Chapter 11: Wild Supplement (50)

The Japanese puppet army, who had walked more than ten kilometers of unjust roads, came to the opposite side of the Shipai Qianjiang River, crossed the mountains and mountains, and walked hard. The Japanese soldier who walked first came to the east bank of the big wharf, saw the water full of water, jumped up with joy, rushed to the water's edge, picked up a handful of water, and washed his face full of dust. Unexpectedly, at this time, the opposite side of the river actually fired a shot unsuspectingly, extremely accurate, hitting the face of the Japanese soldiers, the Japanese army did not have time to ouch, so they plunged into the water, struggled in the water a few times, and remained motionless like a broken tree, drifting down the water, dragging out a long stream of blood.

"There's an attack!" The Japanese puppet army immediately lay down on the spot. Matsumoto, the leader of the Japanese squadron, also hid behind a tree trunk in a flash, opened the leather box hanging on his chest, took out the Taisho telescope inside, and secretly looked over the trunk. The other side of the river is very clean, there are no people to be seen, and there are no groups of troops ambushing, a section of pier steps regardless of height, on the steps is a platform for stacking goods, there are some stone railings on the side of the platform, near the river, there are two not small willow trees, Matsumoto Squadron Leader judged that the previous gunfire was fired by the observation post behind the willow trees, beckoned a few Japanese soldiers, confessed to them, paid close attention to the two willow trees, ready to shoot at any time, and must knock out the other party's observation post.

After the arrangement was made, the others stood up, walked to the river, went around the back of the mountain, walked more than ten kilometers, there was no water along the way, the Japanese puppet army was thirsty, and took turns to go to the river, drink some water, wash their faces, and cool down. Several Japanese soldiers hooked the corpses in the river downstream with a long branch, and if they didn't hook up, they would drift farther away.

At this time, Li Mianshi, the commander of the fifth company of the second battalion of Hao Wenbo's regiment, took a platoon of brothers, and came to the big pier along the drainage ditch on the inner side of the river embankment on the west bank of the dive. Seeing Li Jinshi coming, the observer whispered: "Company commander, crawl here, don't stand up straight, there are a few guns aimed at us over there." ”

Li Jinshi grape forward, came to the railing, looked through the gap in the railing, the opposite bank is like a group of wild horses after a long distance, see the river, one by one squeezed to the river, at this time, as long as the gun is fired at the opposite bank, it will definitely hit people, not dead or injured. Won't empty the gun. Tell the brothers who have climbed behind the railing to load their guns, wait for one, two, three, and stretch out their guns together, and shrink back after the shot, so that the other party will not have a chance to fight back. Everyone nodded, pulled the bolt, and pushed the bullet up.

One, two, three. With Li Mianshi's shout, diving on the west coast, there was a burst of gunfire, some of them looked up and took a look, and some of them directly put the gun on the railing and pulled the plate machine, no matter how they hit, the bullets hit the target, it was too dense, and it was too difficult to miss.

When several Japanese snipers reacted and pulled the guns in their hands, all the people here had already shrunk into the bluestone railing more than a foot thick.

After a pause, a soldier asked Li Mianshi: "Company commander, shall we do it again?" ”

Li Mianshi said: "If you want to die, you can do another guy!" I reckon that right now, all the guns on the other side are facing us, and every gun is loaded. ”

The soldier was a little incredulous, and Li Mianshi tore off his hat, put a bayonet against it, and poked out from the railing. A dense burst of gunfire was heard immediately, and seven or eight bullets hit the hat at the same time, not only knocking the hat far away, but also breaking the bayonet. All the soldiers were dumbfounded.

Li Mianshi said to the guy who proposed to do it again: "Punish you for observing here." Then he said: "The others slowly retreated into the ditch, went back, and told the battalion commander that all the Japanese puppet troops were here." ”

When Li Mianshi retreated to the ditch, the observer who was punished shouted: "Company commander, I have counted, there are twelve who have fallen on the river beach, and three who have floated on the water. Fifteen dead and wounded together, we made a lot of money. ”

Li Mianshi said angrily: "You kid be careful, if you are hit by the Japanese, you will lose a lot!" He picked up the hat that had fallen to the edge of the ditch and threw it away.

The observer laughed, picked up his hat, looked at it, and threw it aside, with seven or eight large holes pierced on it, like a sieve, where could he still wear it.

Squadron Leader Matsumoto knew that the other side had been prepared for a long time, and the scheduled attack could only turn into the next strong attack, to Matsumoto's surprise, the Chinese army on the other side was different from other places, the Chinese army elsewhere generally took a defensive position, if you didn't fight him, he would definitely not cause trouble, and the Chinese army here was actually very active and quite belligerent. Matsumoto thought about it, but first let the team withdraw from the river beach, set up a position in an open field suitable for camping about three kilometers from the shore, and then report to his superiors and ask for artillery support. On this expedition to the hidden mountains, the Aoki Wing brought a squadron of curved guns, with a total of eight Type 99 81mm curved guns, and as long as there were two in this place, the opponent could be wiped out.

The Japanese army is very much admired for armament, and there is a clear distinction in the names of the same combat weapons, so that they can be clearly distinguished, the same mortar, the 50mm caliber or less is called the grenadier canister, the more than 50mm is called the curved gun, and the more than 90mm is called the mortar. Matsumoto Squadron has three squads, each squad has three grenadiers, he visually inspected, the diving surface here is not narrow, it should be more than two hundred meters, let the grenadiers from the east side of the dive, with the grenadiers at the best elevation angle to fire two shells, sure enough, the range is just to the pier on the other side of the river, want to lift the shells into Shipai Town, there is still a big difference. The curved artillery is different, the firing range can reach 2000 meters, and the entire Shipai Town is basically within the firing range.

