The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 235: Street Fighting and Annihilation of Enemies

Soon, Kanjiro Nishi, who was wearing the uniform of a lieutenant of the Chinese Army, brought several of his men's horses and oxen, and groveled close to He Wei. At this time, these people were all wearing Chinese military uniforms, and Kanjiro Nishi had been awarded the title by He Wei. He held the rank of lieutenant, and several other Japanese prisoners also held the rank of corporal and sergeant.

The military ranks awarded to them by He Wei are naturally not included in the regular establishment. After all, the recruitment of Japanese prisoners must be kept secret as much as possible.

For example, as for the rank of lieutenant officer Nishi Kanjiro, according to the rules, He Wei had to report it to the Military and Political Department and Quanxu Office afterwards. However, He Wei could not and did not dare to report it to the superiors in a serious manner. Therefore, the military ranks of these Japanese prisoners were actually It's quite a bit of self-entertainment, and it's completely the official position that He Wei has secretly appointed himself.

However, these prisoners were happy to accept the military rank awarded by He Wei. Anyway, they could not figure out the military rank system of the Chinese army.

Of course, what made them more respectful to He Wei was not only the photo handle held by He Wei, but also the monetary treatment He Wei gave them. After the last beheading operation, He Wei gave each of these Japanese prisoners A reward of ten yuan was given out, and Nishi Kanjiro, who led the team, was given a double reward of twenty yuan.

The treatment offered by He Wei was much more generous than that given to them by the Japanese Army. In addition, He Wei also listed a series of rewards,

For example, in future battles, if Nishi Kanjiro and others kill a Japanese soldier, all the belongings of the Japanese soldier who was killed will belong to him and he will be rewarded with five yuan. If he captures a Japanese soldier, he will be rewarded with five yuan. The belongings of the Japanese prisoners should also belong to the enemy captors and they should be rewarded with ten yuan.

Encouraged by He Wei's kindness and generous performance KPI, these Japanese prisoners have decided to serve He Wei wholeheartedly. In fact, the treatment given by He Wei is not particularly high, but the treatment given by the Japanese Army to the troops is really poor. .

Although the equipment of the Japanese army is better than that of the Chinese army, its wages and benefits may not be comparable to those of the elite Central Army of the National Army. Before the start of the Anti-Japanese War, the Central Army of the National Army maintained high salaries and implemented a recruiting system. , recruiting troops relies on the white ocean and French currency.

For the lowest-ranking private in the Central Army, one year's salary was actually enough to buy a house and land in the countryside. However, the meager salary of Japanese soldiers could not even support themselves. Some Japanese recruits who served in the compulsory military service even had to pay a salary during their service. Send some money from home to support yourself.

Therefore, the treatment provided by He Wei was enough to make these poor Japanese soldiers feel honored and favored.

Kanjiro Nishi, a member of this special team, does not have to do anything else. Even if he kills a Japanese soldier, he can earn more profit than if he had served as a soldier in Japan for several months. Not to mention other than these achievements, they usually There is also a basic salary based on military rank that is better than that of the Chinese army, and life is much better than in the Japanese army.

The current mentality of this group of Japanese soldiers in the Rangers is that since they can't resist, resisting will mean death, and escaping will mean death, and I'm afraid they will die even worse. In this case, they might as well work hard and enjoy themselves. In this way, this Naturally, the Japanese troops in this special task force all served He Wei wholeheartedly and very efficiently.

Although the Japanese army's will to fight is generally tenacious, it is only a common phenomenon. The few captured by He Wei happen to be an exception. In fact, in history, there were cases of Japanese soldiers actively surrendering to the enemy and rebelling.

There was even a strange situation in an infantry regiment on the Chinese battlefield where a second lieutenant regiment flag bearer who had just graduated from the Army Non-Commissioned Officer School rebelled and fled to the Chinese army, and then helped China fight.

"He Sang, if you have any requests, I will definitely help them fulfill them."

Kanjiro Nishi bent down and said to He Wei like a pug.

He Wei slightly waved his hand impatiently and said, "Take a few of you and follow Yang Biao and try your best to extract information from those Japs. Go ahead."

"understand."

After He Wei finished speaking, Nishi Kanjiro did not leave, but looked like he was hesitant to speak.

"Tell me, what else do you have?"

He Wei asked.

"He Sang, I have another request. The Rangers have been established, but they are short of manpower. I only have four subordinates. In order to serve you better, I think we should expand the manpower appropriately. Those people we will deal with later, If we capture a new prisoner, can we transform the new prisoner into the Rangers just like you did with your transformation and advice?"

He Wei glanced at Kanjiro Nishi.

