lovenovelstory Chapter 8 Assault Squad, Mortar Squad, Japanese Naval Guns Open Fire
Chapter 8 Assault Squad, Mortar Squad, Japanese Naval Guns Open Fire
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[Junior assault team]
Staff: 10 people.
装备武器：MP28伯格曼冲锋鎗*9（备弹350发）捷克式轻机枪*1（备弹500发）
Level: Beginner.
Merit Points: 200 points.
(MP28 submachine gun, modified with a straight magazine, with a magazine capacity of up to 50 rounds)
Bergman's MP18 submachine gun was considered the first true submachine gun in human history, and it proved its effectiveness in trench warfare and urban warfare during World War I.
The MP28 is an improved model with basically the same internal principle. The original snail-shaped drum magazine, which had a relatively high failure rate, was replaced with a straight magazine with a maximum capacity of 50 rounds.
Later, many domestic arms factories began to imitate it, and it was given a localized name – Huajiji (花機機).
Finally, there is the supply train team.
[Junior Logistics Team]
Staff: 8 people.
Equipment and weapons: 8 Zhongzheng rifles (90 rounds of ammunition), 8 Tieling draft horses, and 4 handcarts.
Level: Beginner.
Merit Points: 100 points.
This type of supply team is mainly responsible for transporting materials, and its load capacity can be increased through subsequent upgrades.
Among them, the weight of the draft horses from Northeast China is around 300 kilograms.
A pull wagon can increase the carrying capacity of a single draft horse to 1000 kilograms.
Six draft horses working in a row can pull a 75mm field gun or a 100mm howitzer weighing about 1700-1800 kg.
Without hesitation, Li Jianghe immediately purchased two mortar squads and one assault squad.
As for the supply team, Li Jianghe doesn't need it yet, since the team hasn't reached the point of withdrawal.
The squad leader of the assault team was named Wang Dayong. He was tall and strong, with a thick beard, and you could tell where he was from just by the way he spoke.
"The best dish in our area is chicken stew with mushrooms."
Just then, Long Wenzhang ran over.
"Company commander, the Japanese are coming. There are quite a few of them. Squad Leader Lin said there are at least two companies."
Li Jianghe felt a chill run down his spine, thinking that it was probably the battalion where Kameda was stationed that had come to provide reinforcements.
The two companies of Japanese soldiers, plus the personnel directly under the battalion, numbered at least five or six hundred.
It seems the Japanese are planning to launch a counterattack as soon as it's light.
"How's the bunker digging going with the engineers?"
Li Jianghe asked.
Under the firepower of large-caliber naval guns, all buildings are rendered useless.
Only underground bunkers can guarantee the survival rate of soldiers.
Fortunately, there was a basement beneath the grain warehouse, which was sufficient to withstand naval gunfire.
There is only one exit, and if the buildings above are destroyed, they could be buried alive.
So after the first wave of fighting ended, these engineers continued to dig fortifications, adding three more exits to the basement.
"It's all dug. Those engineering brothers are really strong. They dug the soil like they were flying."
Long Wenzhang couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
"Messenger, order all squads to enter the underground bunkers immediately at daybreak, leaving only a few observation posts outside."
After saying this, Li Jianghe looked at the eastern sky, where the lukewarm sun had already risen.
On the river, the Japanese army's super-large caliber naval guns were also slowly adjusting the height of their muzzles, finally stopping after reaching a certain level.
(A Japanese warship from World War II, showing its massive caliber guns)
Flags were waving, and Japanese soldiers were shouting.
"Adjust firing parameters!!! Rapid fire!!! Fire!!!"
After a series of commands, the massive ship shuddered, and large-caliber naval shells burst from the gun barrels with a deafening roar.
"Whoosh whoosh!!!!"
A sharp whistling sound came as 203mm and 152mm naval gun shells crashed down on the streets surrounding the grain depot in an instant.
Even while hiding in the basement, everyone could clearly feel the vibrations coming from above.
At the same time, the grain warehouse, which was made of reinforced concrete, was also hit by a 203mm shell.
The warehouse was almost completely destroyed in the instant of the explosion.
Feeling the intense vibrations coming from above, Li Jianghe's nerves tightened. He thought to himself, "Those damn Japanese devils, their naval guns are pretty ruthless."
The National Revolutionary Army was truly courageous, holding Shanghai against the Japanese naval and air force firepower.
At the same time, Japanese battalion commander Yuto Amaga was using his binoculars to observe the streets covered by naval gunfire.
"Spectacular, what an incredibly magnificent sight! It's even more breathtaking than the sunrise over the sea."
As he observed, Yuto Tenyu exclaimed in admiration, as if he were appreciating a work of art.
"You truly deserve to be a graduate of the art department; such a scene evokes only death and flames in my mind."
"I am smiling," said Honda Shigeaki, the battalion staff officer standing to the side.
Tianyu Yongdou chuckled and said:
"In fact, war and painting are interconnected. We used the blood of Chinese people to color the map of the Great Japanese Empire. Isn't that the true art of painting belonging to us soldiers?"
Honda raised an eyebrow.
"What an interesting angle. It's a pity that Kameda-kun won't be able to see such a magnificent view."
Tenyu Yudou was also quite disappointed, and sighed:
"It's a bit of a pity. The soldiers who came back said that Mr. Kameda died in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. It was quite a heroic death."
At this point, he turned around and sighed, saying:
"After this battle is over, I will paint an oil painting for Kameda-kun and send it to his wife as a token of my condolences."
After speaking, he turned his gaze back to the battlefield ahead.
Under the barrage of naval gunfire, not a blade of grass remained. Yuuto Tenyu had no idea how these enemies were going to survive.
"Order the troops to launch a counterattack immediately after the artillery bombardment ends."
Xu Dingguo looked at the streets covered by naval gunfire and his heart sank.
He knew it was over; Li Jianghe and his company were about to be wiped out.
No unit could withstand such a density of naval gunfire.
Previously, a division of the Sichuan Army suffered heavy casualties in less than 24 hours under the firepower of the Japanese navy and air force.
Moreover, Li Jianghe only had a few dozen people.
A reinforced company of more than two hundred Japanese soldiers advanced rapidly, approaching the block that had been shelled.
Finally, as the sound of cannon fire subsided, Yuuto Tenyu drew his katana.
"Samurai!! Charge!!!"
These Japanese soldiers quickly advanced, rushing forward in small squads towards the streets that had been bombed into ruins.
Inside the basement, the moment the cannon fire stopped, Li Jianghe roared:
"Brothers, proceed according to the plan!"
"yes!!!"
The crowd roared in unison and rushed out through the newly dug exit.
As for the exit that was previously in the grain warehouse, it had long been buried by the ruins and was no longer usable.
The reinforced concrete warehouse was also hit by several naval gun shells and was almost completely razed to the ground.
More than two hundred Japanese soldiers simultaneously advanced towards the street ahead.
All around were the sounds of Type 5 military boots pounding on the ground and slightly rapid breathing.
Besides that, no enemy corpses were found, and no one opened fire to stop them.
This allowed the Japanese soldiers to relax their tense nerves slightly.
That's true; with that kind of naval gunfire, even the most tenacious cockroach would find it hard to escape death.
Wang Dayong, a man from Northeast China, is holding an MP28 submachine gun.
Finally, when the Japanese soldiers entered the ambush area, he suddenly roared.
"Beat them! Beat these bastards to death!!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the assault squad soldiers who were the first to engage the Japanese troops began firing their Bergmann submachine guns incessantly.