"Taijun, Sanxing Township is ahead. Today, a company of the Southeast Task Force is stationed here to carry out land distribution work. Apart from that, there are no other people. It is more than thirty miles away from the county seat. People are running away. It will take at least three or four hours to get here. As long as the locust army is fast enough, it will be too late for them to come and collect the corpses."
Luode Wang said to the young Japanese captain Sanhu Shaozuo next to him with hatred.
"Xinxi, Luo Sang is the true friend of the Locust Army. When we recapture this place, all your land will be returned to you." Young Master Sanhu Zuo patted Luo Dewang on the shoulder and said.
"Thank you, Mr. Sanhu!" Luodewang nodded and bowed and said flatteringly.
Their family's land of more than 400 acres was divided, and Luo Luo Wang was naturally full of hatred for the Southeast Task Force. He had been a good and obedient citizen of the Japanese during the occupation of Xiaobenzi, and he also had certain contacts with the Japanese Military Police.
He gradually became a big local landowner through plunder and robbery. He had more than a dozen servants and was supported by dozens of tenant farmers. His life was really good.
However, when he thought that after liberation, he would have nothing but to earn his own living, Luo Luo Wang always wanted to change.
Itan Teng's last struggle gave Luo Wang the last opportunity to arm himself. With the help of people who usually walked around, he received a crooked machine gun, twenty 38-guns, and some bullets from the gendarmerie. , and also allowed the servants to get a day of rapid fire training in the gendarmerie.
After returning to his hometown like this, the sixth child didn't think about fighting at home. After all, Luo Dewang was a man who had seen the world. He couldn't stand it when he saw the little devil, and his little arms and legs were even worse, so he asked his son to take care of him. The servants followed the team up the mountain.
He set up camp on Laiyi Mountain, 15 miles away from his home, and built the Cunning Rabbit Three Cave. He transferred as much of his wealth there as possible and stayed at home to watch the wind.
Sure enough, after the little Japanese were defeated, the Southeast Task Force quickly launched an operation to divide the land. Since Luo Dewang did not take any violent actions to resist, his family was not harassed, but the land was divided up for him. Life, so Luo Luo Wang is always ready to get it back.
Sure enough, he soon received a recommendation from the Locust Army's spy, and got in touch with a recent group of Japs, and naturally became a Japs spy.
Since he did not object strongly during the land distribution process, the work team did not take any measures against him. Most of his family members disappeared and no inquiries were made about their whereabouts. Luode Wang was allowed to freely enter and leave the countryside at any time. Various places.
Even most of the working conditions of the work team in Sanxing Township, Luo Luodewang could see them all as he walked around every day.
Let him find out the reality of the work team. So he went into the mountain and lured the little devil out.
"Taijun, the latter one... I won't participate." Although Luo Dewang wanted to follow the locust army and fight back now to take back his belongings, he thought that he would have to live here for generations to come. It's better to decide to just hide in the back and watch.
After all, not all the Southeast Task Force can be driven away in one battle.
As a sixth person, you must have the consciousness of a sixth person. Luo Luo Wang knew this without any teacher.
"Luosang, let's stop your actions here. We will make our own decisions next. Your presence is very important for our future actions. Please take care of yourself." Sanhu Shaozuo was extremely friendly to Luo Sangwang. Luode Wang was so moved that he almost shed tears.
Then he quietly left the little devil, took a shortcut back to his house and lay down without going out.
Sanhu Shaozuo was already very familiar with the terrain here. He divided his team into two. One of the squadrons went to block the only road from the county seat to here, and the remaining three squadrons followed him towards the target. The work team stationed in the township office!
The little Japs, who were all lightly dressed, were moving so fast that the villagers they saw along the way were so panicked that they had no time to report, and they were allowed to sneak into the vicinity of the township office, which attracted the attention of the sentry and fired a warning shot!
By this time, it was already a little late. Hundreds of Japs had already rushed to the vicinity of the township office, and there was almost a burst of gunfire.
The sentry of the work team was caught off guard and was shot and killed on the spot. However, his sacrifice was also valuable. The work team finally got a reminder and picked up their guns one by one and entered combat mode.
This township office was renovated from an old ancestral hall. The earthen walls are relatively thick and can block the bullets fired by the 38-year-old. This gives the task force a chance to breathe.
The company commander Chen Changshan who led the team reacted, "First and second rows spread out and go up the wall to counterattack. Third rows guard the gate. Be careful not to get together to guard against Japanese grenade attacks. The communications squad immediately calls for reinforcements!"
