Yan Guiwu said: "In the villages around Mantou Peak, most of the people sympathize with the guerrillas. In order to prevent the guerrillas from getting their help, I suggested that these villagers be relocated to other places to completely isolate the guerrillas.
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Qianye Xunyi felt that this was more foolproof, and said happily: "Yan Sang, you have great friends in the Huang Army. You have wiped out the guerrillas this time, and the Huang Army will reward you greatly."
Yan Guiwu said: "Thank you, Division Commander. I will do my best to serve the Yellow Army in this humble position."
Then, he once again put forward the suggestion to organize all the horse-riding messengers among the Japanese and puppet troops. There were at least a hundred and ten people. Together with the motorcycles in the Japanese army, a team of several hundred people could be organized.
The rapid mobile troops can support the battles at various strongholds at any time.
Chiba Xunyi adopted his opinion and designated a squadron directly under the division headquarters to form a rapid mobile force.
"Jingle Bell."
The phone on the desk rang. The chief of staff answered the phone and made two hums to express his understanding.
After putting down the phone, he said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the guerrilla cavalry attacked the 81st Regiment, causing 11 casualties in our army, and then quickly evacuated. Now they have lost their traces."
Chiba Xunyi has now found a way to deal with the guerrillas. He said easily: "Ignore them and just deploy according to our original plan."
The cavalry troops led by Xu Dalong and others successively attacked two Japanese and puppet camps, but the Japanese and puppet troops only defended and did not pursue them.
Xu Dalong couldn't help but feel a little strange. He didn't understand what these Japanese soldiers planned to do next.
Guancheng County.
Since the large group of Japanese and puppet troops entered the city, Zheng Xirong, who stayed in the city, and Zhou Mingde and others inquired about information in the city, hoping to obtain information related to the Japanese and puppet troops' raids on the base area.
Zhou Mingde's current identity is the shopkeeper of a grocery store. He has business dealings with many merchants in the city. He is smart and knows how to get things done. He has established a certain network of contacts and is relatively well-informed.
That morning, the fake policeman who was in charge of this street came to the grocery store and said that he would charge additional security fees.
Zhou Mingde was very familiar with this fake policeman. When he saw him coming, he quickly took out a pack of cigarettes, took out one, handed it to him, and then simply gave him the pack of cigarettes as well.
While lighting the fire for the pseudo-police, he accompanied Xing Xin and said, "Didn't we just collect the security fee at the beginning of this month? Why do we need to charge more?"
The fake policeman said: "I don't want to either, isn't this asking me to scold you? But this is a decision from above, so there is nothing we can do about it."
Zhou Mingde expressed his understanding and said: "Don't worry, I firmly support your work." After saying that, he paid the extra security fee as required by the pseudo-police and said: "I will give you extra work."
, it’s really hard work.”
The pseudo-policeman was very satisfied with Zhou Mingde's attitude. He complained: "This is called hard work? This is nothing at all. The superiors want us to go to the countryside. The hard days are still to come."
Zhou Mingde asked curiously: "You are policemen in the city, why are you going to the countryside?"
The pseudo-policeman said: "There is a riot in Mawu Mountain, and the people around are restless. The authorities said that we should go to the countryside to drive away the people, and they will also arrest the peasants to build fortifications."
After sending away the puppet police, Zhou Mingde went to other merchants in the name of purchasing goods, and one after another he heard some news about the Japanese puppet army's raid in the mountains.
At noon, Zheng Xirong and others also came back. Everyone summarized what they observed and what they heard, and then sent a telegram to Xu Dalong.
After Xu Dalong received the telegram, he felt that the problem was serious.
The Japanese and puppet troops actually wanted to relocate the people from the villages around the base area. This move was very vicious. It seemed that they were determined to strengthen the siege of the guerrillas.
Xu Dalong can think of this and has already begun to prepare.
As for mobilizing civilians to repair fortifications, this puzzled Xu Dalong. If you want to blockade Mantou Peak, there are natural peaks around it, and there are many natural bunkers on the mountain, so there is basically no need to waste money and people to build fortifications.
