After the battle, Xu Dalong wanted to call him over to praise him. But he never saw Tang Wenxuan. When they were gathering, he saw Tang Wenxuan walking over carrying several captured rifles.
It turned out that he had been busy with the battle since the beginning and did not return until the team gathered.
After the team was assembled, Xu Dalong called Tang Wenxuan out. In front of all the team members, he praised him for his resourcefulness and bravery, saying that this time he was able to successfully capture the Japanese secret base. Tang Wenxuan wanted to record his first contribution, and said that he would discuss his merits when he returned home.
Give reward.
The comrades also congratulated Tang Wenxuan and said that he would definitely achieve special merit this time.
Xu Dalong and others destroyed the construction equipment, set fire to the buildings inside, and evacuated the Japanese secret base with captured weapons, ammunition and living supplies.
Xu Dalong and others were worried that the Japanese army would come to retaliate, so they hid in the mountains and forests with the prisoners of war and the miners.
While Xu Dalong arranged for the special forces team members to prepare meals for the rescued personnel, he interrogated the Japanese engineers.
According to the instructions of the Japanese engineers, the Japanese army wanted to build a large-scale strategic reserve warehouse here to supply the Japanese army in Burma, and at the same time to reserve materials for the Japanese army to attack Yunnan from here.
In order to prevent the enemy air force from air raids and bombings, they dug caves here and planned to build warehouses inside the caves.
After finishing the meal, Xu Dalong asked the special forces team members to arrange for the workers to rest and recover their strength, while at the same time he found the officers among the prisoners of war.
Among the rescued prisoners of war, there were more than 180 British soldiers. The highest commander was a British major, the combat staff officer of the 141st Regiment of the Huang Family Army, named Tom.
There are more than 320 prisoners of war in the Guo Army. They are from the 330th Division of the Yuanzheng Army. The highest commander is a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander named Li Fei.
When Li Fei heard that the person who rescued them turned out to be the famous anti-Japanese general Xu Dalong, he was extremely excited and expressed his determination to obey Xu Dalong's command.
After the British Major Tom learned Xu Dalong's identity, he also expressed his obedience to Xu Dalong's command.
Xu Dalong temporarily reorganized the prisoners of war. The coalition troops were organized into a regiment, and the British and Yuanzheng Army troops were each organized into a battalion. Xu Dalong served as the regiment commander, and Li Fei and Tom served as the battalion commanders respectively.
Those workers were all locals and they had their own place to go. Xu Dalong didn't intend to take these people with him, so he gave them travel expenses and some food and let them leave on their own.
After consulting Li Fei and Tom for their opinions, Xu Dalong decided to take them further north into Yunnan.
Mashawen accepted Xu Dalong's invitation and continued to serve as their guide. Xu Dalong promised that as long as he returned to Yunnan, he would reward Mashawen another 100 oceans.
The newly formed coalition force had a total of more than 500 people and only had more than 200 guns. The prisoners of war were very weak in physical condition, and the force was temporarily organized and lacked integration.
The combat effectiveness at this time was very weak. In order to avoid encounters with large Japanese troops, according to Xu Dalong's request, Masha Wen specially selected deep mountains and dense forests to march.
Despite this, the coalition troops still encountered great difficulties, the most important of which was the supply of living materials.
The team of more than 500 people consumed a lot of food every day, and Xu Dalong and others had to try to solve this problem. This area was sparsely populated. They passed two villages and bought some food with money, but these villages were too small, and they
There are only more than 20 households, and the smaller ones only have seven or eight households, which cannot provide so much supplies at all.
Xu Dalong and others had to look for some large villages and towns, and conflicts with the Japanese army were inevitable.
That day, Monk Wei and Ma Mawen went to the front to conduct reconnaissance and found a village with more than 100 households.
Xu Dalong and others were very happy. After reconnaissance, they determined that there were no Japanese troops, so they led the team into the village. Xu Dalong spent money to buy daily necessities and rested in the village for a night.
They had been very tired from marching for the past few days, and this night's rest was very important for them, allowing them to recover their physical strength to a certain extent.
This morning, when the coalition troops were having breakfast, a sentry from the special forces team ran back and reported that a group of Japanese troops, about an infantry squad, had arrived in front.
The village where the coalition troops are currently located is surrounded by open and flat areas. If the coalition troops withdraw from the village at this time, they will inevitably be discovered by the Japanese army.
