At this time, the squadron directly under the division headquarters saw a large village ahead, and prepared to invite the division commander and the division's command organization to enter the village for a rest. For safety reasons, the squadron directly under the division headquarters first entered the village to search to eliminate hidden dangers.
This village is called Hanshui Village, so named because of the lack of water in the area. There are 15 militiamen in the village, and they have dug a lot of tunnels, but they have never had the chance to fight the Japanese. They are very envious of the militiamen in the villages on the edge of the base area, especially the
In Qiuzi Village, people always win battles and receive constant rewards. Captain Xu even receives them personally.
They dream of this kind of honor, but unfortunately they don't have the chance.
On this day, the militiamen and villagers returned from farming in the fields and were preparing to have lunch. The children's regiment standing guard at the entrance of the village saw a large group of Japanese soldiers approaching in the distance and hurriedly ran to report.
When the militiamen heard that the Japanese were coming, they immediately became excited. They quickly found the village chief and helped him organize the villagers to enter the tunnel, and then they prepared for battle.
The squadron directly under the division headquarters is a strengthened squadron with a total strength of 220 people. In order to ensure the safety of the division headquarters, the squadron leader commanded the soldiers to first surround the village, and then sent two infantry teams into the village to search for the Japanese.
After the soldiers entered the village, they could not find anyone. They thought they were all hiding in the house, so they searched from house to house.
It was the first time for the militiamen in the village to fight the Japanese, so they were inevitably a little nervous. They were very careful. At the beginning, they worked in groups of five to encourage each other.
Militia captain Liu Yougui pulled out a brick from a sandwiched wall, revealing a lookout hole.
He saw a dozen Japanese soldiers standing on the street, each with a fierce look on his face. His hands were trembling with nervousness, and his palms were actually sweating.
But he was the militia captain after all, and he couldn't show cowardice in front of the militiamen. He took a deep breath, tried to overcome his nervousness, then picked up his rifle and fired at the back of a Japanese soldier three meters away.
gun.
With a "bang" shot, the bullet hit the Japs in the back, and the Japs soldiers screamed and fell down.
This was Liu Yougui's first time fighting the Japs. He was so nervous that when he saw the Japs soldier falling down after being shot, he couldn't help shouting: "Hit, I hit."
The militiamen were all very excited. It seemed that the little devils were sons of father and mother, and would die if they were shot. Their nervousness was swept away.
The Japanese soldiers outside heard the gunfire and saw a soldier falling. They hurriedly searched around and heard Liu Yougui's shout.
The Japanese soldiers followed the sound and saw the lookout hole on the wall. Several Japanese soldiers quickly ran over.
Liu Yougui was still a little scared when he saw the ferocious faces of the Japanese soldiers. He shouted "Run" and led the militiamen along the tunnel and away from the wall.
A Japanese soldier quickly leaned against the wall, took out a grenade, pulled out the safety pin, knocked it on the wall, and then threw it in through the lookout.
With a "boom", the grenade exploded in the wall, and a gap was opened in the wall.
The Japanese soldier was worried that there was someone inside, so he threw another grenade in. Then he went to check and found the dark tunnel entrance inside.
A Japanese team leader who entered the village also ran over. He understood that the reason why there were no ordinary people in this village was because there were tunnels in the village.
Sensing the danger, he hurriedly shouted: "Everyone is here, evacuate the village immediately."
However, their actions were still a step slow. After Liu Yougui and others left the double wall, they told the other two groups of militiamen the good news, saying that the little Japs were nothing special and easy to fight.
So the militiamen became bolder and went to find a cave to fight the Japanese.
When the militiamen saw the Japanese soldiers running out of the village, they fired at them, hitting several more Japanese soldiers.
The Japanese team leader saw several Japanese soldiers lying on the ground. One of them was a wounded soldier who was screaming. He hurriedly asked several Japanese soldiers to help him. The other Japanese soldiers also went to pick up weapons on the ground.
The Japanese soldiers have always been like this. They will not give up their wounded unless absolutely necessary, nor will they leave their weapons to the anti-Japanese armed forces.
The delay of the Japanese soldiers gave the militiamen an opportunity to strike. The militiamen came out from all directions, shot at the Japanese soldiers again, threw two grenades, and killed several more Japanese soldiers.
Seeing this situation, the Japanese team leader no longer cared about the wounded soldiers and weapons left on the ground. He shouted for retreat and took the lead in running out of the village.
