Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 244

Chapter 244 No distinction between each other

As far as the eye can see, a huge gap was blown out of the city wall a hundred meters away.

The rammed earth, which was as strong as stone and had stood proudly despite hundreds of years of wind and rain, was extremely fragile in the face of the power of the 105 howitzer. The collapsed loess and blue bricks formed a huge gentle **** inside and outside the city wall!

The Japanese infantry may be able to attack the city on this gentle **** with bayonets in hand.

However, this was not the reason why his heart was clenching tightly.

The gap will become a breakthrough point for the Japanese army, and may also become a sad place for the Japanese army. Without the threat of artillery, the crossfire formed by various light and heavy machine guns installed inside Cangcheng would definitely turn the target's extremely obvious gap into a Japanese cemetery.

The autumn wind from the south of the Yangtze River blew over, further blowing away the gunpowder smoke. The two signal soldiers who emerged looked around with dull eyes. The green-tiled and white-walled Jiangnan buildings in Cangcheng that once had a garden style were bombarded by terrible artillery fire. The small bridge was in a mess. The houses in Liushui were no longer seen, leaving only clusters of darkness and ruins.

The residential area outside Cangcheng is not much better. Many residential buildings have been reduced to rubble, and even more residential buildings are set on fire with billowing black smoke.

In fact, the Japanese artillery fire did not completely stop. After the wild bombing of Cangcheng and the ravaging of the residential areas outside the city wall, the artillery fire continued to extend forward, all the way to the inside of Songjiang City, and there were still groups of terrifying fireballs rising into the sky in Songjiang City. , the rumbling explosions were still deafening.

But these are not the reasons why the young deputy squad leader is worried.

He remembered that more than 150 meters away from him was the observation post fortification of the 67th Army. They also sent three observation posts. When the six soldiers were assigned to their posts, they also met across a small river flowing inside the city. , both sides know what the other is going to do.

So, six soldiers who originally belonged to two infantry corps and had never met each other saluted each other. It was not only a tribute to each other's bravery, but also a different kind of farewell.

No one knows if they can come back after setting foot on the city.

Now, the three observation posts of the 43rd Army are very lucky and lucky to survive.

What about the comrades of the 67th Army who raised their right hands with them? Why are none of them missing?

However, he couldn't care about it for now and looked towards the direction of the Japanese position 500 meters away.

ˆThe vaguely yellow figures are moving. Apparently, they are making preparations for an attack.

Farther away, several black figures were moving towards this side with rumbling black smoke.

That's a Japanese tank.

The Japanese army was about to start attacking even before the artillery fire stopped. Their determination was much stronger than imagined.

“Go and notify the battalion commander!” Without any time to hesitate, the young deputy squad leader shouted at his two soldiers who had not yet recovered from the heavy shelling.

He himself picked up the rifle and pointed into the distance "Bang! Bang! Bang!" and emptied the magazine filled with five bullets in one breath.

It was shooting, but it was not an attack in the true sense. The main purpose of the young deputy squad leader was to use the sound of gunfire to warn his comrades in the bomb shelters who could hear it, although he also knew that the same could be said in the rumbling sound of gunfire. The comrades whose ears were buzzing were most likely unable to hear.

But this is his mission.

In line with the principle of not wasting bullets, his gun was pointed at the Japanese army in the distance that he could barely see clearly. What if! If you're lucky, even a blind cat can encounter a dead mouse, right?

After firing five bullets, the young deputy squad leader ran wildly along the city wall to the other wall, shouting loudly as he ran: "Brothers of the 67th Army, come out quickly, the Japanese are coming."

Although the location where the howitzer exploded was at the top of the city wall where the 3rd Company of the 43rd Army was responsible, it was actually at the corner of the wall and was closer to the observation post on the 67th Army's side.

It is not impossible for a bad person to be knocked unconscious in the fortifications.

However, no one responded.

Until he rushed to the gap on the wall belonging to the defense of the 67th Army, no one could come out to respond to him. First there was a look of misery on his face, and then he suddenly realized. He took out the cotton from his ears and continued to shout hopefully: "I almost forgot to plug my ears. Brothers from the 67th Army, come out."

However, except for the crackling sound of burning wood and the distant rumble of cannons, no one responded at the top of the city.

The voice of the young deputy squad leader seemed to be swallowed up at once.

The clear sight before him told him that no one could respond to him.

A fortification point built with sandbags and roof beams that could withstand infantry artillery collapsed not far from him.

Although the howitzer did not hit the fortification directly, they were too close after all. The huge shock wave actually caused such a strong fortification to collapse. It was covered with more than a thousand kilograms of sandbags. The fate of the soldiers hiding inside was terrible. Just imagine.

A fortification farther away was directly turned into a charred and ruined place along with the wall stacks. It seemed that it should have been hit by a 75-caliber field gun from the front.

The main attack coordinate of the Japanese artillery is Cangcheng. At least now it seems that the concentrated fire of dozens of artillery has not been in vain, and even the fortifications on the top of the city wall have been destroyed.

The young deputy squad leader's tears came down like a swipe, turning his face, which had been darkened by gunpowder smoke, into a big painted face.

He didn't recognize the three Northeastern Army soldiers who saluted each other and turned to leave. In fact, because they all participated in the construction of fortifications as soon as they arrived, their heads and faces were covered with dust and sweat, making it difficult to see their facial features.

He doesn't know whether the other person is the eldest brother or the younger brother. The only thing he can tell is that the other person is blue, they are black, and the common enemy is **** yellow.

But when they came here, whether it was the Northeast Army or the Sichuan Army, their number 750 was Paoze. Just like what his Battalion Commander Liu, who was afraid of death, said at the swearing-in meeting of all garrison troops in Cangcheng at noon: "What a bastard, this time Old Liu's mother-in-law really wants to bring her children and remarry! Brothers present , I don't care whether you are from the 67th Army or our 43rd Army, as long as there are any of you who can leave this place alive, remember to help me bring a message to my mother-in-law, saying that I am sorry for her and my baby.

If I receive the pension, half of it will be given to her as a gift for her remarriage, and the other half will be sent to her to help me send it back to my hometown. As a son, I have to support the old man no matter what. That's it. "

The young deputy squad leader saw that most of the blue and black people present at the time had red eyes, but when they sat together and looked at each other, their eyes were not only firm but also recognized.

They are the 67th Army transferred from the North China battlefield, the 43rd Army who returned from the Battle of Dachang Town, and the Songjiang Army stationed together in Cangcheng. They can rely on each other to bring back the comrades and robes entrusted to each other.

They are one.

But now, it's gone.

A few minutes later, when a major of the Northeast Army led the soldiers towards the city, he saw a young Sichuan army digging frantically in the rubble on the city, trying to dig out his unknown name, Pao Ze. , his hands were already dripping with blood.

My heart suddenly felt miserable.

Everyone knows that once buried in a fortification, the possibility of coming out alive is almost zero, not to mention several other fortifications destroyed by artillery fire.

However, even though they knew that this Sichuan soldier was doing useless work, the Northeastern troops who rushed up were all extremely grateful. Perhaps it was because of his efforts that he gave his brothers a glimmer of life.

This scene may forever be engraved in the hearts of the Northeast Army soldiers who survived the extremely cruel Battle of Cangcheng.

The troops garrisoned in Cangcheng no longer distinguish between each other, but are truly one.

Just before the war broke out.

(End of this chapter)

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