Chapter 371 Strong Wind ()
On the 14th, in the early morning, it was stormy and rainy.
When five o'clock came, Lu Feng ordered everyone to wake up, and then asked the cook to cook a large pot of hot porridge for everyone to fill their stomachs first.
The porridge is minced meat porridge, with beef added. After boiling, sprinkle with salt. Although the taste is not very good, it is easier to stomach than dry food in this hot and humid summer, and it is very filling.
Listening to the thunderstorm outside, Lu Feng's movements in drinking porridge became much gentler.
Lu Feng likes rainy days very much, especially when it rains heavily. When he was a child, he liked to sit in the stainless steel shack, listening to the "crackling" of raindrops above his head, watching them gather and flow from the aqueduct on the eaves, dotted with thunder and lightning.
It's like enjoying a grand performance.
When he grew up, the white noise sounds of rain were Lu Feng's best way to decompress and lullaby when he was a social worker.
In the crowded room, many people who had finished their porridge began to carefully check their weapons and equipment.
again and again.
In order to keep the telegraph room quiet, there was no one else in the room except Yu Manli, who was responsible for sending and receiving telegrams.
After waiting for a long time, Yu Manli finally heard the sound of the telegraph signal, and she quickly began to copy it.
"The "Wind" battalion is hereby ordered to launch an attack on targets 45 to 48 in half an hour, and then proceed in the direction of Chizhi University. The action signal is three green flares."
"Take it over."
As time goes by, the sound of rain outside gradually becomes lighter, and the sky becomes brighter.
Thinking of this, Zhou Weiguo wiped his gun more seriously. No matter how good the weapon is, it needs careful care. Only by taking your weapon seriously can your weapon become your reliable partner on the battlefield.
Lu Feng couldn't help but speak as he watched the soldiers who had packed up their equipment and started to detach themselves out of this hiding spot and headed for the designated combat positions.
After handing the translated message to Zheng Shusen, Yu Manli continued to sit in her original position, maintaining contact with Zhang Wenbai's headquarters at all times.
"Battal Commander, I told you, you are our ace, you have to save it until the end. How can anyone come up and play all the big cards?"
Zheng Shusen hurried to the door of a room.
"Radio."
After all the arrangements were made, Lu Feng was once again grateful that he had pulled Zhou Weiguo over, otherwise he would have had to suffer several losses to be able to think so carefully.
Zhou Weiguo patted Lu Feng's figure, which was already covered in iron armor, smiled and said:
Zheng Shusen ran to Lu Feng and Zhou Weiguo with the message in hand.
"Bah"
"Da da da" "boom"
"Notify others."
The truck and the supplies on it can make up for Lu Feng's shortcomings in battery life. As a driver, Zhang Chu can also help solve some mechanical problems.
The crisp sound of gunfire penetrated the thick rain curtain.
"First round of attack."
After Zhou Weiguo said something to Zheng Shusen, he put on his military cap and helmet.
After all, Lu Feng is almost like a chariot driver after wearing armor. His field of vision is severely limited. It is difficult for him to defend against those sneak attacks by himself.
Lu Feng took Zheng Shusen and Zhang Chu to the truck parked in the yard.
Although Lu Feng didn't say anything and there was no movement from outside, everyone could detect the smell of gunpowder from Lu Feng's order.
This was proposed by Zhou Weiguo after synthesizing Lu Feng's performance data, and is a complete set of combat units specially customized for Lu Feng.
When he sneaked in here the night before yesterday, he asked everyone to bring an extra portion of rations. It seemed that they were sure that there would be no war yesterday.
"Drip drip"
Unfortunately, after arranging this combat unit, Lu Feng and the others only had time to conduct collaborative training for three or two days, and many of the instructions were still unfamiliar to each other.
In Zhou Weiguo's view, Lu Feng is now an armored fighting vehicle with special functions, strong maneuverability in complex environments, but poor endurance.
In addition to being responsible for Lu Feng himself and his logistics supplies and equipment, Zheng Shusen and the others are also Lu Feng's cooperating infantry.
