At dawn, the smell of gunpowder in the air and in the air seems to be getting more and more even※

Wang Jintang was not woken up by the flock of chickens raised in the landlord's backyard, he was woken up by the sound of gunshots.

The gunshots sounded far away, but they seemed to be very close, and in a daze, Wang Jintang turned over and sat up. I opened my eyes and listened carefully for a moment, then pinched my arm with my hand to confirm that I was not dreaming, and that the gunshot was coming from the seashore.

At the same time, all the fighters who lived in the same room with him woke up, and the fast-reacting warrior Lixuan jumped to the ground and ran out of the house naked to see what was going on.

In the dark, Wang Jintang touched his cloth shoes on the side of the bunk, hurriedly kicked on his feet, and then ran out of the house in a panic and stood at the door of the house. Look in the direction where the gunshots came from.

That's right, the gunshots came from the east. There was the direction of the sea, and the sun had not yet risen, and the light was still not bright, but a glimmer of light appeared vaguely on the horizon.

"It's a fight! It's time to fight! ”

Someone shouted and ran out of the room on the east side, Wang Jintang turned his head and looked, it seemed to be the company commander, but he didn't know whether he was too excited or too nervous, and his voice was very different from usual.

Wang Jintang is now the company deputy and the main assistant to the company commander, and when he saw the company commander coming, he hurriedly greeted him.

"Company commander, what should we do? Look at the excitement. I'm afraid that the Japanese have already boarded 6. ”

Wang Jintang asked the company commander in a hurry, he and the company commander went to the battalion headquarters for a meeting last night, and the battalion commander conveyed the order from above, saying that the Japanese fleet had sailed to the sea near Kashima, which was not far from the mouth of the Dayang River, and that posture seemed to be trying to board the 6, so the battalion commander conveyed the order of his superiors to make all the troops stationed at the mouth of the Dayang River ready for battle.

Wang Jintang's infantry company is now stationed in the Dazi Battalion, which is less than five miles away from the mouth of the Dayang River. Originally with them this. Last night, after receiving the battalion commander's order, the communications company was transferred to the coast overnight, leaving only Wang Jintang's infantry company still stationed in the Dazi battalion, and their task was to be stationed here to protect the communication channel between the front line and the rear troops, as well as the smooth flow of logistics.

There were not many residents in Daziying, after the war. Many villagers fled to the north, and a small number of Japanese expatriates ran to the south, and now there are only a few villagers left in the village, and the villagers who stayed in Wang Jintang did not leave at first, but now as soon as the gunshots rang out, the head of the household was red-eyed, and hurriedly shouted the family, old and young, packed up the softness, set up the cart, and drove all the livestock in the family to the north, only the chickens in the yard were left to this group of Qiuba.

"Big brother, the chicken in the yard will be left for you to eat, it's better than giving it to the Japanese little nose cheaply."

Before leaving, the head of the household pulled Wang Jintang and the company commander, pointed to the backyard, and then wiped away his tears. Hop on the cart, wave the whip, shout twice, and drive away the mule that pulled the cart.

Soon after, all the villagers left, and the village became a military village entirely.

"Hurry up and have breakfast, and then call the communication company. See what's going on? ”

While wearing a military uniform, Wang Jintang shouted and told the soldiers to go to the company headquarters to wave the phone and ask the other side of the coast. After all, the Japanese army was on the 6th, and at the time of these few words, the gunfire from the east became more intensive, and then, everyone heard the cannonball.

"Whoosh"

"Boom!"

"Whoosh"

"Boom!"

This cannon sound is not ordinary, it is not a field artillery. Nor mountain artillery, some like heavy howitzers. But the sound of the explosion was louder, and the sky was like thunder, and the light flashed and flashed.

"Good boy, what kind of cannon is this? Naval artillery? ”

The company commander put on his military uniform and carried a military cap. Commanded several soldiers to bring a wooden ladder, follow the wooden ladder to the roof, and ride on the ridge of the roof to look east.

"Company commander! Captain! The Japanese are on 6! The Japanese are on 6! ”

The soldier who had gone to the company headquarters to shake the phone hurried back to the patio, stood at the base of the wall, raised his head and shouted at the company commander on the ridge.

"Let's ask the battalion commander again, are we going to defend or attack?"

The company commander shouted, and the soldier hurried back to the company headquarters, and in the blink of an eye, he ran back again.

"Company commander, the phone can't be shaken."

"Shake again! I really can't do it, so I sent someone to the battalion headquarters to ask. ”

The company commander shouted a few words, rode on the roof ridge and looked east for a few minutes, then followed the wooden ladder back to the patio, glanced at the company headquarters, and then called the company deputy Wang Jintang, who was assembling the team, to him.

"Jintang, the phone at the battalion headquarters can't be shaken, I'll personally run to the battalion headquarters to investigate. After I leave, I'll leave the affairs of the company to you. ”

"Yes!" Wang Jintang is upright and has no nonsense.

The company commander called a soldier, and the two rode two Mongolian horses to the battalion headquarters in the upper reaches of the Dayang River

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"One row, to the north of the village to arm, two rows. Go to the south of the village to set up, three rows, stay in the village. ”

After the company commander left, Wang Jintang Xun arranged defense. Then he personally led people to set up two light machine guns on the bank of the Dayang River at the head of the village, and set up a mortar position a little farther away, in case the Japanese army sailed upstream. Here they will make the necessary blockades.

