Chapter 328 Crazy Chariot
Zhang Zhong scolded: "Don't brag, kid. Tell me when the Japanese reinforcements will arrive?"
Xiang Chu received the top-secret message from Zheng Zhili and reported truthfully in a low voice: "Minister! The Japanese Navy's 1st Marine Corps, 8th Squadron, and 2nd Marine Corps have set sail and will arrive in Shanghai the day after tomorrow."
"what?!"
Zhang Zhong was shocked and ordered,
"Report to the Command immediately!"
Xiang Chu smiled and said, "I reported it when I was at the ancient tomb command post."
"very good!"
Zhang Zhong nodded approvingly and told the telegraph operator,
"Send a telegram to the 36th Division immediately and ask them to hurry to Shanghai."
"Yes!"
The telegraph operator hurriedly received the order.
Zhang Zhong walked to the sand table and couldn't help falling into deep thought.
Xiang Chu tactfully left the command post and took Gan Rong and Kong Kong to patrol the area around the command post.
The vast foreign concessions in Shanghai were engulfed in flames of war.
The once prosperous metropolis has turned into a city of hell.
Nanjing, the Ministry of National Defense conference room is brightly lit.
After some research, Minister He loudly announced: “From tomorrow, the Beijing-Shanghai Garrison Command will be reorganized into the 9th Army Group… responsible for the counterattack mission in Shanghai.
The troops in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang border area were renamed the 8th Army Group...to guard the northern part of Hangzhou Bay and the Pudong area."
Finally, Minister Chen took out a telegram and said solemnly:
"We received a telegram from the Shanghai front. Xiang Chu's team recaptured the important Baji Bridge and annihilated two Japanese squads, Pinggu and Chuangu, as well as three Japanese tanks. In order to encourage all soldiers to fight the war, a special order is issued to commend them."
Minister He couldn't help but praise: "This guy led the team to great success, he deserves a promotion!"
Chen Cheng looked at Chen Fu and said with a smile: "Director Chen! Since Xiang Chu has made such a great contribution and his supervisory team is a deputy director, why not promote him to deputy director?"
All the senior generals looked at Chen Fu.
Even though Chen Fu was unwilling in his heart, he couldn't object in person, so he nodded and said:
"Great! This will also inspire the soldiers to fight bravely."
Xiang Chu accidentally got promoted to deputy director level, and was on par with Mao Feng.
The next morning, Bao Ge received the telegram informing him of his promotion and ran into his office excitedly.
"Captain! No, Deputy Chief! You've been promoted."
"is it?"
Xiang Chu took the message and said with a wry smile,
"Now Dingcun can't take my position away."
At this time, the roar of planes and the sound of gunfire were heard in the air.
"It's been going on since 3am!"
Xiang Chu said excitedly and rushed out of the room.
He ran up to the roof terrace and looked up into the sky.
But we saw several Hawk 3 fighters fighting with the Japanese planes.
Liu Zhengxiong ran to him, clenched his fists and shouted:
"Quick! Shoot down the Japanese plane quickly."
Xiang Chu praised: "Well! Very brave, you will be able to capture the enemy plane quickly."
Thanks to his good words, a Japanese plane was actually shot down by our plane.
"it is good!"
The Chinese people watching the game cheered loudly.
After seeing three enemy planes shot down and several more damaged, Xiang Chu couldn't help but say, "Lao Liu! How about you lead the brothers to supervise the battle, and I'll fly the plane to fight?"
Liu Zhengxiong sternly refused: "Absolutely not! You have just been promoted to deputy director, you can't leave your post without permission."
Xiang Chu shouted, "Why can't you leave your post without permission? I promise to shoot down 12 more enemy planes."
At this time, Zhang Linmao ran up to the rooftop platform and shouted:
"Captain! Commander Zhang wants you to lead the supervision team to Baji Bridge immediately."
"go!"
Xiang Chu shouted loudly and looked up into the sky reluctantly.
Liu Zhengxiong instructed: "Lin Mao! Call me Director from now on!"
Zhang Linmao nodded and said, "Understood! Deputy Captain."
Liu Zhengxiong said angrily: "Remove the word 'secondary' from me."
"Yes! Vice Captain."
Zhang Linmao said with a smile and ran away in a flash.
Xiang Chu led the supervision team to Baji Bridge, but saw that it was a sea of blood and corpses.
The bodies of our soldiers and the Japanese were intertwined, making it difficult to distinguish one from the other.
The Japanese had firmly controlled the Baji Bridge and built defensive fortifications with the corpses of Chinese officers and soldiers.
When the 264th Brigade Commander Huang Mei saw him coming, he patted his chest and said, "Xiang Chu! You don't need to supervise the battle. I will personally lead the fourth charge and will definitely take back the Baji Bridge."
Xiang Chu looked at the Japanese bunker at the Baji Bridge and the Japanese heavy machine gun position, and said anxiously:
"Don't hit me like that!"
