Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 81: Defense of Baoshan (1)

Yue Qianli was in a good mood when he returned to the Lion Grove position. The 140 reinforcements he got from the regiment commander basically made up for the gap in the past three days for the Second Battalion. Except for the wounded, the actual number of casualties was less than 140.
After the Japanese reduced the intensity of their attack, Yue Qianli had the idea of ​​using them to train his troops. When this idea came up, even he was frightened. It was too bold. That was the 11th Division, a permanent division of the Japanese Army. It was estimated that he was the only one among the 200 million National Army who dared to think so. He was truly a fearless time traveler.

Starting from the fourth day, Yue Qianli gradually brought the soldiers of the replacement team to the battlefield to compete with the Japanese in shooting, using the old to bring up the new. As long as they could survive, their skills and tactics would be greatly improved. The troops would be trained through actual combat, so that they could gradually adapt to the tactical system of the Second Battalion.

Since the intensity of the Japanese attack was not strong, this strategy worked very well, and hundreds of reinforcements were integrated into the Second Battalion in the brutal battlefield.

In Baoshan City, more than a dozen planes flew across the sky with murderous intent, and a string of bombs dropped from the sky, razing houses to the ground. The city was filled with thick smoke and blazing fires, and a century of wealth was destroyed in an instant;
The soldiers of Yaoying silently endured the ravages of the Japs, with the flames of hatred burning in their eyes. As long as they were alive, they would keep fighting. As long as they were alive, they would keep their positions.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Boom boom boom..."

The bombers in the sky had just left when rows of naval artillery shells came down from the surface of the Wusongkou River. The bandits wished they could wipe Baoshan City off the face of the earth.

After being destroyed by Japanese planes and naval guns, the walls of Baoshan City had been blown to pieces and collapsed in many places. All that could be seen were broken walls.

"Yoshi, the navy's red deer's artillery fire is really fierce, and the resources they have eaten and occupied are finally playing some role;
Under such fierce firepower, I really can't imagine how the Chinese in Baoshan City survived. The warriors can only collect the bodies of the Chinese. "

Colonel Takamori, the commander of the 68th Infantry Regiment, said proudly, and the senior staff officer, Major Toshiichi Yamaoka, took over and said:
"Sir, the defenders of Baoshan City previously sneakily attacked the First Battalion, and now they are stubbornly trying to use the city walls to block the advance of the Imperial Army.
Little do they know that this is no longer the Middle Ages, and in the face of powerful modern artillery, the city walls will only become a cage for the defenders. "

"Yoshi, Mr. Yamaoka, you used a good metaphor. The Chinese have been obsessed with building tall city walls since ancient times. In the era of cold weapons, they protected them from the harassment from the nomadic tribes in the north.
The times are progressing, but the Chinese have always been closed-minded and conservative, stubbornly clinging to their ancestors' antiques and regarding themselves as the Celestial Empire. Now, they can only become ruins under the imperial artillery fire!

Tell Major Miyauchi that the shame can only be washed away with the blood of the Chinese. I will give him one more chance. The Imperial Army must spend the night in Baoshan City before dark."

Major Yamaoka took the order and left with a "hey". He was now a little envious of that bastard Miyauchi, who could easily take the credit after losing the battle, while he could only gain experience in the regiment headquarters.

Major Miyauchi could not wait any longer. After receiving the order from the regiment headquarters, he personally led hundreds of Japanese soldiers to rush towards Baoshan City.
They had built more than a dozen siege ladders in advance. Although most of the walls had been blown into ruins, they still needed ladders to climb over them. The rubble was one or two meters high, which was still very high for the dwarf-like Japanese soldiers.

The reason why Major Miyauchi personally led the charge was not because he was not afraid of death, but because he also believed that there were only a few defenders left in the city, and they were just going through the motions.

In order to show his bravery to the captain, he tied a sanitary napkin on his head, which made him look very showy.
When the Japanese troops were about to rush to the city, Major Miyauchi stopped, slashed the air with his command knife, and shouted:

"Warriors, charge into the city, lift military discipline for one day, and leave no one alive!"

The devils were so excited that their blood boiled. Although their military discipline could be ignored, it was very tempting to completely lift it. It meant that they could do anything in the city. The carnival was about to begin... Groups of feces-yellow maggots climbed up the top of the city wall, making people feel sick from a distance. Captain Yao fiercely spat out a bubble of thick phlegm mixed with a lot of dust, and then roared:
"Open fire! Kill those damned Japs!"

This was very inspiring to hear. The officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion were greatly encouraged and fired wildly at the Japanese with their light and heavy weapons.
The "maggots" that were previously lying on the ruins fell down one after another, which was very relaxing to watch.

Major Miyauchi fell to the ground reflexively, rolled and crawled into a bomb crater, and then cursed:
"Bakayalu, did all these people emerge from the ground?
Warriors, charge forward and kill them all! "

The bravery of the Third Division was demonstrated at this moment. After being suddenly attacked, they not only did not retreat, but instead rushed forward screaming. After being killed, another group rushed forward. They seemed to have no fear of death, and the smell of blood only made them more crazy.

Captain Yao had long realized that the city wall could not be defended, so he only left a small number of observers on it, and urgently made some scarecrows and placed them on the wall to create a maze and attract the enemy's firepower.

He himself led the main force of the Third Battalion and ambushed in a block several dozen meters away from the city wall. When the Japanese soldiers densely climbed up the collapsed city wall, they became their living targets;
Even if there are some fish that slip through the net, it doesn't matter. Once they enter the open areas in the city, they will be eliminated by the machine gun fire of the Third Battalion. Every batch that comes in will be eliminated.

The Japanese were unable to deploy their troops and firepower and could only passively take the beating. Corpses were piled on the ground. The unlucky Major Miyauchi was once again pinned to the ground and rubbed by Battalion Commander Yao. The Miyauchi Battalion suffered heavy casualties.

The devils of the Third Division would not give up easily. Driven by their officers, they fearlessly crawled into the city, and were then killed by the light and heavy firepower of the Third Battalion, turning into shit-yellow corpses...

"Bakayalu, how could this happen? How did that bastard Miyauchi fight?"

Colonel Takamori was furious as he watched his soldiers being slaughtered, as the scene was the exact opposite of what he had imagined;

He thought it was just a journey to collect corpses, but it turned out to be their journey to death. He now wished he could kill Major Miyauchi with a single blow.

"Quick, blow the horn and tell them to retreat!

Order the artillery squadron to fire on the city!"

Ying Xiaosen was hurt and planned to use the regiment's artillery to retaliate and clear the way for the infantry.

The Japs' tactics were so simple and crude, the infantry charged and the artillery bombarded, the artillery bombarded and the infantry charged, back and forth like this;
One fresh trick, eaten all over the world!

(End of this chapter)