Chapter 295 Give the king the one with red flowers in the center tomorrow
Chapter 295: Flowers bloom in the center (the ones with red flowers will be given to the king tomorrow)
"Okay, let's capture the Japanese army's baggage warehouse first, and then we will attack the Japanese Marine Corps. If we can capture the Japanese mountain artillery, then we can really make a revolution in Princess Iron Fan's belly." Ma Changling immediately added
road.
The two men naturally formed a command structure with Xu Shangqian as the leader and Ma Changling as the deputy.
Because of the Sino-Japanese War, ordinary citizens of Shanghai either left Shanghai or hid in the concession. In short, it was difficult to see a single person in Shanghai at night, which provided great convenience for the movement of more than 6,000 people from the two groups.
To deal with a small warehouse, there was no need for 6,000 people to fight together. Xu Shangqian sent a reconnaissance company as the "leading soldiers" to move towards the warehouse first.
As for whether there are cars in the warehouse? Generally speaking, there must be. Because the baggage warehouse has a very important task, which is to provide baggage supplies to the frontline troops at any time. If there are no transportation tools such as cars, what can be provided?
During World War II, the Japanese army had organized transportation troops, but the division between transportation troops and baggage troops was not clear. There was often a special transportation brigade under the baggage regiment.
This baggage warehouse is located on a small street near Putuo. It was originally a primary school. When the war broke out, students and teachers fled, and the vacant school building and its playground were used by the Japanese army.
Of course, there are many vacant buildings in Shanghai. This place was chosen as the warehouse because it is very close to the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway. Although the school is located on a small street, it is also very convenient for Japanese military vehicles to enter and exit.
When the "Jianbing Company" arrived at the small warehouse in Putuo after half an hour of secret march, the time had already pointed to 11:30 pm.
"Go!" Wang Weitong, the commander of the leading company, ordered his men to pounce immediately after he had clearly detected the enemy's situation.
This is a very small warehouse. The Japanese troops stationed here only have one baggage team, and there are only 4 Japanese soldiers on night shift. Three of them are sleeping in the guard box, and only one Japanese soldier is walking back and forth near the guard box with a 38 rifle.
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"Poof!" The patrolling Japanese didn't react at all, and was stabbed into the chest by a National Defense Force scout who sneaked up next to him. Several other skilled scouts shot into the post almost at the same time, killing the sleeping man.
The three Japs immediately "clicked"!
The setting of this post is almost exactly the same as that of the "gate guard" in later schools. Taking down the "gate guard" means that the school door is wide open. Wang Weitong didn't even make any tactical arrangements. When he saw the "gate guard" being taken down quietly, he immediately made a big move.
With a wave of his hand, he rushed in first.
The Japs stationed in this warehouse never dreamed that they would be attacked by the Chinese army when they were surrounded by the Imperial Army. Besides, even within the Japs, they did not think that there were any materials of strategic value in this warehouse.
, because this warehouse is the Japanese military uniform distribution and recycling station.
Distribute new military uniforms and recycle old clothes. Japan's material supply has always been very tight. After the old military uniforms are taken back and washed, the old cloth can be used for other purposes.
However, Xu Shangqian and the others were quite lucky. Although there were not enough cars for them to travel in the warehouse, there were more than ten cars and tens of thousands of military uniforms.
Xu Shangqian and Ma Changling looked at each other and immediately thought of an idea: disguise.
"Each company came quickly to receive the Japanese military uniforms, and the changes were completed within 20 minutes!" Xu Shangqian issued the first order after entering the city.
"Use all the enemy's 38-inch cover, crooked handles, grenade launchers and other weapons!" Ma Changling added. Since you want to disguise, you should disguise it thoroughly.
So, half an hour later, this team of more than 6,000 people became the "Japanese Army." Except for a small team at the front who was "opening the way" with a 38-gai with a bayonet and a crooked machine gun.
The other "Japanese soldiers" all looked nondescript. Because the guns they held looked like the semi-automatic rifles of the National Defense Forces. As for submachine guns, the Japanese army did have them, but did the Japanese army have such a "rich" submachine gun?
Fortunately, it was late at night. If they encountered a small group of patrolling Japanese, they would kill them without mercy. If they encountered a large group of Japanese, they did not encounter them. As for the more than 10 cars, they were used to transport 60 guns and other weapons and ammunition.
The Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai had a total strength of one division before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. After the Japanese army expanded its aggression, the Japanese army continued to increase its troops. Now the Marine Corps has two divisions and more than 50,000 troops.
They are distributed throughout Shanghai and control various strategic locations. However, about one of them is stationed in Hongkou. As a strategic mobile force of the Japanese army in Shanghai, the Japanese army generally does not use this strategic force until critical moments.
Three months ago, Wu Aihua's "robbery trio" carried out devastating damage to the Marine Corps headquarters. All its buildings were razed to the ground, and there were many casualties among Marine Corps soldiers, but overall it did not shake the headquarters.
Basically, it still maintains a strong combat effectiveness.
Xu Shangqian and Ma Changling, with more than 6,000 light troops, wanted to attack the Japanese Marine Corps. In a sense, they did overestimate their capabilities.
However, the combat effectiveness of the National Defense Force's reconnaissance troops cannot be underestimated. They are even stronger and better at fighting than the Japanese army!
