When Li Mingrui arrived panting with two platoons, Yang Zhen and the company had already been mixed up with the Japanese army. Yang Zhen was wearing a pistol and a pair of binoculars on his chest, so naturally even an idiot would know that he was the commander. Therefore, Yang Zhen was surrounded by the most Japanese troops.

Although there were five or six Japanese soldiers around him, Yang Zhen did not feel the slightest fear. The Type 38 rifle with the bayonet flew up and down in his hand. Not only the bayonet, but also the butt and the body of the gun became weapons. And the function of the bayonet is not only to assassinate, but even in ordinary white-knuckle warfare, it is not used at all, and only one-third of the blade has become his weapon.

The bayonet-mounted 38 rifle seemed to be alive in his hands. It's not a standard assassination move, but it's never been empty. As long as Yang Zhen makes a move, blood will be seen on the bayonet.

After Yang Zhen stabbed down a Japanese soldier who was the first to attack with a bayonet, he smashed the entire face of a devil who tried to sneak attack him from behind with a backhand into his head.

Seeing that Yang Zhen, who was surrounded by himself, actually killed two people on his side as soon as he made a move, the beastliness of the surrounding Japanese soldiers were completely knocked out. The three Japanese soldiers raised their guns at the same time, thinking about it, and Yang Zhen stabbed him viciously.

Yang Zhen used the body of the gun to open three bayonets that stabbed at him at the same time, and before a few Japanese soldiers could take back the rifles that were blocked in their hands, the rifle in Yang Zhen's hand slashed, and the blade of the bayonet cut the neck of a Japanese soldier by itself.

At this time, compared with the short Japanese soldiers, Yang Zhen, who was tall and had long arms, showed his physical advantage. After the bayonet on Yang Zhen's rifle slashed the throat of a Japanese soldier, another bayonet stabbed another Japanese soldier in the neck. At the same time, Yang Zhen raised his left foot and kicked the last Japanese soldier in the crotch fiercely.

This unlucky guy who was kicked down in the crotch by Yang Zhen turned blue at that time, and the rifle in his hand was also thrown on the ground, holding his crotch and kneeling to the ground, it didn't take long for him to fall to the ground and couldn't get up. It is estimated that Yang Zhen can kick a brick and shatter the two eggs under him.

Killed five Japanese soldiers with a shot, and the only remaining Japanese soldier beside Yang Zhen turned white with fright, and his hands holding guns trembled unnaturally. He had never seen such a brave man, not only retreating from the encirclement of six Japanese soldiers, but also killing five of his own men in one fell swoop.

You must know that the six Japanese soldiers who are tactically coordinated in white-knuckle combat can withstand at least one platoon of Chinese soldiers. Now, five of them have been killed in one face. Not to mention the Japanese soldiers who have always been arrogant, even those soldiers who joined the army behind the Wudaolingzi Iron Mine, they couldn't help but be imposing when they saw Yang Zhen's might.

Yang Zhen's exposed hands not only shocked the Japanese army, but also shocked some of his subordinates. On the contrary, those veterans who rushed out of the concentration camp together and had long seen Yang Zhen's ability in white-knuckle warfare still had ordinary expressions on their faces.

Looking at this Japanese soldier with a timid face, Yang Zhen didn't have time to delay him, and the rifle in his hand once again stabbed out from an angle that ordinary people couldn't understand, and lightly solved this Japanese soldier who neither dared to run, nor dared to attack, and his legs began to tremble involuntarily.

Almost in the blink of an eye, he killed the six Japanese soldiers besieging him in front of him with fewer enemies and more enemies. Yang Zhen's killing, even the most tenacious Japanese army, was a little frightened. Within three feet of Yang Zhen, almost no Japanese soldiers dared to approach.

No one rushed to provoke him, so Yang Zhen shuttled between the two armies in the melee. The close ones were picked with bayonets, and the far ones were hit with pistols, and many soldiers were saved under the bayonets of the devils. Beside him, Xiaohuzi also used submachine guns to shoot accurately from time to time, knocking down many devils who tried to make up for bayonets on the soldiers who were stabbed to the ground. It's just that although Yang Zhen tried his best, he was never able to disperse the devils gathered together.

