It was still three o'clock in the morning. The Chinese and Japanese armies had gone through fierce fighting during the day and were mostly exhausted. Other than the sentry posts arranged for them, most of them were resting.
It was the same in Nanjing. Although some people could not sleep, most places were still pitch black because of the war and the lack of street lamps. Therefore, Lin Ruiwen, who had night vision goggles on, could easily run to the vicinity of Zhonghua Gate.
At this moment, Zhonghua Gate was brightly lit. There were only a few soldiers on the city wall, but it was not empty. Moreover, the citizens were forbidden from leaving the city.
Lin Ruiwen had no choice but to leave Zhonghua Gate and head to the Qinhuai River. He began to stroll along the river, looking at the other side to see if there was any opportunity.
He didn't know if he was lucky, but after walking for only half an hour, he saw an opportunity. There was actually a small team on the other side, which was a platoon-sized Japanese patrol.
It was night time, and the Japanese patrol team was actually carrying torches and patrolling the vicinity brazenly. It was obvious that they did not put the national army in their eyes and bullied them for having fewer cannons and fewer people.
However, this was normal. Now, the Japanese army was attacking and the Chinese army was defending. What did this mean? This meant that the initiative was in the hands of the Japanese army. Therefore, it was normal for the Japanese army to send patrols before and after the war to clean up the periphery to prevent spies.
Moreover, with the current combat strength of the Japanese army, an infantry squad had 50 to 60 people, which was equivalent to a reinforced platoon. In addition to rifles, they also had machine guns and grenade launchers. Their combat strength was quite strong, and they were even more powerful in the field. They did not fear a battalion of the national army and dared to chase after them. It was no wonder that they dared to patrol here with torches.
In fact, although the Yuhuatai position south of Zhonghua Gate was still in the hands of the national army, because the national army had few soldiers, they were unable to fully defend it. They could only defend Zhonghua Gate with their main force. There were very few soldiers in Yuhuatai. In addition, in addition to the original 6th Division, the Japanese army also added a new 114th Division. They had already surrounded the Yuhuatai position.
In other words, the Yuhuatai and Zhonghuamen positions were almost like two isolated islands. Apart from the main street Yuhua Road that the Japanese army deliberately opened up, the other places had been infiltrated by the Japanese army. They were waiting to launch a general attack from multiple directions after the day.
This was mainly because Yuhua Road was in the middle of the intersection between Zhonghua Gate and Yuhua Terrace. It happened to be in the pincer attack of the two places. If they rashly attacked this place, they would be attacked from two directions. Therefore, the Japanese army would not easily occupy this place before they broke through Yuhua Terrace.
But for other places, he was not so polite. He would take it if he had to.
This was also the reason why the Japanese army did not completely surround Yuhuatai. After all, they had Zhonghua Gate as a corner to rely on. Doing so would cause too great a loss. That was why they played the trick of besieging three without one, opening up the direction of Zhonghua Gate and Yuhua Road.
Of course, there might be another idea, which was to defeat the Yuhuatai garrison and drive the defeated soldiers to charge at Zhonghua Gate. He wanted to use these defeated soldiers as the vanguard to open Zhonghua Gate in one go.
Unfortunately, when they really fought, they found out that the Yuhuatai people had long been determined to defend themselves and would not retreat at all. In the end, all of them died. The Japanese army even discovered that the soldiers in the Yuhuatai Dark Fortress had actually locked the inside. It was obvious that they would fight to the death. It was impossible for them to escape, and they were chased by the Japanese army.
Therefore, it was normal for the Japanese army to patrol the south bank of the Qinhuai River.
The multi-function glasses were a product of the system. They were definitely quite high-tech. They were small and exquisite, and their surface was no different from ordinary glasses. However, they could see far away, have night vision, and even have a ranging function. With just a glance in front of him, he could determine that the distance between the two parties was 481.52 meters. Wow, it was accurate to the centimeter. Not bad, not bad.
