After the Second Regiment reunited with the baggage battalion and handed over all the captured food, property, and new recruits, it left one company of troops to help train the independent battalion and protect the newly liberated Xizhuang, and then rushed to the second destination without stopping.
At this time, the regiment had figured out the exact location of the bandit's lair in Woniushan. Captain Sun Xingbang was leading the battalion towards the back of the bandit's lair, trying to block the bandits' retreat before they discovered the Eighth Route Army.
"Comrades, work harder, we're almost there." The instructor of the first battalion kept shouting to the soldiers. Gradually, some soldiers began to fall on the ground tiredly and fell behind. Captain Sun looked at them lying on the ground tiredly.
The soldiers secretly felt guilty.
"First company commander, you take a platoon to the back to take in the stragglers. Remember, there must be no non-combat attrition. Our soldiers are used to fight the Japanese and cannot die for a few bandits." Commander Sun said to the first company.
Chang said.
"Yes, commander, resolutely complete the mission and not leave a single comrade behind." The first company commander left the team with a platoon and began to take care of the soldiers who fell on the ground.
Seeing the fallen soldiers being taken in and treated by a row of soldiers, Sun Xingbang finally felt relieved and immediately followed the team and continued to move forward.
Finally, after two hours of rapid march, the troops arrived at the designated position specified by the chief of staff. At this time, only two companies were left in the first battalion of three full companies. Looking at the soldiers lying on the ground, Sun Xingbang smiled,
Because he could foresee what would happen when the troops launched a general attack.
At this moment, the political commissar received the telegram "arrived at the designated location" from the regiment leader. He looked at the four mortars that were erected, and then looked at the mountain fortress in the distance. The political commissar shook his head. Originally, Sun Xingbang's
The intention was to persuade this group of bandits to surrender. After all, they were all poor people. However, they did not expect that the bandit leader here was stubborn and stubborn. No matter what, he wanted to resist to the end.
"Reporting to the political commissar, the mortar platoon is ready and can be fired at any time." The commander of the fire support company came to the political commissar Zhao Dahe and said.
"Okay, fire three salvos at each artillery position." The political commissar gave the order. After receiving the order, the company commander immediately ran back to the position. Not long after, the political commissar heard the sound of a cannon being ejected.
"Boom, boom, boom," four artillery shells exploded inside the door of the cottage. The simple wooden door of the cottage was torn into pieces in an instant, and several bandits were thrown high into the air. The bandit leader hiding in the dark happened to see the first
Seeing the scene of a round of artillery shells falling, looking at the broken arm thrown high, the bandit leader was immediately frightened and stunned. He could no longer see the arrogant demeanor he had just faced when facing the independent brigade.
Cold sweat.
Soon, the bandit leader knew that if he stayed here today, he would definitely die here. Immediately, an escape plan emerged in front of him. He found his most trusted cronies, took all the gold in the village, and took dozens of people with him.
The cronies secretly walked down the mountain from the back door of the cottage in an attempt to make a comeback.
Just as the bandits walked out of the mountain stronghold with their belongings, the charge horn of the regiment also sounded. For the current bandit Loulou, the shelling just now had stunned these soldiers who had never seen the world. After seeing the people at the foot of the mountain,
Under the cover of machine guns, a group of soldiers swarmed and charged upward. They couldn't stand it anymore and could only stare blankly at the charging soldiers. Some bandits even dropped their guns and lay on the ground.
It can be said that the frontal battlefield started suddenly and ended suddenly. Looking at the watch in his hand, the political commissar looked at the second battalion commander who came to report in disbelief. More than 300 bandits were wiped out in less than five minutes.
He suffered 5 casualties but none was killed, captured 280 people, seized a large amount of food and some ammunition, and the bandit leader escaped.
"Haha, it's so fast. Order the fourth company to pursue the fleeing enemies and join the first battalion led by the regiment leader. Try to wipe out all these bandits. The remaining soldiers will immediately screen the prisoners, clean the battlefield, and count the seized materials. List
It must be detailed.
At this time, the bandit leader and his dozens of cronies were happy because of their lucky escape. Seeing that the battlefield was getting farther and farther away from them, everyone thought that they had taken out the clutches of the Eighth Route Army and were preparing to carry out the operation.
Rest, but the long-awaited 1st Battalion did not let them live long. Just as a group of forty people sat on the ground, the regiment leader Sun Xingbang opened fire. "Da da da..." All the 1st Battalion had just sat down on the ground.
The firepower was opened in unison, and when the fourth company chasing behind arrived, only the task of cleaning the battlefield was left.
Since all the bandits brought by the bandit leader are his cronies, it can be said that the equipment is the best among the bandits. They are almost all double-gun soldiers (a shell gun and a domestic rifle). The biggest delivery is not the weapons, but the bandits' carry-ons.
In a box he was carrying, nearly 5 kilograms of gold and 40,000 silver dollars were found.
Sun Xingbang returned to the bandit's lair with the victorious battalion and the seized property. At this moment, the soldiers were collecting supplies everywhere and screening prisoners. After more than an hour of screening, they investigated and dealt with several small bandit leaders with blood debts. Sun Xingbang
They showed no mercy to these people and immediately executed them. However, after continuous mobilization by political workers, 220 of the remaining 260 prisoners were willing to join the independent brigade. For the remaining prisoners, Sun Xingbang paid them travel expenses according to the old rules.
