The Milky Way is Also a Grain of Sand
Chapter 185 Transferring the Battle to White Water Bridge
In mid-air, there was no way to run or jump. They could only watch helplessly as the Japanese bullets flew towards them.
How terrifying was this feeling of waiting for death!
Wang Yao Wu now felt sorry for the soldier in mid-air.
To his astonishment, the first shell fired seemed to have eyes, hitting the enemy plane flying towards the observation balloon with precision.
Before Wang Yao Wu could exclaim in surprise, the second Japanese plane exploded.
As an excellent soldier, Wang Yao Wu knew that there were not so many coincidences in the world.
Hitting the first enemy plane might be a coincidence, but hitting the second and third enemy planes was skill.
Clearly, this Company Commander Lin's plane-shooting skills were extremely high.
After all six enemy planes in that direction were shot down, Lin Fan turned around and began firing at the large group of enemy planes still circling in the air.
He destroyed the small squadron that was originally planning to bomb the artillery positions.
At the same time, the other seven anti-aircraft guns inside the Xinghua Gate had already shot down four Japanese planes.
Lin Fan's movements were swift and his operation was skilled.
In the eyes of Liu Xing, Wang Yao Wu, and their accompanying staff, his movements were as pleasing to the eye as a dance.
Below, after receiving Fujii Hiroki's panicked call, Battalion Commander Xiang's heart was filled with alarm bells.
While commanding his squadron's planes to rush towards the target at Guanghua Gate,
he also tried to make his plane higher, and higher still.
Lin Fan joined the attack on the large group of Japanese planes.
Qian Jiao pointed at the Japanese planes constantly falling from the sky, shaking her father's shoulder happily, "Daddy! Look, it's really like dropping dumplings.
The Japanese planes are falling like dumplings!"
At this time, Qian's wife came to the back garden, "Master! What are we having for lunch?"
Old Master Qian did not hesitate, "Dumplings!"
After Lin Fan's reminder, the servants in their family packed their luggage into cars the next day and left completely.
Now, Qian's family's meals are prepared by Qian's mother.
Qian Jiao ran over with a smile, "Mom! I'll help you!"
She paused, "I'll come after I finish watching the Japanese planes!"
A green signal flare rose from inside Guanghua Gate.
This was fired by Lin Fan's order.
Now, the sandbags at the city gate had been mostly removed.
When the group of Japanese planes in the air had fallen to the fifteenth, they began to scatter and flee.
Li Deben clearly saw the green signal flare in the air, and so did Hui Jianming.
He immediately ordered, "Final round of firing!"
This was the signal agreed upon in Lin Fan's letter: red meant to speed up the bombing, green meant to stop bombing.
The special company's two 88mm anti-aircraft guns had just fired at the sky and were now leveled.
They fired at the last layer of sandbags at Guanghua Gate.
The first shell hit the sandbags, and the last layer of sandbags finally collapsed completely.
Battalion Commander Hazumi Kazuya saw the sandbag wall that had been blocking their path to glory finally fall.
The soldiers of the entire Hazumi Kazuya battalion cheered.
All the soldiers shouted and charged forward with the newly collapsed sandbags.
The sandbags that had just collapsed were stirred up by the shells, creating a sky full of smoke and dust.
This smoke and dust covered the entire city gate.
The soldiers of the entire Hazumi Kazuya battalion launched their charge in the smoke and dust that filled the city gate, shouting.
They believed that this was the road to glory, and today was destined to be the most important day of their lives.
The second shell hit the middle of the Hazumi Kazuya battalion, which was gathered together and launching a charge.
The city gate, which had just been filled with smoke and dust, suddenly experienced a torrential downpour.
This rain was all red!
The firepower of the two 88mm anti-aircraft guns immediately stopped the Hazumi Kazuya battalion, which was squeezed together and charging.
The officers and soldiers of the Hazumi Kazuya battalion who charged the fastest were all reduced to fragments.
The blood from their bodies extinguished all the dust that filled the city gate like a heavy rain.
Thousands of pairs of eyes, watching the city gate nervously from only two hundred meters away, personally witnessed the scene of flying flesh and blood.
