Chapter 261 The death of the chief
Most of the bridge deck of Zhongzheng Bridge and the Japanese chariot troops on the bridge all fell into the turbulent river water of the Gan River, but the bridge bombing of the National Army only blocked the Japanese chariot troops.
At almost the same time, the main force of the Japanese 101st Division successfully broke through the national army's blockade and detoured to Shengmi Street in the southwest of Nanchang, where they crossed the Ganjiang River, and headed straight to Nanchang.
The 32nd Army troops ordered to return to Nanchang were still fighting with the Japanese army on the other side of the Ganjiang River. Only a few troops rushed to Nanchang before the Japanese arrived and participated in the battle to defend the city. The situation in Nanchang became increasingly dangerous.
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On the banks of Xiushui River, the riverbank defense position of the 721st Regiment of the 141st Division of the 32nd Army of the former National Army.
A Japanese colonel officer wearing white cotton gloves raised the telescope in his hand and carefully looked at the position they had just occupied.
Through the telescope lenses, the fortifications that had been fully constructed on the positions of the national army were all swept into the colonel's vision.
"Your Excellency Corpsman, our position is too far ahead, please be careful!" A captain with a little eyebrow and a scattered look next to the Japanese officer held the sword around his waist and advised him worriedly:
"Governor Captain, we have just captured this place, and there are many Chinese army defeated soldiers on the position. It is too dangerous for you to stand on the front line with a telescope like this. Can you retreat a little later?"
"Mr. Naida, you're too nervous." The colonel put down the telescope in his hand and said with a smile:
"You have seen that these Chinese troops are not our one-piece general at all. Our soldiers completely defeated them with just two charges. Now these Chinese people have become rats running around, and they don't even have the courage to shoot. What else are you worried about?"
"Besides, even if there are Chinese troops who dare to fight back, aren't you still protecting me?" The colonel smiled and pointed at the seven or eight soldiers around him holding rifles and guarding the surroundings.
"What the captain of the regiment said is." After hearing what the colonel said, the captain, Kamesaburo Inada, nodded, but he still reminded the guards around him: "You guys, you must protect the safety of the regiment captain, do you understand!"
"Hi Yi!"
The guards responded loudly.
The colonel raised his telescope again and looked at his subordinates chasing the fleeing Chinese soldiers, and he couldn't help but feel interested.
"Hey, give me your gun." The colonel shouted to a guard in front of him while taking off his white gloves.
"Ah?" The guard was stunned for a moment, as if he had not understood the orders of his regiment captain.
"Give your rifle to the wing captain, he is going to perform his shooting skills!" Adjutant Captain Kamesaburo Inada took the colonel's telescope and said with some dissatisfaction.
"Hi Yi!" The guard immediately reacted, handed his rifle with respect and picked up the gloves for the Colonel.
"When I was still in the Education Directorate and Communications School, I liked to shoot moving targets with my rifles. Unfortunately, it was difficult to have such an opportunity to shoot against real enemies at that time. Now let me perform for you."
After getting the rifle, the colonel's words obviously became more and more. He first checked the rifle briefly, then skillfully raised the gun and pointed it at a crawling Chinese soldier in the distance.
"Bang!"
The gunshot sounded, and a ball of blood burst out on the back of the Chinese wounded soldier who was crawling with his injured leg a hundred meters away. After twitching for a while, he stopped moving again.
"Good shooting skills!" Captain Aida praised.
But the Colonel was obviously not satisfied with hitting only one crawling wounded soldier. He searched a little and soon found a new target: "Daisha, look at the right side, about 150 meters, there are a few Chinese soldiers who are still fighting stubbornly. Please use a telescope to help me stare at it."
"Yes, your wing captain wants to?" Captain Inada raised his telescope and asked in confusion.
"Bang!"
The colonel did not answer, but pulled the trigger directly.
The Chinese soldiers discovered by the Japanese colonel were four scattered soldiers led by a lieutenant platoon leader. After their comrades fled, they were unwilling to escape just like this, so they stayed on their original positions and insisted on resisting.
But a bullet from the colonel drilled straight into the right eye of the lieutenant platoon leader. He fell back into the trench before he could even make a shout. The other three soldiers looked at each other, cursed a few times and began to retreat.
"Awesome! Clocking right eye!" Captain Inada's screamed, making the guards around him unable to help but cast their eyes.
The colonel seemed to enjoy this pleasure, and he fired three more shots in a row, knocking down the other three running Chinese soldiers, which caused the guards to whisper.
"Your Majesty, your marksmanship is so powerful!"
The guard who had been taken away the rifle handed over a new magazine with a wink and plucked up the courage to flatter the Colonel. A small sergeant like him usually has no chance to flatter the Colonel's regiment captain.
"Well, your gun is well maintained and in good condition." The colonel took the bullet and nodded while pressing it into the chamber.
"Hi Yi!" the guard replied excitedly.
"Bang!Bang!Bang"
The colonel shot three more times, and the three Chinese soldiers who were running away fell down.
"Kun Inada, there are a few escapers over there. Do you want to make a bet? Do you think I can kill the china on the far right with one shot?" Excited to the beating, the colonel grinned and made a bet with his subordinates.
"Is it a little difficult?" Captain Inada carefully observed and found that the several Chinese defeated soldiers mentioned by the colonel were three hundred meters away from them and were still running away.
"Then you're ready!"
The Colonel raised his rifle confidently, and the muzzle slowly moved with the movement of the target.
"Bang!"
The gunshots rang out, and Captain Raisa tried hard to find the target from the telescope, but the Chinese soldiers were still running as if they had not heard the gunshots.
"Old Captain, it seems that I won this time."
Captain Ashida smiled and turned around, but saw a scene that shocked and frightened him.
His corps captain was lying on the ground face down, with a small hole on his back to the left, and a large amount of blood was constantly oozing out from it.
Several guards rushed over the colonel, but they were all experienced veterans. When they saw the huge blood hole in the collar's chest, everyone understood that the colonel was helpless.
"Who! Who fired the gun!"
Captain Naida's voice became sharp. The battle was about to end, and almost all the enemy troops on the position had fled. Under such circumstances, a colonel's corps leader was shot and fell to the ground under the protection of several guards. Captain Naida felt that his face hurt. The bullet not only hit the colonel's back, but also hit their faces.
Chapter completed!