The results achieved by the First Battalion were quickly published in various newspapers, and many newspapers published reports overnight to spread the exciting news.
People across the country celebrated this hard-won great victory with joy. The highest command of the national government was also very happy and said that they would emphatically reward every soldier who defended the Sihang Warehouse.
At the same time, the media also followed suit to build momentum, allowing outside powers to see the might of China's military and witness that our soldiers' unyielding military spirit was not a soft persimmon to be manipulated.
The bravery of the defenders has naturally been recognized and supported by all walks of life. Anti-Japanese sentiment is rising, and the voices of appeal are getting louder and louder, inspiring the people's high patriotic enthusiasm.
The Japanese received a lot of ridicule. Matsui Iwane, an old Japanese soldier, was the supreme commander of this army. He felt so ashamed that his old face was so painful from being beaten by the defenders!
Perhaps due to stimulation, the upper echelons of the Japanese also felt that this battle had humiliated the imperial army. The army command finally agreed to send aircraft support to knock down the momentum of the defenders.
This time, due to the distance, Wen San did not hear the combat deployment of the Japanese senior commander. You can only make some arrangements based on your own historical memory.
However, the Japanese still cut off the water and electricity in Sihang Warehouse at night.
Fortunately, the defenders had already made preparations. They had stored a large amount of drinking water and enough domestic water to support them for several days without any problems. The power supply was cut off and the backup generator was started. It was enough to maintain basic lighting so that nothing could be seen.
Early the next morning, the Japanese made another offensive gesture. This time the Japanese invested more troops. They divided into three different directions and attacked Sihang Warehouse.
Not long after the enemy and we exchanged fire, Wen San saw a black spot appear in the sky, and it was magnifying at an extremely fast speed.
"The Japanese plane is coming, the gunner adjusts his position, and the extra personnel should take cover!" Wen San shouted. Although they had practiced how to deal with Japanese aircraft several times before, they still did not dare to be careless.
The Japanese's air superiority is very strong. Whether it is bombing or machine gun fire, the firepower is very fierce. The plane was not very fast at that time, and the hum of the plane could be heard from far away.
Boo hoo hoo…
Before the plane arrived, a series of bullets swept over, and the floor tiles on the roof were punched with a long groove. The flying brick slag was very painful when it hit people. Wen San and others pushed the cart and hid behind the bunker to move their positions, but all the bullets in this round missed.
Suddenly, a strong scream sounded, and the Japanese artillery shells accurately landed on the roof; then there was a violent explosion, and the entire roof was shaking violently, and the flying shrapnel was extremely lethal. Clattering against the walls of the stairwell.
Wen San was worried that the Japanese would drop a few bombs and collapse the roof. Fortunately, the roof of the warehouse withstood the first wave of bombings and did not collapse.
However, several soldiers who insisted on fighting the Japanese on the roof were injured. Two of them were hit by shrapnel and were bleeding profusely. Other soldiers quickly carried them downstairs.
The soldiers who were slightly injured were mainly hit by the debris thrown up by the explosion. Although they did not bleed much, they were in excruciating pain and very uncomfortable.
These injured soldiers were all fighting against the Japanese attacking on the ground. If Wen San removes them all, the Japs on the ground will become even more rampant and put greater pressure on the brothers downstairs.
Wen San insisted on placing them on the roof, also out of this consideration, and always maintained a certain firepower output. This is the danger of fighting on the roof. We can't just run into the warehouse just because the Japanese plane comes.
After a round of strafing and bombing, the Japanese plane flew into the distance. It is rapidly pulling up, ready to come back again to continue the bombardment.
At this moment, another Japanese plane appeared and rushed over. The Japanese planes used the same technique, first firing a series of machine gun bullets, and then throwing artillery shells over them.
Two planes circled overhead and soon began to engage in cross-strike tactics. They took turns attacking the defenders on the roof from different angles. Sometimes it is accompanied by dive bombing to clear out the bunkers on the roof of the building and the soldiers who are shooting.
Wen San felt bitter in his heart. If there was only one plane, he could still use the stairwell and the homemade mobile bunker to evade. But the Japanese came with two planes, and there was very little space for them to dodge.
Although the heavy machine guns of Lao Wan and Liu Dazhu were spitting fire, they could hardly hit the Japanese plane. Unless they fly in a straight line at low altitude, the firing range of the heavy heavy machine gun cannot be adjusted at all. Unless the user has good prediction ability, it is possible to seize the fleeting opportunity.
Lao Wan obviously does not have such strong combat capabilities. On the contrary, because there are many people serving heavy machine guns, they can easily become targets.
After several rounds of enemy fire, a loader and a soldier in charge of watering were knocked to the ground. Liu Dazhu's eyes turned red, so he simply picked up the machine gun and fired at the air with all his strength. As a result, the bullets just chased the Japanese plane away and could not hit it at all.
Seeing that the barrel of the heavy machine gun was shot red, Wen San quickly called out, "Remove the heavy machine gun, use the light machine gun, hide in the stairwell, and look for opportunities to rush out for a sneak attack."
Wen San had to withdraw his people. If they stayed on the roof, everyone would become targets of the Japanese planes. Machine gun fire and bomb dropping were the only two or three tricks used by the Japanese planes to fly back and forth, but Wen San had nothing to do with him.
Wen San believed that the two officers could understand his difficulties and would not let his platoon stay on the roof all the time. If Japanese planes came a few more times, a platoon of soldiers would be wiped out quickly.
As soon as he withdrew, the pressure on the Japanese downstairs suddenly relaxed a lot. A large number of Japanese soldiers formed a formation and advanced in steps, trying to seize the time to get close to the warehouse and open a hole.
The two officers were not unprepared. They had reserved some troops and a small number of shooting positions and did not fire, just waiting to be used at this time.
Once the Japanese plane arrives, it is inevitable that the firepower on the roof will be suppressed. Now the pressure came to the defenders in the warehouse. Both the enemy and ourselves opened fire, and the number of casualties increased greatly.
Without fire suppression from the roof, the Japanese artillery began to exert force again. Shells kept coming, some falling on the roof, and more hitting the heavy fire points.
It's just that the building of Sihang Warehouse is very different from ordinary residential buildings. Unless the cannonballs land accurately at a certain point, most attacks will be blocked by the building. The entire warehouse is the hardest armor and the most powerful bunker for the officers and soldiers of the first battalion.
Although the Japanese firepower was fierce, they did not achieve much results. Having only gained a slight advantage in the battle, the Japanese began to boldly charge forward.
