Tiegang has led the cavalry battalion south to Hai'an, but Xu Rui and the others continue to go north. [Read full text]
Tiegang gave Xu Rui and the others six war horses. Leng Tiefeng, Xiao Yanyue, Dabing and Heipi each had a horse. Xu Rui was carried away on a stretcher by two war horses.
In addition, Tiegang also sent a correspondent to chase the independent battalion.
The Japanese who were chasing the Independence Battalion had been severely damaged by Xu Rui alone. There was no need for the Independence Battalion to rush northward or go to Dongtai City. They could cross the canal nearby and go directly to Damei Mountain.
Although it has been a while since he hit the road, Hei Pi is still feeling unhappy.
"Barracks, are you really going to give away so much Japanese equipment?" Heipi couldn't hold it in for a long time. He looked back at Xu Rui from his horse and said, "This is equipment for a coalition. .”
"What can we do if we don't give it away?" said the soldier, "we can't take it away."
Leng Tiefeng said: "What does the Japanese weapons and equipment of a mere regiment mean? Lao Xu even gave the 180th Division his extraordinary feats of annihilating an infantry regiment of Japanese soldiers."
"The achievement of annihilating an entire Japanese infantry regiment?" Heipi asked in confusion, "Where did this come from?"
Leng Tiefeng said: "Heipi, what do you think? The 180th Division captured an entire infantry regiment's Japanese weapons and equipment. Isn't this obvious? They wiped out an entire Japanese infantry regiment? Otherwise, with so much equipment, Where did it come from? As long as a few of us don't expose it, this military exploit belongs to the 180th Division."
"How can this be done?" Heipi became anxious upon hearing this, and added, "The Japs were obviously killed by Yingzuo."
"Heipi, don't you think this is a bit scary when it comes out?" Leng Tiefeng glanced at Xu Rui and said, "So, it's better to give this battle merit to the 180th Division."
Heipi also glanced back at Xu Rui, who was lying on the stretcher, and said nothing.
Indeed, one person from Yingzuo killed most of the Japanese army. This was really scary! Even though there were many factors in between, such as the night providing excellent cover for the camp, the heavy fog seriously obstructing the Japs' vision, and the camp's fluent Japanese... But even so, it was still extremely scary!
These are not dozens or even hundreds of Japs, but more than two thousand Japs!
One man and one gun killed more than two thousand Japs in just one night. This is too scary!
Seeing that Leng Tiefeng and the four of them stopped talking, Xu Rui, who was dozing off with his eyes squinted, finally opened his eyes, and then said calmly: "I know what you are thinking, you must be thinking in your heart, I am Not a monster? Me, you actually think too much, I am a human being, just like you, I am also a human being."
Seeing Xu Rui take the initiative to mention what happened last night, Heipi immediately turned around and asked, "Yingzuo, how did you kill so many Japanese?"
Hei Pi has actually wanted to ask this question for a long time, but he just didn't dare.
Leng Tiefeng and the others were also very curious, and they all pricked up their ears.
Xu Rui said: "The reason why I can kill so many Japanese is not because of how good my marksmanship is, not because of how strong my individual combat effectiveness is, and not because I am an invincible monster. I rely on this." End , Xu Rui pointed to his head again, meaning that he relied on his brain and wisdom.
After a pause, Xu Rui said again: "Well, rather than me killing these devils, it would be better for them to kill themselves."
Heipi said: "Yingzuo, why didn't I understand?"
"Well, it seems that if I don't give you a one-two-five, you won't let me go. Whatever, then I will teach you a lesson about special operations." Xu Rui then said what he meant last night The scenes of the battlefield that took place in the Qixing Lake Swamp were restored and presented one by one in front of Leng Tiefeng and others.
(Dividing line)
While Xu Rui was explaining the special operations last night, Tiegang had already arrived at Haian Town with the cavalry battalion.
As soon as they entered Haian Town, more than 300 officers and soldiers from Tiegang and the Cavalry Battalion immediately noticed something unusual. To put it simply, the entire town was shrouded in a thick aura of death.
To be specific, it’s deathly silence!
The whole town was filled with suffocating silence!
After passing through the town, a huge "picture of corpses strewn in the fields" appeared one after another in front of more than 300 officers and soldiers of the Iron and Steel and Cavalry Battalions. God, this is really corpses strewn in the fields! Hundreds of Japanese corpses were seen, starting from the ancestral hall at the entrance of the town and extending toward the Qixing Lake swamp in the southwest until the end of the field of vision.
After seeing this scene, all the officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion held their breath.
"Hurry up and clean the battlefield!" Tiegang quickly recovered from the shock and ordered the battlefield to be cleaned. If Xu Rui and the independent battalion had only given away a few machine guns, Tiegang would not have even squinted his eyes, but now the other party What was presented to them was an entire regiment's worth of Japanese weapons and equipment. He really couldn't refuse such a huge gift.
