The patrol soldiers of the five devils had already walked to the Taishun wharf, and at this time, they heard the gunshots coming from the wharf in the China Merchants Bureau, and the devil squad leader who was walking in front was suddenly startled, and suddenly thought of something, and shouted loudly: "Those four people are disguised by the enemy!" ”

With that, he quickly turned back, and the four soldiers behind him followed suit.

The gunfire at the middle pier also alarmed the enemy in the pillbox on the side of Hongqiao not far from here, this twin fort is a total of twelve devils, it is considered a team, led by a lieutenant surnamed Baiyuan, they have been stationed here for seven days, and only three people have died, but four are slightly injured, and they can still support. This also illustrates the combat skills of this Lieutenant Kashiwahara. And they blocked the ** who couldn't cross the bridge on the west bank of the Honghe River, but I don't know how many! And the ** soldiers who were killed and wounded under their firepower, not to mention hundreds of people.

So, when he heard the sound of gunfire coming from the middle pier, and it was clearly not the Type 38 rifle used by the Japanese, or some other gunshot, Kashiwahara immediately realized that something was wrong.

What Kashiwahara is most afraid of is that ** will adopt a two-sided strategy to deal with their twin forts. Although this pair of pillboxes was built very sturdily and reasonably arranged, it had a slight flaw, when it was first constructed, there were no holes in the back, and all the firing ports were facing the Honghe River to the west, or the roads on both sides, but none of the firing ports were facing due east, which was the base camp of the Japanese army.

The original designers probably thought that it was impossible for anyone to hit this bunker from behind, even from behind, and there was no way to start because there was not a hole where to drop bombs.

However, as soon as Kashiwahara moved in, he immediately discovered the problem.

Although it is impossible for the enemy to blow up the bunker from behind, it is easy to approach the bunker from behind without being suppressed and hit by fire, and for those who want to blow up the bunker, as long as they are close to the bunker, there will be a way to touch the front near the firing port and throw explosives or grenades into it.

Therefore, in order to avoid the enemy from touching the pillbox from the rear, Kashiwahara asked Shangfeng to strengthen the wharf force along the Huangpu River to prevent ** from sneaking in from behind; He also made a hole in each of the twin forts where he could observe the situation and possibly peek out of the barrels of the machine guns, but this hole was next to the gutters on both sides of the street, and if it rained, it would definitely be flooded in. Because the hole was opened in a hurry, and there was no rain these days, Kashiwahara didn't have time to perfect it.

Kashiwahara decided to take someone over to check it himself, after all, it was behind them, it was one of their weaknesses, if they really had to let ** get mixed up on the dock, for them, it would be as if the side couch had been occupied, and if they wanted to sleep peacefully, they couldn't.

Kashiwahara took three people out of the bunker, and he deliberately brought a light machine gun, which was a new Type 96 light machine gun developed by the Japanese. In terms of appearance, this light machine gun is similar to the Taisho 11 light machine gun produced by the Japanese, so people can know at a glance that this must be something produced by the Japanese.

The Taisho 11 light machine gun is known as the "crooked light machine gun" by the public in China, and this kind of crooked light machine gun is very difficult to use in the course of combat, especially compared with the Czech ZB-26 light machine gun commonly used in the Chinese army, it is like a small difference.

In order to "use the same ammunition supply as the rifle", the Japanese adopted a very complex funnel loader magazine feeding method, and because of the complex design, there are often failures when using them, which affects the bullet pressure of the firepower. And the applicable conditions of this machine gun are also relatively harsh, especially the adaptability of man and machine, without special training, it is impossible to fight well.

It was precisely because of the comparison with the Czech light machine gun that the Japanese made up their minds to remake the original crooked machine gun on the basis of the original crooked handle, so the Type 96 light machine gun produced in 1936 also came into being.

The Type 96 light machine gun can be said to be a combination of the Japanese crooked handle light machine gun and the Czech light machine gun, which discarded the shortcomings of the crooked handle light machine gun and was designed by taking the advantages of the Czech light machine gun. It's just that this light machine gun looks cold from the outside, and it is not much different from the crooked handle, but it uses the same arc magazine feeding method as the Czech type, and compared with the Czech magazine with only 20 rounds, the magazine of this machine gun can be loaded with 30 rounds, so his arc magazine looks very large on the whole machine gun body, so it has the nickname of "crutch handle".

Of course, the machine guns designed by the Japanese, and their rifle cartridges, are still 6.5 mm caliber.

According to the normal operation of the Japanese light machine gun, this Type 96 light machine gun was formulated with a total of four people, each carrying five magazines, and a total of 600 rounds.

Bai Yuan took three people to form a light machine gun squad, and he felt that relying on this light machine gun, it was enough to re-enter the Huangpu River with the ** death squad that stepped on the dock.

Kashiwahara was very fast, and when they arrived at the dock in China Merchants Center, they saw a black canopy slowly approaching the pier, and although the light was very weak, they could also see a few shadowy figures stepping ashore.

He immediately ordered the first Heavy to take cover behind a makeshift pile of sandbags near the Rainbow River, while he also mounted a light machine gun, with the Heavy and a co-Heavy hiding behind sandbags, while he and the other man hid in the darkness near the warehouse, turning the wheel-rickshaw on its side to act as cover.

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Liu Jingang responded that Meng Fanwei and the others had already docked on the dock, and at this moment, Liu Jingang, who was always vigilant, saw the passage leading from the pier to Dongdaming Road in the north, and saw several figures rushing from the side of the street, and he immediately knew by feeling that it must be the enemy.

"Everyone, be careful! The devil is coming! After Liu Jingang reminded him, he immediately fell behind the breakwater.

China Merchants Group's Middle Wharf is a high wharf, so there is a step more than two meters wide between the breakwater and the river, that is, when the flood comes upstream, the river water can only flood to the breakwater at most, and will not overflow.

At this time, Meng Fanwei had just tied the mooring rope of the canopy boat to the mooring pier on the steps, and when he heard Liu Jingang's shout, he unconsciously bowed down.

"Da Da Da!" The fire of the devil's light machine gun suddenly rose, and the whistling bullets almost grazed Meng Fanwei's steel helmet, and he could feel that the top of his head seemed to be suddenly pulled by something, and if he was half a second late, he was afraid that he would be shot through the head by the bullets of the light machine gun.