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Text Chapter 430 Fighting on the Western Front!  (eleven)

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    Let us put aside the boring statistical statistics and the subsequent memoirs, follow in the footsteps of one person to witness the siege of the Rennevale-Shire Valley, which was later hailed as the "Roar of the Dragon" in Europe and the United States, and witness an army  The birth of the Tenacious Iron Army.

    His name is Du Zishan, 23 years old, from Heze, Shandong, and a former worker at the German Coal Factory in Qingdao.  During the Sino-Japanese War in 1914, he was praised for helping wounded soldiers and joined the National Society. In the same year, he voluntarily became a registered national reserve soldier in Shandong Province. In July 1916, he was drafted into the army and went to the Western Front in France.  In November, he participated in the "Hundred Days of Fighting" and was promoted to corporal with second-class merit. In this capacity, he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Company, 3rd Platoon, 883rd Infantry Regiment, 88th Armored Brigade as a sergeant.  When the Haidongqing fighter plane passed overhead and dropped the messenger bamboo tube, 35 hours had passed since he jumped into the German trenches in the Avila Valley.  Of course, he doesn't know now that there are still 31 hours left before the end of "Dragon's Roar".

    At that time, his location was still 8 kilometers away from Artini, 37 kilometers away from Rinivert, and 46 kilometers away from the Shire Valley.

    "Oil drum, unload the oil drum." In the sunset, he and everyone unloaded the oil drum from the accompanying truck.  A 180 kilogram barrel of gasoline is just enough for the T2 infantry support vehicle to drink, but the company not only has infantry support vehicles, but also fire support and transport types, so after carrying the barrel, he turned around and got busy again.  The last four oil barrels left him panting. After taking out the compressed biscuits and luncheon meat and devouring them, the company commander had returned from the meeting.

    Decades later, Du Zishan clearly remembered that the company commander looked very bad at that time.  No!  I should say extremely bad.

    "Check the equipment gather all the ammunition, we are going to do a big deal!" the company commander shouted loudly while checking the readiness of each vehicle.  The tone was like a replica of whether to eat flat noodles or wontons in the eight hundred miles of water in Liangshan.  Du Zishan did not dare to neglect him. Although the company commander was only a few years older than him, he had a very strong temper. He had previously encountered a German infantry battalion that resisted tenaciously. Because two brothers had died, he ordered the tanks to be released even though they had been injured and could not move.  Run over.

    So, everyone said never to reason with the company commander.  That guy is just a lunatic who doesn't recognize his relatives!

    ?? Du Zishan used an American-made m1912 shotgun. He replenished two basic ammunition when he set off. It didn¡¯t consume much along the way, so it was enough.  But after seeing the tank machine gunner carrying a captured German MG8 heavy machine gun and four boxes of 500 rounds of ammunition into the vehicle and fixing them with rivets and ropes next to his 25mm rapid-fire gun, he immediately realized that he was seriously under fire.  insufficient!  Fortunately, many weapons were seized along the way.  So he specially picked a Mauser 98k rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition. After thinking about it, he picked up a captured German-made Sten submachine gun. Finally, he did not forget to bring four 20-round magazines and a 300-round 9  mm bullet box.  Of course, if he carried it all on his body, he would probably be exhausted without fighting, so like everyone else, he hung the selected weapons on the armored vehicle, and stuffed the ammunition behind the steel plate for easy access at any time.

    ? 5 o'clock in the afternoon.  The brigade commander gave the order to set off.

    A total of 128 T2 infantry support vehicles, 24 fire support vehicles, 85 transport vehicles and 47 trucks and 300 pack horses from our own brigade were captured along the way.  The 103rd Division, which had been following behind, also deployed a bicycle combat engineer regiment to strengthen the 883rd Regiment.

    The 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion, where Du Zishan belongs, has 14 infantry support vehicles and 8 transport vehicles. I wonder if the company commander is related to the brigade commander, and finally got 4 fire support vehicles and matching ammunition vehicles.  But at this time, in addition to the already packed ammunition trucks, 14 support vehicles were equipped with 70-mm infantry guns and filled with soldiers. As for the transport vehicle he was riding in, it was even more crowded. The open carriage that originally seated 6 people was already packed with soldiers.  After 10 people were crammed in and 6 people were seated on the folding chairs, there were still 4 guys who were a step too slow and just stood there holding on to the steel plate to drink in the wind.