, let them leave after the war.
At this time, all the seized materials were counted. A total of two light machine guns and 310 rifles were seized in this battle. However, the rifling of many rifles was smoothed. There were a total of 45 shell guns, more than 50,000 bullets, and nearly a thousand grenades.
coins, 200,000 catties of grain, 65,000 silver coins, and 5 kilograms of gold.:
Haha, political commissar, it will be easier for us to report this time when we go back, such a big seizure. "Order the soldiers to take away all the food and supplies, and when they are done, burn the entire stronghold." Sun Xingbang gave the order.
Soon, very soon, a group of soldiers carried a large amount of supplies and prisoners willing to join the Eighth Route Army on their shoulders and carried them towards the base camp of Zhangjiazhuang...
Finally, a week later, the three expedition troops returned to Zhangjiazhuang with the seized supplies. Looking at the three regiment leaders and political commissars with smiles on their faces, Liu Hua knew that there must be a big harvest this time. Sure enough, after statistics,
A piece of the result of the battle appeared in front of Liu Hua.
After a week of hard work, a total of three traitorous landlords were eliminated and a large amount of food and ammunition were seized. The most important thing is that the three armies brought back a total of 700 recruits. The current recruits can be regarded as one regiment, and
Within a week, five more villages were included in the sphere of influence of the independent brigade. Each of the five villages dropped a company of troops for defense, and each village established an independent battalion, but the number of troops was very small.
Each battalion has less than one company of troops.
Now Liu Hua laughs when he sleeps at night, because a large amount of grain has been seized, and several caves in Woniu Cave in the back mountain have been filled. Liu Hua roughly calculated that the grain is enough to feed 10,000 people for half a year. Looking at it
Seeing the happy soldiers in front of him, Liu Hua did not bother to discuss with the political commissar and shouted loudly.
"Comrades, you have been out for a month and have achieved remarkable results. Now I announce that the entire Independent Brigade will have a banquet tonight. We have stirred up a lot of fat pigs in Xizhuang a few days ago. Now I order the brigade headquarters to kill them today.
10 fat pigs, all the soldiers will eat well tonight, I promise to take care of them."
"Well, long live the brigade commander..." After listening to Liu Hua's words, the comrades shouted excitedly. Even the political commissar and chief of staff, who had always been calm, nodded repeatedly. In the evening, the Independence Brigade finally had the best meal since the beginning of the war.
Dinner. Every campsite was full of laughter and laughter.
While the soldiers were happily enjoying a sumptuous dinner, Liu Hua received a message from the Eighth Route Army headquarters about the current situation of the national army's frontal battlefield and analysis of the future battle situation, and asked about the independence brigade's foothold and establishment of a base in eastern Shanxi.
Case.
After reading the telegram, Liu Hua knew that Taiyuan had been lost and all the Kuomintang troops in Shanxi were retreating. There were only some stragglers in Shanxi and there were no regular troops of the Kuomintang anymore. Now, the Eighth Route Army was at the peak of its development in Shanxi.
At a good time, the headquarters asked all Eighth Route Army units to quickly occupy areas not occupied by the Japanese army, and dispatched capable troops to establish base areas in the countryside. Taking advantage of the golden opportunity when the Japanese army had no time to take care of us, we vigorously developed the base areas...
"Chief of Staff, please prepare a telegram about our current situation to the headquarters and send it to us. Send us all the results we have achieved in the past few weeks so that the bosses will be happy." Liu Hua said to the Chief of Staff who was sorting out the results next to him.
"Yes, brigade commander, I will sort out the materials right away." After saying that, he took out the results and losses of the previous battles.
Eighth Route Army Headquarters. "Commander-in-Chief, General Peng, a telegram from the Independent Brigade." Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo Quan hurriedly ran into the headquarters holding a telegram.
"I said Zuo Quan, what happened to make you so happy?" Mr. Peng joked with a smile.
After reading the telegram, Mr. Peng was stunned. Is this true? Mr. Peng said to himself.
"What's going on, Lao Peng, to make you so excited?" As he said that, the commander-in-chief also picked up the telegram. But before he finished reading it, he said excitedly, "The Independence Brigade is really good, Comrade Liu Hua is really good."
"You really didn't misjudge him at first?" the commander-in-chief said, patting the table.
Soon, the telegram was forwarded to Yan'an by the Eighth Route Army Headquarters. The chairman called Vice Chairman Zhou and others to sit in the conference room and look at the map, keeping his eyes on Wuniu Mountain, where Liu Hua was now, along the Shotai Line.
"Enlai, the place Liu Hua chose is really good. This place is in eastern Shanxi, connected to Hebei, and along the Zhengtai Line. It can cut off the enemy's railway traffic at any time. In addition, the population there is densely populated, so it is a good place to establish a base.
, I didn’t expect Liu Hua to open up the situation there so quickly, it’s really good, really good.”
At this time, Su Hui, who was in Zhangjiazhuang, didn't know that it was precisely because of the Chairman's few words today that he laid a good foundation for the establishment of a military region in the future and made his status in the Chairman's heart even higher.