If Xu Dalong was really offended and Ma Xiaoyao was shot on the spot, no one would probably say no.
The fellow villagers advised Ma Xiaoyao not to provoke Xu Dalong, but to try to have a good relationship with him. It is said that Xu Dalong is an easy person to get along with, and as long as he respects him, he will not embarrass Ma Xiaoyao.
Ma Xiaoyao is now secretly glad that he was not reckless and complained to his superiors.
He took a few deep breaths to calm down his mood, tried his best to put a smile on his face, and then asked to see Xu Dalong.
He said: "Mr. Xu, I did this wrongly. I ask for your forgiveness, Chief Xu. I am willing to atone for my sins. If Chief Xu can be of use to my brother, please feel free to give me your orders."
Xu Dalong himself didn't want to get things done. Seeing Ma Xiaoyao's change of attitude, his attitude became friendly and said: "Sir Ma, we should cooperate with each other and fight the war together. Only in this way can we be worthy of the people's rent and worthy of the Guo family." , Only by being worthy of the people can we be worthy of the title of anti-Japanese soldier."
Ma Xiaoyao nodded repeatedly and said: "Sir Xu taught you the right lesson. I have learned a lesson from my humble position."
With Ma Xiaoyao's attitude, the next thing will be much easier to handle.
Xu Dalong asked Ma Xiaoyao to get in touch with the Guojun troops scattered in Nanyang and persuade them to evacuate the Nanyang area. The Eighth Route Army would escort them to join the main force of the Guojun.
Ma Xiaoyao didn't want to stay here at all. When he heard what Xu Dalong said, he was very happy, and under the escort of the advance detachment, he contacted the troops of the Guo Army.
Those Guojun troops who were living in the Nanyang area all had the same idea and were eager to leave this place of right and wrong. They all followed Ma Xiaoyao's advice.
In this way, a total of more than 2,600 stragglers from the Guo army scattered in the Nanyang area were gathered together. The task force sent people to escort them to the Zhongtiao Mountain headquarters, and then transferred them back to their original troops.
The Guo Army also sent a special telegram to express its gratitude to the Eighth Route Army.
After eliminating the stragglers of the Guo Army, the Eighth Route Army can directly fight the Japanese and puppet troops without interference, and the problem becomes much simpler.
Next, the task force fought continuously and captured Yushan County and the adjacent Gucheng County. The base area quickly expanded to three counties, and three county brigades were formed, armed with a large number of militiamen.
Under the chairmanship of Gao Zhiyong, the Funiu Mountain Xingzheng Office was established, with Gao Zhiyong temporarily serving as the director of the Administrative Office.
After completing the first phase of the task, Xu Dalong and Gao Zhiyong jointly wrote a report and submitted it to the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region.
Officer Si Ling said with emotion: "The same thing, if done by different people, will have different results. Whatever kind of things are entrusted to Xu Dalong, it is so reassuring."
According to the unified deployment of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region, the main force of the Sixth Military Division, including military region agencies, agencies directly affiliated teams, and six infantry regiments, totaling 12,000 people, led by Ding Wei, came to the Funiu Mountains and established the Shanxi Military Region. Ding Wei serves as the commander of the Funiu Mountain Military Division of the Hebei-Henan Military Region.
According to instructions from his superiors, Xu Dalong's advance detachment stayed in Funiu Mountain for a period of time to assist Ding Wei's Funiu Mountain Military Division in expanding the anti-Japanese base area.
In fact, it was Ding Wei's request to temporarily stay Xu Dalong in the Funiu Mountains.
Ding Wei is a military general with high overall quality, and he is fully capable of taking charge of his own affairs. Even if Xu Dalong is not here, he can still create a situation.
But with Xu Dalong here, Ding Wei will feel very relaxed. There are many difficult problems that can be solved with half the effort by leaving them to Xu Dalong.
The more than 10,000 people Ding Wei brought this time were all elite soldiers and strong generals. They were not afraid of fighting the Japanese army, but he was very worried about the Japanese air force. As long as there is the threat of the Japanese air force, it will be difficult to conduct large-scale operations. As long as the troops are concentrated together or forced to engage in positional warfare, they will inevitably be violently bombed by the Japanese air force.
Combat usually involves ambushes, night raids, or even small groups of troops dispersed. This is the main reason why the Eighth Route Army usually does not occupy cities above the county seat.
