Chapter 315: Guarding Shanhaiguan

"What weapon are they using?" Yoshino Yangda shouted with a sad face when the fourth Type 95 Todin tank was blown up.

After five roaring flames flashed in the building next to it, the four tanks disappeared. The proudness of entering the station just now flew into the sky with the debris splashed by the tanks. It could attack a 200mm thick rocket launcher to deal with armor that was only 6-12mm thick, just like a toy that was stuck in paper.

The other two vehicles were hesitating at this time. The cover of the tunnel at an intersection in front was gently moved away, and another iron fist was poked out from the tunnel. The distance of about 30 meters was just right for the iron fist to be used.

"Boom!" Another ball of flame exploded on the bean cart.

"Ah!" Without waiting for Yoshino Yangda to shout a command, the remaining tank had already pushed away another burning tank fragment and quickly retreated. There were purely passive beatings, and there were many equipment in the surrounding buildings, and even those strange shells could be shot in the parking carriages.

"Retreat!" Matsushita Heiwen pondered for a moment and ordered. The paratroopers chased after him for a while, but more than 30 Japanese soldiers quickly retreated.

"They have a new type of individual weapon that can easily blow up the chariots. If it is a chariot used to deal with the Soviets, it can level the gap between us and the Soviet armored strength." Heifumi Panasonic immediately reported to Major General Taro Taro Tachiyama, the commander of the 15th Brigade, commanded by the 15th Brigade, who was commanding behind. This time, the 16th Regiment came directly, and he was led directly, because the 3rd Battalion of the Field Artillery was accompanied. The 15th Brigade only left the 30th Regiment in Harbin and was directly under the command of the 2nd Division.

"Wait in place." Taro Katayama ordered directly.

The 16th Regiment, which had accelerated, soon came half a brigade, and the other troops were still rushing.

"They don't have many people, only two or three hundred, but their firepower is very strong, with machine guns and that new weapon!"

"You must get that kind of weapon! Don't use artillery, charge with infantry first and strive to seize the complete sample!" Taro Katayama took over the command directly and said. In order to worry that the weapon was destroyed by artillery fire, the four Type 92 105mm cannons that came with the team were not used.

"The casualties will be very high!" Heifu Panasonic said this. He knew that compared with the new weapon that could change the strength of the Kanto Army and the Soviet Union, the lives of the soldiers were not worth mentioning. Since Katayama said that infantry charges instead of bombarding with artillery, it seems that he didn't care much about seizing the Shanhaiguan. According to his previous description, Katayama's attention was attracted by that magical weapon.

Meng Xiang still underestimated the Japanese's great interest in this weapon. Of course, their target was not the vanguard army, but the Soviet Union in the north. The Kwantung Army was always paying attention to the movements of the Soviet Union Far East Army, and the Kwantung Army was always afraid of the strength of the Soviet Union Far East Army's chariots.

With this lightweight weapon that can destroy tanks, how could they not be fascinated?

"Detect the tanks together, pay attention to their new weapons!" Taro Katayama said coldly. When tanks are sent out, they may be destroyed by iron fists one by one. However, for the sake of the new weapons, everything is worth it.

"Why are their tanks coming up again? Haven't they suffered enough?" Yang Guanchen, the battalion commander of the first battalion of the Paratrooper Regiment, couldn't help but wonder.

"I just received the intelligence that the Japanese reinforcements came up. This time the number of soldiers attacked was significantly increased. Moreover, their artillery also came up, which were four Type 92 Cannon heavy artillery. I have read the information about this artillery. Its range can reach more than 18 kilometers. It may be the farthest artillery with a range of about 100 caliber now." said Lu Chuanxiao, the regiment staff officer.

He stroked his eyebrows and said, "We can't stop this kind of cannon, but why don't they use cannons?"

The charge of the Japanese outside began. The first charge was when more than a thousand people from a half-group of people who arrived at the scene came up together. There were the poor seven tanks in front.

"Boom! Boom!" Two loud noises in a row, and in front of everyone, the two beads were destroyed again. This time it was the bombardment of the rp-54 rocket launcher. The main reason was that there were too many infantry coming up from the Japanese and they could not rely on them, so they had to use rp-54 with a long attack distance.

"It's really powerful!" Taro Katayama held up his telescope and kept observing on the front line.

"Two people operate, shoulder-mounted, with an attack distance of more than 100 meters, and a cylindrical fire, which looks like a recoilless cannon, but it is definitely not. When moving, flames spewed out from behind." Taro Katayama combined the information summarized. At this time, the caliber of the recoilless cannon was already more than 76.2 mm, but if the recoilless cannon wants to increase its power, it must increase the amount of drug conversion, at least 4 times the loading of ordinary cannons with the same power, and the operation is not as light as that weapon.

He looked at the sketches drawn by his staff, and the more he looked, the more he felt that this weapon was suitable.

"After ordering the brigades behind us to come, we will rush forward and take them down in one go. Be careful to find the new weapon." After hearing another brigade arrived, Taro Katayama said with a happy expression.

