Chapter 0283 The artillery attacked Sasaki, killing Murano with one shot!
"hahahahahahahaha!......"
"Haha! Hahaha!..."
Danwu and Sasaki couldn't stop laughing. In the eyes of others, these two people might have gone crazy.
What's so funny about exchanging prisoners of war?
But both of them were laughing.
In fact, to put it bluntly, neither of them is a fuel-efficient person.
When the Dragon Boat Festival plotted against Sasaki, Sasaki also plotted against the Dragon Boat Festival.
Sasaki thinks that he already knows enough about Dragon Boat Festival.
The young man in front of him was as cunning as a fox. His cunning made it difficult for people to believe that he was just a young man under twenty years old.
Danwu was so experienced. With such wisdom and sophistication, Sasaki even felt that many Japanese officers who were forty, fifty, or even sixty years old could not do this at all.
And who is Sasaki?
This old devil has stayed in China for twenty years. He has seen countless Chinese officers, but he has never seen anyone like Duan Wu.
But the most important thing is that there is very likely a Chinese espionage organization hidden within the Japanese army.
He didn't believe it before. But now, he had to believe it because Duanwu had always said it was serious.
Therefore, he also has to report this matter to His Excellency Matsui Iwane.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he wants to keep Duanwu now. Because Duanwu is not only cunning but also has a spy network in the Japanese army. So what can he do about such an important person?
Can you let him go?
At the same time, Danwu also noticed Sasaki's subconscious movements.
Duanwu said with a smile: "Mr. Sasaki, I advise you not to have any evil intentions. Since I dare to come to see you, am I not prepared at all? Hum hum hum!"
Duanwu's sneer reminded Sasaki. Indeed, if there was no preparation, how could the other party ride a horse and stand in front of him with such arrogance?
But the strangest thing is that even though Sasaki observed carefully, he still found no trace of any large corps movements nearby.
What's more, even a large corps is useless. Behind him are at least two infantry regiments, an artillery battalion, four heavy machine gun squadrons, 200-person headquarters officers, baggage troops, etc.
Adding up all these people, there are eight to nine thousand people.
So with so many people here, he is not afraid even if a large army is fighting.
So, Sasaki sneered and said: "Your Excellency Duanwu, how many troops have you brought with you? Are you so confident?"
Duanwu smiled and said: "There are two people coming. One is me and the other is Mr. Chen."
"Hahaha!"
When Sasaki heard this, he sneered three times and then said: "Two people, what are you threatening me with?"
Duanwu said calmly: "I can't talk about threats. I never like to threaten others. However, I still have a little preparation. Haha! Mr. Sasaki, you must be on guard against others!"
Sasaki glanced around. There were bare mountains all around, and the woods were also in low-lying areas. In such a place, it would not be easy to hide people.
Finally, in a flash of sunlight, the knife was exposed.
Daozi was lying on a hillside with a telescope, looking around. But when the sun flickered, the telescope reflected, and Sasaki saw it.
Sasaki said with a smile: "Your Excellency Duanwu, is your trump card the sniper fifty meters away from us? Hahaha, your Chinese snipers are only like this, so close? Is it because you are afraid that your gun will miss the target?
Already?"
"Huh?"
Duanwu was surprised because he didn't arrange any snipers at all.
He looked back and saw someone crouching on the hillside fifty meters behind him.
Dragon Boat Festival shouted: "Come out, others will see you."
"Hey, hey!"
Dao Zi responded twice quickly, came down the hillside, and then came on horseback. When he got close, he couldn't say anything in front of Sasaki.
But the knife had an idea and said: "The regimental deputy said that the meat has been cooked. If you don't go back, regimental leader, no one will dare to eat it?"
Duanwu thought to himself: This guy is really good at knitting knives, and the meat is already cooked.
However, for Sasaki, this had a great deterrent effect, and it could be considered that the knife had made a contribution.
What's more, Duanwu also wanted to find an opportunity to withdraw. After all, he had already done what he had to do to avoid a long night and too many dreams.
Duanwu said: "Sasaki, you heard it, the meat has been cooked, and the brothers are still waiting for me to go back to eat.
Regarding the prisoners of war, you should go back and think about it carefully. In addition to releasing all the prisoners of war, you must also give me two hundred gold bars as compensation. Otherwise, I will not release them.
The reason is very simple. Your Japanese army has always been falsely claiming military exploits, and many civilians have been captured as prisoners of war.
I believe you when you say there are 400 prisoners of war. After all, they are all Chinese. But their quality is incomparable with your well-trained soldiers. 156 people, you think about it yourself."
After saying the Dragon Boat Festival, it was time to turn the horse's head back to Changshu.
