At 5 o'clock in the afternoon that day, the special service platoon had arrived near the Xinzhuang stronghold.
If it were his previous special operations squadron, he could immediately launch an attack and quickly capture the Xinzhuang stronghold. However, the special service platoon was just established after all. The training time was still short, the tactical level was not high, and there was still a lack of running-in among them. Xu Dalong did not dare to take them to take risks, so he decided to rest for one night and launch the attack again tomorrow morning.
At 3 o'clock in the morning the next day, Xu Dalong led the special service platoon to the outskirts of the stronghold. According to the pre-arranged combat deployment, each squad leader led the team to the designated location.
At 5 o'clock in the morning, each squad had dug bunkers 50 meters away from the puppet army's gun towers and prepared for the attack.
Xu Dalong did not order an attack. He wanted to wait until dawn so that the soldiers could clearly see how the puppet army's stronghold was captured.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, the fog on the fields dissipated under the sunshine.
On the top of the gun tower, the puppet sentry was preparing to change the guard. He stretched out and suddenly noticed something unusual around the stronghold. He thought he was dazzled, and hurriedly rubbed his eyes, and finally saw clearly that around the stronghold, someone had dug a bunker, and behind the bunker, a black muzzle protruded.
He shouted, "Enemy attack," and took his rifle from his shoulder.
At this moment, there was a "bang" gunshot, a bullet hit his head, and his body fell softly.
The sound of gunfire alerted the puppet troops in the artillery tower. The puppet platoon leader hurriedly looked out from the shooting hole. As a result, a bullet flew into the shooting hole and hit him between the eyebrows, killing him instantly.
The puppet soldiers were very panicked. They put their guns into the shooting holes and prepared to shoot out.
Bullets continued to come in, and anyone who tried to shoot outside was killed or injured. No one dared to approach the shooting hole anymore.
It turned out that according to Xu Dalong's deployment, soldiers from three squads surrounded the gun tower from three sides. There were three floors in the gun tower, with three shooting holes on each floor. Two soldiers were responsible for blocking each shooting hole. The puppet troops inside could not even fire a single shot.
Under the turret, facing the suspension bridge, there is a bunker with its back against the turret, and only a shooting hole in the front. Xu Dalong was personally responsible for sealing off the bunker and not giving the people inside a chance to shoot.
One of the squad leaders of the puppet army was a veteran, and he automatically took over the command of the platoon leader.
He saw that the puppet soldiers were hiding aside, and no one dared to go to the shooting holes to shoot. He was worried that the anti-Japanese army would attack, so he asked the puppet soldiers to throw grenades out of the shooting holes.
The puppet soldiers did not dare to show their heads and threw them down randomly from the shooting holes. The grenades did not fly far and exploded under the gun tower, posing no threat to the special service platoon.
When Monk Wei saw that the shooting hole was blocked, he immediately rushed forward with the soldiers of the bombing team.
They quickly came to the side of the trench, which was only about 20m away from the gun tower. They removed the fuse from the grenade and threw it into the firing hole.
Although the soldiers were a little nervous. But at such a close distance, except for a few of the grenades they threw hit the wall, most of them were thrown into the firing holes of the turret.
Thick smoke kept coming out of the gun tower's firing hole, and after a while there was no movement inside.
When Xu Dalong saw that it was almost done, he led the soldiers towards the trench. In order to prevent accidents, they still blocked the gun holes on the turret as they advanced.
The soldiers came to the trench and were a little worried when they saw the wide trench.
Monk Wei said: "Master Long, how about I take a few people down and then take a ladder over."
Xu Dalong smiled slightly, raised his hand and fired two shots. The rope on the bridge broke immediately, and the suspension bridge fell directly, causing dust to fly around the trench.
The soldiers quickly ran across the suspension bridge and rushed into the gun tower.
The battle was over. Due to the small space inside the turret, the grenade explosion could exert great power. None of the puppet soldiers inside was spared, and all were killed. Unfortunately, a small number of guns inside were also damaged.
This battle lasted for 12 minutes from start to finish, 29 people from a puppet platoon were eliminated, and there was no casualty in the special service platoon.
