Chapter 60 The Reason for Fear of Death!

"Company Commander! I request my platoon to form a death squad. Wait until the Japanese tanks get closer and blow them up."

Leng Feng hooked his waist and trotted all the way to Shangguan Yun in the command post on the first floor to ask for a fight.

According to the battle position arrangement of the first company, the first platoon guarded the shooting point on the second floor, the second platoon guarded the third floor, and the first floor was assigned to the third platoon. Seeing that the Japanese army was so powerful, Leng Feng, as the second person in the first company, was still a little worried.

"We haven't reached the end yet. What kind of death squads do we need?" Shangguan Yun glared at the most courageous platoon leader under his command: "On your side, just don't let the Japanese infantry easily get close to the blind spot."

He glanced at the two infantry squads of the third platoon led by Tang Dao who were still hiding in the first trench outside the warehouse, and said decisively: "Leave it to the third platoon on the first floor! I believe in Tang Dao."

Tang Dao led two infantry squads, one and two, in the first trench 20 meters away from the warehouse gate. There were three traffic trenches leading to the inside of the building.

This is considered the first line of defense of the Sixings Warehouse. It is to prevent the Japanese infantry from entering the blind spots of the shooting points in the warehouse too easily.

The best thing about this trench designed by Tang Dao is not that it is a auxiliary attack, but that it is not afraid that the Japanese army will use it to threaten the warehouse after occupying this trench.

The firepower points on the second and third floors of the warehouse were just right enough to have a clear view of the trenches. It was our own people who were responsible. If the Japanese jumped in, then expect to be beaten!

That is, Tang Dao, who was new to this place, also had a good experience of the three months of discomfort on both sides of the Songhu Battle.

The southeast of China does live up to its name as a water town, it is too humid.

The trench was only 1.5 meters deep, but it was like digging a well. Not only was there ankle-deep water at the bottom of the trench, but the walls of the trench were also extremely slippery.

Hiding inside, like a fish stranded in a mud pond, covered in mud, freezing to the bone and struggling to survive in a hail of bullets, it was really uncomfortable.

"Brothers, are you scared?" Tang Dao asked suddenly, leaning against the wet and muddy trench wall.

"Haha, I'm not afraid it's a lie." Before anyone could answer, Tang Dao pointed in the direction of the slowly advancing Japanese army and answered himself. "Hey, dear, the tanks are all out. It's such a big battle, I can't help but feel a little trembling in my little heart!"

"Sir, I'm afraid you're afraid too!" A soldier was amused by Tang Dao's metaphor of being a careless person, and boldly answered. "I originally thought you were a tough guy, the kind who wouldn't blink even with blood on your face?"

"Haha! Why are you staring at me with your big eyes without blinking even though I'm covered in blood? That's unless your eyes have been closed for a long time." Tang Dao smiled.

The soldiers reacted and laughed too.

Isn’t that the truth?

"Yes! Of course I'm afraid. I'm only 22 years old. I'm in my prime years. I haven't married yet and have children. There are parents at home who are eagerly waiting for me to become a general and return to my hometown!" Tang Dao suddenly sighed. "I'm afraid that if I die, my family will no longer have a livelihood; I'm afraid that if I die, there will be no one to take care of my parents! How can I not be afraid?"

"Sir..." Some young soldiers choked.

Obviously, what Tang Dao said was exactly what they were worried about.

If I throw over 100 kilograms, I will just throw it away here. But no one is born to be raised. No one has a high position in the family. Some of them are older and have wives and children to raise. Thinking about this, who dares to Talk about death lightly?

"But what can we do if we are afraid? Nowadays, when Japanese pirates attack our country, they are not like ordinary pirates and bandits who just grab a vote and leave.

This time they were fully prepared. They invaded Pingjin from the north and Songhu from the south. They planned to use a two-pronged approach to completely occupy China's rivers and mountains.

If we are afraid and do not dare to die, then not only the parents, wives and children of you and my brothers will have no way of living from now on, but the parents, wives and children of thousands of Chinese people will also have no way of living, and my entire Chinese family may be gone. Way to survive. "Tang Dao's voice gradually became lower and he asked in an almost whispering voice.

"If you retreat, you will die, if you don't retreat, you will die! What do you think you should choose?"

