123, here we come! Here we come! Tuba Road is here!
"Requesting urgent tactical guidance!"
"Requesting urgent tactical guidance!"
Nanbu Sojiro panicked.
He is the garrison captain of Fanzhuang Railway Station, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
The three gun towers to the west of the station were all destroyed. The Japanese troops that attacked were completely wiped out, causing high tension in the south.
what does that mean?
It means that the invading Tuba Road is fierce! It will take down the train station at any time!
Definitely not an ordinary Tuba Road!
Definitely the strongest Eighth Route Army the Japanese army has ever encountered.
Able to kill three squadrons of Japanese invaders within an hour!
The opponent also has field artillery!
It's not an infantry artillery! It's a field artillery! It's a field artillery with extremely strong ability to attack fortifications! It can easily destroy fortifications!
The two strong gun towers at the back were both destroyed by field artillery.
Even the turrets can't stop it, so what's the use of the station's defenses? Will they be blown up with one shot?
However……
The phone has been disconnected.
The telephone lines were blown up. The radio station was also damaged.
The artillery shells on Tubal Road were too dense. The Japanese army, which was caught off guard, suffered heavy losses from the beginning.
Frankly speaking, the Japanese army was a little arrogant.
They felt that Tubal Road had no ability to attack difficult problems.
Protected by three solid gun towers, Fanzhuang Railway Station is impregnable.
did not expect……
The artillery fire on Tubal Road will be so fierce!
"boom……"
"boom……"
There were also a lot of shells falling.
However, mortars from the Yannan Detachment and the Independent Regiment began to bomb the station again.
According to Zhang Chu's request, no matter where the bomb hits, it only needs to be bombed into the station. Zhang Chu is responsible for supplying artillery shells and the like.
Bombardment is fun for a while, and bombardment is always fun.
It’s just that the shells are consumed a bit quickly.
The mortar consumes ammunition very quickly because its barrel does not easily heat up.
Basically, you can shoot continuously at about 10 rounds a minute. If it doesn't work, just rest for a few minutes and then continue shooting.
In a few minutes, hundreds of shells were gone.
If it were the boss or brigade commander, Li Yunlong would definitely scold him as a prodigal!
How can anyone waste ammunition like this?
But Zhang Chu didn’t think it was a problem.
There really is ammunition!
A Japanese commander's command knife can decompose 20,000 artillery shells.
This decomposition is definitely a bug, but the system seems to have no intention of correcting it. Therefore, Zhang Chu also made full use of it.
"call!"
"Bang!"
A giant foam box falls.
Inside are various artillery shells, separated by cotton wool for shock absorption. There are 200 rounds in one box.
"call!"
"Bang!"
Another huge foam box fell.
There are also 200 rounds of artillery shells inside. There are also a lot of snow-white cotton wool.
"call!"
"Bang!"
The boxes continue to fall.
Cannonballs can be used. Cotton batting can also be used.
Just then, dusk gradually fell. The already cool sky gradually became colder.
The soldiers stuffed cotton wool into their thin cotton clothes to keep out the cold.
"call!"
"Bang!"
Ten airdrop boxes fall in succession.
A total of 2,000 rounds of artillery shells were delivered.
Although this airdrop method is very crude and unreasonable, it is indeed very fast.
When in urgent need, it is definitely the first choice.
Suddenly I felt a little sleepy.
But recently I haven't even had a good rest.
When the battle started, I could barely hold on. Now that the battle is over, I suddenly feel that the dilemma continues.
Looking at other people, it was basically the same. After a long march and continuous fighting, I felt very sleepy.
This is especially true for the Yannan detachment.
They ran farther and the soldiers became more tired.
"Let's take a rest!" Zhang Chu said.
"No. We must conquer the station in one go." Zhou Cang objected.
After a pause, he added: "Otherwise, the Japanese reinforcements will arrive."
"Then let the Japanese reinforcements arrive." Zhang Chu thought for a while, "Let's evacuate temporarily. Find a place to rest for the night."
