The brigade commander laughed out loud after receiving the report from the independent regiment, and immediately asked the chief of staff to convey the good news to every commander and fighter in the brigade, and also reported it to the division headquarters.
Headquarters.
Since the Japanese army launched a large-scale raid, the headquarters has been on the road to transfer. The headquarters' telegrams are always on, and telegrams from various places are flying over.
Most of the reports in these telegrams were bad news. They were nothing more than where the Japanese troops were, which troops were attacked by the enemy, and what the casualties were. The atmosphere in the headquarters was also very depressing.
After dinner that day, the head of the headquarters, the chief of staff and the division commander were discussing the current situation. The head of the confidential section of the headquarters ran over with a telegram in his hand. Before he entered the door, he shouted loudly: "
Good news, good news."
The head of the headquarters asked in confusion: "Where does the good news come from?"
The chief of the confidential section handed the telegram to the chief of staff. After reading it, the chief of staff laughed and handed the telegram to the boss.
The boss looked at it and said with a smile: "This little guy Xu Dalong can always bring us surprises."
With that said, he handed the telegram to the division commander.
After reading it, the division commander said with emotion: "Xu Dalong and the others are really not simple. A small guerrilla group was able to kill an infantry brigade of the Japanese army and a regiment of the puppet army in a few hours. Such a record
It is definitely a miracle. Now I really want to know how Xu Dalong and the others fought this battle?"
The boss said: "It is approved that Xu Dalong's guerrillas will be credited with a major meritorious service, and Xu Dalong personally will be credited with a special meritorious service. We call on all commanders and fighters in the army to learn from Xu Dalong and the others, and severely combat the arrogance of the Japanese and puppet troops."
The chief of staff nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it right away."
Niutoushan, the blocking position of the Independent Regiment.
As night falls, Niutoushan is very quiet, and the occasional gunfire highlights the silence of the night.
The temperature on the mountain is still relatively low. The soldiers of the Independent Regiment are sitting in the trenches holding their guns, but they don't feel how cold it is. Because of the tight supply of supplies, they have not yet changed into summer clothes. In addition to still keeping their eyes open and alert
Outside the sentries observing the enemy's situation, many soldiers were already snoring.
In the temporary command post, Li Yunlong snored loudly.
Although Zhao Gang has somewhat adapted to it, he still occasionally wakes up from Li Yunlong's snoring.
Suddenly, Li Yunlong sat up suddenly and shouted: "There is something wrong."
It turned out that Li Yunlong had a dream in which the Japanese came to attack him.
Everyone was startled and hurriedly listened. It was quiet outside and there was no movement.
Zhao Gang said: "Old Li, why are you so surprised?"
As soon as he finished speaking, fierce gunshots and explosions suddenly rang out from behind the Niutoushan Independent Regiment's position.
Soon, the combat staff officer ran over and said eagerly: "Report to the regimental commander, a group of Japanese and puppet troops have come around to our right rear. The number is unknown. The second battalion is engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy."
Just as Li Yunlong was about to speak, fierce gunfire came from the left rear of the Independent Regiment's position.
Zhang Dabiao hurriedly grabbed the phone and called the First Battalion.
After he put down the phone, he said: "Commander, we are surrounded, and a large number of Japanese and puppet troops have also appeared in the first battalion."
At this moment, fierce gunshots were heard from directly in front of the Independence Regiment's position. Then, the explosion of artillery shells was heard from the position, and the Japanese army launched another attack.
Li Yunlong cursed: "What did Blind Cheng do? He is responsible for the flank cover of the Independent Regiment. How did the Japanese get around him?"
The 69th Regiment, headed by Commander Cheng, was in charge of the flanks and rear of the Independence Regiment. Li Yunlong did not know that the 69th Regiment was also besieged by the Japanese and puppet troops at this time. They did not have a radio station and sent correspondents to report to the Independence Regiment, but on the way
The signal corpsman was discovered by the enemy and died heroically in the battle, so the independent regiment did not receive advance warning.
