A Donald Duck-style fiasco that Dragon Boat Festival doesn’t want to see.
But as a junior officer, what can he do?
Maybe it would be a good choice to continue to be promoted and increase the military rank. But after Duanwu's calculation, it was almost impossible.
He was promoted from an unknown top soldier in the Security Regiment to the commander of the 88th Division Independent Regiment. This was already an exceptional promotion. If he was promoted further, he would have to ask those veteran warlords if they would agree to it.
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Yes, in Duanwu's eyes, those high-ranking officials were basically old-style warlords. After being severely beaten by the National Revolutionary Army, they suddenly woke up and joined the revolutionary family.
But in essence, warlords are warlords. Sometimes the generalissimo cannot even control them.
Therefore, Duan Wu had little hope of continuing to be promoted. Even though he was the captain of the colonel, Sun Yuanliang thought that he would most likely die in Sihang Warehouse before being promoted.
So it goes without saying that this is a dead end. Including the chairman of the committee, I'm afraid everyone has their own Xiao Jiujiu.
Dragon Boat Festival did not gamble on this chance. In contrast, Dragon Boat Festival wanted to consume the Japanese troops.
There are only so many Japs, if you kill one, you will lose one. Kill until the Japs are gone, and China will win this war.
And today, the Dragon Boat Festival still makes this plan.
At nine o'clock in the morning on November 10th, five Japanese warships will use the cover of fog to conduct reconnaissance and fire at the Huangshan Fort in order to understand the firepower distribution of the Huangshan Fort.
After the reconnaissance was frustrated, the Japanese would retaliate against the Huangshan Fort. First, reconnaissance planes were dispatched for reconnaissance, and then in the afternoon, several fighter jets and bombers carried out retaliatory bombings on the Huangshan Fort.
Little did the little devils know that most of the fortress positions were built in caves. Even if they flew fighter planes and bombed and strafed the fortress, it was ineffective. On the contrary, the imported German anti-aircraft guns exerted their firepower advantage and shot down three Japanese planes.
A Japanese second lieutenant pilot parachuted to escape.
This is the Japanese we are waiting for during the Dragon Boat Festival.
The Japanese still attach great importance to their pilots. Especially excellent pilots.
As a second lieutenant pilot, captain level, the Japs will not give up easily. And during the Dragon Boat Festival, this Japs pilot will be used to fish.
Dragon Boat Festival ordered Zhou Dabang and his men to drive the Japanese pilots into the forest.
This was a delicate job, to scare the Japanese away but not to let the Japanese notice that he had been discovered.
Moreover, the Japs pilot must see that there are very few people chasing him and he has a chance to escape, otherwise other Japs will not take the risk to save him.
Duanwu guessed that in order to save the pilot, the little devil would dispatch at least a small team of troops.
The weapons and equipment of this small group of Japanese soldiers are the reason why Dragon Boat Festival has been squatting here.
Duanwu's independent regiment was very short of ammunition, although Wan Yi tightened his belt and got some 9mm pistol bullets for Duanwu. Duanwu also borrowed ten boxes of grenades.
But this is not enough. There are currently more than 330 people in the independent group. Only about 60 of them are armed with MP28 submachine guns, and 40 are equipped with German-made shell guns.
As for the American m1911 military pistols, most of them have become decorations. When they run out of bullets and have no supplies, they become scrap metal.
Most of the remaining soldiers are holding Japanese-style weapons. Light machine guns, Type 38 rifles, etc.
Although six grenade tubes remain, they lack shells.
Rifle bullets and machine gun bullets are also in short supply. Some soldiers even have only two bullets left in their guns.
Therefore, if Dragon Boat Festival wants to continue fighting, weapons and equipment must be replenished, especially Japanese ammunition.
Time passed by, and the Japanese finally appeared on the river.
The Japanese were afraid of being discovered, so they did not take a large ship. Instead, they found a bamboo raft from somewhere and slowly rowed it across the river.
Half an hour later, ten Japanese soldiers came ashore first and formed a defensive formation on the bank to cover the Japanese soldiers behind them.
Xie Jinyuan looked through the telescope and said with admiration: "You guessed it right, regiment again. There are a total of sixty Japs. They are a small team of Japs, led by a second lieutenant officer."
"Sixty Japs can only replenish some of our ammunition, but it's far from enough."
Duanwu shook his head and said, there is a feeling that a clever woman cannot make a meal without rice. If this were placed in modern times, how could soldiers on the battlefield worry about insufficient ammunition?
But this is a true portrayal of the soldiers of that era. They did not have enough weapons and ammunition to deal with the Japs. Many people even took the risk to pick up the Japs' weapons and equipment on the battlefield and were killed by the enemy in front of the battle.
At this time, Duanwu also felt the helplessness of lack of ammunition.
"Tuanzu, let's fight? Sixty Japanese are not enough to fill our teeth."
Zhu Shengzhong volunteered to fight for the first time.
Duanwu scolded: "Get out of here, you know, they just landed, they are always ready to escape. These devils are slipping."
Send someone to ask Zhou Dabang to make some noise for me, so that the Japanese pilots can continue to call for help.
And you lead the independent battalion to ambush the enemy at the place where they must pass. Remember this, kid, if you let a Japanese soldier escape, I will use you as a gunman."
"It's a group seat, hehe!"
Zhu Shengzhong was scolded, but he was quite happy and ran away with the people from the independent camp.
There are still more than 100 people in the Independence Camp. How can you deal with dozens of Japanese and not just pinch them with your hands?
Duanwu continued to stare at the Japs. When he saw more than forty Japs starting to take action, Duanwu called Sun Shiyu over again and said: "You take the new battalion and go around from behind the Japs. Once the independent battalion gets into trouble with the Japs,
Hit the Japanese from behind so that they cannot take care of both the front and rear."
Sun Shiyu said: "Tuanzuo, are you too careful? With the strength of the independent battalion and three times the advantage over the enemy, more than forty Japanese soldiers can definitely end the battle within five minutes."
Duan Wu hugged Sun Shiyu's neck, pushed Sun Shiyu's body down and said: "Concentrate superior forces and destroy the enemy as quickly as possible. Don't take any chances. Otherwise we will pay an extremely painful price."
"I understand, Danzai."
Sun Shiyu nodded, Duanwu let go, and Sun Shiyu led the people away to take the escape route of the little devil.
At this time, there were still about a dozen Japanese soldiers left on the river beach, probably a small detachment. They were guarding the bamboo rafts to search for the troops and guard their retreat.
There were no bunkers on the river beach, so it was very difficult to get close. The nearest bunker to the Japanese was about 150 meters away.
Duanwu shouted: "Lao Xie, take a few good marksmen with me. There are sixteen Japanese in total. We must end the battle within thirty seconds."
Xie Jinyuan was surprised and asked: "Tuanzu, why do you have to end the battle within thirty seconds?..."