In winter, it gets dark early, and at half past five in the afternoon, the sun has already set, and the dull twilight surrounds the ancient and dilapidated county seat of Yuxian.

The two devils on the gate building of the big east gate of Yuxian put away the machine guns, one devil carried the machine gun, and the other devil carried a backpack loaded with bullets, and the two people walked down the city tower one after the other.

It's dark, it's time to close the city gates, the duty of the devil's machine gun team is completed, and it's time to go back to the camp for dinner. The city walls were guarded the rest of the night, and that was the business of the sentinels, and there was no need for professional machine gunners to do it. If there is an enemy situation, as long as the sentry fires a warning, the machine gun team can come quickly without delay!

The machine gunner, carrying the machine gun, went down to the castle tower, glanced at the two straight sentries who were still standing, and joked to one of the short and fat guys in Japanese: "Inoue-kun, that flower girl looks good today, but it's a pity that you were killed." Otherwise, we wouldn't have to go out to find the Flower Girl tonight! ”

The devil sentry called Inoue-kun, when he heard this, he turned his head and glanced at the devil machine gunner, and opened his mouth in authentic Japanese: "Yamashita-kun, there are many flower girls in China, don't worry." After a change of guard, I will take you out of the city to find those rich families with high families, the flower girl is beautiful and hygienic, and you are satisfied! ”

Saying this, the devil machine gunner stopped leaving, urging Inoue-kun to close the city gate quickly!

The two devil sentries at the gate of the Great East Gate put away their rifles, and were about to close the city gate when they saw a team coming from a distance.

The two devil sentries did not dare to be careless, and immediately picked up their guns and looked at the road with wide eyes. Including the devil machine gunner called Yamashita, he also found out that something was wrong, and the Type 96 light machine gun on his shoulder was also in his hand.

After a while, the procession approached, and the sun flag on the rifle of the soldier at the front was displayed in the twilight.

The Devil Sentry and the two Gunners breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, the Devil Gunner put the machine gun back on his shoulder, and the two Devil Sentries stopped closing the door and stood back on the sentry post.

Under the watchful eye of the devil sentry, the Japanese army gradually approached.

The Japanese soldier at the head carried the sun flag on his gun, followed by two Japanese second lieutenants and a Japanese warrant officer walking side by side, all wearing the same cotton military caps, yellow army coats, leather boots, and southern pistol holsters and command knives around their waists.

The two devil lieutenants still have the "93-type" 4x40 telescope produced by Nippon Optics hanging on their chests. One of the lieutenants had a bandage peeking out from under his military cap on his head, apparently wounded.

This "93-type" 4x40 telescope was specially equipped for the use of non-commissioned officers of the Japanese army for enemy search and projectile observation. Because the Japanese army's telescopes belonged to the officers' own purchases, and did not belong to the scope of normal installation, and a prism binoculars in Japan were generally sold for 80 yen, and the non-commissioned officers were paid low salaries and could not afford or were unwilling to buy them, so the price of the order issued by the military department to Japan Optics was compressed to 30 yen each. In order to make money and meet the needs of the army, Japanese optics installed a telescope with a Galileo-style structure that can be used for field measurements, that is, the eyepiece of the right mirror is engraved with a division of 40 dense positions in each level and 25 dense positions in elevation, and a convex lens is glued to the upper part of the eyepiece, which can be used to see clearly and carry out rough meter measurement, which satisfies the basic function of a military telescope. Of course, in order to reduce costs, the "93" telescope has no leather packaging, but is only painted with a layer of black paint.

You don't need to look at anything else, just look at the two ensigns with "93" type 4x40 binoculars hanging on their chests, and you will know that this is a standard Japanese unit!

The faces of the devil sentry and the two machine gunners tensed at once, because they had already seen that these were two defeated squads back, and on the six donkey carts that were captured behind, on the stretchers carried by the common people, there were lying Imperial soldiers wearing cotton military caps and yellow army coats, all of whom seemed to have been seriously injured and bandaged after the battlefield rescue and bandaging by the health soldiers.

When the devil sentry, who had a stiff face, opened his mouth to ask for a password out of military discipline and responsibility, the low and thin second lieutenant among the two Japanese second lieutenants had already seen them with their rifles on the ground and their straps hanging to the ground.

After running a few steps, and after standing still in front of the two devil sentries, His Excellency the Second Lieutenant raised his hand and crackled on the faces of the two devil sentries with a wild flash, and shouted in Japanese while slapping them: "Bastard! Your warriors are not! Is this how the guard stands? Is this how the rifle is held? Didn't your commander Cao tell you what a standard military posture is? Look at your cowards, the military appearance is not neat, the military discipline is not strict, how can the Great Japanese Army recruit cowards like you! His Majesty the Emperor's face has been lost by these cowards! ”

The two devil machine gunners standing downstairs at the city gate saw that the situation was not right, and said in their hearts that Your Excellency the second lieutenant had lost the battle and had nowhere to vent the evil fire, and he was going to take them out of anger with these sentinels, and as soon as he turned around, he wanted to slip away, anyway, their task today had been completed.

