Chapter 10: The Battle of the Tumen River (4)

On the cockscomb in the southeast of Liangshui Town, the straw bales filled with mud and sand were thickly piled up to form a half circle, only revealing a one-foot-wide gap in the middle of the front, and the Japanese artillery position was built along the mountain, and a slope was dug out behind the gun emplacement, so that when it was necessary to change positions, the artillery could be quickly pulled out for transfer.

Eight field guns were lined up, and behind each gun were several artillerymen, vigilantly watching the commander's every move.

The Japanese artillery commander stood on the artillery position and clearly saw through the telescope that a group of Chinese soldiers was rapidly approaching his position.

"Yo Xi, the pig is beyond his strength!" The Japanese commander waved his command knife with a smug expression and shouted: "Straight ahead, three proofreading!" ”

Drought thunder fell from the sky, and more than 10 pounds of artillery shells delicately rushed towards the third company responsible for knocking out the artillery position.

"Be careful of the shells, all his grandmother's climb down for me! ......" Zhang Hongsheng, the commander of the third company, was born in the Tianjin Military Academy, and once served as a soldier in the third town and also had combat experience, and he knew something about Japanese field artillery.

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Hongsheng looked at the soldiers around him who didn't have time to climb down and pounced.

"Boom" An artillery shell exploded in Zhang Hongsheng's rear, which frightened Zhang Hongsheng into a cold sweat for the rest of his life, and scolded: "His grandmother's, I almost didn't blow up Lao Tzu, the first and second platoons covered me, and the third platoon followed me to the artillery position of the little devil." ”

Zhang Hongsheng picked up the pocket on the position and tied it around his waist, and rushed out towards the Japanese position in the first place, the company commander took the lead, and the soldiers below were also more and more courageous, and the first platoon and the second platoon concentrated fire on the left and right sides respectively to launch a feint. Attract the attention of the Japanese army.

Zhang Hongsheng bent over and kept moving left and right. Relying on the bunker on the mountain, he quickly advanced towards the Japanese position.

"The muzzle of the gun is lowered by three inches"

At the command of the artillery commander. The gunner hurriedly lowered the muzzle of the cannon, loaded the shell into the chamber of the cannon, and made a clattering sound.

"Open the gun"

With his shouting, eight shells shuttled out, and in the blink of an eye, several clouds of black-red gunpowder smoke had risen from the foot of the cockscomb mountain, and large pieces of debris flew up under the explosion.

The explosion was a mess, and several soldiers in the third row who had no time to dodge were immediately blown away, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere.

Zhang Hongsheng looked at the five remaining soldiers standing behind him and shouted, "Cover me, I'm going to blow up the little devil's artillery." ”

The focus of the Japanese army was also on artillery positions. In the face of the desperate charge of these three platoons of soldiers, the Japanese army also concentrated their firepower on the three platoons.

"Smack! Syllable! ”

The German Mauser 98 rifle and the Japanese Golden Hook rifle were constantly firing, and the 6.8mm Mauser bullet and the 6.5mm Golden Hook rifle bullet shuttled back and forth between the positions of the two sides.

Zhang Hongsheng roared and rushed up the hill in the thick rain of bullets, and the dense vegetation in midsummer provided him with natural shelters, relying on these bunkers, Zhang Hongsheng evaded the Japanese fire.

Seeing Zhang Hongsheng rushing forward desperately, the Japanese army on the cockscomb had no clue for a while. Could this Chinese soldier be able to blow up a cannon made of steel with this flesh and blood?

"Call Me"

Following the order of the Japanese commander, the sound of fried soybeans sounded in front of Zhang Hongsheng, and a row of guns was fired at him.

Looking at this situation, Zhang Hongsheng knew that his chances of survival were so slim, so he closed his eyes. Take advantage of the trend and strive to make the final struggle.

"Ahh

Zhang Hongsheng, who had already closed his eyes, opened his eyes again, and he could still feel the pain. It means that he is still alive, and he climbed towards the Japanese position with difficulty.

Fifty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters. Zhang Hongsheng took out the pocket hanging on his body and forcefully pushed the pocket towards the Japanese position.

"Little devil, die!"

This is certainly not any ordinary pocket. This pocket is tied together with four German wooden-handled grenades, and German wooden-handled grenades are really expensive for the Chinese, which He Tianci wanted to Madrid Astoria during the Russo-Japanese War. This thing was originally produced relatively little, and it was not reused on the battlefield before, but it initially showed its power in the Russo-Japanese War.

"Boom", a huge explosion sounded over the Japanese artillery position of the cockscomb, and before most of the Japanese troops had time to react to what the bag was, it was sent to the western sky, and a puff of smoke and dust was set off on the top of the cockscomb.

"Zhang Hongsheng, good job." The explosion sound on Jiguanzi Mountain was equivalent to sending a signal to Su Houde that the Japanese artillery position had been taken, and he shouted to the soldiers around him: "See, Company Commander Zhang has taken down the artillery position of the little devil, hurry up and the little devil will die, the machine gun will give me a fierce greeting of the little devil, brothers rush me!" ”

The three Maxim machine guns spilled countless bullets after a slight adjustment, and the power of the machine guns was further enhanced by the several baggage soldiers carrying ammunition boxes behind them.

