Battle of the Third Reich

"The third detachment came with me! Assault! Advance!" Masato Noda raised the 95-style saber and pointed forward, but his sturdy body was very flexible at this time. The Japanese Wu Changfei jumped up and jumped on the roadbed with his own infantry Ban rushed towards the French bunker at the foot of the mountain opposite. ▲∴▲∴,

This is the third impact launched by Takeda Squad. The first two attacks ended in failure. The frontal terrain is a bit unfavorable for the Japanese army. At the same time, the opponent has fierce firepower that has never been encountered.

"The dead country is worthy of being a strong European army. Even the second-class troops of the colony are equipped with so many organs." Captain Kato squatted behind a roadside rock, surrounded by a squadron staff.

"Lieutenant Ono, you immediately took the machine gun squad to occupy the highlands on the left side of the highway, trying to suppress the firepower of the bunker." Kato commanded loudly, according to the squadron's shoulder.

Kato has always appreciated this clever squadron lieutenant. Second Lieutenant Shizuo Ono just graduated from the Army Sergeant School for two years, and transferred to Kato Squadron to accumulate the management experience of the front-line combat troops. Seeing the meaning of the wing is obviously to regard him as In the future training of senior cadres, if there is no accident, this second lieutenant is bound to have a promising future.

"Oh." Ono agreed briefly, rushed out of the shelter after saluting a military salute. (Ps: Japanese soldiers generally use "Hai" to answer when they agree, but they often shorten it to a "Hah" or "Oh" sound when accepting superior orders, which is said to be more samurai.)

"Sergeant Ruan, we are running out of ammunition."

"Pay attention to the right, fire! Fire!"

"Reload! Faster."

"Victor is about to die, we will send him away as soon as possible."

"mom!"

"Come, come, you group of Japanese monkeys!"

At this time, in the machine gun fort number one at the front of the French a3 stronghold, the French soldiers roared with emotion in the deafening gunfire. The battle has become fierce, except for the companions in their respective machine gun groups, the soldiers have no time to care for them. The traffic between the No. 1 Machine Gun Fort and the a3 stronghold has been cut off, and part of the Japanese army turned the road back to the side of the bunker. Sergeant Ruan Fuyou knew in his heart that this fortress could not be held for too long.

"Lieutenant Domière, the enemy has passed behind us, and I ask you to allow us to retreat." Sergeant Ruan Fuyou covered his ears with one hand. Shouting loudly into the telephone receiver. Fortunately, the telephone line was buried deep under the ground and was not damaged by the Japanese army, so he was still able to maintain contact with the stronghold.

The past ten minutes just now was a nightmare for Ruan Fuyou. The group of Japanese people are completely lunatics. Disregarding the life and death of himself and his companions completely, what makes him more frightened is that this group of lunatics also have extremely skilled combat skills. Their shooting is extremely accurate, and they are very good at using the terrain. If the lieutenant dispatched himself to temporarily strengthen In case of firepower, it may have been lost when the enemy launched its first impact.

Sergeant Martin Ruan brought a machine gun squad equipped with two fm29 machine guns, plus the four Hutches m1909 machine guns originally equipped in the bunker, this sturdy double-layer machine gun fort has machine gun firepower roughly equivalent to that of a Japanese army. Squadrons are equal.

"Thank you, Lieutenant. I will try my best to persist." Ruan Fuyou put down the phone in his hand and looked at the wound on the side of the thigh with a bitter smile. Why did the Japanese provoke this conflict? He is still stuck in a mist. Among.

What Sergeant Martin Ruan did not know was that the group of Japanese soldiers opposite him was not a question of his head. Isn't he saying that the march training was done? How could it be somehow an offensive.

In order to perform realistically, Morimoto's house really ordered all the personnel to march on foot. All the horse vehicles were left in the barracks, and the heavy machine guns and infantry artillery were alternately carried by the soldiers. This also allowed his brigade to pass through some small roads. Bypassing several French sentries on the border, and because of the mountain block, Morimoto’s movement did not even alarm the Japanese garrison on the other side of the hill, including the tank squad assigned to him. . Because of transportation, they were placed in Licha Village near the Nanguan Highway, which was much better than the third brigade.

Morimoto Brigade secretly approached the Sino-Vietnamese border along the trail between the rugged mountains and dense bushes. Because the remaining trails had to climb over steep cliffs, it was difficult to allow troops carrying heavy objects to pass, so Morimoto Brigade returned to the dirt road between the villages. Crossing Nonghuai Village from the side of Sifang Mountain, they soon came to the front of the 16th boundary monument, and then they will cross the border between China and Vietnam.

Morimoto played a trick at this time. He ordered the troops to turn right and march down the path towards the hillside. It seemed that they were walking along the border line, looking for the intended target, the 17th boundary monument. In fact, this border line is a Going deep into the overhang of the Vietnam border, the boundary marker they were looking for had already been left behind by them and walked down this mountain. Below is the situation of French Indochina.

