Seeing the Japanese soldiers in the brigade entering the mine array, Li Jinzhu and the militiamen suddenly pulled the rope.
"Boom, boom, boom." More than a hundred stone mines exploded violently on the hillside.
The Japanese and puppet troops who were marching could not have imagined that the stones on the roadside would suddenly explode. They were caught off guard and were completely stunned by the explosion.
After Li Jinzhu and others detonated the landmines, they fled along the narrow path that they had been promising for a long time.
At this time, the smoke and dust were billowing on the hillside, and no one could notice them. In this way, they evacuated safely.
Li Jinzhu and others ran for more than a mile. They were all very excited and speculated on how many Japanese and puppet troops they could kill.
Hengjiu Kuanggao on the ridge was beaten to tears, and the guerrillas' mountain stronghold had not yet been seen. In this mine formation, the Japanese and puppet troops added up to more than 200 casualties, most of them Japanese soldiers.
He became angry and determined to annihilate this hateful guerrilla group.
In the bandit's village at Qilin Peak, Sun Desheng and others were already waiting impatiently.
At this time, more than fifty light machine guns had been set up on the blocking position in front of the mountain village. In addition to the machine gun shooters and deputy shooters, only a few guerrillas still held rifles.
Behind the wall inside the cottage, there were 30 mortars and the 75mm mountain cannon. With such powerful firepower, the guerrillas were expecting the Japanese and puppet troops to come up and die.
The guerrilla scouts had been monitoring the movements of the Japanese and puppet troops, and they kept reporting on the enemy's situation.
The Japanese and puppet troops are less than 800 meters away from here. There is no need for the scouts to report. Sun Desheng and others have already seen the Japanese and puppet troops in the front group.
Sun Desheng said happily: "Brothers, the little devils are finally here! Listen to my command soon and beat these bastards hard."
The Japanese and puppet troops finally arrived.
They still didn't know the true strength of the guerrillas at this time, thinking that they only numbered 100 people. Yamashita had already met dozens of people, so the number of guerrillas in the village was less than 100 at most.
These guys paid more attention to food than fighting. They believed that although they suffered a lot of losses, it was because the guerrillas took advantage of the favorable terrain to make sneak attacks.
They were eager for revenge. After seeing the mountain stronghold in front of them, the Japanese troops from a squadron of the vanguard launched a charge.
Before the battle began, Xu Dalong had made it clear that the order of command of the guerrillas in the village was Sun Desheng, Wang Chengzhu and Wang Xiaohu. Sun Desheng is now the supreme commander.
Sun Desheng fought many battles with Xu Dalong. He is no longer the reckless guy who only knew how to wave his saber on horseback, but an experienced guerrilla commander.
Seeing the Japanese charging up, in order to avoid exposing his strength, he only ordered two light machine guns to fire. The rest of the soldiers used rifles and grenades to block the enemy.
Despite this, the first Japanese attack was repulsed due to favorable terrain.
The Japanese and puppet troops stopped 300 meters away from the mountain village and began to set up artillery.
The Japanese and puppet infantry formed a battle formation, waited for the bombardment to end, and then began to attack.
The Japanese army brought two Type 92 infantry guns and eight mortars. They bullied the guerrillas for not having artillery, so they deliberately placed the cannons where the guerrillas on the mountain could see them to deter the enemy and cause The effect of enemy panic.
In the mountain stronghold, in addition to hundreds of guerrillas, there are many ordinary people. If the enemy's artillery fires, it will cause heavy casualties. Therefore, Sun Desheng and Wang Chengzhu had already discussed in advance to destroy the enemy's artillery first.
Wang Chengzhu was extremely smart. Before entering the mountain stronghold, he had already selected a reference object at a distance of 500 meters under the mountain. Wherever the Japanese and puppet troops arrived, he immediately knew the precise distance, and each distance had been set in advance. Shoot Zhu Yuan.
Seeing the Japanese setting up artillery, he quickly made a calculation and gave the order to the already prepared gunners to prepare to fire.
The Japanese artillerymen also set up artillery and were installing fuses on the shells in preparation for bombardment.
At this moment, the sound of artillery suddenly came from the mountain. The sound of the artillery was chaotic and loud. It seemed that there were many artillery firing at the same time.
Immediately afterwards, the distinctive sharp whistling sound of mortar shells came from the sky. A total of 30 mortars, the first row of shells covered the Japanese artillery position, and all the Japanese artillery were immediately destroyed.
Without the threat of enemy artillery, the guerrilla artillerymen had no scruples and fired fiercely at the dense enemy groups at the foot of the mountain.
Dense artillery shells were fired everywhere among the enemy groups, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese and puppet troops.
Heng Jiukuan was stunned by the explosion. His mind was a little confused. A huge question mark appeared in his mind. In front of his eyes, several golden characters seemed to flash: "Is this also called a guerrilla?" Such an artillery comparison There are more than one regular company of the Japanese army.
When he came to his senses, he realized that he was not dead yet. He didn't even have time to give the order to retreat. He spread his legs wearing long riding boots and ran away down the mountain.
