Chapter 49
Zhao Wenbin stood on the west gate of Mudanjiang and used his binoculars to look at the Japanese army that appeared on the other side of the river. After watching for a while, he put down the binoculars in his hand.
"It seems that the Japanese army didn't expect us to give up the position on the other side of the Langlang River and retreat directly to the north of the Langlang River. However, this is also good. They have to prepare the ship, which just happens to buy us some time!”
Zhao Wenbin put down the binoculars in his hand and heaved a sigh of relief. Now, he also needed to stall for time because in this battle, only one of the two divisions of the Japanese army could survive. Infantry 3, 4, 5, these three infantry regiments were holding off the Japanese Second Division on the other side of Halbin.
However, he could only stall them. In the end, he still wanted to eat them up. However, this required time. He needed time for his recruits to complete their training. Otherwise, this was simply impossible.
"Young Master, you're here! I was wondering why I couldn't find you for so long!"
At this moment, Zhou Da walked up to the city gate and said while panting heavily.
"Hmm? What's wrong? Did something happen?"
Zhao Wenbin looked at Zhou Da and asked curiously.
"Young Master, I just received some information. The Japanese army had been moving slowly for the past two days, but they had sent scouts to carefully investigate both sides of the Mudanjiang River. Moreover, they had just sent scouts to the right side of Mudanjiang River to investigate.”
Zhou Da looked at Zhao Wenbin and said.
Zhao Wenbin frowned. Investigation? Moreover, it was such a large-scale investigation. There was definitely a problem.
"It seems that the Japanese army must have studied my previous battles. Otherwise, they wouldn't have done this. They're here to understand the terrain and detect where we might appear.”
Zhao Wenbin looked into the distance and said in a deep voice. The Japanese commander knew some of his combat style, but he did not know him. This was indeed not good news.
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"Major General, the scouts we sent out have already sent back news. They had already scouted the entire coast and found nothing suspicious!”
Yunai Aoka walked into the command center and said to Lin Xianzhi.
"Nothing suspicious? How was this possible? Could it be that Zhao Wenbin did not have any thoughts of counterattacking this time? Impossible! He only had so many soldiers. If he didn't counterattack and only defended to the death, he would still be defeated. What went wrong?”
Lin Xianzhi couldn't figure it out after listening to it. He kept looking at the map and suddenly, his gaze landed on a place-Hailang Village.
There was nothing famous about Ocean Waves Village. If there were to be anything famous about it, there were probably only two things.
First, he was at the intersection of Mudanjiang River and Hailang River.
Secondly, the railway would pass through Hailang Village. These were the only two things that it was famous for.
The first point was impossible. Lin Xianzhi couldn't have noticed him just because he was at the intersection of Hailang River and Mudanjiang River. What he noticed was the railway bridge across Mudanjiang River in Hailang Village.
"Here! This was the only place! That must be the case! If they launch a counterattack in our faces and cross the Mudanjiang River in a way that we can't imagine!”
Lin Xianzhi said with absolute certainty. In fact, he was not wrong. In Zhao Wenbin's plan, if they were to counterattack, this railway bridge across Mudanjiang would be the most critical place.
"Asamura-kun, pass on my order. Gather all the ships in the vicinity, and gather all the ships along the Mudanjiang River! Prepare to cross the river and fight!"
Lin Xianzhi took a deep breath.
"Hmm? Regiment Commander, shouldn't we wait for the assault boats from the rear?”
Yunai Aoka looked at Lin Xianzhi in confusion.
"There's no need! He would first collect them and prepare to launch an attack the day after tomorrow!”
Lin Xianzhi said coldly. He already had a plan in mind.
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April 18th. It was a spring morning. Unlike autumn mornings, there was always fog. Today's morning could be said to be unobstructed and clear.
Zhao Wenbin once again stood on the city gate. Yesterday, he received news that the Japanese army was collecting a large number of ships. It seemed that they were preparing to attack. This made Zhao Wenbin very surprised. How useful could these wooden boats be?
His heavy machine gun could penetrate them, and why did the Japanese suddenly become impatient?
But no matter what, Zhao Wenbin had already expected that the Japanese army would launch an attack in the next few days. So this morning, he came to the city gate tower to watch the Japanese army across the river.
"Oh?"
Zhao Wenbin seemed to have seen an unbelievable scene. Although he looked again, he finally frowned.
"Men! Send my order, all the troops at the front line are on alert. The Japanese army is about to attack!”
After another half a minute, Zhao Wenbin restrained his expression and shouted in a deep voice.
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, all the soldiers in the camp were on guard.
Zhao Wenbin was still looking through the binoculars.
"Young Master, is the Japanese army going to attack?”
At this moment, Old Man Li walked up with a serious expression and asked in a deep voice.
"En! I think so! Look, the Japanese soldiers have all lowered their wooden boats into the water. Moreover, there are so many Japanese soldiers gathered by the river, and their numbers are still increasing. This is obviously an attack."
Old Man Li took the binoculars that Zhao Wenbin handed to him and looked at it himself.
After a while, he put it down.
"It seems so, but the Japanese commander shouldn't be so stupid! If they cross the river with wooden beds, they will only be courting death in the face of our firepower! What was the use? Moreover, they had been neither fast nor slow previously. Why did they suddenly become so anxious?
Young Master, I think there must be something else going on!”
After Old Man Li saw Zhao Wenbin finish speaking, his heart skipped a beat. He suddenly looked at the railway more than two kilometers away.
"Young Master, do you think it's possible that the Japanese army is just feigning an attack to attract our attention? Their real target was the railway bridge?”
"It's possible! However, I have already placed an entire infantry battalion at the bridgehead of the railway bridge. Placing a battalion in such a narrow space was more than enough. The Japanese army would not be able to cross over, and they would only lose their troops in vain!”
Zhao Wenbin frowned. He couldn't understand what the Japanese army wanted to do.
"Boom ~"
"Boom ~"
"Boom ~"
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At this moment, an explosion suddenly sounded from the camp. This explosion came so suddenly and abruptly.
"Japanese army test!"
Zhao Wenbin's eyes flashed slightly, and four words jumped out of his mouth.
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