Chapter five hundred and forty-two successful bridge capture
The Minjiang Bridge is a large bridge about 500 meters long. It is also the only hub connecting the two sides of the Minjiang River in a radius of hundreds of kilometers. The importance is self-evident, and the Japanese will naturally not forget to deploy defensive forces here.
, two infantry squadrons and two air defense squadrons are the entire defense force of the Minjiang Bridge.
This place is already far away from the frontline firefighting area with the Chinese army. It is fifty or sixty miles away. It is already possible to relax the light control with restrictions. Therefore, two small bonfires were lit at both ends of the bridge for the soldiers standing guard to come and relax.
Maybe have some hot water to drink or something.
It was late at night, and it was already 3:30 in the morning. However, Major Kanai Taisaki, the garrison captain in charge of guarding the Minjiang Bridge, always felt a little uneasy for some reason. He didn’t know what was going on, but just now he was lying on the camp bed in the tent.
It had been half an hour, but he kept tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. Finally, he felt a little hungry, so he got up, took an aluminum lunch box, filled it with some rice balls and two salted fish, and poured it into the lunch box.
After drinking some water, we walked to the campfire and sat down.
The campfire was filled with seven or eight soldiers standing guard. Seeing Major Kanai Taisei coming, these soldiers quickly made way for a seat. Kanai Taisei sat down unceremoniously and handed over the lunch box in his hand.
There was a first-class soldier next to him. The first-class soldier quickly took the lunch box and helped to set it up on the bonfire to roast it.
Major Kanai Yasuki was not a serious and rigid person, nor was he as irritable as many Japanese army officers. Seeing so many soldiers gathered around the campfire, he couldn't help laughing and scolding: "So, you guys don't have to stand guard.
Why are you all here? I tell you, go back to your posts quickly, or see how I deal with you!"
When the soldiers saw that Kanai Yasukiyo was not really angry, they became bolder. One soldier boldly said: "Major, don't worry, the Chinese people can't get through. If he dares to come, I will use it."
Bayonets tore out their intestines!"
After hearing this, Major Kanai Yasuki said with a half-smile: "Yoshi, you are quite courageous. Since you have this wish, then I will grant it to you. You can take my letter of introduction to the 22nd Infantry tomorrow.
Go report to the regiment. The 22nd Regiment suffered heavy casualties today and is short of men. I believe Colonel Yoshida Katsu will be very happy to see you!"
"Uh!" The soldier unexpectedly expressed his determination, but was grabbed by the tail. The Chinese people on the opposite side were not ordinary [***], and the entire division reached a consensus on this point. Today is twenty
The Second Regiment and the First Tank Division attacked together for a day, but found nothing except leaving more than a thousand corpses and the remains of dozens of tanks. All of them who were guarding here saw it. Today they just transported
There are dozens of corpse trucks, and each truck is full of dead corpses. This alone can show how brutal the battle was, but now the Major actually said that he would be sent to the 22nd Regiment.
Isn’t this asking yourself to die?
Thinking of this, the soldier wanted to give himself a slap in the face because he was talking too much.
"Haha..." Seeing their companions deflated, the surrounding soldiers all laughed. At this time, several soldiers with missions also stood up and returned to their posts.
At this time, a soldier asked Kanai Yasukiyo: "Your Excellency, Major, judging from today's battle, the Chinese resistance is very fierce. Can we capture the Chinese position in a short time?"
"Of course!" Major Kanai Yasuki seemed very confident. He said in a nonchalant tone: "You have also seen it in Manchuria. The Chinese are a group of cowardly people. The Imperial [***] team is losing now.
It's just temporary. When the division commander sends reinforcements tomorrow, we will definitely be able to capture the Chinese position!"
In order to strengthen his tone, Major Yasuki Kanai waved his arms to encourage him: "Your Excellency, the division commander said that as long as we can defeat the Chinese people on the opposite side, he will give us three days' leave. These three days' leave
We don’t have to abide by military discipline for a while, and then each of you can make a small fortune."
"Oh, is this true?" After hearing this, the eyes of the soldiers and wives around them all lit up, "So we can rob the property of these Chinese people and enjoy their women at will?"
"Idiot, didn't you listen to what Mr. Major said? You don't have to abide by military discipline for three days. That means no one will care about you no matter what you do during these three days." Someone said immediately next to him.
Just as everyone was talking about it, suddenly a soldier on the guard tower not far away pointed forward and said loudly: "Major, look quickly, there is a light coming from the southwest!"
"Nani?" Everyone had turned their heads. After a while, faint lights came from the southwest, and soon the sound of engines also reached everyone's ears.
Looking at the lights in the distance, Kanai Yasuki's eyes became a little suspicious, and he murmured: "So, it seems that the convoy coming here is not small, but how can there be people crossing the bridge in the middle of the night?
Woolen cloth?"
It's not that Kanai Yasuki never thought that there would be an attack from the Chinese army, but this thought only lingered in his mind for less than a second before he threw it out of his mind. There was a regiment in Xiqin Town ahead.