The two devil machine gunners didn't expect that the eyes of His Excellency the Second Lieutenant seemed to be growing behind his head, and as soon as they were about to slip away, His Excellency's angry voice came: "Stop! ”

As soon as the two devil machine gunners hesitated, their footsteps stopped, and they quickly turned around, lowered their heads in unison, and said "Hai" in unison: "I'm sorry for the trouble!" ”

Just saying "I'm sorry" is absolutely not enough!

Your Excellency the Second Lieutenant ordered two Japanese machine gunners to come to you and see what the result would be if the sentries did not stand guard properly!

The two devil machine gunners had no choice but to lower their heads and walk up to His Excellency the Second Lieutenant, and when they looked up, they saw that the faces of Inoue Jun and the other sentry had been swollen and swollen by the second lieutenant, and they looked like pigs' heads.

His Excellency the Second Lieutenant ignored the two devil machine gunners, and his hand flashed twice more in the faces of the two devil sentries before he asked, "What is the duty of the sentry?" ”

The two devil sentries were beaten stupidly, their eyes were swollen and squinted, where could they remember what the sentry's responsibilities were!

Seeing that the two sentries couldn't answer, His Excellency the Second Lieutenant became even more manic: "Baga! You have forgotten the responsibilities of the sentry, have you forgotten the names of your father and mother? Have you forgotten your password? Answer me: password! ”

One of the sentries seemed to remember the password and replied with difficulty: "Kaga! ”

"Order!"

"Noto!"

As if he was tired from the slap, or there was a pain in the nerves of his hand, or perhaps he was satisfied that the sentry was finally able to answer the "password" clearly, His Excellency the second lieutenant finally stopped, stopped hitting the two sentries, said "Yo Xi", and turned to face the two devil machine gunners.

The 9th and 109th Divisions of the Japanese Army were formed in Kanazawa City, Japan, and belonged to Ishikawa Prefecture. Ishikawa Prefecture is divided into two parts, "Kaga" and "Noto", and the little devil sets the password to distinguish friend and foe as "Kaga" and "Noto", which is friendly and easy to remember for Japanese soldiers who were born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, but it is simply incomprehensible and unbelievable for people who do not know Japanese or know Japanese but have never been to Japan. Under normal circumstances, as soon as the Japanese soldiers shouted the password, no matter what clothes the enemy was wearing, as long as one of them could not answer, the horse's feet would be exposed, and the Japanese sentry would immediately open fire and issue a battle alarm.

The two sentries were stunned, or perhaps knocked unconscious, and fell to the ground.

His Excellency the Second Lieutenant was not interested in the two sentries who fell to the ground, and directly reprimanded the two devil machine gunners in Japanese: "Who told you to withdraw from the sentry post?" What if one of those people comes to sneak attack? Without the support of machine-gun fire, would two sentries alone be able to hold such an important gate? ”

The two devil machine gunners thought to themselves that the army had already run away without a trace, where would they dare to sneak attack the county seat!

Come to think of it, these two devil machine gunners are not stupid, they know how to respect His Excellency the second lieutenant, and they can only "Hai, Hai".

Looking at the posture of the two devil machine gunners with old fritters, His Excellency the Second Lieutenant lost his patience, turned around and pointed to a few soldiers in the team behind him, and ordered in Japanese: "You, you, you, you, get out of the queue, drag these two undisciplined, cheating and slippery guys of the transport team aside, and work with fifty slaps each, and teach them a lesson!" ”

Four Japanese soldiers came out of the queue, and following the gestures of His Excellency the Second Lieutenant, their eyes also turned to the two hapless machine gunners, and without saying a word, they pounced.

After a short time, the two Japanese sentries and the two machine gunners all fell to the ground on the side of the Great East Gate. A few of the slapping soldiers seemed to be addicted, raised their feet in leather boots, and stomped on the necks and heads of the four devils a few times.

The weapons and ammunition of the two devil sentries and the two devil machine gunners all fell into the hands of this group of Japanese soldiers, and the city gate of the Great East Gate was also squeaked and closed, and four stretchers were carried on the city wall of the Great East Gate, and the four wounded people wearing Japanese winter clothes lying on the stretchers were helped to the battlements on the city wall by the people who carried the stretchers.

Needless to say, this Japanese army team was a team of wounded led by Xiao Siming, Wang Lushui, and Chen Yisheng, and the six donkey carts and the ordinary people carrying stretchers were all mobilized by Chen Yisheng in the small village where they camped.

This is the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War, there has not been a case of the Chinese army camouflaging the Japanese army's sneak attack, and the devil sentries are completely impossible to guard against the Eighth Route Army wearing Japanese military uniforms, the number on the badge and the unit they are in. Even if Xiao Siming didn't take the method of slapping to solve the battle, these four devils would definitely die, and they couldn't dodge the bayonets in the hands of the soldiers!

After solving the most critical Japanese sentry at the Dadong Gate and figuring out the Japanese army's password, Xiao Siming waved his hand, Wang Lushui, Chen Yisheng, and Chen Desheng each took a soldier to act separately, and swaggered towards the small east gate, north gate, and small south gate of the outer city. Only the two battle teams in charge of the west gate and south gate of the inner city followed the team led by Xiao Siming and continued to touch the east gate of the inner city.