In one night, eight mobile units of the Japanese were wiped out. The independent mixed brigades took a preemptive strike before they were in place, and successively captured more than a dozen medium and large strongholds that were empty of troops.
In two consecutive battles, the garrison regiment not only killed a large number of Japanese and puppet troops, seized a large number of weapons, ammunition and supplies, but also harvested many radio stations.
Although they are all low-power transceivers and their radio wave transmission range does not exceed 30 kilometers, they are enough for use in a guerrilla zone that is 100 kilometers wide in front and 50 kilometers deep.
After the troops were divided, each company was assigned a section to contact the nearest battalion headquarters.
So what happened to the Seventh Company on the battlefield was soon known to Huang Sheng.
"Captain, something happened."
Li Hao followed the operations of the Third Battalion Headquarters. Just after dinner, Huang Sheng hurried over, holding a telegram in his hand.
The content of the telegram was not long, but it introduced the entire incident very clearly.
Li Hao frowned after scanning it once.
After quickly finding the location of Dongzhuang on the map, he replied in a deep voice: "The Seventh Company's decision is correct. We must save these people. Even if we know that this decision will lead to the destruction of the Seventh Company's entire army, we will still fight this battle."
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"The enemy will grab our weak points as soon as they take action. This has always been my biggest worry. I didn't expect it to happen so quickly."
"Captain Huang, how many troops do you have available?"
"There are more than a thousand Japs, and they have set up a net. The Seventh Company lost more than a hundred people during the day, and their strength must have been greatly weakened. If they go to the battlefield by themselves, they will definitely lose their wives and soldiers. We must go to help."
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No one was more concerned about the safety of the Seventh Company than the battalion commander Huang Sheng, who immediately replied: "I have a guard platoon, a baggage platoon, and a district squadron at my disposal."
Li Hao thought for a moment and made a decision: "That's enough."
"I still have a guard company here, and then I will bring 300 additional soldiers, that is, three companies of new recruits."
"After this battle, the Seventh Company will definitely be exhausted. No matter how many of these supplementary soldiers are left, all of them will be left to replenish the troops."
"Captain Huang, you stay at the camp headquarters and arrange the supplies. Give me the district squadron and I will lead the team myself."
"The straight-line distance from here to Dongzhuang is less than 20 kilometers. With the detour, we can definitely make it there in five hours of urgent march."
"Call back the Seventh Company now: Let him find a way to sneak attack the Japanese, harass them, and prevent them from killing anyone again."
"When I arrived at the battlefield, the troops were divided into two. One took the initiative to attack the Japanese, and then defended Dongzhuang to attract the Japanese's attention. The other lurked on standby, and when the time was right, they would enter the Japanese camp, attack in the east and attack in the west, and rescue the villagers."
"After the villagers are successfully transferred, the two troops will cover each other and fight their way out of the Japanese encirclement."
On a hill nearly one kilometer away from the Japanese camp, the commander of the Seventh Company squatted on the ground, staring at the Japanese camp.
Ever since I arrived here, I haven't put down the telescope in front of my eyes.
"Da da da... boom boom boom..."
Under the darkness of night, the sound of gunfire could be heard from time to time not far away.
That was the sound of a firefight as his subordinates sneak-attacked the Japanese camp.
This was used to warn the Japanese that the main force of the garrison he wanted to kill had already arrived, so he should not continue killing people.
However, he obviously underestimated the Japanese's determination to eliminate them and their ruthlessness.
"Company commander, someone seems to have come out at the door of the Japanese camp."
An exclamation suddenly sounded in the company commander's ears.
Looking at the camp entrance, the company commander's anger rose, his fists were clenched, and he subconsciously wanted to curse.
A dozen old men were kicked and kicked by the Japanese and driven out of the camp, and stood in a row not far from the door.
A dozen Japanese soldiers stood behind, rifles in hand, aiming at them from behind.
"Go away, you bastard little devils, aren't we here already? Why are you still killing people? I must record this account. I will kill them all in the future to avenge the villagers.
The company commander couldn't hold it back in the end, punched the ground, gritted his teeth and cursed.
"Bang bang bang..."
Before he could finish speaking, gunfire rang out.
Fifteen old men fell to the ground in response, and were all killed with one shot.
The company commander closed his eyes with a look of pain on his face. Compared with hearing that ordinary people were shot to death by Japanese soldiers, witnessing this scene with his own eyes was obviously more shocking to him.
It hurts in my eyes and hurts in my heart.
He put down the telescope and said to the instructor beside him: "We can't wait any longer."
"The regiment commander's reinforcements will not arrive for at least three hours."
"When they arrive, nearly fifty villagers will be brutally murdered by the Japanese."
The instructor hesitated and reminded: "But the regiment leader has an order to wait until he arrives before launching an attack. At that time, he will attack in the east and west to rescue the villagers."
"The regimental commander and reinforcements have not yet arrived. We do not have enough troops to fight in the east or west."
"Fight, fight now, no more hesitation..." the company commander made a firm decision.
"If the regiment leader were here, he would definitely launch an attack in advance."
"There are dozens of villagers, and there are probably children among them. They must not die miserably in the hands of the Japanese."
"As for what you just said about attacking in the east and west."
"We can use the Seventh Company as one of the offensive troops, take the initiative to attack the Japanese, act as bait, and attract the Japanese to Dongzhuang for a decisive battle with us."
"Instructor, please stay here and wait for the group leader to come over and report the whole incident to the group leader. The group leader will definitely know what to do next."
The instructor thought for a while and acquiesced: "I agree, but if this happens, the casualties of the Seventh Company will definitely be unprecedented."
The company commander replied firmly: "As long as we can save dozens of villagers from dying and let the villagers feel our Eighth Route Army's determination to protect them and continue to believe in us, we will not hesitate even if the entire seventh company is destroyed."
"That's it."
"When the regiment leader comes, tell the regiment commander that I will hold back the Japanese at all costs, and hold back more Japanese to buy time for the main force to attack."
"If there is no chance to break out, we will have to recruit a few more backers even if we die. And since I heard the news that the villagers were captured by the Japanese, I have been prepared to kill myself at any time."
"Tell the regimental commander that there is really no chance to cover our breakout, so don't force it. Only when a strong man cuts off his wrists and saves the troops can we have a chance to take revenge in the future."
"The security squad takes action now."
"Lead the heavy mortars, mountain artillery, and thunder cannons that are inconvenient to transfer, as well as the remaining supplementary troops, the district squadron, and go directly to Dongzhuang to set up street fighting fortifications. We have to fight the Japanese there for several hours, hoping to kill casualties
It is small and must have strong enough fortifications.”
"This battle is related to the life and death of the Seventh Company, as well as the lives of more than 200 villagers, so all the troops who can go to the battlefield are sent, and no one is left behind."
"The others followed me and went around to Dongzhuang to directly attack the Japanese camp and lure them to Dongzhuang."