Chapter 30: Tougher
Zhang Zuoxiang brought a total of more than 500 people this time, less than 600, which is basically equivalent to the size of a battalion, but because more than 100 people had to be assigned to take care of the prisoners, and another 100 people were assigned to take care of the property they had collected, this time they searched out 300,000 or 400,000 oceans of foreign currency, gold and silver, and this money alone was enough for the 27th Division to eat and drink fat for a year, and there must be no problems, and there were also a large number of correspondence documents, which were ironclad evidence that Shanqi and others were plotting treason, and they were also the pillars of the correctness of this operation, and there was no room for problems.
In this way, the remaining strength is 300 people, so Zhang Zuoxiang's face is very bad, as we all know, the Chinese army is far inferior to the Japanese soldiers in terms of equipment and training, and the reconnaissance that there are Japanese soldiers rushing over from a distance, Zhang Zuoxiang's face is solemn.
As soon as he beckoned, the troops sprang into action, pushing the captives to one place, then ringing them in wagons outside, and then guarding them outside by soldiers to ensure that these belongings and prisoners were not lost, and the rest of the soldiers quickly assembled and blocked the road.
Nishimura Osa has been staring contemptuously at the chaotic movements of the Feng army, and he arrogantly shouted to Zhang Zuoxiang: "General Zhang, your subordinates are still at the level of Japan's Warring States Period, and with such an army, don't want to confront the strong troops of Great Japan." Your only choice now is to quickly release the captured Japanese, and then propose daoqian to the Japanese government, and then wait for the imperial government to deal with it, I believe that the benevolent imperial government will give you a way to live, otherwise you will only have a dead end. ”
Although Nishimura had only a dozen people around him, he had no fear in the face of hundreds of Chinese troops, and in his opinion, the Chinese army could not be called an army at all, and even the most advanced Beiyang New Army was just an empty shell without a soul.
Even though they had the most advanced guns, but these people didn't even have the courage to fight, Nishimura deliberately urged his horse to approach the side of the 27th Division, he held the katana in his hand, and kept pointing.
"Your tactical moves are completely substandard, the speed is too slow, and the Japanese recruits are much faster than you. Don't struggle, obey my orders quickly, let people admit their mistakes, and honestly wait for punishment. ”
Nishimura was about to continue, when suddenly a gunshot rang out, and the Oriental horse under his crotch immediately screamed in Herod's pain, and the body of the war horse stood up, and Nishimura was lifted down in an instant. Like most Japanese people of this era, he was only about 1.5 meters tall, his short body rolled out several meters like a ball, and his mouth hit the boulder on the side of the road.
Immediately, two front teeth were broken, blood and dirt were all over the mouth, and Nishimura's appearance was not to mention miserable. It turned out that when he was showing off his martial arts and power, Zhang Tinglan quietly found Sun Anhu and asked him to give Xicun a little color.
It stands to reason that Xicun is a big Zuo, and his status is already very high, in the past, Sun Anhu would never dare to plot against Xicun, but since he did things with Zhang Tinglan a few times, Sun Anhu has blind confidence in this Young Master Zhang, he is definitely not a reckless person, since Zhang Tinglan gave the order, it is absolutely no problem.
Moreover, Sun Anhu has long been unaccustomed to Nishimura's arrogant face, he took advantage of Nishimura's waving saber, a shot hit his war horse's eye, this shot scored exactly the same thing, just shattered the eyeball, and then drilled into the skull, breaking the war horse's brain into a pulp.
Nishimura was helped up from the ground by his subordinates, and when he looked back, he saw that his war horse had fallen to the ground, his eyes were still spurting blood, his body was twitching violently, and he saw that he was dead. Suddenly a wave of anger rushed to his head, and at the same time, he also had a strong fear.
If the shot just now didn't hit the war horse but hit him, most of the current Nishimura would also be a dead body, thinking of this, Nishimura was furious.
"Mr. Nishimura, you said that our soldiers are not as good as Japanese recruits, and I don't think your riding skills are as good as those of a three-year-old child, why did you fall off your horse?"
The sound of ridicule from the Feng army was immediately heard, and Nishimura's face turned red, and he suddenly drew his saber with a hideous expression on his face, like a wounded beast, and wanted to rush into the position of the Feng army and cut the mockers to pieces.
However, his men held him back, and these people were not fools, they had noticed that the Feng army was already in formation, and the muzzles of the black holes were directly aimed at them, and at the first order, they would turn into a sieve.
As the saying goes, heroes don't suffer immediate losses, their numbers are far inferior to each other, and since the other party dares to shoot the war horse, then dare to shoot the person on the horse, if there is anything to misfire, they are the ones who suffer.
These people dragged Nishimura back and retreated, and at this time, more than 300 Japanese soldiers had arrived neatly at the scene of the incident. With enough manpower, the momentum will naturally be restored, and he is now thinking about revenge with one arrow, so that these damned Shina people can taste the bravery of the Japanese Imperial Army, and Nishimura stands in front of all the Japanese soldiers.
