Chiba Xunyi received a telegram from the commander of the regiment. In the telegram, he scolded him, calling him incompetent, cowardly, cowardly, and a pig. In short, the scolding was so unpleasant that even eight generations of his ancestors scolded him.
He ordered the commander of the company to persist and destroy this small guerrilla group no matter what. Otherwise, removing his commander would be trivial and he would definitely be sent to a military court.
Chiba Xunichi had to do this because he didn't want to face the First Army Commander Yoshio Shinozuka again. The feeling of being reprimanded in front of others was really too uncomfortable.
However, despite the scolding, Chiba Xunyi still agreed to replenish ammunition for the commander and the others.
After the captain received a call back from Chiba Xunyi, he was filled with anger and had nowhere to vent, so he severely reprimanded the subordinates he could see. This was not enough to relieve his anger. He believed that the main responsibility for causing the difficult situation was
The puppet army should be responsible for this because they were unable to transport food and ammunition, so he planned to order someone to call the puppet brigade commander and reprimand him to vent his anger. Of course, it was also necessary to discuss with him to solve the problem.
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At this moment, the brigade commander of the puppet army came to the door.
The commander of the regiment lost his temper when he saw the puppet brigade commander smiling and looking cautious. He scolded him casually and stopped saying anything.
The puppet brigade commander said: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, our army is currently encountering some difficulties, but overall it is still successful. After all, we not only found the guerrillas, but also surrounded them in the mountains. As long as we can persist in the siege
If we go down, sooner or later they will be unable to hold on, and they will starve to death."
The captain liked hearing this, and his complexion improved a little.
The puppet brigade commander continued: "The guerrillas operating outside the mountains only have a hundred or so people at most. Although we did not transport food and ammunition these two times and lost some men and horses, we also gave the guerrillas a heavy toll.
The attack has wiped out many of their people. Now they have less than 100 people, and they cannot make a living."
The puppet brigade commander did not know how many people were left in the guerrillas. He believed that since the two sides were fighting, some of the guerrillas should die. Anyway, the Japanese commander had no place to investigate what he said.
Hearing this, the captain's complexion became a little better. He nodded and said, "Go on."
As the puppet brigade commander spoke, he observed the regimental commander's face. Seeing that his face improved and his tone of voice slowed down, he told him the main purpose of his visit.
He said: "Your Excellency, Captain, by encircling the guerrillas on the mountain, we have pinched the lifeline of this guerrilla group. It is impossible for the guerrillas operating outside the mountain to ignore the encircled comrades on the mountain.
, so they will definitely try every possible means to force our troops to withdraw. The most effective way is to cut off our supply of food and ammunition, and they will definitely attack our transport team. This means that we don’t have to go to them, they will
They came to our door, this is a great opportunity to eliminate them."
The captain thought what he said made sense, and his expression returned to normal. He said, "You are right, but those guerrillas are cavalry and their whereabouts are unpredictable. How can we deal with them?"
The puppet brigade commander said: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, after several confrontations, we all know the tactics of the guerrillas. I suggest that we transport supplies during the day. We just need to place the surveillance posts farther away to let their mortars
If they cannot pose a threat to our army, they will have nothing to do with us. They have a Type 92 infantry cannon in their hands, which is the biggest threat to us. It is recommended that during the transportation process, they bring a few more Type 92 infantry cannons, specifically
What else can they do to us against the Type 92 infantry gun of the guerrillas?
Those guerrillas will definitely come to attack our transport team. Even if they have strong maneuverability, their number is limited after all. If they can be eliminated one by one, it will not take long before they are all consumed. As long as they are outside the mountain
If this group of guerrillas is wiped out, where can the guerrillas in the mountains go?"
The captain became a little happy when he heard this. He said: "Yoshi, what you said makes sense. Let's do it like this."
Seeing that the commander of the puppet army was in a good mood, the brigade commander of the puppet army told him his ultimate purpose. He said: "Your Excellency, commander of the coalition, the Yellow Army has a strong combat effectiveness. I suggest that the Huang Army be responsible for transporting supplies and besieging the Eighth Route Army on the mountain."
Leave the matter to us."
The reason why the puppet brigade commander made this suggestion was because he no longer wanted to send his men out to take risks. Transporting food and ammunition was a laborious and thankless task. It was best to encourage the devils to do it. If the devils also dealt with
If those guerrillas can't be taken care of, then we can't blame the puppet troops for their incompetence.
