Chapter 83: Battle of Shanghai (III)

"Ma Congping."

"arrive."

"Notify the Third Battalion immediately. Forget it, I'll do it myself."

The Neon Army had increased its troops and had to notify the third battalion defending outside. However, Chen Xiuwen was worried about it, put on his helmet, picked up a Galand rifle and prepared to go out.

"Captain, I'll go. The Neon Army is going to launch an attack at any time. You should be in charge of the regiment headquarters." Qiao Zhen quickly stopped him.

"Brother Songlin, you have been beaten to the Japanese and have not attacked so quickly." As he said, Chen Xiuwen said with a serious expression: "The two Japanese brigades plus an artillery squadron, the third battalion on the periphery is under great pressure, so I am still a little worried."

Qiao Zhen was just worried about Chen Xiuwen's safety, but when he saw his serious speech, he nodded and then said, "Do you also allocate another platoon of the Second Company of the Machine Cannon Battalion to the Third Battalion?"

"No, I'm already thinking it's too much for them to rank two. This time they have an artillery squadron, four 92 infantry cannons, which are the nemesis that destroys our firepower points." Chen Xiuwen shook his head and said.

In addition to the machine gun battalion and the spy company equipped with twenty six 60 mortars, the Third Security Regiment also has six 20-year-old mortars produced by the Jinling Arsenal. This was specially ripped down by the above when the security regiment was formed last year. There were two infantry battalions in each battalion, plus two Maxim heavy machine guns, each battalion also had a direct machine gun platoon. However, it was difficult to suppress the 92 infantry cannon due to the range of the range.

When he arrived at the third battalion position outside the airport, Cheng De'an and the soldiers of the third battalion were nervously strengthening the fortifications. Curved trenches, two lines of defense, heavy firepower points, and defense equipment was just the same. However, Chen Xiuwen did not see the defensive position of the two cannon platoons assigned to the third battalion, and couldn't help but ask Cheng De'an: "Where are you arranged for the position of the cannon platoon?"

"Hehe." Cheng Dean pointed to the small woods that had escaped into the Neon Military Police before and said, "Room, I will arrange two machine gun platoons next to the small woods. This will not only surprise you, but also form cross firepower."

Chen Xiuwen looked carefully and found that on the edge of the grove, the soldiers of the machine gun platoon were nervously disguising their positions. The grove was about 600 meters away from the road entering and leaving the airport, which was the best range for attacks by heavy machine guns and mortars. And there was just a crossfire with the current defensive positions of the Third Battalion.

"Not bad." Chen Xiuwen couldn't help but nodded and said, "De'an has made great progress. This position is well arranged and easy to hide. However, this time there are two brigades of Neon Army and an artillery squadron. You are under a lot of pressure."

"Support troops for a thousand days, use troops for a while. The regiment seat, I applied for the Central Military Academy with you back then, just to do it with the Japanese in the future." Cheng Dean said with an indifferent look on his face.

Chen Xiuwen couldn't help but smile. Cheng Dean still had the same temper he used to be: "When the fight starts later, be careful. Don't forget that you are the battalion commander. You have to command the entire battalion and don't just rush forward."

Cheng Dean grabbed his head embarrassedly and said, "Okay, I remember it. But you should go down too, and the little Japanese should be coming soon."

"No hurry." Chen Xiuwen waved his hand, and at the same time he observed the small woods beside the airport thoughtfully. Since there are military restricted areas around Hongqiao Airport, there are no people nearby, which is very desolate. The small woods stretch for several miles, extending from the wall of the airport to the road leading to the airport in the distance.

"De'an, if you were the commander of the attacking airport and had an artillery company on hand, where would you set the artillery position?" Chen Xiuwen asked suddenly.

Cheng Dean was stunned for a moment, carefully observed the terrain in front, pointed to the distance between the highway and the grove and said, "I will definitely set up the artillery position there. The location there is a place where the road turns and connects to the grove. It is not only convenient to hide, but also the terrain there is relatively high, covering our entire airport gate." As he said, Cheng Dean thought for a while, and in addition, I will also send a force to lurk to the airport through the grove and go to the airport. On the side, cooperate with the frontal offensive troops to launch a raid on the defensive positions outside the airport." Speaking of this, Cheng Dean couldn't help but laugh: "If the little Japanese also used this trick, he might have miscalculated it. Not only did I arrange two machine gun platoons on the edge of the grove, but also arranged one platoon to guard it. Once I found that the Neon Army passed through the grove, I tried to detour to the flank of our army. Hehe, the heavy machine guns of the machine gun platoon were enough for them to drink a pot."

