Chiba Xunyi received a telegram from the commander of the regiment. In the telegram, he scolded him, calling him incompetent, cowardly, cowardly, and a pig. In short, the scolding was so unpleasant that even eight generations of his ancestors scolded him. , he ordered the commander to persist and destroy this small guerrilla group no matter what. Otherwise, removing his commander would be a trivial matter and he would definitely be sent to a military court.
Chiba Xunichi had to do this because he didn't want to face the First Army Commander Yoshio Shinozuka again. The feeling of being reprimanded in front of others was too uncomfortable.
However, despite the scolding, Chiba Xunyi still agreed to replenish ammunition for the commander and the others.
After the captain received a call back from Chiba Xunyi, he was filled with anger and had no place to vent, so he sent the subordinates he could see. After a severe reprimand, he was not relieved. He believed that the main responsibility for causing the difficult situation should be borne by the puppet troops, because they were unable to transport food and ammunition, so he planned to order someone to call the puppet army brigade commander. , and then scolded him to vent his anger. Of course, it is also necessary to discuss solutions to the problem with him.
At this moment, the brigade commander of the puppet army came to the door.
When the commander of the regiment saw the puppet brigade commander smiling and looking cautious, he became less angry. He scolded him casually and then stopped being angry.
The puppet brigade commander said: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, our army is currently encountering some difficulties, but overall it is still successful. After all, we not only found the guerrillas, but also surrounded them in the mountains. As long as we can persist in the siege If we go down, sooner or later they will be unable to hold on, and they will starve to death."
The captain liked hearing this, and his complexion improved a little.
The puppet brigade commander continued: "The guerrillas operating outside the mountains only have a hundred or ten people at most. Although we did not transport food and ammunition these two times and lost some men and horses, we also gave the guerrillas a heavy toll. The blow has wiped out many of their people, and they now have less than 100 people, so they can't make a difference."
The puppet brigade commander did not know how many people were left in the guerrillas. He believed that since the two sides were fighting, some of the guerrillas should have died. Anyway, the Japs' captain had no place to investigate what he said.
Hearing this, the captain's complexion became a little better. He nodded and said, "Go on."
As the puppet brigade commander spoke, he observed the regimental commander's face. Seeing that his face improved and his tone of voice slowed down, he told him the main purpose of his visit.
He said: "Your Excellency, your Excellency, the commander, when we surrounded the guerrillas on the mountain, we are holding the lifeline of this guerrilla group. It is impossible for the guerrillas operating outside the mountain to ignore their enemies who were surrounded by them. , so they will definitely do everything possible to force our troops to withdraw. The most effective way is to cut off our supply of food and ammunition, and they will definitely attack our transport team. This means that we don’t have to go to them, they will They are coming to our door, this is a good time to eliminate them.”
The captain thought what he said made sense, and his expression returned to normal. He said, "You are right, but those guerrillas are cavalry and their whereabouts are unpredictable. How can we deal with them?"
The puppet brigade commander said: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, after several confrontations, we all know the tactics of the guerrillas. I suggest that we transport supplies during the day, as long as we place the surveillance posts farther away to let their mortars If they cannot pose a threat to our army, they will have nothing to do with us. They have a Type 92 infantry cannon in their hands, which is the biggest threat to us. It is recommended that during the transportation process, they bring a few more Type 92 infantry cannons, specifically What else can they do to us against the Type 92 infantry gun of the guerrillas?
Those guerrillas will definitely come to attack our transport team. Even if they have strong maneuverability, their number is limited after all. If they can be eliminated one by one, it won't take long before they are all exhausted. As long as the guerrillas outside the mountain are eliminated, where can the guerrillas on the mountain go? "
The co-captain became a little happy when he heard this. He said: "Yoshi, what you said makes sense, so let's do it."
Seeing that the commander of the puppet army was in a good mood, the brigade commander of the puppet army revealed his final purpose. He said: "Your Excellency, commander of the coalition, the Yellow Army has a strong combat effectiveness. I suggest that the Huang Army be responsible for transporting supplies. The Eighth Route Army besieged on the mountain. Let us take charge of the matter.”
The reason why the puppet brigade commander made this suggestion was because he no longer wanted to send his men out to take risks. Transporting food and ammunition was a thankless task. It was best to encourage the devils to do it. If the devils also dealt with If we can't take care of those guerrillas, we can't blame the puppet troops for their incompetence.