Of course, the Japanese captain was not a fool. He had guessed the puppet brigade commander's thoughts, but he had no choice. Now thousands of people in the mountains were waiting to eat, drink and replenish ammunition, so transporting supplies was an urgent matter.
He did not believe in the combat effectiveness of the puppet troops and decided to send Japanese troops to complete the task of transporting supplies.
Soon after, the commander of the regiment sent a Japanese infantry brigade to Guancheng County. They carried five Type 92 infantry cannons and four Type 92 heavy machine guns. These weapons had a long range and could effectively deal with guerrilla attacks.
In order to strike against the guerrillas as quickly as possible, they loaded their bullets and loaded their artillery shells with fuses in advance, making them ready to fire at any time.
At 9:30 a.m., the Japanese army marched out of the mouth of Qili Valley and headed straight for Guancheng County.
The Japs were on guard all the way, but it was calm and no guerrillas were seen.
The Japanese leader thought this was normal, because the guerrillas usually attacked them on their way back from transporting supplies. He believed that the guerrillas were hiding somewhere to rest, waiting for them to come back from transporting supplies before attacking them.
The Japanese captain guessed wrong again this time. Xu Dalong and others were not idle. At this time, they had bypassed Guancheng County and arrived on the road from Guancheng County to Lingao City.
Last night, Xu Dalong and others fought off the puppet troops transporting supplies and seized part of the food and ammunition.
When Sun Desheng and others saw that they did not capture much, they didn't think much about it, because there were a lot of puppet troops ambushing those carts, which was probably the main reason why they captured so little while transporting this batch of supplies.
Xu Dalong didn't think so. He asked: "The Japanese and puppet troops must have brought a lot of weapons and ammunition when they came to raid our base this time. They brought some of them into the mountains. When the puppet troops first transported them,
We have captured another part. This time, although it is not much, but combined with the previous times, they should not have much ammunition in the county, or even say that there is no more ammunition. If you are the Japanese and puppet soldiers, what will happen?
manage?"
Xu Dalong always talks like this to inspire everyone to think.
Sun Desheng's eyes lit up and he said: "The Japanese and the puppet army will definitely send people to transport weapons and ammunition to the county. Captain, do you mean that we go directly to snatch these weapons and ammunition from the Japanese?"
Everyone also thought of this. Monk Wei said: "The little devils sent so many people to transport ammunition and supplies. They would never have imagined that we ignored them and went directly to snatch their ammunition. Without the ammunition, they still transported
What? Hahaha."
Xu Dalong took out the map. After careful study, they believed that the headquarters of the Japanese 32nd Division was stationed in Lingao City, and that they were most likely to transport ammunition to Guancheng County from there.
So they came directly to the road leading between the two places.
The judgment of Xu Dalong and others was correct. After Qianye Xunyi received the telegram from the regiment commander, he dispatched a car squadron of the 32nd Division's baggage regiment with six military trucks loaded with ammunition and other supplies.
Under the escort of the infantry team, we headed to Guancheng County.
The Japanese army's vigilance was very low along the way, because this area was all Japanese-occupied areas. Even if there were guerrilla activities in Mawu Mountain, they were all in the west of the county, fighting with large groups of Japanese and puppet troops.
They never expected that the guerrillas would come to intercept them from the east side of the county.
The Japanese squadron leader in charge of transportation urged the driver along the way to speed up the march because he planned to arrive at Guancheng County for lunch at noon.
The Japanese army was not unprepared. When they were passing through a hilly area, the Japanese team leader who was responsible for the cover was worried about encountering an ambush, so he stopped the convoy temporarily and sent two motorcycles to enter the hilly area first.
Six Japanese soldiers got out of the car and searched the surroundings carefully, but found no problems. Then they set up a guard around the area, and then the Japanese transport convoy drove through the hilly area.
After leaving this hilly area, there was a flat plain in front of them. There was no place suitable for the enemy to ambush, and it was only seven or eight kilometers away from Guancheng County. The Japanese officers and soldiers completely relaxed.
When the convoy was only about 3 kilometers away from Guancheng, it saw a Japanese checkpoint ahead at a fork in the road.
There were not many people at the Japanese checkpoint, only a dozen people. When they saw the transport convoy coming, someone waved a small flag to signal the transport convoy to stop for inspection.
