Chapter 3: Defending Nanjing

Zhang Minghua's instructions to Zhou Jin were to conduct a raid and harassment battle for a maximum of five minutes, however, when he found that only three minutes later, the little devil pounced excitedly as if he had taken an aphrodisiac, he immediately asked the troops to retreat through the walkie-talkie, and then called the commanders of the 37th and 38th regiments, Deng Yige and Long Daring, and asked them to prepare for battle: the fish had taken the bait and was ready to close the net.

Under the command of Uto Shaosa, the surviving devils of the first brigade of the 114th Wing rushed towards the 39th regiment one by one with a scream, and Zhou Jin only fired three shots at that time, killing two devils.

"Grandma's, it's cheap Deng Yige and Long Daring's two grandsons!" Zhou Jin smacked fiercely in the direction where the devil pounced, waved his gun, and shouted: "Withdraw!" The brothers with the guard platoon pressed behind the formation and began to slowly retreat towards the dirt slope.

"The people of China have run away! Chase! In the team of little devils, I don't know who shouted such a sentence, and immediately all the devils were so fierce that they were high-spirited, and they immediately rushed to chase after Cairo with their legs.

The devils of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army are indeed well-trained, take the devils of this brigade as an example, although they suffered heavy casualties in the previous ambush, but their morale was not depressed, on the contrary, the death of their comrades around them seemed to give them the impetus to move forward.

In addition, the devil's team looks a little chaotic, but in fact, it has always maintained a rigorous formation. Ordinary infantry rushed to the front, often advancing in three formations, and after pursuing for a certain distance, the ghost soldiers running in the forefront would stop under the command of an officer, lie on the ground and begin to cover the infantry behind. As for the heavy firefighters, such as grenadiers, mortars, and machine gunners, they will move forward every fifty meters or so before the team advances, and choose to set up positions again. In addition, they will choose to shoot grenades at what appears to be ambush**, or strafe them with machine guns.

After Zhang Minghua retreated to the established location, he looked back at a place with a good view, and couldn't help but secretly admire every move of the Japanese army, and then rejoiced, thanks to the choice of Guo Daigou as the main battlefield. In fact, in addition to the mortar positions they had preset before, when the Japanese troops all entered the bamboo sea, the Japanese mortars could no longer find a position to set up because they had no firing angle and no time to clean up the bamboo.

During the Republic of China, there were many warlords in China, among them, the Shuchuan Army, the Guangdong Army, and the Gui Army were the strongest. After being incorporated into the army, after a series of ideologies, tactics, and advanced training techniques, the 13th Brigade underwent earth-shaking changes, and this change was especially evident when encountering a strong enemy.

Before, the hearty ambush battle of the 39th regiment, Deng Yige and Long Daring were fortunate to see it, and the two sighed at that time, feeling that the brigade seat was too eccentric, how could this opening drama let Zhou Jin's kid go? According to the order of the troops and the usual drill results, it will not be his turn.

It was not only them who were anxious, but also the officers and soldiers under the two of them were also anxious, and quite a few of them were even worried that the 39th Regiment would not fight too hard and scare away the devils, in that case, they would not be able to open meat. Fortunately, when the 39th regiment teased for the second time, Takehiko Uto failed to calm down.

Zhou Jin's name is elegant, and his appearance is actually very gentle, but his personality and temper are completely subverted, and among the three regiment leaders, his temper is the most explosive. However, this does not mean that his ability to lead troops into battle is worse than the other two. As for why he is ranked last in the brigade in every exercise, it is difficult to say.

Don't talk nonsense, but it is said that Zhou Jin led the troops to lead the Japanese army into the ambush circle, in order to achieve a realistic effect, or to arouse enough interest of the Japanese army, he did not blindly escape, but chose the opportunity to take advantage of the favorable terrain to carry out sniping, stop and fight, and then run and stop, so, in about half an hour, he brought this devil to Deng Yige and Long Daring. And this group of devils has also decreased from about 800 people to more than 600 people. And if it weren't for the fact that the other troops of the 114th Wing had already followed under the leadership of Wing Commander Kakukaku Jinakasa, I think Takehiko Uto would have retreated cautiously.

The obvious flirting behavior of the officers and soldiers of the 39th Regiment not only angered Uto Shaosa, but also Kataoka Nakasa. Even when Major General Tezuka Shozo of the 35th Brigade asked him to slow down his march and wait for the 124th Brigade to search from the right side at the same time, he directly called back and said that the Chinese army had been surrounded, and that His Excellency the Major General was asked to wait for a while, at most half an hour, and he would lead the team back triumphantly.