Lu Feng and others raised their heads.
In such a tense and solemn environment, the time came to around seven o'clock in the morning.
In the compartment of the truck, there was Lu Feng's complete set of equipment, as well as two basic numbers of Sulotong machine gun ammunition, two basic numbers of MG34 machine gun ammunition, and two sets of replacement external armor plates.
At the same time, the sound of gunfire also became more intense.
In the room, Yu Manli turned on the radio, hung up her headphones and began to receive telegrams from the headquarters. As a special operations force, the "Wind" Battalion is specially equipped with a radio station that can directly communicate with Zhang Wenbai's headquarters to facilitate Zhang Wenbai's dispatch and command.
Machine gunfire and explosions sounded one after another.
But because of the heavy rain, the sky outside was still gloomy, and there was not much light to see.
And today he woke everyone up so early in the morning.
The presence of Zheng Shusen and others as cooperating infantry can better help Lu Feng collect battlefield conditions in real time, cover Lu Feng's operations, etc.
After Lu Feng glanced at the message, he handed it to Zhou Weiguo.
Zhou Weiguo, who was also checking weapons and equipment, couldn't help but glance at Lu Feng. He felt that his battalion commander still had many mysteries.
"Then my current mission."
"Air defense. As soon as a war starts, the Japanese planes will definitely come over. I'm waiting for you, battalion commander, to fight a few fights and show them to everyone."
Lu Feng looked at the still gloomy sky.
"Battal Commander, you have to believe everyone, believe me. We have been preparing for so long and are so well prepared. We will definitely be able to fight this first battle beautifully."
Lu Feng turned his attention to Zhou Weiguo.
"Okay, I believe in you and everyone."
"Well, I'll go over there first, battalion commander." "Be careful along the way."
Under Lu Feng's gaze, Zhou Weiguo left the private house with the last group of people. Only Lu Feng's team and Yu Manli in the telegraph room were left.
In the early morning of August 14, the Nationalist Army and Japanese troops encountered each other in the Baziqiao area. After negotiations to no avail, the two sides exchanged fire, and the "August 13 Incident" officially broke out.
On the Huangpu River, in the combat conference room of the "Izumo", Hase Aokawa had a smile on his face after receiving the firefight report from the Marine Corps.
Finally, this war developed in the direction he expected.
"With the order, the entire army goes into battle, and the reconnaissance plane takes off immediately to provide artillery guidance for the fleet.
In addition, order the Luwu Flying Team and the air force on the "Fengxiang" in Taipei to send bombers to blow up all the national airports. It is best to eliminate the Chinese Air Force in one fell swoop. "
"Hi."
Hase Aokawa's orders quickly spread through the atmosphere along with radio waves.
Near Wusongkou, two Type 94 water reconnaissance aircraft were put down from the battleship, took off in the heavy rain, and flew towards Zhabei.
Farther away in Tokyo, Japan, the Japanese military headquarters, which had long been mobilized due to the situation in the Songhu area, issued an order for the army to support Shanghai Beach with the ugly look on the face of Prime Minister Sugiyama Gen.
At the same time, orders for air strikes on Chinese airports were also issued to the Japanese aircraft carrier "Fengxiang" patrolling the East China Sea, as well as to the more distant Taipei Hsinchu Airport.
However, due to bad weather, the commander of the "Fengxiang" said that the plane could not take off at all. Only the Kashima Air Force in Hsinchu responded to Hase Aokawa's order and began to prepare for the bombing mission.
At the same time, near Yokohama Road east of the Bazi Bridge, figures of Zhou Weiguo and others quietly appeared in various hidden corners.
Going any further, there is a risk of being discovered by the enemy.
After wiping the rain off his face, Zhou Weiguo raised his telescope and looked at several buildings in front of him.
Three hundred meters away, four tall concrete buildings were the four targets of their first round of operations. In order to maintain better confidentiality, the "Feng" camp named the bunker buildings in the entire Japanese Concession by numbers.
