War of Resistance

Chapter 240 Nanjing Breakout Battle ([-])

With Wei He's Temporary First Battalion staying behind, Zhang Tianhai's hanging heart finally eased by half. The next thing he wants to do is to urge the team to move forward at full speed. Hurry up.

The time left for them by the Japanese army is running out, and the equipment and number of the temporary first battalion are estimated to not last long. It is estimated that it will only be more than two hours at the top of the sky. The composition is mixed, without systematic running-in and training, just relying on their blood and courage to withstand it, that's all.

Moreover, the ammunition reserved is relatively insufficient. Yes, more than 400 rifles and a dozen or so light and heavy machine guns are reserved for them, but the gang of little devils killed by them are not considered rich. After the battle, the supplies haven't caught up yet.

It was precisely because of this that Zhang Tianhai said that this mission was a narrow escape. The officers and soldiers of the temporary first battalion had to withstand the attack from the absolute main force of the Japanese army, and the point was that they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of personnel, guns and ammunition.

After transferring the Temporary First Battalion away from the civilian team, Zhang Tianhai transferred Liu Houming back to him. After all, it was really inconvenient for him not to have a trusted confidant who could fully command him. No, Zhang Tianhai directly let the Temporary Fourth Battalion Li Zuoliang was fully responsible for the transfer of people.

Liu Houming came back to be his guard and the commander of Xiao Peiguang Company and Yang Dinghe Machine Gun Company. As a qualified regimental commander, he must stand in the position of commanding operations instead of continuing to lead the charge.

In the situation just now, it was because of necessity. If he, the regiment commander, didn't take the lead, the officers and soldiers below probably wouldn't be able to raise much fighting spirit. What's more, the officers and soldiers of the fourth temporary battalion hadn't tried it either. Acting as the coordinated infantry of the tank, so from this point of view, he, Commander Zhang, has to bite the bullet.

After watching the civilian team and the officers and soldiers of the Second Temporary Battalion pass by, Zhang Tianhai immediately waved his hands to let the machine gun company and Xiao Peiguang Company follow up, and then slowly moved westward away from Chunhua Town, where the First Temporary Battalion was located.

The camera then turned to the Chunhua Town position.

After commanding the troops to enter the position, Wei He gathered several company commanders of the temporary first battalion together, and he said: "Brothers, I also know that Wei He is not as good as you in terms of seniority; in terms of education, I am not as good as you." Not as good as you guys, but what I'm saying is, let's brainstorm now and see how we can fight this battle, win this battle, and then retreat."

The three lieutenant company commanders present looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say.

"I don't want to be a joke anymore. In fact, I just became a company commander. I was appointed as the commander of this temporary battalion before my butt was hot in the position of company commander. Let's just put it this way, I command It is quite difficult to come with more than two hundred people, let alone command seven or eight hundred people, if it is calculated according to normal, how can this be considered a reinforced battalion?" Wei He said very frankly, um, to be precise Is very bachelor.

Finally, a company commander spoke up: "Commander Wei, I think it's better to arrange our three companies in a triangle. In this case, unless the Japanese army surrounds us all, otherwise the Japanese army will attack any corner of us. Both sides can give maximum support, even if the Japanese army attacks our corners on both sides, we still have a way out, don’t we?”

Wei He and the others thought about it for a while, and it was the same reason. It seemed that this plan was relatively safe.

"I agree with the second company commander's opinion. Let's focus most of the light and heavy machine guns in the direction of Tangshan Town and Niushou Mountain. As for the retreat route, just keep two light machine guns." Wei He spoke first, If there is no light machine gun to suppress the enemy's firepower when retreating, then don't even try to run.

At this moment, another company commander said: "I think it's too early to discuss the issue of retreat. It's fine to keep two light machine guns in a platoon as a mobile force. Don't forget why Chief Zhang wants us to stay here."

When Wei He heard this, his brows frowned: Yes, it seems that even if he wants to retreat, he will have to survive for three hours.

"The third company commander, what's your opinion?" The second company commander asked.

The third company commander thought for a while, and said: "Let's find a way to complete the mission first, our enemy won't leave us too much time, let's follow the triangular position distribution you said before, but it needs to be changed, I just now After observing the topography of the position here, there are two big lines in the position here, and their backs are all against Niu Shou Mountain. After the Japanese army occupied the position, they did not make much changes. Our weakness is the mountain road behind. If If the situation permits, we can arrange a company to attack the Japanese troops coming down from Niu Shou Mountain."

"But we only have seven or eight hundred people, do we still need to divide our troops?" Wei He questioned.

"It must be to divide the troops, otherwise, with our small number of people, we will definitely not be able to last for three hours, so we can only play by chance." The third company commander opened his mind and began to talk, "You think, We are now at night, and the enemy's strength is the closest to ours at this time. Judging from the situation, we are waiting for work at leisure, and the Japanese army is following. It must be inferior to us in terms of geographical control. We can take advantage of the darkness , and caught his son of a bitch off guard."

"Yes, that's a good idea. As long as they are stunned and can't find things, it's a good opportunity for our retreat, or the withdrawal of large troops." The company commander who had never made a sound spoke, "But which company will serve as this shock force?"

"I think the commander of the third company can lead the brothers of the third company to carry out this task." The commander of the second company first proposed the commander of the third company, "This plan was proposed by the commander of the third company, and it must be better for the commander of the third company to carry out this task. "

"I agree." The company commander also voted with a show of hands.

"What about your opinion, the third company commander?" Wei He looked at the third company commander.

The third company commander gritted his teeth and said, "I can take on this task, but I require each officer and soldier of my company to carry two grenades."

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The camera turned to the Zhonghe Bridge again. At this moment, Takahashi Masaobu finally waited for the reinforcements mentioned by the head of Dizhou Libing Division. Indeed, he was a little surprised. He knew that he would send reinforcements like a regiment, but he did not expect Even the troops of the Sixth Division came.

"Takahashi-kun, listen, the commander of the division has specially ordered you and me to cooperate with the No.13 Regiment to pursue the greatest results. Even the headquarters of the Central China Expeditionary Army was alarmed by this pursuit. Therefore, it is necessary to cooperate with each other. Your Excellency, the division commander, will immediately lead the main force of the division headquarters to pursue, and now we are temporarily in charge of commanding the three regiments. Let's act, Takahashi-kun!" The new 58th regiment who came to reinforce Captain Soeda Fuki ran to Masao Takahashi and said in a low voice.

"Soga, I understand, Soeda-kun." Masao Takahashi nodded.

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PS: The update is here, this chapter is a bit late, I will go to check my body this afternoon.After six months of review, so I did not update in time in the afternoon, sorry.

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