Chapter 17

  The sound of annihilating the devils' guns was heard more than ten miles away in the Northeast Plain. The surrounding Japanese troops heard the gunfire and rushed to the scene of the battle. However, when Captain Kawashima arrived at the scene with over a hundred Japanese soldiers, not even a single Chinese soldier's shadow could be seen.

  One of the masterminds behind the September 18th Incident, Commander Ishikawa of the Japanese Independent Guard First Brigade, was comfortably lying in the best inn within the city walls of Tieling. He was very satisfied with his subordinate, Captain Kawashima, who had brought him a "flower girl" to enjoy two days ago.

  "What a pity, this Chinese woman is so useless? How could she die after just a few times?" Colonel Ishikawa said with some regret as he watched the girl's body being carried away. However, when Lieutenant-General Kawashima brought her here, she had already been ravished by several Japanese officers and was soon killed after arriving at Colonel Ishikawa's place.

  Just as Ishikawa Taishō was still savoring the aftertaste, Kawashima Taii suddenly rushed in with a grief-stricken face: "Taishō, Taishō, it's terrible! One of my squads has been completely annihilated by the Chinese!"

  Hearing Captain Kawashima's words, Major Ishikawa jumped up: "Kawashima-kun, what's going on? Don't be in a hurry, speak slowly."

  Ishikawa Taisa shouted loudly after hearing Kawashima Taii finish speaking: "Hah! Where are those Chinese bandits?"

  Lieutenant Kawashima replied with a gloomy face: "Those Chinese have long since fled! No one knows where they've gone."

  "Eighty!" Captain Kawashima's face was slapped, and he only heard Major-General Ishikawa roar: "More than 70 elite Imperial Army soldiers were killed, but you can't even catch the murderer! What are you guys doing?"

  After scolding, Ishikawa Daiza shouted: "Get me a horse, I want to go and see what kind of person it is!"

  At the location where the enemy squad was annihilated, General Ishikawa saw the enemy soldiers busily carrying away corpses, and on the ground, there were also some smashed gun fragments.

  "Bring it over!" Major Ishikawa waved his hand at the two devils carrying the corpse.

  Two devils carried a stretcher to the front of Ishikawa Taisha, he lifted up the white cloth, but was frightened by a horribly disfigured corpse: it had only half a head left, and there were two bowl-sized holes in its chest and abdomen, with intestines flowing out from the wounds.

  "What in the world is this weapon that's causing our Imperial Japanese Army's elite soldiers to die like dogs?!" Major-General Ishikawa bellowed.

  "Ahai!" A Japanese military doctor ran to the front of Major Ishikawa, bowing and saying, "Report to you, sir! It was a heavy machine gun that shot him! I just found the bullet in the mud!"

  After finishing speaking, the Japanese military doctor presented the bullet in front of General Ishikawa.

  Ishikawa Taisha took the bullet and examined it carefully. With his rich experience, he immediately recognized that it was a 7.6mm heavy machine gun bullet. His eyebrows furrowed in thought as he said: "What kind of bullet is this? It's completely different from the 7.9mm heavy machine gun bullets used by the Chinese! It looks like...it might be a Russian bullet! No, that can't be right! The Russians don't seem to have this type of bullet either! This isn't the bullet used in the Russian M191 machine gun! What kind of bullet is this?!"

  The puzzled Ishikawa Taisa still couldn't figure out what kind of bullet this was, and he thought it was a Russian-made Maxim M1910 machine gun, but this bullet was longer than the Russian bullet and had more power.

  The power of the elongated bullet is originally much greater, and after hitting the human body, it can cause a larger wound by rolling. Of course, the more powerful bullets also have higher requirements for the barrel and rifling.

  Just as Ishikawa Taiza was deep in thought, Li Bin, Hong Biao and Wang Zihao were leading the remaining thirteen good men, driving a large cart loaded with spoils of war, heading towards Jinzhou.

  Li Bin was extremely heartbroken over the precious consumption of machine gun bullets. In the ambush, Hong Biao actually fired three chains of 250 rounds in one breath! The 2,000 rounds of heavy machine gun bullets brought by Li Bin were consumed by Hong Biao in just a few minutes, exceeding one-third of the total amount. Only 1,250 rounds were left, and they had to be used sparingly from then on. It's worth noting that such bullets are currently not available domestically, unless they can quickly retake Fengtian and occupy the Shenyang Arsenal to produce more bullets.

  Actually, producing bullets is more difficult than producing guns! This is also why there are so many people who know how to produce black guns but cannot make their own bullets. As for the War of Resistance against Japan, the Eighth Route Army's local arsenals could produce bullets, but those were all made with existing cartridge cases and projectiles, which only required simple loading to produce bullets. However, 7.6mm heavy machine gun cartridges did not have such cartridge cases and projectiles domestically! Relying on homemade methods, it was definitely impossible to produce them.

