More than 80 people in Wang Sangou's entire company were wiped out. Wang Sangou had his neck cut by Zhou Qing in his sleep. Except for a dozen puppet soldiers who were killed, everyone else was taken prisoner as expected. These puppet soldiers, Li Qing couldn't help but shake his head because of his will to fight.
After getting rid of the puppet troops on duty, the company advanced more than 200 meters toward the village. If they went further, they would be discovered by the Japanese guard post.
Li Qing saw that the distance was close, so he set up the only three 81mm mortars and fired 6 rapid fire rounds in the direction of the Japanese camp. In less than half a minute, 18 mortar shells fell into the Japanese camp. In the camping area, a series of explosions woke up the sleeping Japanese. Of course, many of them never got up again!
More than a dozen shells caused at least a dozen casualties to the Japanese. The thatched roofs of several houses were also set alight, and chaos began in the village!
"Enemy attack!"
Whistles sounded one after another, and the Japanese, under the command of officers and sergeants at all levels, quickly controlled the chaotic situation;
"beat!"
Li Qing gave the order to fire, and the main force of the company began to fire towards the village. The captured puppet soldiers were also ordered by Li Qing to shout loudly to kill...
"Kill! Kill!"
Toyota's old Japs also reacted and led the Japs' main force towards the west entrance of the village. Only one detachment was left on guard at the east end of the village;
The main force of Wang Ma's puppet army also rushed over, and the two sides exchanged fire fiercely from a distance of one to two hundred meters.
The Japanese were afraid of being ambushed, so they did not chase them out. They just guarded the west direction of the village and prevented the Eighth Route Army from attacking the village.
Toyota judged that Murakami was the main force of the Eighth Route Army, with at least three artillery pieces and more than a dozen machine guns. Such a firepower configuration was definitely not that of a company, and at least more than 300 people were heard shouting and killing!
Not only did this not frighten Captain Toyoda, it actually made him excited. He finally caught the main force of the Eighth Route Army!
There were only 300 people, but a squadron of the Imperial Army dared to chase and fight a Central Army Corps. The Japanese in this period were still very crazy. If it hadn't been for the blindness, Toyota would have led the men to rush out.
"Kill the chicken, warriors, open fire!"
The Japanese's three 92-heavy machine guns and a dozen crooked guns fired wildly in the direction of the continuous fire, and Wang Mazi's puppet army fought even harder;
In order to make the attack more realistic, Li Qing ordered the artillery squad to fire 3 more rounds of 9 shells at the Japs. The Japs were not to be outdone. All weapons fired wildly in the direction of Li Qing. The fight between the two sides was lively. Unfortunately, Most of them use spent bullets.
Seeing that the Japs' attention had been drawn to the west end of the village, Ma Xiaowu and others quietly entered the village. Ma Xiaowu had grown up in the village and was very familiar with the terrain. Soon they stayed in the east of the village. Three squads rushed into the village;
There was a fierce exchange of fire with the Japs from the unit left behind. After the Japs killed and wounded several people, the remaining Japs fought and retreated, and fled towards the middle of the village.
Ma Xiaowu only led one squad in pursuit, while the others began to light the torches in their hands and set fire to the fire opening. Most of the roofs of the villagers' houses were thatched and were easily ignited.
The wind helped the fire, and it soon became a prairie fire. In a few minutes, half of the village was on fire, especially Ma Sihai's large house, which had many wooden houses that were hundreds of years old. Last time, only part of it was burned. This time, because Due to strong winds, the entire yard was engulfed in fire.
Seeing that the fire had reached the sky and could no longer be put out, Ma Xiaowu and others decisively withdrew from the village.
The movement in the east of the village did not arouse Toyota's old devil's alertness at first, and he thought it was an attack by the Eighth Route Army skirmishers, because he was already very sure that his direction was the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and firepower could not deceive others.
"Taijun...Taijun, Huohuohuo...is gone!"
Wang Mazi stammered to Captain Toyoda.
Toyota slapped him angrily, causing Wang Mazi to twitch, but he didn't dare to dodge, so he could only turn around and point in the direction of the fire.
Captain Toyoda looked back, his face turned pale with fright, the fire had already burned the sky red!
"Bagaya Road, retreat!"
"Ta-ta-ta..."
A row of machine guns blocked the way for the Japs to escape westward. A large area of the Japs who fled in a hurry was mopped down. Toyota could only force Wang Mazi's puppet army to block the bullets for them, while the Japs were preparing to set up grenade launchers behind them. .
Li Qing did not intend to block the escape route of hundreds of Japanese and puppet troops. That would be a foolish thing to do;
Facing the raging fire from behind, the Japanese and puppet troops were like a herd of wildebeests on the African savanna. Whoever blocked them would be unlucky!
"withdraw!"
Li Qing issued the order to retreat and quickly broke away from the Japs and puppet troops. The Japs and puppet troops also successfully escaped from Majia Village.
That night, the fire in Majia Village burned for more than two hours. Most of the houses in Majia Village were burned down, leaving only black ruins, which were no longer habitable.
The Japanese suffered little casualties in this battle, with a total of more than 30 casualties, and the puppet army lost more than 200 people. Among them, Wang Sangou Company and Li Datou Platoon were completely wiped out.
The biggest loss was that the supplies, food and ammunition they carried were all burned. Now they only had the small amount of food and ammunition they carried, which could not last a few days.
"Bagaya road!"
Toyota finally understood the intentions of the Eighth Route Army. The Imperial Army wanted to stay comfortably in Majia Village and wait for the villagers in the mountains to freeze and starve to death. The Eighth Route Army simply burned down Majia Village. Now everyone has no house to live in!
Let’s suffer the cold together!
There are only two roads before Captain Toyoda, either to evacuate in despair, or to go into the mountains, search out the people of Majia Village, and steal food, money, and women from them...
"Bagaya, pack up the road and go into the mountain after dawn! Wang Sang, lead the way!"
Toyota chose to enter the mountains without hesitation. He could not bear the responsibility for failure to evacuate at this time. The brigade commander would throw him a dagger to commit seppuku.
An individual Japanese soldier usually carries a week's worth of food and consumes part of it. If he saves a small amount of food, there is no problem in persisting for a week. In one week, Toyota is confident that he can pick out the Chinese people from the mountains.
The local snakes like the Imperial Association Army will lead the way for them!
In the battle of Majia Village, many Japanese and puppet troops were eliminated at a small cost. Hundreds of people were captured. After suppressing some die-hard elements, the remaining dozens of people were educated and replenished to the army. This This increased the number of troops available to Li Qing to 4 platoons and more than 300 men.
"Company Commander, the Japanese and puppet troops have indeed entered the mountain!"
A platoon leader responsible for monitoring the enemy brought the latest trends of the Japanese.
When Li Qing heard this, he realized that this was exactly what he expected. If the Japanese and puppet troops entered the mountain, it would be easy to handle!
"Comrades, we also go into the mountains and accompany the Japanese to hide and seek in the mountains."
Ma Xiaowu was familiar with the surrounding terrain, so he let Ma Xiaowu's squad lead the way. The main force of the company followed the Japanese into the mountains, and a good show of mountain guerrilla warfare was about to take place.
