Chapter 109 The Battle of Shanghai (29)

The captain of the first brigade of the 43rd Regiment, Yamashita, was furious and constantly urged the troops to advance. He had just suffered the thunderous anger of the captain of the regiment, and the slap marks of the five fingers on his red and swollen face were clearly visible.

The 43rd Regiment was the first landing force of the 11th Division. When the intelligence probe found that only one company of the Hua national team in Luodian was stationed, Colonel Kawada immediately ordered the first brigade of Yamashita Masashita to send two infantry squadrons to quickly capture Luodian. Because Luodian's strategic position was very important, the Major General of the 22nd Brigade Yoshikazu Kirii Iwai specially sent a squadron of the 11th Engineer Regiment that landed in the subsequent landing to consolidate the Luodian position. Unexpectedly, three

The squadron's troops were defeated by the Chinese national team within two hours. The imperial field armor division had just landed and fought against the Chinese national team for the first time. Colonel Kawada was furious and ordered the squadron leader who fled back to Shengqiao to take more than 100 defeated soldiers and escaped from Shengqiao, and then all his anger erupted at Shanxia Zhongshu. He ordered Shanxia Zhongshu to lead the first team to fight in the front line and must regain Luodian. The entire regiment immediately entered Luodian.

The first brigade finally arrived at around 9 a.m. and stopped at 15 kilometers away from Luodian. The weather was very good. The mountain was in the telescope and saw the entire Luodian quietly. Occasionally, a few busy figures flashed by in the town, all of whom were Chinese people wearing grass green military uniforms. A simple fortification was horizontally located outside the town. At a glance, you can tell that it was built hastily by the Chinese national team after occupying Luodian.

Although the First Battalion had lost two squadrons, there were still two infantry squadrons, one machine gun and another artillery squadron equipped with two 92 rifles, with nearly 600 troops. Faced with such an uncovered town, Zhongshu was definitely sure that a charge could break through the simple defensive position on the periphery and rushed into the town in one fell swoop, and he wanted to avenge his previous shame.

Just as he was so proud of his thoughts, the smile he was about to show twitched his swollen muscles. A burst of pain made the mountain angry. With a "swish", he pulled out his command knife and ordered loudly in the direction of Luodian: "The artillery fired at the frontier positions, the machine gun squadron established a machine gun position, and all troops were ready to attack."

"Sun, Japanese--" Two 92 infantry artillery began to shell the front position. After two rounds of test firing, the shells began to accurately land around the simple line of defense. Under the cover of artillery fire, the two infantry squadrons and machine gun squadrons pressed forward seven or eight hundred meters away from the front position. The machine gun squadron quickly established a machine gun position, and the twelve black holes of the Type 92 heavy machine guns pointed directly at the front position.

Although the firepower of the two 92 infantry guns was limited, it was still quite a threat to the Chinese national team that lacked heavy firepower. Yamashita Masaki, who had just been promoted to lieutenant of the army five years ago, participated in the battle of the 128 Shanghai Incident. At that time, the 87th Division, the elite Chinese unit of the 1st Division landed from Liuhe, was defeated. Yamashita ordered the artillery fire to last for ten minutes, which was determined to win.

"The Japanese gunfire is really lively." In the cover of the frontier command of the 38th Regiment, Cheng Dean said with a smile to Shen Xiuwen who was observing the enemy situation with a telescope.

"The Japanese are about to attack, so they ordered the troops to enter the position as soon as the artillery fire stopped." Shen Xiuwen put down his telescope and ordered.

It turned out that before the Neon Army began shelling, Chen Xiuwen, who had just arrived, ordered only a few observation posts to be left on the front line, and the rest of them were all withdrawn into the temporary anti-aircraft holes that were temporarily driven out.

As soon as the artillery fire stopped, before all the officers and soldiers of the 38th Regiment entered the position, the foot of the mountain ordered two squadrons to rush towards the front position, and he also specially asked the more than one hundred soldiers who had escaped to rush forward.

In the telescope, I saw the neon army soldiers wearing steel helmets and carrying 38-large covers. Under the leadership of the officer leading the commanding knife, the tide surged like a frontier position. Chen Xiuwen couldn't help frowning. The Japanese were so anxious that they were red in their eyes. They went out all over the place without hesitation for the first time, and more than 500 Japanese soldiers charged forward together.

"Order your regiment to shoot mortars and shoot me a little bit." The 20th Independent Brigade was going to guard Luodian until noon tomorrow. Chen Xiuwen did not want to expose his real firepower too early, but at the same time, such a group charges and cannot wait for a close-range battle, as this would inevitably increase his casualties.

