiuwen about this situation. At the same time, he was also moved by Chen Xiuwen's eager desire to serve the country, so he agreed to continue to stay on the position.
Chen Xiuwen lay beside Huang Meixing, observing the Japanese army attacking from afar. The frontier position was only fifty meters away from the regiment command of the second line. The 528th Regiment has been here for two days, and the shooting boundary at the frontier of the position has been cleared. As the Japanese attacking troops approached, Chen Xiuwen could see clearly without the help of a telescope.
"Two infantry squadrons, plus one chariot squadron, the Japanese are coming this time." Chen Xiuwen couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Huang Meixing turned his head and looked at Chen Xiuwen in surprise. He didn't expect that a student child who looked only in his twenties could see the troops of the Japanese attack at a glance.
"Xuwen, OK. I didn't expect you to be quite familiar with the Japanese army's organization." If it weren't for Chen Xiuwen's truck of dry food, if it weren't for Chen Xiuwen's generous speech just now, it would have given Huang Meixing a very good impression. Otherwise, Huang Meixing really doubted Chen Xiuwen's true identity.
When Chen Xiuwen heard this, he was broken and accidentally leaked the Japanese army organization that he saw on the Internet in later generations. He quickly explained: "I have been a relatively popular military since I was a child. After the Japanese invaders occupied our three northeastern provinces during the September 18th Incident, I expected that there would be a war between us and Japan sooner or later. Since ancient times, it has been said that knowing yourself and your enemy will lead to a victory in a hundred battles, so I began to pay attention to information about the Japanese army."
Huang Meixing's eyes began to change as Chen Xiuwen's eyes began to change, from the beginning to the appreciation. He reached out and patted Chen Xiuwen's shoulder and sighed, "Xuwen, I really didn't expect that you, a student, would have such insights. Think about it, I'm ashamed, after the outbreak of the 128th Incident, some people in our National Government were still in love with the mediation of the League of Nations. This time, if the 19th Route Army had not fought back, our Chief Zhang would have tried his best to join the war, and Principal Jiang, who was forced to step down the field some time ago, would have strong support. I'm afraid that the 128th will evolve into another 918th. It's really ridiculous. The knowledge of those dignified national government officials is not as good as that of you, a student."
Chen Xiuwen didn't expect that relying on the memories of later generations, he would win such a high evaluation from Huang Meixing with a random explanation. He felt ashamed in his heart.
At this time, with a crisp sound of gunfire, the light and heavy machine guns on the frontier positions began to roar in a dense manner. Chen Xiuwen hurriedly lay on the cover and looked at the frontier positions.
The Japanese army had approached less than 300 meters away from the frontier position. Chen Xiuwen found that the battlefield in reality was not like what he saw on TV. When gunfire sounded on the frontier position, most of the Japanese army lay down and fought back, taking advantage of the gap between machine gun shooting, and ran, bent down and flew into the frontier position in a scattered line. Some Japanese troops hid behind the tank and accelerated their pace to break through from the frontier position. Therefore, the collective fire on the frontier position did not cause much casualties to the Japanese. Chen Xiuwen could clearly see the machine gun bullets making sparks and "dangdang" sounds on the tank.
The four Type 89 tanks were moving slowly while aiming at the fire points on the frontier positions to suppress artillery fire. Chen Xiuwen saw that several fire points were destroyed and the fire was silenced.
"Damn the tank." Huang Meixing slapped the support wood on the bunker heavily, turned his head and shouted loudly to the staff busy around the command platform: "Order the Third Battalion Commander to send suicide squads to destroy the Iron Tortoise of the Japanese."
Soon, figures rushed out of the frontier positions and rushed towards the tank with rainy bullets. Many people were hit by machine guns on the tank before they could get close to them and fell on the way to charge. A few of them could barely get close, but were hit by the Japanese following behind the tank. Nearly twenty figures rushed up, and they all fell down soon.
"Oh." Huang Meixing sighed heavily, and a hint of unbearableness flashed across his face. The Kuomintang lacked anti-tank weapons, and if he wanted to stop the tank's attack, he had to use his life to fill it. Although he saw his soldiers lying under the guns of the Japanese, he knew that once the front line was broken by the tank, the entire defense line would collapse. He suppressed the sadness in his heart. Just as he was about to open his mouth to order the third battalion on the front line to continue to organize the suicide squad to rush forward, he suddenly heard Chen Xiuwen lying on the cover screaming: "There are still alive."
