After receiving Xu Dalong's telegram, Li Qiulin reported his current location to Xu Dalong and agreed to launch an attack on the Japanese army at one o'clock at night.
The battle between the troops of the Mawushan Military Division led by Li Yunlong went relatively smoothly. In just one and a half hours, they defeated the Sato Brigade of the Japanese independent 11th Brigade, and then launched an attack on the 32nd garrison division.
Attack and prevent them from coming to rescue the independent 11th Brigade.
The last thing Chiba Xunyi wanted to do was fight with the troops of the Mawushan Military Division. This time he led the main force of the division to participate in the attack on the Mashan base area. It was a helpless move. He received an order from the First Army Headquarters and led the troops forward.
Going to rescue the 11th independent mixed brigade, they happened to run into the troops led by Li Yunlong.
When he received a report that there were tank troops among the enemy troops ahead, he knew that these must be the troops of the Mawushan Military Division.
He immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing, organize defense on the spot, and be ready to return to Yucheng at any time.
At this time, the fighting around the Mawushan base area was very fierce. No one noticed that the Japanese 8th Division had quietly arrived in Tiantai County, which was only 90 kilometers away from Guancheng County in a straight line.
After Wang Sanqiang was appointed as the deputy section chief of the Enemy Engineering Section of the Mawushan Military Division, he was mainly responsible for the work of the armed workers behind enemy lines. The armed workers behind enemy lines were active in enemy-occupied areas, and one of their main tasks was to provide intelligence to their superiors. They were all equipped with radio stations. What was there?
The information must first be summarized to Wang Sanqiang, who will then report to the superiors.
On this day, Zhao Sihai, captain of the martial arts team operating in Tiantai County, was leading his martial arts team members to arrest a Hanjian who was extremely angry with the people in Xiaohuangzhuang.
Xiaohuangzhuang was not far from the highway, and the sound of vehicles driving on the highway attracted their attention. They looked towards the highway and were immediately stunned by the scene in front of them.
They saw a large number of Japanese military vehicles on the road, as far as the eye could see.
Zhao Sihai was born in a special forces unit. Based on his experience, the Japanese troops he could see in front of him were no less than an infantry regiment. It was impossible for an infantry regiment to have so many vehicles. It can be concluded that it was at least no less than an infantry brigade.
group.
Looking at the direction in which the Japanese army was advancing, it was exactly towards Guancheng County.
Zhao Sihai quickly copied a telegram and asked the operator to send it out. Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, the radio station malfunctioned.
Zhao Sihai became anxious and quickly mounted his horse and galloped towards Guancheng County. He wanted to get ahead of the Japanese army and report the news of the Japanese army's sneak attack to his superiors.
Since the Japanese army was marching on the road, he could not go directly to the road, so he ran forward along a field road. When he saw that he had passed the Japanese army's marching group, in order to speed up, he got on the road and continued to run forward.
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Zhao Sihai was galloping on his horse when he suddenly noticed the Japanese cavalry in front of him, which was the vanguard of the Japanese army. He hurriedly got off the road, preparing to continue on the path to bypass the enemy's vanguard.
At this moment, a bullet flew over and Zhao Sihai was hit in the left rib. The bullet penetrated his internal organs. His vision went dark and he fell from his horse.
The Japanese soldiers in the distance saw the man on horseback being shot and fell off his horse, so they ran towards this side.
Zhao Sihai was seriously injured and fell off his horse again. His body hit the ground hard. The intense pain made him almost faint. He saw the Japanese army running towards him and knew that he was definitely finished. He couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart.
sad.
He was not afraid of death. From the day he joined the Eighth Route Army, he had already made up his mind to sacrifice on the battlefield. His only regret was that he could not pass on the news of the Japanese army's sneak attack.
In the meantime, he took out his shell gun and prepared to kill a few Japanese who came running.
He endured the pain and aimed at the Japanese. He did not pull the trigger, but stopped because at this time he suddenly thought of a problem. If the people from the armed workers team knew that something had happened to him, they would send another one.
The man returned to the base area to report the news. If he fired at the Japanese army at this time, the Japanese army would definitely shoot him from a long distance. He would fall to the ground unable to move and would soon be killed by the enemy.
