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Chapter 300 Encirclement and reinforcements

The artillery fire on the east coast lasted all night, and the Japanese soldiers on Nantianmen were also nervous all night.

When it was about to dawn, the troops upstream and downstream of the river began to stop crossing the river. The troops that had already successfully crossed the river also quickly entered the mountains and forests and began to hide, as if nothing had happened last night.

After a tense night, Takeuchi Renzan finally went to rest.

As the dinner bell on the Nantianmen rang, all the Japanese soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

Anyway, over the past six months, the East Coast has been firing artillery from time to time, sometimes during the day, sometimes at night. Last night, the frequency of artillery firing was just a little more frequent, and it was nothing serious.

Until the evening, some Japanese soldiers suddenly began to have fever, cough and vomiting. The Japanese medical soldiers hurriedly began to diagnose and treat them, using all means to finally calm those soldiers down. However, this was just the beginning.

When night fell again, the soldiers upstream and downstream of Zenda continued to cross the river.

It is not easy to cross the river at night. Even if ropes have been set up in advance, the soldiers must be careful to avoid falling into the river.

Lu Cheng did not ask the soldiers to cross the river in a hurry. It didn't matter if they went slowly, safety was the top priority.

After two nights of hard work, three battalions of troops had successfully crossed the Nujiang River, and troops from the special operations platoon, the spearhead company, and the guard company had all crossed the Nujiang River.

After crossing the river, these troops quickly surrounded Nantianmen from the northwest and south, monitoring all the passages of the Japanese army through Nantianmen leading to the outside world.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers on Nantianmen also began to suffer from more fevers and vomiting, which soon attracted the attention of Takeuchi Renzan.

It was the end of summer and the weather on the southern border was still very hot. In addition, the environment on Nantianmen was closed and the air inside was not good. Occasionally, such collective fever and vomiting would occur, but the number of people who appeared this time and the speed of development were somewhat unexpected.

Moreover, the medical soldiers on Nantianmen soon lost control of the situation, and the medicines did not have much effect on those soldiers.

By the evening of the third day, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers were lying in the ward, wailing loudly.

Realizing that something was wrong, Takeuchi Renzan immediately requested medical support from his superiors. At the same time, he began to take preventive measures, isolating the sick soldiers and dividing the remaining soldiers into groups. Many soldiers put on gas masks.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, a squadron of Japanese soldiers came from the southwest in trucks and armored vehicles, escorting a medical team and carrying a large amount of medicine, and rushed to Nantianmen.

However, when this group of Japanese soldiers was less than ten kilometers away from Nantianmen, they were ambushed by a battalion of troops led by Long Wenjian.

Long Wenjian's Third Regiment was also the largest regiment in the entire brigade. Each battalion had more than 600 people, which was three times the strength of the Japanese. They occupied advantageous terrain and quickly launched a beautiful ambush, completely wiping out the Japanese squadron, destroying two armored vehicles, two trucks, and seizing two trucks, as well as a number of weapons, equipment and medicines.

When Takeuchi Renzan on Nantianmen heard the sound of gunfire in the distance, he knew that this batch of medical support might never arrive.

Judging from the previous firepower density, Takeuchi Renzan judged that at least a thousand enemies crossed the Nujiang River from the opposite bank and came to the west bank.

Afterwards, Takeuchi Renzan immediately reported the situation and requested support from nearby friendly forces.

At this time, Yu Xiaoqing, who was downstream, learned that Lu Cheng had led his troops across the river to fight, and he was also anxious to cross the river, but he encountered various obstacles and could only stay on the east bank of the river every day.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, a large group of Japanese soldiers from the west and south began to move towards the Nantianmen.

It is obvious that the Japanese also attach great importance to the situation near Nantianmen.

A fully staffed standard infantry battalion of the Japanese army consists of about 1100 people, which is equivalent to a regiment of the Chinese army.

If this were a fully-strength infantry battalion on the battlefield in the Central Plains, it might take a division or even an army to encircle and annihilate it.

