"The third team follows me! Assault! Go forward!" Noda Masao lifted the Nine Five Sabre and pointed forward. His thick body seemed extremely flexible at this time. The Japanese squadron jumped up and jumped onto the roadbed and led his infantry squad toward the French bunker that was spitting out flames at the foot of the opposite mountain. ▲∴▲∴,

This was the third attack launched by Takeda's team. The first two attacks ended in failure. The frontal terrain was a bit unfavorable to the Japanese army. At the same time, the opponent had fierce firepower that he had never encountered before.

"The country is dead, it is worthy of being a strong European army. Even the second-rate troops in the colonies are equipped with so many machine guns." Captain Kato squatted behind a rock on the side of the road, surrounded by a circle of subordinates of the squadron headquarters.

"Person Ono, you immediately take the machine gun team to occupy the high ground on the left side of the highway and find a way to suppress the firepower of the bunker." Kato followed the squadron deputy's shoulder and shouted.

Kato has always admired this smart and courageous squadron adjutant. Lieutenant Shizuo Ono has just graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer School for two years and was transferred to Kato Squadron to accumulate management experience of the front-line combat troops. The meaning of the wing is obviously to treat him as a future senior cadre. If nothing unexpected happens, this Lieutenant will definitely have a bright future.

"Ha." Ono agreed briefly, saluted a military salute and rushed out of the cover. (ps: When the Japanese army expressed their praise, they usually used "Ha" to answer, but when accepting orders from superiors, they often shortened to a "Ha" or "Ha" sound, which is said to be more samurai.)

"Sergeant Nguyen, we don't have much ammunition."

"Please pay attention to the right, open fire! Open fire!"

"Recharge! Faster."

"Victor is no longer able to do so, we will send him away as soon as possible."

"Mother!"

"Come on, come on, you group of Japanese monkeys who are killed in heaven!"

At this time, in the No. 1 machine gun fortress at the front of the French A3 stronghold, French soldiers roared in deafening gunshots. The battle had entered a white heat, and except for the companions in their respective machine gun groups, the soldiers had no time to take care of them. The traffic between the No. 1 machine gun fortress and the A3 stronghold had been cut off, and some Japanese troops crossed the highway and detoured behind the bunker. Sergeant Nguyen Phucyou knew in his heart that the fortress could not be held for too long.

"Lt. Domiere, the enemy has gone behind us. I ask you to allow us to retreat." Sergeant Nguyen Phuc You covered his ear with one hand and shouted loudly at the telephone receiver. Fortunately, the telephone line was buried deep under the ground and was not destroyed by the Japanese army, so he was still able to maintain contact with the stronghold.

The past ten minutes just now were a nightmare for Nguyen Phuket. The group of Japanese were completely crazy. They completely ignored the life and death of themselves and their companions. What made him even more frightened was that these crazy people also had extremely skillful combat skills. Their shooting was extremely accurate and they were very good at using the terrain. If the lieutenant had not sent him to come and strengthened his firepower, perhaps it would have been lost when the enemy launched the first attack.

Sergeant Martin Nguyen brought a machine gun squad equipped with two FM29 machine guns, plus the four Hatchcais M1909 machine guns originally equipped in the bunker. The machine gun firepower of this sturdy double-layer machine gun fort is roughly equal to that of a Japanese squadron.

"Thank you, Lieutenant. I will try my best to persevere." Nguyen Phuket put down the phone in his hand and looked at the bleeding wound on one side of his thigh with a wry smile. Why did the Japanese provoke this conflict? He is still trapped in confusion.

What Sergeant Martin Nguyen didn't know was that the group of Japanese soldiers opposite him were all in doubt. Didn't it be agreed that the marching training would inexplicably turn into an attack?

In order to perform realistically, Morimoto Zaiji really ordered all the personnel to march on foot. All the horses and vehicles were left in the barracks, and the soldiers carried heavy machine guns and infantry artillery to march alternately. This also allowed his brigade to pass through some narrow paths. He bypassed several sentries set up by the French on the border. Moreover, because of the mountain block, Morimoto's movement did not even alarm the Japanese garrison on the other side of the hill, among which there was the chariot team assigned to him. Because of traffic, they were placed in Licha Village near the side of Zhennanguan Highway, which was much better than the living environment of the Third brigade.

Morimoto's brigade secretly approached the Sino-Vietnamese border along the rugged rocks and dense shrubs along the mountain and ridges. Because the remaining paths had to cross steep cliffs, it was difficult for the troops carrying heavy objects to pass through, Morimoto's brigade returned to the dirt road between the villages. He passed through Nonghuai Village from the side of Sifang Mountain, and soon arrived in front of the No. 16 boundary monument. If you walk forward, you will have to cross the Sino-Vietnamese border.

Morimoto played a trick at this time. He ordered the troops to turn right and march down the hillside along the trail. It seemed as if he was walking along the border line, looking for the pre-determined target No. 17 boundary marker. In fact, this border line is a protruding part that penetrates the Vietnamese border. The boundary marker they were looking for had long been left behind by them. When they walked down the mountain, the French Indochina was below.

