The sniper units of the Japanese army were formed for a short time. The snipers of a wing add up to only about a small team, and the cadets who can stand out from nearly 10,000 people to become snipers are all one out of ten thousand, and then they are fed by bullets in the unknown road, and compared with the snipers of the 53rd wing, the level is only high. The reason why they suffered in the first place was only because they were equipped with very few specialized sniper rifles. And once several Li Guang-level snipers led by Jiang Tietou joined the battle, the sniper squad of the 53rd Wing was immediately unable to parry.

The effective range of the Weiqing assault step is about 500 meters, and the best range is 50 meters to 250 meters. After the snipers who posed the greatest threat to the little devils were almost cleared, the threat of the Japanese army to Jiang Tietou weakened a lot.

There is no way for a wing of more than 3,000 soldiers to get a squadron of trainees, which is of course related to the existence of the natural danger of repairing water, but in less than an hour of firefighting, the casualties of the army exceeded 200, which is really unreasonable. On the river in the distance, many soldiers shouted and shouted on the fishing boats that followed the current, and so many strong men were stunned that there was no way to take a tattered small fishing boat - these seriously irritated Suzuki Harusatsu. Suddenly, he turned to the version and asked, "Sakamoto, has the division headquarters called back?" ”

The version replied respectfully: "The 3rd Fleet Support Squadron has already departed, and the Chief of Staff, His Excellency Xiao Di, said that in two hours at most, they will be able to reach the battlefield." ”

"Two more hours?" Suzuki paced back and forth to himself, and suddenly ordered: "Concentrate all the mortars for me and carry out area bombardment!" Don't be stingy with shells, I don't believe there is no way to take the pig on the other side! ”

"Hay!" Suio Sakamoto answered, and then ordered the mortar to fight.

The Japanese mortars had only scattered the shelling before, and although it caused some trouble to Jiang Tie's head, it failed to form an effective killing and absolute suppression. At this time, because the Japanese army learned to be obedient, they all honestly hid behind the river embankment, so the trainees of the reconnaissance battalion Rao were accurate in marksmanship, but they also had no way to take out the devils who had escaped the firing range. In the battle just now, the reconnaissance battalion lost 27 people and wounded more than 40. After a temporary truce, many cadets began to bandage each other's wounds, or bury their fallen comrades on the spot. Slightly different from the composition of the 1st Division, although there are many "old bandits" in the reconnaissance battalion, the particularity of the unit makes them more adept at self-discipline, and in the gap between battles, they would rather lie idle and rest in the individual pit than laugh and play and consume physical strength.

Jiang Tietou held the binoculars and quietly observed the opposite side, and suddenly, the heads of several devils appeared in the lens, and the barrel of a mortar was level with their heads. "What do the little devils want to do?" He thought, turned the telescope, and after a few minutes, he suddenly shouted: "Brothers, quickly retreat, retreat behind the embankment." ”

The embankments on both sides of the river are not as wide and thick as those on the Yangtze River, and the height is much lower, and because it is a little far from the river, in order to ensure the range, Jiang Tietou did not think of using it at the beginning. But now, knowing that the little devils may concentrate mortars to carry out area shelling, smashing their hiding beaches piece by piece, the innate bunker performance of the river embankment has become important. The degree of obedience to orders of the cadets of the reconnaissance battalion was the best among the guerrilla units except for the guard units, and the cadets climbed out of the individual pits one after another, or carried the bodies of their comrades, and quickly withdrew behind the embankment. And as soon as they finished retreating, the sound of mortar fire began.

Dozens of grenades whizzed down on the river beach where they had been hiding, explosions rang out, and mushroom clouds rose one after another. Meng Taishan, the company commander of the first company of the reconnaissance battalion, lay beside Jiang Tietou and said: "The little devil has finally woken up, it's so dangerous. ”

The trainees evacuated the river beach in advance, and let Suzuki Harunmatsu's mortar area shelling tactics just thunder and no rain, but the momentum was full, but the harvest was equal to nothing. Sueo Sakamoto personally presided over the artillery group to fire three rounds, and seeing that the enemy had run behind the embankment, he knew that it was futile to shoot again, so he had to give the order to stop the shelling. Then he came to Suzuki and said, "Your Excellency, the people of Shina are so cunning that they have already seen through our strategic intentions. ”

Suzuki glared at him and asked, "Why stop and keep shooting!" ”

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"Eight grids, don't you pay attention to the battlefield environment?" Suzuki scolded, shoved the binoculars into his hands, and adjusted the direction for him. Sakamoto looked over and saw a fishing boat approaching the riverbank, nine soldiers were landing under the command of a Cao Chang, he put down his binoculars, estimated the distance between them and the enemy, and suddenly came to his senses. He bowed his head and admitted his mistake and said, "Your Excellency, I was negligent, so I will order the artillery team to continue firing so as to cover the landing force." ”

Suzuki nodded and said, "I hope they're smart enough to wait until everyone else is ashore before launching a surprise attack." ”

The river basin in Xiushui is triangular, and the Nanjin kiln is the one that protrudes, so those fishing boats that go with the tide go down a distance and then come to the south bank of the river. There are about twenty fishing boats, and there are at least nearly two hundred devils on them, and the combination of these two hundred devils is definitely a force that should not be underestimated.

