Chen Zhaochang hurriedly explained: "There is no intention of going to war......

Wu Luzhen interrupted him: "This is the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and you have blatantly crossed the border, which has violated the principle of peace between the two countries. Our Beiyang Army is the army of the Qing Dynasty, so do we still need to report to you Japanese? ”

The Japanese soldier's face froze, and he was speechless.

Wu Luzhen turned his head, looked at the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Army behind him, and said proudly: "There is not a single soldier present today. If your Japanese army wants to go to war, Wu is fearless! ”

Hearing his words, the people behind them became agitated and eager to try.

A soldier bears a nest of bears, and vice versa.

The Japanese soldier's face changed slightly, and it was his turn to explain: "We are just here to suppress the bandits, and we have no intention of starting a war with the Qing Dynasty." ”

Chen Zhao was often a little confused.

Things weren't quite the same as he thought.

Wu Luzhen glared at the Japanese soldiers: "Since you don't want to go to war, what the hell is it, show off your power with me?" Go back and tell Saito Jijiro that Wu has the responsibility to defend the land, and he is here today to see how you suppress the bandits. ”

The Japanese soldier was dripping in cold sweat and bowed slightly: "I'm sorry, I was rude." ”

Those officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Army felt particularly relieved when they looked at it.

At this time, they were convinced of Wu Luzhen.

I'm afraid that even if Xu Shichang is present, he will not be more domineering than him.

The Japanese soldier said, "Senator Wu, please use your telescope to look at the ten miles behind our First Brigade." ”

Wu Luzhen frowned, but still raised the telescope hanging around her neck and looked behind.

At this glance, he gasped.

It turned out that in the rear of the Japanese army, there was another brigade hanging in the distance.

Although the Japanese soldier's attitude was much more respectful, his eyes did not give an inch, and he pressed Wu Luzhen and said: "In order to prevent accidents, we brought two brigades of troops today, attacking the backwater army in the front, and guarding against the intervention of other forces in the back. ”

The other forces are naturally the Beiyang Army.

Wu Luzhen gritted her cheeks, put down the binoculars, gritted her teeth and said, "Very good!" It just so happens that Wu also brought a standard of people today, you go back and tell Saito Jijiro, and we will also work with him to prevent accidents. Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use soldiers for a while. Soldiers, are there any people who are afraid of war and retreat today? ”

"Nope!"

The Beiyang Army roared in unison, full of energy.

The muscles of the Japanese soldier's cheeks trembled, and he bent down again, then turned his head and left.

Chen Zhaochang was worried: "Will this anger the Japanese?" ”

"I don't know if it will anger them, I'm angry right now anyway!"

Wu Luzhen pressed his hand on the handle of the command knife and said coldly: "If Saito Jijiro wants to break his wrist, then Wu will accompany him to the end today!" ”

"You ......" Chen Zhao was often shocked: "In this case, how can you go back and explain to Governor Xu?" ”

"The governor gives Wu the power to make a decision on the spot, and Wu will bear all the consequences, and he will not embarrass Lord Chen!"

"The chaos caused by Zhao Chuanxin, why did he let someone wade into troubled waters, it really makes no sense. You wait, the court won't let him continue to make trouble. ”

Wu Luzhen was noncommittal: "Hehe, the imperial court? Qing Wang Ye or Queen Mother? Or is it the regent? ”

was brushed by him like this, Chen Zhao was often stunned.

I'm Cao ...... King Qing's father and son were obedient to Zhao Chuanxin's suit, and the Queen Mother was frightened by him and jumped out of the window, which can be called a great shame in the history of her reign.

Only the regent Aixin Jueluo Zaifeng has no direct conflict with Zhao Chuanxin at present.

However, Chen Zhao often felt that as long as Zaifeng dared to release the words to rectify Zhao Chuanxin, Zhao Chuanxin would dare to go to the capital to bombard the regent.

Chen Zhaochang stopped talking.

Seeing this, Wu Luzhen showed a hint of sarcasm at the corner of her mouth.

That's it?

What are you here?

The two were talking, when suddenly a cannon rang out below.

It's war!

Wu Luzhen saw a shell exploding on the left side of the Japanese army.

The Japanese immediately set up their formation, the artillery loaded the shells, and bombarded the opposite side as well.

The two sides began a long-range shelling tug-of-war.

Wu Luzhen and Chen Zhao often held binoculars and stared at the battlefield.

He muttered, "I heard that the combat effectiveness of the backwater army is not very good, what if they are crushed with one blow?" ”

"Look." Wu Luzhen said. "Then Liu Danzi expanded the backwater army to 1,000 people, and it shouldn't be so easy to rout."