The soldiers of Morimoto brigade walked down the hillside in a daze and naturally walked on Vietnam's Highway 4. The most important main road in Vietnam on the northern border line, leading to Gaoping on one end and Lang San on the other end, and happened to pass through Tongdeng city. Highway 4 is the aorta of the northern border city. Cutting this road is equivalent to cutting off the circulation of materials between northern cities. The French colonial government built a series of armed strongholds along this road to prevent malicious damage from local independent organizations. The a3 stronghold is such a highway garrison fortress, which shoulders the responsibility of guarding the northwest route of Tongdeng, and also bears the important responsibility of border security.

Lieutenant Domier's judgment was very accurate. Morimoto's brigade indeed came to his A3 stronghold. The first contact between the two sides took place in front of the First Machine Gun Fort. As the vanguard of the entire brigade, Kato's brigade's brigade's brigade began to move southeast along the highway. After walking for a while, the vanguards who came out felt something was wrong. The surrounding environment of this highway was completely different from the Chinese countryside they had already seen. The solid and clean asphalt pavement, flat roadbeds and neat street trees on both sides, and English alphabet signs standing beside the road. This is obviously not in Guangxi.

The vanguards hurriedly returned to report to the team leader, but the answer was to not care about those things and keep vigilant and continue moving forward. Immediately afterwards, the vanguards saw the towering bunkers on the road and several French soldiers running in and out with boxes. When they saw the French Indochina Federation flag flying high on the top of the bunkers, several Japanese soldiers stood on the road in a daze, not knowing what to do.

By the time the subsequent large troops arrived, the French had already prepared for combat and were ready for battle. Sergeant Ruan was the supreme commander here. He stood on the top of the bunker, holding an iron trumpet in his hand and began to shout to the Japanese army.

"This is French Indochina territory. Please immediately indicate your identity in the front troops. This is French Indochina territory. The front troops immediately indicate your identity." Nguyen Phucyou asked the Japanese in French with standard pronunciation. Although he had long recognized the other party's identity at a glance, this is a basic diplomatic procedure and must follow the rules.

Morimoto's brigade stopped, and a commotion occurred in the frontier forces. The brigade crossed the border and entered French Indochina. This is not something that can be simply dealt with in the past. This is an international dispute. Once the French protest, the Japanese side will definitely find some people to take responsibility for it.

Captain Kato, who had already been prepared, brought his adjutant forward and began to negotiate with the French defenders. At this moment, what Kato thought most was to launch an attack directly. However, before the attack, he had to find a reasonable reason to deal with the incompetent senior officials in the cabinet and the military department afterwards.

Nguyen Phuket took a Vietnamese soldier out of the bunker and came to the road to meet Kato. Kato's French was not very good, but English was OK. Sergeant Nguyen Phuket had amazing language talent, so the two sides began to communicate in English. As a result, before the two words were finished, the two sides had a dispute.

Kato said that his troops were lost during the marching training and accidentally entered the French Indochina border. He asked Nguyen Phuket to let them go. The third battalion was ready to cross Tongdeng City and return to the Chinese border from Zhennan Pass.

This is simply a slap in front of the French. It completely tramples on the dignity and power of the French colonial government. If a foreign armed force is allowed to travel freely in the French colony, what face does the French have to continue to maintain the rule of this place?

This was agreed upon by the Japanese early in the morning, and they believed that the French would not agree to this request. As long as the attitude was a little worse during negotiations, it would eventually anger the other party and have an armed conflict. Then the brigade could take the opportunity to attack the French garrison and strive to take Tongdengcheng in one go.

On the contrary, if the French agree to the Japanese request, their purpose can be achieved, because this means that the French are just strong outside and do the middle. They dare not start a war head-on with the Imperial Japanese Army. Morimoto's brigade, which exposed this, will be regarded as a hero, and the knowledgeable people in the military will inevitably push the decision to attack French Indochina.

Sure enough, Nguyen Phucyou immediately stated that he could not let them pass through the defense line and had to get instructions from his superiors. He asked the Japanese army to retreat 500 meters and wait for the French Indochina government to deal with it. He warned Kato not to make any reckless actions, otherwise the French army would use force to stop it without hesitation, causing a diplomatic incident, and neither side would look good in terms of face.

Kato replied that he was not very patient, and the French had to reply within fifteen minutes, otherwise the Japanese army would decide their own actions. Nguyen Phuket replied that he would call his superiors to report immediately, and then both sides shook hands and said goodbye, but less than twenty seconds apart, the firefight between Japan and France began.

The fuse of the conflict was a casual word that Nguyen Phuket said on the way back to his bunker. He first spat on the ground, and then said to his companions, "This group of damn Japanese devils." For him, this may just be a sentence to express personal disgust, but the problem lies in the versatile Sergeant Nguyen, who said it in Chinese at the time.

"Maru Yelang!" With a gunshot, Nguyen Phuket fell to the ground with his thighs covered, and then the machine gun in the bunker, which had been on guard, immediately launched a fierce counterattack. The Japanese commander, who had not had time to put down his rifle, and the soldiers around him, were immediately beaten into sieves.

In the end, Sergeant Ruan was dragged back to the First Machine Gun Fort by his companions, while Kato rolled and crawled back to his squadron, and immediately began to organize his first attack, which was later called the bloody battle of Tongdeng Meat Grinder, broke out like this. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!