On the city gate tower, a puppet army sentry was standing guard. It was already afternoon, and the sun was shining slantly, which was a bit dazzling, but the sun was warm and comfortable on the body.
He saw that no one was watching him, so he leaned against the pillars of the gatehouse and enjoyed the sunbath.
Suddenly, he seemed to see something. He rubbed his eyes carefully and blocked the sun with his hands. He saw more than 20 cavalry appearing outside the city. Although the distance was a bit far away, he could not see clearly, but he could see those
The hats worn by the cavalry were not the large-brimmed hats of the puppet army, and the color of their clothes was not the khaki color of the Japanese army. He knew that these cavalry must be enemies.
The puppet sentry quickly took off his gun from his shoulder, fired a shot into the sky, and shouted: "Enemy attack."
The news soon reached the Japanese squadron leader and the puppet army leader, who climbed onto the tower and looked outside.
It can be clearly seen from the telescope that the uniforms worn by the cavalry are those of the Eighth Route Army.
At this moment, the Eighth Route Army soldiers fired shots at the city head indiscriminately. Since the distance was more than 300 meters, the bullets were not accurate and caused no casualties, but they angered the Japanese squadron leader.
He immediately ordered his troops to go out of the city to fight against the Eighth Route Army.
The Eighth Route Army outside were cavalry. If they wanted to catch up with them and be able to destroy them, they had no choice but to send cavalry. The Japanese squadron leader ordered the commander of the puppet army to send out the cavalry company to destroy the Eighth Route Army cavalry.
The squadron leader of the Japanese army was just a captain, but the leader of the puppet army was a colonel. He was very dissatisfied with the Japanese squadron leader bossing him around. Unfortunately, the puppet army was under the control of the Japanese
He was just a dog in his eyes, and his superiors clearly stipulated that as the regiment leader, he should accept the command of the Japanese squadron leader.
He said with some reluctance: "Captain Tianzhong, the situation is unclear now. If you rush out to pursue us, you may be in danger."
The Japanese squadron leader stared and said: "If you are afraid of death, send people out quickly to destroy the Eighth Route Army outside."
The leader of the puppet army was still hesitating when the adjutant next to him shouted: "Leader, what do you think that is?"
The puppet army commander raised his telescope and saw two corpses thrown off the horses by the Eighth Route Army outside. It was obvious that they were the cavalry messengers they sent out. This obvious provocative behavior also angered him.
The leader of the puppet army.
With the urging of the Japanese squadron leader, he gave the order for the cavalry company to attack.
The city gate was quickly opened, and about 100 puppet army cavalry rushed toward the Eighth Route Army cavalry outside the city.
The provocative Eighth Route Army cavalry outside the city was Sun Desheng and others. When they saw the puppet cavalry rushing over, they fired a row of guns at them, then turned and ran away.
In order to avoid scaring away these puppet soldiers, they did not carry machine guns, and the rifle fire only hit one puppet soldier. Although the casualties were not large, it angered the puppet soldiers more effectively.
The puppet cavalry chased after them while shouting and shooting.
Sun Desheng led the guerrillas while running, while turning back and firing from time to time, for fear that the puppet troops would not be able to catch up.
When the commander of the puppet cavalry company came out, the commander of the puppet army hinted that he should be wary of enemy ambush, and he did keep an eye on it. As long as he found that the terrain ahead was unfavorable, he would stop the pursuit.
However, this place was very close to the county seat. The Japanese squadron leader on the tower was staring at them, and he saw that the terrain ahead was not complicated and there was no sign of an enemy ambush.
In order to express himself in front of the Japanese, he led his men to pursue him.
It's really weird. In a very empty place, suddenly a lot of Eighth Route Army troops appeared. They had a dozen light machine guns set up.
"Da da da da da."
The Eighth Route Army's machine guns opened fire, and bullets flew over like a rainstorm. The puppet cavalry company commander was immediately shot and fell off his horse. The puppet cavalry were also beaten so hard that they fell off their horses.
Seeing many war horses falling to the ground after being shot, Sun Desheng was so angry that he shouted loudly at the machine gunners: "You losers, raise your guns higher, don't kill all my horses."
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The most effective weapon against the cavalry is the machine gun. Their target is huge and they are unable to fight back under the attack of the machine gun. Most of the puppet cavalry were knocked down in an instant.
Seeing this situation, the remaining cavalrymen hurriedly turned around and ran away.
At this time, Zheng Xirong and Wei Monk respectively led a group of cavalry to come over, blocked the retreat of the puppet cavalry, and loudly ordered the puppet cavalry to surrender.
At this time, there were only less than 20 puppet cavalrymen left. In front of them were the black muzzles of machine guns, and behind them were dozens of Eighth Route Army cavalry. They had no way to retreat, so they had no choice but to dismount and surrender.
The entire battle lasted less than five minutes, and a cavalry company of the puppet army was completely annihilated.
Before Sun Desheng and others went to lure the enemy, Xu Dalong and others chose this ambush position. They still used the old method, asking the machine gunners to dig bunkers for camouflage and ambush in the open fields. Zheng Xirong and Wei Monk
They each led a combat detachment to ambush in a bush a mile away. When the battle started, they galloped over and just blocked the puppet troops' retreat.
This battle took place in front of the Japanese squadron leader, puppet army commander and others. This situation stunned them. Only then did they know that such a powerful Eighth Route Army unit was hidden here. They now understood that they
The Japanese and puppet troops sent to Dahuaishu Village have probably been killed.
The Japanese squadron leader was very angry, and the puppet army leader felt very distressed when he saw that his cavalry company was gone. They all hated the Eighth Route Army outside, so they opened the city gate and led a large group of troops to chase them out.
Xu Dalong gave up when he saw the opportunity, led the guerrillas to clean up the battlefield and left.
The Japanese and puppet soldiers knew that they could not catch up with the enemy's cavalry on their own legs. They reluctantly stopped their pursuit and fired a random shot at the retreating back of the Eighth Route Army to vent the anger in their chests.
This battle was fought brilliantly, 103 people from a puppet cavalry company were annihilated, and all their weapons and ammunition were captured, as well as 43 intact horses.
The soldiers were in high spirits and sang songs all the way back to Qiligou Village.
When the villagers of Qiligou Village saw the guerrillas returning, they all came out to watch the fun. Seeing that they had captured so many war horses, weapons and ammunition, they all congratulated the guerrillas.
Within one day, the Mawushan guerrillas fought two brilliant battles. Xu Dalong asked Gao Youtian to inform the village committees of eight other villages about the victory, and asked them to organize militia backbones who had relatives in other villages.
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The victory in the two battles between Dahuaishu Village and Guancheng County soon caused a huge sensation in the vast towns and villages in Guancheng County. Many young people came to Qiligou Village and asked to join the Eighth Route Army.
From then on, when the Eighth Route Army's propaganda team went to other villages to carry out propaganda, the people warmly received them. Many villages also followed the example of the eight villages around Qilin Peak and established village committees and militia teams.
Organizations such as the Women's Rescue Society and the Anti-Japanese Base Area with Qilin Peak as the center were initially established.
Ma Zhixin was a little old, so Xu Dalong arranged for him to assist Gao Youtian in the township government.
Because Zhou Mingde was highly educated, Xu Dalong arranged for him to work as a clerk in the team headquarters.
That morning, Xu Dalong said to Zhou Mingde: "Go and call Zheng Xirong and Wang Jinke over. I want to give you an important task."