Chapter 3 Defending Nanjing??

I have to admit that the concealment effect of the camouflage combat uniform is really good. When the little devil's reconnaissance team used machine guns to shoot into the bamboo forest, they would never have imagined that just about 30 meters away from them, there was a company of cadet soldiers lying on their stomachs.

Still with those three motorcycles as the lead, a brigade of little devils finally drove over. As the roar of the car got closer and closer, the facial features of the little devils standing on the truck gradually came into the eyes of the soldiers, and the two fart curtains floating behind their helmets also became a joke used by the soldiers to relieve their nervousness.

One truck went into range, two, three...... Zhou Jin silently counted the numbers, and when he counted the tenth car, he yelled violently: "Fight!" "Jumping up and raising your hand to the sky is a shot.

"Smack!" "Click" "Boom!" This was a loud bang that Larley was triggered. More than a dozen mushroom clouds exploded one after another along the little devil's marching route, engulfing five trucks.

The Devil Brigade that opened the road belonged to the 114th Wing, and the captain was Takehiko Uto. Takehiko Uto sat on a tall horse, and looked around with a telescope while following the movement of the large armyβ€”he didn't know what Lu Dao was, but he always had a bad feeling in his heart. The soil slope where the bamboo forest is located in front, although the altitude is only two or three hundred meters, but the area is large enough, and there seems to be an endless bamboo sea behind it, and it should not be a problem to hide thousands of people in it. However, in view of the fact that there are flat fields all around, and large troops cannot be hidden, the most that the people of China can use this dirt slope to fight a small ambush war - he analyzed, but he didn't know what kind of mood Lu Dao was in, and he couldn't calm down. It turns out that Uto's intuition is very accurate, of course, because he was still caught off guard, so this intuition seems to be an afterthought.

"Get off! Lie down! "As the commander of the elite Japanese army, Uto, who was attacked by surprise, was not nervous, but made the right tactical adjustments at the first time." It's just an ambush, it's okay, it's not a siege! "Because only the sound of gunshots came from the bamboo forest in front of him, Uto's heart was still able to maintain enough composure. Later, when the chaotic Japanese army gradually returned to order, he had time to think about it more, and added to the idea just now: Behind is the large army of our army, and the people of China want to surround us, and it seems that they are throwing themselves into the net - the people of China are not so stupid, are they? Their supreme commander was the Empire's greatest enemy, Ouyang Yun.

Ambush! Pounce! Feint to retreat! Introduce the enemy into the Bamboo Sea, and then carry out a cut-and-encircle or special attack according to the actual situation. This is the specific tactical arrangement of this unit after Zhang Minghua made corrections according to the order of the General Headquarters.

The original intention of the headquarters was only to fight an ambush battle, but considering the limited strength of the 13th Brigade and the terrain constraints of Guo Daigou, Zhang Minghua decided to implement such a tactic after consulting the opinions of other personnel in the brigade headquarters.

Zhou Jin, the commander of the 39th Regiment, faithfully carried out the order of the brigade seat, and when Zhang Minghua rushed to the front line with the guard soldiers, under the leadership of Zhou Jin, the soldiers of the 39th Regiment rushed down the dirt slope like tigers descending the mountain and carried out a surprise attack on the Japanese army.

In the fire and smoke, 13 Japanese trucks were beaten to scrap metal or crippled, and the trucks behind had to stop because the road was blocked. Under the first round of shelling, shooting, and mine killing, more than 100 devils directly confessed, and the remaining devils, after experiencing the initial panic, began to calm down under the command of some low-level officers, and began to jump out of the truck in an orderly and nervous manner, and build positions on the spot.

The 18th Division is one of the regular divisions of the Japanese army, and it is not far behind the soldiers' personal qualities and overall tactical accomplishments. Although his combat effectiveness was sharply reduced at first due to the fact that he was ambushed, once he recovered, he immediately felt the pressure on Zhou Jin and his brothers.

One thing that has to be mentioned is that the little devil's marksmanship is very accurate. If they are given enough time, they will be able to inflict heavy damage on their enemies. Fortunately, the 13th Brigade has all been reequipped with the standard equipment of the Cadet Army, and the assault rifle has also given the little devil a chance to be suppressed by superior firepower because of its powerful firepower and disposable ammunition capacity of up to 20 rounds.

Zhou Jin's timing of the charge was very good, once the formation of the Japanese aircraft was disrupted, he immediately asked the sniper team to snipe at those little devil officers with pistols and even combat knives, and at the same time let them focus on those machine gunners and grenadier soldiers.

After the first round of sniping, a dozen officers and machine gunners fell on the Japanese positions, and then the 39th Regiment's charge horn sounded. Zhou Jin took the lead, a Weiqing-style assault rifle sometimes fired a point, sometimes a straf, and the first thing to take care of was the Japanese soldiers who had already chosen the fortifications and were doing the aiming posture.

The reason why Zhang Minghua wanted to come and see it in person was because he knew Zhou Jin's temper, and he was afraid that once he became addicted, he would forget to carry out the previous tactical orders. He did not follow the 39th Regiment to charge, but chose a relatively open place to stand, picked up a telescope and carefully observed every corner of the battlefield.

After a quarter of an hour of the ambush, a flare was suddenly raised about five kilometers behind the battlefield. Seeing the signal flare, Zhang Minghua immediately issued an order for the 39th Regiment to leave the battlefield immediately.

