Chapter 113 Jiujiang Offensive and Defensive Battle (II)

While the Japanese main force attacked Jiujiang, the Hatan Brigade, with the cooperation of the Navy's Third Fleet, secretly crossed Banbishan on a warship on the evening of the 27th. The blockade of the Tianjia Town Fortress went up the river and rushed straight to Weiyuankou, Yangxin, Hubei. At 10 a.m. on the 28th, dozens of Japanese warships gathered in the small Weiyuankou.

The Weiyuankou Guard was Huang Xuzhou's Brigade, the Second Division. The Huang Brigade had already set up a guard post on the Weiyuankou River. When the guard post reported the information that the Japanese army had arrived to Huang Xuzhou, Brigade Commander Huang ordered the guard post not to alert the enemy and quietly withdraw his main position.

The Hatan Brigade landed carefully, but there was no resistance from the Chinese team. The Japanese soldiers held guns and walked up the river bank with caution, but there was no Chinese team. The cautious Major General Hatan still established a beachhead position according to the routine to prevent the Chinese team from suddenly attacking.

The Japanese army established a consolidated landing ground and all went ashore. The Japanese naval fleet saw that the Hatan brigade landed smoothly and had a rest. After lunch, they detoured along the road to Fuchikou, trying to raid Banbishan Fortress. When they arrived at Taizi Town, the mountains were high and dense, the hills were continuous, and the road was difficult to walk. The Japanese army brigade was crowded on the narrow road, greatly delaying the speed of the march.

The narrow road forced the Hatan brigade to form a marching formation in a pair of men, like a long squirming snake, crossing between the hills. Suddenly, a long gunshot sounded, and a big hole was drilled out of the head of a Japanese soldier walking in front of him. His legs tilted and he fell on the side of the road. The Japanese army marching quickly lay on the ground, holding a gun and looking around. No one figure, nor did he hear the gunshots again. The direction of the gunshots seemed to be in front of the Japanese marching formation, a small hill on the left.

The Japanese army was lying on the ground for about ten minutes, but there was no movement around. A brave Japanese army stood up and walked forward. Just as they took two steps, the "bang hook" gunshot sounded again. Bullets drilled into the middle of the Japanese army's eyebrows and came out of the back of their heads, and the Japanese face was red and white. The 38 rifle is the Japanese army's 38 rifle, and the "bang hook" sound is the unique gunshot sound of the 38 guns. The Japanese army lying on the roadside opened fire at the place where the guns were fired, light and heavy machine guns and rifles were crackling.

A few minutes passed, and the Japanese army ceased fire at the command of the commander. The surroundings were still silent as if they were dead. There was no sound, only the sound of Japanese gunshots echoed between the hills. The impatient Japanese soldiers stood up and looked around. Another crisp and long "snap" sound. A Japanese soldier fell to the ground without even humming. The rest of the Japanese soldiers quickly lay on the ground again.

The gunshot seemed to be testing the patience of the Japanese soldiers. The Japanese army was lying and did not move at all. Whoever stood up would be shot to death. The gun was shot very accurately, basically at the head of the Japanese army, and there was only one shot per shot.

Although the Japanese 38 rifle was very backward, it has its advantages, that is, it has a long range and reaches an astonishing 2,000 meters. It has small shooting recoil, high shooting accuracy, small muzzle flame, and good concealment. Although the bullets are very thorough, these are not problems in the hands of snipers or sharpshooters, because they specialize in the key points of the Japanese army. Today, the Japanese army tasted the power of the 38 rifle itself.

The Japanese army was crazy, and this kind of fighting style was the most awesome. You don’t know how many enemies there were, where to shoot, or when to shoot. Once you fire, you will be killed with one shot, and only one shot at a time. Major General Hatan was furious, "Baga! This is not like the Great Japanese Imperial Army, and the Imperial Army lost all its face. Order the troops to stand up and march, leaving a small team to search the mountains and clear out the China archers!"

But no Japanese soldiers were willing to walk on the outer edge of the road, and no one was willing to walk in the front. These soldiers were willing to die in battle, but they were unwilling to be shot dead by cold guns in such an unknown way. The major general forced the soldiers to march. Suddenly, the surrounding hills remembered the sound of "cracking" gunshots, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were killed. All the Japanese soldiers lay down together, and the stubborn major general stood upright and was forcibly pressed to the ground by the guards around him.