The net set up the mortar, and a long whistle of "whoosh" was heard, and then there was a "boom" sound in the sky, which sounded like a train passing by, and then, in a few seconds, a cannonball fell on the field outside the village, and it exploded with a bang, and the shock wave almost immediately blew away the piles of sorghum stalks that were piled up, and the violent explosion made the earth stare at the corpse

Wang Jintang subconsciously shrank his neck, and then he heard someone shouting.

"Shelling! Shelling! Take cover! hidden". "A bang. Another shell landed even farther away. Then there were several shells of equal power, one of which fell on the course of the Great Ocean River. The splashes and mud were about ten feet high.

After a few minutes, calm finally returned to the vicinity of the Dazi camp, and no shells fell again. But the shelling did not end, the point of impact of the shells continued to extend to the northwest, and the explosion of the shells could still be heard.

Wang Jintang understood that this was not an artillery bombardment with a clear target, it was purely a harassing shelling. The main purpose is to create chaos and reduce the morale of the defending side.

"The warships of the Oriental devils are really powerful. Cannonballs can hit so far. ”

Wang Jintang sat up and took off the military hat on his head. He rested on the muzzle of a mortar, took a soldier with him, and ran to the humble point that had been near, and soon turned back, carrying in his hand a heavy shell skin, made of all steel, about an inch and a half thick, scorched by the heat and smoke of the explosion.

"Falcon".

Wang Jintang took the shell back to the mortar position, threw it on a pile of stones, and then pointed to the shell skin and said a few words to the soldiers.

"This thing is suitable for kitchen knives, good steel. If it weren't for the guy who didn't take advantage of it, I would have shown you a unique skill today. I want to be back then, before being a soldier and eating food. I'm the best blacksmith in the village

This is not Wang Jintang's bragging, before he became a soldier, he was indeed an apprentice in the village blacksmith shop. Later, when the Beiyang Army recruited soldiers, he went to eat food as a soldier. At the beginning, Wang Jintang was in the Seventh Division of the Beiyang 6th Army, and later the North and South were powerful in the decisive battle in southern Henan, and the Beiyang Seventh Division was ordered to go south to Henan to fight, but was defeated by the United Front, Wang Jintang also became a prisoner, and after staying in the prisoner camp for a period of time, Wang Jintang did not want to return to his hometown empty-handed, so he simply signed up for the revolutionary armed forces of the United Front, and stayed in the training camp with his brother Zhang Guodong for a while. Later, the United Front came to power and rectified the Beiyang Army, so it sent some grassroots officers to the Beiyang Army for mixed formation, and Wang Jintang also followed Zhang Guodong to the wounded infantry division, and after that. The two have been together until Wang Jintang was promoted to deputy company, and then they separated, counting it, Wang Jintang and Zhang Guodong have not seen each other for a while.

Yesterday I heard that Zhang Guodong was wounded, Wang Jintang had the heart to go to the field hospital to take a look, but the military task was tense, and he did not succeed after all. However, before he saw the shadow of the Japanese army, he could only use this shell to vent his anger.

Just when Wang Jintang was selling his blacksmith skills. Two cooks rushed to the mortar position with a marching pot in their mouths, and it was a breakfast made by nets and nets. Sorghum rice dry rice, chicken stewed mushrooms, most of the ingredients used are gifts from the owner of the hand house, rather than cheap Japanese troops, it is better to ask the ** people to replenish some physical strength, in order to deal with the invading army.

Wang Jintang hurriedly beckoned the soldiers to eat. Everyone gathered around, gobbling up, and time was in a hurry. The chicken was not stewed much, but everyone now regarded the chicken as a Japanese soldier, and they did not show much mercy, and soon, the marching pot was at the bottom.

After breakfast, Wang Jintang put on his military hat and inspected various positions, at this time, the cannon sound on the other side of the coast became more intense, and it sounded like rolling thunder, and the whole earth was trembling.

The geographical location of Daziying is relatively special, in the north of this village, the Dayang River turns a bay here, forming a sandbar, Daziying is like above Shazhou, the channel here is narrow, as long as it is guarded here, it is impossible for the enemy downstream to go upriver to attack the strategic town of Xiuyan upstream. As early as the end of the Ming Dynasty. The Dazi camp is a battleground for soldiers. At that time, the Qing army established an advance base here, and gradually compressed the strategic space of the Ming army on the Liaodong Peninsula, and the name of Dazi Battalion came from this, but it used to be called "Jiaozi Battalion" After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the name was changed. It's like changing "Red Cannon" to "Red Cannon." It's the same thing.

Although places like Daziying can no longer play a key role in modern warfare, due to its proximity to the Dayang River, it actually serves as a logistical supply line. The squadron stationed here is also equipped with several small wooden boats.

Now that the battle ahead has begun, Wang Jintang is anxious to figure out the battle situation.

But the battalion headquarters' phone never rang. The communications company on the coast was soon unreachable. Wang Jintang didn't know what was going on in front of him, and it wasn't until almost eight o'clock that the soldier who had gone to the battalion headquarters with the company commander to listen to the news rushed back to the Dazi camp with blood.

"Sir! The company commander on his way back from the battalion headquarters. I was injured by a shell, and now the battalion commander has called you to act as the company commander and ask you to immediately take the team to the battalion headquarters to assemble. Before retreating, the soldiers who blew up the wooden boats simply conveyed the orders of their superiors.

Wang Jintang did just that, acting as the company commander. And he quickly adapted to this new role, although he did not quite understand the intention of abandoning the Dazi battalion, but he immediately ordered the company stationed in the Dazi battalion to pack up their bags, and after blowing up the wooden boats, Xun led the troops to the northwest and assembled at the battalion headquarters.