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Chapter 813 The Battle of the New Wall River

Qi Rui knew that the devils would come because he knew the general process of the Battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, especially the Battle of Changheng.

Qi Rui continued to let the snipers and scouts spread out for reconnaissance, and other commanders led the team to dig trenches on the south bank of the Xinqiang River.

Qi Rui had very high requirements, requiring the trench to be deep, wide, and in the shape of a zigzag, and the excavated soil should be transferred to a place that cannot be seen on the opposite bank behind.

Everyone understands that Qi Rui's purpose is to make it impossible for the devils to see any changes in Nan'an.

The trenches were dug in three days. The first row of trenches was 50 meters away from the bank of the Xinqiang River, and there were trenches every [-] meters leading to the bank of the river.

The distance between the second row of trenches and the first row of trenches was 50 meters. All the trenches were dug according to Qi Rui's requirements, and they were finally approved by him.

The combat troops were divided into three groups. The first group consisted of submachine guns, sharpshooters, and light and heavy machine gunners selected by Qi Rui. All of these gunners had auspicious suits in ambush on the south bank of the river.

Just to clarify, they're not in the trenches.

The other combat troops were all in ambush in the first and second rows of trenches, waiting for the army of devils to come.

Qi Rui calculated that the army of devils would quickly cross the river in a horizontal formation, because the column would seriously affect their speed of crossing the river.

On May 24th, the army of devils began to attack. As Qi Rui expected, the devil Fujita detachment appeared on the north bank of the Xinqiang River.

"Brother, the Devils have a brigade, about 1 troops!" Song Jian ran back to report.

"According to the plan!" Qi Rui, who should say it, said it clearly, and the next step is the battle of annihilation.

Didn't he say he won't fight positional warfare? What I want to say here is that Qi Rui is very flexible in fighting. He chose this place to fight the devils for the first time because the terrain here is very suitable for ambush devils.

The Xinqiang River here is seven or eight meters wide and at least five meters narrow.When devils cross the river, their marching speed will be greatly affected.

Qi Rui intends to use the river water to kill a wave here, a detachment is almost a brigade, and now the total strength of his side is more than 2.

Twice the strength of the devils, and Qi Rui is confident that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will never be inferior to the devils.

"Brother! A brigade of devils started to cross the river!" Jiang Xing came to report,
"Attack after all the devils enter the water, remember to only fire for 30 seconds, and then immediately retreat along the trench! Those who love to fight and kill will be punished!" Qi Rui ordered.

"Yes!"

The devils crossed the river in a brigade, and when they all went down the river, the snipers, light and heavy machine gunners, and submachine guns ambush on the opposite bank fired at full power.

At this time, the devils in the river were not protected by any bunkers, and most of them were in the chest-high river.

Qi Rui arranged the strongest firepower on this line, and the sudden shooting was like a barrage of bullets to trap the devils in it.

Not to mention 30 seconds, more than half of the devils were killed or injured in 20 seconds.

The sudden attack instantly dyed the Xinqiang River red.

"Baga! What's going on here? Why is there an ambush by the Chinese army here!" the detachment leader Fujita asked in astonishment,
"General Fujita! Hurry up and cover!"

"Quick! Mortar cover!"

In less than 20 seconds, Devil mortars and grenadiers bombed the opposite bank at the same time.

But just ten seconds before the mortar bombing, the gunfire stopped abruptly.

"General! The gunfire on the other side has stopped!"

"It seems that they don't have many troops, charge across the river immediately!" Fujita ordered.

The devils from the two brigades went down the river again, this time they rushed ashore smoothly, but did not see a single figure.

But all the devils saw the vertical trenches leading to the front.

"Lieutenant Nomura! The front seems to be a trench!" A devil pointed to the front and shouted to the captain.

As soon as the devil finished speaking, there was another burst of gunfire, and this time there were explosive attacks from grenades, mortars, mountain artillery, and grenades.

The devils who had just rushed to the river bank were suppressed and returned to the river bank. They used the river embankment as a cover to start a counterattack.

How could Qi Rui not have expected such a situation? After seeing it with a telescope, he smiled and ordered: "Detonate the explosives!"

It turned out that Qi Rui had already sent Ouyang Lan and Su Wenqian to plant explosives under the embankment.

With the sound of continuous explosions, most of the devils lying on the river bank were blown up and flew around.

"Baga...is this an ambush!" Fujita shouted like a fool, what's the point?
"General! The other party knows that we are leaving here! There are spies in our team!" Said the captain, Fukuyama Osamu,

"I think so too!" Fujita really thought so, otherwise he couldn't think of any other explanation, because there was no Chinese army stationed here for many times of reconnaissance.

"General! Shall we call for backup?"

"This is the route chosen by Commander Isamu Yokoyama. Now that we have encountered an ambush, we must report to him! In addition, quickly rescue the wounded, fast!" Fujita ordered,
"General! Do we still have to cross the river?"

"They've run out of explosives, why don't you go to support them, don't you want to leave those wounded?"

"No, I'm worried about fraud."

"What kind of deceit can there be? Leave a brigade to cover, and the others will rescue the wounded!"

Qi Rui did not charge, but continued to shoot and kill the exposed devils in the trench.

The National Army of the Eighth Division was dumbfounded, it was the first time they had seen such a battle.

"Commander, this god-killing team is really evil. They killed thousands of devils in such a long time, and they may not even get injured!"

"It's really flexible! The trench was dug ingeniously, and then they will rush to the river along the trench and carry out a second attack on the devils in the river!" Zhang Lingfu said,

If it was him, he would definitely do this, but what he didn't expect was that Qi Rui didn't do it, but ordered everyone to stay where they were, and just let all kinds of artillery bombard them.

"Commander, Qi Rui didn't use such a good opportunity, it seems that he didn't miss everything."

"No! According to his level, it is impossible not to see this. He must be waiting for a better opportunity."

"A better chance? Will there be a better chance?"

"I don't know, but I'm sure it must be."

Qi Rui didn't let go because then the soldiers would be under the cover of the devil's artillery and it was different to stay where they were, because they were protected by trenches.

In Qi Rui's design, the safety of the soldiers is the primary consideration.

Intensive artillery bombardment can also cause a lot of casualties to the devils.

Another point is that Qi Rui hoped that Heng Shanyong would send reinforcements, because until now the real combat effectiveness has not been shown, and only three regiments with less than [-] troops participated in the battle.

At this time, Fujita received a call from Isamu Yokoyama. He first asked about the specific situation and then told Fujita that the No. 60 Fourth Division would go to support immediately.

Hearing that a division was coming to support, Fujita immediately gained confidence. He immediately organized a counterattack and had to let others know the bravery of the headquarters.

(End of this chapter)