Early the next morning, the first day of the Tonggu Defense War officially came.
Commander Dai led a group of staff officers to the pagoda of a temple in the city, raised his binoculars, and observed the movement of the Japanese siege troops.
"Guard platoon, strengthen vigilance to ensure the safety of the division commander." Chief of Staff Lu ordered the guard platoon to be vigilant up and down.
"As expected, the top of the hill is Takeuchi Hiroshi's headquarters." Commander Dai pointed to the top of the hill in the distance.
Chief of Staff Lu held up his binoculars, looked at it, and replied: "It should be that there were two regiments of troops on the front, but they did not continue to advance. Battalion Commander Chang should be given credit for blowing up the bridge.
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"You go and do the work of asking for merit." Commander Dai said, "There is a regiment on the left and right. It is expected that these two regiments will attack us today. Order the officers of the 1139th Regiment and the 1140th Regiment to prepare for full combat.
Prepare."
"Yes." A messenger agreed.
"Division commander, look over there. The Japanese artillery wing has four artillery positions. Each position is lined up. It seems that the Japanese army has done a lot of intelligence work. Knowing that our 200 division has arrived in a hurry, it lacks
Heavy equipment.”
"Order, let Major Luo's reconnaissance team still outside the city find a way to harass the Japanese artillery regiment. Note that it is a harassment. Let's reduce the pressure as much as possible."
"Yes." A staff officer agreed and went to draft a telegram.
"Commander, there are many horses over there. They are probably the Japanese cavalry regiment."
"Send someone to keep an eye on the movements of the cavalry regiment. Don't worry about him for now. It's not the time for the cavalry to charge yet, but you can't take it lightly."
"yes."
Commander Dai took out his pocket watch, took a look at it, and said: "It's already eight o'clock, and the Japanese army hasn't attacked yet. I don't know what I'm holding back."
"Most likely we are waiting for the plane to bomb first," said Chief of Staff Lu.
"Probably, let's go, let's go to the front-line guard troops for a walk." Commander Dai handed the binoculars to the orderly.
Chief of Staff Lu was well aware of the division commander's command habits. Commanding from the front was a regular move of the division commander, and he did not dare to stop him. He simply ordered the guard platoon to increase vigilance again.
At this time, Hiroshi Takeuchi was also holding a telescope to observe the defensive posture of the Chinese army.
"Why haven't the bombers arrived yet?" Hiroshi Takeuchi asked the staff officer beside him.
"Reporting to the division commander, we encountered regiment fog this morning and expect to start bombing within ten minutes."
Hiroshi Takeuchi raised his telescope and looked around again, and said: "Order the engineering squadron to seize every opportunity to repair the bridge. If the bridge cannot pass, I will not attack directly."
"Hi."
Hiroshi Takeuchi put down his telescope, raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, sat in the pavilion and started drinking tea.
"Buzz--" The sound coming from a distance made Chief of Staff Lu alert.
Commander Dai was very calm. He looked up at the sky and said, "The bombers are coming. Brothers, please hurry up and avoid the bombing."
"yes."
A piercing air raid siren sounded in the city. The common people hid in their homes, and the brothers of the 200th Division also hid in the trenches, hiding behind piled sandbags.
Battalion Commander Chang held up his binoculars and looked around, only to find a soldier standing in front of an officer. The soldier held the tripod of a light machine gun with both hands, and the officer looked up at the sky.
"Who is that? Want to shoot Japanese aircraft with a light machine gun?" Battalion Commander Chang asked.
Adjutant Wan next to him said: "Batalion Commander, let me take a look."
Battalion Commander Chang handed the binoculars to Adjutant Wan. Adjutant Wan took one look and said immediately: "It's Platoon Commander Sun. When Kunlun Pass attacked the Banyuan Division, he hit a Japanese aircraft with a light machine gun, but it didn't crash.
He still staggered and ran away."
"The probability of playing the piano randomly and shooting down the plane with a light machine gun is too small. Go and ask Platoon Commander Sun to hide for me. The war is coming. Don't make unnecessary sacrifices."
"yes!"
"Boom!" the Japanese bombers began to dive. After several loud "boom" noises, the sandbag fortifications built at the bridgehead were bombed into a mess in the blink of an eye.
While hiding, Adjutant Li ran toward Platoon Commander Sun and watched as two Japanese planes began to dive and bomb Jianning Street, which was being defended by Platoon Commander Sun.
"Da da da da" Platoon Leader Sun faced an aircraft and opened fire in front of it. The Japanese aircraft fired angry bullets directly at it.
