Headquarters of the 2nd Company of the 6th Battalion of the Jiangwan Village Independent Regiment. It was just dark, and the village, which had been busy all day, became quiet.
In order to save money on lamp oil, except for the company headquarters at the east end of the village, which still had the oil lamp on, the rest of the place was dark. Dogs barked from time to time to warn those with ulterior motives not to enter the village rashly.
At one o'clock in the morning, the oil lamp at the second company headquarters was also extinguished, and the village became completely quiet. Only two soldiers were left standing guard at the company gate...
"Bang...bang..." Two gunshots suddenly broke the calm of the night and rang out in the yard more than thirty meters away from the company headquarters.
The quiet company headquarters suddenly became lively.
The guard squad, reconnaissance squad, cooking squad, company commander, instructors... all were naked, they picked up weapons and rushed into the yard.
The sound of gunfire suddenly became louder, and the first few soldiers who rushed out of the barracks fell to the ground with blood holes all over their bodies.
"Company Commander, someone is attacking us... and they have already reached the company entrance! The guard squad leader shouted through the window!
"You can't be blocked by the enemy in the barracks. You must rush out immediately, otherwise a grenade will wipe out everyone!" Although the company commander was shocked by the surprise attack, he did not lose his mind and was very anxious to give orders.
"Grenade cover, rush out of the barracks... repel the enemies attacking us..."
The three grenades were quickly thrown out of the barracks and smashed into the yard. Several soldiers took the opportunity to rush out, but the firepower fired by the Japanese did not weaken, but became stronger and stronger.
Several soldiers were beaten into sieves again, and fell silent at the door of the barracks, without even a scream.
"There are grenades... lie down..."
A scream full of panic suddenly sounded in the barracks.
The five soldiers quickly fell down, and three white-smoking grenades hit the ground at the same time.
The explosion power of the grenade was much greater in a confined space than in an open area. Although all five soldiers lay on the ground, three were still killed and injured.
Just as the remaining two soldiers were about to get up, a string of bullets roared into the barracks and penetrated into their bodies!
As soon as the company commander and instructor rushed into the war room, they saw several fires flashing out of the guard squad barracks. Their hearts skipped a beat as they realized that the guard squad had encountered something unexpected.
"There are more enemies than we thought... If we fight hard, everyone will die here, and we must break out immediately!" the company commander analyzed with a stern face.
"Break through to the east, where the gunfire is the weakest... Blow up the courtyard wall and break out together..."
"No matter who succeeds in breaking out of the company headquarters, immediately notify the first platoon and ask him to lead troops to reinforce the company headquarters and kill the enemy with a single carbine. Even if we are dead, we must kill the enemy."
The only dozen soldiers left in the company headquarters quickly gathered around the company commander.
With an explosion of "Boom...", a large hole was instantly blown out of the side wall of the headquarters.
Several soldiers rushed into the smoke without hesitation, each holding a grenade, pulled the string, held it in their hands for three seconds, and then simultaneously threw it out of the room from the hole.
Two grenades exploded in the air, and the Japanese who came after hearing the news were instantly blown up to a large area, and screamed again and again...
"Come out, hurry up..." the company commander held up the box cannon and ordered to rush into the smoke.
"The Eighth Route Army is about to break out...stop them..." the little Japanese who came for reinforcements shouted and fired.
Chaotic gunshots soon rang out beside the company commander.
Although he didn't look back, he could feel people being shot and falling to the ground around him.
"Da da da……"
A light machine gun suddenly joined the battle, and the bullets swept towards the breakout troops in a fan shape. The company commander was hit by several bullets and threw himself forward on the ground...
Twenty minutes later, the second company and platoons fought their way to Jiangwan Village.
Looking at the smoke-filled headquarters in front of him, the platoon commander rushed in first, regardless of the danger, shouting as he rushed: "Company commander... where are you..."
"The troops will be dispersed immediately. The company commander must be found for me. He must be seen alive and his body must be seen dead..."
After a while, the second squad leader shouted through the courtyard wall: "Platoon leader, I found the company commander and instructor... they all... all... sacrificed..."
"Who did it?" a platoon leader asked with anger on his face, gritting his teeth.
A squad leader suddenly rushed over: "Platoon leader... we found several enemy corpses outside the headquarters... but they were wearing our military uniforms... could they be our own..."
"Take me there right away..." the platoon leader replied solemnly.
Four little devils wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms were lying on the ground. The platoon leader took one look and made a judgment: "They are not our own!"
"I know all the people in the security class and the investigation class. Without them..."
As he spoke, he took off the pants of a corpse, frowned and replied: "It's a little devil..."
The squad leader took off the pants of the other three corpses and said with a look of surprise: "You are really little devils... These beasts pretended to be the Eighth Route Army and wreaked havoc in our base area. It's so shameful!"
The second platoon leader did not answer, but his intuition told him that this matter was not simple. He ordered with a stern face: "Clean the battlefield immediately and collect the bodies of our comrades... I will report this matter to the battalion headquarters immediately..."
At the entrance of Dingjiazhuang Village, a correspondent rode into the village on a fast horse and went straight to the battalion headquarters.
The correspondent jumped off the horse without waiting for the horse to stop, and rushed into the headquarters panting heavily.
"Battal Commander, the headquarters of Tu's Second Company was attacked by the enemy!"
"According to the battalion commander's order, all troops were stationed next to the company headquarters, forming a cornering situation to support each other. We also set up hidden sentries around the station!"
"The enemy who sneak-attacked us exposed his target before he even rushed into the company headquarters..."
"After five minutes of fighting, the enemy retreated leaving eight corpses behind..."
"In order to prevent the troops from being ambushed during the counterattack, the company commander did not allow us to pursue them!"
"But a big problem was discovered while cleaning the battlefield!"
"What's the problem?" Huang Yu asked directly.
"The enemy was wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army... At first we thought we had killed one of our own by mistake. We took off the enemy's pants and then confirmed that those enemies were little devils..."
"They wear our military uniforms and can speak Chinese. If they are not prepared, many soldiers and civilians in the base area will be fooled by them!"
"Captain... the Wuji Town Government was attacked last night!" Another exclamation sounded from the headquarters.
"The enemy pretended to be the Eighth Route Army and stationed at the Wuji Town Government, and suddenly launched an attack in the early morning..."
"All sixteen cadres and officials of the town government were killed..."
"What, say it again?" Huang Yu stood up from his position and stared at the communications staff officer who hurried over and asked with disbelief.
"The Wuji Town Government was attacked by a group of Japs pretending to be the Eighth Route Army. All sixteen cadres and officials were killed..." the correspondent said bravely.
"The town government is leaderless. If it weren't for the company commander's help, the town government would have turned into a mess!"
