The bandits in Feixi Shiba Village didn't know what happened to the Independent Regiment, and they were all waiting not far away to watch the show. As a result, the Independent Regiment opened up its posture, but after waiting for a long time, the fight didn't start.
Don't know what they are doing.
The bandits in the Eighteenth Village could not help but gossip.
"The people from the Independent Group haven't seen any movement for a long time. Could it be that they have given in?"
"It looks like the fight started a long time ago, so why hasn't there been any movement for a long time?"
"So, Commander Xu Da is also a manipulator of tricks on the bridge. He is just a man of words."
Among the crowd, Yang Banan frowned and said nothing. He knew that things would not be that simple. The artillery brigade that Xu Rui said would fight the Japanese would definitely fight.
Sun Changhe came over and asked in a low voice: "Shen Zuo, what are Xu Tuan Zuo waiting for?"
Sun Changhe also didn't believe that Xu Rui was just talking. One could lead hundreds of remnants to break out of Wuxi, one could lead hundreds of remnants to annihilate the Chongteng detachment in Nantong, and the other could single-handedly kill the Japanese Army.
How could these bandits be able to match the fierceness of the army?
Sun Changhe was more willing to believe that Xu Rui was waiting for a suitable fighter opportunity.
Yang Balan shook his head when he heard this, saying that he didn't know either, and he really didn't know either.
At this time, I suddenly saw a figure running over in a hurry, shouting from a distance: "Adjutant Sun? Is Adjutant Sun here?"
Yang Balan recognized that this was Xu Rui's guard Lei Xiang, so he stood up and responded: "Lei Xiang, we are here."
"Adjutant Sun, you made it easy for me to find you." Lei Xiang hurried over and gasped, "The regiment leader asked me to come to you and said he wanted to borrow the machine gun from your guard platoon."
"Borrow a gun?" Sun Changhe said, "Please tell the group for me that I won't lend you a gun, but you can borrow someone else."
"The captain had expected that you would say that." Lei Xiang laughed and added, "The captain also said that if you are only willing to lend people but not guns, then you can borrow both the people and the guns.
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"This is possible." Sun Changhe added, "But, can I ask, what tasks does the commander intend to assign to our guard?"
Lei Xiang said suddenly: "Wouldn't you know it when you go?"
After saying that, Lei Xiang turned around and left without waiting for Sun Changhe.
Sun Changhe turned to Yang Banan and said: "Sen Zuo, looking at this posture, Xu Tuan Zuo seems to be confident, so I will take the brothers and leave first."
"Go." Yang Banan smiled and waved.
Watching Sun Changhe and the guards line up away, Tang Kaishan came over and asked Yang Banan: "Sir Yang, you have been leaving our brothers in the Feixi Eighteenth Village aside for a long time, but there has never been a fight. This is
Where can I sing?"
"Everyone in the Tang Dynasty, please be calm and don't be impatient." Yang Banan could only reassure him. As for what kind of medicine Xu Rui was selling in his gourd, who was he going to ask?
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Also unable to guess what Xu Rui was thinking was Major General Kameda Eiichi, the brigade commander of the 5th Brigade of the Japanese Independent Field Heavy Artillery.
At this time, Kameda Eiichi had already received a call from the Central China Front headquarters and learned that the division headquarters of the Kumamoto Division had been taken over. He also knew that Shiro Inaba, an Osaka businessman, had surrendered to the Chinese, and he also knew that he
The heavy artillery brigade has now become a lone army.
However, even though he was alone, even if the reinforcements would arrive in three days at the fastest, Kameda Eiichi didn't take it to heart. Unlike Inaba Shiro, a greedy Osaka businessman who was afraid of death, Kameda Eiichi
But he was a fanatical militarist. For him, death was not a fear of the road, but an honor. Don't believe it, there were many Japanese soldiers who thought so.
Of course, this does not mean that Kameda Eiichi will be so stupid that he seeks death.
In fact, it's just the opposite. Kameda Eiichi, an old Japanese soldier, is not stupid, but cunning, and he also has a clear understanding of the current situation between ourselves and the enemy.
To give an intuitive example, after blocking the attack of the National Army, the Japanese infantry will most likely launch a counterattack in order to kill the effective strength of the National Army as much as possible. However, before, the 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery defeated the Fei
After the Western bandits attacked, they did not take advantage of the situation to fight back.
It's not that the Japanese didn't want to fight back, but that old Japanese like Kameda Eiichi gave strict orders.
Although this order allowed Hixi's bandits to rescue their injured comrades, it also saved the infantry of the 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery from the risk of being ambushed. In the current situation, Kameda Eiichi's
This move is undoubtedly the right one, because he has no capital to take risks, he must seek stability!
Kameda Eiichi knows very well that for the 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery, the most dangerous thing is tonight. As long as they survive this night and wait until daybreak, they will be able to get air support from the aviation force, and the pressure will be on them.
It will be greatly alleviated.
After a day of unsuccessful attacks, the momentum of the National Army will inevitably decline. In the next two days, their pressure will be relatively weakened. Therefore, this first night is the most difficult and dangerous, so he
You can't even take risks.
