Xu Dalong and others did not understand what was happening, so they secretly prepared for battle.
Several Japanese soldiers got out of the car and stood on the side of the road for convenience.
At this time, two soldiers wearing Jinsui Army uniforms jumped out of the truck. They got off the road and ran towards the fields.
When the Japanese and puppet troops saw some people running away, they raised their guns and shot at them.
Xu Dalong and others watched as two Jinsui Army soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.
Seeing this scene, Monk Wei said: "Master Long, we are brothers from the Jinsui Army. Let's help."
Xu Dalong nodded and said: "Get ready to fight. After I take action, you all will take action together."
Everyone said in unison: "I understand." They secretly loaded their bullets and prepared for battle.
Xu Dalong and others swaggered to the truck,
Seeing that the leader was a Japanese second lieutenant, he asked: "What happened? Do you need our help?"
The Japanese second lieutenant saw a Japanese captain riding on the horse. He saluted Xu Dalong and said, "Thank you, Captain. It's nothing. There were several prisoners of war who tried to escape, but we have already killed them."
Xu Dalong said: "As long as it's okay."
As he spoke, he observed. He saw that in addition to the Japs' second lieutenant, there were five Japs and four puppet soldiers. There were more than 20 prisoners of war from the Jinsui Army in the compartment of the truck. They were all tied up with ropes.
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Xu Dalong said to the Japanese second lieutenant: "Since there is nothing to do, let's take our leave."
As he spoke, he led the guerrillas on horseback and continued forward.
When Xu Dalong walked to the back of the truck, the guerrillas had already arrived at their designated positions.
Xu Dalong pulled out the tortoise box and first killed the two puppet soldiers in the car.
Zhang Xirong, Monk Wei and Wang Jinke pulled out their shell guns and shot at the Japanese in front of them.
The Japanese soldiers on the motorcycle and on the ground were shot dead on the spot.
The two puppet soldiers on the carriage hurriedly raised their guns, but Xu Dalong shot and killed one of them. The other puppet soldier loaded his bullet and was about to open fire when a captain of the Jinsui Army standing behind him hit him hard on the buttocks.
With a kick, the puppet soldier was caught off guard and fell off the truck.
Xu Dalong shot him in the head, and the battle ended.
Just as Xu Dalong was about to question the prisoners in the car, the captain of the Jinsui Army already screamed out in surprise.
He said: "Sir Xu, thank you for saving us."
The prisoners of war all looked at Xu Dalong. It was obvious that they all knew Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong didn't know them, but he thought the captain looked familiar. He asked with some confusion: "Are you..."
The captain of the Jinsui Army said: "Sir Xu, we are from the 358th Regiment, and I have listened to your lectures."
Xu Dalong said happily: "It turns out he is a brother of the 358th Regiment."
He jumped off the horse, stepped forward and opened the carriage board, preparing to let the prisoners of war get off, but he stopped again and said: "Don't get off the car yet." After that, he climbed onto the truck and helped the captain unload the truck.
The rope was opened, and then the prisoners of war helped each other to untie the rope.
Xu Dalong said: "The enemy situation here is unclear, and there are Japanese and puppet troops everywhere. It is difficult for you to escape in the way you are dressed. So, if you continue to pretend to be prisoners of war, we will escort you out of here."
The captain said: "Yes, sir, we all listen to you."
Monk Wei and others handed the seized guns and ammunition to the Jinsui Army in the car so that they could participate in the battle in case of an unexpected situation.
Xu Dalong, Wei Monk and Wang Jinke pushed the motorcycle behind the bushes on the roadside. Then they also dragged the bodies of the Japanese and puppet soldiers away from the road, and cleaned the ground to delay the Japanese and puppet soldiers' discovery of the accident as much as possible.
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Xu Dalong got into the cab and started the truck. Monk Wei, Zheng Xirong and Wang Jinke were guarding him on horseback.
Xu Dalong and others continued to move forward along the road, and encountered two more trucks full of Japanese soldiers on the road, and the two sides passed each other.
Half an hour later, they came to a fork in the road. There was a checkpoint set up by the Japanese and puppet troops in front of them. There were three Japanese soldiers and a squad of puppet troops on duty there.
Seeing the truck approaching, a puppet soldier stood in the middle of the road and gestured to stop the truck for inspection.
After the truck stopped, the leader of the Japanese army, Captain Cao, came to the cab, saluted Xu Dalong and said, "Your Majesty, Captain, please show me your ID."
After Xu Dalong showed his ID, the Japanese commander Cao looked at the ID and then at Xu Dalong, with doubts in his eyes.
It turned out that what Wang Jinke prepared for Xu Dalong and others were the certificates of the Japanese 32nd Division, but this was the defense area of the Japanese 108th Division. This truck escorting prisoners of war passed here not long ago, and he had an impression. The Japanese second lieutenant who escorted the truck at that time
He was from the 108th Division. How did he become a member of the 32nd Division in such a short time?
The Japanese Army Commander Cao was a little suspicious, so he said, "Your Excellency, Captain, please wait a moment." After saying that, he walked to the guard box on the roadside to make a phone call.
Xu Dalong knew that the secret would be revealed soon, so he took out the tortoise box without hesitation and shot the Japanese leader Cao in the back of the head.
Zheng Xirong, Wei Monk and Wang Jinke, who were already prepared, took out their rifles and fired at the puppet soldiers.
The shell gun is a good melee weapon and can fire bursts of fire, just like a machine gun.
The Jinsui officers and soldiers on the truck were already prepared. They picked up their loaded rifles and opened fire on the Japanese and puppet troops.
The Japanese and puppet troops originally saw Japanese soldiers coming, and their defenses were relatively lax, with their rifles slung on their shoulders. They had no time to react to the sudden blow, and they were all killed quickly.
Xu Dalong asked the Jinsui officers and soldiers in the car to get out of the car to help, and quickly loaded the weapons and ammunition on the ground into the truck.
He said to the captain of the Jinsui Army: "Are you familiar with the terrain in this area? You can lead the way."
The captain said: "I know, let's take the road on the left." He followed Xu Dalong into the cab and guided Xu Dalong. After walking for about twenty minutes, there was another fork in the road ahead. It was a country road.
Barely able to pass a car, Xu Dalong drove the truck onto the country road.
On the way, Xu Dalong chatted with the captain and learned that the captain's name was Wang Mingjiu, a company commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 358th Regiment. In order to cover the 216th Brigade's attack on Qiulin Town, the Japanese army dispatched an infantry regiment from Yangquan.
, the 358th Regiment was ordered to stop the attack. They were captured during the last battle.
After Wang Mingjiu and others were captured, they were imprisoned in a prisoner-of-war camp near Fendong County, where not only prisoners of war from the Shanxi-Sui Army were detained, but also prisoners of war from the Eighth Route Army and the Sacrifice League led by the underground party.
Xu Dalong remembered this incident and planned to find opportunities to attack prisoner-of-war camps in the future, rescue those prisoners of war, and find ways to mobilize some of them to join the Mawushan guerrillas.
They walked on the road for more than an hour, and the road ahead became increasingly narrow.
Wang Mingjiu said: "Sir Xu, the car in front cannot pass. There is a small road behind the village in front, and you can get to our 358th Regiment's station from that road."
Xu Dalong and others got out of the car, opened the fuel tank cap, took out some gasoline and poured it on the car. After lighting the truck, they followed the path to the 358th Regiment.