There was no such a cowardly march in the history of the battle of the Hatan Brigade. The crazy major general issued a new order, "Divid out three squadrons, each squadron searched the mountains in small groups, and wiped out all the Chinese archers hidden on the surrounding hills!"

Three unlucky squadrons were drawn out and divided into small teams to search and clear the surrounding hills. The shooters on the hill seemed to have understood the intentions of the Japanese army and did not shoot bullets. The Hatan team rushed through the hills.

The Japanese army searched the mountains were not so lucky. Bullets were constantly fired from the mountains, and the Japanese army searched the mountains were shot one by one. The most troublesome thing was that these gunshots sounded at different locations every time, and the Japanese army did not dare to disperse too much. After a few steps forward, an accidental soldier was shot. The gunshots were forward and backward, sometimes left and right. The Japanese army was completely dizzy and had to search for places where the gunshots sounded more often.

Gradually, the Japanese army, who were more intelligent, found that they were completely led by the archers on the mountain, luring them around the mountain. If this continues, the team will be shot and killed sooner or later.

The team of Hatan was traveling for seven or eight miles. Suddenly, there was a loud "boom" and the major general rolled over and got off the horse and lay on the side of the road. "What's going on?"

A staff officer next to him replied, "General, the landmine buried by the Chinese people was unfortunately stepped on by our soldiers."

"Bagyaru! These timid Chinese people dare not fight head-on with the Imperial Army, and do all this kind of sneaky activity." The major general roared.

"God of General, I have dispatched engineers to the ground. I guess I can remove the mines soon." The Chief of Staff quickly added that he did not dare to make the major general angry at this time.

An engineer held a mine probe and carefully searched for the mine. After a while, he raised two mines. After a while, his mine probe seemed to have touched the mine. He gestured to others to retreat. He squatted down, carefully opened the floating soil on the mine, slowly touched the mine, and gently lifted the mine. When he lifted the mine, he found that the mine was still connected to a thin line, and there seemed to be a faint white smoke in the mine. "Baga! The despicable Chinese man..." Then a loud "boom" sounded, blowing the engineer to pieces.

With the arduous efforts of the engineers, a "safety area" about one meter wide was finally cleared. However, before taking a few steps, there were several loud noises one after another, blowing several Japanese soldiers into pieces and wounding more than a dozen soldiers. It turned out that there was still a "child-child thunder" here, which was a small landmine buried on it, and a large landmine under the mine. The Japanese engineers only raised small landmines, so when the Japanese army was walking on the road, they stepped on the mine below.

After a long period of busy work, I took a safe road. But look at the sky, the sun quietly slid down the horizon. The night was unstoppable, and the earth was covered with a faint black veil. At night, for the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield, there was an indescribable sense of fear. The night here belongs to the Chinese people, and they don’t know when they will shoot bullets of hatred from where.

The major general had no choice but to order the marches to speed up and camp in front of the village.

There was no one in the small village that had run away for a long time. The Japanese army set up camps, arranged guard posts, and made fires to cook. The worried Japanese army finally got a chance to rest.

The team that sought the mountains also came back, very miserable. Three squadrons, 540 people, only half of them came back. The major general angrily called the three squadron leaders over, without saying a word, and gave each person a loud slap in the face. "Baga! Why are you back now?"

The three squadron leaders cursed the major generals and ancestors in their stomachs, and stood upright without saying a word.

"Tell me, how many shooters have you caught?" the major general asked coldly.

A squadron leader plucked up his courage and said, "General, he did not catch the Chinese slasher."

Hatan smiled gloomyly, "Then are you injured or killed?"

It was still the same squadron leader and said, "God General, we have lost 274 Imperial Army warriors."

"Listen, your record is really glorious." Major General Hatan said gritting his teeth with his hands holding the sword.

Before they could reply, the major general "Canglang" pulled out his command knife and slashed at the squadron leader who had just answered. The other two squadron leaders closed their eyes unbearably, but their bodies were trembling gently. For a long time, they could not hear the screams and secretly opened their eyes.

The Major General's command knife was pressed on the shoulder of the squadron leader, and the cold blade flashed with a faint cold light and pressed against the squadron leader's neck. The squadron leader stood up imaginatively without blinking. (Actually, he was scared) The Major General slowly withdrew his command knife, "Yoxi! He is still like an emperor, and he is brave! It seems that the Chinese are too cunning. Forget it this time, I won't forgive you next time!" The major general's sudden change made the three of them inexplicably.
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