I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 711: The Brave Wins

Mishima looked at Takahashi's ugly expression and quickly gave the order himself.

"Then put a pontoon bridge into the Miluo River. Don't put too many people on it this time. Just a squad from the Third Division.

Tie more ropes to the side of the floating bridge and lower them down section by section."

The Japs took off their leggings and tied them all together.

Every five bamboo rafts were tied to one side of the raft with a rope.

What they didn't expect was that the effect this time was so good.

The first five bamboo rafts had just been straightened by the current when the second rope was loosened.

The woven bamboo raft was lowered down section by section.

After a while, the first bamboo raft crashed into the exposed rocks 300 meters away.

The Japanese engineers jumped into the water and inserted the bamboo pole on the raft into the water.

The bamboo raft swung over and knocked over four or five Japanese soldiers, but was finally held up by a Japanese engineer.

The moment the bamboo raft stopped, a squad of Japanese soldiers jumped off the raft.

They finally fixed the first floating bridge on the stone.

The Japanese soldiers on the river bank cheered loudly when they saw that the floating bridge was finally built.

So the three remaining "floating bridges" on the shore were also lowered into the water.

Although a floating bridge has been built on the river, it is not yet navigable.

The Japanese engineers got on the bamboo raft and picked up the bamboo poles on the raft.

It passed through the reserved noose on the bamboo raft and then thrust hard into the riverbed.

Then the Japanese soldiers at the back took over and held down the bamboo pole to prevent the raft from shaking.

Once all the bamboo rafts are fixed, the Japanese troops behind can escape from here.

But in the woods opposite, a company of Chinese soldiers were lying on the ground and staring at the Japanese.

"Minister Fu, your calculations are really accurate. The Japanese are really going to break through here and cross the river, but there are too many of them.

I looked over there and saw that there were still 10,000 people trying to cross the river."

Minister Fu of Logistics: "You knew there were so many Japanese troops, why didn't you quickly call for help?

First call all the people in our battalion together, then call Wen Yibai and ask our artillery regiment to provide fire support."

Minister Fu had a good idea because the Japanese only had four floating bridges...

No, now the Japanese only have three pontoon bridges left.

Because there was a pontoon bridge that had just been blown into two pieces by a stray bullet fired by the Kuomintang artillery.

This caused the floating bridge, which had not yet been fixed, to fall apart.

The Japanese engineers above also fell into the river and became food for the turtles.

Minister Fu looked at the Japanese soldiers on the exposed rocks, and saw that their numbers were increasing.

Many Japanese soldiers began to wade in waist-deep water, preparing to cross the last section of the Miluo River.

Because the river bank was too long, the soldiers from the two companies were a bit far away and have not arrived yet.

Minister Fu saw the Japanese only 200 meters away from him.

He was no longer able to care about anything else and was waiting for the soldiers from the two companies to arrive.

If they wait any longer, the Japanese will be able to launch a group charge against them along the river bank.

One advantage they have as the logistics unit of the 1st Division is that they have sufficient ammunition.

They also didn't know how long they would have to fight this time.

So I brought more ammunition, about three or four times the amount of ammunition that an ordinary soldier carried.

Fortunately, they were in charge of logistics, and when they came out, they drove a truck out.

If they didn't have people driving to help them transport the ammunition, they would have been exhausted to death and still wouldn't have been able to carry so many things.

Their company also has nine squads, but is equipped with eighteen squad machine guns.

They even brought out ten "gadgets" like mortars.

However, now Minister Fu only has four mortars set up at the back, aiming at the Japanese troops gathering on the other side of the river.

Minister Fu is also an old man from the Gannan Allied Forces era.

He always believed in what Song Wenwan once said, that is, when two brave men meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins.

Although he didn't know how many Japanese soldiers there were on the other side of the Miluo River (about 10,000).

At this time, Minister Fu knew one thing: he must not let the Japanese cross the river.

Otherwise, all the arrangements made by Commander Song in advance would probably be wasted.

As for our side, the fact that we only have less than 200 soldiers can be completely ignored.

Minister Fu only remembered that behind him, there were 40,000 elite soldiers of the First Militia Division to support him, so he was not afraid of anything.

"Fire!"

Following Minister Fu's order, the woods on the east bank of the Miluo River seemed to come alive.

I saw countless tongues of fire rushing out of the woods and sweeping towards the Japanese soldiers two hundred meters away.

The Japanese were in bad luck this time. If they were on flat ground, they could have found cover and lay down on the spot.

But they were all standing in the water now, and they instinctively lay down when they heard the gunshots.

The person did dive into the icy water, but his fingers immediately felt cramped from the cold.

It would be a huge problem for the Japanese to not even be able to fire a gun, let alone pull the bolt.

Minister Fu doesn’t know now that two big fish have been caught while he was arranging his troops.

The cunning Mishima has dragged the increasingly cunning division commander Takahashi across the pontoon bridge together.

The two lieutenant generals were now squatting together in the river water, which had already reached above their thighs.

Takahashi's guard squadron can be regarded as the elite among the elite.

But each of them held a Type 38 rifle in their hands.

They were soaked in the icy river water, and their guns were shaking so much that they couldn't hold them steady, so how could they aim accurately?

The river water directly submerged the Type 92 heavy machine gun, making it impossible to use it for shooting.

The Japanese's invincible grenade launchers could not cause any damage because of their insufficient range.

Its only use is to create a cloud of smoke to obscure the vision of the logistics company and cover the enemy's charge.

It’s a pity that the wind in Xiangbei was a bit strong today, and the little smoke in the smoke bomb was quickly blown away by the cold wind.

A Japanese light machine gunner finally stood up bravely.

Unfortunately, before he had finished firing five bullets, the Type 99 rifle in his hand jammed.

Just as he was about to squat down to repair the gun, he was hit in the chest with several bullet holes.

As a result, both the man and the Type 99 light machine gun slipped into the Miluo River and never appeared again.

Mishima shouted loudly: "Walkie-talkie, use the walkie-talkie to call for artillery support."

The telegraph operator who had crossed the river immediately started calling on the walkie-talkie.

"Artillery, artillery, please suppress the fire immediately, please suppress the fire immediately.

Target: In the small woods on the east bank of the Miluo River, there are Chinese army blocking troops lying in ambush..."

"Boom boom boom..."

Just one minute later, three Type 41 75mm field gun shells exploded on the east bank of the river.

A soldier from the temporary supply battalion immediately ran over to report to Minister Fu.

"Minister Fu, the Japanese artillery shells just blew up two of our squad machine guns.

Now four machine gunners and assistant machine gunners have been killed by the Japanese artillery shells."

This is because their positions are far apart. If they were all crowded together, I'm afraid an entire platoon of brothers would be killed.

After hearing this, Minister Fu's face froze, and then he shouted loudly to the people around him.

"Brothers from the baggage camp, we must stop the Japanese here even if we die.

Whether we can open a single page of the family tree depends on today."