Marines can no longer think about the future of Major General Isamu Kumagawa.
First he was deceived, and then he was defeated and suffered huge losses. Even being ordered to commit seppuku was not an unusual thing.
They had no choice but to follow the orders of the army that took over the battle and withdraw to the outskirts of the battlefield to guard the intersection for the newly arrived Chongteng detachment.
And this Chongteng detachment has a name that makes all Chinese people even more angry - "Daiwan Brigade", nicknamed Land Torpedoes.
In fact, the entire Shigeto detachment, like the soldiers of Japan's 6th Division, are all soldiers from Kyushu. However, there are indeed Daiwan people in the army, but they are just cooks and logistics soldiers.
It was not until 1945 that the Japanese, who had exhausted their military resources, formally recruited soldiers in Daiwan. Before that, even though there were some volunteer soldiers, the Japanese were not stupid, and these soldiers were all thrown into the Pacific battlefield.
Not only that, the infantrymen of the Chongteng Brigade coming from all directions, taking the pride of the victorious division, quickly took over the attack launch line of the Japanese Marine Corps.
That is, a trench system covered with sandbags and protected by three fire bases began to assemble troops.
The so-called Chongteng detachment is an independent mixed brigade. At the beginning of the war, the brigade consisted of five infantry brigades and an artillery team, communications team, engineering team, baggage team, etc., with a total number of about 5,000 people.
It is worth mentioning that in order not to lose face in front of the Marine Corps, the Army also sent a tank squadron of twelve 97 medium tanks to join the attack mission.
All this was clearly seen by everyone in Sihang Warehouse. Anyone who had participated in the Battle of Songhu could not help but beat a little drum in their hearts.
Needless to say, there were twelve tanks. Unfortunately, the two combat anti-aircraft guns that were originally snatched were destroyed by continuous fire from the anti-aircraft guns when they were suppressed by the anti-aircraft guns.
So how to deal with those twenty tanks?
Also, depending on the scale, there must be five or six thousand Japs. You must know that at this time, a large group (about 900 people) of Japanese troops can drive away a division of Chinese troops.
And this is not the Japanese Marine Corps. Looking at the yellow uniforms all over the floor, it must be the Japanese Army, which has stronger combat capabilities than the Marine Corps.
Xie Jinyuan, who came out of the office after hearing the news, ran to the observation hole and looked at the dense yellow figures from a distance through the telescope.
The piece seemed to have been dumped with corn sticks all over the ground, but it was the corn sticks on the ground that made Xie Jinyuan feel uncomfortable in his heart.
He is someone who has experienced Japanese attacks. As soon as the whistle blows, the Japanese soldiers will attack like a tide. Especially after just being attacked by the Japanese Marine Corps, there are not many helmet mines left in front of Sihang Warehouse.
So how to defend against the Japanese Army's attack? Can we defend against the Japanese Army's attack according to the previous defense method?
Xie Jinyuan was completely unsure. He asked Yang Ruifu, who was observing the enemy's situation with him,
"Captain Yang, what do you think of the current battle situation, especially since you haven't heard from Mr. Zhang..."
When he mentioned "Mr. Zhang's side", the earnest look in Xie Jinyuan's eyes immediately made Yang Ruifu understand what he was thinking.
Shaking his head, he felt unsure when speaking.
"Tour leader, that Mr. Zhang should...maybe...probably...maybe...have something to do."
Just imagine, he was a German paratrooper who came down from the Spanish battlefield, so he should have experienced such large-scale battles.
But judging from his fighting style, he doesn't look like a soldier coming off the battlefield.
After all, during a great battle, who has time to let the soldiers make kites?
Of course, the effect of kite bombing is not bad, but it is already mid-afternoon, and the wind on the sea is slowly blowing inland. It is already impossible to use kite bombs at this moment.
In terms of artillery, numbers, and tanks, it was impossible for the defenders of the Sihang Warehouse to hold on any longer. Except that the ammunition left by the troops was still sufficient, Yang Ruifu really didn't know how to hold on.
However, at this time, he noticed Xie Jinyuan's gaze. After hearing his uncertain judgment, he still looked at him with burning eyes. In a blink of an eye, he understood that the group leader did not want to listen to his opinion. The group leader wanted to know.
What do you think?
"Sir, I think Mr. Zhang must have seen what's going on outside. I'm going to ask him what he thinks."
At this time, the Japanese troops in the Four Thousand Warehouse were arranging their offensive troops and were arranging their formations. The miscellaneous barracks had prepared meals and were pushing the flatbed carts in the warehouse to various battle positions.
Zhang Sixing still ate the same food as the soldiers. Fortunately, there was a lot of food in the Sixing warehouse. As long as it was mixed with some vegetables and meat, it was easy to make a delicious home-cooked meal with the skills of the Guizhou soldiers.
After finishing the meal, Zhang Sixing, who was dismantling his weapons and cleaning them, was holding a cigar and chatting with Hansen Raul.
Yang Ruifu, who was exhausted and asked him for information, first went to the roof of the building to ask around, and then ran to the room on the first floor specially cleaned by the old smoker Li Youtian and found the officers of the miscellaneous barracks.
Now there are Cao Zijin and Lu Feizhang here. Not only did they take apart their weapons and clean them, they also filled up the empty magazines one by one.
When the sound of Yang Ruifu's riding boots sounded outside the small house, everyone who was chatting lively stopped talking and looked at him with their eyes.
He seemed to be curious about what order he was going to give, but also seemed not to like people who suddenly interrupted everyone's chat.
Seeing that he had become the "cold king", Yang Ruifu smiled awkwardly, and then took out a few more packs of cigarettes from his trouser pocket.
"Mr. Zhang, I know that you are a heavy smoker and it's okay to eat right now. I'll give you a few more packs so that you won't run out of cigarettes when you start smoking later."
"Thanks"
After thanking Zhang Sixing, he opened a pack of cigarettes from the side and spread the white cigarette rolls and the broken cigarette box on the table.
The officers who liked to smoke immediately took out a few of these and that, and then the small room was filled with smoke, like a meeting of immortals.
Licking his lips, Yang Ruifu asked tentatively,
"Mr. Zhang, I see that the Japanese outside seem to have changed their defenses. They are all army soldiers wearing yellow uniforms. They..."
After hearing Yang Ruifu's question, Zhang Sixing, who took a long puff of cigarette and exhaled the smoke, grinned.
"It's nothing. It looks like there are five to six thousand people. I heard that the Japanese Army is good at fighting at night and sets up sentries when they rest at night. As for attacking in the evening, despite their large number of people, I don't think they have much advantage."
After listening to Zhang Sixing's words, Yang Ruifu felt like a blow to the head.
What the hell do I hear? The Japanese Army is much better trained than the Marine Corps, so it's very difficult to deal with it, okay?
From his tone, it seemed that he didn't know much about the Japanese Army's ability to fight. He probably fought many battles in Spain and thought that the Japanese Army fought in the same way as the Europeans.
Yang Ruifu really wanted to say to Zhang Sixing,
"My Uncle Zhang, the Japanese infantry are not that easy to deal with."