Adjutant Liu asked: "Third Leader, how many Japanese troops have come?"
Wang Dayong really didn't know. He said truthfully: "The islanders in the village only said that their troops were coming, but they didn't say how many people were coming."
Xu Dalong nodded and said, "Okay, Third Master, you can go up the mountain."
After Wang Dayong left, Xu Dalong said to Adjutant Liu and Battalion Commanders Wei and Song: "The Japanese army will come over soon, and I'm afraid they will have to fight with them. What do you think? Do you dare?"
Xu Dalong has a great reputation. Although Adjutant Liu and others are a little afraid of the Japanese army, they believe that with Xu Dalong here, they will definitely not suffer. They have also heard that no matter who cooperates with Xu Dalong, there will be great gains. They also hope to follow Xu Dalong.
Being able to win a great battle, being able to receive awards for meritorious service, and being promoted to a noble position. They all said that they would obey orders in everything.
Xu Dalong is now a guest of the 74th Army. He is a famous anti-Japanese hero. If something happens on the territory of the 74th Army, it may not be easy to explain to his superiors.
Adjutant Liu sent a telegram to the military headquarters, explaining the situation here and requesting that more troops be sent for reinforcements.
The military headquarters quickly responded with a telegram, saying that they would send another infantry regiment and they would be able to arrive at Tongniu Village in about seven hours.
Xu Dalong asked Battalion Commander Wei to bring a local map, and asked about the situation of the Japanese and puppet troops in this area, and determined the direction of the Japanese army. He asked Battalion Commander Wei to send guides and scouts from the special forces to monitor the enemy.
, leaving a company behind to block the road down the mountain from Tongniuzhai, and then temporarily evacuated with the large troops.
After leaving the sight of the people in Tongniu Village, the troops stopped advancing.
Xu Dalong asked Adjutant Liu and Battalion Commanders Wei and Song to summon all the officers from the company and above. The staff members spread the map on the ground and everyone gathered in a circle.
Xu Dalong pointed at the map and said, "Have you seen it? There is a hilly area here, which is the only way for the Japanese army to reach Tongniu Village. Let's set up an ambush here to catch the Japanese army by surprise."
The officers looked at the hilly area, which was about 15km away from here, and couldn't help but hesitate.
Battalion Commander Wei said: "The Japanese army is only four or five hours away from here. It has been more than half an hour now. We are still so far away from this hilly area. I am afraid that the Japanese army has already left before we arrive.
We have crossed this hilly area. If this is the case, I’m afraid it won’t be an ambush and will only become an encounter.”
At this point, he stopped. Xu Dalong also knew what he meant. The Guo army did not have the confidence to engage in a field battle with the Japanese army. They did not know how many Japanese soldiers came, even if the strength of the two sides was comparable.
Wait, Guo Jun is no match for me either.
Xu Dalong said: "You don't have to worry, the Japanese army will not be more than one infantry brigade at most. The Japanese army is very arrogant. To put it bluntly, they will not use a pair of troops to deal with the Guo army.
Besides, Tongniu Village is not a strategic location, and the Japanese army will not send large troops here."
Although Xu Dalong's words were a bit straightforward, the officers all acknowledged that what Xu Dalong said was reasonable, and their worries became less.
Xu Dalong said: "The Japanese army will be very cautious when using troops. When they left the barracks and went to Tongniu Village, they would also check the terrain along the way. It was precisely because they judged that we could not reach this hilly area in a short time, so they
Only by relaxing our vigilance can we have a chance to ambush them."
The officers nodded frequently when they heard this. They were very emotional. The Xu Dalong in front of them was indeed extraordinary in his military use. No wonder he could always win the battle.
Xu Dalong said: "The next thing will be done by the brothers of the Guo Army. It is only 30 miles away. As long as everyone works harder, we will definitely be able to get in front of the Japanese army.
Do you think this is okay? We will set off immediately and start a rapid march towards the hilly area. We do not require everyone to be able to get there. Some weak and sick people will be left behind. The number of people who can make it over will be counted. I will not let my brothers get there.
Our hard work is in vain. As long as we can reach the battlefield on time, each person will be rewarded with 20 oceans. Those who can persist until halfway, each person will be rewarded with five oceans."
Seeing Xu Dalong's generous move, the officers all said there was no problem and immediately returned to their respective companies to announce the news.