    The almost crowded situation made Du Zishan doubt whether the car could start.  But in fact, the armored vehicle was very relaxed, and its speed was much faster than before coming.  On the contrary, the direction confused everyone, because the convoy actually turned back to the south.  It also changed the one-line column that came when it came. It was divided into nine lines in company units, and they drove back nearly ten kilometers side by side.  Filling up gas and weapons, and finally crowding in with so many people. These unusual behaviors made everyone realize that something was wrong, so they lost interest in talking.  Most of them lowered their heads to either check their guns or organize their things. Even the lively little Sichuan didn't speak.  By the way, Xiao Sichuan was the infantryman he rushed out to rescue when they broke through the valley entrance. Dozens of hours later, the two of them had become buddies who talked about everything.

    ??????? France is really a great place.  In the sunset.  The land was so flat that there wasn't even a wide ditch. As far as the eye could see, there were all enviable fertile fields.  "What the hell, you deserve to be beaten for dominating such a good place." Du Zishan cursed a few words with envy in his heart, and then turned to look back.  Following closely behind were the three trucks assigned to their company, which were slower than the armored vehicles that ignored obstacles.  From time to time there are obstacles to get around.  Behind the truck is a company of the Combat Engineer Regiment sent by the 103rd Division.? Riding a bicycle, in addition to ammunition bags and machine guns, there were dozens of blasting tubes.  According to veterans of the 88th Brigade, these are violent elements of the 103rd Guard Division who find it their greatest pleasure to study and blow up enemy fortifications into the sky.  Yes, a blasting tube weighing just a few kilograms can blow up a closed building, but isn't it like flying into the sky and flying on an airplane?  But even without this unique skill, no one dares to look down upon them as long as they think about these masters who have emerged from the bloody sea of ????Qingdao Battle.

    At the end is the main force of the 103rd Division trotting all the way. As for the 202nd Division, I heard that they will continue to go to Artini.  However, the armored vehicle accelerated significantly when returning, so the shadow of the 103rd Division infantryman Pao Ze was soon no longer visible.

    By 7 o'clock in the evening, the 1st Company had run back 20 kilometers, when gunfire suddenly came from the front.

    Without any hesitation, Du Zishan jumped out of the car with everyone.  He took the Mauser 98k rifle because he was afraid that the shotgun would be too short-range to be useful. Of course, he was not willing to throw it in the car, but carried two guns on his back at the same time.  Fortunately, he is stronger than ordinary people, so carrying two guns and so much ammunition does not affect his tactical movements much.  The bullet was fired from a row of bushes in front. Because it was dark, it was impossible to see the target clearly. Only the reflected light from the fire point could vaguely be seen. There should be a ditch behind the bushes blocking the view.  Since night strafing requires identifying the target first, the squad leader hid next to the armored vehicle and shouted for the leading soldiers to go up and attract the enemy.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? He grabbed his tongue, and even cleared mines at the critical moment He even let no one live!  Unfortunately, Du Zishan was the top soldier in the class, and so was Xiao Sichuan, so the two of them rushed forward bravely.  Little Sichuan is short in stature but can run fast.  He rushed forward forty or fifty meters in a few quick steps, then jumped down and waited.  Seeing that he was ready, Du Zishan gritted his teeth and ran forward, when a bullet grazed his ear and flew past.

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    The feeling of bullets flying against his scalp made all the hairs on his body explode. When he saw a "mound" in front of him, he lay down behind to act as a cover without thinking.  But after lying down, I realized that it was actually a big pile of cow dung.  "Bah!" At this moment, there was a loud sound of gunfire, and hundreds of fire points suddenly appeared from behind the bushes.  Several of the leading soldiers who ran out at the same time were caught off guard and fell to the ground.  A heavy machine gun rang out behind him Du Zishan turned his head and saw the machine gunner in his car holding the captured Maxim MG8 water-cooled heavy machine gun tightly and spraying bullets neatly along the bushes from left to right.  Once again, but it was obviously dwarfed by the guy in the car next to him, because that guy had a more terrifying 12.7mm Venom Fang heavy machine gun in his car.