The original plan of the Japanese army was to take advantage of Hao Wenbo's regiment in Qianshan to take the stone card in one fell swoop, but they did not expect Hao Wenbo's troops to return to defense so quickly. Squadron Leader Matsumoto thought that he was to blame for this, because he did not find a good guide, so he walked not more than ten kilometers to turn back, leaving the opponent on guard.

From the current point of view, it is certainly not advisable to cross the river to attack, although the other side has only one regiment, and judging from the data, it is not yet ready to be formed, but it is based on the river, occupies a geographical advantage, and crosses the river to fight, and the result is definitely a copy of Liu Maizai last year. The only way is to use artillery, the so-called veterans are afraid of the number of new recruits, Hao Wenbo's troops are mainly recruits, as long as there is artillery, they will have no way, they will only obediently give up the stone card.

It's better to set up camp first, do a good job of defense, and wait for reinforcements. Let the puppet army company find something to eat in the Jiangdong area, although they brought dry food with them, ate a meal at noon, and ate it again at night, so they couldn't accept it too much. By the way, it is necessary to pull the corpse up and bury it, ignoring this thing, the damage to morale is too great.

As a unit acting alone, Matsumoto was equipped with a telegraph machine, and it was not long before he received a report from Chief Aoki of the hidden mountain, and immediately sent a team to escort two curve guns to Shipai overnight, so that he could participate in the attack tomorrow.

After listening to Li Mianshi's report, Zhao Jin breathed a sigh of relief, looking at this frame, the Japanese puppet army was frightened, it is estimated that it will not attack tonight, of course, it must not be relaxed, the monitoring of the Japanese puppet army must not be relaxed, and the Japanese must not be allowed to have the opportunity to sneak attack at night.

It was only at this time that Hao Wenbo felt a little hungry and said to Zhao Jin: "Let's go back and eat something first, people are iron rice and steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you are really hungry and panicked." ”

Hao Wenbo is still a good commander, knowing that Zhao Jin's people and Deng Jiumao's people are walking hard today, he handed over the work of monitoring and vigilance to his brother-in-law Wang Xinguo, and told his brother-in-law very unceremoniously that he can't blink his eyelids tonight, and if the enemy touches him, he will kill his brother-in-law's whole family. Wang Xinguo also knows that this matter cannot be sloppy and must be taken seriously. After Zhao Jin came back, he supplemented the fortifications built by Wang Xinguo, telling him that it was not bad to build this fortification, and that he should be prepared for the worst, but at the beginning of the battle, there was no need to leave it to death and survive, and he should take the initiative to find fighters.

Accompanied Hao Wenbo to have some dinner, at Hao Wenbo's insistence, the two also drank two taels of wine, since they were sure that the Japanese army would not attack, there was no need to be too nervous. Zhao Jin told Li Jinshi to eat early and rest early, and look at the situation in the second half of the night, if the Japanese really don't move, then we will go over and do something. Hao Wenbo laughed and said to Zhao Jin, after being a soldier for so long, fighting for so long, and plotting against each other all the time, except for Boss Mo and his brothers, it is Zhao Jin!

Zhao Jin told Hao Wenbo that since it has been determined that no one will come to help us, this group of Japanese puppet troops will fight by their own regiment in the morning and evening, and if they don't want to become their dishes, they can only treat them as their own dishes. Shipai's father has raised this group for so long, but he is embarrassed to slip away at this juncture. Hao Wenbo nodded and said, "You just have to fight, you can transfer the three battalions as you like, and I have everything else." ”

Before dark, the soldiers who inquired about the news crossed the river from Shangshipai and returned to the regiment headquarters and told Zhao Jin that the Japanese army's camp was in Chengjiazui, and it was still the old camp of the Japanese army. The Japanese army invaded Shipai, together with this time, a total of four times, the first time with the Sichuan Gui army, stationed in Chengjiazui, the second time to pursue Hao Wenbo, also stationed in Chengjiazui, in addition to the third time Liu Maizai stationed in Jiangjiazui, this time chose here again. Hao Wenbo knows this place well, Zhao Jin has been here for more than a year, and he has also been on the old battlefield many times, and as soon as the brother who inquired about the news said it, he understood it all. This place is also a good camp, surrounded by mountains, with water in the middle, surrounded by diving, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"Do you still let Li Jinshi go over to harass at night?" Hao Wenbo asked.

Zhao Jin nodded and said, "We don't have any hard indicators to go, as long as we don't let the Japanese puppet army sleep too comfortably." ”

Hao Wenbo knew that fatigue of the enemy was also one of the tactics, although there were not many people on the other side, but the Japanese army was fierce, and often counted one enemy, if the rest was not good, and the spirit was not good, tomorrow's combat capability would be greatly reduced. His own men are several times larger than the enemy's army, and it is time to fight in batches and use all kinds of means to clean up the enemy. Zhao Jin's approach is obviously to learn from Mo Di, he is not low in talent, and he is a good hand at fighting.

Late at night, the faint moonlight shone in the diving, shining a faint blue light. At the side of the Shangshipai diving, at the forward position of the old battlefield that had twice repelled the Japanese army, Zhao Jin sent Li Mianshi on the ferry, and warned again and again that he should observe more, pay more attention, there must be a way out, and he would rather not fight than fight brutally. Li Jinshi said with a smile: "Don't worry, battalion commander, I know what to do, and I won't mess around." I only took one platoon to harass, let the second platoon and the third platoon act as cover, and if they were entangled by the enemy, I would bring them into the ambush circle of the second and third platoons. We are familiar with the terrain here, and we will not go wrong when the lights go out in the middle of the night. ”

Zhao Jin nodded, said a few more words, and watched the ferry disappear on the other side of the river.