The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 132: Commander Hu and Squad Leader

Lao Liu, the newbie who traveled through time this time, was not wrong in his guess. The place they came to was the Sihang Warehouse located in Zhabei, the Magic City.

This point was soon confirmed.

Because they were the ones who entered the warehouse with Captain Lei Xiong and others from the 1st Battalion Machine Gun Company.

With the shout of "Regiment, please sit down", a lieutenant colonel officer, about thirty-two or thirty-three years old, with his back straight, appeared in front of everyone.

After seeing the person coming, Lei Xiong immediately gave the command "Stand at attention".

When Hu Biao and the others instinctively stood up straight with their chests out and stomachs in, the captain had already started reporting to the lieutenant colonel:
"Reporting to Regimental Admiral Xie, Lei Xiong from the Machine Gun Company has been ordered to report for duty.

Seven people were injured along the way, and we gathered 1020 remaining soldiers; nine of them were surviving brothers from the th Regiment of the Gui Army, under the command of Captain Hu Biao.

The lieutenant colonel officers mentioned above are naturally the famous Xie Jinyuan and Commander Xie in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

Today, considering that resistance in the Zhabei area of ​​the Magic City has become increasingly difficult, the Bald Principal decided to withdraw most of the troops in the area to defend the western suburbs of the Magic City.

At the same time, he ordered the 88th Division to stay behind and resist alone.

Because the signatories of the Nine-Power Treaty will hold a meeting on November 11, the bald principal hopes to win the sympathy and support of the international community by the sacrifice of the 6th Division.

After some discussion, the task of staying behind to resist finally fell on Captain Xie.

The originally planned strength of a division was turned into a reinforced battalion of the 524th Regiment, with a total of 424 people, and was announced to the outside world as brave warriors.

One thing that needs to be clarified is the "tuanfu" in Lei Xiong's name.

It does not mean that Xie Jinyuan was the deputy regiment commander. His full title was actually the regiment commander, who was responsible for the education and training of the troops, mobilization and preparation, etc., which was equivalent to the position of a full commissioner and chief of staff.

Historically, he was promoted to the commander of the 524th Regiment after he held the Sihang Warehouse for three days and demonstrated the prestige of our army.

In response to Lei Xiong's report, Captain Xie nodded slightly.

He said lightly: "Brothers of the Gui army, step forward."

Immediately, Hu Biao and the other four veterans took a step forward in unison; Lao Liu and the other five rookies were a beat slower to react and followed suit in a chaotic manner.

Seeing this, Captain Xie did not take it seriously and continued speaking with a strong Hakka accent:

"Since you are the subordinates of Hu Biao and Captain Hu, you must be brave men who are not afraid of death. Now that you are here, just follow our 524th Regiment with peace of mind. The 88th Division of the National Army has very generous salaries and pensions, so we will certainly not let you down.

You will be temporarily assigned to the machine gun company and work under Lei Xiong. Okay! Disbanded."

As for the other seven defeated soldiers in the team who were wearing various military uniforms, Captain Xie didn't even take a second look at them during the entire process.

Under such an order, the machine gun company, a small team of about 100 people, was disbanded immediately.

As they walked to the side to put down their equipment, Uncle Bo, Black Star, and Huang A-di couldn't help but wink at Hu Biao, their expressions full of teasing:

Damn! You need to reflect on yourself. We are all group leaders, but why is there such a big gap?
The reason why they have such a feeling is that part of the 524th Regiment that is defending here is worthy of being the famous German-equipped division of the Central Army.

Not only are the officers obviously trained in professional schools, but the soldiers are also well-trained, and their orders are very strict and they look like elite soldiers who follow orders.

The equipment is also quite sophisticated, with a lot of M35 helmets, the relatively rare Zhongzheng rifle, the Czech light machine gun and the Min- heavy machine gun.

He was wearing leather shoes and was fully equipped with a backpack, blanket, lunch box, water bottle, raincoat, etc.

Many people even had a long iron tube around their waists, which contained something quite rare in the National Army: an imitation German-style M1930 gas mask.

Anyway, let's not talk about their actual combat effectiveness.

The appearance of these elite German-equipped divisions was much stronger than the Sichuan Army and the Guangxi Army that Hu Biao and his men had encountered before.

Although they don't know when or why, Hu Biao is now a lieutenant colonel and a regiment commander.

But compared with Captain Xie, although both of them are regimental commanders, look at their style and posture. Commander Hu Biao is really living a shameful life.

They had fought side by side so many times, so Hu Biao could naturally see the hints from these guys.

But before he can complain, I, Commander Hu, am not bad either, okay?
Captain Xie began to mobilize everyone again: "Brothers, there are hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers outside. If we fight, there is no chance of survival. According to the estimate of the superiors, we are lucky to be able to hold out for half a day.

