The Japanese squadron leader very rationally chose to lay down his weapons. They were still psychologically inferior in front of Westerners like John Bull;
In the minds of the Japanese, surrendering their weapons to the Chinese was a great shame and a great humiliation, but surrendering their weapons to the Westerners seemed natural to them. This nation is a contradiction between arrogance and self-compassion.
Whoever defeats them completely on the battlefield, they will lower their faces and lick the victor's toes, like Yingjiang, and there will be no sense of disobedience in calling them godfather.
When the officers and soldiers of the 216th Regiment came after them, the Japanese troops had already shamelessly fled to the south of the bridge. Red-headed Asan's machine gun was set up at the bridge head, and Captain John Bull stood at the bridge head with dignity.
In order to avoid causing an international dispute, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 216th Regiment stopped the attack very restrainedly. Instead of chasing across the Baidu Bridge, they turned towards the Huishan Pier under the leadership of the officers. It was just a hundred troops who broke up. Shan Pier is the position they want to capture.
Not only the Japanese, but also the Kuomintang army was frightened in the face of these powers. They all adopted the mentality of doing less than doing more to avoid disputes with John Bull.
At this time, the 216th Regiment had already reached Huishan Pier, but their way forward was blocked by an extremely strong iron gate set up by the Japanese army in front of the pier;
The 216th Regiment did not have the machinery and equipment to dismantle the gate, and the attack was blocked again.
Captain Hu then rushed over. Seeing that the officers and soldiers were blocked by an iron gate, he pushed away the soldiers blocking the front and shouted:
"Get out of here, a living person can still be forced to death by urine!"
After Commander Hu finished speaking, he took the lead in climbing up the iron gate a few meters high. Seeing that the commander had climbed up, the officers and soldiers followed suit.
At this time, the Japanese fleet on the river, led by the Izumo flagship, launched an indiscriminate bombardment of Huishan Pier;
Hundreds of naval artillery shells came overwhelmingly, and the entire Huishan Pier was suddenly covered in artillery fire. Fires were ignited everywhere. Groups of soldiers fell in a pool of blood. Even the tank company was destroyed. One tank was frightened. Du Guangting immediately ordered a U-turn and retreat.
These tanks are treasures of the Kuomintang army. Just one regiment was imported from Gallic chickens at a huge price. It is not cost-effective to destroy them under naval gunfire.
Song Yinguo couldn't do anything. In order to reduce the casualties of the troops, he could only order the 216th Regiment to withdraw from Huishan Pier to Yinxiang Township to confront the Japanese.
Although after a night of fighting, the 36th Division advanced the front lines of both sides to Yinxiang Township, the campaign goal of occupying Huishan Pier was not achieved;
Huishan Wharf still contained a large number of national troops, perhaps because they were frightened by the power of the Japanese naval guns, or because Song Yinguo believed that the defeated soldiers at Huishan Wharf were no longer worth mentioning. In short, they gave up the plan to occupy Huishan Wharf for the time being. Set goals.
At Yangshupu Pier on the east side of Huishan Pier, a leading platoon from the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company of the 212th Regiment successfully entered the pier. Platoon leader Feng Xiaojun rushed to the front with an MP28 submachine gun;
He looked back and saw that there were only about twenty people left around him, and he was out of touch with the main force, but he didn't care at all and said loudly to the others:
"Brothers, the main force will arrive soon. Let's fight in first. We will win this first row in one row!"
Others agreed one after another. Feng Xiaojun waved his hand and led the vanguard to continue to advance deeper into the Japanese army;
Seeing that the first platoon had already entered, the second company commander excitedly led the other two platoons to chase the first platoon. He was running at high speed when suddenly his face turned pale because he heard the rumbling roar of the machine...
"Ta-ta-ta-ta..."
Before the enemy tanks arrived, the machine gun bullets arrived first, and the seven or eight soldiers at the front fell in a pool of blood;
The second company commander looked up and saw several Japanese tanks vaguely coming out from the flanks. They used the large-caliber machine guns on the tanks to continuously shoot at the officers and soldiers of the second company. From time to time, some people were shot and fell down. The situation became very critical.
"Second platoon leader, organized a suicide squad to blow up the stubborn Iron Bastard. We must rescue the first platoon!"
The second company commander shouted loudly that due to the appearance of the Japanese tanks, their connection with the first platoon was cut off. If these tanks could not be eliminated, the lone platoon going deep would be in danger of being annihilated, and they were facing the Yangshupu Pier. The attack will also fail.
After receiving the order, the second platoon leader immediately organized a death squad of more than a dozen people and rushed towards the Japanese tank with cluster grenades in hand;
Since the Second Company lacked anti-tank weapons, the only weapons they could use were Depp long-handled grenades.
The Japanese were helpless and cunning. They did not fight with the Second Company. They just lined up six tanks in a fan and used vehicle-mounted machine guns to continuously shoot at the approaching suicide squads;
Since the Japanese's fan-shaped tank array had no blind spots, the death squads could not get close to the tanks. Instead, they were mowed down one by one by the Japanese's machine gun fire.
The second company commander looked anxiously in the direction of the dock. He had already heard intensive gunshots erupting inside, including German weapons and Taisho 11-year-old machine guns.
In order to pick up the first platoon as soon as possible, the officers and soldiers of the second company rushed forward to attack the Japanese tank array, but unfortunately they had little effect...
In the dock, the first platoon to break in was besieged by hundreds of Japanese soldiers, and had suffered all casualties. Only one platoon leader, Feng Xiaojun, and the remaining seven or eight people were still resisting tenaciously. They had been compressed into a small space by the Japanese soldiers. in the warehouse;
The Japs charged twice but were repulsed. There were no less than ten Japs lying inside and outside the Kumen.
Apparently the Japanese commander had lost his patience. He had two flamethrowers brought in. This kind of gun was very effective at killing targets hiding in enclosed spaces. The platoon reached the last moment.
The captain led by the Japs shouted into the warehouse in half-baked words:
"Chinese warriors, you have proven your heroes. The Imperial Army respects your courage and has decided to give you a chance to survive. Surrender, or be burned to death, it is your choice!
My patience is limited, I only have dozens of times. "
"ten
Nine! "
Platoon Leader Feng glanced around at the others, who all raised their steel guns. This was their answer.
"beat!"
Bullets of hatred are sprayed out. This is the choice of the Chinese soldiers. They would rather be burned by fire than live harshly...
Two long streaks of flames spurted into the warehouse, and the entire front row was wiped out, leaving no one alive.
The attack of the 212th Regiment also ended in failure...
In the Independence Camp, Li Shuo walked in with a sad look on his face, and Luo Ying's expression also dimmed. It seemed that the miracle did not happen.
"Battal Commander, the 36th Division's attack on Huishan Pier ended in failure. At the critical moment, they were blocked by a large number of Japanese naval guns. They suffered more than 500 casualties and were just one step away from annihilating 400 enemies!"
