Chapter 10: Ambush
Ryutaro Yamaguchi has only been really proud lately. Since Mijiro Umezu called his uncle that day, it has only been a few months, and he has been promoted from an unknown lieutenant adjutant to a captain in the imperial army in one fell swoop!
And that's not all, just yesterday, when Captain Yamaguchi was having lunch with Commander Umezu, Lieutenant General Umezu suddenly gave him an important task and asked him to lead a small group of soldiers to escort the two Dazuo who had been turned into reserves to Beiping.
During the meal, Umezu Mijiro quietly told Captain SΓΉ Yamaguchi that as long as he could return safely this time, His Excellency the General would promote him to the rank of infantry lieutenant! When the time comes, give him a full brigade and let him be the captain of the infantry brigade with real power!
That's a lot of success! Most of the classmates who graduated from the military academy with him are now still working as trainee squad leaders in an infantry wing, but he Ryutaro Yamaguchi is about to be promoted to a full-fledged infantry captain! Thinking of the future classmates meeting, those guys who used to be high up in the past flattered and flattered in front of him, Ryutaro Yamaguchi was refreshed!
Captain Yamaguchi, who was in a good mood, took the cigarette handed by the driver and put it in his mouth, and after the orderly lit it for the two of them, Ryutaro Yamaguchi took a beautiful puff and spit out a puff of smoke, and the originally somewhat bumpy trip seemed to have become a kind of enjoyment.
For this boss who has someone in the yamen, the driver and the orderly are naturally flattering. After a lot of middle-aged drivers, they picked out topics that young people liked to talk about, and it didn't take long for Captain Yamaguchi to laugh. As for the main characters of this mission, the two Honorable Ministers who have been transferred to the reserves, were arranged in the back compartment.
In this regard, Captain Yamaguchi's explanation is that it is safer to stay in the back compartment! The back compartment of the truck, not to mention the bumps, stayed in a relatively small place with the soldiers, and the smell of sweat, feet, bad breath, fox odor, fart smell, all kinds of odors intertwined to form a new odor. One of the two Dazuo was smoked and vomited on the spot, and the other one suddenly fainted.
Captain Yamaguchi, naturally, would not stop because of such a trivial matter. Although the Osa were several ranks higher than Captain Yamaguchi, they were all officers who had been dismissed for various mistakes. In the name of it, it is transferred to the reserves, but in fact, it is repatriated to China and separated from the active army! The two Osa who did not have any rights in their hands naturally had no objection to Captain Yamaguchi's arrangement.
"Your Excellency, this is Tianlong Mountain. It is said that there are bandits hiding in the mountains, so please pay attention, we need to speed up! Speaking of bandits on the mountain, the smiling expression on the driver's face suddenly became stern! A few months ago, the case of Ono Tomoo Nakazo who was killed on Tianlong Mountain spread almost all over the Taiyuan military circles, and the imperial army didn't catch the murderer for so long, and I don't know if those bandits have left?
"Yo Xi, Fujita-kun, please speed up, I don't have a habit of motion sickness!"
A casual sentence actually attracted praise from the driver and the orderly. Although he knew that there was a lot of flattery here, Captain Yamaguchi still had a big heart.
Just when the three people in the cab were enjoying themselves, there was a sudden loud bang, and the leading motorcycle in front was overturned to the side of the road by a sudden explosion. The other five motorcycles turned and braked sharply, and the third and fourth collided with each other before they could dodge, and the devil in the car screamed and was thrown off the motorcycle.
The truck behind followed with a sudden braking. Fortunately, the driver is experienced, and at the critical moment, he blocked the captain in the middle with his arm, otherwise Ryutaro Yamaguchi's head would have to be in close contact with the front windshield!
"Yaga! What happened? Captain Yamaguchi, who was frightened by the accident, was furious, and when he pulled the car door, he wanted to get out of the car, but the driver dragged him.
"Captain, please stay in the car! It's dangerous to get out of the car! β
The driver said a word, and Ryutaro Yamaguchi immediately sat in the car and didn't move. He wanted to get out of the car just now, but after that, he was more afraid of death than anyone else!
Shots rang out, like popping beans, from all directions, and Captain Yamaguchi's convoy was surrounded by unknown forces! The devils on the truck jumped down, and the machine gun on the front of the truck began to roar. Four of the remaining five motorcycles are equipped with machine guns, and although the devil convoy has few people, its firepower is not weak!
"Grenadiers, quick, put me on a grenadier and blow up his shitty truck!" Hu Fei roared angrily. A soldier came over with a grenadier, set it up, put a Japanese-made grenade, and with a "tom" sound, a puff of smoke rose from around the motorcycles, and some motorcycle parts flew into the sky in the explosion!
was originally going to blow up the truck, but the first shell blew up a devil motorcycle, is this an unintentional insertion of willows?
"Listen, convoy devils, you're surrounded! Hurry up and hand over all the money on your body, kneel to the ground with your head in your hands, this king only robs money and not his life! Hu Fei's big iron horn shouted in the direction of the convoy.
Ryutaro Yamaguchi in the truck had just come from Japan and was not yet very proficient in Chinese. He only understood half of what Hu Fei shouted. "What do you mean?"
"It's a robber! Your Excellency, we have met the robbers! They are going to rob us of our money, so that we will hand it over and kneel down and surrender. "The orderly has been in China for several years, and he understood the content of the other party's shouting, although he was a little puzzled, he still hurried to act as an interpreter for the captain next to him.
"Eight Tooth Road! Bandit? What robbers would dare to rob the convoy of the Imperial Army? Get out! I'm going to command my troops to catch the robbers and cut off their heads with my own hands!" "As soon as I heard that I had met a robber, Captain Yamaguchi came to work. If it were the Chinese army, he might be afraid, but what was he afraid of a gang of robbers? Would a dignified Imperial soldier be afraid of a gang of robbers?
The soldiers of the imperial army were really tall, and when the captain got down from the co-pilot's seat, the devils of the squad had already set up a defensive formation and were shooting at the gang of robbers. The leader of the devil squad held a war knife and commanded the devil soldiers, under the cover of several machine guns, to defend the temporary position composed of trucks and motorcycles.
"Shoot!" Captain Yamaguchi raised his command knife and roared angrily, and the devil machine gunner cooperated to beat the machine gun "suddenly" and screamed.
The devil's firepower is fierce, but their number is too small. A squad of more than 50 people, our military used mines and grenades to reimburse more than a dozen in the first round of sneak attacks. Less than forty of the remaining devils are fighting desperately with machine guns, rifles, and grenadiers, but the trucks and motorcycles they use to hide in are really not good cover.
In order to prepare for this ambush, Hu Fei brought over three infantry companies, nearly 400 people! The current ratio of people is 10 to 1! Our army occupies the advantage of the terrain, the devil is ambushed on the side, and the difference in numbers between the two sides is so large, the outcome of the battle is actually without any suspense from the beginning.
The sound of horses' hooves sounded like muffled thunder, and Ji Jinbiao led the cavalry company up!