Chapter 944, Three Routes of Crossing the River Force

Fifteen minutes passed quickly. In the mountains on the north bank of the Yalu River, the soldiers of the 37th Division who had been lurking for a long time were ready to go. Most of the soldiers of the 37th Division were newly recruited recruits. This was their first time to participate in actual combat and the first time they went abroad to fight against the *** people. The victory of the Qingdao War five months ago gave these recruits a great vision. Coupled with the ideological education during the training of the Beijing Base Camp, these recruits had the momentum of being a newborn calf not afraid of tigers. However, for the officers who had experienced the war, they knew very well that the task of forcing the Yalu River to cross the Yalu River was heavy, and the principle of attacking halfway through the halfway will be revealed by a little read the military book that the Japanese army opposite had heavy machine guns and cannons, and this time the crossing of the river would definitely not be easy.

But no matter what, the motivation of "a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger" should be used here. Although it is a bit deceiving, any recruit will sooner or later have to experience the cruelty of the battlefield before he can gain experience.

A equipment battalion of the 37th Division and an engineering battalion of the 34th Division lurked around the stormtroopers. They have been busy since three o'clock in the morning, transporting the collected boats to designated locations, and when the stormtroopers then operate, they will also assist in covering and building pontoon bridges in the rear. Although they do not have to participate in the stormtroopers' frontal crossing of the river, it is still not a safe thing to be separated by a distance from the Yalu River. As time goes by, everyone is nervous.

Hu Zongnan, the leader of the stormtrooper, bit a leaf of grass in his mouth and was looking at the other side with a telescope. Since the mission of the officers' regiment of the headquarters in Germany was completed, the Ministry of National Defense originally planned to transfer him to the central government for civilian position, but he strongly requested to apply for transfer to the National Defense Force. Unfortunately, after many troubles, he was unable to get what he wanted. Instead, he was transferred to the 37th Division as battalion commander. Although he was a little dissatisfied, in order to prove his ability, he couldn't wait to volunteer to lead the stormtrooper.

"Battle, camp." A voice came from behind, and a company commander squatted and ran towards Hu Zongnan.

"What?" Hu Zongnan asked without looking back.

"It's time, it's about five o'clock, it's time for us to get on." The company commander said solemnly.

Hu Zongnan put down his telescope, took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, then spit out the grass leaves in his mouth without hesitation, picked up his helmet from under the tree stump beside him and put it on his head. He looked back at his subordinates behind him with a firm face, and said loudly: "Brothers, in today's battle, we will surely become famous. Let's not let the Japanese underestimate them. Chen Zhou, go and take the shield wall and let the water ghosts start to act."

The company commander Chen Zhou said firmly, "Yes, let's go now."

After a while, the stormtrooper sent more than 20 soldiers in night-clothed clothing. These soldiers were not carrying weapons and were holding special ropes, which were as thick as a hold. The rope was stronger than ordinary ropes. It was to connect the two sides of the Yalu River and provide traction for building floating bridges. The soldiers in the night-clothed clothing fixed the ropes on the north bank, and then jumped into the well river water one by one, holding the rope in one hand and the inflatable leather bag in the other hand, and swam silently towards the south bank.

The attack location chosen by the 37th Division was not to face the main position of the Japanese army. On the contrary, it was a remote area suitable for launching a surprise attack after several inspections. The entire crossing river operation was not just one of the stormtroopers. In the east and south directions of Dan and near the sea estuary of the Yalu River, the 37th Division also deployed two crossing troops, but the latter two would be forced to cross directly through ships, and this was an attack by attacking the attack by building a floating bridge.

The assault troops swam smoothly to the opposite side, and pulled up six ropes in total and found a fixed position in the stones, big tree roots and other places on the south bank. However, if there was no suitable fixed place, they used the tools they brought to make an iron ring pile on the appropriate ground and tied the rope to the iron ring.

The sentry on the north shore tried the ropes and confirmed that they had been laid firmly, and immediately notified Hu Zongnan.

