Chapter 82: Bai Blind the Opportunity to Practice Soldiers
In the evening, militiamen from seven villages arrived at Qiligou Village.
At this time, a total of more than 400 new and veteran Mawushan guerrilla fighters and militiamen from eight villages outside the village surrounded Qiligou Village.
The Japanese and puppet troops guarding the village could clearly see that new arrivals were constantly joining in the siege of them, and their already chilled hearts began to feel cold.
Xu Dalong knew that the Japanese and puppet troops in the village would definitely try to break through tonight, so he asked the guerrillas and militiamen to build fortifications to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from breaking out at night.
In order to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops' actions from being unclear at night, he asked the militiamen to cut down a lot of pine branches and set up torches for use at night.
The militiamen were very excited about fighting, and they rushed to complete the tasks assigned to them by Xu Dalong with great enthusiasm.
They learned from the guerrillas in digging bunkers and asked them to teach them their combat experience.
Xu Dalong was very happy about this. He believed that these militiamen would gradually grow up during the battle.
In order to increase the combat experience of the recruits and militiamen, Xu Dalong did not ask the soldiers to shout and persuade the Japanese and puppet troops to surrender as he did in previous battles. He would not give up such a good training opportunity easily.
The puppet company commander knew that the situation was getting worse. He now understood that they would not have reinforcements, and the enemies outside were so numerous and powerful that even if they broke through at night, they would have little chance of winning.
He had fought with the Eighth Route Army before and knew the Eighth Route Army's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners. When he realized that he was in a desperate situation, he had already had the idea of surrendering.
However, what depressed him was that the Eighth Route Army outside did not persuade them to surrender.
He really wanted to find out what the Eighth Route Army outside meant, and was going to send people out to negotiate with the Eighth Route Army, but there were still nine living Japanese soldiers in the village watching them.
The puppet company commander quietly called in several platoon leaders and asked for their opinions.
Several platoon leaders also knew that the current situation was very dangerous. They all wanted to survive and had already made their own plans.
Seeing the company commander asking for their opinions, the platoon leader said: "Company, this battle can't go on anymore. The Eighth Route Army outside has so many machine guns and many sharpshooters. So many of our brothers have died."
, if the fight continues, no one will survive.
The Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially, so let’s just surrender.”
The second platoon leader also meant the same thing. He said: "Yes, Lian Zuo, we are just soldiers to earn a living. There is no need to work so hard for the Japanese."
The third platoon leader died in the battle, and the former third platoon deputy took over his command. The death of the platoon leader had frightened him, and he said: "I still have a blind old woman at home. If I die, who will
Are you here to take care of her? Come on, please show mercy and save the brothers."
Seeing that his officers all had this intention, the puppet company commander made up his mind.
He said: "If we want to surrender to the Eighth Route Army, we must first kill those Japs. How about that? Do you dare?"
The platoon leader said disdainfully: "None of the Japanese are good. They don't treat us as human beings, so we will treat them as beasts. Why don't you dare to kill a beast?"
The second platoon commander and third platoon deputy also said that they would take action as soon as the company commander gave the order.
The puppet company commander made up his mind and asked the three platoon commanders to inform their brothers to be ready to take action at any time.
The Japanese soldiers have always felt superior in front of the puppet army. Today, the village has been burned down by them, and only one house is still intact. The Japanese soldiers occupied this house, and they left one person standing guard at the door.
, the other people were resting in the room.
After the puppet soldiers were ready to take action, a platoon leader took a kettle and walked towards the Japanese.
The Japanese soldiers on guard saw him coming and asked, "What do you want to do?"
The platoon leader said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty. There is a jug of wine here specially to honor Your Majesty."
The Japanese soldiers were very happy and said with a smile: "Yo Xi, your friend is very big." After saying that, he reached out to pick up the kettle.
When he was not paying attention, a platoon leader drew his bayonet and stabbed him in the heart.
The puppet soldiers who had been prepared for a long time saw the platoon leader taking action. They immediately swarmed over and fired randomly from the door and windows. The eight Japanese inside were beaten into a hornet's nest on the spot.
Xu Dalong, Sun Desheng and others were eating dry food and chatting when the sudden sound of gunfire from the village immediately aroused their vigilance.
Sun Desheng immediately ordered his troops to prepare to prevent the enemy from breaking through.
At this moment, someone in the village shouted: "Grandpa Eighth Route Army outside, don't shoot. The Japanese in the village have been killed by us. Your Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially. We are willing to surrender to you."
Upon hearing this, the guerrillas and militiamen became excited.
Xu Dalong felt a little depressed. Such a good opportunity for military training was wasted.
The Eighth Route Army had a policy, and the puppet troops took the initiative to demand surrender, and Xu Dalong had no choice but to agree.
Sun Desheng also understood Xu Dalong's thoughts. He asked: "Captain, what do you think we should do?"
Xu Dalong said: "Forget it, let's shout and let them come out and surrender."
Sun Desheng took the tin trumpet from the hands of the correspondent and shouted towards the village: "Our Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially, come out and surrender."
After a while, the puppet company commander came out of the village with more than 60 remaining puppet troops. They piled their guns on the ground and lined up on one side, waiting for the Eighth Route Army to come over and accept the surrender.
The guerrillas, especially the new fighters and militiamen, saw the puppet troops surrendering and ran over cheering.
The company commander of the puppet army had a lot of military qualities. When he saw Xu Dalong and others approaching, he gave the order to the troops to stand at attention. He ran in front of Xu Dalong, stood at attention and saluted, and shouted loudly: "Report to the commander of the Eighth Route Army, the Peace Army's first
The 7th Company of the 6th Regiment surrendered to your army, please give instructions. The commander of the 7th Company, Wei Heping."
Everyone couldn't help but find it a bit funny. There was a monk named Wei Heping in the guerrillas.
Seeing that the puppet company commander was very particular, Xu Dalong returned the salute to him seriously and said: "On behalf of the Mawushan Guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, I accept your surrender."
In this battle, the Mawushan guerrillas achieved a brilliant victory, wiping out a total of 498 Japanese and puppet troops, including 122 Japanese soldiers including Captain Tanaka.
Five mortars, two grenades, one Type 92 heavy machine gun, one Maxim heavy machine gun, two crooked machine guns, 8 Czech light machine guns, 421 other firearms, and telescopes were seized.
, command knives and other supplies.
The biggest harvest was not just that. They seized a total of 28 large trucks of supplies, including 420 mortar shells, 120 grenades, 600 melon grenades, 2,900 wooden handle grenades, and 150,000 various bullets.
There were 8,500 kilograms of grain. Even 10 military pots were seized. There were also 9,000 yuan of oceans, 12,000 yuan of Central Reserve Certificates, 200,000 yuan of painted faces and various other daily necessities. It was truly a bumper harvest.
The guerrilla fighters were very excited, and the militiamen all stared straight-eyed.