The limitation of location, Jiang Tietou and they did not find this. After the students retreated behind the river embankment, Jiang Tietou said to everyone: "The ambush is indispensable, the little devil will definitely call for naval support, and then, we can only rely on the river embankment to snipe." Fix the fortifications a little more firmly, the first division is nearly a hundred kilometers away from here, and we may have to hold on here for a day! ”

Meng Taishan answered: "If the little devils can only come over two or three hundred people at a time, we should be able to hold out for a day, and I am afraid that they will ask for air force support." In that case, it will be difficult for us to fight. ”

"Do your best! If we can keep the devils on the north bank of Xiushui, the commander will be able to calmly deploy his troops, and even if we have to retreat at the end of the day, our casualties will be much less. Brothers, hurry up and dig the fortifications, this time let the little devils see how powerful our guerrilla reconnaissance battalion is! ”

"Okay!" The cadets responded with a bang, brandished their sapper shovels, and began to dig up on the south side of the embankment. Jiang Tietou dug his own anti-artillery pit, and then called a few of his apprentices, and a few of the masters and apprentices took local materials, and began to create traps and lay tricks in places that could not be covered by the little devil's mortar.

At a distance of 1,500 meters east of the defensive position selected by the reconnaissance battalion, Cao Chang, a Japanese soldier named Hideshi Otsuka, gathered more than 50 devils, and after reconnoitering the terrain, he felt out of the river beach, climbed over the river embankment, and went to the county seat of Yongxiu County, which was not far away.

Suzuki Harumatsu hoped that Otsuka Shu would launch a surprise attack from behind Jiang Tie's head and defeat them in one fell swoop, so as to clear the way for the landing battle that followed. Otsuka Xiu's ambition was greater, and after going up to the south bank with a bit of twists and turns, he thought that Yongxiu County had been occupied by the Xuebing Army, so he wanted to directly raid Yongxiu, and then cooperate with the landing force behind to encircle and annihilate Jiang Tie's head after capturing Yongxiu.

The armed forces in the county seat of Yongxiu County originally had a battalion of puppet security regiments. However, after hearing that the Scholar Army had entered Nanchang, the battalion commander Xu Decai was worried that he would be caught by the Scholar Army and punished as a traitor, so he ran to Jiujiang with his troops as early as a week ago.

When the Japanese invaded China, the Chinese people suffered the most. As early as the Battle of Songhu, the notoriety of the Japanese army spread throughout the country. This kind of rumor is getting more and more outrageous, and gradually, in the minds of the Chinese people, the image of the little devil does not exist, but the evil ghosts who run out of hell. Up to now, whenever there are rumors that the Japanese army will attack a certain place, there will inevitably be a phenomenon of many families moving inward in that place. Of course, even so, not everyone is willing to leave their homes or have the ability to relocate. The rich are just rich, they have money, and they don't have to worry about not being able to survive anywhere else. What about civilians? Everything they had was in the city, and they didn't have much savings, even though they knew that it would be better to live than die if they stayed, but they had no other choice.

In Yongxiu County, there are about six of the ten households left. This made a county town that was originally quite lively and active a lot more depressed, and it also made the devils of Otsuka, who had no bottom in their hearts, more and more suspicious, worried that they would be ambushed again, and even did not dare to enter in the face of the empty city gate.

The devils in this department were really scared by the ambush of Jiang Tie's head.

There is no armed force in Yongxiu County, and the government is gone, which makes people more and more panicked. As some ruffians began to make trouble all over the streets, a local gentleman named Huang Hanshu saw this, and couldn't bear to turn a county town into a paradise for unorderly hooligans, so he organized the strong men in the family and formed a city defense team.

When the city defense team was first formed, it played a certain role, killing a few arrogant ruffians and hooligans and stabilizing the local order. But today, with the earth-shattering sound of guns coming from the Nanjin kiln, which is only about a kilometer away from the county seat, the young man of the Huangjia City Defense Team, who was still majestic in front of the ruffians and hooligans, immediately showed his original form. In addition to Huang Hanshu's son Huang Zhongming and nephew Huang Zhonghan, they still insisted on patrolling the commercial streets where ruffians and hooligans were concentrated, and the others were scattered and soon disappeared from the commercial streets.

Huang Hanshu is very backbone and patriotic, and the children and nephews he educated were influenced by him, whether it was courage or moral integrity, they were much better than their peers. Others were scared away by the sound of gunfire, but they wanted to do something for the national army. The two of them returned home and said to Huang Hanshu: "Father (uncle), you often educate us about the rise and fall of our country, and the responsibility of the husband, we used to want to join the army, but you said that I have nothing to learn, and I will only become a burden if I go to the army." Now that our schools have been destroyed by Japanese fire, you can let us go to the army! ”

This time, Huang Hanshu did not reject their request, but made a request, saying that they could join the army, but they could only join Yu Jishi's 74th Army. His reason was: "If you want to be a soldier, you must be a good soldier who is beneficial to the country and the people, General Yu's 74th Army is very good, you should go to the 74th Army!" Then he packed up for the two of them, gave each of them a shell gun and some ammunition, sent them out of the house, and waved them away as soon as possible.