The unique khaki military uniforms of the Japanese army appeared in the distance. Zhao Baokun and Dice both had a look of horror on their faces. Especially Zhao Baokun, who had been in contact with the Japanese army, was shaking like chaff. The situation of being defeated by the Japanese army that day is still vivid in his mind.
The powerful machine guns and artillery fire of the Japanese army were a nightmare deep in Zhao Baokun's memory. Before Tang Cheng put down his telescope, Zhao Baokun was already about to turn around and run away.
"Everyone, stop there. There are only a dozen Japanese soldiers and you are scared like this. If we encounter more Japanese soldiers, I think you will just use your belt to strangle your family to death." The one who put down the telescope
Tang Cheng stopped Zhao Baokun and Dice coldly. There were only a dozen Japanese soldiers who appeared in the telescope. They looked like the size of an infantry squad. Tang Cheng didn't know if they were just outposts of the Japanese army, but this time
At that time, Tangcheng was terrifyingly calm.
"Dice, you go back to the village immediately to report the news. Zhao Baokun will stay here with me and see if you can find an opportunity to hit them." Tang Cheng's decision made Zhao Baokun and Dice both happy and sad. Naturally, they were happy because they were ordered to go back and report the news.
Dice, Zhao Baokun's hands and feet were now cold and his body was stiff. If Tang Cheng hadn't been glaring at him, Zhao Baokun might have yelled and ran away. "Do you still remember what I told you in Zouma Mountain? 2
There has never been a deserter in the company, ever."
Zhao Baokun glanced at Tang Cheng carefully, and slowly moved his eyes from Tang Cheng's face to Tang Cheng's right hand on his waist. Tang Cheng's right hand was already on the holster on his waist. Zhao Baokun knew that
If he turned around and ran away now, the bullet fired from the gun must be aimed at him. Swallowing secretly, Zhao Baokun clenched the rifle in his hand and stood up straight. Although he was scared to death, facing Tangcheng
With the killing intent in his eyes, Zhao Baokun had to force himself to be strong.
He divided half of the bullets on his body and left them with Tang Cheng and Zhao Baokun. Dice ran towards Xiajiawa in a hurry. He looked at Dice who had gone away, and then looked back at Tang Cheng who was observing the enemy through a telescope. Zhao Baokun could only think in his heart.
Secretly sighing at his bad luck. Tang Cheng was right. There were only 17 Japanese soldiers who appeared in the telescope. Although Tang Cheng was young, he was not an impulsive person. He knew that there was no way that he and 17 soldiers could stand up to each other.
The Japanese soldiers fought, and then slowly retreated towards Xiajiawa with Zhao Baokun.
After the victory at Wanjialing, a large number of wounded soldiers from the National Army stayed in the Kuomintang-controlled areas in Jiangxi to recuperate. After the Japanese army captured Huangshi, they began to move south. A large number of National Army skirmishers and lightly wounded soldiers were ordered to harass the Japanese troops heading south along the way.
Under this general environment, the Japanese troops who occupied and controlled Jinniu Town and Baoan Town immediately mobilized their troops to go north, trying to fully control the large area between Wuhan and Huangshi. The group of Japanese soldiers they encountered in Tangcheng was one of them.
A small army.
Hirota Jiro is the major commander of this small force. He is affiliated with the Kobayashi Squadron and was sent from Bao'an Town by the squadron leader Koichi Kobayashi. Their main task is to go north along Bao'an Town to investigate and eliminate the enemies encountered along the way.
All the anti-Japanese armed forces. When passing by the Nanxi River, Hirota Jiro divided his squad into three groups. He personally led a squad of soldiers across the Nanxi River and headed towards Shangzhang, while the other two groups of Japanese troops went all the way to the west of Shangzhang.
Jiangjiawan, and another route to Zhujiazhuang, east of Shangzhang.
There are too many Chinese villages around the Nanxi River. Hirota Jiro took the initiative to divide his troops in order to control the villages and areas north of Meizi Mountain and Huangmao Mountain in the shortest possible time. Hirota Jiro passed through more than a dozen villages along the way, but failed to do so in a row.
They didn't meet any so-called anti-Japanese armed forces. Facing the bayonets of Hirota Jiro's soldiers, all the villages they passed along the way obeyed. "I really miss the days when I was on the battlefield. It's so lonely now." Hirota Jiro
Sitting under the tree, he sighed with emotion. He didn't know that a captain of the national army once squatted on the tree behind him.
Like most Japanese officers, Hirota Jiro is also a standard militarist. He is eager to kill and to use killing to prove his bravery and his family's loyalty to the empire. But things went counterproductive. He made mistakes during the Yellowstone battle.
Now that the garrison troops have been called in, leaving the fighting on the battlefield and the overwhelming sound of gunfire, Hirota Jiro felt uncomfortable all over. Otherwise, he would not have rushed to shoot this forward searcher from the squadron leader's hands.
Task.
"Let's go and have lunch in the village ahead." He learned from the guide accompanying the team that there was a village not far ahead. The hungry Hirota Jiro ordered to divert to Xiajiawa in front and take a rest under the tree.
Upon hearing this, the resting Japanese soldiers stood up and followed the nodding and bowing guide towards Xiajiawa. Looking at the nodding and bowing man in black from a distance, Tang Cheng's teeth itched with hatred as he lay on the roof at the entrance of the village.