Li Yunlong knew that the situation was urgent, so he decisively issued the order. He said: "The whole regiment will be divided into company units to break out. After breaking out, they will assemble at the scheduled assembly point Lijiazhuang, Liao County. The regiment headquarters will follow the action of the first battalion and execute it immediately.
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Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang led the first battalion and the team directly under the regiment toward a ravine and headed out of the mountain.
Since they had already predicted the terrain in advance, they avoided the Japanese and puppet troops attacking the mountain and came to the foot of the mountain. Just when they were about to walk out of the valley, they saw many fires burning in front of them and many Japanese and puppet troops.
It was shaking there, and it was obvious that the Japanese army had set up a blockade here.
Li Yunlong pulled out his shell gun, opened the nose of the aircraft, and took the lead in moving toward the enemy's blockade.
The Japanese and puppet troops were also very vigilant. Although Li Yunlong and others took advantage of the darkness and quietly approached them, when Li Yunlong and others reached more than fifty meters away from them, they were still discovered by the Japanese and puppet troops. They shouted and prepared to stop them.
The Eighth Route Army broke through.
Li Yunlong shouted: "Brothers, rush!" He said and rushed out first.
He fired and rushed forward.
Zhang Dabiao followed him with a crooked machine gun and fired fiercely at the Japanese troops.
Because the attack came suddenly, the Japanese and puppet troops were very panicked.
Li Yunlong and others eliminated the enemies in front of them and successfully broke through the encirclement.
Li Yunlong ran, but found that Zhao Gang was not around. He stopped and asked, "Where is Political Commissar Zhao?"
Zhang Dabiao said: "When we crossed the blockade, he was right next to me. I don't know where he went now."
At this moment, fierce gunfire came from the blockade. Zhao Gang and others did not break out.
It turned out that Zhao Gang had followed Li Yunlong and others to break out of the Japanese and puppet army blockade, but he found that the independent regiment's radio team had not followed. He hurriedly called the police platoon leader Zhang Feng and several soldiers who were following him to go back and look for them.
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When they finally found the radio team, they found that all four soldiers in the radio team had died heroically. In order to prevent the radio station from falling into the hands of the enemy, the soldiers smashed both radio stations with their gun butts before they died.
Zhao Gang was very sad and angry, but he had no choice but to do it. He didn't even have time to bury the bodies of the soldiers. He took off his military hat, paid a silent salute to the bodies of the soldiers, and then led Zhang Feng and others to chase Li Longlong.
Unexpectedly, they were discovered by the enemy and stopped inside the blockade.
When Li Yunlong saw that Zhao Gang didn't come out, he immediately became anxious and shouted: "Brothers, political commissar Zhao didn't come out, fight me back and rescue them."
The soldiers of the Independent Regiment had just broken through the enemy's blockade. They suffered heavy casualties and were all very tired. However, after hearing Li Yunlong's order, everyone rushed back after him without hesitation.
Seeing Li Yunlong and others rushing back, the Japanese and puppet troops tried their best to block them with firepower. The soldiers were shot and fell one after another. Even Li Yunlong was shot in the left arm.
As if Li Yunlong didn't notice it, he stretched out his long legs and rushed while fighting.
Zhang Dabiao and the soldiers followed him and fought fiercely, finally tearing apart the blockade of the Japanese and puppet troops.
Li Yunlong shouted loudly: "Old Zhao, where are you?"
Zhao Gang and others were intercepted inside the blockade. Seeing the Japanese and puppet troops surrounding them from all sides, knowing that this time was over, everyone was ready to sacrifice.
Zhao Gang's marksmanship was excellent. Every time he shot, an enemy was killed. However, there were many enemy troops and they still charged forward.
He aimed at a puppet army officer and pulled the trigger. There was a click, but there was no bullet left.
Zhao Gang asked: "Which of you still has bullets?"
The soldiers said one after another: "No more."
