Chapter 99: Night Fighting
At the same time as Niu Erzhu gave the order, Yu Zhishan's subordinate Jiang Quanwo, who was responsible for commanding the night attack, saw his whereabouts exposed and couldn't help but cursed: "What the hell, what's the food for you? Give it to me, and we will take down Sujiatun in one go."
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About two thousand puppet troops suddenly swarmed forward and charged towards Sujiatun.
At this moment, several 60-mm mortars from a company suddenly fired, firing illumination bombs into the night sky in front of the position.
The other two companies of the Third Battalion, which was responsible for the frontal defense, also followed suit. For a while, the flares in the sky were like fireworks vying to emit bright and dazzling light.
Wherever the hot and dazzling white light went, the darkness immediately dissipated without a trace. Looking up, it was as bright as day within a thousand meters.
The figures of large groups of puppet troops were clearly visible.
Without any hesitation or hesitation, each company of the three battalions opened fire with light and heavy weapons.
In an instant, criss-crossing bullets enveloped the puppet soldiers like fire snakes.
The bullets whizzed back and forth, looking particularly dazzling and gorgeous in the dark night.
The charging puppet troops continued to be shot and fell down. Under such fierce firepower from the garrison brigade, even the well-trained Japanese Kwantung Army could not avoid suffering heavy casualties.
Not to mention these puppet troops adapted from bandits and local hooligans. As soon as they exchanged fire, they were blinded by the fierce firepower of the defenders.
Especially the power unleashed by the mg34 machine gun group was something they had never heard of or seen before. What kind of machine gun could fire so fast?
Soon the popping and popping sound of the chainsaw unique to the mg34 general machine gun became a nightmare in the ears of the puppet soldiers.
Once this dull sound of popping popping sounds, the puppet troops will fall in droves.
In Shenyang City, the gunshots in Sujiatun had already alarmed Zhang Xinghan.
In the communications room of the brigade headquarters, Zhang Xinghan was on the phone with Liu Jianguo, the commander of the first regiment.
"Brigade, the ones who came to attack were not the Japanese, but the puppet troops. Damn it, these idiots are so excited that they are really emboldened by their ambitions." Liu Jianguo reported loudly on the other end of the phone.
"Jianguo, don't be careless. These puppet troops must be used by the Japanese as cannon fodder to consume us. Our real enemy is coming from behind. Don't use poison gas bombs and incendiary bombs for the time being. Let the artillery battalion use conventional artillery shells to repel the puppet troops first."
Let’s talk.” Zhang Xinghan said while holding the microphone.
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After hanging up the phone, Zhang Xinghan muttered to himself: "It seems that it is true that Zhang Haipeng and Yu Zhishan rebelled and surrendered to the enemy. This little devil's trick is quite dangerous."
As soon as Zhang Xinghan finished speaking, Su Hanyun on the side suddenly took off his earphones and took them up, saluted him and said: "Host, there's a call from Nanjing."
With that said, he handed the telegram to Zhang Xinghan with both hands. Zhang Xinghan took the telegram, opened it, thought for a moment, and immediately said to Su Hanyun: "Reply the telegram to Nanjing immediately and say that our garrison will never abandon the hundreds of thousands of fellow citizens in Shenyang City.
If you evacuate alone, if the Shenyang elders do not evacuate Qianjing for a day, the garrison brigade will hold on for a day until all the people entering the capital have evacuated safely."
……………………Sujiatun, Jiang Quan’s attack by our unit has been repelled by the third battalion of the 1st Regiment of the garrison brigade and the artillery battalion.
In this battle, one of Jiang Quan's regiments lost a total of three hundred troops in less than an hour.
This kind of speed of battle damage is something Jiang Quan and I have never encountered before.
Therefore, when dozens of 105mm howitzers from the artillery battalion directly under the garrison suddenly opened fire, causing heavy casualties to his attacking troops.
Jiang Quan and I decisively chose to retreat.
However, before Jiang Quanwo could lead the remaining troops to retreat far, they encountered the main force of the 20th Division head-on.
Without even a chance to take a breath, Jiang Quan and I were forced with bayonets by the princes of the 20th Division, whom he respected as their ancestors, and rushed towards Sujiatun again.
In order to prevent Jiang Quan's troops from failing to attack with all their strength and retreating again, the commander of the 20th Division, Office Kaneji, sent a heavy machine gun battalion to serve as a supervisory team.
He also ordered that if any of Jiang Quan's soldiers disobeyed the order and retreated without permission, they would all be shot.
Under such circumstances, one of Jiang Quan's regiments charged bravely, and was finally wiped out by the combined efforts of the first regiment and the artillery battalion.
In the temporary headquarters of the 20th Division, Colonel Mori Goroku, who was the chief of staff of the division at the time, walked quickly, stood up and saluted Muro Kanji: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Jiang Quan and our entire army have been wiped out."
"Hey, it's time to attack. Order the artillery to fire immediately. The 77th Infantry Regiment will be the main attack. The 78th Infantry Regiment will coordinate with the 77th Infantry Regiment to attack! The Cavalry Regiment will guard the headquarters of the Division." Muro Kaneji nodded happily. , ordered.
As mentioned before, in the last battle to defend Shenyang, the 20th Division and the 2nd Division had much less losses than the 6th Division due to their timely evacuation.
Among them, the artillery regiment directly under the 20th Division survived because of its timely evacuation.
Before entering Liaoning, the 20th Division divided into two divisions to launch a diversionary strategic attack on Heilongjiang.
Therefore, the 20th Division at this time actually only had more than half the strength of the division.
The first to receive the order was the field artillery regiment of the 20th Division. After the 77th Infantry Regiment received the order to attack, the artillery fire began to extend.