After Li Mingrui arrived, he saw Yang Zhen who was fighting with the devil with a bayonet, and he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly used the fast and slow machine in his hand to shoot an accurate point shot, which hovered around Yang Zhen, wanting to control him and attack his comrades, but he never dared to knock down a few devils.

Seeing Li Mingrui arrive, Yang Zhen only nodded slightly, and immediately ordered the troops to disengage from the Japanese army. The rest of the matter was handed over to the two platoons under Li Mingrui, who carried a large number of submachine guns and fast and slow machines.

The Japanese soldiers, who had seen the arrival of the opponent's reinforcements, were still a little nervous when they saw the opponent disengaging from them, although they did not know what the opponent's action meant. But most of them were secretly relieved.

Just when these Japanese soldiers thought that they could take a breath, as soon as they saw that their brother had completely disengaged with the Japanese army, without a moment of hesitation, the submachine gun in Li Mingrui's hand rang out.

Back-to-back, forming tactical combinations, ready for another hand-to-hand battle, the almost unsuspecting Japanese army was defeated by a large concentration of submachine guns and fast and slow machines. At such a close distance, there is almost no need to aim, and it is the best distance for the submachine gun to exert its performance. And Li Mingrui's tactics of cross-firing, using submachine guns and light machine guns with flat ends, and picking up leaks and covering submachine guns with fast and slow machines did not even give these devils a chance to breathe.

By the time the Japanese troops on the other side reacted to what these cunning Shina people were trying to do, it was already too late. The Japanese soldiers who wanted to break through were hit by submachine gun bullets one by one.

After the last gunshot fell, there was no Japanese soldier on the battlefield who could still stand up. Yang Zhen signaled the troops to go up and hurry up to clean up the battlefield, and replenish the bayonets for the Japanese corpses and wounded all over the ground, before he said to Li Mingrui: "You have solved it over there?" What about casualties? ”

Hearing Yang Zhen ask about his battle situation, Li Mingrui immediately replied: "Commander, against the devil artillery who doesn't have a few guns, as well as more than 20 guards, you have strengthened me with so many submachine guns and fast and slow machines, if I still cause a lot of casualties, I really don't have the face to see you." ”

"Commander, the devil's artillery is all solved. Six Devil's 94-type mountain cannons and one cannonball were seized. It is only the detailed number of captured shells, and the number has not yet had time to be counted, and the number is unknown. One company of our troops who participated in the raid on the devil's artillery paid only one sacrifice and two minor injuries. ”

"Have you captured the devil's artillery completely? Over there? Hearing that Li Mingrui actually captured all the devil's artillery, Yang Zhen's eyes couldn't help but light up.

Hearing Yang Zhen's tone of disbelief, Li Mingrui did not have the slightest complacency, but looked at Yang Zhen with admiration and said, "This is thanks to your accurate vision, commander." The artillery position of the little devil is really the same as you imagined, set up in the flat land between the mountains, so to speak, right under our noses. As soon as the explosion sounded on your side, we took advantage of the fact that the devil artillery was attracted by the explosion here, and immediately attacked, plus the intensive firepower of these flower machines and fast and slow machines in our hands, we were able to achieve great results with almost countless casualties. ”

"Commander, in order to reinforce the main battlefield, I only left a platoon to cover the transfer of those artillery, and I rushed over with the main force first. However, according to the time estimate, they should also be almost there. ”

After listening to Li Mingrui's report, Yang Zhen pondered for a moment, and summoned Qiu Jintang, the commander of the artillery company, to his side: "Jintang, you are a veteran artilleryman of the Sichuan Army, will you use mountain artillery?" ”

Qiu Jintang had just heard that Li Mingrui had captured six complete mountain cannons, and he was immediately overjoyed. But when he heard Yang Zhen ask him if he would use mountain artillery, he was bitter at that time, and said with some embarrassment: "Commander, although we used artillery in the Sichuan army, we used mortars. The Sichuan army is equipped with too few high-end weapons and equipment such as mountain artillery, and I will not use it at all. Especially the Japanese-style mountain artillery, which has never been seen before. ”

"Most of the mountain and field artillery originally equipped by the Sichuan army were mainly old-fashioned artillery made in Shanghai or Hanyang, and a small number of French-made field artillery, and even some old-fashioned mountain artillery made in Italy. Japanese-style equipment, there is no such thing in the Sichuan army at all. So Commander, I really won't use these mountain artillery. ”

Hearing Qiu Jintang's words, Yang Zhen's brows furrowed. The mountain cannon was captured, but no one would use it, which was no different from the capture of a pile of scrap metal.