    "Boom, boom, boom" White smoke spewed out from behind the armored vehicle, and four 80mm mortars opened fire. As for the fire support vehicle further behind, they were reluctant to part with the 160 heavy artillery shells, so they all hid and watched from a distance.  Big drama.  The smell of cow dung made Du Zishan particularly uncomfortable. Seeing an opportunity, he quickly jumped up and ran towards the big tree on the left.  When a string of bullets chased his footsteps, he finally used the light from the machine gun to see clearly the enemy on the opposite side.  There was about a company of Germans hiding behind a bush, a drainage ditch just enough to hide their bodies.  Since it is a company.  Du Zishan had to be cautious, because most German companies carried Maxim heavy machine guns, which were absolute infantry killers.

    Taking advantage of the opportunity for the enemy to be suppressed by vehicle-borne firepower, Du Zishan put on his accustomed shotgun and slowly crawled towards the bushes. At this moment, Xiao Sichuan was also crawling forward like him. After the two exchanged glances from a distance, they  The grenade was drawn about the same time.

    It's now!

    When the heavy machine gun behind him once again ravaged the bushes in front of him, Du Zishan took advantage of the moment when the opponent had not raised his head, suddenly jumped up and threw the grenade out. At the same time as the grenade exploded, the M1912 shotgun had fired three rounds.  bullet.  The bullet, which could kill even Alaskan caribou with one shot, exploded and sprayed out a sheet of lead, directly blocking a large area in front of it.  At this time, Xiao Sichuan also threw a grenade, but the guy had a 12-type rifle in his hand, so after running a few steps and firing two shots, he had to lie down and prepare the second grenade. Unlike Du Zishan, who just forced a shotgun to clear the way and cleared the way.  forest.

    But they and all the infantry had no room to play, because an infantry support vehicle with small sandbags hanging on the front had already rushed over.  This is not in compliance with the rules of engagement at night.  Tanks generally won't come up until the infantry has a thorough understanding of the enemy, which shows that the company commander is in a hurry.  Fortunately, the German army did not have artillery or heavy machine guns. The Han III heavy machine gun, which was much smaller than the Maxim, rushed directly into the 50 meters and swept through the bushes. Within a moment, there was no sound behind it.  After Du Zishan rushed in, he saw that the dry canal was already filled with German soldiers, and those who survived were killed by the swarming infantry.

    "Clean the battlefield and move all weapons onto the vehicle." The company commander was unceremonious. In his eyes, there were only dead enemies and living enemies.

    It was only later that Du Zishan found out why the company commander was anxious, and also knew that this was not a fierce encounter.The encounter was just the prelude to a long and bitter battle.

    The troops soon continued on the road. When the pocket watch pointer almost reached 10 o'clock, everyone felt that hundreds of drums were suddenly stuffed into their eardrums, so hard that they could no longer feel the beating of their hearts!  The front was filled with flames and smoke like blood. At this time, the company commander finally told everyone why he came back.

    The French are defeated!  If you want to save the 100,000 soldiers from the 5 infantry divisions that intercepted the German army, you must kill the German First Army in the encirclement at all costs!  Let the enemy lose reinforcement targets.  Commander Yue's order is simpler, fight to the end!  Whoever retreats will be killed!  The purpose of this order is to quickly resolve the battle and go home for dinner. Of course, you must eat if you don¡¯t want to, otherwise you will be shot.  When Du Zishan secretly thought that the commander was "despicable", he saw the company commander pull out a machine gun from the corner of his eye, and his heart suddenly trembled. He believed that the crazy company commander would definitely execute the order "strictly and happily".

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? The one hundred thousand brothers who went to France together can¡¯t just watch someone die, why don¡¯t they just do business quickly?  With this idea in mind, everyone quickly dispersed.  At this time, the company commander also began to remind: "Pay attention to the formation, run with the armored vehicle as the center, don't rush in front of the vehicle, and remember the essentials of combat!".