To be honest, this distance was a little far. If he relied on the M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle, although he could hit it, it was not enough to guarantee accuracy. Even a sharpshooter could not guarantee it, let alone Lin Ruiwen.
After thinking for a long time, Lin Ruiwen decided to change his gun. Instead of using the M1 semi-automatic, he took out an M1903 Springfield Rifle!
This was a bolt-action rifle. Although its firing rate was much lower, its accuracy was much better than that of a semi-automatic rifle. If it could be used as a sniper rifle, it would at least increase the success rate.
Lin Ruiwen wanted to get an optical scope, but he was only a private now. His authority was very low, and he couldn't exchange for such high-level equipment due to the age restriction. Therefore, this Springfield rifle only had a mechanical scope.
This was quite a scam. At a distance of 480 meters, relying on mechanical aiming at night, even with night vision glasses, it was still incomparable to daytime. If he wanted to hit at this distance, he could only rely on luck.
One had to know that even the Japanese sharpshooters, with the so-called super accurate Type 38 rifle, usually only had accuracy between 100 meters and 200 meters without relying on optical sights and mechanical aiming. The actual shooting was within 100 meters. If it was beyond 300 meters, the trajectory would be very unstable, and the accuracy would be greatly reduced. That basically depended on one's looks.
If even a sharpshooter wasn't confident, how could he rely on Lin Ruiwen, who had only touched a gun for a few days? Hehe, unless he was the European King.
In fact, it was not impossible to get closer, but Lin Ruiwen was afraid of death. He was not timid and determined not to do it. After all, if he got closer, the Japanese army might hit him, so he did not dare to get closer. Even if the target was like an ant 480 meters away, it was still late at night.
In this way, Lin Ruiwen found a small mound as a cover, directly lay on the ground, put the gun on the mound, and aimed at the Japanese soldiers across the river with the semi-automatic skills of the school. In fact, he didn't specifically aim at anyone. He only aimed at the approximate position of the entire Japanese team, and then aimed for a long time before he pulled the trigger.
He didn't know if it was his luck or the quality of the weapon produced by the system, but he actually fired a red light on his first shot. Through his glasses with a 2x telescope function, he discovered that a Japanese soldier had fallen.
Immediately after, Lin Ruiwen, who was in a good mood, fired two more shots in a row, but they missed.
The reason was simple. The first shot was luck, but the second shot was not so good. Moreover, when the Japanese soldiers heard the gunshot and realized that their companions had been shot, they immediately lay down. Their reaction speed was relatively fast, which increased the difficulty of being hit. If they could still hit the target under such circumstances, the probability was not much higher than winning the lottery.
Lin Ruiwen, on the other hand, had foolishly fired two shots on the spot. The fireworks and gunshots in the dark night quickly exposed him.
Soon, the Japanese counterattacks followed. As they roughly knew the location of the ambushers, not only did the rifles and machine guns shoot fiercely at them, but they also fired two grenade launchers. Later, they found that the distance was too far and the grenade launchers could not hit them, so they simply gave up and only used machine guns to sweep over.
Lin Ruiwen thought that the enemy would leave after fighting for a while, but who knew that there would be more and more Japanese. The fighting would not end. At first, they only fired fiercely, but later, the distance was too far, and the effect was not good. Then, he got two 92 infantry cannons from somewhere and fired at them. This scared him quite a bit, and he lowered his head and did not dare to get up.
That's right, he didn't know what was wrong with the Japanese, or how a small team could have such great ability, but they could actually call two 92 infantry cannons and bombard the place where Lin Ruiwen was hiding.
It was said that the Japanese's Type 92 Infantry Cannon was weak, but it depended on who it was used against. It couldn't be compared to the American's large howitzers, but for a person, it was still very powerful. At least, Lin Ruiwen could only lie on the ground and not move.
"Is there a need for that?" Lin Ruiwen, who was tightly covering his ears and sticking to the ground, kept muttering," I accidentally hit one of your patrol soldiers. I don't even know if he died or not. Is there a need to be so endless?" As for the infantry cannons? Hurry up and leave. I beg you. At most, I won't hit you!”
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