The soldiers of the Guo Army had no religion at all. They just ate food and served as soldiers. When they heard that they could get so much ocean, they all became excited. Not to mention the strong ones, even the weak and sick ones were determined to bite them.
Even though I have my teeth, I have to rush to the battlefield.
The morale of the officers and soldiers of the Guo army was high. When the commander gave the order, they ran away and ran away.
The officers were also very happy to see this scene. After knowing that every soldier can get 20 yuan, they, the officers, can definitely get more. This is not the most important thing. They can fight a big victory with Xu Dalong.
With the capital to get promoted and make a fortune, the future is bright. Therefore, these officers, like the soldiers, ran all the way with long legs.
In order to boost morale and set an example for the soldiers, Xu Dalong did not ride a horse, but just ran forward like the soldiers of the Guo Army.
When they were about to arrive at the hilly area, the scouts from the special forces team came back and said that the incoming Japanese troops were less than an infantry brigade, between 600 and 700 people.
The officers saw that Xu Dalong's judgment was so accurate and felt that they were outnumbered, which increased their confidence in victory. Although they were all very tired, they still gritted their teeth and persevered.
The officers and soldiers of the Fruit Army finally arrived in front of the Japanese army and arrived at the hilly area. It seemed that the temptation of the ocean was very strong. There were more than 900 officers and soldiers of the two battalions when they set off, and more than 850 people insisted on rushing to the battlefield.
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Everything was as Xu Dalong expected. The Japanese army was very arrogant. They looked down upon the Guo Army's troops at all. They believed that as long as they encountered the Guo Army's troops, they would not dare to fight at all, and they would retreat directly even if they did not collapse.
The Japanese army never expected that they would dare to come here and ambush them. Therefore, the Japanese army had no precautions and marched along the road in neat queues. The soldiers all carried their guns on their shoulders, and the artillery they brought did not even have artillery jackets.
Fade down.
Seeing the Japanese army entering the ambush circle, Xu Dalong aimed at the Japanese army captain riding a tall horse and shot him in the head.
Hearing the gunshots fired by Xu Dalong, the officers and soldiers of the Guo Army also fired fiercely at the Japanese marching brigade. The terrain they chose was very favorable. The Japanese troops marching on the road had nowhere to hide under the dense rain of bullets, and the officers and soldiers were able to
It was easy to throw the grenade into the Japanese army's queue.
The Japanese suffered heavy casualties, and more than half of their troops were lost before their troops had time to deploy.
Xu Dalong understood that these Guojun troops could not be expected to fight with the Japanese with bayonets, so he did not issue an order to charge, but only used firepower to eliminate the Japanese troops on the road.
The main targets of Xu Dalong and the special operations team members were Japanese army officers and machine gunners. A special operations unit numbered more than 30 people and had more than 30 sniper rifles. In such good terrain, they almost fired without miss.
Japanese officers were killed one after another, unable to organize effective resistance. All machine gunners were also killed, unable to take advantage of their firepower.
The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army could only fight on their own, and their combat effectiveness was greatly weakened. They were surrounded in a narrow ravine with nowhere to hide, and suffered extremely heavy casualties.
When the battle lasted 20 minutes, there were less than 100 Japanese soldiers left on the road.
The officers and soldiers of the Guo army became more and more excited and courageous as they fought. Many officers and soldiers took the initiative to move forward and throw grenades down the mountain.
The battle continued for another ten minutes, and there were basically no Japanese soldiers alive at the foot of the mountain.
Seeing that it was almost done, Xu Dalong gave the order to charge.
The officers and soldiers of the Guo Army were the best at fighting against the wind. Seeing that the Japanese below had no ability to resist, they rushed down with great momentum, bayonets in hand and shouts.
The battle ended quickly. For such a result, the officers and soldiers of the Guo Army were as if they were dreaming. They never dared to imagine that they could kill an infantry brigade of the Japanese. The officers and soldiers were stunned for a while.
After that, cheers of victory broke out.
When the casualties were counted, the officers and soldiers of the Guo Army were even more surprised. They had eaten more than 670 Japanese in total, and their own casualties were only about 40. Such a result was something they could not even dream of before.
The officers all lamented that the same Guo army troops had been suppressed by the Japanese army in previous battles. Even if they surrounded the Japanese army with several times the force, they could not annihilate them. Their own casualties were often several times or even ten times greater than that of the Japanese army.
