Wang Zhengwei was also an old soldier who had walked through the snowy mountains and meadows. He said unhappily: "Old Kong, what are you talking about? Did I say I won't go? Let's go together. If there is a problem, we will shoulder it together."
Brigade Headquarters.
The brigade commander accepted the gold bars and oceans, and played with the camera with great interest.
This camera is a Hasselblad camera produced in Sweden. It is an internationally renowned brand and is famous for the high quality of its cameras and film.
This camera is the latest model produced by the company in 1938. It has a built-in flash and does not require the use of additional flash. It is the first choice for photography professionals.
It currently sells for at least NT$450 on the market. The most important thing is that due to the war, it is difficult to buy it in China.
The brigade commander said happily: "What a good thing."
He touched a large box of film and said with a smile, "Dalong is a very careful guy."
The reason why the brigade commander said this was because someone had seized a camera before. The guy thought he could take pictures with the camera, so he gave it to the brigade commander without even taking the film. The brigade commander could only treat the camera as a decoration.
Li Changshui took out the watch Xu Dalong gave him. He was sweating from holding it in his hands. He really couldn't bear to hand it over, so he didn't put it on the table and said: "Brigadier, Xu Dalong saw my watch. It was too old, so he gave me a piece, saying it would make it easier for me to work better."
After saying this, he looked at the brigade commander nervously, hoping that the brigade commander would be merciful and reward him with this watch.
The brigade commander glanced at the watch in his hand and said, "Yes, it's a good watch. Since Xu Dalong said it was given to you, then you can keep it."
"Oh, thank you brigade commander, thank you so much." Li Changshui was very happy and quickly put it on his wrist.
The brigade commander heard that Xu Dalong also sent two motorcycles. He became interested and drove the motorcycle in circles in the yard.
He turned around twice and felt that the yard was too small to maneuver, so he simply drove out.
At 8 o'clock that night, when it got dark, Kong Jie, Xu Dalong and others set out.
Kong Jie was ruthless this time and brought out three combat battalions of the New Second Regiment, one recruit battalion, and the regiment's direct-affiliated team.
Xiyao Town is the largest town in Huaisu, only 11 kilometers away from Huaisu County. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, a huge tin mine was discovered here, which was called Xiyao at the time.
At the beginning, this place was mainly populated by miners and their families. Later, many people gradually gathered here, and by the early years of the Republic of China, it became a town.
After the Japanese army occupied this place, they invested heavily here in order to mine tin mines. Many skilled workers, their families, and other service personnel came from Japan to form a Japanese overseas community, which is a place that the Japanese attach great importance to. small town.
Therefore, although Xiyao Town is only 11 kilometers away from Huaisu County, there is still an infantry squadron of the Japanese army, a company of the puppet army, the puppet police station, the maintenance committee, the security team and other armed forces stationed in the town.
Not only that, the tin mine also has a mine team, and those Japanese expatriates also have weapons. These Japanese expatriates have received military training since childhood and are armed, and they are also a force that cannot be underestimated.
This town is quite prosperous. Both the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army had tried to conquer this town before, but neither of them succeeded in conquering it.
For the New Second Regiment, it's not that they haven't considered attacking this town, but they really don't dare to think about it.
In addition to the strong strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in the town itself, Huaisu County is also stationed with a brigade headquarters and two infantry squadrons of the Japanese army, a battalion of the puppet army, and a puppet police brigade. Once the battle breaks out, half
Reinforcements can arrive within an hour.
Not to mention, since this place is quite far from the headquarters of the New Second Regiment and they have to pass through Wenshui County on the way, they will be intercepted by the Japanese and puppet troops coming out of Wenshui County on their way back to the camp.
If we want to capture this town and return to the base safely, we must solve these three problems at the same time. With the strength of the New Second Regiment alone, we simply cannot do this. If we act blindly, the entire army may be destroyed.
At 7 o'clock that morning, the Third Battalion of the New Second Regiment, the new battalion and the regiment-affiliated team, under the leadership of Chief of Staff Li, launched an attack on the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in the town.
The New Second Regiment only had two mortars and only a dozen rounds of artillery shells. During normal wars, not a single artillery shell was allowed to be fired without Kong Jie's approval.
This time, in order to build up the momentum of a large-scale offensive, Xu Dalong provided 30 mortar shells for the New Second Regiment. Chief of Staff Li finally got over his addiction and continued to fire shells at the Japanese and puppet army positions in the town.
The Japanese and puppet troops in Xiyao Town were attacked and they immediately organized a resistance. The Japanese expatriates also took up arms and participated in the battle.