The soldiers were very excited and went to collect weapons, ammunition, food and other supplies from the stronghold.
After the blockhouse was emptied, Monk Wei said, "Master Long, what should we do with this blockhouse? Just burn it down."
Xu Dalong shook his head and said: "Keep it, this is the frontier of enemy-occupied areas and base areas, and the Japanese and puppet troops will definitely send people to station here. Then we will come again and let them contribute another batch of supplies to us. "
Hearing this, the soldiers laughed.
Monk Wei said: "Master Long, it's a pleasure to fight with you."
Xu Dalong said: "Huzi, bring ten grenades."
Wang Xiaohu went to get ten grenades, and Xu Dalong picked up the rope and tied them up.
Monk Wei and others didn't understand what he was going to do. Xu Dalong stepped on the bricks on the ground with his feet and said, "Take these bricks down, dig a hole in it, and bury these grenades."
Everyone was smart. They tied one end of the rope to the fuse of the grenade, and then
He removed a row of bricks from the ground, buried the rope on the ground, and restored the ground to its original state.
Then a shallow trench was dug outside the stronghold and the rope was buried in it. The rope crossed the trench and was buried under a wild fruit tree more than 20 meters outside the turret.
Soon after, Xu Dalong and others evacuated the Xinzhuang stronghold with the captured loot.
Independent regiment headquarters.
Political commissar Zhao Gang is a person with strong principles and flexibility in doing things. When I first came to the Independent League, due to lack of experience in grassroots work, I was still a little uncomfortable with the style of work of Li Yunlong and others. But soon, he agreed with the approach of Li Yunlong and others.
The reason why he changed so quickly was because he heard with his own ears a conversation between the brigade commander and Li Yunlong.
The Independent Regiment captured Wanjia Town and seized the equipment of a cavalry battalion of the puppet army. Of course, this matter could not be hidden from the brigade commander, who quickly called the Independent Regiment.
The brigade commander said: "Li Yunlong, I heard that you have made a fortune."
As soon as Li Yunlong heard this, he immediately got a headache, knowing that the brigade commander was trying to rip him off.
Sure enough, the brigade commander said: "You leave one company's equipment and send me all the other equipment to the brigade headquarters."
Of course Li Yunlong was unwilling to give it.
The brigade commander immediately threatened: "Li Yunlong, if you don't want to give it, then we have to investigate your unauthorized transfer of troops, and I will report it to the head of the headquarters. This time, head of the regiment, you can't do it, can you?" You can’t feed the horses, so that’s not necessarily the case.”
Li Yunlong knew that he could not defeat the brigade commander, so he said helplessly: "Okay, okay, okay. I will send the equipment to you, old man, okay?"
The brigade commander succeeded in blackmailing and laughed proudly.
Zhao Gang was next to Li Yunlong at this time. He really couldn't believe that the brigade commander, who was known as a Confucian general in his mind, was actually like a rogue.
From this incident, Zhao Gang saw the deep friendship between the brigade commander and Li Yunlong, and he somewhat understood how to get along with soldiers like Li Yunlong who fought bloody battles with the Japanese invaders.
Since then, Zhao Gang has changed his view of Li Yunlong and others. Of course, Li Yunlong and others can feel his attitude, and the relationship between them has become more and more harmonious.
That evening, Zhao Gang said with some worry: "Lao Li, it's been two days since the special service team was dispatched. What will happen to them?"
This time, before Li Yunlong could answer, Kong Jie said first: "Political Commissar, don't worry, that guy Xu Dalong has many clever ideas and he will not suffer any losses in the war."
He personally followed Xu Dalong in the battle of Wanjia Town, and Xu Dalong's performance left a deep impression on him.
Li Yunlong has rich combat experience. He has seen the terrain map Xu Dalong brought back. He said: "Xu Dalong and the others should be back at noon today. I am sure that they will be back in two hours at most."
As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, Gao Feng, the police platoon leader, shouted from outside: "Regiment leader, political commissar, Xu Dalong and the others are back."