The Japanese Fourth Air Force stationed in Henan has an airport in Kaifeng and can bomb the Funiu Mountains at any time. The reason why the Japanese air force was not dispatched in the previous stage was because they were concentrating their forces to cooperate with the main force of the Japanese army to fight against the Guo army and could not take care of it for the time being.
At this time, the Guo army has basically withdrawn from the borders of Henan. Next, the Japanese army will strengthen public security in Henan. The Eighth Route Army in Nanyang will soon become the focus of the Japanese army's attack.
For several days, Xu Dalong and others received reports that Japanese reconnaissance planes were conducting reconnaissance in the Funiu Mountain area. Due to the large area of Funiu Mountain Area, they did not find the area where Xu Dalong and the others were currently located.
This morning, Xu Dalong, Ding Wei, Gao Zhiyong and others were talking, and the buzz of aircraft flying came from the sky.
Xu Dalong and others left the house and came to the yard. They looked up and saw a reconnaissance plane flying in this direction.
The Japanese army bullied the Eighth Route Army because it had no anti-aircraft weapons. The pilots were very arrogant and flew at an altitude of only three to four hundred meters in the air.
He saw Xu Dalong and others standing in the yard, and flew towards them, intending to fly over their heads and scare them.
Xu Dalong was not carrying a weapon. When he saw the sentry at the gate of the yard, he took two steps forward and took the Type 38 rifle from his hand. He loaded the bullet and was ready to shoot.
The reconnaissance plane flew over, and the pilot also saw Xu Dalong, snorted in his nose, and laughed at the corner of his mouth. He cursed in his heart that these eight people had never seen the world, and he lowered the height arrogantly.
The plane was getting closer and closer, and Xu Dalong could clearly see the expression on the pilot's face. He pulled the trigger decisively and heard a "bang" sound. A bullet flew out, cut through the air, and flew in the air.
While the reconnaissance plane was flying at high speed, a bullet accidentally shot into the cockpit of the plane, shattered the glass, and entered the pilot's right eye.
The pilot died. The out-of-control reconnaissance plane flew crookedly for a while and plunged into the crop fields outside the village.
"Hit, hit." The officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army cheered.
Ding Wei gave a thumbs up and said approvingly: "Brother Dalong, your shooting skills are really incredible."
Next, Ding Wei said worriedly: "Brother Dalong, the enemy keeps sending reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance, and I am afraid that they will bomb our army soon. What do you think we should do next?" Ding Wei hoped that Xu Dalong could Help him deal with the threat from the Japanese Air Force.
Xu Dalong also had this plan. This time he brought over the legal 15.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns. These machine guns were obtained with Lin Xueying's help. They have been serving as security around the airport in the Mawushan Military Division and have basically never been used. They were brought here not only to prevent bombing by the Japanese air force, but mainly to use them to attack the Japanese airport.
Xu Dalong attached great importance to pre-war reconnaissance. He not only listened to the intelligence provided by the local underground party, but also sent members of the special operations brigade to conduct reconnaissance on the Japanese Kaifeng Airport.
The results of the reconnaissance surprised everyone. The scouts saw many Japanese and puppet troops around the airport, and supervised thousands of civilians digging trenches around the airport. A second barbed wire fence was being erected outside the original barbed wire fence at the airport, about 100 meters away. Between the two barbed wire fences, 50 meters apart, there was a machine gun position built with sandbags. There are three new towers being built in the gaps between the original three towers around the airport.
There are two patrol teams patrolling the airport constantly. There are many tents set up behind the barbed wire fence in the inner circle, and many civilians are building wooden houses.
Based on the number of wooden houses, it can be judged that the Japanese garrison should be an infantry brigade. Coupled with the airport's original security squadron, the number of combat troops responsible for airport security is about 1,500.
The airport is less than 10 kilometers away from Kaifeng City, where the division headquarters of the Japanese 22nd Division and the 43rd Brigade of the 22nd Division are stationed. Once the battle begins, Japanese reinforcements will arrive in less than half an hour.
Ding Wei said with some confusion: "Why did the Japanese army suddenly strengthen its troops?"
After hearing this, Xu Dalong smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Gao Zhiyong looked at Xu Dalong's appearance and quickly understood.
He smiled and said: "The Japanese army must know that when the famous Captain Xu arrived in Henan, Shanxi and Baoding, the Japanese air force was beaten and fled with its tail between its legs. It would be strange that the Japanese air force in the Henan direction did not strengthen its defenses. Woolen cloth."
Gao Zhiyong's judgment was correct. He sent the advance detachment to attack the Japanese army. The commander of the regiment sent a telegram to the division commander of the 22nd Regiment for help. The telegram mentioned that the Eighth Route Army that besieged them had many cavalry units.
