Chapter 12: The Outbreak of War

Although he knew that An Dexin would not have an opinion, but after listening to An Dexin's words, Shi Shi'an still breathed a sigh of relief, turned to look at Li Han, and scolded with a smile: "You rabbit cub, you will actually cause trouble for Lao Tzu, I didn't say anything about you when I moved the one-eyed dragon last time, you are still energetic, even the Japanese army, you dare to do it, if it weren't for the protection of the old brigade commander, your kid would have died a few times." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

"Commander, aren't I in a hurry, don't you know, there are more than 300 devils on the opposite side of my station, and they are still increasing, when I think about it in the future, we will definitely suffer a big loss, so I can't help but do it first." Li Han said with an aggrieved face.

"Besides, head of the regiment, didn't the ancestors teach us to 'strike first to be strong, and then to suffer', we can't live more and more go back!"

"Eh, I said that you kid is still reasonable, right, you have taken the orders from above as the wind in your ears. Never mind! I won't pursue the previous things, this time to defend the West Gate, you don't want to make trouble for Lao Tzu again, now it is the young marshal who is negotiating with the Japanese, if you make trouble again, I'm afraid no one will be able to keep you at that time. ”

Speaking of this, Shi Shi'an's face was also solemn, the young marshal hated the people below the most for disobeying his military orders.

"Knowing the regiment commander, the big war is coming, where do I still have the heart to make small moves."

Li Han replied honestly, this time it was indeed his sincere words, but he knew that the Yuguan War of Resistance was imminent, and there was a big battle to be fought soon, and Li Han was also busy getting acquainted with the situation of the station, arranging troop training, and strengthening the fortifications of the city wall, so he really didn't have the heart to make small moves.

"Well, I'll go and prepare!" Shi Shi'an waved his hand and motioned for An Dexin and Li Han to go back.

After returning to the station, after Li Han was familiar with the situation at the West Gate, he immediately asked the troops to strengthen the field fortifications, build light and dark bunkers, and build machine gun positions at the battlements on the women's wall. When the villagers heard that their homes would become battlefields, they had to leave their hometowns in tears.

At this time, all the officers and men of the Northeast Army knew that the battle of Yuguan was inevitable, and every company required the troops to load their bullets and constantly guard Yuguan City.

At noon on 1 January 1933, Japanese expatriates in Yuguan suddenly received a notice from the Japanese gendarmerie and immediately moved to the "South China Sea," where the camp of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces was located. Seeing this, the Chinese people knew that something big was going to happen, so they also packed up and fled out of the city in a car.

In the afternoon, the Japanese garrison suddenly confiscated the firearms of our Nanguan police and seized the director of the Nanguan Public Security Bureau.

At about 9 o'clock in the evening, Captain Kodama of the Japanese garrison sent people to throw a fake grenade in front of the station branch of the Japanese gendarmerie and the border police department of the puppet Manchukuo to cause an explosion.

A large number of Japanese troops drove from outside the pass, one Japanese army occupied Nanguan and fired intensively at the defenders of the South Gate City, while the other group of Japanese troops climbed the city wall at the southeast corner of the city, while the Japanese ironclad cars drove into the station and opened fire into the city. At this point, the Chinese army, which had endured for a long time, finally fired the first shot of the Yuguan War of Resistance.

Brigade Commander He Zhuguo resolutely issued a "Letter to the Soldiers": "I am willing to spill this last drop of blood with my loyal and brave soldiers, in the head of Bohai Bay, in the caves of the Great Wall." Fight for humanity, fight for the survival of the people, shame for the country, and build personality for the soldiers. I want to comfort the soul of my ancestor Huang Yan in the sky, and I want to save the people of Northeast China!

At this time, the four gates guarded by the 3rd Battalion and 9th Company of the 626th Regiment had all exchanged fire with the devils, and the Japanese army in front of Li Han had a brigade of more than 1,000 devils, and they were also carrying a large number of heavy weapons.

