The battle started earlier than scheduled.
Outside the town, the puppet troops who were guarding the civilian workers at work set up a guard post and discovered the troops of the Second Battalion of the Eighth Route Army crossing the Xingmei Highway to the north and heading east.
The puppet army is not stupid. A brother disappeared two days ago. I heard from the regimental leader that the traitors in the detective team who are wearing black trousers are not necessarily dogs. Naturally, those who wear the uniforms of the security army are not necessarily the security army.
He leaned in from a distance and asked the other party for instructions, but the other party gave random answers.
The police sentry heard that it was okay and fired a warning shot.
Unexpectedly, the opponent's marksmanship was ridiculously good, so he followed up with a counterattack, and the two puppet army guard posts died loyal to their duties.
The sound of gunshots directly stirred up a hornet's nest.
The pseudo-company commander who was looking after the working people immediately gathered a platoon of troops and rushed to the place where the gunshots were fired for reinforcements.
Wu Yan, who had already been close to the puppet troops in the wilderness, quickly ordered an attack to contain the puppet troops who were pursuing the second battalion.
Both sides shot directly at long range in the wilderness.
In order to prevent the Japs from Zhendong from coming out early, Wu Yan only deployed one platoon to engage in long-range shooting with the puppet troops.
The puppet troops in the blockhouse on the edge of the blockade ditch along the Xingmei Highway discovered the situation.
But both sides of the fire are their own people, and the fight is fierce. What is the situation?
Could it be that some bold person is trying to bring order to the chaos and prepare to rebel?
The pseudo-squad leader guarding the fort quickly called the town to inquire.
Hearing the sound of gunfire, Gao Yidao, who had just crossed the blockade, immediately ordered the soldiers of the Second Battalion to run forward. He must hurriedly circle to the east and establish a defense line west of the Japanese camp.
Soon, the soldiers were frantically digging foxholes in the wilderness with shovels in their hands.
Gao Yidao knew very well the combat power of the Japanese. If they could not build defenses in a short period of time, the Second Battalion would definitely not be a match for the Japanese.
Fortunately, when the Japs in the military camp heard the gunshots, they did not assemble immediately. Instead, they first called the town to ask the commander of the security corps.
But Captain Wang didn't know anything because the men guarding the gun tower outside called him to ask what was going on.
He immediately ordered his men to go see what was going on. He ran to the roof of the town hall and looked around with a telescope. His men were everywhere, and the sound of gunshots seemed to be coming from the west and north.
The distance was too far and I couldn't figure out what was going on.
He guessed that some people were probably running away and his men were chasing them.
Lieutenant Commander Lu, who was lying in the pit at the back, carefully calculated the time and kept looking at his watch.
When the pointer slowly reached 180 degrees with the minute hand, Commander Lu shouted loudly to the orderer: "Blow the charge horn! Attack on all fronts."
Xu Xiao, who had just returned to the wine station and was about to go out to fight, jumped out of the pit, raised his head to the charging horn, and puffed out his cheeks.
The soldiers hiding in the open area were confused. What did this trumpet sound mean?
Fortunately, the battalion and company commanders heard about it and immediately shouted: "Comrades, come on!"
Captain Lu grabbed the arrogant Xu Xiao's feet and pulled the little guy back into the pit: "Can you hide in the pit and brag?"
"Hey, I forgot." Xu Wan hung the Charge on his back, took out his shell gun, and prepared to follow the third company to the east.
"Stop, you messenger. What are you charging for?" The political commissar next to him grabbed Xu Xiao.
Zhendong.
The soldiers of the Second Battalion ran smoothly between Xinglong Town and the Japanese Army Camp.
Gao Yidao, lying in a shallow ditch, was looking east carefully with a telescope.
Above the west wall of the military camp, a row of Japanese heads poked out, pointing, but no one left the camp.
There was a soreness and numbness in the wound, and Gao Yidao finally let out a sigh of relief: "Move quickly, dig foxholes first, and then connect them into a line."
The platoon leaders under my command were shouting: "There is no need to dig so deep for the time being. Hurry up and dig horizontally, you bastard. The horizontal direction is from south to north."