Severed limbs and broken arms constantly flew out of the swirling smoke and dust.
Liu Xing looked at a severed arm that had fallen not far in front of him and said with a smile, "Very good! Very good!"
The special company was the one he had transferred here, and he was also discerning in his ability to open up the situation here.
As an officer, especially an officer of his level, it was of course impossible to charge ahead.
Now, all he needed was to be discerning.
Effective leadership and strong guidance were the greatest praise for his abilities.
The city gate was filled with smoke and dust, and even with the blood rain washing the ground, it was still temporarily unclear.
However, this did not affect the firing of the special company's two anti-aircraft guns.
At the same time, it did not affect the flat shooting of the ten heavy machine guns of the fifth and sixth squads.
The soldiers of the Hazumi Kazuya battalion never imagined that today would indeed be the most important day of their lives.
Because their lives would be forever frozen on this day!
The shells fired by the two cannons had already passed through the city gate and continued to fly forward.
The Nakatsuhama Sonata battalion, which was still attacking outside Guanghua Gate, had no idea what had happened in front of them.
They had only suffered heavy losses in the heavy artillery bombardment just now.
Now that the heavy artillery bombardment had just ended, the Nakatsuhama Sonata battalion began to gather again, preparing for the next wave of attacks.
Behind them, the 47th Infantry Regiment had already arrived.
They were preparing to join the ranks of attacking the city.
Colonel Takano Musashi, commander of the 47th Infantry Regiment, had prepared when he received the order.
His regiment carried equipment needed for attacking the city, making it easy to climb the city walls.
When they arrived at the battlefield, the front was suffering heavy artillery bombardment.
Of course, Colonel Takano Musashi would not be foolish enough to order his regiment to rush into the artillery-filled position to be bombarded.
He waited until the heavy artillery bombardment stopped before sending a battalion to rush up.
It was considered a vanguard to scout for information.
The two anti-aircraft guns guarding Guanghua Gate finally stopped after completely clearing the entire Guanghua Gate.
Now it was the turn of Zhen the Cowardly's Fifth Squad and Ye the Bold's Sixth Squad to perform.
The soldiers of the two squads used ten heavy machine guns to clear the way in front, followed by infantry.
Behind them were four Type 92 infantry guns.
They rushed to the front, followed by the soldiers of the Third and Fourth Squads to respond.
These two squads had been quite tired from carrying sandbags just now, so now was the time to let them relax a bit.
However, Jia the Bookworm and Xiao Dongbei were both unwilling to miss the opportunity to fight the Japanese.
They strongly requested to follow behind the Fifth and Sixth Squads.
What reason did Lin Fan have to refuse such a request?
The two squads still staying on the city wall no longer paid attention to the Japanese nearby.
Chen Sichuan and Liu Laopao commanded the soldiers to try to encircle the Japanese in the distance.
"Don't let them run!"
This was the shouting of both squad leaders.
This kind of fighting surprised the officers and soldiers of the 51st Division and the Central Training Corps around them.
These Japanese soldiers were still trying to charge towards the city wall.
When had anyone said they wanted to run?
You can't drive them away even if you try!
Zhen the Cowardly stepped into the city gate and immediately sank half a foot.
The sand and soil that had just been piled up in this place were mixed with Japanese blood, and the entire city gate was full of mud.
It was like a paddy field.
Fortunately, there were many of them, and the ten flatbed carts carrying heavy machine guns were still able to move forward with difficulty as the soldiers pushed and pulled.
Fortunately, this section of the road was not long, less than a hundred meters, and they rushed through it in two minutes.
As soon as the ten heavy machine guns went out of the city gate, the continuous and powerful firepower stunned the Japanese who were hiding in the dead corners of the city wall.
Unable to withstand such a fierce attack, they could only rush out of their hiding places regardless of death.
Now, their first goal was no longer the people on the city wall, nor was it to climb the city and rush into Nanjing.
Now, the primary task of these unfortunate Japanese was to find a place to hide so that they could survive.
Clearly, at this time, their desire to survive was a bit extravagant.