Since their so-called emergency repair fortifications are not to deal with the guerrillas besieged on Mantou Peak, they can only be used to deal with the guerrilla cavalry operating in the surrounding areas. In such a vast area around Mantou Peak, the Japanese and puppet troops want to
How many blockades need to be built to trap the guerrilla cavalry?
Xu Dalong told everyone his confusion, but everyone couldn't understand it for a while.
Monk Wei said: "The Japs are a bit stupid. In such a wide area, how many strongholds must the Japs build to trap our cavalry? They don't have that many troops, even with the Japs Gendarmerie in Guancheng County.
The number of those puppet policemen is not enough, unless they transfer the Japanese puppet troops from all the counties around Mawu Mountain, it will be about the same."
Monk Wei's words reminded Xu Dalong that the Japanese and puppet troops had actually mobilized such a large force to encircle and suppress the guerrillas this time. It was entirely possible to mobilize local troops from surrounding counties and a large number of civilians to participate in the siege of the guerrillas.
At this time, the intelligence work of the guerrillas had just been launched, and the sources of intelligence were basically limited to Guancheng County and the surrounding villages. Therefore, the situation in other counties was unclear.
In order to confirm whether his judgment was accurate, Xu Dalong immediately dispatched the cavalry of the Intelligence Squadron to conduct reconnaissance in each county. At the same time, he sent people to notify Wang Chengzhu, Wang Xiaohu and Gao Youtian, asking them to seize the time to seize the villagers of Qiligou Village and
The guerrillas' supplies were moved to the cave on Mantou Peak.
The militiamen from seven other villages around the base area were mobilized to participate in the battle to defend Mantou Peak. The rest of the people temporarily sought refuge with relatives and friends and left the base area to carry out the task of strengthening the walls and clearing the country.
Wang Xiaohu accompanied Gao Youtian to go from village to village to mobilize the villagers to evacuate. The villagers had lived here for generations, and it was very difficult for them to leave their homes.
Wang Xiaohu and Gao Youtian persuaded the villagers earnestly and gave five yuan to each household. They also said that if the house was burned down by the Japanese and puppet troops, the guerrillas would help them rebuild it.
Out of trust in the guerrillas, the villagers finally listened to the persuasion. They buried all the food and other supplies that could not be taken away, and then left their hometowns with their families.
Wang Chengzhu led Li Jinzhu and others to help the villagers in Qiligou Village relocate. When the villagers evacuated, Wang Chengzhu suddenly thought of a question and said: "Li Jinzhu, do you think the Japanese will set up a headquarters this time?"
it's here?"
Li Jinzhu said: "It should be possible. The Japanese used to set up their headquarters here."
Wang Chengzhu smiled and said: "What if we were in this village and had planted explosives in advance, and the little devils came?"
"Oh, this is such a good idea."
Li Jinzhu clapped his hands and said, "Deputy Captain, leave this matter to our demolition team."
Wang Chengzhu asked: "If the houses in your village are blown up, will the villagers have any objections?"
Li Jinzhu said: "No objection. Didn't the little devils burn down the houses in our village before? Then our guerrillas will just help the villagers rebuild them."
Li Jinzhu led the demolition team members in the village and buried all the more than 2,500 kilograms of black powder they prepared during this period in the village.
The explosives have been planted, but there is still a problem, that is, how to detonate them?
Nowadays, the demolition team does not have any advanced detonating devices and can only rely on pulling the trigger to detonate, which requires someone to hide in the village to operate.
If so many explosives explode, the person responsible for setting off the explosion will most likely die.
Li Jinzhu is the demolition captain of the guerrillas. He must lead by example in dangerous matters, so he decided to stay by himself.
Li Yinzhu said: "Brother, you and Aunt Xiu are about to get married. If something happens to you, what will Aunt Xiu do? Leave this matter to me."
