The political commissar was not polite to Zhang Qiwang at all.
Both of them came from poor families and were old comrades before joining the Long March.
After receiving the order to separate from the political commissar, Zhang Qiwang directly mounted his horse, pulled the horse's head and ran towards the west.
The Ninth Battalion is in the east, blocking the puppet troops coming out of the Eight Mile Camp. His mission is to block the traitor Wu Jinshan and the puppet troops in the west.
The political commissar led people to drive the Japanese into the village, and then sent some people to the west to join him to deal with the puppet troops reinforcing from the west.
I felt something was wrong. The purpose and significance of this battle seemed... unclear!
The enemy had just raided the divisional base areas, and launching such a large-scale operation against the enemy in such a big way was completely inconsistent with the superiors' requirements for the secret development of the divisional base areas.
Since the political commissar arranged it this way, maybe there is another hidden meaning...
Now I have to do the things in front of me first. Before the battle, I naturally have to take a look at the terrain and conditions nearby before making next arrangements.
His educational level is not as good as that of the political commissar, but that does not mean that he cannot command battles. He has been fighting for more than ten years. Logically, he would have been able to become a battalion commander long ago, but he would rather stay in the cavalry regiment and become a company commander.
The Japanese car appeared in the lens of the telescope, which made him curl his lips and drool subconsciously. Unfortunately, the car was too big and the target was too obvious on the plain. He had hit it many times before, but the result was that the car was burned down.
A soldier hurriedly ran to him and reported to him that the nearby ministries were ready and were waiting for him to set up blocking positions. The political commissar could launch an attack at any time.
...
in the sun.
The Ninth Battalion, which quickly moved southward along the ditch, reached the vicinity of the highway, and part of it crossed the highway directly and spread out to the south.
Some people stayed directly in the ditch on the north side of the road and used iron bars to deepen the ditch. The excavated soil was compacted on the east side of the ditch to form a fortification.
The puppet army definitely didn't have much heavy firepower, so the soldiers didn't even consider the artillery holes.
Hu Yi walked back and forth in the ditch with his rifle on his back, checking the dug bunkers from time to time.
When he reached the road, Ma Liang stood up quickly with his arms hanging on his chest: "Brother..."
Hu Yi nodded: "How is the injury?"
"fine..."
"Have the telephone lines nearby been cut?"
"The soldiers climbing the telephone poles brought telephones. Half an hour ago they overheard the Japanese giving orders to the puppet troops in Baliying Town, asking the puppet troops in the town to reinforce westward."
"Then...why haven't the puppet troops shown up yet?"
"Half an hour has passed, they should be here?" Ma Liang was not sure: "Maybe they came out for reinforcements after waiting for half an hour?"
"Get the fortifications done first. When the battle starts, Li Xiang will outflank their retreat!"
Ma Liang quickly added: "The divisional political commissars are not far from us in the south. According to our correspondent, they have a cavalry company there... with more than sixty cavalry!"
Hu Yi was a little surprised: "The divisional cavalry regiment is back?"
Ma Liang nodded: "They should be part of them. The political commissar arranged for them to block the reinforcements of the puppet troops from the west of the highway! Li Huanzhang just sent people here, and I gave them ten landmines..."
Hu Yi nodded: "To stop a battalion of puppet troops, more than 60 cavalry in the division plus Li Huanzhang's platoon, plus the militia and county brigade formed a hierarchy. Mines were laid on the road in advance. There is no problem with this arrangement. "
The observation post nearby suddenly shouted: "The puppet troops are coming, five miles away!"
The man who was digging a bunker quickly raised his face covered in dust and sweat, put his hand on the shade and looked eastward...
Far away on the road, under the sun, a moving team of small black dots appeared. It was very blurry and could not be seen clearly unless one looked carefully.
Hu Yi raised his telescope and looked quietly in the direction from which the puppet troops came.
I put down my binoculars and looked around. I saw that the position in the ditch was nearly taking shape, and the soldiers had already begun to place grenades to check their guns.
Quietly staring at the east road, excitedly waiting for orders from Hu Yi who was standing on the road.
Hu Yi shook his head: "It's five miles away. What's the use of raising a gun at this time? Hurry up and dig the trench deeper laterally."
The nervous soldiers were immediately discouraged. The battalion commander seemed not to pay attention to the puppet troops coming from the east.
Besides, in Wuli Land, you can't even see the enemy with bad eyesight, so you are so nervous at this time.
He immediately started making noises and continued working.
