Rise From Eight Hundred

Chapter 148 Let’s see who is lucky

 Afraid of death, but cannot hide or avoid it!

 This is what is called living toward death.

 However, the fearless Chinese soldiers also encountered tenacious opponents.

The Japanese artillery is equally fearless. The Sulotong machine gun, which can penetrate 15 mm steel plates within 500 meters, has amazing penetrating power. Although the semi-permanent field fortifications that can prevent mortar bombardment are also installed with nearly one meter in front. The five-high 10mm steel plate is piled with a thick layer of sandbags, but this does not mean that all areas are protected by the steel plate. As long as a shell penetrates the fortification, it may be a **** storm.

When the shells from the machine guns caused smoke and dust to rise in front of the fortifications, the Japanese artillerymen did not panic. Instead, they bulged their eyes and puffed out their cheeks and tried their best to fire at the warehouse.

From the perspective of this spirit of fearlessness and fear of death, the two soldiers who used artillery shells to fight against each other are actually the two best groups in the east of the world in this era.

 Chinese soldiers have their reasons for fighting to the death and protecting them, while the Japanese army also has the so-called samurai spirit. In the face of death, they are not as cowardly as the legend says.

In this case, who dies and who lives actually no longer depends on the accuracy of the bombardment of both sides, nor does it depend on whose nerves are tougher, but more on luck.

 Whoever God is on will have the last laugh.

Even the Japanese colonel and lieutenant colonel in the Japanese front-line headquarters could not help but be shocked by the fearless duel between the artillery of both sides.

In the telescope, rounds of artillery fire bloomed like blooming roses on the wide and thick walls of the Sihang Warehouse. Even the nearest one exploded three meters away from the Chinese sandbag fortifications outside the window, but the machine gun remained unmoved. , the flames spit out from the muzzle stung the eyes of two Japanese military officers who were hiding behind telescopes hundreds of meters away.

"These Chinese are so stubborn beyond imagination!" Jiro Wakita put down the telescope in his hand, with fear on his face, and sighed sincerely: "If all we encounter are Chinese like this, this Imperial Holy War will be a disaster." How can we win?”

"Fortunately! Among China's hundreds of thousands of troops, less than one tenth has such a fearless spirit." Makino Jun also agreed.

Although they have been beaten very painfully by the warehouse defenders in the past few days, it is the first time for these two people to comment on the Chinese soldiers opposite them in such a tone of almost praise.

Perhaps he was stunned by the heroic scene of machine guns and infantry guns firing at each other, or maybe he was trying to cover up his incompetence! Only the two Japanese military officers themselves knew the emotions best.

"Such a Chinese elite, no matter how much it costs, we must kill it, so as to prevent more imperial warriors from losing their precious lives." Jiro Wakiita looked at the subordinates who agreed with him, his tone was incomparable firm.

“Makino-kun, do you think so or not?”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Captain, in front of the Chinese who are watching the battle, kill them all and destroy their so-called confidence. I believe that the empire's future all-out war against China will only have advantages and no disadvantages. This point , I believe that both the division commander and General Matsui are aware of it." Makino Jun nodded heavily.

Although I was still a little bit annoyed that my boss always wanted to make excuses for his tactics that caused excessive losses, the words of the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel came from the sincerity.

 Killing the resisting Chinese army in front of them will definitely destroy the newly born confidence of those Chinese people.

 This should be the most important purpose of the war so far.

Yes, no matter how elite the warehouse defenders in front of them are, there are only more than a hundred or a few hundred people. They can't stop the hundreds of thousands of troops from the Japanese Empire, but the current unarmed Chinese can.

 Because they represent the Chinese people behind them. Forty million people, what a huge population base.

When he thought that there were so many Chinese people, even if only the population of the appropriate age was selected, it would be as high as 100 million, the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel had the urge to pinch his crotch.

You must know that for this war, the empire has invested 10 divisions out of 17 permanent divisions. The nearly 300,000-strong army sounds very mighty and domineering, but it has weakened Japan's mainland defense to the minimum.

