The lights are still on in the detachment headquarters room, and the company commander who went to check the posts in the north has not returned yet.
Six consecutive gunshots suddenly appeared in the north.
Deputy Zhao, Pei's detachment, and Cheng's detachment all went up to the north wall of the village with nervous faces.
The three regiment-level commanders were temporarily confused about the specific situation.
Captain Pei was worried: "The little Japs didn't just leave in dejection after being beaten. They probably wanted to kill someone at night with a carbine."
Deputy Zhao looked at the darkness to the north and was not worried at all: "I failed to lure the enemy in the afternoon. With the traitor of the Japanese who will retaliate for beatings, he will definitely fight back. The enemy only has one squadron in total. If he wants to take advantage of the darkness this time, hehe, it's not in the middle." Let’s take it into consideration.”
"I think we should move first." Commander Cheng frowned. He actually only had multiple battalions of people under his command, and there were more than a thousand people together. He didn't think he could defeat a Japanese squadron.
"The three of us together form a regiment. What are you afraid of?"
"This is not a matter of fear. We are fighting guerrillas behind enemy lines. The key is to accumulate strength to avoid direct conflict with the enemy!" Captain Pei also believed that this battle cannot be fought.
Deputy Zhao shook his head: "First of all, our troops are now superior to the enemy's. Secondly, if we fight a defensive battle at night, even if we cannot defeat them, we can still move."
Commander Cheng did not agree with Deputy Commander Zhao's idea: "The Japs are probably playing some conspiracy as Captain Su said and are temporarily unable to get away. It's best for us to avoid their attacks for the time being."
"This is an enemy-occupied area, and there are Japs stationed in almost all the nearby counties. It would be detrimental to us if the situation becomes a stalemate!" Captain Pei agreed with Cheng Haibo's opinion.
Deputy Zhao suddenly smiled mysteriously: "Don't underestimate the battalion I am leading this time, and we also have a radio. If anything happens, we can call the three divisions for reinforcements from the other side of the river at any time."
"Do you have a radio station?" Captain Fei's eyes lit up: "Then you should quickly report to your superiors for instructions..."
"We can only contact the third district of Shandong Province..."
"Don't forget that the third division can get in touch with the column!"
"Okay!" Deputy Zhao turned around and ordered to the correspondent next to him: "Inform the operator and the radio station will be turned on immediately."
The three people standing at the top of the wall began to make battle arrangements.
Cheng Haitao couldn't help but feel a little envious. The main force group was different. It actually had a radio station, and the basic equipment configuration was much higher than that of the autonomous army, let alone the guerrilla detachment...
"Old Cheng, you don't have anything to arrange. Captain Pei and I have already rehearsed this afternoon. You guys will be the reserve team. We'll just wait here for the Japanese to enter the village!"
"No, although the soldiers who changed sentries in the south came back on time, I always feel that the Japanese might have taken advantage of the gap between the sentry posts and the village."
"You don't have to worry about this. Our guerrilla detachment scouts are located within a five-mile radius..."
Bang... bang bang bang... bang bang bang... bang bang bang... bang bang bang bang...
Gunfire suddenly erupted in the darkness in the south of the village.
An observation post immediately reported: "The gunfire was less than one mile away from the village."
Gunshots were fired simultaneously from the west and east of the village, and the sound of gunfire became intensive instantly.
The shot was fired right at the second cordon outside the village, and the village immediately became tense.
Captain Pei's heart felt like it was in an ice cellar, because none of the guerrillas who had dispersed into the fields to be on guard came back!
The armed staff members who lead the team on guard duty are all treasures!
"Send the leaders into the village!" Battalion Commander Wu immediately ordered: "All units will stick to their combat positions according to the scheduled plan, and those who are not on duty should take the time to rest!"
In a village defensive battle, Camp Commander Wu would naturally not send all his troops onto the earthen courtyard wall.
Soldiers immediately lit the fire that had been arranged outside the village in advance.
In this way, as long as the Japanese dare to approach Juanzi Village, they will first be exposed to the guns of the soldiers.
The three to four meter high rammed earth wall outside the village is in the shape of a right-angled trapezoid, with the slope side inside.
