Chapter 54: The Dry Grass Ditch (1)
"What do you say these people under Tang Cheng are doing? It's been going in and out since the morning, and there are less than a hundred people left, and they're still fucking around. Sun Liansheng, who had a blue nose and swollen face, did not show up, but Tian Guang, who was guarding the city gate, was choked by the second company who kept entering and leaving the city gate, and no one told him the reason, Tian Guang could only get together with his squad and platoon commander to secretly ponder.
Of course, Tang Cheng couldn't tell Tian Guang the reason, if it wasn't for such a toss in and out, how could Tang Cheng spare people to escort the two carriages hidden outside the city to Wuhan.
Didn't the Japanese squadron to which Oniki belonged come to Macheng? Of course not, they just haven't seen any Japanese troops appear after ambushing the bandits, but this doesn't mean that the Japanese army will disappear from now on. At the same time that Tang Cheng drew out his manpower to escort the carriage to Wuhan, the Mitsui squadron to which Onimu belonged was rushing towards Macheng. Although the battle in Macheng was fierce, there were also omissions, and there were always hundreds of bandits who escaped, and it was after receiving the report of the surviving bandits that the Mitsui squadron decided to attack Macheng.
With the help and guidance of the traitors bribed by the Japanese army, Mitsui's squadron left Huoshan County at night, and then bypassed the defense line of Wang Haibu of the 132nd Division of the National Army and rushed directly to Macheng. Before the Mitsui squadron set out, Wing Commander Sakata repeatedly explained the task this time, that is, Macheng must be taken, and Macheng must be held until the follow-up reinforcements arrive, so as to pave the way for the Japanese army in Huoshan and Lu'an to attack Wuhan.
To be flexible and changeable, if you don't do anything, you must not exchange fire with the little devils, with Tang Cheng's advice, Tang Cheng sent the four of them outside the city to search and investigate along the line from Macheng to Huoshan. More than 200 people from the Mitsui squadron, plus those traitors in plainclothes who were guides for them, nearly 400 people rushed towards Macheng. About half an hour ago, the four of Kuroko rode to this place called Dry Grass Valley, which was the only place for the Japanese army to come to Macheng from Huoshan, and if they bypassed the Dry Grass Ditch and took other roads, the Mitsui Squadron might have to detour hundreds of miles to reach Macheng.
Dry grass ditch is just a small place, the mountains here are not high, the terrain is not dangerous, it belongs to the hilly terrain. It is called the Dry Grass Gully because it is denser than the rest of the place, and the thatch and bushes everywhere turn yellow in autumn, hence the name of the Dry Grass Gully. Along the mountain road winding westward through the withered grass ditch, the Japanese army's earthy yellow military uniforms were very conspicuous on the verdant grassy slope, and the four of them were lying on the high slope not far from the avenue at this time. Before leaving, Tang Cheng's explanation was that he must not exchange fire with the Japanese army, but Kuroko was a disobedient person in his bones. As soon as they arrived at the dry grass ditch, they found the Japanese army's earthy yellow military uniform on the grassy slope, and the devil's troops had already appeared in front of them, but the sunspot did not return to Macheng to report according to Tang Cheng's instructions, but decided to stay in place and hide first, and take the opportunity to block the enemy and give the Japanese army a slap first.
Kuroko scattered his three men, sent one of the best horsemen back to Macheng to report the news of the Japanese attack to Tangcheng, and then sent the other two people to move back a few hundred meters, looking for favorable terrain at the exit of the dry grass ditch to hide and arrange a defensive line, so that they could fight the little devil's stuffy stick. He himself chose to stay here and prepare to sneak up and harass the enemy, slowing down the enemy's journey and buying time for the two companions who had withdrawn from behind.
Pull the bolt to push the first bullet into the chamber, just when the sunspots on the high ground have everything and only the east wind is missing, the marching along the road is neatly lined up, and a row of three-person Japanese soldiers appeared in Kuroko's sight. When it comes to Kuroko's marksmanship and skills, there are really few people in the second company who are better than him, but when it comes to the ability to really fight, Kuroko can't even compare to Liu Shishi, just when Kuroko was engrossed in aiming the muzzle of the gun at the Japanese ranks, the flank elite squad of Mitsui's squadron has appeared on his flank, and Kuroko is not aware of it at all.
The Mitsui Squadron, which had experienced the two battles of Shanghai and Nanjing, was no rookie to the Chinese battlefield, and the Chinese army was losing ground in the frontal battlefield, and as more Nationalist troops moved into the confrontation stage with the Japanese army, the number of ambushes for the Japanese army also increased. After the Mitsui squadron crossed the defense line of the 312th Division, it sent sharp troops on both flanks of the marching route, although the number was not very large, but with the help of those traitors in plainclothes, the Mitsui squadron was calm all the way.
The Mauser rifle in Kuroko's hand had already locked on to a target, but Kuroko had to turn the muzzle, because out of the corner of his eye, he found that not far from him, several Japanese soldiers with guns appeared. A total of 6 Japanese soldiers appeared on the flank of Kuroko, and the first one was a Japanese soldier Cao, who kept Ren Danhu and held a 38 rifle in his hand, and the bayonet of the rifle was hung with a plaster flag, and the red pill flag looked particularly dazzling in the sun.
