Chapter Seventy-Three: The Last Cannon
The [***] soldiers in Jiangyin began to retreat one after another, but this did not mean that the resistance of the [***] soldiers had ended in Jiangyin.
"Fire!"
With Duan Xiliang's order, the cannon roared.
The artillerymen nervously reloaded, aimed, and then the cannon spoke again.
"Squad leader, the brothers have all withdrawn, why are we still here?"
"Help the company commander take revenge!" Duan Xiliang replied calmly.
The brethren fell silent.
On the second day of the Battle of Jiangyin, their company commander was killed. The brothers have long held their breath and want to help the company commander take revenge!
Duan Xiliang then fell silent again: "When ordering the retreat, Commander Xu once said that every time we hold on here, we will buy a little more time for the infantry brothers. We are all artillerymen, if this cannon is gone, what will we do to fight the Orientals? Brethren, this is our destination. ”
The brothers went about their work in silence, and no one expressed any objection.
Home, artillery positions are the destination of these brave men!
Now, it's December 2nd.
The 11th Squadron of the Yue Army, which originally thought that it was impossible to be threatened by the [***] team in Jiangyin, was a little at a loss for a while under the blow of artillery.
It is completely intellectually proven that the squadron has retreated. But where exactly did this cannon come from?
"Reload!"
Duan Xiliang threw down his cigarette and stood up.
This lonely cannon began to roar, and the cannonballs fell into the form of the advancing army, constantly exploding, stubbornly and stubbornly blocking the pace of the army's advance.
"Baga!" Shibata Yoshio's whole face has been distorted because of his anger.
He did not believe that his fate in China would be such in any case.
The detachment leader died, his younger brother also died, and the team under his command was unable to move an inch from the moment they arrived in Jiangyin. Almost every step forward comes with the heaviest price.
"Your Excellency Shaozuo, the detachment leader ordered our troops to bypass here immediately and quickly approach Zhenjiang and other places!"
"No!" Shibata Yoshio's face turned pale: "I must lay down here and see what those Shina people's hearts are made of!" ”
"However, this is tantamount to disobeying orders"
Shibata Yoshio shook his head angrily: "Even if I disobey the order, I have to do it!" The honor of the Goto detachment has been completely lost here. I can't allow something like this to happen again and again, take over there! Dig out their hearts! ”
Duan Xiliang and his brothers didn't know what kind of orders the Oriental people on the other side had given, but in fact, no matter what kind of orders the Oriental people had given, it didn't matter to them.
From the very beginning, they didn't think about getting out of here alive.
A cannon could not suppress the attack of the Yue army. But these artillery brothers tried their best to fire every shell.
was already able to see the figure of Yue Jun, Duan Xiliang picked up a flower mechanism, swept out a shuttle of bullets "suddenly", and then turned around and shouted:
"Destroy the cannon!"
Destroy the cannon! The cannon must not fall into the hands of the Orientals!
The brethren took out the sulphuric acid, poured it into the chamber of the cannon, watched it all in silence, and no one spoke, and then, taking the weapons they had gathered, they began to shoot at the army.
This is the last cannon of the [***] team in Jiangyin, from the beginning of the Jiangyin defense battle to the retreat of [***], this cannon has never stopped bombarding!
The beloved cannon has stopped roaring, but they still have guns in their hands, and they can destroy the enemy just as much!
As long as they are soldiers, the fight that belongs to them will never stop!
They have been fighting bravely there, and when the army rushed up, they bravely took up arms and fought with the army.
They are not afraid of death, and they know where their final fate lies!
Duan Xiliang saw that the last brother had also fallen, and when he picked up the gun, turned the muzzle of the gun upside down and was about to be martyred, several soldiers pounced on him and held him down.
Duan Xiliang was a little annoyed, why did he become a prisoner? How can you suffer such a disgrace as a [***] soldier?
He was brought in front of an officer who was called Ben, and Duan Xiliang didn't care and raised his head.
Shibata Yoshio looked curiously at this bloodstained, ragged, but still holding his head high, he really didn't understand where the courage of these Chinese [***] people came from.
"Let him surrender." Shibata Yoshio said.
When he heard his words from the translator's mouth, Duan Xiliang smiled: "I say that your ancestors are eighteen generations!" ”
The translator didn't dare to tell Shibata Yoshio this, but Shibata Yoshio's face suddenly changed drastically, and he said angrily in a stiff Chinese dialect: "Yours, what are you talking about!" ”
"I say that your ancestors are eighteen generations!" Duan Xiliang was still there smiling.
"Baga!" Shibata Yoshio roared wildly, pulled out his knife, and cut off one of Duan Xiliang's arms with a single sword.
Duan Xiliang screamed miserably, his face pale, but he tried his best to shout: "I say that your ancestors are eighteenth generations!" ”
"Baga!"
Another arm was cut off by Shibata Yoshio, but Duan Xiliang was still standing so straight, staring at Shibata Yoshio with his eyes:
"I, say your ancestors for eighteen generations!"
Yoshio Shibata's hand holding the knife has even begun to tremble!
He can't conquer this Chinese soldier, and he never will!
It's as if Ben will never be able to conquer China!
The battle history of the 11th Sentai of the Japanese Army records:
"Although the army reported that it had occupied Jiangyin, by the evening of the 2nd, artillery could still be heard in the direction of the fortress, and the resistance of the Chinese artillery was not over at all."
The Goto detachment of the army recorded:
"2 On the way, our troops were attacked by the Chinese artillery. Shibata Yoshio took the lead and conquered the artillery positions in China. This cannon is suspected to be the last artillery of Zhina in Jiangyin. None of the Chinese artillery survived our attack. After being captured, the commander of the gun tried to struggle and was killed by our troops."
At the end of this report, the Goto detachment also had to admit:
"The determination of the Chinese artillery to resist was completely unexpected. In the wars of the future, the Empire will have to face even more fierce battles. ”
Yes, I am not wrong about this, and in the future battles, the resistance faced by the Yue army will be even more intense.
The cannon commanded by Duan Xiliang may be the last cannon of Jiangyin [***], but it will definitely not be the last cannon on the Chinese battlefield.
In Zhenjiang, in Nanjing, the [***] team is ready!