At three o'clock in the afternoon, Colonel Wu Qiujian, commander of the 523rd Regiment, and Major Yi Jin, commander of the 1st Battalion, led the officers and men from the eastern section of Baoshan Road to the Bazi Bridge (the Sino-Japanese ceasefire line in the 21st year of the Republic of China).

"Battalion commander, in front of you are the Japanese Marines!"

Coincidentally, the 3rd Brigade under the command of Captain Shigeru Ito of the Japanese Navy Special Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai went to Baoshan Road to deploy defenses and touched the Bazi Bridge from the western section of Baoshan Road.

The armies of both sides came to the Bazi Bridge, and when they looked up, they both found each other!

"So what are you waiting for!"

A gunshot rang out, followed by a scream, and just like that, Major Yi Jin of the first battalion of the 523rd Regiment of the 88th Division fired the first shot of the Battle of Songhu!

Immediately after the second gunshot, Captain Shigeru Ito had a bloody hole in his head and fell to the ground and died on the spot.

"It's a beautiful shot, it's really accurate, who fired this shot?" Commander Wu Qiujian could see clearly that the enemy's commander had been killed, so he asked with great joy.

"I don't know, it doesn't seem to be the gun fired from our side, he was pierced in the temple, and the bullet is not in our direction!" Major Yi still wondered!

Bang Bang Bang!

To the surprise of both sides, and they didn't know where they were, suddenly there were continuous gunshots, and in just one round of shooting, twenty-two Japanese marines fell to the ground, and the most beautiful one shot killed two! These dead Japanese officers and soldiers were either shot in the head or in the chest and heart, and the accuracy made people feel terrible.

Today is an eye-opener! The officers and men of the 1st Battalion forgot to attack, stared wide-eyed as the enemy in front of them continued to fall, and finally retreated, and while retreating, people continued to fall to the ground, and hundreds of people were shot and killed in an instant.

forced this group of Japanese marines to not dare to run in the end, so they could only find obstacles to hide, and did not dare to move.

Regiment Commander Wu and Major Yi saw in the binoculars that a lieutenant just wanted to probe to check the situation, and as soon as half of his face was exposed, a bullet lifted his skull, which made people's blood boil.

A reinforcement group of the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai arrived, and the captain, who did not know what was going on, brandished his command knife and tried to launch a counterattack, but before he could speak, he was hit by a bullet in the center of his eyebrow and fell on the spot.

These mysterious gunners, proficient in shooting people first and horses to capture thieves and first capture the king, first hit officers and then soldiers, as many Japanese lieutenants were killed, the situation in front of them suddenly became a mess, the enemy left a corpse, panicked retreat.

It is also because of this exchange of fire that the Jinling government and the Japanese government, the first battle of the large corps battle between China and Japan, the Battle of Songhu, have officially begun.

"In the army of our Jinling government, when did such a force appear, according to the hit rate of the other party, this should be a professionally trained sniper, right?" Major Yi said in amazement.

The German mechanic division was lectured and trained by German consultants, and his knowledge far exceeded that of ordinary troops, so he naturally had the concept of snipers, but at this time, the Jinling government army did not have professional snipers.

"Commander, someone wants to see you!" A soldier led a man with a rifle on his back to Wu Qiujian.

"Commander Wu, I am Chen Duhan, the sniper captain of the commando team of the Central Military Police Command, and I am ordered to support your troops in the battle!" The other party said in a low voice, and then took out his military ID.

He wore the uniform of an ordinary soldier of the Central Army, did not wear a military rank, and did not have a badge.

With a leather bullet belt on his chest, a backpack on his back, and a German long-handled grenade on his waist, as a German mechanic, Wu Qiujian is very familiar with this kind of combat equipment, and the other party is a full set of German equipment.

Major Yi saw that this person's Mauser rifle actually had a scope on it, and the German instructor once mentioned that this should be a very rare Mauser 98K sniper rifle.

"The sniper squad of the Central Gendarmerie Command? I've never heard of it! But you guys are really amazing, I admire it from the bottom of my heart, let us stare at a good show, well done! Wu Qiujian said with a smile.

"It's normal that you don't know, our commando team is secretly trained, and there are very few people who know it, according to the order of Shangfeng, we are mainly responsible for small-scale operations and sniping Japanese commanders, destroying the enemy in the movement, and we can't do anything about positional warfare, this time I came to see you, mainly to explain the situation and avoid misunderstandings." Chen Duhan said.

"Captain Chen, with the help of your commando team, we can be said to be like a tiger with wings, these guns and ammunition in front of us, just leave them to you, our regiment as the vanguard, shouldering the task of exploring the path for the entire 88th Division to find the enemy's main force, and there is no time to clean up." Wu Qiujian said.

When the 1st Battalion crossed the Bazi Bridge and continued to march towards the headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps, Ma Guangran's group immediately drove a truck to clean up the battlefield and transport weapons and ammunition to the warehouse in the concession as soon as possible.

In the evening of the same day, a telegram was sent from the headquarters of the 88th Division to the Military Commission.

According to the cable, the sniper squad of the commando unit of the Central Military Police Headquarters carried out a sniper operation against the invading Japanese troops near the Bazi Bridge, and in a short period of half an hour, the snipers killed two captains, six lieutenants, and 11 second lieutenants of the Japanese Marine Corps, and killed 146 soldiers.

The Japanese army had no fighting spirit under the sniper's fire, and hid in XZ to find cover, and did not dare to raise their heads, the scene was extremely exciting, and they implored the Military Commission to give them a heavy reward.

The Shanghai Special Intelligence Group is stationed.

"Han Lin, the commission received the telegram of the 88th Division on behalf of the victory, and I am very happy, this is the credit of our first battle and great victory on the battlefield in Shanghai, and I am specially asked to convey his commendation order, asking you and the commando team to make persistent efforts and continue to contribute to the War of Resistance, in order to commend their combat exploits, each of them will be promoted to a first-class military rank and rewarded with 10,000 legal currency!" Boss Dai said excitedly.

According to the regulations of the Jinling government, the death of a Japanese adjutant will be rewarded with 500 yuan of legal currency, the killing of a Japanese lieutenant will be rewarded with 200 yuan of legal currency, and the killing of a Japanese soldier will be rewarded with 50 yuan of legal currency.

"The lowly and brethren are grateful for the reward of the Boss and the Boss, and they will fight valiantly to live up to the high expectations of the Boss and the Boss." Han Lin hurriedly said.

"Your role is irreplaceable, you don't have to come back for the time being, leave the matter of solving the case to Cao Jiandong, what about the special team of the commando? Where are they at the moment? Boss Dai asked.

"Houses lurking near Hongkou Park, tonight they are going to raid the Japanese army's defensive positions and ammunition depots, and there is a fire on the muzzle of the gun at night, which will cause the sniper team to be exposed." Han Lin said.

"Well, I'll wait for your good news tomorrow!" Boss Dai said with a smile.

(End of chapter)