As Ding Ning expected, there was not enough fuel in the small gunboat, and it couldn't support it to drive to the south bank, so it didn't move more than ten miles away from the south bank, and the fat man was so angry that he knocked on the gunboat wheelhouse and scolded.
"The little devil's thing is useless, and it stopped before it reached the shore, and it seems that Lao Tzu has to have the strength to row again" The fat man scolded and scolded, rowing the boat was still quite hard, Ding Ning saw that the gunboat was not moving, so he ordered his subordinates except for the wounded, the rest of the brothers all found something to row, although the speed slowed down a lot, but fortunately at this time the lake was calm, and the small gunboat could slowly move towards the south shore.
At this moment, two small black dots appeared on the lake behind them, and a sharp-eyed brother who was rowing a boat pointed to the small black dot and shouted: "Chief of Staff, there is movement over there, it seems that a boat is coming." ” As soon as the fat man heard that there was a boat behind him, he hurriedly picked up the telescope and looked back, and by the afterglow of the setting sun, the fat man clearly saw in the telescope that two devil gunboats with plaster flags were chasing towards this side at a gallop, the gunboat was more than half larger than his own, and the muzzle of the high black hole in front of him was pointing here, and there were many devils on the gunboat.
One of the devil officers was pointing in this direction, it seemed that these devil gunboats were chasing after them, and now there was no fuel here and they couldn't run, and there were still seven or eight miles away from the south bank, so it was difficult to get caught by the little devil's shells in the middle of the lake Ding Ning was shocked when he heard that the fat man said that there was a ghost gunboat chasing behind him, thinking that this was good, just out of the tiger's den, and into the wolf's den.
Looking at the black hole of the front main gun, Ding Ning estimated that the caliber must be at least 60 millimeters, and they could fire and bombard this place without having to come closer, and they could open fire on it from a distance of two or three miles.
The fat man disagreed, and said to Ding Ning: "Chief of Staff, the devil gunboat came just right, looking at their posture, rushing over so quickly, it seems that they don't want to open fire and sink our ship, I estimate that we want to capture all the people and horses of our ship alive, I have an idea, I don't know if it's good or not."
When Ding Ning heard this, he hurriedly asked: "Fatty, it's all at this time, why don't you say it quickly, the big guy has to think of a way." ” "I mean let's take a look at the situation first, if the devil's gunboat fires us from afar, then I don't see any fun, this small gunboat is so small, how can it withstand the bombardment of the devil's cannonballs, even the water column of the cannonballs in the water can overturn the small gunboat, not to mention being directly hit by the devil's cannonballs."
"Obviously, my method doesn't work, I originally wanted to make a bitter plan of fake surrender, but the little devil is not so easy to deceive, he doesn't care if you surrender or not, directly to the range of a shell smashed over, then we have to abandon the boat to escape, our brothers are okay, but Mr.
Shen, what should they do with the wounded brothers, we will leave them alone" The fat man said helplessly to Ding Ning.
As soon as Ding Ning heard that the fat man was reasonable, he suddenly heard that there were still cannons on the gunboat, and hurriedly shouted to the fat man: "Fatty, you go and see if the cannons on the gunboat, if there are any smoke bombs or something, if there is, give me a drum to send it to the south bank, if they get the news, they will definitely send Huang Shuisheng and them to rescue in a boat, I don't know if this method will work, whether they can know that we are here again, they can only try." ” When the fat man heard this, he thought it was feasible, and immediately ran to the gun emplacement of the small gunboat to take a closer look, and then looked at the ammunition in the cabin, and happily shouted to Ding Ning and them: "Chief of staff, haha, great, the shells are big, and the heavy machine gun bullets are not a lot of miles." ” When Ding Ning heard this, he hurriedly asked the fat man: "You see if there are any smoke bombs or anything like that in it, find him, put it in the gun chamber and bombard it around the ship first."
Ding Ning wanted to cover this small gunboat with the smoke of the smoke bomb, so that even if the devil gunboat that caught up behind fired at this place, it would reduce the hit rate because he couldn't see the target, and seeing that the sky was about to darken, as long as it was dragged until the sky was completely dark, it should be much easier.