"The Japanese attack was too fierce, one after another, and it kept going. The first front has fallen, and the second front is in danger." Yang Guanchen looked at the reports from various parts and said, "The ammunition in various places is very consumed, and several ammunition has been exhausted and there are many casualties. There is no news about the reinforcements, but the giant transport plane has landed. As long as we support it for a period of time, the replenished ammunition will be transported."

"Their artillery has not moved yet!" Lu Chuanxiao frowned. The weakness of the paratroopers' weak firepower was suddenly exposed. If it were an ordinary vanguard army's battalion, not only machine guns and Somi, large-caliber machine guns, mortars and mountain cannons, it would be fine enough to deal with a brigade of the Japanese.

But the number of people in the paratrooper camp was originally small and the firepower was weak. They could only rely on the terrain around the railway station to continue to defend.

"No matter whether it's a damn gun or not, since we have arrived at this place, even if we hit the last person, we will never retreat!" Yang Guanchen said angrily, slapped his bald head before traveling.

"Shanhaiguan, the Great Wall, belongs to Chinese men. Today we will bleed here and use our corpses to build a new Great Wall Pass here!" Yang Guanchen stood on the platform of the train and shouted at the reserve team members of more than 60 people. The front line was in a hurry, and the support weapons in the rear were almost here. This was the most critical time, and it was time to dispatch reserve personnel.

"The casualties are too great! There are more than 500 people." After a short series of continuous attacks, so many soldiers fell down, which made Hiromoto Matsushita grin in distress. Five of the seven tanks in front had been destroyed. Although two of the vanguard soldiers who were shooting were killed, the iron fist was taken away, causing the attempt of the Japanese who rushed over to fail. Under the surrounding machine gun positions and the attacks of Somi, the Japanese who rushed forward fell down in large numbers.

"I know their intention!" Lu Chuanxiao lay in a ditch that was temporarily deepening, and the telescope had been broken by the Japanese's sharpshooter. But he saw the camera where many Japanese people snatched the iron fist just now.

"They came for the iron fist." Lu Chuanxiao clenched his fists and said. The rocket launcher equipped by the Pioneer Army is also the name of the iron fist, which is simple and easy to understand.

"Captain Ji, the Japanese plan to snatch the iron fist and protect each iron fist. They must not be taken away by the Japanese. The used launcher must be destroyed." Lu Chuanxiao hurriedly found Feng Liudao, who arranged the fourth defensive front behind a motorcycle.

"The Japanese want to come and take the Iron Fist? The Japanese are indeed smart. They suddenly took advantage of the simple advantages of the Iron Fist. They even fired cannons, which is a way to leave us some time! In the future, the information outside the scope of the Special Administrative Region must be strengthened." Meng Xiang said solemnly.

The Pioneer Army had not received information from the Japanese cannons before. If the Japanese were not eager to get a complete iron fist, with these four cannon heavy cannons and half a wing of the Japanese, the first battalion of the paratroopers would have suffered greater casualties, and they might have been wiped out.

"The way of doing this in Pangshan is right. If they really want to get the iron fist sample, they may be able to equip themselves within two years. At that time, our tanks will be very passive." Fan Zhong also vaguely advised next to him. He didn't know that the base's weapons were constantly risking more advanced weapons.

"I will pay attention! After this trial, I will not use it in dangerous areas for the time being. Avoid the Japanese learning of this type of weapon secretly!" Meng Xiang was still a little unconscious in his heart. After all, the Germans produced eight million iron fists in more than three years, but still did not block the Soviet tanks.

The short range of the iron fist is destined to be less useful in a regular battlefield. This is one of the reasons why the Germans looked down on it at the beginning. The roar of artillery on the battlefield is the wrath of the king. Even if they encounter tanks, the tanks rely on cluster combat, and the iron stream of the tank army surged over, and even if the iron fist was powerful, it could not be stopped.

After the emergence of anti-tank missiles in later generations, they could not stop the surging of steel torrents.

However, in narrow areas such as urban warfare, the iron fist still exerts great power, and its simple operation makes it suitable for both young and old, and the whole people are soldiers.

Although Meng Xiang had long realized the issue of confidentiality, and each launcher had to be retracted and destroyed in a concentrated manner. However, it was impossible to retract all of them in the fierce battle. Even if there was an emergency, the practice of using grenades to blow up key components, it would be impossible to prevent accidents. If the Japanese with strong imitation ability were to get a bargain, Meng Xiang would not be willing to accept it.

"If the Japanese gave up on their research, they would probably have finished products in one or two years with samples. Although the Pioneer Army would become stronger at that time, and they would not send tanks to conduct street battles that were not suitable for their combat, now that the tanks of the Pioneer Army can already beat the Japanese to pieces, it is always bad to cause trouble for themselves."

"Boom boom boom!" The zis-3 cannons supported by the vanguard army first fired from a distance, but this gave the four 105 cannons that the Japanese had been waiting for a long time. There was no need to worry about bombarding the artillery positions of the vanguard army. The Japanese heavy artillery positions arranged from afar also opened fire and fired.

"Their artillery firing distance is very far, more than ten kilometers!" Nan Yuan Tianxin, the captain of the Japanese artillery squadron, was a little surprised. Seeing that the vanguard's gun caliber was only about 75 mm, the shooting distance was so far. However, the location where the Japanese artillery was placed was even further backward, and it did not pose much threat to them. Even if they were shot, there was not much accuracy.

