If we fight, the guerrillas are very likely to take over the Maintenance Association, or severely damage the losers in the Maintenance Association.
Even if the battle fails in the end, the troops can still escape intact.
But if you don't fight, there will be no chance.
As night slowly enveloped Zhangzhuang, the bonfire at the entrance of the village was lit as usual.
The two Japanese soldiers were standing by the campfire, exchanging words with each other. From time to time, there was a burst of curses or laughter.
As for the vigilance that the sentry should have, it has been worn away by the ten consecutive days of calm.
When they first saw the five corpses in the inspection center, they were really frightened, and they were deeply afraid that they would be the next to be killed.
I was nervous for several days, and every night I stood guard at the entrance of the village with my eyes wide open, watching the surroundings with vigilance to prevent the Eighth Route Army guerrillas from coming.
Ten consecutive days passed, and the Eighth Route Army guerrillas that made everyone nervous did not appear.
Rumors even spread among the Maintenance Committee that those who attacked the inspection post were not the Eighth Route Army but a group of rogue bandits who hit and run and did not stay in one place for a long time.
These two factors completely relieved the two Japanese soldiers who were still alive.
If Mr. Zhang hadn't been too timid and repeatedly asked the Maintenance Council to strengthen vigilance, the security post at the entrance of the village would have been withdrawn two days ago.
Three hours later, there was gradually no movement at the entrance of the village, and the village became completely quiet.
The two sentries were asleep, sitting back to back by the campfire, rifles in their arms, completely unconscious.
"The four of you aim at the two Japs on the left, and I will aim at the two Japs on the right. When we reach a position thirty meters from the village entrance, we will shoot together." In a ravine more than a hundred meters away from the village entrance, the deputy captain whispered.
"Bang bang bang..."
Gunfire soon rang out at the entrance to the village, and the entire battle went without any surprises.
The two sentries were beaten to death in their sleep without making a sound.
As soon as the gun fired, Dongzhuang became lively, especially the Maintenance Association compound in the middle of Zhuangzi.
When the vice-captain led four recruits to the vicinity of the Maintenance Association, the courtyard was under martial law, and several gun barrels could be clearly seen protruding from the top of the courtyard wall, pointing toward the alley.
"Bang...ah..."
The deputy captain pulled the trigger at a vague figure on the wall of the courtyard. The gunshot and the screams came out of the courtyard together. Someone must have been shot.
"Bang bang bang..."
The rifle mounted on the top of the courtyard wall fired quickly, and the bullets hit the courtyard wall where the deputy captain was hiding like no money. Sparks flew everywhere, and earth and rocks flew.
"You guys also shoot, one shot at a time and a different shooting position. You must be well concealed."
"Five bullets for each person, and then retreat after firing."
In the courtyard, hearing the gunshots that kept ringing outside, Mr. Zhang was like an ant on a hot pot, walking around the hall, nervous and anxious.
Fortunately, a squad leader rushed in at this time.
"President, there are only five enemies attacking us with five spears. Except for one person whose marksmanship is better, the other four's marksmanship is terrible. We will definitely be able to defend the compound, and maybe we can kill them all."
As soon as Rich Man Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, another team leader rushed in: "President, the enemy seems to be running away, should we chase them out and kill them?"
"We must chase him out." The team leader who just spoke suggested.
"I heard that there are unscrupulous people in two villages in the mountain who have been encouraged to go up the mountain to join the guerrillas. If they are allowed to leave here alive and these unscrupulous people join, they will definitely become stronger and stronger, and then they will attack us again."
"And as long as they exist, we must remain vigilant and huddle in the village, unable to do anything."
The position of President of the Maintenance Association was bought by Mr. Zhang from the Japanese at a huge price.
The purpose is just like before, to continue to be the emperor in several surrounding villages, exploit the people and make money.
If you stay cooped up in the village and can't get out, you're not the emperor, you're a prisoner, and you can't make any money.
Thinking of this, Mr. Zhang immediately asked: "If we kill them, are we sure we can kill them? How many people need to be killed?"
"Give me fifteen people, and I promise to kill them all." A squad leader vowed.
Mr. Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the machine gun remained in the yard, his safety was guaranteed.
Then he began to give orders: "Then why are you still standing there? Attack immediately and kill them."
"Remember to leave one alive and ask where the camp they hide in the mountains is? I will catch them all, and I will also take back all the weapons they stole at the checkpoint."
Fifteen Japanese soldiers, led by the team leader, chased each other in no formation, and rushed out of the Maintenance Association compound in a mighty manner.
Rather than saying they were chasing, it would be more appropriate to describe them as bandits coming down the mountain.
When a swarm of swarms rushed to the village entrance, they happened to bump into the muzzles of five sharpshooters who had already laid an ambush.
The deputy captain and the six rifles fired at the same time, and the five Japanese Japs in front fell down in response.
Three people had two bloody holes in their bodies, and two were hit by bullets that passed through their chests.
"No, there's an ambush. We've been fooled... Everyone gets down and shoots back immediately." The squad leader, who had served as a soldier, still had some military qualities and was running in the middle of the team. Fortunately, he was not injured. He subconsciously jumped on
On the ground, he shouted loudly.
