"It's a wolf!"

Zhao Chengdong, the commander of Longtan County, heard the warning of the general, and his heart couldn't help but tremble. Although he is determined to fight, it does not mean that he will not be afraid. After all, for decades, the ferocity of the Japanese invaders has spread deeply in the south of the Yangtze River, and today I don't want to encounter thousands of Japanese invaders invading the land under their rule.

When the matter came to the end, there was no room for retreat, Zhao Chengdong gritted his teeth fiercely, and shouted in a dry voice: "Fight a decisive battle with the Japanese Kou, and those who retreat die!" Then he added: "And take away all the treatment!" ”

This treatment is one of the reasons why the security forces have always maintained their fighting ability, and the generous salary has exceeded the return of any livelihood. However, this security force is not something that anyone can do if they want to join.

First of all, there are strict restrictions on height, and at the same time, strength and endurance are rigid requirements for physical conditions, as long as one does not meet the requirements, you will be disqualified. Not only that, but there are strict requirements for the identity of the recruiter, first of all, the military households of the guard station are never wanted, and the second is that the market merchants are never wanted, these two are very slippery, and they are naturally not suitable for the military camp that is forbidden by order.

With a lot of strict screening conditions, this also highlights the special status of the security army to another extent, which is by no means different from the previous recruitment.

After receiving the order, the battalion officer's face did not change, and he calmly issued various orders. He was originally from the Three Guards Army, and was promoted from a team officer to a battalion officer when the security army was formed in Longtan County, and became the commander of the county's security army.

The five hundred musketeers were lined up in a line of five hundred, and they were clearly ready to fight to the death. The musketeer pulled the trigger of his musket in a row, and a continuous stream of projectiles smashed like hail in the darkness against the enemies who were swarming in the darkness.

The battalion officer's brows furrowed slightly, and he was very dissatisfied with the training effect of the security forces. According to the requirements of the discipline, it was strictly forbidden for the enemy to shoot without entering the 20 paces of their first row, but the officers of the security forces still gave the order to fire when they were close to 50 paces, and the power of the musket 20 paces away had been greatly reduced, and how many projectiles could hit the Japanese in the dark at a distance of 50 paces had become a gamble related to luck.

But despite this, the continuous rotation of muskets had a great shocking effect, and the speed of the impact of the pirates in the darkness slowed down significantly. The battalion officers were quite satisfied with the training of the security army's musket loading, and they were able to achieve almost uninterrupted results of five rounds of continuous firing under the condition of fixed gunpowder, which was already very much in line with the infantry battalion of the Three Guards.

"Chen Yingguan must resist the attack of the Japanese bandits, if we fail in this battle, tens of thousands of people in the county, tens of thousands of people's lives will depend on our hundreds of people!"

The voice of the county commander Zhao Chengdong was obviously crying, but it was extremely resolute. The expression of the battalion officer showed a hint of disgust, these scholars knew that they were crying and crying when they arrived, wasn't it plain to ruin morale? Besides, although there are thousands of people on the other side, they are just a rabble, as for such apocalyptic depression and despair?

"The county doesn't have to worry, there is me, and it will be difficult for those widows to move forward!"

Immediately, the battalion officer's brows furrowed again, for he soon discovered that this group of Japanese robbers had a tendency to divide their troops, and the direction should be to take the county seat directly. It seems that there is an internal response in these widows, as if he knows the emptiness of Longtan County at the moment, but in a hurry, he didn't have time to think about it, and ordered his soldiers to stop shooting, organize their formations and obey orders.

After the first few shots of the retreat, they remained at a distance of nearly fifty paces from the Wakos. He had to build up morale and wait for the opponent to come within effective range before firing a musket salvo.

But soon, a sharp-eyed soldier noticed the movement in the dark, "Battalion officer, look ahead, there seem to be more people behind the ......."

After hearing this, the battalion officer carefully looked into the endless darkness, and it seemed that there were indeed black shadows with a scale of almost thousands that were moving slowly, even if he had killed in and out of the corpse mountain and sea of blood, he couldn't help but be terrified at this moment.

If it was only a few thousand people before, he was naturally not afraid, but the other party suddenly appeared with reinforcements, so even if he himself had the heart to die, how many of his subordinates could maintain the will to fight in the face of such a disparity in adversity?

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, the battalion officer was immediately caught in a dilemma. If a retreat is ordered, then the retreat of the security forces at this moment will definitely evolve into a rout, and then they will be chased and eaten by the Japanese one by one. But if you don't give the order to retreat, the odds of victory are slim in the face of an enemy ten times your size, unless God can arrange a miracle, and maybe there is a chance of luck......

