Qiligou.
Xu Dalong was on the top of the mountain and saw the top soldiers of the Japanese army appearing in the valley.
The valley in this area is very wide. The Japanese and puppet troops walked in the middle of the valley, which was far away from where Xu Dalong and others were. They could not reach it by throwing grenades, and the effect of shooting with guns was not good. However, in order to buy time, they protected the villagers. After being safely transferred, Xu Dalong still opened fire on the Japanese army.
The guerrillas also followed Xu Dalong and fired at the marching columns of Japanese and puppet troops. Due to the long distance, the guns were inaccurate. Fortunately, the Japanese troops were more numerous and still caused some casualties to them.
The Japanese captain Heng Jiukuan did not panic at all. He observed carefully with a telescope and saw that there were not many enemies, so he sent an infantry squadron and asked them to rush towards Xu Dalong and others.
The Japanese soldiers were shooting while looking for a way up the mountain. They were ready to bite Xu Dalong and others until they were completely eliminated.
Seeing the Japanese soldiers climbing up the mountain, Xu Dalong and others took advantage of them. They were condescending and greeted the Japanese soldiers with bullets and grenades, constantly causing casualties to them.
The Japanese soldiers were twisting them to death, and they climbed up the mountain regardless of casualties.
Xu Dalong's marksmanship was superb. He aimed at the Japanese soldiers and killed seven or eight in one breath.
The guerrillas also spent a lot of bullets to practice their marksmanship, and all of them were very good. They fought for a while and killed more than twenty Japanese at least.
The Japanese soldiers were also unambiguous. They separated some of them to provide cover with firepower, while the rest of the Japanese soldiers spread out and continued to climb up the mountain.
At this time, the guerrillas also suffered casualties. One guerrilla was shot and died, and two guerrillas were injured.
The Japanese were crawling closer and closer, and were only sixty or seventy meters away from Xu Dalong and others. From this distance, it was very convenient to throw grenades and grenades down from the mountain.
Xu Dalong and others threw grenades and grenades at the Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain. The Japanese soldiers suffered more than a dozen casualties and temporarily stopped the attack.
Soon they began to climb again.
Xu Dalong ordered to stop shooting, preparing to wait for the Japanese soldiers to get closer and concentrate his firepower to give them a bigger blow.
At this moment, the Japs at the foot of the mountain fired. The first two shells were more than 20 meters away from Xu Dalong and others.
Xu Dalong knew that the enemy's artillery fire would hit them soon. Seeing this situation, he had to order a retreat.
Xu Dalong and others continued to run along the ridge towards the top of the valley, preparing to re-select their position to attack the Japanese army.
They were marching when they suddenly saw a large number of puppet troops appearing on the side hillside. The puppet troops also saw them and shot at Xu Dalong and others.
Xu Dalong ordered the machine gun cover team members to speed up their pace and evacuate quickly. He saw a hillside in front of him. Climbing up it could block the puppet troops and the Japanese troops climbing up from the valley. He was ready to fight again there.
At this time, the Japanese soldiers had climbed to the top of the valley, joined the puppet soldiers, and chased Xu Dalong and others.
Xu Dalong and others retreated while fighting. Although some Japanese and puppet troops were eliminated, another guerrilla died.
The battle got a little heated, so Xu Dalong ordered the guerrillas to leave first, while he stayed alone to stop the enemy.
Xu Dalong hid behind the rocks and shot at different places, killing no less than ten Japanese and puppet troops in one go.
The Japanese and puppet troops were very afraid of his marksmanship and lay on the ground one after another, not daring to show their heads.
Xu Dalong was looking for the target with his gun in hand. Suddenly a small black dot flew in the sky. Xu Dalong had quick eyes and quick hands and shot it.
This was a grenade fired from a grenade. It was detonated in the air by Xu Dalong's bullet, and shrapnel flew in all directions. One of the shrapnel flew over, and coincidentally hit the spot where Xu Dalong was injured last time.
