Chapter 228: Sichuan Legion joins the ranks
ps: Brothers, start fighting!
"What, Matsuda Jun has led his troops into the mountain?" Ikeda Masao was shocked when he received this news. Although he had the purpose of using the "Chinese Army" to find the "Yasha" as a guide. ☆→☆→,
But there was no intention to directly follow the remaining soldiers of the "Chinese Army" of unknown origin into the mountains to clear out.
The situation in the mountains is unclear, and the Japanese army is not familiar with the situation inside. If you enter rashly, something will happen. Masao Ikeda is anxious. If something happens to Matsuda's troops, in the end, it will be counted on him.
Even if Matsuda made a mistake, he would still be held accountable, not to mention that this time the task of clearing out "Yasha" was under his command, and a military order was also issued.
"Damn it, order Matsuda to withdraw immediately, hurry!"
"Retreat, Major Ikeda is crazy, right?" Matsuda felt incredible when he received the order from Masao Ikeda. Didn't he come according to Ikeda's order?
Ikeda isn't the kind of person who is fickle?
"What does Master Ikeda mean? Do you want us to give up pursuing the enemy?" Lieutenant Moukou was also very puzzled.
"He was worried that we wouldn't be Yasha's opponents?"
"Just, we have nearly a squad of elite soldiers who can defeat a reorganized Chinese division. The 'Yasha' will also attack and assassinate. In the field battle, the 'Yasha' is no match for us at all." Captain Moukou said proudly.
"What Moukou said makes sense. In urban street fighting, the terrain and buildings restrict the actions of the imperial soldiers, which gives them an opportunity to take advantage of it. But in the wild, the soldiers of our empire can be said to be invincible. If they do not pursue them at this time, once they enter the mountains, will everything we have done before be wasted?" Matsuda also agreed with Moukou's opinion.
"Then why not continue chasing!"
"Order the vanguard, once the trace of 'Yasha' is discovered, attack immediately, and the brigade will advance." Matsuda waved his hand and issued an order to continue chasing.
"Hayi!" The commander immediately issued an order to continue moving forward with his order.
"The Japanese army is catching up, boss, look, their vanguards are less than two miles away from us. They are hanging from afar..." Leng Feng came to the front, occupied a commanding height, and used a telescope to observe the movements of the Japanese army.
Although Qinglong Mountain has not high hills, the terrain is complex and the mountain roads are winding. It is very difficult to walk and easy to get lost.
"See, where is the ambush position located?" Leng Feng asked.
"Here, a river beach about 600 meters long, called Snake Valley by locals. In summer, the water and grass are dense, and on the shaded surface of the mountain, snakes appear. It is a very dangerous place. In winter, the river water will drop to a very shallow position and the nearby riverbed will be exposed."
"The location is good. Where is our artillery position?" Leng Feng asked.
"Boss, we have eight mortars in total, four 60 mm and four 80 mm. They were seized from the Japanese army. There are 123 artillery shells. According to calculations, if we want to cut off the Japanese army in half, our artillery positions must be set up at this position, but I have seen this position. The soil is relatively soft. If we set up the gun here, it will affect our shooting accuracy. If it is serious, it may accidentally hurt our own people." Xie Zaoshi explained while introducing.
"Is there a solution?"
"Yes, if we can put soil in sacks and compact our cannon position." Xie Zaoshi said.
"Then do it."
"But we don't have sacks..."
"No sack. Can anything be replaced?"
"Boss, can you use the single clothes that Sichuan Army changed? "
“Didn’t it burn?”
"It's too wet and can't burn it. Even if it's burning, it's full of black smoke. In that way, our location will be exposed, so it doesn't burn." Wang Bin explained.
"Old Xie, can it be used?"
"Yes, why didn't I expect it? Thank you, Wang Bin, you have helped me solve the big problem." Xie Zaoshi thanked happily.
"Go quickly, we don't have much time!" Leng Feng ordered.
"yes!"
Leng Feng calmly calculated the time, Liang Dong and the others' escape speed, and the speed of the Japanese marching.
"Order Liang Dong to block the attack on the spot, delay the Japanese army for at least half an hour, and buy time for Lao Xie to set up artillery positions." Leng Feng ordered.
"yes!"
"Feng Sishuo!"
"arrive!"
"You bring a platoon to disguise himself as a 'Yasha'. After half an hour, support Liang Dong, and then join forces with Liang Dong to retreat toward the Snake Valley!"
"I understand!" After eating and drinking, the Sixth Detachment's mental outlook and combat effectiveness suddenly became different after "replacing the cannons with bird guns". Although they only took on the task of luring the enemy in this battle, this made them very happy and finally could take revenge.
If you want to say hatred, any of the national soldiers who failed to withdraw from Nanjing did not hate him, but their strength was not strong enough. Even if they hated him, their flesh and blood would not be able to compete with the steel bullets of their families.
If they have a little bit of resistance, they don’t want to live so cowardly, or even be bullied and humiliated.
"Brother Wu, if it weren't for your Sichuan Army, I wouldn't have made up my mind to eat this Japanese army!" Leng Feng dared to attack this 800 elite Japanese army, and the main source of confidence was Wu Xinhua's Sichuan Army.
