Xu Dalong stepped forward to greet him. At this time, his identity was the Japanese Army's Shaozuo. He respectfully saluted the Japanese Army's Center Zuo and said hello to him.
The Japanese center left was very confused and asked: "Who are you and why are you here? Where is Tanaka?" It was obvious that the Japanese center left was familiar with this bridge guarding force, and the Tanaka he mentioned should be the Japanese bridge guard. The squadron leader of the army.
Xu Dalong knew that the lake could not be cleared, so he was too lazy to talk nonsense to him. He waved his hand, and a group of special operations team members disguised as Japanese soldiers pointed their guns at the Japanese army's center left and his officers and soldiers.
The center left of the Japanese army realized that the people in front of him were not Japanese officers and soldiers, but enemy soldiers pretending to be soldiers. He immediately reached for his gun.
Xu Dalong took a step forward and punched him on the head. The devil was hit in the middle and left, and he fainted immediately.
The special operations team members also took action to disarm the Japanese troops. However, the Japanese army was very tenacious. Faced with so many guns pointed at them, they still resisted.
A special operations team member had no choice but to fire a shot, killing a Japanese soldier who was stabbing him with a bayonet.
Just at this moment, a truck full of Japanese soldiers drove over. They saw what was happening on the bridge. The Japanese commander in the truck knew that there was something wrong with the bridge and immediately ordered the truck to stop and ordered the Japanese officers and soldiers to get off the bridge. fighting.
Monk Wei, who had been monitoring the Japanese army, knew that he could no longer hide it, and immediately ordered to open fire on the Japanese army to eliminate the Japanese army in front of him.
The special operations team members set up a Type 92 heavy machine gun and two crooked machine guns left behind by the Japanese bridge guarding troops, plus seven or eight light machine guns they brought with them, and fired fiercely at the Japanese troops.
The Japanese officers and soldiers had just jumped out of the truck and before they could stand still, they were hit by bullets one after another. The Japanese soldiers who had not yet got out of the truck lay on the truck and shot at the guerrillas.
Monk Wei took out a grenade and threw it towards the Japanese truck.
The grenade fell into the carriage and exploded violently, directly annihilating the Japanese soldiers in the carriage.
The guerrillas rushed over quickly and completely wiped out the remaining soldiers.
While a fierce battle was taking place at the bridgehead, Xu Dalong observed the situation on the highway.
He could clearly see that a Japanese truck stopped more than two hundred meters away, then quickly turned around and returned to the original route.
Xu Dalong knew that the Japanese troops in the car must have seen the fighting on the bridge and they had been exposed.
He didn't know how long it would take for the Japanese reinforcements to reach the bridge, so he ordered all the team members to enter the position and prepare to repel the Japanese counterattack.
Lin Xueying sent a telegram to Cui Zhenyue, asking when they would arrive at the Liangzhou River Bridge.
In Cui Zhenyue's tank, the radio station was kept on, and he quickly sent a telegram back to Lin Xueying, saying that they were traveling at high speed and were still about half an hour away from the Liangzhou River Bridge.
Twenty minutes later, four Japanese trucks appeared on the road at the south end of the bridge, loaded with Japanese soldiers. Behind them, there was a puppet army on foot, heading towards the bridge.
A few minutes later, the Japanese army arrived about two hundred meters away from the bridge. The Japanese officers and soldiers began to get out of the car, set up artillery on the ground, and formed an offensive formation, preparing to attack the bridge.
Xu Dalong saw that the Japanese army was standing in line and setting up artillery. He decided to take a preemptive strike and ordered the guerrilla artillery to bombard the Japanese army.
Under the command of Xu Dalong, the guerrilla artillery fired very accurately and directly killed the Japanese artillery.
Then the artillery shells kept falling among the enemy groups, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese army. The Japanese army was forced to disperse its formation and was unable to organize an effective attack for a while.
Xu Dalong ordered the artillery to continue firing artillery shells at the Japanese army to delay the Japanese attack as much as possible.
At this time, the Japanese army suddenly appeared on the north side of the bridge. It was obvious that the troops of the Japanese 37th Division received the report and came for reinforcements.
The Japanese troops who came for reinforcements were traveling in at least 20 vehicles, containing hundreds of Japanese officers and soldiers. They also got off the bus about 200 meters away.
Wang Pao, who was guarding this end of the bridge, also adopted preemptive tactics. He ordered the artillery behind him to fire artillery shells at the Japanese army. Although their shooting was not as accurate as Xu Dalong's, the Japanese army had a large number and dense formation, and still suffered a lot of casualties.