The township office is not small, with seven or eight rooms and a courtyard. Outside is a civil wall about 2 meters high. Chen Changshan used this terrain to organize teams to defend on all sides of the courtyard wall, and then asked the work team correspondent to use a walkie-talkie to make an emergency call to the county government. Main force reinforcements.
Even though the enemy's true identity has not been determined yet, gunshots rang out from all directions, letting him know that there must be a lot of little Japs coming this time.
Sure enough, when he stuck his head out to check what was going on outside. Good guy, the little devils in the darkness outside are really launching a fierce attack.
Company Commander Chen, who was good at fighting formations, knew at a glance that there was at least one squadron kid in front of him.
Combined with the intensity of the gunshots he just heard, Chen Changshan immediately judged that there was at least one group of Japs this time.
"Correspondent, tell the battalion commander that at least one brigade of Japs has come this time! Be careful of being ambushed on the road! If possible, request air force support!"
At this point, Chen Changshan glanced at the densely packed local residents' houses around him, couldn't help but smile bitterly, and added: "Tell the battalion commander that our unit is located in the center of the residents and the air force cannot support it. Please aim to cut off the little devil's retreat into the mountainous area. !”
"Company commander, if the air force cannot support us, it will probably take more than two hours for our reinforcements to arrive. With so many enemies outside, can we withstand that long? Company commander, are you sure we don't need air force support?" Correspondent Gao Qiu was a little confused. asked in surprise.
As a company-level correspondent of the main force, he has called for air force support many times in previous battles. Therefore, in all previous battles, even when they faced brigade-level brats, they were not intimidated. The air force breathed in bombs every minute. Let the little devils come in force and retreat with the loss of troops.
After many battles like this, everyone feels a little invincible.
But I didn't expect that today, when the enemy was facing the enemy, the company commander actually said that there was no need for air force support.
"Confirm, execute the order immediately! There are so many villagers nearby, how can the air force support them?" Chen Changshan roared, "We have to bear it down even if we can't stand it. We have lost this land for more than fifty years, and we have just regained it. Come back, we can’t let the folks down again.”
"Yes! Company Commander!" The correspondent no longer hesitated, turned on the walkie-talkie and started calling the battalion headquarters.
"Old Sun, this time Lao Chen's Third Company is in big trouble. Immediately call the tank company and artillery company to prepare for departure. Our main force must be pulled out this time, leaving 200 people for your guard. Call Commander Lu to mobilize The 7th Battalion is here to reinforce our unit."
Yang Naiwu, commander of the 6th Battalion defending the county seat, received a request for help and made a prompt decision to Deputy Battalion Commander Sun Congyun.
"Lao Yang, I'll go! You stay here to coordinate the defense." Sun Congyun knew that this sudden large-scale dispatch of the Japs might be unusual, so he grabbed the heavy burden and prepared to put it on his shoulders.
"Old Sun, we brothers have been fighting side by side for so long, who is fighting with whom? Don't argue with me. Time waits for no one. Let's split up immediately!" Yang Naiwu said without any doubt.
As he spoke, he packed up his sidearms. In addition to the 1911 pistol, his weapons also included a Thompson submachine gun, the original type.
He picked up his submachine gun and cartridge belt and rushed directly to the jeep with the guards waiting all the way. The driver stepped on the accelerator and the jeep rushed towards the military camp while smoking.
Over there, the team was ready to set off. The tank company was the first to start and rumbled towards Sanxing Township. Behind the tank company, several jeeps carrying mortars followed closely, followed by 5 trucks carrying mortars. Armed with a company of sharp knives, Yang Naiwu prepared to lead these people as the vanguard to resolve the urgent need first.
Chen Changshan and the others basically carried all the weapons they brought with them. Except for the light machine guns, which were heavy firepower, they did not bring any mortars. After all, they were not going to fight, but to carry out the work of mobilizing the masses.
With the support of a tank company and a mortar company, Yang Naiwu would not be weak when facing a large group of Japs. The remaining large infantry team was just to catch the Japs and eat them in one bite. They marched all the way and followed them. Time It should be just long enough for Yang Nai to defeat the small Japanese army.
Although everyone now knows the benefits of mechanized travel, in terms of vehicle logistics support, it is not enough to enable the entire battalion to mechanize march. Being able to maneuver the sharp knife company and mortar company is already very good for Yang Naiwu. In a situation like the one he faced today, he could reach the battlefield within an hour at most within these 30 miles.
After running for more than 20 miles after leaving the city, when we were about to arrive a few miles away, the tanks charging ahead suddenly stopped moving after a loud explosion!