The fat man searched all over the world in those shell boxes, only to see that they were all written with Japanese characters, he couldn't even figure out his Chinese characters, where to understand these Japanese words, and immediately shouted to Ding Ning at the top of his voice: "Chief of Staff, I don't recognize the words on those damn boxes, they are all like earthworms, come and see what's going on."
Ding Ning hurried over, and took a look, it turned out that these shell boxes were all written in Japanese, what quantity, weight, bullet diameter, blasting and killing type, etc., were all written clearly, and soon Ding Ning, who was familiar with Japanese, immediately found the smoke screen bombs from a pile of boxes pressed underground, and let the fat man pull them out.
Although the fat man was short and fat, he had a lot of strength, so he immediately pulled out the box of cigarette bombs, opened it and looked, hehe, there were six small green shells neatly placed inside.
Ding Ning hurriedly brought these smoke bombs with Liu Fatzi, and asked the other brothers to quickly take out other shells, preparing to shoot a few shots at the little devil who caught up when necessary, although the range is estimated to be out of reach, but in the dark sky, it is good to fire a few cannons towards the south bank, in case there are our allies or other anti-Japanese forces on the south bank, isn't it to report to them Since the fat man tried the little devil's 75 mountain gun, he also knew the 35mm gun on this small gunboat and quickly touched the doorway, he proudly stuffed the cannonball in, and was about to pull the rope to fire, when suddenly a faint and urgent cry came from the back cabin: "Slow, don't pull the fire now, that won't work" The fat man's ears were very bright, and he hurriedly looked back, it turned out that it was the Kuomintang military commander brother who was brought by Ding Ning by the way who was calling him, seeing that he was very anxious, he hurriedly stopped and asked the military commander brother: "What's the matter, brother, what advice do you have?"
The fat man couldn't understand why this military commander wanted him not to pull the fire at this time, he felt that the steps he had just taken to load the ammunition and turn off the cannon bolt were correct.
Ding Ning also heard the movements just now, and felt that there was something wrong with the fat man's operation, otherwise the military commander would not have struggled to get up and warn him, he knew that the training in the military command was extremely strict, and they knew all about ordinary firearms and small cannons, and there were a few rare explosives experts, so after hearing the warning of this military commander brother, Ding Ning immediately asked the fat man to stop and listen to this brother first.
It seems that he was not lightly treated by the little devil this time, he almost couldn't stand up, and he didn't even have the strength to speak, but he gritted his teeth, pointed at the various switch buttons on the gun mount with gestures, and let the fat man operate according to his instructions step by step.
When the fat man finally adjusted the shooting angle correctly according to his prompts and closed the bolt, the military commander seemed to have used up the last trace of strength, his head tilted, and he actually passed out.
Ding Ning hurriedly stretched out his hand under his nose, and found that there was still breath, he should have passed out, so he immediately pinched others, hammered him in the chest, and finally woke up this military commander brother after some tossing.
At this time, the fat man saw that the black spots of the devil gunboats behind him were getting bigger and bigger, and the light of the two high-power searchlights on the gunboats illuminated half of the lake here, and a blood-red flash came from the devil gunboats behind.
With experience, the fat man knew that it was the little devil who was firing, and hurriedly shouted at Ding Ning and them: "Lie down, the devil has fired" Before the words fell, the cannonball whistled in, and exploded three hundred meters in front of Liu Fatzi's small gunboat, blowing up a large column of water as high as ten meters, and the strong air wave shook the small gunboat a few times, fortunately the explosion distance was far away, otherwise the waves set off by the explosion would have overturned the boat.
The fat man saw that the devils had opened fire, and if he didn't open the cannon, he would sink his side, so he hurriedly pulled the fire, only to hear a dull shelling sound, and the smoke screen shot out, and exploded two or three hundred meters in front, and suddenly a black smoke rose up, blowing northeast along the direction of the wind, and in less than a few seconds, the small gunboat that had almost stopped was covered tightly.
