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Chapter 842: Landing Operations

In the 23rd year of the Republic of China, September 18, 1934, at 4:30 a.m.

The sound of artillery was still rumbling and bombing, and the calm of the entire Japanese island of Kyushu had been completely torn apart in an instant. The originally dark air was dyed red by shells, and the entire island of Kyushu trembled under such shelling.

The enemy's attack came too suddenly, and for the Japanese on the island of Kyushu, they were not at all ready for any war.

After only a brief period of resistance, the shore defense artillery fire was ruthlessly destroyed by the Chinese fleet.

Shells rained down in patches and blew up the island of Kyushu.

Japan's shore defense forces on the island of Kyushu were completely and ruthlessly destroyed

At 4:30 a.m., 26 transport ships carrying the 9th Marine Division of the Chinese National Defense Forces departed. The huge fleet sailed north at a speed of 12 knots in the rain and fog.

At 6 a.m. on 18 September, the silence was broken again by a thunderous roar of artillery, and three cruisers and three destroyers of the Third Detachment of the Chinese Navy opened fire at the same time, a sound never heard before in the region.

Everywhere there were crimson tongues of fire, and red flames shone on the gray-blue sea. Cannonballs streaked across the morning sky like red lightning speeding towards the island of Kyushu.

The Chinese soldiers had not yet noticed the movement of the Japanese army. It is clear that the Japanese did not anticipate this attack and were taken by surprise.

All the transport ships went into position. Dive bombers and fighters appeared in the sky, strafing beaches and bombing target areas, where they met only sparse anti-aircraft fire.

The order "Landing Force ashore" was heard over the loudspeaker.

At the intended landing site, the assault battalions of the 9th Marine Division swarmed up and landed on the island of Kyushu, where they did not find a single enemy, as if the island was uninhabited.

At 6:20, the commander signaled: "The landing was successful and there was no resistance".

One by one, the soldiers jumped into the warm waters

The Japanese, who came to their senses, while urgently reporting to Tokyo by the commander of the Japanese army on Kyushu Island, Hamae Takasumi, panicked and threw all the available troops into the blockade of the Chinese army

A fierce battle broke out on the island of Kyushu

The 9th Company of the 11th Guards Battalion of the Chinese Marine Division.

By about 7 a.m., the 11th Company had received two light machine guns and one 60-mm mortar from the supply ship that was being transported later

The 11th Company was intercepted by heavy fire when it entered a small village about 3 kilometers from Hitoyoshi on the island of Kyushu. They stopped for a moment.

Company commander Ji Dechun immediately instinctively planned. He told the men of the 11th Company to put everything down and bring only weapons, bullets and grenades. He explained that it would be a quick frontal attack, supported by a few firing points as close as possible to the enemy's artillery battery. He gave the machine gun cover for fire, and then led the others towards the sortie position.

The position on which the cannons were located was of an irregular shape, with seven of the surrounding bush fences at acute angles. This gave Ji Dechun the opportunity to attack the enemy from different directions.

He placed two machine guns along the fence leading to the target and instructed them to provide fire cover. Just as Ji Dechun was crawling towards the attack position, he saw a Japanese steel helmet. The man was hunched over the trench, with only his head above the ground. Ji Dechun picked up his rifle, aimed at the Japanese and fired two bullets, sending him to the western sky.

Ji Dechun asked Lieutenant Wang Zhongmin to lead Sergeant Tao Jianping and Sergeant Cui Yaoyuan to the left, crawl forward on the open ground, get as close as possible to the first cannon of the artillery company, and then throw grenades into the trench. He instructed Sergeant Gong Xiujin and Sergeant Ma Biao to move along the fence to the right, along a row of bushes, and ordered them to fire at the enemy position from the side. …,

Ji Dechun himself will lead the others to rush forward along the fence. With him were Private Li Yan, Private Qi Shuang, and Corporal Qiao Fengxiang.

Previous training came in handy here. Gong Xiujin raised his voice and said, "We are fighting together, and there is no outstanding person. We're like a machine. None of us jumped from the ground and rushed to the enemy's machine guns. We rely on movement, coordination, and mortars to knock it down or force it back. We did a great job, but we didn't have a lot of flashes of heroism. We know that heroism will not only fail to complete the task, but will also lose one's life. It's the completion of the task that is more important. ”

Ma Biao and Gong Xiujin moved forward along the fence, but they found that they could not see the Japanese position due to the low bushes and the obstruction of the ground.

Gong Xiujin decided to climb the tree to take a look, but he couldn't find a thicker tree on which to hide and shoot. He chose a tree with many small branches. He carefully sat on its front branch, spreading the weight of his body among several branches.

He was facing the Japanese position, and if the Japanese looked at him, he would have been exposed. He saw about 75 meters away about 15 enemies, some in the trenches, some lying on their stomachs without any cover. They were all firing at the 11th Company, and they didn't have time to take care of their fronts, so they didn't see Gong Xiujin.

