Chapter 215: Night Battle
Xinjiekou is the intersection of Zhongzheng Road, Zhongshan South Road, Zhongshan East Road and Hanzhong Road.
Among them, from Xinjiekou straight to the east is Zhongshan East Road, all the way to Zhongshan Gate, out of Zhongshan Gate is Xiaolingwei.
Straight north from Xinjiekou is Zhongshan South Road, and then Zhongshan North Road out of Rujiangmen is Xiaguan Wharf, this road is also the road of the 367 regiment into the city.
Straight from Xinjiekou to the south is Zhongzheng Road, and then from Zhonghua Gate out of Nanjing is Yuhuatai.
Straight from Xinjiekou to the west is Hanzhong Road, out of the Han West Gate is Ximenwai Street, which is also a famous morning market in Nanjing!
In addition to these four main roads, there are also two alleys, Dafu Lane and Miaohou Street, which are also directly connected to Xinjiekou.
Zhongzheng Road, Zhongshan South Road, Hanzhong Road, Zhongshan East Road, Dafu Lane and Miaohou Street divide the neighborhood around Xinjiekou into six districts, which Zhong Yi labels as North, Northeast, Southeast, South, Southwest and Northwest!
Before the Japanese army approached Nanjing, Rabe, an employee of the German company Siemens, had already designated the area south of Zhongshan North Road, west of Zhongshan South Road, east of Xikang Road, and north of Hanzhong Road as an international security zone.
Therefore, the northwest region, which overlaps with the international security zone, is not within the defense scope of the 367th Regiment, and the defense focus of the 367th Regiment is on the other five areas, especially the northeast and northern regions!
However, soon after the start of the war, the southwestern and southern districts, which had been attacked, fell one after another.
After nightfall, the Japanese army stopped the attack, and the 367th Regiment was unable to fight back, and the battlefield fell silent.
The Japanese troops currently guarding the southwest area are the 3rd Squadron of the 4th Infantry Brigade of the Kumamoto Wing, and the squadron leader is named Setomoto, the son of a fisherman who came out of Hokkaido!
Setomoto's squadron is entrenched in several small western-style buildings in the southwest area close to Xinjiekou, among which the building in front of it has a gun, and it can directly block Zhongshan South Road to the north, Zhongshan East Road to the east, not to mention Hanzhong Road in front, the location is very important, and it is guarded by an infantry squad led by Seto himself!
The reason why Setomoto attaches so much importance to this building is because after nightfall, people continue to come out of the safe zone and try to cross Zhongshan South Road into the control of the 367th Regiment!
Although these ordinary people are all wearing civilian clothes, they are more like soldiers in terms of body shape and walking posture!
Even if it was really a common man, Setomoto would never let a person enter the control area of the 367th Regiment, let alone a soldier? So Setomoto personally led an infantry squad to guard the front building.
Setomoto also had the machine gun crew mount both machine guns on the windows facing the street.
At this time, Seto was holding a Type 38 rifle and lying quietly on the roof of the building.
Looking down through the edge of the balcony on the roof, you can clearly see the entire Zhongshan South Road, only to see at least hundreds of Chinese lying on the street under the dim street lamps.
A pool of blood, pouring out from under these Chinese, stained the entire street red.
Even though it was dozens of meters away, Setomoto could smell the smell of blood in the air!
However, Setomoto enjoyed the smell of blood, which reminded him of the smell of blood when he was a child, when he followed his father and grandfather out to sea and slaughtered dolphins.
Just as he was thinking about it, a devil next to him whispered: "Squadron leader, there is a branch!" ”
Seto turned his head to look, and saw a figure clinging to the root of the wall, sneaking along the left wall root of Zhongshan South Road, almost the first time he saw this figure, Seto had concluded that it was a soldier! Because this guy stops every few steps to look around, and he is extremely vigilant!
Moreover, after seeing the corpses lying on the street in front of him, he did not flinch!
This must be a soldier, otherwise seeing so many corpses in front of him, he would have been frightened and weak, how dare he go further? A sinister smile tugged at the corner of Setomoto's mouth, and the index finger of his right hand quietly put on the trigger of the rifle.
However, the vigilance of the Chinese soldier who came over was indeed very high!
He had not gone far before he stopped, picked up a few broken bricks, and extinguished the nearest street lamps, and the street lights were immediately dimmed.
Setomoto watched quietly, but the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more disdainful and more hideous.
Is it safe to turn off the street lights? What a naivety! The marksmanship of the Imperial Army is not so unbearable!
At a distance of less than a hundred meters, a faint light is enough for the imperial army!
Seto smiled silently, slowly turned the muzzle, and locked on the Chinese soldier who was tiptoeing forward!
Then Setomoto's right index finger was slowly pressed down, and a moment later, the jujube butt on Setomoto's shoulder shook violently, and almost at the same time, a bean-like gunshot rang out, instantly shattering the silent street!
When Setomoto looked at it again, he saw that the Chinese soldier was fleeing back like a frightened rabbit!
It's late! The look on Setomoto's face became more and more disdainful, and then he began to count silently in his heart, one, two......
When Setomoto counted to five, the Chinese soldier in his field of vision suddenly gave up on his feet, fell to the ground, and struggled twice before never moving again.
"Another one! Kameda-kun, this is the ninth! As soon as Seto Moto pulled the gun on the leash, a hot bullet casing flew out of the rifle's casing, landed on the ground with a dinging sound, and then pushed the bolt to push another bullet into the chamber, and then turned his head and said to the devil next to him, "Kill one more, and I'll sleep!" ”
Kameda said, "Squadron Leader, how many soldiers have you killed in total since you came to China?" ”
"Well, I didn't calculate it." Setomoto said leisurely, "I think about it, fifty must be more than that, but a hundred should be less than that." ”
Kameda said, "Squadron Leader, you're really amazing! ”
"What is this?" Setomoto shook his head and said, "Tanaka-kun is amazing!" ”
After a pause, Setomoto continued: "Today alone, Tanaka-kun killed more than a hundred people, and more than half of them were soldiers! ”
"Sodesne!" Kameda thought so, "Squadron Leader Tanaka is really powerful, and he deserves to be called a man by NHK who can cut all the sabers of Sukehiro." ”
"Shh Seto suddenly raised his finger and whispered, "Another soldier is coming!" ”
"Huh?" Kameda looked back sharply, and sure enough, he saw another black shadow sticking to the root of the street wall, coming out of a small alley in the international security zone, and it seemed that he also wanted to cross Zhongshan South Road and enter the control area of the 367th Regiment.
PS: At the request of readers, the three chapters will be released at 8 a.m. in the future.