The captain of the 77th Regiment immediately dispatched a reinforced team of more than 70 members to launch a tentative attack on the Sujiatun Third Battalion's position under the cover of night.
On the forward position of the Third Battalion, Niu Erzhu spit out a mouthful of mud-filled phlegm and crawled out of the bunker.
"Brothers, the Japanese have finished swinging their three axes and are ready to fight!"
Niu Erzhu's shout rang out, and soon the officers and soldiers of the company who were lying in the trench to avoid the Japanese bombardment stood up one after another.
Of course, some people were unfortunately hit by the raging shrapnel and could never stand up again.
General-purpose machine guns were set up again, submachine guns one after another, and the black muzzles of Garand rifles were aimed at the front.
At the same time, the third camp pointed inward.
Liu Jianguo immediately ordered the commander of the third battalion: "Send out flares immediately. The Japs should start their attack after the bombardment."
Rounds of flares roared into the sky one after another, blooming with dazzling white light.
Under the illumination of the flare, the whereabouts of more than seventy Japanese were immediately exposed.
The Jaap second lieutenant who was leading the team did not hesitate when he saw his whereabouts exposed. He immediately drew his command knife and said: "Kill Gaga!"
More than seventy Japanese soldiers quickly ended their covert encounter with the enemy, and instead charged forward quickly while walking in a zigzag line with their backs bent.
Liu Jianguo held up his binoculars to take in all this scene, and sneered: "You little devil is still doing the same old thing.
Send an order to the frontline troops to get them closer before attacking. This probing offensive force of the Japanese must be wiped out."
"Company Commander, the regiment has an order, bring this group of enemies closer before attacking, and be sure to wipe them all out!" In the front trench, a communications soldier ran over along the trench with his waist bent.
"Got it." Niu Erzhu responded and replaced the submachine gun in his hand with a new magazine.
He turned his head and looked at the approaching Japanese soldiers in front of him, and issued an order: "Let the enemy come within a hundred meters before attacking."
………… At the same time, two infantry regiments and a cavalry regiment under Yu Zhishan also rushed to the east bank of the South Canal in the eastern suburbs of Shenyang.
Also arriving with them was the Kawamoto Special Forces team that successfully carried out a raid on East Tower Airport last time.
In a forest on the east coast, Colonel Shiro Kawamoto summoned two infantry regiment commanders, Liao Bichen and Tian Desheng, as well as the cavalry regiment commander Cao Bingsen, and was arranging combat tasks for them around the combat map.
Colonel Kawamoto held a flashlight in his right hand, pointed at the combat target that had been marked on the map and said: "Liao Sang, Tian Sang, the main task of your two infantry regiments is to force the crossing from Niujiatun and seize the other side for the main force of the imperial army. At the landing site, Cao Sang, your cavalry regiment is responsible for covering and coordinating Liao Sang and Tian Sang. Once Liao Sang and Tian Sang's troops successfully cross the river, your troops should quickly find a way to cross the river, and then immediately launch a surprise attack on Beiling Airport."
Liao Bichen and Tian Desheng nodded when they heard this, and said eagerly: "Kawamoto Taijun, please rest assured, we will go all out to capture Shenyang City for the imperial army!"
"Yo Xi, once we capture Shenyang City, I will ask for rewards from the headquarters for you." Kawamoto Shiro nodded happily, patted Sanru's shoulder and said, "Let's go."
Watching the three men lead their teams away, Kawamoto Shiro waved his hand behind him, and an adjutant immediately ran over.
"Sir, please give instructions."
"Pass my order, the entire Kawamoto Special Forces team will immediately advance to Dongshanzuizi, cross Dongshan, and target Beiling Airport for a surprise attack!" Shiro Kawamoto ordered in a cold tone.
"Hai!" The adjutant lowered his head suddenly, and soon disappeared into the night with hundreds of commandos.
Shiro Kawamoto looked at the direction of Sujiatun, where the flames were blazing, with a cruel sneer on his lips, and then turned around and led the guards to chase the large army.
…………………… Sujiatun frontier battlefield.
More than seventy Japanese soldiers rushed as fast as possible to within a hundred meters of the defenders, even though they knew their whereabouts had been exposed.
They have no choice, because their mission is to induce the defenders to fire, exposing them in advance and providing opportunities for the artillery troops to carry out sweeping strikes.
To put it bluntly, they came here just to risk their lives.
Therefore, even if flares were emitted from time to time in the front defenders' positions, they had no way to hide in the dark.
They had no choice but to charge with all their might.
"Da da da..." The MP18 submachine gun in Niu Erzhu's hand took the lead with a short shot, knocking down a Japanese soldier immediately.
The sound of gunfire was an order. The officers and soldiers of the company who had been preparing for a long time opened fire one after another. Hundreds of Garand rifles, flower machine guns and more than a dozen general-purpose machine guns opened fire at the same time. Hot tongues of flame spurted out from the muzzles of the guns, densely. Bullets immediately enveloped more than seventy Japanese soldiers.
At a distance of a hundred or ten meters, even if the Japanese soldiers lined up in skirmishing lines, it would be of no avail.
A dozen mg34 general-purpose machine guns in a company poured out ammunition at a terrifying speed of tens of thousands of rounds per minute, and dense bullets were shot out in a fan shape.
The Japanese soldiers were immediately shot and fell to the ground one after another.
ps: I slept for two hours at noon. From yesterday to now, I have updated a total of three VIP chapters with 9,000 words, one chapter for the public version and one chapter for the launch, more than 6,000 words, and a total of more than 16,000 words have been coded. , there are two more updates in the evening.
Chapter completed!