At dawn, the Baoshan Group finally arrived at Chaohu.
At this time, Chaohu water bandit leader Ma Daguai was already waiting outside the east gate of the county with the leaders of lake bandits of all sizes and the bandit leaders from more than a dozen nearby mountains.
Seeing Yue Weihan and his entourage approaching from a distance, Ma Daguai and others hurriedly greeted him.
Yue Weihan could not recognize Ma Daguai, but it was impossible for Ma Daguai not to recognize Yue Weihan.
"Senate Yue Tuan, the great emperor is here. Some of you are far away to welcome us, and some are far away to welcome you. Hahaha." Ma Daguai smiled and said that the world has really changed. He Ma Daguai is working with the national army.
They have been fighting for a lifetime, but when the little devil comes, hey, the officers and bandits have become a family, and this time it is really uncomfortable.
Yue Weihan clasped his fists and said, "He's from Ma Da."
Ma Daguai immediately became unhappy and said: "Yue Tuanzuo, if you think highly of my brother, then don't go out and call me Ma Daguai. If you look down on me, brother, I will turn around and leave."
"Okay, Ma Daguai!" Yue Weihan said casually, "I, Yue Weihan, recognize your brother!"
"Okay, Master Yue Tuan is indeed a happy person." Ma Daguai said this and then said, "Master Yue Tuan, I already know the situation. Brothers from the Baoshan Regiment can move forward. I have already asked my
Brother, I will take care of you from the front. You will be safe once we reach Chaohu. The little devils will not be able to find you again."
Yue Weihan was a little worried and said: "Ma Daguai, I have more than 3,000 people here."
Ma Daguai patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, everyone, the surface of Chaohu Lake is hundreds of miles in circumference, and there are hundreds of large and small bays. It is not difficult to hide a hundred thousand troops in the reed swamps in the bays, let alone just a few.
More than 3,000 people? As for that little devil’s special operations brigade, we will keep track of whether they have come back or not. This Chaohu Lake is their burial place.”
Ma Daguai is really not bragging!
When it comes to familiarity with the surface of Chao Lake, Ma Daguai ranks second, but no one dares to rank first!
Under the guidance of the lake bandits, the main force of the Baoshan Regiment arrived at Heishi Village, the secret stronghold of the lake bandits. Ma Daguai immediately pulled out more than 200 large and small boats from the reed marsh at the entrance of the village. Together with the more than 3,000 people of the Baoshan Regiment,
A large amount of ammunition was transported and hidden in the vast reeds by the lake in two trips.
Yue Weihan even took a speed boat directly to Ma Daguai's hometown - Gushan Water Village in the middle of the lake.
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At six o'clock in the morning, the vanguard team of the Watanabe Special Operations Brigade tracked the Black Rock Village.
At 6:10, Colonel Watanabe personally led the main force of the special operations brigade to Black Rock Village.
When they met Colonel Watanabe, Lieutenant Takeda, the leader of the advanced troops, said: "Your Excellency, Colonel, the Chinese have entered the lake."
"What did you say, entered the lake?" Colonel Watanabe frowned, then stretched out his hand and said, "Map."
A special operations team member had already taken out the map, spread it out in front of Colonel Watanabe, and turned on the flashlight.
After reading the map, Colonel Watanabe looked up at the sky and said, "Takeda-kun, go collect ships immediately and find some local Chinese fishermen!"
"Hai." Lieutenant Takeda lowered his head suddenly and immediately took the order.
Before the meal was over, Second Lieutenant Takeda came back and said: "Your Excellency, the ship and the China guide have been found."
After that, Second Lieutenant Takeda waved his hand, and the special forces team behind him pushed the two tied-up Chinese fishermen in front of Colonel Watanabe. Colonel Watanabe suddenly became "livid" and slapped the two special forces members twice.
, Xuan stepped forward to untie the two Chinese fishermen, and said in blunt Chinese: "I'm really sorry for making you suffer."
But the two Chinese fishermen looked very spineless. They nodded and bowed: "Don't dare, don't dare."
"Yoshi." Colonel Watanabe said happily, "I would like to ask you, did you see many people last night?"
"Yes, yes, there are many people." The older fishermen responded quickly, "They are all wearing military uniforms, there are thousands of them."
Colonel Watanabe was overjoyed, but asked calmly: "So, do you know where they went?"
"I know, of course I know." The young fisherman pointed to the west and said, "I saw them all last night. They were hiding in Sandao Bay over there."
"Daodao Bay?" Colonel Watanabe's eyes flashed and he said, "Can you take us there?"
"No, no, no." The older fishermen waved their hands repeatedly, "Sandaowan is the lair of the lake bandits. Ma Daguai has been operating there for many years. There are traps everywhere, and the waterways are as numerous as a maze. Go in
If you get there, you won't be able to get out. This is a dangerous place. I don't know how many officers and soldiers have been killed over the years. You can't go there."
"Huh?" Lieutenant Takeda suddenly drew his knife, and the sharp blade touched the older fisherman's neck.
The older fisherman's face changed drastically, and he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Spare your life, the imperial army, please spare your life, can't I just go?"
"Yo Xi." Colonel Watanabe grinned triumphantly. With a wave of his hand, the special operations team members who were resting stood up one after another.
In less than a moment, more than a hundred members of the special operations brigade got off the lake in more than twenty small boats. After rowing less than five miles to the west, a vast reed swamp appeared in front of them.
