"I respect your idea, but now the main force of the brigade is only a day and night away from us. The second battalion will probably arrive early tomorrow morning." Zhou Changfeng pointed at the map and said calmly: "Rainy days are more beneficial to us, as long as we are still stuck here. , this enemy army is riding a tiger and is unable to get down."
When the large force of the Third Mixed Brigade arrived, the offensive and defensive momentum changed instantly. If the Wilson task force did not want to be beaten violently, they had to flee tonight.
"That's right, judging from the current situation, no matter how bad we are, we can just wait and drag it out for two days." Xie Wancheng, who had been silent all this time, said nonchalantly: "In two days, even a large army can climb up."
After the opinions were unified, everyone renegotiated some plans. Zhou Changfeng also reiterated the defensive essentials and told the officers to deal with caution.
In order to stabilize the morale of the troops and boost their morale, all the soldiers were told that their main forces were only more than a hundred miles away from here, and as long as they persisted until tonight, they would be done.
Now, the three teams with the smallest losses are in charge of the southern part of the city, and the first team is in charge of the northern part of the city. The second team with the greatest losses is stationed in the hospital building, and the reinforced team of the 107th Regiment serves as the reserve team.
Last night, in accordance with the street fighting regulations and Zhou Changfeng's requirements, several teams mobilized capable personnel to temporarily form some close combat teams, five or six people, equipped with two submachine guns and two automatic guns, and the remaining one or two people were additional Carry plenty of grenades or Molotov cocktails.
Interestingly, the soldiers also found three unexploded aerial bombs, two 250-pounders and one 40-pounder. Everyone understood the kindness of the British. Zhou Changfeng said that it would be better to return these things to the British.
He ordered these dumb bombs to be deployed 150 meters west of the hospital building. The soldiers spent a lot of effort digging holes to bury them, and placed bombs filled with bricks and glass fragments next to the bombs. The oil drum was finally detonated with explosives and wires, intending to be detonated by electronic control.
At about half past seven, the British and Indian army's artillery fire began again, and their mortars and heavy machine guns also appeared on Highland Zero.
The most conspicuous hospital building in Demaghi has naturally become the target of public criticism. 3.7-inch grenades, 4.5-inch grenades, 2-pound high-explosive bombs, and 76.2mm mortar shells fell nearby like rain. At the same time, shells continued to hit the building directly. body.
The first platoon leader of the second team held a handful of soybeans in his hand and a steel helmet on the ground. Every time a shell fell, he threw a soybean into the helmet. As a result, the British and Indian army's artillery fire was dense and urgent, and there was a series of explosions, so the second lieutenant was stunned.
After Sun Cheng died of serious injuries, the deputy captain was also killed in the shelling last night, and the command of the second team was transferred to the first platoon leader.
Zhou Changfeng said with a smile: "It's useless to count. They have railway support at the rear. All kinds of supplies are loaded onto trucks as soon as they get off the train. There is a continuous flow of artillery shells."
The building shook slightly when it was hit, but Zhou Changfeng still tried his best to remain calm and walked through the entire building as if nothing had happened, inspecting the defense and the status of officers and soldiers.
It is not difficult to distinguish between hypocrisy and true feelings. Chinese soldiers, who are mainly peasants, are very simple. In the hierarchical army, the gap between officers and soldiers is not small, but his superiors don't put on airs?
Most of the wounded were concentrated in a dozen rooms on the east side of the first floor. The soldiers had previously cleared away the surrounding obstacles and piled the debris in a circle around the outside of the first floor, so the entire first floor was like a basement. generally.
The east side of the first floor was filled with the smell of blood, sweat, and alcohol. Some of the injured soldiers were sitting on benches and some were lying on beds, gritting their teeth and enduring the bursts of pain in their wounds. Heart fluttering.
He whispered to a passing military doctor corporal: "Aren't you enough painkillers?"
The latter shook his head slightly and said solemnly: "There are too many injured, and we are almost running out. The remaining ninety or so tubes must be reserved for surgery."
That type of painkiller lasts for about four or five hours, and the injured had to face waves of unbearable pain not long after the operation.
The military doctors could only do the next best thing and let them take aspirin, because there are 100 tablets in a bottle, which is enough for a large amount. However, as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, aspirin's analgesic effect is very limited. It can only deal with mild pain. At this time, it can only be said to be better than nothing when used in severe trauma.
A messenger hurriedly ran down the stairs and shouted: "Battal Commander! The enemy is making moves!"
Zhou Changfeng immediately returned to the third floor. When he picked up the binoculars, several soldiers nearby were stacking earth bags around a hole that had just been blasted by shelling. This area could be used as a light machine gun firepower point.
It was vaguely visible that a large number of enemy troops were coming from west to east under the cover of smoke. They were accompanied by a whole row of tanks, at least seven or eight, but the details were unclear because the smoke obscured the view.
From last night to this morning, the British and Indian army's reconnaissance teams have been continuously penetrating the Ming army's defense line, but basically to no avail; several combat patrols have not achieved much results, and they have only tested some Ming army's firepower points.
Now the enemy in front of them was ready for a massive attack. Smoke bombs extended forward like jumping, and hundreds of British and Indian troops approached the city.
The previous shelling had almost destroyed the surrounding ravines, piles of masonry, barbed wire and other obstacles, so their operation went smoothly.
Except for the continuous firing of mortars, the machine gun fire points of the Ming army remained silent. Otherwise, if exposed, they would incur direct fire from enemy tanks.
The second squadron of the mortar platoon near the post office was counterattacked by the enemy's MkII 76.2mm mortar that had been deployed on Highland Zero this morning. More than twenty shells were dropped in a row, wiping out their entire army and leaving only three people alive. return.
"The enemy is approaching! Two hundred meters away! Get ready!" a corporal shouted.
The soldiers immediately opened the safety of the rifle, and the second lieutenant next to him shook the detonator three times to charge, and then put his hand on the pressing handle.
The Royal 5th Tank Battalion has lost one-third of its vehicles so far. Faced with the Ming Army's elusive combat anti-gun team and powerful anti-aircraft machine guns, Captain Bessle's company has suffered heavy losses. The British Empire's cutting-edge The cruise tank was so frustrated that it was destroyed by the Chinese?
Besier believed that cruise tanks were not suitable for performing such tasks of cooperating with infantry, and that light cruise tanks should be used intensively for mobile combat. However, he also heard that a prototype tank specifically designed to cover infantry operations was already being tested. It was a heavily armored, slow-moving infantry tank.
Because the battlefield was surrounded by ruins and craters, the width of the battlefield was limited. The tanks were divided into two rows, about ten meters apart, and parked about three hundred meters away from the hospital building, ready to fire at any time, while the infantry continued to alternately cover the advance.
The sky was extremely gloomy with dark clouds, as if it was going to rain heavily at any time.
Our own infantry is constantly moving forward, but until now, apart from sporadic firing from rifles, the Chinese army has not had any rifle grenades or machine gun fire?
Besier, who had his eyes glued to the periscope, was puzzled. Although he didn't know the Chinese proverb "When something goes wrong, there will be a monster," it didn't stop him from realizing something was wrong.
It was at this second that someone on the second floor of the hospital building pressed the handle and rotated it 180°, and a stream of direct current surged out at the speed of light!
"boom!!!"
