A guerrilla battalion of more than 600 people was quickly ready to go. The bayonets of Type 38 rifles on their shoulders glowed coldly, and twenty light machine guns of various types exposed their ferocious muzzles.
The two 70mm-caliber Type 92 infantry guns equipped by the machine gun company directly under the battalion pointed slantingly at the leaden sky. Two 7.7mm heavy machine guns and two 90mm mortars were neatly placed in a queue.
The front.
Yang Ling and the others fought several bloody battles with the Japs. Although the victory was partly a matter of luck, they also captured a lot. Not only did everyone switch to Japanese-style rifles.
At the same time, the firepower configuration of the two main guerrilla battalions under the detachment has been greatly enhanced. After reorganization and adjustment, each of the three infantry companies of the battalion is equipped with at least six light machine guns, and is also equipped with several 50mm
Grenadier fire support team.
In addition to the battalion's infantry company, the newly formed battalion's machine gun company is also equipped with infantry cannons, mortars and heavy machine guns. Although the number is small, compared with other guerrillas, the firepower has been improved by more than one level.
Now the two main guerrilla battalions under Yang Ling have been greatly improved in terms of firepower and military quality of the soldiers. Although they have not been established for a long time and are still a bit immature, they also have the demeanor of a brave division.
A battalion led by the blacksmith was responsible for maintaining order and patrolling in Huaiyin City to prevent enemy agents from causing sabotage, while Wu Changqing's second battalion was training outside the city.
After receiving the order to assemble urgently, in just a few minutes, the officers and soldiers who were still on the training ground just now were fully armed and assembled.
Seeing that it was getting dark, many officers and soldiers were very confused by such an emergency gathering, and they all turned their attention to their respective commanders.
But they found that their platoon commander and company commander also had blank faces. They also looked at the battalion commander Wu Changqing who stood in front with a dark face and said nothing.
Wu Changqing is indeed not in a very good mood right now. The brother being detained by the Little Knife Society is a member of their camp.
He was originally ordered by Yang Ling to contact the local anti-Japanese armed forces in nearby villages and towns, and then came to Huaiyin to discuss the establishment of an anti-Japanese general association to break down barriers between each other and cooperate in the war of resistance.
Most of the brothers who were sent out have returned to the team one after another to start training, and those anti-Japanese armed forces Yang Ling who contacted Yang Ling also made their own arrangements.
But there is no news from those who are a little further away, but now the news comes back that one of his brothers has been detained, and he has to pay for ransom. A person has a hundred thousand yuan, and he will dare to speak even if he loses a small knife.
The so-called Taisui dared to stir up trouble, and there was a price to pay. If they didn't join the Northern Jiangsu Anti-Japanese General Association, they wouldn't join. Yang Ling didn't force them, as long as they sincerely resisted Japan.
But now the Little Knife Society not only refused to join the Anti-Japanese Association to cooperate in the anti-Japanese war, but also detained their brothers and demanded ransom. They even engaged in kidnapping in broad daylight. This is what Yang Ling cannot tolerate.
"What's going on with our Chief Wu?"
Seeing Wu Changqing standing at the front of the team with a dark face and saying nothing, someone in the team gently pushed the brother next to him and asked in a lowered voice.
The brother who was asked was also confused: "I don't know, there should be another war."
"But haven't all the Japanese and puppet troops nearby been wiped out?"
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Hundreds of brothers with guns and ammunition just stood in the cold wind, and they all speculated about what happened.
Soon, there was a slight vibration on the ground, and the sound of horse hooves could be heard in the distance.
The brothers in the second battalion all turned their heads and looked around. More than a dozen tall horses were sweeping in the smoke and dust. The one at the head was their supreme commander Yang Ling.
Yang Ling and the others seized these Japanese horses from the Japanese signal corps soldiers, and some of them were given to the brothers of the signal company for transportation, while the rest were kept in Yang Ling's guard platoon.
"Xilulu——"
Yang Ling and his companions were riding very fast and arrived in an instant. He reined in the horse in front of the assembled team, and the majestic Oriental horse under him leapt into the air with its front hooves and neighed before stopping abruptly.
The dozen or so tough and burly guard brothers behind Yang Ling also reined in their horses and stopped in unison.
The more than 600 brothers from the Second Battalion who had gathered looked at the cavalry of only a dozen people rushing towards them. It had the power of thousands of troops. Faced with the pressure that was coming towards them, many people couldn't help but want to escape.
However, when they saw that their commander did not move, they also stood firm and did not move. It was not until they saw the cavalry stopping more than ten meters in front of them that they breathed a sigh of relief, for fear that they would not be able to restrain themselves and would hit them.
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You must know that if you face the high-speed charge of cavalry, once you collide head-on, you will be disabled even if you don't die. Unless a large firepower net is used to intercept the cavalry charge, otherwise the cavalry charge will be a nightmare for the infantry.
Yang Ling did not dismount even after reining in his horse. He looked at the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion who were getting ready to go, with a murderous look on his cold and stern face.
"Brothers, do you know why we need to gather urgently?" Yang Ling asked after looking around at the brothers.
Seeing that it was getting dark, the brothers naturally didn't know why they were gathering, so they were all silent, waiting for Yang Ling's next words.
Yang Ling pointed his riding whip to the east and said angrily: "Just now, I got the news that a brother in one of our classes was detained by Xiao Dao Club. Xiao Dao Club said that a person must pay a ransom of 100,000 yuan, otherwise he will be killed.
!The brother who came back to deliver the news died just now!"
After hearing Yang Ling's words, the assembled brothers understood what was going on, and they were all filled with indignation and anger.
"The brothers in this class are all brothers who fought side by side in the trenches to fight the Japanese. They are brothers who can turn their backs to each other. Now that they are in danger, what do you think we should do?!" Yang Ling's eyes were like daggers.
He stared at the brothers and asked.
"Destroy the Little Knife Society and save the brothers!" The brothers responded firmly and resoundingly.
The guerrilla brothers have formed a strong cohesion in successive battles, and Yang Ling has been instilling collective consciousness and patriotic consciousness.
Now that they heard that their brothers fighting alongside them were in danger, they could still sit still.
"There will be thousands of people in Xiaodao, are you afraid?!" Yang Ling asked loudly.
"Kill!" The brothers' roars seemed to come from underground, with a dull murderous air.
"Okay, now except for the machine gun company staying at the camp, the three infantry companies will set off immediately to save our brothers!" Yang Ling quickly completed the pre-war mobilization.
Although he was not sure whether there would be a large-scale conflict with Xiao Dao this time, he wanted to attack the situation with heavy troops to show his attitude. He was a person who defended his shortcomings. Since he dared to bully his brothers, he must pay with blood.
The machine gun battery carrying heavy weapons would affect the speed of the troops, and the Little Knife Club was a gang organization. Yang Ling didn't take it seriously, so he let the machine gun battery stay in the camp.