The fisherman pointed to the reeds in front of him and said: "Taijun, in front of you is Sandao Bay, the lair of the lake bandits. The group last night was hiding in it."
The young fisherman said: "Taijun, I will take you in, I know the way."
"No." Colonel Du suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "We don't need to go in."
"What, not going in?" The young and older fishermen looked at each other.
"Yes, we won't go in." Osaka Watanabe said with a grin, "We will set fire to them and burn them to death!"
After saying that, Colonel Watanabe turned around and ordered: "Prepare the grenade to launch white phosphorus bombs..."
Before he finished speaking, the older and younger fishermen next to him pulled out a gleaming dagger from their leg straps at the same time, and suddenly stabbed Colonel Watanabe in the chest and abdomen. Watanabe's little devil's reaction was extremely quick.
Before the two daggers could strike, his right arm was raised suddenly, knocking the dagger out of the young fisherman's hand. The knife then cut forward and cut the older fisherman's throat with lightning speed.
Hearing a crack, the elderly fisherman's throat bone was completely shattered.
The older fisherman collapsed on the boat, and the young fisherman was so jealous that he tore off his cotton-padded clothes.
"Baga!" Watanabe's eyes widened suddenly, realizing that the young fisherman's body was tied full of explosives and the fuse was smoking.
Soon enough, Second Lieutenant Takeda next to him suddenly jumped forward and rolled into the lake with the young fisherman in his arms. Immediately, there was a roar, and a huge wave of water suddenly shot into the sky, and the four small boats next to him were overturned.
It turned over, and more than twenty little Japs, including Watanabe, immediately fell into the water.
Before the water column rising into the sky had time to fall, fierce machine gunfire rang out from the reeds ahead.
Immediately, more than a dozen small boats rushed out from the reeds in front. Machine guns were mounted on the bows of the boats. The bullets swept over like wind. However, the little devils of the special operations brigade reacted very quickly, almost on the opposite side.
At the same time as the gunshots were fired, they all fell into the water and hid on the other side of the boat, and then used the hull of the boat as cover to shoot at the national troops on the opposite side.
During the fierce battle, the Japanese special warfare brigade did not even notice that a large group of rootless reed poles were quietly approaching them.
Suddenly, a Japanese special forces soldier slipped into the bottom of the water without any warning, followed by a second, then a third, and in less than a moment, more than a dozen Japanese special forces soldiers sank to the bottom of the lake and disappeared.
"Baga, there is someone under the water!" Colonel Watanabe quickly came to his senses and said, "Get back to the boat quickly!"
Colonel Watanabe quickly jumped out of the water and returned to the ship. However, before he could take a breath, Lieutenant Takeda's horrified voice came from behind him: "Your Excellency, the ship is leaking!"
"Baga Yalu." Watanabe cursed. When he looked back, he saw that there was a big hole about a foot square in the bottom of the fishing boat that was fine just now. The cold lake water was gurgling in. Looking at this situation, it must be a blockage.
I couldn't stand it any longer, and soon, the horrified voices of the other special forces members were heard nearby: All the ships were flooded!
Soon, more than twenty fishing boats sank to the bottom of the lake one after another, and Watanabe and all the special forces members fell into the water.
The Chinese lurking in the lake finally emerged from the water. At least two hundred water ghosts wearing water jackets were like sharks that smelled the smell of blood. They rushed up with grinning teeth. The special operations brigade of Watanabe Battle was on land.
He is a king, but when he gets into the water, he immediately turns into a hairless phoenix. Although there are many special forces members who know how to swim, their focus is on the skills of killing people on land. When they get to the water, they are like this group of people who have been on the water all year round.
The rival of the Lake Bandit who wants to make a living?
When Hua Hanlin and his guard company came up by boat, the water battle was over.
In addition to the three special operations team members who were shot dead, the entire special operations brigade of more than 100 people was captured alive. The captain of the special operations brigade, Watanabe Shigeichi, drank a lot of lake water and was also captured alive. In Yue Weihan's view, he was very difficult to deal with.
The special operations brigade, in the end, the Chaohu water bandits from Ma Daguai were wiped out with ease.
Looking at the little devils with bulging bellies, Hua Hanlin's eyes suddenly turned red, and he yelled in a ferocious voice: "Take them back, I will chop them up one by one!"
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Kunshan Railway Station, the armored train Matsui Iwane was riding had just entered the station.
Yesterday, the base camp had issued an order that the headquarters of the Central China Front Army would be moved from Shanghai to Nanjing. At the same time, Matsui Iwane was ordered to hold a grand entry ceremony in Nanjing to celebrate the imperial army's capture of Nanjing, the capital of China. The Japanese side obviously hoped that through this entry ceremony,
To reverse the negative impact of the complete destruction of the Qi Qi Corps.
However, what troubled Matsui Iwane was that Nanjing had completely become an empty city, and almost all the Chinese within a hundred miles of Nanjing had fled. Where could they find "the Chinese people who welcomed the imperial army into the city"?
It's a real problem. You can't use trains to carry Chinese people from Shanghai to Nanjing, right?
When Matsui Iwane was considering this issue, Chief of Staff Tsukada Tsukuda walked in with a gloomy face and said: "Your Excellency, General, Watanabe Shigeichi's special operations brigade has lost contact!"