These guerrillas were very annoying. When they saw that the puppet soldiers stopped chasing, they stopped and shot at the puppet soldiers. Their marksmanship was very poor, and most of the bullets flew to nowhere, but a small number of bullets hit several puppet soldiers, including a company commander of the puppet army.
This angered the puppet soldiers again, and they dragged their tired legs to catch up again.
From then on, the guerrillas were running in front. As long as the puppet soldiers stopped to rest, they would shoot. Each time, the puppet soldiers would suffer some casualties.
This made these guys very angry. They made up their mind to catch up with the guerrillas in front, so they followed again.
The puppet battalion commander who led the team found that his team had unknowingly moved far away from the town, and the terrain in front gradually began to become more complicated. He began to have doubts in his mind, worried that the guerrillas might have set an ambush.
So he stopped again and looked around with his binoculars to see if there was any danger.
At this moment, a bullet fired from the escaping guerrillas hit the telescope in the hand of the puppet battalion commander. The bullet was blocked by the telescope and did not hit his face directly, but the powerful impact His telescope hit his right eye hard, and he immediately lost sight of his right eye. The pain made him cover his eyes and jump around.
At this time, the puppet battalion commander was completely angered and vowed to catch this hateful group of guerrillas no matter what. So he commanded his officers and soldiers to catch up again.
When the puppet officers and soldiers saw the guerrillas climbing over a small hillside in front of them, they rushed up the hillside. Just when they were about to reach the top of the slope, suddenly many heads appeared on the top of the slope, many more than the guerrillas who had just escaped, and there were also many black holes sticking out of the muzzles.
The officers and soldiers of the puppet army were startled, knowing that they were ambushed, and hurriedly prepared to turn around and escape.
Just then, the guerrillas opened fire on them. Their firepower was too fierce, including at least seven or eight light machine guns, plus a large number of rifles. The bullets swept through the puppet army's ranks like a wind, immediately knocking them off their feet and causing heavy casualties.
The puppet battalion commander knew that he had been caught in a trap. He didn't care about covering his painful eyes. He waved his hands and ran away desperately. The other puppet soldiers followed him in a chaotic manner and fled towards the town. After they ran only a few dozen meters, they saw many people with weapons blocking their way. Then many anti-Japanese armed forces came out on both sides of them. They fired while shooting at the puppet soldiers. Rushed over.
Seeing that they were surrounded from all sides, the puppet battalion commander hurriedly led the puppet soldiers to seize a small slope to block the guerrillas' attack.
The puppet troops were quite large in number and had relatively strong firepower. Many of the guerrillas who rushed in front were shot and fell. The guerrillas' offensive was frustrated and they lay on the ground and shot at the puppet soldiers.
At the beginning, the puppet troops were able to resist. Soon, the guerrillas behind them also surrounded them, and their numbers exceeded the puppet troops. These guerrillas obviously had no shortage of ammunition, and their firepower was so fierce that they overwhelmed the puppet troops.
The worst thing is that among the guerrillas, there are obviously many sharpshooters, and the puppet soldiers lying on the ground were shot to death one by one. The number of puppet troops is constantly decreasing.
What happened next was that the guerrillas actually had mortars in their hands, and the shells kept falling into the middle of the puppet troops. The puppet troops suffered more and more casualties, and they soon couldn't hold on anymore.
The puppet battalion commander was very puzzled and didn't understand why the guerrillas, who usually had backward equipment and lacked ammunition, were suddenly so powerful.
He knew that if he continued to fight, everything would be gone. So he ordered a soldier next to him to take off his white shirt, swing it on his bayonet, and demand surrender.
The battle ended successfully.
This was the first independent battle since the formation of the Third Brigade of the Songshan Guerrilla Detachment, and Guan Zhenshan personally directed the battle. They ate up a battalion of puppet troops, which made Guan Zhenshan and the soldiers feel very happy.
The guerrillas continued to do nothing and surrounded the town again. They ordered the captured puppet battalion commander to shout into the town and ask the puppet soldiers who stayed in the town to hand over their guns and surrender.
When the puppet soldiers saw so many anti-Japanese armed forces outside the town and saw that the battalion commander had become a prisoner, they did not continue to resist and quickly surrendered.
Guan Zhenshan and others stayed in the town for an hour, and then withdrew the main force, leaving only one squadron in the town.
An hour later, the guerrillas in the town saw a large number of puppet troops coming from the direction of the county seat. They shot at the puppet troops from a distance, then rushed out of the town and retreated to the place where they had just ambushed the puppet troops.