"What? Take a night's rest?" Zhou Cang was stunned.
"It will get dark soon. The soldiers are very tired. They need to take a rest. Especially your troops."
"us……"
Zhou Cang was about to speak but stopped.
As a result, I happened to see a soldier who was walking and suddenly collapsed.
But he was so exhausted that he even fell asleep while walking.
Fortunately, I'm still breathing.
"All right……"
Zhou Cang sighed helplessly.
They traveled all the way south and were really exhausted after traveling a long distance.
His own eyes were also bloodshot.
Now that night is falling, everyone is feeling sleepy. If we don't rest, we probably won't last long.
Zhou Cang: "Where should we go to rest?"
Chen Quan: "There is Xinzhuang nearby. Let's go to Xinzhuang!"
Zhang Chu: "Xinzhuang?"
Some battle scenes flashed through my mind.
It seems that two years later, during the Japanese raids, the Independent Regiment was surrounded in Xinzhuang.
Li Yunlong fell ill and made excuses. Wang Xikui died. Sun Desheng died. In the end, Li Yunlong was defeated in Zhaojiayu, married Yang Xiuqin, triggered the Battle of Pinangrad, etc...
"good!"
"We are temporarily retreating to Xinzhuang."
Zhang Chu nodded.
Deploy troops immediately.
Evacuate quickly.
Night fell. The Japanese invaders were completely unaware.
The battlefield gradually became quiet.
The more Nanbu Soujiro thought about it, the worse it became. This was the calm before the storm!
He couldn't help but take out his saber and a Jiecuo, and prepared to commit seppuku. His hands were stained with the blood of the Chinese people, and if they fell into the hands of Tubalu, he would definitely be worse off than dead.
But, strangely enough, there was no sound of gunfire?
One hour……
Two hours...
The night completely enveloped the earth. It was pitch black. It was almost impossible to see even one's fingers.
There was still silence.
All the Japanese invaders were so nervous that they broke into cold sweats.
However, Tubalu did not launch an attack. The wilderness outside was eerily quiet. There seemed to be countless monsters lurking.
Nanbu Soujiro felt that his back was completely cold.
Three hours……
four hours...
It was quiet in the dead of night. There were no insects, no sound, not even the wind.
The Japanese invaders were so nervous that they could hardly breathe.
They all know that Tubalu is best at night fighting. They will definitely launch a night attack.
Once the battle begins, it will be life and death.
However……
In the middle of the night, there was still no movement on Tubal Road.
In the darkness before dawn, Nanbu Soujiro finally recovered a little bit of his energy.
Could it be that Tubal Road retreated?
Nanbu Sojiro simply couldn't believe his luck.
Tubalu was so aggressive that he ran away after the fight?
Don't want to continue attacking the station?
"Report!"
"Someone appears from the west!"
Suddenly, a nervous signal soldier came to report.
Nan Nan suddenly felt excited all over.
I'm coming!
Tubal Road is coming!
It's around five o'clock in the morning, the darkest time!
Tubalu carefully chose this time to launch a surprise attack!
"fire!"
"fire!"
Southern Madness ordered.
He wants to strike first.
He wants to blow up Tubalu first.
Order all grenade launchers to fire.
The garrison did not have infantry artillery, but had many grenade launchers.
The Japanese invaders, who were so nervous that they almost suffocated, threw the grenades frantically. All of them were at the maximum range.
"Boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom..."
To the west of the train station, the fire lit up the night sky.
Nanbu Soujiro was secretly grateful. This time, he finally got back a win.
In the light of the fire, people were constantly being blown up.
Okay! Damn Tubalu!
This must be the outcome!
Little did they know that the one coming from the west was actually a brigade of the Kasahara Regiment.
Kasahara Koizumi found that Dohachi Road was bypassing him and heading towards his rear. He was still uneasy. So he dispatched a brigade to protect the safety of his rear.
The group hurried to the train station.
Who knew that in the darkness, I would be attacked by "enemy" fire.