The soldier quickly changed direction, stared with big eyes and muttered: "You didn't make it clear."
Work was going on in full swing on the battlefield, and no one heard the sound of the charge.
Gao Yidao gave another order, and the voice of the ordering soldier next to him shouted loudly again: "Third company commander, establish a second line of defense thirty meters behind and dig a communication trench."
"The second platoon of the company, go to the back to guard against incoming enemies in the town."
The Second Battalion now had its back to Xinglong Town and had to guard against the town's puppet reconnaissance team coming out to steal the Second Battalion's retreat.
In fact, this possibility is very small. It has been analyzed earlier that once the puppet army is attacked, there is a high probability that it will shrink its defense.
There was a lot of noise on the battlefield, there was a chaotic sound of shovels being shoveled into the soil, and the dust was flying, almost covering the sky and the sun.
A few minutes later, the observation post shouted excitedly: "Report, the first battalion has entered the town."
Spit. After roaring, spit out a mouthful of dust.
Gao Yidao didn't expect that he would move so quickly in a row, and it would take him a while to go around from the north to the east before the trenches were evenly connected.
The Yi Company has actually penetrated Xinglong Town from west to east.
In the middle of the position, a soldier quickly slipped from the telephone pole into the dust: "Report, the electric wires and telephone lines from the enemy's camp to Xinglong Town have been cut."
Gao Yidao couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead: "Move faster and immediately deepen the trench at your position, compact the soil in front of you, and the fourth company commander spreads out to the north side to extend the trench."
When the Japanese come out of the military camp, they will naturally launch an attack directly to the west under normal circumstances.
However, there was still no movement in the security army camp.
Maybe he was frightened by the dust in the open ground.
Lao Li temporarily left the reporting work, and the intelligence work of the Second Battalion was really bad.
No one knew that as a large number of reorganized puppet troops began to garrison, Shindo Konpachi and the Japanese in the Xinglong Town military camp had already moved eastward last night. At this time, Gang was on the military column heading south in Tang County.
Jinteng Laojizi received the order and headed to Guangdong Province.
In the Xinglong Town military camp, there is only a small group of Japanese soldiers who had to retire due to injuries, and their military status has become garrison instructors.
I never thought that there would be so many bad guys.
The company commander commanding the puppet troops outside the town panicked, and his team was immediately in chaos.
Crying for father and mother, she almost collapsed, panicked and fought back randomly.
When Hao Ping's company rushed from the west toward the town, they encountered only sporadic resistance.
Lao Li, the instructor of the Second Battalion, arranged for the inner line in the town to jump out of the darkness and lead the road. The puppet soldiers in the streets and alleys instantly understood the situation and immediately raised their hands.
The rifles were taken away, and then no one paid attention to them. The puppet soldiers did not dare to move. They knelt on the ground and thought to themselves about Amitabha. Fortunately, I surrendered quickly and didn't get shot. Good thing!
Leading the soldiers to the camp where the puppet troops were temporarily stationed.
Follow to occupy the commanding heights and hunt down the remaining enemies.
Wu Yan encountered a difficult situation.
The puppet troops hiding in the town hall were stubbornly resisting.
The battle of the third battalion attacking the southern front was also considered smooth.
There is also only one company of puppet troops in the south guarding the people at work.
When the 3rd Battalion, 458th and 458th Route Army appeared in ashes, they were all shouting and shouting to kill.
The puppet troops guarding the common people immediately divided into two parts, and one part knelt down and surrendered.
Other birds and animals dispersed, some running towards the town, some running east, and naturally some running south.
I was very lucky when I ran east. I threw away my gun and ammunition, and my legs were as fast as fire wheels, but I did run away.
The first rule of thumb on the battlefield: Those who throw their legs and don’t care about anything and just run for their lives usually run faster than those who pursue. They have less than ten kilograms of equipment, so they naturally go faster.
The second iron rule of the battlefield: shoot while running away. Those who are running for their lives usually die quickly while running back and shooting. It would be strange if they are not killed by the pursuers who keep aiming and shooting.
The puppet troops escaping to the southern stronghold were quite a challenge to the third battalion attacking from the west.
As a result, they became the targets of soldiers with extremely poor marksmanship.
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