That afternoon, the special detachment was resting in a mountain forest. A special force member in charge of the security mission rushed back and reported to Monk Wei that a group of more than 20 Japanese and puppet troops were coming in this direction. The direction they were traveling was right in the middle of the special detachment's camp.
The special detachment has a large number of people and a large amount of baggage, so it is impossible to escape. Wei Dayong made a prompt decision and ordered two special operations detachments to outflank, making sure not to let a single Japanese and puppet soldier escape.
Wei Dayong and the special forces members watched the Japanese and puppet troops getting closer and closer to the special detachment's camp. They knew that a battle was inevitable, so they made preparations for the battle.
As the Japanese and puppet troops approached step by step, they were only fifty or sixty meters away from Wei Dayong and others. Wei Dayong aimed at a Japs carrying a walkie-talkie, opened fire first, and killed him. The guerrillas around him also fired fiercely at the Japanese and puppet troops.
The Japanese and puppet troops suffered a sudden attack, and a dozen of them were wiped out on the spot. The rest panicked and retreated in a hurry.
The special operations team had already outflanked them, and the battle only lasted a few minutes before all the enemy troops were annihilated.
In the camp, the officers and soldiers of the special detachment were resting. The sudden sound of gunfire woke them up. Everyone jumped up from the ground, each one picked up their weapons and prepared to fight.
Xu Dalong said loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, we just encountered a small force of Japanese and puppet troops. The battle will be over soon, please continue to rest."
After hearing Xu Dalong's words, everyone calmed down, but after all, there was a battle nearby, and it was impossible for everyone to fall asleep immediately. Everyone is waiting for news, and they still hold weapons in their hands.
Sure enough, the gunshots stopped after only two or three minutes. Soon after, Wei Dayong and the special forces came over escorting several captured Japanese and puppet troops.
Xu Dalong and others interrogated the prisoners and learned that this area was the Japanese and puppet Guangning security area. In this area, an infantry regiment of the Japanese army and a regiment of the puppet Manchukuo army were stationed in several counties. Some villages and towns have forest expedition teams composed of a small number of Japanese and puppet troops.
The reason why they are here is because there was a small fight here yesterday and two fake policemen were killed. They thought that a small group of guerrillas was operating in this area, so they came to the mountains to seize them.
The current camp of the special detachment is 18 kilometers away from Guangning County. In the county, there are stationed an infantry brigade of the Japanese army, a brigade of the mountain forest expedition team, and some puppet policemen, with a total strength of about 1,800 people.
When the mountain forest expedition team came out, they had already made an agreement with the Japanese and puppet troops staying outside the mountain to talk every two hours. It's been about 40 minutes since the last call.
Xu Dalong asked the special forces members to take the prisoners down. He said to Su Zhenning and Gao Yongde: "There is still an hour and 20 minutes before the agreed contact time of the Japanese and puppet mountain forest expedition team. If they cannot be contacted, they will know that there is something wrong with the mountain forest expedition team. The Japanese signal corpsman was killed. Yes, we don't have their specific contact information. It may be exposed.
If it is determined that the target has been exposed, the Japanese and puppet troops in the county will quickly receive the report. It will take them about three hours to rush over. In other words, we can still rest for four hours here. Ask the troops how they are resting? If you can keep up with the physical strength, my opinion is that we should continue on our way now. "
Su Zhenning looked at Wei Dayong and said, "My guerrillas have all rested. There is no problem in continuing their journey."
Monk Wei also said that the special team can keep going.
Before the Soviet Army's liaison team and ordnance engineering team set off, the Soviet Army appointed a temporary commander. His name was Kalinin, a lieutenant colonel staff officer in the Intelligence Department of the Soviet Far East Front. Xu Dalong also sought his advice.
Kalinin, a Petersburg native with a cheerful personality, said: "We have been unable to sleep for a long time, so let's go on our way."
After unifying their opinions, Su Zhenning said loudly to the team: "Brothers, a Japanese and puppet mountain expedition team just appeared. There were more than 50 people in total, and they have been eliminated by the brothers of the special force. In order to avoid being tracked by the Japanese and puppet troops, I hope everyone can overcome fatigue and rush on their way ahead of time. Everyone, hurry up and prepare to leave in five minutes."