It's just that I don't have enough confidence to say this.

The performance of the backwater army before was not very good.

But while fighting, the two were surprised to find that the Japanese army was retreating.

"This ......," Chen Zhao was often confused. What happened, why did the Japanese suddenly retreat? ”

Wu Luzhen explained to him: "The backwater army chose the old camp ditch to garrison, and the picture shows the terrain here that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The backwater army waited for the rabbit, while the Japanese artillery positions were completely exposed. In addition, although the caliber of the artillery of the backwater army should be small, it is numerous, and it is bombed simultaneously in all directions, and the Japanese army has no trenches to cover, so it is not surprising that they retreated. ”

From the very beginning of the war, it was far from what the two expected.

The backwater army, which had small-scale friction with the Japanese army and had been pressed to the ground, was so sharp this time.

Wu Luzhen thought to herself: Could it be that their soldiers are all artillery?

He was right, the Lugang Town Insurance Team has always looked down on the backwater army.

However, Zhao Chuanxin equipped the backwater army with a large number of 75-caliber field guns and mountain artillery, all of which were Krupp. A lot of time was spent on gun training, and ammunition was not costly.

It didn't come in handy before, but today it's a serious appearance.

The Japanese retreated in disarray, and they also did not expect the artillery of the backwater army, and they would give them a head-on attack as soon as they made contact.

Moreover, Saito Kijiro found that the number of artillery on his side was far inferior to that of the backwater army.

He withdrew in disgrace.

When he passed Wu Luzhen's troops on the hillside, he also glanced this way.

Wu Luzhen sneered: "It's okay now, let him show off his martial arts with Lao Tzu!" ”

On the other side, Liu Yonghe looked excited: "Good fight!" Add a meal today, enough meat tubes! ”

There was a cheer from the artillerymen.

Ge Yunpeng stood by a Krupp cannon and said to his companions: "I just hit the Japanese position, isn't it?" ”

"Awesome, I've hit a lot."

"Grass, what do you know, according to Captain Zhao, I hit the Ten Rings. If Mr. Zhao is here, I wonder if he will reward me with another horse card pick, then that thing is called energetic! ”

"Mr. Zhao's canned pudding, it's so delicious, I'd rather have a hundred cans."

"What do you want? The Japanese have retreated for the time being, but I guess they will bring more people over. ”

"What are you afraid of, the mother, we have some shells, bombard him for ten days and ten nights."

Ge Yunpeng shook his head, not so optimistic: "The little devil has a large-caliber mountain artillery, and it will not be so easy to fight at that time." ”

Ge Yunpeng was right, Saito Jijiro directly transferred the brigade guarding against the Beiyang Army to the front line.

He brought in a 120 mm caliber Krupp howitzer and brought up all the artillery fire of the reserves.

Saito Kijiro looked at the western slope again, hesitating.

Someone came to report: "Shinoda-kun is here." ”

Saito Keijiro almost burst into tears.

"Bring him here."

Shinoda Jun is very vicissitudes and haggard, fully showing the decadence of the lovelorn old love species.

Even Saito Kijiro saw that his eye bubbles were swollen, and he had to wonder if he secretly pulled up the curtains and hid in the corner alone and cried.

"Saito-kun, I'm sorry I couldn't help you."

"This is not the time to apologize, there is a problem in front of us. Looking at the western slope, a target Beiyang Army led by Wu Luzhen was eyeing it there. We now have two brigades, and I want to take a gamble, but I am not without worries about Wu Luzhen. What do you think? ”

Bet, the Japanese are serious.

Big bets, big bets, small wars, small bets.

Shinoda Jiharu bowed his head and groaned, just when Saito Jijiro thought that Shinoda Jike's head had been numb by the so-called love and couldn't turn,

Finally, Shinoda Jisei spoke: "I think you can just ignore them, you can gamble!" ”

In the past, with the tacit understanding between the two, Saito Jijiro would not hesitate to hand over his trust.

But at this time, he hesitated: "What is the reason? ”

"Chen Zhaochang often didn't have the courage to turn his face with us, and although Xu Shichang was stubborn, he didn't dare either. I guess Wu Luzhen is here just to deter. Otherwise, they will not go to the western slope, but will attack us with the backwater army, or flank us. ”

Saito Kijiro's eyes lit up: "Shinoda-kun, you should return to your previous state, and you can't continue to be decadent." I and the police station of the Tongjian Government need you in the past. ”

Shinoda Osakei bowed his head in shame: "I was wrong, Saito-kun." ”

Saito Kijiro swept away the embarrassment and let out a hearty laugh: "Listen to my orders, build a trench, and attack the old camp ditch." ”

The range of the 120-caliber Krupp howitzer is less than half that of the Krupp 75-caliber field gun, but it is more powerful.

