The Japanese and puppet troops in the Xinzhuang stronghold were on guard. They were worried that the Eighth Route Army outside would launch an attack. They only hoped that reinforcements would arrive quickly.
What they didn't know was that the only people around the stronghold at this moment were Wang Xiaohu and a soldier from the special service platoon.
When Xu Dalong trained soldiers, he would teach students in accordance with their aptitude. He found that Wang Xiaohu had a certain shooting talent, so he focused on training him to become a sniper.
The soldier who is with him now is named Qin Yu, and he is also the target of Xu Dalong's training as a sniper.
Xu Dalong and others had already left, leaving only the two of them, using cold guns to block the suspension bridge of the Xinzhuang stronghold.
Where did Xu Dalong and others go?
It turned out that this was a combat operation carefully arranged by Xu Dalong. The first target of the special service platoon was not the Japanese and puppet troops in the Xinzhuang stronghold, but the Japanese and puppet troops who came from the Shangzhuangzi stronghold for reinforcements.
Xu Dalong and others deliberately launched an attack at night, creating the illusion of powerful firepower and large numbers, forcing the Japanese and puppet troops at the Xinzhuang stronghold to ask for reinforcements from the Xiangzhuangzi stronghold. After the Japanese and puppet army's reinforcements came out, they immediately left on horseback and went to the two strongholds. to set up an ambush.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the Xinzhuang stronghold were intimidated. They did not know whether the Eighth Route Army outside had withdrawn, and they did not dare to come out. Therefore, Wang Xiaohu and Qin Yu were able to block the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold.
Before leaving, Xu Dalong and others cut off the phone line between Xinzhuang stronghold and Shangzhuangzi stronghold. If they saw through Xu Dalong and others' plan, they would not be able to notify Shangzhuangzi stronghold in a short time.
In this way, Xu Dalong and others can calmly ambush the Japanese and puppet reinforcements.
The Japanese and puppet troops that came out of the Shangzhuangzi stronghold included a small squad of the Japanese army and half a company of the puppet troops, with a total strength of more than 130 people. After they left the stronghold, they ran towards the Xinzhuang stronghold.
The commander of the Japanese army was Captain Tanaka, a fellow Osaka man whom Xu Dalong once recognized and the executive officer of the Japanese army. He was also a veteran with rich combat experience. On his way to the Xinzhuang stronghold for reinforcements, he also made preparations to prepare for the Eighth Route Army to encircle the point for reinforcements. Prepare carefully and observe the surrounding terrain carefully along the way.
Surrounded by a flat field with a wide field of vision, there was no suitable terrain for the Eighth Route Army to lay an ambush. If an enemy appears, it can be spotted from a long distance. Therefore, he led the puppet army and ran towards the Xinzhuang stronghold with confidence and boldness.
The Japanese and puppet troops were running out of breath for more than an hour. Captain Tanaka felt that they were almost at the Xinzhuang stronghold, so he planned to stop and rest to allow the troops to regain their strength and prepare for battle.
At this moment, a violent explosion suddenly occurred on the country road under their feet. Not only did a large number of grenades explode at their feet, but many grenades were blown up and exploded in the air. The Japanese and puppet troops There were immediate casualties, and more than half were lost in an instant.
Before they could react, many Eighth Route Army troops suddenly appeared in the fields only a few dozen meters away from the Japanese and puppet troops. They used two light machine guns and many rifles to fire violently at the Japanese and puppet troops on the road.
The Japanese and puppet troops were already stunned by the bombing. In a short period of time, they could not organize effective resistance at all. The Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared so close to them, and their bullets were basically useless.
After the explosion, more than half of the remaining Japanese and puppet troops were quickly wiped out.
The remaining Japanese and puppet troops hurriedly tried to find bunkers to fight back. However, the Eighth Route Army's bullets came from three directions. They were attacked from both sides and could not find a place to hide.
Soon, except for a few puppet soldiers who knelt down and surrendered and saved their lives, all other Japanese and puppet soldiers were killed.
Of course it was Xu Dalong and the soldiers from the special service platoon who ambushed them. How did they suddenly emerge from the ground?
It turned out that this was carefully planned by Xu Dalong. The last time he went to Wanjia Town for reconnaissance, Xu Dalong was already familiar with the terrain in this area. He knew that this area was all plains and there was no suitable ambush position. However, the Japanese and puppet troops were easily paralyzed and careless.
