The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Chapter 9 Volunteers, assemble!

The battle in the middle of the night on January 1 touched the hearts of hundreds of millions of people, but the result was beyond the expectations of most people

The Japanese marines, who thought they had taken the lead and launched a sudden attack, did not even do more investigations. Commander Yusuke Samejima commanded more than 1000 marines under the guidance of 20 armored vehicles to attack Zhabei in three routes. He boasted that he would completely defeat the Chinese army within four hours and take Zhabei in one fell swoop.

But the reality made him bump his head against the city wall.

The 156th Brigade, which had been stationed in Zhabei for a generation, hardly withdrew. Although there were many errors in the maps in their hands, and the single clothes they wore could not cover the cold and damp in the cold winter, the morale of the soldiers was high, and their hearts were as warm as coals. The strong desire to fight was far beyond the expectations of the Japanese army

In terms of equipment, the gap between the two sides is not as big as imagined. Although the 156th brigade has no armored vehicles and tanks, it has a lot of German-made mortars and a small amount of 37mm anti-aircraft guns. It is more than enough to deal with the Japanese army.

More importantly, the mentality and morale of the soldiers of the two armies are not on the same level at all.

From the beginning to the end, the soldiers of the Japanese army did not understand why they came here to fight, what kind of enemy they had to deal with in this battle, and how far they had to fight before it was over. In the memory of tens of thousands of troops fleeing at the sound of the sound, the so-called Chinese soldiers were probably so timid and useless. Perhaps as long as they fired machine guns into the air and fired a few shots, they would be defeated and scattered?

This kind of mentality is even shared by the commander, it's no wonder that there are no troubles

On the contrary, the Nineteenth Route Army is full of cowardice and bears the expectations of hundreds of millions of people. For many days, it has instilled the belief of resisting Japan and saving the country from the army commander to the officers at all levels below. He suddenly went crazy, no matter he didn't have a helmet or even a padded coat, he fought fiercely from top to bottom, brave and resolute, fighting with his life and death against the Japanese soldiers whose overall quality was much higher than his own

The Japanese army, who tried to break through the front line in one fell swoop relying on their powerful equipment, weapons and military quality, was like a blow to the head. They dispersed into small groups and followed the tanks to attack along the street. They had no idea that they would face what was several times more than them. The Chinese army formed a three-dimensional defensive front on the roof, in the building, under the porch pillars on both sides of the street, and in the bunkers in the street. The dense bullets poured over from top to bottom, catching them by surprise, if not for a long time. After training, hide immediately when you see something bad

The battle lasted until midnight. The Japanese army, which failed to attack, used tanks as a guide, opened the way with heavy machine guns and old 75mm infantry guns, and tried to break through with the advantage of accurate shooting at night, but they were all fought by the 156th brigade. The casualties were beaten back. It was not until the next morning that fighter planes were dispatched for bombing support that they barely gained a foothold, but they were still far away from the expected combat target. The key Tiantong'an Station and Shanghai North Station were not captured.

The commander of the Japanese army, Koichi Shiozawa, yelled angrily, kept scolding the incompetence of the commanders in front, and then urgently dispatched troops to take down the battle target completely.

As for the Chinese army, the Sixth Gendarmerie Regiment of the Songhu Garrison Headquarters, which was supposed to supervise and replace the withdrawal of the Nineteenth Route Army, rushed to the front line and immediately went into battle, promptly and effectively making up for the losses of the 156th Brigade, and withstood the crazy impact of the Japanese army. Bring the fight to a stalemate

On the other side, a group of people full of unyielding and anger are acting with all their strength, vowing to fight with all their blood to completely defeat and wipe out the Japanese pirates who are rampant across the country.

As soon as the guns rang, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Association, which had already heightened its vigilance, began to work nervously. In the early morning of January 1th, after urgent consultations, Wang Pingnan, Jiang Junyi, and Zhang Zilian were elected as representatives by the Volunteer Army Committee of the Haimin Salvation Congress. , Help the army kill the enemy and resist Japan.

At Zhenru Station, they met Cai Tingkai.Commander Cai greatly appreciated their enthusiasm, expressed his support on the spot, and asked them to contact the deputy director of the Volunteer Army and brigade commander Weng Zhaoyuan of the 156th Brigade for details.

The three of Wang Pingnan rushed back to Shanghai non-stop. In the Qianjiang Guild Hall, they met Weng Zhaoyuan who was busy with his feet not touching the ground.Brigadier Weng was very supportive of their actions, and he agreed without hesitation at the moment, and through Chief of Staff Qiu Guozhen, he instructed Deputy Chief Qiu Qiuxing to carefully arrange the garrison of the Volunteer Army, and ordered to allocate 64 Hanyang-made rifles and 1 bullets.

With such a harvest, Wang Pingnan and others were overjoyed, rushed all the way back, issued an order overnight, and all volunteer soldiers gathered in the New World Shopping Mall on Nanjing Road

On the morning of January 1, the New World Domestic Products Mall was crowded with people. Nearly 31 volunteer soldiers gathered together. Everyone’s face was shining with excitement. In the vast mall, the cold wind was blowing. not going boom

Zhu Bin came to report a day late, not because he didn't want to come earlier, but because he couldn't help it, he had to clean up the scholar Wang Aishan who couldn't pull back nine cows when he had an attack.

In order to save the lives of himself and Wang Shusheng, Zhu Bin took great pains. When the scholar came early in the morning on the 30th and dragged him to the meeting place, Zhu Bin held him down first. Finally, he was persuaded to take a response at home first. The equipment is familiar and proper.It's very early for the war, so it's not too late.

Seeing the equipment piled up like a hill, Wang Weishan was stunned on the spot, pointing to those things he hardly knew and asked, "This...all these things are for me?"

Zhu Bin snorted angrily, "What do you think? Fighting a war is not as simple as you think. What if you're not fully prepared?"

Without any explanation, he took off his stiff suit and tie, took off his vest, first put him on a jacket with thick sleeves that looked like canvas, forced him to change his trousers, and picked up a bulging vest for him. Putting it on, Wang Weishan felt his body sink, and asked in surprise, "What is this? Why is it so heavy?"

"There are only two bulletproof vests in this world, don't tell others"

Zhu Bin didn't explain too much, and helped him hang up his carrying equipment. The chest hanging with three big and four small magazine bags was filled with 9mm Thompson submachine gun magazines and 9mm Parabellum 13-round magazines. A first-aid kit, water bottle, military thorn made in Germany, a short-handled engineering shovel attached to the back, multi-functional pliers, a Zeiss telescope, a whistle, four domestic grenades with wooden handles, and finally a trial version of the m1929 bob tied on his right thigh Ronning 9mm high power pistol.

最后将重达4.4公斤的汤普森9mm口径m1921冲穎f8媲梗疑?0发子弹的弹鼓，王恸山觉得自己骤然沉了好几十斤，腰都快伸不直了

"With so many things on my back, it's hard to walk, how can I fight?" Putting on the heavy German m17 helmet, Wang Weishan almost didn't recognize himself in the mirror, tried to walk a few steps, and suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.

"You are enough." Zhu Bin slapped him almost sitting on the ground, shook his head and sighed, "Your physique is too bad, no, I have to make a special exercise plan for you, or else your physique, How to fight?"

"No need?" Wang Weishan regretted coming this time.

"Must, come, come, let me explain to you how to use these things first..."

Once it fell into Zhu Bin's hands, he couldn't help it, so he had to bite the bullet and listen to him explain the purpose of every piece of equipment, and a day passed like this.

Chapter 9 Volunteers, assemble!

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