When Zhao Gang saw the Japanese and puppet troops approaching step by step, he shouted: "Fix the bayonet."
The soldiers fixed their bayonets and stood up with Zhao Gang, preparing to launch the final charge against the enemy.
At this moment, fierce gunfire and the shouts of kills from the Eighth Route Army soldiers came from the front.
Zhao Gang knew that it was Li Yunlong and the others who were fighting back, and they also rushed towards the direction of the gunfire.
Hearing Li Yunlong's shout, Zhao Gang felt warm in his heart and his eyes were filled with tears. He shouted happily: "Old Li, I'm here."
Li Yunlong ran over and saw that Zhao Gang was safe and sound, and said happily: "Old Zhao, it's good that you are alive."
After saying that, he shouted loudly to the soldiers: "Brothers, Political Commissar Zhao has been found, let's rush out quickly." As he said that, he took the lead and rushed towards the Japanese blockade.
Li Yunlong and others once again broke through the enemy's blockade, with the Japanese and puppet troops hotly pursuing them.
Li Yunlong and others retreated while fighting. After more than an hour of fierce fighting, they finally got rid of the enemy.
At the foot of a mountain, Zhang Dabiao counted the number of people and found that the losses were extremely serious.
The officers and soldiers of the regiment headquarters and the first battalion were 581 when they broke through, but now there are only more than 220 left, and everyone feels very heavy.
After a night of running around, the soldiers were very tired and wanted to stop and rest for a while. However, Li Yunlong knew that this was not a place to stay for a long time, so he led the soldiers dragging their tired legs and continued to break through to the northwest.
Qiligou Village.
Xu Dalong had not seen the regiment leader for a long time and missed him very much. He decided to personally escort the supplies to the independent regiment.
Early the next morning, he asked Lin Xueying to send a telegram to the Independence Regiment, informing them that he would be escorting the supplies to the Independence Regiment this morning.
As a result, no matter how hard Lin Xueying tried, she just couldn't contact the independent group's radio station.
Xu Dalong felt that something had happened to the Independent Regiment. At this time, the enemy situation there was unclear. He did not dare to rush to look for the Independent Regiment again, so he had to cancel the task of escorting supplies.
A few days later, Lijiazhuang, Liao County.
Li Yunlong and others broke through the enemy's encirclement and arrived at the scheduled assembly point. Only less than 300 people have arrived so far. Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others waited here for another three days, and some more people came one after another, and then continued
Can't see it either.
After counting the people, Li Yunlong was in an extremely depressed mood, Zhang Dabiao also looked ugly, and Zhao Gang's eyes were red.
There were originally more than 1,600 brothers in the well-equipped independent regiment, but now the total number gathered here is less than 600. The losses of the independent regiment this time can be said to be extremely heavy.
That night, the brigade headquarters sent a correspondent to inform them that the independent regiment should continue to move northwest to the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains.
Guancheng County.
Captain Kameda, the captain of the Japanese military police, had not received news about the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops who had entered the mountains to encircle and suppress the guerrillas for several days. He felt very bad, so he sent a Japanese commander, Captain Cao, with a dozen Japanese and puppet troops.
Army, go to Qilin Peak to find out the news.
On the day when the Japanese troops left the city, after the gate of the county town was opened, pedestrians could come and go freely. Zhou Mingde came to Songjiazhuang in person, but found that Song Shanhu had disappeared. So he paid to hire a cart from the village and took a detour into the mountains.
When we arrived at Qiligou Village, we learned that the guerrillas had won a great victory.
Xu Dalong asked him to return to Guancheng County and continue to monitor the movements of the Japanese and puppet troops. In order to strengthen his manpower, Zheng Xirong sent two more soldiers from the intelligence team to follow Zhou Mingde back to Guancheng County.
That morning, Zheng Xirong brought a soldier to the grocery store and said to Zhou Mingde: "The captain sent me here to understand the enemy situation in the city. He is determined to take advantage of the enemy's empty strength to capture the county seat of Guancheng."