Chapter 5 The war begins, and the military division becomes an army (forty-eight)
The nominal supreme commander of the Self-Defense Forces is Qiu Faming. As a young and vigorous officer, when he first received this mission, he once imagined how to use this civilian armed force to fight a beautiful battle, so as to prepare for the grassroots in the future. Make some money, but the reality is cruel. As a civilian armed force, the Self-Defense Forces have mixed personal qualities, and their discipline is even worse. How can they be so easy to lead? Speaking of which, Qiu Faming is quite lucky. Why is he so To put it bluntly, at least this self-defense force is much better than the puppet troops who can only fight with the wind. Although the casualties are heavy, the entire brigade has not collapsed from beginning to end. At this point in the battle, the countrymen, friends and even brothers have been killed. Most of the self-defense team members whose eyes were dyed red with blood had been so angry that they had lost their minds and had long ignored his existence. In this case, although Qiu Faning knew that this method of fighting was wrong, he could not convince himself. The officers of the Guards, compared with when they first entered the battle, the red-eyed self-defense team members now completely ignored the threat of death, and just continued to launch rounds of charges towards the Japanese defensive positions.
"Brothers, stop, listen to me..." Qiu Faming tried his best to stop the blind self-defense team members, but no one listened. The bad-tempered one even retorted: "Stop the ball, it's not your brother who will die." , of course you don’t care.”
"No, everyone listen to me..." Qiu Fanming wanted to say something else, but an old self-defense soldier with a bad temper pushed him directly into the field.
"We have so many more people than Little Japan. I don't believe we can't destroy them." The veteran team member hugged the old muff tightly and gritted his teeth.
Most of the self-defense members probably had this idea, so after a group of comrades fell, they rushed in with another group without hesitation.
Listening to the intensive gunshots, screams, and groans coming from the direction of the village entrance, Qiu Faming sat in the field and felt like crying for the first time. Suddenly, he saw a team with unusually familiar military uniforms approaching from the south. , knowing that it was his own army, he cheered up, climbed up, and trotted towards them.
Qi Guangyuan and Qiu Faming were also acquaintances. He saw a group of self-defense team members rushing toward the village entrances on both sides of Zhangjiagang. Commander Qiu Faming came up to them alone. When he got closer, he saw the corpses not far away and the people on the ground. The wounded man's face became serious and asked: "What's going on?"
Qiu Faming blushed and said: "It's chaos, it's completely chaos. I can't command them. Now the little devils are hiding in the village. They are acting recklessly."
The reason why Zhang Zizhong wanted to send Qi Guangyuan over was because he was worried that the Self-Defense Forces alone would not be able to deal with this group of Japs. Although this group of Japs was small in number, if they were to join the Li Zhuang battle from the periphery, it would definitely be a serious problem for the entire situation. In addition, Zhang Zizhong was also afraid that this group of Japanese would have other ulterior motives, so he mobilized the pistol regiment that was easily inactive to solve this problem in one fell swoop.
When Qi Guangyuan came with his troops, he saw the battle situation in Zhangjiagang from a distance. When he saw that the Self-Defense Forces had suffered so many casualties, and that Qiu Faming, the commander, was helpless, he sighed heavily and said, "Little Qiu, it seems that you haven't learned anything from being with Master in the past few years." Then, leaving him behind, he led two personal guards to meet the self-defense team members who were marching forward bravely, and stood on the road At the same time, he put his hands on his hips and said loudly: "Brothers of the Self-Defense Forces, you have held back the little devils and have successfully completed the task of the division. For this, you have paid a lot of price. Next, the task of annihilating them will be Leave it to our pistol regiment, you go down to rest first and take care of the wounded, and then we can celebrate the victory together after we destroy this gang of Japanese."
As early as when the soldiers of the pistol regiment appeared in neat formation, the sharp-eyed self-defense team members had already seen them. At this time, at the entrance of the two villages in the north and south of Zhangjiagang, dozens of self-defense team members were shooting at the little devils. Among them, from time to time there were Several impulsive team members stood and were mowed down by the Japanese's heavy machine guns. First, a few self-defense team members withdrew, then a small team, and then the entire brigade. One after another, the incomplete men and horses withdrew. Then, they saw Seeing the corpses of relatives, friends and comrades lying on the roadside, many young people shed tears in their eyes. They rushed to Qi Guangyuan and shouted with tears in their voices: "Sir, avenge our brothers."
Qi Guangyuan waved his hand forcefully and said firmly: "Don't worry, we won't let a little Japanese go."
The self-defense members slowly withdrew from the battle, and the soldiers of the pistol regiment selectively filled in. The little devils in the fortifications at the entrance of the village discovered this scene, and immediately informed Jiu Zheng, who was commanding the troops to besiege Huang Youyun in the village. Huang Youyun and the others The existence in Zhang Xiaochun's yard is equivalent to a bomb hidden in Jiu Zhengbu's body. That's why Jiu Zheng is so anxious to solve it. However, with the help of the underground, Huang Youyun and the others are difficult to attack. came out, but it was not easy for Jiuzheng to destroy them. When the Self-Defense Forces just came over, because they suffered losses at the beginning, Jiuzheng did not know what kind of army the opponent was, so he was cautious when facing a powerful enemy. Wait, now, after this period of blocking battle, he has figured out the details of the Self-Defense Force, which is just a ragtag group. Originally, he wanted to get rid of Huang Youyun and others first before attacking outwards, but The arrival of the 38th Division Pistol Regiment forced him to change his plan again.
Experts can tell if there is one as soon as they reach out. Qi Guangyuan has no special arrangement. However, the uniform uniforms and calm and sophisticated combat methods of the soldiers of the pistol regiment give Jiu Zheng reason to believe that the enemy in front of him is not the same one just now. What those mud-legged guys can do,
"Let's wait until they attack." Jiuzheng is a cunning little devil. Perhaps he has tasted the benefits from the defensive battle just now. Now he wants to repeat the same trick.
"吆西." His men also found pleasure from the battle just now. They all grinned, shook their heads and carried out the orders.
"The troops coming this time seem to be regular troops from China, so be careful." Some Japanese also expressed this opinion.
However, not many people listened. Jiu Zheng carefully observed the equipment of the pistol regiment through the telescope, and found that the opponent was not even equipped with mortars, so he was somewhat confident. There were plains near Zhangjiagang Village, except for the village. , there is no usable terrain around it. In this way, they have a natural fortification by owning the village. This is also the main reason why he wants to stay here.
But is this really how the Pistol Regiment can be dealt with? If he knew that the Pistol Regiment of the 38th Division was the same as the Wolf Fang and Sword of the Cadet Army, he might not think so.