Sword life

Chapter 65
On December 12th, for the first time, the Japanese army did not take the initiative to launch an offensive, but only sent planes to bomb. Heavy artillery, tank groups, and 9+ soldiers seemed to press the pause button, and they did not appear from the beginning to the end.

From the perspective of the Japanese army, this was an insignificant adjustment, like a runner kicking a stone. Although the stone was hard, it was pitiful to the Japanese Empire and would be crushed by the imperial chariot sooner or later.

But for the defenders in Nanjing, what this stone brings is the gap between life and death.

The No. 83 of the 66rd Army and the 7th Army arrived at the Niushou Mountain defense area. Before they were familiar with the position, they were overtaken by the little devils. On the 8th, they fought hard for a day and lost two regiments. The peak of Niu Shou Mountain was about to fall.

The 74th Army fought fiercely with the Japanese 114th Division for several days, lost and retreated, and was almost surrounded.

The 87th Division is in Tangshan.

The armies of several routes got a valuable respite when they were defeated and fled. They shrunk their battle lines, entered the preset complex position, and began to build fortifications desperately to meet the little devil's attack.

Under the instigation of Zhang Gang, the butterfly, the Battle of Nanjing began to deviate from the original track and went to another path.

At this time, most people in Nanjing didn't know why the little devil gave up his previous victory and stopped suddenly when the war had just started.

The very few people who knew the inside story were busy reorganizing the army and had no time to explain.

On the big playground, the commandos stood neatly in a row, and everyone had a strong sense of frustration on their faces.

The same commando team, Wei Dayong and others' commando team killed the head of the division, killed and injured more than 1000 little devils, and their own losses were only twenty or thirty.

When it came to my own side, I only touched two squadrons, plus the half squadron that broke through the defense line of the little devils and killed 600 people. I didn't even kill a second officer, and I lost 70 people.

It's embarrassing to say this record.

Standing in front of the commandos, Zhang Gang looked over one by one and saw the confusion in their eyes: "Look up, my warriors, didn't we succeed in killing the enemy's hinterland, causing huge losses to the little devils, and then Have you successfully retreated back?"

The commando raised his head, his eyes gradually brightened, and he listened to Zhang Gang's words
"Destroying the morale of the little devils and making them afraid to fight us at night is far more important than killing seven hundred little devils!"

Following Zhang Gang's words, everyone in the commando straightened up and looked at Zhang Gang excitedly.

"Now, I declare!"

"He Xiaowu, former battalion commander of the 87th Division, brave in battle, I appoint you as the commander of the third regiment!"

"Zhao Baoshang, former company commander of the 88th division, brave in battle, commander of the first battalion of the third regiment!"

"Niu Meng, former naval gunner, brave in combat, commander of the second battalion of the third regiment!"

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After a series of appointments, the third regiment still has some vacancies. According to this organization, it can only be organized into a small regiment of the second battalion and the sixth company.

Zhang Gang looked at Xiao Shanling with a smile: "Commander Xiao, you also saw that I am short of a battalion commander. I wonder if there is any suitable candidate for you?"

Xiao Shanling calmly agreed: "I have a friend who was a company commander in the Tax Police Headquarters, but he was too hot-tempered to quit. If you are not afraid of trouble, I will introduce you."

Zhang Gang was naturally willing, so he vacated the positions of the commander of the third battalion and the first company of the third battalion, and organized the third regiment into the configuration of the third battalion and nine companies, plus the special agent company, the total number of people was more than 1000.

As for firearms, the three regiments are far behind. Except for the two German weapon companies with good equipment, the rest are all miscellaneous goods, the kind that quartermasters will have a headache to death.

Zhang Gang repaired [-] guns as usual, and let He Xiaowu solve the rest by himself.

A mature regiment leader who doesn't know how to make his own equipment and let himself, the brigade commander, worry about it is still human!
Zhang Gang walked away, He Xiaowu's face was pale, and he didn't know whether he was injured or angry.

Zhao Baoshang and Niu Meng also came over, and the three of them began to figure out how to make guns.

"I'm going to find our regiment leader. This time I'm promoted, if he doesn't give me a hundred sets of equipment, I'll just lie at his house." He Xiaowu said harshly.

Zhao Baoshang was inspired: "I will block the door of my battalion commander, and I will not leave unless a platoon is equipped."

"It's not necessary. You are different from me. You represent the face of the 36th Division. You play well. The 36th Division has a reputation. You can go directly to Commander Song. It is not difficult to get a company's equipment."

Zhao Baoshang nodded and wrote it down.

Niu Meng said: "Commander, I have an idea. Aren't we short of guns? Didn't we sink the four gunboats of the little devil last night? There are big guys on them."

"Mengzi, that's a good relationship, but it's sinking in the water, so it's probably not easy to salvage." He Xiaowu said.

"It's not easy to salvage, but when we attacked this time, didn't we wear a diving suit? I saw that thing. There is a ventilator, which can breathe underwater for half an hour. We can dive in and move these machine guns and cannons." Come out. As for the cannons, they are bound with iron chains, and several boats are filled with water, and they can be fished out with a little water. That is a naval cannon, and its power is much greater than that of land cannons."

These three people are all daring masters, otherwise they would not have attacked the little devil at night with Zhang Gang. After chatting for a few words, they suddenly had more connections. The rifle may still have a gap, and the artillery and machine guns are already in place.

After the formation of the third regiment consisting of more than 1000 people and more than [-] people was completed, Zhang Gang immediately relaxed a lot.

Today, Wei Dayong's second regiment is at the top of Yinkong Mountain, and He Xiaowu's third regiment is at the top of Wulong Mountain. He still has more than 1000 supplementary regiments in his hands, which can advance and retreat.

A siren sounded, Zhang Gang walked into the tunnel, and took a look at Xiao Yuan's achievements by the way.

After a day of desperate digging, the tunnels in the Wulong Mountain Fortress have become much wider. The normal road sections are two meters wide, enough for four or five people to stand side by side.

Every 50 meters in the tunnel, there is a space of three meters long and five meters wide, which is used as a lounge in normal times and an emergency room in wartime.

In addition, there is a huge hollow, 50 meters long and 30 meters wide, which is used to store various materials and personnel.

Zhang Gang was very satisfied, grabbed Xiao Yuan's hand and shook it vigorously: "Thank you, Mr. Xiao, next, we still need to make more holes like this. Also, the hidden fortress must be dug through. We can do it at any time." Send troops to support the various dark forts."

Xiao Yuan was a dull person, he wrote everything down in his notes, and then he stammered and said: "It would be even better if we could shoot down the little devil's plane, and we don't even have to dig tunnels."

Zhang Gang's eyes lit up: "What are you talking about, you hit the little devil's plane!"

"General Zhang, I'm joking, don't take it seriously."

"No, Mr. Xiao, what you said was not a joke, what you said was so fucking right!"

(End of this chapter)