Rushing out of Guanghua Gate were not only ten heavy machine guns, but also more infantry from the special company.
The speed of these soldiers was no slower than the speed of the Japanese charge just now.
They launched a charge towards the Japanese who had already lost their formation.
Rushing out of Guanghua Gate were not only the four squads of the special company, but also two regiments of the 51st Division.
The crisis at Guanghua Gate was created by them.
Seeing that there was no danger on the city wall, the commanders of these two regiments immediately led their soldiers down the city.
They wanted to personally recover the lost ground.
Watching these National Revolutionary Army soldiers rush out of Guanghua Gate one after another, Lin Fan said with a smile to Wang Yao Wu, "The soldiers under Division Commander Wang are really good soldiers!"
The envy in his tone was palpable.
Wang Yao Wu looked at Lin Fan seriously, making sure that he was not making fun of him.
Then he turned his head silently, not wanting to see this company commander anymore.
Ten thousand unidentified creatures ran through his heart: You are a company that suppressed the momentum of the Japanese charge as soon as you came up.
Not only did you use heavy artillery to blow up the Japanese attacking troops, but you also used anti-aircraft guns to shoot down nearly twenty Japanese planes, and now you have opened the city gate and rushed out to fight the Japanese.
Now you come and tell me that you envy the soldiers under my command?
I don't believe you!
When did young people become so bad?
Battalion Commander Nakatsuhama Sonata looked at the National Revolutionary Army soldiers rushing out of Guanghua Gate, and he couldn't believe his eyes.
He must be seeing things!
He blinked quickly and looked out again seriously.
Everything he had just seen had not changed, the National Revolutionary Army had rushed out of the city gate.
What about the Hazumi Battalion? Where were they?
The questions in his heart remained unanswered, but this did not affect Battalion Commander Nakatsuhama Sonata's command.
As an excellent commander, one must be able to remain calm in any situation.
Battalion Commander Nakatsuhama Sonata calmly ordered, "Everyone, establish a defensive line and fire at those rushing over!"
The battalion commander's voice was as calm as ever, which gave the soldiers who had already become flustered a sense of reassurance.
These soldiers all lay on the ground and began firing at the National Revolutionary Army soldiers who were rushing over.
Now, the entire situation of Battalion Commander Nakatsuhama Sonata was rather awkward.
They were simultaneously attacked from the high ground of the city wall and had to withstand the firing from the soldiers who had just rushed out of the city on the same plane.
Commander Tani Shoufu of the 6th Division could not believe what he was seeing outside Guanghua Gate after the heavy artillery bombardment by the National Revolutionary Army.
He ordered loudly, "Pass the order to Ushijima Man, I don't care what other tricks the National Revolutionary Army has, I only want Nanjing.
I only want Nanjing!"
His chief of staff, Colonel Shimonoseki Kazufumi, said with some concern, "Are we attacking too fast?
Are we bearing all the pressure of attacking Nanjing?"
"No! Shimonoseki-kun, you must believe that none of the commanding officers of the Imperial Army in Nanjing today do not want to be the first to rush into Nanjing.
This is a heroic deed that will be passed down for thousands of years.
Hundreds of years later, there will still be stories and legends about those heroes who were the first to rush into Nanjing.
The newspapers won't even report about the second team to rush into Nanjing."
Tani Shoufu was right.
In fact, the news that the 6th Division had reached Guanghua Gate greatly stimulated other teams that were attacking Nanjing.
Captain Takanori Takashi, commander of the vanguard of the 3rd Division, was strictly ordering his team, "No matter what the cost, we must attack Nanjing before the 6th Division!
Do not let the reputation of the 3rd Division be tarnished in Nanjing!"
Prince Asaka no Miya Yasuhiko, the current commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army, also stood up excitedly in the headquarters behind Tangshan, "Good luck, everyone!"
Division Commander Yoshizumi Ryosuke of the 9th Division directly issued an order to the front-line commanders, "Regardless of casualties, regardless of cost, just break into Nanjing!
Be the first to break into Nanjing!"
Such orders were passed down in every team attacking Nanjing.
