Lurker

Chapter 231 Found an Opportunity

Zhou Lin left the teahouse and drove back to his residence.

At a three-way intersection, Zhou Lin saw the sign ahead.The sign is a sign nailed on a wooden board.The sign is written in Chinese and Japanese.

The sign told Zhou Lin: The direction to turn left is the direction of the [-]st Division.

Zhou Lin's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately turned around and drove towards the French Concession.

In his own safe house in the French Concession, Zhou Lin changed his clothes and put on a disguise.

By the time he came out of the safe house, he was already a lieutenant in the Japanese army.

After changing the license plate of the Japanese Army Command, Zhou Lin drove to the [-]st Division.

I'm here for scouting.

Zhou Lin had a false ID on him.But the fake documents can only scare low-level officers and soldiers. If they encounter senior Japanese officers, they will be full of loopholes.Besides, if someone contacted the headquarters and checked again, they would be exposed.

Therefore, Zhou Lin is also taking risks.

After walking for more than half an hour, the car finally arrived at the [-]st Division.

Zhou Lin drove around the [-]st Division and saw many Japanese soldiers building a wooden platform.

This kind of thing, the Japanese army will not let the Chinese do it.Because they want to keep it secret.Therefore, the Japanese soldiers became small carpenters, and they were very busy there.

Zhou Lin stopped the car, lit a cigarette, and looked at the wooden platform.

Needless to say, this table must be built for tomorrow's use.

Zhou Lin looked around and found that the surrounding layout was very strict. There were Japanese soldiers in front, back, left, and right, and they established positions in four directions.Blocked the entrance to the platform.

On those Japanese positions, there were heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and grenades.

Zhou Lin couldn't help laughing out loud when he saw the grenade.

He found a way.

After thinking about it thoroughly, Zhou Lin took the situation of that table into his heart.After that, Zhou Lin returned to the French Concession without alarming anyone, changed his clothes back, and returned to the Special Forces in a car with a different license plate.

After returning, the first person to look for was Zhang Fu.

Zhou Lin asked: "How far can the grenadier hit?"

Zhang Fu was a soldier, so he had a good understanding of these military weapons.

"The grenadier is also called an ultra-light mortar. It is mainly equipped with the Japanese army. The caliber is below 50MM. It is carried by an individual soldier and does not occupy the establishment. The grenadier is produced in Germany and Japan. The Japanese grenadier has a caliber of 50mm. There are two types. Model. The main difference is the length of the projectile, the projectile equipped by the Japanese army is a 25.4 cm projectile.”

"The launch preparation time of the grenade is short, and it is also widely used by the Japanese army as a self-defense firearm for the headquarters. Its warhead weighs about 800 grams, has a range of 300 meters, a rate of fire of 30 rounds per minute, and a killing radius of about 5 meters."

Zhou Lin thought for a while and said: "The distance of 300 meters is too short. If I want to shoot a target over 1000 meters, it will not work."

"Of course not! Then only heavy mortars can be used."

Mortar is a kind of gun with short body, large shooting angle, high ballistic arc, seat plate to bear the recoil force, and mostly uses muzzle loading (medium and small caliber uses muzzle loading, large caliber uses tail loading), and fires projectiles with tail fins. Curved-firing smoothbore artillery.Mortars can fire at targets behind cover.

The appearance of mortars can be traced back to 1342 AD.The Arabs used short horns to fill black powder and iron balls, ignite them and shoot them at the enemy.This primitive artillery can be regarded as the prototype of the modern mortar.

The first mortar was born during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904. The Russian army refitted the old-fashioned naval mortar and fired long-tailed shells at a high elevation angle to kill the Japanese army.This kind of artillery that was born in an emergency on the battlefield is called "Thunderbolt Cannon".

In 1927, France developed an 81mm mortar with a buffer.

At present, the mortar calibers equipped by various countries are more, including 51mm, 60mm, 81mm, and 82mm.

On the Shanghai battlefield, the Japanese army also used three types of mortars: 51mm, 60mm, and 81mm.

Zhou Lin asked: "What is the longest range of an 81mm mortar?"

"The maximum firing range is 5900m, and the killing range is 20m×15m."

Zhou Lin nodded and said, "That's enough!"

Zhang Fu also wanted the Rangers to be equipped with mortars, so he said, "Boss, we don't have mortars. If we can get a few, then our combat effectiveness will be enhanced."

Zhou Lin said: "Yes! Do you know where this thing is?"

Zhang Fu said: "The arsenal of the Tenth Division."

Zhou Lin shook his head, it was a dragon pond and a tiger's lair, once he went in, he couldn't get out.

"We can't get rid of the arsenal, we can only find a way from the Japanese combat troops."

Zhang Fu said: "Then fight the Honda brigade of the Japanese army. That brigade is close to the forward position of the national army, and is in a stalemate with the eleventh division of the national army."

When Zhou Lin heard this, he became interested, so he took Feng Jie to the Eleventh Division.

The teacher of the eleventh division and Zhou Lin are old acquaintances.After the Battle of Hengjing, Zhou Lin was very impressed among the officers and soldiers of the Tenth and Eleventh Divisions.

Holding Zhou Lin's hand, the commander of the [-]th Division asked, "Which one do you want to eat?"

Zhou Lin said with a smile: "I heard that my brother is under some pressure, so I came to help."

"it is good!"

