Chapter 210 Anping Ferry Attack and Defense (1)
No matter what kind of river is formed by a little bit of water, drop by drop, the Yalu River is no different.
The Yalu River was called Mazi Water in ancient times, according to the "Book of Han", Mazi Water enters the salt flat water in the northwest, and enters the sea in Xi'an Ping in the southwest, and the name Yalu River is used from the middle of the eighth century AD.
The Tang Dynasty historian Du You wrote in the "General Dictionary": Ma Zishui is a Yalu River, the water source is in the northeast of the Yalu Mountain, the water color is like a duck's head, since then people have called it the name of the Yalu River.
In the early morning of the second day after Wang Bin inspected the defense line of Jiulian City, there was always a thin wisp of white mist on the surface of the Yalu River at this time, which made people look a little hazy.
At this moment, on the Anping estuary position on the bank of the Yalu River, because it was early in the morning, these soldiers had just woken up from their sleep, and there were relatively few soldiers on duty on the position, about 100 people, distributed in all corners of the position.
More than ten meters away from the position, the soldiers who had just gotten up early in the morning were cooking on a fire, and the soldiers who had nothing to do came to the position before they had eaten, and there were more than 100 soldiers in the position for a while.
At the front of the position, a team in charge of keeping watch through the night was chatting with his own sentinels.
"Team Zheng, how can we say that we have also been in this estuary for a while, why can't this Japanese see it?"
An emaciated sentinel said to his commander.
"Hey, what are we worried about, but the adults said that as long as the Japanese dare to call, let's just call these **** over."
The team was speaking to the sentry officers next to them.
"By the way, the team officers and we all know that you have been to the Fengtian Martial Arts Hall, have you ever seen an adult?"
After the emaciated sentry asked the question, the soldiers on the side also gathered around with great interest, wanting to listen to what their team was saying.
In fact, although the team of this team has studied in the Fengtian Lecture Hall for a period of time, they have seen Wang Bin there, but they still pretend to have seen Wang Bin in front of their subordinates, and they still talk about how Wang Bin looks.
Just as the team was still talking, another sentry officer on the side suddenly seemed to hear something, and said to the team who was bragging.
"Captain, why do I always feel like something is moving in this river?"
The team, who was still bragging, immediately stopped when he heard this again, and turned to speak.
"Lao Wang, did you hear it right, there is really a sound in the river?"
The sentinel, named Lao Wang, listened carefully again and said, "Captain, I heard the sound of the river is not right, as if someone is crossing the river, but it is blocked by the mist, and I can't see it very clearly. ”
This sentinel, known as Lao Wang, was called Wang Zhu, who grew up by the river since he was a child, so he knew all kinds of things in the river, just like this time, just by the sound of the river, Wang Zhu judged that someone was crossing the river.
The people in Wang Zhu's ability team all know, since Wang Zhu said that someone is crossing the river, then there must be someone crossing the river.
After the team got an answer from Wang Zhu's mouth, they immediately signaled the surrounding soldiers to start guarding.
At this moment, the soldiers who had just gotten up and ran to the position saw that the soldiers in charge of the guard were all waiting for each other, and immediately thought that the soldiers on guard had discovered something, so they all picked up the rifles in their hands and ran to the front line of the position.
After these soldiers ran to the front line of the position, they found that there was nothing but the white fog on the river, and it was a little strange for a while, there was no enemy, how could the soldiers in charge of keeping watch all night seem to have met the enemy.
Just when the soldiers were curious, they suddenly heard a "whooshing" sound in the river, and this sound was getting louder and louder, as if someone was crossing the river.
The vigilant soldier immediately clenched the rifle in his hand and aimed at the white fog in front of him, and the sound of "whooshing" was getting closer and closer, and the figure of crossing the river in the mist was gradually revealed.
The people who crossed the river were all dressed in yellow military uniforms and holding rifles in their hands and walked unhurriedly towards the shore, and these soldiers suddenly realized that the Japanese had begun to attack, and at the same time that these soldiers saw the Japanese, the Japanese who were crossing the river also saw the soldiers in the positions on the shore.
The first battle of the war between Wang Bin and the Japanese began in the early morning at the position at the mouth of the Anping River, where bursts of gunfire rang out.
The soldiers who were still gathered together in twos and threes behind the position, and the soldiers who were already cooking all gave up what they were doing, picked up their things and ran towards the position not far away.
Early in the morning, Wang Bin was woken up by the sound of artillery, and in the haze, he saw that Wang Bin felt that he seemed to hear the sound of artillery, and at first Wang Bin thought that he heard it in a dream.
But it's not right to think about it, I am in Jiulian City, thinking that there is only one possibility for the sound of artillery outside here, the Japanese have crossed the river, and Wang Bin, who thought of this, suddenly jumped up from the bed and hurriedly put on his clothes and walked towards the door.
Pushing open the door, the sound of artillery was faintly audible, and Wang Bin immediately asked the guards guarding the door what was going on?
The guard's answer made Wang Bin very helpless, these two guards have been on duty in front of Wang Bin's door, so do you know what this cannon sound is all about?
Unable to get the answer he wanted, Wang Bin beckoned the two guards and walked towards the headquarters in the compound.
As soon as he entered the headquarters, Wang Bin saw the staff officers and messengers who were constantly busy, as well as Duan Qirui, Ma Longbiao and Xu Dajun standing in front of the map.
"What's going on, has the battle already begun?" Wang Bin walked in front of Duan Qirui and the others and immediately asked.
After Duan Qirui and the others saw Wang Bin coming, they didn't say any nonsense but said directly: "My lord, according to the current telegram, the Japanese really started to cross the river from the direction of the Anping estuary, and the current garrison at the Anping estuary began to fight with the Japanese army in the early morning, and after half an hour of fighting, the garrison at the mouth of the Anping River has repelled the first attack of the Japanese army. ”
"How's it going?" Wang Bin asked the question he was most concerned about.
"My lord, the current situation at the mouth of the Anping River is not too bad, we sent a battalion of military strength to support as soon as we received the report, and the follow-up military support is still being arranged.
At this moment, the Anping estuary has withstood the first attack of the Japanese from early morning to the present, and this is the second attack of the Japanese at present.
The river had turned red from the fighting, the mist had long since disappeared, and the soldiers were now all in the trenches, firing at the Japanese soldiers who were trying to step onto the shore in the distance.
In the middle of the river and on the bank are the corpses of the Japanese, which shows that the Japanese have not achieved any results so far, but Wang Bin's side is getting more and more vigorous. (To be continued.) )