Although the bombardment of a zis-3 cannon did not pose much threat to the Japanese artillery, it had some interference. The other three cannons began to aim at the Japanese infantry positions. Although the effect of the cannon in this regard was not as good as that of howitzers, the zis-3 curved direct fire performance was good. With the addition of three fast-fire cannons and the bombardment of the 45 mortars, the defensive pressure of the paratroopers has been relieved a lot.

"Comrades, people, this is our home, here is our home. Today our Chinese team has returned, and we no longer have to be angry with the Japanese." Zhu Tingwen stood on a high platform outside the station and shouted loudly to the many people surrounding the people below. Although most of the local people hid, many people from all walks of life who came out of the city were stranded nearby. They had nowhere to escape, and other places were also places for the Japanese. It would be better to wait for the Japanese to come and lose money and eliminate disasters.

"The Japanese pressed forward step by step, and the soldiers of the vanguard army in front were defending tenaciously. They were fighting in the front, what were we doing? Are we just watching numbly? Watching the first pass of Shanhaiguan, the Great Wall left to us by our ancestors, fall into the hands of the Japanese? Watching the Japanese occupy our villages and towns again, forcing us to pay the harsh and miscellaneous taxes that will cause countless families to be destroyed? Then watching them break into our homes, take away our property, and defile us.

Sisters, wife and daughter? Watching them force us and our descendants to bow and kneel every time they see them? No! Never! I don’t want my descendants to stand under the plaster when I am old and ask me if I have worked hard for the country and protected our home! Today, I will pick up the swords and guns and fight with the Japanese! When I go to the ground to meet the ancestors and ancestors, I will also have glory. Which of you are men or Chinese men, let’s go to the front line to kill Japanese people!”

While talking, Zhu Tingwen jumped off the platform with a Type 38 rifle and headed straight for the vanguard's position without looking back.

"I'll go! He's going to talk to the Japanese outside the pass, but he's going to destroy our seeds. Seeing my son speak to the Japanese, I want to slap him in anger. But that's because the situation is forcing me. Today I've tried too, just to stop talking to the birds, I'll try to do it too." A man from outside the pass shouted and followed with a shoulder pole.

"The land at home was forced to grow opium. If you don't get much money for planting opium, you will be taken away by the Japanese and harmed others. If you harm others and yourself, the eldest and second brothers in my family have sucked that thing, and the family is ruined. I am the one who wants to enter the coffin, no one will support me. Today I will fight with the Japanese and I will fight with the Japanese and a pair of white-haired shoemakers staggered with a needle and awl.

"I ran out of the Beida camp and never stayed in the military camp. Today, we will follow the Pioneer Army to fight the Japanese at this moment." A black man came out.

"Okay, even if you go to fight the Japanese, I will still give your bodyguard's fee!" A fat businessman shouted loudly, "Now, everything inside the pass is becoming Japanese, and it is becoming more and more difficult to do business!"

"For nothing else, I have to fight with the Japanese to have a full meal. I have been busy for a year but can't eat the food in the fields I grow. Is this a damn thing for humans? Is the Pioneer Army here? I heard that the Pioneer Army does not pay for food in farming, and the white-collar workers can't starve to death. I was going to Shandong, but since the Pioneer Army has come here, maybe I won't pay for food here. In order to have a full meal at home, I'll fight for it today!" A black man raised the wax bar pole that was leaning on and followed.

"The Pioneer Army is here and will not pay food!" A series of shouts came out, and more and more people followed Zhu Tingwen.

This way, rushing over directly would definitely help. Lu Chuanxiao hurriedly led people to organize them, responsible for helping transport materials and building defense lines.

People who walked outside the pass were often encountered by bandits and beasts, so it was normal to be able to shoot. More than 60 young and middle-aged men who were quite skilled in shooting were gathered in the hands of these people. The more than 50 intact Japanese 38 rifles confiscated by the Pioneer Army were piled up there, and there were a lot of ammunition. They originally planned to change their gear when there was insufficient ammunition, but now they had these new forces and were equipped directly. More than a dozen excellent people who could operate submachine guns directly used the Somi, which was supplemented by the Pioneer Army, and three of them could even fire machine guns.

These people need brief training, otherwise they will easily be beaten to death by the Japanese veterans, and they will be used as the final reserve team.

"Continue to rush forward!" Another brigade of the Japanese finally arrived at Daliuzhuang outside the pass. Taro Katayama Shimo directly ordered them to charge despite their fatigue from afar. The tenacity of the vanguard army was beyond his expectations.

"Come here! Japanese devils!" Mu Shuanzhu led his team out from the side with a mg-42 machine gun. The machine gun fire made his body shaking continuously, but the bullets still shot into the Japanese devils that rushed to the station like ants on the opposite side.

It is obvious that the defense at the entrance of Shanhai Pass is easy to defend, and the Japanese are mainly attacking the station. So, after clearing out the Japanese in the city, the first brigade from the other side of the city sent a squadron to support.
Chapter completed!