Saito Kijiro let the small-caliber field artillery fire at the backwater army from a distance, covering the advance of his own artillery.

Liu Yonghe immediately sensed the intentions of the Japanese army and commanded: "Batteries 1 to 8 continue to bombard the Japanese base camp, and batteries 9 to 16 will bombard the Japanese forward artillery positions, don't let them approach." ”

Since the backwater army divided half of the firepower, and the Japanese reinforcement team increased the number of artillery, this time the firepower balance was tilted in favor of the Japanese army.

Liu Yonghe held the binoculars and saw that the Japanese soldiers pulling 120-mm howitzers in front of them were turned on their backs, and someone immediately filled the position behind, and he was also surprised by the Japanese sense of daring to die.

Put yourself in your shoes and change it to your own people, and at this time, you may just give up the cannon and retreat.

An artillery position of the backwater army was hit by the Japanese army's field artillery, and several artillery pieces were swept away by the air waves, and the fragments of the shells hit the limbs full of holes, and the appearance was extremely miserable.

Ge Yunpeng, who was nearby, was shocked to watch, and his hands were trembling as he loaded the shells.

The teeth of his comrades next to him chattered and gurgled.

He adjusted the angle of the muzzle of the cannon, and his voice drew waves: "What's the whole thing about the shells?" ”

Ge Yunpeng forced his composure: "Captain Zhao said that it is difficult for a shell to hit the same crater. This time it exploded near us, and it will definitely not be ...... next time."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a shell hit the small position that had already hit no one.

Ge Yunpeng: "......"

Comrade: "......"

Ge Yunpeng gritted his teeth: "Anyway, you can't be a deserter, you have to hold it." ”

He pushed his comrades away, went to calibrate them himself, clenched his fists, and organized the trembling of his palms.

Rumble......

A shell landed accurately in the Japanese position pushing a 120-caliber howitzer.

The howitzers were blown to pieces, and the surrounding Japanese troops suffered.

This artillery was scrapped, and the rest of the Japanese set up a protective machine gun and fired at the hill to suppress the fire.

They fired at an upward angle, and the distance was far away, and only one of the unlucky backwaters on the position showed up to check if the shells they had fired had hit the enemy, and they were hit in the neck by a 6.5mm machine gun bullet.

Bloody old high.

The companions next to him were interested in treatment, but they all felt that they had no way to start, so they could only watch the injured person's face turn from red to white, and it didn't take long for him to bleed and only have convulsions.

The adjutant asked Liu Yonghe: "Battalion commander, should we go to the electric gun?" ”

The German-made Makqin heavy machine gun provided by Zhao Chuanxin to the backwater army has a maximum firing range of an astonishing 3,000 meters, and an effective firing range of only about 2,000 meters.

In fact, the Japanese army's 120mm caliber Krupp howitzer has a range similar to this.

Liu Yonghe muttered: "Let the machine gun team find a way to go around to the front and pay attention to concealment." If the Japanese artillery team hits it, within a distance of 2 miles, it does not need to listen to the order and shoots directly. ”

He watched the Japanese army go forward one after another, and his fighting consciousness was tenacious, so he wanted to leave a back hand for himself.

In the first battle, if not a landslide victory, at least it must be fought equally, otherwise morale will be seriously frustrated.

After all, they are the defenders, and although the strength is twice as bad, they have a geographical advantage.

If this can't be kept, he won't be able to explain to Zhao Chuanxin in the future.

His precautions were necessary.

The Japanese army was not afraid of death, and after the number of casualties on the side of the backwater army increased to a certain number, the density of artillery fire weakened significantly.

Liu Yonghe took a look at the binoculars and saw that there were many people lying directly behind the bunker trembling and not daring to raise their heads.

He was furious, but he was helpless.

There were two Japanese 120mm howitzers that had been pushed to a reasonable range, and their artillery was reloading.

At this time,

The machine-gun squad of the backwater army fired.

Because the distance was a little too far, the ammunition of the Maxim heavy machine gun hit the ground, and the angle was significantly offset.

The observer held the telescope and commanded: "Offset 10 degrees to the left, press down 5 degrees, pass, go back a little more, okay, hit, people turn on their backs!" ”

However, the 50-round feeding plate was also depleted, and after the feeding plate was reloaded, it needed to be fine-tuned again.

This is the gap between Zhao Chuanxin's shot and ordinary people's shots.

