Under the moonlight, the cold wind blows.
Wu Laosi, carrying an oar, stood on the dry river embankment south of Jiujianfang Village, looking at the hazy plain in the distance under the moonlight on the opposite bank. The team in front kept sending back news, but he didn't even see a single person. I always feel like something is wrong, but I can’t put my finger on it.
He immediately ordered the messenger standing next to him: "Wu Laojiu, hurry up and remind the brothers who are scouting in front to be careful and don't capsize the boat in the ditch!"
"Yes! I'll go right away!" Wu Laojiu, who had been waiting next to him, immediately responded. After speaking, he quickly ran down the gentle slope of the river embankment.
Platoon leader Zhi, who was leading the team in the riverbed below and acting as the vanguard, looked at Wu Laojiu who was following him and quickly greeted him: "Hey, Brother Jiu, why are you coming up too?"
"Well...the company commander asked you to be careful not to fall into an ambush by the guerrillas."
"Brother Ninth, I think something is not right about this!"
Wu Laojiu, who raised his head and looked towards the river embankment, asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
"The three brothers I sent to the front for reconnaissance have been on the river embankment for a while, but they haven't been seen back yet. Look...can you go back and talk to the company commander? Let's go back first." "
Wu Laojiu rolled his eyes at this guy: "You coward, the company commander just told you to be careful, but didn't tell you to retreat. How many guerrillas scared you like this? Hurry up and send more people!" "
The platoon leader suggested: "I said, after crossing the river, it is not our defense area. What should we do if something goes wrong with this fool?"
"Have you forgotten what the boss taught us? We must be bold and careful on the battlefield. When the enemy retreats, we will pursue you! You are afraid of this and that all day long. What big things can you accomplish?"
"Hey, you know nothing. We are not guerrillas. How can we pursue the enemy when he retreats?"
"How dare you make irresponsible remarks about the boss?"
"Didn't the boss say that the three cobblers rival Zhuge Liang? I really think this is a bit strange."
"What's wrong?"
"This is not the first time we have suppressed the Eighth Route Army. Have you forgotten the methods commonly used by the Eighth Route Army?"
"You're saying there's a chance they're setting up an ambush?"
"Brother Ninth, look, the embankment on the other side of the river is so high. If the guerrillas really have an ambush, even if they only have a few blunderbuss, we can't stand it if they give us two piles of iron sand!"
"Do you mean to withdraw like this? If you want to go back by yourself, let's see if the company commander doesn't just make you, the platoon leader, into a top soldier!"
"The deputy commander asked us to clear out nine rooms. Haven't we already done so? We can do the job directly. Hey, why bother fighting those guerrillas at this time?"
"You want the company commander to let go? Don't you want to share the money?"
"Tomorrow we have to go to Bali Camp to fight on the outside. If brothers don't get a good rest and miss the boss's important event, we will really be in trouble! Besides, this is a fool's errand. With the big feet of the guerrillas , can we brothers outrun it?"
"Guerrilla attack with just a few guns, why don't your mother come with me and lead others!"
The platoon leader was startled and quickly advised: "As the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu if you are in a hurry. What if there is a big wave of bad guys like the boss said, and we happen to hit it, what good will come of it?"
Wu Laojiu curled his lips: "Let me be the mouthpiece, there is no way!"
"How about I give you ten dollars and forward my message to the company commander?"
Wu Laojiu quickly approached Wu Laosi and conveyed the words of the platoon leader in front.
Wu Laosi pondered for a while before nodding: "That boy has some insight. He immediately sent me an order to have all the brothers withdraw immediately."
Bang, bang, bang, bang, under the moonlight, the broken gong of the security army was sounded.
The security forces began to play the role of withdrawing troops in the cold weapon era.
The leading team of a platoon was cautiously climbing up the south bank of the river embankment. After hearing the sound of the gong, the crouched people stopped crouching and stood up directly on the slope, confused.
"The company commander has sounded the retreat gong, why are you still standing there, retreat quickly!" Platoon Commander Zhi yelled at the broken gong.
Not all the security forces came over, and the soldiers ambush on the river embankment were still trembling with excitement.
Commanders at all levels watched nervously as the duck was about to fly away, and until now they had not heard the battalion commander take the lead in firing and giving the order to attack.
I could only watch with regret as the security forces retreated.
From time to time, people from left and right whispered orders: "No one is allowed to shoot until the battalion commander gives the order!"
The squad leaders even stood up and walked around to cheer up the soldiers. Once this anger was vented, the momentum would be greatly reduced when it was raised again.
Seeing the withdrawal of security, Hu Yi felt very unhappy. Was the duck in his mouth going to fly?
Li Xiang and Ma Liang led soldiers to outflank the east and west wings, waiting for an opportunity to directly attack the security army's retreat!
If we take action now, the outflanking team may not be in place yet, and the planned encirclement and annihilation battle will turn into a chase battle. By then, it will be difficult to completely annihilate this group of security forces.
The opportunity did not allow him to hesitate, and he made a decisive decision: to show the enemy's weakness, drag the security forces into the river bed first!
There is no need to kill a chicken with a machete!
A series of orders were issued.
...
Boom... Several grenades suddenly exploded among the retreating security forces. After the flash, the sound shook the moonlit night.
Shrapnel flew across the sky, and the messy sand that was thrown into the sky fell like rain, causing the dry river bed to crackle and make a messy sound.
Countless frightened figures in the darkness fell down, and those who could get up ran back.
The sound was an order. Gunshots on the river embankment immediately rang out. Several oil-sprayed torches were quickly lit. Twenty or thirty soldiers with white towels on their arms rushed into the mess from the river embankment carrying shell guns. A crowd of security forces.
For a time, everything on the river bed was full of shouting and chaos. Some people were screaming on the ground, and some were running away.
After the explosion, the gunshots immediately rang out. The torch-bearing soldiers jumped here and there, not daring to stop. Once they stopped, they would become targets of the security forces who fought back!
Fortunately, the security forces who were only focused on escaping at this time had no intention of fighting back.
The security soldiers who were far away from the south bank seemed to have their legs wound up, and they quickly climbed back along the gentle slope of the river bed and embankment.
Wu Laosi, who was standing on the river embankment, was startled by the explosions and gunshots. However, he quickly saw the situation on the other side of the river clearly. As he expected, the guerrillas did not have many people. They still used the old method. After grenades, They started shooting randomly, maybe because they had so many men, they didn't dare to use the usual guerrilla charges.
After all, he had suppressed those guerrillas many times, and those guerrillas who chanted slogans all day long left him with the impression that the guerrillas were all about ambushing, charging, and then engaging in hand-to-hand combat with swords and spears!
Therefore, he is not too worried about what is happening now.
Thinking of this, he immediately raised his voice and said, "Listen to me, stay on the fucking embankment and fight back!"
The platoon leader who stayed behind asked cautiously: "Hey, fourth brother, the guerrillas haven't rushed up. The riverbed is full of my brothers. Is there no way to fight?"
Wu Laosi was so angry that he blew his beard: "Don't you have eyes? Machine guns! Where are the machine guns? Hurry and suppress them on the other side! Kill those torchlighters, and the brothers who are supporting us should go back first!"
To the west of the security army position.
No one noticed that the two platoons of Ma Liang's company were divided into two groups, one group pressed along the riverbed to the middle, and the other group, led by Ma Liang himself, had quietly bypassed the messy riverbed and took the lead in outflanking them.
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