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Volume 1: The Songhua River Chapter 138: The Yalu River under Artillery Fire

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    Chapter 138 The Yalu River under artillery fire

    The Japs' car drove to the riverside, and the Yalu River Bridge had been blown up. The Japs who suddenly lost their way jumped out of their cars one after another, wandering around on the other side, as if looking for a passage, and crowded together in a noisy manner.

    How could such a good opportunity be missed? The mountain artillery and field artillery that had been silent for a long time behind the river bank suddenly roared, and the shells landed accurately among the Japanese. The Japanese who had traveled a long distance and came from afar were caught by this sudden attack.  The shells exploded, causing rats to run around looking for a safe place. The shells chased away the Japanese and kept exploding.

    One after another, Japanese cars were hit by artillery shells, ignited fires, and then exploded violently. The other side of the Yalu River was covered by dense artillery fire. The explosions were one after another. The smoke and dust soared into the sky, even in the morning.  The bright sunshine is blocked.

    The forward position was very quiet, without a trace of sound. The soldiers were calmly hiding in the well-camouflaged position. From the other side of the river, only the new green weeping willows swayed in the wind, and patches of grass that had just turned green by the river.  .

    Further back, like a volcanic eruption, loud "rumbling" noises kept coming. It was nearly a hundred artillery fires. The shells screamed across the wide river and turned the other side into a sea of ??fire.  .

    The Japanese who were suddenly bombarded hurriedly retreated, leaving behind the burning car and countless fragmented corpses, and fled to the rear in an awkward manner, trying to get out of the range of the artillery fire as much as possible.

    The unexpected bombardment had a very good effect. Not many of the first wave of Japanese soldiers who came to the shore could run back intact, especially the cars, which were all blown up.

    Tang Qiuli and Liu Tiehan did not feel relieved because of the result of this battle. This was just the vanguard of the Japs. This loss was nothing more than a loss to the Suzuki Division with more than 15,000 troops.  Slightly damaged fur.

    A more intense battle is still to come, not to mention that the Japanese artillery has not arrived yet.

    Division Commander Suzuki felt depressed. When his troops received the order for reinforcements, they were scattered in the high mountains and dense forests of North Korea to encircle and suppress the guerrillas. However, the order had to be carried out. It took two days just to assemble the troops.  Two nights.

    Originally, the guerrillas of the Korean Communist Party had been surrounded in several places. With a little more effort, they could be completely eliminated. But at the critical moment, this damn order came.

    At this time, not only did the North Korean and Communist guerrillas escape, but they were also constantly harassed during the assembly of the troops. Although the losses were not large, they were very angry. Whenever they saw the imperial army, they could only run away.  , the mud-legged guerrillas who didn¡¯t even have a few rifles chased and beat them!  It is simply a disgrace to the imperial army.

    When the troops finally crawled out of the mountains of North Korea, a regiment was panting. They didn't even have time to bring heavy equipment, so they hurriedly took a train to reinforce them, but now they have lost contact.

    I really don¡¯t know what happened to the Kwantung Army in Manchuria. They were unable to defend such a small place and were beaten by poorly equipped Chinese armed forces. They were forced to ask for help everywhere. It really disgraced the Imperial Japanese Army.

    The commander of the Suzuki Division felt aggrieved, and his face was not very good-looking. He felt that there was a fire in his heart. It happened that at this moment, the defeated soldiers of the vanguard brigade came back.

    Seeing the embarrassment of these soldiers, Suzuki's anger suddenly burst out. He took out his pistol and fired two "dang dang" shots, killing the two soldiers who were running away the most and looking the most embarrassment. This time, the rout began  The soldiers were all restrained.

    The imperial warriors in rags and ragged clothes, with their helmets and armor removed, and their faces stained by gunpowder smoke, looked like little devils. They were stuck there like prongs. No one dared to move, and they stared blankly at the hands of the division commander.  Inside, the pistol was still smoking.

    Suzuki shouted to the captain, "That's it. Who dares to come forward?" A major who escaped back saw that he had the highest rank and answered bravely. The captain was already shattered by the shelling just now!

    "Honey? What kind of bombardment? Where did the Chinese artillery come from? You lied! You're dead! Work hard!" Suzuki didn't believe it at all. The sound of artillery that he heard just now was the Chinese artillery attacking the imperial soldiers.  .

    This major¡¯s depression is nonsense, isn¡¯t it?  You didn¡¯t see what I looked like now. In fact, it¡¯s not that the enemy¡¯s combat effectiveness is poor, it¡¯s that the attack was too sudden. How could anyone come up and greet a large group with nearly a hundred artillery pieces?

    With anger, Suzuki drove to the riverside. He was stunned by the sight of the battlefield. The corpses of the imperial soldiers were lying mutilated on the shore. The tilted train cars on the other side were still emitting lingering smoke.  Seeing the piles of corpses of imperial soldiers, one of your regiments is also dead?

    ??On the Yalu River Bridge, only the bare piers are left. The river water laps at the piers, forming whirlpools.The vortex seemed to be laughing at the division commander who held a heavy army.

    Suzuki realized that what this officer said was true. The Chinese who besieged Anton were not easily armed. He immediately ordered the field artillery regiment to rush to the river as quickly as possible to provide fire cover for the troops crossing the river.  .

    Before the artillery arrives, no troops can cross the river rashly and prepare tools for crossing the river on the spot.

