Chug tug tug,......
Ding ding ding! ...
Bullets came like a rainstorm and swept across the roof of the house in an instant. Ordinary roof tiles were shattered into large pieces in just an instant.
But the soldiers naturally would not use the roof tiles as a cover, as they would surely not know how they died.
The bunkers the soldiers were looking for were very strong. Even if the little devil kept firing with his guns, the soldiers were still unscathed.
But the firepower of the Japs is really powerful. Lu Jian, commander of the 136th Brigade of the Sichuan Army, said that there are only dozens of Japs in this foreign company, and together with the Japs in the church, they only have the strength of one squadron. But just looking at this foreign company, I'm afraid there are no less than a dozen machine guns, and they are firing continuously.
Such strafing was like a shower falling on the Northeast Army position opposite the foreign bank.
The soldiers of the Northeast Army were all disgraced, but except for one soldier who was injured by falling roof tile fragments, there were no casualties.
Because they had already calculated that the Japs would retaliate, they all retreated behind the bunker after catching the Japs off guard.
They waited for the Japanese to run out of bullets, change magazines, and load bullets. Then they ducked out again and aimed at the windows and balconies of foreign banks and fired indiscriminately.
There was no light at this time and the Japs were in the room. It was difficult to know the exact location of the Japs.
So whether you can hit or not depends on luck. What's more, they are just a sheep attack, the purpose is to cover the Dragon Boat Festival combat operations.
And sure enough, the enemy's attention was attracted by the enemies on the south side of the foreign bank, and they no longer paid attention to the road to the west of the church.
Duanwu, Sun Desheng and others quickly reached the west side of the church and behind the shop on the street diagonally opposite the church.
At this time, the shops were already empty, and most of the people followed the Dragon Boat Festival's order and evacuated Bengbu before the Japanese arrived.
Although after this battle, many houses have been burned to the ground. But compared to the loss of life, this property loss is nothing.
Duanwu hid on the west outer wall of the shop and observed that the Japanese from the foreign trade company had been attracted by the Yanggong troops.
This is definitely good news for the Dragon Boat Festival. But at the same time, there is bad news, that is, the devils in the church were also attracted by this battle.
Although it was a sudden glance at Dragon Boat Festival, he saw that a window of a house outside the church was opened.
Although the window was closed again later, it was obvious that the little devil was paying attention to this battle.
So at this time, it was impossible to cross this street without anyone noticing, unless the devils were all blind.
At this time, Duanwu suddenly remembered the blinding bomb. If there was one of these things at this time, crossing the street would not be a problem at all.
But no, Duanwu could only compete with the little devil in speed, running quickly through the nearly five-meter-wide street, and then climbed over the nearly two-meter-high wall into the backyard of the church.
During the previous Dragon Boat Festival observation, there was an inner corridor in the church's backyard leading to here.
This corridor is as high as a one-and-a-half-story building and is a fully enclosed corridor. It should be that the foreigners in the church purposely extended such a corridor from the main building to the utility room in the backyard to store things conveniently.
Of course, there is no denying that building a house like this is a waste of money.
But the church is not short of money, and they have a large number of believers. As soon as the priest opens his mouth, many wealthy people will donate to the church.
The priest said: This is called the atonement silver. Each of us has committed many sins in this world, but as long as you give your money to God, God will forgive your sins and allow you to live in heaven.
So this is why the great powers in those days went around killing people and setting fires. Because they believe in God, they kill people and rob other people's money, then keep part of it for themselves and dedicate the other part to God. Their sins are forgiven and they can still go to heaven after death.
As a result, many Chinese people also began to believe in God. Because this is great. No matter what bad things you do, as long as you pay the money, you will be free of sin. After death, you can go to heaven and become God's people.
Everyone knows how to do this business. Therefore, many wealthy people are willing to donate money to churches and pay atonement.
But God is no match for the Japanese. Both Chen Shusheng and the mayor came to the church and said: The Japs are coming, they kill without blinking an eye, and they must leave immediately.
But the priests and pastors in the church were completely dismissive, saying: God is with us, and we are all God’s people. What's more, we are not you Chinese, and our empire has a lot of face.
So, a priest and two priests lay neatly in the church.
When the little devil came, they refused to let him in, saying, "This is a sacred and pure land for listening to God's holy voice. You Japanese are not allowed to come in and desecrate this holy land."
Then the Japanese officer said: "You are not God. How do you know that God will not let me in? Is that so? I will send you to see God and ask him if he will let our Imperial Japanese Army in?"
So all three of them went to see God together.
The little devil entered the church and saw that it was magnificent, with large floor-to-ceiling windows and colored crystal glass more than three meters high.
Moreover, they also found a small vault in the church, which was filled with gold bars, gold, and some jewelry, with a total value of no less than 200,000 gold.
These were donated by believers, but ended up falling into the hands of the little devils.
The little devil was very happy and accepted it for God.
Of course, these were all yesterday. But the corpses of the three foreigners were still lying neatly here, and no one touched them.
The Japanese officer was in the second-floor hall of the church, looking at the south side of the foreign bank with a telescope.
Maybe he thought this was very abnormal, because why didn't the Chinese attack the church and then attack the east city gate? If the other party's officer is not a straw bag, he should be able to distinguish what is more important than what is less important.
Therefore, the Japanese officers guessed that the real intention of their enemy was not the imperial defenders of Yangxing, but his church.
Because only the church can truly support the battle of the East City Gate defenders.
In other words, when his soldiers stand on the roof of the church, the defenses of the East Gate will be in full view.
Therefore, it is precisely because of this that the Japanese attach great importance to the safety of the church. Not only can it directly support the battle at the East City Gate, it can also block at least two streets to the west. And it can support each other with the Japanese in the foreign company, form cross fire, and carry out multiple attacks on the enemy.
As long as these two fortresses are there, the east city gate and one street on the east side of the church and two streets on the west side, a total of three streets, plus an east city gate, will be impregnable! ...
