Chapter 196: A Difficult Choice
Citizens, regular soldiers, with tears in their eyes, nodding, sighing, clenching their fists, welcome!
The rapidly growing contingent has also rapidly increased the ambitions of all officers and men.
"Kill the past, destroy the little devil!"
"Reclaim the entire Jinling City!"
"Conquer the warehouse area and ensure the supply of the whole army!"
The mighty torrent quickly passed due north.
The sky is about to darken!
It was five o'clock in the afternoon, in the middle of winter, and it was already evening.
By the time it was completely nightfall, there was only half an hour.
For the Chinese army, there is no time limit of day and night.
Fighting, survival, food, weapons, ammunition, rescuing prisoners of war and civilians, saving people and self-help, there is no time to be warm.
The Northwest Granary City, also known as Huiluo Warehouse, has more than 100,000 tons of grain in reserve.
Some of these grains were stored by government organizations, some were stored by merchant rice shops, and there were also military rations allocated by the Ministry of National Defense here after the Battle of Songhu.
In the later stages of the battle, the government, which found that it was not good, concentrated a large amount of military rations here.
However, not all the grain here is for military and civilian consumption, and many of them are industrial raw materials, such as brewing wine, vinegar, soy sauce, and some chemical raw materials.
Part of the grain gathered here was taken away by the defeated national army, part of it was taken away by the people who lived here, more was taken away by some gangs and community members, and the Japanese army who entered the city was also allocated to other troops, and now, there are still 30,000 tons!
This is a huge bill of goods, and it is also a strategic material that the Hanfeng army must take to survive.
On the battlefield of Huiluocang, the situation is still the same.
Two units of the Chinese army, hidden in ruins and complexes, and two companies, waiting a kilometer in the rear.
Japanese troops, firmly grasping the granary.
The devil is too weird.
Why don't you take advantage of the victory to pursue?
Han Feng was thinking.
By the way, the devil must have received some order, be cautious, so, you can't stick to it.
Now, without listening closely, you can hear gunfire and explosions everywhere in Jinling City.
This was three days after the enemy entered the city.
This shows that the personnel sent by Hanfeng contacted and mobilized everywhere, and the people in Jinling City knew that the enemy was slaughtering the city, and there was no way out if they did not resist, so they all mobilized and fought against the enemy.
According to historical records, the enemy's army entering the city should be about 60,000 people, and Jinling City at that time, according to the government's order, was not allowed to retreat, so that the total population was as much as one million.
Even if the devils killed 100,000 soldiers and civilians in three days, and there are almost a million residents, once these people rise up to resist, it will be a nightmare for the devils and a net of the people's war!
The citizens were mobilized, and the soldiers, who had not yet been apprehended by the enemy, probably also participated in the battle.
This background is the reason why the Han Feng troops can be near the Kaimen Building, facing the devils for so long, and have not been surrounded by the devastating encirclement of the enemy's heavy army group.
However, he must not delay.
Otherwise, a large number of soldiers and civilians in the prisoner of war camp will not be able to be rescued, they will be slaughtered by the devils in vain, and they will lose excellent soldiers, and again, once the enemy comes to his senses and finds out the size of his troops, he will rush in a frenzy.
Time waits for no man.
You must give up your life and forget about death!
What to do?
You have to think of something else.
He sent someone to inform the hidden Ye Zheng infantry battalion, and immediately retreated quietly and sent reinforcements to the warehouse area north of the city!
The signal corps went, and in less than two minutes, Ye Zheng's infantry battalion quietly retreated.
Han Feng was observing the enemy, and he felt that the enemy was watching this side, and the enemy was also suspicious of the ambush of the Chinese army.
Ye Zheng's troops moved quietly, but they still exposed their feet.
First, it was deliberately exposed by Han Feng's advice, and second, so many officers and soldiers and citizens were all hastily formed, how could they quickly become a tight-knit fighting collective and receive the effect of fingers?
However, the devils still did not act!
Han Feng was in a hurry.
Now, the northward movement of two infantry regiments and an infantry battalion that he held was an uncertain operation, how could those hungry and hungry soldiers and citizens have the physical strength and combat strength to really conquer the warehouse area in the north of the city?
There must be more enemies there, and the fire must be fiercer!
It was a decoy operation, Han Feng didn't expect it, and he didn't dare to imagine how a group of rabbles could conquer the warehouse area in one go?
That requires careful arrangement, various tactics, and in the face of tough devils, Han Feng must not be careless.
Since the enemy is so patient, there is only one move.
Hurt the devil!
So, after observing the enemy, Han Feng began a sniper operation.
One shot at a time!
One shot at a time!
He appeared from behind a hidden obstacle, and once he appeared, the devil on the opposite side would inevitably be killed!
He specializes in fighting devil officers, machine gunners, grenadiers!
At the same time, he sent someone to inform the two infantry companies that were monitoring the enemy from a distance to advance and approach the enemy!
He also sent people to inform Ye Zheng's infantry battalion that after going north, he would turn back and go around to the northeast of the enemy's granary and flank the enemy!
In this way, thoroughly provoke the enemy, besiege the enemy, and at the same time, attract the attention of the enemy and divide the enemy's forces.
Han Feng sniped more than 30 devils in just three minutes!
A distance of more than two hundred meters.
When the sun was setting and twilight was rising, visibility was already affected, and in such a difficult situation, such a ferocious sniper gave the enemy the impression that there were at least a dozen Chinese sharpshooters lurking here.
The Japanese army also continued to launch counterattacks, but unfortunately, any actions of the Japanese army, here in Hanfeng, are clear, as if the devil is running Luoben!
Especially, when the devil secretly acted from behind the obstacle and was preparing to sneak attack, Han Feng could see it clearly.
The power of perspective is unmatched.
The Japanese fired at Hanfeng's side, and also bombarded them with mortars and grenadiers.
Han Feng shoots while moving through the ruins and buildings to dodge, constantly killing and damaging enemies.
The Japanese army was finally enraged.
The Japanese army dispatched two troops, one, coming out of the granary, an infantry squadron, a detour in the direction of the northeast of our army and the transferred Ye Zheng infantry battalion.
The enemy has already seen clearly, this Chinese force is likely to flank their granary, in that case, why not strike first and take the initiative to counterattack?
The second force, a squadron, attacked where a company of Hanfeng's troops was hiding.
Han Feng was very happy to see the enemy's movements.
That's great.
He continued to maneuver with the enemy in the ruins, and the enemy recognized the cannonballs that were fired, causing a lot of smoke and dust, which increased the enemy's vision barrier, and made Han Feng like a fish in water!
Han Feng sniped more than a dozen devils!
The spearhead soldiers who had just come out of the devil were killed by Han Feng in seconds.
Frightened, the devils could only go back, and some of them lay on the ground and didn't dare to move.
The leader of the Japanese squadron who came later was furious, and immediately divided his troops, three squads in three directions, and pounced on the front.
"Outflank the left and right flanks, resolutely encircle and destroy the Chinese troops!"