Chapter 13: Changing Guards (25)

Not far away, Mo Di saw several fishing boats parked on the shore, and the sudden battle upstream scared the fishermen a lot, more than one thing is better than less, and the fishing boats were moored on the south shore and suspended for a day today. However, if someone doesn't want them to rest, this person is invincible. Zhao Sheng'an brought the fishermen to Mo Di, and Mo Di told them to do two things, one was to buy all their fishing nets and set them at a price, and the second was to transport Zhong Liang's third battalion and Liu Wukui's heavy firepower company to Jiangbei, which was regarded as requisitioning boats and not giving money. Mo Di's attitude was obviously not to discuss with the other party, and the expression of the yin out of the water also made the fishermen dare not speak out, for fear of offending the thin officer in front of them. The fishermen know that the so-called negotiation is just to give themselves a face, and they really want to refuse, and what others have in their hands is a gun instead of a burning stick. As for the fishing nets, it is best to get the money back, anyway, Oriental rayon is not too expensive, but it is a bit time-consuming to weave the nets. I tried to offer a high price for the fishing net, but I didn't expect Mo Di to agree, and the fishermen were happy.

In Laolongba, the two firepower angles of Jiangbei and Jiangnan, waiting for the reinforcement fleet from Chao County.

Zhao Sheng'an was laying the nets, and when he told the fishermen that they bought their nets were going to be used to entangle the propulsion propellers of the Japanese fleet, the fishermen were happy and told Zhao Sheng'an that it was too simple to entangle the small gunboats of the Japanese, and that one end of the fishing net was tied to a sinking stone in the river, and the other end was tied to a bamboo pontoon, and the fishing net was planted in the river. The propeller of the small steamer is made of stainless steel, and the rotation speed is not slow, one or two fishing nets cannot be entangled, and it can be stirred to pieces in three or two strokes. But tied to the other end of the fishing net is the nemesis, the fishing net is quickly pulled up by the propeller, the sinking stone will also be pulled up, and finally will be smashed to the impeller made of stainless steel at high speed, the blade of the impeller is not thick, very brittle, can not withstand the sinking river stone. The fishermen told Zhao Sheng'an that when the Jiangbei Column was in Lujiang, they often used this trick, and General Gao Jingting also went to the iron shop to customize some iron locks, specifically to deal with the steamers on Chaohu Lake, one by one.

Less than 150 meters above the river, the main channel is the middle 50 meters, and eleven nets of all sizes are lined up, just waiting for the fleet to enter the net.

Ouyang Jin was repairing fortifications, he knew that this time the opponent was not easy to deal with, and he had seen the artillery on the river boat, which was far better than the Japanese tanks. The largest artillery on the Japanese tanks was only 70 mm caliber, and most of the artillery on river boats was above 100 mm caliber. The materials for repairing the fortifications were taken locally, one was wood, the other was sandbags, first dug half a meter in the ground, then cut down the wood from not far away, piled it in front of it, and finally used sandbags to reinforce it in front of the fortifications. Jin Tongxuan told the soldiers that the cannons on the steamers could only fire directly at such a close distance and could not form an arc, so it was impossible to hoist the shells into our trenches, so it was enough to strengthen the frontal defense. Liu Wukui's company went to the north bank, and Jin Tongxuan gathered the crutches of Ouyang Jin's 1st battalion, Zhong Dingnai's 2nd battalion, and Zhao Sheng'an's assault company, and placed them in the first line of defense, under the command of Zhang Chongshan. Forty-five hand cannons were coordinated with the crutches, and after Huang Yingyi led them to carry out their mission at Xinhekou, they finally caught up with the large army, and before they could take a breath, they were immediately assigned a new heavy task. Last time in Mud River, there were enough captured hand cannons, and there were enough 91-type *, so in this operation, they have always played the role of the main force in the main force.

Some people say that the grenadier is a major war initiative of the Japanese army and the greatest dedication of the Japanese to the war. It comes from mortars, but it takes mortars to the extreme. The mortar is an old-fashioned weapon, dated 1342 AD. The Spanish army laid siege to the Arab-entrenched city of Alihquiras, and the Arabs erected short horn cylinders on the battlements, the mouths of which were raised high towards the outside of the city. A pack* was placed through the mouth of the barrel, and then an iron ball was put in, which ignited the twist and shot at the Spanish soldiers outside the city. This primitive artillery, known as "Modfa", can be said to be the prototype of the modern mortar. During the First World War, mortars were popular, but they did not get out of the shadow of the original artillery, until 1927, the Stokes-Brontë 81mm mortar developed by France adopted a buffer, overcoming the shortcomings of the rigid connection between the gun body and the gun mount, so that the mortar basically had the characteristics of modern weapons, and the structure was more perfect.

In the tenth year of Taisho, in 1921, the Japanese army launched an ultra-light mortar with a caliber of 50 mm and a weight of only 2.6 kg, which became a hit as soon as it came out. In 1929, the advent of the 89-type grenadier canister and the effective range of 500 meters made the grenadier become the first artillery to replace the mortar and the infantry. On the Japanese battlefield in China, the grenadier became a demon on the frontal battlefield, and countless soldiers died in the shrapnel of the grenadier.

