It has been a full 75 years since the War of Resistance Against Japan, but it still seems to be vividly remembered. Victory in this war was not easy, but was bought with courage and blood by countless soldiers and civilians. The Japanese have made sufficient strategic arrangements in order to invade China's territory, and the artillery towers that remain on Chinese soil today are the best proof of this.
Every time the Japanese occupied a place, they built an artillery tower. The so-called turret is a high bunker where you can look at and shoot. Most of them are made of bricks, triads and wood. There are gun holes on all sides, which can be fired, and people outside the turret are very headaches if they want to attack inside.
Moreover, some of the turrets are extremely strong, and ordinary artillery fire cannot bombard at all. A large part of it is buried underground and is a good base for self-defense. It can also be used as a timely command, ammunition depot, and storage depot. Some are built to withstand as much artillery fire as possible to withstand poison gas and nuclear radiation.
In the face of such a turret, our army also has a headache. Because our army lacked heavy weapons, most of them adopted the method of guerrilla warfare, so the Japanese conveniently established a large number of strongholds and separated the entire base areas from guerrilla warfare. As soon as our army launched a guerrilla war, they hid in this turtle shell.
Therefore, how to cannon tower has become a heavy link in the War of Resistance Against Japan. But it has to be said that in the case of inferior weapons and equipment, this kind of turret is a hard bone. Many people may say, why raid at night? Friends who have watched the anti-Japanese drama will know that some of the turrets will still be brightly lit at night. How to raid the various sentries that are also heavily guarded?
This raises a very important issue, many of the turrets are erected in some mountainous sections, and some are in towns. But at that time, many parts of China were still extremely backward, and there was not even electricity. So where did these turrets come from?
In fact, the Japanese have not bothered with this problem. Some of the important artillery strongholds established in the city are fine, these strongholds are not like gun towers, some are built like bunkers, and even have their own special power stations, or pull wires from the poles of the highway, and communication equipment.
However, the forts in some villages were miserable, the configuration was relatively underground, and there were only a few Japanese soldiers guarding the turrets. But it is also important to guard ah, otherwise it will be beaten down and spend money to build a turret what to do? The way they call is simple, they use diesel generators to generate electricity.
However, in the late stage of the War of Resistance Against Japan, many of Japan's resources were placed in the Pacific Theater, and in the case of lack of resources, kerosene lamps and even candles would be lit to illuminate. Survey the surrounding environment with a little shimmer. This was said by a Japanese veteran himself after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan in 1945.
Our army has made a lot of painstaking efforts to capture these artillery towers, including many patriotic folk volunteers, who have also paid precious lives to resist the invasion of the Japanese. For example, the book says that in September 1938, the manager of the Takeshō Bright Electric Light Company and three technicians were brutally killed by the Japanese because they resolutely did not supply power to the Japanese army. Therefore, our peace today is really not easy, and it was bought with the lives of countless anti-Japanese martyrs.