The four buildings in front of us are numbered from 45 to 48. Three of them, 45, 46, and 47, are arranged in a Z-shape, which just blocks this section of the intersection.
Building No. 48 is relatively independent, separated from the other three buildings by a Hengjing River, and just stuck at the west end of the Eight-character Bridge.
At this time, the firing hole of Building No. 48 was already spitting out tongues of fire, frantically suppressing the Central Army soldiers on the other side of the Bazi Bridge.
In Building No. 47, which is closer, some Japanese troops are venting firepower through shooting holes.
When the Central Army's machine guns and mortars hit these buildings, they could only leave some shallow craters, making it difficult to hurt the Japanese troops inside.
Feeling confident, the Japanese army's firepower became more and more crazy.
After simply taking a look at the conditions of these buildings, Zhou Weiguo put down the telescope. How could he have allowed himself to carve the model of this place into his mind over the past few days?
He looked up at the sky.
The existence of this heavy rain greatly reduced the effect of the fire attack, and at the same time provided an excellent cover for them to lurk closer.
It can only be said that there are advantages and disadvantages.
"bang bang bang"
After three consecutive cannon shots, Zhou Weiguo and others saw three green flares slowly falling in the sky.
"attack."
In fact, no order from Zhou Weiguo was needed. The moment they saw the signal flare, the soldiers from the "Wind" Battalion rushed out.
Standing at the relatively back command position, Zhou Weiguo discovered that almost all the soldiers in the "Wind" Battalion knew what they were going to do and where they were going.
The soldiers walked in the mud, quickly crossed the three hundred meters distance, and quickly moved towards the target.
At the same time, the Central Army on the other side of the Bazi Bridge also launched an attack. The intensive firepower immediately attracted the attention of the Japanese troops in several bunkers.
By the time the Japanese army discovered the soldiers of the "Wind" Battalion, they had already rushed to the shooting blind spot below the bunker.
Surrounding the bunker is a trench less than one meter wide and about half a meter deep. Because of the rain, the trench is full of water.
Stepping in knee-deep water, the soldiers worked in groups of three and skillfully operated the flamethrowers. Although the heavy rain made the fire starters somewhat insensitive, the soldiers still managed to ignite the flames on the nozzle heads.
In the bunker, when the Japanese army noticed that there was an enemy at the base of the wall and was about to blow them out by throwing grenades, they saw a fire dragon coming in from the shooting hole.
"what!"
The first few Japanese soldiers were immediately sprayed all over their heads and faces with gasoline incendiary. The thick incendiary agent adhered to their scalps and clothes, making a "sizzling" sound.
Seeing such a tragic scene, the other Japanese soldiers in the bunker were shocked, and their movements were delayed for a moment.
At this moment, several more fire dragons penetrated into the bunker from the shooting holes. Although they did not spray on anyone, the blazing fire made the stagnant air in the bunker become more and more dull.
The same scene happened almost everywhere in these four buildings.
Screams and wails accompanied by thick black smoke spread from these bunkers.
"It's done!"
On the other side of the Bazi Bridge, Zhang Wenbai, who quietly came to the front line to observe, looked at the smoking bunkers opposite and felt inspired.
"Captain Qiu, it's up to you."
"Military seat, you can rest assured!"
Commander Qiu of the teaching corps patted his chest at Zhang Wenbai. As the commander of the offensive force, he immediately felt the results of the "Wind" camp.
From the beginning of the war to now, one of his regiments could be said to have been beaten so hard by these, no, this one bunker that it couldn't hold its head up.
But now, all of a sudden, the four bunkers on the opposite side were all shut down. If he can't beat him again, then he won't want his face anymore.
After the fight was over, he had to go and see the commander of the unit on the opposite side.
With this idea in mind, Commander Qiu led his troops and attacked the Japanese position like a tide.
Without the fire support from the rear, the Japanese troops in these forward positions, relying only on sandbag fortifications, were unable to deal with the Central Army's attack. With just one charge, the Japanese defense line was completely torn apart.
In the first battle of the Battle of Songhu, the government successfully captured a city.