In a short while, only a few dull sounds of mortars popping out of the bore, the four eighteenth mortars of the thirty-eighth regiments began to launch artillery bombardment on the Neon Army's storm-former formation. The scene of the three attacking formations of the Neon Army continued to rise from the shells, accompanied by the broken body of the Neon Army's remaining limbs. However, the formation of the Japanese did not loose at all, and continued to attack the national defensive positions, and soon passed the main range of killing of the mortars.

"Heavy machine guns fire." Chen Xiuwen's guiding ideology was very clear, which was to kill the Japanese as much as possible before they attacked the frontier positions.

The order was passed, and all the Maxim heavy machine guns on the front positions immediately began to spit out flames, like a pair of scythes of the god of death, and began to harvest the lives of Japanese soldiers. Although Maxim was not as terrifying as the M2 Browning heavy machine gun, it still caused the Japanese to suffer more casualties, especially the more than one hundred Japanese who rushed in front, rushing to the front without hesitation, and almost half fell. The stormtroopers suddenly stopped, and the two infantry squadrons behind fell one after another.

Not only did mortars appear on the frontline positions, but also a considerable number of heavy machine guns. The mountain was a little surprised and quickly issued an order: "The artillery opened fire and destroyed the mortars and heavy machine guns of the Chinese army."

Based on the number of mortars and heavy machine guns, Yamashita judged that the opposite defender was estimated to have a regiment of troops. However, Yamashita Masashita did not take it seriously. In his opinion, the combat effectiveness of the Great Japanese Imperial Army can be one to ten. As long as the opponent's mortars and heavy machine guns are destroyed, they will definitely be able to break through the frontier positions under the cover of the machine gun squadron.

The Japanese 70mm Type 92 Infantry Cannon began to suppress and shoot the country's Maxim heavy machine gun fire points. Chen Xiuwen quickly ordered the 82 mortars to counter-suppress the Japanese two 92 Infantry Cannons. Unfortunately, due to the distance and the hidden positions of the Japanese artillery, they did not take any advantage. Instead, some Maxim heavy machine gun fire points and one mortar on the frontline positions were destroyed by the artillery fire of the 92 Infantry Cannons.

"Yoxi." Yamashita put the telescope in his hand with satisfaction: "Order the machine gun squadron to cover fire, and the troops continued to rush forward and break through the frontier positions of the Chinese army."

The twelve Type 92 heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron were like pulling a fire net, covering the frontier positions. The four remaining Maxim on the frontier positions were instantly suppressed.

It turned out that the two infantry squadrons that were suppressed by heavy machine guns got up from the ground again and rushed towards the frontal positions.

"It finally emerged, and ordered the machine gun battalion to open fire and knock on the Japanese machine gun squadron and the two annoying infantry cannons for me."

Each infantry brigade of the A-type Division of the Neon Army was equipped with two 92 infantry cannons and a machine gun squadron of twelve heavy machine guns. Chen Xiuwen was waiting for the machine gun squadron to emerge and then concentrated his firepower to destroy it. Of course, he didn't want to show it out so early that the eight 75 mountain cannons assigned to him by the headquarters of the Ninth Army.

The Second Company of the Machine Cannon Battalion, which was preset in the town, had twelve Sixty-Official mortars, and concentrated their firepower to launch a fierce shelling at the position of the machine gun squadron. At the same time, the remaining three 82 mortars of the 38th Regiment desperately suppressed the two 92 infantry cannons of the Japanese.

Although the firepower of the 60 mortars was not as good as that of the 82 mortars and the Japanese 92 Infantry Cannons, they could not hold on. The machine gun squadron that moved forward in the first brigade was instantly blown up, and the broken limbs and machine gun parts flew into the air together. After the machine gun position was destroyed, the artillery fire of the 60 mortars quickly extended and rushed directly to the hidden 92 Infantry Cannons. Even a few shells were smashed near the temporary command point of the Shanxia Zhong, not far from the artillery position.

He looked around and saw his artillery squadron and machine gun squadron losing all in an instant. He angrily drew out his command knife and howled loudly: "Kill me, you must break through the Chinese army's position and enter the town."

The Japanese in the two infantry squadrons were divided into two scattered lines and approaching the front positions desperately. The front positions were always just four heavy machine guns firing. The other officers and soldiers were lying in the trenches, holding the guns in their hands tightly, aiming at the approaching Japanese, and quietly waiting for the order to open fire.

When the Japanese who rushed in front entered a distance of 150 meters from the front, the mines buried in the front of the positions began to play a role. In the violent explosion, Japanese were constantly bombed into the sky.

