Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

"Commander, the Japanese tank troops are coming." Battalion Commander Zhang Shuo spoke with some nervousness.

Ji Hongru turned his head to look in the direction of the two snipers and said through gritted teeth: "No matter what, we will fight our own way."

In fact, he was a little worried, because the Japanese tanks had always been their nightmare.

If you want to destroy the Japanese tanks, you must sacrifice human lives.

The soldiers held explosives and used their flesh and blood to blow up the enemy. This was also the experience he gained in the Battle of Shanghai.

"Should we get ready?" Zhang Shuo said.

Ji Hongru knew what he meant, shook his head and said, "Master believes in Changfeng, we just need to cooperate."

Hearing the captain say this, Zhang Shuo could only shut up, but his expression became more nervous.

The Japanese tanks were getting closer and closer, and artillery fire continued to bombard the front of the position.

Fortunately, the trenches were strong and the soldiers hiding inside did not suffer many casualties for the time being.

"Commander, the Japanese planes are coming too."

Zhang Shuo looked at the 15 planes in the sky and his scalp suddenly went numb.

"Let the brothers hide." Ji Hongru said, and hid in the cat ear hole again.

The defensive fortifications taught by Gu Changfeng were promoted by Wang Yaowu.

Like the position where Ji Hongru is now, not only is the tunnel deep, but there are also several large anti-artillery holes built.

Many cat-ear holes were dug in the trenches to protect individual soldiers from artillery fire and store ammunition.

There were four or five such defensive fortifications in the entire position. The soldiers of the 301st Regiment spent ten days digging them just to avoid the Japanese air raids and artillery bombardments.

"Boom boom boom!"

The explosive packs on the Japanese planes began to fall, and violent roars continued to be heard on the battlefield.

From time to time, some unlucky soldiers would scream or be directly killed by the explosion!

Gu Changfeng held up his rifle and watched the Japanese planes flying over the front line with a serious expression, and began to calculate the distance in his mind.

Now that China's airspace supremacy has been basically lost, the Japanese pilots are showing off their power in the air, completely unaware that danger is approaching.

Although the maximum altitude limit of the Type 96 bomber is 7500 meters, these guys are very arrogant and are almost all at around 1500 to 1800 meters.

As 15 Japanese planes entered the airspace of Huxu, the soldiers in charge of the anti-aircraft machine guns took action.

"Ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta."

Bullets from three anti-aircraft machine guns were fired violently at the group of planes in the air, and four planes were hit at the first moment.

Of course, shooting it down is still not realistic because the firepower is not dense enough.

"Damn it! These Chinese have anti-aircraft machine guns. Get out of here!"

The Japanese Major Hashimoto on the plane shouted angrily that if he didn't increase the distance, he would die if he was not careful. He didn't want to die in this small ravine!

The 15 Japanese planes fled in panic, and Gu Changfeng did not take any more action.

The distance was indeed not enough. If it was a little lower, with his marksmanship, he would have a chance to shoot down one or two Japanese planes by hitting their fuel tanks.

At the same time as the anti-aircraft machine guns were firing, Yoshizumi Ryosuke, who was seven or eight miles away, also noticed it and said in disbelief:

"These Chinese actually have anti-aircraft machine guns?"

The brigade commander Nobutoki Ide didn't expect this either. When he heard the division commander say this, he could only comfort him.

"Your Excellency, the flight squadron should be fine. These Chinese don't have strong firepower."

Yoshizumi Ryosuke naturally understood, but he was just surprised at first glance.

The flying squadron's bombing mission ended ahead of schedule, but the Japanese tank soldiers and infantry had already arrived at the position.

The soldiers of the 301st Regiment immediately engaged in combat with the Japanese.

Liu Dazhuang and Zhao Ziqing no longer hid. They crawled out of the cat ear holes in the fourth line of defense and began to attack the Japanese tanks.

12.7mm bullets whizzed past, "bang bang" two consecutive gunshots, bullets whizzed,

With the cooperation of the two, one bullet penetrated the armor and hit the Japanese driver, and the other one hit the Japanese engine part.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the first Japanese tank was completely scrapped.