Of course, the Japanese captain was not a fool. He guessed the puppet brigade commander's thoughts, but he had no choice. Nowadays, thousands of people and horses in the mountains are waiting to eat, drink and replenish ammunition, and transporting supplies is a matter of urgency.
He did not believe in the combat effectiveness of the puppet troops and decided to send Japanese troops to complete the task of transporting supplies.
Soon after, the commander of the regiment sent a Japanese infantry brigade to Guancheng County. They carried five Type 92 infantry cannons and four Type 92 heavy machine guns. These weapons have a long range and can effectively deal with guerrilla attacks.
In order to strike against the guerrillas as quickly as possible, they loaded the bullets and loaded the artillery shells with fuses in advance, making them ready to fire at any time.
9:30 am. The Japanese army marched out of the mouth of Qili Valley and headed straight for Guancheng County.
The Japanese were on guard all the way, but it was calm and no guerrillas were seen.
The Japanese captain thought this was normal, because guerrillas usually attacked them on their way back from transporting supplies. He believed that the guerrillas were hiding somewhere to rest, waiting for them to come back from carrying supplies before attacking.
The Japanese captain guessed wrong again this time. Xu Dalong and others were not idle. At this time, they had bypassed Guancheng County and arrived on the road from Guancheng County to Lingao City.
Last night, Xu Dalong and others defeated the puppet troops transporting supplies and seized part of the food and ammunition.
When Sun Desheng and others saw that they did not capture much, they didn't think much about it, because there were a lot of puppet troops ambushing those carts, which should be the main reason why they captured so little when transporting this batch of materials.
Xu Dalong didn't think so. He asked: "The Japanese and puppet troops came to raid our base this time. They must have brought a lot of weapons and ammunition. They carried some of them into the mountains. When the puppet troops first transported them, We have captured another part. This time, although it is not much, but combined with the previous times, they should not have much ammunition in the county, or even say that there is no more ammunition. If you are the Japanese and puppets, what will happen? manage?"
Xu Dalong always talks like this to inspire everyone to think.
Sun Desheng's eyes lit up and he said: "The Japs and the puppet army will definitely send people to transport weapons and ammunition to the county. Captain, do you mean that we go directly to snatch these weapons and ammunition from the Japs?"
Everyone also thought of this. Monk Wei said: "The little devils sent so many people to transport ammunition and supplies. They would never have imagined that we ignored them and went directly to snatch their ammunition. Without the ammunition, they still transported What? Hahaha."
Xu Dalong took out the map. After careful study, they believed that the headquarters of the Japanese 32nd Division was stationed in Lingao City, and they were most likely to transport ammunition to Guancheng County from there.
So they came directly to the road leading between the two places.
The judgment of Xu Dalong and others was correct. After Qianye Xunyi received the telegram from the regiment commander, he dispatched a car squadron of the 32nd Division's heavy equipment regiment, using six military trucks loaded with ammunition and other supplies, in a Under the escort of the infantry team, we headed to Guancheng County.
The Japanese army's vigilance was very low along the way, because this area was all Japanese-occupied areas. Even if there were guerrilla activities in Mawu Mountain, they were all in the west of the county, fighting with large groups of Japanese and puppet troops.
They never imagined that the guerrillas would intercept them from the east side of the county.
The Japanese squadron leader in charge of transportation urged the driver along the way to speed up the march because he planned to rush to Guancheng County for lunch at noon.
The Japanese army was not unprepared. When they passed through a hilly area, the Japanese team leader who was responsible for the cover was worried about encountering an ambush, so he stopped the convoy temporarily and sent two motorcycles to enter the hilly area first. Six Japanese soldiers got out of the car and searched the surroundings carefully, but found no problems. Then they set up a guard around the area, and then the Japanese transport convoy drove through the hilly area.
After leaving this hilly area, there was a flat plain in front of them. There was no place suitable for the enemy to ambush, and it was only seven or eight kilometers away from Guancheng County. The Japanese officers and soldiers completely relaxed.
When the convoy was only about 3 kilometers away from Guancheng, it saw a Japanese checkpoint in front of a fork in the road.
There were not many people at the Japanese checkpoint, only a dozen people. When they saw the transport convoy coming, someone waved a small flag to signal the transport convoy to stop for inspection.