Those old guerrillas had only heard about the power of the special forces before. Although they had not seen the battle with their own eyes just now, more than 50 members of the mountain forest expedition team were all annihilated by the special forces in just two or three minutes. This kind of combat effectiveness still makes the guerrillas admire them very much.
Soon, the special detachment was on the road again.
The Japanese and puppet troops who stayed outside the mountain contacted the mountain forest expedition team at the agreed time. However, no one answered the call for a long time. They realized that something might have happened, so they reported to their superiors and gathered more than 100 people along the way. Search the road that the mountain forest expedition team took into the mountain.
More than two hours later, they discovered the bodies of the members of the mountain forest expedition team and hurriedly reported the situation to the Japanese and puppet troops in Guangning County.
When the captain of the Japanese army learned that the forest expedition team of more than 50 people had been completely annihilated, he knew that the number of guerrillas they encountered must be quite large. Otherwise, it would be impossible for no one in the forest expedition team to escape. He quickly reported the situation to the captain, who also reported to his superiors.
Regarding the emergence of the Songshan guerrillas, the Japanese and puppet troops are now very sensitive. According to the requirements of their superiors, whenever they discover the activities of the guerrillas, they must report them step by step. As a result, this situation was reported to the Kwantung Army Headquarters.
Shida Chiji has always been very concerned about the activities of the guerrillas outside the customs. Before the re-emergence of the Songshan guerrillas, there were basically no large groups of guerrillas outside the pass. An unknown guerrilla group suddenly appeared in Guangning Public Security District, and he felt very bad.
The Kwantung Army and Lao Maozi across the border have been in a state of confrontation. The appearance of such a guerrilla group in this area is likely to have made contact with Lao Maozi. This matter could not help but make him very worried. He immediately issued an order to the Japanese joint captain of Guangning Public Security District, asking him to send people to conduct a search to find out the whereabouts of this guerrilla group and their purpose.
At the same time, he issued orders to all Japanese troops on the border to strengthen combat readiness to prevent Lao Maozi from making any changes.
Soon after, the news reached the Kwantung Army headquarters again. The Japanese troops who entered the mountain to search have discovered the camp where the special detachment once camped. Based on the traces left there, they judged that the number of guerrillas who attacked the mountain forest expedition team was at least several hundred.
Such a large-scale guerrilla group made the Kwantung Army increasingly worried. They issued orders to all Japanese and puppet troops near the border, asking them to step up searches in their respective defense zones. Once traces of the guerrillas were discovered, they would send heavy troops. Encirclement and suppression, resolute elimination.
The special detachment walked in the dense forest for several hours. Seeing that it was getting dark, they stopped to rest. Xu Dalong hoped that the special detachment would seize the time and stay as far away as possible from the location where the Japanese mountain expedition team was attacked, so as to avoid the search of the local Japanese and puppet troops.
After eating dinner and resting for another hour, Xu Dalong once again led the special detachment on the road. They insisted on marching continuously at night and did not stop to rest until 5 o'clock in the morning.
Wei Dayong was about to arrange special operations team members to act as guards when Su Zhenning came over with his men.
He said: "Captain Wei, your people have been responsible for the security these days. The next security mission will be handled by our guerrillas."
These days, the special forces members were indeed very tired. Wei Dayong also believed in the combat effectiveness of the veteran guerrillas, so he gave the security mission to Su Zhenning and his guerrillas. He led the special forces members to hurry up Time to rest.
At 9 a.m., the special operations team members were woken up. Wei Dayong asked with concern whether the special operations team members had rested well. The special operations team members were all very strong and they all said there was no problem. So Wei Dayong took them to continue the reconnaissance mission ahead.
Wei Dayong was walking at the front of the team when he suddenly heard movement ahead.
He quickly made a gesture, and two squads of special forces members circled around and surrounded him. Soon they caught five ragged men. They all had weapons in their hands, but when the special operations team approached, those people had already put their weapons aside. It was obvious that they had no intention of exchanging fire with the special operations team.
These people were brought to Wei Dayong. They had never seen the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army, but they were sure that the other party was not wearing the uniforms of the Japanese and puppet troops.
When Wei Dayong asked them about their identities, one of them asked tentatively: "What team are you in? Are you the Eighth Route Army from within the pass?"
Wei Dayong asked: "Who are you, and why are you looking for the Eighth Route Army?"