However, it was already 43, the Japs' strength was no longer as strong as before, their troops could not be replenished from the country, and many infantry battalions were not fully staffed.

Just like in the movie "Bright Sword", the Yamazaki Battalion destroyed by Li Yunlong only had 500 to 700 people. But even with these few hundred people, the main regiment 772nd Regiment fought for 8 hours and suffered heavy casualties, but still failed to defeat it. It was Li Yunlong who used earthwork to advance to a range of 50 meters and used 3600 grenades to destroy the Yamazaki Battalion.

This also shows that the Japs were well-equipped and well-trained.

However, this time the Japanese encountered an army that was better equipped and equally well-trained.

The Japanese army group coming from the south was blocked by two battalions of soldiers led by Long Wenjian, so Lu Cheng basically didn't have to worry about it.

The Japanese army coming from the west was blocked by a battalion led by Xia Shouzhong, plus troops from the guard company and the spearhead company.

Soon, battles broke out on both sides, and the sound of gunfire echoed on the west bank of the Nujiang River.

After the Japanese coming from the south were stopped by Long Wenjian, since they were close to Nujiang River, Long Wenjian immediately called for artillery support.

The artillery battalion and the supply company cooperated with each other, transferred some 75 mountain artillery to the downstream, and began to provide artillery support to Long Wenjian.

The Japanese invaders coming from the west were too far away from the Nujiang River to be reached by artillery fire from the east bank.

In order to reduce the casualties of his soldiers, Lu Cheng immediately asked the US military liaison officer McLuhan to contact the Allied headquarters to carry out air bombing.

When Stilwell heard that it was Lu Cheng who asked for support, he immediately ordered the Air Force to send two bombers and four attack planes to provide support.

At the same time, Lu Cheng also personally commanded the mortar position, accurately attacking the Japanese mortar positions.

When the US military planes arrived at the battlefield, they saw two groups of equal strength fighting back and forth, and the Chinese army had a considerable advantage.

Afterwards, two bombers dropped bombs on the Japanese positions, and four attack planes also began to dive.

After bombing the Japanese in the west, the two bombers also bombed the Japanese coming from the south, and finally dropped the remaining bombs on Nantianmen before returning.

The attack planes also dived on the two Japanese positions several times before leaving.

For many of Lu Cheng's soldiers, this was the first time they experienced this integrated air-ground combat mode, and the battle went quite smoothly.

In less than three hours, the battles on the two battlefields ended one after another. Except for a few Japanese soldiers who escaped, the two Japanese battalions were basically wiped out, leaving corpses and weapons all over the ground.

During this period, some planes flew southwest and engaged in an air battle with the Japanese planes, preventing them from getting near Nantianmen.

I have to say that Stilwell is still very powerful.

Lu Cheng quickly reported the battle situation on the front line to the Allied Command and the 6th Army Headquarters.

When the superiors learned that Lu Cheng had wiped out two battalions and a squadron of Japanese invaders in one day, they were greatly excited and sent a telegram to commend Lu Cheng and his soldiers.

On the fifth day, the Japanese soldiers on Nantianmen began to die from the disease, and more and more Japanese soldiers showed symptoms, exceeding six hundred people, and were completely out of control.

Takeuchi Renzan kept asking his superiors for support, but at this time the Chinese troops upstream and downstream of the east bank of the Nujiang River began to bombard the Japanese on the west bank of the Nujiang River at the same time. In addition, the Japanese troops in Southeast Asia were too dispersed, and they were unable to support the Japanese in Nantianmen in a short period of time.

As a last resort, Takeuchi Renzan requested the headquarters to airdrop a batch of medicines for support.

However, at this moment, the Allied Flying Tigers also began to take off frequently, mobilizing all the Japanese planes.

At noon on the fifth day, some of the Japanese soldiers on Nantianmen tried to break through, but were quickly blocked and repelled.

On the evening of the fifth day, the engineering company built a floating bridge near Lianhua Township, and more soldiers began to cross the river...