Good guy, I'm ready to expand my strength, and I also want to use the method I used to take photos of them to coerce new Japanese prisoners to join the Rangers. Seriously, I'm a teachable brat!

"Okay, but don't worry about the guys you are about to deal with. These guys just killed a lot of Chinese people. Such people are absolutely not allowed to exist in the Rangers. I will recruit new ones from the prisoners for you." The rights of team members, but there is a premise, that is, prisoners who have been witnessed by us killing Chinese soldiers and civilians are not allowed to be incorporated into the Rangers. After being caught, they will be killed immediately after asking for information. I have not seen what they have done before. , we can turn a blind eye, but if we see with our own eyes any behavior that harms the people, we will kill them all, leaving no one behind."

"understand."

Nishi Kanjiro and several of his men put on Japanese military uniforms and followed Yang Biao's agent platoon away. In order not to alert the enemy, Yang Biao did not go there on a motorcycle this time, but ran forward.

On the way forward, Kanjiro Nishi and Yang Biao agreed on the plan and process of the action. It should be said that Kanjiro Nishi is indeed a Japanese college student. Although he is timid and afraid of death, his IQ and wisdom are not low, and some My own little cleverness and wisdom.

According to Yang Biao's original plan, he planned to first send Kanjiro Nishi to lead a few Rangers to pretend to be Japanese soldiers to attract the attention of the Japs, and then the soldiers from the special agent platoon would take the opportunity to attack and try to capture as many survivors as possible. First capture the victim alive and then let the Rangers interrogate the information.

Yang Biao, a reckless man who has been in the military for many years, is used to being brave and ruthless. When performing tasks, he is accustomed to giving him a good beating first and then thinking about other things.

However, Nishi Kanjiro rejected Yang Biao's plan and proposed that the Rangers come forward to talk to the Japanese soldiers and get some information from the Japanese soldiers. Okay, and then send a signal to the special agent platoon to go up and deal with these Japanese soldiers.

The reason given by Nishi Kanjiro is also very reasonable. If the attack is launched first, it may not be possible to capture the victims alive. Even if they are captured alive, the captured Japanese soldiers may not be honest about the information, and may even make up the information randomly.

On the contrary, if you first let the Rangers wearing Japanese military uniforms go up and get close to those Japanese soldiers, it will naturally be much easier to extract information during the conversation, and the information obtained will be more real. After all, the members of the Rangers are all Japanese. Wearing Japanese military uniforms and talking to those enemies will naturally make them less defensive and more likely to reveal the truth.

Therefore, Kanjiro Nishi believed that the Rangers should be allowed to collect intelligence first, and then the spy platoon should be allowed to attack.

Obviously, Nishi Kanjiro's tactics are more stable and reasonable.

Yang Biao also adopted Nishi Kanjiro's suggestion. Less than ten minutes after they left, He Wei heard a burst of violent gunfire. Then, the special agent platoon and the Rangers who obtained the information from the Japanese soldiers They quickly withdrew, and the information had been easily extracted by the Rangers who had put on Japanese military uniforms. The Japanese soldiers also became useless after revealing the information. Naturally, there was no need to keep them alive. He was sent to the west by the spy platoon with a flower machine gun.

Immediately, Kanjiro Nishi informed He Wei of the information he had obtained.

It turned out that the few Japanese soldiers just now were soldiers of the 45th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese 6th Division. It turned out that the 45th Infantry Regiment was the left-wing attack team of the Japanese 6th Division.

At the same time, it was also the first unit of the Sixth Division to invade Jinling City. After the 45th Regiment invaded Jinling City, the national army defenders in the city had all collapsed and retreated.

Therefore, the attack operation of the 45th Regiment was very smooth. It encountered no decent resistance along the way and quickly rushed to the inner city. The Japanese army also knew that the Chinese army in the city would definitely retreat near Xianguan Pass. Therefore, attacking near Xiaguan is also the first target of the Japanese troops. The Sixth Division also ordered the 45th Infantry Regiment to quickly move forward to Xiaguan. Therefore, the captain of the 45th Infantry Regiment ordered the subordinate The Third Infantry Brigade advanced rapidly.

The captain of the 9rd Infantry Brigade ordered the 3th Infantry Squadron to be the right pursuit team, equipped with a squadron of the 2rd Machine Gun Squadron (3 Type 70 heavy machine guns), and the 2rd Brigade Artillery Squadron (10 Type 11 1mm infantry guns). Gate), the 18th Squadron acted as the rear guard, and together with the group headquarters and the remaining two squads of the heavy machine gun squadron, followed up behind the 9th Infantry Squadron. The th Squadron is the left pursuit team, equipped with two engineering detachments and a Type mountain gun (carrying shells). It advances a few streets away from the th Infantry Squadron to cut off the retreat route of the Chinese army.