"Bang bang bang...bang..."
Before he finished speaking, gunfire rang out again, this time from behind.
The bullets fired from the box cannon flew towards the two Japanese soldiers in a fan shape, like a harvester, directly cutting down a large area of the two Japanese soldiers who were running at the end.
Two sharpshooters, one on the left and one on the right, hid behind the courtyard wall and shot together, killing the two Japanese soldiers running in the middle.
The squad leader was confused.
There are enemies in front and behind, and he can kill most of his men in the blink of an eye.
The limited military literacy in his mind prevented him from thinking of any way to break the situation. Cold sweat continued to flow from his forehead. He racked his brains to think of a way, but in the end his mind was still blank.
Time is life on the battlefield.
A second that usually seems inconspicuous may determine the outcome of a battle here.
"Bang bang bang..." The six soldiers blocking the entrance to the village fired a second round of bullets. Because the enemies were lying down, only two people were killed this time, but it was enough for the team leader to feel fear and despair.
Especially a subordinate who was killed was lying next to him.
I watched his eyes slowly lose color from despair, his lips moved, and he wanted to speak, but he no longer had the strength to open his mouth. Finally, he tilted his head and turned into a corpse.
The squad leader was completely panicked and shouted.
"Go back, return to the courtyard, otherwise we will all die here."
When he left the station, he took sixteen people with him, but now only five are still alive.
After hearing the order to retreat, all the surviving people were released, as if they had saved a life and walked out of death.
He completely forgot that there were three enemies blocked behind him.
Get up from the ground and run back. In their eyes, as long as you get out of the range of the rifle or make the opponent unable to see you, you can survive.
Zhang Youcheng obviously did not intend to give them this opportunity.
As soon as he put a new magazine on the box cannon, he opened fire. Two sharpshooters, one on the left and one on the right, also fired together. Several people blocking the entrance to the village also seized the opportunity and fired a third round of bullets...
In the chaotic gunfire, the last five Japanese soldiers were all killed.
Mr. Zhang, who was guarding the Maintenance Committee, did not know all this.
Until gunfire rang out again outside the yard.
Only then did he realize that the gunfire at the entrance of the village was not that his men were killing the guerrillas, but that the guerrillas were killing his own men.
His face was shrouded in fear again, and he was very desperate.
Although the Maintenance Association still had a machine gun, under the sniper kills of the deputy captain and two veterans, after two machine gunners were killed in succession, no enemy dared to fire the machine gun.
"boom……"
The grenade exploded at the entrance to the courtyard, and the heavy door crashed to the ground.
Zhang Youcheng, holding a box cannon in his hand, took the lead and was the first to rush in.
"Captain, we won. With just a dozen of us, we really defeated the Maintenance Association." Walking into the Maintenance Association courtyard, the vice-captain had not even recovered, and shouted with a look of shock.
Zhang Youcheng was also very happy, and after thinking for a while he replied: "I didn't expect that these Japs were so easy to fight. Except for a few captains, the others had almost no fighting ability. Putting rifles in their hands was like burning fire sticks. They could only scare the common people."
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"If I remember correctly, it took us half an hour to win the maintenance meeting, which is an hour."
"If the Japs in the town hear gunshots and come over, it will take at least two hours, and they may not send troops."
"I will take three people to go out for reconnaissance. If we encounter Japanese reinforcements, we will fire a warning shot. You stay to clean the battlefield. When you hear the sound of gunfire, take the captured troops and retreat."
"If you don't hear gunshots, it means the Japanese haven't sent troops, so we won't leave for the time being."
"Mobilize the common people and distribute half of the captured grain. In addition, distribute the land controlled by the Maintenance Association to every villager, so that everyone can have land to farm. Finally, mobilize the villagers to join the guerrillas and fight the Japanese with us.
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"Before the Japanese troops were dispatched in the town, we were stationed here for training, and we organized the villagers to divide their fields so that they could support us and support us."
"If the Japanese send troops to kill us, we will use guerrilla warfare to deal with them."
"If you can fight back, fight back. If you can't fight back, then retreat to the mountains."
At the headquarters of the Japanese independent mixed brigade, Major General Nakata Yamaro was in high spirits, as if victory was just around the corner.
He does have arrogance.
Nearly half a month has passed since the last time the garrison counterattacked, and so far there has been no movement.
There is only one possibility.
After the imperial army took the initiative to shrink its defenses, the garrison was at a loss and could not think of a way to defeat the enemy.
Otherwise, with the garrison's combat style of only taking advantage and not suffering losses, it will definitely pursue the victory, expand the results, and continue to weaken the strength of the imperial army.
Not only that, one-third of the troops of the mixed brigade are already in place.
As the commander-in-chief of the front line, because of their arrival, I finally have a mobile reserve team on hand to prepare for possible surprises on the battlefield.
Other units will gradually arrive in place over the next month, especially the heavy artillery brigade.
As his biggest weapon against the garrison, he will join him in twenty days.
According to the current situation, everything seems to be developing in a direction beneficial to the imperial army.