Fortunately, the explosion was far away from him, and like last time, only half of the shrapnel penetrated his shoulder.
Xu Dalong knew that the Japanese grenade launchers had targeted him. He did not dare to fight, and ran with his waist bent in the direction where the guerrillas were retreating.
Sure enough, just after Xu Dalong evacuated, at least three grenades fell where he was just now.
Xu Dalong ran about 50 meters and hid behind a rock, preparing to snipe the enemy here.
He reached out and touched the piece of shrapnel stuck in his shoulder, pinched it with his fingers, and pulled it out directly.
The shrapnel was very small, only the size of a small fingernail, and there was not much blood, so Xu Dalong wrapped it with a bandage himself.
At this time, the Japanese and puppet troops caught up again. Xu Dalong fired again and killed five more Japanese and puppet troops.
The Japanese and puppet soldiers were all anxious. They changed their tactics this time and sent people to rush upward while firing grenades at Xu Dalong. Xu Dalong had no choice but to retreat again.
Despite this, Xu Dalong still bought time for the guerrillas to evacuate.
Soon after, Xu Dalong also climbed up the hillside in front. At this time, the guerrillas had already found blocking positions and were preparing to use this hillside to block the enemy.
Xu Dalong had just suffered a loss from the Japanese grenadier, so he ran to the side of the blocking position and laid an ambush.
A large group of Japanese and puppet troops rushed over and launched an attack on the guerrillas on the mountain in front.
The top of the hill where the guerrillas are now guarding is much better than the terrain just now. The terrain below the hillside is very gentle, and there are no dead spots for shooting.
In order to eliminate more enemies, the guerrillas did not rush to open fire. They waited until the Japanese and puppet troops were only more than fifty meters away from the top of the mountain before they fired fiercely at the Japanese and puppet troops together.
The guerrillas brought four light machine guns, and the fierce firepower swept the bullets at the Japanese and puppet troops like wind.
The Japanese and puppet troops suffered heavy casualties and hurriedly found bunkers to hide.
The Japanese and puppet troops hid behind the rocks and could block bullets from the front, but their bodies were still exposed to the ground.
The guerrillas threw grenades and grenades down the mountain one after another. The soldiers of the first cavalry squad were all specially trained veterans. Most of the grenades and grenades they threw exploded in the air.
The Japanese and puppet soldiers ignored their bodies and suffered heavy casualties from the bombing. They were lucky enough to be alive and scurry down the hillside.
The soldiers pursued with bullets and eliminated some Japanese and puppet troops.
Taking advantage of the chaos on the battlefield, Xu Dalong quietly moved forward, and soon came to the side of the Japanese and puppet troops.
He saw several Japanese grenadiers and deputy shooters moving forward quietly. Xu Dalong had been waiting for them for a long time. He fired quickly and fired all five bullets in the gun.
Before he could load the bullet, he pulled out his rifle and fired at them violently.
The two Japanese grenadiers and two assistant shooters, as well as several Japanese soldiers responsible for covering them, were all annihilated by Xu Dalong.
The Japanese and puppet troops behind discovered Xu Dalong, and fired at him with machine guns and rifles.
Xu Dalong was not afraid of this. He had already spotted other shooting positions. He quickly climbed over, moved behind another rock, and fired several shots, killing all the Japanese mortar operators and deputy shooters.
The Japanese and puppet troops lost the support of mortars and grenade launchers, and the battle became much easier to fight. The guerrillas stood high and suppressed the firepower of the Japanese and puppet troops. They also used mortars to fire artillery shells at the Japanese and puppet troops, constantly consuming the Japanese and puppet troops.
In this way, Xu Dalong and others held back the Japanese and puppet troops on this side of the valley.
In the valley, the large group of Japanese troops continued to march. Soon after, they were attacked by the guerrillas of the second cavalry team led by Monk Wei who was ambushing on the right side of the valley.
