Chapter 145: Blockade
"Dead, dead, dead, ......" Before the smoke cleared, a ghostly cry exploded in front of Shen Mu.
With this shout, a watery figure emerged from the smoke and rushed towards Shen Mu. Looking at the bright little knife in his hand, Shen Mo knew that his shot was missed.
Just as he was about to jump into the water to escape, suddenly another gunshot rang out, and he saw that the volley of Itato Rokuro flew out at a faster speed and slapped the water.
Shen Mo looked back, and saw the iron pillar standing at the stern of the boat, with an oar in one hand and a gun in the other, and white smoke was still billowing from the muzzle. I only heard the iron pillar laugh and said: "This thing is really strong, I almost didn't hold it......"
Shen Modeng's old face was flushed, and he didn't hold the gun in both hands...... Fortunately, Hei Gulongdong couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, and he coughed dryly and said, "Go and pick up the eldest son." ”
The robbers were frightened by Cheng Yanjin, who came out halfway...... To be precise, I was stunned by those two shots. When they came to their senses, the boat had rowed away, and the big man had swam away.
While the pirates were looking at each other, the leader swam over and roared, "Do you want to spend the night on the mass grave?" Don't catch up with me yet! A group of people woke up like a dream and paddled desperately to chase after them.
To say that the water surnames of these Japanese are really good, they swam through the center of the river in a while, and they are getting closer and closer to the other side of the river.
At this time, Shen Mo had already picked up his eldest son, returned to the opposite shore, jumped off the boat, and he shouted, "Come out!" ”
As soon as the words fell, hundreds of villagers stood out among the reeds, and they lit torches and raised the fire, and in a blink of an eye, the river was lit up like day.
Looking at the fire shining in front of him, the leader of the Japanese Bandits was finally frightened, and he realized that he had become a turtle in an urn, and if he did not get ashore and escape quickly, he would be trapped and killed on this mass grave sooner or later. His eyes turned blood-red and he roared like a mad dog, "Rush all up!" ”
The pirates were also aware of their situation, and when they heard the sound, they roared and swam to the shore with all their might...... Seeing that the Japanese were getting closer and closer, the villagers threw their spears from the shore. These improvised bamboo spears are very sharp, they can easily pierce the flesh and skin, coupled with that momentum, piercing the torso to penetrate the five internal organs, and piercing the arm will also open a big gap, if you are unfortunate enough to be hit by a spear in the head, you may even die on the spot!
Although the throwing of the villagers was inaccurate, they could not stand the intensity of raindrops, and in the blink of an eye, many Japanese robbers were hit by spears...... But these outlaws are extremely brave, as long as they are not injured and incapacitated, they will pull out their bamboo spears with their backhands, throw them in the water, and then continue to swim forward.
At the cost of a dozen lives, the pirates advanced to less than three feet from the riverbank. Seeing that the flying bamboo spears were getting denser and denser, without the command of the leader, these cunning fellows sank under the water one after another, and used diving to pass this last section.
Seeing this scene, Shen Mo sneered and said, "Spearmen prepare!" "Once the war started, those gentry did not care about seniority, and seeing that this descendant was quite capable, they obediently handed over the command.
Some tall and strong village warriors stood in the front row with a six-foot-long bamboo.
"When you see an outcrop, sweep them with your spear!" Shen Mo shouted loudly: "Remember that it is a sweep that sweeps the floor!" Don't poke, don't split! "These bamboos have dense branches at the top, and sweeping is the most effective.
The spearman responded with a bang, and as soon as he put down the bamboo in his hand, he saw that the Japanese were still a foot away from the shore and showed their heads one after another, so he opened the posture of cleaning the yard according to what Shen Mo said, and when he saw that there were Japanese robbers, he swept them with a broom and made sure to press them back into the water.
Why didn't the pirates climb ashore and show their heads halfway? It was not because their lung capacity was not enough, but because the silence made the villagers sink in the water in advance. It's a bit weird in name, but it's simple to make...... All you need to do is tie six bamboo spears into a hexahedron, then tangle them together and sink them on the shore. With this thing in the way, the Japanese can't go ashore directly, which can be described as very practical.
It's just that the time is in a hurry, and only a few hundred of them have been done with all their might, and they have sunk to the water for less than a mile.
But the would-be robbers did not know this situation, and when they saw that they could not pass through this fence, they were swept away by spears and shot with bamboo spears, and they suffered a lot of losses for a while, and after losing more than a dozen lives, they had to retreat in hatred.
Seeing the Japanese invaders retreating to the Huaren Beach, the villagers on the north shore erupted into bursts of crazy cheers, and they admired Shen Gongzi, who planned and commanded all this.