The flare was fired by the fighters of the reconnaissance company directly under the brigade, and according to the agreement, this meant that a large force of the Japanese army had come up.

Zhou Jin was leading several soldiers of the guard platoon to storm a few devils who were covering a burning truck, when suddenly, his adjutant pulled him and said, "The regimental seat, the brigade seat let us retreat." ”

"Ball!" Zhou Jin is enjoying the fight, where can he listen.

The adjutant had no choice but to drag him up the dirt slope. Following the direction pointed by the adjutant, Zhou Jin saw Zhang Minghua standing in an open space with only two guards, and immediately knew that Daogai had retreated.

He is Zhang Minghua's old subordinate and is familiar with everything about the old chief. For example, today's scene means: If there is still one person in the 39th regiment who does not retreat, then he, Zhang Minghua, will always stand there. Zhou Jin can look down on his own life and death, but he can't ignore the danger faced by the old chief. He muttered fiercely, "The brigade is here again!" Then he shouted helplessly: "Brothers, withdraw first." ”

The 39th regiment attacked quickly and retreated quickly. However, the damage they inflicted on the Uto Brigade was very staggering, and in just 25 minutes from the beginning to the end of the battle, a total of more than 200 Japanese troops were annihilated and more than 300 wounded. And the 39th Regiment itself only paid the price of less than 200 casualties. If this ambush is listed as a separate battle, there is no doubt that the 39th regiment achieved good results. And if I have to find a flaw, it is that the heavy weapons firepower output of the regiment is slightly insufficient. Of course, the reason for this is that it has to be sacrificed for the sake of speed.

At this time, Takehiko Uto had just united the entire team with the help of a junior officer, and was about to launch a counterattack, but when he saw the enemy rabbit running into the bamboo forest, the little devil was so angry that he scolded: "The sick man of East Asia! Guys who only dare to steal! ”

"Your Excellency, Captain, do you want to pursue?" Squadron Leader Shigeru Mori came over and asked.

Although Takehiko Uto scolded the school soldiers as the sick man of East Asia, he didn't think so in his heart. The battle lasted for a short time, but the strength shown by the Cadet Army had attracted his attention. First of all, the weapons of the student army are not the so-called "shoddy production" provided by the intelligence department, and then the quality of its officers and soldiers, where is the so-called "rabble and lack of formal training" mentioned in intelligence -- this unit is no better than the national army they encountered before, whether it is combat means or morale, this is the same elite division as the imperial army! With such an awareness in his heart, Uto didn't dare to pursue lightly, but said: "Let's wait for the big army to come up, the people of China are very cunning, and it is taboo to pursue alone." ”

Under the command of Zhang Minghua, the 39th Regiment quickly disappeared into the bamboo forest. However, what made him depressed was that the arrogant Japanese army did not launch a pursuit.

"Maybe it hurt too much to beat the devil just now!" Faced with the doubts of the brigade, Zhou Jin speculated.

"No," Zhang Minghua denied him. As a professional soldier from the Whampoa Military Academy, he knows the Japanese too well, he said: "It seems that the captain of the devil brigade below is a character, Lao Zhou, do you have the confidence to make another raid?" ”

"Now?"

"Yes, but I'll only give you five minutes, and as soon as the five minutes are over, your troops must retreat immediately to prevent being bitten by the Japanese army. I'll let the mortar battalion cover you guys. ”

"Good! No, I just didn't think I had a good time. Zhou Jin responded, quickly gathered the troops, and soon, they once again touched the previous ambush position.

On the Japanese position, the little devils were rescuing the wounded under the command of some officers, carrying and counting the officers and soldiers who died in battle. Suddenly, with the characteristic sound of "empty, empty......" of mortars, Takehiko Uto immediately shouted: "Lie down!" Beware of concealment! ”

He had just finished shouting, "Huh-" The sound of grenades breaking through the air sounded, and later, more than a dozen grenades landed in the place where the Japanese troops were concentrated just now, and then exploded "boom". Although the little devils avoided it in time, more than ten people were killed on the spot before they could dodge, and more than 30 people were injured by the explosion.

"Eight squares! Despicable Chinans! "Seeing that this round of shelling actually caused him to lose almost a squad, Takehiko Uto hated that tooth itching, and said that the people of China actually chose to raid when our army was ambulating the wounded, which not only violated the spirit of the samurai, but also violated the Geneva Convention, which is really shameful. He didn't want to think about the so-called warrior spirit and the Geneva Conventions when they did whatever they wanted, burning, killing and looting on Chinese soil.

After a round of rapid fire, the mortar battalion of the 13th Brigade quickly shifted its position, and just after Uto Takehiko viciously cursed the Xuebing Army, Zhou Jin shouted again and led the team to rush to the Japanese position.

At this time, Yu Tu realized the real purpose of the round of artillery bombardment just now-the Xue Soldier Army dared to attack again after being repulsed once, it was really too deceitful, did they think that the Imperial Army was a weak brigade that could be ravaged at will? He was so angry that he made another "eight grids", and then commanded a wave of his sword and ordered the whole army to launch a counterattack. Considering that the large army is not far from him, his specific order is: bite this branch of the army, and we must destroy them! Annihilation!