6:30. A Japanese signal soldier fired a signal flare into the sky, and gunfire erupted all around the village.
The Japanese captain waved his command knife and howled: "Give me an assault."
A large number of Japanese and puppet troops broke away from their positions and rushed towards the village.
Zhang Dabiao had rich combat experience. He had already determined that the Japanese and puppet troops in the south were the main force of the enemy. Seeing the Japanese and puppet troops swarming in, he ordered the mortar crews to fire and fired their only eight mortars.
Shooting cannonballs.
The artillery shells exploded among the enemy groups, causing heavy casualties. However, the Japanese and puppet troops were so numerous that they still rushed forward regardless.
The officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment did not panic. They kept their composure, aimed at the oncoming enemy troops, and tried their best to kill one more enemy with the remaining bullets.
"Da da da da da."
Zhang Dabiao personally held a light machine gun and fired at the Japanese and puppet troops.
After a row of bullets was fired, there was a click and the sound of the firing pin being discharged. There were no bullets left.
Zhang Dabiao pulled out the red-tasseled sword from his back and shouted: "Everyone, bayonets on! Brothers, charge at me."
Seeing that the Eighth Route Army was out of ammunition, the Japanese and puppet troops straightened up and charged forward with bayonets drawn.
At this moment, a bullet from a sniper rifle flew over and punched a hole in the head of the howling Japanese captain.
Immediately afterwards, a row of mortar shells flew over and hit the enemy group, causing the Japanese and puppet troops to fly bloody.
As soon as the sound of exploding mortars fell, the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment heard the familiar sound of the Charge Bugle of the Eighth Route Army.
Xu Dalong and others arrived.
The cavalrymen of the Mawushan guerrillas opened the way in front with more than twenty light machine guns, and the soldiers behind them came galloping in, waving their sharp sabers and shouting.
The Japanese and puppet troops suffered such a violent blow and lost their command. They collapsed in an instant. They got into a mess and fled in all directions.
The officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment were greatly boosted in morale and rushed forward with shouts.
After defeating the enemies in front of them, Xu Dalong and others did not stop. They immediately divided into two groups and rushed towards the enemies in other directions outside the village.
The main enemy force in front of the village was defeated, and the enemy forces on the other three sides were no match for the Mawushan guerrillas. Seeing the guerrilla cavalry rushing over, and the firepower being so fierce, the Japanese and puppet troops panicked and acted randomly
A ball.
At this moment, the guerrillas who had already circled behind them fired at them with machine guns. The Japanese army was unwilling to fight and fled in all directions.
Sun Desheng held a light machine gun and charged fiercely.
Seeing that the Japanese and puppet troops were unable to fight back and were just running away, he put down his light machine gun, drew his saber, and quickly pursued them.
A Japanese squadron leader heard the sound of galloping horse hooves coming from behind, turned around, and was about to open fire on Sun Desheng.
Sun Desheng had already rushed behind him and slashed his head with a knife.
The guerrilla cavalrymen waved their sabers to kill the Japanese while shouting: "If you don't kill them if you surrender your guns, the Eighth Route Army will give preferential treatment to the prisoners."
When the puppet soldiers heard the shouts, they knelt down and begged for mercy.
A battalion commander of the puppet army was running for his life with more than a dozen puppet soldiers. He heard the sound of horse hooves from behind. A guerrilla shouted loudly: "Stop for me! Who is faster, my horse or your legs?"
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Soon, several guerrillas caught up with the puppet soldiers and surrounded them.
When the puppet battalion commander and his puppet soldiers saw the black muzzles of machine guns and the sharp sabers held high in the hands of the guerrillas, they dropped their weapons one by one and knelt down to beg for mercy.
The Japanese army's combat effectiveness was still very tenacious. When they encountered a sudden attack, in the cemetery to the north of the village, more than 20 Japanese soldiers relied on the graves to resist.
The guerrillas immediately dismounted and used several light machine guns to suppress the enemy's firepower. The sharpshooters attacked the Japanese troops who dared to show their faces.
Wang Gensheng led several bombardiers and rushed forward, throwing grenades and grenades at the Japanese troops, and soon completely eliminated the stubborn Japanese troops.
Zhang Dabiao and the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment eliminated the enemy troops in the front. The soldiers picked up the weapons dropped by the Japanese and puppet troops, removed the bullets from their bodies, and were about to go to other directions of the village to help when they saw a large number of
The puppet soldiers raised their hands like sheep and were driven back by the guerrillas on horseback.
The soldiers of the Independence Regiment and the guerrillas joined forces victoriously, and burst into warm cheers.
Zhang Dabiao saw Xu Dalong coming on horseback and went to greet him.
