Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 432 "8.13" Wusongkou

Through the smoke, five Japanese tanks roared up. The turrets rotated and fired shells from time to time. The machine guns on the tanks also roared crazily. The Japanese marines following behind were shouting feverishly.

crazy

Crazy shooting and the blood of their companions stimulated the animal nature in their hearts. For a moment, tanks rumbled, gunshots burst out, and the violent flames of the Japanese army pressed forward like a tangible wall, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

The front-line commander of the Japanese Marines on Baoshan Road, Colonel Masao Sasaki, was furious at the defeat just now. He was determined to use all his strength to kill the Chinese defenders on the opposite side and avenge the shattered soldiers. He started from all four sides.

He leaned half out of the headquarters of the building and used binoculars to observe the situation of the Chinese defenders' positions.

First, he wanted to observe the effect of the shelling just now, and second, he wanted to see the progress of the attacking troops. The lens of the telescope flashed and was keenly captured by the sniper of the third battalion on the third floor opposite.

This sniper is called Fan Tiezhu. He joined the army during the first Jinzhou Campaign. He is just nineteen years old this year. Because he has the potential of a sharpshooter, he was sent to the Special Operations Detachment Sniper Battalion by the brigade to study. He once became the deputy of the sniper brigade.

Captain Fu Qiang was a teacher and learned a lot of skills. He was the captain of his company's sniper team.

He keenly caught a flash of light from the diffuse smoke, and immediately aimed his gun at it. In the haze, he seemed to be observing something with a telescope. It must be a high official of the Japanese. Tie Zhu secretly thought, he

Hold your breath, tap the trigger lightly, and the specially-made sniper bullet leaves the barrel of the gun with a roar, passes through the smoke, and goes straight to the target.

Masao Sasaki's body suddenly froze, the broken lens blended with the blood on his face, and a blood hole appeared in his left eye. The bullet penetrated from the back of the head, flying away a piece of skull, and the snow-white brains flowed down the hole as big as a fist.

When he came out, his body leaned forward and folded down from the fourth floor.

According to the later recollections of the Japanese naval officers present, no gunshot was heard at all, and the colonel fell downstairs. We thought that the colonel suffered from high blood pressure, became dizzy, and accidentally fell downstairs. We didn't know until we got downstairs.

, His Excellency Colonel was assassinated by a Chinese sniper, and his whole head was almost shattered. The iron pillar used was not an armor-breaking bullet, otherwise, the Japanese officers would not be able to see the complete Colonel.

It is said that Naval Commander Masao Sasaki was the first senior Japanese naval officer to be killed by a Chinese navy squadron since the Shanghai Incident. This matter was kept secret by the Japanese Navy. Witnesses were severely warned not to discuss or spread the matter.

, Violators will be severely punished. Unfortunately, Fan Tiezhu missed one opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

Facing the Japanese tanks, the policemen panicked. How to deal with this invulnerable iron guy? At this moment, several soldiers set up four strange-looking guns. Two people were busy working on one gun, which had enough bullets.

It's scary, it's as thick as a small obāng mallet, it's so stupid, it's so powerful just by looking at it.

The Japanese tanks that were on the rampage suddenly paused. Thick black smoke came out from the cabin, and faint flames could be seen at the naked eye. The remaining tank was even luckier, being taken care of by four bullets at the same time, and it exploded at that time.

A fire broke out. Immediately, the hatch cover of the smoking Japanese tank opened, and several Japanese pilots jumped out with their bodies on fire. A burst of submachine gun bullets flew over, and they became burning human candles.

Then, the roar of light and heavy machine guns suddenly sounded, covering the thousands of Japanese troops behind. With fierce firepower, the Japanese troops on the unobstructed road were knocked down in pieces like wheat, and they were surrounded by eight people.

Firing cannons, also based on what I just observed

The first round of eight rapid fires fired at the direction of the Japanese artillery position. The Japanese artillery position was immediately filled with smoke and shrapnel flying. This was a high-explosive mortar shell produced by the Huangyadong Arsenal, which was more powerful than the Japanese Type 92 infantry.

gun.

The soldiers of the third battalion rushed out of the position and launched a countercharge. Relying on the still smoking tanks, the Somi submachine guns roared happily and wantonly harvested the lives of the Japanese soldiers. In urban warfare, especially street fighting, this kind of

The high-performance automatic weapons undoubtedly had the upper hand. Eighty people actually fought with the momentum of eight hundred people.

Not to be outdone, the Japanese army relied on the corpses of their companions to fight back vigorously. From time to time, soldiers were hit and fell over. When they fell, they were still facing the direction of the charge. Behind them, troops from the Second Brigade surged over like water. The Japanese Navy and Army

The team could no longer hold on and retreated in panic. The Second Brigade followed closely and compressed the Japanese army to the starting point of their attack, the Hongkou area of ​​Shanghai. There were strong fortifications built by the Japanese army there, so the Second Brigade adopted an encirclement method.

, the attack is temporarily suspended.

Zhao Zitong did not feel the joy after the victory. There were eighty-one people in the reinforced platoon that reinforced the police force. Only thirty-eight people survived. The others were buried on the broad roads of Shanghai. This was the backbone of the third battalion. His

Their hearts were in severe pain like tearing, and the counterattack they launched cleared the obstacles for the follow-up troops of the Second Brigade. The eternal spirit of the fallen soldiers also inspired all the soldiers of the Second Brigade.

The battle in the urban area of ​​Shanghai ended with the Japanese Marine Corps losing more than 18,000 people and the remaining 30,000 people being compressed in the Hongkou and Yangshupu areas. Because the Japanese army had strong fortifications, they were holding tight and waiting for reinforcements.