"Yes." Chen Xiuwen continued to observe the distant terrain with a telescope, and said, "However, we cannot just defend, we must also let it go and fight." As he said that, he immediately ordered Ma Congping, the adjutant who was following him, and said, "Call Peng Hui for me."

"Group, what do you mean is to let the spies even go to the flanks of the little Japanese?" Cheng Dean asked.

"I not only want to give them a while, but the most important thing is to knock out their artillery positions. The Japanese artillery squadron has four 92 infantry cannons, which poses too great a threat to our defensive positions."

"Your Excellency Commander, according to our intelligence, after the conflict between the guard team and the Third Security Regiment broke out, they fled into this grove." At this time, Yoshikawa Toshiro had wiped his face clean and the wounds on his face had been treated simply, but the mud still made him look very embarrassed. He stood beside Toshio Maeda and pointed at the grove on the side of the road and said.

Maeda Toshio stood on a small earth slope and was observing the fortifications outside the airport with a telescope. He glanced at Yoshikawa Toshiro beside him and said, "Send a squadron to enter the grove and launch an attack from the flank to the outside of the airport."

"Your Excellency, there may be ambush in the woods." Yoshikawa Toro hurriedly reminded.

Maeda Toshio looked at Yoshikawa Toshiro contemptuously and said arrogantly: "Yoshikawa, are you afraid of being hit by the previous ambush? The opponent only has one regiment of troops, and he also has to divide his troops to garrison Longhua Airport. Now there are only two battalions at most to defend the airport. Their troops are seriously insufficient. Even if they ambush in this small woods, they will not exceed one company at most. Can they still block the footsteps of a squadron?"

After saying that, Yoshikawa Toyoro, who was so angry that he blushed and had a thick neck, said directly to Masaino Ichiken, who took the initiative to attack the vanguard: "Masaino, it depends on you next. I will order the artillery squadron to cover you."

"Hay." Masaino Ichiken stared at the two winding trenches in the distance and shouted: "Master Commander, I will definitely stand at the airport gate to greet you."

"Yoxi." Maeda Toshio nodded with satisfaction and said, "I'm waiting for your good news."

"Your Excellency Commander, please allow me to lead a squadron to launch an offensive from the flanks through the groves." Yoshikawa Tomoro said loudly with a red face. Although he was only the chief of staff of Tomoo Maeda, as a samurai family, he could not stand being contemptuously mocked by the descendants of a peasant. He immediately stood up and volunteered.

Maeda Toshio looked at Yoshikawa Toshiro unexpectedly. He saw burning anger in the eyes of the chief of staff standing beside him. Although Maeda Toshio couldn't stand this young man, he nodded at this time and said, "Okay, Yoshikawa Kwan. I want you to attack from the flank while Masao Kwan breaks through the opponent's frontier position."

"Hay." Yoshikawa Toyoro touched his heels in his horse boots, and immediately assembled a squadron and sneaked into the woods next to the road before attacking.

At this time, the spy company of the Third Security Regiment had already lurked in the woods five hundred meters away from the road.

"Company Commander, the Japanese are here. There is probably a squadron of troops who have just entered the woods and are heading towards us." The rows of long-time Mao Benhao who were arranged in front of the reconnaissance ran back to report.

"Benhao, lead a row to follow them. Remember not to disturb them for the time being. We will attack after we knock down the Japanese artillery positions." Peng Hui ordered in a low voice.

In addition to preventing the Neon Army from launching attacks on the flanks of the defensive positions through the groves, the main task of their spy company is to destroy the Neon Army's artillery positions.

