The dark night was unusually cold and long when the war was about to break out. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoOn December 7th, the cold Yalu River was about to freeze, and most of the sentries on the Japanese positions were huddled in the trenches, trying to choose a position to keep themselves warm.

Some were puffing into their hands, others were shivering with rifles on their shoulders to warm their bodies. Of course, more people huddled in simple bunkers piled high with straw, relying on this to seek the warmth that didn't add much.

By discipline, soldiers were not allowed to light fires to keep warm along the entire line, but there were many ways to keep warm in addition to flames - officers had thicker rooms and thermos to store boiling hot water. Ordinary soldiers didn't have such good luck, they could only wear thick overcoats, standing in the cold wind, watching out for the movements of the Ming Empire's troops opposite.

"Have you heard? Two of the most powerful generals of the Ming Empire...... General Wang and General Si both went to Southeast Asia. A Japanese sentry holding a rifle and wrapping a woolen scarf around his neck several times, leaving only a pair of eyes, shuddered as he shook his body and asked another sentry beside him.

"Of course, otherwise, at this time, I'm afraid that there are twice as many sentinels on duty as there are now." The other sentry was also depressed by the cold wind, and he was eager to find a trench to lean on, at least so that most of his body would not have to suffer directly from the cold wind.

The cultural level of this poor soldier from the Kanto region of Japan is really not high, and he does not have a surname named Sima in his impression, so he simply splits the name Sima Mingwei and directly calls him "the general with the surname Si". However, there is nothing wrong with this for the Japanese grassroots soldiers, as long as they can communicate normally and do not affect the content of their speech, no one will correct it.

"It seems that it was our Imperial Japanese Empire's defense line on the Yalu River that brought those Ming generals to their knees." The Japanese sentry who was the first to speak said triumphantly to his companion: "Look at this direction, I heard that it is even more terrifying than the Liaohe defense line, how dare the Ming Empire attack us?" ”

The other Sentinel strongly agreed with this theory, believing that there was no more terrifying existence in the world than this line of defense. So he nodded naturally and echoed approvingly: "Isn't it." If you want to defeat us in such a position, how many people will have to die? ”

None of these new Japanese soldiers who had been sent to the front line had experienced the Battle of Liaodong, because those soldiers who had experienced the Battle of Liaodong were now placed in the second-line positions and used as the main force. These newcomers have never seen the Liaohe defense line at all, so they can only rely on their own imagination and insight to judge the situation in front of them.

To them, the permanent fortifications of reinforced concrete, the barbed wire fences and minefields, and the huge artillery positions that they visited in turn to boost their morale - all this was beyond the imagination of these fishermen from Hokkaido!

They couldn't believe that anyone could break through such a defensive position head-on, and every day they would lie down on the preset shooting hole and look at the riverbank, they would find that they could easily aim and shoot any enemy who crossed the Yalu River - as long as the heavy machine guns fired, the entire riverside would become a sea of hellfire!

Therefore, General Miyamoto was immediately relieved after receiving the news sent by the intelligence department about the appearance of Wang Jue and Sima Mingwei in Southeast Asia. He knew that the war was definitely going to break out in the south, because the two most powerful generals of the Ming Empire for more than a year had gone to the south, so how could they take the lead in the north? Even if the Ming Empire wanted to start a war in the north, who would be able to command these armies in the north?

Miyamoto Yuhito's judgment was that the Ming Empire lacked the confidence to use troops in the north, so it chose to circumvent the defense line of the Yalu River and chose the battlefield on the southeastern peninsula, which was more inland. In his heart, the Ming Empire was afraid, afraid that it would not be able to deal with the defense line of the Yalu River in North Korea, as well as the lofty mountains and mountains in the north of the Korean Peninsula.

The commander-in-chief had this sentiment, and his subordinates were even more convinced that war would not break out in the north. Although the level of combat readiness is still maintained at the highest level, the intensity of implementation still makes the officers and men at the grassroots level feel the smell of laxity.

"Hey, something is wrong, do you hear something? It's not the wind! It's not the wind! It's like the sound of the river! The first sentry frowned, then squinted in the direction of the river, this was not the first day he had stood guard, so he could easily distinguish the difference in the sound of the river.

The other sentry was a little unimpressed, holding his rifle and turning to look at it, while guarding against the possible sneak attack of his comrades, he smiled and said, "Don't lie to me! What sound can there be in the river, just kidding! ”

However, after he saw the vague black shadow on the river, he closed his mouth, there was indeed something there, although the current position of the black shadow was not far from the opposite bank, but judging by the size, it should be a small boat!