The Japanese soldiers who had just been killed were the soldiers of the 9th Infantry Squadron of the 3rd Battalion of the 45th Infantry Regiment. As the leading force on the right side of the Japanese army, the 9th Squadron had already rushed to less than three meters away from Zhongshan North Road. kilometers.

These Japanese soldiers who were killed were the vanguard soldiers of the Ninth Squadron. The squadron leader of the Ninth Squadron ordered these vanguard soldiers to search and advance all the way to detect the movements of the Chinese army and clear the way for the Ninth Squadron.

Unfortunately, due to the rapid retreat of the Chinese army in the city, these top Japanese soldiers marched straight in almost without incident. They did not encounter any decent resistance at all, and only captured a group of defeated Chinese soldiers and ordinary people who had lost their will to resist.

As a result, this group of Japanese soldiers who encountered no serious resistance vented all their anger on the prisoners and civilians they captured, and shot them on the street. After shooting the prisoners and civilians, these Japanese soldiers went wrong again. With his thoughts, he searched and moved forward while grabbing things in the city.

Then, they were easily solved by the special agent platoon and special forces sent by He Wei.

After understanding the basic enemy situation, He Wei immediately understood the current situation. In other words, a Japanese army strengthening the infantry brigade was rushing towards Xianguan Pass. The two infantry squadrons of this infantry brigade were the front line. Advance hand in hand, the remaining troops will be the second line, and a squadron of the first-line troops will soon attack Zhongshan North Road and collide face-to-face with the spy camp.

It has to be said that the Japanese army's advance was really fast. Less than half a day after the Chinese army's city wall position was lost, their forward troops followed the Chinese army's defeated team and chased them. It was like a group of smelly troops rushing over. Like a dog, these damn forward troops are about to rush to Zhongshan North Road. After arriving at Zhongshan North Road and driving a few kilometers further along the road, they will reach Yijiangmen. After passing Yijiangmen, they will reach Xiaguan.

Obviously, the Japanese also have a huge appetite. They are not only satisfied with capturing Jinling City, but also want to cut off the retreat route of the Chinese army in one fell swoop and achieve the goal of annihilating the Chinese army.

The situation was urgent. He Wei considered the strength of the Japanese No. 9 Squadron, which was about to encounter the special agent battalion. It consisted of an infantry squadron plus a heavy machine gun squad, two Type 92 heavy machine guns, and an infantry artillery squad with two Type 92 infantry cannons. , the spy battalion is not afraid of this Japanese army's strength at all.

In addition, He Wei had a tank in hand and the supplementary brigade of the 78th Army behind him. Therefore, He Wei decided to eat the ninth squadron almost without thinking.

Therefore, He Wei immediately organized his troops to prepare for action. He gathered the first and second infantry companies of the special agent battalion, the artillery company and the special agent platoon together, and at the same time brought Kanjiro Nishi's special forces together.

He Wei, the armored corps' tank company and tank defense artillery platoon assigned to the special agent battalion, as well as the special agent battalion's communications platoon, were not brought with him. They all stayed near Zhongshan North Road to cooperate with the 78th Army's supplementary brigade in preparations for street fighting defense.

Li Qinruo, commander of the Supplementary Brigade of the 78th Army, was also shocked when he learned of the enemy situation reported by He Wei. He did not expect that the Japanese army would move so fast.

Of course, he not only lamented the speed of action of the Japanese army, but was also worried about his own troops. After all, the so-called 78th Army Supplementary Brigade actually only had one infantry regiment, and two-thirds of this regiment's strength was It's a new recruit.

Thanks to the troops left by He Wei, Li Qinruo was emboldened. Therefore, the supplementary brigade of the 78th Army also took action on Zhongshan North Road, on the streets from Zhongshan North Road to Yijiangmen, an important pass. Build fortifications and prepare for street fighting.

After He Wei arranged all this, he directly led the first and second infantry companies of the special agent battalion, the artillery company, the communications platoon and the Rangers and rushed forward in the direction of the Japanese pursuit.

In this operation led by He Wei personally, the officers and soldiers of the special agent battalion did not choose to attack head-on on the wide road. Instead, they divided into two teams on the left and right, and got into the buildings on both sides of the road respectively. Leap forward.

The characteristics of urban street fighting are that the battle front is narrow and concealed, and command and communication are difficult. The troops are easy to crowd and disperse. If He Wei allows the troops to advance openly and quickly on the street, they will definitely lose the upper hand, and the open road is unobstructed. There is no cover, and if the Japanese army discovers it, they may suffer big losses.

Moreover, street fighting cannot deploy too many troops due to the narrow front, so it is necessary to have a large and deep echelon to gradually strengthen the assault force, and the way of marching is also particular.