 Now we have defeated China's 700,000-strong army, but what about the future? Are we going to deal with millions or tens of millions? Thinking of this number, the Japanese lieutenant colonel felt that it was impossible not to feel empty.

 In fact, his prediction was right.

In the past, China had recruited more than 10 million adult males into the army, engaged in more than 6 million wars, and suffered more than 3 million casualties. In order to cope with such a large number of Chinese troops, Japan was also forced to increase its troops. In the mid-term, as the territory invaded became larger and larger, the army stationed in China basically remained at around 2 million. And these 2 million are already the majority of Japan's army. After the Pacific War breaks out in the future, they will only have a pitiful 400,000 infantrymen who can compete with Western countries on small islands in the Pacific. Once a large number of troops are mobilized, it is estimated that the number of infantrymen will be Before they even got there, they were killed by China's counterattack.

 The Japanese really overestimated their own appetite, just like they underestimated China's war potential.

"Yoshi! Makino-kun, you are right. We must crush the Chinese people's self-confidence, just like our brave artillery boys." Jiro Wakiba nodded with satisfaction and said. "Then, Makino Jun, you can give the order to let the empire's infantry warriors choose the right time to charge!"

 “Hi!” Makino Jun nodded heavily.

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 Tietou's machine cannon fired at least three bullets in more than 50 seconds of bombardment.

 The two Japanese infantry guns also fired at least 10 shells.

 It’s just luck. Today, it is obviously not on the side of the Japanese.

 The iron head is bleeding.

An infantry artillery shell hit the wall five meters away. One of the cement fragments stirred up by the explosion happened to pass through the firing hole and hit the steel shield of the machine gun. The shattered fragments instantly crossed his brow. , like being chopped with a knife, the entire eyebrow was broken off, and blood flowed profusely.

Blood flowed into his eyes, turning them red. Tietou's assistant shooter, the sergeant squad leader of the machine gun squad, exclaimed and tried to put the first aid kit seized from the Japanese soldiers on him to stop the bleeding, but he kicked him away and led him away. Xue's eyes were always pointed at the sight, although the place was now full of blood and nothing could be seen clearly.

 Behind the **** scene is the Japanese infantry and artillery fortification.

 He had to kill them before he and the machine gun were blown to pieces.

 Otherwise, not only he will die, but his brothers will also die.

The red eyes were staring forward, and he heard a familiar "click" sound coming from below, which was the sound of the fourth springboard being lifted.

Without hesitation, the second lieutenant of the machine gun company stepped on the firing pedal and never let go until the last shell rushed out of the muzzle.

 One of the Japanese infantry guns misfired.

The Japanese engineers have actually worked very hard. They have put up two layers of sandbags and sandwiched a 10mm steel plate directly in front of the infantry artillery fortification. Even if it is hit by a machine gun from the front, it may not be able to penetrate it.

Facts have proved that although more than 30 rounds of machine gun shells were fired head-on, although nearly 10 shells hit the fortifications and made big holes in the sandbags, they did not completely penetrate the steel plate and the sandbags behind the steel plate and cause any damage to the Japanese artillery behind it. .

Because blood was poured into his eyes, although the second lieutenant who had lost his temper still tried to open his eyes wide, his vision was still affected, and the muzzle was subconsciously raised by a millimeter.

 Just this one millimeter cost the lives of the Japanese artillerymen in the infantry and artillery fortifications.

For a field fortification that is less than 1.8 meters high, it is originally a very low probability to hit the 30 centimeters above the 1.5 meter high steel plate, but as long as the probability is not zero, it means it is possible.

 At least three artillery shells penetrated into the fortification through the thirty centimeter gap.

The Japanese soldiers are not tall, but their stature of more than 1.6 meters is still guaranteed, and the height of more than 1.5 meters is actually only a small part.

 But at this moment, the shorter one definitely takes advantage.

 (End of this chapter)