At 3:30 in the middle of the night, Shanghai was about to open up in more than an hour. Two "wartime reconnaissance groups" finally arrived in Hongkou.
"Lao Xu, I have a suggestion. We should notify several reconnaissance battalions operating in the suburbs to prepare for the response." Ma Changling said suddenly.
"Haha, old horse, are you scared?" Xu Shangqian said with a smile.
"What do you think? I am not afraid, but I want to give him a center to blossom and bear fruit on all sides! Think about it, if we start fighting here, all the Japanese troops will come back for reinforcements, and the control of the Japanese troops on the periphery will be even looser.
Isn't this an opportunity for other reconnaissance battalions to make achievements? As for the Japanese troops in the Hongqiao Airport area, it will take at least half a day to move to the distance of contact with me. Tell me, if we have 5 such reconnaissance groups
If we act together, what will be the result of the Japanese army?" Ma Changling said.
"Old Ma, tell me, do we violate military discipline or disobey orders?" Xu Shangqian thought of another question.
"Haha, Lao Xu, are you sometimes afraid? Don't worry, neither the Wild Secretary nor the Army Group has given orders saying that they are not allowed to break into the city of Shanghai?" Ma Changling said with a smile.
"Okay, order all troops to immediately covertly control the surrounding neighborhoods and seize all commanding heights! We are going to draw the Japanese out and fight!" Xu Shangqian immediately issued the order.
With only 60 troops in the reconnaissance force, they will never be able to attack the fortifications and bunkers of the Japanese Marine Corps, but drawing the Japanese out and annihilating them is the most effective method. And the Japanese have to come out. Because this is Shanghai, it is
Their "home base".
"Bah!" A rifleman of the National Defense Force fired the first shot, and a sergeant leading the Japanese patrol was accurately sniped!
"Enemy attack -" the Japanese patrols reacted very quickly. Almost as soon as the gunshots were fired, they all fell to the ground nearby. However, what they encountered was not a small group of urban guerrillas conducting a sneak attack, but regular troops of the National Defense Forces.
, Therefore, these lying down Japanese soldiers immediately became living targets for the National Defense Forces who were ambushing on the roof of the building.
"Ba! Ba! Ba!"
A squad of little Japs went to see their Amaterasu one by one while the National Defense Forces were firing every shot.
The sound of gunfire is an order! The Japanese Marine Corps in Hongkou immediately sent a small group of Japanese troops for reinforcements. The Japanese attack of a small group was quite organized. They rushed in one squad and covered the other, taking turns to charge towards the sound of gunfire. However, the Japanese tactics were different.
Good, but the estimate of the battlefield situation was very wrong.
When this team all entered the ambush circle of the National Defense Forces, the nightmare officially began!
"Bah!" A bullet suddenly shot out from a certain window!
"Bah!" A bullet suddenly shot out from behind a flower bed somewhere!
"Da da!" The sound of gunshots from a flower machine suddenly came from somewhere behind a broken wall!
"Boom -" A Japanese grenade group finally seized the opportunity and fired a grenade behind a broken wall!
Unfortunately, there seemed to be no screams from the attackers among the explosions of grenades.
"Bah, bang, bang, bang..." Gunfire came from all directions, but after losing more than ten soldiers, the Japs team didn't even find out what the attacker looked like!
"Baga, everyone pay attention to concealment and wait for the squadron leader's tactical guidance!" The Japanese squad leader quickly figured out the situation. The attacker had laid a pocket for them, and they got in unknowingly.
, who can blame it.
Historically, the Japanese Marine Corps in Shanghai only had more than 3,000 people, but they managed to withstand the crazy attack of two elite German weapon divisions from the 87th Division and the 88th Division of the Chinese Army. Until the end, the Japanese Marine Corps still maintained its position in Hongkou.
position.
But this Marine Corps in parallel time and space has never had the opportunity to fight against the National Army, let alone the National Defense Force. If Xu Shangqian and Ma Changling were not so "daring", they might not even have fired a single shot.
Surrendered to the Wehrmacht.
However, this maiden battle that the Japanese encountered was not something that a small group of Japanese soldiers could handle.
To deal with a Japanese squad, the National Defense Forces did not even use the mg-42 squad machine gun except for the occasional submachine gun. The National Defense Forces deliberately attacked slowly and slowly to make the Japanese think that the attackers were just more difficult to deal with, so they moved from squad to squadron and then to the brigade.
When reinforcements are sent out, if machine guns or even 60-gun troops are used as soon as they arrive, the Japanese army may come out in force! At that time, it will be difficult to tell who will attack whom.
Half an hour later, the Japanese army indeed dispatched another squadron towards the street where the exchange of fire was taking place.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
"Ta da, da da, da da..."
Seeing that the Japanese took the bait again, the gunfire from the National Defense Forces suddenly became intensive. Almost half of the Japanese team, which had suffered casualties, quickly went to see their Amaterasu, just like the previous patrol team.
"Tum! Tum! Tum!"
A squadron of Japanese troops already had a certain degree of combat effectiveness. Under the cover of machine gunners, its grenade group began to fire grenades one after another at the territory controlled by the National Defense Forces.
"Sharpshooters, knock out the Japanese machine gunners and grenade launchers!" Liu Zhongding, the temporary "battalion commander" of the National Defense Forces in charge of this neighborhood, saw the fierce Japanese firepower and immediately issued new tactics.