Since Iijima's troops entered the northern Henan region, they have been exchanging fire with Liu Zhenghong's troops. The Eighth Route Army's strongest firepower is the Czech-style light machine gun. They don't even have grenade launchers, and now they suddenly have artillery shells on their heads. , this was obviously from the ninth detachment stationed in Niuwang Village. ././
These two shells made the lower-level Japanese officers and soldiers in the wilderness extremely angry, and also made their supreme commander, the monk Iijima Shoji, confused.
Mortars are definitely heavy firepower at this time. Are the people in Niuwang Village preparing firepower before attacking? Is the Ninth Detachment really going to rescue the Eighth Route Army at this time? Iijima's heart suddenly lifted.
At this moment, his men began to panic, and they began to shoot randomly in the direction of Niu Wangzhai, and the defenders in the direction of Niu Wangzhai also began to fight back fiercely. Suddenly, there was loud gunfire in the open field, bullets were flying in the night sky, explosions were loud, and the two armies were fighting extremely lively across the drainage ditch.
In fact, the Japanese army had no plan to attack Niuwang Village, and the first brigade guarding Niuwang Village had no mission to attack. Both armies fought fiercely, but neither of them was actually prepared to rush out.
The two armies fought across the ditch for about half an hour. Iijima suddenly realized that his target was Liu Zhenghong, who was the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army had already escaped. Exchanging fire with the First Brigade like this would not only waste time. Besides, I get nothing.
Iijima woke up and ordered repeatedly: "Stop shooting, stop shooting!"
The soldiers stopped shooting at Niuwang Village after more than ten minutes. Iijima immediately organized his team, and they accelerated overnight towards the direction where Liu Zhenghong and others retreated. Although there were still bullets coming from the direction of Niuwangzhai, Iijima couldn't care less.
Night had fallen long ago, and Liu Zhenghong's breakthrough was sudden. Although Iijima had their general direction to the east, due to the delay, Iijima and the others could only follow Liu Zhenghong and the others based on the traces left on the road.
After successfully breaking through, Liu Zhenghong only had a hundred and ten men left in his hands. But he divided the small team into two parts. One part is a team of sick and wounded, and there are more than 20 people in this part. They are quietly lurking in a small forest near Niuwang Village; while the other part is a group of combat-effective soldiers, who are led by Liu Zhenghong. They were marching rapidly eastward through the night, and it was this part of the team that Iijima's people were following.
"Political commissar, will the Japanese find the wounded and sick left behind?" A soldier was very worried about his comrades. He asked Liu Zhenghong on the march.
"The Japs would never have thought that we would leave sick and wounded on the way. They are chasing us and have no time to stop and search." Liu Zhenghong replied confidently.
"Political Commissar, if we go further east, we may very well end up on the enemy's territory. Then aren't we just throwing ourselves into a trap?" asked another soldier.
Liu Zhenghong said with a smile: "Two groups of devils and puppet troops are causing harm in our territory, so how many people can they leave behind? What we are using now is a turning tactic. We have few people, can move quickly, and can move quickly. Get in and get out quickly. Let¡¯s hit them and see what they can do.¡±
"Yes, they can come to our base area. Can't we hit them in the stomach? Hehe! Political Commissar, your metaphor is really vivid. In this way, wouldn't we be on the same side as the Japanese?" A soldier Interface Road.
"Hey! The Japs are full of good stuff. If we go to the enemy-occupied area this time, we can not only disrupt the enemy's attack, but maybe we can also make a lot of money." Another soldier was obviously more interested in the spoils.
The flinging tactic is actually a tactic that breaks through the Sixteen-Character Strategy of guerrilla warfare. That is, when the locals use their superiority to attack us, our army takes advantage of mobility and flexibility to suddenly jump out of the enemy's encirclement and then enter the enemy-occupied area. Havoc. In this way, the two sides of attack and defense are like flipping over. The enemy must urgently mobilize his troops to defend, and the enemy's so-called mopping up attack will collapse without attacking.
Liu Zhenghong¡¯s words made the morale of the soldiers rise again. The marching speed of the team has been greatly increased, and the soldiers are full of confidence in their future.
Niuwang Village is not far from the enemy's stronghold. The buffer zone between the enemy and ourselves, or the tug-of-war zone, is only about 20 miles away. Liu Zhenghong and the others arrived at the nearest one at dawn the next day, which was jointly occupied by puppet troops and Japanese troops. The guarded stronghold - the Yanglou Village stronghold.
The Yanglou Village stronghold was established by a small river. It is said to be a stronghold, but in fact it is just a bunker. There are several bungalows under the bunker, surrounded by a barbed wire fence.
