It was already dark here at the Yong'an stronghold, and Liu Bo, who had completed his investigation, returned to Shanzi Village, where he was temporarily stationed.
In a courtyard, the leaders of various militia organizations that could be found nearby had been waiting for a long time.
Liu Bo patted the dust on his clothes, straightened his collar, walked into the yard, and greeted everyone.
"Hello, captains, I am the temporary commander of the first company of the seventh battalion of the independent third column of Taiyue Military Division, Liu Bo!"
The captains also took turns to introduce themselves. After finishing, one captain asked.
"I, Lao Liu, have no other intentions. Gather us all together. Is our main force of the Eighth Route Army making any big moves?"
The other captains were very curious. They had never been together like this before.
Liu Bo pointed to the room and said, "Everyone, let's go inside and talk!"
Arriving inside the room, the captains took their seats one after another, and Liu Bo stood in front of them, "Captains, my unit came here this time and summoned everyone under the order of our battalion commander Li Yunlong!"
Hearing Li Yunlong's name, the captains were shocked and couldn't help but ask, "Is it Captain Li Yunlong who killed Sakata?!"
Liu Bo nodded affirmatively, "Yes, our battalion commander is Li Yunlong!"
Old Liu, who was the first to ask a question just now, couldn't help but get excited about the mission, "I, Old Liu, will definitely complete Captain Li's mission. Captain Liu Bo, just tell me, we need to do it." Order something!”
"Yeah yeah"
"We promise to get the job done!"
"It's our honor to help Commander Li fight the Japanese!"
The captains all enthusiastically asked for tasks.
Liu Bo did not expect that his battalion commander's reputation would be so useful, and he would not need him to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.
"Okay, everyone's task is the same this time, it's not difficult."
"I need all the captains to call all your team members and gather here tomorrow to join our team."
"The mission goal is that we need to make a big show of our power, assume the posture of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and pretend to attack the Yong'an stronghold, so as to attract the main force of the Japs from Wuyin County to come here for support!"
"Buy enough time for the battalion commander's actions!"
At this time, a captain raised a question, "The feint attack is indeed simple, but our weapons are too crude. Can they attract the little devils?"
Liu Bo told his arrangement, "Don't worry, everyone, I will disperse the light and heavy machine guns from our platoon to your team!"
"And we brought four mortars and a lot of ammunition this time. With the firepower regardless of consumption, the little devil will call for help!"
Upon hearing Liu Bo's arrangement and the four mortars, the captains couldn't help but look envious.
As expected of Commander Li's unit, there are four mortars in just one platoon!
"After gathering tomorrow, our team, led by Captain Liu and Captain Liu, will launch a feint attack from the front facing the Yong'an stronghold!"
"Captain Wang, please join the other militia teams and be responsible for flank cover for the attack!"
"Finally, Captain Zhang is asked to lead the team to guard near the Tongji Canal bridge. After the main reinforcements of the Japs pass, blow it up!"
"At that time, the sound of explosions will be the signal to retreat. Everyone should disperse and retreat. Don't be reluctant to fight!"
The captains nodded one after another, indicating that they understood the next task.
After receiving their respective tasks, the captains said hello, hurriedly left the yard, blended into the night, and rushed back to gather their own men.
The sky was getting brighter, and amidst the crowing of roosters, the captains led their teams through the wet and cold fog and rushed to the small village in no particular order.
"Liu Company Commander, you take command, we all listen to you!"
Liu Bo looked at the team assembled in front of him. There were at least more than 300 people. Including his own platoon, there were already over 400 people.
However, many people still carried swords and spears, which was obviously not enough to confuse the enemy.
Now, the equipment and military uniforms that had been replaced before were put to use. Coupled with the weapons of the puppet troops before, it was basically enough to arm everyone.
"Captains, let's not waste time. There are some weapons here. Comrades who don't have weapons, please come and get one. There are also some old military uniforms. Choose the ones that suit you and put them on!"
Didn't expect such a good thing?
Captain Guan took the initiative to make a guarantee, "Don't worry, Captain Liu, we will hand over all the weapons after everything is over!"
After all, it was just a feint attack, and the captains did not think that these weapons would be left to them, so when Liu Bo said that there was no need to return the weapons after the mission was over, everyone was extremely happy.
"Hahaha, just follow Captain Li and fight the little devils!"
After the announcement, the militia soldiers threw away their swords and spears and happily took over the old guns.
Putting on an old military uniform, from a distance, it does look like the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
After the change of clothes was completed, under the command of Liu Bo, a team of more than 400 people rushed to the Yongan stronghold in batches.
Near noon, the troops arrived near the Yong'an stronghold. They had no intention of covering up and immediately began to spread out and spread out their formations, as if they were going to attack the Yong'an stronghold.
The little Japanese at the Yong'an stronghold reacted quickly. Seeing that it was a team of the Eighth Route Army, the little Japanese commander was very relaxed at first and calmly arranged the soldiers to enter the defensive position.
"Yo Xi, I didn't expect that there would be a chance to gain military exploits in the rear!"
"Haha, the opportunity for you guys to make a contribution has come. After repelling the first attack, Ishida-kun, your team will immediately launch a charge and defeat these bad guys!"
This little devil's lieutenant was still confident that he wanted to fight back and gain military exploits, and had no intention of asking for help.
How happy he was at this moment, but how frustrated and terrified he was later!
In the front direction of the Yong'an stronghold, Liu Bo checked the time, and then sent someone to notify the artillery platoon, "Go and tell Platoon Commander Wang that the first round of artillery bombardment will be launched in ten minutes and the entire frontal position of the little Japanese will be blown up!"
After receiving the order, Wang Chengzhu rubbed his hands happily, "Okay, I can blow up enough this time!"
He turned around and shouted, "Each squad, in ten minutes, six o'clock direction, distance 11, fire six rounds at a very rapid rate, then extend the artillery fire backwards and attack on your own!"
Ten minutes passed quickly. Wang Chengzhu shouted, "Fire!" and the cannonball in his hand quickly slipped into the barrel.
“Tum…Tum…Tum…Tum…”
Four mortars were fired one after another, and the shells roared into the sky.
The next cannonball followed closely, "咻...咻...咻..."
The little Japanese Lieutenant, who had been looking relaxed just now, suddenly turned red when he heard the whistling of artillery shells approaching in the air, "Shell attack! Haiyaku, take cover quickly!"
Before the tearing shouts could end, the shells roared down and exploded into pieces, "Boom...boom...boom...boom...!"
In just a few minutes, a total of twenty-four 81mm high-explosive bombs fell on the little Japanese position. The little Japanese who underestimated the enemy were drowned in the fire and smoke.
The bombardment was not over yet, and the impact point began to slowly extend until the entire position front was covered.
The militiamen were extremely excited when they looked at the little Japanese who were bombed and turned upside down in the splashed dust.
"Well done! Kill these little devils!"
"Let these beasts have a taste of being bombed!"