With the orders to break into Nanjing regardless of casualties and cost, all the defending teams in the Nanjing Garrison District felt enormous pressure, and several commanders requested support from the Garrison District Command.
The phone calls requesting support were continuous.
The command learned that the special company had already driven the Japanese out of Guanghua Gate and had taken advantage of the victory to recover the Gaoxia Gate position.
It immediately ordered, "Stop the pursuit! Support Baishu Bridge and Qilin Gate immediately!"
Lin Fan, who received the order, smiled at Wang Yao Wu, "Division Commander Wang! Military orders are like mountains, I have no choice but to leave.
I'll leave the rest to you."
After saying this, he immediately ordered, "Withdraw the troops immediately!"
Wang Yao Wu said with a smile to Lin Fan, "Company Commander Lin, don't worry! The 51st Division is not a bunch of cowards!
Today, with Company Commander Lin's help, if Company Commander Lin needs my help in the future, I will go through thick and thin without hesitation."
Lin Fan thanked him with a bow.
He quickly walked towards the several vehicles that had already hung up the anti-aircraft guns.
Wang Yao Wu watched as the special company, which had just received the order, rushed back from outside the city at a rapid speed.
Some soldiers opened the carriages and put down the ramps, and the flatbed carts loaded with heavy machine guns were directly pushed onto the vehicles.
Some people put away the ramps, and some of the soldiers who were quickly returning were carrying satchels, while others were carrying two guns.
These soldiers threw the things they were carrying in their hands onto the vehicles.
The entire company transferred towards Baishu Bridge and Qilin Gate.
Deputy Commander Liu Xing did not return to the headquarters.
He stayed with Lin Fan, carrying a telephone, as if he were Lin Fan's chief of staff.
Every move of the special company was immediately reported by him to the Garrison District Command.
Five minutes after receiving the order, he reported, "My company has collected its troops and has set off."
Ten minutes later, he reported, "My company has passed through Zhongshan Gate, passed Tianbao City, and is advancing towards Baishu Bridge."
After the special company left Zhongshan Gate, passed Tianbao City, and passed Maqun, they could already hear the intense gunfire in front of them.
Lin Fan ordered the special company's convoy to stop here.
Originally, the Qilin Gate was defended by the 5th Regiment of the Central Training Corps.
Regiment Commander Deng Wenxi led his troops to defend Zijin Mountain, but after all the regimental battalion commanders were killed in battle, he had to retreat.
He retreated to Qilin Gate, but was once again forced to retreat by the vigorously attacking 16th Division of the Japanese, and had now retreated to Baishu Bridge.
And the Baishu Bridge defense line was already crumbling.
Zhao Xinshui, commander of the 3rd Company, picked up his machine gun, stood up, and shouted loudly, "Brothers! The country is in turmoil, and all soldiers are taking national crisis pay, but only our Central Training Corps is taking full pay.
We have been training soldiers for a thousand days, and now is the time to use them.
Now is the time for the country to use us."
The machine gun in his hand fired fiercely at the Japanese.
For a time, such courage encouraged many soldiers in his company to stand up and shoot as well.
Hirano, a Japanese machine gunner who was lying on the ground and shooting at the Baishu Bridge position, faced such a good opportunity.
The machine gun in his hand fired a continuous burst, and at least ten soldiers, including 3rd Company Commander Zhao Xinshui, were hit and fell together.
It was extremely tragic!
The 3rd Company's position was already somewhat difficult to defend, and now suddenly a dozen people were lost.
A fifty-meter-long gap appeared in the position.
Organizing the attack on the Baishu Bridge defense line was Colonel Noda Kengo, commander of the 33rd Regiment of the 16th Division.
He received a strict order from Division Commander Nakajima Kengo: At all costs and regardless of casualties, he must be the first team to break into Nanjing.
Now, seeing the gap in the National Revolutionary Army's defense line, he immediately ordered the Tsujikado Shuntai Battalion to launch a human wave tactic and charge directly towards the Baishu Bridge position.
At the same time, he ordered Amagasaki Takashi to follow behind, and specifically ordered, "No gaps are allowed between the two battalions.
