Chapter 129: Arms Depot (2)
Yang Zhen skillfully got rid of this Cao Chang, but the posture of the two people at this time did not arouse the suspicion of the other three Japanese soldiers who were in panic. In their opinion, their own Cao Chang was thinking about how to find an excuse to explain, and he was in a trance.
When this Cao Changxin fell unwillingly, and when the bayonet in Yang Zhen's hand had stabbed into a person's neck again, the other two people realized that something was wrong. It's a pity that before they could shout, Yang Zhen, who had an advantage in height, grabbed the necks of the two of them very quickly and slammed their heads together.
Seeing that the half-pulled heads of the two Japanese soldiers had collapsed under the collision, Yang Zhen was slightly relieved to see that there was more air out and less air intake. After wiping his hands on the corpse of a Japanese soldier, he walked out.
Out of this machine gun fortification, Yang Zhen quietly ordered Li Mingrui to solve the light machine gun on the tower that could overlook the entire Japanese army base and the three devils on it, while he walked to the Japanese barracks with five scouts. As for the sentries, they were killed as soon as the searchlight turned their heads, and they were replaced by Yang Zhen's men.
Seeing Yang Zhen's rank of second lieutenant, under the circumstance that Yang Zhen deliberately kept a distance or a special angle to make him unable to see his appearance clearly, the patrol team inside the Japanese warehouse did not pay much attention, and did not even check it, so that Yang Zhen could easily come to the Japanese barracks.
Maybe in the eyes of these Japanese soldiers, no one could sneak into this heavily guarded warehouse and treat Yang Zhen and the six people as their own, so they didn't even pay much attention to Yang Zhen and the others. These people, despite some trouble, are not yet the time to get their hands dirty.
After Li Mingrui solved the Japanese army on the mountain that could overlook the entire Japanese army base tower, it was time to take action against them. Besides, as long as the main force of the Japanese defenders is achieved, even these more than ten devils will not be able to set off any strong winds.
Before walking to the Japanese barracks, Yang Zhen looked at the Japanese barracks that were tightly sealed because of the particularly cold winter in North Manchuria, but it was pitch black, showing that the Japanese army had slept, Yang Zhen smiled slightly and did not go in. Instead, he walked to a hidden corner, opened a window with a bayonet, wrapped several cans of poison gas captured from the Japanese army in his cotton clothes, and gently threw them in.
Because he didn't know the layout of the Japanese barracks, Yang Zhen chose three windows to open one and threw a tank of poison gas into it. In fact, Yang Zhen was a little worried. The Japanese barracks here were centralized accommodation for squadrons. That is to say, two bungalows, and a whole Japanese squadron lived in one bungalow.
In order to keep warm and cope with the low temperature of more than minus 40 degrees in winter, except for a few officers' dormitories, all of them are bunks. Yang Zhen actually has a house, and it is enough to open a window on it.
After throwing away all the poison gas bombs and waiting for twenty minutes, Yang Zhen signaled the two scouts who were acting with him to put on the gas masks, and then walked into the Japanese barracks with a swagger almost without any taboos.
Yang Zhen is still very confident in the power of these poison gas canisters that have been kept in poor conditions and almost painstakingly since the breakthrough of Harbin. As for the lethality of these demons, Yang Zhen had an understanding in that devil's concentration camp. The reason why they wanted to go in again was not only for fear of slipping through the net, but also because they wanted to seize the Japanese army's communication station.
Although the two telephone lines of the Japanese army leading to the outside world here were extremely well concealed, they could not escape the eyes of Yang Zhen and Li Mingrui, two old thieves. It was cut off as early as the first moment of the operation. However, the high radio antenna erected outside the Japanese barracks told Yang Zhen that the Japanese army here had another means of communication. Only by seizing the radio station can the continuity between the Japanese army here and the outside world be completely cut off.
The power of the poison gas made the two scouts who came in with Yang Zhen even a little frightened. They are not uncommon to see dead people on the battlefield. But the extremely horrific death of the Japanese soldiers here made them feel a little creepy and disgusting.
However, I felt horror and disgust, but I still had a breath left in the face of the Japanese soldiers who were not dead for a while, but there were still a lot of Japanese soldiers who were still struggling for a while, but they showed no mercy to their subordinates, and sent the Japanese soldiers who were still struggling in pain with bayonets back to their hometown in Dongying.
Because from the first day of the formation of this reconnaissance unit, Yang Zhen repeatedly explained to them that whether it was reconnaissance behind enemy lines or when fighting, being soft on the enemy was the greatest ruthlessness to himself. To the enemy, in addition to being less afraid of death than them, it is necessary to be more ruthless than them.
To be honest, there are still so many Japanese soldiers who have not died after being poisoned, and they are still standing up, Yang Zhen felt a little surprised. Although these Japanese troops were already deeply poisoned, there was almost no threat. Even when he saw his opponent's bayonet stabbing at him, he was powerless to resist. But the effect of this poison gas war was much worse than before, and it also made Yang Zhen a little surprised.