The infantry is guarding. Could it be that the Chinese can silently eliminate a regiment of thousands of troops? This is too nonsense!
In view of this, Kanai Yasuki simply ordered the soldiers to be on alert, and even the sleeping soldiers did not wake up.
Another five or six minutes passed, and the convoy in the distance finally came to a stop in front of the Minjiang Bridge. A young major with a saber stepped out of the first truck, and Kanai Taisaki also greeted him.
The major who got off the car walked up to Kanai Yasukiyo, saluted first and said loudly: "Hello, are you the commander here? I am Major Yutaro Saida of the 24th Search Regiment.
After returning from a mission, please order your department to remove the roadblock and allow us to pass."
With the help of the headlights and firelight of the car, looking at the young face of the major on the other side, Kanai Yasuki could not help but be slightly surprised. This major was really too young. He must have been in his twenties.
Although Kanai Yasukiyo was slightly startled, he quickly returned the military salute and said: "Hello, Your Excellency, I am the commander here, Major Kanai Yasukiyo. I have been ordered to guard the bridge here. Please show me your ID."
"Of course!" The young major who called himself Yutaro Saida nodded, took out his ID from his pocket and handed it to him.
Kanai Yasuki took the certificate and checked it under dim lights and firelight. Basically, he found nothing unusual. After returning the certificate to the other party, he asked with a smile on his face: "Yoshi, thank you for your hard work, Saida-kun.
Do you still have missions at this late hour?"
Yutaro Saida took the certificate and put it back in his pocket, and said with a smile: "There is no way. We have to carry out the order given by the division commander himself. I am really sorry to bother you all so late."
Kanai Yasuki just nodded slightly and looked up at the convoy that had just arrived. He saw that the convoy was so long that the tail could hardly be seen. It looked like there were hundreds of trucks. He couldn't help but have a look in his eyes.
With a look of doubt, he walked to the back of a stolen truck and pulled up the tarpaulin behind the truck to take a look. He found that all the people sitting in the truck were fully armed Japanese soldiers. He couldn't help but be secretly shocked. Seeing this scene, he was shocked.
The train crew numbered at least two to three thousand people.
This Yutaro Saida was naturally Shota Ishida. Seeing that the other party had no intention of showing off, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He quickly walked to the other party, took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms, took out one and handed it to the other party:
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Kanjing. Please have a cigarette!"
Kanai Yasuki took the cigarette and looked at it, and couldn't help but smile: "Yoshi, Camel brand cigarettes. These cigarettes are good. I didn't expect Saida-kun to even get American cigarettes. It's really amazing!"
This Major Saida Yutaro was naturally disguised as Ishida Shota. While talking to the other party, he took the opportunity to look around the bridge. In addition to the dozen people standing guard on the bridge and a few people sitting by the bonfire, there were also other people around the bridge.
Dozens of tents were set up, and most of the troops guarding the bridge were probably sleeping. There were more than a dozen H-type 40-caliber anti-aircraft cannons near the bridge, with their black muzzles pointing diagonally at the sky. Only these high-altitude
There was no one on duty next to the cannon. It seemed that all the artillerymen had gone to sleep.
Withdrawing his gaze, Shota Ishida smiled and said: "Your Excellency Kanai, there is nothing we can do. It's getting late now. Do you think you can let the soldiers pass first? The division commander is still waiting for me to report to him.
What's the situation?"
Kanai Yasuki thought for a while, feeling that something was wrong but couldn't remember it. He wanted to call the division headquarters to ask, but there was no phone installed here, so he nodded helplessly: "Okay then.
, you can pass."
"Yoshi, thank you so much, Mr. Kanai." After hearing this, Shota Ishida finally breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly lowered his right hand from the pistol on his waist, with a smile of relief on his face.
, and turned his head and waved to the convoy behind to indicate that the convoy could continue to move forward. At this time, Kanai Yasuki also gestured to the sentry behind him to ask the soldiers to move the roadblock.
As soon as the roadblocks were removed, the convoy behind them immediately turned up the accelerator and drove towards the bridge, as if they couldn't wait a moment longer.
Seeing these convoys eager to cross the bridge, Kanai Yasuki's uneasiness increased. He tentatively smiled at Shota Ishida who was standing next to him and still didn't get on the bus: "Saida-kun, your subordinates are really
It’s urgent, it seems they can’t wait any longer.”
"Haha..." What else could Shota Ishida say at this time? He could only answer his question with a dry laugh.
Seeing Ishida Shota avoiding answering, Kanai Yasuki became more and more suspicious. Although he wanted to continue testing, he felt it was a bit rude, so he had to turn his attention to the motorcade passing by.
At this time, the motorcade was traveling too fast, raising a lot of dust, and the entire road was covered in gray. In order to avoid the dust, Kanai Yasukiyo and Ishida Shota had to retreat to the side of the road.
"Ahem..."
