The gunshots taunted on the smoke-filled battlefield. The river beach was already covered with the corpses of bandits, and the blood dyed the river beach red.
The bandits in Heilang Village wanted to attack the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps, but they did not expect that stealing chickens would end up losing rice. Instead, they would be killed and their corpses strewn all over the ground.
"Clean the battlefield! Send a platoon from one company to the lower reaches of the river to search for remaining enemies."
Deputy battalion commander Wang Dongming looked at the turbulent river water and quickly issued the order.
Except for some of the more than two hundred bandits who jumped into the river to escape, most of the others were surrounded and annihilated on the river beach, which can be said to have caused a devastating blow.
Many bandits who were stunned by the shells woke up, and immediately there were four or five guns pressed to their heads, and their faces turned pale with fear.
Soon, all the bandits who had fainted and survived the battle and some who were injured became prisoners of Wang Dongming and his companions, numbering more than 20 in number.
"Deputy Commander Wang, what should we do with these bandits?"
The first company commander trotted to deputy battalion commander Wang Dongming to ask for instructions.
"The injured will be treated first, and the uninjured will be detained first. As long as they have not done anything bad, they will be educated and released." Deputy Battalion Commander Wang Dongming thought for a while and then ordered.
"Deputy Battalion Commander Wang, these are all bandits. What we are doing is letting the tiger return to the mountain. Why not..." The first company commander made a killing gesture.
What these anti-Japanese soldiers hate most are these bandits and bandits, because when the country was in crisis, instead of resisting Japan and saving the country, they held back the country.
They looted people's homes and raided their homes, and from time to time attacked the transport teams of the Chinese Communist Party. It can be said that for these bandits, once they were caught by the Chinese Communist Party, the only way to kill them was to kill them quickly.
"They are Chinese too, and many of them are miserable people who cannot live anymore and fell into the trap of bandits. Why should we kill them all? As long as they have the intention to repent, then give them a chance to be human again. You know
Our main enemy is the Japs." Wang Dongming explained.
"Deputy Battalion Commander Wang, I understand."
After being educated, the first company commander nodded and immediately went to arrange treatment for the wounded.
Since the bridge over the river was blown up by the bandits, Wang Dongming and the others had to spend half a day building a pontoon bridge by the river before they could cross the river with the food and materials they had recaptured from the bandits and meet Zhang Liechen and the others.
Converged.
But as soon as they crossed the river, they received the bad news that the deputy captain Yuan Guangtao they had rescued had been killed in the battle after a bullet penetrated his lung.
Although deputy commander Yuan Guangtao is not well-received in the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps, he is still one of the officers.
But now the troops are on the way to transfer and may be overtaken by the Japanese pursuers at any time.
Finally, under the auspices of Deputy Captain Zhang Liechen, everyone held a simple burial ceremony for the fallen Deputy Captain Yuan Guangtao and the more than ten officers and soldiers who died in the battle, and buried them by the river in this foreign land.
Seeing the piles of soil covering up the fallen deputy captain Yuan Guangtao and the others, deputy captain Zhang Liechen stood beside him with a particularly complicated mood.
Although he had quarreled with deputy captain Yuan Guangtao many times, sometimes even to the point of blushing and despising his idea of wanting to go to Nanjing, they still fought side by side.
Now seeing that deputy captain Yuan Guangtao did not die in the hands of the Japs, seeing that the rescue was successful, but he encountered such an accident and died under the stray bullets of the bandits, he felt very sad.
In this difficult war against aggression, he was helplessly watching every living life disappear before his eyes but could do nothing. As a commander, Zhang Liechen had never felt so tired.
But now the Japanese invaders are still raging in the land of China. As one of the commanders of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps, he cannot ignore those who follow him. He must cheer up and lead the officers, soldiers and people to continue fighting and continue to fight to the end.
"Sir Zhang, what should we do if he wants to be a traitor and go to Nanjing?"
Intelligence staff officer Du Jiang did not expect Yuan Guangtao to be killed in battle. Now he had no idea and asked Zhang Liechen for instructions.
"In such a harsh environment, when everyone was confused for a moment, now that everyone is dead, let's just let him bury him in peace, what do you think?" After thinking about it, Zhang Liechen said to intelligence consultant Du Jiang.
Although intelligence staff officer Du Jiang felt that this was a bit of a cover-up, he finally nodded: "Sir Zhang, I will keep this matter in my stomach."
Zhang Liechen patted the intelligence staff officer Du Jiang on the shoulder and said: "I will send a death notice to his family later, and send our army's pension to him at the same time. I heard that he still has a child at home. Now he has no father. He is an orphan and a widower."
I’m afraid the days ahead won’t be easy either.”
"Yes!" Du Jiang agreed hastily.
Zhang Liechen and others solved the bandits in Black Wolf Village. Although the rescue failed in the end, they also tried their best.
People from the Intelligence Department quickly interrogated some captured bandits and asked about various situations in the Lunan Mountains.
These captured bandits thought they would die, but they did not expect that the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps not only did not kill them, but treated their injuries, which moved them deeply.
Therefore, when faced with interrogation by the Intelligence Department, they could be said to have spilled the beans on what they knew.
Zhang Liechen and others also learned about the intricate distribution of forces in the Lunan Mountains and other information from the mouths of these captured bandits.
Now the vast plain area outside the mountainous area of southern Shandong is in flames of war. The little devils and the Chinese army are fighting, and the fight is turning the world upside down.
Many refugees fled into the mountainous areas of southern Shandong for refuge, and bandits from all walks of life also took the opportunity to recruit troops. Now it can be said that the situation in the mountainous areas of southern Shandong is no better than that of Huaiyin, and most of them are controlled by bandits.
"Now there are dozens of bandits with names in the mountainous area, some thousands of people, some with dozens of guns. We have so many people now, but most of them are logistics units and refugees. We
The number of officers and soldiers who can fight is limited, so I suggest that we avoid places where there are many bandits."
After comprehensively analyzing the situation in the Shandong mountainous area, deputy captain Zhang Liechen gave some suggestions.
"But according to intelligence, all these places are occupied by bandits. Unless we move closer to the area controlled by the theater headquarters, there will be no place for us to stay."
"It is unrealistic for us to go to the theater headquarters now. To go to the theater headquarters, we have to climb mountains and ridges. Many of the tens of thousands of us are old, weak, women and children and cannot walk that far. Besides, if we rush to the theater headquarters,
Once we are detected by the Japanese and follow the clues and send bombers to bomb the district headquarters, we will be guilty."
"Then where are we going?"
Everyone had a sad look on their faces. Except for some poor places, all the better places were occupied by people.
"Let's go to Xiaoqingshan."
Looking at the frowning people, deputy captain Zhang Liechen pointed to an unknown place from the unfolded map.
"What is this place?"
Zhang Liechen explained: "This is the territory of the bandit Black Wolf Village that we just annihilated. According to the intelligence, they only have a few dozen people left in the village now. With our strength, we can take it down."
"There are more than a dozen villages in the control area of Heilangzhai. Our tens of thousands of evacuated people can be dispersed and settled temporarily. As long as we gain a firm foothold, it will be easy..."