Either use small units to advance covertly along both sides of the street or dig through walls to advance covertly inside houses, or actively carry out roundabout assaults through adjacent streets to the enemy's rear. Never crowd the streets to avoid being killed by enemy fire.

Therefore, He Wei divided the army into two. The first infantry company and the second infantry company were separated on the left and right sides of the road. The artillery was divided into two overnight and assigned to the first company and the second company respectively. The two troops drilled into Enter the buildings on both sides and walk along the houses. If you encounter a gap, go through the gap. If you encounter a house, enter the house. Of course, if you encounter a wall blocking the passage, you can only use explosives to blow it up.

The attacking troops from the Secret Service Battalion carried a large number of grenades and explosive packs. Each infantry squad was assigned three boxes of explosive grenades and one box of yellow phosphorus grenades produced by the Jinling Arsenal. Each soldier carried at least two explosive packs. The company headquarters of each company carried more boxes of explosive blocks.

Although the speed of the Japanese attack was beyond He Wei's expectation, He Wei was well prepared for the street fighting. Therefore, when the spy battalion set off from Xiaguan, it specially applied for a batch of ammunition from General Xiao. .

Naturally, this batch of ammunition was what He Wei thought would be consumed in street fighting. There were no bullets of various calibers, but only explosives and grenades.

Street fighting is different from field fighting. The most widely used weapon in street fighting by infantry units is explosives, which can not only open roads, remove strongholds, and annihilate enemies, followed by grenades and submachine guns. Hand grenades are the best for fighting enemy counterattacks and house-to-house fights. Weapons, so the most useful and most expensive ammunition weapons for troops participating in street fighting are explosives and grenades.

The military police have always been wealthy, and there is naturally no shortage of all kinds of ammunition. Before the war, several ammunition depots in Jinling City and the finished ammunition that could not be taken away from the Jinling Arsenal were all handed over to the military police for care. After the Japanese army began to attack Jinling After that, all the ammunition stored in various places in the city was taken by the gendarmerie troops to various warehouses near Xiaguan for storage.

Now, it is naturally much cheaper for He Wei. Not to mention the explosives and ordinary grenades that He Wei wants, even the yellow phosphorus grenades with a smaller production volume, there are at least more than 30,000 pieces stored in the warehouse near Xiaguan.

He Wei guessed that there would be a street fight with the Japanese army, so he took precautions and brought a lot of explosives and grenades with him when heading into the city. However, he did not expect that the street fight would come so hastily and come. So fast.

For a time, the entire Zhongshan North Road was filled with violent explosions. The attacking special agent battalion troops were like bandits, breaking through houses, smashing doors, cutting paths through buildings, and advancing through obstacles.

This is not only the basic principle of tactics, but also the corresponding deployment made by He Wei based on the situation of the Japanese army. The Japanese army reinforcement squadron that is searching and advancing towards Zhongshan North Road has not only the most basic infantry squadron, but also a considerable number of heavy weapons. This The batch of heavy weapons includes a heavy machine gun squad and an infantry artillery squad.

The Japanese heavy machine guns and infantry cannons cannot be carried by manpower for a long time. The Type 92 heavy machine guns and Type 92 infantry cannons are very heavy and cannot be carried for long by manpower. Therefore, there are a large number of people in their establishment. mules, horses and baggage.

According to He Wei's memory, a standard Japanese infantry artillery squad had one passenger horse and 11 pack horses, and a heavy machine squad had a similar number of mules and horses.

People can rush through the house, but horses cannot. With so many pack horses in the team, the Japanese army's marching search queue will definitely not be able to move through the buildings, and will definitely march on the streets and roads in a swaggering manner.

The secret service battalion is different. The machine guns in the secret service battalion are either light machine guns or general-purpose machine guns, which are very light. The artillery equipped in the artillery company is either a Bayi mortar or a 47mm tank defense gun. After being disassembled, it can be carried manually in a short time.

Therefore, it is no problem to follow the infantry through the buildings.

The troops of the secret service battalion were walking through the buildings, while the Japanese troops advancing in the opposite direction were advancing on the streets. When the two troops met, the Japanese troops would undoubtedly be overwhelmed by the troops of the secret service battalions marching in the buildings on both sides. When the time comes, this reinforced Japanese squadron searching and advancing along Zhongshan North Road will naturally be the meat on He Wei's sticky board, and they can eat it as they please.

At the same time, on the wide road in front of Zhongshan North Road, the 9th Squadron of the 45th Infantry Regiment of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army was also cautiously searching forward.

However, the bloated condition of their marching column was obviously more serious than He Wei imagined, even much more serious.

(End of this chapter)