Now that he was far away from the armed workers, the people in the armed workers might not be able to hear the gunshots. He decided to make more noise to attract the attention of the armed workers.
He put down the shell gun, took out two grenades, unscrewed the cover on the back, put the ring on his finger, put it under his body, and then lay there pretending to be dead.
Soon after, several Japanese soldiers ran over. They held guns and carefully observed Zhao Sihai's movements. Zhao Sihai held his breath and pretended to have sacrificed himself.
Seeing that he was motionless, the Japanese soldiers boldly surrounded him. A Japanese soldier walked up to him and stretched his feet under his body, trying to turn him over.
At this time, the grenade in Zhao Sihai's hand was emitting white smoke. He let go of the grenade in his hand and suddenly hugged one of the Japanese soldier's legs.
The Japanese soldiers were frightened and fled in all directions. The Japanese soldier whose leg was hugged struggled desperately. When he saw that he could not break free, he picked up the bayonet on his rifle and stabbed Zhao Sihai fiercely.
However, despite this, Zhao Sihai still hugged him tightly and refused to let go. The Jaap soldiers looked desperate, but Zhao Sihai had a smile on his face.
Just two "boom boom" sounds were heard, and Zhao Sihai died heroically. The Japanese soldier was also blown into a snow gourd and died.
The explosion spread far away, and the military workers in Xiaohuangzhuang vaguely heard the explosion. Based on their experience, the Japanese army was marching covertly and would definitely not make such a big noise. The most likely reason is that something happened to Zhao Sihai.
A grenade was detonated to alert them.
Vice-captain Zheng Guorong decided to report back to the base area instead of Zhao Sihai. He bought a horse from a commoner's home in the village. In order to avoid being intercepted like Zhao Sihai, he chose a place far away from the road, specifically choosing a country road towards the base area.
The direction is fast and the horse is galloping.
The country road Zheng Guorong chose was about two kilometers away from the highway. He thought it should be safer, but he did not expect to encounter Japanese cavalry here.
It turned out that after the grenade exploded, the Japanese army had determined that the identity of the rider must be the Eighth Route Army. They knew that the operation had been discovered by the Eighth Route Army, and were sending people back to the base area to report the news.
The commander of the Japanese vanguard was worried that other people would come to report the incident, so he sent his cavalry to set up a cordon within 5 kilometers of the highway.
There were three Japanese cavalry here. They also saw Zheng Guorong and rushed towards Zheng Guorong.
Zheng Guorong is also a member of the special operations team and has good marksmanship. Unfortunately, he is holding a shell gun now, and he is no match for the Japanese army at such a long distance.
He could only turn his horse's head around and drive faster, hoping to get rid of the Japanese army and then take a detour from a farther place to return to the base.
When the Japanese cavalry saw Zheng Guorong escaping, they immediately chased him and fired at Zheng Guorong while chasing him.
Zheng Guorong leaned on his horse, reducing the target for Japanese shooting. Both sides were moving at high speed, and the Japanese soldiers fired many shots, but none of them were able to hit Zheng Guorong.
Shoot the man first, shoot the horse first, and capture the thief first, capture the king. The Japanese also understood this principle. They fired their guns one after another at the horse under Zheng Guorong's crotch.
A bullet hit the horse's hip, causing the horse to rise up and then fall down. Zheng Guorong was worried that he would be crushed under the horse, so he quickly jumped off the horse before the horse fell.
He didn't dare to stay. When he saw a ditch in front of him, he crossed the ditch and hid behind, preparing to kill the Japanese soldiers with a shell gun.
The Japanese soldiers were very smart. They could not clearly see Zheng Guorong's position and did not dare to approach rashly. The three Japanese soldiers gestured for a while, and one Japanese soldier stayed at the front, while the other two Japanese soldiers galloped to both sides. They planned to move
Zheng Guorong surrounded them.
Where Zheng Guorong is now, there are no tall crops like corn, only a potato field. The stems and leaves of the potatoes are very lush, and if you lie down on the ground, you can still hide your figure.
In order to avoid being attacked from both sides, he climbed into the potato field so that the Japanese army could not determine his specific location. He kept crawling forward in the potato field, crawled more than 30 meters, and hid under a relatively tall potato seedling.
Got up.