Xu Dalong didn't know the enemy situation in this area. He didn't know whether there were only a few Japanese soldiers in this small group or whether there was a large force behind them. If there really was a large group of Japanese soldiers behind them, it would be difficult for them to escape safely after being discovered.
Xu Dalong quickly arranged for the guerrillas to ride around behind the Japanese army to see if there was still a large force following.
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He decided to fight first no matter what, to eat up the Japanese infantry squad and avoid being entangled by them.
After a brief discussion, Xu Dalong arranged for people to move all the people in the western half of the village to the eastern half of the village, and the troops set up an ambush in the village.
In order to avoid alerting the Japanese army, Xu Dalong specially arranged for several special forces members to disguise themselves as ordinary people and move around the entrance of the village.
Soon after, the Japanese troops came over, and they stopped advancing near the entrance of the village.
The Japanese commanders were very cautious. Although they saw several people fleeing in panic at the entrance of the village, they still did not rush into the village. Instead, they sent three Japanese soldiers to serve as spearheads and went into the village to conduct reconnaissance.
Seeing this situation, Xu Dalong knew that there was no way to ambush the Japanese army, so he ordered Monk Wei to lead the special forces team out from the east end of the village, ride around on horseback and attack the Japanese army behind them.
The three Japanese scouts arrived at the entrance of the village and soon discovered that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the village, because the village was too quiet. Usually when they entered the village, they would hear the voices of adults and children. This was a very common sight.
Now the village was so quiet that it seemed as if there was no one around, which had to arouse their vigilance.
The three Japanese soldiers observed carefully and saw the muzzle of a gun exposed on the roof of a house, and hurriedly ran out.
Xu Dalong and others had no choice but to open fire, and the three Japanese soldiers were killed on the spot. The Japanese soldiers of that small group immediately formed a fighting formation.
Xu Dalong knew that the coalition forces had been exposed, so he simply commanded two battalions to attack the Japanese army.
When the Japanese squad leader saw so many anti-Japanese armed forces coming out of the village, he did not dare to fight, so he led his team to fight and retreat.
Of course, the coalition troops refused to let them leave and pursued them closely.
Seeing that this was not the way to go, the Japanese team leader led his team and ran towards a forest. If the Japanese army entered the woods, the battle would be much more difficult, and the coalition forces would suffer heavy casualties.
Xu Dalong led his team and charged forward, hoping to eliminate the Japanese troops before they entered the woods.
Just when the Japanese army was about to run into the woods, Monk Wei and others rushed over on flying horses, and they immediately blocked the Japanese army with firepower.
The Japanese army was surrounded by enemies from both sides, so they had to organize resistance on the spot and were soon surrounded by coalition forces.
Although Xu Dalong and others seized only more than 200 guns at the Japanese army's secret base, there were a lot of machine guns and sufficient bullets. In order to avoid heavy casualties to the coalition forces, Xu Dalong did not organize his troops to launch an immediate charge, but used
Superior firepower suppressed the Japanese troops.
The special forces used sniper rifles to eliminate the Japanese troops who dared to take the lead. The Japanese troops were beaten to the point where they were almost unable to fight back.
In order to eliminate the Japanese army as soon as possible, Xu Dalong and others used captured mortars to bombard the Japs lying on the ground, and then ordered the coalition troops to use the terrain and features to slowly narrow the encirclement of the Japanese army.
The Japanese officers and soldiers were suppressed by the firepower and found it difficult to raise their heads, but when they saw the enemy approaching step by step, they had no choice but to raise their heads and shoot outward.
This provided the special operations team with a target to shoot at, and the Japanese were eliminated one by one by the snipers.
The encirclement became smaller and smaller, and when the grenades were within reach, Xu Dalong organized the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces to throw grenades towards the Japanese positions.
The Japanese troops also threw grenades outward, but they were suppressed by the fierce firepower of the coalition forces. Many people stood up and were hit by bullets before they could throw the grenades.
The Japanese soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, the Japanese squad leader was still alive at this time. He saw that being beaten passively was not an option. Instead of being bullied to death, it was better to fight to the death.
So he led the remaining dozen or so Japanese soldiers to jump up and charge towards the coalition troops, hoping to rush forward and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and to have a backrest before dying.
The officers and soldiers of the coalition forces were not in the mood to fight with them with bayonets. When they saw the Japanese charging over, they killed them all with a sudden burst of gunfire.
