Chapter 36: Battle at the Airport (4)
"Qiuqiuqiu..." Several harsh and sharp whistles of artillery shells sounded in vain. In the dark night, those shells wrapped in scarlet flames dragged two to three meters of scarlet tail flames across the night sky and hit the east bank of the South Canal.
Fall away.
"Boom, boom, boom..." As the artillery shells landed, violent explosions sounded immediately, and fire suddenly appeared on the other side, as bright as day. In the fire, many Japanese soldiers ran hurriedly. They were still carrying out attacks on the west bank just now.
The bombardment suddenly stopped.
"The little devil is such an unruly beating spirit, these two cannons will really blow him up." On the position of the first battalion, the battalion commander Gao Chu looked at the east bank that had been suppressed by his own artillery fire, and couldn't help but sarcastically
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Back to fifteen minutes ago, on the east bank of the South Canal, two kilometers downstream from the airport, the main force led by Itagaki Seishiro was quietly crossing the river. When several small wooden boats and rubber boats full of Japanese soldiers quickly arrived at the west bank, there was silence.
Changes occurred suddenly on the West Coast.
"Qiu!" With a sharp whistling sound, a red signal flare suddenly quickly rose into the air, followed by two gunshots, and two Japanese soldiers on a small wooden boat fell into the air.
After the gunfire, the Japanese army discovered that their traces had been exposed and immediately fired back. In the grass on the other side, a Northeastern Army sentry pulled the bolt of his gun and said to his companion next to him: "Li Shenming, I will support you here and go back immediately."
Report to your superiors that the Japs are crossing in the direction of Niujiatun, so go quickly."
"Squad leader, the signal bomb has been sent out. The other brothers should have seen it. Reinforcements will definitely be sent from above. If I don't leave, I will fight the little Japs here with you." The sentry named Li Shenming said.
"Fart, although the signal flare has been sent out, the higher ups don't know what's going on. By the time they figure out the situation, the little devil has already succeeded in forcibly crossing over. You run back and report to the camp. Go!" the sentry squad leader said and pushed.
His companion yelled.
Li Shenming gritted his teeth and said, "Be careful, monitor." After saying that, he quickly ran towards the airport and quickly disappeared into the night.
The signal flare slowly rose into the sky, and a nearby battalion of sentries and scouts within a kilometer range rushed towards the sentry squad leader. When they rushed there, the Japanese army had almost washed up on the shore. Without any explanation, the scouts and sentries opened fire one after another.
In the dark night, the Japanese army did not know how many Northeastern troops were on the other side, so they had no choice but to fire back wildly and aimlessly. For a while, there was loud gunfire in the Niujiatun section of the South Canal.
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"Battle seat!" When Li Shenming ran back to the 1st Battalion defense area out of breath, he happened to meet Gao Chu who had just returned to the battalion headquarters from the position. Before he could stand at attention and salute, he shouted hurriedly: "Battle seat, it's not good.
The Japanese army suddenly appeared in Niujiatun and are now forcing their way across. Our squad leader and other brothers are fighting desperately to stop it. The situation is extremely urgent. Please send troops to the camp for reinforcements as soon as possible."
"What? Niujiatun?" Gao Chu was shocked when he heard this. He turned his head and looked at the other side of the bank where it had calmed down. He suddenly realized that he slapped his thigh and said: "Oh no, those stupid little devils are feinting. Niujiatun is the main attack.
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After saying this, Gao Chu immediately turned around and shouted: "The guard platoon and the first company will gather with me immediately to quickly reinforce Niujiatun. Please also ask the regiment to send reinforcements."
"Yes!" The guard platoon leader and several other senior officers who were following Gao Chu responded at the same time.
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When Gao Chu rushed to Niujiatun with his guard platoon and infantry company, all his sentries had been sacrificed and about a hundred Japanese troops had already landed on the west bank.
Both sides discovered each other, and their enemies were extremely jealous when they saw each other. More than a hundred Japanese soldiers, led by a Japanese major, rushed forward screaming and carrying Sanba Gai with bayonets.
