The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 142 The first day is over
At 11:27 in the evening, with a shout of "turn off the lights!"

The switches were clicked shut one by one, and the Sihang Warehouse suddenly became dark again.

Then, in the darkness, Regiment Commander Xie's Hakka accent sounded solemnly, "Brothers, you fought very well today. You taught the devils a lesson and greatly enhanced the prestige of our national army.

But this is just the beginning. After the Japanese suffer losses, they will definitely think of revenge.

Tomorrow they will dispatch more troops and launch a more fierce attack; so I still say the same thing, don’t have any illusions, treat this place as our grave, and fight to the death until the last moment.

Alright! Second Company will be responsible for tonight's security mission. Everyone else, take this time to get some rest.

Regain your spirits and prepare to continue fighting tomorrow."

After hearing this, everyone in the warehouse immediately took action according to the order, and it was a state of absolute obedience.

This clearly shows that Captain Xie is not only the one with the highest military rank and position here.

In terms of personal prestige, he is still the strongest in the warehouse, far surpassing Hu Biao and others.

Hu Biao and his men didn't take this seriously. On the one hand, Captain Xie had personally participated in the battles many times today, and he deserved everyone's respect and trust.

On the other hand, today is only the first day of defending the Sihang Warehouse, and they still have enough time.

As long as things progress according to plan, before the critical moment, you will be able to raise your prestige in the hearts of the soldiers to a level that is enough to change their fate.

However, when leading the way to the first floor, Hu Biao made a hidden gesture to the other time travelers.

The gesture means: Come on, let’s have a short meeting.

Yes, before taking Uncle Bo and some medicines and supplies and secretly swimming across the Suzhou River to the concession to find a way out, Hu Biao thought they needed to have a short meeting first.

Summarize today’s gains and losses, give some precautions to the newbies, and arrange some things that need to be prepared in advance.

In this way, the nine of them walked together to the edge of the waterway, a relatively quiet place in the warehouse.

Without caring about the dust on the ground, the time travelers sat down on the ground one by one, took out the captured Japanese cigarettes from their pockets, and lit one for themselves to refresh themselves.

There was no other way! They had fought three battles today, and each one had gone smoothly and achieved good results.

But behind every easy victory, there was a lot of preparatory work they did; for these preparations, the nine of them worked like a spinning top all day long and never stopped.

I'm so tired from working so hard that I have to light a cigarette to refresh myself.

The only difference was that Chen Tang, the novice, actually took out a large-caliber bullet shell from his trouser pocket while smoking.

He put the lit end into the bullet shell and started smoking with a "click, click" sound.

However, after seeing this, Hu Biao and the others not only did not laugh at Chen Tang, but instead looked up to this newcomer.

Because it is a good habit, smoking at night, especially when smoking in the wild, so that the cigarette butt will not be discovered by the enemy sniper, thus inviting a fatal shot...

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"That's a good idea. Next time you see a large-caliber bullet casing, remember to pick one up and put it on your body. You won't have to squat in the trenches every time."

While thinking this, Hu Biao threw away the cigarette butt in his hand.

A second later, the boy's expression turned serious, and he officially got to the point: "Let me summarize first. As Captain Xie said, everyone's performance today was very good.

Even the five brothers who came here for the first time should be praised here.

Although you are temporarily lacking in combat, your performance in other aspects is excellent and you have demonstrated your subjective initiative to a great extent.

I counted that at least 271 devils were killed in total; but we only lost 9 people in battle and 7 were seriously injured.

Facing the elite Japanese troops of the island nation before its large-scale military expansion, being able to achieve such a low casualty ratio can be considered quite impressive."

When the above words fell into the ears of Xufeng, Mo Shuiyan and the other five people, they couldn't help but smile with pride on their faces.

I couldn't help but ponder silently in my heart:

It was this unscientific time travel, and the feat of killing so many Japanese devils, but no one believed it when he told others about it after he returned.

Otherwise, with such a victory, it would be enough to open a separate page for myself in my family tree.

But even if no one knew about such achievements, they would feel happy enough just by killing so many devils; fighting the devils is indeed the simplest and most romantic sentiment in the hearts of the Chinese people.

