Chapter 87: Battle of Shanghai (7)

"Baga, Masaino Ichiken is really a waste." The artillery squadron was attacked and the entire army was wiped out. Masaino Ichiken led two people to the front line, but were suppressed by the opponent's heavy firepower. Masada Toshio couldn't help but go wild. However, what he was most worried about at this time was the roundabout way around the squadron led by Yoshikawa Toshiro.

The small woods outside the airport are only a radius of more than ten square kilometers. According to Yoshikawa Toshiro's detour route, they should have reached the flanks of the opponent's defensive position and launched an offensive. The most important thing is that once Yoshikawa Toshiro arrives, they can destroy the opponent's heavy firepower position and reduce the pressure on the front. As long as both directions attack the fortifications outside the airport at the same time, they can break through in one fell swoop. However, from the forest in the distance, the dense gunshots of Maeda Toshio gave a slight ominous premonition.

"Report." The staff officer brought several soldiers to the temporary command center set up on a small slope with two destroyed mortars and an M2 Browning heavy machine gun.

"Hiss Commander, these are the mortars and large-caliber heavy machine guns that the Chinese army attacked our artillery positions. They are all weapons produced by the United States."

"Weapons made in the United States?" Maeda Tokuro stepped forward in confusion, and it turned out that the words "usa" were marked on it.

"The 12.7mm Browning heavy machine gun, this should be the latest heavy machine gun in the United States. The Third Shanghai Security Regiment opposite us is not simple." Maeda Toshio looked carefully at the large-caliber heavy machine gun that he had never seen before. His superficial English level made him understand the English letters marked on the machine gun and couldn't help but say to himself.

However, Toshio Maeda was a little strange. According to his past understanding of the Chinese national team, the most equipped German weapons in the Chinese national team were also equipped with many local warlords using legal and Belgian weapons, and American countries were not very popular.

"How many people were attacking the artillery positions in total?"

The staff officer said with some shame: "Report to the commander, there is probably a company that attacked the artillery position, most of which were feinted on the other side of the position, and there were only a dozen people who actually raided. We killed nine of them, and the rest fled into the grove. Lieutenant Wu Qianjing of the first squadron of the Second Battalion is chasing."

When he heard the names of the first squadron of the Second Battalion and Wu Akatsushi, Maeda Toshio's face suddenly showed anger. He handed over the guard duty of the artillery position to the first squadron of the Second Battalion, and the squadron leader Wu Akatsushi was also Maeda Toshio's cousin. The artillery position was destroyed, and Wu Akatsushi threw away his face. If it weren't for the sake of his aunt who enlightened him in sexual intercourse, or Wu Akatsushi's mother, Maeda Toshio would have ordered him to have accused of having a caesarean section.

"Appoint Wu Qianjing Squadron to stop chasing those Chinese people, and order him to reinforce Chief of Staff Yoshikawa immediately, and must launch an attack on the flanks of the Chinese army as soon as possible." Maeda Toshio ordered with a serious face. The sky was getting darker. If he could no longer take the position outside the airport, he would have to stop the attack, but the squadron led by Yoshikawa Tomoro in the woods would be dangerous.

Masao Ichiken is now being suppressed by four large-caliber heavy machine guns on the other side in a low-lying area about 300 meters away from the frontier position. Many Neon Army soldiers looked pale, and some even lie on the ground and shivered. The firepower of the large-caliber heavy machine gun that can break his hands and feet and kill his head makes them feel unprecedentedly fearful. Although they can temporarily avoid the strafing of heavy machine guns on the ground, mortar shells fall from the sky from time to time. Almost every shot will cause one or two casualties, and no one knows who the next shell will hit.

"Captain, we have too many casualties without heavy firepower cover. Why has the detour and interlude troops not arrived yet?" A squadron leader crawled to Kazuken Masao and complained.

Masaino Ichiken was also very angry. He had organized two charges just now, but he did not rush out fifty meters and fell under the muzzles of the opponent's large-caliber heavy machine guns and dozens of light machine guns in the frontier positions. Not only did he lose most of the squadron, but the remaining soldiers were under great mental pressure. In this case, if the heavy firepower position beside the grove is not destroyed, Yoshikawa Tokuro will not launch an attack on the flanks, and Masaino Ichiken could not organize the charge at all. But at this time, he had no way out and could only lie here and be beaten, waiting for Yoshikawa Tokuro to arrive in time.