Gong Xiujin pulled the carbine. He fired a shot at a Japanese man in the clearing. The man's head seemed to droop. Gong Xiujin fired another shot, and this time his target did not move.

He didn't know if the damn carbine, which he had only recently gotten from the supply ship, had been calibrated, so he fired a shot at the ground below the man's head. Just where he was aiming, a puff of dust was raised. He knew the gun was accurate, and he killed the man with the first shot. So he fired at the enemy in this unstable place.

Lieutenant Wang Zhongmin is an athlete by training, and he also participated in the Olympic Games held in Paris before.

Using his athletic skills, he managed to climb from the open to the fence. He was accompanied by Tao Jianping and Cui Yaoyuan.

The Japanese were under fire from three directions at the moment, one was machine gun fire from the left, one was the attack from Gong Xiujin and Ma Biao from behind, and the other was a frontal attack from Ji Dechun's group. They didn't notice Wang Zhongmin's arrival.

Wang Zhongmin reached the edge of the fence, jumped over it, and then got into it. He gave the Japanese a cold cry, and the enemy's artillery and infantry were right in front of his eyes. But when he pulled the borrowed submachine gun, he didn't fire any bullets. The bullet jammed.

At this moment, Ji Dechun shouted: "Follow me"

The attack team quickly ran down the fence towards Wang Zhongmin.

Almost at the same time, Tao Jianping jumped into the trench beside Wang Zhongmin. The Japanese gunners of the first cannon abandoned the guns and fled because they were flanked from three sides. The Japanese infantry retreated quickly from the trenches with them, leaving Wang Zhongmin, Tao Jianping, and Cui Yaoyuan.

The men of the 11th Company threw grenades at the fleeing enemy.

Wang Zhongmin threw the hand grenade over flat, without an arc. The grenade exploded after striking a Japanese man in the head. Then he, Tao Jianping, and Cui Yaoyuan threw grenades into the trenches together.

At this time, Ji Dechun and the men he led also arrived, shot into the trench with rifles, and threw grenades into it. Their blood was boiling and they were shouting loudly, and their adrenaline gave them superhuman strength.

Qi Shuang was shot in the hip and fell into the trench.

"Damn it, Lieutenant, I'm going to die. I'm going to die, I'm so unlucky," he kept shouting. A Japanese melon grenade falls into a trench. Everyone quickly fell to their stomachs. …,

"Beware" Ji Dechun shouted at Qiao Fengxiang.

Qiao Fengxiang fell to the ground, and the grenade fell between his legs. Qiao Fengxiang hurriedly turned over, and the grenade hit his rifle and exploded, blowing up the entire butt. But Qiao Fengxiang was not injured.

Ji Dechun threw several grenades into the trench, and then chased after the fleeing gunners. He was followed by Private Li Yan and Sergeant Tao Jianping. Three Japanese infantrymen began to run through the open field towards the rear.

"Kill them," Ji Dechun said loudly to Qiao Fengxiang.

Li Yan knocked one down with a submachine gun. Ji Dechun aimed his rifle at another person and pulled the trigger, and the bullet went into the back of the man's head.

Tao Jianping missed the third Japanese with one shot, but Ji Dechun shot through the guy's back. Tao then sent a barrage of submachine gun bullets into the wounded Japanese soldier's body. The guy kept shouting "help". Ji Dechun asked Cui Yaoyuan to put another bullet on the man's head.

The fourth Japanese soldier jumped out of the trench about 100 yards from the fence. When Ji Dechun saw it, he lay down on the ground, aimed carefully, and killed him with one shot. Only 15 to 20 seconds had passed since he attacked. The 11 company captured the first cannon.

Ji Dechun suddenly realized that there were still many Japanese in the trenches in front, and they would soon organize a counterattack.

He immediately lay down and began to crawl forward, came to a connecting trench, and looked down.

Ji Dechun asked Qiao Fengxiang and Wang Zhongmin to shoot at the second cannon. He sent three men to see the captured cannon, and asked the other three to block the front. At this time, Gong Xiujin climbed down from the tree and moved towards Ji Dechun. He stopped halfway through, sprinkled some sulfonamide powder on Qi Shuang's buttocks, and then wrapped a bandage around him.

Qi Shuang was still apologizing for his injury. A staff officer of the regimental headquarters caught up from behind Gong Xiujin.

"Where's the regimental headquarters?" He asked aloud.

"Behind that." Gong Xiujin pointed to the back and said. The staff officer stuck out his head to look, when a bullet struck him in the forehead and then burrowed through his ear, killing him instantly.

After this incident, all their movements were confined to the trenches, and they were all carried out on the waist of cats.

Because the Japanese machine-gun fire was almost non-stop, bullets whizzed and flew above the trenches (to be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to the mobile network (.cn), reward, your support is my biggest motivation. )……，