The Bourne Counterattack

Chapter 21 Retreat
  "Cheng Mo, why did we spend so much time stealing a Japanese tank?" Wu Jianfeng didn't understand. This thing is quite impressive when driven back, but on the battlefield, I'm afraid it will be misunderstood by our own side.

Furthermore, there are only so many cannonballs in this thing, so it can only be used as a mobile fort.

"You will know when the time comes, we have to find a place to hide it." Cheng Mo said, he had a sinister idea.

That is, when the Japanese army attacks the Sihang Warehouse, use this stolen Japanese tank to bombard the British position in the concession.

Try to see if this British guy will fight back after being beaten, which will make the fight look better, or will he just surrender and give in?
  However, it is somewhat difficult to drive this Japanese tank unnoticed. It will definitely be during the day, but at night.

If the timing is not chosen well, it is easy to be exposed, and maybe even accidentally injured by one of your own people.

But soon.

According to what he knew, the 524th Regiment could not stay at the North Station for long. The Japanese army soon followed and occupied the North Station. The 88th Division and even the National Army troops in Zhabei had to withdraw.

"Nani?"

The Japanese captain was so angry when he received the report from his subordinates that his nose was crooked. How could the majestic Imperial Japanese Army be so useless that they couldn't even see the weapons and equipment on their own positions?
  Let the enemy enter uninhabited territory and drive away with their own tanks and cars!

What kind of person can do this?

"Your Majesty Colonel, they didn't see anyone entering our defense zone. Sasaki-kun suspects that..." the coalition staff officer explained nervously.

"What is it?"

"ghost!"

"Baga, where did this ghost come from..." The captain almost lost his words, but when he realized something was wrong, he quickly closed his mouth, his face turned livid, and his lips trembled twice.

If you don’t see anyone, then you are just a ghost. The question is, if you report it like this, will Lieutenant General Nakajima believe it?
  What a bunch of stupid pigs!
  ……

Only one day later, news came that the Dachang defense line had been breached. In order to prevent the national troops in Jiangwan and Zhabei from being divided by the Japanese army, dumplings were made.

The Nanjing High Command issued an emergency retreat order.

But in order to show the international community the determination of the government to resist, the old man asked the Third Theater Zone to leave a force to stay in Zhabei for about seven to ten days.

This army can be said to be a lone army, abandoning soldiers, and whoever leaves will stay. There is naturally an undercurrent surging in this.

In the end, it was decided that the 88th Division would send a regiment to stay and use the strong Sihang Warehouse as a stronghold to fight a few battles and defend for a few days to show the concession powers.

Sun Jiyuan is not a fool. This kind of troops who stay behind must never come back. A regiment, even if it is dissatisfied now, has one or two thousand people, so he can't bear to part with it.

So after peeling off layers of skin, from a division, to a regiment, to a battalion, finally this unfortunate task fell to the 524st Battalion of the th Regiment.

Who told them that the North Station they were defending was closest to the Sixing Warehouse?

And there are more than 400 people, which is a lot of people. If the other battalions are left and all of them are disabled, I am afraid that they will collapse at the touch of a little Jaap. Then who can withstand the old man's anger?

The 1st Battalion fought well in the past month, and even made many comebacks against the wind, especially the "hard-core" company, which showed the majesty of the national army.
  Since Cheng Mo didn't want the credit, Yang Ruifu couldn't let the credit slip through his fingers, so he simply gave less credit and gave it all.

Anyway, this meat must be rotten in the home pot.

The first battalion naturally received many awards from the top, especially battalion commander Yang Ruifu. After this battle, he will definitely be promoted.

The 88th Division is the Central Army, the old man's favorite, and its officers are carefully selected. Most of them are from Huangpu and are of extremely high quality.

As long as there is an opportunity, there will be opportunities for promotion.

It's a pity that the high-quality soldiers of the German Arms Division suffered too much in this battle. The newly added soldiers are more than one level behind, and the weapons and equipment have also been completely lost. Basically, the prestige of the German Arms Division has been lost. .

