Xu Dalong said: "Don't worry, sit down and talk slowly, what happened?"
The third boss took the water glass handed over by Wang Xiaohu, and without even bothering to drink it, he hurriedly told the whole story.
It turned out that yesterday morning, the second boss led a group of people down the mountain to buy grain in Gaoying Town, Yinping County. They met a grain collection team of the puppet army, attacked them, robbed three carts of the puppet army carrying grain, and returned
Several puppet soldiers were killed.
At that time, two puppet soldiers ran away and went back to report the news of encountering bandits.
These puppet troops belong to the 7th Brigade of Huang Xiejun. A battalion arrived this morning with machine guns and artillery to retaliate.
Wang Pao saw that the puppet troops were coming in large numbers and was worried that he would not be able to defend the stronghold, so he sent the third leader down the mountain from the path behind the mountain to come to Xu Dalong for help.
After the third leader finished speaking, he looked at Xu Dalong expectantly, worried that he would not send troops.
Xu Dalong did not hesitate at all and ordered Wang Chengzhu and Wei Heping to lead the artillery squadron and the first infantry squadron to Tsuima Peak. He and Sun Desheng, Wang Youliang and Wei Monk led the first cavalry squadron, the second squadron and the special operations squadron, consisting of three
The leader acted as a guide to cut off the puppet army's retreat.
Seeing that Xu Dalong not only agreed to send troops, but also sent so many troops, the Third Master was very moved and thanked Xu Dalong repeatedly.
To Ma Feng.
The 7th Brigade of the Puppet Army was beaten to a pulp by the Mawushan guerrillas several times in succession, and they were filled with anger. Unexpectedly, even the bandits would bully them, which angered them.
A battalion of puppet troops stationed in Gaoying Town immediately mobilized to reach Tsuima Peak and surrounded the stronghold of Wang Pao and others.
After the puppet soldiers arrived at the foot of the mountain, they shouted to the mountain to ask the bandits to come down and surrender.
Seeing that Wang Pao and others ignored them, they set up two mortars and fired hard at the mountain. Then they used machine gun cover to launch an attack on the mountain.
Wang Pao and others have fought off Japanese and puppet encirclement and suppression campaigns before, but they were local troops in Yinping County. Their military strength, firepower and combat effectiveness were average. Duima Feng had a dangerous terrain and was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Wang Pao and his men
Several of our brothers were very accurate with their marksmanship, so the Japanese and puppet troops did not take any advantage and had no choice but to retreat.
Unexpectedly, this time they encountered the regular troops of the puppet army. As soon as they exchanged fire, they suffered a big loss.
Huang Xiejun's mortar shells exploded in the courtyard of the cottage, quickly causing casualties to more than a dozen bandits.
The bandits were very panicked. Thanks to Wang Pao's high prestige among the bandits, otherwise, the bandits would have collapsed.
For the first time, the puppet troops dispatched a company of troops and rushed towards the mountain. Thanks to the light machine guns and rifles that Xu Dalong gave to the bandits, they played a huge role.
The puppet troops underestimated the enemy a little. They did not expect that the bandits had such strong firepower. They were caught off guard, leaving more than a dozen corpses behind, and then retreated.
The bandits repelled the puppet army's attack, their morale was high, and they were ready to repel the puppet army's next attack at any time.
The puppet troops once again fired artillery into the mountains. This time, the bandits were experienced. When they saw the puppet troops firing at the bottom of the mountain, they each found a place to hide. Only two unlucky bandits were killed when the shells fell right next to them.
, everyone else escaped the bombardment.
The puppet troops launched a second attack, this time with a company. Instead of rushing towards the mountain, the puppet troops used machine guns to clear the way, suppressing the firepower of the bandits as they walked.
The remaining puppet troops also took turns to cover, using natural shelters such as rocks on the mountain to gradually climb up the mountain.
The firepower of the puppet troops was so fierce that the bandits were unable to lift their heads.
Seeing this scene, the puppet soldiers rushed up boldly, and soon they rushed to a place only a few dozen meters away from the mountain stronghold.