However, Yang Zhen also knew that the reason for this situation was that in the final analysis, the amount and concentration of poison gas he put was still insufficient. If there is a sufficient amount of poison gas, it is like investing so much at once in a bungalow, and you don't have to spend these two times.
Looking at the captured radio station and a full set of code books, and after receiving the report that the rest of the Japanese troops had been cleared except for the Japanese patrol that had now patrolled to the back mountain, Yang Zhen, who was relieved, turned his head to Dong Ping, who came to report, and said: "Order Li Mingrui to immediately take the necessary means to clean and completely eliminate the remaining dozen or so Japanese soldiers in the shortest possible time." ”
"There was also a signal to the follow-up troops to enter this Japanese base immediately. And after entering the base, carry out a rigorous search of this place, every inch of land, every tree must be searched for me. ”
The main forces of the Japanese army have been eliminated, and Yang Zhen naturally does not need to have any taboos about the remaining dozen or so Japanese patrols that are still patrolling the back mountains at this time. At this point, even if you shoot, there is nothing you can't do.
After giving the order, Yang Zhen did not rush out, but opened the window to change the air, and then sat in the Japanese army duty office, that is, the office of the commander of the Shaozuo garrison, and carefully looked through the information here. He needed to know all about the Japanese army here.
Although he only read a few pages, Yang Zhen knew that he had made the right bet. This is really a top-secret combat readiness warehouse of the Japanese army. The abundance and quantity of its reserves are sufficient for a year after the number of its troops is doubled by one or two times.
This Japanese warehouse was specially built by the Japanese army in preparation for the war against the Soviet Union. In wartime, it had to bear the responsibility of the entire lower reaches of the Sanjiang River, including Fuyuan, Fujin, Raohe, Tongjiang and other areas of the Japanese army's combat use. Even when necessary, it was responsible for the supply of some of the materials used by the Japanese army in the western Hung Yen region.
After learning about the situation of the Japanese army here, Yang Zhen flipped through the communication records of the Japanese garrison, the Japanese army in Jiamusi, and even the Kwantung Army headquarters. After looking through the communication records and learning about the contact information and means of the Japanese army and its superiors here, Yang Zhen slowly rose an unusually bold idea in his heart.
Just as Yang Zhen was carefully thinking about the feasibility of his bold idea, Wang Guangyu interrupted his train of thought with an excited report. Raising his head, seeing Wang Guangyu's excited and even somewhat distorted expression, Yang Zhen frowned slightly. Wang Guangyu has always been steady, how could he be so out of shape?
However, looking back, it is very likely that Wang Guangyu saw the materials in the warehouse when he searched the secret warehouse of the Japanese army, and Yang Zhen was relieved. Let a person who is used to being poor get a huge fortune all of a sudden, I am afraid that there are few people who are not excited, and can be as calm as themselves.
Wang Guangyu didn't care what Yang Zhen was thinking anymore, but said excitedly: "Commander, guess what we found in the devil's warehouse?" ”
Regarding Wang Guangyu's expression, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "Seeing that you are happy to be like this, what else can there be, isn't it the devil's arms and supplies?" And that's a lot, isn't it? ”
"How do you know that there are a lot of supplies in the little devil's warehouse?" Regarding Yang Zhen's answer, Wang Guangyu looked incredible. Because after receiving the signal, he immediately rushed in with his troops. When I found Dong Ping, I heard that after Yang Zhen solved all the Japanese garrisons, he had been reading the information at the devil's team headquarters and did not leave.
Regarding Wang Guangyu's incredulity, Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "Since this is an important military warehouse for devils, then the defenders here will have at least an approximate amount of materials in the warehouse. ”
"I've been reading the devil's information here for a long time, can I have an approximate number of materials in the warehouse? But even if a batch of supplies is seized, it won't make you lose your temper so much. This doesn't quite match your usual personality. ”
Regarding Yang Zhen's slightly kind criticism, Wang Guangyu shook his head and said: "Commander, it's not that I lost my temper, it's just that you can go over and take a look at the materials in this warehouse." My political commissar is now counting the numbers, and I'm afraid I won't be able to count them until tomorrow morning. ”
"The number is too huge, there are dozens of artillery pieces that are easy to count alone, and they are all seven or five mountain field guns. In addition, there were twelve heavy guns with a caliber of at least one hundred mm or more. Look at the number, enough to equip an artillery wing. Let's take a look at the specific situation. ”
Seeing Wang Guangyu's excited appearance, Yang Zhen couldn't bear to spoil his interest, and he happened to be curious about how many materials there were in this warehouse of the Japanese army, and he was not in a hurry to read the information anyway, so he went with him to visit.
However, before entering the warehouse, Yang Zhen hesitated, and still ordered Wang Guangyu to immediately send a telegram to the commander-in-chief and Guo Bingxun, asking them to immediately rush over with the main force and coordinate the receipt of this treasure house.
Entering the warehouse, although he was already mentally prepared, Yang Zhen was already shocked by the scale of this secret warehouse. The scale of this warehouse is far more huge than the world-famous that later generations knew, and the warehouse of the Dongning Fortress Group, where three divisions, one brigade and one border garrison were stationed, was even larger.