Boat! The soldiers of the Ming Empire want to cross the river? The sentry who saw the black shadow hurriedly aimed the rifleman in his arms at the target's position, and then chose a small tree as a cover, and half-knelt on the ground: "Quick! Report the news! ”

The other sentry did not delay, and quickly ran to the squadron command post behind, because it was late at night, and he woke up many soldiers on duty stationed in the trenches, and everyone poked their heads out and watched a friendly soldier run quickly in the direction of the headquarters, and then disappeared into the dark night.

"What do you say? A ship of the Ming Empire is moving on the river? The squadron leader in the command quickly woke up a few military cao, turned on the radio and began to call the brigade headquarters behind. This is not a trivial incident, because in the previous time, the Ming Empire has always maintained restraint on the Yalu River, and there are few cases of ships being dispatched at night.

Although the Japanese military system was originally modeled after the Ming Empire, in line with the strategic policy that Japan must be different from the Ming Empire, the troops were finally changed and developed into the current strange appearance. There is no reference at all for the brigade unit, and there is no other branch in the world.

"Phew!" I don't know if it was because of too much tension or because of some other reason, but suddenly a gunshot rang out in the dead of night on the Japanese position. Before the officers around them could figure out whether the shot had gone off fire or something else, the Japanese machine gun, which had been in a nervous state, rang out.

"Suddenly! Dodo! "The sound of the fierce strafing was almost as little like thunder at night, and the tracer bullets hit the surface of the water, leaving a column of water. Then the column spread all the way to the boat on the other side, hitting the side of the wooden ship, sending the sawdust flying everywhere.

"Ceasefire! Cease fire! Are you crazy? The squad leader rushed to the edge of the machine-gun position where the fire was fired with the guards, slapped the back of his men's heads, and then shouted loudly: "You haven't figured out the situation yet, so you are so rashly firing?" Bastard! Idiot! ”

The machine gunner rubbed his head with an embarrassed expression, he had just heard the gunshot, and with a shake of his hand, he fired out, but because of the nervousness, it may have been the sound of the gunfire that stifled his adrenaline, so he did not stop firing, but instead fired the bullet at the boat on the other side.

But before the Japanese could figure out what was going on, many figures suddenly appeared on the riverbank of the Ming Empire, and these figures ran in the direction of the boat, as if they were still shouting something. This time it stabbed the hornet's nest of the Japanese defenders, because it was too dark to see the situation on the other side of the strait, they couldn't help but pull the trigger in their hands.

"Phew!" "Phew!" "Tubu!" Machine guns and rifles fired intermittently, knocking over a lot of figures on the other side, but soon these black shadows of the Ming Empire retreated, and it seemed that they had no intention of forcibly crossing the Yalu River. In fact, the second half of the night was surprisingly quiet, and it was not until the next morning that the Japanese headquarters on the Korean Peninsula received a telegram in clear code, and Miyamoto Yuhito, who was washing, realized what his troops had done last night......

The Ming Empire called to claim that three children of local people in Liaodong disappeared last night, and they were suspected to have gone to the river to play and get lost. So that night, the people spontaneously organized a small boat to search along the river, but they were attacked by the Japanese defenders - killing a whole 70 people...... Even the Japanese were taken aback by the accuracy of their own night shots.

The defenders of the Ming Empire tried to step forward to cover, but they were also killed by the Japanese, 3 people! Now the Ming Empire has sent a note to the Japanese government, demanding that the relevant responsible persons be arrested and that the Japanese soldiers who opened fire and provoked trouble without authorization be sent to the Ming Empire to face trial. Of course, this is a unilateral statement of the Ming Empire, and it needs to be decided by Japan.

In fact, it is not impossible to send a few substitutes for the dead ghosts, and at this sensitive time, send ten or eight people to the past to calm down the situation - but the Ming Empire asked to send an investigation team to cross the river to investigate the scene, and also personally draw up a list of criminals, which made the Japanese unwilling.

Crossing the river to investigate? Do you want to survey the scene of the accident, or do you want to survey the secrets of the defense line? Do you draw up your own list of perpetrators? If you want Miyamoto to be responsible, we in Japan will send a general to kill you? Therefore, the Japanese side immediately said that it could not accept it, but it would unilaterally investigate this matter - in the eyes of the Japanese, they have done enough, and it is just the Ming Empire using this to stir up trouble and pick quarrels and provoke trouble. (To be continued.) )