"The warriors of Great Japan, the despicable Shina people have captured the subjects of the Empire, this is the greatest provocation to the Empire, as an Imperial soldier, we must protect every subject of the Empire, give a fierce blow to any provocation, and let them taste the power of the Imperial warriors." Nishimura spoke impassionedly, but there was only one problem, and that was that two of his front teeth had been broken, so he did not speak for a ride, and his voice was very strange, like that of an angry clown.
It was the first time for those Japanese soldiers to see their commander so embarrassed, and they didn't know what was going on, so they could only honestly obey the order.
All the Japanese soldiers quickly moved into action, looking for cover on the side of the road, and set up battle formations, their movements were obviously much more professional and fast than those of the Feng army, and the Japanese soldiers also quickly built improvised bunkers, and the two sides faced off from each other a few hundred meters apart.
"Regiment commander, these little devils are really fast, and they perform their duties, not chaotic at all, compared to our soldiers, they are far behind." Sun Anhu said to Zhang Zuoxiang while observing.
Zhang Zuoxiang also nodded solemnly: "It's time for us to do a good job of training, we can't be so confused anymore, otherwise we won't be tough on our own territory, this soldier is really unlucky." ”
At this time, a small Japanese officer ran over quickly and sent a document, which was Nishimura's Zuihou ultimatum, he asked Zhang Zuoxiang to immediately release the captured Japanese, and at the same time, all the Fengjun soldiers present took the initiative to disarm and wait for the Japanese to deal with it, otherwise he would order an attack.
Seeing this notice, Zhang Zuoxiang knew that they had no way to retreat, and he said loudly to all the soldiers: "Brothers, the Japanese have asked us to take the initiative to disarm and wait for them to deal with it, otherwise we will attack." They have put their guns on our heads, everyone looks back, not far away is Mukden City, which is our hometown, these Japanese asked us to surrender to them at their own doorstep, can you agree? ”
"Can't! No! ”
All the soldiers of the Feng army were also enraged, for many years the Japanese have been rampant, and everyone has accumulated a lot of resentment in their hearts, and now in the face of such unreasonable demands, everyone has been filled with anger, and they must not retreat again, otherwise the land of Kanto will become Japanese.
The soldiers all shouted loudly, as if they wanted to shout out the grievances in their chests, Zhang Zuoxiang saw that everyone's morale was high, and the military spirit was available, he was barely relieved, and then said: "Brothers, my fathers and fellow villagers are watching, I order everyone only to fight to the death at gunpoint, not to escape with the muzzle of the gun, if Japan dares to attack, everyone, including me, must fight to the death." Brothers, the black soil under our feet is still ours after all, and the division commander and other brothers are also in the city, and they will soon be able to help us, so don't have any fear or worry. ”
Zhang Zuoxiang pointed to the seized property again, and said loudly: "If any brother is really unfortunate enough to be injured or even killed in the conflict, the family will be compensated by a thousand oceans, and the 27th Division will support his whole family. ”
At this juncture, Zhang Zuoxiang's remarks really played a role in stabilizing the morale of the military, in fact, this kind of military confrontation has not happened before, and most of them will not really clash, but the danger is no less than the real conflict. In the past, the Chinese government tolerated the disturbances and provocations of the Japanese army in every possible way, retreating as soon as it could, and paying reparations, and it was precisely this cowardice that intensified the rampant arrogance of the Japanese.
They became more and more unscrupulous, completely forgetting that the Chinese are the masters of this land. Zhang Zuoxiang first gave Xiaozhi righteousness, let everyone fight for their fathers and elders, and puffed up the soldiers' desire to fight, and then used it to benefit, using real money to boost morale, and the effect was really good.
All the soldiers of the Feng army were in high spirits, swept away the usual slackness and fatigue, and they also stepped up to build improvised trenches, stacked sandbags with dense turns, forming a tight defensive line, the soldiers widened their eyes, clenched their steel guns, and if the Japanese made any move, they would not hesitate to launch a counterattack.
Zhang Tinglan has not been idle, he knows the situation on his side, the soldiers did not sleep last night, and now they are all tired, if Japan immediately launches an attack, it is really uncertain whether they can resist Zhang Tinglan. Of course, he also knows his advantage, that is, with his back to Fengtian City, Zhang Zuolin may have begun to deploy troops to rescue, and the key is to ensure the safety of Lao Zhang's brigade before he arrives.
From the bottom of his heart, Zhang Tinglan was unwilling to tear his face with the Japanese, after all, the foundation of the 27th Division was too thin, but he knew better that peace was not won by groveling, but by fists, and if you want peace, you must make your opponent believe that they cannot win.
Therefore, Zhang Tinglan asked the soldiers to move out all the four captured Haqikaisi machine guns, and in addition, boxes and boxes of ammunition were piled on the position, and the four machine guns were all aimed at the Japanese soldiers.