When Xu Dalong saw Zhang Dabiao, he quickly got off his horse, ran to Zhang Dabiao, stood at attention and saluted, and said: "Report to the chief of staff, the Mawushan guerrillas have been ordered to arrive. Guerrilla leader Xu Dalong."
Zhang Dabiao returned the military salute, stepped forward, stretched out his hands to hold Xu Dalong's hand, and said happily: "Brother Dalong, how are you?"
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Hello, Chief of Staff."
At this time, Sun Desheng and Monk Wei also rushed over to say hello to Zhang Dabiao.
Most of the guerrilla cavalry were soldiers from the original special service company and cavalry company. They all knew Zhang Dabiao, and everyone greeted Zhang Dabiao one after another.
Zhang Dabiao and the soldiers of the independent regiment saw the guerrilla cavalry, each carrying a 38-gun on his shoulder, a shell gun on his body, a saber on his waist, and a cowhide bullet box. The backbone of the squad leader and above
Everyone had telescopes hanging around their necks, and the soldiers carried huge canvas bags with unknown contents inside. There was also an engineering shovel stuck in the canvas bag.
Their horses carried mortars, light machine guns, and even Type 92 infantry cannons. Such equipment was beyond the reach of even the Japanese soldiers.
First Battalion Commander Li Linmao said enviously: "Brother Dalong, the equipment of your guerrillas is so powerful. No wonder the little devils are no match for you."
Zhang Dabiao said: "Brothers Lin Mao and Dalong are so powerful, but they don't all rely on good equipment. Besides, these equipments were all captured by them themselves."
Li Linmao also felt that there was something wrong with his words. He seemed to be saying that the guerrillas could win the war only because they were well equipped.
He said sheepishly: "Brother Dalong, I didn't mean that. Your guerrillas are really powerful, and I admire you."
At this time, he suddenly remembered something and said: "Where is the Type 92 infantry gun that the little devil used to shoot us?"
"Here it is." someone said.
Following the words, several guerrillas pushed over the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun they had just captured.
Zhang Dabiao stepped forward and touched it, and said excitedly: "It's a good thing. Our leader will be happy."
Sun Desheng couldn't help but said proudly: "Chief of Staff, we have several Type 92 infantry guns there. Please take a few back this time."
Zhang Dabiao said with a smile: "Sun Desheng, you guys can do it. You guys are very wealthy now. This time we are here to fight against the autumn wind. We are going to take away a lot of weapons and equipment. You can't be stingy."
Monk Wei smiled and said: "Chief of Staff, don't worry, Master Long has already prepared it for you. I'm afraid you guys won't be able to take so much."
After everyone chatted for a while, they gathered the team and prepared to set off.
Xu Dalong called Qin Yu, the leader of the sniper squad, and asked him to leave a letter of thanks and 500 oceans in the village as compensation for the villagers in this village.
Before Zhang Dabiao left, Zhao Gang specifically told him to remind Xu Dalong and others to pay attention to mass discipline.
Seeing that Xu Dalong and others had done so thoughtfully, he was very pleased and completely relieved.
In the battle that just ended, the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops in this area was basically wiped out. Zhang Dabiao, Xu Dalong and others led the troops to march in an open manner, and did not encounter any interception by the Japanese and puppet troops along the way. Soon they
Returned to Qilin Peak base area.
Xu Dalong, Sun Desheng, Wang Chengzhu and others held a banquet for Zhang Dabiao and others as well as the officers and soldiers of the independent regiment.
Looking at the sumptuous banquet, Li Linmao, the commander of the first battalion, said with envy: "Brother Dalong, I have heard that you are rich. As expected, you are living a happy life today."
Zhang Dabiao also said with emotion: "In the Taihang Mountain base area of our independent regiment, the lives of the people are not easy, and it is very difficult to support so many troops. The Japanese and puppet troops outside the base area are very strong, and it is not easy to capture them. In the independent regiment,
My brothers are living a very poor life, and it is very difficult to even eat a meal of meat now. You have a lot of fish and meat here, and you drink a little wine, and even I want to join the guerrillas."
Sun Desheng was very happy to see the old chief. He drank a little too much and had a big tongue. He stammered and said: "Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff. To be honest, although we are guerrillas, we are better than Jinsui."
The army is rich."
Wang Chengzhu said disdainfully: "What is the Jinsui Army? Even the Zhongyang Army can't compare with us. Not only do our brothers eat well and wear warm clothes, but their military pay is not less than them."
When Xu Dalong heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and thought to himself: "Wang Chengzhu, this idiot, talks about everything. Basically, the Eighth Route Army has no military pay. Aren't you uncomfortable showing off these things here?"
Sure enough, Zhang Dabiao asked: "You still pay military pay? How much will it cost?"