The 22nd Division reported this situation to the Seventh Army Headquarters and asked them to investigate the origin of this Eighth Route Army. The Seventh Army was also confused, so it notified the North China Front and asked their intelligence agencies to assist in the investigation.
The North China Front Army knew immediately that the Eighth Route Army entering Henan belonged to Xu Dalong without any investigation. The cavalry unit of the Mawushan guerrillas is the largest cavalry unit among the Eighth Route Army. Coupled with their strong combat effectiveness, they must belong to Xu Dalong.
The North China Front Army was very troubled by the disaster star Xu Dalong, and hurriedly notified the Japanese Seventh Army stationed in Henan.
The Seventh Army also reported to all its units as if facing a formidable enemy. The Japanese Fourth Air Force was placed under the management of the Seventh Army, and of course it was notified.
After the Japanese air force entered China, the one that caused them the greatest losses was Xu Dalong's command. Not even an airport could be built in the entire Shanxi province, and the air force stationed in Baoding also fled to Peiping in despair. This situation is not unknown to the Japanese Air Force in China.
When Xu Dalong and others appeared in the Funiu Mountains, they were worried that Xu Dalong's troops would attack Kaifeng's airport. The Fourth Air Force urgently requested help from the Seventh Army, asking them to send heavy troops to strengthen the defense of the airport. This is what the scouts saw at Kaifeng Airport.
In this case, a strong attack obviously won't work. Even a sneak attack would be difficult to succeed under the high alertness of the Japanese army. Everyone was actively thinking of ways, but they were all at a loss. In the end, they focused their attention on Xu Dalong.
Just as Xu Dalong was about to speak, everyone heard an explosion in the distance.
Ding Wei and others thought that the Japanese army had launched an attack, and they all stood up. Xu Dalong sat there without moving.
He said: "This is not the sound of artillery, this is the explosion of an aerial bomb. Don't be nervous, the plane is not flying in this direction."
Seeing him like this, everyone also sat down. Sure enough, the explosion continued to sound, but it became farther and farther away from here. No one heard the roar of the plane.
Soon after, the staff officer on duty came to report the situation, saying that the Eighth Route Army, which was training at the threshing ground outside Nanxi Village, had been bombed by Japanese planes, killing more than 30 commanders and fighters. Many houses in the village were blown down, killing more than a dozen villagers.
The staff officer on duty had just finished his report when the phone rang again.
The chief of staff answered the phone, and the other party reported another bad news. The county brigade station in Yushan County was also bombed by planes, killing more than 20 county brigade members, and the county brigade captain died on the spot.
Ding Wei became a little anxious and said: "Brother Dalong, the Japs' air force is really too rampant. You should quickly think of a way to teach them a lesson."
Xu Dalong had already thought of a countermeasure, but he just didn't have the chance to say it.
He nodded and said: "The Japanese airport must be attacked, and the advance detachment will be responsible for this matter. Dayong, please notify us and let the special operations team, cavalry team, and anti-aircraft machine gun squadron get ready. We will set off after dinner!"
Although Ding Wei and others did not know what method Xu Dalong used to destroy the Japanese airport, they all believed that as long as Xu Dalong took action, the mission would be completed.
Ding Wei said: "Brother Dalong, I will wait for your good news. When I come back, I will hold a banquet to thank you."
Xu Dalong returned to his residence and sent for the person in charge of the underground party in Yushan County, asking him to send ten guides to lead the task force.
The base area of the Funiu Mountain Military Division was taken over by Ding Wei from Xu Dalong and the others. Now that Xu Dalong and the others have to help them attack the Japanese airport, Ding Wei and others feel guilty. Before Xu Dalong and the others came back from the expedition, a banquet was laid out for the officers and soldiers of the task force to enjoy a feast, and then they were sent off to the expedition.
Looking at the retreating figures of Xu Dalong and others, the leaders of the military division were a little worried.
The chief of staff said: "I believe Captain Xu and the others will be able to destroy the Japanese airport, but I'm afraid the casualties will be huge."
Although no one could think of any way to destroy the Japanese airport, everyone believed in Xu Dalong's ability and worried that they would suffer heavy losses, so they couldn't help but worry about them.
Ding Wei knew more about Xu Dalong. He smiled easily and said, "Don't worry. With Brother Dalong's ability, there won't be any big problems. Brother Dalong never fights with the Japanese." , the little devils basically only get beaten."
(End of chapter)