The soldiers of the Morimoto Brigade walked down the hillside in an incomprehensible way, and naturally embarked on the No. 4 highway in Vietnam. This is the most important trunk road in Vietnam on the northern border. One end leads to Gaoping, and the other ends directly reach forgiveness. Mountain, just across the city of Tongdeng. Highway 4 is the aorta of the northern border cities. Cutting off this road is equivalent to cutting off the flow of materials between the northern cities. The French colonial government built a series of armed strongholds along this road to prevent the malicious destruction of local independent organizations. . The a3 stronghold is such a road defense fortress, which shoulders the responsibility of guarding the passage to the northwest of Tongtong, and also bears the important responsibility of border guard.

Lieutenant Domière’s judgment was very accurate. The Morimoto team came to his a3 stronghold. The first contact between the two sides happened before the first machine gun fort. As the striker of the entire brigade, the Kaido squad of Io, as the striker of the entire brigade, started to move southeastward along the road. After a while, the forward soldiers felt a bit wrong. The environment around this road and their The countryside in China is completely different, with solid and clean asphalt roads, smooth highway subgrades and neat street trees on both sides, as well as English letter signs standing beside the roads. This is obviously not in Guangxi.

The soldiers hurried back to report to the captain, but the answer was that they should not control those and stay alert to move on. Immediately afterwards, the vanguard saw a towering bunker beside the road and several French soldiers running in and out carrying boxes. When you see the French Indochina flag flying high at the top of the bunker. Several Japanese soldiers stood stunned on the road, completely ignorant of what to do.

When the follow-up large troops arrived, the French had already prepared for the battle, and Sergeant Ruan served as the supreme commander here. He stood on top of the bunker, holding an iron horn and started shouting to the Japanese.

"This is the French Indochina territory, the troops in front please identify yourself immediately, and here is the French Indochina territory, the troops in front immediately identify themselves." Ruan Fuyou asked the Japanese in standard French pronunciation. Although he recognized the other party's identity at a glance, this is a basic diplomatic procedure, and he must follow the rules.

The Morimoto brigade stopped, there was a commotion in the frontier forces, the brigade crossed the border and entered French Indochina? This is not something that can simply deal with the past. This is an international dispute. Once the French protest, the Japanese side will surely find some people responsible for this.

Captain Kato Squadron, who had been preparing for it at this time, took his adjutant forward and started negotiations with the French defenders. At this moment, what Kato thought most was to directly attack. However, it is necessary to find a reason that can be justified before the attack, and then to deal with the incompetent seniors in the cabinet and the military.

Ruan Fuyou took a Vietnamese soldier out of the bunker and came to meet Kato on the highway. Kato’s French is not good, but English is okay, and Sergeant Ruan Fuyou has amazing language talent, so the two sides began to communicate in English. As a result, before the two sentences were finished, the two sides had a dispute.

Kato stated that his troops had lost their way during march training and accidentally entered the border of French Indochina. He asked Ruan Fuyou to clear the way and let them pass. The third brigade prepared to cross the same city and returned to the Chinese border from the direction of Zhennanguan.

This is simply slapping the French in the face. Thoroughly trample on the dignity and power of the French colonial government. If a foreign armed force is allowed to move freely through the French colony, what other faces of the French can they continue to maintain the rule of this place.

This point was discussed by the Japanese early in the morning, and they determined that the French would not agree to this request. As long as the attitude of the negotiation is a bit worse, it will eventually provoke the other party to an armed conflict, and then the brigade can take the opportunity to attack the French garrison and strive to win the same city.

On the contrary, if the French agree to the Japanese request, their purpose can be achieved as well, because this means that the French are only strong outsiders. Dare not to fight head-to-head with the Great Imperial Japanese Army, the Morimoto Brigade who uncovered this point will be regarded as a hero, and the people of insight in the military department will inevitably promote the decision to attack French Indochina.

Sure enough, Ruan Fuyou immediately said that he could not let them pass the defense line, and he had to get instructions from his superiors. He asked the Japanese army to step back 500 meters and wait for the French Indochina government to deal with it. He warned Kato not to make any reckless moves, otherwise the French Army would not hesitate to use force to prevent diplomatic incidents, and the two sides would not look good on the face.

Kato replied that he had little patience. The French must reply within fifteen minutes, otherwise the Japanese would decide their own actions. Ruan Fuyou replied that he would immediately call the superior to report, and then the two sides shook hands to say goodbye, but the two sides were less than 20 seconds apart, and the exchange of fire between Japan and France began.

The fuse that broke out of the conflict was a sentence that Ruan Fuyou casually said on the way back to his bunker. He first spit on the ground and then said to his companion, "This group of **** Japanese devils." In his own words, this may just be a statement of personal disgust, but the problem lies with this versatile sergeant Ruan, who was speaking in Chinese at the time.

"Ma Lu Ye Lang!" With a gunshot, Ruan Fuyou fell to the ground with her thighs covered, and then the machine gun that was already on alert in the bunker immediately launched a violent counterattack. Chang and several soldiers beside him were instantly screened.

In the end, Sergeant Nguyen was dragged back to the first machine gun fort by his companion, and Kato ran back and forth to his squadron, and immediately began to organize the first attack. This broke out. (To be continued.)