Gentlemen, the entire empire is watching us."
Nearly a thousand people from the two battalions charged towards the Baishu Bridge position.
Originally, a battalion had a full strength of 1,200 people. The 16th Division had a full complement of personnel when it arrived in Shanghai.
However, they encountered a fierce attack from the defending army in Jiangyin, and the entire division suffered severe losses.
These days, they had rushed to Nanjing in a hurry, wanting to share the glory of entering the capital.
Now, they had seen the halo of being the first to enter Nanjing floating in the air, and everyone had the opportunity to wear it.
Such extreme temptation made the entire Japanese army attacking Nanjing go crazy.
Charging at the forefront was the Ogawahara Yuki squad. This squad was very lucky and had not directly engaged with the special company twice in a row in Jiangyin.
Therefore, the Ogawahara Yuki squad became the most fully staffed squad in the entire 16th Division.
Squad Leader Ogawahara Yuki was also quite proud of this. It was for this reason that his squad became the vanguard of the entire 16th Division today.
Charging at the front of the Ogawahara Yuki squad was Sergeant Shimooda Yuki.
Sergeant Shimooda Yuki bent over and held his gun.
He carefully advanced towards the Baishu Bridge position. His actions were cautious, but his steps were fast.
Walking beside Sergeant Shimooda Yuki was Sergeant Fujiwara Naoki. The two were from the same village.
They were childhood playmates and joined the army together.
Over the years, the two had depended on each other, and many times they had survived by helping each other.
Now, they were both charging at the forefront of the entire team, and they were going to seize the highest honor of soldiers.
The fifty or so Japanese soldiers following behind them were all from the same county as them.
Fighting requires brothers, and war requires fathers and sons!
When the Japanese recruited soldiers, they gathered people from the same area together so that they would be more cohesive.
This team of Japanese soldiers was not ordinary, whether it was in terms of tactical actions or combat quality.
The fifty or so Japanese soldiers in the entire squad acted as if they were one person.
Following behind the Ogawahara Yuki squad were the soldiers of the entire battalion, and behind the Tsujikado Shuntai Battalion was the Amagasaki Takashi Battalion.
Within the Amagasaki Takashi Battalion, the Tokida Yūto squad charged at the forefront.
Squad Leader Tokida Yūto had done everything possible to win this glorious task.
Now, every soldier in the entire division was thinking of charging at the forefront, and this actually required them to consider their past military achievements.
The ability of the Tokida Yūto squad was obvious to all before this.
Now, Squad Leader Tokida Yūto was very unconvinced as he followed behind the Tsujikado Shuntai Battalion.
Squad Leader Tokida Yūto led his soldiers and intentionally accelerated their pace.
Slowly, they surpassed most of the people in the battalion in front.
Soon, the team that launched the charge towards Baishu Bridge had become a formation of two battalions attacking side by side.
Platoon Leader Yan Ruiming saw the blank defense line left by Zhao Company Commander after his death and assigned two groups of soldiers to reinforce it.
However, now that the Japanese had discovered such a battle opportunity, they concentrated several machine guns, mortars, and grenade launchers to block both sides of that defense line.
The fierce firepower suppressed the soldiers sent out by Platoon Leader Yan Ruiming, making it impossible for them to pass.
Tong Gaomin and five soldiers charged three times, and only two soldiers were left.
It was impossible to pass through the blockade line constructed by the Japanese with fierce firepower.
Just because of this delay, the main force of the Japanese had already charged up.
The officers and soldiers of the training corps could only watch as the main force of the Japanese rushed into the position.
As soon as these Japanese entered the position, they infiltrated the entire defense line along the fortifications like mercury pouring onto the ground.
Platoon Leader Yan Ruiming had to divide his forces to defend in two directions.
There was the same problem at the other end of this position.
The originally unstable defense line was broken into by the Japanese in the middle again.
Seeing that the entire Baishu Bridge defense line was in imminent danger, in order not to let all the soldiers on the position be sacrificed here,
Platoon Leader Yan Ruiming had to order, "Withdraw from the position!"
