You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you ended up with a German-equipped division

Chapter 2 Supporting the Front Lines: New Infantry Squads

"You're from... the 714th Regiment?"

Xu Dingguo was somewhat stunned, looking at Li Jianghe and his infantry squad.

This infantry squad is well-disciplined, well-equipped, and uniformly issued steel helmets.

Something's not right. Is this still the 714th Regiment?

How come it's the same as the German-equipped divisions of the Central Army?

"Yes, I am Li Jianghe, the company commander of the 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, 714th Regiment. I am ordered to enter the Chenjiaxing position to provide support."

Looking at Li Jianghe, who was tall and upright and exuded righteousness, Xu Dingguo was quite impressed and thought that he must be a good leader of troops.

He looked behind him, but saw no one else.

"Where are the others?"

Xu Dingguo asked.

He thought to himself, "We can't keep drawing salaries without working until only these dozen or so people are left."

"Sir, that's all. That's all. The others ran away before they even reached Shanghai."

Li Jianghe's answer left Xu Dingguo speechless for a long time.

He never expected that of the group his superiors had promised, only a dozen or so people remained.

This isn't even enough to fill the gaps between the Japanese soldiers' teeth.

Well, let's try anything, even if it's a long shot.

Xu Dingguo knew he had no choice, so he pointed in the direction of Chen Jiaxing and said:

"At 11 o'clock, one kilometer away, there is a Hongyuan Grain Store warehouse. Go and relieve the troops guarding there and hold out until noon tomorrow."

Xu Dingguo knew very well that if these dozen or so people went there, they might not be able to hold out until midnight, let alone by noon tomorrow.

But there was no other way; his entire squad was almost wiped out, and someone had to step in.

"Yes, mission accomplished."

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Jianghe turned around and was about to lead his troops forward.

Xu Dingguo wanted to say a few more words, but then another explosion came from ahead, and the Japanese 9th Division's attack began again.

"Once the shelling stops, you all charge towards Hongyuan Grain Store!"

Xu Dingguo raised his voice.

Amidst the roar of artillery fire, several more ruins were added to the streets ahead.

In the darkness, faint screams could be heard, followed by roars, and gunshots rang out.

"Rush!!"

Li Jianghe let out a low roar and led his soldiers to charge towards Hongyuan Grain Store ahead.

Inside Hongyuan Grain Store, the fierce battle continues.

Originally, a company of soldiers was stationed here, but they were all wiped out in the face of an attack by a Japanese company. Now only ten soldiers remain to guard the area.

With their ammunition exhausted, the Japanese troops stormed into the warehouse, and a hand-to-hand battle ensued.

Company Commander Yu Hongzhi was wielding a nine-ringed broadsword, cutting down a Japanese sergeant who charged at him, making him look like a blood-soaked demon.

"Brothers, kill!!!"

A soldier carrying a bundle of grenades jumped directly from the second floor, landing among the Japanese soldiers.

"boom!!!!"

An explosion rang out, knocking seven or eight Japanese soldiers below to the ground.

But more Japanese troops poured in, like a swarm of locusts.

"Bang bang bang!!!"

Soldiers who jumped out from behind sandbags, wanting to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese, were shot down by the Japanese with their rifles.

Yu Hongzhi's nine-ringed broadsword cut down another Japanese soldier, but ultimately he couldn't withstand the overwhelming numbers. His calf and abdomen were pierced by bayonets.

A Japanese sergeant, his face contorted in a ferocious grimace, brandished a katana and was about to cleave Yu Hongzhi's head off.

The next moment, a bullet flew by, grazing Yu Hongzhi's ear and piercing through the Japanese sergeant's helmet.

"when!!"

The Japanese sergeant swayed, and blood gushed from his head, blooming inside his helmet and flowing down the rim before he slowly collapsed to the ground.

"Bang bang bang!!! Rat tat tat!!!"

More intense gunfire followed.

Behind the warehouse, infantrymen armed with Chiang Kai-shek rifles, led by Li Jianghe, took down Japanese soldiers one by one.

The Czech light machine gun roared, firing bullets in rapid succession, like the Grim Reaper's scythe, reaping the lives of Japanese soldiers.

The M24 grenade was thrown at that moment and exploded with a bang among the Japanese soldiers outside the warehouse.

"Boom!!!"

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were knocked to the ground.

This Japanese squad was already exhausted, and when they saw that enemy reinforcements had arrived, they dared not linger in battle.

Amidst the urgent whistle, they retreated to the rear.

Seeing the Japanese troops repelled, Li Jianghe shouted:

"Consolidate our positions and clean up the battlefield."

After saying that, he looked at Yu Hongzhi.

This man from Guangxi held a knife in one hand to support his body, his whole body trembling due to pain in his abdomen and calves.