The Japanese team leader saw that there were not many people at the checkpoint, and he could already see Guancheng County in front of him. He thought it was normal for the Japanese army to set up a checkpoint here, so he didn't think much about it, so he motioned to the driver to stop, and the convoy stopped accordingly.
Come down.
When the Japs team leader saw a Japanese second lieutenant approaching from the checkpoint, he also got off his motorcycle and went to meet him.
The Japanese second lieutenant walked up to him, gave him a military salute, and said: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant, please show me your ID."
The Japanese squad leader took out his ID card, handed it to the Japanese second lieutenant, and said, "We are from the division's heavy infantry regiment. We are here to deliver supplies under the order of the division commander."
After saying that, he took out a document for transporting supplies and handed it to the Japanese second lieutenant."
After the Japanese second lieutenant checked the Japanese squad leader's ID and material transportation documents, and saw that there were no problems, he saluted the Japanese squad leader, indicating that they could pass.
The Japanese soldiers who were originally on the motorcycles still maintained a certain degree of vigilance, but when they saw the checkpoint letting them go, they all relaxed.
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Just as the Japs squad leader got on the motorcycle and was about to set off, the crooked machine gun at the checkpoint opened fire. The first row of bullets killed the Japs squad leader and the two Japs soldiers on the car.
Guerrillas disguised as Japanese soldiers also opened fire,
Not only that, but as if by magic, many guerrillas emerged from the fields on the roadside. They held machine guns and fired fiercely at the Japanese troops.
The Japs on the motorcycle were killed before they had time to get off the motorcycle. The same was true for the other Japs who were responsible for the escort mission. They had no time to get off the motorcycle. The guerrillas fired seven or eight light machine guns at the carriage.
Shoot them from the ground and kill them all inside.
A large number of guerrillas rushed towards the Japanese transport convoy and killed the transport soldiers in the cab one by one.
The squadron leader of the Japanese heavy troops survived by luck and became a prisoner of the guerrillas.
The battle ended quickly and completely. A total of 85 Japanese soldiers including an infantry squad and heavy baggage troops were shot dead except for one person who was captured.
The guerrillas eagerly climbed onto the truck and couldn't help but cheered when they saw the truck was loaded with ammunition and other supplies.
Monk Wei jumped out of the truck, holding a box of canned beef in his hand, and shouted excitedly: "Master Long, we are rich."
Xu Dalong also climbed into the truck and took a look, and he was in a good mood. There were not only a large amount of ammunition in the truck, but also other supplies such as medicines and canned beef. It was indeed a huge harvest.
A guerrilla stood on the road, waving a small red flag vigorously, and the guerrillas guarding the horses in the distance hurried over with a large number of horses and carts.
In order to transport the captured materials, the guerrillas specially brought many horses and carts. They moved the materials from the trucks down, loaded them on horses, and loaded them into the carts.
The county seat of Guancheng was too close, and the sound of gunshots alerted the Japanese and puppet troops in the city. After a short time, the city gate opened, and dozens of Japanese and about a hundred puppet troops ran out.
The guerrillas were already on guard against the enemy. They set up mortars and fired hard at the Japanese and puppet troops.
The main force of the Japanese and puppet troops has already entered the mountains, and only a small number of left-behind troops are left in the city, namely these people just now.
Seeing how fierce the guerrilla firepower was, they threw down a pile of corpses and retreated.
The guerrillas loaded all their supplies onto horses and carts, and left calmly.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese brigade captain led his troops to Guancheng County. As soon as they entered the city, they heard the news that the transportation team sent by the division headquarters had been hijacked by the guerrillas. They felt very frustrated and sent a telegram to report to the brigade captain.
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After reading the contents of the telegram, the Japanese commander's mind went blank for a moment and he slumped down in his chair.
The brigade commander of the puppet army also felt that his brain was not strong enough. Even after all calculations, he could not have imagined that the guerrillas would run to the east of the county seat to intercept the Japanese transport team.
He saw the Japanese captain sitting there with eyes wide open. He knew that once the guy calmed down, he would scold him again, so he hurried out before he recovered.
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The puppet brigade commander returned to his residence and said to his subordinates: "I'm going out for a walk. If the Japanese come to me, tell me that I went down to inspect the troops."
The puppet brigade commander hid and returned to his residence three hours later.
As soon as he entered the door, the adjutant told him that the Japanese commander asked him to go over for a meeting.