The Japanese team leader saw that there were not many people at the checkpoint, and he could already see Guancheng County in front of him. He thought it was normal for the Japanese army to set up a checkpoint here, so he didn't think much about it, so he motioned to the driver to stop, and the convoy stopped accordingly. Come down.
The Japs squad leader saw a Japanese second lieutenant coming from the checkpoint. He also got off his motorcycle and went to meet him.
The Japanese second lieutenant walked up to him, gave him a military salute, and said: "Your Excellency, lieutenant, please show your ID."
The Japanese team leader took out his ID card, handed it to the Japanese second lieutenant, and said, "We are from the heavy equipment regiment of the division. We are here to deliver supplies under the order of the division commander."
After saying that, he took out another document for transporting supplies and handed it to the Japanese second lieutenant. "
After the Japanese second lieutenant checked the ID and material transportation documents of the Japanese squad leader, and saw that there were no problems, he saluted the Japanese squad leader, indicating that they could pass.
The Japanese soldiers who were originally on the motorcycles still maintained a certain degree of vigilance, but when they saw the checkpoint letting them go, they all relaxed.
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Just as the Japs squad leader got on the motorcycle and was about to set off, the crooked machine gun at the checkpoint opened fire. The first row of bullets killed the Japs squad leader and the two Japs soldiers on the car.
Guerrillas disguised as Japanese soldiers also opened fire.
Not only that, but as if by magic, many guerrillas emerged from the fields on the roadside. They held machine guns and fired fiercely at the Japanese troops.
The Japanese on the motorcycle were killed before they had time to get off the motorcycle. The other Japanese soldiers who were responsible for the escort mission were in the same situation. They had no time to get out of the car. The guerrillas fired seven or eight light machine guns at the carriage, killing them all inside.
A large number of guerrillas rushed towards the Japanese transport convoy and killed the transport soldiers in the cab one by one.
The squadron leader of the Japanese heavy troops survived by luck and became a prisoner of the guerrillas.
The battle ended quickly and completely. A total of 85 people from an infantry squad of the Japanese army plus heavy baggage troops were shot dead except for one person who was captured.
The guerrillas eagerly climbed onto the truck and cheered when they saw the truck was loaded with ammunition and other supplies.
Monk Wei jumped out of the truck, holding a box of canned beef in his hand, and shouted excitedly: "Master Long, we are rich."
Xu Dalong also climbed into the truck and took a look, and was in a good mood. The truck not only contained a large amount of ammunition, but also other supplies such as medicine and canned beef. It was indeed a huge harvest.
A guerrilla stood on the road, waving a small red flag vigorously, and the guerrillas guarding the horses in the distance hurried over with a large number of horses and carts.
In order to transport the captured materials, the guerrillas specially brought many horses and carts. They moved the materials from the trucks down, loaded them on horseback, and loaded them into the carts.
The county seat of Guancheng was too close, and the gunshots alerted the Japanese and puppet troops in the city. Not long after, the city gate opened, and dozens of Japanese and a hundred or so puppet troops ran out.
The guerrillas were already on guard against the enemy. They set up mortars and fired hard at the Japanese and puppet troops.
The main force of the Japanese and puppet troops has already entered the mountains, and only a small number of left-behind troops are left in the city, namely these people just now.
Seeing how intense the guerrilla fire was, they dropped a pile of corpses and retreated.
The guerrillas loaded all their supplies onto horses and carts, and left calmly.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army captain led his troops to Guancheng County. As soon as they entered the city, they heard the news that the transportation team sent by the division headquarters had been hijacked by the guerrillas. They felt very frustrated and sent a telegram to report to the captain. .
After reading the contents of the telegram, the Japanese commander's mind went blank for a moment and he slumped in his chair.
The brigade commander of the puppet army also felt that his brain was not strong enough. Despite all the calculations, he never expected that the guerrillas would run to the east of the county to intercept the Japanese transport team.
He saw the Japanese captain sitting there with eyes wide open. He knew that once the guy calmed down, he would scold him again, so he hurried out before he recovered. .
The puppet brigade commander returned to his residence and said to his subordinates: "I will go out for a walk. If the Japanese come to me, tell me that I went down to inspect the troops."
The puppet brigade commander hid and returned to his residence three hours later.
As soon as he entered the door, the adjutant told him that the Japanese commander asked him to go over for a meeting.
