In Huangzhou, the Qing soldiers stationed here were packing up their things in a hurry and preparing to retreat.

The battalion officer who packed his luggage found that Yang Hao took over his territory with a grand attitude, and couldn't help but shout anxiously: "Boss Yang, why are you still here!" Seeing that there is about to be a war, why don't you hurry up and get on the boat and leave? ”

Yang Hao came here the day before yesterday, and the battalion officer still thought that he was staying temporarily and was about to leave. I didn't expect it to stay until now.

Yang Hao put on an anxious face: "I can't go!" The road ahead was blocked by the Japanese army, and its ships were also blocked by the sea. I can only stay here, and ask Lord Xu to talk to Ma Junmen, for the sake of a friendship, please send some people to help! ”

"Where did Ma Junmen come from, can he send people! He has far less troops at hand. ”

The battalion officer didn't see that he was pretending, thinking that this guy was confused, and rubbed his hands in a hurry.

Yang Hao is generous, and he is not stingy with spending money to send things anywhere. The battalion officer also got some, and felt that he had run away like this, and his face was disgraced.

He turned around three times and stomped his feet: "It's really not good, you can go back to Pyongyang with us." At least there are a lot of soldiers there, and the Japanese can't beat them for a while. It's a big deal, you take two more steps, go around to the north and go back through Dadonggou. ”

Yang Hao's face was stubborn: "I'm not going anywhere!" I think that I am the big boss of the Heavenly Empire, how can I make a pair of Oriental dwarfs scared and scurry? spread out, how can Yang still have a face? I'm right here to see what they dare to do to me! ”

"You, you, you! Alas, I can't control you. The battalion officer trembled with his fingers and sighed with excitement. That's it. The official pulled down his face. Let's ask for a horse army. Boss Yang, what a guarantee you have! ”

After speaking, all the Qing troops hulala slipped away like a whirlwind.

Until the last figure of them ran away, Yang Hao stretched out his arms and kicked his legs and moved his waist twice, and shouted energetically: "Okay, there are no eyesore, everyone will take action to turn this Huangzhou into a steel plate that can make the Japanese army hit their heads and bleed!" ”

A truckload of reinforced concrete unloaded from a freighter. Bricks, tiles, wood and stone, all kinds of tool parts, have been launched. When the Goryeo people who remained in the city heard that they had come to help them fight the Japanese, they greeted them for a while, and hundreds of thousands of them joined the army of building fortifications.

On the morning of September 4, Yoshimasa Oshima, who received the news, hurried to the brigade headquarters with him.

A family guard knelt in front of His Excellency the Major General with his neck strained, looking like he was at your mercy to be slaughtered. But he absolutely refused to be self-judged like this.

Yoshimasa Oshima ignored him and was surrounded by guards. Cautiously probing the camp that had been attacked, and comforting the wounded soldiers.

Turning his head, he snorted coldly at a young man: "The enemy is indeed cunning and powerful. They obviously have advanced equipment and tactics, but they do not collide head-on, indicating that their forces are not sufficient. You didn't take the opportunity to retreat and made the most fatal mistake. The deaths and injuries of these people are your responsibility. ”

A household guard said loudly: "Hay! The office admits all guilt! I just hope that Your Excellency will give me a chance to atone for my sins! I will take my soldiers and personally rush to the enemy's position, even if I die, I will never retreat! ”

Oshima Yoshimasa really had no excuse to save his life, so he patted him on the shoulder and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, I will definitely send your ashes back to my hometown." Go ahead! ”

One of the guards took off his military cap, his head wrapped in a white cloth three times, and the wound cut by the shell was still bleeding, but he didn't seem to feel pain. With bloodshot eyes, he looked around at the remnants of the first brigade, and made a final declaration in a hoarse voice: "Don't let your relatives in your hometown be ashamed!" With our sacrifices, we will make a bloody way for the rise of the Empire! Let's go! ”

More than 100 people, with a sad atmosphere and solemn expressions, clenched their rifles with bayonets in their hands, marched forward with firm steps.

The Dongxian Ridge position in front of it, after the morning sun rose and the clouds cleared and the fog dispersed, it showed a strange solemnity. The birds and beasts all over the mountain have long been frightened away, and a murderous aura lingers, making people instinctively feel a fear that goes deep into the bone marrow, which is not triggered.

Yoshimasa Oshima sits at the brigade headquarters. The 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 21st Wing, plus the 1st Squadron of the 5th Cavalry Brigade, the 3rd Squadron of the 5th Artillery Wing, and the 1st Squadron of the 5th Engineer Brigade, the elite forces of about 3,500 men in total quickly dared to come from the rear.

Originally, they had to wait until the security of the front was determined and then stationed in Huangzhou on the 6th. The surplus two days were used to collect food supplies from all over the place to provide security for the large forces behind.

But now, Yiqiē has to be forced to advance, including his brigade headquarters, and everyone can not eat enough food for a few days. In this kind of crisis, the longer it drags on, the worse it will be for them. In any case, it is necessary to open up the lines of communication as much as possible and take out the enemies who may have zài in front of you.