Wang Pao became anxious and shouted at the bandits who stuck out their butts and dared not show their heads: "He brewed it. Stand up for Laozi and beat me quickly, otherwise, Laozi will shoot you."
Wang Pao was the first to show his head, using both hands to shoot the bow left and right, knocking down the rushing puppet soldiers to the ground.
Wang Pao's woman also climbed up the wall and shot at the puppet troops at the foot of the mountain with a rifle.
The bandits were inspired, straightened up, and opened fire down the mountain with their rifles.
The puppet soldiers were about to rush to the distance where they could throw grenades, but a dozen of them were knocked down by the bandits' sudden increase in firepower. They suddenly panicked, and the puppet soldiers running in front began to retreat.
Seeing this situation, the puppet company commander yelled and cursed, and ordered the puppet soldiers to continue charging upward.
A puppet machine gunner rushed up with a machine gun and fired at the wall of the village. Several bandits were killed on the spot. The bandits were so frightened that they shrank their heads back. The firepower on the wall suddenly weakened.
Come down.
Wang Pao was so anxious that he ignored the machine gun fire of the puppet troops, brandished his two guns, and hit the machine gunners of the puppet troops. He immediately knocked down the two machine gunners of the puppet troops to the ground.
The puppet army's machine gun sub-shooter raised his machine gun and was about to fire, but was shot dead by Wang Pao and his woman.
The bandits didn't hear the machine guns fired by the puppet troops, so they boldly showed their heads and fired at the bottom of the mountain, causing more than a dozen casualties to the puppet troops.
The puppet troops could not bear such a blow and retreated crawling on the ground.
Seeing that the puppet troops were repelled, the bandits cheered.
Wang Pao scolded: "You bastards! You are not even as good as Laozi's women."
The second head of the family complimented: "Of course, my sisters-in-law are Mu Guiying and Hua Mulan. How can we people compare? Haha."
The two charges of the puppet troops were repulsed, and they were a little tired, so some people were left to monitor the bandits on the mountain, while the rest of the puppet troops retreated to make food, preparing to attack again after they were full and full.
Xu Dalong and others were worried that Wang Pao and the others would not be able to stop the puppet army's attack, so they worked hard, hoping to reach Tsui Ma Peak as soon as possible.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the puppet troops launched another attack on the mountain.
The puppet troops also have combat experience, and they will also constantly summarize and adjust during combat. They found that the real power of the bandits on the mountain was the light machine gun and several bandits with accurate marksmanship, so this time they specially organized
People come to deal with them separately.
The puppet army dispatched two companies at once this time. In order to ensure that they could rush into the bandit's stronghold, they used mortars to shell the gate of the stronghold.
They kept adjusting the muzzle of the cannon, and finally a shell landed in front of the gate, blowing the gate open.
The puppet soldiers rushed forward again,
At the beginning, the puppet troops were still fighting steadily, slowly approaching the mountain stronghold under the cover of machine guns.
Arriving less than 100 meters away from the cottage, the bandits' only machine gun opened fire. As a result, they were immediately blocked by three machine guns of the puppet troops, and the machine gunner was killed immediately.
There was only one person in the village who could use a machine gun. He had served in the Jinsui Army before. He died. The deputy shooter was just a second-hand shooter. Although he could use a machine gun, his shooting was completely inaccurate and he couldn't use it.
Burst firing can be said to be firing randomly. A lot of bullets are wasted, but the effect is much worse.
Seeing that the bandits' machine guns were suppressed, the puppet soldiers' morale increased and they rushed forward with shouts.
Wang Pao, his woman, and three shell guns played an important role, constantly knocking down the rushing puppet soldiers to the ground.
The puppet soldiers were already prepared, and many puppet soldiers with good marksmanship shot at Wang Pao and his woman.
Soon, Wang Pao was shot in the right arm, and his woman was shot in the left shoulder.
Wang Pao was very brave. He waved the shell gun with his left hand and continued shooting, but his woman was seriously injured and fell to the ground.
Wang Pao and his woman were injured one after another, and the threat to the puppet soldiers became much smaller.
The puppet soldiers became more daring. They simply straightened up and charged towards him.