The commander of the 5000th Division said: "The more we fight, the more useless we are. We have learned from [-] people, and we have lost half of our current [-] people."

Zhou Lin said: "You guys are still good. The Seventh Division beat 1 people and only 1000 people are left. They are worse than you."

The commander of the 3000th Division nodded: "The Seventh Division is the worst! The Tenth Division is also worse than us. They only have more than [-] people left, and they were withdrawn yesterday. I met the commander of the Tenth Division yesterday. He also said that he owed you a meal .”

Zhou Lin didn't know about this, "Is the Tenth Division so miserable?"

"Yes! The Seventh Division, the Tenth Division, and our division are the main forces in this battle. Chief Chen put us in the most difficult place to fight. And his direct line troops are placed on the second line. The loss is also small."

Zhou Lin comforted: "Which officer is not like this? Think about it, the worst is to wipe out all the people, withdraw it, and go back to Nanjing to reorganize."

"I also think the same way. I am going to fight the Japanese army in this brigade in front of me to the death and fight as the last battle. If I die, I will become a martyr. If I don't die, I will recruit troops and regroup."

Zhou Lin said: "We will help you in this battle. You must win! If you win this battle, you can be promoted to deputy commander."

The commander of the eleventh division laughed loudly: "If I become the deputy commander, I will give you a regiment of weapons."

After the two finished talking, Zhou Lin, led by the commander of the division's reconnaissance battalion, went to the forward position to have a look.

The Japanese army opposite the Eleventh Division is a first-class brigade.The total number reached more than 8000 people.They occupy a favorable terrain.It is this favorable terrain that allows the Japanese army to advance and attack, and retreat to defend.Therefore, the eleventh division suffered a big loss.

When it was dark, Zhou Lin took Feng Jie and slipped to the opposite side.

After turning back, Zhou Lin said to the commander of the [-]th Division: "The Japanese brigade on the opposite side has no flaws in other places. If you face head-to-head, you will definitely suffer. Their only shortcoming is the river next to their camp."

The commander of the [-]th Division held out his thumb: "Smart! I think so too. However, my people are all here, and I can't get through, let alone get close to the river."

Zhou Lin said: "There is no way to enter that place. There is only one way. It is by boat. By boat, you can go to the heartland of the Japanese army."

"The boats are all bombed right now, and they are fleeing. It is very difficult to find a boat."

Zhou Lin said: "Then leave it to us. I will go find the boat, and when I find the boat, my people will take the boat and insert it behind the Japanese army brigade, and then break into his heart. At that time, you and I will attack together. .kill him!"

"Okay! Telegram anytime!"

After leaving the Eleventh Division, Zhou Lin asked Feng Jie, "Are there any large cargo ships along the Yangtze River?"

Feng Jie shook his head: "Once the battle broke out, all the ships were afraid to come to Shanghai for fear of being accidentally bombed. The main reason was that they were afraid of being requisitioned by the national army."

Zhou Lin understood this detour, and some national army officers wanted to make money from the war.Will think of a lot of bizarre ways.Military requisition is one.No matter houses, cars, ships, they will all be requisitioned.Even some living materials were requisitioned.

That's not expropriation, that's robbery!

In this case, it is normal that no ship comes.

Feng Jie said: "The only ships docked by the river are Japanese ships."

"Military or civilian?"

"Military and civilian. They are for the Japanese army to transport."

Zhou Lin's eyes lit up: "Go! Go and have a look!"

At the mouth of the Yangtze River, Zhou Lin saw many ships.Feng Jie was right. There were two or three Chinese ships, and the rest were Japanese ships.

On the left side of the river bank at the mouth of the Yangtze River, there is a temporary wharf.On the pier, there were three Japanese military cargo ships parked.These three ships occupy half of the port.Other small boats were docked on the other half of the pier.

Zhou Lin and Feng Jie sneaked into the port and found out the situation of the port.

On the port, there is a Japanese army squad, only [-] people.Maybe this place is the rear of the Japanese army, and the Chinese navy is very weak, so the Japanese army has no concept of the battlefield at all.

In addition to the twenty Japanese soldiers on the pier, there were also Japanese guards on the three cargo ships.There are only five or six people on each boat.

In Zhou Lin's heart, he regarded this place as his own vegetable garden.

After reading it, I have an idea in my heart.

After returning, Zhou Lin wrote out a battle plan.

The next day, Zhou Lin notified Zhang Fu to let the soldiers prepare for the battle.No one is allowed to leave the barracks.At the same time, the more than 100 people in Feng Jie's squadron did the same.

In this way, all the people in the special forces slept for a day.

At night, when it was dark, Zhou Lin gave the order.

Order Zhang Fu to lead the remaining 2000 people to a place given by Zhou Lin to stand by.

Zhang Fu arranged for only more than 1000 people to stay behind, but during this time he took in a lot of stragglers, which doubled his team size.

After Zhang Fu left with his people, Zhou Lin also brought the people from Feng Jie's squadron to the side of the temporary pier.

Zhou Lin confessed to Feng Jie: "Wait until ten o'clock, the Japanese soldiers on the pier are asleep, and you start to act. First serve as sentries, and then kill the people in the barracks. Don't make any noise."

Feng Jie patted his chest and said, "Leave it to me!"

Feng Jie led a small team of more than 30 people to the left side of the pier.That was the barracks of the Japanese army.

(End of this chapter)