The Japanese army had just changed their commanders, but there was such a huge disparity in the outcome of the battle. The officers all looked at Xu Dalong with admiration.
In Tongniu Village, Kurosawa has been waiting for news from Shanxia. He is very confident that as soon as the Japanese army arrives, Shanxia's Guo army will either be wiped out or driven away. By then, the bandits in Tongniu Village will not be obedient.
At your own mercy.
The people in Tongniu Village were also watching, waiting for the outcome of the battle between the Japanese army and the Guo army. In fact, in their minds, they believed that the Guo army was not an opponent of the Japanese army. Otherwise, they would not be so afraid of the islanders.
In the evening, the sentry at the gate of the village ran into the meeting hall and shouted: "Master, many teams have come down from the mountain."
Li Baokui asked eagerly: "Who is coming?"
The sentry took a breath and said, "They are the troops who surrounded us earlier."
"What's going on? Didn't the islanders come?" Li Baokui, Gao Youyou and others were full of doubts.
They left the meeting hall and came to the gate of the village to look down the mountain. Sure enough, the foot of the mountain was full of Guojun troops.
Someone at the foot of the mountain shouted: "Brothers from Tongniu Village, the islanders have come with an infantry brigade, and we have wiped out thousands of people. If you don't believe it, you can look here."
Following the shouts, the officers and soldiers of the Guo Army piled a large amount of Japanese equipment in front of the team.
Li Baokui, Gao Youyou and others were all dumbfounded. They really didn't expect that the fruit army at the foot of the mountain was so powerful.
Li Baokui wiped his cold sweat and said to Wang Dayong: "Brother Dayong, go down the mountain again and talk to them. Don't annoy them. Depending on the situation, if you really can't get any money, we will agree to let him go."
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After Wang Dayong went down the mountain, he only stayed for a short while and then came back.
Li Baokui stepped forward and said, "How was the discussion with them? What do they want?"
Wang Dayong said: "Chief Xu is very talkative. He said that as long as you release him, his conditions will still be given to us."
Gao Youyou said with some worry: "They didn't ask us to hand over those islanders, right?"
Li Baokui was also worried about this problem, which would make him feel very embarrassed. He looked at Wang Dayong nervously.
Wang Dayong shook his head and said: "Chief Xu didn't mention this matter at all. He just said that we should release him."
The reason why Xu Dalong still met the conditions he had agreed to with the bandits before was because he did not dare to take risks and did not want to cause problems over a little money. In his mind, Chu Yun'er was very important and could not be measured by just money.
After listening to Wang Dayong's words, Li Baokui breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Okay, okay, please come out quickly. Brother Dayong, I'd better trouble you to send the person down the mountain."
Chu Yun'er was locked in a room and surrounded by several fat women all day long. She was really depressed. She was looking forward to Xu Dalong coming to save her, and her days were almost like years.
Although Xu Dalong led the troops of the Guo Army to surround the stronghold, neither side fired any shots. Chu Yun'er was locked in the back house and could not hear anything going on outside.
She was reading a book to pass the time out of boredom when the door opened and Li Baokui and others walked in.
Chu Yun'er stood up vigilantly and shouted angrily: "What are you going to do?"
Li Baokui said with a smile: "Miss Chu, please don't get me wrong. It was not me who caught you up the mountain, but Yang Jinlong. Now that he is dead, I will send someone to take you down the mountain."
Chu Yun'er felt happy. She knew that the bandits must not be so kind. Someone must have forced them to do this.
She first thought of Xu Dalong and asked, "Is it my brother Dalong who has come to pick me up?"
Li Baokui smiled awkwardly and said, "Miss Chu, just go down the mountain."
Soon the door of the cottage opened, and Wang Dayong walked down with Chu Yun'er.
Chu Yun'er saw a familiar figure among the crowd from a distance, but it was still a bit far away and could not be seen clearly.
After walking some distance further, she finally saw clearly the familiar and friendly face in the crowd that she had longed for. She ran down the mountain desperately and came to Xu Dalong.
She called out "Brother Dalong" and jumped directly into Xu Dalong's arms.
She felt very wronged, shed tears, beat Xu Dalong's generous chest with her fists, and cried: "Brother Dalong, why did you come here?"
Looking at the beautiful lady with pear blossoms and rain in front of him, Xu Dalong couldn't help but hold her in his arms.