Tomorrow, all the people in the Demon City will be watching us... This is our grave..."

It can be heard that Captain Xie is ready to die here. Hu Biao sighed and completely let go of the competitive spirit in his heart.

For such an ancestor who was determined to defend his country even at the cost of his own life, it is no shame for me, Hu Tuanzuo, to be less evaluated than him. ******
After Captain Xie's mobilization, he returned to the temporary regimental headquarters upstairs. Before leaving, he asked everyone to quickly strengthen the fortifications and be prepared to face the Japanese's crazy attack tomorrow.

Captain Lei Xiong thought for a moment and then explained to Hu Biao:

"Hu Delu! I now appoint you as the squad leader of the third squad of the first platoon of the machine gun company. Your subordinates will consist of a few original Gui army brothers and a few cowardly deserters.

If they don't obey, you have the right to shoot them directly; now take your people and help build fortifications and firing points."

After hearing this, Commander Hu stood at attention and saluted the captain, a mere company commander: "As you command..."

In the following time, Hu Biao and others took the other seven defeated soldiers and became busy in the warehouse.

At this point, Hu Biao also believed that the five novice time travelers, after seeing so many situations, had given up all their fantasies and accepted the cruel reality.

So it's time to ask them about their actual situation without worrying that they have too much to hide.

It turned out to be true. Hu Biao took the opportunity of being busy to approach them and asked them one by one in a low voice. Then the five people introduced their situation and specialties without hiding anything.

The situation of these five people is roughly as follows:

Code name: Xufeng, also known as Lao Liu in the previous article, is 41 years old this year. He is actually a fellow villager of Hu Biao in Hunan Province, but he now lives in the provincial capital.

This guy has no military experience, but he is a senior electrician.

From building substations and erecting high-voltage transmission lines to installing indoor household circuits and changing light bulbs, they are all absolute professionals.

It was precisely because of this that Hu Biao thought of some places where it could be of great use in the future.

Code name: Mo Shuiyan, 37 years old, from Lianyungang area of ​​Jiangsu Province.

It should be noted that this person's identity in the modern dimension should not be simple; because among everyone's introduction, his is the simplest and briefest, and he seems to have considerable concerns.

Just say that you are familiar with the structure of light and heavy weapons from World War II to the Cold War, and are particularly proficient in light recoilless rifles.

Hu Biao didn't care about such concealment at all; it was simple! After a few fierce battles and a lot of fighting against the Japanese, he would naturally confess everything.

Code name: Huang Yizi, about thirty years old, this guy is almost a replica of Huang A-di.

Why? Because he was also a fat man, weighing over 200 pounds; he was not young anymore, but Hu Biao could still see in his eyes the kind of stupidity that was so clear when he just entered society.

I think he is just a otaku who has no other hobbies except eating, watching TV series and reading novels, and liking paper figures.

What’s more important is that this guy is actually a civil engineering budgeter. Like Huang A-di, he is also quite familiar with the ins and outs of civil construction.

But it doesn't matter. Even if he gets fatter, he won't have to eat the rice from the Hu family. At least he won't have to worry about building fortifications in the future.

Codename: Chen Tang, from Shuangqing. Based on our initial contact, he is one of the five newcomers that I am quite optimistic about.

Because he is a retired PLA veteran, he first served in the engineering corps, and later passed the selection and became a scout of a special forces unit.

In addition to the necessary combat skills, they can also operate a variety of large machines.

I used to be a soldier in Northeast China, so I can speak some simple Russian and Japanese dialects, and I can speak Korean quite well.

Codename: Dead Fish, a native of an old district in northwestern Shanxi, is also a surprise among the newbies this time; because he is also a PLA veteran and belongs to the armed A SIR force like Black Star.

In addition to being quite good at close combat, he was a machine gunner in the army and was very skilled in using a light machine gun.

Therefore, it was sufficient to arrange for him to serve as Black Star's assistant shooter in one or two battles to familiarize him with the atmosphere of actual combat and the operation of old-fashioned light machine guns such as the Czech type.

Later on, you will be able to stand on your own and become an important firepower point in the team, provided you can survive to that time.

Among all the time travelers, it is normal to meet so many PLA veterans.

After all, as of 24 years ago, my country had 3800 million veterans, and the base number was already quite large.

As for why the two of them explained their situations so straightforwardly during Hu Biao's questioning, without hiding much?
The two guys didn't say anything, but as soon as the master mentioned the Japanese, they showed considerable hatred and disgust.

Considering their age, they probably wouldn't have any direct hatred or grudges against the Japanese devils, so it must be the elders in their family who had grudges against them.

This is also good. They can fight the Japanese to the death without even having to be mobilized.

All in all, these five newcomers seemed pretty good; and Hu Biao had already figured out how to assign them, like a carrot to a job...

(End of this chapter)