At this moment, a burst of shouts and screams came from behind their defense line.
At the same time, a bugle call rang out!
Lin Fan led the soldiers of the special company and rushed up.
They had discovered that the Baishu Bridge defense line had been broken through by the Japanese from only two hundred meters away.
The soldiers of the training corps on the defense line were no longer able to hold on.
Lin Fan had to order the infantry to launch a charge, and the heavy weapons of the special company could only enter the position a little later.
Deputy Commander Liu Xing did not expect that he would already be a general in the National Revolutionary Army and would still personally see soldiers fighting with bayonets on the battlefield one day.
He reported to the Garrison District Command on the phone, "My company has arrived at the Baishu Bridge position and is engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese.
It is estimated that there is a battalion of Japanese soldiers who have rushed to the position!"
Deputy Commander Liu Xing guessed the number correctly, but not the organization.
There were more than a thousand Japanese soldiers here, but the organization was two battalions.
Among them, there was a battalion that had been crippled in his Jiangyin defense zone.
Hearing the bugle call coming from behind, Platoon Leader Yan Ruiming reissued the order, "Hold on! Hold on!"
Gong Jinxin was one of his soldiers. He had been somewhat dissatisfied when he heard the platoon leader tell them to retreat. He was unwilling to retreat anymore.
Now, hearing the platoon leader's order to hold on, he was excited and stood up like Zhao Company Commander, his machine gun firing at the Japanese.
Shooting in this position was the best way to show his bravery, and he was extremely excited.
Platoon Leader Yan Ruiming saw another fool standing up and shooting and shouted loudly, "Gong Jinxin, get down! What are you doing?"
Gong Jinxin was frightened when he heard the platoon leader's roar and quickly lay down, firing at the Japanese while saying, "Platoon leader, I'm learning how Company Commander Zhao is firing at the Japanese!"
"Damn it, you don't learn the good things, you only learn the bad things.
The company commander has already turned into a ghost, are you going to follow him?
Standing up to fire on the battlefield, or holding a machine gun to fire, isn't that like lighting a lantern by the latrine—looking for death?"
Gong Jinxin muttered, "How dare you say that about the company commander?"
"Does being an officer mean that you're not a fool? Just now, when the company commander stood up like that, a dozen brothers followed him and stood up.
The firepower of the entire defense line was wiped out by the Japanese, and the entire defense line collapsed.
Think about it: Is that a hero or a scoundrel?"
"The company commander died so heroically, you can't say that about him!"
"Individual heroism, on today's defense line, if it weren't for this reinforcement,
the main responsibility for losing this defense line today would have been the company commander's!" Yan Ruiming sighed.
They would be able to hold on here for a while.
In the section of the defense line that the company commander had just lost, the team that had rushed up was already fighting with the Japanese.
The special company's bayonet training every day had never been slackened, and the large portions of meat had never stopped.
After more than a month of training, they were now able to steadily gain the upper hand when fighting with bayonets.
When the special company was fighting with bayonets, the shouts they practiced during training were shouted out at this time.
It shook the heavens and the earth, and when the entire company of more than a thousand people stepped on the ground at the same time, the entire ground was shaking.
Squad Leader Ogawahara Yuki's body was shaking along with his heart.
Where did this team come from?
Their momentum was too scary!
The special company was a newly established team that had only been around for more than a month, and the soul of this team was still being formed.
However, this company had always been a team that dared to fight with bayonets and dared to make long-distance raids.
Today, a scene like this, where thousands of people were fighting with bayonets at the same time, was magnificent and gave great courage to all the National Revolutionary Army soldiers present.
Platoon Leader Yan Ruiming ordered loudly, "Training Corps! Fix bayonets! Charge!"
"Charge!"
They were also infected by the momentum of the special company, and they all jumped out of the trenches and charged towards the Japanese.
This time, the special company had a great advantage in the bayonet fight, with the number of people being about the same as the number of Japanese.
This was an unprecedented thing.
The special company had always been winning more with less, and fair duels like today were very rare.
As soon as they rushed up and made contact with the Japanese, they immediately caused a large number of the wailing Japanese to fall.
