The Japanese captain's name was Ueno Murao, and he belonged to the 101st Regiment of the 101st Division. During the battle at Yunzaobang, their regiment attacked and charged fiercely. They were the first to cross Yunzaobang and capture the Chinese army. position, but they themselves also suffered heavy losses. Most of the officers at all levels in the entire regiment were killed and maimed.
When the Japanese 9th and 3rd Divisions and other friendly forces stormed the town of Dachang, the 101st Regiment did not participate. Instead, they waited on the spot for new recruits to replenish the battle damage. They couldn't wait to pull out the troops just after the repairs were completed last night. Come up and join the fight.
Although most of the two squadrons led by Ueno Murao are newly recruited recruits, their old foundation is still there, and they are known for their fierce and fierce combat. Therefore, when they learned that the 7th advance detachment encountered a setback at Jiangqiao, He immediately rushed over aggressively.
The Jiangqiao in the telescope was shrouded in light mist and was quiet. The ruins of the wall after the fierce battle could be seen, but there were no defenders' fortifications and no figure of the defender was seen. Captain Uenomurao His brows furrowed. Could it be that it had been captured by the 7th Advance Detachment? But where were the people of the 7th Advance Detachment?
"Report!"
Just when Captain Uenomurao was puzzled, a Japanese soldier rushed over in a hurry.
"The bodies of the 7th advance team were found next to the bamboo forest 500 meters to the left."
"Nani?"
Captain Uenomurafu climbed out of the chariot and, surrounded by a group of Japanese soldiers, ran straight to the bamboo forest a few hundred meters away.
On the grass outside the bamboo forest, the corpses of more than sixty Japanese soldiers were placed in a row on the grass. Many of the corpses were separated and their heads were chopped off.
This was not because Yang Ling and others abused the corpse, but because it was accidentally chopped off by Liu Yidao and others during the final hand-to-hand combat between the two sides.
Of course, the heads of the Japanese soldiers were accidentally chopped off, but Yang Ling and the others did it intentionally to strip them naked. Firstly, they took away the spoils of the Japanese soldiers, and secondly, they wanted to vent their anger. Vent anger.
"Bagaya road! Bagaya road!" Captain Uenomura saw so many imperial soldiers beaten to death here and stripped naked. His face was livid with anger, and his facial muscles were shaking with anger. With.
Captain Uenomurao was cursing angrily, and other Japanese officers and soldiers were also furious, and their teeth creaked. In their view, this was an insult to soldiers and they couldn't stand it!
Captain Uenomurao soon turned his full anger towards Jiang Qiao. He wanted to avenge the Imperial soldiers of the 7th advance detachment! He wanted to use the heads of those Chinese soldiers to pay tribute to their spirits in heaven!
Captain Uenomurao quickly called together a group of lieutenants and second lieutenants under his command, spread out the map, and began to assign combat tasks.
"Takahashi-kun, your first team will go to the west of the town to build a defense line, your second team will go to the north, and your third team will go to the south to surround the town! You must not let a fly fly out of the town!"
"Hai!" Squadron leader Takahashi and three Japanese second lieutenants bowed their heads heavily.
Lieutenant Takahashi and three second lieutenant squad leaders took action immediately after receiving the order. The squad leaders summoned more than fifty Japs from their respective headquarters and carried machine gun grenades to other directions in the town in an attempt to surround Jiang Qiao.
"Yoshino-kun, you personally bring people into the town to test the strength of the China Army." Captain Uenomurao waited until Takahashi Squadron left, then turned his attention to a lieutenant officer.
"Boom!" Just as Lieutenant Yoshino was about to respond to the order, several violent explosions suddenly came from the left side. They subconsciously fell to the ground and looked up, seeing a puff of gunpowder smoke rising from the bamboo forest.
"Sir, the Chinese laid mines on the corpses of the imperial army. Lord Kaohsiung and Lord Xiaolin were unfortunately killed..." A disgraced Japanese sergeant quickly ran over.
"Ah! Baga! Chinese people! Baga!" Upon hearing the sergeant's report, Captain Uenomurao was like a dynamite barrel being lit, and he was extremely angry.
Squadron Leader Yoshino saw that Captain Uenomurao was very angry. Without hesitation, he immediately shouted and commanded his two squads of more than a hundred Japanese soldiers to rush straight towards the river bridge.
"Hahaha, this is enough for the little devil to drink a pot." In the house in the landlord's compound, Lao Wangtou heard the explosion outside the town and laughed happily: "Company Commander, guess what, the little devil was killed in the explosion.
How many?"
Yang Ling rolled his eyes at the excited Lao Wangtou: "It's not like you don't know the power of our grenades. They can kill a few Japanese soldiers at most. How many more do you want to kill?"
The grenades that Yang Ling and the others received were all wooden-handled grenades. The manufacturing process was very poor and the quality was uneven. The explosion range was only two or three meters and the lethality was limited. The reason why Yang Ling arranged some mines was to create trouble for the little devils.
Don't act so recklessly.
In fact, the grenades of the Japanese soldiers are very lethal, but what is very annoying is that their grenades are impact fuses. After the safety is removed, they have to be bumped to explode, so they lose the ability to trigger mines.
"Okay, don't just laugh. Check the ammunition. The Japanese soldiers should be coming in soon." Yang Ling gave instructions with a stern look on his face.
There were seven people in Yang Ling's guerrilla group. After hearing Yang Ling's instructions, they all stopped laughing and calmed down. After all, they were about to fight the Japanese with real swords and guns, so they couldn't be careless.
The Japanese soldiers' Type 92 infantry artillery launched an attack, hitting the broken Jiangqiao with 70mm high-explosive shells.
Along with the rumbling sound, a large amount of smoke and dust rose up in Jiangqiao Town. The air waves swept the smoke and stirred up all around. Amidst the violent tremors, the crumbling green tiles on the roofs fell down.
, like a rain, causing the garrison soldiers hiding in the house to curse again and again.
Lao Wangtou and the others hid under a door panel in the corner, listening to the clanging sound of the board being smashed. Although they couldn't be hurt, they still got a bit of dust from their noses.
The Jaizibing Type 92 Infantry Artillery is a magical weapon on the Eastern battlefield. It can shoot both in the direction and in the horizontal direction. It is also light in weight. It is very convenient whether it is dismantled for human transportation or towed by mules and horses. In addition, it is powerful.
The most troublesome weapon for the Chinese defenders.
High-explosive bombs roared wantonly in the town, walls collapsed one after another, smoke and dust filled the air, and the entire river bridge was shaking under the bombardment of the Japanese infantry artillery.
"Someone come and help! Xiao Liuzi is buried!"
The wall of a house collapsed, burying the hiding soldiers. When the others hurriedly dug them out from the rubble, the buried man's face was covered with blood and he was crushed to death.
One guerrilla group was unlucky. The high-explosive bomb penetrated the roof and landed in the house where they were hiding. With a loud bang, all eight people were killed in one pot.
But in general, in the first round of artillery bombardment by the Japanese soldiers, compared with the direct loss of half of the people in the past, the casualties of the defenders this time were not huge.
The artillery stopped, but the gunpowder smoke had not dispersed. The whole town was shrouded in dust and gunpowder smoke, and nothing could be seen. The ears of the defenders were buzzing and they could not hear anything.
About two squads of more than a hundred Japanese soldiers had already swooped towards the town amid the shouts of the officers, and were submerged in the smoke of gunpowder.