The puppet brigade commander walked into the room of the Japanese captain and saw that the guy had regained his composure, but he still looked weak.
At this time, the commander of the regiment was no longer in the mood to get angry. When he saw the puppet brigade commander walking in, he pointed to a chair and said, "Sit down, the situation is very bad now, what do you think?"
The puppet brigade commander had already made up his mind. He said: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, now our supplies cannot be transported. Although there is still some ammunition, the food is only enough for one meal tonight. If we continue to delay, we will not be able to transport it."
We are going to be passive. I suggest we give up this combat operation temporarily and return to Guancheng County first, and then we can deal with these guerrillas after we have replenished ammunition and supplies."
The Japanese captain knew that the puppet brigade commander was about to escape, but he did not blame this guy because he had the same idea now.
He felt that he was like an old cow stuck in the mire when dealing with this guerrilla force, unable to exert any strength at all.
He said: "I think this is all we can do now. I will send a telegram to the division commander and request the troops to transfer in and return to Guancheng County."
The puppet brigade commander thought that fighting with this guerrilla force was like hard labor. Now that this pain could finally end, he was very happy and immediately went back to inform his subordinates, asking them to start packing their things and prepare to evacuate.
In the mountains, they can't eat well, sleep well, and don't even have a place to live. They have to be wary of guerrilla attacks at any time. The puppet soldiers have long been unwilling to do so. When they heard such good news, they were also very worried.
I was happy and got busy quickly.
Soon after, the Japanese coalition commander sent someone to call the puppet brigade commander over.
The puppet troops thought that it was the Japanese commander who was about to give the order to retreat.
Unexpectedly, not long after, the puppet army brigade commander came back. Seeing his long donkey face, everyone felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, the puppet brigade commander said: "This damned Japanese has changed his mind again. We have to keep struggling in this mountain."
It turned out that the Japanese commander sent a telegram to the division commander Chiba Xunyi. Chiba Xunyi firmly disagreed with his request. As the division commander, he could not afford to lose this person. In order to deal with this small guerrilla group
, he dispatched an infantry regiment, plus a brigade of puppet troops, and lost more than a thousand people, as well as a large amount of weapons, ammunition and various supplies.
Army Commander Yoshio Shinozuka explained.
Chiba gave a death order and asked the Japanese commander to either attack the mountain to eliminate the guerrillas, or to besiege them until they came down the mountain to surrender. As for the ammunition they need, he will send people to transport it. This is a food issue.
Let the captain and others handle it on their own.
After hearing the news, the officers and soldiers of the Japanese and puppet troops were happy in vain, but they were all cursing behind their backs, and their morale was very low.
Guancheng County.
The captain of the Japanese army received an order from the commander of the regiment, asking him to collect food in the city and deliver it to the mountains as soon as possible.
At this time, except for part of the food brought by the puppet army from other places and transported it up the mountain, the rest was robbed by the guerrillas. The Japanese army captain had no choice but to call over the maintenance president, the chamber of commerce president and others.
Let them collect food and order it to be ready before 7 o'clock tonight, otherwise, he will send troops to grab it.
There was no way to maintain the president and the president of the chamber of commerce, so he had to go to the grain merchants to help the Japanese army raise grain.
Daguo Village is one of the eight fortress villages in the Qilin Peak Base Area. A large amount of materials seized by Xu Dalong and others are now temporarily stored in this village.
That evening, two militiamen in the village were standing guard at the entrance of the village and saw Xu Dalong and others driving many large vehicles over.
They rushed forward and saw so much ammunition and supplies on the cart. The militiamen said happily: "Captain, you have won another battle."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "The little devil has brought us something again. You go to the village and inform the village chief and ask him to bring people to collect Japanese canned beef, one for each family."
"Really?" The militiamen were very happy and immediately ran back to the village to report the good news to the villagers.
Early the next morning, the captain of the Japanese army came to the yard of the Maintenance Association. He was very satisfied when he saw the grain piled there. He ordered the soldiers to load the grain into carts and drove out of the city towards Qilin Peak.
The guerrillas responsible for surveillance outside the city immediately sent Pegasus to Daguo Village to report the news to Xu Dalong and others.
Second Theater Command Chief's Department.
Representative Wang of the Eighth Route Army had been thinking about Xu Dalong and others. He found Li Kun and asked for news about Xu Dalong and others.