Tang Cheng and five brothers from Class 4 rushed into the woods quickly, and the Japanese who were chasing behind them rushed into the woods in a swarm. At this time, a Browning light machine gun, three Galand rifles and two Thomsons formed a fire net, and four or five Japanese who were rushing to the front.

"Retreat, hurry up and move closer to the company commander." Tang Cheng did not stop at all. He took advantage of the opportunity to slow down the Japanese chasing behind him and greeted the fourth squad leader.

After finishing the eight bullets in the rifle, the fourth squad leader waved his hand to lead the brothers in charge to follow Tang Cheng and run towards the depths of the woods.

Tang Cheng led eleven brothers in the fourth squad and ran for two kilometers, and the gunshots behind him gradually became sparse.

"Seat line, let's get rid of the Japanese behind us." The fourth squad leader running behind the hall at the end gasped and shouted loudly.

Tang Cheng stopped immediately when he heard this, sat down on the ground, gasping heavily, and the others were the same, all collapsed on the ground. The two-kilometer-long running was approaching the limit of their body, which means that their spy company had very strict training, so no one fell behind.

"Sitting up, are you going to come back? Other brothers." The brother who came back after squad leader swept around and asked in surprise. But halfway through his words, he immediately realized that the others must have been killed, and he immediately lowered his head. The eyes of the other soldiers also turned red.

"We have destroyed the Japanese artillery positions, and the sacrifices of these brothers are worth it." Tang Cheng took a deep breath and said.

At this time, a fierce gunshot came from a distance. Tang Cheng listened carefully for a while and said, "It must be a row of people who were trying to encircle the Japanese. By the way, did the Japanese who were chasing us just now withdraw?"

"No, they gave up chasing and went forward." The fourth squad leader in charge of the palace replied quickly.

When Tang Cheng heard this, he got up from the ground and said, "No, these Japanese must be going to reinforce the Japanese in front. We must find ways to stop them and delay their reinforcement speed."

"Seat line, what do you say, what do we do?" The artillery position of the Neon Army was destroyed. Squad 4 had already completed the mission, but at this time, none of the eleventh brothers in Squad 4 were hesitant.

"There is no way in this small forest, so these Japanese will definitely follow the road opened by the Japanese in front. Let's go around them, set up a few traps for him, and ambush them."

Wu Asashiki is only 25 years old this year. After graduating from Etashima Naval School, he chose to serve in the Third Fleet Marine Corps where his cousin Maeda Toshio was. Under the care of Maeda Toshio, he was promoted from a top sergeant to a lieutenant squadron in just four years.

The artillery position was bombed, and the team responsible for the guarding and guarding had lost more than half of it. Wu Shanjing, who was gritting his teeth, had to destroy the small unit that had attacked no matter what. But soon Maeda Toshio ordered him to immediately reinforce Yoshikawa Toshiro who had not yet launched an offensive on the flank. Wu Shanjing then angrily led the troops to give up the pursuit and advanced rapidly along a path stepped out by the first squadron of the Second Brigade led by Yoshikawa Toshiro.

Wu Asashi was arrogant. Due to the influence of his cousin Toshio Maeda, he did not look down on Toshio Yoshikawa. Although there were vague gunfire sounds in front of him, he believed that Toshio Yoshikawa must have been scared by the previous ambush and was too cautious, so he was unable to break through the blockade of the small Chinese troops, destroy the heavy firepower position of the Third Regiment of the Huabao Security Regiment, and launch an attack from the flank to the defensive position outside the airport. At the same time, he knew in his heart that Toshio Maeda asked him to reinforce Toshio Yoshikawa to give him a chance to make up for his merits.

At this time, the sky was darker and the woods seemed even darker. In order to seize time, Wu Qianjing did not even arrange vanguards in front of the troops. In his opinion, the small Chinese troops lying in the woods were stopping Yoshikawa Toro, and he was safe.

