"boom!"

Another Japanese gunboat was blown up by the brothers in the machine gun position. The Japanese gunboat must have been hit in the ammunition bin. There was a huge explosion on the river, and the air waves even spread to the shore.

The battle with the Japanese gunboats lasted for half an hour, and both gunboats were eventually destroyed. One of our own machine guns was damaged, three brothers died, and six brothers were injured.

"Damn it!"

Gao Quan, the deputy commander of the machine gun battalion, is very depressed now.

Each mortar team on the defensive position is under the command of the battalion commander of the defense area, and his deputy battalion commander has little effect.

He couldn't reach the planes in the sky, and he couldn't catch the gunboats on the water.

Gao Quan came out of the crash course of the artillery department of the military academy. As soon as he went to the battlefield, he hoped to make achievements, and he was quite reckless like a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.

He took 15 brothers and two mortars and ran around the battlefield, wherever the fighting was the fiercest.

No, he had just heard that the Japanese gunboat was invading, so he rushed over in a hurry, but in the end he didn't even take a sip of the soup.

"Deputy Battalion Commander, you should just go back to the command post and leave such a dangerous frontline to your brothers!"

Machine gun squad leader Jin Dayong said with a slightly teasing smile.

"Yeah yeah!"

The brothers had just finished a victory and felt very relaxed and happy, and they all agreed with squad leader Jin Dayong's words.

"Hmph!" Gao Quan snorted coldly, "Don't get too proud too early, let's wait and see!"

"Let's go!" Gao Quan felt his face getting hot.

You can't let your brothers' machine guns stop firing and leave it to you to use mortars.

"Gotta think of a way!"

Gao Quan muttered as he walked.

"Deputy battalion commander, where are we going?" asked the artillery squad leader who had been following him.

"Of course it's a fight, or we'll keep the cubs!" Gao Quan said angrily.

"We are going downstream. If we go any further, we will bump into the kid!" the old squad leader reminded again.

Zhu Ergou was an ordinary soldier, and he valued Gao Quan, a junior who came out of the artillery class. Although he had no education, he could feel that the battles after following the regiment leader would definitely become bigger and bigger, and the future artillery team would definitely

Qiang Qiang. He only knows how to fire cannons and does not understand the relevant theoretical knowledge, so he needs to find a deputy for himself. If he does not understand, he can leave it to his deputy. Of course, he can also leave some blame to his deputy.

He sent the old squad leader to follow Gao Quan on purpose. His main task was to watch over Gao Quan and prevent him from misbehaving and losing his life.

"Downstream?" Gao Quan tilted his head and looked at the reeds by the river, an idea slowly taking shape in his mind.

"Deputy battalion commander?" the old squad leader asked tentatively, followed by a dozen brothers carrying ammunition boxes and mortars.

Gao Quan's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on his face, "Yes, let's just go downstream, and we'll walk in front of their machine guns. If the little Japs dare to come again, we can get there before the machine guns fire."

Blow up the kid’s gunboat!”

Old squad leader:......

Brothers: That makes sense!

"Deputy battalion commander, you must not do this!" The old squad leader still remembered the mission assigned to him by Zhu Ergou, "If we go further, we are almost at Xiaguan, and that area has already been occupied by the Japs!"

Unexpectedly, Gao Quan did not listen to the advice at all, but instead became a little high-spirited, "I'm afraid of you. The riverside is full of reeds that are taller than people. The little devil doesn't have sharp eyes, how could he find us!"

"But……"

"Stop talking nonsense, I am the battalion commander, and my words are orders!"

The young and powerful deputy battalion commander took his two cannons and a dozen brothers to carry out his 'ingenious plan'!

The reeds in this area are almost as tall as two adults, and it can be said that you cannot see the light of day when you walk inside.

More than a dozen people plunged in, and when they showed their heads again, they no longer knew where they were.

"Where are we?" the old squad leader asked first.

Deputy Battalion Commander Gao was also a little confused. Didn't he say that he would arrive at Xiaguan Pier when he walked over? Why didn't he see even a ghost except the rolling water of the Yangtze River?

Speaking of boats, there are none on the Yangtze River!

