The little devil is in an awkward situation now, he can't fight, and he can't run.
Looking at the two steamers of the Nationalist army, they were already less than 600 meters away from the gunboat, and the machine guns on the steamers hit the gunboat's side deck, bursting out a string of dazzling sparks.
I saw that the place on the bridge without armor protection was directly pierced by bullets, and the little devils in the cockpit were killed a lot on the spot.
The company commander stood at the bow of the steamer, personally operated a mortar, aimed at the gunboat, and then ordered to load, only to hear a "clang", the shell rushed out of the chamber, flew towards the gunboat, and exploded right on the deck, and suddenly a burst of fire and smoke rose into the sky.
The little devil was blown up and scurried around, crying bitterly, and the gunboat turned around at full speed and ran out.
When the company commander saw that the little devil was about to run, he hurriedly ordered the steamer to catch up, get as close as possible, and push the gunboat as far away as possible, so as to ensure that the steamer carrying the wounded and the sanitary company could reach the opposite shore smoothly.
As a result, there was a very strange scene on the river, a gunboat with thick smoke desperately fleeing in front, and two steamers chasing after it.
From time to time, the gunboats bombarded the steamer with their tail guns, but because of the large waves and the shaking of the hull, they hit many times, but they could not hit the steamer swaying back and forth, so angry that the gunboat commander hurriedly called other warships and quickly came to support.
The fat man on the shore also knew that the steamer was in danger, and he immediately ordered the two 75 mountain guns to fire at the little devil's gunboat, even if he couldn't hit them, he had to scare them.
The shells exploded around the gunboat, and the column of water that rose into the sky forced the gunboat to run out as if it were desperate, and soon ran out of the range of the mountain guns.
The company commander hurriedly turned around and rushed back, the steamer that Shen Lina was riding was now about to reach the opposite shore, and the first group of people who had gone ashore hurriedly ran to the shore, waved to the brothers on the steamer, and prepared to meet them.
At this critical moment, three bombers appeared in the already lit sky, and they suddenly appeared above the river and swooped down with hideous faces towards the two steamers with weapons.
When the company commander saw it, he hurriedly shouted: "Quick, hit the plane of the little devils, hit in front of them" The plane is a fast-moving target, and you can only hit it if you have a good grasp of the advance, so the company commander told someone to shoot at the front.
All the machine guns and rapid-fire weapons on the steamer fired at the bombers that were diving down, but they couldn't hit the bombers that flew freely in the sky.
When the little devil saw that the Chinese army below was actually shooting at them with machine guns and rifles, he arrogantly pulled up the nose of the plane, circled over the steamer a few times, and then dived down towards the steamer.
While diving, they used the bomber's cannon to strafe wildly, and on the spot they knocked a steamer on fire everywhere, and spun around in the middle of the Yangtze River, where the water was panting, and it was about to capsize and die.
The company commander was in a hurry, and hurriedly ordered his steamer to lean over, and desperately strafed the bomber with his machine gun, trying to attract fire, but the little devil was unmoved, circled the sky a few times, and swooped down from the sky again, dropping a huge bomb on the smoking steamer.
The bomb exploded next to the steamer, and the huge air and water column generated by the explosion directly lifted the injured steamer high, flipped 180 degrees in the air, and then fell heavily on the water.
The two dozen brothers inside the boat were thrown out of the hull by the huge inertia and were soon drowned in the rolling Yangtze River.
The company commander was so grief-stricken that he picked up a machine gun and shouted at the bombers that were diving, but he was soon hit by the machine guns, and the men fell into the water with their guns and died.
The rest of the brothers all stood up and fired desperately at the bomber, but they still couldn't hit it, but they were all thrown into the water by the bomber's cannons, and they were swept away by the rushing river in a moment.
The small steamer was also hit by the bomber in the fuel tank, and it caught fire and exploded.
At this time, Shen Lina, who had already gone ashore, saw this tragic and bloody scene with their own eyes, and couldn't help but sobbed in a low voice, especially Liu Xiaolin, the fat man's wife, thinking that the people who were still talking and laughing with them just now were all dead at this moment, and they suddenly couldn't control their emotions and cried so much that they cried with pear blossoms.
The fat man also saw this tragedy on the side of the ferry, and his teeth chattered with hatred, and he thought that if he had a few anti-aircraft guns at hand, he would have to beat these bombers down, but now he could only curse.
At the same time, the little devils who followed Zhou Wu also launched an attack on them, and under the cover of planes and artillery, three or four thousand devils howled and rushed with the 38 big covers, which had the meaning of leveling the position in one fell swoop and washing the mouth of the Yangtze River in blood.
Zhou Wu told everyone not to worry, the more devils, the more calm their minds must be, now that all the heavy weapons have been lost in the Purple Mountain, and there is no ammunition replenishment, he asked everyone to aim and fight again, and try to save bullets.
Zhou Wu ordered the fat man at the ferry to speed up the speed of crossing the river, and evacuate as many people as possible to Jiangbei at all costs, as long as they arrived in Jiangbei, it would be easy to do.
Now time is more precious than gold for the Independent Brigade, and maybe it won't be at night, and the Independent Brigade and the Teaching Corps will be served by the little devils, and they will die so much that there is not even a slag left.
At this time, Ding Ning reminded: "Luzao, do you remember Shitang Town, at that time, there was a security regiment that withdrew to Jiangbei on your order, why don't you contact that Xiao Wang regiment leader now and ask him to quickly bring people to Jiangbei to meet us." ” "Although the combat effectiveness of the security regiment is not very good, it is a living force after all, and they still have a lot of supplies to supply our troops crossing the river."
Zhou Wu was reminded by Ding Ning like this, and immediately came to his senses, yes, why didn't I expect that there would be this security group, although the number is only more than a thousand, but they are all new forces, as long as they are a little trained after crossing the river, they can become a team with strong combat effectiveness, and Zhou Wu is still confident in this.
Zhou Wu asked the staff officer of the brigade headquarters to keep calling the security regiment in Taizhou, and at this time, the little devil had already rushed to a place about a thousand meters away from the position, and Ge Sanmin, who was in charge of the first line of defense, had already exchanged fire with the little devil.
The devil's artillery and planes desperately bombarded the position, and the infantry took the opportunity to cover the position, the national army suffered heavy casualties, the position was full of stumps and broken bones, and the blood of the warriors flowed all over the position, staining the winter snow red.
Although the devil's firepower was fierce and the offensive was strong, he still couldn't break through the first line of defense guarded by Ge Sanmin, and the little devil took the initiative to retreat after losing a few hundred people, planning to take a breath and come back later.
Although Ge Sanmin repelled the little devil's first onslaught on the position, he also suffered a lot of losses, and more than 300 brothers sacrificed their precious lives to sleep forever in this land full of suffering. t1706231537: