As the place with the largest concentration of Chinese in Sai Kung, Embankment Chinatown has always been a major area of concern for the Hing Hua Army. When the Japanese army entered Saigon earlier, many of the Chinese here retreated into the jungle to avoid the battle.

Later, as the Xinghua Army became famous in Nanyang, a group of Chinese living here also returned one after another. Just to ensure the safety of Chinatown, a garrison was immediately organized here, which was specifically responsible for the safety of Chinese in Chinatown.

Seeing that the number of escorts was not large, the Japanese troops stationed on the embankment did not stop them too much. After all, the Chinese opened a lot of shops here, and when they usually bought and shipped, they also needed guards with guns to be responsible for the safety of the caravan.

It's just that as the Xinghua Army began to set foot in Southeast Asia and had frequent business contacts with the Chinese on this side of the embankment, the Chinese living in Chinatown seemed to have become much more confident and began to prohibit the Japanese army from leading troops into the Chinatown town.

Although the Japanese army did not agree, considering the strength of the Xinghua Army, and the fact that some materials of the Japanese army also needed to be traded with the Xinghua Army. Gradually, this situation became some hidden rules, and the Japanese army rarely entered the Chinatown with guns.

Of course, in order to give the Japanese troops who occupied the area a certain face, the shops in the Chinatown also needed to pay the corresponding taxes to the Japanese army. Even if this implicit rule has been formed, many Japanese troops stationed on the embankment are still very unhappy.

After receiving a call from the commander of the garrison, the Japanese garrison brigade stationed on the embankment issued an order to monitor the Chinatown neighborhood. As for the reason for the transfer of troops from Saigon, it is more to ensure the absolute safety of the operation.

After all, the Japanese were also worried that if a single garrison attacked Chinatown, it might cause a mass exodus of Chinese living in the neighborhood. At that time, these fleeing Chinese are also likely to become the source of chaos in Saigon.

The most important thing is that in the eyes of the Japanese army implementing this plan, if the Chinese in the Chinatown are controlled, even if the Xinghua army wants to do it, they will be afraid of one or two. It's really funny, and the Chinese in Chinatown are also the best hostages.

It was learned that a large number of people had not left the Chinatown neighborhood, and that its escort team was patrolling as usual. Regarding the mysterious disappearance of the lurking post, the captain of the Japanese garrison stationed on the embankment also seemed to be in a dilemma.

Asked, "How long will the infantry brigade arrive?" ”

"Captain, we're not far from Saigon here, they should come over soon! Why don't we attack ahead of time and search Chinatown when our sentry is missing, and try the reaction of the Chinese people? ”

"Let the troops assemble first, and I'll call the general for instructions! This operation is very crucial, and it is imperative that the Chinese there do not escape. Otherwise, if you want to bring them together at that time, I'm afraid it won't be so easy. ”

Taking into account the battle plan this time, it was drawn up by the Saigon side. As the captain of the garrison brigade on the embankment, this Nakasa knew very well that it would be difficult to control the trend of the situation with the garrison brigade alone. After all, there are quite a few Chinese in the Chinatown neighborhood.

Once the battle starts, it will be very difficult for them to control the entire neighborhood and prevent the Chinese from escaping. Secondly, the Japanese army is not very clear about how many people there are in the Chinatown Guard.

At least the captain of the garrison believed that the number of guards in the Chinatown neighborhood would definitely not be as many as they saw on the surface. In his garrison brigade, there was only one squadron of the real Japanese army, and the rest were all local young men who had been recruited.

As for the Chinese, there was not a single one in the entire garrison brigade. The reason is simple, as the Xinghua Army has become famous in Nanyang and Southeast Asia, many young Chinese people will first consider joining the Xinghua Army even if they want to become soldiers.

When the officers and men of the garrison brigade began to assemble and distribute weapons to standby, the Wolf Warrior detachment, which had been monitoring the garrison brigade, immediately reported the situation back to the main battalion deployed in the Chinatown neighborhood.

After receiving the news from the wolf warrior detachment, the main battalion commander also said in a timely manner: "Order all companies to enter the blocking position and be ready to engage at any time." Captain Song, the defense and vigilance of the periphery are still in charge of you.

If the Japanese come to provoke, they will be driven back. However, ask your patrol members not to get too close to the Japanese army. As soon as you find a Japanese soldier approaching the neighborhood, you will immediately issue a warning, understand? ”

"Okay, I'll give the order now!"

Considering that the Japanese army would attack at that time, the main battalion needed to confront the Japanese army in front of the street. Some of the residents who lived at the front of the street were moved to the underground passage in the middle of the block.

Underground passages like this have been built in many people's homes in Chinatown neighborhoods. It can be used to hide from shelling in wartime, and can also be used to store items in idle time. Therefore, many Chinese people are hiding in the tunnels.

Even according to the information obtained by the wolf warrior, the Japanese garrison brigade stationed on the embankment was not equipped with artillery. However, in order to ensure the safety of the Chinese, the main battalion commander who came to take over the defense of the neighborhood decided to let the people hide in the tunnels to avoid danger.

At least the commander of the main battalion believed that as long as they resisted the attacking Japanese army for a period of time, the rest of the regimental headquarters that cooperated with them would immediately launch an encirclement of the Japanese army attacking the Chinatown neighborhood and join the main battalion.

When the Chinatown was ready for battle, the captain of the garrison, who had been ordered by Saigon, quickly issued an order to blockade the Chinatown blockade. Squadrons of garrisons soon blocked the streets around Chinatown.

It was confirmed that the blockade troops were in place, and the captain of the garrison also personally went to the main street of the Chinatown district. Seeing the Chinese patrol, he quickly ordered one of his lieutenants to come forward and negotiate with the patrol.

The lieutenant arrived at the patrol, and these officers and men of the Chinese Guard, who were also waiting for the battle, also said in due time: "What do you want to do?" This is Chinatown, what do you want to do with the troops? Want to start a war? ”

"I want to see your Captain Song! Tonight, a squad of soldiers in our garrison brigade is missing, and we suspect that they have entered Chinatown, so we are going in to search for it, and we hope that you will cooperate. ”

Just after the Japanese lieutenant said this, Song Yuming, who appeared from behind the sandbag position, said very directly: "Lieutenant Kameda, do you think we will still believe such a reason?" Find out what you really mean!

I'm sure Lieutenant Kameda also knows how the Lugou Bridge Incident happened, right? At that time, under the pretext that a soldier was missing, you launched an attack on our defenders. Tonight, do you want to deceive us with this excuse again? ”

Song Yuming, who served as a soldier in China in his early years, heard that when the Japanese army launched the July 7 Incident, he used the excuse that a soldier was missing. And tonight's nonsense of the Japanese army, it is impossible to deceive him.

The Japanese lieutenant, who made Song Yuming refute a sentence, could only say angrily: "Captain Song, please don't challenge the patience of the imperial army." Although we don't want to clash with you, but this kind of behavior of yours is also a provocation to the imperial army, understand? ”

"Really? If you want to add sin, why should you do it? Lieutenant Kameda, if you want to search for missing soldiers, why can't you wait until after dawn? Besides, what is the purpose of blocking the surrounding streets? ”

"So, have you made up your mind to go against the Imperial Army? Captain Song, once the Imperial Army attacks, I hope you don't regret it. You don't really think that you can fight us with just these centaurs, do you? ”

"Less nonsense! If you want to enter Chinatown, let the horses come. Wear it, don't you just can't see us, okay? If you want to find an excuse to trouble us, why do you want to talk so much nonsense and do anything. If you want to fight, you will fight! ”

In the face of Song Yuming, who had such a resolute attitude, the Japanese lieutenant who came to give an ultimatum finally had nothing more. After turning to report to the group, the team leader did not give the order to attack.

It's just that the Japanese squadron under his command was deployed to the front of the Chinatown Escort and set up machine guns. Later, the captain of the garrison asked his soldiers to shout and advise the Chinese guards who had entered the defensive position to lay down their arms.

Seeing the Japanese army make such a move, the main battalion commander lurking behind the escort team sneered: "Sniper, kill that noisy devil for Lao Tzu." It's too noisy! ”

On the orders of the main battalion commander, a sniper immediately raised his gun to aim. After determining that the target was locked, a shot rang out. A Japanese second lieutenant who was staying outside the block saw only a flash of fire coming out of the shadows in front of him.

It was only when he fell that he heard the sound of gunfire in his ears. This gunshot undoubtedly made the captain of the Japanese garrison extremely angry, and immediately shouted: "Attack! Kill all these damn Chinese fighters for me! ”

When the Japanese heavy machine guns roared, the sound of bullets being hit was heard on the sandbags piled up by the Chinese escorts. And the devil's grenadiers, at this time, also began to set up grenadiers to prepare for shelling.

Just seeing this scene, the main battalion commander who stayed behind the escort team also quickly said: "Let the mortar team go up and prepare to blow up the devil's machine gun position." Sniper group, the grenadiers who take out the devils. ”

"Yes, Battalion Commander!"

After a series of gunshots rang out, the Japanese soldiers who were setting up grenadiers were killed one by one and fell to the ground. Seeing this scene, the soldier guarding the side of the Japanese captain immediately said: "Captain, you better retreat to the back!" There are snipers! ”

The Japanese soldiers who had dealt with the Xinghua Army many times knew that the number of snipers under the command of the Xinghua Army was very large. They are still afraid of these gunmen with long-range threats.

Take out the Devil's grenadiers, and the Sniper shifts the target to the Devil's machine gunner. Seeing that the devil actually took the initiative to retreat, the main battalion commander, who originally wanted to open fire, also stopped the corresponding shelling in time.

Seeing that the devils who were originally facing each other actually took the initiative to retreat, the main battalion commander also began to guess what the devils had in mind. After thinking about it, the main battalion commander felt that the devils were retreating, perhaps waiting for their main force to arrive.

After all, the combat effectiveness of this garrison brigade of the Japanese army is really not very good. If you really want to capture Chinatown, it is almost hopeless to count on the puppet troops of the garrison. So, the real tough battle is still out there!

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