Zhao Chuanxin does not need an observation hand and can calibrate instantly.

On the battlefield, this gap can be a huge and insurmountable chasm, causing his enemies to die of lust.

The machine guns on the Japanese side were not idle, and when they found a heavy machine gun position on the hill, they immediately turned their guns and fired at them.

There were not many heavy machine guns in the backwater army, only two.

One of the Maxim heavy machine gun squadrons also opened fire on the Japanese machine guns at the same time.

The bullet of the Maxim heavy machine gun is a 7.92mm Mauser round, which is a cut greater than the machine gun in terms of range and power.

A stray bullet hit the circular shield of the water-cooled sleeve, the machine gunner was startled, tilted his head to see that the circular shield was crooked, put his forehead against his shoulder to wipe off the cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "Change positions, put on the 250-round bullet chain, damn the bullet board 50 rounds are not enough to fight, kill the little devil of the dog's day!" ”

The battle lasted twenty minutes, and the artillery of the Japanese front was finally repulsed.

The Japanese infantry were armed with Type 30 rifles to avoid being caught by artillery fire and scattered to charge uphill.

Makqin, who carried the army, needed two people to carry and run, while the Japanese army's protective machine guns had wheels, and the four of them pushed them, walking like flying.

Although they were tired and seemed to be dying at any time, and although they were swept down by one or two of the heavy machine guns of the backwater army from time to time, they just did not retreat.

On the contrary, it was the machine gun team of the backwater army, with a thick wet rag pad on the machine gun, and the two of them carried it back quickly.

Seeing that the artillery was not beneficial, the Japanese army prepared to use a pig charge to overwhelm the morale of the backwater army.

Liu Yonghe sighed: "Retreat the cannon, you can't leave it to the little devils, the infantry fills the position, and prepares for battle." ”

Both sides began a regular rifle attack and defense, and from time to time someone fell and never got up again.

Liu Yonghe was also holding a Lee Enfield box rifle, and his marksmanship was correct, and every shot was sure to hit.

When the soldiers of the backwater army saw that the regiment commander was so brave, the morale that had just fallen slightly rebounded.

On the western slope, Wu Luzhen watched the battlefield tightly.

Seeing the overwhelming baptism of artillery fire of the backwater army, it was gradually pulled back by the Japanese army. The Japanese army began to attack all over the mountains, and the backwater army actually fought like them.

That's when I was relieved.

"It seems that the backwater army has trained Zhao Chuanxin well, at least much stronger than when Liu Danzi trained himself."

In fact, even the fighters of the backwater army themselves found out.

Marksmanship aside, but at least on the battlefield you won't be so flustered that you can't even load bullets.

Their reloading action made Zhao Chuanxin's practice during that time seem to be carved into his bones, faster than the Japanese army.

Ge Yunpeng loaded a bullet and raised his gun to aim.

Bang!

actually hit a Japanese soldier, which made Ge Yunpeng feel refreshed.

Sure enough, Mr. Zhao didn't lie to them, and his strength did grow.

The battle lasted until the dark sky, and the backwater army fought and retreated, seemingly being repelled by the Japanese army, but in fact the Japanese army did not take advantage.

The two sides regrouped and confronted each other.

The advantage of the backwater army is that their positions have been prepared for a long time.

At this time, there is no need to carry sacks as covers, and the trenches are also ready-made.

The Japanese army occupied the original position of the backwater army and was also resting.

The two sides unanimously ceased fighting, and this night was quite calm except for each other's defense against night attacks and stealing towers.

The next morning,

Zhao Chuanxin and the God of War team have arrived in the Yanbian area.

He heard the rumbling sound of cannon from the direction of Laoyinggou in the distance, and his eyes narrowed.

At this point he had something to say.

Turning his head, he said to the members of the God of War squad who were still confused: "I really envy you!" ”

Everyone was stunned.

Envy what?

Zhao Chuanxin laughed: "I envy you, as soon as I arrived here, I had the opportunity to pretend to be forced." ”

“……”

Zhao Chuanxin had his sniper rifle in his hand, slowly raised it, and said, "In front, it should be the backwater army of the Japanese army attacking Laoyinggou." Are you afraid? ”

"Don't be afraid!"

Half of the people here have followed Zhao Chuanxin to participate in the flesh mill in Gulujiling.

They have absolute trust in Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Chuanxin continued: "We came from the rain in Jampo, and that night, the devils I took you to kill were full of blood.

Today, I will take you to step through the mud and let the little devils in the Yanbian area see what the God of War team is!

Let's send them down to see Hirobumi Ito!

Kill! ”

"Kill!"

(End of chapter)