Unfortunately, just as they showed a smile, Hu Biao said "but", which meant that there would be no good words to say later.

As expected, Hu Biao's next words, although not blaming them, were all bad news: "But everyone must be mentally prepared, because starting tomorrow, the situation will not be so easy.

First of all, after suffering such a big loss today, the Japanese will definitely take it seriously tomorrow. I think they will know or even guess our specific troop strength and the tactics we used.

By tomorrow noon at the latest, the water and electricity in the warehouse will be cut off, and some tactics will be restricted.

The intensity of the Japanese attack tomorrow will not be just half a squadron in scale. Direct-fire artillery, demolition teams, tanks and other equipment and means will also appear one by one.

Secondly, I don’t know what the problem is, the situation is somewhat different from what it was in history.

Originally, the Battle of Sihang Warehouse lasted for four days. The Japanese suffered only 43 casualties, while our side suffered casualties.

But today alone, nearly 300 Japanese soldiers died, and we also suffered 16 casualties.

So don’t think that just because the National Army defended this place in history, and now with our help, it is a sure thing to defend the warehouse.

If we cause the loss of the warehouse, we will be sinners in the eyes of our nation and history."

Faced with the difficult questions posed by Hu Biao, the key one being "the sinner of the nation and history", a rather frightening statement, the five newcomers' faces became solemn.

Seeing this, Huang A'di couldn't help but glare at Hu Biao.

This guy never learns from his broken mouth. It’s right to add a sense of urgency to the newcomers so that they can be more alert tomorrow, but it can’t be so harsh.
What if we scare these newbies and make them perform poorly?
He quickly continued to speak, trying to make amends:

"Everyone, relax a little. It's not as serious as you say. We have an absolute geographical advantage, and we have plenty of bullets, medicine, food, etc. Most importantly, our morale is high.

It would be difficult for the Japanese to capture the warehouse without being able to use heavy artillery and air bombing.

Everyone just needs to be alert, don't be careless or underestimate the enemy, and just do what needs to be done. Okay! If you're not dead yet, go back to your business."

According to Huang A-di, this short meeting was almost over.

It was time for Hu Biao and Uncle Bo to secretly cross the river with some supplies.

Before leaving, Hu Biao made some arrangements. He first said to Black Star, "Big idiot, you and Fatty will go talk to those seven defeated soldiers later.

Tell them that if they behave like this again tomorrow, don't blame me for being rude."

After hearing this, both Hei Xing and Huang A'di showed an expression of extreme headache on their faces.

In the organization of the third squad of the first row of their machine gun company, besides the nine time travelers, weren't there seven deserters who were also transferred over at that time?
In today's battle, these seven guys have been slacking off.

There are even two people who disappear as soon as a fight starts, but will appear on time after the fight, especially when it’s time to eat.

But they are always busy with various things and have no time to take care of them.

This isn't a solution. I really need to work overtime and have a good chat with them.

However, these defeated soldiers looked like veterans, and they were now extremely troubled by how to talk to them so that they could change their ways.

In short, try your best to do it.

After throwing the problem that was bothering him to his companions, Hu Biao then turned to the novice Mo Shuiyan and gave him instructions:
"You have to work overtime tonight, but I have two requests.

The first request was to find a light machine gun and repair it for Dead Fish; because I had a hunch that tomorrow's battle would be fierce and we had to increase our firepower as much as possible.

It would be even better if we could repair a few submachine guns.

The second is that in an indoor environment like a warehouse, rifles are often too long to be useful, but if you want to equip you with a shotgun or a pistol as a secondary weapon, you can't find one at all.

Think about it and see if you can find a solution."

"No problem, just wait and see the results tomorrow."

However, after a little thought, Mo Shuiyan, a novice who claimed to be quite familiar with light weapons from World War II to the Cold War, made the assurance with full confidence.

Then, Hu Biao and Uncle Bo took some samples of various modern materials carefully wrapped in oil paper, as well as the clothes they were wearing.

Bare-chested, he cautiously stepped into the icy water of the waterway.

At this very moment, the time reached 1:01 am, and the first day of the Sihang Warehouse Defense Battle was over...

(End of this chapter)