The Japanese troops of the 37th Regiment were worthy of being field troops. Their reaction speed was faster than that of the Japanese troops of the 33rd Division guarding the south of the bridge. Soon they began to set up artillery and launched a counterattack. Then the Japanese officers and soldiers of the brigade moved toward Rushed over from the direction of the bridge.
The officers and soldiers of Wang Pao's motorcycle squadron set up machine guns and fired fiercely at the Japanese troops. Their firepower was very fierce. There was an open area near the bridgehead. The Japanese officers and soldiers were exposed in the open area without any usable terrain or features. Under the fierce firepower, they suffered heavy casualties and had to temporarily stop the attack.
Based on the enemy's firepower on the bridge and the number of guerrillas he saw, the Japanese commander knew that there were many enemy troops and it would be difficult to capture the bridge with just his few men.
So while he sent a telegram to his superiors for help, he ordered his troops to build fortifications on the spot to prevent the enemy troops on the bridge from escaping, and waited for the large troops to arrive and annihilate the enemies.
Seeing that half an hour was up, the troops led by Wang Chengzhu, Cui Zhenyue and Li Zhendong had not arrived yet. Another ten minutes passed, and still no trace of them was seen.
Xu Dalong guessed that they might have encountered enemy interception, so he asked Lin Xueying to send a telegram asking them what happened there.
Just as Lin Xueying's telegram was sent, a telegram from Sun Desheng was sent, saying that they also encountered enemy interception on the road.
The troops led by Sun Desheng, Li Zhendong and others included thousands of troops. It was difficult for such a large army to hide their whereabouts. Especially Cui Zhenyue's chariot unit, the ground shook when it moved, and it was impossible to hide it from the eyes and ears of the Japanese army. Around the marching road, the Japanese and puppet troops discovered such a large anti-Japanese armed force and hurriedly reported it to their superiors. .
The nearby Japanese troops rushed over and intercepted them. The two sides had already started a fierce battle. However, Sun Desheng said that because the Japanese troops were not prepared in advance, not many troops arrived. They were now attacking the Japanese troops and soon The enemy can be defeated quickly, and it won't take long to reach the Liangzhou River Bridge.
In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Xu Dalong quickly told the special forces members the news and asked them to hold on for 20 minutes, and the reinforcements would definitely arrive.
At this time, the Japanese troops on both sides of the bridge began to attack. The Japanese commanders were obviously notified that enemy reinforcements were coming and asked them to recapture the bridge as soon as possible.
The Japanese commanders also knew the seriousness of the problem, so they launched a frantic attack on the bridge regardless of casualties.
Although the number of special operations team members is far less than that of the Japanese army, they are well-equipped and carry a large number of machine guns and artillery. Together with the captured Type 92 heavy machine guns and crooked machine guns of the Japanese bridge guarding troops, they have great firepower. has a great advantage.
The Japanese officers and soldiers launched a charge in the open area, but made no progress except leaving pieces of corpses. They had no choice but to fire shells in the direction of the bridge.
For the guerrillas guarding the bridge, the power of the shells was the most damaging. Except for the two bunkers on the bridge, everyone else was exposed in open-air defensive positions built with sandbags, basically unable to avoid enemy artillery fire. Under the fierce Japanese artillery fire, the guerrillas soon suffered a lot of casualties.
The special operations team members used artillery to fight back against the Japanese army. At this time, Xu Dalong showed his power as a master gunner and personally operated a Type 92 infantry cannon, specifically to attack the enemy's artillery. Every shell fired was able to destroy almost all of them. An enemy artillery piece.
After a fierce artillery battle, the Japanese artillery was basically destroyed. The enemy's artillery shells hit less and less. The guerrillas breathed a sigh of relief and expressed admiration for the captain, the master artilleryman. look.
At this moment, a burst of cheers came from the Japanese army's position. The guerrillas saw the Japanese officers and soldiers ducking aside, and two tanks and several armored vehicles came from behind. It turned out that their reinforcements had arrived again.
The Japanese commander knew that enemy reinforcements were also coming here, so he ordered his troops to attack without hesitation.
Two Japanese tanks and several armored vehicles opened the way ahead, followed by a large number of Japanese officers and soldiers who rushed over. The terrain here is flat and open, making it ideal for tanks and armored vehicles to maneuver.
They were traveling very fast, and in a moment they were less than 100 meters away from the bridge. The machine guns and rifles of the guerrillas were unable to deal with the enemy tanks, and they could only watch helplessly as they rushed over.
At this critical moment, Xu Dalong played a role.
He personally controlled the Type 92 infantry gun, aimed at the enemy's tank, and fired one shot at the tank's turret.
