However, it was a task that required the cooperation of guerrillas and militiamen from several villages. They completed it with just two people. Captain Xu looked at the two soldiers in front of him. Like them, they had one mouth, one nose, and two
Eyes, two ears, one head, and no three heads and six arms.
But just two people accomplished a task that even a whole village of them could not accomplish.
It's unbelievable when I think about it. This is fundamentally impossible.
The arrival of the guerrillas solved the current predicament. The two of them eliminated nearly half of the Japanese army, while only half a squadron of Japanese troops on the periphery remained. They even had a vague feeling that they could eliminate this squadron of Japanese troops.
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The gunfire in the village stopped, and the Japanese in the east of the village noticed it. Half a squadron of Japanese troops began to surge up. After the Japanese squadron leader heard the gunfire in the village stop, he initially thought that one of his men had taken the gun.
After leaving the village, but as time passed by, no soldiers came out to report the results of the battle. The squadron leader realized that the situation might have changed unpredictably, and quickly ordered the remaining troops to attack.
The Japanese troops with only half a squadron left began to surge.
Captain Xu lay on the broken wall, staring at the Japanese troops in the distance, and said to Xia Yuan: "We still have some people lying in ambush behind the Japanese soldiers. When the battle starts, we may be able to eat these Japanese troops!"
The two of them dealt with half a squadron of Japanese troops. As the captain of the guerrillas, they naturally could not fall behind. After careful consideration, Xia Yuan gave another suggestion. Captain Xu decided to cooperate with the comrades on the periphery to double-team the Japanese troops inside and outside, in order to win the battle.
The Japanese soldiers strangled them to death at the entrance of Niujia Village, which can be regarded as a tribute to the 321 people of Niujia Village.
"This battle must be fought beautifully! This battle is not just for us, but also for the hundreds of people in Niujia Village!"
Captain Xu’s voice was sonorous and powerful, and his eyes were firm.
Sanbao, who was in charge of the investigation, ran over and said to Xia Yuan: "The Japanese are coming."
Captain Xu and the guerrillas stood up. They changed their weapons and equipment and were full of fighting spirit.
"Now we are not much worse than the Japanese, we can fight with them!"
"Yes! If we fight with them, we don't know who will win or lose!"
The guerrillas' waists were bulging, and they were equipped with Japanese weapons. Each of them also had two Japanese grenades. This was something that was unimaginable before. A village could have only one or two intact guns.
The article is already pretty good. Many of the other guns have old sleeves from the past. They were made in Hanyang and were weapons supported by the regular army. Most of these weapons were captured from the Kuomintang.
Better weapons and equipment were given to the regular army to fight the Japanese.
Captain Xu nodded heavily, turned to Xia Yuan and said: "Comrade Xia Yuan, you have experience in dealing with the Japanese, how do you think we should fight them!?"
Xia Yuan didn't have any good suggestions on how to fight the Japanese. He relied entirely on his excellent combat skills, and with ten people, it was not easy to use tactics.
"The Japanese attack from the front, so we will fight from the front!"
The direction of the Japanese attack is the northern end of the village, while the southern end of the village is an area that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Japanese will not be stupid enough to specifically attack a position that is difficult to attack.
Xia Yuan said: "The windows and roofs can be used as shooting positions. The view below is not good, but when you go up to the house, be careful of the Japanese mortars!"
As he spoke, the sky resounded with the whistling sound of Japanese artillery shells. The artillery shells landed in the north of the village where the Japanese army was attacking. The dilapidated houses collapsed under the bombardment of the artillery shells. The dust and smoke rose up to ten feet high. The Japanese attack was close at hand, and the guerrillas
The team members quickly mobilized, and despite the Japanese bombardment, they rushed to the front and quickly reached the combat position regardless of themselves.
The house is dangerous, but in order to fight and effectively eliminate the Japanese, they still climb on the roof or get into the house.
Xia Yuan entered the room with them. In the diffuse dust and smoke, he set up his gun and aimed at the Japanese troops in the distance. The Japanese machine gunners were ready. The Japanese squad captains carrying command swords led their respective squads to disperse into skirmish lines.
Attack to the north of the village.
Xia Yuan took the lead in pulling the trigger, aiming at the Japanese soldier holding the command knife in the distance. The bullets came out of the barrel, gunshots rang out, and the man fell down. After hearing the gunfire, the Japanese soldiers quickly fired back, and the bullets from the heavy machine gun continued to pour.