There is an ambush!
Without waiting for command from above, the soldiers of the Southeast Task Force immediately entered the battle, moved out of jeeps and trucks, and dispersed on the roadside to form a temporary counterattack formation.
The driver started to reverse the car frantically and get away from here.
The Japs' attack came as expected. Several grenades hit the road almost close to the reversing car. The exploding fragments added countless cuts on the car body. Fortunately, the tires escaped and allowed these cars to The car successfully reversed for two or three hundred meters.
The soldiers of the tank company paid no attention to the grenade fired from the grenade. For the tank, the grenade was just an itch at best. They stopped the tank and turned the barrel and machine gun in the direction where the grenade was fired.
Soon they discovered this group of little Japs lurking in the land a few hundred meters away. This area is a rare triangular flat land in the east of Wanwan Island. It is only about 40 miles in total. Yang Naiwu was a little anxious this time. Yes, I was a little careless, so I got ambushed.
The little Japanese dug up the mines they had laid on the road, which caused a small loss to the first tank. The tank's tracks were blown off and it lay on its back.
But it wasn't a big problem. After the Japs were exposed, the tank company immediately started shelling, and one after another bombs fell on the squadron where the Japs were ambushing.
The tank company was even more rude here. The 76mm main guns and machine guns on the tanks found their targets and opened fire. The little devils who had hurriedly ambush in the ground and didn't even have time to dig trenches were turned into mutilated limbs under the bombardment!
Some of the stunned little devils actually stood up and charged with howling madly, becoming the dead souls under the machine guns of the tank company.
"Damn it, it seems that the Japs organized an improvised attack this time. Such a hasty organization does not look like a well-thought-out attack." Yang Naiwu, who was lying in a ditch on the roadside, carefully observed the Japs' attacks through the binoculars. Action, it was found that there was not much follow-up action, it was just a temporary blocking mission.
It's just that there are not many of these little devils, at most a squadron, not to mention a mortar company and a sharp knife company, now a tank company will almost kill them all.
"Company Commander Ding, send a few people to the labor force to check the road immediately to see if there are any mines planted by the little devils." Yang Naiwu saw that the battle was almost over, so he turned to Ding Shangwen of the Sharp Knife Company and shouted.
"Yes! One platoon and one squad, start demining operations immediately!" Ding Shangwen gave the order without stopping. As the sharp knives of the sharp knife company, a platoon naturally has to learn more than other platoons, and demining is also their daily training. One of the subjects.
A dozen soldiers immediately got up from their hiding place and rushed to the place where the tank company had triggered the mine. As soon as they arrived, they lined up on the ground and crawled forward. The little devil's method of laying mines was rough, and the remaining ones were soon discovered. The 4 stones that were placed were carefully picked up.
Seeing a group of soldiers checking the area more than a hundred meters ahead, Yang Naiwu turned his head and glanced at the little Japs who had less than one team left.
"Keep moving forward! The car queue is supported by labor and management!" Yang Naiwu stood up and waved forward to the motorcade not far away, while shouting loudly!
"Company Commander Ding, leave one squad behind and work with the incapacitated tanks to continue to suppress and deal with the Japs. The rest of the people will continue to get on the bus and move forward!" After Yang Naiwu called for the car, he gave orders to Ding Shangwen and faced the oncoming jeep. Before the car stopped, he opened the door and jumped in.
The tank company was the first to start, hanging a group of mine clearing soldiers on two tanks and roaring towards the original target again.
Over at the township office, the Japs' attack began to intensify.
The stern-looking Shaozuo from the third household organized several death squads. Facing the counterattack of the work team, they rushed to the outer wall of the township office and used explosives to blow down several walls.
This time the defensive pressure on the team doubled.
In the small courtyard within the wall, there was not much cover to deal with the grenade attacks of the Japs. Originally, there could not be too many people left. Now, in addition to watching the gate, there are several more gaps. Suddenly, it is difficult to focus on one thing and lose another. It’s hard to take care of both.
The pressure to defend the courtyard wall suddenly increased, and casualties began to appear in large numbers. This forced the soldiers who relied on the houses inside to defend themselves to rush out from other houses in the township office to make up for the gaps left by the sacrificed soldiers.
Because they know that if the outer wall defense line is lost, no one here will survive today!
Company Commander Chen Changshan, who insisted on defending the outer wall, was now wounded all over his body, including numerous gunshot wounds and shrapnel wounds. Fortunately, none of them had serious injuries, so he could continue to command.
But seeing more and more little devils approaching the township office, Lao Chen no longer had any luck.
