Chapter 116 Death is imminent, yet dare to provoke
Partridge Island has a unique geographical location in Haizidang. The northeast is the same as the land route, and it is the gateway to the northeast of Haizidang. It is more than 80 miles away from the central island, Toad Island, by water. What is even more unique is that to the north, it is about ten miles away from the land.
There is a water bubble with a surface area of about 200 acres.
The cofferdam around Shuipaozi is covered with dense secondary elm forests.
The shallows extending into the water are exceptionally gentle, and the sand is white and fine.
The annual Partridge Festival is held here. Because it is located in the north of Partridge Island, the people on the island collectively call this place "Beihaizi".
At this time, the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and in midsummer, almost everyone on the island, regardless of men, women, old and young, are playing in the water here to cool off.
This constitutes a unique geographical feature connected to the land. If necessary, the surrounding cofferdams can be blown up, and Partridge Island becomes an isolated island that merges into Dalong Lake, integrating with Haizidang.
The bombing of the cofferdam only happened once when Niangang Village led a large group of Japanese troops to attack Haizidang. At that time, the land that was originally connected to Partridge Island instantly turned into a wasteland.
Gangcun thought it was amazing and did a simple arithmetic problem. To capture Haizidang, tens of thousands of soldiers would need to be buried in the belly of the fish. To completely occupy this place, another 30,000 troops would be needed.
At that time, Japan was eager to advance westward, and it was impossible to deploy heavy troops in the Haizidang area, which had become the rear area. This, coupled with the subsequent change in overall strategy, also prompted the implementation of Gangcun's strategy of recruiting surrender and recruiting rebels. He first deployed tens of thousands of troops on land.
Above, they waved flags and shouted, then fired a barrage of artillery fire, and dispatched more than ten gunboats to launch a salvo of gunfire.
However, the tall reeds blocked their sight, as if they were blind. Moreover, the two gunboats were entangled in the fishermen's nets in the water net, and could not move forward or retreat. The islanders took advantage of the cover of the reeds to escape.
They kept making some noise to consume the ammunition on the gunboat. Especially at night, cold guns were fired from everywhere, with both light and heavy weapons. Many soldiers were shot, and seven or eight of them died.
Except for a few injured by burning reeds, the islanders suffered almost no casualties.
For fear that another ship would be trapped, Gangcun did not dare to let in any more gunboats.
This stalemate lasted for three days and three nights. The little Japanese on the gunboat had almost run out of ammunition, and the food supply had already been exhausted.
In the end, Xia Jingxuan, the pseudo-county magistrate of Zhennan County, which bordered Partridge Island but was now separated by a river, sailed a awning boat and came in with a white flag to negotiate.
Wang Yidong sized up the situation and accepted Gangcun's conditions.
In fact, the conditions are very simple. No anti-Japanese radicals should be tolerated, and the Japanese army should assist the Japanese army in searching for hostile forces that may be crossing the border. If any hostile elements are found, they must be reported to Gangcun in time. If the Japanese army gets confirmed information from other channels, they will move in to arrest the suspicious elements.
, you need to notify the party in advance. If there are military supplies that need to transit the border, you must also notify the party in advance. The party is obliged to ensure the safety of the transit materials.
Wang Yidong completely regarded this as a business, especially when he emphasized that food and other living supplies must be provided for a fee, and refused the words "letter of surrender" and could only sign a "cooperation agreement."
Facing the corpses of seven or eight soldiers covered with white sheets, as well as those who were already hungry and almost dehydrated under the scorching sun, Okamura swallowed his knocked-out teeth and muttered a string of Japanese words, still speaking.
The agreement was signed. In order to help capture the radicals, Gangcun gave Wang Yidong three small steamers. They were old ships used by the Japanese army to transport supplies on inland rivers. They were coal-fired and the speed was only ten knots. They were also because of the smoke.
, found on the endless water of Dalong Lake at a glance.
Although Gangcun had hyped up this model of "co-prosperity", Wang Yidong believed that he had made a profit in this transaction. More importantly, the people in Haizidang were no longer afraid of the Japanese.
