Chapter 253: Ambush
When the special mountain sniper company of the Korean reinforcement army left Anzhou City, He Changying finally made up his mind to completely change the previously envisaged combat plan. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
He will return to China shortly after to participate in the Battle of Jinzhou, Lushun.
In He Changying's previous concept, the Korean reinforcement army would take firm root in North Korea, with its back to the Yalu River, and constantly attack and destroy the logistics supply lines of the Japanese army.
Slowly wear down your enemies and grow stronger.
However, the bloody massacre that the innocent people of Lushun may face in Jinzhou is a hurdle that He Changying can't get around in his heart.
In particular, the massacre in Lushun, from babies under the age of one, to old people, men, children, and women, were slaughtered by the brutal Japanese army.
Of the more than 20,000 people in the city, only 36 buried the corpses and survived.
If you say it cold-bloodedly, it was the unscrupulous massacre of the Japanese army in Jinzhou and Lushun that caused an uproar in the Western world, and thus there were some subtle changes in the perception of the East.
Began to be wary of this ferocious young beast, and finally really intervened in the Qing-Japanese war.
It was the intervention of the Western powers caused by this massacre that made Emperor Meiji finally decide to side with Ito Hirobumi and completely abandon the battle plan for Yamaprefecture Youto's troops to enter Beijing.
Meiji immediately expressed his attitude in a clear manner, and on the ninth day after the Lushun tragedy, he issued an edict to the prefecture to return to China to "recuperate".
As a result, the Qing Dynasty continued to survive for another 12 years, and imposed the war indemnity of 200 million taels of silver on every innocent person in China.
Since He Changying came to the first year of the first day and had two or three thousand strong troops in his hands, he must not allow this matter to happen again.
He Changying's order to Fang Dahai was that it was possible to take root in the line from Pyongyang to Anju, rely on the local Korean people, and carry out guerrilla tactics to feed the war.
To this end, He Changying also specially seconded six North Korean soldiers from Min Bingzao's troops and assigned them to Fang Dahai's company.
These six North Korean soldiers are all natives of Pyongan Province, and they will play an immeasurable role in helping the Korean army to take root in Pyongan Province in the future.
In addition, He Changying transferred Wang Guanzhong, the battalion-level instructor of Hao Tiansheng's battalion, to the special company as the instructor of the special company.
"In the coming period, the situation of your special company will be extremely difficult, but the heroic team is always tempered in the fierce fire and bitter cold battle; I am full of expectations and sure of the future of the special company! ”
"You can recruit the Korean locals who are interested in China to join the army, and the troops must learn to break up into pieces, and strangle small groups of Japanese soldiers back and forth in the division and merger, and attack their logistics lines; When you feel that you can't hold on anymore, you will lead the army back home. ”
He Changying's words, Fang Dahai and Chen Zhihui firmly remembered in their hearts, and they secretly swore in their hearts that they must not be driven back to China by the Japanese army.
It is necessary to dig deep into the territory of the DPRK with the roots of the special company, fight and grow with the Japanese army, wait for the regiment commander to return to Korea with the troops, and drive the Japanese army into the sea in one fell swoop.
"We are all sharpshooters, every bullet destroys an enemy,
We are all flying troops, even if the mountains are high and the waters are deep.
In that dense woods, everywhere arranged the camp of comrades,
On that high hill, there are countless of our good brothers.
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On the top of the mountain at the mouth of the python, the soldiers of the special company were hiding in the mountains and forests to rest, and the company platoon commanders and instructors gathered in a circle to discuss the next step.
And the soldiers were singing in a low voice a military song composed by the regiment commander on the spot when they were leaving: "Song of the Guerrillas of the Aid Korean Army".
Everyone sang more and more energetically, especially the one who had no food, no clothing, and the enemy who had sent him forward; There are no guns, no cannons, the enemy made us. ''Let the enemy rush indiscriminately, our positions are built behind the enemy's flank, and the longer the enemy's battle line, the more our ranks expand. ’
Just singing makes people's blood surge, it's so enjoyable, I really want to go to a team of Japanese soldiers to practice now!
"Company commander, here comes a team of Japanese cavalry, five men and five horses."
At this time, Liu Yong, the leader of the third platoon who was in charge of the reconnaissance in front, ran over with an excited face and reported to Fang Dahai excitedly.
"Good!"
Fang Dahai was born in a family of Weihai fishermen, poor since childhood, drifting on the sea all the year round, so not only wild, but also dark as carbon, at this time a tall man of one meter eight or nine stood up, very amazing.
The special company soon boiled, and then moved towards the ridgeline on both sides of the python's mouth, preparing to snipe the five Japanese spies who did not know whether they were alive or dead.
"Click-"
With the sound of horses' hooves, soon five Japanese soldiers riding Oriental ponies appeared in everyone's sight, and the first rifle was hung with the Rising Sun Flag, which should be the commander of this team of Japanese soldiers.
Here it comes!
The hearts of all the soldiers of the special company were tight, and they couldn't help but hold their breath.
In today's battle, although the number of Japanese soldiers was only five, the number of soldiers in the entire special company was 116.
It can be said that there will be no suspense in the battle.
However, this was the first battle in which the special company left the large unit and left the direct command of the regiment commander, and it obviously had an extremely profound symbolic meaning for all the soldiers of the special company.
Unconsciously, all the soldiers of the special company seemed to have become more active and mature at this moment.
", why did the Japanese army change their route, could it be that these grandsons found out?"
As the supreme commander of this small battle, Fang Dahai's heart was full of emotions, and he suddenly saw that the five Japanese soldiers actually changed the route of the march, left the post road, and drove their horses towards the embankment of the Merge River.
"No, if you find it, you will immediately turn around and run; This post road is close to the mouth of the python, these Japanese soldiers have been raided so many times by our reinforcement army, they are just a group of pigs, and they should have a long heart. ”
Wang Guanji, who was lying next to him, frowned and said: "It's just that in this way, the distance has been stretched by half, and when it is 200 meters away, it is a moving target again, and it is not easy to fight!" ”
Fang Dahai hesitated for a while when he heard this, and after watching the five cavalry Japanese troops go up the embankment of the Merge River, they really began to continue to advance north.
From afar, you can hear the ghosts screaming in the middle of nowhere.
"Why don't you send soldiers to follow them first, and then go to the end at night?"
Deputy company commander Chen Zhihui was also hesitating: "We are sniping now, and without cavalry chasing after us, it is difficult to ensure total annihilation." ”
"Bang-"
Suddenly, there was an explosion between heaven and earth, and Fang Dahai and several people were shaken.
Which one actually did not follow military discipline and shot without authorization?
At this moment, Fang Dahai's face was so angry that his face was black and red.
"Shot!"
The soldiers of the nearby special company all exclaimed, and Fang Dahai and the three of them looked at it in surprise, only to see that the head of the Japanese army commander at the head burst like a ripe rotten watermelon.
"Who is this?"
Wang Guanji exclaimed: "So hanging! ”
"Yu—"
Merging the east bank of the river, the war horses roared together, and the remaining four Japanese soldiers shouted and rode the war horses under their crotches, bouncing and running back and forth, while raising their guns and looking around in fright.
"Bang-"
At this time, the resounding second shot was immediately fired.