Kanai Yasuki was coughing while staring at the trucks that kept passing by. Suddenly, a flash of thunder seemed to flash in his mind, and his eyes widened. He suddenly discovered a very serious problem. The finger with a changed expression suddenly
He looked at the truck in front and exclaimed: "No, these trucks are not the trucks of the Imperial Army. I have seen these trucks. They are trucks made by the Americans. These people are not the army of our Japanese Empire!"
Kanai Yasuki exclaimed and turned around to call someone, but the first thing he saw was a young and ferocious face. He only saw the other person smiling ferociously and saying softly: "Kanai-kun, you know too much.
"
As soon as he said this sentence, he felt a stinging pain coming from his armpit, and then a severe pain was transmitted into his mind through the nerves. At the same time, his mouth was also covered, and he struggled feebly.
After a few clicks, my vision soon went dark and I didn't know anything anymore.
The person who killed Kanai Yasuki was naturally Ishida Shota who was ordered to seize the bridge. There was no one around when he did this, and the dust raised by the truck also obscured people's sight. In addition, the surrounding visibility was too low.
This also resulted in the dozen or so Japanese troops not far away not noticing the movement here.
After killing Kanai Yasukiyo, Ishida Shota put down his body, wiped the bayonet on the body a few times and then inserted it back into the leather holster hanging on his waist. He walked quickly to the roadside,
He took out a flashlight from the cloth bag on his waist and shook it a few times.
As the flashlight in his hand shook, the convoy behind him quickly stopped in front of him. When the convoy stopped, the baffle of the carriage opened, and groups of soldiers wearing Japanese army uniforms immediately jumped out of the carriage.
Under the leadership of the officer, they ran to Shota Ishida.
Many of these soldiers were holding Type 38 rifles, but some were holding Thompson submachine guns. When they came to Shota Ishida, Shota Ishida immediately pulled out his command sword and pointed it at the more than ten Japanese soldiers standing aside.
He drank with all his strength and said, "Everyone listen to my order and fire!"
"Da da da……"
"Bagou...Bagou..."
The sound of rifles and submachine guns mixed with the sound immediately rang out on the bridge. More than a dozen Japanese sentries beside the bridge were immediately drowned by countless bullets without knowing what was going on.
Human life is fragile. In less than a few seconds, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were beaten to a pulp. But no one showed mercy to these people now. After those soldiers knocked down the sentry, Shota Ishida again
He waved his command sword and shouted at the row of tents not far away: "Give Tus!"
Under his order, hundreds of soldiers who got off the bus immediately rushed towards the tent not far from the bridge. Behind them, more soldiers who were getting off the bus were also heading back here.
The gunfire that rang out in the silent night spread very far in the night sky. It must be said that the Japanese army's reaction speed was very fast. The moment the gunfire rang out, the Japanese soldiers who were sleeping in the tent jumped one after another.
During the war, soldiers always kept their guns close to their bodies. Just as they were getting out of the tent one after another, grenades with blank eyes flew to their feet.
"Boom boom boom..."
Countless violent explosions sounded near the bridge. Along with the explosions, countless bullets emitting scorching heat flew away. Dozens of Japanese soldiers who had just rushed out of the tent were blasted into the west.
"Da da da... da da da..."
In a war, it is easy to be one-sided if you are prepared and unprepared. To be honest, if the two sides officially start a war, the Japanese army in the squadron next to the bridge will be at a disadvantage.
, but there is absolutely no problem in resisting for an hour, but when faced with this situation, they were like newborn babies with no ability to resist at all. They were all annihilated in their tent in less than ten minutes.
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Just as the gunfire here gradually subsided, another burst of faint gunfire came from the other side of the river, and shots were fired from the other side of the bridge.
Shota Ishida, who was holding a submachine gun, looked at the constant firelight on the other side of the bridge and murmured: "Chongteng-kun, please don't let me down. If you fail to seize the bridge over there, what will happen?"
There will definitely be no good fruit from us!”
The other force that just passed by was a team led by Lieutenant Colonel Chongteng Kaga, then the chief of staff of the Japanese rescue [***]. Their mission was to seize control of the bridge at the other end. If Chongteng Kaga could not seize control of the bridge,
If the bridge is successful, then their operation this time will be a failure. This is something Shota Ishida cannot tolerate. Therefore, even though Shota Ishida has always disliked the chief of staff, he does not want anything to happen to him now.
More than ten minutes passed, and the gunshots on the opposite side slowly subsided. After a while, three flares, one red and two green, rose up on the opposite side of the river. I saw them rising slowly, emitting a dazzling light in the dark night.
Shota Ishida couldn't help but be overjoyed. He immediately shouted to a soldier behind him who was carrying a radio: "Quick, report to the headquarters immediately that the operation to seize the bridge has been successful, and the follow-up plan can begin!"
"Hai!"
The soldier immediately turned on the radio and connected to the pre-set channel and shouted loudly: "Moses Moses, the bridge has been captured successfully, the bridge has been captured successfully, and the next plan can begin"!
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In the headquarters of the Chinese army, more than sixty miles away from the bridge, Bai Chongxi, who was standing in front of the map with a serious face and said nothing, received the news immediately. Without thinking, he began to shout loudly: "Now I order