Liu Yonggui has been completely relaxed since he killed a Japanese. He was the one who threw a grenade at the Japanese just now.
Seeing the little Japs in such a mess, he became more energetic. Seeing that the Japs were running outside and he couldn't see them from his position, he quickly got out of the hole and climbed up the ladder to the roof.
, shooting at the back of the fleeing Japanese soldiers.
Liu Yougui's marksmanship was not very good. He was clearly aiming at a Japanese soldier who was running at the back. Unexpectedly, when he pulled the trigger, he used too much force. The muzzle of the gun flickered and the bullet missed. The bullet missed.
The Japs he aimed at missed the target and hit the Japs squad leader in front of him instead.
The Japanese squad leader was not dead. The bullet penetrated his lower back. He screamed in pain. Several Japanese soldiers rushed to help him. As a result, the militiamen shot at him randomly and knocked down two more Japanese soldiers.
The other Japanese soldiers didn't care so much and ran away. All the living Japanese soldiers fled, leaving only the Japanese squad leader lying on the ground.
The militiamen were very excited, got out of the hole, and surrounded him.
Liu Yougui wanted to catch someone alive, because although Qiuzi Village killed so many Japanese soldiers, they didn't catch a single one alive. If they could catch them, they would definitely be able to make a big splash.
The militiamen gathered around and saw that the Japanese squad leader was still breathing. They imitated the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party and shouted: "I will give preferential treatment to the prisoners even if they refuse to kill me."
The Japanese team leader lay motionless there. The militiamen thought that this guy might have passed out, so two people went up to help him up and prepare to bandage his wounds.
It's a pity that the militiamen lacked experience and underestimated the cruelty of the little Jaap. Just when the two militiamen reached out to help the Jaap squad leader, the guy suddenly turned over, raised the tortoise box, and pointed it towards the nearest militiaman.
It was a shot in the chest.
At such a close distance, the bullet hit the militiaman's heart. The militiaman saw the fresh snow coming out of his chest and fell down in disbelief.
This angered the other militiamen. Some of them stabbed the Japanese squad leader with the bayonets of their guns, some directly hit him with their rifle butts, and some directly punched and kicked him.
The squad leader was finally dead.
Originally, the militiamen were very happy after winning a big battle, but a comrade died with them, who they had grown up with since childhood, and had a very deep relationship with them.
The mood of the militiamen suddenly became depressed, and they realized the cruelty of war. Their companions who were chatting and laughing just now lost their lives in the blink of an eye. They really didn't know how to explain to the militiamen's father and mother.
At this moment, a militiaman who was on sentry duty at the head of the village ran over. As he ran, he shouted: "No, the devils have set up cannons outside the village. Hide quickly."
The militiamen hurriedly carried the bodies of the dead militiamen into the tunnel.
Fujiwara Konichi originally thought about going into the village to eat, find a room, and take a nap. After receiving the report from the squadron directly under him, he couldn't help but get furious and ordered the artillery to raze the village to the ground. Then he let out a bad breath.
Soon after, reports were sent from all departments of the 108th Division, saying that soldiers who entered other villages had been attacked to varying degrees. Fujiwara Konichi issued another order that no one was allowed to enter the village in the future, and the camps were held in the wild.
Fujiwara Konichi and the division headquarters left the village under the escort of the directly affiliated squadron, and took a temporary rest several hundred meters away while waiting for the cooking soldiers to bury pots and make rice.
Liu Yougui and the militiamen carried the body of the dead militiaman into the tunnel. The news reached his parents. The two old men cried heartbrokenly, and the atmosphere was very miserable.
Liu Yougui was very angry and decided to teach the little devils a lesson. So he led the militiamen towards the tunnel entrance outside the village.
According to Xu Dalong's requirements, each village must not only dig tunnels in the village that can be dug, hidden, waterproof, and poison-proof, but also must have an exit outside the village to prevent long-term siege by the enemy.
Therefore, Hanshui Village also has two tunnels leading to the outside of the village. Liu Yougui led the militiamen to drill out a tunnel entrance. The exit was on the edge of an abandoned brick kiln. When they came out, they saw a large group of Japanese soldiers about 150 meters away.
There was a group of Japanese officers sitting in the middle, with many Japanese sentries standing around.
