"Report." Xu Dalong came to the door of Li Yunlong's room and shouted.
"Come in." Li Yunlong's voice came from inside.
Xu Dalong pushed the door open and saw Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Kong Jie in the room.
Xu Dalong stood at attention and saluted the three leaders.
Kong Jie said: "Our independent regiment has recently recruited more than 200 new soldiers and is short of weapons and ammunition. Your special service platoon should think of a way to get some weapons and ammunition."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Our special service platoon trains every day, and we are thinking of going out to test the training results."
Zhao Gang said: "Also, the health team is short of medicines, so we will try to get some."
Xu Dalong said: "Yes, political commissar, I understand."
Li Yunlong said: "Dalong, the mission is clear. Let's set off today. Remember, be careful when you go out. You can only take advantage and don't suffer losses. These people in the special service platoon are the backbone of our regiment. Give them all to me. Bring them all back."
Xu Dalong said: "Don't worry, captain, I promise to complete the mission."
Xu Dalong returned to the special service platoon and announced the order of the regiment leader. The soldiers were very happy and immediately started checking their equipment and gathering in the yard.
Shortly after Xu Dalong and others left the village, they saw the cavalry company training.
Sun Desheng saw Xu Dalong and quickly ran over on horseback. He jumped off the horse and asked: "Brother Dalong, what are you doing?"
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Go out to fight the Japanese and bring back something by the way."
Sun Desheng said enviously: "Your special service platoon is still at ease. I also want to take the cavalry company out to fight, but the regiment commander disagrees and asks me to train my troops well."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "The regiment commander loves you very much. The cavalry company is the treasure of our regiment. I won't let you go until the critical moment."
Sun Desheng felt comfortable when he heard what Xu Dalong said. He said: "Brother Dalong, you can find a way to get some cigarettes for me when you go out this time. Any brand will do except Japanese cigarettes."
Sun Desheng was a smoker. After joining the Eighth Route Army, he was short of money and could only smoke dry cigarettes to satisfy his craving.
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Don't worry. I'll get you the old knife brand."
After Xu Dalong and others left, Sun Desheng returned to the team and saw his cavalrymen looking at the backs of Xu Dalong and others with envy.
He said: "What are you looking at? Our cavalry can't connect to combat missions because you guys are too stupid. If we have trained early, we can have combat missions. Now cheer up and train well .”
Xu Dalong and others walked towards Wanjia Town. Monk Wei asked: "Master Long, are we going to attack the Xinzhuang stronghold this time?"
Xu Dalong said: "Yes, and no. This time I will teach you a new tactic."
Xinzhuang stronghold.
Xu Dalong and others guessed correctly. Another group of puppet troops came to the Xinzhuang stronghold. This time they came from a reinforced platoon of more than 40 people, and they also sent two Japanese soldiers.
The last time the Xinzhuang stronghold was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, because no one was left alive, the Japanese and puppet troops did not understand how the stronghold was lost, so this time they sent more people and specially arranged two Japanese soldiers to monitor these puppet troops. .
Xu Dalong and others entered the position at night this time. At 4:30 in the morning, they launched an attack on the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold.
Xu Dalong and others opened fire on the stronghold from all sides. They deliberately exposed the two light machine guns they brought and also used mortars. In order to show that there were many people on their side, the soldiers of the special service platoon quickly changed places after firing, and then immediately opened fire, making the enemies in the stronghold think that there were many people outside.
The soldiers of the special service platoon fought back while shouting to persuade them to surrender: "People in the stronghold, listen, we are from the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and you have been surrounded by us. I advise you to surrender quickly, otherwise, we will capture the artillery tower, and the chickens and dogs will not be able to do anything." Keep."
The Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold were awakened from their sleep. It was dark outside and they could not see how many people were coming from the other side. They only knew from the other side's shouting that the other side was an independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
The Japanese and puppet troops have been dealing with the Eighth Route Army for a long time and have rich experience. Although they couldn't see exactly how many people from the Eighth Route Army were coming, they judged that the opponent had at least one reinforced company based on the fact that they had two light machine guns and mortars.
After discussing with the Japanese commander Cao, the deputy company commander of the puppet army decided to ask for help from the Japanese and puppet troops in the Shangzhuangzi stronghold.
The Shangzhuangzi stronghold was the second stronghold on the way to Wanjia Town where Xu Dalong and others disguised themselves to conduct reconnaissance. It is about 16 kilometers away from the Xinzhuang stronghold. If you run to come for reinforcements, you can definitely arrive in two hours, even at night. So they called for help.
After receiving the call, the Japanese squadron leader in the Shangzhuangzi stronghold promised to immediately send troops to rescue, telling them to hold the Xinzhuang stronghold, and then cooperate with the reinforcements inside and outside to eliminate the Eighth Route Army attacking the stronghold.
About five minutes after they called for help, the gunfire outside suddenly stopped, and the land fell silent.
The Japanese leader Cao didn't know what was going on outside, so he personally fired a machine gun at the outside. As a result, there was still deathly silence outside.
The deputy company commander of the puppet army also felt strange and didn't understand what the Eighth Route Army was doing outside. They wanted to send people out to explore the situation, but it was dark outside and no one dared to go out, so they decided to wait until dawn.
In order to avoid a sneak attack by the Eighth Route Army, the deputy company commander of the puppet army asked his puppet soldiers to stare outside, all of them pricked up their ears, and opened fire as soon as there was the slightest movement.
After about half an hour, they still didn't hear any movement.
The Japanese leader Cao felt confused. After thinking about it, he decided to call the Shangzhuangzi stronghold and report the strange situation here to the Japanese squadron leader for analysis and judgment.
Captain Cao, the devil, grabbed the handle of the phone and shook it vigorously. He found that there was no sound at all in the receiver.
He shook it vigorously a few more times, but the result was still no call. He knew that the phone line should have been cut off by the Eighth Route Army, but he just couldn't tell what the Eighth Route Army was going to do.
It was finally dawn, and the Japanese leader Cao looked out from the shooting hole with a telescope. No one could be seen outside. They thought that the Eighth Route Army must have withdrawn.
After discussing with the deputy company commander of the puppet army, he decided to send someone to report the situation here to the Japanese squadron leader in the Shangzhuangzi stronghold, and asked them to send someone to repair the phone line.
Soon after, a puppet deputy squad leader led a puppet soldier out of the gun tower and came to the suspension bridge, waiting for the puppet soldiers on the gun tower to lower the suspension bridge.
At this moment, two gunshots were heard outside, and the deputy squad leader and the puppet soldier were shot and fell to the ground.
Seeing that the Eighth Route Army was still outside, the Japanese and puppet troops in the artillery tower hurriedly opened fire, and the half-lowered suspension bridge was also pulled up.
The Japanese leader Cao ordered to guard the artillery tower to guard against the Eighth Route Army's attack.