Peng Hui was also breathing a sigh of relief at this time. The spy company was the elite of the entire regiment, and both equipment and treatment were the best in the entire regiment. However, when the thirteen Japanese who fled into the grove in the afternoon, the casualties ratio reached one to two. Although the regiment commander didn't say anything, Peng Hui could still see that the regiment commander was quite dissatisfied. Later, when ambushing the vanguard troops of the gun, it was mainly due to the third company of the machine artillery battalion. The spy company fired a few shots in addition to covering the retreat. Therefore, Peng Hui made up his mind to knock down the Japanese artillery positions no matter what, and at the same time eat the Japanese who sneaked into the grove.

"Start the attack." When Yoshikawa Toshiro led a squadron to sneak into the grove, Toshio Maeda waved his hand and ordered the attack. It should be said that Toshio Maeda is very experienced and he also judged that there must be an ambush from the opponent in the grove. He wanted to launch an attack in advance to cover Toshiro Yoshikawa's roundabout encirclement.

"Boom, Boom" Four 92 infantry artillery guns set on the edge of the grove were the first to cover the defensive positions outside the airport.

"Kill and give it to me." Masano Ichiken waved his command knife and personally led a squadron to rush towards the frontier positions outside the airport.

A squadron of more than 100 Japanese soldiers, carrying a bayonet rifle, quickly rushed to a distance of only 300 meters from the front position. At this time, the artillery fire began to extend the second line of defense of the bombing defensive position.

"If the Japanese have no infantry and artillery coordination, it's better than the teaching corps." Shen Xiuwen stood in an underground bunker at the airport gate, and used a telescope to observe the attack of the Neon Army through the viewing port, and couldn't help but sigh. During the last exercise, the artillery of the Teaching corps had already begun to extend artillery fire when the infantry entered the frontier position 500 meters, and this second-rate unit of the Neon Army actually advanced to a distance of 300 meters. Shen Xiuwen couldn't help but sigh.

"Little Japan is coming." As the observation post on the front line shouted, the soldiers of the Third Battalion and the Seventh Company, who were in charge of the front line, emerged from the anti-aircraft gun holes in the trenches and entered the position.

"Damn it, just a little bit of people came up and wanted to break through my frontier position, don't even think about it." Cheng Dean couldn't help but rush to the frontier position, looked at the approaching Neon Army, and couldn't help but curse.

"Everything is easy for me, and no fire is allowed to open fire at all heavy firepower. The 7th Company listens to my orders and then opens fire." The messenger quickly conveyed the relevant orders through the trenches.

Two hundred and fifty meters, two hundred meters, one hundred and fifty meters, one hundred meters. The soldiers guarding the frontier positions could even see the ferocious face of the Japanese and the cold light flashing with bayonets on the gun.

All the soldiers' breathing began to become rapid. At this time, the veterans who had participated in the 128th Shanghai War and the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army and had fought, the squad leader began to whisper: "Keep calm and keep your crotch steady. There is nothing scary about the little Japanese. They usually train, and they will do whatever they want now. The more you are afraid of the bullet, the more you will chase you."

Eighty meters, just as the Neon Army, who had already stood up and started charging, was still wondering why the front line was still silent, Cheng Dean roared: "Try." The Chicago typewriter in his hand was the first to fire.

A fierce gunfire sounded on the frontier position that was still dead just now. Nearly one hundred rifles, more than a dozen submachine guns, six Czech and five newly added Browning light machine guns, roaring in unison. Hundreds of bullets instantly tear a big hole in the Japanese front line.

At the first moment, Masaino Ichiken opened his mouth wide and looked at the scene in front of him: dozens of soldiers in the first echelon were already screaming and falling to the ground in a bloody mist. However, Masaino Ichiken, who participated in the 128th Incident and fought with the Chinese national team, also heard that although the defenders on the frontier positions had many automatic weapons, they were just a company of troops and had no heavy firepower. He believed that with the strength of a squadron of his own, he could completely break through the frontier positions. What he was thinking now was that Chief of Staff Toyoshi Yoshikawa Toshiroukasa could launch an attack on the flanks while breaking through the defensive positions outside the airport in one fell swoop.

"Let's go down." The squadron leader who led a small team to rush to the first echelon was the first to lie down while the gunshots were fired. The individual combat capabilities of these Marines were quite strong. They did not give the riflesmen of the 7th Company a second chance to fire, and all lie down on the spot, shooting against the soldiers of the 7th Company in the front positions.
Chapter completed!