Yang Yuanshan led the soldiers to the entrance of the town, and Xia Dayi, deputy commander of the first company, quickly stepped forward to greet them.
"Battal Commander, the deputy company commander of the first company and 420 militiamen are on guard here!"
On the way here, Han Yang had already told Yang Yuanshan about his previous arrangements, so Yang Yuanshan knew what the other party was warning about.
He patted Xia Dayi on the shoulder with satisfaction, nodded and asked:
"Okay! Good job!
Is there any movement to the north? "
"Not yet, but the scouts reported five minutes ago that the 358th Regiment has left the mountains and is rushing here."
"good!"
Yang Yuanshan nodded.
Then he ordered Han Yang to say:
"Han Yang, put all of us on the wall, as well as the Japs' turrets and bunkers, use everything that can be used!
The heavy machine guns are also on display! "
"yes!"
Han Yang understood that Yang Yuanshan wanted to scare the other party with a strict defensive posture, so he immediately agreed.
After some arrangements, more than 300 soldiers from the special agent battalion and more than 400 militiamen were quickly arranged.
At this time, everyone had seen smoke and dust rising in the distance, which was obviously the arrival of a large group of people.
Yang Yuanshan raised his telescope and took a look. He found that the flags and military uniforms on the opposite side were indeed those of the Jinsui Army. He immediately ordered:
"Han Yang, send someone smart to ask Chu Yunfei what they are doing!"
Soon, a soldier from the special agent battalion ran out of the town and quickly ran towards the team of the 358th Regiment.
…
Of course, this large group of people came from the 358th Regiment.
After Chu Yunfei learned that the spy battalion was attacking Qixia Town, he immediately sent people out to conduct reconnaissance. After learning that the Eighth Route Army's attack on Qixia Town had encountered setbacks and had been unable to open the town, he summoned the entire 358th Regiment to assemble and go together. Came from Qixia Town.
Prepare to put his idea of "helping the scene" into practice and come over to watch the show.
He was prepared to wait for the secret agent battalion to retreat, and his 358th regiment would attack and capture Qixia Town.
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he reached Chenjiayingzi, a scout came running to report:
"Tuanzuo, Eighth Route Army... Eighth Route Army has opened up the town!"
"What?
opened?
Didn't you report before that the Eighth Route Army's attack was frustrated and that they fought fiercely for a long time without making any progress? "
Chu Yunfei was a little surprised.
Although he had previously believed that the Secret Service Battalion had hope of capturing Qixia Town, the change from the setback of the attack to the capture now was too rapid.
"It seemed that the Eighth Route Army was deliberately consuming the Japs' troops. Less than an hour ago, they suddenly launched their force. Infantry artillery and heavy machine guns opened fire in full force. The infantry charged wildly and rushed into the town."
The scout honestly reported the scene he saw to Chu Yunfei.
Next to him, Fang Ligong couldn't help but ask:
"Tuanzuo, shall we go to Qixia Town?
The little devil lost the town so quickly. I'm afraid the Eighth Route Army will soon clean up the battlefield and retreat, right? "
Chu Yunfei did not answer Fang Ligong's words, but asked the scout:
"Have the little devil's reinforcements arrived?"
"Didn't see it."
"Okay. Balu's move is really clean and neat!
They didn't even let the little devil's reinforcements arrive. "
Chu Yunfei said with emotion.
But I was thinking in my heart, could the 358th Regiment be replaced by me and take over the town so cleanly without giving the little devils a chance to support them with reinforcements?
He pondered for a moment, then waved his hand to let the scout go down, then turned to him and said:
“Since we’re all here, we don’t need to go to Qixia Town to see the situation on the Eighth Route.
Since we will be active in this area from now on, there will probably be many opportunities to interact with him in the future!
It would be good to meet each other to avoid misunderstandings in the future.
I also want to see if the commander of this secret service battalion is the audacious Yang Yuanshan! "
"But regimental leader, does that mean that the soldiers should camp here and not continue walking, lest they end up on a wrong path?
I'll just accompany you and take a guard company with you. "
After hearing Fang Ligong's suggestion, Chu Yunfei looked back and saw that all the soldiers of the 358th Regiment were running out of breath and almost staggering around. They looked like the enemy was defeated, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in his heart.
Thinking of the scenes he had seen of the soldiers of the Independence Regiment running long distances, he wanted to whip all these wastes away with a horse whip.
He immediately cursed:
“Long-distance marching is the basic ability of an army.
Look at how you are staggering around. It really embarrasses me, Chu Yunfei!
From now on, I must ask you to strengthen your marching training! "
After scolding the soldiers, he saw Qian Bojun and his deputy battalion commander, company commander and others still sitting on their tall horses. They all looked arrogant. Suddenly, he became even more angry. He pointed the riding whip in his hand and scolded Qian Bojun. :
"Qian Bojun, get off your horse!
The soldiers all walk, what horse do you ride? "
Qian Bojun was so unlucky that he couldn't help but feel very dissatisfied and thought to himself: I am the commander of a reinforced battalion with more than 2,000 people, and I live the life of a regiment leader. What's wrong with riding a horse?
And you are also riding a horse yourself, have you forgotten?
Are you embarrassed to talk to me?
But he did not dare to disobey Chu Yunfei's order, so he had to get off the horse in despair.
"Yes, Tuanzuo, I'll come down and walk!"
Next to him, deputy battalion commander Zhang Fugui and several other officers saw that the battalion commander had dismounted, so they quickly rolled their saddles and dismounted, fearing that the regimental commander would be angry and shoot him dead.
Seeing that Qian Bojun was still honest, Chu Yunfei managed to suppress his anger, jumped off his horse, and then loudly ordered:
"Now the whole regiment will run forward for me, let this be our marching training!"
"yes!"
Seeing that the regimental leader took the lead in dismounting, the soldiers of the 358th regiment finally lost their complaints and reluctantly agreed loudly.
…
Chu Yunfei led the people and ran all the way. After running for more than ten minutes, they came out of the mountain pass and rushed from the hills in front of the mountain to the entrance of Qixia Town.
But before they had gone far, an Eighth Route Army soldier rushed up from the front and shouted to them:
"Is that Commander Chu of the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army in front?
We are the special agent battalion of the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment of the 18th Group Army. We have already captured Qixia Town. Our battalion commander Yang Yuanshan sent me to ask Commander Chu, what are your troops doing here? "
As soon as he heard that Yang Yuanshan was the leader of this group of eight soldiers, Chu Yunfei immediately pushed aside Fang Ligong who was blocking him, stepped forward and answered:
"I am Chu Yunfei.
I am friends with your battalion commander. I heard that your battalion is attacking Qixia Town, so I came here to help out.
Go back immediately and ask him if he welcomes me as an old friend? "
The soldier from the secret service battalion had been specifically explained to him by Han Yang before he came. When he heard what Chu Yunfei said, he immediately replied:
"Of course our battalion commander welcomes Commander Chu to come and help.
But now our battalion has taken the town effortlessly and doesn't need your army's help.
If Commander Chu wants to reminisce about old times, he might as well bring fewer people with him and meet our battalion commander in front. "
When Chu Yunfei heard this, he immediately understood that Yang Yuanshan was afraid of him.
He smiled slightly and said immediately:
"Okay! You go back and tell Yang Yuanshan that I will wait for him on the slope."
As he spoke, Chu Yunfei pointed at a small soil slope about 1 kilometer away from here.
"Yes, please wait a moment, Captain Chu. I'll go back and report right away!"
(End of chapter)