When they saw the large number of enemy troops and artillery outside the city, they called the Japanese captain in the city for help.
In order to allow the Japanese and puppet troops to call for help smoothly, the special operations team members deliberately did not cut off the enemy's phone lines.
After receiving the call for help, the Japanese captain immediately led two infantry squadrons and a company of puppet troops out of the city gate and came to Xiyao Town for reinforcements.
At 11 o'clock last night, Xu Dalong, Kong Jie and others had already led their troops to this area. Except for Chief of Staff Li who led the troops to attack Xiyao Town, the rest of the troops came to Huaisu County. There were less than 1 troops near the city gate.
Ambushes were set up kilometers away.
At this time, the corn had grown to more than two feet high. In order to prevent the enemy from using the corn fields to set up ambushes, the Japanese army did not allow corn to be planted within a distance of 150 meters on both sides of the road. Only sweet potatoes and other plants with a plant size of no more than one foot were allowed to be planted.
Xu Dalong and others ambush the troops in a cornfield 150 meters away, and the special operations team members planted explosives on the road.
After everything was set up, it was 2:20 in the morning.
Before this departure, Kong Jie and Wang Zhengwei had stated that this battle would be based on Xu Dalong's opinion.
Seeing that the troops were already in ambush, Kong Jie asked: "Brother Dalong, when should we start?"
Xu Dalong said: "Don't worry, we will fight again at dawn."
Wang Zhengwei asked puzzledly: "Why not launch an attack at night? Isn't it easy to expose the target during the day?"
Xu Dalong said: "The key to this battle is to defeat the Japanese reinforcements. If an attack on Xiyao Town is launched at night, the Japanese and puppet troops in the town will not be able to see the situation outside clearly. When they ask for reinforcements from the Japanese troops in the city,
, it was impossible to provide accurate intelligence to the Japanese troops in the city.
The Japanese troops in the city don't know the situation of our troops, and since it's dark, they will worry about being ambushed and may not come out for reinforcements.
If they were worried about being ambushed, they might not take this road and leave the city through other city gates and take a detour to Xiyao Town. Our ambush would be in vain.
Even if they take this road, it is not easy for the Japanese army to detect us, but at night, we cannot see clearly the situation on the road, making it difficult to accurately attack the Japanese and puppet troops.
It is easy for the Japanese army to organize effective resistance. If the Japanese reinforcements cannot be quickly annihilated, I need not say how serious the consequences will be.
Only when the attack is launched at dawn and the Japanese and puppet troops in Xiyao Town can clearly see the strength of our troops outside, can they accurately provide intelligence to the Japanese and puppet troops in the city.
The Japanese and puppet troops saw that our troops were lacking in strength and had a wide field of vision during the day. They did not think that they would be ambushed, so they would confidently and boldly leave the city from here and pass by our ambush position.
The Japanese and puppet troops did not expect that we would ambush them at the gate of the county town. They would definitely march in a dense formation, giving us the opportunity to attack them.
As for other Japanese and puppet troops in the city coming out to reinforce after the battle, don’t worry. First of all, the main force of the Japanese army has already come out, and there are not many Japanese and puppet troops left in the city. Secondly, after the battle started, machine gun fire was used to block the city gate and the city.
The Japanese and puppet troops inside also cannot serve as reinforcements."
Kong Jie said with admiration: "Brother Dalong, you are still thoughtful."
Wang Zhengwei had always heard that Xu Dalong was a good fighter, but he only thought that their guerrillas were well equipped. He did not expect that Xu Dalong's thinking was so rigorous. No wonder those Japanese and puppet troops were no match for him.
He said: "Captain Xu, we all listen to you and learn from you this time."
Just as Xu Dalong expected, the Japanese army drove out of the county town and marched on the road in neat lines.
They never dreamed that the enemy would dare to ambush at the city gate.
"Boom, boom, boom."
After a large group of enemy troops entered the ambush circle, the guerrillas ambushing near the highway detonated high explosives on the highway.
These explosives mainly exploded in the middle of the Japanese army's formation, killing more than half of the Japanese army on the spot, and the Japanese army captain was also killed on the spot.
Before the smoke from the explosion dissipated, the Eighth Route Army soldiers and guerrillas who were ambushing in the sorghum fields on both sides of the road opened fire violently at the Japanese and puppet troops on the road.
The Japanese and puppet troops were already panicked by the explosives. Bullets flew like a rainstorm, and the Japanese and puppet troops fell in pieces, making the situation even more chaotic.