The position chosen by Monk Wei and others was close to the inside of the valley. The valley here was relatively narrow. They were only more than 100 meters away from the Japanese marching group. Monk Wei and others set up machine guns and mortars and aimed at the Japanese and puppet troops. Even with a heavy beating, this fire attack killed at least thirty or forty Japs.
The Japs soldiers still used the old method. They separated a squadron of Japs and rushed towards Monk Wei and others.
Monk Wei and others also followed the predetermined tactics and retreated while fighting. During the retreat, they also encountered the puppet troops who were outflanking them.
The puppet army discovered them first and launched a surprise attack on them, resulting in the sacrifice of several guerrillas.
Monk Wei was very angry and immediately led the guerrillas to launch a counterattack against the puppet troops. They used fierce firepower to eliminate dozens of puppet troops and avenge their sacrificed comrades.
Xu Dalong and others used guerrilla tactics to hold back the Japanese army's advance. There was only a valley seven miles long, and it took the Japanese a full two hours to get out.
After all, they were outnumbered and finally occupied Qiligou Village.
The Japanese captain Heng Jiukuan came to the village and found that there was no one. He was very angry and wanted to burn the village down.
But he did not do this, not because of his good intentions, but because he decided to set up a headquarters in Qiligou Village, store supplies, and command the troops to continue to encircle and suppress the guerrillas.
After a long day of tossing, the Japanese and puppet troops were all hungry. They began to cook rice. Heng Jiukuan and the commander of the puppet army rested in the guerrilla squadron headquarters.
At this time, the Japanese combat staff came over and said: "Your Excellency, Captain, the casualties of the troops have been calculated. Our army currently has 121 killed and 132 injured, including 28 seriously injured. The enemy's casualties are unknown. .”
Heng Jiukuan couldn't laugh or cry. He really didn't expect that he had already lost so many men as soon as the battle started.
He roared angrily: "Baga is pressing the road. He is not a guerrilla or a samurai. He only works in sneak attacks."
The face of the puppet army commander was also ugly. He said: "Your Excellency, Captain, our Huang Xie Army has also suffered serious losses. We have lost more than 200 people so far."
Heng Jiukuan was in a bad mood. He didn't care at all about the casualties of the puppet army. He was too lazy to listen to the commander of the puppet army and waved his hand to signal the commander of the puppet army to stop talking.
Soon after, the food was served, and Heng Jiukuan felt better after eating fragrant white rice and canned meat.
He said to the commander of the puppet army: "Those hateful guerrillas have abandoned this village. Where will they go?"
The commander of the puppet army said: "Your Excellency, captain, I have sent people to investigate. The people sent are all local people. There will be news soon."
Soon after, a puppet army squad leader came in and reported: "Taijun, Tuanzuo, the whereabouts of the guerrillas have been found. They are in the bandit's stronghold on Qilin Peak."
Heng Jiukuan hated the guerrillas so much that he wiped his mouth and directly gave the order for the troops to set off.
At this time, he forgot that he was the captain, and he was the first to get food. Many Japanese soldiers had to take turns to get food, and many of them probably didn't even get a bite of food. As for the puppet soldiers, they I can't even care less.
Many of the Japanese and puppet soldiers were half-full, and some were even hungry. They cursed behind their backs and set off in a group helplessly.
Li Jinzhu and others laid stone mines on the hillside, and in order to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from discovering them, they also sprinkled some gravel on top.
When they heard the gunshots coming from outside the mountain, they waited for the Japanese and puppet soldiers to come over quickly and taste the power of Shi Lei.
A large group of Japanese and puppet troops finally appeared. It was still far away from the bandits' stronghold, and the surrounding field of vision was very wide. It was impossible for a large group of enemies to ambush.
Therefore, the Japanese and puppet troops were not prepared. When they saw the leading soldiers in front passing by, they maintained their marching formation and marched forward swaggeringly.
