On the way to the port terminal, Xiang Shaomin discovered a strange phenomenon. From time to time, some of Xu Mengcai's guerrillas would take off their leggings. He picked one up and saw that it was the kind of cloth bag they first discovered. He couldn't help but Curiously, he asked Xu Mengcai: "Captain Xu, this should be a leggings sandbag used by martial arts people to practice light kung fu. You guerrillas all practice light kung fu."
Tying sandbags on the legs is a very effective way to practice light body kung fu. Xiang Shaomin had done this when he was a child. There was nothing surprising about this. However, in an army, hundreds of people tied sandbags together, but in his opinion, it was It's so funny. Nowadays, we rely on guns and cannons to fight wars. No matter how well we practice this light body kung fu, what's the use?
Xu Mengcai, perhaps seeing through his mind, smiled slightly and said: "Commander Xiang, our guerrillas' weapons and equipment are not as good as those of the Japanese army, so if we want to defeat him, we can only rely on running. Our commander-in-chief has a saying, opportunity comes by running. , Well, you will soon understand the beauty of it."
The Japanese army also found several sandbag leggings on the way forward. The Japanese began to regard them as a kind of booby traps. However, they found that they were just ordinary sandbag leggings. I was puzzled and asked Zhang Lanfeng what kind of equipment it was.
Zhang Lanfeng couldn't figure it out, but a Peace Corps officer beside him gave the answer, saying that it was used by Chinese martial arts people to practice Qing Gong. "Qing Gong, what is it?" Matsui asked curiously. Zhang Lanfeng thought of the guerrillas who had appeared before. Running faster than a rabbit, he thoughtfully replied to Matsui: "This should be a training method for the guerrillas." Then he explained to him the role of sandbag leggings, saying that if he wears sandbag leggings in daily life and training, If it is released during combat, the running speed will be greatly improved.
Although the previous attack had been frustrated, Matsui still disagreed in his heart. He believed that in the face of absolute power, some tricks of the guerrillas could only change the process but never the results. However, after listening to Zhang Lanfeng's explanation about sandbag leggings, he suddenly felt A mere pair of sandbag leggings is not enough to change anything, but if you think about it again, the training of the guerrillas is so meticulous, so their combat effectiveness may not be as stated in the petition, "Speed up the march." Speed, we must seize the port pier before one o'clock." The old devil suddenly ordered sharply,
The process of the Japanese army advancing towards the port was also a process of being constantly harassed by the guerrillas. Mines, cold guns, and even traps fell down dozens of Peace Army and Japanese soldiers. They dropped again and again, and when they saw the two iconic bunkers at the port pier, the thing that worried Zhang Lanfeng the most emerged. His subordinates, who had never dared to make irresponsible remarks on his orders, actually talked to him in front of Matsui. He pushed back,
"Military seat, this battle cannot be fought. There is no sign of the guerrillas. Dozens of brothers are dead. Let the imperial army use artillery to blow down the bunker first, otherwise I refuse to attack."
"Master, don't the imperial army have artillery? Let's use artillery. Brothers can't stand it anymore."
The ones who contradicted him were the brigade commander and chief of staff of the first brigade. Zhang Lanfeng's face instantly turned black. He swung his riding crop and whipped it across his head and face, yelling: "Mom, you're going against the grain. If you are asked to attack, attack as soon as possible." , If it doesn’t work, I’ll replace you.”
"Then you have changed. I can't lead this team anymore." The brigade commander held his head in his hands and let him whip him a few times, and said in a low voice,
"Aren't you afraid that the imperial army will get angry and kill you on the spot?" Zhang Lanfeng said angrily,
The brigade commander was even more straightforward: "It's death anyway, even if you die at the hands of the imperial army."
Zhang Lanfeng had no choice but to ask for help from Matsui, and asked him to use artillery to blow down the two bunkers first. Matsui had a complete defense map of the port terminal and the technical parameters of the relevant fortifications. The old Japanese despised Zhang Lanfeng for his subordinates. Despite his control ability, he did not dare to overexcite himself and cause too much internal friction during the battle. He generously ordered Colonel Nakahira Mineyoshi of the 5th Field Artillery Regiment to carry out a five-minute saturation bombardment, and then said to Zhang Lanfeng: "I An infantry brigade will be sent to coordinate your attack, and I hope to capture the port pier in one go."
Zhang Lanfeng Nuonuo said to his officers: "The imperial army has agreed to provide artillery support and will also reinforce an infantry brigade of our unit. Brothers, because of this bastard Xiang Shaomin, the imperial army will definitely attack our unit after this battle." You must take control of the cleaning and don't leave anything behind."
The main force of the Peace Army was born out of the National Revolutionary Army and the local security forces. The chief officer of the army has always regarded his troops as private property. Everyone scolded Xiang Shaomin for not understanding current affairs and harming others while bargaining, and finally selected 1,400 people. The forward troops on the left and right,
The sound of cannons sounded, and in a moment, the two bunkers at the port terminal, the surrounding defenses, and the barracks and warehouse behind them were engulfed by fireworks.
When the Japanese army started shelling, Xu Mengcai, Xiang Shaomin and his party had already entered the port pier and took cover. When they heard the explosion, Xiang Shaomin looked worried and thought: Xu Mengcai is too careless. No matter how fast they run, they can run faster than Little Japan. If they use the artillery shells instead of fighting guerrillas, they will fight positional warfare. I think they will definitely lose this battle.
At this time, a guerrilla trotted over holding a water-soaked quilt, handed the quilt to him and said: "Captain Xiang, Captain Xu asked me to find one for you."
Xiang Shaomin was startled. He took the quilt and looked around. He didn't know when he saw groups of two or three guerrillas around him, all hiding under the soaked quilt. He wondered: Can this thing stop him? Are you holding a cannonball? He didn't show any signs of it on his face. He called out to the two brothers and hid them under the quilt.
After the five-minute shelling ended, the two bunkers were blasted with a few dents on their surfaces, but the main bodies were not seriously damaged. Several officers of the Peace Army's vanguard troops looked hesitant and were about to advise Zhang Lanfeng again, but Zhang Lanfeng He took out his pistol and fired a shot into the air and shouted: "Brothers, don't go too far. You really think that my gun is a vegetarian. Now let me attack." After shouting this sentence, he lowered his voice and said again: "Everyone. We are all brothers, and I don’t want you to be in too much trouble, but if you provoke the commander of the Matsui Division to personally intervene, I don’t need to say more about what will happen. Hurry up and attack before the guerrillas are ready."
There was a village northwest of the port, but it was separated from the river embankment by a river. Matsui once sent peace troops to test the detour to the village and the north of the village, but the result was that landmines were repeatedly detonated. Being hit by landmines was too damaging to morale, so Matsui They simply gave up their multi-faceted attack and instead focused on launching an attack from the west.
When the Japanese army fired artillery, a long section of the wall on the west side of the pier was blown down, directly exposing the sandbags behind the wall, the warehouse and the bunker next to the approach bridge to the pier. Matsui and Zhang Lanfeng observed carefully with binoculars, but could not see a single figure, not even a single person. It was suspected that the guerrillas had abandoned this important position. However, as soon as they launched their attack, the shooting holes on the bunker spit out tongues of fire. The few puppet soldiers at the front were hit by bullets and howled. They fell to the ground, and the rest hurriedly lay down on the ground. Although they were firing guns, no one dared to stand up again.