No matter what happened, he would still make fun of them by saying "Baga, Baga".
The small steamer was also modified by craftsmen hired by Wang Yidong from Wuhan. Not only were steel plates and machine guns installed, but because it was burned with charcoal, it no longer smoked, and its speed was also increased to almost fifteen knots.
As an energy source, charcoal can be self-sufficient and does not need to be transported from outside. You only need to order Mantis Island, where secondary elm forests are overflowing, to specialize in firing. According to the island owner Qiu Qianren's estimate, the stock of elm forests on the island is enough for three small fire boats.
Burning in rotation for six or seven years.
At this time, the small steamer "Danghai No. 1", which had been converted into Wang Yidong's exclusive small steamer, had docked at the largest pier on Partridge Island, the south pier of the island. There was also "Danghai No. 2", which was used by Wang Yidong's entourage.
The pier was covered with a red carpet of cattails, and boys and girls on both sides, dressed in colorful clothes, formed a corridor. The children all held fresh wild flowers in their hands.
Next came the Han Pengju Guards, a guard of honor consisting of three rows of thirty-six people.
The island owners who had been waiting here for a long time stood at the front of the team, looking up at the deck of the small steamer "Danghai No. 1" on the pier.
The captain and deputy Arhat on the "Danghai No. 2" ran onto the pier, quickly stood in two rows, separated the welcoming crowd, and stood side by side with the honor guard.
The trumpeter blew the horn.
All of a sudden, gongs and drums were sounding, flowers were swaying, and colorful flags were fluttering.
Wang Yidong walked onto the deck from the cabin and waved. Feng Ruyun took his arm and also freed her hand to wave. Then came out Mu Tian, Piqu, Sumary, and the Five Tiger bodyguards.
The island owners rushed forward and shook hands with Wang Yidong as he disembarked from the boat.
Mu Tian glanced at it and suddenly realized that something was wrong. Among the twelve island owners, Pang Yingpei was the only one missing. He knew that something might go wrong, so he whispered to Pique, "I said you don't have enough people with you."
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"Impossible, you are talking about sightseeing. No matter how large the scale is, others will see at a glance that we are coming from the army."
"It's not that evil."
"How evil! You have never been in a war."
"I have never fought in a war, but I know that more people are better than fewer people."
"I have others. Also, didn't you say you want to control the overall situation and fight without bloodshed?"
"Don't be bloody. Where are the others?"
"If the map provided by General Jin is accurate, we have reached the designated location by now."
"Designated position? What are you and Jin Hu doing behind your back? How can I control the overall situation?"
Pique shrugged.
While they were talking, the island owners had already finished greeting Wang Yidong, reviewed the guard of honor together, got on the carriages brought by their respective ships, and rushed to Beihaizi.
Looking at the carriage meandering away, Mu Tian and Pi Ke were dumbfounded. They looked at each other searchingly, both looking like they were helpless and had no choice.
"How do you control the overall situation now? The overall situation has already been taken away." Pique teased fiercely.
Mu Tian had to stamp his feet.
Hao De'an led two horses over and said, "Mr. Mu, the young master saw that you were having a great time talking and couldn't bear to disturb you, so he left two horses behind to wait for you two to chat. Now please get on the horses."
Mu Tian jumped on the horse, took the reins, grabbed the whip and ran.
Provocation, this is a naked provocation!
If you dare to provoke me when you are about to die, look at how I will sink you in front of everyone!
Han Chengli, demo! Just about to raise his whip.
Pique took the reins and shouted: "Wait!"
Mu Tian reined in the horse that was about to run and looked at Pique.
"Sumari, where did Sumari go?" Piqué anxiously looked up at Mu Tian on the horse and shouted, and then asked Hao De'an, "Where did you see Sumari?"
"Su Mary?" Hao De'an was very confused.
"Yes, Sumary. A woman, a foreign woman." Pique said anxiously while gesturing with his hands on his head, face and body.
"Oh, you are talking about that foreign girl. She left in the car with the prince and his wife." Hao De'an said.