Submerged into the smoke-filled north of the village, they hit the wall with whooshing sounds. While attacking, the Japanese soldiers shot at the guerrillas hiding in the north of the village.
The Japanese attack was extremely ferocious, but the guerrillas were not indifferent. They had been battling the Japanese for a long time, possessing both courage and fighting will.
They used the terrain of the house to fight back at the attacking Japanese troops. Xia Yuan kept aiming at the Japanese machine gunners and fired five bullets in a row, killing five Japanese soldiers in a short time. He was like a battlefield
The God of Death on the ground kept aiming and shooting, and each shot could take away the life of a Japanese soldier.
The attack launched by more than 60 Japanese soldiers was like an appetizer to him, not even a platoon of troops.
In Shangganling, the Shangganling position held by only one combat team faced plow-type bombing by the US military and a battalion of US military attacks, all of which resulted in the loss of the position. After experiencing Shangganling, facing such a battle, Xia Yuanxin was like
As calm as well water, even if more than sixty or even a squadron of Japanese troops attacked, as long as he was given a position, he could hold on.
His courage comes not only from his powerful combat skills, but also from his combat experience honed in tough battles and positional battles.
After turning on the eagle eye, first kill the Japanese machine gunners and the squad leader responsible for battlefield command, and then aim at the Japanese soldiers in front. As long as the entire body is not hidden, even half of the head is exposed, and after a gunshot,
A bloody hole appeared on the Japs forehead.
Captain Xu and a group of guerrillas were amazed by such ferocious marksmanship. Captain Xu sighed: "No wonder Chief Gao can leave the two of them here. With this kind of marksmanship, as long as there is good cooperation, the Japanese devils will not be rampant."
stand up."
Xia Yuan's marksmanship is like using a plug-in. Some sharpshooters need to not only take a long preview to shoot the Japanese soldiers in the distance, but also need to hold the gun steady and aim well.
On the other hand, Xia Yuan has almost reached the point where man and gun become one. He can pull the trigger with just a slight aim. This has become an instinct and feeling. He only needs to touch the gun, raise the gun, and aim straight at that position.
Hitting the enemy would be an absolutely disastrous blow to the Japanese troops charging at close range.
Just when the Japanese army suffered too many casualties and saw that the attack was futile, and the squadron leader was about to order a retreat, several artillerymen suddenly encountered a guerrilla attack from behind who didn't know when.
It was like breaking the last straw for the Japanese devils.
More than sixty Japanese soldiers launched an offensive in the plain area, but were defeated by a group of guerrillas. What made the Japanese squadron leader even more desperate was that they paid the price of one squadron and failed to know the number of guerrillas in the village.
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The entire offensive process was extremely tortuous. Their heavy machine gunners, commanders, and grenadier soldiers were all tightly blocked by the enemy. They could not use heavy firepower, and they could not charge at close range. More than 60 Japanese soldiers only came close.
Fifty meters away from the village, there were only about twenty people left. With the help of the guerrillas inside and outside, the Japanese army was quickly defeated. After more than ten minutes, the battle was completely over. The corpses of the Japanese were lying everywhere.
, the gun fell to the ground.
The militiamen and the young women from the Women's Rescue Association who rushed out rushed forward without caring about anything and picked up weapons and equipment first.
Xia Yuan watched them rush over, raised his muzzle and pointed the rifle at the Japanese corpses on the ground. Another gunshot alarmed them. Captain Xu quickly said: "Comrade Xia Yuan, those are our people!"
Xia Yuan glanced at the corpses of the Japanese and said: "Captain Xu, be careful of the corpses of the Japanese. Some of the Japanese may not be fully dead. They are lying on the ground to pretend to be corpses. Once someone approaches, they will fire the hidden grenades.
Die with us!"
Captain Xu must have been covered in cold sweat.
Xia Yuan is very confident in his own marksmanship, but he doesn't have much confidence in Captain Xu's marksmanship. When fighting Japanese soldiers, he always hits the enemy's vital points with one shot. This is because with the blessing of Hawkeye, Japanese soldiers cannot escape.
As long as the distance does not exceed the shooting range of the gun, it can be captured by the eagle eye, and it is guaranteed to hit wherever it is pointed.
But Captain Xu’s shooting skills are limited. Even if they hit the Japanese, they may only knock him out for a short time before hitting the vital point. They may wake up again later. In history, there have been cases of unconscious Japanese soldiers in the Eighth Route Army.