When a grenade fell, there were dozens of casualties.
"idiot!"
"One of our own!"
"One of our own!"
The captain, Major Kurokawa, was very angry.
Are all the Japanese soldiers stationed at the train station crazy? Shoot at themselves!
I hurriedly sent someone up to contact him.
result……
"Boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom..."
The grenades continued to fire indiscriminately.
Accidentally, the Kurokawa Brigade was killed and dozens more were injured.
"idiot!"
"I want you to commit seppuku!"
Kurokawa was furious.
Immediately send a telegram to report to superiors.
Kasahara Koizumi hurriedly contacted the railway garrison headquarters...
I finally found out it was a misunderstanding.
"idiot!"
"You're dead!"
Kurokawa rushed into the train station angrily to settle the score with Nanbu Soujiro.
But Nanbu Soujiro was also holding back his anger!
Who asked you to come without saying hello?
The darkness before dawn is the time when Tubalu is best at launching raids! How could I have thought that it was one of my own?
If you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for seeking death!
I was so scared that I almost wet my pants. I haven’t settled the score with you yet!
In the end, the two had a quarrel and broke up unhappy.
Major Kurokawa was so angry that he led his troops to leave the train station.
I don't want to stay in this crappy place.
Nanbu Soujiro didn't want to stay either. He wished that the other party would get out as soon as possible.
You almost scared me to death just now. I won't even give you a fart to eat! Get out of here! Get away as far away as possible.
The two chief officers were so furious that the soldiers below almost started fighting.
Fortunately, at this time, Colonel Namada Juzo arrived. He also brought two garrison brigades, each with more than 800 people.
Because it is a garrison and is not equipped with heavy weapons, the number of people in each garrison brigade must be smaller.
It seems that a field brigade like Kurokawa has a full strength of about 1,100 people. However, after being attacked by Tubal Road before, Kurokawa's brigade only had more than 700 people.
"Nanbu-kun, Kurokawa-kun, the top priority is to eliminate the Tubal Road!"
"The imperial warriors are all on the frontline battlefield!"
Namada Juzo said slowly.
Only then did Nanbu Soujiro and Major Kurokawa calm down.
Yes, there is no point in arguing.
It is important to eliminate Tubal Road.
The misunderstanding just now caused the Kurokawa Brigade to suffer hundreds of casualties.
If they didn't rush to clear up Tubal Road and count these casualties on Tubal Road, neither of them would be able to explain.
If the superiors conduct a thorough investigation, both of them may have a caesarean section to apologize.
Hatada Juzo is saving them.
So they looked at each other angrily and decided to cooperate temporarily.
Namada Juzo nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, his own prestige is average and his military rank is not high.
However, he had a lieutenant general brother, Shigeichi Hatada. Two years ago, he led the Hatada detachment all the way into Wuhan.
At the moment, Namada Juichi is the commander of the 19th Division, with a high position of authority. Others give him more or less face.
“We must take the initiative!”
Namada Juzo, who has a strong army and horses, is ambitious.
Who says the garrison can't make contributions? Now is an excellent opportunity.
With two brigades of his own, plus a brigades from the Kasahara Alliance, with more than 2,000 troops, he can definitely defeat the Tubal Road.
Kurokawa has no objection to this.
He didn't want to sit still and wait for death.
It is also a good thing to take the initiative and eliminate Tubal Road.
The key is to count all the previous casualties on Tubalu's head. This can avoid the possibility of seppuku.
A field brigade, plus two garrison brigade, should be able to win.
For safety reasons, Namada Juzo brought infantry artillery. There were quite a few, eight in total.
Because it is a railway garrison, it has some "temporary requisition" powers.
The military supplies stored in various railway stations can be used when necessary. So Botian brought eight infantry guns.
You have artillery on Tubal Road, right?
I have it too!
I have more infantry guns!
"Everyone, please work hard!"
"His Majesty the Emperor is on board!"
Namada Juzo decided to set out after dawn, sweep westward, and eliminate the Tubal Road in one fell swoop.