Hu Zongnan immediately ordered all the personnel to join the forced ferry battle. The company commanders of each company passed the order to the platoon leader, and the platoon leader passed the order to the grassroots. The soldiers who were originally lying in the mountains and forests on the north bank seemed to wake up. Looking around, they saw groups of black shadows moving quickly. The stormtroopers team members carried small boats in groups, carrying small boats, and rushed down the hillside and headed towards the closest rope position. The soldiers running in the front did not carry the boats, but the four people held a special metal plate together, which was the bulletproof shield wall produced by the Guangdong Arsenal.

The bulletproof shield wall belongs to the Army armor system. The cross-sectional length is three sides, the height is 1000 meters, and the edge is concave, which can effectively defend against side attacks and projectiles. The main thickness of the entire shield wall is 25 cm and the edge thickness is 12 cm. It can withstand seven-point mm rifle bullets during testing, and 50 meters away from Maxim heavy machine guns. Of course, although these are data from actual combat tests, the bearing capacity of the soldier holding a shield must also be considered when dealing with Maxim heavy machine guns.

When the first small boat was launched, the soldiers holding bulletproof shield wall immediately carried the ship on the ship and placed the shield wall on the side of the boat facing the south bank. In order to ensure balance, except for the two soldiers who wanted to hold the shield wall, the other six soldiers tried to lean to the other side. Among the six soldiers, those close to the rope immediately grabbed the rope and pushed the boat to move slowly forward. Then the second small boat that followed was close to the front, and the soldiers on the boat also grabbed the rope with their hands and moved.

In this way, one after another, four ropes quickly moved out of four connected fleets.

As for bulletproof shield walls, not every small boat has configuration. After all, this kind of behemoth is too heavy and the number of manufactures is very limited. Except for the leading ships placed under each rope, the remaining ones are twenty or thirty each of them will have a second bulletproof shield.

The entire operation was very smooth at the beginning, and the four connected fleets soon arrived at the center of the Yalu River. But at this moment, the sentry on the south bank of the Yalu River finally found a group of black objects moving on the river surface. They immediately realized that something was wrong and immediately blew the siren.

The sharp flute sound broke through the quiet dawn, with the Yalu River as the boundary. Both the north and south banks suddenly boiled. However, before the defenders had time to fire the first shot, the roar of engines came from the sky not far away, and a large black shadow came along the sky like swarms of locusts.

All the Japanese soldiers were panicked. If the war on June 5 was very sudden for many Chinese soldiers, then it was even more unexpected for the *** soldiers. Although starting from June 4, the division headquarters received orders to strengthen their vigilance, no one expected that the entire diplomatic situation had just passed a day of conflict, and China could not wait to start the war before even thirty hours passed. No one would have thought it would have come so suddenly!

In just one minute, an air raid alarm was sounded on the south bank of the Yalu River. All air defense units were dispatched. Although the number of air defense machine gun equipment is very limited, it is much better than when the Qingdao War could only use rifles to shoot randomly at the sky. Several air defense machine guns were installed at the designated locations, and the Japanese soldiers wished they could grow a few pairs of eyes and stare at the gray sky. Their vision was very bad at this moment.

The Japanese position originally planned to launch flares to facilitate the shore defense forces to block the crossing forces on the Yalu River, but now the Chinese Air Force has appeared. Once the flares are launched, it provides these air forces with a good view. After repeated thinking, the flares are gritted, and the flares are cancelled, requiring all strongholds to conduct diffusion shooting at suspicious targets on the Yalu River.

Soon, gunfire broke out. The infantry strongholds, machine gun strongholds and artillery positions of the Japanese positions began to pour fire points into the Yalu River. At the same time, the 34th Division positions and the 37th Division positions on the north bank also launched fire suppression. The four artillery positions concentrated the artillery troops of two divisions and an artillery battalion of the heavy artillery brigade directly under the command of the Army Command. A total of 67 conventional artillery and sixteen heavy artillery frantically sent shells to the other shore.
Chapter completed!