    As the company commander shouted, his comrades from the 103rd Division riding bicycles behind him also caught up.  In order to unify their actions, the two company commanders discussed and merged the troops into a reinforced company, so that there were a total of 264 soldiers.  But what makes Du Zishan strange is that at this moment, he can only judge from the fire point in the distance that there are probably three armored companies around, but the remaining five have disappeared.  Later I learned that Brigadier Xue personally led five companies to take a detour to the Shire Valley, where the open terrain allowed T2 tanks and armored vehicles to take full advantage.  More than a hundred armored vehicles suddenly appeared from behind, completely disrupting the German army.  The five German divisions, which had no chance to build fortifications because they were in a hurry, were eventually surrounded by an expeditionary force twice their size for 30 hours and collapsed due to chaos in the rear.

    Later, there was a little story circulated in the 88th Armored Brigade. After an armored company suddenly emerged from the woods at night, it unexpectedly encountered a German heavy artillery regiment that was completely unprepared and on standby. As a result, more than 20 armored vehicles and more than 200 infantry companies swept through  With the crushing force, all the two thousand German soldiers who were eating were killed, and 24 150-weight howitzers were also captured.  As for whether it was true or not no one could confirm it afterwards, because they were afraid of arousing the sadness of the Germans, so the veterans of the company all shook their heads and said nothing when talking about it later.  But it doesn¡¯t matter whether this thing exists or not.  Everyone can see Commander Yue's ability to grasp the battlefield and tactics. It is precisely because he sensed the threat and decisively used the light infantry movement that the expeditionary force is best at to intersperse before the heavy equipment has fully arrived.  The brigade organized tactics such as quick attack and quick withdrawal, which caught the heavily armed German troops off guard. In the end, it was confirmed that more than 40% of the heavy equipment of the German army was disrupted and captured without being used at all.

    Of course, at this moment, Du Zishan's mind was filled with the red-hot sky more than ten kilometers ahead, which was another place of death in the siege. The small town of Reniwell, which had been occupied by the German army for two years and had relatively complete defenses.

    70 infantry guns were first unloaded and pulled away to avoid damage to the fish pond, and then the four fire support vehicles assigned to the company quickly turned around and raised the barrels.  After the scouts ran back and informed them of the coordinates, four 160 heavy mortars took the lead and fired violently at the enemy in front at a rate of two mortars per minute.  The explosion and orange-red fireball suddenly focused attention on the German troops in front and stunned them. By the time they turned around, four fire support vehicles had fired 32 rounds.  and the protective infantry began to shift positions.

    As soon as they withdrew, the infantry support vehicles and transport vehicles immediately fanned out and moved forward. At this time, most of the transport vehicles were heavy machine guns and light machine guns. It is estimated that the company commander used them as fire support vehicles.  The rumble of the engine soon attracted the enemy's attention.  The blocking German troops appeared a thousand meters away, and artillery shells began to fall between the "fans". From time to time, comrades were hit by explosive shrapnel and fell to the ground.  Finally, he was carried to the back by medical soldiers.

    As the distance got closer, a German 47mm artillery hit a fire support vehicle in the middle of the team. While the vehicle emitted black smoke, it was also damaged by a 25mm machine gun that penetrated the mantlet.  Without artillery, the German army could only rely on two Maxims for emergency relief. However, the Maxim was not powerful enough to penetrate the front of the T2 armored vehicle. Instead, many people were killed by the vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns and machine cannons.  After the armored vehicle approached 50 meters, the two Maxims declared misfire.  "Brothers, kill" Xiao Sichuan waved his hand and shouted loudly, rushing out from behind the chariot as if he was the company commander.  I don¡¯t know who he exchanged a machine gun with, and he was involved in the German army in just a few seconds.  Du Zishan was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he followed him and rushed into the German position.  As expected, this guy was probably too excited!  He actually forgot to pull the trigger of the machine gun, which fires up to three bullets at a time. So after killing a German soldier, he forgot to press his finger again when faced with two German soldiers who suddenly emerged from behind the dark woods.  Fortunately, both of them were startled by the sudden raising of the muzzle of the gun. When they realized that there were no bullets and were ready to shoot, Du Zishan had already rushed forward and fired a deer hunting bullet.

