Memoirs of a Veteran (2)
When we went to Guanghua Gate, we even picked up a major. I think his name is Lin Yi from Shanghai. He later became a major general and deputy division commander until the end of the war. I'm not sure where he is now.
The first day I went to Guanghua Gate, I was very excited. Looking at the streets outside the city and in the city, it was really a world of difference from our countryside. It was like our current small county city could not compare to the big city of Shanghai. There were many things that I had never seen before. At that time, because there was no war, I did not know what death was. Every day, I reinforced the fortifications and waited for the war.
The next morning, the sky was filled with buzzing sounds. The air defense alarms in the city were all sounded! Soon, the sky above Nanjing City was filled with Japanese planes. There were all kinds of planes. The bullets of the Japanese fighter planes were like two fire whips, and whoever they hit would die on the spot.
The caliber of a 20mm cannon bullet was much thicker than a finger. A single 20mm cannon bullet could tear a person's body into pieces. It was no exaggeration to say that a single shot would tear the entire left shoulder apart, and the internal organs would flow out and fall to the ground!
I have a fellow villager called Guaishun! We joined the army together. He was hit by a Japanese plane. There was a hole the size of a bowl in his chest and an even bigger hole in his back. He died on the ground without even saying a word.
"Choking!"
It was really his first time! The first time! I felt the aura of death in the war so close to me. At that time, I was scared out of my wits. I covered my head and curled up on the edge of the city wall, not daring to open my eyes. I only dared to open my eyes when our class monitor came over.
The moment I opened my eyes, I saw the corpse of my fellow countryman lying there. The ground was covered in blood, and his internal organs were scattered all over the ground. At that time, I couldn't help but vomit. I couldn't bear to see such a tragic situation, but after walking down the road and seeing too many such tragic situations, you will start to become numb.
The general somehow came up with a way to dismantle the four wheels of the jeep and lift it up the city wall. The surroundings were filled with sandbags, leaving only one person standing in the small hole in the jeep. Then, he controlled the newly arrived American Browning M2 heavy machine gun!
The Browning M2 heavy machine gun was very powerful. It was loaded with 12.7mm caliber bullets. It was very lethal. Even the Japanese tanks could not withstand it. So, our platoon moved a jeep with its wheels dismantled to the wall where our platoon was stationed. The Japanese planes used this to sweep them away. There were many anti-aircraft machine guns on the wall two kilometers above. This way, the Japanese would not be able to shoot and throw bombs over our heads unscrupulously!
Not long after the Japanese planes left, the Japanese cannons began to bombard the city walls. A group of Japanese soldiers headed towards Guanghua Gate. There were about a hundred of them, and they lined up in a line towards the city walls.
When we were about 100 meters away, the commander ordered us to open fire. Everyone started firing. I also fired a few shots, but because of my limited shooting skills, I didn't kill a single Japanese.
After firing seven or eight shots, the Japanese retreated. At that time, there were nearly 50 Japanese soldiers outside the city, including the wounded who did not die. However, if they were scattered, it would be insignificant. At that time, they had fired more than 10,000 bullets! Just our battalion!
It wasn't as easy as I had imagined. My seven or eight shots were all empty. At least I had gone through a month of training. At that time, I could fire ten bullets a day. In a month, I had fired at least 300 bullets. For some troops with poor equipment, they wouldn't be so extravagant as to give you 300 bullets for training!
Each battalion on the left and right had killed and injured more than 50 Japanese soldiers. In total, they had fired nearly 30,000 bullets. In other words, it would take nearly 500 to 600 bullets to kill a small Japanese soldier!
Moreover, it was about a hundred meters away! It wasn't as easy as he had imagined. 500 to 600 bullets was already a good result! Some troops used even more!
At that time, after repelling the Japanese army, we suffered 4 casualties. We attacked the Japanese army from above while we had the advantage. The Japanese army was able to cause 4 casualties to us. Their shooting skills were very high. The bricks on the wall where I was were hit by the Japanese army. I was lucky not to be killed!
One company had four casualties, but there were still other companies! The casualty count was half of the Japanese army's, and this was because we had the advantage in firepower. The Japanese grenade launcher team was very powerful! He was able to accurately hit the Machine Gunner from around 200 meters away and even explode!
The first battle with the Japanese army ended just like that. Before they could be happy, the Japanese artillery sounded, and the entire city wall was blown up and bricks flew everywhere.
Fortunately, we were all wearing steel helmets at that time. Otherwise, the flying debris that hit our heads would have been enough to kill us. One of the soldiers 'steel helmets was directly deformed by the high-speed flying debris.
At that time, we were all wearing German helmets, which were all good stuff. The fact that they were deformed showed how strong the impact was. At that time, the soldier was knocked unconscious. His life was saved!
At that time, our regiment had an early German tank. At that time, we didn't know about it until later. I always thought that our military commander was very mysterious! Very capable! The weapons and equipment in his hands were almost all made in Germany! It was as if he could conjure something out of thin air!
When we left Anqing, we didn't have any tanks or 20mm anti-aircraft guns. This was very mysterious, but that was not the main point! The point is that we won the war under his leadership!
The second round of Japanese attack began about 20 minutes after the first wave of retreat. The second round of attack was much more than the first round, with a total of 700 to 800 people. At that time, the battalion had added new artillery platoons equipped with 4 81mm heavy mortars and 10 60mm mortars! That power was much stronger than the Japanese handgun grenade launcher.
The mortars were fast and could fire about 20 rounds in a minute. The rounds exploded like rain. At that time, they even used incendiary bombs. This was the first time the Chinese defenders had used such shells! The scene of an 81mm incendiary bomb exploding was unforgettable. It was as if seven or eight gas cans had exploded. The fire instantly churned like clouds.
An incendiary bomb swept across a distance of more than 10 meters, killing five or six Japanese soldiers in one shot. The Japanese soldiers who were burned by the fire ran around like crazy dogs.
After a while, they fell down. Some of the Japanese soldiers shot themselves to death, while others fell to the ground and rolled around. The incendiary bombs could even burn the soil. How could they be extinguished so easily? Even if they were extinguished, they would be burned beyond recognition. In the middle of winter, they wore thick clothes, so those who were burned did not have time to take off their clothes.
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