"15 Japanese soldiers, a commander, a major, and a traitor leading the way. One light machine gun, two grenades, one pistol, and the others are rifles." Tang Cheng slipped down from the roof and took the
The old Northeastern people gathered together. 11 people fought against 17 Japanese soldiers. It might not matter if they had replaced the people from the second company, but now among the 11 people, only three of them had actually fought with the Japanese army.
Yes, when Zhao Baokun and the others heard that the Japanese soldiers were coming, their legs shook with fear, let alone confronting the Japanese soldiers.
The quick-thinking Liu Shitou temporarily took on the role of quartermaster. When Tang Cheng was lying on the roof to observe the enemy's situation, Liu Shitou had already counted all their weapons and ammunition. "Company commander, we have a light machine gun and a
We have grenade launchers, 10 rifles, 1,700 rounds of bullets, 23 grenades, and four shell guns, but there are not many pistol bullets." The number of bullets Liu Shitou mentioned refers to all the Arisaka rifle bullets carried by 11 of them.
, it sounds like a lot, but the light machine guns of the old Northeast also use Arisaka rifle bullets. As long as the light machine guns of the old Northeast fire, no matter how many bullets they have, they will not be enough.
Tang Cheng deliberately pretended not to see everyone's expressions, and just paced around in circles with his hands behind his back. After about 2 minutes, Tang Cheng raised his head and said, "Fight, but we won't fight them, first
Put them into the village and then fight, just like in Lijiapu, surround them with strong firepower." After hearing that Tang Cheng said that he wanted to fight with this group of Japanese soldiers, Liu Shitou and Hou San ran into the house anxiously.
He took out all the weapons and ammunition wrapped in straw.
"Old Northeast, you take an ammunition hand from Zhao Baokun's family to ambush at the entrance of the village. Shitou, you and Hou San go from the right side of the village to the back of these Japanese soldiers to block their way. Dice, you also take two people and go to the left side of the village.
Detour to the rear of the Japanese soldiers, and the remaining people will follow me and stay in the village to intercept the Japanese soldiers." Ignoring the horrified expressions of Village Chief Xia and his family when they saw those rifles, Tang Cheng just focused on assigning tasks to Lao Dongbei and the others.
On the surface, Tang Cheng's arrangements dispersed the people very thinly, but in fact he did it to prevent these guys from escaping. The bandits were not lacking in bloodiness. What Tang Cheng was afraid of was their blind obedience. As long as they
If we separate, even if there are deserters, it will not affect all the bandits. "Village Chief Xia, I don't have time to explain to you. You just need to remember that we are the national army and we are fighting the Japanese. You can take your family to hide later."
Don't go out of the house, guns don't have eyes." Tang Cheng's final instructions shocked Village Chief Xia's family to tremble, and followed Tang Cheng's instructions to hide in the house and hold the door open, not daring to show their heads.
Liu Shitou and the others dispersed according to Tangcheng's arrangements. By the time Lao Dongbei and Zhao Baokun arrived at the entrance of the village, Jiro Hirota and the others were already not far from the village. They could see the expressions on the faces of the Japanese soldiers without a telescope.
With an expression on his face, the hard-working man saw the figure of the Japanese soldier and had long since disappeared. Lao Dongbei kicked open the door of a house and broke into the yard with Zhao Baokun and the ammunition hand. "Don't be afraid.
We are the ones fighting the Japs, so we all hide in the house without showing our heads. After we beat the Japs, we will leave." Old Dongbei's big white teeth made the family nod in agreement in fright.
Hirota Jiro did not directly order to enter the village, but stood on the grain drying field at the entrance of the village and waited for a while. This silent village made Hirota Jiro feel strange in his heart. After leaving Baoan Town, he encountered people along the way.
He visited many villages, but none was as invisible as Xiajiawa. Out of caution, Hirota Jiro first sent the guide and two of his soldiers into the village to investigate.
Tang Cheng stood in the corner facing the village entrance, with the two bandits following him behind him. Seeing that all the Japanese soldiers at the village entrance did not enter the village at once, Tang Cheng couldn't help but feel angry secretly. The somewhat timid guide led the two Japanese soldiers.
As the soldiers approached the village, the first courtyard door they kicked open was the house where Lao Dongbei was hiding. In just the blink of an eye, two screams rang out in the courtyard, and the two Japanese soldiers who broke into the courtyard were killed.
Lao Dongbei and Zhao Baokun stabbed them into bloody gourds with bayonets.
"Shoot, fire at the Japanese soldiers on the grain drying field." Hearing the screams in the yard, Tang Cheng, squatting in the corner, knew something was wrong, and immediately ordered the bandits following him to fire from the top of the wall. The bandits also used the same method.
38 rifles, although their firing was not accurate, they succeeded to a certain extent in attracting the attention of Hirota Jiro and others. "Fire" Lao Dongbei, who was holding a light machine gun, suddenly appeared from the courtyard wall and did not give any attention at all.
While Hirota Jiro and the others were dodging, a series of bullets hit them directly.
The place where Jiro Hirota and the others stayed was the grain drying ground at the entrance of the village. There was only a millstone and a stone roller on the grain drying ground to provide cover for them. However, Hirota Jiro and the others still had 15 people. The millstone and stone roller alone could not cover them all.
People. "Puff puff" a burst of blood mist splashed, and two Japanese soldiers including Hirota Jiro's commander Nao lay down in a pool of blood.