The three Maxine machine guns were at each other's horns, and the firing angles crossed in a diagonal line, constantly spitting out long fires at the Japanese soldiers.

People who have not experienced war cannot imagine three heavy machine guns that can fire 600 rounds per minute, and the machine gunner only needs to hold the trigger, press the trembling handle to keep it steady, and then shake the machine gun slightly from side to side, and there will be a dense rain of bullets in the front.

The loader does not need to repeatedly stuff the machine gun with bullets, as long as the lock at the interface of the two canvas cartridge belts is locked, the cartridge belt can be extended all the time, and the water-cooled type does not need to worry about the barrel being too hot, unless it is jammed or the bullet is gone, otherwise it can continue to be fired.

It was precisely because of this terrible that the diagonal crossfire formed by the large array of machine guns was like a hurricane that swept by, and the Japanese troops who attacked Liangshui Town in just a few minutes could only retreat and retreat to the rear, leaving flesh and blood all over the ground.

The retreat of the Japanese army further stimulated the soldiers of the patrol battalion, who had been at a disadvantage, and under the leadership of Chen Zizheng, they rushed out of the position with the old sleeve, attacked the retreating Japanese army, and beat the water dogs.

Yanji Longyu Yamen, at this time Yanji has basically returned to calm, and the gendarmerie wing led by Saito withdrew from Yanji, but in the face of the long Tumen River border defense He Tianci's 3,000 troops still seem a little nervous, and the most important thing is that the third town sent by the imperial court to the northeast must not be mentioned, and at this time only Han Dengju's Jiapigou Han Jiajun can be relied on.

At the same time, the civilian personnel sent by Xu Shichang to He Tianci were not idle, because He Tianci knew that this battle must be temporary, because according to the development of history, the corrupt Qing government could only negotiate peace, so it was necessary to collect evidence in Yanji to prove that Japan's so-called "Majima" was Chinese, so as to obtain enough benefits in the negotiations.

"Report!" Wu Luzhen clasped her feet and saluted He Tianci.

"Shouqing is here, come in!" He Tianci stood up and said politely.

Wu Luzhen looked a little hesitant, first, he hesitated, looked at He Tianci and said softly: "Lord Tong, Lord Governor, the third town of the Imperial Court to aid Yanji has not yet arrived in Fengtian!" ”

He Tianci was unexpectedly calm, this had long been in his expectation, the third town of the imperial court was too late, Cixi's old demon woman would not care about these things, anyway, Yanji would not care about his own affairs, as long as foreigners did not enter Beijing City and let himself spend his old age in secret, He Tianci couldn't wait to enter Beijing City now and capture this old demon woman alive.

Looking at Wu Luzhen's puzzled face, He Tianci smiled slightly and said, "I expected it, by the way, it is said that the Han family army in this sandwich ditch should arrive!" ”

Wu Luzhen looked at He Tianci with a smile on his face, he was really clueless, he was stunned for a while, and hurriedly said: "Oh......, well, I have already arrived in Huadian, and it is estimated that I will be able to reach Yanji tonight." ”

"Good! Good! He Tianci said repeatedly, as long as Han Dengju's 3,000 people arrived, the available troops in his hands would be half more, so that Saito's gendarmerie wing wanted to launch an attack on Yanji, it would really be beyond his strength.

The midsummer sun hung above the firmament, and the scorching sun shone on the blood-soaked river, and the entire river was scarlet, and Liangshui Town was shrouded in blood. The mountain road from the Tumen River to the cockscomb in Liangshui Town is covered with bloody corpses.

After recovering Liangshui Town, the Japanese army retreated to the east of Liangshui Town, and the battle to defend the Tumen River, which lasted for a day and a night, finally came to an end. Large-scale fighting had ended along the long Tumen border, with only occasional attacks by small Japanese forces on the Tumen Chinese defenders.

"Win, win! Liangshui Town, won the war! ”

The shouts were like a bright light in the dark night, and like a thunderclap in the chaos, like a violent wind, most of the haze covering tens of thousands of hearts was swept away, and those who knew and didn't know each other clapped their hands, shouting, venting the tension and anxiety in their hearts, and in an instant the whole Yanji was immersed in the cheers of victory.

A moment later, a thousand-meter-long firecracker was spread in front of the Yanji Longyu Yamen, welcoming the moment of raising eyebrows.

Thousands of meters of firecrackers rang out in front of the Longyu Yamen, and the sound of firecrackers rang for more than ten minutes. Since Yanji is located at the junction of the border between China and North Korea, the villagers have been bullied by the Japanese for a long time, and this victory has completely made the villagers breathe a bad breath.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded on the streets of Yanji, and a horse team of more than 3,000 people held Japanese golden hook rifles and galloped towards the Longyu Yamen.

Although the costumes are not neat, their formations are majestic, all of them are full of energy, loaded with guns and ammunition, and they are lined up in a dense phalanx, blocking the Longyu Yamen.

The villagers who were happy on the street, looking at these 3,000 horse teams with Japanese rifles in their hands, were really shocked, could it be that this little devil still has 3,000 reinforcements in Jilin, which can frighten the villagers, how can this Tongdao just win the battle, where did these heavenly kills come out? (To be continued......)