8.94 In front of the river beach

I have to admit that Lieutenant General Shigeichi Hada, an expert in landing warfare in the Japanese army, is very good at choosing landing grounds, and there is a large return bay not far downstream from Dongliu Town, and there is a large sandbar in the center of the river, and these natural barriers have greatly reduced the flow rate of the river, making the river near Dongliu a relatively gentle section of the Yangtze River channel. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Landing operations are a type of operations in which the army, navy, and air force are highly coordinated and have a high technical content, and they have the characteristics that the combat situation may change drastically at any time, that it is difficult for troops to be dispersed for command and coordination, and that it is difficult for logistics to be supported, and that the entire combat process is greatly affected by natural conditions and unexpected events. Among them, the most critical process, the risk of "forced landing" is extremely high!

The dinghy, laden with Japanese troops, gradually entered the danger zone at the last twenty meters from the river bank. Since the landing tools used by the Botian detachment were all small wooden boats and rubber boats, there was basically no trouble with the draft, and if the Chinese troops on the shore had not fired at them, the small boats could even rush directly to the river bank, thus saving the officers and men of the Botian detachment the suffering of trekking through the water.

Don't think that this is a manifestation of the inability of the Potian detachment to endure hardships, only those who have participated in the landing operation know how dangerous that "walking in the water" was! It can be said that from the moment the heavily armed Japanese soldiers jumped into the river until their feet stepped on the river, they became floating targets. The bullets above their heads, the river around them, the mud under their feet, these things can kill them at any time.

It is precisely because of this that the eight-character principle of "concealing the enemy suddenly and taking the enemy by surprise" in landing operations is particularly important. Even if the Chinese defenders on the riverbank could delay firing for a second, the losses of the Potian detachment would be much less.

"The final stage! Speed up! ”

A rubber boat at the head of the Abe squadron was loaded with twelve heavily armed Japanese officers and soldiers, and the leading officer of these Japanese troops was called Kuroda, a lieutenant squad leader. Of the other eleven men on board were two of the Guncao, armed with knives and southern pistols, seven of whom were armed with Type 38 rifles, and the remaining two were in charge of a crooked light machine gun and three grenadiers.

After Lieutenant Kuroda gave the command, the soldier with the oar in his hand began to exert force, and the speed of the rubber boat suddenly increased several times! After a few bumps in the river, the dinghy came to a halt and began to tilt from side to side.

This is obviously not what a rubber boat should have when it washes up on the beach!

"What's going on? Tell me the answer! ”

As time went on, the tilt of the rubber boat became more and more serious, and the rubber hull that was originally full of air tension began to soften, and serious folds appeared under the feet of the horse soldier, which made it difficult for him to maintain his balance, and everything in front of him showed that the rubber boat they were riding in was leaking! What the hell is going on!

The journey that was going well suddenly became unpleasant!

"Jun Cao, we are still five or six meters away from the river beach, and the rubber boat is leaking, as if the bottom of the boat has touched something......"

The answer was expected, but the answer that You Ma Juncao wanted to hear was not this! He needs to know the exact cause of the leak in the dinghy! Know that behind them there are dozens of ships approaching!

"Kobayashi! You jump into the water and take a look! ”

Lieutenant Kuroda's order put an end to the resentment of the Yuma Juncao, who thought further and more carefully than Yuma Juncao, and immediately ordered the machine gunners to guard the river beach ahead when the rubber boat was abnormal.

Whatever the cause of the leak was eventually found, it was less important than the reaction of the Chinese defenders at this time. As long as the Chinese army did not detect the landing flotilla, then even the loss of some ships would not be a big deal.

Landing operations are inherently subject to accidents at any time.

After receiving Lieutenant Kuroda's order, the soldier named "Kobayashi" handed the Type 38 rifle in his hand to his companion on the side, and then turned over and went down into the river. The river was still very cold at night in August, and Lieutenant Kuroda shivered at the sight of "Kobayashi" in the water.

"Xiao Lin" took a few seconds to adapt to the temperature and activity of the river, then took a deep breath and dived into the water.

"Humph! Shina monkey! Just know how to play in the water! ”

What Yuma Juncao said was not very quiet, and Lieutenant Kuroda heard every word, and felt quite disgusted by the contempt for Lieutenant Kuroda that Yuma Juncao's words revealed!

There is always no shortage of fools like Youma Juncao within the Imperial Army! In front of the lower-level Taiwanese soldiers of the Potian detachment, he always likes to regard himself as a pure Japanese, and often beats and scolds the Taiwanese soldiers at will.

As an "outlier" in the Japanese army, the Hatata Detachment, formerly known as the Taiwan Garrison Wing, has many soldiers born in Taiwan. In order to maintain the "spiritual purity" of the Hata detachment, the Ministry of War has always followed the principle of sending officers from the mainland to command the Taiwan troops of the Pota detachment.

