While the Japanese were preparing to defend the bridgehead in full force, the night attack of the 3rd Regiment against them had already begun.

The officers and men of the expeditionary force, equipped with a large number of automatic firearms, came at night, and the artillery fire of the expeditionary force had basically stopped, except for a small number of * guns still firing, and the ballistics and flashes of shells were only symbolic, and the deterrence of the Japanese army was far greater than the actual bombing.

With the help of this deterrent, the assembled troops of the 3rd Regiment began to rush into the Japanese positions.

The heavy machine gun fire in the rear had already been set up, and before they could even start, they jumped and fired at the Japanese positions, and the grenadiers and mortars supported by the squad also fired shells, which fell around the Japanese positions and exploded into clusters of fire.

Under the cover of machine-gun fire and mortars, the infantry began to attack.

The battle of the 3rd Regiment was very orderly, with the squad as the combat unit, three or five people as a group, holding the Stein * and * cooperating with each other, and the fire intensity in the moment was very intensive.

Such two or three groups are also a combat squad, and such a combat squad has fierce firepower, which can completely suppress a Japanese squad, not to mention that the Japanese army has not completely entered combat readiness at this time, and most of the Japanese soldiers are still resting in the shade shirtless, and when they rush over, they will be slaughtered bloodily.

The dense network of crossfire harvested the lives of the Japanese soldiers like a scythe of death, and the sudden bullets continued to pop through the human body, and soon they tore a hole in the Japanese position.

However, the Japanese did not sit still, and the well-trained Araki troops, who were good at jungle warfare, encountered considerable obstacles as they continued to advance inward. Many people hide in tall trees when they are resting, wearing camouflage made of leaves. After the expeditionary officers and soldiers entered the jungle, the Japanese soldiers threw them from the trees* or fired at them.

The Type 38 rifles in the hands of the Japanese soldiers continued to fire, and these Japanese soldiers shot exquisitely, and all the shots were accurate short point shots, and many officers and men of the 3rd Regiment were hit by such Japanese soldiers, some bullets pierced the necks of officers and soldiers, blood spurted out, some were hit in the head, and the steel helmets were all pierced.

These Japanese soldiers hiding in the trees delayed the attack of the officers and men of the 3rd Regiment, and the Japanese took advantage of this gap to quickly organize a fire counterattack, and the Type 92 heavy machine guns, Taisho Type 11, and the captured Bren machine guns were all erected, tracer bullets and bullet marks were intertwined back and forth in the air, and the whole jungle was filled with a smell of blood and *.

Despite the huge casualties, the officers and men advanced effectively. In less than half an hour, at the cost of heavy casualties, the 3 regiment occupied the bridge.

After Liu Fangwu saw that the other side issued a signal that "the bridgehead has been occupied", he threw away the cigarette butt in his mouth, stepped on it and said: "Herald, tell me to go down and prepare to cross the river!" ”

The herds of armored vehicles and motorcycles, which had been waiting on the shore for a long time, began to start, and the rumbling sound was overwhelming. Three-wheeled motorcycles, British wheeled armored vehicles, and domestically produced light tanks began to pass over the bridge one after another, and the stubborn Japanese tried to destroy the bridge deck with mortars and mountain artillery, and many shells fell into the river, causing a splash.

However, the artillery of the 3rd Regiment on the opposite bank quickly returned fire. Several 75 field guns adjusted the ruler, and after a while, the artillery positions of these Japanese soldiers were bombed into chaos.

When he crossed the bridge, Mu Dan, who was sitting in the jeep, was splashed in the face by the river water blown up by the shells, and he touched it and there was a smell of blood, needless to say, these corpses were from the brothers of the 3rd regiment who had just crossed the river.

When he thought of this, he didn't feel good in his heart. He turned his eyes to Liu Fangwu, who was driving on the side, this guy had a black face, especially at this time, it was the same as the night, it was dark and couldn't see clearly.

There was still a little light ahead, and he looked to see that the Chinese army not far away was pursuing the Japanese army.

After crossing the bridge, the road became wider and wider, and it was no longer the road that the people had trodden on, but a road built by hand, paved with scraps of bricks and rolled with stones, presumably built by the British.

The Japanese began to retreat in a panic, and after arriving at the place where the Japanese were resting, the officers and soldiers began to search for useful clues, but more people went to find some Japanese novelties, including Japanese canned food, steel helmets, guns and ammunition.

Liu Fangwu and the others naturally went to take over the command of the Japanese soldiers, and before taking over, Sanxi and Mu Dan walked in and took people to clean it up.

There are still a few officers in this command who let their heads blow up, and the * son of one place, although Liu Fangwu is not informal, but no one likes to smell this bloody smell.

Miki went up and rummaged through the pockets of several Japanese officers, unloaded the watch of one of the lieutenants, and pulled out a wallet from his pocket, but there was no money, just a photo, a picture of a Japanese woman and a child.