Seeing the scene on the highway, Xu Dalong decided not to give the enemy a chance to breathe, and said to Kong Jie: "Commander, give the order to charge."
Kong Jie was already prepared. He immediately jumped up, brandished his sword, and shouted: "Brothers of the New Second Regiment, charge at me." He took the lead and charged forward.
Wang Zhengwei was also very brave. He brandished a shell gun and rushed to the front of the team.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers of the New Second Regiment rushed towards the road, shouting and holding sharp bayonets.
Kong Jie and others ran fast, and the special forces team members ran even faster. They rushed in front of the team with more than a dozen light machine guns and fired fiercely at the Japanese and puppet troops on the road.
After the battle started, Monk Wei immediately led a detachment of special forces members to rush to the city gate. They blocked the city gate with machine guns, blocking the retreat of the Japanese and puppet troops outside the city, and also blocking the Japanese and puppet troops in the city from coming out.
reinforce.
The distance of more than 100 meters was reached in an instant. The special operations team and the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army quickly rushed onto the road. The remaining Japanese troops could not organize effective resistance at all, and they were all annihilated in a short time.
Seeing the corpses, weapons and ammunition of the Japanese and puppet troops everywhere, Kong Jie grinned excitedly and laughed.
Wang Zhengwei had never fought such a happy battle. He moved around excitedly and directed the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.
Xu Dalong said: "Commander, leave one company to clean the battlefield and gather the troops to attack Xiyao Town."
Kong Jie ordered the rally horn to be blown, and soon the team was assembled and headed towards Xiyao Town.
The officers and soldiers of the New Second Regiment had just fought a great victory and were in an extremely excited state. Although they had just fought a fierce battle, they did not feel tired at all. Their legs were moving with great energy, causing smoke to billow on the road.
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Xu Dalong and others put on Japanese military uniforms, mounted their horses and headed to Xiyao Town first.
While the battle to ambush the Japanese army started, the special operations team members had cut off the telephone line between the county seat and Xiyao Town to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops in Xiyao Town from learning about the accident of the reinforcements. They planned to pretend to be Japanese reinforcements and conduct a sneak attack.
Xiyao Town.
In order to attract enemy reinforcements, Chief of Staff Li of the New Second Regiment constantly organized troops to launch attacks on the Japanese and puppet troops in Xiyao Town.
The Japanese and puppet troops felt very overwhelmed and expected reinforcements to arrive quickly.
Suddenly, they found that the Eighth Route Army that had launched the attack had withdrawn, and they withdrew without stopping at the position.
They knew that reinforcements must have arrived.
Sure enough, they saw many Japanese troops appearing from the direction of the county seat and running towards here.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the town immediately cheered, stopped shooting, and greeted the Japanese troops who came for reinforcements.
The Japanese officers and soldiers ran into the town. The Japanese squadron leader in the town approached them. He was about to say some words of gratitude when he suddenly realized that the people in front of them were so strange. He had never seen them before.
While he was wondering, the Japanese troops who entered the town suddenly opened fire on the Japanese and puppet troops in the town.
These Japanese troops who entered the town were of course the special forces led by Xu Dalong.
They took off their Japanese military uniforms, revealing the Eighth Route Army uniforms underneath, and launched an attack on the Japanese and puppet troops in the town.
Chief of Staff Li held up his binoculars and saw Xu Dalong and others entering the town. He immediately led the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army to fight back and rushed directly into the town.
Kong Jie and Wang Zhengwei, who came later, led the officers and soldiers of the New Second Regiment and rushed into the town.
Soon after, the battle ended.
The officers and soldiers of the Mawushan Special Forces and the New Second Regiment confiscated the weapons and property of the Japanese and puppet troops and left Xiyao Town.
Xu Dalong said: "Commander, Commissioner Zheng, you go back first, and we will stop the Japanese troops coming out from the direction of Wenshui."
Kong Jie said gratefully: "Brother Dalong, thank you for your hard work. I will prepare a banquet and wait for you to come back for a celebratory drink."
Xinzhuang, the headquarters of the New Second Regiment.
Xu Dalong and others repelled the Japanese reinforcements dispatched from the direction of Wenshui, and when they returned to the headquarters of the New Second Regiment, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening.
In the conference room of the regiment headquarters, Kong Jie, Wang Zhengwei and the company-level cadres of the new second regiment saw Xu Dalong and others coming in. They all stood up and burst into warm applause.
After the applause subsided, Kong Jie said: "Brother Dalong, thank you and the guerrilla brothers for allowing our New Second Regiment to fight a beautiful battle."
Having said this, the cadres of the New Second Regiment burst into warm applause again.