You Ma Jun Cao is a typical example of the Japanese officers who stand on the opposite side of the Taiwan soldiers! This idiot even blatantly divided the Taiwanese soldiers into three classes: the first class is the Taiwanese soldiers whose father is Japanese, and the Youma Army Cao jokingly called such Taiwanese soldiers "wild species"; The second class is a Taiwanese soldier whose mother is Japanese, a "mongrel" in the mouth of Youma Jun Cao; Taiwanese soldiers, whose parents are both Taiwanese, were called "Zhina monkeys" by the Youma Army Cao, ranking last.

The parents of "Xiaolin" who got off the boat to dive just now are Taiwanese, so they were classified as the third class by Youma Juncao.

"Youma Juncao! Please be more restrained! Kobayashi, he is also a warrior of the empire! It is in the service of His Majesty the Emperor! It shouldn't be taken lightly by you! ”

Lieutenant Kuroda's words to Yuma Juncao made the faces of the junior soldiers in the rubber boat look moved, they had long hated Yuma Juncao, but they were forced to attack because of Yuma Juncao's obscenity. There was a purely Japanese gendarmerie in the Potian detachment, which often arrested Taiwanese soldiers who had been reported by the Japanese military Cao for "ideological changes," but never tried or released a single person.

"Kuroda-kun! You're so soft-hearted! It's just a bunch of monkeys! If they are disobedient, just teach them a whip! ”

You Ma Jun Cao didn't think so, he never looked at these Taiwanese soldiers under his command, even if they captured Anqing for Japan, You Ma Jun Cao still thought that the Taiwanese soldiers were just cannon fodder for the Japanese soldiers!

"Yaga!" Lieutenant Kuroda gritted his teeth and cursed a Japanese swear word, and then dragged the Youma Juncao to the back of the rubber boat with the collar of the Youma Juncao, and said in a low voice:

"You idiot, do you know why so many military caopers, died during the attack on Anqing? Those who die are idiots like you!! Take a closer look at the way these soldiers look at you! Every single one of them wants to kill you! There are twelve people on this ship, but the Japanese are only you and me! ”

"What do you mean......" Your Horse Juncao's eyes widened as he spoke, indicating that he was aware of the danger.

"Shut up!"

After saying that, Lieutenant Kuroda pushed the horse back to the center of the rubber boat, and just as this time, "Kobayashi" also emerged from under the water.

"Kobayashi" held the edge of the rubber boat with his left hand, wiped the river water on his face with his right hand, and then told Lieutenant Kuroda the reason for the leakage of the rubber boat.

"It's a pointed stake! Lieutenant! There are a lot of pointed wooden stakes under the water, all of them are three bundles with pointed upwards, and stones are tied underneath, which is a very primitive anti-landing barrier! ”

I see! Lieutenant Kuroda touched his Nindan beard, and then said to "Kobayashi", "You did a great job!" Kobayashi-kun! Let me ask you again, is there nothing else under the water but this kind of stake? ”

"Lieutenant, it's night, and I can't see anything under the water, just those stakes, which I touched with my hands...... But I don't think there will be anything else, the wooden stakes under the water are so dense that they almost fill the area, and there is no place for anything else......"

"Kobayashi" answered Lieutenant Kuroda's question as he climbed into the rubber boat, which had sunk very badly due to air leakage in the hull. Suddenly there was a weight increase in the weight of one person, and the dinghy shook violently, and then water began to fill in on all sides.

Lieutenant Kuroda had no other choice but to wade through the last distance just now, judging from the actions of "Kobayashi" who needed to dive down to check just now, the water near the rubber boat was still very deep, and the distance from here to the river bank should not be a gentle slope, but a steep slope below the water level, and it might even be straight!

The Yangtze River, as a channel used by the Chinese for thousands of years, has too many artificial traces, the natural riverbed structure has been difficult to find, the artificially reinforced embankment makes the channel become a sinking trapezoid, and the place in front of the river beach is still a deep water area one or two meters.

"Mixi! You! Go and tell the ships behind us about this, we can't bury all the dinghy here, this is an important tool for reinforcements to come ashore to reinforce us! ”

When the Taiwanese soldiers who were targeted by Lieutenant Kuroda turned into the river behind the rubber boat and swam towards the boat behind, the rubber boat that Lieutenant Kuroda and the others were riding in had completely submerged in the water.

"Hey! You! Carry my grenadier on your back! ”

Cao, who had learned to be well-behaved, did not call "Xiaolin" "Zhina Monkey" again this time, but he still could not change his habit of acting in front of the Taiwan soldiers, and the bulky grenadier was thrown to "Xiaolin" by Cao, a horse soldier, and he was unwilling to carry a piece of iron on his back.

"Hay! Taijun! ”

"Xiao Lin" took the grenadier from Youma Juncao, but his eyes flickered a few times...... (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )