Just as Xu Dalong expected, the Japanese army left the city gate and headed straight for Xigu Town, where the Seventh Army Divisional Office is located.
Kong Jie was so anxious now that he ordered his troops to start a forced march immediately, planning to return to Xigu Town for rescue. However, they were all infantrymen, relying on two legs, and the distance between them and the Japanese was 10 kilometers away. In addition, they had just fought
Everyone was very exhausted during this battle, and it was very difficult to return to support them before the Japanese arrived at Xigu Town.
Xu Dalong said: "Captain, I will lead the special forces to stop the Japanese."
Kong Jie said: "Brother Dalong, please."
Xu Dalong and others led the special team and flew straight to Xigu Town on Pegasus.
Xu Dalong's guess was correct. The Japanese commander learned that his two infantry brigades had been annihilated by the enemy. He expected that the enemy would take advantage of the lack of troops in Dongping County to attack the city. The commander was a very smart man, and he would definitely not
He was willing to stay here and wait for death, so he decisively decided to evacuate the county. After leaving the city, he originally wanted to evacuate this area and join other Japanese troops, but half of his good infantry regiment was killed by others. He was unwilling to do so.
I don’t want to be punished by my superiors for this.
He knew that the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party came to encircle the area for reinforcements, and the main force must be here. It would be better to take advantage of the empty troops of the Seventh Army Division to carry out a sneak attack. Maybe he could destroy the command structure of the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party. He would not care about it from his superiors.
There is an explanation.
So he ordered his troops to go straight to Xigu Town.
The distance from Dongping County to Xigu Town was 18 kilometers in total. The Japanese army was closer to Xigu Town than the location of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces. Therefore, he was sure to arrive in Xigu Town in advance and destroy the enemy's command structure.
Xu Dalong and others chased the Japanese army on flying horses, and soon they saw the Japanese marching group.
The special operations squadron has a total of five detachments. Xu Dalong led two detachments to the front to block the enemy, and Wei Monk led the other three detachments to harass the Japanese army from the rear and both wings.
The captain of the Japanese army discovered the enemy's cavalry and secretly complained in his heart. He quickly judged the situation on the battlefield and decided to allocate part of his troops to deal with the anti-Japanese armed forces on the two wings and behind. He led the main force in a desperate attempt to break through the blockade of Xu Dalong and others.
, arrived at Xigu Town first.
This area is all plains and there is no danger to defend. If Xu Dalong and others block the attack on the spot, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties, so they adopt mobile defense tactics. Two special operations units alternately cover and retreat while fighting, delaying the Japanese advance.
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The captain of the Japanese army was extremely anxious. He knew that once the main force of the enemy army arrived in this open wilderness, the only thing waiting for them would be the complete destruction of their entire army.
He regrets it now. He might as well have stayed in Dongping County where there were city walls and buildings for defense.
Unfortunately, it was too late to regret. As the harassment of the Japanese army by Xu Dalong and others seriously delayed the march of the Japanese army, the large force led by Kong Jie finally caught up and, after more than an hour of fierce fighting, completely annihilated the Japanese army.
While Xu Dalong, Kong Jie and others were encircling and annihilating the Japanese troops leaving the city, Wang Zhengwei also led his troops to capture Xiaguan Town.
The Seventh Army Division destroyed an entire Japanese infantry regiment, plus a regiment of the puppet army, and captured all its weapons and equipment. It can be said that they made a windfall. Wang Zhengwei and others were very happy.
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Kong Jie said to Xu Dalong: "Brother Dalong, this time you helped us fight a good battle. Now let's go to Dongping County and pick up the things inside."
Xu Dalong and others made 50,000 yuan from Dongping County and brought all the machinery, equipment and technical personnel of the cement plant back to the Taihang Mountain base area.
In the following days, Zhang Wanhe seized Xu Dalong's cash cow and handed over all the business he could think of to Xu Dalong.
So Xu Dalong led the special team to buy whatever he could and rob whatever he could. In short, Zhang Wanhe's wish was basically fulfilled.
On this day, Xu Dalong saw that the dry food bags carried by the soldiers were heavy. He thought that loading too much would affect the soldiers' movements, and the dry food had insufficient nutritional content.
He wanted to solve this problem. After he told Zhang Wanhe this idea, the two called in technicians and instructed them to process a set of pressing equipment. Soon after, they got what they wanted, which was
Compressed dry food.
People will not forget that in the 1960s and 1970s, the compressed dry food developed by our army was very popular and seemed to become the "ace" of fast food in the eyes of the Chinese people overnight. At that time, people were scrambling to buy a barrel of compressed dry food.
The dry food had to be sent through the back door by acquaintances in the army. It was this kind of fast food that seems unsatisfactory now, and its reputation spread abroad.
Zhang Wan and the officers and soldiers of the Logistics Department tasted the compressed dry food and were full of praise. So he took the processed compressed dry food to the headquarters and gave it to the boss and them to taste.
After tasting it, the boss, chief of staff and division commander were all full of praise.
The boss said: "This is really a good thing! It is small in size, has high nutritional content, and is easy to store and transport. This solves a big problem for troops marching and fighting."
The chief of staff said with emotion: "This was invented by Xu Dalong again. I really don't know why this little guy always has so many novel ideas in his mind?"
Zhang Wanhe took advantage of the happiness of the bosses and said: "Boss, Xu Dalong is really a talented person. I think he is a good hand in logistics. Do you think this is okay? Just keep him in the logistics department. I will give him the post of logistics director.
Yes, I will be his deputy."
The division commander quit before the boss and chief of staff spoke. You must know that Xu Dalong is a soldier under his own command. How can such a talent go to the logistics department of the headquarters?
However, he was a reserved person and did not directly express his dissent. He just said: "Xu Dalong's talents cannot be used only in logistics. There are many more important tasks that need to be done by him."
The boss and chief of staff have the same opinion as the division commander. Xu Dalong is an amazing talent who makes people feel at ease wherever he is placed.
The boss said: "Zhang Wanhe, please don't take Xu Dalong's idea."
After completing the work assigned by the Logistics Department, Xu Dalong and others were ready to return to the Mawu base area.
On this day, he came to the Taiyue Military Region Headquarters and bid farewell to the commander.
The commander said: "Xu Dalong, the boss called just now and has a new task assigned to you to complete."
Xu Dalong said: "Please ask the commander to assign tasks."
The commander told Xu Dalong the tasks assigned by the headquarters.
According to intelligence, a large number of prisoners of war from the underground party, the Guo Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army were imprisoned in the Celadon Coal Mine in Datong, Shanxi. The boss asked Xu Dalong and others to go to Datong to rescue these prisoners of war.
Xu Dalong accepted the mission and first returned to the Mawushan base area, rested there for two days, and then led the special force to Datong, Shanxi.
When Xu Dalong and others arrived in Datong, they passed by the Yungang Grottoes. He was very interested in it, so he took the team members to visit.
The Yungang Grottoes are located at the southern foot of Wuzhou Mountain, 16 kilometers west of DT City, SX Province. The existing grottoes are excavated on the mountain. They are large-scale and powerful, stretching about 1 kilometer from east to west. The grottoes are divided into east and west according to the natural mountains.
There are 45 main caves and 209 subsidiary caves in the central and western districts, with a carving area of more than 18,000 square meters. The highest statue is 17 meters and the smallest is 2 centimeters. There are more than 1,100 Buddhist niches and more than 59,000 large and small statues.
The Yungang Grottoes have a history of 1,500 years. They are the first royal-style Buddhist art treasure house created by one nation and one dynasty after the spread of Buddhist art eastward to China. They are a historical monument of the integration of Chinese and Western cultures in the 5th century AD.
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After arriving there, Xu Dalong and others found that there were Japanese soldiers standing guard, and many people in plain clothes came in and out, moving boxes out from time to time.
No need to ask, this must be the kid stealing the Buddha statue from the cave and preparing to transport it back to the island country.
Seeing this situation, Xu Dalong and others could not ignore it. However, if this group of Japanese and puppet personnel were defeated, it would cause the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops to be on high alert, which would have a great impact on the next step of rescuing prisoners of war.
Xu Dalong thought twice and decided that he could not just watch these fruit treasures being stolen by the Japanese invaders.
He came up with a way and called a guide from the underground party in Datong, and asked him to take the special forces members to a nearby village to buy some shabby clothes, and then let the special forces members wear these shabby clothes.
Disguised as bandits, they launched a surprise attack on the Japanese army.
They wiped out a squad of Japanese soldiers and robbed the Japanese and puppet technicians.
Xu Dalong deliberately left some of the Japanese alive so that they could go back and report to their superiors that they had been robbed by bandits.
