I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 169: The Destruction of the Imperial Cavalry

At this time he also reacted. If it was really the main force of the Eighth Route Army that ambushed him, it would be impossible that only so few people died.

However, he still said stubbornly: "But Brigade Commander, this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers have artillery.

Think about it, the Eighth Route Army, which has artillery, should be organized at least at the regiment level."

Brigade Commander Wu threw his telescope to him and said, "What a shitty cannon. Take a good look at it yourself with the telescope."

Captain Gou didn't understand what was going on, so he picked up his brother-in-law's telescope and looked up the hillside. He was furious.

I saw more than forty militiamen in plain clothes crawling up from the hillside.

About ten of them were carrying Hanyang-made rifles, and the remaining twenty or so were in a worse situation.

There were about ten people, holding primitive swords and spears in their hands.

There were five or six people, carrying gunpowder rifles that were probably used for hunting.

There were even two people dressed as militiamen, holding bows and arrows...

Running at the back were four young men who were responsible for carrying cannons.

It was a cannon. Captain Gou was right. This group of Eighth Route Army militiamen had cannons, and the caliber of their cannons was not small.

However, this cannon is a homemade cannon made by hollowing out pine wood and tightening it with iron hoops, the kind that is specially used for firing iron sand.

It was estimated based on the distance between them and the hillside just now.

We didn't even know if the homemade cannon that could still fire could hit them.

It is possible that the eleven Imperial Army cavalrymen who were killed by the militia were not killed by artillery shells at all.

Most of them died from the explosion of landmines and the shooting of the dozen or so Hanyang-made guns later.

Captain Gou was so angry when he realized what was going on. He wondered why he was so stupid.

Frightened by the homemade cannon of the militiamen, he fled on horseback with more than 800 cavalrymen.

He immediately called the men of the Imperial Army Cavalry Regiment, turned around and chased after them in the direction of the hillside.

When the militiamen on the hillside saw the Imperial Army chasing them, they immediately threw away their homemade cannons and ran even faster.

At this time, Major Matsushita's face no longer had the ferocity that he had just had.

He said to Brigade Commander Wu in a warm voice: "Mr. Wu, your great friend in the Imperial Army has a perfect control over the battle situation.

In order for us to better exchange tactics, my cavalry squad can fight alongside you."

Then a squad of Japanese cavalry was sent out to chase after Captain Gou.

Listening to Major Matsushita praising him with a big tongue.

Brigade Commander Wu immediately showed a feeling of being flattered.

He nodded and bowed to Matsushita repeatedly, thanking Major Matsushita for his praise.

While waiting for Brigade Commander Wu to lead the troops to continue their march, a Japanese captain walked up to Matsushita.

"Major, it was clearly that Captain Gou who attempted to flee in fear of fighting.

You were ready to grab the gun just now, why did you let him go?"

Major Matsushita smiled and said, "Captain Watanabe, you must remember that in China you must learn to balance kindness and severity.

Only in this way can we make these Chinese people work hard for our Imperial Japanese Army."

Captain Watanabe bowed 90 degrees to Matsushita.

He said, "Major, you are indeed my most respected senior. I am grateful for your guidance."

Putting aside the commercial promotion between Panasonic and Watanabe, Captain Gou is in trouble again.

When he saw these militiamen running towards the mountain, he should have arranged for the infantry to follow up and pursue them.

He should go around the mountain and see if he can get to the back and block the militiamen's retreat route.

As a result, he ordered the cavalry to dismount and follow him up the mountain to pursue the militia.

This guy is indeed a second-generation rich man who got to where he is today through nepotism.

He doesn't even know the basic common sense that you shouldn't enter a forest or chase an enemy.

When they swarmed up, they found the simple wooden cannon abandoned by the militia.

Captain Gou stepped forward to take a look and found that it was indeed an old, shabby antique.

I didn't expect that my "lifelong reputation" was almost ruined by this broken thing.

He was so angry that he kicked the cannon.

This wooden cannon felt quite heavy, and the cannon body rolled to the side.

Then, accompanied by a hissing sound, a small section of fuse with white smoke was revealed below...

There was a loud "bang" and the old wooden cannon exploded.

I don’t know how many pieces of gravel and iron nails were put inside this homemade cannon.

In addition, the "militia" also stuffed a lot of high explosives into the gun barrel.

According to Wu Changfeng, these are all newly produced by the Gannan Research Institute and have not had time to be tested yet.

So Commander Song had someone take it over and asked the New 1st Regiment to help, wanting to see how effective it would be in actual combat.

Wu Changfeng wrote in his post-war report: We had no experience and may have used too much explosives.

Because the distance was a bit far, I could only see a black cloud rising into the sky.

When I went back to see it after the war, I saw a big crater at the site of the explosion, and further away, there were only some minced meat and torn military uniforms.

Captain Gou's kick was so powerful that not only did he lose the lives of the Japanese troops who came to supervise him, but also the Japanese squad that came to supervise him.

Including himself and nearly a company of Imperial Army troops around him, they were completely wiped out.

Taking into account the many injured soldiers on the periphery, they completed the slimming plan of the 15th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army ahead of schedule.

This explosion was indeed quite strange. There was a retreating "militia" comrade.

After hearing the explosion, he subconsciously lay down.

As a result, a small stone fell on his butt, leaving a bloody mark.

He also became the first unlucky guy to be injured since the anti-mopping-up campaign in Luliang.

When Wu Fatian arrived at the scene, he lay down beside the pit and cried loudly, ignoring the cold look from Song Xia behind him.

The other units of the Imperial Army also made many achievements in battle and successfully lost weight.

Only they not only suffered a defeat, but also suffered heavy casualties.

Especially since the one who died was his own brother-in-law, how could he explain to his wife and father-in-law when he returned home?

You have to know that his father-in-law was a well-known traitor in Peking.

The position of the commander of the 15th Mixed Brigade was also obtained by his father-in-law with the help of his planning.

This time, he went out to fight and cut off the Gou family's incense. Who knows how mad his father-in-law and mother-in-law will be at him.

Major Matsushita kept silent in order to maintain his elegant personality.

Watanabe behind him had no scruples. He stepped forward and pulled Brigade Commander Wu up.

At this time, most of the Imperial Army finally woke up from the explosion.

Then they saw a Japanese captain raising his hand and giving a big nose cap to the major general brigadier of the Imperial Army.

He then took out a Type 14 Nambu pistol and pointed it at Brigade Commander Wu's head.

"Wu Sang, you are not a soldier, now is not the time to cry.

I have an entire squad of brave warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Because of your mistake in command, they have all been destroyed.

What you need now is to keep attacking, attacking, and attacking, in order to wash away the guilt on you."

The Imperial Army soldiers beside them looked at their own Brigadier General Major General.

I was actually humiliated by a Japanese captain.

He saw that his brigade commander's forehead was red from being hit by Nanbu's pistol.