Chapter 255: Breaking the City
"Narrow streets, complex environments, invisible enemies, invisible gunfire......
"Street fighting tactics are tactics that unfold around walls, which are directly reflected in the use of various corners, whether it is observation or attack and defense, they are achieved through corners......"
"In street fighting, the crossfire is the theme. If the enemy is spotted in observation, it is necessary to open fire around the corner. In the battle mode in small detachments of 4 to 6 people......"
"Hitting the enemy in a standing position undoubtedly increases the chance of being hit by the enemy, so try to focus on a kneeling position. The squad leader's corner position should give way to the machine gunner, who will open the machine gun tripod and fire at the enemy in a lying position, trying to suppress the enemy's fire......"
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Shao Fei spared no effort to tell the essentials of street fighting, and the officers below had already listened to it, and they had never heard of the knowledge of these systems, and some people regretted not bringing pen and paper with them.
Sun Yuanliang is the same, he feels extremely pity. If tens of thousands of defenders had insisted on street fighting with this method of warfare, the losses of the Japanese army would have been unprecedented. Now, however, those people are busy fleeing Nanjing.
Shao Fei finally talked about the positional coordination between the large unit and the squad, how to move, dodge, S-hit, cover, and the concept of points.
Until six o'clock, Shao Fei finished talking about everything he could say, and as for how much combat power he could exert depended on how they used it in actual combat.
After the others left, Sun Yuanliang kept shaking his head and sighing, and said to Shao Fei: "It would be great if the entire city of Nanjing fought this kind of street fighting."
Shao Fei knew that this was unrealistic, and there were only four units that really had combat effectiveness in the defense of Nanjing, the 88th Division, the 87th Division, the Teaching Team, and the 36th Division. The 36th Division defended the area around the Xiaguan Ferry, and the other troops had long been disabled or destroyed. Deploying large-scale street battles takes time, requires morale, and requires a complete command system, which these Nanjing troops do not have. For some senior officers, Shao Fei really didn't dare to compliment.
Shao Fei said: "Division commander, you told me earlier to give me a company, I don't think you need it. You give me a platoon, I only ask for a fast run and good physical strength. ”
"Huh." Sun Yuanliang couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and said, "I just wanted to give you a battalion after listening to your lecture and hand over all the western districts to your command."
Shao Fei was a little ashamed and said: "I am not a soldier, and I am also an operational staff officer in the Shuangfei Brigade." I'm on the elite route. Give me a platoon, and I can bring the whole battle to life. ”
"Brother, you are too modest." Sun Yuanliang patted Shao Fei, and then said, "I'll draw a platoon from my guard unit for you."
"How's that going to work? Those are the ones that protect you, you are our commander, and if you make a mistake, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”
"That's it. When the war is like this, I am ashamed of the people of Nanjing, and it no longer matters whether the master will be the master or not. ”
Sun Yuan's conscience has been decided, he has long been ready to live and die with Nanjing, otherwise he insisted on staying when he retreated yesterday, and he would live and die with the last 1,000 people of the 88th Division.
Seeing that Sun Yuanliang was so resolute, Shao Fei couldn't object, and said, "Give me 24 people to form a special operations detachment."
"Okay."
Sun Yuanliang selected 24 people to hand over to Shao Fei, and 12 of them were issued with MP18 submachine guns and a large number of grenades.
The sun rises in the east, and the dawn is beginning to appear.
Inside the Zhonghua Gate, there are ruins, private houses and high-rise buildings have long been blown up and destroyed, the walls have been smoked black, the ground is full of broken bricks and rubble, and telephone poles are upside down and crooked.
Outside the Zhonghua Gate, the Japanese heavy artillery units had already been deployed in place, and they couldn't wait to launch an artillery bombardment outside the Zhonghua Gate, and after several rounds of shelling, the city wall around the Zhonghua Gate was directly punched out of three gaps.
The Japanese infantry poured in from the gap, but was met by the officers and men of the 88th Division, who had been guarding the vicinity for a long time. Bullets rained down, and the Japanese soldiers in the front row were shot one after another and fell to the ground. The follow-up Japanese troops poured in under the cover of cannon fodder, forming a confrontation situation with the soldiers of the 88th Division.
The reinforced Japanese troops rushed in densely and continuously through the gap, and the 88th Division was completely at a disadvantage, and had no choice but to withdraw to the city and start street fighting.
After entering through the gap, the Japanese army began to disperse, and one unit pursued the remnants of the 88th Division that had withdrawn to the city, and some of them went to the Zhonghua Gate, trying to open the city gate to call the armored troops into the city.
Shao Fei had already asked someone to plant a large amount of explosives near the city gate, and when hundreds of devils approached, they exploded directly, and hundreds of devils were blown up after a loud bang. Some of the devils who were not killed by the bomb had incomplete limbs and wailed.
"Hit!"
The squad led by Shao Fei and the soldiers of other companies frantically attacked the remaining devils at various hidden points, and the vanguard of the devils was once again severely damaged, and the devils of nearly a squadron were directly wiped out. However, the follow-up troops of the devil rushed over very quickly, and after spreading out to the bunker, they began to fight back frantically.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
The devil's cracker began to launch a dense covering bombardment on Shao Fei's side. There were casualties in the 88th Division, which completely suppressed the firepower of the 88th Division.
At this moment, the gates of the city were bombarded open by cannons. The devil's tank, together with the infantry in the rear, began to attack the city, but was helplessly blocked by a large number of sandbag logs. The devils and the infantry behind the tanks who stormed the city braved the rain of bullets to clear the obstacles.
Shao Fei and his subordinates kept sniping at these devils at high places, but there were too many of them, and they were quickly cleaned up under the cover of smoke.
Without the obstruction of obstacles, the tank drove into the city as if no one was there. The heavy machine gun in front of him kept blazing, and it was crazy to go crazy in both directions.
"Don't stand and struck!"
Shao Fei shouted hard, some inexperienced soldiers stood in the window, and the bullets from the heavy machine guns directly penetrated the wall and killed these people.
On the wide road, tanks continued to advance, followed by a large number of infantry.
"Boom!" The shells of the tank kept bombarding the building, and some ** soldiers were too late and were directly bombarded. The sound of cannons, gunfires, and crashes became the main theme of the sound of this battlefield; Gunsmoke, blood, and gray adobe rubble became the background color of this battlefield.
Shao Fei ordered loudly: "Throw a grenade!" ”
The surrounding soldiers threw the grenades that had already been bundled in front of the tank, "Boom! Rumble! "The grenade exploded in front of the tank, but it did nothing for the tank. And this is Shao Fei's trick, because there are still a few bundles of grenades that have not exploded.
The tank slowly drove into these unexploded grenades, Shao Fei seized the opportunity and adjusted the frontal angle, "Bang! A shot that hit the grenade directly under the tank, "Boom! With a bang, the track on one side of the tank was directly blown off, and the people in the tank were directly burned to death by the high temperature.
The subsequent tanks continued their attack in front of the detour. Several ** soldiers in the high place were strapped with grenades and flew down, hugged the tank tightly, pulled the lead, "Boom!" The sound and the tank were all gone.
The two tanks became a pile of scrap metal in the middle of the road, and the follow-up infantry rushed out, shooting at Shao Fei and them.
"Withdraw!"
Shao Fei gave an order and led the people to evacuate towards the houses in the west.