The fifty or so lucky members of the Ogawahara Yuki squad had already used up all their luck value today.
They were charged by the soldiers of Chen Sichuan's First Squad of the special company.
Both sides were the same three-man combat teams, and both had the same Type 38 rifles.
This gun, with the bayonet attached, was a full 1.7 meters long, which was ten centimeters longer than most East Asians of this era.
The same rifle, in the hands of different people, was stabbed fiercely at the other.
The special company soldiers had this kind of stabbing training every morning.
In Lin Fan's words: Train hard, fight easy.
During training, the special company soldiers did everything as if they were in battle.
Facing the bayonet stabbed over by the Japanese with all their strength, the soldiers skillfully blocked and thrust.
The two consecutive movements were done in one go, as smooth and natural as flowing water.
Their movements were completely unbearable for the Ogawahara Yuki squad on the opposite side.
In just one face-to-face encounter, the Ogawahara Yuki squad of fifty or so people was completely wiped out.
The other Japanese squad, which had been fighting with the Ogawahara Yuki squad for the leading position.
Did not last a minute longer than the Ogawahara Yuki squad.
The Japanese two battalions were simultaneously attacked by the special company.
Every time these soldiers of the special company stabbed out a knife, they would shout "Kill!"
The shouts made the remaining soldiers of the Amagasaki Takashi Battalion and the Tsujikado Shuntai Battalion tremble with fear.
These Japanese no longer had the idea of entering Nanjing and enjoying supreme glory.
Their bodies were loyal to their bodies, and many soldiers began to turn around and run away.
Anyway, running away was not the first time for them.
It was not even the second or third time. In Jiangyin, it was because they ran away in time that they escaped the disaster time and time again.
Now it was time to slip away again.
The special company pushed these Japanese out of the Baishu Bridge trench.
Watching these Japanese turn around and run away.
Lin Fan stopped the soldiers who wanted to continue chasing these Japanese.
The heavy machine guns that had been pushed up behind them were now in place.
These heavy machine guns were on flatbed carts and could be fired at any time.
Now was the time for them to show their strength.
A dozen heavy machine guns fired at the same time.
A dozen tongues of fire were like a dozen scythes of death, waving in the middle of the soldiers of the two Japanese battalions who were running away.
Some of the bullets from the heavy machine guns were able to continue to penetrate the body of the next Japanese after penetrating the body of one Japanese.
Regiment Commander Noda Kengo looked at the scene in front of him, which was too familiar.
These were the soldiers he had brought out. You could run away in Jiangyin.
But you can't retreat today!
The division commander had already issued a strict order, which was related to the honor of the entire division and the division commander's promotion today.
You could use your toes to think that the division commander who was the first to enter the city today would definitely be promoted to lieutenant general.
There was even the possibility of being promoted to the position of corps commander.
If these soldiers of the two battalions dared not fight desperately, Division Commander Nakajima Kesago would kill him.
Better a dead friend than a dead self!
Regiment Commander Noda Kengo made up his mind and ordered, "Guard! All guards! Immediately enforce military law! All soldiers who launch a charge, immediately go and take back the position.
Anyone who continues to retreat will be executed on the spot!"
The twenty or so soldiers who were ordered to enforce the law immediately set up their machine guns, and three machine guns were aimed at the soldiers who were collapsing back like locusts.
In addition, a dozen soldiers stepped forward a few steps, fired a few shots into the air with their rifles, and ordered loudly, "The regiment commander has ordered that all officers and soldiers must attack Nanjing.
No one is allowed to retreat, otherwise military law will be enforced."
The gunshots awakened the Japanese who were retreating.
They looked at the three machine guns that could be fired at any time, as if they suddenly understood something.
These soldiers turned around and rushed towards the Baishu Bridge defense line again.
After they had tossed back and forth for a while, the officers and soldiers of the special company and the Central Training Corps had restored the defense line.
Just now, this wave of charging and counter-charging had caused the Japanese corpses in front of the Baishu Bridge position to pile up in layers.
Looking at these Japanese corpses and the weapons and equipment that had fallen on the ground, the eyes of the special company soldiers were glowing.