The matter was finally settled, and Li Yinzhu was responsible for detonating it.
Of course Li Jinzhu didn't want to sacrifice his younger brother, so he tried to find a safe place to hide him.
At first, they chose a hole dug in the room, but later they felt it was inappropriate. If so many explosives exploded, the house would collapse, and the people left in the hole would be suffocated to death.
Wang Chengzhu thought of a way and asked someone to dig a hole on the side of the well in the village and let Li Yinzhu hide in it.
In order to prevent him from leaving in a short time, a lot of dry food and pickles were left for him.
The scouts sent to various counties came back one after another. They reported that the Japanese and puppet troops in each county had been mobilized and were arresting civilians everywhere.
Xu Dalong basically understood the strategic intentions of the Japanese and puppet troops, and he immediately led the guerrilla cavalry to the direction of Xinhe County.
That night, the Japanese and puppet troops gathered in Guancheng County set off, and they headed straight for the Qilin Peak base area.
Chiba Xunyi stayed in Guancheng County to conduct remote command. He designated the captain of the 81st Regiment as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and the 7th Puppet Army Brigade followed the 81st Regiment.
After a long march, a large group of Japanese and puppet troops arrived at the mouth of Qiligou.
Yan Guiwu, the experienced brigade commander of the 7th Brigade, suggested that the baggage troops should still go into the valley, and engineers should be sent in front to explore the route, while the rest of the troops should cross the mountains.
The commander of the 81st Regiment adopted his opinion and issued the order to the troops.
Yan Guiwu and the puppet troops were about to follow the Japs, but the Japs' captain ordered him to take his puppet troops to relocate according to the people in the surrounding villages, and asked them to capture all the people in the villages and hand them over to nearby
The Japanese military police in the county were responsible for the placement.
This task gave Yan Guiwu a headache. You must know that driving those people away from their hometowns where their ancestors had lived for generations would be a very evil thing. The villagers would poke their spines, but he had nothing to do. Who asked him to go out on his own?
Such a bad idea.
Yan Guiwu reluctantly led the puppet soldiers away.
Yan Guiwu and others left Qiligou and walked about ten miles before they saw a village in front of them.
He sent people to check the village first, and found that the people in the village had already evacuated.
Yan Guiwu breathed a sigh of relief, but in order to prevent the villagers from returning, he ordered his puppet soldiers to burn down the entire village.
Xu Dalong and others were active in the Xinhe County area and defeated some Japanese troops who went to the countryside to capture civilian husbands.
Chiba Xunyi had already prepared for the tactics that the guerrillas would use. After receiving the report of the guerrillas appearing in Xinhe County, he sent the 82nd Regiment to dispatch a large group of troops to escort the Japanese and puppets in other counties.
The army and civilians rushed to the Qilin Peak area and dug trenches everywhere to form a blockade.
Xu Dalong now knew the intentions of the Japanese and puppet troops. Of course, he could not let the Japanese and puppet troops form an encirclement calmly, so he led the guerrilla cavalry to attack the Japanese and puppet troops.
The Japanese and puppet troops were already prepared. When they saw the guerrilla cavalry, they jumped into the trenches and opened fire on the guerrilla cavalry.
The guerrillas naturally had ways to deal with these Japanese and puppet troops. They carried artillery and bombarded the Japanese and puppet troops, knocking out two puppet strongholds in succession.
The Japanese and puppet troops also ignored the guerrillas. They sent a large group of troops to escort some of the Japanese and puppet troops and rebuilt some defenses in place.
Only then did Xu Dalong realize that this move of the Japanese and puppet troops was very powerful, because they now had no logistical supplies and used artillery shells carried on horseback to fire one round less. If they continued like this, they would soon run out of ammunition.
Without the fierce artillery fire, the guerrilla cavalry really had nothing to do against the Japanese and puppet troops hiding in the trenches.
In order to break the blockade of the Japanese and puppet troops, Xu Dalong and others approached a stronghold of the Japanese and puppet troops at night. The soldiers dismounted and carried out a sneak attack. However, they were discovered by the Japanese and puppet troops. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides, and five people were killed this time.