"Sir, since you don't have a choice, what can you say? It's just a dead body!" Liu Datou responded loudly.

"Yes! Eighteen years later, he is a hero again!" Lao Hei's voice came from not far away.

"That's right, since you can't live, then why don't you drag a few more bastards with you!"

"Right, that is it!"

"Take a few more Japanese heads to honor your parents!"

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As the soldiers expressed their stance, their slightly trembling bodies gradually became calmer, and their eyes became firmer.

Tang Dao looked up and looked into the distance. The Japanese army was still about 350 meters away. If nothing else happened, the firepower points on the second, third and fourth floors would start speaking in ten seconds. Try their best to attack the infantry before they approached the warehouse. blow.

The Japanese army will only start to speed up at that time, and will not launch a charge until about 200 meters away. The minefields once laid have been plowed back and forth by the Japanese infantry artillery and mountain artillery in the morning, basically losing their role in hindering the Japanese infantry. , then it’s time for the frontline trenches to join the battle.

As Tang Dao expected, ten seconds later, the light and heavy machine guns, including mortars, on the front of the warehouse began to roar.

The light and heavy machine guns were mainly aimed at the two infantry squadrons scattered in the ruins behind the Japanese tanks, while the mortars were mainly aimed at the small group of Japanese forward troops following the tanks.

The firepower network composed of four heavy machine guns and six light machine guns should not be underestimated. The main force of the Japanese army quickly lay down on the spot to avoid the terrible trajectory. Although at least ten soldiers were unable to react and were swept down, most of the Japanese army avoided the rain of bullets because of the scattered formation.

The Japanese army following the four tanks was extremely determined. Even if mortar shells fell around and the flying shrapnel occasionally took away a few people, they still crouched and followed the tanks tenaciously.

The direct-aiming guns placed in the semi-permanent fortifications built by the Japanese army were naturally not vegetarian. When the firepower point on the warehouse started shooting, they immediately counterattacked.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Groups of flames exploded on the building in front of the warehouse.

The two 57mm tank guns also fired recklessly, firing at the windows filled with sandbags.

The front of the Sihang Warehouse is different from the walls on both sides. Because it is densely covered with large windows, the walls are built thicker, which makes it much more difficult to dig shooting holes than the sides. Even if they are dug, the shooting holes are not large enough. In order to obtain a larger shooting range and a better field of view, many machine gunners simply use sandbags to build fire fortifications.

The same is true for infantrymen, whose battle positions are mainly on the sandbag fortifications at the windows.

But while the defenders have a better field of view and shooting range, they also leave opportunities for the Japanese army. They can't bombard the thick walls, but they can bombard the sandbag fortifications piled at the windows.

The direct-aiming artillery in the distance may be better, but it is not a sniper gun. The Japanese gunners are not so good as to shoot wherever they point. If you want to hit the window directly, you have to rely on probability.

But the two 57mm tank guns on the 89 tank, which is only 350 meters away from the warehouse, are accurate enough.

After firing several shots, the sandbag fortifications on a window on the second floor were directly hit by the shells, and a large black hole was blown open, and a light machine gun fire point was silenced.

In the warehouse, a light machine gun had been completely twisted and deformed, and two soldiers fell on the ground seven or eight meters away from the window.

No matter how Leng Feng, who came over, shouted, they just vomited blood, and the blood was filled with horrible black, but it was difficult to say a word.

Leng Feng hugged his soldiers, his heart was broken, he knew that his soldiers were already helpless.

The black was not blood, but fragments of internal organs.

Those were the main and deputy shooters of his light machine guns. Although they were not hit directly by the shells, the explosion of the shells only three meters away from them was still too terrible, which was no less than hitting them hard with a sledgehammer of hundreds of kilograms.

This was also the first time that there was a sacrifice in the warehouse, two people at a time.

"Order all fire points not to fight hard with the Japanese artillery!" Yang Ruifu ordered in a hoarse voice.

Facing the fierce fire of the Japanese artillery, the firepower in the warehouse was instantly weakened.

"Yoshi!" Jiro Wakita, who was watching the battle with a telescope in the distance, showed a long-lost smile on his face.

The Chinese people on the banks of Suzhou River in the distance looked at the Sihang Warehouse building trembling under the Japanese artillery fire from both sides.

Their expressions were solemn and silent.