The Japanese cavalry surrounded the potato field from three sides. They also knew that their target on horseback was too big, so they dismounted and approached the center.
It was evening now, the sky was getting darker and the visibility was gradually getting lower. Although the three Japanese soldiers knew that Zheng Guorong was in the potato field in front of them, they did not know his specific location. Although Zheng Guorong did not shoot when he was escaping just now.
He fought back, but the Japanese were not sure whether he had a weapon in his hand.
The Japs hesitated and did not dare to approach. The leading Japs guessed that Zheng Guorong was going back to the base area to report the news. He decided not to take the risk, as long as he could trap him here and prevent him from reporting the news. So he did it for the other two Japs.
After making a gesture, the three of them lay on the ground and watched Zheng Guorong.
Zheng Guorong was very anxious, but had no choice. He could only hope that it would get darker again, then kill the Japanese, seize their horses, and return to the base to report the news.
More than an hour passed, the sky became darker and darker, and Zheng Guorong became more and more anxious. He knew that the longer he delayed here, the closer the Japanese army would get to the base area.
He couldn't wait any longer and decided to take a risk.
He knew the location of the three Japs just now, so he crawled forward and crawled in the direction of one of the Japs.
At the beginning, he climbed faster. When he felt that he was getting close to the Japanese, his speed slowed down, and then became slower and slower. He only moved a few centimeters at a time without making any sound.
He estimated that he was no more than 20 meters away from the Japanese, so he stopped.
At this time, he couldn't see where the Japs were, so he reached out and grabbed a handful of wet soil from the ground, squeezed it into a ball, and threw it toward the left front.
The sound of lumps of earth falling on the ground alerted the Japs who were ambushing in front. He hurriedly turned his gun and aimed at the place where the noise was made. Although the Japs were relatively calm and did not shoot when they could not see the target clearly.
, but when he moved with the rifle, he glanced at the potato seedlings, and still made a slight sound, and the potato seedlings were also shaken by the movement.
At this time, Zheng Guorong was less than 15 meters away from him. He still noticed these small movements. Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger towards the black shadow there.
"Da da da da da!" Since Zheng Guorong couldn't see the target clearly, just to be on the safe side, he fired all 20 rounds of bullets in the shell gun in one breath, then quickly changed the magazine and crawled towards the Japs position.
passed.
The Japs didn't move, so the bullets probably hit him. Sure enough, when Zheng Guorong crawled to the Japs soldier, he found that he had been hit by at least three or four bullets, and he was already dead.
He quickly grabbed the carbine in the hand of the Japanese soldier. Although the range of the carbine was relatively short, it was still much stronger than the shell gun.
What happened here had already alerted the other two Japs. They didn't understand the situation, so they fired their guns in this direction.
This played into Zheng Guorong's plan. He fired at the muzzle flash of a Japanese soldier. Apparently, the Japanese was also hit, and there was no movement at all.
Another Japanese soldier sensed the danger. He felt that this Eighth Route Army soldier was a difficult person to deal with, and he was a little scared. However, he persisted, thinking that he should stay here, continue to monitor the enemy, and prevent him from returning to the base area.
Report.
He climbed a few meters to the side and continued to monitor the movement in front with his gun in hand. He learned his lesson and never fired when he was not sure.
Zheng Guorong couldn't see the specific location of the Japs, and he couldn't stand up to grab the war horses left by the Japs. He had to kill the remaining Japs. He grabbed some more dirt and threw it aside, but he threw it several times.
Ignore him at all.
Zheng Guorong scratched his head. He thought about it for a while and finally came up with an idea. He fixed the shell gun on the ground, took off the shoelaces on the Japs soldiers' feet, tied one end to his own feet, and tied the other to the trigger of the shell gun.
On the ground, he picked up his carbine, aimed at the position exposed when the Japanese soldiers fired their guns, pulled his shoelaces with his feet, and fired the rifle.
The Japanese saw the muzzle flash and fired towards the shell gun.
Zheng Guorong seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and shot him. There was no movement from the Japanese.
Zheng Guorong didn't know whether he had hit him. He saw a war horse far away from the Japs' position, so he climbed over there and finally came to the vicinity of the war horse.
He didn't know if the Japs had been killed just now. He didn't have time to check now, and he couldn't care about that much, so he got on his horse and galloped towards the base area.