(End of this chapter)
On the 14th, in the early morning, it was stormy and rainy.
When five o'clock came, Lu Feng ordered everyone to wake up, and then asked the cook to cook a large pot of hot porridge for everyone to fill their stomachs first.
The porridge is minced meat porridge, with beef added. After boiling, sprinkle with salt. Although the taste is not very good, it is easier to stomach than dry food in this hot and humid summer, and it is very filling.
Listening to the thunderstorm outside, Lu Feng's movements in drinking porridge became much gentler.
Lu Feng likes rainy days very much, especially when it rains heavily. When he was a child, he liked to sit in the stainless steel shack, listening to the "crackling" of raindrops above his head, watching them gather and flow from the aqueduct on the eaves, dotted with thunder and lightning.
It's like enjoying a grand performance.
When he grew up, the white noise sounds of rain were Lu Feng's best way to decompress and lullaby when he was a social worker.
In the crowded room, many people who had finished their porridge began to carefully check their weapons and equipment.
again and again.
In order to keep the telegraph room quiet, there was no one else in the room except Yu Manli, who was responsible for sending and receiving telegrams.
After waiting for a long time, Yu Manli finally heard the sound of the telegraph signal, and she quickly began to copy it.
"The "Wind" battalion is hereby ordered to launch an attack on targets 45 to 48 in half an hour, and then proceed in the direction of Chizhi University. The action signal is three green flares."
"Take it over."
As time goes by, the sound of rain outside gradually becomes lighter, and the sky becomes brighter.
Thinking of this, Zhou Weiguo wiped his gun more seriously. No matter how good the weapon is, it needs careful care. Only by taking your weapon seriously can your weapon become your reliable partner on the battlefield.
Lu Feng couldn't help but speak as he watched the soldiers who had packed up their equipment and started to detach themselves out of this hiding spot and headed for the designated combat positions.
After handing the translated message to Zheng Shusen, Yu Manli continued to sit in her original position, maintaining contact with Zhang Wenbai's headquarters at all times.
"Battal Commander, I told you, you are our ace, you have to save it until the end. How can anyone come up and play all the big cards?"
Zheng Shusen hurried to the door of a room.
"Radio."
After all the arrangements were made, Lu Feng was once again grateful that he had pulled Zhou Weiguo over, otherwise he would have had to suffer several losses to be able to think so carefully.
Zhou Weiguo patted Lu Feng's figure, which was already covered in iron armor, smiled and said:
Zheng Shusen ran to Lu Feng and Zhou Weiguo with the message in hand.
"Bah"
"Da da da" "boom"
"Notify others."
The truck and the supplies on it can make up for Lu Feng's shortcomings in battery life. As a driver, Zhang Chu can also help solve some mechanical problems.
The crisp sound of gunfire penetrated the thick rain curtain.
"First round of attack."
After Zhou Weiguo said something to Zheng Shusen, he put on his military cap and helmet.
After all, Lu Feng is almost like a chariot driver after wearing armor. His field of vision is severely limited. It is difficult for him to defend against those sneak attacks by himself.
Lu Feng took Zheng Shusen and Zhang Chu to the truck parked in the yard.
Although Lu Feng didn't say anything and there was no movement from outside, everyone could detect the smell of gunpowder from Lu Feng's order.
This was proposed by Zhou Weiguo after synthesizing Lu Feng's performance data, and is a complete set of combat units specially customized for Lu Feng.
When he sneaked in here the night before yesterday, he asked everyone to bring an extra portion of rations. It seemed that they were sure that there would be no war yesterday.
"Drip drip"
Unfortunately, after arranging this combat unit, Lu Feng and the others only had time to conduct collaborative training for three or two days, and many of the instructions were still unfamiliar to each other.
In Zhou Weiguo's view, Lu Feng is now an armored fighting vehicle with special functions, strong maneuverability in complex environments, but poor endurance.
In addition to being responsible for Lu Feng himself and his logistics supplies and equipment, Zheng Shusen and the others are also Lu Feng's cooperating infantry.