"Nonsense, where are there any reinforcements, it's clear that the weeds are swinging in the wind! Those who lie about the military situation again will not be forgiven! ”

"Battalion Officer ......"

The soldier still wanted to distinguish a few words, he did not lie about the military situation, but he had been rudely interrupted by the battalion officer. Zhao Chengdong, the county commander, was suspicious, and he tried to look into the darkness, but he couldn't see any images in the distance. Zhao Chengdong found that his eyes were very blurry when he saw things in the distance during the day, especially after dark, and the vision loss was more obvious, and things that were a little farther away were blurry.

Although it is inconvenient on weekdays, it has little impact after all, but today on the battlefield, he can't clearly observe the situation in the distance. Intuition told Zhao Chengdong that the soldier's warning was not necessarily targeted, but the battalion officer was obviously domineering and used to it, and some of them couldn't listen to their subordinates.

"Listen to the order, get ready to shoot!"

During the conversation with the soldier, the Japanese had already entered within thirty paces of the security army's infantry, and as long as they reached a distance of twenty paces, tonight's decisive battle would begin. Just before, the battalion officer had already made up his mind to die, since the left and right were dying, why not die vigorously? It's a pity that the crepe county order also died in battle.

He glanced at the county order who was frightened but determined to stay, and found that this person didn't seem to be as annoying as before, and he could see death as if he were at home under the pressure of a strong enemy, that was a real man!

Suddenly, the battalion officer's heart moved, and he whispered to the county order beside him: "There are reinforcements from the Japanese Kou, I will die here tonight, the county lord hurry up and take people back to arrange to defend the city, otherwise the dragons of Longtan will be leaderless, and they will inevitably be lost!" ”

After saying a word, the battalion officer no longer looked at the county order, but raised his eyes, and saw that the Japanese were already in the shooting range, so he resolutely ordered: "All fire!" ”

So the battlefield that had been silent for a moment suddenly resounded with the sound of musket volleys one after another, and with the sudden rise of the south wind, the thick smoke of gunpowder was blown over the battlefield, and a melee seemed to be about to begin.

After listening to the words of the battalion officer, the county commander was stunned, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while, could he watch these 500 soldiers die on the spot and flee for their lives alone? He asked himself over and over again, but each time the answer was no.

Zhao Chengdong was excited and pulled out a Yanling knife that he had found temporarily, and shouted to several guards behind him: "Listen up!" This county will fight to the death today......"

Li Xin put away the monocular in his hand, he didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of this security army was not inferior to the infantry battalion of the Three Guards Army, blocking the attack of thousands of enemy troops.

"General, two tongues have been caught! It's a wolf! ”

"Bring it on!"

Soon, two guys with strange hairstyles were brought up, and one mouth was in the language of babbling, and it was clear that these were real people.

"Yao Qisheng, Yao Qisheng!"

Yao Qisheng and one of his teams have been incorporated into Li Xin's own personal barracks, and the castrated Tagawa Emon obeys Yao Qisheng like a hound for some reason.

Regarding the psychology of this Japanese people, Li Xin really can't use common sense to speculate.

Yao Qisheng naturally knew the significance of the Marquis of Zhenyu calling him over, and he waved his hand to beckon Tagawa Weimen.

"Ask them, who sent them? What exactly is the purpose......

Soon they got the answer, it turned out that they were secretly greeted ashore by an official in Zhenjiang, and the fundamental purpose of this trip was to locate Nanjing on the bank of the Qinhuai River.

"General, it seems that the security army can't hold on, shouldn't we take action?"

Li Xin was a little strange, it stands to reason that the Three Guards were already so close to the Japanese Guards, they should react, why did they still rush forward as if they didn't find themselves? It's weird.

"Order the artillery on standby to conduct exploratory fire!"

Because he was in the dark, Li Xin did not want to act rashly, and with the current situation, it seems that the security forces can still withstand several attacks from the Japanese invaders. And Yao Qisheng's report made Li Xin frown, if the words of these Japanese robbers are true, it means that someone in Nanjing officialdom has colluded with the Japanese and has bad intentions.

So who are the officials who collude with the Japanese invaders? It seems that the other party has been scheming and finally waited for the opportunity for Lu Xiangsheng to defeat the Fifth Battalion of the Left Battalion, and he is impatient to get rid of the people of the Three Guards in Nanjing.

If they hadn't landed in Longtan tonight, would this group of wouldn't have reached the city of Nanjing in the middle of the night? Although it may not shake Nanjing's defenses at that time, the bad impact caused is immeasurable.