Chapter 54: Alerting the Snake (Part 2) (Double Monthly Votes, Please Vote!)

People outside the battlefield were heartbroken because of the abnormal behavior of the Japanese army.

Naturally, the officers in Sihang Warehouse would not remain calm.

Lei Xiong borrowed the telescope of the battalion commander Yang Ruifu and lay down next to Tang Dao to observe for a long time. He only saw the Japanese infantry digging trenches 600 meters away, sweating like rain, as if I can't attack and trap you by digging trenches.

He couldn't help but tugged on his collar a little anxiously, and suggested to Tang Dao: "Brother Tang Dao, you are good at shooting. Come on, try a few shots, maybe you can kill some of them. What do these stupid Japanese guys want to do?"

Tang Dao smiled slightly, but did not refute Lei Xiong's impossible suggestion.

In fact, based on the effective range of a formal rifle and the somewhat crude but absolutely effective 4x scope, more than 600 meters is not such an insurmountable distance.

However, killing one or two Japanese soldiers would be extremely humiliating to the Japanese army at best, but it would do no good to the Sihang Warehouse side. It would also let the Japanese army know that there was a super sniper on the opposite side. Senior officers would hide more closely.

Any tactics must serve the strategy. The current strategy of Sihang Warehouse is to hold on as long as possible and let the Japanese army rack their brains to hit the south wall.

However, Tang Dao also knew Lei Xiong's subtext: Since your rifle doesn't work, brother, let me use my machine cannon to kill them. Go help me and tell the regiment deputy and battalion commander!

He put away the rifle he had taken from Lao Lao Youzi and threw it back to Li Jiujin, who had been keeping Kuhaha by his side. He sat down with his back against the wall, tossed a cigarette to Lei Xiong, and took out one and lit it himself:

"Captain Lei, please pull him down! Haven't you had enough fun before? Even if you have shot out a few bullets? Do you think the two commanders will allow you to use the cannon to kill mosquitoes?"

"Hey!" Lei Xiong looked outside melancholy, turned over and leaned against the wall with some dejection, and took a deep puff of his cigarette. "I'm not thinking that the Japanese must be up to something and want to cause trouble for them!"

"The Japs are not fools. Seeing that the infantry can't attack by force, and howitzers and infantry artillery are taking turns to attack, it doesn't work. Naturally, they have to use their brains." Tang Dao puffed out a puff of smoke without moving his eyelids.

"Do you know the tactics our 26th Division used to fight the Japanese army in Dachang Town for seven days and seven nights?"

"This is your 26th Division." Lei Xiong didn't answer, but he extended his thumb to Tang Dao and praised the 26th Division first. "I have been a soldier for so many years and rarely accept that. However, your 26th Division defeated only 600 people and did not lose any ground. For this reason, I accept it, brother."

"By the way, let's talk about the tricks you use."

The jump is huge! Tang Dao is also adapting to Lei Xiong's style of random mind jumps.

"It's just the soldiers coming to block the water and the soil. Just wait for the Japanese army to take action. When they finally have no more moves, the battle will be almost over." Tang Dao said calmly, but his eyes slightly turned to look in another direction. .

"This..." Lei Xiong was stunned.

Isn’t this equivalent to not saying anything?

"What's wrong? Brother?" Lei Xiong suddenly noticed something strange about Tang Dao.

Tang Dao looked at the flower dog "Hammer" who had been lying next to Niu Er!

‘Hammer’ is a wild dog, but it is definitely a wild dog that amazed the officers and soldiers in the warehouse.

Take the previous shelling by the Japanese army as an example. Each shell was either on the roof or in the middle of the wall. It was like someone was beating the warehouse with a huge hammer. The entire warehouse was like a ship in the stormy sea. , no one knew whether they would be submerged in the crazy Japanese artillery fire at that moment.

Even a strong soldier like Lei Xiong was a little shaken, let alone others. Although many soldiers were not crying for their parents in fear, there were many who had pale faces.

But 'Hammer' was surprisingly calm. He stretched out his front legs and stuffed his head into his leg sockets, looking resigned to his fate.

So much so that the old soldier Youzi joked about his comrades in the class: They are all bitches, they are worse than a ‘hammer’!

Although the old soldier Youzi himself was hiding in the corner like a ball with his head in his arms when the bombardment came, it was not easy to see.

Many people even suspect that Hammer's ears have been deafened by artillery fire. Otherwise, no matter how well-trained a dog is, it is impossible to be indifferent to such an environment. This is beyond people's understanding of dogs. .

But obviously, it's not.

When someone comes from more than 20 meters away, Hammer will look over there, and his hearing is absolutely excellent.

In the end, Tang Dao gave the answer.

As a dog that had survived on the battlefield for at least half a month, and even his own home was blown up by artillery fire, 'Hammer' should have been used to the rumble of cannons.

Maybe it also knew that there was nothing it could do with that weird thing that could blow up the whole house once it exploded, so it learned to let nature take its course.

The reason is ridiculous, but I can't seem to find a reason to refute it.

But now, Hammer, who had been lying quietly, raised his head, and his ears were trembling slightly.

Tang Dao's eyes flashed slightly, he picked up Lei Xiong and left, "Here comes the Japanese trick."

"Could it be..."

Lei Xiong was not a fierce one, he actually had a delicate side to his thinking. Combined with the performance of the 'Hammer' and the Tang Dao, while the Japanese army clearly showed no offensive behavior on the battlefield, an extremely ominous possibility suddenly appeared in his mind.

"The Japanese army actually used planes!" Seeing Tang Dao and his two men rushing into the headquarters, the Army Lieutenant Colonel's expression suddenly changed.

Before he stood up, there was a huge commotion from the opposite side.

"Brothers, be careful, the Japanese planes are coming!"

Obviously, the people were eager to remind the Chinese defenders in the warehouse, and they didn't even have time to write the slogans that they had tacitly agreed on before.

Then, the dull "buzzing" sound came from the invisible sky from far to near to everyone's ears.

The two signalmen who were responsible for the window lookout and tacit communication with the people also ran into the command center: "Report to the commander, the people have reminded us that two enemy planes are flying towards our warehouse, due east!"

That was the direction of the sea, and the lieutenant colonel's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Oh! Damn it, the Japanese planes are really here." Lei Xiong was not surprised but happy, his eyes were as big as copper bells. "Come on, I've been waiting for them."

He cast an eager look at the lieutenant colonel: "Deputy regiment commander, I think we can let the No. 2 machine gun join the battle this time. If we can shoot down a Japanese plane, it will be worth it for the fellow villagers to cheer us up."

The lieutenant colonel looked out the window. Because the Japanese planes were flying, most of the people either hid in the house or retreated to a farther place, but there were still many people shouting on the street, reminding the warehouse defenders dozens of meters away of the approximate distance of the Japanese planes, even though they knew that if the bombs were lost, they would definitely die if they stayed on the street.

As for the Sihang Warehouse itself, the walls that could not be chewed by 75mm howitzers and cannons were very strong, but this did not include bombs over 200 pounds.

Not only the explosive energy of the bombs themselves could destroy the building, but what was more terrifying was that the bombs broke into the building and exploded with the terrifying kinetic energy of falling hundreds of meters or even kilometers.

The consequences were simply unimaginable.

Even if the Japanese planes were not shot down, they could never be allowed to drop bombs comfortably.

Weiwei gritted his teeth and was about to give an order when he suddenly saw Tang Dao frowning. He was moved in his heart.

"Platoon Leader Tang, what do you think?"