Huang Meixing quickly picked up the telescope to observe. He saw a soldier who had just been hit and fell to the ground slowly climbing up from the ground, holding a bundle of cluster grenades in his hand. He looked at the slowly approaching tank and rushed forward. Although the Japanese hiding behind the tank aimed at the figure and fired, with a violent explosion, the moving tanks suddenly fell into their nests and ignited fierce flames. The Japanese creeping out of the tank were all killed by the angry National Army soldiers.
Chen Xiuwen looked at all this in front of him in shock. He could not imagine that these suicide squad members were not afraid of the enemy's artillery fire and bullets. Nearly twenty people, none of whom retreated, and the last one who survived chose to die with the Japanese tanks. Perhaps these soldiers did not have a few words to recognize, and they could not speak one set of great truths like themselves. However, their behavior was that they defended the dignity of the Chinese nation with their own lives and interpreted the true meaning of patriotism. Chen Xiuwen felt that his eyes were blurred...
Seeing this, the other three tanks immediately stopped advancing and acted as fixed turrets more than 100 meters away from the frontier position to cover the Japanese behind to launch attacks on the frontier position.
Although the Third Battalion on the front line was very brave, with the artillery fire of the Japanese tanks and the attack of grenade launchers, only three of them were left to continue firing after more than a dozen light and heavy machine gun fire points. Moreover, as the Japanese approached, it can be seen from the gradually sparse gunfire sound that the casualties of the Third Battalion were further increasing.
"Zhu Chi, you will lead the first battalion and company immediately and reinforce the third battalion. You must not let the Japanese advance a step forward." Huang Meixing frowned and shouted at Zhu Chi.
"Yes." Zhu Chi stood at attention and saluted Huang Meixing. He immediately turned around and ran away from the command center.
Suddenly, a row of stray bullets "Jiuji" flew over the command cover, and several hit the sandbags above the cover, making a "puff" sound. Chen Xiuwen subconsciously retracted his head and squatted down. Huang Meixing, who was standing beside him and using a telescope to observe the enemy situation, stood still.
Chen Xiuwen squatted in the bunker stupidly, the flesh-and-blooded battlefield was far from what he imagined. Although Chen Xiuwen was so excited just now, when the reality of war was revealed one after another in his eyes, Chen Xiuwen discovered his fragility.
Huang Meixing noticed Chen Xiuwen's uneasiness and immediately said loudly: "Xiuwen, are you afraid?"
Chen Xiuwen was really scared at this moment, but when he thought of his bold words just now, he barely stood up from the ground and replied loudly: "Not afraid."
Huang Meixing laughed and said, "Good, you are better than me. During the Eastern Expedition, I almost peeed my pants for the first time when I went to the battlefield."
Chen Xiuwen felt warm when he heard Huang Meixing's words. He knew that Huang Meixing was encouraging himself. He nodded heavily to Huang Meixing and said, "Captain Huang, I am not afraid of killing the Japanese."
Huang Meixing pointed. At this time, the frontier positions were joined by the battalions and companies led by Zhu Chi, and the gunshots became denser again. The Japanese who had rushed to the frontiers of the position were less than a hundred meters and lay down and fired. The Japanese machine guns, rifles and grenade launchers fired again. The most troublesome thing was the three tanks that were constantly attacking the firepower points in place. Their artillery fire and the crooked machine gun on the top were a great threat to the officers and soldiers on the frontier positions.
Huang Meixing turned around and ordered loudly again: "Order the artillery to open fire, and you must knock down the three tanks."
After a while, the dull sound of mortars fired from behind the bunker. The shooting numbers were calculated long ago. The shells exploded among the Japanese crowd. Although they were just mortars, the thin armor of the Japanese Type 89 tanks could not resist such shells at all, and they all reversed to escape. Although the mortars were not as accurate as war defense guns, two shells still hit the same tank one after another. With the explosion of ammunition inside the tank, they immediately turned into an iron coffin that caught fire.
As the artillery opened fire and the firepower on the position increased, the attacking Japanese began to retreat. Huang Meixing, who was holding a telescope and observing the enemy situation, showed a smile on his face. Finally, it blocked the Japanese's first attack.
Suddenly, a scream came from the sky.
Huang Meixing's face changed suddenly, and he quickly shouted: "No, it's the Japanese heavy artillery. Immediately ordered the artillery to transfer the position."
But it was too late for all this. As soon as Huang Meixing finished speaking, before the staff picked up the phone, the shells exploded on the artillery position not far behind the command lineup.
Chapter completed!