Two Japanese aircraft dropped two aerial bombs, which landed accurately at the gate of the city. A large area of the city gate was blown up.
A machine gun bullet hit the wing of a Japanese aircraft with a bang, leaving a small hole in the wing.
The Japanese pilot glanced at the wing and lowered his head to see two soldiers attacking his fighter plane with machine guns. The fighter plane quickly passed over the roof.
"Baga." The Japanese pilot saw that his fighter plane had been hit with a hole. When he was angry, the fighter plane that flew by made another big turn and turned around and flew back.
"Platoon commander, we hit it. The Japanese plane is still fine and is back again," said the soldier holding up the machine gun.
"Fight again!" Platoon Leader Sun changed a magazine and aimed at the fighter plane flying towards him. The bullets sprayed past with a "click, click, click" sound, but did not hit the Japanese aircraft.
"Baga, Baga—" the Japanese pilot's cannon opened fire, kicking up two lines of dust along the street.
"Hahaha, China people, stupid." After the plane pulled up, the fighter plane flew away.
Adjutant Wan looked up at the Japanese plane flying away and sighed, "Alas". When he looked back at Platoon Leader Sun, Platoon Leader Sun and the soldier holding the light machine gun had fallen into a pool of blood, their limbs broken and beyond recognition.
"You damn bastard, you've gone too far to bully others, you've gone too far to bully others." Battalion Commander Chang saw all this through the telescope and cursed in an agitated manner.
After a round of bombing, Battalion Commander Chang led several soldiers to the streets of Jianning, walked up to Platoon Leader Sun and the fallen soldier, took off his military cap, saluted, and said: "Rest in peace, brother will help you avenge yourself."
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After saying that, Battalion Commander Chang took a dozen soldiers to prepare for shooting down the Japanese plane.
Battalion Commander Chang led his brothers to quickly mobilize three heavy machine guns and park them on the second floor of a teahouse, taking advantage of the lull in Japanese aircraft bombings. One machine gun was placed at the entrance of each of the three windows.
Battalion Commander Chang opened the window, squatted in the machine gunner's position, used a telescope to observe the sky in the distance, and estimated the distance and angle with his fingers.
"Listen, you three, follow my orders later. As long as I give the order to fire, no matter whether you can see the enemy plane or not, you will fire at the top of the city wall. You don't need to aim or change the angle. Do you understand?" Battalion Commander Chang said to him.
The three heavy machine gunners said.
"Understood!" the three of them replied in unison.
"You three are responsible for protecting the machine gun bullets."
"yes."
"You three are responsible for opening the windows."
"yes!"
"Adjutant Wan, when you go to the city wall and observe the plane flying over, use the semaphore to report the enemy plane's altitude, direction, and angle to me."
"Promise to complete the mission." Adjutant Wan held a small flag in both hands and ran towards the city wall.
A few minutes later, the "buzzing" sound of an enemy plane came from a distance. Adjutant Wan held up his binoculars and carefully estimated the altitude and speed of the enemy plane, then turned around and waved the small green flag and the small red flag with both hands.
Battalion Commander Chang read the flag and said: "Everyone, get ready!"
"Woo--" The enemy plane began to dive.
"Open the window!"
The three soldiers immediately opened three windows and squatted next to the wall.
"Gunner ready."
The three machine gunners made a "crack" sound, pulled the bolt of their guns, and stared at the top of the city wall.
“Fire—”
"Da da da."
"Da da da."
"Da da da."
Three heavy machine guns spit out three flames, and three tongues of flames passed over the city wall. A Japanese aircraft swooped over and hit the machine gun flames head on. The dense heavy machine gun bullets hit the nose of the plane, and the Japanese pilot was instantly beaten to death.
After passing through the sieve, the plane whirred like a deflated balloon and fell directly onto the streets of the city.
"Ah, ah ah, ah -" the brothers upstairs and downstairs cheered in unison.
Battalion Commander Chang held Platoon Leader Sun's pipe in his hand and said, "Brother, I'm here to help you shoot down the Japs' plane. You can rest in peace."
When Lei Hang brought the division commander's telegram to Yuesong, Yuesong was taking a cigarette break. After reading the telegram, Yuesong shouted: "Great, Commander Dai is Commander Dai. Who said that the reconnaissance team can only conduct reconnaissance?"
My reconnaissance team just goes to work when they see the Japanese, and after the work is done, they just do some reconnaissance, hahaha."