The puppet soldiers saw the guerrillas in the town fleeing. When they passed the town, they did not go in. They bypassed the town and chased the guerrillas.
What came to chase the guerrillas was the main force of the Sixth Regiment of the puppet army. They saw that the town was occupied by guerrillas and knew that something had happened to the previous battalion. They had just been transferred to join the war, and they lost a battalion directly. The regiment leader had no way to explain to his superiors.
He had to eat part of the guerrillas to make up for his mistakes. So when they saw the guerrillas fleeing, they pursued them desperately.
In the process of chasing, the commander of the puppet army had already seen signs of fierce fighting nearby, and there were many corpses of puppet soldiers on the ground. He also had doubts and feared being ambushed by guerrillas.
However, according to experience, it was impossible for the enemy to set up an ambush in the same place, so he continued to command the large group of troops to catch up without hesitation.
Guan Zhenshan has been fighting for 12 years. During these 12 years, he has experienced countless battles and has extremely rich combat experience. He took full advantage of the puppet army's misunderstanding of ambush warfare, and used the same method to set up the same ambush at the same place.
The puppet troops were suddenly attacked and beaten into chaos.
The third guerrilla brigade in Guanzhenshan has already exceeded a thousand people. Most of the backbones are old guerrillas and veterans of the Eighth Route Army. They have captured a large amount of Japanese equipment and their firepower far exceeds that of the puppet army. . Although there were many new recruits among them, they had just won a big victory and their morale was very high.
The guerrillas waited for work and besieged the surrounded puppet troops. The puppet army could not resist anymore. Finally, under the persuasion of the captured puppet army battalion commander, the puppet army commander also surrendered to the guerrillas with the remaining puppet soldiers.
Guan Zhenshan led the third brigade to fight independently for the first time and defeated a regiment of the puppet Manchukuo army. The battle was very beautiful.
Xu Dalong was very happy after hearing the news and spoke highly of the superb tactics and brave and tenacious fighting spirit of the Third Brigade.
Guan Zhenshan and the commanders and fighters of the Third Battalion had won a great victory and wanted to take advantage of the victory to attack Yidong County. However, they received an order from Xu Dalong to withdraw to Binhe County for rest and recuperation.
Guan Zhenshan withdrew from Yidong County with his team with some regret.
When Su Jianqiang saw that the Third Battalion had won a great victory, he couldn't sit still anymore and asked Xu Dalong to lead the team to attack the Japanese and puppet troops in Yuanping, hoping to fight a happy annihilation battle.
Of course Xu Dalong was very happy about this. He knew that he would have to leave sooner or later. He also hoped that each brigade of the Songshan Guerrilla Detachment could mature as soon as possible.
However, most of Su Jianqiang's second brigade were recruits who had just joined the army, and the old backbone were also from within the pass. Although they had fought several battles with Xu Dalong, they were not familiar with the environment in this area after all. Xu Dalong was worried that they would have problems, but he could not dampen their enthusiasm for combat.
After listening to Su Jianqiang's combat plan, Xu Dalong helped him make modifications and sent a special operations unit to follow the second brigade.
The second brigade left Heishui County and entered the vast mountains of Songshan. They climbed over the mountains and ridges and came to the second secret camp of the Songshan guerrillas.
After careful reconnaissance, they walked out of the mountains and forests and suddenly attacked a group of tribes in Yuanping County. After taking down the group tribe, quickly evacuated.
Matsui was very angry and sent two infantry squadrons and a regiment of the puppet army into the mountains to search and suppress the Second Brigade. As a result, they suffered two more ambushes from the Second Brigade. They suffered heavy losses and had to retreat to Yuanping County.
In this combat operation, the Second Battalion wiped out more than 560 enemies. Although not many weapons, ammunition and supplies were seized, the troops were trained and their combat effectiveness was obviously improved. The gains were still huge.
After the combat operation was over, Xu Dalong ordered the second brigade to stay in the second secret camp for rest and recuperation. They were not allowed to act without authorization and obeyed the unified actions of the guerrilla detachment.
The Japanese and puppet troops continued to lose troops and generals, which made the commander of the Second Division who was eager to restore security in the Yuanping Public Security District very angry. He sent a telegram to Colonel Kawashima who had returned to Yuanping County, urging the Matsui Regiment to launch an attack on the Songshan guerrillas as soon as possible. Retake Binhe and Heishui county towns and wipe out the Songshan guerrillas.