"Brothers, we are the 3rd Company of the 714th Regiment, and we have been ordered to take over your defense duties."

Li Jianghe saluted him.

Yu Hongzhi gritted his teeth and said:

"Thanks, bro. Those Japanese devils over there are fierce... really fierce. You guys better be careful."

After he finished speaking, he looked up and glanced around, only to find that Li Jianghe and his group consisted of just over ten people.

"How come there are only these people? This isn't enough."

Yu Hongzhi said with great concern, "My company was basically wiped out by the Japanese in three charges, but your company can't even stop one charge."

Li Jianghe, however, said:

"Don't worry, we can hold it."

After all, I can cheat.

Yu Hongzhi wanted to say something, but the abdominal pain was too unbearable, and his vision went black as he collapsed to the ground.

Li Jianghe placed Yu Hongzhi on a stretcher made from a door panel, looked at the Gui Army company that was now down to only five soldiers, and said to the soldiers behind him:

"Salute to our brothers in the Guangxi Army!"

"Whoosh!!"

Everyone saluted in unison. The five remaining soldiers returned the salute and then carried Company Commander Yu Hongzhi out of the warehouse.

Inside the granary, corpses were piled up on the ground, and blood flowed, pooling in the low-lying areas.

Shell casings and shrapnel were scattered all over the ground, and the surrounding walls were riddled with bullet holes of varying sizes, densely packed like a honeycomb.

This demonstrates the ferocity of the battle.

Li Jianghe thought to himself, "The Guangxi Wolf Soldiers truly live up to their reputation."

In general, if more than half of the troops are killed or wounded, it becomes very difficult to organize combat operations.

But this Guangxi Army infantry company, even with only five men left, still managed to hold onto the warehouse.

Sure enough, fueled by the national and personal vendettas, these Guangxi Army brothers fought far more desperately than they had during the civil war.

At this moment, the system's voice rang in Li Jianghe's mind.

[Killed 1 Japanese soldier and earned 50 merit points.]

Killed one Japanese second lieutenant sergeant, earning 200 merit points.

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This operation has earned a total of 1000 merit points.

One thousand merit points is enough to deploy 10 basic infantry squads, or to replace them with multiple machine gun squads and anti-tank artillery squads.

Thinking of this, Li Jianghe closed his eyes slightly, and a new troop type card appeared in his mind.

[Congratulations, host! You have achieved your first kill against a Japanese soldier. You are rewarded with system space, a new troop card, ammunition cards, and supply cards.]

The system space is not very large, with a length, width and height of 10 meters. After an item is placed in it, its previous state can be preserved.

It is extremely convenient for storing spoils of war, provisions, and so on.

However, the deployment area can only be within a ten-meter radius of the host.

In addition, the use of system space, including the storage and release of resources, will be "rationalized" by the system so as not to arouse suspicion.

This is similar to directly summoning soldiers; both are "rationalized" so as not to arouse too much suspicion from those around them.

Then, Li Jianghe saw the newly unlocked troop cards.

[Junior Engineer Platoon]

Staff: 10 people.

Equipment and Weapons: 10 explosive charges (1 kg TNT), 20 S-type anti-personnel mines, 2 wire cutters, detonators, 5 boxes of TNT, 10 Chiang Kai-shek rifles (95 rounds of ammunition)...

Skills: Basic engineering skills, bunker digging, mine laying, demolition, obstacle placement, etc.

Level: Beginner.

Merit points: 150.

Upon checking the ammunition card, it was discovered that the ammunition available for replenishment consisted primarily of weapons already in service with the unit.

[1000 rounds of 7.92 Mauser rifle ammunition, 10 merit points.]

[One box of M24 grenades (20 grenades), 10 merit points.]

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Finally, there is the supplies card, which contains various supplies, including food, daily necessities, clothing, medicine, and so on.

For example, a box of sulfonamides (30 tablets) of anti-inflammatory drugs requires 1 merit point.

A first aid kit (containing alcohol, bandages, hemostatic forceps, medical needles and thread, hemostatic drugs, and sulfonamides) costs 10 merit points.

One ton of flour or rice requires 50 merit points.

Meat is a bit expensive; 1 ton of beef requires 200 merit points.

There are also compressed biscuits, individual self-heating rations, etc., which also require merit points to obtain.

Without hesitation, Li Jianghe decisively used his merit points to purchase a new troop card.

The troop cards purchased this time include 2 basic infantry squads, 2 machine gun squads, 1 engineer squad, and 1 infantry artillery squad, consuming a total of 700 merit points, with 150 merit points remaining.

Soon, the various combat squads arrived at the grain depot to report for duty.

Long Wenzhang was stunned by their weapons and equipment.

He was particularly struck by the Liao 14 infantry cannon, and instinctively reached out and stroked its barrel.