"Our battalion commander is really awesome. If we found an enemy appearing in the past, everyone would have been waiting with their guns raised..."
"Hehe, with your mediocre weapons, how can you compare with the battalion commander? You're not even worthy of carrying the battalion commander's shoes..."
"But digging trenches at this time is of no use?"
"You know what the heck, if you keep holding the gun, you will be excited all the time. When the enemy comes, how will you maintain your condition?"
"What's keeping it in shape?" the recruit asked in confusion.
"You don't understand even after I told you, hurry up and dig..." The person who spoke actually didn't understand what status is...
Since everyone was doing it, it was a no-brainer to follow suit. As the enemy continued to approach, the soldiers of the Ninth Battalion continued to dig with tools.
After a while, the observation post reported: "Four miles away..."
There is no difference between five miles and four miles, they are still far away! Only occasionally someone looked up curiously.
After a long while, the observer reported again: "Three miles away..."
When the soldiers heard the sound, they quickly raised their heads and looked eastward again. They turned to look at the battalion commander, only to find that the battalion commander didn't even raise his binoculars. He was directly crossing the road with Ma Liang in the ditch and headed south. He felt more relaxed and continued working. .
It seemed that only a few shovels of soil had been shoveled before the voice of the observation post came again: "Two miles away..."
Some soldiers began to breathe unsteadily, stopped what they were doing, and began to draw guns.
As time passed, the voice of the observation post began to sound nervous and urgent: "The enemy's vanguard...is five hundred meters away..."
Immediately afterwards, the voices of the messengers finally spread horizontally: "Everyone hide on the spot and prepare to receive fire!"
There was such a big commotion on both sides of the highway, and the vanguard of the puppet army on the highway had already seen it clearly.
They stopped on the spot a mile away and began to unpack their equipment and prepare for an assault.
The voice of the messenger came again from the ditch: "Attention everyone, the team fifty meters closer to the road will fire first. Others are not allowed to fire unless they have received the order."
Finally someone gave up: "I'm a little far away from the road, so you just let me stare at you?"
"If you're not afraid of being kicked, just talk to the battalion commander to reason..." The messenger's voice was as calm as Hu Yi's words: "Listen carefully, rifles should be fired accurately, and machine guns are not allowed to fire..."
After a while, the observation post reported again: "The enemy has begun to move, the distance is 400..."
Hu Yi didn't plan to let everyone open fire as soon as they came up. It was far away from the road, and with the level of his soldiers, it would be a waste of bullets to open fire.
Attack the vanguard of the puppet army first. We don't expect to kill many enemies. The key is to let the puppet army spread out after being beaten.
The Nine Battalions occupied the ditch first and were almost in an invincible position!
Even if the puppet troops circle far away from the two wings, they will have to be on guard against cold guns hidden in ditches in the wilderness at all times.
And the Ninth Battalion could definitely run faster than them while ducking in the ditch, because they didn't have to worry about attracting bullets when they pulled away.
As long as the puppet army takes a detour, no matter how fast you run in the wilderness, can you outrun the Ninth Battalion who is walking in a straight line?
Therefore, in Hu Yi's view, there is no need to fire in full force.
Although I got a lot of bullets, I still have to save when I need to.
In addition, Li Xiang has already led his men to hide in the ditch in the north, ready to seize the puppet army's retreat at any time.
Now, the group of puppet troops on the opposite side, in addition to retreating with all their strength after Li Xiang failed to outflank him, also had the opportunity to ensure that most of them did not die...
As soon as they connect with the Ninth Battalion, the fate of the puppet troops is basically doomed.
We used more than 200 people to fight against 300 puppet troops. We took advantage of the advantageous terrain in advance to fight frontal positional warfare and attacked from both front and rear.
Mainly due to the different mentality of both parties.
The puppet army's eagerness to join the Japanese is actually a slave mentality. How can the puppet army have any opinions of its own?
When he met his master, his first thought was to let the Japanese be the commander-in-chief. Even if he himself was used as cannon fodder, he would not be able to change the behavior of the puppet soldiers.
On the battlefield, anything can happen.
If there were no Japanese, it would be impossible for the Ninth Battalion to fight against this group of puppet troops who were hiding in the town and unable to come out.
The Digging Bear, located at the northernmost end of the front line, did not dare to underestimate Boss Hu's order. Not only did he dig out a bunker, he even dug an anti-cannon hole!
At this time, he was commanding his subordinates and planning to set up a temporary headquarters.
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