Although less than half of this Sichuan army have recovered their physical strength now, this is enough to be a powerful force.
Leng Feng reduced the Sichuan Army into one battalion, and Wu Xinhua served as battalion commander. Half of the recovery of strength, the Sichuan Army organized into two companies, and equipped them with weapons and equipment almost the same as the Japanese squadron.
In this way, the combat power of these two companies is different. Even if they only recover 70%, it is quite considerable.
"Captain Leng, we have breathed a sigh of relief. We were chased by these turtle sons and almost couldn't get out of the cave. We wouldn't take this revenge for not avenging us!" Wu Xinhua was full of fighting spirit.
"Brother Wu, your task is to ambush the high ground on both sides of the river beach and shoot me hard. You don't need to charge physical work, do you understand?" Leng Feng said.
"Don't that let us be beaten passively?" Wu Xinhua said in confusion.
"No, your physical strength has not recovered yet. You just need to shoot effectively and suppress the Japanese army's firepower. Leave the rest to us," Leng Feng explained.
"Captain Leng is afraid that our Sichuan Army will drag you down?"
"Brother Wu, you know that I didn't mean that." Leng Feng couldn't laugh or cry.
"Captain Leng. Our Sichuan Army is not a baby in the cradle. There is no way to charge in the war. Otherwise, what are we going to do? Please rest assured. We will not lose our chains." Wu Xinhua solemnly assured.
"Okay, Brother Wu, I can promise you to participate in the charge, but your Sichuan Army must do what you can. I don't want non-combat reductions." Leng Feng said.
"Please rest assured Chief Leng!" Wu Xinhua stood attentively and saluted.
"It's still Chief of Staff Leng. Okay, Brother Wu, when did I become your Chief of Staff?" Leng Feng was slightly stunned, a little confused about what Wu Xinhua meant?
"Our Sichuan Army decided to join Brother Leng's capital war and national rescue division. Please allow Chief of Staff Leng to approve it." Wu Xinhua said loudly.
"You want to join the National Rescue Division?" This surprised Leng Feng. Few local troops voluntarily applied to join the Central Army. Of course, the National Rescue Division in the Capital is not considered the Central Army, but at least the airs are from the Central Army, and Wu Xinhua is not without a military organization. How can he explain to his original superiors when doing this? You must know that what these local troops are most afraid of is that they are annexed by the Central Committee.
"Yes!"
"Brother Wu, you have to think clearly that it will be difficult to quit. How will you face your elders in the future?" Leng Feng put himself in Wu Xinhua's shoes and thought.
If this is a bossless guerrilla team, it will be incorporated, and it will be no big deal. Even the remnants of the Central Army will not have much concern.
The key is the local troops, but Leng Feng is not afraid of it. In fact, he is willing to accept the Sichuan Army. But sometimes the forced melon is not sweet, so he didn't mention it, at least now is not the time to mention it.
However, what he didn't expect was that Wu Xinhua brought it up first. This surprised him a little.
"I think it very clearly. This is not my own idea, but all of us. We want to join you, just to follow a team that truly resists Japan and do not let down our wish to go out to Sichuan to fight against Japan," Wu Xinhua said seriously.
"Okay, since Brother Wu has said that, if I don't agree, it's just unkind." Leng Feng stretched out his right hand, "Brother Wu, welcome you to join the National Resistance Army in the Capital!"
"Thank you!" A bright fire broke out in Wu Xinhua's eyes, and his two big hands were tightly clasped together.
"The organization of the National Rescue Division is still different from the reorganized division of the National Army. We now form a total of six detachments. If you join the Sichuan Army, it is the Seventh Detachment."
"The Seventh Detachment is the Seventh Detachment!"
"Okay, we will talk about it in detail when this battle is over." Leng Feng said.
"Yes!" Wu Xinhua saluted again. This time he saluted Leng Feng with a new identity, because from then on, in addition to their comrades and brothers, they also had a relationship between subordinates and superiors.
Although Leng Feng's rib injury was not minor, he still stretched out his right hand to his eyebrows and raised it back to his military salute.
"Captain, how about it? Did Chief Leng agree?" As soon as Wu Xinhua returned to the Sichuan Army, several major officers surrounded him and asked anxiously.
"Chief of Staff Leng agreed. Our regiment is now the Seventh Detachment of the National Rescue Division of the Capital Anti-Japanese War!" Wu Xinhua took a deep breath and announced heavily.
"Really, that's great!"
"We are no longer children who no one wants!" A Sichuan Army officer burst into tears of excitement.
When the Sichuan Army left Sichuan to fight against the war, one of them was excluded and neglected due to poor equipment and backward supply logistics. The war zones were unwilling to accept them, let alone ammunition and logistics supplies.
The Sichuan Army was not very hard, and there were many complaints within it, but the Sichuan Army did not give up on itself and eventually made its reputation on the battlefield of Songhu.
Unfortunately, Chairman Jiang had a secret ill-intention and had the idea of using the Japanese army to consume the strength of these warlords in the country. Under the national justice, it was a shame to use such despicable means.
Of course, the Central Army suffered heavy losses when they did it cleverly, so naturally they could not blame it. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!