He believed that these people were not Japanese and puppet troops, so he added: "We are the Eighth Route Army from Guanli."
"It's so great that I finally found you." It was obvious that these five people were very excited.
The leader said with surprise on his face: "We are from the guerrillas outside the Pass. I heard that the Eighth Route Army was brought to Yuanping and established the Songshan guerrillas. We are preparing to join them."
Wei Dayong asked again and learned that the mountain forest expedition team they eliminated was tracking these five guerrillas. He couldn't verify their identities, so he sent people to see Su Zhenning, Gao Yongde and others.
When these five people were brought to Su Zhenning, one of them shouted excitedly: "Captain Su, I am Li Yingxiang."
Su Zhenning also had an expression of surprise on his face when he saw this man, and he said excitedly: "Yingxiang, you are all still alive."
It turns out that Li Yingxiang used to be Su Zhenning's subordinate, and they had been separated for almost two years. They couldn't find a large force, so they continued to fight guerrillas in the mountains and forests, and they have persisted until now.
When Su Zhenning saw the five guerrilla veterans in front of him, they were in ragged clothes, with sallow complexions and skinny muscles, worse than beggars, he couldn't help feeling sad, and tears filled his eyes.
He stepped forward and hugged each guerrilla, and ordered people to bring them food and water, as well as new clothes for them to change into.
The five guerrillas were all hungry, so they picked up the food and ate it hungrily.
Twenty minutes later, when the emotions of the five guerrillas calmed down, Xu Dalong, Su Zhenning and others asked them what they had learned. These five guerrillas have been fighting deep in the mountains. They have no idea about the situation outside the mountains and cannot provide any valuable intelligence. Su Zhenning arranged for them to go down and rest first.
Monk Wei, who was in charge of the vanguard, sent special forces to search ahead. After a long time, a rapid blowing sound came from the intercom. Wei Dayong knew something must have happened, and he hurried forward to conduct reconnaissance.
What appears in front is a wide valley. The width of the valley may no longer be called a valley, but a plain. It takes at least three or four kilometers to reach the mountain forest ahead. It is obvious that there is a Japanese and puppet stronghold ahead. There is a 3-story gun tower inside and two rows of bungalows below. Judging from the size, the number of Japanese and puppet troops should be 200. up and down.
The special operations team members continued to monitor, and at 11:30 noon, another group of Japanese and puppet troops came from a distance. The Japanese army consisted of about two infantry squads and a forest expedition team of 60 or 70 people. They also entered the stronghold ahead.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, another large group of Japanese and puppet troops arrived in the distance. The Japanese army was about an infantry squadron, and the puppet troops were at least a battalion. They also arrived at the stronghold ahead, and soon after, left the stronghold.
But they did not go far. Every fifty or sixty meters, some people stayed behind while others continued to move forward. Soon after, a blockade was formed centered on the stronghold.
Wei Dayong reported this situation to Xu Dalong and said: "The Japanese and puppet troops blocking the road in front were obviously well prepared. It should be that the mountain forest expedition team was annihilated, which attracted the attention of the Japanese and puppet troops."
Xu Dalong nodded and said: "The analysis makes sense. The puppet army has discovered the direction in which we are marching, and these Japanese and puppet troops are blocking us from going to Songshan. If my prediction is good, except for the Japanese and puppet troops in front of us, On the way back to the Songshan guerrilla base, I am afraid that the Japanese and puppet troops have deployed more than one blockade. Once we fight with the Japanese and puppet troops, a large number of Japanese and puppet reinforcements will soon arrive for reinforcements."
Su Zhenning said: "I agree with your analysis. If we go directly to the Yuanping area, we will inevitably encounter heavy interceptions by the Japanese and puppet troops, and I am afraid we will fall into fierce battles. This is still hundreds of kilometers away from the Yuanping area, and the Japanese and puppet troops are numerous. , it was difficult for the special detachment to reach the Yuanping area safely.
I have a suggestion. Forty miles further ahead is the old guerrilla zone where we used to operate. We are very familiar with the terrain and people's conditions there. The mountains and forests there are dense and there is a lot of room for maneuver. If it doesn't work, we will temporarily fight guerrillas in that area. Wait until you find the right time before heading to the Yuanping area. "
(End of chapter)