"Fire!" Gao Chu first ordered the troops to fire, then pulled out a large iron sword and shouted sternly: "Fire the bayonet!"
Nearly two hundred soldiers of the first battalion quickly loaded their bayonets.
"Fuck you!" Gao Chu waved his sword forward and took the lead, followed by nearly two hundred soldiers roaring and charging towards the Japanese army.
The two sides collided fiercely like two torrents of steel. The sound of gold and iron clashing, the sound of angry curses, and the sound of bones shattering and sharp blades breaking flesh intertwined into a song of death.
Gao Chu cut down a Japanese soldier who was colliding head-on with his sword and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Brothers, throw these Japanese bastards down the river and feed them to the turtles. Reinforcements will be here soon. Kill them!"
On the east bank, Seishiro Itagaki saw this and immediately ordered the troops: "Immediately cross the river at full speed and land ashore. We must annihilate the defenders on the west bank before the reinforcements of the Chinese Army arrive. Quickly!"
"Hai!" A Japanese colonel lowered his head suddenly, immediately pulled out his command knife and jumped onto a small sampan: "Kill the quack!" He took the lead and rushed towards the other side.
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While Zhang Xinghan commanded the city defense troops to engage in fierce battles with the Japanese troops at the East Tower Airport and the South Gate main battlefield, a conspiracy against Zhang Xinghan was secretly going on in Shenyang City.
In a conference room on the third floor of the mayor's office building in the center of Shenyang, about six or seven middle-aged men in suits gathered.
"Mayor, since the young marshal has given the order, we will just carry it out." A middle-aged man sitting under Mayor Zang Shiyi said. His name is Jin Yufu, who is the secretary of Zang Shiyi, the current governor of Liaoning Province.
Chairman, and also serves as the Secretary-General of the Mayor of Shenyang City.
He is Zang Shiyi's right-hand man and a confidant of the Zhang Group.
"However, the military power of Shenyang City is now controlled by Zhang Xinghan. I'm afraid it won't be that easy for us to arrest him, right?" Zang Shiyi said hesitantly.
"This is not difficult. Does the Governor of Tibet remember the guard camp left behind at the Marshal's Mansion?" Jin Yufu said.
"Of course I remember that after Zhang Xinghan killed Rong Ziheng for escaping from battle, he broke up the guard battalion and organized it into the Second Regiment of the City Defense Army. The leader of that regiment was Zhang Xinghan's original company commander of the 3rd Battalion and was his confidant." Zang Shiyi.
Disapproving way.
"Although the Guard Battalion was broken up by Zhang Xinghan and organized into the Second Regiment, as far as I know, the former deputy battalion commander of the Guard Battalion has now become a combat staff officer of Zhang Xinghan City Defense Command. We can find a way to contact this person through
He came to achieve his goal." Jin Yufu said.
"Isn't this inappropriate? If the deputy battalion commander of the guard battalion had been loyal to Rong Ziheng, he would not have stood by when Zhang Xinghan wanted to kill Rong Ziheng." Zang Shiyi said.
"You don't know something, Governor. Maybe he is not loyal to Rong Ziheng. After all, the Guard Battalion was somewhat helpless in that situation. But as a member of the Guard Battalion, there is no doubt about his loyalty to the Young Marshal.
, if he learned that it was the young marshal's order, I think he would probably not refuse it, not to mention that now that he has been sidelined by Zhang Xinghan and usurped the military power in disguise, it is impossible not to have a trace of resentment in his heart." Jin Yufu analyzed.
"Well, let's give it a try as you said, but we must be careful not to alert the enemy." Zang Shiyi sighed. In fact, in order to defend Shenyang City, Zhang Xinghan was leading the entire army in a bloody battle against the Japanese invaders. Zang Shiyi did not want to carry out Zhang Xueliang's order.
But as the governor of Liaoning Province and the mayor of Shenyang City, he could not disobey Zhang Xiaoliu, because Zhang Xiaoliu and his father Zhang Zuolin had been kind to him, and he could not be ungrateful.
Chapter completed!