Huang Mei seemed not to hear what he said and shouted loudly:
"Bugler! Blow the charge and retake the Eight-Character Bridge."
"Yes!"
The bugler hurriedly received the order.
The charge sounded, and the 264th Brigade launched its fourth death charge towards Bazi Bridge.
Brigade Commander Huang Mei personally charged and pushed the Japanese soldiers at Baji Bridge to the east end of the bridge.
He picked up the radio and was about to report the battle situation.
"Boom!" a sound.
A shell exploded beside him.
"Brigade Commander Huang!"
Xiang Chu shouted and rushed forward.
The supervision team hurriedly followed and launched a frantic attack on the Japanese troops across the bridge.
Xiang Chu ran to Huang Mei and picked him up, but saw that he was shot in the abdomen.
"Drive away the devils!"
Huang Mei spoke intermittently and passed away suddenly.
This was a major general, the first senior general to die after the war broke out.
Huang Mei's personal bodyguard immediately carried Huang Mei's body away.
Xiang Chu was furious when he saw that the Japanese Type 95 light tank that was in good condition yesterday was still there.
"Zhang Linmao! Give the radio to Gan Rong! Gan Rong and Kong Kong, follow me in the car."
He roared, opened the car door and got in.
Kong Kong was surprised and asked, "The director can also drive a chariot?"
Liu Zhengxiong shouted, "What can't he do? Go in quickly."
The Japanese Type 3 light tank had a crew of three people, including the commander, the driver and the machine gunner.
Xiang Chu started the engine and ordered loudly: "Gan Rong! You are responsible for observing and listening to the radio. Kong Kong! You are responsible for firing the machine gun."
"Yes!"
Gan Rong and Kong Kong hurriedly accepted the order.
Xiang Chu drove the tank to the Baji Bridge and fired wildly at the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side of the bridge.
Liu Zhengxiong shouted loudly: "Hurry up and kill!"
"Baga! This guy can drive an imperial chariot."
The Japanese soldiers on the other side of the bridge roared loudly, fired at the tanks and threw grenades and hand grenades.
Needless to say, they believed that the Chinese army had no tanks, so they did not bring anti-armor guns.
Xiang Chu drove the tank across the Baji Bridge and rushed towards the first Japanese bunker beside the bridge.
This Japanese bunker killed countless Chinese officers and soldiers, shooting crazily.
Xiang Chu used the tank to block the firing hole of the bunker, and Liu Zhengxiong led the supervision team to rush forward.
Ning Qiang pulled the fuses of two grenades and forced them into the Japanese bunker at the bridgehead.
"Boom!" a sound.
The Japanese bunker at the bridgehead was destroyed.
Liu Zhengxiong shouted, "One group, charge in! Use the Japanese bunkers to fight the Japanese."
Lu Xiong and others rushed into the Japanese bunker, turned the heavy machine guns inside to the firing holes facing the Hongkou District, and fired fiercely at the Japanese strongholds.
"Keep moving forward!"
Xiang Chu roared with the car horn and drove the tank towards the second Japanese bunker.
The supervisory team members followed the tank, risking their lives to move forward and firing fiercely at the Japanese.
The Japs fought back frantically, and members of the supervision team fell down from time to time.
This is a life-and-death war, and no one values their own life.
The fearless charge by the supervisory team members inspired the remaining officers and soldiers of the 264th Brigade to follow them and rush across the Bazi Bridge.
Xiang Chu drove his chariot to the second bunker and took it down in the same way.
Because a tank broke in, the Japanese troops attacking Baji Bridge were in a state of panic.
Xiang Chu led the supervision team and the officers and soldiers of the 264th Brigade, fighting fiercely all the way, taking out the Japanese bunkers in Hongkou District one after another, and gradually approached the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters.
The Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters.
Hasegawa Ao saw this scene and roared:
"Baga! Where did a crazy chariot come from?"
Shiro Yamamoto smiled bitterly and said, "Xiang Chu of the Chinese Supervisory Team has seized the chariot and is counterattacking."
Hasegawa Qing roared: "The Empire has so many chariots? Why don't you go up and intercept them?"
Shiro Yamamoto said helplessly: "They all went somewhere else."
Hasegawa rolled his eyes at him and shouted, "Ship gunfire coverage, plane bombing!"
"Hello!"
Shiro Yamamoto hurriedly accepted the order.
At this time, Gan Rong had been listening to the radio and said anxiously:
"Director! The Japanese ships, guns and planes are coming."
It's a bit like going too far alone, and if we run back, we will definitely suffer heavy losses.
Xiang Chu loudly ordered via the radio:
"Everyone retreat! Go into the enemy's bunkers and houses to avoid bombing."
After saying this, he quickly turned the chariot around. The chariot was motionless and there was not a drop of oil left.