These days, the guerrillas were being chased by the enemy's mopping up troops and were hiding in Tibet. The Japanese at the Licun Supply Depot never expected that the guerrillas would have the guts to attack them.
Because of this negligence, the deputy battalion commander Hua Gou and his guerrilla brothers took advantage of the loophole. The battle between the two sides lasted for less than ten minutes before the brothers broke into the village.
The remaining Japs tried to resist in the village, but in the face of the superior guerrilla officers and soldiers, these desperate Japs were quickly wiped out.
"Damn it, these little devils are dogs and will bite anyone they see."
The second company commander's left hand was chewed by the Japanese, and a bloody piece of flesh was torn off. He was so angry that he jumped to his feet.
In his rage, he shot the Japanese who bit him and turned his head into a rotten watermelon, but it was still hard for him to swallow his breath.
"Are you okay?"
Looking at the bleeding left hand of the second company commander, the deputy battalion commander Hua Gou also looked solemn. Although they caught the little devils off guard, the combat effectiveness of these little devils was much stronger.
"It's okay, skin injury."
Although the second company commander cursed, his injuries were nothing compared to the brothers who were shot.
"The first company went to the outside of the village to set up security, the second company and the machine gun company cleaned the battlefield, and the medical soldiers seized the time to treat the wounded."
The village is full of traces of the battle. Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou stepped on the slippery ground, passed over the corpses of the Japanese, and walked towards the place where supplies were stored in the village.
"Lieutenant, we will make a fortune."
The brothers had already lit torches, illuminating the village brightly. As soon as Hua Gou walked to a house, a platoon leader came up to him with a grin.
"What good stuff is there?" Hua Gou said, also walking towards the yard.
The platoon leader accompanied Hua Dog while walking and reported: "There are mountains of ammunition, cans, melons, rifles and machine gun bullets, and there are even two boxes of replacement machine gun barrels."
After Huagou heard the report, his brows also widened. His biggest worry was that the Japanese would jump over the wall and blow up the things. Then they would have lost everything. Now that the supplies and ammunition were intact, they had made a profit in this battle.
"Is there any western medicine?"
What the army lacks the most now is not ammunition, but medicines that can save lives. Hua Gou quickly asked with concern.
The platoon leader was also stunned, and then shouted at the brothers who were carrying ammunition outside: "Is there any western medicine?"
"Platoon leader, there are quite a few in the yard next to you." In the darkness, a brother answered.
"Squad leader, please take care of it, it's a life-saving thing."
"yes!"
Soon, Huagou also walked into the house and saw the neatly stacked ammunition boxes in the house. He pulled out his bayonet and pried open a box. When he saw the yellow and orange bullets inside, a smile appeared on his face.
The guerrillas were very poor and lacked everything. Bullets were extremely valuable. They could not only save their lives but also kill the enemy. Now that there were so many here, they were all advantaged by the Second Battalion.
"Move them all back!" Hua Gou ordered.
"yes!"
The brothers were extremely happy after winning the battle. They moved boxes of ammunition out of the house and loaded them on the pack horses.
This battle not only captured a large amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies, but also captured more than 50 Japanese pack horses tied up in the village.
These packhorses belong to the Japanese transport squadron and are responsible for transporting ammunition to the combat troops. Now they have all become the property of the guerrillas.
While the brothers were busy disposing of the corpses and transporting ammunition in the village, the first company commander who was in charge of security outside the village and one man looked in a hurry to find the deputy battalion commander Hua Gou who was directing the cleaning of the battlefield.
"Batalion Deputy, something happened!"
The face of the first company commander was particularly solemn, and there was no joy at all in winning the battle.
"what happened?"
Looking at the appearance of the first company commander, the deputy battalion commander Hua Gou also felt that something was unusual. When asking, his eyes glanced at a thin man behind him who was all wet.
"The villagers in Yangzhuang were captured by the Japs, and the Japs announced that they would kill them all," the first company commander reported.
"Sir, sir, please save the young and old men in our village. The devils are going to massacre the village."
As soon as the first company commander finished speaking, the thin man behind him, who was covered in mud and wet, made a plop sound and knelt down to ask for help from Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou.
"Get up, get up and say something."
Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou hurriedly stepped forward and helped the tired and thin man up.
"This is a villager from Yangzhuang. He escaped from the village." The first company commander pointed at the skinny man and introduced.
"What's going on? Please tell me carefully."
Hearing that the Japs were planning to massacre the village, Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou also knew that it was a matter of human life and did not dare to delay, so he hurriedly asked the villagers.
"The little Japs suddenly surrounded the village in the afternoon and asked where the guerrillas were. We said we didn't know. The Japs got angry, and the Japs officials ordered the massacre of the village. I ran away secretly after dark.
You should hurry up and save our village, otherwise you will be killed by the little devils." The thin man looked very anxious.
"Did the devil say when to kill?"
"The Japanese said that if no one knew where the guerrillas were at daybreak, they would kill everyone."
After hearing the words of the skinny man, the deputy battalion commander Hua Gou realized the seriousness of the matter. If the Japanese really massacred the village, then hundreds of lives in Yangzhuang would be lost.
"You stupid little devils, I didn't expect them to be so vicious!" Hua Gou's face was full of anger and he cursed fiercely.
"Sir, save our village, I beg you." The skinny man was worried about the safety of the village and couldn't wait to let Hua Gou and the others rescue people.
"Be patient, our guerrillas will never sit idly by." Hua Gou comforted the skinny man and asked a brother to take him down to rest first.
Because of such an emergency, Hua Gou hurriedly asked the company and platoon leaders to discuss countermeasures.
When everyone heard that the Japanese wanted to massacre the village, they were filled with indignation and their fists clenched loudly.
"The little devil is really crazy!" The brothers were very angry.
"The kid is a two-legged beast. Everyone is asking, what should we do now?" Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou asked the company and platoon leaders for their opinions.
The first company commander was the first to speak: "The Japanese must not have been able to find us, so they became so angry that they wanted to kill people. This incident happened because of us, and we must not harm the local people, so we should go to Yangzhuang immediately to save people."
"I also agree to rescue people. The Japs are trying to kill our people. We, the Northern Jiangsu Corps, cannot stand by and watch. Otherwise, no one will support us in the future and provide us with cover and food." The second company commander also agreed.
Only the commander of the machine gun company put forward a different view: "I suspect that the Japs are here for us. This is a trap set by the Japs."
After hearing the words of the cannon company commander, the company and platoon commanders calmed down. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it really made some sense.
"Should we ask the battalion commander for instructions before taking action?" a platoon leader said after thinking for a while.
"If I go back and ask for instructions now, it's already dawn and I'm afraid it won't be enough." The second company commander said in frustration.
Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou also pondered for a moment and then said: "Whether it's a trap set by the little devil or not, we have no choice but to rescue the people."
"We took out one platoon in a row to transfer the materials and ammunition we seized, and sent two brothers who were very agile to go back and report the situation. The rest followed me to Yangzhuang to look for opportunities to rescue people." Soon, Deputy Battalion Commander Hua Gou assigned the task
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Everyone knew that this was the only way to do it now, and no one had any objections, so they quickly started to act separately.