I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

At the end of the tunnel, the Japanese engineers were digging desperately, bit by bit extending the tunnel to the Nanjing Army's underground tunnel network in the darkness ahead.

At the end of the excavation, when the Japanese army saw the brick and tile concrete wall exposed after the soil fell, they were all extremely excited. They knew that behind this wall was the tunnel of the Nanjing Army. Through this wall, they could drill into the Nanjing Army's tunnel. The tunnel network drilled into the interior of the Nanjing Army.

"Let's start!" Following the officer's order, the construction engineers picked up the iron pickaxes, and after stabilizing their minds, the Japanese army engineers who had been cautious and dared not make a sound began to smash the brick wall in front of them with all their might. The pickaxe hit the brick wall, causing sparks to scatter and fragments flying across. Amidst the booming dust, the tunnel was opened.

The tunnels of the Japanese army successfully extended into the tunnel network of the Nanjing Army.

"Assault!" The infantry officer leading the team immediately roared ecstatically.

The Japanese army swarmed out like sewage gushing from a sewage pipe, and penetrated into the network of tunnels of the Nanjing Army at the bottom of Zijin Mountain.

The tunnels of the Nanjing Army were much larger, more spacious, and stronger than those of the Japanese Army. The top, bottom, and two walls of the tunnels were all repaired with bricks and cement.

In the tunnel, when the first patrolling Nanjing army militiamen saw the first Japanese soldiers coming in, they were almost stunned. They couldn't believe the scene in front of them. .

"Kill it!" A large number of Japanese troops rushed down the tunnel for thousands of miles.

Chapter 345 Liecheng (5)

The Japanese army that drilled into the underground tunnel network of the Nanjing Army's Zijin Mountain was the 116th Division. Composed of soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of the 16th Division in the Type A Division of the Japanese Army can only be said to be moderate (it is not the number one in fighting, but it is the number one in burning, killing and raping). Naturally, the combat effectiveness of the 116th Division is relatively low. Where to go, at best, it is average, but Lieutenant General Ningji Okamura attaches great importance to this division. He has repeatedly used this division as the main attack force because he firmly believes that "the mourning army will win", and at the same time hopes that the division can On the battlefield, use brilliant results to avenge the 16th Division, wash away the shame, revive the glory, and save the face of the Japanese Army (there are currently two Japanese divisions that have been wiped out by the Chinese army, namely the 2st Division, The 101th Division, but the 16st Division has the same roots as the 101st Division, known as the "Emperor's Imperial Forest Army". The 1st Division guards Tokyo. Naturally, there is no chance to come to China to participate in the war, and there is no chance to avenge the 1st Division. Avenging hatred, so Lieutenant General Okamura asked the 101th Division to avenge the 116th Division.

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Objectively speaking, under the encouragement and encouragement of Lieutenant General Okamura, the 116th Division worked hard on the Nanjing battlefield, but after participating in the war, it has never been too brilliant. The reason is that the Nanjing Army is too strong up.

The Nanjing Army was able to wipe out the 16th Division, not by luck, but by strength.

Lieutenant General Shimizu Kishige, the head of the 116th Division, felt deeply humiliated and terrified. He pleaded guilty to Lieutenant General Okamura many times, thinking that he had "been up to the trust and respect of His Excellency the Commander", but Lieutenant General Okamura did not blame him. Instead, General Qingshui gave comfort and encouragement, and even handed over the task of "authentic surprise attack" that was critical to the success of the Battle of Nanjing to the 116th Division.

After receiving the order, General Shimizu was so moved that he was almost tearful of gratitude. He gritted his teeth and swore, "I will die to complete the task, and I will never disappoint Your Excellency the Commander again."

经过整顿，第116师团抽调出师团内1.1万余名步兵（骑兵、炮兵、辎重兵肯定是无法参加这种战斗的）和2000余名工兵，组成“地道奇袭部队”，并且得到了很大加强，冈村中将特地把他指挥的第4军下辖的另外两个师团（第15、第17师团）的大批步兵轻武器调拨给第116师团，使得第116师团的“地道奇袭部队”装备精良，达到一个小队（50人）平均拥有4挺轻机枪或2挺重机枪以及3具掷弹筒、1门迫击炮的火力水准，平均每个步兵拥有子弹400发（是正常作战情况的两倍）、手榴弹8颗（是正常作战情况的两倍）。

General Qing Shui was so moved that he became ruthless. Not only did he go into battle in person, but he also ordered all the brigade commanders, regimental commanders, and battalion commanders in the division to take the lead in the battle, so as to boost morale and morale to the greatest extent.

Lieutenant General Okamura's tolerance, benevolence, trust, and respect made Shimizu swear more than once. If the 116th Division's operation has not achieved a complete success, he will either die in battle or have a laparotomy.

