Soon, the twelve 75-caliber mountain guns of the artillery team directly under the Shigeto detachment began to adjust their firing ranges, pointing the muzzles of the black holes at the Nantong wharf, and observing that the hot air balloons also began to inflate and prepare for liftoff. [No pop-up novel network]

On the Nantong docks, the Chinese did not realize that danger was coming.

Thankfully, it takes time to observe the balloon inflation and shoot the elements.

Oda Nobuyoshi said: "This is also a blessing in misfortune, the squadron suddenly crossed the river to the south, although it was a big surprise to us, but they made a mistake in their busyness, but they also made a big mistake The squadron should not have lit the torches, but their torches created an opportunity for the imperial artillery to calibrate and shoot Zhuyuan."

However, before Oda Nobuyoshi could finish speaking, a small commotion suddenly appeared on the dock ahead.

When Chiaki Shigedo and Nobuyoshi Oda hurriedly raised their binoculars to look, they saw that a lieutenant ** officer had already gone up to the dock, and without saying anything, they grabbed a torch and threw it into the water.

"Yaga, this cunning Shina man" Oda Nobuyoshi cursed, and immediately realized that something was wrong.

The next moment, on the Nantong wharf, dozens or hundreds of torches raised by the squadron were extinguished one after another.

In less than a moment, the entire Nantong wharf was already in darkness, and nothing could be seen, but Chiaki Shigedo seemed to be able to still see that groups of Chinese soldiers were lining up and getting on the ship in the dark.

Although the torches were extinguished, the crossing of the squadron was not over.

Obviously, the squadron has realized that the torches will bring convenience to the devil artillery.

"Baga, Baga Yalu" Shigeto Chiaki gritted his teeth in anger, but he was helpless, without the guidance of the torches, the artillery team of the Shigeto detachment had a black eye, and there was no way to mark the shooting of Zhuyuan, and how to block the Nantong wharf and how to prevent the remnants of the provisional 79th Division from crossing the Yangtze River south

In the era when there was no infrared measurement technology, shelling at night was pure nonsense.

Of course, large-scale artillery coverage is a different story, because that's area killing.

Sure enough, the artillery commander of the artillery team, Captain Yamada, soon came over with a black face and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, due to the lack of lighting equipment, the artillery cannot calibrate the firing of Zhuyuan. ”

Just now, the torches of the squadron were extinguished too quickly, and the artillery team had not even had time to observe the hot air balloon and take it into the air, so how could it be possible to calibrate the shooting of Zhuyuan

Chiaki Shigeto said viciously: "Isn't there a flare?"

If there are flares, one flare will last at least a few minutes, and a dozen flares will be almost enough.

"Hello." Captain Yamada paused heavily, and said helplessly, "The flares and sulfur bombs have been exhausted, and even the high-explosive bombs are less than half of the base number left."

"Yaga, Yaga, Yaga" Shigeto Chiaki was furious, slapped Captain Yamada in the face, and pointed at Yamada and scolded, "You won't save a little bit, you idiot, waste, a bunch of waste, all waste, all waste, all waste, waste, waste"

Under the rage, Shigeto Chiaki no longer cares about the image.

"Hello." Captain Yamada could only admit his mistake very bitterly.

After a long time, Chiaki Shigedo sighed and said, "If I had known, I should have brought more flares."

Captain Yamada heard the words but his face was full of bitterness, before the Battle of Songhu, there were not even flares in the ammunition reserve of the Japanese artillery, or because of the ** night attack in the Battle of Songhu, and heavy losses, the base camp only urgently transported a batch of flares from the country, but there are more monks and less porridge, this flare is not enough for the nine divisions and regiments, and the Shigedo detachment is even less, and you can have it if you want to bring more

Chiaki Shigeto stared at the dark night sky in front of her, her face full of unwillingness.

Do you really want to watch the remnants of the provisional 79th Division cross the river and then flee?

Could it be that he really wants to make an incompetent comment from the newly arrived commander Shanshanyuan

If, in Shanshan Yuan's incompetent evaluation, then even if he caught up with the battle to capture Nanjing, and made military achievements in the Battle of Nanjing, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get promoted.

No, absolutely not, Chiaki Shigedo shook his fist viciously and let out a silent roar.

Then, Chiaki Shigeto turned around and yelled at Oda Nobuyoshi: "Oda-san, I order you to immediately launch an attack on the Nantong Wharf, at all costs, no matter what, before the remnants of the provisional 79th Division cross the river, intercept them, intercept them, intercept them."

"Haiyi" Oda Nobuyoshi bowed heavily and took the order.

Chiaki Shigeto turned his gaze to another herald and shouted: "Immediately send a report to the Fourth Fleet of the Navy, requesting tactical guidance, tactical guidance, tactical guidance from the Jiangfang detachment."

"Hello." The herald paused and turned away.

Dividing line

Nantong Wharf.

The torches went out, and the entire dock was instantly plunged into darkness.

Although the little devil did not fire flares, and the entire dock was still dark, Xu Rui still did not take it lightly and decided to make enough of the superficial article.