When the fat man saw this situation, he laughed happily, and said to Ding Ning: "Chief of Staff, this military commander brother is really good, I didn't expect him to be an expert, I just tinkered with it, I can launch a smoke screen, but I don't know the wind direction and distance, even if the smoke screen bomb is issued, it is not possible to cover his own small gunboat, but instead covers the two devil gunboats that caught up, isn't it a bad thing, and use the little devil as a target to bombard."
Ding Ning nodded, and hurriedly leaned down to consult the artillery expert in the military command, under the guidance of the military commander brother, the fat man rotated the 35mm small cannon, and fired six smoke bombs in four directions, front, back, left and right, covering the surrounding area almost a few hundred meters tightly.
The thick smoke choked the fat man and his brothers, but as long as he could dodge the cannonballs of the devils behind, it didn't matter if he choked a few times, after all, it was important to save his life.
The brothers on the deck were okay, but the old Mr.
Shen and the second elder in the cabin inside couldn't stand it, choked on tears and snot flowing out together, and hurriedly got up and asked his son-in-law Ding Ning: "Xiao Ding, what's going on outside, why is there so much smoke?"
Ding Ning was afraid that the second elder would know that there was a big boat with little devils chasing after him, so he hurriedly said to them: "It's okay, it's okay, if something goes wrong, you will be able to dock soon, these smoke will pass immediately, the second old man still don't climb out of the south gate, or go back to the cabin below to be safe." ” Old Shen heard Ding Ning say this, so he went down to the cabin with Mrs.
Shen and stayed honestly, although he was old, but he had not yet reached the point where he was dazzled and deaf, he had already heard the big movement of the little devil's cannon bombing in the water just now, it must have been the little devil behind who sent a boat to catch up, otherwise there was such a big movement in the team nearby In the past, there were several groups of bandits and water bandits on this Hongze Lake, but now they have disappeared, and they have all been swept away by little devils, and even if there are still water bandits, they have not made such a big move.
Since the son-in-law said that it was okay, then let's stay honestly, life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky, I am worried that I can't solve any problems, but I can't go to make trouble for them anymore, this time in order to save myself this old bone, a lot of good young men have died.
When Lao Shen thought of this, he felt very guilty, and felt that he owed a lot of favors to the New Fourth Army, and this favor was obtained at the cost of killing more than a dozen good brothers, he felt that his life was not worth letting so many brothers of the New Fourth Army come in exchange, he was seventy or eighty, and he didn't have a few years to live, but the dozen or so brothers who died under the devil's bullets were all young men, and they could kill a few more little devils if they were kept.
Sure enough, smoke bombs were placed around the small gunboat, covering the boat tightly, and the gunboat of the little devil behind immediately stopped firing.
At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the little devil's searchlight was still shining here, and they estimated that they couldn't touch the specific location of Ding Ning's small gunboat for a while, and in the night, it was not good to shoot blindly, so they stopped the shelling, slowed down, and slowly moved closer to this side, planning to wait for the smoke around the small gunboat to gradually dissipate, and then use the high-power searchlight to search for the target, and then bombard and sink the small gunboat.
The fat man watched the black smoke around the ship slowly dissipate, and hurriedly asked Ding Ning: "Chief of Staff, this black smoke is about to disperse, and the little devil's searchlight is shining back and forth, and our small cannon can't reach the devil and them, so it is difficult to stop here and be beaten, waiting for this gunboat to be blown up."
Ding Ning hurriedly looked at the devil's gunboat with a telescope, and saw that the two devil's gunboats on the dark lake opposite were driving towards this side with high-power searchlights, but the speed was very slow, and the cannons on the gunboat were facing the direction of here, and they would fire and bombard here at any time.
What should I do, is it just stupid to wait for the cannonball of the little devil, so that I was finally sunk by the big guy and sank to the bottom of the lake to feed the fish and shrimp Ding Ning was unwilling to leave it at that, and hurriedly ran into the cabin again to look for something like a signal flare to contact the friendly forces and anti-Japanese forces on the south bank, hoping that they could see that a ship full of the New Fourth Army was being bombarded by devil gunboats.
At this time, a few small wooden boats came from the south bank, which was good for Ding Ning, at least those wounded brothers and his father-in-law and the two elders were saved. t1706231537: