What did Shang Zhen understand? His so-called understanding is of course just a guess.
The question is, how could Chinese soldiers use a log to stop a Japanese tank?
And the answer is that those Chinese soldiers inserted the log into the gap between the steel wheels of the Japanese tank!
In all tanks, the engine drives the steel wheels mechanically, and the steel wheels walk on the tracks.
The track is like a moving "plank" that distributes the weight of the tank on the track. According to physics, this means that the weight per unit area of the track is reduced.
Shang Zhen doesn't understand this kind of physical term, but it doesn't mean that he can't understand the reason.
Although he couldn't figure out whether the log inserted into the gap between the tank's steel wheels held the steel wheels or prevented the steel wheels from engaging with the tracks. Anyway, it was the steel wheels and tracks that could not work properly, thus making the steel wheels unable to engage. The tank stopped.
Chinese people are not stupid, even farmers have peasant cunning.
Seeing that they could not stop the tank, the army defending the city came up with such an alternative method.
Although this method is very "expensive", it is still better than charging up in columns and using people as human shields.
There is never a uniform pattern to combat.
That does not mean that a certain method must be used to kill the Japanese tanks, because all battles are affected by various factors at the time.
As far as the current situation is concerned, since those officers and soldiers can hold a log and get close to the Japanese tank, why don't they just use cluster grenades to blow it up? If they had cluster grenades, there would be no need for people to climb onto the tank and lift the cover of the turret or gun turret to throw grenades inside.
There is a painting in later generations that depicts Chinese officers and soldiers blowing up a Japanese tank. Several people climbed onto the Japanese tank at the same time, but they did not have cluster grenades. So, what could they do? Some of them can only use rifle butts or even engineer shovels to smash them!
If some people question why they didn't use cluster grenades, they undoubtedly ignored the situation they were in at that time. How could they explode them if they didn't have cluster grenades at all? If you encounter such a bully, it will be as ridiculous as "why not eat minced meat"!
The battle still continues.
Although the Chinese army used local methods to kill a Japanese tank that rushed into Nanjing, Shang Zhen already had a bad feeling.
It's gratifying to kill a Japanese tank, but the problem is that the Guanghua Gate was damaged by the bomb. Then the Japanese artillery shells were thrown there as if they were free. The entire Guanghua Gate area was already full of debris. The smoke of war, the smell of gunpowder smoke is stronger than the smell of firecrackers when China celebrates New Year's Eve on New Year's Eve!
It's bad, Shang Zhen secretly yelled, if he had known this, he would have pulled out his group.
If the army in front cannot stop it, then the Military Police Regiment as a reserve force will have to charge forward.
The military police group rushed upwards, so there was no reason for our own people to retreat!
Judging from the brutality of the current battle, as long as a few of our own people enter the positional battle, it is entirely possible for them all to be killed, not to mention most of the casualties!
No, I have to think of some way to pull someone like myself out!
Shang Zhen began to think.
Please don't laugh at Shang Zhen. The veterans who survive in battle after battle will definitely think about retreating first and then advancing!
Why?
It is too great to bear the Japanese artillery fire with your flesh and blood body.
If you fight too many battles, even if you don't lose your courage, you will become more and more aggressive. You know how to survive and achieve the greatest results.
Veterans like Shang Zhen and others understand best the principle of one general's success and ten thousand bones withering away.
Countless soldiers are fighting bloody battles at the front, but the senior officials at the rear must be thinking about how to defeat the invaders. What they may be thinking about is how to maximize the interests of their own families!
As a soldier at the lowest level, due to the asymmetry in information about the battle situation with the upper-level figures, the big shots did not tell them the development of the war situation at all. Perhaps the big shots had withdrawn with gold, silver, soft goods or family members, but like Shang Zhen and others Such a little person is still holding on to the front, so the little person becomes cannon fodder!
In fact, this situation is not only thought like this by small soldiers like Shang Zhen, but also by the motley crew of local factions!
Although there are times when the armies of various factions unite as one to fight against the Japanese invaders, there are also times when everyone is in danger and retreats without fighting. People are always so complicated. They only talk about being patriotic and ignore their own interests, and are used as guns blazing by others. That's a fool!
But veterans like Shang Zhen and others also understand this truth.
Although he was brave, he was brave, but he died. However, some big shots who had no sacrifice in the first place got promoted and made a fortune by eating steamed buns made with human blood made of little people like them.
I have seen too many soldiers die unjustly, so they don’t want to die too unjustly!
Chinese people have a common mentality, which is that they do not suffer from poverty but suffer from inequality.
Who does that mean? It doesn't matter if everyone is poor. Anyway, others are just as clean as me. But if someone takes advantage of their innate advantages or power to become rich, then others will feel unbalanced.
But veterans like Shang Zhen and others also understand this truth.
Although he was brave, he was brave, but he died. However, some big shots who had no sacrifice in the first place got promoted and made a fortune by eating steamed buns made with human blood made of little people like them.
So why?
Shang Zhen regretted that he should not have come out with only the small dustpan. Now that he had sent the small dustpan away, there would be no one to go back to report the news. Should he go back by himself?
But now that I have gone back, there is no good way to get out of trouble!
While Shang Zhen was hesitating, the sun began to tilt to the west. When he listened to the gunfire in front, the gunfire from his own side had become weaker. Correspondingly, the stretcher team came down. There are more and more wounded soldiers!
No, I can no longer wait here for the opportunity to leave the city. If I continue to wait like this, my few people will have to be pulled into the position.
Thinking of this, Shang Zhen subconsciously raised his telescope and looked northwest. It was in that direction that he sent the little dustpan.
After watching for a while, he was disappointed. There were only some officers and soldiers in the telescope, but there was no small dustpan.
"Alas," Shang Zhen sighed. He put away his binoculars and prepared to go back to his group directly from the water tower.
But at this moment, he suddenly saw a person coming out of the alley not far away and running onto the street. The figure turned out to be Xiao Dustpan.
Shang Zhen was so happy that he quickly raised his telescope to look.
When he adjusted the focus, it became clear that the person was really a little dustpan.
It seemed that the little dustpan was heading towards him.
There must be news, Shang Zhen thought to himself, but before he put down the telescope, he saw that Little Dustpan no longer came to look at him, but waved his hand to the side and behind him.
Shang Zhen was stunned. He turned his head and saw that there were densely packed officers and soldiers on the street behind him.
Oops, the military police regiment is coming up!
In fact, even without looking at those people, Shang Zhen could guess that they must be the Military Police Regiment as a reserve team, and Mr. Wang and the others must be among them, otherwise how could Little Dustpan say hello to them?
Thinking of this, Shang Zhen no longer hesitated. He had to go down. Although he still took it one step at a time, he had to find a way to get out of trouble with a person like him!