The puppet brigade commander walked into the room of the Japanese captain and saw that the guy had recovered from his fatigue, but he still looked weak.
At this time, the captain was no longer in the mood to get angry. When he saw the puppet brigade commander walking in, he pointed to a chair and said, "Sit down. The situation is very bad now. What do you think?"
The puppet brigade commander had already made up his mind. He said: "Your Excellency, the commander, our supplies cannot be transported now. Although there is still some ammunition, the food is only enough for one meal tonight. If we continue to delay, we will We will be passive. I suggest we give up this combat operation temporarily and return to Guancheng County first, and then we can deal with these guerrillas after we have replenished ammunition and supplies."
The Japanese captain knew that the puppet brigade commander was about to escape, but he did not blame this guy because he had the same idea now.
He felt that when dealing with this guerrilla force, he was like an old cow stuck in the quagmire, unable to exert any strength at all.
He said: "I think this is all we can do now. I will send a telegram to the division commander and request the troops to transfer in and return to Guancheng County."
The puppet brigade commander thought that fighting with this guerrilla group was like hard labor. Now that this pain could finally end, he was very happy and immediately went back to inform his subordinates, asking them to start packing their things and prepare to evacuate.
In the mountains, they can't eat well, sleep well, and don't even have a place to live. They have to be wary of guerrilla attacks at any time. The puppet soldiers have long been unwilling to do so. When they heard such good news, they were also very worried. I was happy and got busy quickly.
Soon after, the Japanese army commander sent someone to call the puppet brigade commander over.
The puppet troops thought that it was the Japanese captain who was about to give the order to retreat.
Unexpectedly, not long after, the puppet army brigade commander came back. Seeing his long donkey face, everyone felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, the puppet brigade commander said: "This damn devil has changed his mind again, and we have to keep struggling in this mountain."
It turned out that the Japanese commander sent a telegram to the division commander Chiba Xunyi. Chiba Xunyi firmly disagreed with his request. As the division commander, he could not afford to lose this person. In order to deal with this small guerrilla group , he dispatched an infantry regiment, plus a brigade of puppet troops, and lost more than a thousand people in vain, as well as a large amount of weapons, ammunition and various supplies. Army Commander Yoshio Shinozuka explained.
Chiba Xun gave a death order and asked the Japanese captain to either attack the mountain to eliminate the guerrillas, or to besiege them until they came down the mountain and surrendered. As for the ammunition they need, he will send people to transport it. This food problem is left to the captain and the others to solve on their own.
After hearing the news, the officers and soldiers of the Japanese and puppet troops were happy in vain, but they were all cursing behind their backs, and their morale was very low.
Guancheng County.
The captain of the Japanese army received an order from the commander of the regiment, asking him to collect food in the city and deliver it to the mountains as soon as possible.
At this time, except for part of the food brought by the puppet troops from other places and transported it up the mountain, the rest was robbed by the guerrillas. The captain of the Japanese army had no choice but to call over the president of the maintenance committee and the president of the chamber of commerce and asked them to collect food. He ordered them to prepare it before 7 o'clock tonight, otherwise, he would send troops to rob it.
There was no way to maintain the president and the president of the chamber of commerce, so he had to go to the grain merchants to help the Japanese army raise food.
Daguo Village is one of the eight fortress villages in the Qilin Peak Base Area. A large amount of materials seized by Xu Dalong and others are now temporarily stored in this village.
That evening, two militiamen in the village were on guard at the entrance of the village and saw Xu Dalong and others driving many large vehicles over.
They rushed forward and saw so much ammunition and supplies on the cart. The militiamen said happily: "Captain, you have won another battle."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "The little devil has brought us something again. Go to the village and inform the village chief and ask him to bring people to collect Japanese canned beef, one for each family."
"Really?" The militiamen were very happy and immediately ran back to the village to report the good news to the villagers.
Early the next morning, the Japanese captain came to the yard of the Maintenance Association. He was very satisfied when he saw the grain piled there. He ordered the soldiers to load the grain into carts and drove out of the city towards Qilin Peak.
The guerrillas responsible for surveillance outside the city immediately sent Pegasus to Daguo Village to report the news to Xu Dalong and others.
The Second War Zone Commander's Department.
Representative Wang of the Eighth Route Army had been thinking about Xu Dalong and others. He found Li Kun and asked for news about Xu Dalong and others.