The bandits on the mountain suddenly panicked when they saw that the leader and Mrs. Yazhai were injured one after another, and when they saw so many puppet troops rushing up from the bottom of the mountain.
Some were timid and jumped off the wall to escape.
Wang Pao's woman fell to the ground, still conscious. When she saw someone running away, she fired a shot at him, hit him in the leg, and shouted: "Don't run, fight quickly, or the puppet soldiers will rush in."
Come up and everyone will die."
As she spoke, she gritted her teeth and stood up, covered her wound with her hands, endured the severe pain, and continued to shoot down the mountain.
The woman's performance inspired the bandits, who cheered up and braved the bullets from the puppet soldiers, firing desperately down the mountain.
The puppet troops have powerful firepower and large numbers, and are getting closer and closer to the mountain stronghold.
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The puppet soldiers rushing in front have already taken out grenades. At this time, they are only more than forty meters away from the mountain stronghold. They only need to go forward ten meters more to throw the grenades into the mountain stronghold. The bandits are hiding behind the wall.
, there is a wall in front of them to block bullets, but there is no cover behind them. The grenade falls into the cottage and explodes behind them, which will definitely cause a large number of casualties to the bandits, and the cottage will definitely not be able to defend it.
The puppet troops were about to rush forward, their morale became higher and their pace quickened.
The puppet troops behind saw the ones in front and rushed forward, and their shouts became louder.
Wang Pao knew it was over, so he stretched out his arms to hug the shaky woman beside him, and the two of them continued to shoot down the mountain, thinking only of taking a few more cushions before they died.
"Boom, boom, boom."
At this moment, many artillery shells flew from nowhere and landed among the charging puppet troops, knocking them off their feet.
Then, there was loud gunfire at the foot of the mountain, and among the gunfire, there was also the high-pitched charge horn of the Eighth Route Army.
The puppet soldiers were stunned by this sudden blow and retreated down the mountain in panic.
When the bandits saw the reinforcements coming, their morale was boosted. They stood up from behind the wall and shot at the retreating puppet troops.
When Wang Pao's woman saw a large group of Eighth Route Army troops appearing at the foot of the mountain, she felt happy, her tense nerves relaxed, and she lost consciousness as soon as her vision went dark.
Wang Pao hurriedly hugged his woman. He sat on the ground, holding her in his arms, and shouted: "Come here, bandage her wound."
The visitors were none other than Xu Dalong and others. They heard fierce gunshots coming from the direction of the village across the mountain ridge.
After climbing the mountain ridge, I saw that the puppet troops were about to rush to the mountain stronghold. I quickly set up artillery and fired at the puppet troops, repelling the puppet attack in time.
Afterwards, Xu Dalong and the others rushed down from the mountain ridge and launched an attack on the puppet troops.
The puppet troops of the 7th Brigade were most afraid of the Mawushan guerrillas. When they saw this fierce artillery fire, they knew that the terrifying Mawushan guerrillas were coming over again.
The puppet soldiers suddenly lost their fighting spirit. Under the leadership of the puppet battalion commander, they climbed up the other side of the hillside, hoping to escape over the mountain.
Xu Dalong immediately directed the artillerymen to intercept their path with artillery fire, and the commandos quickly pursued them.
Wang Youliang rushed to the front of the team. He was specially called by Xu Dalong because he was from the 7th Brigade of the Puppet Army.
He saw that the group of puppet soldiers in front of him were in the same regiment as him, and he knew all the officers above the company commander level.
So he shouted while running: "Brothers of the 2nd Regiment and 1st Battalion, don't run. I am Wang Youliang, the company commander of the 3rd Battalion and 9th Company. The Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially. As long as you put down your weapons and surrender, I will ensure that you are fine."
The puppet troops were blocked by artillery fire, and the guerrillas pursued them again. They didn't know what to do, but when they heard Wang Youliang's cry, they put down their weapons one after another and raised their hands to surrender.
Seeing that the battle was resolved, Xu Dalong walked towards the mountain stronghold.