In a sense, Lieutenant General Okamura's concept of "sorry soldiers must win" was successful. The morale and fighting spirit of the 116th Division were greatly stimulated, but it also brought negative effects, that is, it made the Shimizu will be too eager to succeed.

Zijin Mountain is one of the main positions of Nanjing City, and it is also the most important main position. The senior officials of the Nanjing Army have a full understanding of this, and even made up their minds to "rather lose Nanjing City than Zijin Mountain", because "Zijin Mountain is lost. , the urban area of ​​Nanjing must be lost, as long as the Zijin Mountain is not lost, even if the Japanese army occupies the urban area of ​​Nanjing, they will be driven out.”

It can be said that Zijinshan fortifications are the largest, most complex, and most critical in the entire Nanjing city defense project. More than 40% of the manpower, material and financial resources in the city defense project are used to build Zijinshan fortifications.

The sheer complexity of the entire fortification is breathtaking, leaving aside the intricate and continuous trenches at the foot of the mountain and halfway up the mountain, as well as the dotted machine gun bunkers, mortar positions, ring fortifications, shelters, fire support points, and serial bunkers in the trenches. , foxholes, and many artillery positions on the mountainside and on the top of the mountain. The internal structure of the mountain alone is amazing. A large number of tunnels, tunnels, tunnels, and basements have been excavated in the mountain, dense like a beehive and as complicated as an ant nest , but in an orderly manner, it is used as dormitories for officers and soldiers, lounges, canteens, hospitals, grain depots for storing food, armories for storing weapons, and ammunition depots for storing ammunition, etc., all of which are connected by passages.

On the whole, the underground fortifications in Zijin Mountain are like a coil of mosquito-repellent coils that rotate upwards.

"Japanese soldiers were found in Tunnel No. [-]! There are more than [-] of them! Reinforcement is requested!"

"The No. [-] tunnel was drilled through by the Japanese army! Hundreds of Japanese troops are pouring in! We can't hold on any longer!"

"There are also Japanese troops in the No. [-] tunnel! The firepower is strong! It's almost unstoppable!"

"Gate No. [-] of Tunnel No. [-] was blown up by the Japanese with a grenade! Unstoppable! Reinforcement is requested!..."

Flying meteor-like reports were continuously sent to Jiang Weiguo through the heart-piercing ringtones of the phone.

At this time, Jiang Weiguo was celebrating Yangmei's birthday in Taohuawu on Zijin Mountain. Yangmei's birthday was on May [-]th. Although the military situation was on fire, Jiang Weiguo didn't want to break the appointment with women, especially Yangmei.

Taohuawu is located on a hill in the south of Zijin Mountain. There are towering ancient trees and peach trees all over the place. When the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, the forests are full of beauty and flowers. Of course, many of those ancient peach trees were cut down by Jiang Weiguo before the war.

Even so, Taohuawu is still the place with the most beautiful scenery on Zijin Mountain.

After Xiao Yao came to report, Jiang Weiguo plucked a peach from a peach tree beside him, thinking while eating.

"The Japanese army is attacking Nanjing City in all directions, especially Zijin Mountain!" Xiao Yao said in a low voice, "The regular army is very tight, and they are all restrained in the extended positions. Not many people can be transferred into the tunnel to stop them, so they can only use militia!"

"The militia...the militia..." Jiang Weiguo chewed, "Their sacrifice is really great..."

"Yes!" Xiao Yao also sighed a little, "The sacrifice of the militiamen is really great!"

"What do you think?" Jiang Weiguo looked at Xiao Yao, who kept chewing and suppressing the fluctuations in his heart.

Xiao Yao looked at Jiang Weiguo, without saying a word, with a hint of "everything is in silence".

Jiang Weiguo whispered: "Do as you want!"

Xiao Yao nodded: "Okay, I got it!" After speaking, he left in a hurry.

"You'd better go get busy!" After Xiao Yao left, Yang Mei seemed very understanding and said, "I know you're busy, it's okay, I appreciate your wishes!"

Jiang Weiguo laughed: "Even if the sky falls, we still have to eat.

Happy birthday dear!"

Yang Mei was surprised immediately, she looked at Jiang Weiguo in confusion, unable to understand the meaning of the smile on Jiang Weiguo's face.

At the foot of Zijin Mountain, the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army in the trenches roared frantically, struggling to meet the Japanese troops rushing all over the mountains, while tunnels under their feet or in the mountain behind them were also caught in bloody battles.

Fighting underground is more brutal than fighting above ground because the space is so small.

The seven large tunnels of the Japanese army opened into the underground tunnel network of Zijin Mountain almost at the same time, and the seven Japanese troops shuttled in like seven roundworms drilled into the blood vessels of the human body, advancing all the way.