The six Japanese soldiers who had been discovered by Kuroko did not notice anything abnormal at all, and they were still looking left and right with their nostrils facing the sky. Kuroko, who was stuck in the thatch, could only change the target, and moved the muzzle of the gun to the 6 Japanese soldiers who suddenly appeared, he chose to stay only to harass the Japanese army and slow down the enemy's schedule, no matter which Japanese soldier he shot, Kuroko's goal could be achieved.
"Nani?" When Jun Cao, who was walking in the front, was looking left and right, a black whirring thing fell from the sky, and before he could react to what was going on, there was a "boom" explosion, and a violent explosion accompanied by rising smoke appeared on the grassy slope. Flying shrapnel and flames drowned all the Japanese soldiers, and the small flag was thrown high by the air of the explosion, and the explosion at his feet was enough to tear his body to pieces.
Behind the Japanese soldiers, several Japanese soldiers two or three meters away were also affected by the explosion, two miles close to the explosion was seriously injured, lying on the ground groaning in pain, although the remaining three Japanese soldiers were not seriously injured, but the explosion was enough to make them fall into temporary dizziness. Hearing the violent explosion, the Japanese troops on the march stopped, and the squadron leader Yuo Mitsui took a telescope to observe the smoke-rising grassy slope, just in time to see Kuroko's cheetah-like swift figure.
Before the smoke of the explosion cleared, Kuroko cheetah, holding a short knife in his bare hand, rushed out of his hiding place, and before the Japanese soldiers affected by the explosion could come back to their senses, Kuroko had already slammed into him. Kuroko was not sure that he would be able to escape from the guns of the other five Japanese soldiers after killing the Japanese soldier, so he changed his mind again and chose to use the grenade directly to destroy the enemy. I didn't think that I could finish down the 6 Japanese soldiers with a grenade, but after throwing the grenade, Kuroko had already pulled out the short knife on his waist, and when the explosion sounded, he would pounce and use the short knife to deal with the remaining Japanese soldiers.
The good skills he learned in the bandits' den since he was a child helped Kuroko, and before the remaining Japanese soldiers could fully recover their senses, the short knife in Kuroko's hand had already left a hole in the vital part of their body. The neck, under the ribs, these vital parts of the human body are all the places where the sunspot went under the knife, and the "poof" "poof" and "poof" blood mist burst out from the knife hole continuously, wiping a handful of blood spots splashed on the face, Kuroko squatted down in the corpse pile and began to rummage for grenades on the corpse.
"Yongji, take your class over to have a look." After looking around through the binoculars, Mitsui did not find any other ambushes, and immediately sent a squad of Japanese soldiers to rush towards the place where the smoke was rising. With the squadron leader's order, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers suddenly screamed in their mouths, jumped off the road with rifles in their hands, and ran towards Kuroko. Putting the found Japanese-style grenade into an empty backpack, Kuroko picked up a Type 38 rifle, adjusted the ruler, and aimed at a Japanese soldier 100 meters away.
The Japanese soldiers who rushed down the avenue hulala lay on the ground, but Kuroko, who was carrying a half-backpack grenade, took the opportunity to run towards his Mauser rifle. Compared with the Japanese army's 38 rifle, Kuroko prefers to use this Mauser rifle. In the face of an ambush, Mitsui Yuo had to stop his squadron, and the traitors and plainclothes who were cruising on both sides of the avenue also withdrew to Mitsui's squadron.
"Pop" Kuroko fired another shot, then retreated to the exit of the dry grass ditch with his rifle and the backpack with the grenade. Kuroko roughly counted the Japanese soldiers and traitors in plainclothes on the avenue, and there were about 400 people, half of whom were Japanese soldiers wearing khaki military uniforms. Directly ignoring the traitor troops in civilian clothes, Kuroko was amazed at the number of Japanese troops, when he intercepted the bandits, they were enough to toss a dozen Japanese soldiers in just a squad, and now there are 200 Japanese soldiers, and Kuroko is now looking forward to the layout of the exit of the dry grass ditch.
"Yaga" put down the telescope of Mitsui Yuo was furious, and the Japanese soldiers temporarily parked on the avenue set up machine guns and suddenly swept a few shuttles, and then the brigade chased down the avenue with a hula la. Kuroko, who was carrying a rifle and a backpack, didn't care about this, he had completely regarded the Japanese soldiers behind him as air, and he ran as desperate, and the two men who were arranged at the exit of the dry grass ditch were 200 meters away, and in another half a minute, he could join them.
Kuroko turned around from time to time to look at the Japanese soldiers who were pursuing him, he now regretted his decision just now, only four of them should go back to the city immediately after discovering the Japanese army. But recklessness and arbitrariness put himself in such a passive situation, fortunately he ran fast just now, otherwise he would not have been able to escape from the machine gun fire just for a while.