Chapter 42: Pre-War Mobilization
After ordering one after another, Lin Feng turned his head to look at Wang Biao and jumped out of the trench.
Wang Biao nodded to Lin Feng, turned his head to look at the somewhat dazed soldiers below, and shouted: "Brothers, I am Wang Biao, the head of the first regiment, and I called everyone to gather urgently today because I need you and me to complete a glorious task together. Maybe you still don't understand the purpose of our mission, but I can tell you now, that is, to kill the devil artillery brigade and destroy a wing of the devil.
Perhaps many brothers think this is impossible, and even many brothers will think that this is an egg hitting a stone. But I can assure you that this battle will be won, because we have a secret weapon. Now I'll tell you the bottom of it, we are facing a wing of devils this time, and we don't have any reinforcements, so we can only fight to the death.
The current situation is very sinister, it is imminent, the devil's offensive is fierce, the strength of a wing will be pressed up tomorrow, our army is tight, reinforcements are blocked, ammunition supplies are exhausted, the defense of the Temple of Epiphany has entered the most sinister and severe moment, and every brother standing here is likely to sacrifice his life for the country in the next bloody battle.
Brothers, this time out of Sichuan to resist Japan is a glorious event to fight for the backbone of the Chinese nation, and it is also a righteous battle for the descendants of Yan and Huang to wash away a hundred years of humiliation and punish the strong.
We have fought bloodily for seven days and seven nights, five times from the devil to recapture the Epiphany Temple, yesterday is to destroy the devil a brigade, thanks to the brothers to kill the enemy, not afraid of death, every inch of land will fight, out of our Sichuan army soul, out of our Sichuan sons of the blood, out of my determination to serve the country!
Such a record is worthy of the honor of our soldiers, worthy of the ardent expectations of our hometown fathers and elders, worthy of the brothers of the horse leather shroud, and can comfort the countrymen and our parents.
There has always been a sentence in my heart that wants to rush out, and I, Wang Biao, am determined to spill blood with all my brothers, and vow to live and die together with the position, so as to repay the country's nurturing grace and the ardent hope of my compatriots.
It is extremely glorious for us to die fighting for the country and the nation!
However, now I have to take you on a mission, and it is likely that this mission will be our last, and I am going to write a suicide note to my parents back home, and if you have anything to say, say it now.
In addition, I can guarantee that as long as this mission is successful, each and every one of you will be a hero of the country, and I cannot watch my Rokuzawa brothers die under the fire of the Japanese devils.
As the head of this regiment, I must be worthy of the country's nurturing grace and my determination to serve the country from my hometown. But at this moment, I have to give up my small family to protect the righteousness, how can I be home without a country?! Now I give an order, once the action begins, if it is not successful, it will be done! Do you understand? ”
"Understood—"
"Salute—"
"Fight for the Motherland—"
"Fight for the Motherland—"
"If you don't get rid of the Japanese invaders, the Sichuan army vows not to return to your hometown-"
Looking at the hot-blooded men in front of him, Lin Feng finally knew why the Sichuan army suffered more than 600,000 casualties in the War of Resistance against Japan.
Because each of them is not afraid of death, with the determination to sacrifice their lives for the country, even if there are no swords and guns, they also use flesh and blood to build a Great Wall, an inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood is a true portrayal of the soldiers of the Sichuan army.
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Temporary command post of the Japanese command.
Fujita habitually touched his stubble and frowned at the battlefield situation map hanging in front of him.
They had never encountered such stubborn resistance since the landing operation, the enemy recaptured the position from them six times, and the most terrible thing was that the Kawasaki Brigade was wiped out without even making a resistance, for which the brigade commander also blamed his subordinates for their ineffective attack, and asked his subordinates to disembowelment to thank the emperor.
But in fact, Fujita knew in his heart, and others also understood in their hearts, that it was not that they were ineffective in attacking, but that the resistance encountered by the imperial army this time was too stubborn. And this time it was not the army that was about to collapse at the touch of a button, but an iron army that was resourceful and not afraid of death.
Of course, the brigade commander also had a reason for doing this, that is, he wanted to use intimidation to urge others to desperately attack the Chinese defenders stationed at the Epiphany Temple.
No one expected that the speed of the local armed forces on the opposite side would be so fast and their combat effectiveness would be so strong!
Thinking of this, Fujita couldn't help frowning.
This battle can be said to be a great favor for the imperial army by some pro-Japanese factions among the Chinese, otherwise this battle may be even more difficult.
According to the information obtained, Fujita knew that the pro-Japanese faction was reluctant to give up the interests in their hands until the last moment, to be precise, the pro-Japanese faction was worried that after the troops from other places were stationed in Shanghai, they would rely on the interests in their hands, after all, at that time, the warlords were fighting each other and doing their own thing, and they did not realize the seriousness of the matter at all.
Therefore, the stupid pro-Japanese faction did not allow the local Chinese troops to enter Shanghai until the imperial army surrounded Shanghai, and the situation forced them to rush to the rescue of the local Chinese troops.
But it was too late at this time, and Fujita knew one thing very well: the imperial army had already surrounded Shanghai, and the reinforcements who rushed in were already powerless, because in terms of individual combat ability and weaponry, those reinforcements who dared to come were far from the imperial army, and the reinforcements who came from thousands of miles away were already sleepy, and their combat effectiveness had dropped by at least half, and it was impossible to confront the imperial army that was waiting for work......
It is precisely because of this that the brigade commander has always thought that even if the Chinese reinforcements can arrive in time, it will not be a problem.
But unexpectedly, the brigade commander soon encountered a hard nail, and the Chinese reinforcements who arrived were enough to block them for six days, and now there is not the slightest hope of breaking through, this battle can be said to be the most difficult battle he has encountered, the original imperial army landing operation is extremely smooth, has faintly surrounded Shanghai, and just at this time, it is now that the Chinese on the opposite side seem to have fallen from the sky, and they will tear apart the encirclement situation and recapture the position.
So, it is not so much that the Kawasaki brigade died because of the ineffective attack, but that they died because of the light enemy of the brigade commander. Because it was the brigade commander who gave the order to attack, this was caused by the brigade commander's lack of clarity about the enemy, and the brigade commander should be responsible. But as a subordinate, even if he knew the reason in his heart, no one dared to say it.
It's a pity that a large group of imperial soldiers, they are all excellent soldiers of the empire, loyal soldiers, but they were served in a pot for no apparent reason.
Fortunately, the imperial army had pro-Japanese factions and traitors to help.
Thinking of this, Fujita couldn't help but smile.