Chapter 144: The First Shot Against Japan
At night, the water of the Yalu River is as crystal clear as a mirror. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn autumn, the amount of water in the river becomes smaller, and large tidal flats are exposed on both banks. And under the reflection of the moonlight, it is faintly visible. At this time, on the river surface of Liudaogou Town, Linjiang, Jilin, several wooden boats appeared. Opposite it is Zisi-ri on the Gaima Plateau in northern North Korea, where border defenses are almost non-existent, and crossing the border is commonplace. The Japanese army only set up checkpoints at the border points along the long border, which was equivalent to no defense for the border residents crossing the border.
The wooden boat docked, and a large number of figures jumped off the boat and quickly disappeared into the dense forest on the shore, and the wooden boat returned the same way. This team is the newly formed fox team, and the captain is Marin. At present, his personnel have been expanded to 200 people, and Wang Dashan and Wang Songlin have also joined the ministry, and a blocking group has been set up, with 6 members and Wang Dashan as the team leader. The troops arrived near the Xili Logging Yard, and Marin summoned the leaders to assign combat missions.
Under the woods, Marin opened a military map by the light of a flashlight and said, "Brothers, our first target is the Xili Lumber Yard. "Captain, I want to know if there are any rules and regulations for this attack?" Wang Dashan interjected. Ma Lin said: "This time we launched an attack in North Korea to cooperate with the operation in Shandong. News came from Shangfeng that the Japanese army had landed in Longkou, Shandong. Shangfeng asked our unit to fire the first shot of the war against Japan and cooperate with the Shandong operation. Our task was to muddy the waters and hold back the Japanese troops in Korea. ”
"Captain mean we can go on a killing spree?" Wang Dashan said excitedly. "Not only to kill, but also to hit the Japanese army hard." "Haha, Lao Tzu has finally waited for this day, otherwise my hands will itch and give birth to ringworm." "This time you can do a big job, happy!" "Captain, you give the order!" Several subordinates clamored excitedly. "Don't be impatient, let's ask Lao Jin to introduce the situation of Xili Livestock and Wood Farm!" Lao Kim was a member of the Korean Anti-Japanese League and was familiar with the situation here.
"This Xili storage ranch has 6 Japanese managers and a forest police team of 30 people. There were 55 lumberjacks, two of whom were their own. The Japanese forest police squad lives here, the Japanese managers live here, and the lumberjacks live here. "Through Lao Jin's introduction, the situation of the lumber yard is clear at a glance." Wang Dashan! "Here!" Your sniper team is divided into two teams and occupies these three vantage points to support the battle. "Yes!" Wang Dashan has to be ordered to go! ”
"Surround this livestock farm before dawn and start moving immediately!" In the darkness, the team members were agile and quickly disappeared into the depths of the dense forest. Dongfang exposed the white belly of the fish, Wang Songlin rubbed his sour eyes and reminded his accomplice: "Hey! The day dawns on the spirit! After a few years of experience, Wang Songlin's immature face has matured a lot. The accomplice's age was similar to him, and he was also from Orion, so he said in a little panic: "Brother Song, are you ready to shoot?" "What are you nervous about, there is no target where you are going." Don't be nervous, just hold your breath as you normally would if you would hunt your prey. ”
Seeing that Wang Songlin was calm, his accomplice seemed to settle down and said, "Brother Songlin, why do you say we are wearing old Gaoli's clothes, look how ugly this big crotch is!" "Wearing old Goryeo clothes is to confuse the Japanese, in fact, I don't like this big crotch, I really can't understand, why the old Goryeo pants are all big crotch?" There is a slippery image that illustrates the characteristics of the Korean nation: hooked shoes, large crotch, and carrying a child on his back to the basket. Pepper noodles, dog broth, corn nest head pickle jar.
In fact, they dressed up as Koreans, not only to confuse the Japanese, but most importantly, to arouse the resistance of the Koreans, and at the same time to gain the support of the Korean people. "Brother Songlin, I heard that North Korean women don't wear pants, is this true?" "You kid can't think about something serious, so get a North Korean wife and you'll know what's going on! Notice that there is a situation? Wang Songlin shouted alertly. I saw that the door of the room where the Japanese forest police lived suddenly opened, and a soldier came out in a panic with his pants and ran towards the toilet made of wooden planks on one side.
The accomplice was visibly unable to hold his breath, but his movements were swift, and he quickly loaded the bullet, accompanied by a crisp gunshot, and the bullet hit the ground in front of the forest policeman, kicking up a cloud of dust, and the target was not hit. When the forest policeman was stunned, Wang Songlin's gunfire accurately hit the target, and the Japanese forest policeman fell to the ground. At this time, Marin led his subordinates to outflank him, and when he heard the gunshots, he knew that the sniper team was the first to shoot, so he ordered an attack. The strength of the Japanese is that they are able to sum up their experience after suffering a loss, and they will never make a second mistake.
Having learned the lessons of previous attacks, the Japanese forest police did not swarm out of the room, but shot in the direction of the gunshots. The officers of the Rimori Police judged that this was another long-range attack and adopted corresponding countermeasures. Soon after, the Japanese forest police broke out of the hole behind the wooden house, trying to use roundabout tactics to eliminate or even capture the attacker. Marin saw that the Japanese forest police were cowering in the house and did not move, so he planned to attack. I didn't expect the Japanese forest police to actually go out in the back, obviously not finding that they had been surrounded.
The attack began quickly, and with a dense rain of bullets, about 20 forest police officers were killed indiscriminately. The remaining Japanese soldiers were very tenacious, and in the end, the team members threw grenades into the room intensively to settle the battle. During the attack, three members of the team were killed and four were wounded. At the end of the battle, after checking 30 Japanese forest policemen, 12 were killed, 9 were wounded, and 9 were captured. Another 6 Japanese managers were captured.