Looking at Yang Zhen's somewhat uncertain face, Qiu Jintang said cautiously: "Commander, what gun is in your hand, as long as you think about it a little, you will know how to use it." The captured Japanese mortars, you only pondered for a while, and you are more skilled than me, an old artilleryman. Why don't you teach us how to use these cannons? ”

Yang Zhen listened to Qiu Jintang's words, and felt a little crying and laughing. When it comes to measuring the density of artillery and demarcating the firing range of the ruler, I am good at this kind of observation. Indicating targets for artillery is something that I learned in later generations and is also a compulsory course.

But when it comes to operating artillery, especially antique artillery like the 94-type mountain cannon, Yang Zhen really can't do it. When it comes to mortars, he is not extremely proficient, but at least he can use them. But he's not an all-rounder, he can't do everything.

Seeing that Yang Zhen was silent, Qiu Jintang also felt that his thoughts were ridiculous. If you can even operate artillery, then the commander will not become a god?

When the captured six mountain cannons were transported back, Yang Zhen gently stroked the dark cannon body for a while, sighed and said to Li Mingrui beside him: "Mingrui, blow up all these cannons." These dozens of horses towing artillery were all replenished to mortar batteries and heavy machine gun batteries. ”

"What, blow it all up? Commander, you're going to blow them all up, did I hear me right? Commander, when we fought the devils in the pass, how much did we lose by the devil artillery? Now I finally got a few cannons, and before this shell has been fired, you actually want to blow it up, I really can't figure it out. Hearing that Yang Zhen was going to blow up all these artillery, Li Mingrui couldn't figure it out, and he was even more reluctant.

Li Mingrui was reluctant, how could Yang Zhen be reluctant to give up these hard-won artillery. Now the war is fought with two words of firepower, and with these cannons, when attacking the group tribes set up by the devils, there is no need for the soldiers to carry explosive bags to blow up the wall. When fighting the enemy, the fire support capability has also been greatly improved. With the support of artillery, the troops can pay a lot less senseless sacrifices.

But there are no artillerymen who will use these guns, which in their own hands are not much different from scrap metal. Taking away, in turn, added to the burden on the troops. Rather than eventually discarding it because it's useless, it's better to blow it up early. Don't say that you can't use these artillery, even if you can use them, how can you have the time to slowly train artillery?

Seeing that Yang Zhen was unmoved, Li Mingrui said anxiously: "Commander, with these artillery, we can die a lot less brothers in the battle in the future." When attacking the fortification, there was also sufficient fire support. Commander, count me begging you, take these guns away. I promise you, as long as I, Li Mingrui, are here, I won't drop even a single screw of these artillery. It also does not add any burden to the troops. ”

Regarding Li Mingrui's insistence, Yang Zhen sighed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Mingrui, I don't know what you said. But we don't even have a single artillery now, and even if we train now, we won't be in a hurry. Instead of making these guns that no one knows how to use a burden, it is better to blow them up now. When you can't take it with you in the future, you still have to throw it away. ”

Yang Zhen's words fell, and the Japanese puppet army that had already defeated the Japanese puppet army attacking from the mountains on both flanks had already gone down the mountain at this time, although he had not spoken, but Guo Bingxun, who had been standing beside him for a long time, heard him say this, and walked up to Yang Zhen and said: "Commander, these mountain cannons do not necessarily have to be blown up." We won't use it, but there may be people who won't use it. ”

After that, General Guo Bingxun had already put down his gun, but because Yang Zhen had not yet come up with a deal opinion, he was guarded by a squad of soldiers, and at this moment, the dozens of lieutenant officers in the puppet Manchu army who were standing on the side and watching them from a distance recruited him to his side, and said to Yang Zhen: "When I went down the mountain just now, I chatted with that person for a while. This kid was a former artillery soldier of the Northeast Army, and later surrendered in Jilin with the former chief of staff of the Jilin Public Administration, Xiqia. ”

The puppet Manchurian lieutenant who ran over heard Guo Bingxun introduce himself to the biggest officer of the army in front of him, and hurriedly saluted Yang Zhen and said: "Report to the chief, my name is Ma Qichang, and I am the commander of the artillery company of the lieutenant of Mu Chunchang's department of the 10th Artillery Regiment of the Northeast Army. ”