Sun Jiyuan was reluctant to leave the 524st Battalion of the th Regiment behind, but he had no choice. This order was suppressed level by level. What would happen if he didn't comply.

In fact, when he received the order to retreat, he immediately ran away. It is not an exaggeration to call him an "escape general".

It also takes time to convey orders. Until the night of the 26th, the battalion defending the North Station had not received the order. Everyone was still repairing the fortifications damaged in the day's battle and preparing for tomorrow's battle. Only Cheng Mo knew very well that after tonight, the fall of Zhabei would only be a matter of time. The wheels of history are rolling and will not turn according to human will.

No matter how powerful the butterfly's small wings are, they can't flap the general trend.

"Kuizi, Dachun, what will you do if one day we are treated as abandoned by Shangfeng?" Cheng Mo asked, looking at Kuizi lying on the ground and Dachun counting bullets.

"What can I do? At worst, I will die, my head will fall off, and I will have a scar as big as a bowl, but I will be a good man again in eighteen years!" Kuizi said nonchalantly.

"I listen to Brother Mo." Dachun chuckled and continued counting bullets.

"Where are you, Lao Miao?"

"I will not be a soldier. I will go back to my hometown. If I have money, I will buy a few acres of land, marry an aunt, and have a son..."

"Lao Miao, can you still have a son? Do you want help?" Kuizi sat up and asked jokingly.

"Fuck you, brat, even if you're covered in tendons, you're really not as good as me in that respect!" Lao Miao kicked him, and Kui Zi ducked away.

"You blow it!"

"If you don't believe it, let's find a chance to try it out then?"

"How do you compete with this thing?" Kuizi was stunned and asked.

"Brother Kuizi, you don't know this. As long as you have money, you can find any brothel. You and Lao Miao will find two girls each..." Dachun chuckled, with a clean expression.

"Brothers, pack your things quickly, we are about to evacuate." Wu Jianfeng trotted over and first greeted the four of them. He had just gone to the battalion headquarters for a meeting and got the news and orders.

The first company followed the battalion headquarters and got the news the fastest. The second company, the third company, and the machine gun company were all outside and had not yet returned to their posts.

This retreat was so sudden that in reality no one was prepared at all.

The battalion commander Yang Ruifu was confused when he received the order. He was so angry that he cursed at his mother at the battalion headquarters. But the scolding continued and the order had to be implemented, so he could only send people to notify them one by one.

"Retreat, retreat to where?" Kuizi opened his mouth and asked.

"Si Xing Warehouse." Before Wu Jianfeng could say anything, Cheng Mo said, and Wu Jianfeng's scalp exploded.

"Cheng Mo, how did you know?"

"No matter where you evacuate, I have to go back to Sihang Warehouse anyway. What's wrong?" Cheng Mo said matter-of-factly. Of course he knew that he had leaked the secret, but he would not have evacuated with the large army in the first place. Not soldiers of the 88th Division.

"Yes, I forgot that your home is in Sihang Warehouse, and you don't want to follow us to fight the Japanese. You want to stay." Wu Jianfeng didn't think much about it, "However, the one we are evacuating this time is Sihang Warehouse."

"Is this asking us to compete with the Japanese at Sihang Warehouse and stage a drama in which the national government and the national army are still resisting in Zhabei for the European and American powers to watch?"

"Cheng Mo, don't say it so harshly. There are considerations from above. We soldiers don't understand. We just have to obey orders." Wu Jianfeng said.

Cheng Mo was too lazy to speak. He had tried his best in this battle, but he was unable to save the day by himself.

"What to do with the tanks we hid?"

"Don't move, I'm of great use." Cheng Mo said directly. He hid the tank while the car drove back to deliver the goods.

If you go out for a trip, you can't come back with nothing. Yang Ruifu, an old and cunning guy, should be suspicious.

"Okay, since the tank is for Cheng Mo's use, none of us are allowed to mention it. It's rotten in the stomach." Wu Jianfeng said, "You guys pack up quickly and take everything you need with you. You can leave as soon as you say it. Do you understand?"

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