From afar, he saw the second master running down. When he saw Xu Dalong, he shouted anxiously: "Captain, our first master and his wife are injured. Please save them."
Xu Dalong didn't waste any time and immediately ran towards the village with the health workers and special operations team members.
Wang Pao was still sitting on the ground, holding his woman in his arms. When he saw Xu Dalong, he shouted: "Brother Dalong, come and save your sister-in-law."
Xu Dalong's hygienist immediately came to the two of them and began to treat the woman's wound. Xu Dalong helped Wang Pao bandage the wound.
The special operations team members have all learned battlefield rescue, and they went to treat the wounds of the injured bandits.
When the health worker saw that the woman's injuries were serious, he said: "Captain, the bullet in her body must be removed. I can't do this operation. I need to ask Dr. Su to come over."
Xu Dalong immediately asked Lin Xueying to set up a radio station and send a telegram to Wang Xiaohu, who was staying at the base, asking them to quickly escort Su Xiaoyan to Tsushima Peak with surgical equipment.
At ten minutes past midnight, Su Xiaoyan, Huang Wanqiu and others rushed to Tsui Ma Feng. Regardless of their fatigue, they immediately performed the operation on Wang Pao's woman.
At 10 o'clock in the morning the next day, Wang Pao's woman woke up.
Su Xiaoyan checked her body and said happily: "Master Wang, don't worry, my wife's injuries are not serious. She will recover after a while."
Wang Pao said gratefully: "Thank you, Doctor Su, for saving my woman. I will remember this sentiment."
He said to Xu Dalong: "Brother Dalong, you not only saved my woman, but also saved our entire village. This love, brother, I will never forget. As long as you need me and our village, brother, even if
Open your mouth."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Brother Wang Pao, we are all brothers, there is no need to say these kind words. If you have nothing else to do here, we will leave."
Wang Pao hurriedly said: "How can this be done? No matter what, I have to ask my brother to put on a banquet to entertain you."
Xu Dalong said: "Forget it this time, your village has many things that you need to deal with. You are welcome to visit my base next time, and we brothers will have a good drink."
Having said this, he said to Sun Desheng: "Go and get the things left for the brothers in the village."
Sun Desheng waved his hand, and a group of soldiers carried a lot of supplies over.
Stacked on the ground were two light machine guns, 80 rifles, 200 grenades, 4,000 rounds of ammunition, a telescope, and some medicine to treat gunshot wounds that had just been captured by the puppet soldiers.
Seeing these supplies, the bandits in the village were very moved.
Wang Pao's eyes were red, and he said: "Brother Dalong, brothers of the Eighth Route Army, you saved our village and gave us so many supplies. I really don't know how to repay this kindness."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "We are all anti-Japanese and anti-Japanese troops. Let's not say these kind words. We have other things to do, so we will leave now."
Wang Pao was very emotional and hesitated to speak. Finally, without saying anything, he sent Xu Dalong and others down the mountain.
On the way, Sun Desheng said in confusion: "Captain, I think these bandits are quite capable of fighting. Why don't you take the opportunity to capture them?"
Xu Dalong shook his head and said: "We can't rush this matter. There are many people in the bandit village. We must make them unify their thoughts and willingly defect to our guerrillas. Otherwise, there will be a lot of trouble if we reluctantly take them over."
After going down the mountain, Xu Dalong and others did not return directly to the base area. After meeting up with Wang Chengzhu and others, the large group of people drove to Yinping County. They could not make this trip in vain, they had to make enough money before going back.
Xu Dalong asked Wei Heping to send a detachment of guerrillas to escort the puppet troops back to the Qilin Peak base area.
He took the puppet battalion commander with him to persuade other puppet troops to surrender.
More than two hours later, they arrived at Gaoying Town, and with the help of the puppet battalion commander, they persuaded the puppet troops staying in the town to surrender.
They had dinner in the town, then took the time to rest. At 1 o'clock in the morning, they left Gaoying Town and headed to Qiaojiapu.
At 5:30 in the morning, the guerrillas approached Qiaojia Pu.
Qiaojiapu is also a town, where the headquarters of the 2nd Regiment of the 7th Puppet Army Brigade and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions are stationed.