"After 918, the Japanese army attacked Jilin, and we surrendered to the Kwantung Army with our commanders. Later, the Japanese were not at ease with us, so they took back the artillery in our hands and changed us into infantry. As for the artillery in the current Manchukuo army, it was specially selected by the little devils to reorganize. ”

"Most of the artillery used by our Northeast Army is imitation of Japanese artillery. When I was in the 10th Artillery Regiment of the Northeast Army, I used a Japanese-style 41-style mountain gun imitated by the Mukden Arsenal. Although the Type 94 mountain guns were not used, the structure and performance of these guns were similar. I shouldn't have any problems with these artillery. And these brothers of mine all came out of the 10th Artillery Regiment with me, and even most of them were old brothers from the original company. ”

"You're going to use these mountain cannons?" Yang Zhen was very curious about this person. The 10th Artillery Regiment of the Northeast Army knew that this was one of the only two artillery regiments left in the Northeast after the Northeast Army entered the customs. Later, in Jilin, he joined the enemy with Xi Qia, chief of staff of the Jilin Public Office.

Yang Zhen looked at the Ma Qichang in front of him and said, "How about it, do you have the heart to join our troops?" As you have just seen, I need artillery talent now. ”

Wang Guangyu was already a little unable to hold on, and called several times to ask for the next battle plan. However, in two consecutive battles, although the casualties of the troops were not too large, the losses of heavy weapons and ammunition were severe, and the continuous combat units were extremely tired, and now they really have no ability to fight continuously.

To be honest, fighting two battles in a row to achieve the current situation has already exceeded the goal for Yang Zhen. But let the troops who were already exhausted to the extreme continue to fight continuously, not to mention the troops, even Yang Zhen himself did not have much confidence.

And Yang Zhen's biggest concern is not only the consumption of ammunition and body of the troops, but also the ambush that the Japanese army has not known about so far. The little devil's deployment today is obviously to squeeze himself south, and the result of interrogating the prisoners is the same.

Yang Zhen didn't think that the little devil was squeezing himself to the south, trying to force himself to enter the customs and throw the trouble to the North China Front. After interrogating the puppet Manchu military police captured in the battle to defeat the frontal enemy, Yang Zhen was even more determined not to go south.

Yang Zhen was a little worried, the devil's intelligence and communication capabilities far surpassed his own. Once the devils in ambush in the south learn that they have defeated two of the Japanese puppet army troops on the three routes, it is very likely that they will change their combat mode. The troops that had been set up in ambush poured north. Compared with the two Japanese puppet armies that he had already defeated, Yang Zhen believed that the devils deployed in the south were probably the main force in this attack.

If you can't get rid of the enemy's retreat before the main force of the devils comes up, once you are entangled by the devils, you will rely on your current state of excessive ammunition consumption and extreme fatigue of the troops, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

So after learning that Li Mingrui had captured all the devil's artillery, Yang Zhen moved his mind. With these six mountain guns and relatively sufficient shells, at least the Japanese puppet army in the direction of Wang Guangyu could be suppressed with artillery fire and Wang Guangyu covered.

One is to buy time, and the other is to reduce casualties. It's just that no one knows how to operate these artillery, but it makes Yang Zhen very sad. If you don't use sharp weapons, do you really let the troops fight for bayonets again?

Looking at Ma Qichang's somewhat hesitant face, pondering for a while, Yang Zhen said again: "If you really don't want to, I won't force it." So you and your brethren help us once. We still have a unit fighting the Japanese puppet army, as long as you cover them with these artillery, I will let you go. Moreover, I will not use you in vain this time, after you have completed the task, I can pay each of you a hundred false goods. ”

Hearing Yang Zhen's construction, not only Qiu Jintang on the side was dumbfounded, but even Guo Bingxun didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in his gourd? How did you suddenly remember to hire these former Northeast Army artillerymen?

In particular, Qiu Jintang really didn't understand Yang Zhen's proposal to hire these people. In his opinion, the commander did not kill them, and used these traitors to give them a great gift. These people are not honest and unwilling to serve, and there is nothing about it. When the cannon was fired for a while, a soldier with a bayonet stood behind him, and he didn't believe that they would not be honest with his life? Why do you have to pay them? And promised to let them go afterwards?