However, the fact that the independent group did not take action still made Kameda Eiichi feel a little strange.
Because he was unsure, Kameda Eiichi left the headquarters and came to the forward position.
Kameda Eiichi's 5th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Brigade was deployed against the Fei River. Behind them was the Fei River flowing from north to south. Only a small number of troops were needed to guard the stone bridge across the river.
The entire brigade was protected from threats from the east bank of the Fei River.
On the north and west sides of the artillery position, there are more than a dozen hills of varying heights. The 1st Infantry Battalion of the Heavy Artillery Brigade relied on these dozen hills to build a solid fortification group.
Kameda Eiichi is also not worried about threats from the north or west.
What Eiichi Kameda is most worried about is the defense in the south of the position. Because the terrain to the south of the artillery position is flat, the Japanese army has no danger of defending it. This direction is the most vulnerable to attack. It is precisely because of this that Eiichi Kameda moved the infantry
The entire 2nd Battalion was positioned to the south of the position.
Confused and worried, Kameda Eiichi arrived at the southern position.
The captain of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, Ogura Jiro, rushed up to greet him.
"Okura-san, is there still no change in the China Army?" Kameda Eiichi asked.
"Hai." Oguraji paused heavily and said, "There is still no change in the China Army."
Kameda Hideichi held up the telescope and looked at it for a long time. Still puzzled, he asked Kogunji: "Okura-san, what do you think the Chinese army on the opposite side is waiting for?"
"This humble position is really hard to guess." Oguraji shook his head and said, "However, Xu Rui, the commander of the China Army, is a scheming and ruthless character. Several generals have fallen into his hands before, and this time it is even more so.
Even Inaba Shiro was captured by him, so the General needs to be careful."
"Sodesna." Kameda Eiichi was convinced, "Okura-san is saying that this Xu Rui is indeed very cunning. Until now, we still don't know how he and his independent group are.
He deceived the Kumamoto Division, so I will definitely be more careful."
While speaking, Kameda Eiichi seemed to hear a faint muffled sound.
At that moment, Kameda Eiichi asked Ogura Jiro: "Ogura-san, did you hear anything?"
Ogura Jiro obviously didn't hear anything, but he still listened for a moment and then shook his head.
Kameda Eiichi also thought he heard wrongly, and when he was about to return to the headquarters, he heard another pop, and it was clearer than the one just now. This sound was the same as when he was a child in his hometown when he followed his father to the ground.
The sound of using a hoe to hoe the ground while working is almost the same.
Hoe the ground? Hoe the ground?!
Kameda Eiichi suddenly shivered with excitement and thought of a possibility!
The next moment, Kameda Eiichi immediately roared: "Dig the tunnel, blast the engineers!"
"Nani?" Jiro Ogura was confused, "Digming tunnels, blasting engineers?"
"Yes, it means digging the tunnel and then blasting it with engineers! This is the reason why the Chinese army did not attack!" Kameda Eiichi shouted, "What a cunning Xu Rui. He is indeed cunning and cunning. He actually thought of digging a tunnel and blasting it directly.
Our ammunition depot!"
"Blow up the ammunition depot?!" Ogura Jiro understood now and shuddered at that time.
God, if the Chinese really dig a tunnel under their ammunition depot and then detonate it, the consequences will be disastrous, because the ammunition depot is stocked with tens of thousands of heavy artillery shells. If these shells are exploded at the same time, it will be enough to destroy the entire artillery force.
The position was blown up, along with all the artillery on the position!
"Quick!" Kameda Eiichi said urgently, "Let the engineers come over immediately with the monitoring equipment."
The so-called monitoring equipment is actually a big urn. Although this equipment is primitive, its monitoring effect is no worse than the high-tech equipment of later generations. Soon, the engineers determined that the Independent Regiment was indeed digging tunnels, and in more than one direction.
It is digging forward from several directions at the same time.
Now Kameda Eiichi couldn't sit still, and immediately mobilized all the more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers belonging to the two heavy artillery regiments, and began to dig hard. Anyway, there was no artillery to shoot, so these artillerymen were idle.
, the trenches dug can not only cut off the Chinese tunnels, but can also be used for fortifications, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Therefore, Kameda Eiichi gave two heavy artillery regiments and more than 5,000 Japanese artillerymen a death order, asking them to dig three front and rear trenches around the entire artillery position. Except for the east side of the Fei River, there was no need to dig in the other three directions.
Three front and rear trenches must be dug, and they must be deep enough to ensure that the tunnels of the independent regiments are cut off.
Kameda Eiichi gave the order, and more than 5,000 Japanese artillerymen of the 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery immediately started working in full swing. Kameda Eiichi thought he had seen through Xu Rui's trick, but he didn't know that he was so
Only by doing so did he really fall into Xu Rui's plan.
The only reason why Xu Rui asked the four battalions of the Independent Regiment to dig tunnels around the Japanese artillery positions was to mobilize the more than 5,000 Japanese artillerymen who were huddled in the artillery positions. Only by recruiting these more than 5,000 Japanese artillerymen could we
It can create surprise attack opportunities for the Wolf Fang Squadron.
