An artillery shell flew from nowhere, and the whistling sound of this artillery shell also reflected the differences among the veterans.
Even though everyone was lying on the ground, and some were not even awake yet, when the Japanese artillery shells roared towards them, the veterans all opened their eyes.
And at the moment when the Japanese artillery shells exploded, six or seven of them stood up from the ground, changing from lying on their sides to lying on their stomachs.
The most exaggerated thing here is Mr. Wang’s hat. When Ju Hongxia, who was sleeping next to Mr. Wang’s hat, opened her eyes, she happened to see Mr. Wang’s hat bouncing off the ground like a carp, and then he lay on the ground with his hands covering his head. The shape of the head.
At this time, Japanese artillery shells exploded.
Ju Hongxia, who was lying there, felt the tremor of the earth. Only then did she realize that it was the Japanese shelling.
Although she was once buried in the mud blown up by Japanese artillery shells, and she was still frightened by the Japanese artillery shelling, her reaction when she realized it was Japanese artillery shelling was half a beat slower than that of the male soldiers. Wang Lao Mao's inelegant posture is even more impossible.
In fact, this is really not my fault.
Wang Lao Mao's reaction is definitely there, but Wang Lao Mao has never been bombarded by Japanese large-caliber artillery.
During the retreat from the Songhu battlefield, Mr. Wang also heard from other defeated soldiers that the best way to avoid large-caliber Japanese artillery fire was not to lie tightly on the ground. The correct way was to squat in the trench. Covering your ears with your hands.
This can not only avoid the damage caused by shell fragments, but also avoid the shock wave generated by the explosion.
Many soldiers who were bombarded by Japanese heavy artillery did not see anything wrong that day. They just said that they felt uncomfortable. Instead, they might bleed from the mouth and nose to death the next day.
That's because the soldiers pressed their bodies tightly to the ground at that time, and the shock wave generated by the explosion damaged people's internal organs. In other words, internal injuries!
While Mr. Wang was sleeping again, he woke up to the roar of the artillery shells. He instinctively thought it was the Japanese heavy artillery, so it is understandable that his actions were very exaggerated.
But who would laugh at him? At this time, everyone listened to the earth and rocks produced by the explosion whizzing past their heads.
Immediately afterwards, dust fell from the sky, turning everyone into disgrace. At this time, Shang Zhen's shouts rang out again: "Everyone hide where you are and don't move! It's a test shot by the little devil!"
The sound of the cannon was urgent, and Shang Zhen's words were abrupt. The veterans were thinking, what are you talking about? This was a test shot by the little devil, so it didn't hit us. If it had been fired just right, this shot wouldn't have sent more than thirty of us to the West!
But when the soldiers looked at Shang Zhen, they saw that Shang Zhen had climbed up and was looking northwestward with a telescope at the edge of the depression.
Naturally, everyone wanted to wait and see, so they crawled there with weapons in hand.
And a moment later, when everyone climbed to the edge of the depression and looked to the northwest, their eyes became shocked.
They suddenly understood what Shang Zhen meant.
It is true that this artillery fire was a test firing by the Japanese army, but this artillery fire by the Japanese army was definitely not aimed at the thirty or so of them!
Just because there was a city six or seven hundred meters in front of them.
The city has tall city gates, thick city walls, and the double cornices on the gate tower are like a huge hat, seeming to show the long history of the city, and they are here Southeast corner of the city.
Yesterday, in order to escape the pursuit of the Japanese army, they walked a long way in the dark. They came here in the dark without anyone knowing, and it was impossible for the Japanese army to know.
Then Shang Zhen fell in love with this place and took everyone to rest here. However, they did not expect that there was a city a few hundred meters away in the dark night!
Even Ben Xunsi knew that it was impossible for the Japanese heavy artillery to hit the thirty or so of them.
Therefore, the Japanese artillery can only hit that city, not them. Hitting them is really like anti-aircraft guns hitting mosquitoes - overkill!
"Where is this?" Wang Laomao, who also crawled to Shang Zhen's side, asked in surprise.
But before Shang Zhen could answer, the Japanese shelling started again, and this time the Japanese shells really hit the city.
Amidst the roaring explosions, bricks and stones were flying wildly on the city wall in front of them, and dust filled the air. The Japanese army's shelling was quite powerful!
What else can Mr. Wang say at this time? They were quite far away from the city, but the problem was that the explosion of the shells was too loud!
If the explosion of artillery shells is used as New Year's firecrackers, then only the King of Heaven would be so extravagant.
The explosion was so loud that they couldn't hear each other clearly, and Mr. Wang could only keep his mouth shut.
After more than twenty minutes, the Japanese shelling finally stopped.
"Look at the little devil's tank!" the little dustpan shouted.
In fact, even if the little dustpan stopped screaming, everyone else had also seen it. Five Japanese tanks were rushing towards the gate of the city, and Japanese soldiers were looming in the dust behind them. infantry
"Be careful!" Shang Zhen's voice rang immediately, and everyone lowered their heads subconsciously.
The policewoman Ju Hongxia simply retreated and climbed back into the depression.
She is just a woman, and she still knows herself.
Naturally, no one had time to pay attention to her. After she climbed back into the depression, she was looking for something.
After a while, she stretched out her hand and pulled hard on a place buried in the soil. It was an oilcloth. It was an oilcloth given to him by Mr. Wang last night to block the cool ground.
"Does any of you know where this is?" Shang Zhen asked the people around him.
Shang Zhen and the others have been chased by the Japanese army for more than two days. According to Shang Zhen's estimation, in addition to necessary rest, they have been marching in black and white for more than two days. It is absolutely impossible to run hundreds of miles. possible.
They didn't have a national map in their hands, so how could they possibly know where they were running to?
Sure enough, after Shang Zhen asked this question, everyone in his own group stared blankly. Who knew where this was?
After a moment of silence, it was Li Chenghong who said, "Aren't we running to the Yangtze River?"
Everyone was silent, even if they ran to the Yangtze River, Shang Zhen and the others knew nothing.
At this time, someone answered the question, and it was Ju Hongxia who crawled back and said, "If it's on the edge of the Yangtze River, this should be Jiangyin County."
The others, including Shang Zhen, Lu Di, and Li Chenghong, were all from other provinces. Only Ju Hongxia was from Shanghai and was a police officer in charge of illegal salt trafficking, so what she said was still credible.
"If it's true, I felt that the sound of the cannon just now didn't sound like the infantry cannon of the Japs, it should be the cannon on a warship!" Li Chenghong was inspired by Ju Hongxia and said.
While he was talking, the Japanese tanks were getting closer and closer to the city. Shang Zhen took out his binoculars to observe the battle situation, but he already had mixed feelings in his heart.
Originally, he thought that the enemy was strong and we were weak, and only Northeastern troops like them who had left their hometowns and wanted to fight back would fight bloody battles with the Japanese army, but now it seemed that his idea was biased.
The Sixty-Seventh Army of the Northeast Army went from more than 20,000 people to just over 400 people.
However, Lu Di's division of the Hunan Army was reduced from nearly 10,000 people to only about 700 people.
I heard that on the Songhu battlefield, the Sichuan army who came on foot from Sichuan defeated a division of several thousand people until only a few were left.
But now, there are unknown troops in this city who are still fighting bloody battles against the Japanese invaders.
The facts were right in front of him, and Shang Zhen couldn't help but think about it.
Although he was not well educated, he was not the same Shang Zhen after all. He knew that these few remaining troops were adherents of the Chinese nation.