"Find a commanding height and see where we are?"

More than a dozen people began to divide into several teams to look for the small mountain bag.

"Deputy battalion commander!" someone shouted from a distance.

Gao Quan hurriedly ran over, and following the direction of the man's finger, he saw a pier.

"Isn't that Xiaguan Pier? Why did it come behind us?" A soldier said stupidly.

"You idiot!" The old squad leader felt regretful and nervous at the moment, "We ran up behind the little devil out of nowhere."

He then said to Gao Quan: "Deputy battalion commander, take the brothers and retreat quickly. If the little devils find out, we will be doomed!"

However, our deputy battalion commander Gao didn't pay attention to the old squad leader at all. He was holding a telescope and looking at it.

The old squad leader was right, Gao Quan was sure that they had reached the rear of the small Japanese army.

There was smoke billowing in the telescope. It was He Dingyuan and Xie Chengrui on the eastern front who were blocking the Japs.

But what interested Gao Quan was still behind. He saw a group of little Japanese officers looking at the battlefield like him. The distance between the two sides was about 800 meters. Gao Quan and his team were positioned to the side and rear of the little Japanese officers.

The little devil's officers did not even think of looking at their own rear. Gao Quan just observed the other side in a swaggering manner for two minutes.

"There is a colonel, two majors, and a captain!" Gao Quan muttered to himself, with more than a dozen pairs of eyes staring at him.

"Good boy, six out of ten little devils are officers, so you'll make a lot of money!"

Old squad leader: "Deputy battalion commander, what did you see?"

Gao Quan threw the telescope into the arms of the old squad leader, "See for yourself!"

And he himself was already thinking of countermeasures in his mind quickly.

This is fat meat served to his mouth, and he will definitely eat it.

But now we are in the rear of the little devils, and whether we can escape after eating is a big problem.

The old squad leader licked his lips and returned the binoculars to Gao Quan, "What do you think, deputy battalion commander?"

"We definitely can't let these big fish escape. It's just that our position behind enemy lines is very dangerous. What do you think?"

Gao Quan asked his dozen brothers.

The old squad leader has already told his brothers about his discovery, and everyone is both excited and worried.

"Dry!"

“**Grandma’s!”

…

No one had any objections.

"Okay!" Gao Quan's face flushed with excitement, "Build a position!"

The brothers split up immediately!

Someone used a shovel to shovel away the soft soil on the surface and propped up the buffer steel plate.

The mortar was quickly assembled, loaded with propellant, and preparations for launch were completed.

Gao Quan raised his thumb to measure the distance, and then calibrated the muzzle himself.

"How many more shells are there!"

One brother counted a circle and said, "Ten more rounds!"

"Enough!" Gao Quan nodded.

The brothers waited nervously and expectantly for orders from the higher authority, while the old squad leader held a telescope and prepared to observe the results of the battle.

Gao Quan measured the range again and calibrated the muzzle again. At this time, he showed his lack of combat experience, lack of composure and decisiveness.

..

The 23rd Regiment of the Japanese 13th Division was assigned the task of attacking the eastern front of the dock.

Captain Hashimoto, the commander of the regiment, felt as if he had eaten a piece of cake. Other troops had already entered Nanjing to harvest the fruits of victory, but he was assigned such a hard job.

Colonel Hashimoto was in a depressed mood and took the staff of the wing headquarters to observe the battle situation. Yes, it seemed that the man was well prepared. The position was very solid and the light and heavy firepower was stronger than that of ordinary troops.

His regiment has organized five attacks, but each time it was defeated by the defenders, while also causing a large number of casualties.

Colonel Hashimoto looked gloomy. These warriors of the empire should have been enjoying their victory at this time.

"Chief of Staff, organize another attack. If we can't defeat it, let the warriors rest. Their lives should not be wasted like this!" Colonel Hashimoto said with a dejected expression.

"Hey!" The chief of staff didn't want to let the soldiers die at this time.

The entire Hashimoto Regiment's nearly 4,000 men were not very motivated to fight, and the faces of several major-level staff officers were also ugly.

Just when they were all scolding the division commander for being unfair in their hearts, a sharp whistling sound came from above their heads.
To be continued...