Chapter 4: Turning to War (18)

Looking at the ten Nissan Rabbit 80 cars that transported the materials to return to Hangzhou in the twilight, Guchuan Zhongzuo rushed out of the mouth with a sentence of "eight grids", and the logistics department was only responsible for sending the materials to Qingshanpu, and then it became their own work. Because the plan was to transport the baggage by boat, the Guchuan Infantry Brigade had no pack horse team or carriage, so it could only be carried on the shoulders of people, so many materials could directly make one of his squadrons lose its combat capability.

After discussing with a few subordinates, Guchuan Zhongzuo decided to set up a logistics station in Qingshanpu, leaving a team to serve as a guard, and the other soldiers would only take two rice balls to set off tomorrow after breakfast, and then consider transferring the supplies after Lin'an. Only the infantry artillery squadron was not affected in any way, they had thirty-six pack horses, their own squadron supplies were basically guaranteed, 70 mm caliber shells were always transported by themselves, and the robbery of the fleet only reduced their diet a little. When camping in Qingshanpu, Guchuan Nakasa gave special treatment to the artillery squadron, arranging for them the only large car shop in the local area, and the thirty-six pack horses not only had a stable, but also a manger for feeding, and the conditions were quite good.

Xu Ping's wishful thinking was on these thirty-six pack horses. The artillery of the Japanese army is divided into pack horse artillery and horse artillery, the so-called horse artillery, that is, the horse pull, the traction is heavy field artillery, the so-called pack horse, that is, the horse bear, the burden is light artillery. From Hangzhou to Lin'an, there is a road to connect the whole process, and there is no need to disassemble the 92 infantry gun, but to install the gun and use horse traction, * artillery, using steel wheels without rubber tires, which is not suitable for high-speed travel, and there is no problem with horse traction to maintain the speed of marching.

The night was getting darker and darker, and at some point, a dark cloud drifted from the north, and the cloud became thicker and thicker, and when it was close to midnight, it began to snow sparsely. Soon, a thin layer of snow was spread on the ground. The Japanese patrol walked by and stepped on a slip of footprints, as if to tell everyone that where there were no footprints, there would be no Japanese patrols. Outside the wall of the artillery squadron compound, a soldier nicknamed Thin Monkey of Xu Ping's spy company had been standing under the big tree for a long time, as if he had become one with the big tree, and the snowflakes floated on his body, accumulating a thin layer, only the steel helmet on his head, the snowflakes fell on it, and immediately slid away.

In the hands of the thin monkey, he held a few stones, and every once in a while, he threw one out, and every time he would see that in the house where the soldiers of the artillery squadron lived, someone would come out to check the movement, and the thin monkey had to continue to wait. Finally, no one came out, and the thin monkey was ready to do it, at this time, a Japanese soldier came out with a bucket and a lantern, and when he saw this person, the animals in the stables all whispered happily, this is the groom, the groom who feeds the horses with night food. People have no windfall and no wealth, horses have no night grass and no fat, whether it is a military horse or a pack horse, every day carrying things for a long way, in the middle of the night to feed again, otherwise the horse will become weaker and weaker. Watching the groom take a blanket to cover the horse, and then add material to the manger one by one, stroking the horse's head and throat as if talking to the horse, the thin monkey was so anxious that the urine bubbled and itched. After feeding the horses, the groom walked away quickly, and no one wanted to stay outside longer in this weather.

The thin monkey stepped in, carrying a large bag in his hand, and he imitated the horseman's movements, pouring the contents of the bag evenly into the manger, and pretending to touch the horse's head, even if anyone saw it, they would think that the horseman was feeding. The food he fed was noticeably more fragrant than that of the groom, and the horses immediately abandoned the food that the groom had fed them, and grabbed the food fed by the lean monkey and began to eat it in large gulps, and some of the horses that were regurgitating in the corner also squeezed over, stretching their necks to grab food in the manger. The work is done, and the skinny monkey leaves the same way.

"Got it?" Xu Ping, who answered outside the village, asked.