    Encountering a sneak attack from behind under unknown circumstances at night is a serious threat to any army.?They are all fatal, so the German army also tried their best!  Bullets and grenades flew over like crazy, and Du Zishan was almost hit by shrapnel several times.  After the fright just now, Xiao Sichuan finally calmed down. The two of them cooperated very well with a shotgun and a submachine gun, and soon they and their comrades were able to clear out the enemy.  But when we were cleaning the battlefield, everyone felt uncomfortable because 11 brothers from the 1st Company actually died in order to clear out the German troops blocking the way.

    "Kill every one you see!" Facing the remains of his comrades, ice shards popped out of the company commander's mouth!  Now without Commander Yue's strict order, everyone's eyes were red.

    The tanks continued to attack the areas where the artillery fire was the most intense, and the night became darker and darker.  At 11pm.  After successively killing several small groups of intercepted German troops, the 1st Company finally arrived at a forest only 6 kilometers away from Reniwell, and at the same time made its first major achievement.  On the railway passing through the woods, a German transport train was seized and was being repaired because the track was damaged by bombing.  At that time, this train was preparing to transport a large Bertha gun used in the attack on Verdun and two German-made 280mm heavy siege guns produced in 1916 to prevent them from falling into the enemy's hands.  The result was 1 company cheaper.  Du Zishan and Xiao Sichuan excitedly measured the 420 mm caliber cannon with their hands. It could definitely fit a person into it. Unfortunately, the Germans carefully transported the shells and cannons separately, so these three cannons were not used in the subsequent tragic city attack.  It didn't work, otherwise we wouldn't have played so hard.

    During the break, the scouts brought back many scattered friendly troops one after another, including those from the 208th Division and the 231st Division.  A total of 572 brothers joined the 1st company with two heavy machine guns and two 70mm infantry cannons.  The company commander raised his eyebrows. There are now a total of 21 vehicles, 4 70mm guns, 6 80mm mortars (the heavy mortars have already left the formation), 12 heavy machine guns and 821 infantry. There are 1 company in it.  There are brothers who are veterans of the 103rd Division, and of course there are also new skirmishers.  Later I found out that this was the most faces in the company that night.  Subsequently, staff reduction continued.

    The 1st company has almost become the 1st regiment. Unfortunately, the establishment is temporary, so we continue to use the 1st company number.  A big increase in strength will naturally lead to big votes.  So after discussion, several officers decided to rely on the armored company's cover to attack Huanglong from the north, where the defense was weak.

    After resting for 2 hours, the 1st Company hit the road again. Just after walking 2 kilometers, it encountered the most violent blockage. Two German infantry regiments blocked the last section of the road. Maxim's rain of bullets took away 73 comrades and 3 others.  An armored vehicle was destroyed.  Relying on the 70 infantry artillery to provide close fire support, the company commander frantically directed the remaining armored vehicles to rush left and right. Relying on the powerful Venomous Fang heavy machine guns and machine guns, he finally opened a gap and completed the breakthrough. When Du Zishan and everyone swarmed up to kill them.  After entering the German position, the German troops with tenacious fighting will were quickly routed by a continuous barrage of grenades and machine guns.

    ??At 4 o'clock in the morning, the 1st Company appeared north of Reniwell.  The battlefield at that time was very chaotic, with shells and shouts from all directions, including infantry comrades from other divisions and German troops who were tenaciously defending.  Du Zishan only remembered one thing. The clock tower in Ruiniweier City Square in the firelight was very tall and beautiful, but later he hated this beautiful clock tower.

    News of the arrival of 4 armored companies almost at the same time.  To the delight of the infantry comrades who had been unable to open up the situation in the face of the city's perfect defense, the last 70 T2 armored vehicles of the four armored companies after a simple reorganization began to attack the north of the city under the order of the commander of the 227th Division.