As the gunfire sounds in front became more and more intense, Wu Qianjing not only urged the troops to speed up and meet with the first squadron in front. The woods were very dark, and the soldiers of the second squadron advanced deep and shallowly. Suddenly, a soldier walking in front of the team was tripped. At first, he didn't care, but when he heard the "hiss" sound from the side and then smelled a faint smell of gunpowder, he couldn't help but shouted in despair: "There are mines."

With a "boom", the soldier disappeared in the explosion and also knocked down three or four neon troops around him. Before the Neon troops behind had time to lie down, several more soldiers were hit with gunshots.

"Enemy attack."

The teams that were advancing all fell down. After a messy fight back, the Neon Army lying on the ground nervously observed the surroundings. However, there were black holes around, and there were no sight or hearing except for the gunfire coming from the front of the team and the firelight ignited in front of the team just now.

"Sir, it's not a landmine, it's a thunder made of grenades. It's probably the small unit we just chased for raiding our artillery positions." The squad leader in charge of the vanguard ran over to report to Wu Qianjing.

"Baga." Wu Qianjing got up from the ground with anger on her face: "The despicable and shameless Chinese ordered the troops to advance at full speed."

Deep in the woods, Tang Cheng observed the movements of the Neon Army under the flames of the grenade explosion in the distance. He found that the Neon Army did not search for the place where the shooting was fired, but got up and continued to move forward.

"The seats were arranged, four people were killed and three were killed." The fourth squad leader led a few brothers to report with a smile.

"We're doing a good job, let's wait for them in front." Tang Cheng waved his hand, and eleven brothers from Class 4 followed him and disappeared into the darkness.

Chief of Staff Qiao Zhen personally took a telegram and hurried into the bunker at the airport gate under the protection of several guard platoon soldiers.

"Captain, the Nanjing Security Command has called back." Qiao Zhen said with a worried look on his face.

Since he sent out two consecutive telegrams, he has not yet responded. Chen Xiuwen knew that Zhang Zhizhong must have reported to Lao Jiang.

"What does the General Command of the Security Command say? When will the reinforcements arrive?" Chen Xiuwen quickly turned around and asked, but when he saw Qiao Zhen's face full of worry, Chen Xiuwen's heart suddenly tightened.

"The Education Minister personally called and said that a security team from the Zhejiang Security Department would come to reinforce us tomorrow morning and be under our command. Let us guard the two airports of Hongqiao and Longhua no matter what, but do not take the initiative. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Shanghai Municipal Government have already filed a strong protest to the Japanese side." Qiao Zhen simply retelled the content of the telegram.

Chen Xiuwen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that he did not blame or deal with him in the telegram. It showed that Chiang Kai-shek still recognized his counterattack. However, he only reinforced a security team and ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Shanghai Municipal Government to protest to the Japanese side. It also showed that Chiang Kai-shek and the officials of the State Council were also hesitant at this time and did not want to expand the situation. He also placed his hopes on mediation between Britain, the United States and other countries. Chen Xiuwen felt very helpless about this.

At this time, he was not worried about the Marines in front of him. Their artillery squadron had been destroyed by the spy company, and the Japanese attacking head-on could not break through the outer defensive positions of the third battalion. As for the Neon Army in the woods, which were trying to detour, they had been stopped. The two companies with the strongest combat effectiveness of the three security regiments of the spy company, the two companies with the strongest combat effectiveness of the three security regiments, were good enough to escape unscathed, and they could not pose a threat to the flanks of the defensive positions. However, what he was most worried about was that as the situation further deteriorated, the aircraft of the Neon Army aircraft carrier joined the battle. In that case, the pressure to defend Hongqiao Airport would be great.

Chen Xiuwen frowned and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Call back to the Education Chief: Japan has always been eyeing Shanghai, and it is likely to use this to increase its troops in Shanghai and expand the situation. Our army should take the initiative to defeat the garrison in Shanghai. In addition, the Neon Army Naval Air Force will most likely bomb our unit tomorrow, hoping to get air support."

After recording the oral message from Chen Xiuwen, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Captain, we are just a security team, you dare to call for air support."

Chen Xiuwen also sighed and waved his hand and said, "I'll say it again, you won't have any chance if you don't call me."
Chapter completed!