Guerrillas.
The guerrillas had no choice but to withdraw. During the retreat, they encountered the fast mobile troops of the Japanese and puppet troops. There was a melee between the two sides, and several more guerrillas died.
Xu Dalong and others had to temporarily give up the idea of breaking the Japanese blockade. At this time, Xu Dalong and others were completely isolated from the guerrillas surrounded on Mantou Peak.
Lin Xueying has been following Xu Dalong and others. The Jinsui Army radio operator brought by Li Kun is now in Guancheng County. Xu Dalong and others have completely lost contact with Wang Chengzhu and the others. Xu Dalong is powerless to deal with the situation on Mantou Peak.
, we can only hope that Wang Chengzhu and the others can defend Mantou Peak.
Mantou Peak.
Wang Chengzhu stood on the top of the mountain, looking down the mountain with a telescope, and saw Japanese and puppet troops appearing in all directions.
The Japanese and puppet troops all knew that the guerrillas had Type 92 infantry artillery, so they did not dare to get too close. They only left surveillance posts on the top of the mountain, and most of the troops hid behind the mountain.
Under the mountain ridges on the east and west sides, a large number of Japanese and puppet troops gathered, preparing to launch an attack on the mountains.
Wang Chengzhu did not pay attention to the Japanese and puppet troops at the foot of the mountain. Today, there are not only more than 300 guerrillas on Mantou Peak, but also more than 200 militiamen from each village. The summer grain has just come down, and the stored grain is enough for the cave.
The people inside have been eating for more than half a year, and there is plenty of ammunition. He is fully confident that he can defend Mantou Peak.
In order to divide the responsibilities, Wang Chengzhu appointed Wei Heping to defend the mountain ridge to the west and Wang Xiaohu to defend the mountain ridge to the east.
He set up artillery on the top of Mantou Peak, ready to provide support with artillery fire at any time.
Qiligou Village.
Li Yinzhu hid in the well and waited patiently. When he got bored, he started to doze off.
He didn't know how long it had passed before he heard a noise, which was the sound of a bucket being dropped into the well, and then he heard the sounds of the Japanese screaming outside.
Li Yinzhu immediately became energetic. He looked at the watch Wang Chengzhu had left for him. It was 5:30 in the afternoon. He didn't know how many Japs lived in the village, so he could only wait until midnight before taking action.
Li Yinzhu ate some dry food and then continued to take a nap.
After the Japanese and puppet troops arrived in Qiligou, the captain of the 81st Regiment, the frontline commander, led the regiment to station in Qiligou Village. Then he personally led the troops to surround Mantou Peak and returned to Qiligou Village at 8 p.m.
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At 9:30 in the evening, Yan Guiwu, commander of the 7th Puppet Brigade, also led his troops to Qiligou Village. It was getting late, and Qiligou Village was full of Japanese. He did not dare to disturb them, so they had to stay there.
Camping in nearby mountains.
It was a bit cold on the mountain at night, and Yan Guiwu complained that the Japanese did not give him a place to live in the village. He was also a brigade commander, but the Japanese did not take him seriously.
What he didn't expect was that he was so lucky that he escaped disaster.
At two o'clock in the morning, Li Yinzhu woke up. He listened carefully to what was going on outside. When he heard that it was very quiet outside, he threw out his flying claw, grabbed it on the wellhead, and then climbed up on the rope.
The rope used to detonate cannot be hung directly from the wellhead, otherwise it will be discovered by the enemy, so it can only be buried on the ground more than 1 meter away from the wellhead.
Li Yinzhu observed carefully and found no movement, then climbed over, tied the rope in his hand to the rope head buried in the soil, and then climbed back into the well.
After he hid in the hole in the well wall, he began to pull the rope and gradually felt the rope tightening.
He pulled the rope suddenly, then quickly hid in the hole, blocked his ears, and curled up into a ball.