Of course, the soldiers on the Japanese tanks would not surrender, so the machine guns on the tanks began to fire forward.

But the distance between the two sides was not at the same level at all, and the only damage was caused to the soldiers of the 301st Regiment in front.

Zhao Ziqing and his companions were not hurt at all.

The timing was just right. With the coordinated shooting of the two men, it was almost impossible for the Japanese driver on the tank to escape. In just a few minutes, more than a dozen tanks in the front row were destroyed.

In fact, it was a waste of Gu Changfeng's talent to use this gun to fight the Japanese, because the 12.7mm bullet is an armor-piercing bullet.

It's just right for hitting the Japanese tanks. One hit knocks them down one by one. It's very comfortable.

The remaining Japanese tank soldiers in the rear saw that their companions in the front were unable to move, so they did not dare to charge and began to retreat.

"What kind of weapon is this?"

Yoshizumi Ryosuke was shocked again, and he found himself becoming more and more confused.

When did the Nationalist army's weapons become so advanced? Why didn't they use them during the Battle of Shanghai?

His mind was full of questions at this moment.

Ji Hongru was very good at seizing opportunities and immediately began to order the entire regiment to attack.

He was worried before, but fortunately he believed in his teacher and Gu Changfeng!

Otherwise, if we rashly let the soldiers go up with the explosives, it would be a huge joke.

As the charge sounded, more than 1000 soldiers jumped out of the trenches and fired bullets at the panicked Japanese soldiers.

Without the cover of tanks, the Japanese troops' formation was in chaos and they were defeated by the soldiers of the 301st Regiment in a short time. Even the tanks in front of the position were blown up by the soldiers.

After the defeat in the first battle, Yoshizumi Ryosuke began to order a retreat, as there was no point in fighting any further today.

But he seemed to have forgotten what he said, that he would have dinner in Huxu in the evening.

After the battle, Ji Hongru ordered the soldiers to start rebuilding the defense line.

Despite the bombing by the Japanese tanks and planes, many places were still destroyed.

At the Huxu temporary combat command center, Ji Hongru was very happy to return and said to Zhao Ziqing and Liu Dazhuang.

"Thank you both so much today. If it weren't for you, we would have had to pay a heavy price to deal with the Japanese tanks."

Zhao Ziqing waved his hand and smiled, "They are all small matters. We didn't do anything."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. The Japs probably won't attack today. We should see what happens tomorrow."

Gu Changfeng interrupted and said that thanking you all is just nonsense, it would be better to talk about something serious instead.

Hearing Gu Changfeng say this, Ji Hongru became serious and spoke.

"Changfeng, what do you think?"

He did not call him Commander Gu because Gu Changfeng's unit was a battalion-level unit, and as the regimental commander, his rank should be higher.

But Wang Yaowu asked him to cooperate with Gu Changfeng, so he just called him in a more friendly way.

"The Japanese lost the first battle, and I guess they will invest more tomorrow!" said Gu Changfeng.

"So should we go into battle?" Zhao Ziqing asked.

Gu Changfeng thought for a moment and said, "You and Dazhuang have been exposed, so you can go into battle. As for the others, we'll see how the situation develops. I'm going to give the Japanese a big stab."

The trump cards are revealed bit by bit. The Japanese investment is not big enough now, so there is no need to take them all out at once.

Ji Hongru said directly: "Changfeng, the commander asked our regiment to cooperate with you, so you can make the arrangements directly!"

"Here's what I think: if the Japs only send a large group tomorrow, I won't take action."

"Brother Ji should take the lead, and Dazhuang and Lao Zhao will cooperate with you."

Gu Changfeng said.

"No problem." Ji Hongru agreed.

"What if there are more devils?" Liu Dazhuang asked curiously.

Zhao Ziqing said disdainfully: "Da Zhuang, think about it, if there are more devils, of course we have to send them out."

Gu Changfeng smiled and said, "Old Zhao is right. If there are two brigades, Brother Ji won't be able to hold on. He will definitely have to fight!"

At that time, we can use some trump cards to keep the Japanese behind first.

You know, he is in great need of heads, especially the heads of the devils...