In the open space of the cattle farm, the captured and wounded Japanese looked at this group of terrifying attackers with bewildered expressions, and did not know what to do. Suddenly, a large number of North Korean laborers rushed frantically with wooden sticks in their hands. Marin and his men were almost dumbfounded, and when they were dazzled, all the panting Japanese were beaten to death with sticks, and they couldn't stop it at all. The North Korean crowd was furious, and one of the North Koreans shouted loudly, and soon the North Korean laborers drove away with Japanese weapons, and Marin asked the guide Lao Jin, "What did they do?" ”
"Captain Ma, most of these people are rebels, and they were captured here by the Japanese to do hard labor. They decided to free more slave laborers to form a restoration army, and there was also a livestock and wood farm 50 kilometers downstream. "Old Jin, you should persuade them, it's not okay to make such a big show." "Captain Ma, these people's hearts are full of anger, and I can't persuade them at all." Marin shook his head helplessly and ordered his subordinates to bury the corpses of the Japanese soldiers and seize the time to rest. As night came, the troops advanced again towards Zisili.
At present, the total population of the Korean Peninsula is about 15 million, and the population is mainly distributed in the southern part of the peninsula, the northern mountainous area is mainly distributed in the coastal zone, and the northern mountainous area is sparsely populated in the central zone. In 1910, Japan completely annexed the Korean Peninsula and disbanded the Korean Dynasty's army, and the Korean people rebelled. It took two years for the Japanese army to quell the rebellion, and hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered. At present, the 19th and 20th divisions of the Japanese army are stationed on the Korean Peninsula, and together with the police and military police, there are about 100,000 Korean troops living in Japan.
Zixili is located in the north of the Gaima Plateau, on the east side of the Changjin River, about 20 kilometers from the Yalu River. Zixili is a small town with a population of less than 1,000 people, and a Japanese border garrison squadron of about 150 people is stationed. At midnight, Ma Lin led his troops to approach from Xili, and guided Lao Jin into the town to understand the situation, and Lao Jin came back about an hour later and said: "Captain Ma, the Japanese army has suddenly strengthened its vigilance at dusk, and it has been prepared. "I guess your compatriots have made a big disturbance and aroused the alarm of the Japanese army."
"The Japanese army is prepared, will we fight?" "Since you are here, you can't cheap Japan, after dawn, the 1st squad launched a feint to lure the Japanese army out and catch him by surprise." The troops made a detour to the east side of the west to set up an ambush point, and the 1st squad was dispatched to attack the barracks of the Japanese garrison squadron.
The sky was bright, the 1st squad touched the vicinity of the Japanese camp, and from a distance, the Japanese barracks were surrounded by walls, and there was a three-story turret at the gate, and the heavy machine guns of the Japanese troops running upstairs were already in full array.
Entering the firing range, the squad leader gave the order to open fire. A Japanese sentry and machine gunner were hit by the gunshots, and two Japanese sentries in the watchtower in front of the gate rushed out and were forced back by the rain of bullets. There was chaos in the Japanese barracks, and several team members rushed to the fence and threw grenades inside. Seeing that the fire was about the same, the squad leader ordered a retreat. The Japanese squadron leader climbed the turret and saw about 20 attackers fleeing eastward through the telescope, screaming in anger. Believing that it was the Korean Volunteers, he ordered the heavy machine gun to open fire.
Soon a cavalry squad of the Japanese army rushed out of the barracks and pursued them with a whip. In the eyes of the Japanese army, the Korean volunteers dared to attack the barracks in broad daylight, which was simply an insult to the Imperial Japanese Army. The Japanese cavalry pursued frantically, and suddenly a dense rain of bullets swept in front of them, and several Japanese cavalry who rushed in front dismounted. The Japanese cavalry found that the situation was not good, and hurriedly reined in their horses and turned their horses to flee. At the pause, more than a dozen Japanese cavalrymen were shot and dismounted.
The Japanese cavalry squad fled back to the barracks, losing half of its men and horses. The Japanese squadron leader watched from the upstairs and commanded light and heavy weapons to return fire. Judging by the firepower of the other side, the number of attackers was at least more than 200 people, and the Japanese squadron leader did not dare to act rashly and immediately called for help. There was a large Japanese army living in Huishan in the east, and reinforcements could arrive on horseback for two hours. Seeing that the Japanese rats were not moving, Marin alerted the troops to retreat, and their next target was Hirayama.
When the news of the attack on the border reached Seoul that day, the commander of the Japanese Korean garrison and the governor of Korea, Anton Sadami, listened to the report of his subordinates with a blank face. "Your Excellency General, according to the report of the Forest Metropolitan Police Department, the Xili Lumber Yard, the Houchang Lumber Yard, and the Zixili Garrison Squadron Barracks have been attacked one after another. The 8th Forest Police Squad at the Xili Logging Plant, including six managers, were all killed. In the afternoon of the same day, the Houchang logging site was attacked, and the 7th Forest Police Squad suffered 8 casualties and was forced to retreat. ”
"This morning, the barracks of the Zisili garrison squadron were suddenly attacked, with 17 casualties. The preliminary judgment is that it was done by the volunteers, and the number of the two groups of rebels is about 400! Anton Mizhen was shocked when she heard this, but she seemed calm on the surface. Your Excellency, General, my subordinates have judged that this group of rebels is coming from within China, and if it is allowed to develop, it will inevitably lead to the resurgence of the volunteers on the peninsula! ”
"Order the 32nd Brigade stationed in Cheongjin to be dispatched as a whole to destroy this enemy." However, it occurred to Anton Mizhen that even bigger attacks followed.