    The shells rushing out of the city hit the left and right sides of Duzi Mountain like raindrops, and the black soil stirred up almost submerged the armored vehicles. The waves of heat waves made people feel like they had entered midsummer!  Du Zishan, who was hiding behind the armored vehicle, had no other thoughts in his mind at this time. He just numbly followed the armored vehicle to charge, shoot, lie down and charge again!

    A shallow river blocked the steps of the armored vehicle. Du Zishan couldn't help but jump into the cold river and waded across the river. Machine gun fire from the city on the other side killed many of his comrades before they reached the other side just a few meters away.  After Du Zishan climbed ashore, he felt that his lungs were on fire. He turned around and looked at the corpses already covered with a layer of corpses on the river.

    Braving the hail of bullets, he and Xiao Sichuan rushed behind the nearest house. The bricks temporarily blocked the bullets. The two looked at each other and felt extremely lucky.  But before he could regain his breath, someone shouted from behind: "Don't stop, occupy the house, kill those machine guns, and protect the armored vehicles crossing the river!" Turning around, he saw that the madman company commander had raised his gun and acted like an infantryman to cross the river.  His clothes and pants were covered in blood, and there were even a few shallow blood stains on his cheeks.

    When the war reaches this level, everyone is actually helpless. Regardless of whether you are afraid or not, or whether you want to fight or not, you must grit your teeth and charge upward. If you want to survive, you must kill the enemy.

    The German army obviously has very good experience in urban warfare. Several heavy machine guns crossed and blocked the road tightly. Two combat engineers of the 103rd Division were mowed down before they even got close to them with their blasting canisters.  Du Zishan took a deep breath and moved forward slowly, leaning against the wall and Little Sichuan. When he reached the intersection, as soon as he put his head down to observe a string of bullets, stones flew across the brick wall above his head. He was so frightened that he crouched down and rushed towards the opposite side.  Ta-ta-ta-taa machine gun hitsAs he continued to shoot, tiny dust pillars broke out from the road under his feet.

    After rushing across the street, he and Xiao Sichuan quickly got into the shops along the street, preparing to go around and kill the most threatening machine gun. Unexpectedly, a German soldier rushed out as soon as he took a step forward.  The sharp bayonet stabbed hard.

    "Brother Du, be careful!" Xiao Sichuan let out a loud cry and swept the machine gun in his hand diagonally. While the German soldiers were out of reach to prevent him from falling, the tip of the bayonet still cut Du Zishan's arm.

    "Are you okay?"

    "It's okay, kidwe'll clear it up this time."

    The two gasped and comforted each other.  Then he continued to touch inside. Fortunately, no German troops rushed out again, and he successfully reached the back.  The raging Maxim machine gun was right at the second-floor window across the street, and under the window was the corpse of a comrade holding a blasting barrel.  "Cover me" Du Zishan shouted, and after throwing two grenades with Little Sichuan, he quickly ran to his comrades to pick up the blasting tube. Little Sichuan also quickly aimed his submachine gun at the window and fired.  Dense sparks lit up from around the window.  The machine gun silenced for an instant, but two rifles poked out of the window on the right, pointing at Little Sichuan and firing continuously.  Thanks to his cleverness, he immediately hid behind the wall after firing a bunch of bullets. At this moment, Du Zishan had unscrewed the cover of the blasting tube, pulled the string and stuffed the blasting tube into the window below the machine gun.

    Boom After a violent explosion, half of the house collapsed, and the German heavy machine gun squad that lost cover was immediately exposed to everyone.  Two light machine guns fired at the collapsed area almost at the same time. Only the sound of bullets hitting steel was heard, and the machine gun point was completely destroyed.  Du Zishan gasped and pressed himself against the wall to shake off the dust on his head.  Just when he was about to poke his head out to see if it was completely destroyed, a black figure swooped over and pushed him to the ground, while at the same time there were several muffled grunts coming from his back.

    Du Zishan was so frightened that he rolled and crawled away from the black shadow and hid in the ruins. He raised his gun and turned around, only to find that the black shadow turned out to be the crazy company commander!  At this moment, two bottomless blood holes appeared on his back.  No matter how stupid you are, you know that the company commander must have discovered the opponent's gunman and had no time to notify him, so he blocked the bullet with his body.