The Japanese army does not have heavy tanks, and the front armor of the Type 97 medium tank is only 28 centimeters. The overall structure of the tank is not strong enough. It cannot withstand a direct hit by the Type 92 infantry gun shell.
Although the shell did not penetrate the armor of the enemy tank, the violent explosion stunned the crew inside the tank. The electrical wiring and fuel lines on the tank also failed, and the tank that was hit was immediately paralyzed.
Xu Dalong aimed at another tank at a very fast speed and fired a shot 80 meters away from the tank.
This shot hit the tank driver's position. The armor here was only about two centimeters thick. Although it was still not penetrated, the violent explosion of the shell directly killed the Japanese driver. This tank It stopped all of a sudden.
When the Japanese officers and soldiers saw that the tank could no longer drive, they simply jumped over the tank and continued to rush towards the guerrilla position.
At this time, they were only a few dozen meters away from the guerrilla position. Under the fierce machine gun fire of the guerrillas, they fell one by one.
They knew this was in vain, so they hid behind the remaining three armored vehicles and continued to charge forward.
Unfortunately, the area that three armored vehicles can cover is too small. The exposed Japanese infantry were killed one after another, leaving only the Japanese soldiers behind the three armored vehicles to follow.
The guerrillas' defensive position had a large width. As the armored vehicle got closer, the Japanese behind the armored vehicle were also exposed. The guerrillas on both sides of the position fired fiercely at the Japanese behind the armored vehicle.
The Japanese soldiers were killed one after another, and the rest also retreated.
The Japanese soldiers in the three armored vehicles did not notice this situation at all. They continued to rush over and rushed directly into the guerrilla position. The Japanese soldiers in the armored vehicles fired fiercely at the guerrillas. Those exposed guerrillas were shot and fell down.
Because the distance was too close, artillery was used to destroy the armored vehicle. The explosion of the artillery shells could easily injure one's own people. However, Xu Dalong could not care so much. He controlled the Type 92 infantry gun and opened fire directly less than 10 meters away from the armored vehicle. .
Most of the armor of the Japanese armored vehicles is only 8mm thick, which can only withstand machine gun bullets. Where it can withstand the shells of the Type 92 infantry gun, the armored vehicle will be blown to pieces with one shot.
Because the distance was too close, many guerrillas were accidentally injured by the fragments of the shell explosion. Even Xu Dalong's leg was scratched by shrapnel one after another.
The Japanese soldiers on the other armored vehicles also noticed Xu Dalong, and they concentrated their fire on Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong hurriedly hid behind the sandbag to avoid being hit.
Many of the special operations team members wanted to use grenades to blow up the enemy's armored vehicles, but the armored vehicles were bare and the grenades would bounce away immediately if thrown over them. There was no place to put the grenades.
Fortunately, the guerrilla artillerymen saw how the captain dealt with the Japanese armored vehicles, and they also fired at the armored vehicles with artillery.
At this time, the farthest they were from the enemy's armored vehicle was only twenty or thirty meters. At such a close distance, they could directly hit the enemy's armored vehicle without much aiming.
Soon after, the remaining two armored vehicles were also destroyed, and the Japanese attack was finally repelled.
When the Japanese commander saw the guerrillas busy dealing with the armored vehicles, he immediately organized his troops and rushed towards the bridge.
Knowing that the situation was critical, he issued a death order this time. No one was allowed to retreat. They must rush into the enemy's defensive positions and recapture the bridge.
The Japanese army invested enough troops this time to include an infantry brigade. They used a large number of machine guns to suppress the firepower of the guerrillas and covered the infantry as they rushed towards the bridge.
The guerrillas were so anxious that they didn't care about dodging the bullets fired by the enemy. They just pointed their guns at the charging Japanese troops and kept pulling the triggers.
The only troops Xu Dalong brought this time were Wei Monk's special operations squadron and Wang Pao's motorcycle squadron, with a total strength of no more than 400 people. They defended both ends of the bridge, with only more than 100 people at each end. After a period of fighting, there were a total of seventy or eighty casualties, and there were only about 100 people left at each end of the bridge.
Facing the simultaneous charge of thousands of Japanese troops, they were unable to defeat them. They watched as the Japanese soldiers rushed to the front of the position.
The Japanese soldiers charged and prepared to throw grenades. As long as they rushed to a distance of 30 meters and the Japanese soldiers threw grenades together, the guerrillas would not be able to resist them at all.
Just when the Japanese soldiers rushed about 60 meters to the guerrillas' defensive position, fierce gunfire and the loud sound of the guerrillas' charging bugle suddenly sounded from behind the Japanese soldiers.