Lu Feng and others raised their heads.
In such a tense and solemn environment, the time came to around seven o'clock in the morning.
In the compartment of the truck, there was Lu Feng's complete set of equipment, as well as two basic numbers of Sulotong machine gun ammunition, two basic numbers of MG34 machine gun ammunition, and two sets of replacement external armor plates.
At the same time, the sound of gunfire also became more intense.
In the room, Yu Manli turned on the radio, hung up her headphones and began to receive telegrams from the headquarters. As a special operations force, the "Wind" Battalion is specially equipped with a radio station that can directly communicate with Zhang Wenbai's headquarters to facilitate Zhang Wenbai's dispatch and command.
Machine gunfire and explosions sounded one after another.
But because of the heavy rain, the sky outside was still gloomy, and there was not much light to see.
And today he woke everyone up so early in the morning.
The presence of Zheng Shusen and others as cooperating infantry can better help Lu Feng collect battlefield conditions in real time, cover Lu Feng's operations, etc.
After Lu Feng glanced at the message, he handed it to Zhou Weiguo.
Zhou Weiguo, who was also checking weapons and equipment, couldn't help but glance at Lu Feng. He felt that his battalion commander still had many mysteries.
"Then my current mission."
"Air defense. As soon as a war starts, the Japanese planes will definitely come over. I'm waiting for you, battalion commander, to fight a few fights and show them to everyone."
Lu Feng looked at the still gloomy sky.
"Battal Commander, you have to believe everyone, believe me. We have been preparing for so long and are so well prepared. We will definitely be able to fight this first battle beautifully."
Lu Feng turned his attention to Zhou Weiguo.
"Okay, I believe in you and everyone."
"Well, I'll go over there first, battalion commander." "Be careful along the way."
Under Lu Feng's gaze, Zhou Weiguo left the private house with the last group of people. Only Lu Feng's team and Yu Manli in the telegraph room were left.
In the early morning of August 14, the Nationalist Army and Japanese troops encountered each other in the Baziqiao area. After negotiations to no avail, the two sides exchanged fire, and the "August 13 Incident" officially broke out.
On the Huangpu River, in the combat conference room of the "Izumo", Hase Aokawa had a smile on his face after receiving the firefight report from the Marine Corps.
Finally, this war developed in the direction he expected.
"With the order, the entire army goes into battle, and the reconnaissance plane takes off immediately to provide artillery guidance for the fleet.
In addition, order the Luwu Flying Team and the air force on the "Fengxiang" in Taipei to send bombers to blow up all the national airports. It is best to eliminate the Chinese Air Force in one fell swoop. "
"Hi."
Hase Aokawa's orders quickly spread through the atmosphere along with radio waves.
Near Wusongkou, two Type 94 water reconnaissance aircraft were put down from the battleship, took off in the heavy rain, and flew towards Zhabei.
Farther away in Tokyo, Japan, the Japanese military headquarters, which had long been mobilized due to the situation in the Songhu area, issued an order for the army to support Shanghai Beach with the ugly look on the face of Prime Minister Sugiyama Gen.
At the same time, orders for air strikes on Chinese airports were also issued to the Japanese aircraft carrier "Fengxiang" patrolling the East China Sea, as well as to the more distant Taipei Hsinchu Airport.
However, due to bad weather, the commander of the "Fengxiang" said that the plane could not take off at all. Only the Kashima Air Force in Hsinchu responded to Hase Aokawa's order and began to prepare for the bombing mission.
At the same time, near Yokohama Road east of the Bazi Bridge, figures of Zhou Weiguo and others quietly appeared in various hidden corners.
Going any further, there is a risk of being discovered by the enemy.
After wiping the rain off his face, Zhou Weiguo raised his telescope and looked at several buildings in front of him.
Three hundred meters away, four tall concrete buildings were the four targets of their first round of operations. In order to maintain better confidentiality, the "Feng" camp named the bunker buildings in the entire Japanese Concession by numbers.