Less than an hour after the battle, Li Han gave the order to abandon his position outside the city. Mainly because of the lack of troops, coupled with the large casualties in the positions outside the city.

Originally, the blocking position outside the city was to sneak attack the Japanese army at night, Li Han wanted to learn from the 29th Army's broadsword team to conduct a night attack and cripple the attacking devils in one fell swoop, but now it seems unlikely, and Li Han decisively gave up.

On the Japanese position outside the west gate, Nakamura Ichiro Shaoza was observing the situation of the Chinese troops on the city gate through a telescope.

Nakamura Ichiro was the hero of the 918 Incident, and he was only a captain squadron leader at the time of the 918 Incident, but after the 918 Incident, one of his squadrons led by him ran rampant in the three northeastern provinces.

Normally, one of his squadron soldiers could defeat a half regiment or even a regiment of the Northeast Army, so in just three months after the incident, he was promoted from lieutenant to lieutenant. You must know that it took Ichiro Nakamura ten years to go from private to captain.

Therefore, when he received the task of attacking Yuguan, Nakamura Ichiro realized that his opportunity to make meritorious service had come, and it was estimated that it would not be long before the stars on his shoulders would become two. So he led his troops day and night from Jinzhou to the Yuguan front.

At this time, Nakamura Ichiro already knew that the defenders on the opposite side only had a company of the Northeast Army, but he had a large group of soldiers, and Nakamura Ichiro had every reason to believe that it was estimated that he would be able to go to Yuguan City for lunch in less than half an hour.

In order to capture the West Gate as soon as possible, Nakamura Ichiro decided to destroy the enemy's fortifications with Type 92 infantry guns and four mortars equipped with the brigade. Soon six 'heavy guns' of various sizes were brought in, dozens of artillery pieces ran around, and the shells were quickly loaded.

"Fire!"

Nakamura Ichiro personally commanded the artillery to open fire, and he enjoyed the feeling of crushing the Shina army with artillery fire, and when he saw the Shina soldiers panicking in the explosion, Nakamura Ichiro had an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

Rumbling explosions rang out at the head of the city, ancient bricks and tiles were blown up all over the sky, and several unlucky guys were directly hit by cannonballs, and there were no bones left without even screaming.

The scene in front of him made Li Han worried, but he was helpless, although they were relatively well equipped, but the cannon was a scarce commodity, and only the regimental headquarters was equipped. However, the artillery of the regimental headquarters must wait until the critical moment to use it, after all, the devil's plane is not jealous.

There was no artillery to fight back, and in the face of the bombardment of the Japanese artillery, Li Han had to ask the soldiers to find cover and hide, leaving a few observation posts to pay attention to the movements of the Japanese troops under the city. Anyway, it is impossible for the Japanese army to attack the city with artillery!

However, this group of Japanese soldiers seemed to be very faceless, the infantry artillery and mortars bombarded for half an hour, and they didn't stop, and the bunker built by Li Han on the city wall was blown up in half, which surprised Li Han, when did the little devil become so rich, and there were so many shells at one West Gate! Thanks to the height of Yuguan City, otherwise it would have to be blown up.

After forty-five minutes of shelling, Nakamura Ichiro also regretted it a little, after shelling for so long, those incompetent Northeast troops had already run out for fear of death, and the artillery fire should not be extended, so he gave an order, and a squadron of soldiers began to attack the city, and hundreds of devils immediately lined up in a straggler formation and began to approach the city gate.

As soon as Li Han heard that the sound of the artillery stopped, and there was no need for the report of the observation post, the soldiers quickly returned to the predetermined position, two heavy machine guns and more than a dozen light machine guns were all set up, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed at the yellow shadow in the distance, waiting for Li Han's order.

Captain Yamada led the entire squadron of soldiers cautiously towards the city gate, and at first walked a hundred meters, seeing that the Chinese army did not react, Yamada was afraid that this was the enemy's trick, and he remembered that his father, who had been a soldier, said that the Chinese were the best at conspiracy.