    "Company Commander! Company Commander"

    Although he had not spoken a few words to the company commander after joining the 88th Brigade, he now felt as if something was being dug out of his chest, so he frantically tried to stop the bleeding with his hands, but all he could do was make his hands blood.  It had no effect at all on the outside. The company commander who everyone said was crazy didn't even leave a single word, and closed his eyes forever for the soldiers who rescued him.

    "Brother Du, the company commanderis dead! Get out of here quickly, I'm afraid enemy shells will come over soon!"

    Xiao Sichuan and several comrades came over and came to comfort him when they saw him holding the company commander's body.  Du Zishan actually knew in his heart that he had to leave as soon as possible. After losing this machine gun point, the German army would definitely mobilize artillery to counterattack.  After holding back tears, he put down the company commander, grabbed the blasting tube from a comrade next to him, wiped his face with his hands and shouted with blood-red eyes: "Why are you standing there? Explode! It's all exploded. Don't worry about it."  No one can be blown away!" After wiping his cheek with a bloody hand, he looked as ferocious as a bloody man.  Xiao Sichuan and other comrades were also driven crazy by the death of the company commander. Like him, as long as they saw houses and buildings, they would wait for them with grenades, or simply blow them up with powerful blasting tubes.

    Under this crazy attack method, the sound of German machine guns in the north of the city gradually became sparse. At this moment, after the engineers worked hard to set up a temporary pontoon bridge, the armored vehicles finally crossed the river and entered the city.  However, when the armored vehicles dispersed towards various roads, German artillery fire also came!  Boom A T2 infantry support vehicle was hit by a shell from the top of the open cabin. The violent explosion caused steel plates and parts to spin, injuring more than a dozen soldiers following it.

    But the artillery shells did not stop the soldiers of the expeditionary force who poured in from the gap in the north, and the battle officially entered the most brutal street fighting.

    He was so selfless fighting that he couldn't feel the passage of time at all. When the sun gradually rose, Du Zishan and his comrades such as Xiao Sichuan were suppressed behind the broken wall of the house by the tall bell tower he admired last night. The bell tower isolated in the center of the square became a barrier blocking everyone from entering the south of the city.  The biggest obstacle was that four Maxim machine guns and two 57-mm cannons were firing continuously from the bell tower, and the square seemed to be covered with a sand-yellow "carpet."  But this carpet is too dazzling and bloody!  More than two hundred comrades who tried to snatch the bell tower died here. Broken walls and limbs were everywhere. The rolled flesh wounds were turned black and purple by the cold night wind. The intestines were dragged out for dozens of meters and dried and stuck to the ground. The blood covered the entire building.  The square turns red!

    "Brother Du, I have a way!" Little Sichuan rolled his eyes and pointed at the three-story building next door: "Can't the 70-meter infantry gun be disassembled? Just find one. I can't believe it if you guys carry it up to the third floor, 50 meters  It can¡¯t be destroyed by bombing!¡±

    "Damn it, what did you do earlier!"

    "I've thought of it a long time ago, but I just didn't say it."

    Comrade-in-arms??Taunting each other with foul language.  But I am very satisfied with this plan.  Little Sichuan didn't know that these guys were talking sarcastically. His chapped and white lips were cracked all the way to the base of his ears. He stood up against the wall and laughed loudly: "Just watch. When I achieve this merit, I will definitely be a platoon leader, but later on  I¡¯ll scold you to death every day.¡±

    "Snapped"

    Just when Du Zishan was about to say, "Stop talking nonsense and find a 70 gun." A bullet flew in through a three-finger-wide gap in the wall and hit the opposite wall. It was only when everyone raised their heads that they realized it.  Little Sichuan's gun had fallen to the ground, his entire neck was bitten by bullets, his head was tilted against the wall, and the corners of his cracked mouth had not even been retracted.

    "Fuck your grandma, she's a Jaeger!"