The Sulu Mobile Corps of the ** Division assisted the Shanghai troops and adopted the method of encirclement. The civil war in the urban area was temporarily in a state of confrontation.

The fighting in the urban area has temporarily ceased. The fighting at Wusongkou, located in the north of Shanghai at the confluence of the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River, is intensifying. The Japanese naval fleet is attacking the Wusongkou Fort as if it is a thorn in the throat, and it is regarded as a thorn in the side that must be removed.

Wusongkou is more than 30 kilometers away from the Yangtze River estuary in the east, facing Chongming Island in the north, and Changxing and other islands in the east. It flanks the main channel of the Yangtze River. It is the gateway to Shanghai and Nanjing. Its strategic position is very important. Foreign ships

You can go up the Yangtze River along Wusongkou, occupy Shanghai, threaten Nanjing, Wuhan and other important cities along the Yangtze River, and go straight into the hinterland of China, and lose half of the rivers and mountains south of the Yangtze River.

While the Japanese Marine Corps launched an attack in the city, the Japanese fleet, which had been traveling outside Wusongkou, formed an attack formation with eight warships in a two-ship formation. They increased their horsepower and rushed towards the Wusongkou fort. The two leading ships

A Japanese ship, the forward main gun fired first, and the shells roared and fell on the fort.

The Japanese ship's fire accuracy was very high. Perhaps it was during the period when the Jiangsu Provincial Security Corps was stationed that the Japanese had already determined the coordinates. Although it was traveling at high speed, it achieved a hit. The No. 1 gun position was hit by several large-caliber heavy shells.

cannonball hit

The solid fort shook violently amidst the explosions. A shell landed at the hidden dongmen entrance. Unprepared, several soldiers of the air defense brigade on the gun emplacement fell into a pool of blood. The shore defense artillery also fell into a pool of blood.

Was slightly damaged.

Almost at the same time as the Japanese ship was shelling, the fort commander gave the order to fight back. The shells roared out of the barrel one after another and flew towards the Japanese ship. Unfortunately, the Japanese ship was moving at high speed, and the soldiers

In the first live fire attack, I was not very skilled in using this large-caliber coastal defense artillery. None of the shells in the first round of counterattack hit the target, and a column of water rose into the sky around the Japanese ship.

The Japanese ship was startled. She did not expect that the scraps of the Chinese defenders and security groups would dare to fire back. They quickly made evasive maneuvers, twisted out an "S" shape on the sea, and the main guns on the side released ferocious fire.

Face, clouds of fireworks erupted from the muzzle, and a hail of bullets fell on the Wusongkou fort. Smoke and dust billowed from the fort, and large chunks of concrete were blown up from the solid cement fortifications, shrouded in smoke.

The Japanese ship was enraged. The Chinese army, which had always been tolerant, dared to fire at the noble Imperial Japanese Navy warship. They were overestimating their capabilities, not to mention that they were still a no-name security force within the squadron. They had always been

The arrogant Japanese navy was as annoyed as a tiger being scratched by a cat.

Little did they know that they were facing the nemesis of the Japanese army, Tang Qiuli's troops. In front of such a force, any Japanese army would never be able to gain favor. Some of them would be seriously injured and vomit blood, and some of them would be wiped out with no bones left. Today,

They faced the defenders of Wusongkou Fort with a kingly attitude. They were asking for a fight.

In the turret, the aimer responsible for locating the target slapped himself regretfully. He could even shoot down the wild geese flying in the sky. Such a large warship missed the target. He said it to prevent his colleagues from laughing.

What's weird? Just in time, the Japanese ship took evasive action, exposing its entire huge hull.

There must be no miss this time. The aimers almost put their eyes on the artillery mirrors. Almost at the same time, the command to fire was issued one after another. The shells accurately landed on the Japanese ship, bursting into flames. Then,

Thick smoke billowed from the Japanese ship.

There was a burst of cheers from the fort, and then more shells flew towards the Japanese ships. The water columns rising into the sky and the thick smoke from the Japanese ships contrasted beautifully. Each Japanese ship was injured to varying degrees, and the two leading Japanese ships were even more injured.

The two Japanese ships that were the focus of attention were also the most aggressive and the most aggressive.

The Japanese fleet suffered a little loss and saw the fierce firepower of the fort. Although I didn't understand what was going on, I had never seen the Chinese defenders so powerful. The fleet commander quickly ordered a retreat and had a duel with the coastal defense artillery. The warships could not take advantage.

, there are no roots in the water, but the shore defense guns are hidden in solid fortifications. On the warships, only thick gun barrels can be seen.

The Japanese ships turned the rudder and retreated, hoping to get out of the fire range of the coastal defense guns as quickly as possible. They fired back with their rear main guns. The two Japanese ships at the front had to make the final evacuation this time. It was also unlucky that they had been injured.

As for the weight, their movements were not very agile, and they were at the back. Can the soldiers of the 1st Air Defense Brigade let them go?

All the coastal defense artillery concentrated on shelling the two warships. The shells fell like raindrops on the Japanese ships. I saw the Japanese ships burst into flames. The hulls of the ships were pouring down more and more, and the speed was getting slower and slower. Among them,

A Japanese ship, possibly its bomb bay was hit

It was hit, maybe it was killed in the fire by a bomb. There was a violent explosion. The bow of the ship was raised high, and then suddenly fell to the sea. The huge hull was divided into two, broken from the middle, and created a whirlpool on the sea.

, submerged into the boundless sea in the blink of an eye.

To be continued

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