The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army (basically militiamen) who sensed the enemy's situation rushed to stop them. In the narrow tunnel space, the explosions of gunshots, grenade shells and grenades were not only dense, but also almost shattered people's hearts due to the echo. The eardrums, the Japanese army who got in and the Nanjing army who came to stop them fought desperately in the tunnel, and the battle was like annihilation. The tunnel was too small, and there was almost no shelter. They rushed to each other from one end of the tunnel and from the other end of the tunnel. The Nanjing Army and the Japanese Army conducted unobstructed, face-to-face shooting in the straight-through tunnel.

In the dimly lit tunnel, the red-eyed soldiers on both sides uttered extremely deafening roars due to the echoes, and then launched a completely lifeless confrontation amidst the huge and completely deaf shooting sounds and the echoes of the shooting sounds. The bullets whizzed and danced like a swarm of fireflies, the bullets flew and splashed, the walls of the tunnel were like sparks, and the walls at the top and bottom were splashed with blood. After the light is gone, go on.

"Go up! Go up! Don't let the devils in!" The officers of the Nanjing Army roared.

"Attack! Attack! Don't retreat! You must rush in!" The officers of the Japanese army also roared.

Crowds of the two armies rushed upward one after another. The tunnel was completely submerged in the hail of bullets, roars, shooting sounds, blood mist and blood, and the firepower net. The dense rain of bullets covered almost no dead corner in the tunnel. They kept falling down like electric shocks in the firepower net.

Due to the narrow space, dim light, and too much noise, the follow-up soldiers on both sides could not organize an effective attack order, nor could they react. Come here, the same bullet can even penetrate more than one soldier. The corpses that continue to fall make the dead pile up in the tunnel like hemp, and the blood is even more bloody. Thunderbolts rolled, gunpowder smoke was like mist, and countless hot grenade shell fragments roared and swept through the tunnel like a tornado.

"Advance!" After killing the blocking Nanjing army, the Japanese army advanced rapidly.

This kind of close combat in a small space, and both sides would rather die than retreat, victory is to kill the other side, but the price paid is almost the same as the other side, because it is purely a waste of human life.

The light weapons of the Japanese infantry have been greatly strengthened. The Nanjing army that blocked the Japanese army is basically a militia. The light weapons and combat effectiveness of the infantry are much worse than that of the Japanese army. Therefore, the casualty cost of the Japanese army is about half of that of the Nanjing army.

"Baga! Hurry up! Move these dead people away!" Major General Tsutoro Ishihara, head of the 116th Brigade of the 119th Division who personally led a commando according to the division commander's order, cursed. The commando team just defeated a blockade of the Nanjing Army, which actually wiped out the opponent, because almost no one from the opponent retreated or escaped, basically fighting to the end.

Major General Ishihara hates this kind of battle in the tunnel. It is like two groups of mice fighting in a burrow, and it is difficult to start. The Nanjing Army that blocked him has about 200 people, and Major General Ishihara's commando team is about 500 people, although the number is the opponent's More than twice as many, but couldn't take advantage of the number of people, because both sides were crowded in the tunnel like meat in a can and shot at each other.

After turning the opponent into 120 dead or dying seriously wounded in the pile of dead, the Japanese army also killed and injured more than [-] people, completely relying on machine guns to withstand it.

Major General Ishihara was not worried about this, but that the corpses of the dead Nanjing Army almost blocked the tunnel. After all, the tunnel was too narrow. After the battle, the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood in the air was due to poor ventilation. , unable to disperse and pungent, and the blood on the ground was sticky and thick.

The Japanese army eager to move forward rushed forward, removed the dead officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army who blocked the tunnel, and then continued to advance through the dead and blood pools everywhere.

In a certain large tunnel of the Japanese army, Admiral Shimizu was listening carefully to the report from the radio station. What made him feel relieved was that all the news came:

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the Third Commando Team has successfully entered the tunnel of the Chinese Army and penetrated about 500 meters into it!"

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the Fifth Commando has just defeated the blocking of the Chinese Army and is continuing to advance!"

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the Sixth Commando discovered a large basement of the Chinese Army, suspected to be a warehouse!"

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, a large number of Chinese troops are counterattacking our Second Commando, requesting reinforcements..."

"Yoxi!" Admiral Qingshui was very excited when he heard that, and he immediately thought of something, "Commander Shi Yuan and Takahashi, please report immediately, have you been attacked by the poisonous gas of the Chinese army?"

Major General Tsunetaro Ishihara, head of the 119th Brigade, and Yoichiro Takahashi, head of the 130th Brigade, both of whom suffered a stroke, replied: "No! Your Excellency, Division Chief, the Chinese Army did not use gas bombs on our troops. In addition, the Chinese army seems to be caught off guard, and has not yet organized a real strong counterattack!"