Xu Dalong and others did not rush to take action, but first asked the special forces to cut off the telephone line from Qiaojiapu to Yinping County.
The regiment-level units of the 7th Puppet Army Brigade do not have radio stations. In a short period of time, the 7th Brigade of Huang Xiejun in Yinping County will not know what is happening here.
At 6 o'clock sharp, the Mawushan guerrillas surrounded Qiaojia Pu.
Soon after, the puppet sentries of the second regiment discovered the guerrillas and hurriedly reported to the regiment leader.
The commander of the puppet army was shocked when he heard the news. He hurriedly ordered people to look around. He personally came to the east gate of the town. He looked out with a telescope and saw a large number of Eighth Route Army troops outside the town.
The Eighth Route Army did not hide it at all. They stood arrogantly outside the town. In front of the team, there were a large number of mortars and even two Type 92 infantry cannons.
Soon after, the staff officers sent in other directions came over and said that the Eighth Route Army was surrounded on all sides, with a large number of people, many machine guns, mortars, and Type 92 infantry cannons.
Seeing how powerful the Eighth Route Army's firepower was, the commander of the puppet army felt his scalp numb.
He asked in confusion: "Where did these Eight Roads come from?"
The chief of staff of the second regiment said: "There is no Eighth Route Army in this area. These troops are probably the Eighth Route Army on Qilin Peak."
The leader of the puppet army still felt a little confused. He asked: "Isn't there only a few hundred people in that group of Eighth Route Army? Why do they look like there are so many people?"
The chief of staff said: "This is easy to explain. After we win the war, isn't it easy to recruit troops?"
The leader of the puppet army nodded and said: "What you said makes sense. If it is really those Eighth Route Army gang, I'm afraid we are no match. Let's quickly ask for help from the brigade headquarters."
The chief of staff smiled bitterly and said: "The telephone lines have been cut off long ago, and the people outside are as surrounded as iron barrels. It is impossible to send people out to report the news."
The commander of the puppet army was very worried and said, "What should we do?"
The chief of staff shook his head and said: "I don't know, I'd better ask the leader to make up his mind. However, these gangs did not attack us at night. Instead, they stood outside blatantly and deliberately let us see them. I'm afraid they have something to say.
If we want to talk, we might as well listen to what they want to do first."
The leader of the puppet army nodded and said: "What you said makes sense. Let's do this. Let the brothers prepare to prevent them from launching an attack. Send someone out to see what these Eight Route Army gangs are going to do."
At this moment, a loud voice came from outside the town. The leader of the puppet army quickly raised his telescope and looked in the direction of the sound.
He saw a familiar figure, who turned out to be the first battalion commander of their regiment. At this time, he was holding something like a trumpet in his hand and was shouting.
The commander of the first battalion of the puppet army shouted: "Commander, I am Zhao Deyuan, commander of the first battalion. These Eighth Route brothers behind me are from the Mawushan guerrillas who fought with us not long ago.
You have been surrounded, and my brothers have now surrendered. The Eighth Route Army gave preferential treatment to the prisoners, and my brothers and I received preferential treatment.
Leader, for the safety of our brothers, please surrender."
The leader of the puppet army angrily cursed: "Zhao Deyuan, this coward and coward, is really an embarrassment to Lao Zi."
In fact, the commander of the puppet army also felt guilty. He only dared to whisper these words to the chief of staff and did not dare to scold Zhao Deyuan loudly.
If we really ask him to start a war with the guerrillas outside, he really doesn't have the guts.
He had participated in several sieges of the Qilin Peak base area. Those guerrillas were so powerful. Not to mention the 7th Brigade, even those tyrannical Japanese soldiers were no match for them.
He said to the chief of staff: "What do you think we should do?"
The chief of staff couldn't come up with any ideas at all, but reason told him that it was best not to start a war with the Eighth Route Army outside. If nothing else, just a single shelling from so many artillery pieces outside would cause the loss of at least half of the second regiment.
The chief of staff thought for a while and then said: "How about calling Zhao Deyuan in? Let's learn about the situation from him first."