The upper part is nearly two meters thick, with a stepped shape that is high on the outside and low on the inside, equivalent to a bunker wall.
The bottom is nearly three meters thick, and there is a shooting hole about one meter above the ground. Because the earth wall is thick, almost all the soldiers preparing to shoot got into the wall, and they just squatted down to shoot.
The enemy is really coming!
The first company commander and more than twenty soldiers finally appeared outside the wall in the light of fire.
He shouted loudly at the wall: "A large number of enemies have appeared in the north, estimated to be nearly a thousand, prepare for battle immediately!"
Gunshots were fired everywhere except in the north of the village.
Su Qing was sent by Camp Commander Wu to ask him to come down from the courtyard wall.
There were three regiment leaders involved in the battle, and she couldn't get involved at all.
Gunshots were fired from all directions outside the village, and the place where the gunshots were fired was about a mile away, which meant that the enemy had reached the outside of the village and had even formed a siege.
In this way, we can consider the possibility that all the outer guard posts have been sacrificed!
She always believed that the Japanese had a conspiracy, and suddenly a question came to her mind. If the Japanese came out to raid, they would definitely bring puppet troops with them.
Until now, Captain Pei's informants inserted into the puppet army have not received any news of any changes in the puppet army.
This can only explain one problem, there are no puppet troops coming this time!
In other words, everyone here is definitely a Japs!
Thinking of this, he immediately turned around and walked towards the headquarters not far from the wall.
The superior responded very quickly and forwarded the order to the three verticals: adhere to guerrilla tactics and preserve our effective forces.
I didn’t say fight, and I didn’t say not fight.
No one expected that the enemy would appear so quickly.
Under normal circumstances, the Japs do not like to fight at night. It is not that the Japs are not strong in night fighting, but that the Japs' well-trained marksmanship in the dark is greatly reduced, and the two sides are completely exhausted when they get close.
The Japanese think they are porcelain, so naturally they will not collide with Tubal to see who can break it first.
"Old Zhao, can you withstand it?" Captain Pei felt a little sorry. After all, he came to help prevent Hu Liela, but he had to chew hard bones as a result.
"The enemy should have already touched our guard post!" Cheng Haibo didn't think there was anything to gain from fighting the Japanese: "The enemy shouldn't have completely encircled us yet. I think we should consider breaking out!"
"Old Cheng, we have more than a thousand troops and we run away before seeing the Japs. How is this any different from the cowardly National Army?" Captain Zhao said this, which was a bit hurtful.
"Okay, you are the leader of the main force, you have the final say!" Cheng Haibo was stunned for a moment. Although deputy Zhao Tuan only had one battalion under his command, he was the main force and he led a mixed army. He had no courage to fight for command. .
outside the village.
There was loud gunfire from three directions, southeast and west, and from time to time a guard sentry ran towards the village into the light of the fire.
Now that traces of anti-Japanese elements have been discovered, the Japanese who surrounded them are no longer cautious.
They began to shoot at the backs of the fleeing anti-Japanese elements arbitrarily.
"Get down and crawl back!" the soldiers on top of the wall shouted.
Until now, no enemy has been seen.
However, the distinctive crisp sound when the 38 Dagai is fired is clearly audible.
If there were soldiers from the ninth battalion surrounding the wall, the light machine guns would have definitely fired by this time.
"Order, all commanders should pay attention to loading the bullets and keep their fingers away from the triggers. Wait for the enemy to appear in the light of the fire before listening to the order and shooting alternately." The ordering soldier shouted loudly from within the courtyard wall.
The soldiers on the four walls stared wide-eyed, hoping that the Japanese would soon appear in the light of the fire.
Buli tried his best to look around at his comrades in charge of the location and environment. The night sky was filled with bright stars.
The fields were bathed in starlight, dark and quiet with rich shadows outside the firelight.
Like a monster that can take away life at any time.
It's the same every night, but being on the battlefield makes the mood completely different.
The veterans lying on the wall were excited and the recruits were nervous.
Commanders at all levels kept cursing the Japanese ancestors.
Some people died, but not completely...