Xu Dalong and others came here on horseback. They dug a pit more than a foot deep behind a field ridge dozens of meters away from the country road. They lay down in the pit and covered themselves with thin With a thin layer of soil and some camouflage such as wheat straw, it is difficult to spot it without walking up to it.
After the ambush was completed, the two remaining soldiers led the horses away from here and set up the ambush position.
The ambush position set up by Xu Dalong is an inverted triangular position. The firepower from any point can be attacked centripetally. There is no blind spot for shooting. The firepower can be fully utilized without hitting one's own people.
The inverted triangle position is a very effective formation. Three soldiers plus a light machine gun can easily kill a platoon of enemies.
Before the battle started, Xu Dalong and others planted a large number of grenades on the road in order to quickly kill the enemy. Some grenades exploded directly underground, and some were blown up and exploded in the air.
At the same time, Xu Dalong and others opened fire. Although they were small in number, they had two light machine guns, sufficient ammunition, and very fierce firepower. In this way, the Japanese and puppet troops had no power to fight back and were quickly destroyed.
After this battle, 131 Japanese and puppet troops were annihilated and all their weapons and equipment were seized. There were no casualties among the soldiers of the Special Service Platoon.
Xu Dalong and others collected weapons and ammunition, and then returned to the Xinzhuang stronghold.
After all, Wang Xiaohu and Qin Yu were only two people. They were worried about the Japanese and puppet troops rushing out of the stronghold, and they were always worried. Seeing Xu Dalong and others coming back, they felt relieved.
Wang Xiaohu had already seen the large number of weapons and ammunition seized by the special service platoon soldiers, and asked happily: "Platoon leader, have all the Japanese reinforcements been destroyed?"
Xu Dalong nodded slightly.
Monk Wei said proudly: "Brother Huzi, the battle was so exciting. Our brothers didn't hurt anyone and killed more than a hundred Japanese and puppet soldiers. It's really a relief."
Zheng Xirong asked: "Platoon commander, how to attack the Xinzhuang stronghold? Are you using the same tactics as last time?"
Xu Dalong said: "There is no need to go to such trouble. Everyone is hiding and waiting for my order."
Xu Dalong first set up the mortar, took aim, and put the shell into the barrel.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the Xinzhuang stronghold suddenly became nervous when they saw a lot of Eighth Route Army coming outside.
Captain Cao, the Japanese soldier, ran to the top of the turret and looked outside.
Suddenly, the distinctive sharp whistling sound of flying mortar shells came from the sky. He was very experienced and hurriedly fell to the ground.
The artillery shell flew over and landed next to him. The Japanese leader Cao and the two puppet soldiers on the gun tower were killed immediately. Another Japanese was also knocked unconscious.
This time, the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold became even more panicked. They fired fiercely from the shooting holes outside.
Xu Dalong hid behind a sandbag and shouted loudly: "Brothers of the puppet army, the reinforcements you are waiting for from the Zhuangzi stronghold have been wiped out by our Eighth Route Army. If you want to survive, please come out and surrender obediently. The Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially. , hand over the gun and not kill.”
The deputy company commander of Weijun heard someone shouting outside and ordered a ceasefire. After hearing what Xu Dalong said, he was very panicked and hurriedly discussed with the puppet platoon leader and several squad leaders.
They are really scared, because the last group of puppet troops guarding here were all killed, and now there are no reinforcements. They are very afraid that the Eighth Route Army from outside will attack and kill them.
Xu Dalong continued to shout: "Don't take chances. The more than 100 people who came out of Zhuangzi have been wiped out by us. It will be easy to knock down your turrets.
The Japanese are killing people and setting fires in our country. They do all kinds of evil. You are all Chinese. You cannot be dogs for the Japanese devils and help them do evil things. People should live with dignity and not be poked in the back by the common people after death.
I hope you can put down your weapons and follow us to fight the Japanese. If you don't want to, we will pay you travel expenses and let you go home. "
The deputy company commander and others of the puppet army were still discussing. A squad leader said: "Deputy company commander, we may not be able to defend the Eighth Route Army's machine guns and artillery outside, and there will be no reinforcements. If we continue to hold on, I'm afraid our brothers will have to answer. It’s here.”
The platoon leader also had the same opinion and said: "Yes, deputy company commander, what the Eighth Route Army said makes sense. The little devil has lost eight generations of virtue and is no longer a good thing. Otherwise, let's surrender."
