"Don't rush, don't rush, don't push. The enemy is still far away. Our artillery is blocking them. Don't panic. You, who allowed you to cross the bridge?”Lin Yi was commanding the military police to maintain order at the south bank of the bridgehead.
Those who were evacuated were mainly the wounded, field hospitals, and refugees. The remaining soldiers of the expedition army were all asked to stay on the south bank. They needed to be in reserve for the battlefield at any time, but there were inevitably deserters.
When the deserter saw that he had been discovered, he immediately tried to escape into the crowd. However, there was no way he could escape. He was stopped by the passing wounded soldiers.
"Son of a b * tch, I didn't even have the chance to fight the Japanese if I wanted to stay. I injured my leg and they despised me for not being able to charge. You can stay and run away.”Some of the injured could not help but curse.
"If you want to stay, you can stay. I won't stay. I'm just a farmer. I'm the only one in the family. Originally, the conscriptionist was Master Qin's son. He bribed the conscriptionist and captured me. He wanted to destroy my family so that he could take my family's land.”The deserter cried out pitifully.
However, they were on the battlefield now, and no matter what the reason was, he could not be a deserter. He was caught by the military police, and according to the rules, Lin Yi could shoot him on the spot, just like how he shot the soldiers who robbed during the chaos.
However, this time, he was not directly shot. Instead, he was thrown into the military police camp and locked up. Zhou Heng had previously taught him to get along with the soldiers, which made him willing to lower his status and interact with the soldiers.
After interacting with them, Lin Yi learned the tragic stories of many soldiers, which made him sympathize with these soldiers. He was unwilling to casually execute the battlefield discipline and shoot deserters.
The order at the rear was a little chaotic, but it was orderly at the Southern Heavenly Gate. The expeditionary soldiers were arranged to be in the second line, and the third regiment was in the first line. The position had not been completely completed, and everyone was making use of the time to build trenches. The planes were bombing the approaching Japanese.
"According to the aircraft reconnaissance report, the Japanese are heading toward the Southern Heavenly Gate from three directions. They are currently only five or six kilometers away from us.”Meng Fan reported the current situation.
Zhou Heng held his binoculars and looked at the hills and forests in the distance. He did not have any emotions. Right now, all he wanted was to start the war as soon as possible and have a good fight. He had the advantage and was just waiting for the Japanese to come.
"Get the howitzers ready. When the order arrives, gather fire immediately. Tell the soldiers the importance of protecting themselves from poisonous gas. Don't lose their gas masks. Also, prepare to charge back. Once the Japanese can't continue their attack, charge over and give them a hard time.”Zhou Heng made the final arrangements.
Meng Fan immediately went down to generate electricity. He came to the front line of his 1st Battalion and saw the soldiers making all kinds of preparations. Some were cleaning their guns, organizing their magazines, reinforcing their positions, and some were eating and smoking. They weren't nervous. After all, they had fought several defensive battles at the airport, so they were all experienced.
Long Wenzhang of the 4th Battalion looked at the weapons that had been replenished and kept muttering," This colonel is so generous. He just took us in and he doesn't lack anything at all. This machine gun, this rocket launcher, yo, and even the anti-war cannon. Ah, Mech, didn't you go to other people's place to get a howitzer? Why are you here to use the anti-war cannon?"”
The fat Klauber was wiping the cannon that he had just brought over from the other side of the river. Without turning his head, he said," The captain is afraid that you guys are not familiar with your weapons and won't be able to hold on in a fight later, so he asked me to get two cannons to support you.”
Long Wenzhang didn't like to hear this. He scolded," Damn it, we can't even defend this lousy place. That damn regiment commander really looks down on me, Long Wenzhang. How many Japanese can there be? How can I not be able to hold on?" I'm going to talk to him."
However, before he could leave the trench, the messenger came over to pass on the news that the Japanese might attack in half an hour. The enemy could fire at any time. He was told to prepare for the artillery. At the same time, the artillery of the 3rd Regiment would also return fire. When the time came, he would let Long Wenzhang have a taste.
"Is he showing off to me or trying to intimidate me? Damn it, this Guild Leader really knows how to cause trouble.”Putting down the message, Long Wenzhang couldn't help but curse. Fortunately, there were no veterans from the 3rd Regiment beside him, or he would definitely be beaten up.
On the high hill opposite the Southern Heavenly Gate, Takeuchi Lianshan raised his binoculars and looked at the distant position with a frown. Although the opposite side was a temporary position, the configuration was very reasonable. Without enough heavy firepower, it would not be easy to fight.
His regiment was gathering and had no intention of attacking immediately. He was waiting for aerial support from the rear. After being bombarded by the 3rd Regiment's aerial team for so many days, he had had enough. The heavy artillery could not be sent up immediately, but the aircraft could easily fly over.
However, while he was waiting, a signalman climbed up and reported," The 213th regiment is about to launch an attack and is requesting our assistance.”
Hearing this news, Takeuchi Lianshan was furious and scolded," Baka, didn't I tell them to wait? Why attack now? Can't they see the planes in the sky?”
"Hey, the commander of the 213th regiment said that it's not the style of the Empire's soldiers to cower just because of a few planes. General Naimu Xidian braved the heavy artillery bombardment of the Russian Empire and took down the Lushun Stronghold.”The messenger said in an imposing manner.
Takeuchi Lianshan was so angry that his face turned pale. When was that? 1904? What time was it now? 1942? Back then, when they attacked the fortress, they had the protection of heavy naval artillery and lost more than 50,000 people. What did they have now? Mountain artillery and mortars? What kind of protection could they provide?
He knew that the 213th Regiment had been too successful. Be it China or Myanmar, they did not put the Chinese army in their eyes at all. They thought that they could not compare to the Russian army and that they were just farmers with guns. They only needed to charge forward to defeat the Chinese army.
"I will send a large team to assist in the attack. Order the Mountain Cannon Unit to fire special bullets to provide cover. If the attack fails, retreat immediately. We have no follow-up support.”Takeuchi Lianshan knew that there was no way to stop it, so he could only give his final advice.
In the forest, the Japanese were reorganizing their troops. They were waiting for the signal to attack. At the same time, the 213th Regiment's mountain cannons and mortars opened fire. They were not using high explosive bombs or grenades, but special bombs. The so-called special bombs were poisonous gas bombs. The Japanese had used countless of these poisonous gas bombs in China. They had tried it every time. This time, they used it again.
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