They had all been taught by Lin Fan that if they saw the equipment dropped by the Japanese and didn't pick it up, they would feel like they were losing money.
Lin Fan was also greedy for the guns left on the battlefield, but now was not the time.
In fact, the special company had participated in battles in two places in a row today.
Lin Fan had already discovered that the Japanese artillery fire was insufficient, probably because the Japanese infantry was advancing too fast.
The heavy artillery had not been able to keep up.
This was a good opportunity.
The special company's infantry artillery had been pushed up.
Looking at the number of these charging Japanese, there should only be about four or five hundred of them.
Lin Fan ordered, "All infantry guns and mortars, bombard them all.
The entire company prepares to launch a charge at the Japanese.
At the same time, order the Fifth and Sixth Squads to prepare to clean up the battlefield."
This time, Lin Fan made the task of cleaning up the battlefield clear first.
After thinking about it, Lin Fan decided to be safer and faster.
He added, "The Third and Fourth Squads will also clean up the battlefield together!"
"The First and Second Squads will follow the Japanese and advance towards the Qilin Gate position in front!"
Just now, Lin Fan had learned from these soldiers of the training corps that after the Japanese occupied Qilin Gate, they divided their forces into two groups.
One group attacked Baishu Bridge, and the other attacked Linggu Temple.
Now Lin Fan was preparing to occupy Qilin Gate and close the door to beat the dog, and wipe out the third of the Japanese who had broken into Linggu Temple.
He told Liu Xing, the deputy commander, about his plan.
Liu Xing immediately opened the map in his hand and reported the plan to the commander-in-chief immediately.
It had to be said that it was too convenient for battlefield command to have a telephone with him at all times.
Lin Fan knew that this was also because Liu Xing had a high position and power, and that he could carry a telephone with him at all times and be able to connect at any time.
He didn't know how many signalmen were following behind him.
Tang Shengzhi did not expect that the special company's combat power would be so strong. They had just stabilized the Baishu Bridge position and actually wanted to counterattack Qilin Gate, and also wanted to hold Qilin Gate and close the door to beat the dog to the Japanese who had broken in.
However, the Garrison District did not agree to Lin Fan's plan, for no other reason than that the Yaohua Gate defense line had already been lost, and even if they held Qilin Gate, they would not be able to close the door to beat the dog.
Liu Xing looked at Lin Fan regretfully and waited for his orders.
Lin Fan ordered, "Tell the headquarters that regardless of whether there is a plan to close the door to beat the dog, we have decided to attack Qilin Gate and expand the defense line outward."
After he finished speaking, he saw that the soldiers of the Japanese team, who had retreated just now but had returned to continue their charge, had been bombed by the dense artillery fire and did not dare to get up and move forward.
Those Japanese could only crawl on the ground and stubbornly fire in this direction.
The special company and the soldiers of the training corps were very aware of this situation.
The heavy machine guns blocked the sporadic firepower of the Japanese, and Lin Fan's rifle kept firing at the exposed Japanese.
One shot at a time, with every shot hitting its mark.
Deputy Commander Liu Xing was stunned as he watched Lin Fan, "So a person's marksmanship can be like this."
He saw Ji Wudi, Wu Xiaobao, Zhao Long and the others specifically loading bullets and changing guns for Lin Fan.
He was filled with great pride and threw the phone in his hand to the guards around him, and also joined the ranks of loading bullets for Lin Fan.
In this way, the bullets fired by Lin Fan had also passed through the hands of the deputy commander.
This feeling was really great.
Deputy Commander Liu Xing was loading bullets, and he was still counting in his heart: one, two, three, four, five!
Loading five bullets would kill five Japanese.
He had never felt that fighting the Japanese was such an easy thing.
Regiment Commander Noda Kengo watched the two battalions of officers and soldiers, who had been forcibly driven back to the battlefield by him, quickly being reduced in number, and he felt somewhat regretful.
Seeing that the infantry battalion in front was completely suppressed by the defending army.
He immediately ordered, "Supply team! Everyone! Attack!"
His regiment had 600 soldiers in the