However, the number of mines was not too large. After a round of explosions, the surviving Neon Army soldiers rushed towards the frontier positions like crazy.

"Open the fire."

With a command, gunfire suddenly sounded loudly on the position. Due to the large number of submachine guns, Czech and Browning light machine guns, and the Galand rifle that can be fired continuously, the firepower is much stronger than the Japanese 38 rifles that can be pulled at the bolt and the small number of crooked handles. The Neon Army who rushed on the front line suddenly fell to the ground. The Neon Army on the second line was not good at seeing it, so they quickly lay down and fired against the Chinese soldiers in the trenches. Under the command of the officers, the grenade launcher team quickly prepared to launch grenades to destroy the fire points on the position.

However, the two grenade launchers had just been set up, and before they could put the grenade into the portal to fire, a few bullets suddenly flew over and accurately gathered four grenade launchers.

"Baga." The angry Japanese squad leader waved his command knife and was about to order others. He heard a "bang" sound, and a bullet that flew from somewhere hit the helmet on his head. The high-speed rotating bullet drilled a small hole in the helmet and pierced it into the head from above the temple. The powerful kinetic energy of the bullet flew out directly with the fragments of the skull and the helmet. The captain fell to the ground, and the white brain and dirty blood sputtered on the ground, as if it was a tofu brain with tomato sauce.

He Shuigen took back the rifle that was still emitting smoke and sat down against the trench wall. This was the third Japanese he killed today. If yesterday was counted, there would be five. He Shuigen pulled out the bayonet and drew a bar on the handle of the gun, and there were exactly five.

He Shuigen is a veteran of the 61st Division. During the 128th Incident, he fought with Japanese soldiers in Qingyun Road in the city. Later, he was transferred to Fujian to fight with the Red Army. Then the 19th Route Army launched the Fujian Incident. He fought with the Central Army again. This time he was transferred back to Shanghai and fought with the Neon Army again at Wusongkou. As a result, he was defeated again. Nearly 7,000 brothers of the 61st Division were killed by nearly two-thirds. Over the years, He Shuigen had never won a single battle in the 61st Division, and he was defeated. However, he was lucky enough to survive and had not been injured once. All of these depended on He Shuigen's good shooting skills and the inherently keen sense of hunters who had been hunting in the mountainous areas of Lingnan since childhood, which made him survive many times, and the bullets had not even scratched a piece of skin.

This time, the 61st Division was defeated badly, causing the Japanese to break through the defense line, causing the war to fall into a deadlock. Chiang Kai-shek was furious and not only removed the division commander Yang Bufei, but also the original regiment commander and battalion commander were all in the military court, but also revoked the 61st Division's number. These survivors were reorganized to the Independent 20th Brigade, which is said to be the Central Army of the Anti-Japanese Iron Army.

When he arrived at the 20th Independent Brigade, He Shuigen clearly felt that this army was obviously different from the 61st Division, which he had been withdrew for seven or eight years. Once at the 20th Independent Brigade, all the brothers of the original 61st Division were owed for three months and did not owed a penny. Moreover, they ate well here, and three meals a day were not counted, and they also had meat every meal. The guns sent were also the latest style of the Chinese official, much stronger than the old sleeve he used to. Although the officers here were strict, the brothers here said that the superiors never owed military pay and did not drink the blood of their brothers' soldiers. If they performed well, they would still have rewards.

Once at night when someone went to bed, he walked into their room. He was very alert when he was a hunter and woke up immediately. Of course, when he opened his eyes and continued to look at the moonlight, he found a young officer covering his brothers with quilts. This made He Shuigen feel very incredible. It was not until the next day that he knew that the young officer covering his brothers with quilts yesterday was actually a legendary figure in the brigade of the 20th Independent Brigade. From that day on, He Shuigen made up his mind to work hard in the 20th Independent Brigade. He was willing from the bottom of his heart to work for such a chief.

He Shuigen has good shooting skills. He was picked out by the company commander and fired cold guns on the battlefield, and hit a reward of ten yuan for officers, machine gunners, and grenade launchers. In just two days, He Shuigen has already received fifty yuan for rewards. He Shuigen can buy a cow if he sends it back to his hometown. He Shuigen imagines that if he can kill twenty more Japanese, he might even be able to say that he has a wife.

He hugged and changed his position. He Shuigen poked his gun out at the corner of the trench. The muzzle moved, and the sight quickly aimed at a sergeant waving the commanding knife.

"It's you." He Shuigen muttered softly, pulled the trigger, and with a "bang", the sergeant fell to the ground.
Chapter completed!