"Got it." The skinny monkey replied.

Li Baicheng, who was next to Xu Ping, smiled like a baby, almost without drooling, this big bag of fried croton is eaten, and tomorrow, these more than 30 horses will have fun watching.

"Satisfied, it's cold, I want to come out to see the excitement, you're really not afraid of being tired." Xu Ping said to Li Baicheng.

"Hehe, if you don't get the cannon, I can't sleep, so it's better to come out and play with you and watch the fun." Li Baicheng said: "However, I said, your work is really troublesome, unlike us, just let it go, refreshing and simple." ”

"Okay, go back, get the cannon tomorrow, it's your business to drag it or carry it, just don't be tired." Xu Ping said.

"It's okay, as long as there is a cannon, even if you are tired and become a dead dog, you will be happy in your heart." Li Baicheng said: "With these six guns, plus the previous five, I can set up two infantry artillery companies, plus a mortar company, and it is estimated that the artillery company can be upgraded to an artillery battalion." As for those grenadiers like water guns, I would like to tell the regiment commander to divide them into infantry companies and set up a platoon of hand cannons, and if there are 9 hand cannons in a company, the strength will be greatly increased. ”

"Besides, the regiment commander has no right to expand the establishment of the infantry company, and there is no salary from above, and you will feed them then." Xu Ping said.

Li Baicheng sighed and stopped speaking.

When the day dawned, the snow had already stopped, and a thin layer of snow had accumulated on the ground, and the treetops and rooftops were white, covered in silver makeup, and it was a beautiful northern scenery.

In the Qingshan shop, the smoke rose early, and the Japanese army finished their hot breakfast, each carrying two rice balls in their arms, and set off in a group. The personnel of the temporary supply depot stood at the entrance of the village, and their hearts became very empty, if the group of robbers who had robbed yesterday came again, they didn't know how to deal with their small team, and they watched the large army leave with trepidation.

More than 1,000 Japanese troops walked over and trampled the white snow into mud. Walking in the middle, there was still an infantry artillery squadron, thirty-six horses, pulling six guns, carrying ammunition, ninety artillerymen, with empty hands, walking very easily, only the soldiers of the ammunition squad, each carrying a shell box on their backs, a box of 8 infantry shells weighing 4.8 kilograms, not light.

Less than a kilometer out, the speed of the infantry artillery squadron slowed down significantly, and the pack horses showed a strain, at first there were still one or two horses, more and more, and finally thirty-six horses all pulled up together, and a sour and sour smell suddenly spread, making people smell sick.

The horsemen panicked, ran before and after, looked for the cause, and finally studied and decided, and unanimously agreed that it was because of the sudden cooling last night, and the horses had a cold. After walking less than a kilometer, a cannon-pulling cart suddenly knelt down because it was dehydrated, and could not stand up for a long time, and the marching team also stopped.

Guchuan Zhongzuo came over to take a look, he was angry but inconvenient, the infantry artillery squadron was directly under the wing, and this expedition was to cooperate with his own combat, not his subordinates. As a pack horse artillery team, it is simply incompetent, stupid, and criminal to know how to take care of livestock when it snows. Guchuan Nakasa asked the infantry artillery squadron leader if he could still walk, and the infantry artillery squadron leader shook his head and said that he had to boil water and boil some hot food for the pack horses to eat, so that the symptoms could be alleviated. Gukawa Nakasa asked him how long it would take, and he said it would take more than three hours. Guchuan Zhongzuo thought for a moment, and said to the infantry artillery squadron leader: "The soldiers are fast, I will lead the team to take the first step, and you will come later." According to the guide, there is no high wall in Lin'an City, and there is no big problem without artillery, so even if the infantry artillery squadron solves the problem of pack horses, do not follow again, return to Qingshanpu, join forces with the remaining troops, defend with heart, and do not make any mistakes.