The four buildings in front of us are numbered from 45 to 48. Three of them, 45, 46, and 47, are arranged in a Z-shape, which just blocks this section of the intersection.
Building No. 48 is relatively independent, separated from the other three buildings by a Hengjing River, and just stuck at the west end of the Eight-character Bridge.
At this time, the firing hole of Building No. 48 was already spitting out tongues of fire, frantically suppressing the Central Army soldiers on the other side of the Bazi Bridge.
In Building No. 47, which is closer, some Japanese troops are venting firepower through shooting holes.
When the Central Army's machine guns and mortars hit these buildings, they could only leave some shallow craters, making it difficult to hurt the Japanese troops inside.
Feeling confident, the Japanese army's firepower became more and more crazy.
After simply taking a look at the conditions of these buildings, Zhou Weiguo put down the telescope. How could he have allowed himself to carve the model of this place into his mind over the past few days?
He looked up at the sky.
The existence of this heavy rain greatly reduced the effect of the fire attack, and at the same time provided an excellent cover for them to lurk closer.
It can only be said that there are advantages and disadvantages.
"bang bang bang"
After three consecutive cannon shots, Zhou Weiguo and others saw three green flares slowly falling in the sky.
"attack."
In fact, no order from Zhou Weiguo was needed. The moment they saw the signal flare, the soldiers from the "Wind" Battalion rushed out.
Standing at the relatively back command position, Zhou Weiguo discovered that almost all the soldiers in the "Wind" Battalion knew what they were going to do and where they were going.
The soldiers walked in the mud, quickly crossed the three hundred meters distance, and quickly moved towards the target.
At the same time, the Central Army on the other side of the Bazi Bridge also launched an attack. The intensive firepower immediately attracted the attention of the Japanese troops in several bunkers.
By the time the Japanese army discovered the soldiers of the "Wind" Battalion, they had already rushed to the shooting blind spot below the bunker.
Surrounding the bunker is a trench less than one meter wide and about half a meter deep. Because of the rain, the trench is full of water.
Stepping in knee-deep water, the soldiers worked in groups of three and skillfully operated the flamethrowers. Although the heavy rain made the fire starters somewhat insensitive, the soldiers still managed to ignite the flames on the nozzle heads.
In the bunker, when the Japanese army noticed that there was an enemy at the base of the wall and was about to blow them out by throwing grenades, they saw a fire dragon coming in from the shooting hole.
"what!"
The first few Japanese soldiers were immediately sprayed all over their heads and faces with gasoline incendiary. The thick incendiary agent adhered to their scalps and clothes, making a "sizzling" sound.
Seeing such a tragic scene, the other Japanese soldiers in the bunker were shocked, and their movements were delayed for a moment.
At this moment, several more fire dragons penetrated into the bunker from the shooting holes. Although they did not spray on anyone, the blazing fire made the stagnant air in the bunker become more and more dull.
The same scene happened almost everywhere in these four buildings.
Screams and wails accompanied by thick black smoke spread from these bunkers.
"It's done!"
On the other side of the Bazi Bridge, Zhang Wenbai, who quietly came to the front line to observe, looked at the smoking bunkers opposite and felt inspired.
"Captain Qiu, it's up to you."
"Military seat, you can rest assured!"
Commander Qiu of the teaching corps patted his chest at Zhang Wenbai. As the commander of the offensive force, he immediately felt the results of the "Wind" camp.
From the beginning of the war to now, one of his regiments could be said to have been beaten so hard by these, no, this one bunker that it couldn't hold its head up.
But now, all of a sudden, the four bunkers on the opposite side were all shut down. If he can't beat him again, then he won't want his face anymore.
After the fight was over, he had to go and see the commander of the unit on the opposite side.
With this idea in mind, Commander Qiu led his troops and attacked the Japanese position like a tide.
Without the fire support from the rear, the Japanese troops in these forward positions, relying only on sandbag fortifications, were unable to deal with the Central Army's attack. With just one charge, the Japanese defense line was completely torn apart.
In the first battle of the Battle of Songhu, the government successfully captured a city.
(End of this chapter)