Under the cover of darkness, the small boats full of officers and soldiers of the ** battalion sailed away from the wharf and slowly sailed into the river, until they went deep into the center of the river, and then the small boats quietly turned around and sailed to the downstream of Nantong, and went ashore at the river bay about 5,000 kilometers away from Nantong, and then hid the boats.

After hiding the boats, the officers and men of the ** battalion rushed back to Nantong city by land.

Time passed quietly in a suffocating wait, and half an hour passed quickly.

Seeing one small boat after another sailing away from the dock and heading towards the dark Jiangxin, the veteran glanced back at Xu Rui and said in a deep voice: "The little devil's flare seems to have run out, and now, I don't know if this old devil will send troops, if he doesn't send troops, it means that he is not fooled, he wants to send troops, then he is fooled." ”

"Don't worry." Xu Rui smiled and said confidently, "This old devil will definitely be fooled." ”

The veteran glanced at Xu Rui deeply and said, "Sometimes I'm really confused, where do you get your confidence?"

Xu Rui smiled and said to the veteran: "Because I am Xu Rui, as long as I am the prey targeted by someone in my Xu, whether he is the Jade Emperor or an immortal, or a demon or a monster, all of them can only be captured."

The veteran was awe-inspiring when he heard this, and he could feel the confidence that Xu Rui came out of his body.

The officers and soldiers of the ** battalion standing nearby were even more excited, and they had won this battle

"Gone." Xu Rui threw the cigarette he had just smoked on the ground and stepped on it, then picked up the 38 big cover and said, "If there is no accident, the old devil Chiaki Shigeto is about jumping, and in less than five minutes, the devil's infantry should launch a fierce attack on the Nantong wharf, in order to make this scene more realistic, we are afraid we have to fight to block it." ”

Xu Rui's voice fell, and there was a squeaky cannonball scream in the dark night sky ahead, but the screaky of the cannonball seemed long and distant, showing that the cannonball's landing point was still some distance away from the dock.

Xu Rui smiled and said, "The little devil's reaction seems to be a few minutes faster than I expected. ”

As he spoke, the first row of shells had already accumulated on the ruins far from the dock, and then exploded.

Taking advantage of the gap when the devils were preparing for artillery fire, Xu Rui summoned all the officers above the platoon level of the ** Battalion, the Southern Jiangsu Guerrillas and the remnants of the 67th Army to him, and said in a deep voice: "I will re-examine the discipline one last time, I don't care what party or army you are, or what personal grievances you have before, but here, you must listen to me and I say that if you go east, you will never be allowed to go west, I say stop shooting, even if the little devil's bayonet is on your chest, you are not allowed to shoot."

After finishing speaking, Xu Rui's cold gaze swept over the faces of Deputy Wan Ying and Xiao Yanyue, and said in a deep voice: "Both, there is no objection to this."

Deputy Wan Ying snorted, which was an answer.

Xiao Yanyue said happily: "No objection." ”

"Good." Xu Rui said, "Then according to what I said before, the brothers of the 60th Army and the brothers of the guerrillas in southern Jiangsu are temporarily under the unified command of the ** battalion, and now I order." ”

** The officers of the battalion straightened their feet in unison.

The officers of the Sixty-seventh Army, however, appeared careless.

Xiao Yanyue and the two captains of the guerrillas had no reaction, and they didn't like this.

Xu Rui didn't care, and then gave an order: "The 1st Company of the ** Battalion, the 1st Squad of the Guerrilla Army, and the 1st Company of the 67th Army are the first team, follow me to fight and block; ** The 2nd Company of the Battalion, the 2nd Squad of the Guerrillas, the Special Brigade of the Fuxing Society, and the 2nd Company of the 67th Army are the second combat team, which is divided into three squads, which are ambushed in three tunnels, commanded by Li Yi, Li Hai and Heipi, and ** The machine gun company of the battalion and the machine gun company of the 67th Army are the third combat team, guarding the heavy machine gun position. ”

Xu Rui's eyes finally fell on Deputy Wan Ying, Xiao Yanyue, Jiang Nan, and Cui Jiu, and said: "As for the four, please move to the mud mountain and observe the scene." ”

Xu Rui directly relieved the command of the four people, which is also the proper meaning of the question.

Deputy Wan Ying snorted lightly, and did not object, Xu Rui seems to be domineering, but he is also full of sincerity, because Xu Rui has promised that after winning this battle, all the weapons and equipment captured will be picked by them first, so Wan Ying's deputy is now more than anyone else looking forward to winning this battle, and it will be beneficial for them to win.

Xiao Yanyue smiled slightly, and didn't say anything, let's not say anything, they were ordered by their superiors to help the provisional 79th Division break through, even if there is no order from the superiors, they will never be ambiguous about fighting devils, not to mention, Battalion Commander Xu has also given them enough benefits, eating people's mouths, and taking people short of hand, isn't it

As for Jiang Nan and Cui Jiu, there is no reason to oppose it