But at this moment, Sasaki said: Slow down.
Immediately afterwards, the Japanese soldiers rushed up one by one and surrounded Duanwu and others.
Sasaki laughed loudly and said: "Hahaha, Lord Duanwu, I don't think the lives of the 156 soldiers of the empire are as valuable as yours, Lord Danwu. What's more, buy one get one free, and there is a commander of the 44th Division here. Ha.
Haha, Mr. Dragon Boat Festival, it seems that I am not losing money on this transaction?"
"hehe!"
Duanwu laughed dryly, and then said: "Sasaki, take your telescope and look towards your 11 o'clock direction, about 800 meters away. You will see the little gift I prepared for you."
Sasaki frowned and signaled his men to step aside for now. Then he reached out to his horse. His guard quickly ran forward and handed the binoculars to Sasaki's hand.
The old Japanese took a telescope and looked in the direction pointed by the Dragon Boat Festival. Eight hundred meters away, a black gun muzzle was aimed at this place.
"idiot!"
Sasaki gasped angrily, because the cannon belonged to his 30th Brigade. But at this time, it was aimed at him.
He just said, why is that Duanwu so confident that he even uses a 150mm cannon as a sniper rifle?
The 150mm cannon does not need to hit directly. As long as it explodes within a range of thirty meters, no one on the entire mountain road will be able to leave alive.
Sasaki didn't know what he should say at this time. But the dignity of the Japanese Empire's samurai forced him to say something.
He pretended to be calm and said: "Your Excellency Duanwu, are you very confident in your artillery? Can he shoot so accurately at a distance of 800 meters?"
Duanwu saw the old Japanese's guilty conscience and said with a faint smile: "This is the worst artillery shot in our independent regiment. Mr. Sasaki, how about we make a bet on how good his artillery fire is? I will do it now."
Order him to fire. Then we are both here. If the shooting is not accurate, then I will die. If the shooting is accurate, how about we die together?
Hahaha! It is my great honor to die with Mr. Sasaki, hahaha!"
Dan Wu burst out laughing, while Sasaki secretly cursed Dan Wu for being a lunatic.
Of course, he would not doubt whether Duanwu had the courage. Because the man in front of him was a lunatic.
However, at this time, shouldn't his Bushido spirit be reflected? What's more, Dragon Boat Festival's life is still so valuable in his eyes?
Just kidding, the spirit of Bushido is a kind of cruel loyalty to the emperor that high-ranking officials instill in lower-level officers or soldiers.
Translated into vernacular, it means recruiting a group of people to work for themselves.
In order to make their subordinates loyal and brave in battle, monarchs or employers copied the teachings of Buddhism and Confucius and Mencius and created such a bushido.
For example, what Buddhism teaches is to let nature take its course, to be patient with all your heart, to be trustworthy, to face hardships, to be perseverant, and to deal with it calmly if you want to die. These are all copied by Bushido.
In Confucianism, the principles of respecting the five moral principles include having a clear understanding of world affairs, respecting the heart of a benevolent person, and knowing that conscience is the law of heaven. It has not been spared by Bushido either.
The eight words loyalty, courage, perseverance, propriety, Cheng, guest, and benevolence in Shintoism have also become the central ideas of Bushido.
In fact, to put it bluntly, those in power want to use these feudal ideas to constrain the minds of the warriors to serve themselves and be loyal to themselves.
So as a smart man, how could Sasaki be like those stupid low-level soldiers and make fun of his own life?
He is a general. He came to China to sit and command, not to die on the front lines. So let him gamble his life with the Dragon Boat Festival? Only a fool would accompany a madman to die.
But on the surface, he remained calm. Dayi said calmly: "Hahaha, I was just joking with Mr. Duanwu. The lives of Imperial soldiers are above all else. I will not watch Imperial soldiers die in a foreign land.
.Please give me some time and I will send the prisoners of war to Changshu City!"
"Mr. Sasaki, he is indeed a kind man and loves the soldiers. I admire him. However, I still want to say that I am going to blow up this section of the road. Mr. Sasaki, it is better to leave as soon as possible. See you later!"
After saying the Dragon Boat Festival, he adjusted the horse's head and left.
Muranoo next to Sasaki said anxiously: "Sir, are you just going to let him go?"
"Baga, a 150mm cannon is aiming at us, retreat quickly!"
Sasaki roared, turned the horse's head and galloped away. Who cares about the life and death of his soldiers?
Sasaki ran all the way, running more than a hundred meters in one breath.
He looked back at this moment, only to hear a sharp sound piercing the air, and with a bang, a cannonball fell right where he had been talking with Duanwu.
The huge explosion directly shattered the hard soil on the road, and the rolling air waves annihilated everything in just an instant.