After discussion, Matsui and Kawashima decided to concentrate the main force of more than 1,600 Japanese troops from the Eighth Regiment, plus more than 4,500 puppet troops from three regiments, for a total force of more than 6,000 people. They would set out from Ito County and attack Binhe County.
After learning that the Japanese and puppet troops were dispatched in large numbers, Xu Dalong ordered Zhu Guangzhao to lead two detachments of the special operations squadron, the third brigade and the fourth brigade, and each assigned a squadron, under the unified command of Zhu Guangzhao, to carry out attacks on the Japanese army's marching brigade. Harassment.
Xu Dalong and the remaining troops of Guan Zhenshan's Third Brigade and Fourth Brigade were ready to evacuate Binhe County.
The reason why Xu Dalong did this was because there were too many Japanese and puppet troops. With the current strength of the Songshan Guerrilla Detachment, it was impossible to eat so many Japanese and puppet troops at once. He wants to use wolf pack tactics to continuously consume the Japanese and puppet troops, reduce their strength bit by bit, and finally annihilate them in one fell swoop. The reason why Xu Dalong did not evacuate Binhe County for the time being was to leave a clear target for the Japanese and puppet troops to attack, so as to grasp their marching route and harass them along the way.
After the Japanese and puppet troops set off from Ito County, they were attacked by the first brigade of the guerrillas less than three kilometers out of the city. They were attacked by a detachment of a special operations squadron, all cavalry. They laid an ambush on the marching route of the Japanese and puppet troops in advance, and used mortars to bombard the marching brigade of the Japanese and puppet troops from a long distance.
The other special operations team members were lying in ambush two hundred meters in front of the artillery position. When the Japanese and puppet troops launched an attack on the artillery position, they used firepower to kill the Japanese and puppet troops and cover the artillerymen's retreat first. Then they also jumped on their horses and quickly left. Contact with Japanese and puppet troops.
Next, they took advantage of the rapid maneuverability of the cavalry to set up an ambush in front of the marching route of the Japanese and puppet troops, and then launched an attack on the Japanese and puppet troops.
This tactic is very effective. It is difficult for the Japanese and puppet troops to hit them, but they can actually attack the Japanese and puppet troops. Although the results of each battle are not very great, at least dozens of Japanese and puppet troops can be eliminated.
When the marching brigade of the Japanese and puppet troops entered the mountainous forest area, the terrain here was complex and was not conducive to the movement of the cavalry troops. The Third Brigade and the Fourth Brigade dispatched two squadrons and also launched attacks on the marching brigade of the Japanese and puppet troops.
They also used ambush tactics and did not require great results. Each battle was over in just a few minutes. When the Japanese and puppet troops got into an attacking posture, they quickly withdrew.
In this way, when the Japanese and puppet troops set off from Yidong County and rushed to Binhe County, they were attacked more than a dozen times on the road, and more than 500 people were lost. Although it did not cause any damage to the Japanese and puppet troops, it also greatly damaged their morale.
Xu Dalong and others abandoned Binhe County and retreated to Heishui County. When the puppet troops came to attack Heishui County again, they used the same tactics to harass the Japanese and puppet troops along the way, further consuming their strength.
After the Japanese and puppet troops arrived in Binhe County, they still could not find peace. The cavalry detachment of the first brigade was operating just outside the city, and from time to time they would attack with cold guns and artillery fire. When the puppet troops came out of the city to attack them, they quickly evacuated, which exhausted the Japanese and puppet troops.
After the Japanese and puppet troops rested in Binhe County for a day, some troops were left to guard the county, and the main force continued to attack Heishui County.
In addition to the cavalry of the First Brigade that attacked them this time, the Third Brigade and the Fourth Brigade each deployed two squadrons to harass the Japanese and puppet troops' marching brigade along the way.
The Japanese and puppet troops are also very smart. They have already learned the tactics of the guerrillas and are constantly learning and summarizing their experience.
In order to fight against the invading guerrillas, when they were attacked by the guerrillas, the Japanese and puppet troops fought fiercely and chased the retreating guerrillas, hoping to eat up a group of incoming guerrillas and make them The guerrillas no longer dare to attack with a small number of troops.
However, they still underestimated the guerrilla tactics of the guerrillas. After they launched the attack, they quickly evacuated. Seeing that the Japanese and puppet troops were pursuing them, they adopted the tactics of alternating cover to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from getting close, and finally escaped smoothly. Tracking of Japanese and puppet troops.
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