More than three hundred officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion dismounted and began to clean the battlefield.
However, Tiegang, surrounded by guards, followed the "corpse road" paved by the Japanese with corpses and headed straight to Qixing Lake. Along the way south, more and more corpses of the Japanese appeared in front of Tiegang, and they looked like they were dead. They were all different, some had their necks broken, some had their throats wiped, and some were shot to death, but most of them were killed by explosions.
"Oh my god, how did the independent battalion of the 79th Division fight?"
"Yes, they only have one battalion in total, and I heard that there is only one company left to block the attack. But now the number of corpses of the Japanese we see alone has exceeded five hundred. I can't believe this is true. .”
"Damn it, is it possible that all the soldiers in this independent battalion are heavenly soldiers and generals? Or are these devils just made of paper?"
Seeing the corpses of the Japanese spread all over the ground, the dozen or so guards surrounding Tiegang started shouting, their words filled with shock.
"These Japs are not made of paper." Tiegang shook his head and said solemnly, "Look at their hands. The palms of their hands are covered with thick calluses. Only veterans who have been using their guns for many years will develop calluses. , if I guessed correctly, these should be the men of Japan’s seventeen permanent divisions.”
On the other hand, Tiegang and his party went deep into the Qixing Lake swamp.
More and more Japanese corpses appeared in front of Tiegang and his party.
At this time, the heavy fog that filled the Qixing Lake swamp had long since dissipated. The scorching sun hanging in the sky illuminated the entire swamp and forest. Even in the dense forest that blocked the sky, the field of vision was excellent. Because of their good sight, Tiegang and the others were even more shocked because so many Japanese were killed.
In the end, when a large group of Japanese corpses and twelve 75mm caliber mountain cannons appeared in front of them, Tiegang and a dozen guards were completely dumbfounded. The Japanese who dared to be killed by the independent battalion were not only infantry, but also artillery. There were even a large number of cavalry, because they encountered more than a hundred corpses of Oriental war horses along the way.
Even though Tiegang had seen countless strong winds and waves, he could no longer find words to describe the shock in his heart at this moment.
The Japs have at least one infantry regiment, as well as well-organized cavalry and artillery. In head-to-head confrontation, such a Japs force is enough to defeat three to five divisions of the National Army, and it must be the most elite Central Army. If it is A dozen or so local miscellaneous divisions with poor equipment and insufficient training may not be their match.
But now, the corpses of such a well-equipped and well-trained elite Japanese army were found bizarrely on the road from Qixing Lake Swamp to Haian Town Ancestral Hall. Reason told Tiegang that this was probably Xu Rui and his The Independent Battalion did it, but emotionally, Tiegang was more willing to believe that the Japanese were probably killed by ghosts in the fog.
It is said in the countryside that in the fog, there are hidden ghosts who died because they got lost. Every time there is a heavy fog, they will come out and hurt people. The bigger the fog, the more ghosts will get lost in it, and the more lethal they will be. Judging from the situation on the road, the heavy fog in Qixing Lake Swamp last night was probably unprecedented, and there must be many ghosts in the fog.
Thinking of this, Tiegang could no longer remain calm. He even turned over and dismounted, facing the direction of the Qixing Lake swamp, and respectfully kowtowed three times, muttering something like: Come back, come back, come back, come back, come back. Come and go... After all, the Chinese at this time were still very superstitious and believed in ghosts and gods.
Seeing Tiegang like this, the dozen or so horsemen also dismounted and kowtowed.
(Dividing line)
On the way north, Xu Rui had already explained the entire process last night.
After hearing this, Heipi finally breathed a long sigh of relief and said happily: "So that's it. Rather than being killed by you, Yingzuo, these devils would be better killed by their own people."
"Otherwise, do you really think that I am a god descending to earth?" Xu Rui was stunned.
Heipi said again: "Yingzuo, why didn't you tell Battalion Commander Tiegang the truth just now?"
"It's not necessary." Before Xu Rui could say anything, Leng Tiefeng rushed to reply, "You may believe the same thing, but Battalion Commander Tie may not believe it, and he may even suspect that Old Xu pretended to claim military merit."
"Whose military exploits are you pretending to claim?" Heipi said angrily upon hearing this.
"Ghost!" Leng Tiefeng said, "Old Xu will pretend to claim the ghost's military exploits."
"Ghost?" Heipi said in surprise, "Deputy Camp Leader, where did you come from?"
Leng Tiefeng said: "Have you never seen fog before?"
Heipi said: "Of course I have seen the fog."
Leng Tiefeng said: "Then your parents and elders have never told you not to enter the fog easily on foggy days? Because the mist hides the souls of those who lost their way and died, and they often come out to hurt people when the fog is filled."
"This..." Heipi suddenly remembered that his mother had actually had this problem with him back then.