Wang Zhengwei said excitedly: "Brother Dalong, the results of the battle have been calculated.
In this battle, we wiped out a total of 2,014 Japanese and puppet troops, including 896 Japanese troops below the captain level. Our New Second Regiment only suffered 132 casualties. Such battle losses were unimaginable compared to before.
The weapons and equipment seized included 1 Type 92 infantry gun, 36 rounds of artillery shells, 5 mortars, 248 rounds of artillery shells, two Type 92 heavy machine guns, 7 crooked machine guns, 5 grenades, and Type 38 rifles.
1,425, including 576 Hanyang-made rifles, 121 various pistols, grenades and various bullets, telescopes, compasses, Japanese command knives, etc. I won’t go into details.
I have a supply list here and will give you one later.
Other supplies include 1 military radio, 56 large yellow croakers, 140 small yellow croakers, 23,575 yuan of oceans, 19,200 yuan of Japanese military stamps, 34,000 yuan of large painted faces, and some gold and silver jewelry that I can’t estimate, but I’m wondering how.
Worth 20,000 oceans.
Hehe, we made a fortune this time."
Kong Jie said: "Brother Dalong, we brothers fought together. How should we divide these things? It's up to you."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Regiment Commander, Commissioner Zheng, brothers, our family owns half of the shells of the Type 92 Infantry Cannon, and the rest of the weapons, ammunition and all supplies belong to your New Second Regiment.
We in Mawushan have financial difficulties, so we split the money 40-60, and I took the big part."
Kong Jie said: "Brother Dalong, this is not possible. Our New Second Regiment has too many things to distribute. How about we do otherwise? We really need weapons and ammunition. The money is 2 or 8, so we can do it at 20%."
Already."
Wang Zhengwei said: "Yes, brother Dalong, we have a base here to supply supplies to the Anti-Japanese Democratic Zhengfu. We don't need so much money, so you can just take more money."
Chief of Staff Li also said: "Yes, Brother Dalong, our New Second Regiment is taking advantage of your guerrillas this time, so you should take more money."
When Xu Dalong saw that everyone was sincere, he stopped being polite and said, "Okay then, just do as the regiment leaders say."
Kong Jie said: "Brother Dalong, the banquet is ready. You and your guerrilla brothers can take a seat."
It turned out that Kong Jie and others had arranged for the officers and soldiers of the New Second Regiment to have dinner, and even the above cadres had not eaten. They had been waiting for Xu Dalong and others to come back for a celebratory drink.
That night, Xu Dalong drank a lot of wine. Although his drinking capacity was amazing, the cadres of the New Second Regiment were too enthusiastic, so he drank a little too much. When he woke up, it was already 9 o'clock in the morning the next day.
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Seeing Xu Dalong get up, Lin Xueying brought Xu Dalong face wash and asked with concern: "Captain, are you feeling better?"
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "It's okay, I feel much better after a good sleep."
Lin Xueying took care of Xu Dalong and finished washing his face, then went out to pour water with the basin in hand.
Xu Dalong said with some embarrassment: "I'll do it." He reached out to pick up the basin, but accidentally touched Lin Xueying's hand.
Lin Xueying's hand trembled slightly, and the water in the basin almost overflowed.
Her face turned slightly red and she said softly: "I'd better go." Then she walked out with the water in her hand.
Lin Xueying's shy look made Xu Dalong a little confused. After a while, he calmed down and felt that he was a bit worthless, so he laughed at himself.
Independent Regiment Department.
Looking at the gold bars and oceans on the table, Li Yunlong didn't smile, and said dissatisfiedly: "Dalong, what's wrong with you? You helped that boy Kong Jie win a big victory. That boy must be very nervous."
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Xu Dalong said with a smile: "Captain, this is also a coincidence. It just so happens that Commander Kong has a Japanese tin mine there. If you don't rob it, you can't rob it."
Zhao Gang was very satisfied and said: "Old Li, don't be dissatisfied. Dalong and Commander Kong fought together, and they gave us a share of the seized property. This is interesting enough."
Zhang Dabiao also put in good words for Xu Dalong. He said: "Yes, leader, if Brother Dalong does anything good, he always sticks to our independent group first."
Li Yunlong was not really angry with Xu Dalong, he just felt a little unhappy when he thought of Kong Jie's proud look.
He said: "Dalong, I will stay in the regiment for two more days this time to entertain you and the brothers of the special force."
Xu Dalong said: "Commissioner, Commissioner Zheng, the situation in Mawushan is a bit tense. I can't stay here for a long time. I have to rush back as soon as possible."