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After such a thing happened, it was inconvenient for Xu Dalong and others to enter the Yungang Grottoes for sightseeing, so they had to leave with regrets.
Xu Dalong and others disguised themselves as bandits and launched an attack, which really disrupted the Japanese army's plan to steal the Buddha statues. They knew about bandit activities in this area, so the archaeological technicians did not dare to come here again until these bandits were eliminated.
Of course, this cannot solve all the problems, and Xu Dalong has nothing to do about it. They cannot stay here forever, and they have to continue to complete the task of rescuing prisoners of war assigned by their superiors.
To the west of Yungang Grottoes is Datong's famous coal-producing area. There are 13 large-scale coal mines, known as the 13 mines. Celadon Coal Mine is one of the largest coal mines.
With the help of the Datong underground party, Xu Dalong quickly understood the enemy's situation.
The coal mines here are all controlled by the Japanese, and the mined coal is continuously transported by railway to Qingdao, Tianjin and other places. It is one of the most important strategic material bases of the Japanese army.
The Japanese army attached great importance to this and deployed an infantry regiment around the coal mines. Each coal mine also had a mine protection team equipped with a full set of Japanese equipment.
If we only deal with the Japanese and puppet defenders in a coal mine, it will not be a problem for the special forces led by Xu Dalong. The bad thing is that the Celadon Coal Mine is located in the center of these mining areas. Once this coal mine is captured, it will inevitably
It will alert the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops.
Xu Dalong and others had no problem escaping, but they needed to rescue more than 1,500 prisoners of war. These people had little to eat, no warmth to wear, and heavy labor every day.
Their bodies have been destroyed, and it is almost impossible to bring them out safely.
Even if they were barely brought out of the mining area, once they were pursued by the Japanese and puppet troops, these prisoners of war would only be wiped out. This was really a headache.
Xu Dalong believed that it was impossible to safely escort these prisoners of war out of the Japanese and puppet-controlled areas with just the strength of the special forces, so he sent a telegram to his superiors, requesting the cooperation of nearby anti-Japanese armed forces.
According to the arrangements of their superiors, Xu Dalong and others quickly got in touch with the Daqingshan guerrillas.
Ma Zhenyu, the captain of the Daqingshan guerrillas, is a young man in his twenties and eighties with a very talented appearance. He also graduated from a prestigious university and went to the Anti-Japanese University. He is a warrior with both civil and military skills.
After meeting Xu Dalong, he looked up and down curiously and said: "Brother Dalong, I have heard about your name for a long time, and it is like thunder to my ears. I heard that you were originally a guerrilla group of dozens of people, and it only took two short years.
Over time, it has developed and grown to that extent. Brothers, I really admire those beautiful battles you fought."
Xu Dalong said modestly: "I have heard about your Daqingshan guerrillas for a long time. The reason why our place has developed relatively quickly is mainly because the surrounding environment is better and the population there is large, so it is easier to develop."
Hearing this, Ma Zhenyu nodded and said, "That makes sense. Our place is too barren, with a lack of daily necessities and extremely difficult conditions.
Due to the small population, it is even more difficult to recruit troops."
The two exchanged pleasantries for a few words and then turned the topic to this battle.
Ma Zhenyu said: "To be honest, brother Dalong, we have also had the idea of rescuing the prisoners of war in the prison camp. There are many of our people there. I hope to rescue them and then join the guerrillas to strengthen the guerrillas.
The strength of the team.
As for those who belong to the Zhongyang Army and the Jinsui Army, I believe some of them can be swayed to join the guerrillas.
But the environment in the coal mine is so bad that even if the coal mine could be conquered, the prisoners of war would not be able to be brought out at all."
Xu Dalong nodded and said: "Captain Ma, what you said makes sense. I am also troubled by this problem, so I hope your guerrillas will cooperate."
Ma Zhenyu said: "It is our duty to fight against the Japanese. What's more, our superiors have given clear instructions to let our guerrillas fully cooperate with your department's actions. From now on, our guerrillas will accept your command."
Xu Dalong said: "Captain Ma, how many troops does your guerrilla force have now?"
Ma Zhenyu said with some shame: "There are only more than 1,300 people in total, and the equipment is relatively backward.
But all our soldiers are good, they fight bravely and are not afraid of sacrifice. You can definitely trust their fighting spirit."
Xu Dalong said: "More than 1,000 people are enough. I have a battle plan. Even if it is just a suggestion, let's discuss it together."