Seeing Guchuan Zhongzuo's infantry brigade disappearing on the side of Jinxian Lake, Xu Ping said to Li Baicheng: "This cannon should be yours!" ”

Li Baicheng laughed and said: "Of the more than 100 Japanese troops, there are only about 30 of them*, and without you, our artillery company will take them down." ”

"Don't brag." Xu Ping said with a smile, he knew that this time the artillery company came out to participate in the battle, and it was fully armed, not only with a pistol, but also with a three-eight cover, with plenty of bullets, as well as * and grenadiers, which can be said to be armed to the teeth. To deal with the group of Japanese troops in front of them, the artillery battery is really enough.

"Don't brag, you just look at ours!" Li Baicheng slapped his chest loudly.

"If you're really not bragging, I won't look at you, you are here to deal with this group of artillerymen, I will take the spy company to Qingshanpu and bring that supply station to the end." Xu Ping said.

"Fuck, you're really eating from the bowl and looking at the pot!" Li Baicheng shouted: "Okay, okay, you go and do your job, I am responsible for it here, and I promise to take it." Grandma's, Lao Tzu cleaned them all up with one charge. ”

"Don't be reckless, kill those who have guns first, and then kill those who don't." Xu Ping said: "Three requirements, one is not to leave a single living mouth, the second is that no one can die, and the third is to save all the livestock." ”

"Don't worry, I've got you covered. Walk fast, walk fast. Li Baicheng pushed Xu Ping and told him to leave quickly.

After Xu Ping left with the spy company, Li Baicheng did not move, he gathered the whole company together, and said: "Let's stop fighting first, we must find the most appropriate opportunity before we start, I don't want to kill a few devils who don't have guns, and I also take in a few of our brothers." ”

As a graduate of the Wuming Aviation School, Li Baicheng was not a reckless person, he gathered all the hand cannons to form an artillery team, and all the soldiers with good marksmanship formed an assault team, so that they could focus on taking care of the Japanese ammunition squad with guns. The other fighters, forming a stormtrooper, prepared to charge, repeatedly explained that the charge was not to fight bayonets, and that the guns were bullets, not peanuts.

The soldiers of the Japanese infantry artillery squadron began to get busy, taking off the materials on the backs of the animals, putting away the spare barrels, accessories, shells, tools and horse materials in different categories, picking up dry firewood, bringing back clean water, building stoves, putting big pots on the shelves, and starting to boil water, and the grooms feeding the animals with medicine. Only the Japanese troops in the ammunition squad did not participate in the work, they gathered the ammunition boxes on their backs, found some pine trees, lit a few bonfires in the distance, sat together in groups, drove away the cold, and after a while, some people began to sing, a kind of Fukuoka slang, and some people danced around the fire.

Li Baicheng pointed to the ammunition squad and said: "Even if that group of Japanese soldiers has guns, they are not at all guarded, our hand artillery team and assault team quietly sneak along the ditch, first blow up the hand cannon for a round of fucking guns, and then use rifles to strafe them, we must ensure that this group of devils is killed." The rest is left to the stormtroopers. ”

Everything is in order, hands-on. The dense number of hand cannon shells concentrated around the fire of the ammunition squad, blasting the fire several feet high, followed by the crisp sound of the 38 rifle. The well-trained Japanese troops immediately reacted that there was a problem with the horses, not a cold, but a preset arrangement of the enemy, and they were in trouble.

All the shells and bullets fell on the heads of the ammunition squad, and the other Japanese soldiers watched them die one by one, and they were stupid unarmed, at this time, only the squadron leader shouted: "Run!" "The Japanese army ran away.

Li Baicheng shouted: "Chase!" Dog's day, chase to the edge of the sky and kill the little devil. ”

Running and chasing, there is a gun and no gun, the advantage is obvious, soon, there will be no devil who can run, Li Baicheng laughed, and said: "Go and collect the devil's leather shoes and steel helmets, if you are not dead, you will make up the gun." ”

After the sporadic gunshots, there was a large pile of steel helmets and leather shoes, and at this time, Li Baicheng screamed: "Fuck, we fought early, and the Japanese haven't cured the horse yet!" Who do we have here who will cure horses! ”