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Chapter 263: Nantianmen Blocking Battle

After all this, Lu Cheng not only had more than 1500 soldiers and horses, but also, with his personal charm and responsibility, he had a group of the most loyal fans, including not only the more than 400 people who evacuated the airport, but also many defeated soldiers rescued along the way.

These soldiers had witnessed with their own eyes the victory that Lu Cheng had led them to achieve, and had long believed in any of Lu Cheng's orders. They immediately followed Lu Cheng and headed towards the heights of the Nantianmen.

Soon after, more soldiers followed. In addition to those who had already been gathered, there were also some other defeated soldiers of the expeditionary force. Together, there were more than 1,700 people, which was more than the original number of troops.

Just as Lu Cheng led his men to the high ground on Nantianmen, preparing to establish a line of defense and block the enemy, a dispute was also taking place in Zenda on the east bank of the Nujiang River.

"Captain Yu, the Japanese haven't even come yet, and we haven't even seen their shadows. How can you let people blow up Xingtian Ferry? How is Captain Lu Cheng going to get back?"

"Lu Cheng has not returned yet. I am afraid he has already died for his country. Moreover, this Xingtian Ferry is the only bridge over the Nujiang River. Once it is occupied by the Japanese, and the Japanese rush into Zenda, it is possible to sweep across western Yunnan and even threaten Chongqing. This responsibility cannot be borne by Yu!"

"Captain Yu, you!"

At this moment, a messenger suddenly came in to report: "Captain, special commissioner, there is news from the riverside. Captain Lu Cheng and a group of people have rushed to the riverside and are organizing the fleeing people to cross the river. At the same time, Captain Lu also sent a message that he will lead people to defend Nantianmen and block the Japanese army to buy time for the east bank to redeploy defenses. I hope the east bank can complete the deployment as soon as possible!"

The special commissioner was overjoyed when he heard this: "The Captain Lu you mentioned is Lu Cheng, right? He's back? He also said he would protect the refugees crossing the river and stop the devils? He is indeed a talent valued by the principal, and he is indeed a national achievement. I'll go to the river to take a look!"

After saying that, the special envoy ignored Yu Xiaoqing, stood up and walked outside.

Yu Xiaoqing's face turned pale, but he followed as well.

However, when they arrived at the riverside, they could only see batches of refugees crossing the river in a tense and orderly manner, and there were some soldiers on the other side maintaining order.

The special commissioner quickly grabbed a soldier and asked, "Where is Captain Lu Cheng now?"

"Captain Lu has already led his men to Nantianmen to set up defenses."

The Nujiang River is actually not very wide, and the crossing point that Lu Cheng prepared in advance is only a few dozen meters wide.

Since there were sufficient bamboo rafts and small boats, each one could carry more than one hundred people across the river at the same time. This group of refugees only needed less than twenty trips at most to cross the river.

On the other side, after Lu Cheng led his men to the heights of Nantianmen, he immediately organized the digging of trenches, the arrangement of machine gun points and artillery points, set up booby traps on the enemy's way up the mountain, and marked in advance the places where the Japanese might set up artillery positions.

"This battle is very important. All the troops stationed on the east bank of the Nujiang River are watching. As long as we win this battle, we can quickly gain a foothold after returning. Moreover, since the Japanese have chased us to the Nujiang River, they will definitely find ways to cross the Nujiang River.

We must blunt their edge and make the Japanese give up the idea of ​​crossing the river in a short time, so as to buy time for us to reorganize our troops. Therefore, we should use all the weapons we have seized before, and don't be stingy with all kinds of bullets and shells. Hit them hard and hurt the Japanese and scare them. "

"Yes, battalion commander!"

Lu Cheng's next combat deployment was to first eliminate the Japanese vanguard, and then withstand the massive attack of the Japanese main force and cause them a certain degree of casualties.

As for completely annihilating the invading enemy, it is still a little unrealistic unless Lu Cheng is willing to expose all his means and try his best.

The ones chasing us were a regiment of Japanese devils.

Generally speaking, the number of people in a Japanese regiment is between 2500 and 3800. Even if the number is calculated as a smaller number, it is still far more than the troops under Lu Cheng's command at the moment.

Moreover, Lu Cheng has limited heavy weapons. Apart from some light and heavy mortars, grenade launchers, and heavy machine guns, there are only two field howitzers.

Moreover, these two field howitzers are still in the storage space, and it is not convenient to take them out directly for public use.

A regiment of the Japanese devils was fully equipped with artillery, including light and heavy mortars, anti-tank guns, field howitzers, and even poison gas bombs, air support, etc.

With Lu Cheng's current military strength and weapons, it is not enough to take down an entire regiment.

What's more, the Japanese have now occupied most of Southeast Asia, and there are even more troops behind them.

On the Nantianmen Gate, the soldiers were busy arranging defenses, but Lu Cheng and Long Wenjian stood on a high place, looking at the distant highway through telescopes.

There, the vanguard of the Japanese were riding sidecar motorcycles and bicycles and rushing towards this side. A rough estimate was that there was about a squadron of less than two hundred people.

Just as we had set up our positions, the Japanese vanguard had already arrived under the Nantianmen Gate.

Perhaps these devils have been fighting too smoothly recently, chasing the British and the expeditionary force all the way without encountering any decent resistance, so they have become proud and underestimated the enemy.

Seeing that there were still Chinese soldiers on the Nantianmen Gate, the Japanese commander, without knowing the specific situation, directly ordered an attack with only one squadron of troops.

After the battle started, the light and heavy machine guns and light and heavy mortars on the Nantianmen opened fire at the same time, instantly stunning the charging Japanese soldiers. They had never expected the enemy's firepower to be so fierce, and they didn't know that more than half of this heavy firepower was provided by their friendly forces.

After just one round of attack, this squadron of Japanese soldiers suffered heavy losses.

The troop strength ratio is nearly 10:1, and Lu Cheng's weapons and equipment are also at an absolute advantage. If he fails to wipe out this squadron of Japanese devils, Lu Cheng can go home and farm.

After repelling the Japanese's fierce attack, the commandos immediately launched an attack from a high position with submachine guns.

The Japanese soldiers on the opposite side never expected that they would be defeated so quickly and so thoroughly. They were defeated before they even launched a decent attack.

The soldiers of the expeditionary force were like tigers descending from the mountains, chasing and beating the Japanese soldiers below, as if they wanted to vent all the losses and anger they had suffered in Burma, and were determined not to let a single Japanese soldier escape.

Soon, when the last Japanese soldier was eliminated, the soldiers immediately cheered.

For many soldiers in the expeditionary force, it was the first time they had ever won a battle in their lives, and they were naturally extremely excited beyond words.

As for the first group of people who followed Lu Cheng, they had already built up absolute confidence through victory after victory and accumulated rich combat experience.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield and moved all kinds of food, drinks, daily necessities, and weapons and equipment to the position.

Some guys carried the Japanese's bicycles, and some guys wanted to ride back the sidecar motorcycles left behind by the Japanese, but they had to give up because the terrain was not suitable and they didn't know how to ride a motorcycle.

After the first victory, Lu Cheng's side suffered almost negligible losses, but a lot of supplies were captured.

At this time, the system issued another reminder: "Congratulations to the host, you have once again led the soldiers to a hearty victory, and you will be rewarded with points... The current total points can be redeemed for another combat assistance module. Do you want to redeem it?"

"Yes!"

"Please select the functional module you want to redeem."

"Gun alert!"

This is a function that Lu Cheng has wanted to equip for a long time.