Wang Chengzhu was so drunk that he was in high spirits and said, "You may not believe it, but let me tell you..."
Xu Dalong hurriedly interrupted him and said: "Chief of Staff, the situation here is relatively complicated. We have recruited a lot of talents from all walks of life. If you want to support your family, you have to pay them a salary. The soldiers also got a little bit of it.
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Li Linmao was very interested in this question. When he heard Xu Dalong's dismissal, he asked: "How much does each person get?"
Before Zhang Dabiao arrived, Li Yunlong had already explained that Xu Dalong and his guerrillas had special characteristics behind enemy lines, so there was no need to interfere too much with their affairs.
Seeing that Xu Dalong was being careless, he didn't intend to ask any more questions, so he interrupted Li Linmao and said, "Brother Dalong, it's not easy for them here. It's also appropriate to pay some salary to the soldiers."
At this point, he changed the topic and said: "Brother Dalong, I heard that you have captured a lot of weapons, ammunition, and other supplies. Even the brigade commander is thinking about it. This time we are here to take
The supplies will be shipped back, how much supplies do you plan to let us take with us?"
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "I've prepared it for you a long time ago, I'm afraid you won't be able to take it."
He said to Wang Xiaohu, who was sitting at another table: "Huzi, bring over the gift list for our chief of staff and his friends."
Wang Xiaohu agreed, took out the gift list from the leather bag he carried with him, and handed it directly to Zhang Dabiao.
Zhang Dabiao took the gift list, drank the wine in the glass, wiped his mouth, and read: "Two Type 92 infantry guns, 20 mortars, two Type 92 heavy machine guns, and 20 crooked machine guns
, 25 Czech light machine guns, 8 grenades, 2,000 Type 38 rifles, 3,500 made in Hanyang, 30 shell guns, 30 Tortoise boxes, 48 Type 92 infantry cannon shells, 320 mortar shells, various
200,000 rounds of bullets.
There are two military radio stations, one civilian radio station, 12 telescopes, 12 compasses, and 1 gun mirror.
50 cartloads of other various supplies.”
After reading the gift list, Zhang Dabiao smiled broadly and said: "Brother Dalong, you are really amazing. When you came here, you were only number 100, but you were able to hand over so many weapons and ammunition in such a short period of time."
Li Linmao said with emotion: "Yes, Brother Dalong, you are so generous. These weapons and ammunition are enough to equip five regiments. The Type 92 infantry cannon and military radio are even more difficult to capture. I really don't know how you did it."
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Xu Dalong said: "Our independent regiment cannot keep all the things on this gift list, and we have to hand over some to our superiors. Let's do this. The batch of weapons and equipment we seized yesterday will all belong to you, and there is no need to list them.
It’s on the list.”
What Xu Dalong meant was that the large number of weapons and ammunition captured yesterday could be taken by the Independent Regiment alone. You must know that it was the weapons and ammunition of more than a thousand people, and the entire Independent Regiment could not use it up.
This time, Zhang Dabiao and Li Linmao were even happier and kept drinking with Xu Dalong and others.
Xu Dalong was okay, but in the end, Zhang Dabiao, Li Linmao, Sun Desheng and Wang Chengzhu were all helped back.
Early the next morning, Zhang Dabiao and Li Linmao came to bid farewell to Xu Dalong and others.
Xu Dalong persuaded him to stay: "Chief of Staff, Battalion Commander Li, you just came here, rest for a few days before leaving."
Zhang Dabiao and Li Linmao now have so many weapons, ammunition, and other supplies. They just want to transport things back, so why bother to stay here?
Zhang Dabiao said: "No, our regimental leader and Commissioner Zheng are still waiting for us at home. We plan to leave today."
Wang Chengzhu asked: "Aren't you afraid of being intercepted by the Japanese and puppet troops when you bring so many things back?"
Zhang Dabiao said boldly: "We have so many weapons and ammunition, are we still afraid of their little devils and puppet troops? We will kill them as many as they come."
Li Linmao also felt confident and said, "That's right, I was hoping that the little devils would come and die."
"Haha, hahaha." Everyone laughed when they heard this.
Seeing that Zhang Dabiao and others had decided to leave, Xu Dalong stopped trying to persuade them to stay and asked Wang Xiaohu to lead the guerrilla soldiers to help Zhang Dabiao and others load the truck.
At noon, Xu Dalong and others held a banquet again to bid farewell to Zhang Dabiao and others.
At this time, Representative Wang of the Eighth Route Army of the World War II District Chief's Department forwarded a telegram from Chu Yunfei of the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army to the World War II District Chief's Department.
After Xu Dalong read the telegram, he couldn't help but frown.