It felt like a hole had been poked in the sky.
The violent storm seemed to have no intention of stopping from the beginning.
Just a little bit smaller.
Minghe River Railway Bridge.
The river has flooded the bridge, reaching the bottom of the gravel on the bridge deck... and the water level continues to rise.
I have never heard of the river rising to such an extent in just one day!
How abnormal!
The railway engineer who had previously observed on the bridge was calling his superiors from the barracks north of the bridge, requesting that a fully loaded coal train be moved to press on the bridge to increase the weight of the bridge to prevent it from being washed away by the river...
The two Japanese soldiers cursed at the traitor translator and were extremely reluctant to walk southward along the railway bridge: because the phone number in the barracks south of the bridge suddenly failed to connect.
The wind and rain were so strong that when walking on the railway bridge, I was worried about being blown into the river.
Although the water in the river is not very strong, the sky and fields are covered with white. If you fall down, you will definitely drown if the water quality is not good enough.
Braving the violent storm, the bridge creaked, and the three of them headed south in fear. They did not notice that all the Japanese and puppet troops on the bridge guarding position south of the iron bridge had been replaced.
Two Japs, one translator, and three figures gradually approached the guard post south of the bridge.
On the embankment next to the railway at the southern end of the iron bridge, two figures of puppet soldiers ran out from a small security guard box. Their military uniforms were soaked by the rain and the color was almost unrecognizable.
One puppet soldier was carrying a rifle, and the other was carrying a hammer. I didn't know what these two were going to do.
A voice muttered: "Have you seen those two little devils? They are shorter than us and have bow legs. I bet this will be the last time they get wet in the rain."
"I'm just a fool making a bet with you. I'll send them to the river to feed the bastard soon..."
The man holding the hammer smiled, looking at the three figures gradually becoming clearer on the iron bridge, a strange smile appeared on his face: "Hello, Taijun."
The two Japanese soldiers looked at the two puppet soldiers, still loyal to their duties in the storm, and slowly lowered the rifles they held.
The translator asked: "What's going on with your phone here? Why can't the phone ring?"
The puppet soldier carrying a hammer quickly replied: "Report to Taijun, our telephone pole was broken by lightning, and we are preparing to repair it..."
The traitor translator was a little strange: "You can repair telephone lines with a big hammer. This is the first time I've heard of this..."
"The telephone pole is broken..."
"Your mother is really good at pulling. I think all your telephone poles are good?"
How could the two soldiers understand this? The fighting soldier warned in a low voice: "If you don't want to die, just speak up..."
After saying that, raise the gun and release...
boom…
Pfft... The soldier next to him took a fierce step forward and swung his hammer in a semicircle, hitting the thigh of another Japanese who was subconsciously dodging.
Then, another hammer hit the helmet under the Japanese raincoat...
Hu Yi didn't care that he was wet and dripping.
Climbing up to the observation deck on the second floor south of the bridge, I looked around and saw a panoramic view of the scenery far and near, as if I was in the sea, but without the rough waves.
Lines of rain and mist obscured everything. Thirty or forty meters away there was a vast expanse of white, and the telescope was also useless.
Apart from the barracks, there are only four piers and three beam iron bridges over the river. The southbound railway seems to end thirty or forty meters away...
The rippling river's upstream direction was already flush with the bottom of the gravel roadbed on the iron bridge. The upstream river water began to pour outward from the railway where the river embankment had broken, and it was almost flush with the ocean outside the river embankment.
Dead branches and leaves of large trees have accumulated on the west side of the railway...
Unable to see the situation in the Japanese barracks opposite, Hu Yi returned to the barracks.
They took off their clothes, twisted them together and squeezed the water hard, and the water flowed out along the door.
The shirtless warriors seemed unable to believe what they were seeing.
"How hard it is to guard a railway bridge."
"Hey, we don't know how to repair it. I think it would be easy to destroy it..."
The correspondent came along the railway in the violent storm, dripping with water, and said excitedly: "Report to the battalion commander. The traffic sabotage team is really awesome this time!
They brought an armored vehicle over from the south... Luo Fugui led the guerrillas to demolish the railway. The explosive packs will arrive in about half an hour! "
Hu Yi was a little anxious.
It had been almost ten minutes since they had killed two Japs and captured the tongue of a traitor. They did not go back: Sooner or later, the Japs in the North would find out that something was going on in the South.
Will probably send someone over again to confirm!
But this time, it's definitely not as simple as asking about the situation.
You must prepare for battle!
In a fight like this, the Japanese had armored trains, so the Ninth Battalion couldn't take any advantage.
If an ambush is carried out on a railway bridge on a rainy day, the gains outweigh the losses, and the Ninth Battalion does not have the ability to stop it at all.
A few shots from the enemy's armored train could level the original bridge-defending camp. The only advantage was that the enemy did not dare to shell the railway bridge.
No one knows how many Japanese shells the iron bridge can withstand.
Fighting on the plains.
The first thing to do is destroy the Japanese phone lines. Maybe the Japanese found that they could no longer be contacted in the south, so they sent the Japanese over to check on the situation.
Things are more troublesome now.
Sooner or later, the Japanese will discover the situation in the south, and there must be a time process in between.
The explosive package must be set before the Japanese discover that the bridge guarding camp in the south has been captured by the Eighth Route Army.
Otherwise, the Little Japanese armored train is likely to force its way over the iron bridge where the river has overflowed, and directly attack the position south of the bridge.
In this way, it is basically impossible for the Nine Battalions to hold the Qiaonan position.
The more complicated the weather conditions are, the more favorable it will be for the attack on the Ninth Battalion.
The troops mobilized by the Japanese to defend the iron bridge are a bit like fighting with clay pots.
The ninth battalion can leave at any time empty-handed, similar to how to move gun towers in guerrilla warfare.
With such a long railway line, the Japanese had no idea where to attack.
The superiors also saw this and directly ordered all departments to take action to destroy a section of the railway line and bring the entire transportation line to collapse.
The only heavy weapon of the Ninth Battalion was the heavy machine gun. For the Japs with armored trains.
It's like showing off in front of adults: completely vulnerable.
So, how to arrange it is a difficult problem!
Time, the important thing is time. If the iron bridge can be blown up, the Ninth Battalion can withdraw immediately.
The railway bridge has four piers and three bow-shaped steel beams. Without explosives, there is no way to defeat it...
So Hu Yi no longer hesitated and directly ordered the soldiers to prepare to go up the bridge and first dig out part of the gravel under the railway sleepers.
At least the Japanese armored trains can't get through.
Just arrived at Qiaotou...
A beam of light appears on the north side of the bridge...
A Japanese railway armored patrol car suddenly appeared in the wind and rain...
"Prepare the heavy machine gun, wait for the Japanese armored patrol car to come and hit the side." Madman Yang shouted at Mancang who was standing in the guard box at the bridgehead.
Then, Hengduan Sanba Dagai stood in the middle of the railway, and Li Laosi beside him trembled and turned around with the lantern in his hand: "Young man, if you dare to trick me... I will beat you to the sword..."
(End of chapter)