"Look, this is his wife and children, right? This Japanese devil still has a picture of his wife and children? Sanxi came over and said to Mu Dan.

Mudan looked at it, and the photo showed a Japanese woman in a kimono and a Japanese boy in the same traditional costume, thinking that this was also a warm family, but they killed themselves.

"Put the photo back to someone, you can hold the watch, and keep it for a while." Liu Fangwu didn't know when he came over, and after a glance, he said to Sanxi.

Sanxi slipped the wallet into the Japanese officer's coat pocket again, waved his hand, and let him be carried out.

The communications soldiers began to move the map and radio station to the house, the generator was ready, the rumbling sound sounded, and the electric lights in the room flashed a few times before they began to turn on.

The regimental staff officer came over and said, "When the road is good, it will be conducive to the offensive of the troops, especially the armored units." Is it to send troops to pursue the victory? ”

Liu Fangwu nodded, he originally wanted the troops to continue the pursuit, but he thought that the troops had been fighting for several days, and the officers and soldiers were exhausted, and they had already reached the critical point of rest, and he couldn't let the brothers risk their lives for the sake of his red top.

"Forget it, let the brethren rest well for the night, and march tomorrow morning after they have eaten and drunk enough. By the way, let the troops put more guard posts, the main force of Araki's troops is still there, beware of them counterattacking. By the way, the Japanese have a good trick of climbing trees, and we can learn from them. ”

The regimental staff officer smiled: "Yes." ”

After the order was given, the officers and men were given a rare opportunity to rest, and naturally they were all happy. Therefore, after dinner, the troops released their guard posts, and most of the officers and men began to rest.

Liu Fangwu was also really tired in the past few days, and after a simple wash, he fell asleep on the marching bed. After sleeping for more than two hours, the regimental staff officer said that the guards had caught two men on the back hill, one in Wehrmacht uniforms and the other foreigner. "They said they were Allied reporters, and we looked a little different, so we took them over."

"Allied journalists?" Liu Fangwu got up from the bed, "Call Staff Officer Cha up and accompany me to have a look." ”

When the two arrived at the conference room of the regiment headquarters, Kappa and Miao Aman were already there. Miao Aman's gun was confiscated, as were Kappa's camera and a Swiss Army knife. He wasn't worried about the rest, for fear that the soldiers would ruin the photos they had worked so hard to take.

After meeting Liu Fangwu, Mu Dan introduced them in English. After hearing this, Capa also replied politely: "Hello Mr. Colonel, I am a correspondent of the Allied Forces, and I came here to shoot the first moment of the Chinese army's invasion of here, but unfortunately it was misunderstood by your soldiers. This is a soldier of your Chinese army, and he is responsible for the safety of one of our ladies. ”

As he spoke, Miao Aman leaned on his heels, stood up and saluted, and announced his name in a thick Guangxi accent.

The regimental staff officer said on the side: "He has the identification certificate issued by the Allied Command, and the soldier also has our ID. I've had it checked, and it doesn't look like it's a fake. ”

Liu Fangwu nodded, he had a plan in his heart, he stretched out his hand and said, "Please sit down." ”

Kappa knew that this was a kind gesture, so he and Miao Aman nodded and motioned to sit down. However, Miao Aman stood up and said: "The chief is here, but I am still standing." ”

Liu Fangwu nodded, "Take this brother to eat something, and I'll talk to Mr. Kappa for a while." ”

Mu Dan and the regimental staff officers stayed, and Kappa gave Liu Fangwu a brief account of his understanding of the internal situation of Ringanqiang. He told Liu Fangwu that there were now more than 7,000 Japanese troops besieged in Ren'anqiang, the Japanese army had cut off the water source, the British army was not only short of water, but also lacked necessary medicines and supplies, and now a large number of people are dying every day.

"I'm sure you're coming, so I'm here waiting. Thank God you guys are finally here. ”

Liu Fangwu nodded, and said that he would launch an attack against the Japanese army in the near future to rescue the besieged British army.

"That's great! I think God will bless you for driving away the Japs. Capa smiled.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Liu Fangwu said, "Mr. Capa hasn't eaten yet, has he?" Wait a minute, I'll ask the cooks to arrange something to eat. Have a good rest and join us tomorrow. ”

"Thank you very much. It's just, I want to get my camera back, I'm worried that your soldiers will accidentally damage it. You know, that's my weapon. Capa laughed.

"That's fine." Saying that, Liu Fangwu asked people to go and get Capa's camera back.

After receiving the camera, Capa was very grateful and took the camera to prepare for dinner. Liu Fangwu shouted to him.

Capa immediately turned around, "Mr. Colonel, is there anything else?" ”

Liu Fangwu thought for a while and said, "How can you be sure that we will definitely appear here?" ”