When the National Army was cleaning the battlefield, there was a sudden outburst, and there were many soldiers who held a soldier and pulled the grenade on him, and died with him.
The most terrifying thing is the wounded soldiers of the Japanese Army. After the battle, the Eighth Route Army health workers will go to rescue the injured soldiers, including some wounded soldiers of the Japanese Army. The Eighth Route Army is famous for treating prisoners well. It does not abuse them, but treats them preferentially.
Some prisoners even lived a better life than those of the Eighth Route Army.
But even when the Japanese army faced the unarmed health workers who even wanted to rescue them, they still fired the grenades and died with them.
Xia Yuan is not a holy mother. He is kind to his own people, but he will never retain a moment of sympathy for his enemies, especially enemy prisoners. Although he believes in red, he feels uneasy in his heart when facing enemies who kill defenseless children and old people.
With no thought of preferential treatment coming up, the only way to relieve the hatred in his heart is to put the muzzle of the gun into the other person's mouth and pull the trigger hard.
Therefore, he never leaves anyone alive when facing the enemy.
Even if the enemy dies, even if it is a waste of bullets, he still has to refill the gun. Unless he kills him personally, his bullets will penetrate the enemy's vital points.
Village Chief Xu and the comrades from the Women's Rescue Association came over. Captain Xu immediately told everyone about the situation. Everyone, look at me and I look at you. This is the first time I have heard of the concept of replenishing guns. Village Chief Xu said: "Replenish guns."
Guns really waste bullets, so just be careful and it should be fine."
Xia Yuandao: "If the bullets are gone, you can seize them again, but if the people are gone, everything is gone."
Captain Xu said: "Comrade Xia Yuan, your marksmanship is very good and your fighting skills are very good, but you also know the current situation. Our militia has a limited number of bullets. Bullets and weapons are very precious. We would rather let ourselves get hurt."
, and do not want their weapons to be harmed. Weapons carry hope. People can be lost, but weapons cannot be lost."
The anti-Japanese guerrillas in Xujiacun also came from scratch. They sacrificed a lot for a rifle. Now they have killed a squadron of Japanese soldiers and they suddenly became rich.
The superiors, and those in Gaojiacun, want to keep a few guns for themselves, which can greatly change the anti-Japanese guerrilla situation in their villages.
In their eyes, guns and bullets are more precious than life.
Xia Yuan realized that if he wanted to change their thinking, it could not be changed by one gun or two guns, or even by one village or two villages. What needed to be changed was the lack of weapons of the entire anti-Japanese army and people, and even the entire Eighth Route Army.
Ammunition situation.
The weapons and ammunition of the National Army are provided by the United Kingdom and the United States. Chiang Kai-shek was even able to directly purchase weapons and equipment from the United States, ranging from rifles, bullets, heavy machine guns, to tanks and fighter jets. The situation of the Eighth Route Army was completely different.
It is said that it was a cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, but in fact Chiang Kai-shek had always been wary of the Eighth Route Army. Even the support he gave was only made in Hanyang that had been eliminated and could hardly be used.
Even in the Hundred Regiment War that took place in 1940, there were many familiar ace troops, but their situation was not much better. Most companies did not even have a light machine gun, and many only had one gun.
But there is no bayonet.
The shortage of weapons is a very serious problem. The weapons of the Eighth Route Army are rarely made in the border areas, but mostly seized from the Japanese army and the National Army. The only weapons they can produce independently are grenades and bullets, and the output is not high. Guns cannot be produced, and some imitation weapons cannot be produced.
The power is not high and the range is not far.
It was also during this period, especially the guerrillas and militia fighting against the Japanese behind enemy lines, that they basically regarded weapons as more important than their own lives. With so many Japanese devils in front of them, each of them had to make up for one shot, which would waste a lot of weapons.
The weapons and ammunition are undoubtedly very painful for them.
One bullet can kill a Japanese devil.
"It's okay not to refill the gun, but you have to use a bayonet to test it, and you must be careful. If you encounter the corpse of a Japanese soldier holding a gun, test it as far away as possible."
Xia Yuan thought about it for a while, but still warned uneasily.
When the guerrillas and militiamen in Xujia Village were collecting weapons and equipment, Xia Yuan watched from a distance, turning on his eagle eyes to scan every Japanese corpse. There were no dangers, and he did not encounter any Japanese pretending to be dead.