Liu Yougui decided to attack this group of Japs. He knew that his marksmanship was not accurate, and the level of the militiamen in the village was about the same, so he told the militiamen to aim at the sitting Japs officers and wait for his command to fire together.
After Liu Yougui took aim at the Japanese, he asked, "Are you all set?"
The militiamen all said: "Have a good aim."
Liu Yougui said: "I call 123, and everyone opens fire together." As he said, he shouted the command, and the militiamen fired at them.
The marksmanship of the militiamen was really poor, and most of the bullets were deflected. However, the Japs were relatively dense, and some people were still shot.
The Japanese chief of staff on Fujiwara's side had one of his ears knocked off. Although it was not serious, the pain was so painful that he still grinned.
The head of the Japanese intelligence section and two Japanese soldiers were even more unlucky. They were hit in the vital parts by bullets and died on the spot.
The Japanese soldiers reacted very quickly. After hearing the sound of gunfire, they immediately rushed towards the position where the militiamen were shooting.
The militiamen hurriedly got into the tunnel. A large number of Japanese soldiers ran over, and after careful search, they found the tunnel entrance again.
But looking at the dark tunnel, they didn't dare to go in, so they threw a few grenades into it and turned around and left.
Liu Yougui and others had already learned their lesson. They knew that the Japanese were going to do this. After getting into the tunnel, they quickly ran back towards the village. No one was injured this time.
The Japanese soldiers were worried that the division headquarters would be attacked again, so they persuaded Fujiwara Konichi and others to move.
They changed a place and formed a circle with several armored vehicles to let Fujiwara Konichi and others rest.
At this time, the chief of staff's ears had been bandaged. It was difficult to fix the ears alone, so he had to wrap a bandage around his head, which looked very funny.
He endured the pain and said with some worry: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, it seems that tunnels have been dug in every village in the Mawu Mountain area, and I'm afraid the same is true in the county. We can't see the enemy, but the enemy can attack us at any time. This
The battle is really hard to fight."
Fujiwara Konichi was also a little worried. He was also a little worried now. Not to mention that the enemy troops were holding on to the county seat. Even if the gate of the county seat was opened, the Japanese army would not have the guts to enter. In this case, what would be the point of taking the county seat.
At this time, the duty officer at the division headquarters summarized the situation after entering the base area, and the results were very frustrating. The 108th Division was attacked by militiamen, and the number of casualties actually reached 212, but not a single enemy was seen.
Fujiwara Konichi now felt helpless. He called the communications section chief, dictated a telegram and sent it to Shinozuka Yoshio.
Yoshio Shinozuka received telegrams from various ministries and already knew that tunnels had been dug everywhere in the Mawu Mountain area. Even Shinozuka Yoshio took a breath when he thought of not knowing where the enemy was hiding and watching him.
He was beginning to feel a little worried now. The enemies had all gotten into the tunnels, and he didn't know how to fight the next battle. Even if he occupied all the buildings on the ground, it was meaningless. It was like sitting in the crater of a volcano.
superior.
He said depressedly: "This damn Xu Dalong is so cunning. I have met countless enemies in my life, but I have never seen such a difficult guy."
The chief of staff asked: "Your Excellency, Commander, what should we do next?"
After Yoshio Shinozuka thought for a while, he said: "Send a telegram to Fujiwara Konichi and ask him to attack directly towards Guancheng County and destroy the enemy's airport first."
After Konichi Fujiwara received the telegram from Yoshio Shinozuka, he remembered that the Mawushan guerrillas also have an airport. The reason why it is called the airport is because there are many planes on it, and those planes are not vegetarian.
Yes, it can kill people.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but change his face, and hurriedly ordered: "Notify all ministries to pay attention to air defense."
Fujiwara Konichi's words seemed to be poisonous. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the roar of airplanes in the sky. Soon he saw a group of small black dots appearing on the horizon. The small black dots kept getting bigger, and they were obviously heading towards
They came.
The Japanese officers shouted loudly: "Hide, hide quickly."
The squadron directly responsible for protecting the division headquarters saw that there was no place to hide around. They were worried that the division commander and chief of staff would be in danger, so they advised them to lie down on the ground.
Fujiwara Konichi was born into a noble family and was a high-ranking Japanese Army Lieutenant General. He would not do anything to lose face no matter what.
He refused the guards' request, stood upright and shouted: "Why are you panicking? If you have the ability, let him blow me up."