The Japanese army was getting closer and closer to the preset ambush point, and Zhang Minghua, who had arrived first, had already arrived early at the position between the 37th and 38th regiments in charge of sniping. Picking up the binoculars, he saw that the officers and soldiers of the 39th Regiment were fighting while retreating, among them, Zhou Jin was dragging behind the most stubborn part of the team, and several guard soldiers frequently used the firepower advantage of the Weiqing-style assault rifle to suppress the Japanese firepower. He smiled and said to Ren Xianghe and Lu Yu: "Look at Zhou Jin's smug look, as if this battle has been won." ”

Ren and Lu picked up the binoculars and found Zhou Jin to take a look, and they were also happy, Lu Yu said: "This kid is like this bear, and as soon as he kills many enemies, his tail will be cocked." ”

Ren Xianghe was not very familiar with Zhou Jin, so he did not speak. And on the positions left and right, Deng Yige and Long Daring took Zhou Jin's gestures into their eyes at the same time, and these two were unhappy in their hearts, and what they said was not so popular.

Deng Yige said to the soldiers around him: Look at Lao Zhou's hanging appearance, damn it, he thinks he is playing in the mountains and rivers? That smile on that face is cheap - me!

The dragon's bold way of speaking is even more rude and unbearable than his: ball-like! Lao Zhou's ball thing, this time he finally got a chance to be proud. This little devil is too useless, so many people can't get some color on him—ahhh He suddenly covered his mouth, his face flushed, glanced at the people around him, and he said in a low voice: "Brothers, you can't say this today, otherwise, this kid Lao Zhou will definitely play with me - I don't want to curse him." ”

It turned out that before he finished his ominous words, Zhou Jin's body shook, and then the person lay down - obviously he was shot, but he shouldn't have hit the vital point, so after being helped up by the guards, he could still limp away.

Zhou Jin didn't know that Lu Dao's hanging of the lottery this time was actually related to someone's lack of morality. Fortunately, he was only bitten off a large piece of flesh by a bullet in the buttocks, so although the pain was severe, it was not fatal, and he was able to continue to command the battle with far more endurance than ordinary people.

The location of the second ambush had been decided a long time ago, and it was five miles away from the dirt slope, and the reason why the battle was chosen here was because there was a small lake with an area of about one square kilometer on the left side of this area, and there was an open space on the right that was the size of a basketball court, which was very suitable for forming a fire sniper belt.

After the vast majority of the soldiers of the 39th Regiment retreated into the sniper position, Zhang Minghua gave an order, and the mortar battalion directly under the brigade took the lead in firing.

As soon as these two sounds appeared, Uto Takehiko subconsciously shouted the order to lie down and hide, and at the same time, he faintly felt that he seemed to have been fooled. However, it was too late to wake up at this time. The sound of artillery and explosions was followed by hundreds of grenades, followed by earth-shattering shouts of killing.

This ambush site has been carefully repaired by the officers and men of the 13th Brigade, and there is nothing else to hide except for a few dozen bamboos. And where there are no ambush troops, the ground is full of sharp bamboo chips, which are dense enough to make people's scalp tingle when they see it. "Hidden! Shoot! Uto Takehiko led his troops to a surprise attack in three directions, and the most of them were repulsed without exception, at this time, he realized that he should quickly withdraw from Lu, but the back road had been cut off by the sharp knife troops of the 37th and 38th regiments.

From the very beginning, the battle was one-sided, occupying favorable terrain, and the soldiers of the 13th Brigade were able to easily deal a heavy blow to the Japanese, but the Japanese could not effectively return fire. The dense bamboo unloaded the penetration of most of the 38 bullets, and the camouflage uniforms fused the officers and men of the 13th Brigade with nature very well, which brought considerable confusion to the little devils. Twenty minutes into the battle, the Uto Brigade had suffered heavy casualties, including a squadron that rushed to the front with almost all casualties, and Uto Takehiko himself was hit in the left arm by a bullet, staining him red.

Lieutenant Yura Masanori, the squadron leader of the fourth squadron, gradually moved closer to Uto while organizing his troops to fight back, and at this time, he said: "Shaozuo, if we continue like this, we will be wiped out!" ”

Uto Takehiko was very speechless, and the telegram asking for help had already been sent, but looking at the reckless bamboo forest behind him, God knows if the captain of the Lu Dao Wing can lead someone to arrive in time.

"Lieutenant Yura, I made a mistake. The terrain was not very conducive to the movement of large troops, so the order was given to break out in small units and then assemble in the northwest...... Yes! Before Uto finished speaking, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his forehead, and then—the ground shook, the darkness struck, and he fell headlong and never got up again.

Splashed all over his face by Uto's blood, Yura Masanori only felt cold hands and feet, and his whole body trembled. Then, nervous, he shouted: "The captain is dead, the squads are free to break through and assemble in the northwest direction!" Then, he didn't care about doing anything for Uto Takehiko, and picked up Uto's command knife and gun, and he retreated back with a few devils.