    It should be admitted that Suzuki was a Japanese commander with great military literacy. He did not have the arrogance and arrogance of ordinary Japanese commanders. After observing the battlefield situation, he was not blinded by anger. He immediately ordered the troops to cross the river without the cover of artillery fire.  In that case, the little devil would become a living target, and Tang Qiuli's intention of another artillery strike would be frustrated.

    Looking at the little Japs on the other side working there, Tang Qiuli realized that this Japanese commander was not simple. He ordered the soldiers on the front line to dig the anti-gun holes as deep as possible. When the battle started, the location of the forward positions  After being exposed, you will be hit by Japanese artillery fire.

    There is only this that can be done to reduce the casualties of soldiers as much as possible. I really don¡¯t know how many Japanese artillery shells the temporary fortifications built in the field can withstand.

    After working for several hours, it was almost noon. The Japs on the other side began to cross the river. At the beginning, there was a large-scale group charge. The yellow and heavy Japs covered the other side of the river. Tang Qiuli ordered the artillery to immediately stop the Japs.  shooting.

    As soon as the artillery here fired, a wall of fire was created on the path of the Japanese charge. The Japanese did not show any panic at all, and several rubber boats had already been launched into the water.

    The Japanese artillery on the other side began to fight back. First they fired a few test rounds, and then the dense artillery shells soon hit the artillery position of the Blood Hand Regiment, and the position was shrouded in clouds of gunpowder smoke.

    At this time, the artillery of the Bloody Hand Regiment is at a disadvantage. It is also an artillery force. The Suzuki Division is a field force. The artillery equipped with it is large-caliber and long-range. The range of the artillery here is not as far as that of the Japanese. Don't worry, legs.  Too short to reach.

    Seeing that a gun was blown up, the soldiers fell on the gun emplacement one by one, but the artillerymen of the Blood Hand Regiment refused to retreat. If they can't hit your artillery, I will hit your infantry across the river.

    More intensive artillery fire continued to fall on the other side and on the river surface, stirring up water columns that rose to the sky. The river was like a boiling pot. The Japanese who were crossing the river had not yet reached the center of the river. Even the Japanese on the rubber boat belt were high.  It was thrown high and hit the water hard, and some were directly hit by cannonballs. The water column flashed, and there were several corpses on the river.

    The corpses of the Japanese and the blown-up rubber boats and rafts drifted downstream along the rolling river and into the Yellow Sea.

    The first wave of Japanese who crossed the river were wiped out in the river, but the artillery position suffered even more violent retaliation from the Japanese artillery. One after another large-caliber artillery shells kicked up the soil, overturned the artillery, and blew up the soldiers.

    The artillerymen of the Bloody Hands Regiment can be described as brave. Using only artillery, they shattered the first shock wave of the Japanese soldiers, causing nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers to float on the river and float to the Yellow Sea to feed the sharks.

    However, the artillery position also suffered heavy losses. Of the nearly a hundred artillery pieces, only about twenty were able to speak again. There were nearly two hundred soldiers injured and killed. The fragrant soil on the position was dyed red with the blood of the soldiers.

    After the Japs retreated, they began to cross the river for the second time. This time, the artillery fire posed little threat to them. The Japs speeded up significantly and boarded the shore. This time, they were given Miru.  A rain of bullets and endless grenades.

    The Japanese who had just gained a foothold on the shore had no time to cheer when bullets fired from the opposite direction hit their bodies. The kinetic energy of the bullets sent their lifeless bodies back into the river and floated away with the river.

    The remaining Japs turned around and ran back, jumping into the rolling river. They were either swallowed by the rapids or hit by the bullets that followed. There were small black dots floating on the river. Those who could escape to the other side had a chance.  Japs, very few.

    The Japanese artillery began a crazy bombardment again. The shells hit the artillery position from the shore. The soil was flying on the position, the smoke was billowing, and the flying smoke covered the scorching sun at noon, making people feel that it was already dusk.

    Charge, cross the river, be repulsed, and then be violently bombarded, and then repeat the above process. The Blood Hand Regiment, with less than 3,000 troops, braved fierce artillery fire and resisted more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers.  His offensive and kingly demeanor are evident.

    Pushing and fighting until dusk, the troops repelled several Japanese attacks. No one can remember. They just mechanically dropped bombs and shot. All they could see were the ferocious-looking Japanese and the fallen comrades around them.

    Night fell on the Yalu River, which was filled with gunpowder smoke. After repelling the Japanese and crossing the river for the last time, the riverside fell silent. Tang Qiuli took a deep breath of the air full of gunpowder smoke and the smell of blood. On this day, he finally felt safe.coming.

    The casualties of the troops were too great. In this kind of battle, there was no possibility of trickery. Hundreds of soldiers fell on the ground.

    He ignored other things and quickly contacted Qiuquan at the dock to inquire about the progress of the shipment. Qiuquan told him that all supplies and equipment would be loaded by ten o'clock tonight at the latest.

    Tang Qiuli almost couldn't help but tell Qiuquan that he didn't want the rest and set sail immediately. However, reason told him that the soldiers fought desperately for the future development of the army and accumulated more material foundation for the future.  On the battlefield, there is no shortage of supplies.

    Fortunately, it was dark and the Japanese did not dare to attack at night. Otherwise, I would not be sure if I could withstand several waves of attacks.
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