This battle was a bit chaotic, but no matter what, this small group of Japanese troops was still killed. The casualties of the coalition troops were very small. The victory of this battle greatly improved the morale of the prisoners of war.
Xu Dalong didn't know whether this Japanese army was followed by a large army, so he ordered the troops to seize the time to clean the battlefield and be ready to move at any time.
Not long after, the scouts sent out came over on flying horses and said that no trace of the Japanese troops had been found within a dozen miles.
Xu Dalong and others felt more at ease, but Xu Dalong still believed that it was no longer safe to stay in the village. After cleaning the battlefield, he did not return to the village again, but continued northward with his team.
As Xu Dalong walked with his team, his heart was pounding. The terrain from here to the north was flat and open, and he was worried about encountering the Japanese army again. He originally planned to cross this open area at night, but the battle just happened, forcing him to
No more marching in broad daylight.
Really afraid of what might happen, the leading soldiers who had been dispatched for reconnaissance rushed back on horseback and said that a large number of Japanese troops had appeared in front of them. Judging from the strength of the troops, there was at least an infantry brigade.
People are unlucky. Drinking cold water can also clog their teeth. It has entered the rainy season, and it is mostly cloudy. Today is a sunny day. Xu Dalong believes that the Japanese army can quickly spot the coalition troops as long as they raise their binoculars.
He thought twice and did not dare to move forward with his team. If the Japanese army discovered them and caught up with them, in a field battle, the improvised coalition forces were no match for an infantry brigade of the Japanese army, and the final outcome would be the destruction of the entire army.
destruction.
Xu Dalong decisively ordered that the rear team become the front team and return to the village they just left. He would use this village for defense, try to hold on until dark, and then try to break out.
Xu Dalong asked the troops to go first, and he stayed behind to observe. Soon, what he was worried about happened.
A large group of Japanese troops have already moved towards this direction. It is obvious that the Japanese army has discovered traces of the coalition troops.
Xu Dalong would never be passive in a war. He would never let the main force of the coalition forces be surrounded in the village. He called Monk Wei and asked him to lead the special forces and everyone who could ride a horse, whether it was the British army or Yuan Zheng
The soldiers of the army quickly evacuated here and went to the flanks and rear of the Japanese army to harass the Japanese army. He led the main force of the coalition troops into the village and cooperated with Monk Wei inside and outside to block the Japanese attack and delay the attack.
After the coalition troops entered the village, Xu Dalong immediately deployed defenses.
He ordered Tom to lead the British army to defend the northeast of the village, and the officers and soldiers of the Yuanzheng Army to defend the southwest. He personally led 20 British soldiers and 30 Yuanzheng Army soldiers as a reserve force.
After setting up the defensive positions, Xu Dalong made a large circle and inspected the positions set up by the coalition forces. He was originally worried about the morale of the coalition forces, fearing that they would collapse under the attack of the Japanese army.
The results of the inspection made him very happy. He found that the morale of the officers and soldiers of the coalition troops was not low, and there was no sign of panic. He couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
What Xu Dalong didn't know was that there were multiple reasons why the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces maintained good morale. On the one hand, they had been oppressed by the Japanese army as prisoners of war. Everyone knew what would happen if they fell into the hands of the Japanese army.
With such an outcome, everyone would rather die than be prisoners again, so they all had the idea of fighting to the death.
The coalition troops had just fought a battle of annihilation. The troops suffered very few casualties, and they had captured all the weapons and equipment of the Japanese army. Now almost everyone has a gun, and their morale has been further improved.
There is another most important reason, that is, the officers and soldiers of the Yuanzheng Army believed in Xu Dalong.
The officers and soldiers of the British Army also got to know Xu Dalong through the officers and soldiers of the Yuanzheng Army, and they all believed in Xu Dalong's commanding ability.
With a small team of less than 30 people, Xu Dalong and others captured the secret base of the Japanese army, annihilated more than 200 Japanese soldiers, and rescued them prisoners of war. This alone won their admiration.
In addition, Xu Dalong's command was steady along the way, which further increased their trust in Xu Dalong. Especially when the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces saw that Xu Dalong did not leave the army, but stayed in the village to fight with them, they all believed it.
Xu Dalong will definitely be able to lead them to defeat the enemy and evacuate safely.
There are 52 cavalrymen led by Monk Wei, half of whom are special forces members and half of whom are soldiers of the British Army and Yuanzheng Army.