The 2nd Squadron of the 3rd Brigade, following the remnants of Ichinobei, advanced forward. The 11th Squadron was not far away, intending to outflank it in a roundabout way. The 3rd Artillery Brigade sent out four of the twelve mountain guns to slow but steady forward pressure.

They didn't dare to get too far ahead as usual. Knowing that the enemy may be the strange force that once disabled the first brigade, Oshima Yoshimasa did not dare to be careless. The opponent has ultra-long-range curved artillery, and in such a narrow terrain, once locked by the opponent, there is nowhere to run.

The Dongxian Ridge, which is stuck on the way forward, is not too high in elevation. It's just that this place is only a few kilometers away from the Datong River, and it is the area where many rivers converge, the water vapor is abundant, the clouds are steaming all the year round, and it is very fairy.

The surrounding mountains are not very high, but they are all extremely steep and difficult to navigate. To the east, there are mountains continuously, and there is quite a momentum of being a husband and a man.

At such a pass, the Qing army did not know how to send troops to guard it, and it was outrageous in terms of strategy and tactics.

Yang Hao hoarded heavy troops here, and the defense line built in more than ten days was layered, which was very reminiscent of the trick he played by the river.

Although their hearts were full of tragedy of death, a family of guards did not advance quickly. And it was not a direct collision, the reconnaissance team sent by the 21st Wing ran in front of them in batches. Not long after, one of the squads crashed headlong into the guard post below, and was shot in the face and fled back.

"Hee-hee, it looks like the enemy is ahead!"

The familiar sound of the "water bead" Mosinagan rifle is particularly unique in the Goryeo battlefield. In particular, the frequency of the opponent's shooting is steady and rhythmic, the bullets are particularly accurate, and the ambush position is particularly tricky. Except for the enemy, don't think twice.

Yoshimasa Oshima was startled by the sound of gunshots, and looked into the distance from the high ground where he was sitting, and his vision was not so clear. But he could imagine what it was like to face such an enemy.

The artillery squadron was sent forward and immediately set up four mountain guns in a selected place. It is still an imitation of the 70mm bronze gun, which is light and agile, has a long enough range and fast rate of fire, and is the only heavy weapon in the Japanese Army today.

The reconnaissance team was still trying to explore from all angles, patiently following the front of the Dongxian Ridge and spreading out on both wings, not in a hurry to attack upwards at all.

The core of the position, the people are closed, and the second company commander Huang Lebo, who is fighting the main force, is anxious.

Li Yingjiu, who came to the battlefield for the first time, was also sweating profusely, and saw the Japanese army's steady behavior through the telescope, and couldn't help patting his thigh anxiously: "This little devil, how can he be so calm?" Didn't you reimburse a lot of them in the past? This revenge must not be hurried? ”

Instructor Zhao Baotai said with a smile: "Fighting a war is not a revenge in the martial arts, every move is related to the success or failure of the overall strategy." It is normal for the Japanese army to behave like this. If they pounce on them recklessly, we have to be careful if there is some other conspiracy. ”

Li Yingjiu unconsciously touched the spear in his hand and sighed: "It seems that I can't be a general." You can't hold your breath in such a little battle, and commanding the troops to fight will kill people. Come on, when to rush up, remember to shout. Lao Tzu has to slaughter a few little devils with his own hands to be happy! ”

The logistics personnel he brought with him, or the supplementary troops, were all hidden in the rear defense line, ensuring that they could not be attacked by force and could not be bombarded. Their task is to hide in bunkers and see for themselves how the war is fought.

Li Yingjiu bent down the trench and ran back. Huang Lebo saw that the Japanese troops below were still in an orderly formation, and simply ran from the gate to the front line below, inspecting and encouraging them from position to position.

When he used to have only one platoon, he could manage all of them by himself.

Now that it has been expanded to a company, the number of personnel has increased by more than four times, and the number of troops has more than doubled, and it is really a bit of a hectic situation with insufficient hands and feet for a while.

Fortunately, the platoon leader and squad leader are all veterans of the war, and they don't need to spend much time at all, and they can be arranged in an orderly manner. In the face of the large number of Japanese troops getting closer and closer below, they just patiently crouched in the bunkers, and by the way, they repeatedly instilled their experience in the recruits who went to the battlefield for the first time.

Until the enemy, it will never be possible to impress with empty white teeth.

Now seeing groups of devils huddle forward, as if they can be knocked down with a single shot, young soldiers often lose their breath.

At this time, it depends on the methods of the veterans, who have been conditioning them until the last moment.

It took two full hours, and it was not until after noon that the Japanese completed all the search and exploration. Hundreds of shots were fired on both sides, and the Japanese killed and wounded a dozen people.

When the information was collected to the brigade headquarters, Oshima Yoshimasa couldn't help but gasp and sighed: "Our enemy is really extraordinary!" Their positions are well constructed and they can't find vulnerabilities that can be exploited. There is no other way but to storm it. ”

In front, the four cannons were deployed, and under the command of the third brigade captain Okuyama Yoshizhang Shaoza, a test shot was fired in front of the position that was fired before, followed by four artillery guns in unison!

There was a loud explosion, clouds of smoke and flames boiled and surged, and a family guard shouted at the top of his voice: "Sacrifice your life for the country, right now!" Ladies and gentlemen, assault forward! (To be continued......)