But Shen Mo was not in the mood to accept the worship, he knew that the Wako would soon make a comeback, and he would definitely not be so stupid next time. Frowning and pondering for a moment, he said in a deep voice to several village leaders: "Start patrolling, if you encounter a Japanese robber, you will intercept it on the spot, and if you can't support it, you will beat the gong, and I will send someone to support!" ”
This was all pre-empted, so the little leaders were not surprised, and they beckoned their troops, torches and weapons, and began to patrol the riverbank. Shen Mo divided the eight hundred people into sixteen squads and fifty squads. Eight of the squads patrolled the riverbank in the first half of the night, while the other eight were on standby to provide support at any time. Then change it again in the second half of the night to maintain the physical strength of the villagers.
Fortunately, God is still taking care of it today, the sky is cloudless, the sky is full of stars and moons, and the river is shining with silver, as long as you stare wide-eyed, you can still see whether there is anyone on the river.
As it turned out, he was not making a big fuss, and after only half an hour, the would-be robbers were 'rolling back' - just as Shen Mo had predicted, the cunning robbers changed their tactics, they split into several groups, avoided the place where they had hit the nail at first, and tried to land at the same time in different directions.
For a while, the police gong on the north bank was so loud that Shen Mo had to keep sending reserves to support, and within a quarter of an hour, he found that he had only the last hundred men left in his hands.
"Stretched thin so quickly?" He was very anxious in his heart, standing on a mound, holding a pergola and looking at several battlefields upstream and downstream, all of them were in full swing and in chaos. In fact, his method is too idealistic...... Because those villagers who were still working in the fields in the morning were nervous when they saw the Japanese invaders, lest they be rushed up by these demons and monsters and take their own lives, and they desperately beat the gong before the fight started.
If you are as responsive as silence, no number of people will be enough.
Fortunately, he quickly realized this, and was indifferent to any request for help, but only ordered someone to pass the word: 'All the reinforcements have been dispatched, and we can only rely on the existing manpower to withstand it.' Sure enough, the gong stopped ringing.
When the dependency disappears, the villagers can finally concentrate on the enemy. They already had the advantage, and once they could intercept them with all their might without distractions, the would-be robbers in the water really couldn't do anything about them.
But the leader of the Japanese is not a vegetarian, he is a cold observer in the middle of the river, and he has already figured out the reality of the opponent on the shore...... Obviously, this is a group of militia villagers with very low combat effectiveness, and the commander of them is also a rookie who can only talk on paper.
To deal with this kind of low-level opponent, you only need to use one move to 'repair the plank road in the open and Chen Cang in the dark' to solve the problem - don't you just make a noise at the slightest movement? Then I will let a small number of men bluff, pull your line apart, and dilute your forces. Then concentrate the main forces and surprise a little. He firmly believed that as long as he could break through a little and gain a foothold on the shore, these thousand eight hundred people would definitely collapse immediately!
After making up his mind, he pressed his finger to his lips and whistled three times, two long and one short. When they heard the leader's order, they withdrew to Jiangxin...... This time they had almost no to lose, because the chief's order was to bother and probe and find out what was true, and the pirates cherished their lives, so that no one came too close to the shore.
The leader of the Japanese invaders explained the plan for the next time, and then said in a deep voice: "This time I will lead the general attack, and I must succeed in one fell swoop!" The pirates felt that this method was very reliable, so they cheered up, turned back with a roar, and launched another attack.
Seeing that the would-be robbers were coming again, the chickens and dogs jumped up again on the north bank, and the villagers were nervously holding torches and throwing bamboo spears frantically. They didn't realize that the would-be robbers who came to harass this time were actually less than half of what they had last time.
Shen Mo had actually seen that there were still more than half of the widows in the middle of the river who had not moved, and immediately realized the other party's trick. But the scene was so chaotic that he was completely out of control, so he could only say to the iron pillar behind him: "Gather all those who can move, and prepare to follow me to intercept the enemy's main force!" ”
"Okay!" Tie Zhu also saw Jiang Xin's main force, but he didn't feel fear at all, but was very excited, returned the short gun to Shen Mo, carried a ghost-headed big knife by himself, and gathered the team.
Seeing that the townsfolk on the shore had really hit the plan, the leader of the Japanese robbers smiled proudly, and led more than 150 of his subordinates to sneak to the outside of the upstream quietly.
With his command, the pirates launched an all-out attack.
The onslaught of one hundred and fifty or sixty pirates immediately crushed the infertile defensive line of the villagers, and just as the defense line was about to collapse, Shen Mo and Tiezhu came up with a reserve of a hundred men.
(To be continued)