Under the influence of Instructor Gangtian, Mo Wei attached great importance to grenadiers, far more than other weapons, and in his field supplement regiment, in addition to Liu Wukui's company, which had a professional hand artillery platoon, he also set up a hand artillery squad in each of the three main battalions, and once it was concentrated, it was a powerful force with 45 grenadiers.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from escaping, Ouyang Jin's first battalion was held upstream, and Zhong Dingnai was sealed downstream. Jin Tongxuan told Zhong Liang, who was in charge of the Jiangbei operation, that if the Japanese troop transport ships did not dock in Jiangbei, they should not act rashly, and once the Japanese army chose to dock at the riverside in order to avoid the fire from the south of the Yangtze River, they would take advantage of the chaos of the Japanese disembarkation to catch him off guard and leave the reinforced Japanese infantry here as much as possible. Zhong Liang knew that the reason why Liu Wukui's crutch platoon, my Makqin platoon, was transferred to Jiangbei was to concentrate firepower and eat the most enemies in the shortest possible time.

Everything is ready, the next thing is to wait.

It didn't make Mo Enemy wait long, the Japanese army's cooperation was very good, and in less than twenty minutes, the black smoke from the top of the fire wheel could already be seen at the mouth of the lake in the east. Four steamers rushed in, a gunboat at the head, two troop steamers in the middle, and a gunboat at the back. The speed of the fleet is not slow, it seems that the news of the fierce battle of the Miyata brigade has reached the fleet, their appearance is crucial, and the time is also very urgent, one minute early can win the whole game, and one minute late may lose the whole picture.

The fleet did not expect that they would not be able to reach their destination, and Laolongba was their last stop.

The situation on the river made Mo Di happy, when a gunboat suddenly came out of the top of the head of a puff of smoke, the sound of the engine suddenly sounded a lot, but the speed slowed down, the sergeant driving the gunboat also found this problem, pushed the accelerator hard, the sound of the engine roared again, and the black smoke from the top of the ship also shot straight into the sky, however, the ship stopped on its own.

The troop carrier immediately following the gunboat significantly reduced its speed, but the ship on the surface of the water did not have an emergency brake, and could only reduce its speed by reversing the propeller, whether it was forward or reversed, the propeller was constantly turning, and under this reversal, a fishing net was sucked in.

This time, there was a loud noise from the bottom of the water, the blades of the propeller snapped, and the troop carrier crossed directly across the river.

The third troop carrier could not stop, and crashed into the belly of the troop carrier.

Before the last gunboat could figure out what was happening, the south bank of the river rained down on the ship.

This time the hand cannon did not play speed, but accuracy, the drop point was placed on the deck of the ship as much as possible, the range on the troop carrier was limited, there were quite a few people, and the explosion effect was good. A Type 91* landed on the wheelhouse of the second ship, and the wooden wheelhouse was set on fire, and in a short time the ship was on fire.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the third troop transport ship retreated a little, swung its bow, and leaned towards the north bank of the river. The water in the north of the river is shallow, and the troop carrier does not dare to pull too far aside, so the two small boats are put into the water as a fulcrum, and the bridge is erected, even if a simple trestle is built, the soldiers on the boat walk up the trestle in an orderly manner and assemble on the north bank of the river.

The two gunboats finally recovered from the attack, and the main guns began to bombard the machine-gun positions on the south bank of the river. The power of large-caliber artillery was extraordinary, which immediately caused great trouble for machine-gun positions.

The Japanese army's reaction ability was very good, so that the invincible who was sightseeing from a distance had to nod and praise, and the smoke-emitting troop carriers were not chaotic, but quickly entered the combat state, some were extinguishing the fire, some were overhauling, and all the machine guns were concentrated on the side of the deck facing Jiangnan, spitting out tongues of fire. For a time, Zhang Chongshan's machine gun position was suppressed. Only Huang Yingyi is still unremittingly throwing the 91-style * onto the ship, harvesting the lives of the Japanese soldiers in batches.

Jiangnan was blocked, and Jiangbei shot.

More than 500 Japanese troops were on the river beach, and there was a lot of yellow. As the last soldier stepped off the trestle, the personnel on the troop carrier retracted the bridge deck and withdrew to the dinghy, and the river beach and the troop carrier immediately became two separate systems. Zhong Liang could no longer control the commotion in his heart, and shouted: "Brothers, do it." "The first shot was fired.

The six Maxims immediately roared.

The sudden gunfire turned the attention of everyone on the river from Jiangnan to Jiangbei.

The quality of the Japanese troops was indeed extraordinary, and the landing force that encountered a powerful attack hid on the spot and fired back, and some Japanese troops quietly moved to the river bank, hoping to avoid the sickle of the Grim Reaper through the dead end along the river bank.

What reassures Mo Enemy is that the two gunboats have lost their combat capability under the joint attack of Zhang Chongshan and Huang Yingyi, the former has already tilted sideways, and it is only a matter of time before the river sinks, and the latter is still early to see the opportunity, and after receiving a powerful blow, it retreats faster than a rabbit, and it is about to retreat to Zhong Dingnai's position downstream.

In the eastern sky, a few black spots appeared, Mo Di shook his head, and said to Shi Chong: "It's still the old routine, the plane is coming, and everyone needs to prepare for air defense." After Shi Zhong conveyed the order, he said to Mo Di: "It's a pity that Ma Qin can't make a move, otherwise, he will beat him down one or two times." ”

Mo Di smiled and said: "Don't think too much about good things, grandma only has one birthday a year." ”

Walk into the anti-aircraft bunker that has been prepared long ago with Shi Shige.

Enemy planes began to dive, dropping bombs.

When he smelled a strong smell of gas in the gunsmoke, Shi Zhong shouted: "Poison gas bomb!" He pulled out the towel, unscrewed the kettle, drenched it, and put it on Mo Di's mouth and nose.

Mo Enemy brushed away the towel covered by Shi Zhong with his left hand, grabbed the microphone of the confidential officer, and shouted loudly: "The enemy army has set off poison gas bombs, all units should pay attention to anti-poison, retreat immediately, and must not stay." ”

After speaking, his body went weak and fell.