The Japanese depot occupied two adjacent hills, east and west. To the east is a warehouse stocked with various military supplies such as clothing, supplies, and food. To the west are the munitions depots. The railway line was built directly into the cave, and all the material transportation could be directly unloaded in the cave.
The tunnel I saw that day belonged to the cave on the west side of the munitions stockpile, and the area of the warehouse for the stockpiled materials on the east side was larger than that for the munitions stockpile. Both warehouses have their own power generation systems and are very well ventilated. It can be seen that the Japanese army put a lot of effort into building this warehouse.
Due to lack of time, Yang Zhen did not enter the material warehouse, but only entered the weapons warehouse. But he didn't expect it to bring him a huge surprise here. Although he had a rough estimate of the materials stored here, he did not expect that there were more materials here than he had seen from the commander of the Japanese garrison.
Light weapons alone, not counting light and heavy machine guns, are roughly estimated to have more than 10,000 rifles, 56 wild mountain guns, and 12 Taisho four-year 150-millimeter howitzers. As for ammunition, Yang Zhen estimated that it was at least enough for the three divisions of the Japanese army to use for more than a year.
And what made Yang Zhen happiest was not only the discovery of a huge reserve of materials, but also the discovery of some machinery and some raw materials for making weapons in a single cave that was isolated separately. There are two loaders alone. There is even a part of the bullet that is semi-finished.
Yang Zhen was not surprised by the presence of weapons manufacturing machinery and raw materials in the warehouse. The little devil has always been careful and thoughtful. Machinery and raw materials for the manufacture of weapons were stockpiled here, and it was probably a method adopted by the Japanese army to maintain the combat effectiveness of the troops in the event that the situation in the future was unfavorable and the rear route was cut off.
With these things, even if the war situation is unfavorable and the logistical supply is cut off, the Japanese troops who retreated here can continue to hold on with the materials they have stored here, and even these mechanical munitions production.
However, what made Yang Zhen feel a little angry was that many of the machinery here were relocated after being captured in the Chinese's own arsenal when the Japanese invaded Shenyang and captured Taiyuan last year. Among the light weapons stored here, there are even some Japanese-style weapons imitated by the Northeast Arsenal captured by the Japanese army after the September 18 Incident in that year.
The Shenyang Arsenal was the largest arsenal in China before the September 18 Incident, while the Taiyuan Arsenal was China's strongest weapons production capacity after the September 18 Incident. In terms of the types of products, it was even in the hands of the Central Committee of the Nationalist Government at that time, and together with the two arsenals of Shenyang and Taiyuan, it was known as one of the largest three arsenals in China, and it was also the Hanyang Arsenal with the longest history in China.
These machines are the best ordnance equipment at the moment, especially the machinery and equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal captured by the Japanese army, which are the latest products purchased by the cunning chairman of Shanxi from the Krupp factory in Germany. Its quality even surpasses that of the equipment used in Japan's own arsenal.
It's just a pity that these machinery and equipment, which were supposed to contribute to the War of Resistance Against Japan, instead of helping it suffer a lot of disasters and the poor motherland, which could not even meet the basic needs of the army with the most basic rifle and steel helmet output, got rid of the fate of foreign invasion, but instead became accomplices of the Japanese army to feed the war by war, which cannot but make people feel the bitterness in their hearts.
Seeing that Yang Zhen didn't look at the neatly placed weapons and equipment, but stared at these separately placed machinery and equipment, Wang Guangyu, who didn't understand what he was thinking at the moment, said with some curiosity: "Commander, why do you always stare at these machines and shake your head?" ”
In response to Wang Guangyu's question, Yang Zhen shook his head, pointed to the nameplates on these machines and said, "Look for yourself, where did these machinery and equipment that the Japanese army prepared to use to make and massacre my compatriots come from?" ”
After listening to Yang Zhen's words, Wang Guangyu couldn't help shaking his head and sighing after following the direction of Yang Zhen's finger to see the nameplate on the machine. What is the real scale of the Shenyang Arsenal and the Taiyuan Arsenal, Wang Guangyu does not know.
But as a native of the Northeast, he knew that according to the number of the Northeast Army, the scale of the Shenyang Arsenal would definitely not be small there. Because when he was fighting against the Japanese puppet army, he captured a lot of weapons made in Shenyang.
In particular, the Liao 13 rifles equipped by the Northeast Army that originally surrendered to the enemy were indeed not small. It's just a pity that these elite weapons did not become a sharp weapon against foreign enemies, but became accomplices who assisted the Japanese army in massacring the Chinese.
After being silent for a long time, Wang Guangyu said: "Commander, you don't have to sigh too much. I believe that as long as we do not lay down our weapons again and persist in resisting to the end, we will finally one day completely drive the Japanese army out of China. ”
Hearing Wang Guangyu's persuasion, Yang Zhen was silent for a long time, then nodded and said, "I also believe this." But this time will be long, and it will be even more arduous. But as long as we don't give up hope, we will win one day. ”