The deputy company commander was still hesitant. You should know that it was not easy for him to rise from a soldier to the deputy company commander. If he surrendered to the Eighth Route Army, his future would definitely be gone. He was considering whether he could wait for reinforcements from elsewhere.
Outside the stronghold, Monk Wei got a little impatient and said to Xu Dalong: "Master Long, why bother talking to them? Didn't we bury grenades in the gun tower? We might as well take the blame for them."
Xu Dalong doesn't plan to do this yet. After the grenade explodes, the weapons, ammunition and other materials inside will be destroyed.
He said: "Monk, think of a way to throw a grenade into the turret. Remember, don't fire."
Monk Wei said: "Understood." After saying that, he used skilled individual tactics and crawled towards the gun tower.
Soon after, he came to the back of a ditch more than 40 meters away from the turret. He picked up a grenade and threw it towards the turret.
The puppet soldiers were still discussing, and a grenade flew in from the hole of the gun and landed on the ground.
The puppet soldiers were all frightened and hurriedly fell to the ground holding their heads. It took them a long time to discover that the grenade was a dud and the cover on the back was not even opened.
At this time, Xu Dalong's voice came over again, and he shouted: "You'd better surrender quickly, otherwise, the next time it flies in will not be a dud. Now I'll give you three more minutes. If you don't surrender, we will Just launched an attack.”
The puppet platoon leader was already frightened. He said: "Deputy company commander, these Eighth Route Army soldiers are too powerful. Surrender quickly."
Several squad leaders of the puppet army also urged the deputy company commander to make a decision quickly.
The deputy company commander finally made up his mind. He stood at the shooting port and shouted outside: "Brothers from the Eighth Route Army outside, you must keep your word and don't hurt us. We will surrender now."
The soldiers of the special service platoon were very happy when they heard the shouts of the puppet troops in the stronghold.
Xu Dalong also had a smile on his face.
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out from the gun tower, and the soldiers of the special service platoon hurriedly hid to guard against the puppet troops in the stronghold firing.
Xu Dalong was also a little annoyed at this time and shouted: "Xizi, since they don't know how to praise, kill them."
Zheng Xirong had already lurked in the bushes where the rope was buried. He grabbed the rope and was about to pull it back, intending to detonate the grenades buried in the turret.
At this moment, a shout came from the gun tower: "Don't get me wrong, Mr. Balu outside, we just killed a Japanese inside. We will go out and surrender now."
It turned out that there were two Japanese Japs in the turret. Chief Cao had just been blown to death on the roof of the building, and the other Japs did not die, but was knocked unconscious. After he woke up, he saw that the puppet troops in the artillery tower did not fire on the Eighth Route Army outside, so he went down from the roof to the second floor and asked the deputy company commander and others of the puppet army why they did not open fire yet.
The deputy company commander of the puppet army hesitated again when he saw the Japanese.
When a squad leader of the puppet army saw this situation, he was worried that the deputy company commander would change his mind and the Eighth Route Army would attack and kill him, so he shot the Japanese in the back.
Soon after, the puppet troops lowered the drawbridge and lined up to surrender.
The soldiers of the special service platoon ran into the stronghold and moved out all the weapons, ammunition and supplies inside.
Zheng Xirong asked: "Platoon commander, are the gun towers still there?"
Monk Wei said: "Let's stay. When the next group of Japanese soldiers and puppet troops come in again, let's not go to so much trouble and just blow them up into the sky." He was still worried about not being able to use the grenades buried in the gun tower. It doesn’t feel satisfying.
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Forget it, the Japanese and puppet troops are not that stupid. They have suffered such heavy losses twice in a row. They will not come again.
Take out the grenades and burn everything that can be burned in the stronghold. "
Monk Wei led people to take out the grenades and said specifically to the puppet soldiers: "Did you see it? There are so many grenades buried under your feet. If you didn't surrender just now, I'm afraid it would have been early." It was blown up to the sky.”
When the puppet soldiers saw that there were only about twenty officers and soldiers in the special service platoon, they were able to defeat more than a hundred Japanese and puppet reinforcements, and they all felt that these Eight Route Army soldiers were really powerful.
They didn't expect that grenades had already been buried in the artillery tower. They all felt scared and were glad that they surrendered in time.
The special service platoon has won a great victory and is about to return to the base area. They captured too many things, so they asked the captured puppet soldiers to carry the things and follow them back to the base.
Xu Dalong and others returned to the Independent Regiment. Outside the village, they met Sun Desheng leading the cavalry company for training.