The Japanese and puppet soldiers had already been stunned by the bombing. Who was waiting for him to give the order to retreat? The Japanese and puppet officers and soldiers who found that they were still alive threw away their guns and fled down the mountain desperately.
Wang Chengzhu definitely refused to let these Japanese and puppet troops leave like this. He kept giving orders and chased the fleeing Japanese and puppet troops with artillery shells.
Soon after, the Japanese and puppet troops fled so hard that no one could be seen, leaving countless bodies of Japanese and puppet troops on the hillside.
When Sun Desheng first started, he was as happy as the guerrillas and screamed. When he calmed down, he suddenly became angry again.
It took him a long time to wait until the Japanese came and placed 50 light machine guns on the position. Before the shot was fired, the Japanese and puppet troops had already fled.
He scolded: "Wang Chengzhu, you bastard! How did you beat away all the Japanese? Who did you ask me to beat?"
Wang Chengzhu said proudly: "Who kept your machine gun out of reach? You deserve it! I'll make you mad."
Sun Desheng became anxious and shouted loudly: "Brothers! Hurry up and bring out the war horses. Everyone who can ride a horse will follow me and chase him."
The morale of the guerrilla officers and soldiers was high, and they mounted their horses and chased down the mountain.
The guerrillas without horses were not to be outdone and followed behind.
Heng Jiukuan and the puppet army commander led the defeated Japanese and puppet troops and ran all the way down the mountain.
When they saw someone catching up behind them, they ran faster.
As the saying goes, it is easy to go up the mountain but difficult to go down. Many Japanese and puppet soldiers could not stop their steps and fell to the ground. Some people simply rolled down the hillside.
In the process of escaping, more than a hundred Japanese and puppet soldiers were injured simply by falling.
Sun Desheng and others soon caught up with the Japanese and puppet troops running behind. The guerrillas fired machine guns and the Japanese and puppet troops fell to the ground one after another.
Heng Jiukuan had regained some sense at this time. He knew that if he continued running like this, his entire army would be annihilated. So he ordered the commander of the puppet army to lead his troops to block the attack and cover the retreat of the Japanese army.
The puppet army commander did not dare to disobey Heng Jiukuan's order, so he stopped and shouted to his subordinates to organize an attack. However, the puppet army leaders were already frightened and no one was willing to listen to his orders. As soon as the puppet army commander saw In this case, he mixed in with the puppet army and continued running down the mountain.
Seeing this situation, Heng Jiukuan was very angry, but he could do nothing. He had no choice but to order a squadron leader of the Japanese army to lead the remaining troops to block the attack.
The Japanese army's combat effectiveness was still extremely tenacious. The squadron leader quickly gathered dozens of Japanese soldiers, lying on the ground and shooting at Sun Desheng and others. Seven or eight guerrillas were knocked off their horses.
Sun Desheng was furious and ordered all the machine gunners to come to the front. Everyone lined up and charged forward while firing violently.
It didn't take long before all the Japanese soldiers who were blocking the attack were wiped out.
In any case, these Japanese soldiers delayed for some time. Heng Jiukuan and others took the opportunity to run down the hillside. In front of them was Qiligou Village. They planned to run into the village and use the buildings in the village for defense.
At this moment, countless bullets were fired from the village, and the Japanese and puppet soldiers running in front were shot and fell to the ground.
The guerrillas in the village were the first and second cavalry teams led by Xu Dalong and Wei Monk. When Wang Chengzhu was bombarding the Japanese and puppet troops, they conducted a sneak attack on the Japanese and puppet troops staying in the village and once again captured what they had brought with them. A large amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies.
Seeing that the Japanese and puppet troops had retreated, they used firepower to block their way into the village.
Xu Dalong's sharp eyes saw Heng Jiukuan wearing a dark green officer's uniform among the fleeing Japanese and puppet troops.
He pointed the machine gun at Heng Jiukuan and fired all the bullets in the magazine.
Heng Jiukuan was hit by an unknown number of bullets and was beaten to the ground.
Sun Desheng and others rushed down from the mountain. When he saw that the Japanese and puppet troops had been defeated, he put down his machine gun, drew his sharp saber and rushed into the enemy group, slashing left and right. He felt one word in his heart: Refreshing.
He thought of Wang Chengzhu's proud face and shouted disdainfully: "Wang Chengzhu, no matter how powerful your cannon is, can you still mount a bayonet?"
The guerrillas behind him, including the new recruits, were already bursting with confidence. They cheered and rushed forward, wiping out the frightened Japanese and puppet troops one by one.
Only now did the commander of the puppet army know how serious the error in his intelligence was. He had always thought that the guerrillas only had more than a hundred people. Only now did he realize that this guerrillas not only had powerful firepower, but also probably had a large number of people. Four or five hundred, he had already lost his will to fight, and simply led his puppet troops to surrender.
Not long after, he saw a familiar figure, who was one of his former company commanders.
The man walked up to him, smiled and said, "Hello, Tuanzuo."