"Great!" Admiral Qing Shui was elated when he heard that, and his most worried doubts disappeared. What he was most worried about was "the Chinese army set a trap, deliberately lured the imperial army into the tunnel, and then released poisonous gas to kill the imperial army", After judging that this doubt was just unfounded, he ordered loudly, "All troops, press up!"

"Your Excellency, Head of the Division!" The Chief of Staff of the division next to him, Yoshiichiro Mibato, hurriedly dissuaded him, "Commander Okamura gave us the order to be 'cautious', we can't be too rash!"

A total of more than 116 troops from the 1.3th Division were put into this "tunnel surprise attack", more than [-] infantry entered the tunnel, and more than [-] engineers were responsible for assisting.

Lieutenant General Okamura has always been a little worried about this plan, so he specifically asked General Shimizu to "do not rush, but fight steadily" before the action. The specific steps are to be carried out in batches, and the troops are divided into three batches, each with a total of seven commandos , In this way, in case the commando in front encounters an accident, the commando in the back can still be preserved.

At this time, the first batch of seven commandos of the Japanese army had entered the tunnel of the Nanjing Army, and the subsequent two batches of [-] commandos were still waiting in the tunnel of the Japanese army.

Admiral Qingshui decided to "launch a meteor-like attack with strides." Facing the objection of Colonel Sanjiu, he said very emotionally: "Mr. Sanjiu, you also know that our division, the 16th division, has never come to China. The No.[-] division was completely wiped out by the Chinese army. Not only did it lose the face of the empire and the imperial army, it also lost the face of our men in Kyoto! Some people in the imperial military circle said that "Kyoto people don't know how to fight", it's really shameful! We originally wanted to beat the Chinese army and wash away the shame. His Excellency Commander Okamura also trusted us. The opportunity to make contributions is given priority to our [-]th Division Regiment, but... we failed the trust of His Excellency the Commander again and again. Let’s talk about the last interception battle. The Chinese army broke through the encirclement and escaped from the city. , Alas! Sanjiu-kun, every time I think of these things, I feel heartbroken and regretful! This time the "authentic surprise attack" is of great importance. The imperial army's ability to capture Nanjing in one fell swoop depends on whether we succeed! Commander Okamura The official once again trusted us and entrusted us with such an important and critical task. If we still let him down, there is really no cure! Therefore, we must succeed! We must even exceed the task! Soldiers are precious and fast! We cannot Fearful and timid, press all the troops up! Rush in in one breath!"

"But..." Chief Sanjiu wanted to dissuade him, but was interrupted by General Qing Shui with a wave of his hand.

"It's useless to talk!" Qing Shui looked at the tunnel behind him like a torch. The densely packed subordinates were waiting for his order. He said in a stern voice, "Everyone listen to my order! Assault! Capture Zijin Mountain!"

Because of the echo, there is no need for loudspeakers in clear water, and the sound echoes rollingly in the tunnel.

"Capture Zijin Mountain!" The howls of demons danced in the tunnel, and more Japanese troops rushed out of the tunnel frantically and rushed into the tunnel of the Nanjing Army.

The structure of the tunnel network in Zijin Mountain is like a coil of mosquito-repellent incense that rotates and rises. After the Japanese army completely poured in, the first floor, the second floor... were occupied one after another, and every tunnel was full of corpses and blood. .

The Nanjing army militiamen who blocked the Japanese army all fought to the death, using their loyalty, blood, and corpses to block the advance of the Japanese army.

In Taohuawu, Jiang Weiguo is still celebrating Yang Mei's birthday, there is no third person, because no man likes to have a third person on the scene when he is having a "two-person world" with his lover.

The two had a picnic under a peach tree, and Yang Mei looked at Jiang Weiguo more and more suspiciously. She found that the expression on Jiang Weiguo's face was very strange and complicated, with a kind of melancholy, sadness and even sadness.

Not long after, Yang Mei was surprised to see a group of engineers from the Nanjing Army rushing from the mountainside to a place near Taohuawu.

"Can you tell me what's going on here?" Yang Mei couldn't help it, she knew she shouldn't inquire, but she was really curious, not just what kind of medicine was sold in Jiang Weiguo's gourd, but also why the expression on Jiang Weiguo's face So weird and complicated.

Jiang Weiguo smiled, and then took a file bag beside him. This file bag was accidentally left there when he and Liu Wugou were doing something inappropriate for children in Liu Wugou's workshop, but he quickly retrieved it. The package that came.

Jiang Weiguo opened the file package, took out one of the stacks of drawings, and put it in front of Yangmei: "Look here!" He pointed, "There are three tunnels, like shafts, from near us to the underground tunnel of Zijin Mountain. Bottom of the web!"

Yang Mei looked at the three tunnels on the drawing puzzledly: "You never took me there!"

"Of course, it's useless because it's been idle all the time!" Jiang Weiguo nodded, "These three tunnels were all excavated near our place!" He pointed to a place near Taohuawu.