His front troops, the Japanese who had not had time to escape, were blown away like tattered garbage.
The truck also overturned from the road to the bottom of the roadbed, and the explosion sent a plume of smoke more than thirty meters high.
Sand and dust swept in from a hundred meters away, like dark clouds.
Sasaki was extremely panicked.
Of course, his panic was definitely not because of the explosion of the cannon shell, but because the shell hit so accurately.
Even his 30th brigade could not find anyone with such a precise shelling. It was simply a matter of hitting anywhere.
Muranofu also said in panic: "Sir, how accurate is that man's cannon?"
"Baga, now is not the time to talk about this matter. Order your soldiers to disperse immediately. The Chinese will not just fire this one shot."
"Hi!"
Muranofu responded, and then loudly ordered his soldiers to disperse immediately.
But at this time, Sasaki had already run away.
This old devil was smart. He first found a blind spot where the opponent's artillery fire was taking place. Otherwise, he would be killed by a single artillery fire, and all his years of hard work would have been in vain.
Why is Sasaki jumping up and down the political arena in China and Japan? Is it just to get promoted and make a fortune? Is it really to be loyal to the emperor?
Loyalty to the Emperor is just an excuse, because without the Emperor, there wouldn't be so many obedient chess pieces under him.
Therefore, he won't feel bad even if many of his men die. What he wants is to keep his own life, and then continue to dominate and be his general.
So the old devil whipped up his horse and whipped his horse, and was the first to escape.
Murano was still stupidly following Sasaki's order to evacuate his troops.
Of course, he couldn't disobey him even if he wanted to, because Sasaki was his immediate boss.
So some things are destined. Sun Shiyu expected that the little Japanese officer would run for his life back, so he moved the muzzle to the back of the mountain road.
What's more, there are several Japs' trucks on the mountain road, and Sun Shiyu wants to blow them up together.
Muranoo was directing the evacuation of the Japanese troops and was near these trucks.
Sun Shiyu hit them with one shot, and the two trucks and the villagers evaporated from the world in an instant.
If you were hit by such a large-caliber cannon, there would be no bones left, and you wouldn't even be able to find a piece of clothing.
Countless Japanese were killed. I don’t know how many Japanese died in the explosion.
The soldiers beside Sun Shiyu laughed loudly: "Battalion Commander, if only we had a few more artillery shells, we would blow up these little devils to death."
Sun Shiyu patted the soldier on the shoulder and said: "Two shells are just right, more will not be of much use. The Japanese are hiding. There is a winding mountain road, and we cannot launch a large-scale shelling. Otherwise, I really want to
Blow up all these devils."
Speaking of this, Sun Shiyu looked at Tuan Zuo who was running in the distance, and sighed in his heart: "Everything was as expected by Tuan Zuo. It's really amazing."
It turned out that these two cannonballs were not left by Sun Shiyu, but by Xie Jinyuan, who had received an order from the Dragon Boat Festival to leave behind a large-caliber cannon, then two cannonballs and an explosive pack.
At that time, Sun Shiyu thought there were too few shells. But now it seems that the number of shells was just right. The first shot saved the regiment. The second shot destroyed several Japanese trucks. This battle can be said to be a great success.
Complete victory.
"Blow up the cannon and let's go meet the regiment."
Sun Shiyu ordered resolutely, then looked back and saw that the cannon was at least 90% new.
He was reluctant to give up, but there was nothing he could do. The cannon could not be left to the Japanese, it must be blown up.
The two soldiers were also a little reluctant to leave, and one of them actually cried.
Sun Shiyu knew how much the soldiers liked this cannon.
But there is no way. With the three of them, this cannon cannot be taken away.
Boom!
There was a loud noise, and the cannon on the top of the mountain disintegrated in a huge explosion.
Sun Shiyu and two other soldiers saluted towards the top of the mountain and said their final farewell to their comrades. Then they mounted their horses and went to the official road to meet up with the Dragon Boat Festival.
Duanwu smiled and said: "Hahaha, Old Sun, is this cannon accurate? If it were not for you today, Sasaki would not let me back."
Sun Shiyu was as shy as a big girl, and said with a naive smile: "Wherever, even without my grandson, Tuanzuo can still come back."
"Hahaha!"
Duanwu laughed loudly, because if Sun Shiyu hadn't been there, he would have had other options. It was just a bit risky.
A group of six people were chatting and laughing as they sped away on the road, but at this moment, a buzzing sound came from the southeast direction.
Dragon Boat Festival was the first to hear it. He tightened the reins of his horse and shouted: "Hurry!"
The war horse stood up and made a neighing sound.
At the same time, Chen Yong and others also reined in their horses.