So Yamada ordered his soldiers to attack and advance, but after advancing more than 200 meters again, thousands of bullets were fired, and it was only seventy or eighty meters away from the city gate.

It was only when he remembered that the defenders on the opposite side were the Northeast Army, and remembered that 918 was their performance back then, Yamada regretted that he slapped his thigh a few times, these timid Chinese troops must have run away early, wasting thousands of bullets in vain.

Squadron Leader Yamada, who reacted, immediately ordered the troops to move forward quickly, and the Japanese troops, who were originally in a straggler formation, quickly approached, lined up in a dense formation, and approached the west gate in a marching column.

"Hit, hit me hard!"

Li Han didn't expect the Japanese army to be so arrogant, and his hundreds of people were guarding the city gate! These guys actually ignored it, but he wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.

Da Da... Bang bang bang ...

Light and heavy machine gunners fired with their lives, such a good opportunity is rare once in a thousand years, of course they will not be polite, hundreds of rifles are not far behind, for a while, bullets rained down on the oncoming devils.

In the face of the sudden overwhelming firepower, Captain Yamada was stupid at once, and in the end he still fell for the tricks of the Chinese army, because the troops were too dense, and the Chinese army came so suddenly, the Yamada squadron lost fifty or sixty people at once, which was only ten or so minutes!

The soldiers were in the middle of the fight, and Li Han also picked up his rifle, adjusted his crosshairs, and shot at a Japanese second lieutenant officer who was commanding.

A bang of the gunshot, Comrade Ensign fell down in response, seeing the Japanese ensign so face-saving, Li Han was very happy in his heart, it seems that the marksmanship of several months has not been practiced in vain, and now it is as easy to fight devils as it was to shoot targets in the school field before.

A shot hit the target, Li Han came to the momentum, bent over and kept moving on the city gate, and it didn't take long for him to find another target, this time it was a devil lieutenant, presumably a squad leader.

The lieutenant was organizing his soldiers to counterattack, and at this time, more than thirty soldiers gathered around him, and when a gunshot rang out, the lieutenant, who had been shouting, suddenly fell to the ground. The soldiers he had summoned turned into headless flies in an instant.

Wang Dazhu on the side did the same, holding a 38 big cover in his hand, and the officers who were specifically aimed at the devil were fighting, since the capture of more than 100 38 big covers, Wang Dazhu no longer used his original rifle.

He felt that the 38 big cover was better than the Liaozao Type 13 rifle in terms of accuracy and range, and the recoil was small, so it was particularly strong to use, although the lethality was affected because of the strong penetration.

But Wang Dazhu doesn't care, he is confident in his marksmanship, a shot will either be a headshot or a heart piercing, even if the penetration is strong, if he is hit by such a shot, can the devil still live?

Taking advantage of the chaos on the battlefield, Li Han and Wang Dazhu shot more than half of the devil's army Cao and the squad leader without knowing it.

However, the Japanese army is a battle-hardened unit in the end, although it was suddenly attacked by Li Han, Yamada quickly reacted, and commanded the remnants of more than 100 Japanese troops to start a counterattack, more than a dozen grenadiers kept firing this grenade into the city, and specifically aimed at the machine gun position, the infantry's counterattack was also very fierce, their accuracy was super high, and basically one shot could kill a soldier of our army.

However, the situation was soon improved, and Li Han's soldiers also counterattacked with 38 big covers and 79 rifles, dealing a heavy blow to the attacking devils.

These soldiers were all trained in actual combat with the Japanese, and in addition to Li Hanken's spending money, the number of live ammunition training they usually conducted far exceeded that of other troops.

And the fighters of the light machine gun group have long been trained, they move while fighting, the heavy machine guns have permanent fortifications there, and the grenades of the grenadiers cannot be broken at all.