  However, since the bullets have been consumed and cannot be replenished, Li Bin's only hope is to reunite with General Huang Xiansheng as soon as possible. He hopes that he can assist General Huang Xiansheng in recapturing the Shenyang Arsenal. If this plan is feasible, he even wants to mass-produce M-34 general-purpose machine guns or even more advanced M-4 machine guns, as well as 88mm cannons and T-34 tanks, or even Tiger I tanks or IS tanks, which are cutting-edge weapons that transcend eras.

  Li Bin, who was daydreaming, fell asleep unknowingly on the big cart.

  At this time, General Huang Xiansheng, who had escaped to Beiping, had organized the "Northeast People's Anti-Japanese National Salvation Association" and was preparing to return to Northeast China to form an anti-Japanese volunteer army.

  Soon, Huang Xiansheng quietly returned to Jinzhou, where he gathered the scattered Northeastern Army, assembled police from various counties, and formed a Northeast Anti-Japanese Righteous and Brave Army. At the same time, Huang Xiansheng also prepared to gather various bandits in western Liaoning, incorporating them into the Northeast Anti-Japanese Righteous and Brave Army to expand the anti-Japanese forces.

  In fact, most of the bandits were originally poor ordinary people. If they weren't forced to be desperate, why would they take the risk of being beheaded by becoming bandits? Moreover, these bandits are also a major threat to the Japanese, even if they don't join the anti-Japanese forces, the Japanese will still suppress them after they arrive.

  Huang Xiansheng's general was just looking at this point, and he recruited the old north wind Zhang Haitian and other green forest heroes to join his anti-Japanese army.

  Li Bin and his party will arrive in Jinzhou after Huang Xiansheng because they took a detour.

  On their way to Jinzhou, Li Bin and his party passed through the area of Qinglongshan Dabaoziyan (now under Fuxin's jurisdiction) in western Liaoning. Western Liaoning was an area where many bandits roamed. Because western Liaoning was a poor region, large numbers of impoverished common people who had no way out and could not survive had to become bandits.

  In fact, Li Bin also deliberately passed by here, hoping to recruit a few local bandit troops to expand his own strength.

  As they passed by Qinglong Mountain, a little rascal discovered the passing team and immediately returned to the mountain head to report to the master: "Master, there is a team with guns, driving a large cart through this place! It looks like that car must have a lot of valuable goods!"

  The big boss is called Jing Da, originally a martial arts family disciple, later led a team to become a bandit and became the mountain king. This person has high martial arts skills, not only accurate shooting, hard fists, but also good at using a ghost-headed big knife; The second boss is called Zhao Zi, good at using double guns; The third boss was originally a hunter, had no name since childhood, people called him Hu Zi, and after becoming a bandit, he followed the surname of his elder brother, called Jing Hu, he has excellent shooting skills, especially good at long-range shooting with rifles.

  The weapons of these bandits were extremely poor. Except for the three leaders, the first leader had a Mauser pistol, the second leader had two Mauser pistols, and the third leader had a Type 13 rifle made in Liaoning. The remaining more than 100 bandits only had seven old-fashioned revolvers, over ten muzzle-loaders, and over ten bird guns. The rest of the bandits only had big knives, spears, and bows and arrows. Some bandits didn't even have any cold weapons, but just a broken broom wrapped in red cloth, which looked like a pistol at first glance.

  According to Xiaoyao's observation, the team of people passing by consisted of sixteen people. The three people in front were particularly well-armed, with one person carrying a submachine gun (the bandits thought the Type 95 SMG was an assault rifle and called it a handheld machine gun at the time). Another person had a brand new and shiny machine gun! There was also someone who looked like a leader, with two Mauser pistols holstered on his waist. Among the thirteen people in the back, one person carried a foreign-made rifle and a small foreign-made cannon, while the rest of them all carried foreign-made rifles.

  "What a great arsenal!" Da Dangjia Jingda's mouth began to water as soon as he heard the little servant's report.

  "Big brother!" Second master Liu Zhi said, "This is a big piece of fat meat, but it's also too hot to handle. I'm afraid we can't swallow it down and instead get burned to death. So I still suggest that big brother be careful in his actions."

  Third Master Jin Hu stepped forward and said: "Big Brother, Second Brother, I actually have a plan that will definitely subdue them!"

  The master said: "Is there any way? Just say it!"

  Jing Hu replied, "Alright, we'll set up an ambush in the gourd-shaped valley inside the mountain and have all our brothers wait at the top. I'll lure these people into the valley and then use rolling logs and rocks to block the exit! That way, they'll be trapped inside, and there's no way they won't surrender!"

  "Good! This plan is excellent!" said Liu Zhi, the second master of the house.

  Jing Da said to Jing Hu: "Third brother, if they don't resist, let's try not to harm their lives, just take their things!"