    "German ChasseurFuck your mother! Big-eyed thief, do you have a fire stick in your hand? Find itand avenge Little Sichuan!"

    Du Zishan lay on the ground blankly, watching Little Sichuan twist his neck at ninety degrees and slowly slide down the wall. The large pool of blood behind him was so shocking!  He had no idea what he was feeling at this moment.  The company commander is dead, the squad leader is dead, and now even Little Sichuan is dead Ten out of ten of the comrades around him were separated and regrouped on the road.

    "What are you waiting for? Climb out and find the cannon! Avenge Little Sichuan!" Du Zishan cried and shouted, crawling back with heartbreaking pain, and the soldiers followed the sergeant major and rushed out of the bunker.  After finding a 70mm infantry gun, he dismantled it into parts without waiting for the artilleryman to say anything, and dragged the artilleryman to the third floor next door.

    The 70 Infantry Cannon is the infantry¡¯s favorite weapon. It is light enough for two people to push a cart. It is as powerful as the European and American 75 Cannon, and all parts can be quickly disassembled and are very flexible.  After arriving on the third floor, everyone quickly loaded the cannon, and together they pushed the muzzle to the window and pointed it at the bell tower.  At this time, the German gunmen also noticed something strange here, and Du Zishan could even see the panic expression on the German soldier's face.

    "Fire. Quick"

    After the cannonball was inserted, the gunner immediately fired a shot!  The muzzle wind filled the room with smoke and dust, but Du Zishan had completely forgotten everything. After seeing a fireball explode from the top of the bell tower, he jumped on his feet and shouted loudly: "Hit, fire! Kill these bastards! Fight  Hit me" The tone of his voice had completely changed by the end.  Tears mixed with blood slid down his cheeks.  Affected by him, the artillery continued to fire at the bell tower. After two boxes of shells were fired, the upper half of the exquisite bell tower seemed to have never appeared. The parts and rails of the mechanical bell were twisted into a mess, and the bodies of dozens of German soldiers were  Hang horizontally on the outside of the wall.

    As the sun slowly went west, Du Zishan returned to Xiao Sichuan, picked up his gun, and stood quietly looking at the lip line that opened the corner of his comrade's mouth but could never be retracted.

    Behind the background are thousands of comrades rushing towards the south of the city like a tide. They are steel armored vehicles covered in gunpowder smoke and minced meat. They are hoarse shouts of killing!  Fight quickly, attack suddenly from behind in a roundabout way, break through all the way to get here, and then together with partners twice as many as the enemy, storm this small city that has been occupied by the German army for more than two years.  The explosion was still spreading southwardBuildings were razed to the ground in the anger of their comrades.  No one will feel pity, because this is not their own country. As long as they can win and reduce casualties, everyone would rather bomb every inch of land here!

    The German troops began to retreat from the city in an attempt to break out, and their comrades quickly narrowed the encirclement.  Before nightfall, a Chinese Army Flying Tiger flag was finally planted high on the top of the city hall, seeming to declare that this is a city won by Chinese men with blood and courage!

    After nightfall, Xiao Sichuan's body was carried away by his comrades who were clearing the battlefield, and Du Zishan also found his troops again.  The 1st Company, which had a peak of 821 men, only had 67 men left. The remaining comrades who joined temporarily either died or returned to the old army, resulting in an actual loss of 40%.  The squad leader of the 2nd squad has become the highest officer of the 1st company, and according to regulations, he automatically becomes the company commander.  He began to assemble the troops and called everyone to his side. He walked to the ammunition truck coming from Pulong and let everyone receive the ammunition.  Du Zishan stuffed the last piece of black bread left by the Germans into his mouth, swallowed it hard, and then slowly walked towards his comrades.

    After filling his whole body with ammunition, he turned his head and burst into tears: "Company commander! Squad leader! Little Sichuan!I'm going to avenge you!"

    The voice echoed over Reniwell. Half a year later, he was promoted to lieutenant and served as the commander of the 101st Guard Division, the 88th Armored Brigade, the 2nd Battalion and 1st Company of the 883rd Infantry Regiment, and returned to China with 430,000 expeditionary force soldiers.  domestic.

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