This stronghold is not big, but it guards an important thoroughfare. That is, this stronghold is built next to a small bridge, and this small bridge is the only bridge within a radius of twenty miles. Therefore, all those who want to pass through thisEveryone crossing the river must go through the sentry checkpoint set up at the bridgehead. It can be said that this not too big stronghold chokes the chokepoint of traffic.
It was already dark when Liu Zhenghong and the others arrived. The war could not block the exchanges between people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Now many people gathered on both sides of the river. They shouldered their shoulders and scooped up some agricultural and sideline products, waiting for the Japanese puppets to cross the bridge. Passed through after inspection by the military guard post.
The Japanese and puppet troops have a time limit for the release of civilians. During the current war, the inspection of pedestrians is even stricter, and the time for releasing civilians is also greatly shortened.
The sun has risen, but the horses that separate the bridge on both sides have not yet been pulled apart. The people who had been waiting on both sides of the checkpoint had begun to make noises. Although the villagers' time was not valuable, it was really uncomfortable to be blocked on both sides and exposed to the cold wind so early in the morning.
The people's commotion had an effect. After a while, a Japanese soldier led a few puppet soldiers to the side of Juma. They removed a gap in Juma, which was full of barbed wire. The people on both sides began to accept them one by one in order. Inspection by the Japanese and puppet troops.
This small bridge is not big. There is only one Japanese soldier and a few puppet soldiers checking the people on the bridge. On the surface, these enemies are loose and have no fighting power. In fact, this is not the case. On the bunker next to it, There is a Japs guarding a machine gun. If anything goes wrong here, the machine gun will spit out cannibalistic flames without hesitation.
On this early winter morning, everything was as usual, everything seemed normal.
Several puppet soldiers were busy inspecting the people coming and going, while the Japanese soldier was supervising the puppet soldiers with a big gun with a bayonet. In the eyes of the Japanese sentries, these puppet soldiers are no different from the Chinese farmers. They are also poor, dirty, and cowardly. Although there are many Chinese, they are really inferior to ants in front of the proud Japanese locust army.
After being inspected by the puppet troops, the common people walked past the Japanese bayonets with their heads lowered. Whenever they came in front of the Japanese, these common people had to take off their hats and bow to the invaders before they could pass. Otherwise, the Japanese rifle butts or bayonets would come up. .
Suddenly, there was a noise over there. It turned out that several people were arguing with the puppet soldiers.
These people were all wearing tattered clothes. Some were carrying a chicken in their hands, some were ladling baskets, and some were carrying firewood, vegetables, etc. They seemed to be crossing the river to sell in the town.
These puppet soldiers are called "Er Japs" by the common people. Most of these puppet soldiers have unclean hands and feet. They touched women during the inspection and took some things from the common people. These are really insignificant things to them. Little things. This time they had a conflict with the people, precisely because they wanted to take away the things that the people had already had in their hands.
"Baga!" The Japanese on guard got angry.
At this moment, a chicken in the crowd over there suddenly broke away from its owner's hand, and the chicken "fluttered" and flew out of the crowd.
The owner of this chicken is a young man. The young man has quick eyes and quick hands. The chicken was caught by this young man before it could run a few steps away. The chicken was scooped into the hands of the owner again, and the chicken made a shrill cry while struggling.
"Quack? Haha!" The Japanese soldier who was angry just now had a smile on his face. He put the big gun with a bright bayonet on his shoulder and walked over there.
It is well known that all Japanese soldiers like to eat chicken, and this Japanese soldier is certainly no exception. The sudden appearance of the chicken made the Japanese soldiers overjoyed, and he made up his mind to get the chicken.
Walking up to the young man, Guizibing had a fake smile on his face. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and said to the young man in blunt Chinese: "We are friends, we are friends!"
Many Japanese soldiers have learned Chinese unexpectedly. This so-called "intersection" is actually a mixture of Chinese and Japanese, which means mutual exchange.
The devil likes to eat chicken, but he will never use his own money to buy it. In addition to robbing, he will resort to deception. He took out a half-smoked cigarette from his pocket, just to use it. Pack open cigarettes in exchange for this chicken.
That young man had obviously suffered at the hands of the Japs before. He hid the chicken behind his back in a panic and said repeatedly: "No friendship, no friendship!"
The poor chicken was crowing miserably behind the young man. In addition, the Japanese on guard also found that the young man¡¯s pockets were bulging. It could be seen from the appearance of the pockets that they were all filled with eggs.
In addition to a chicken, this Chinese man also had eggs in his pocket, and the Japanese on guard became even more excited. In order to prevent the young man from running away, the Japanese soldiers held the young man with his hands.He turned around and shouted a few words in Japanese in the direction of the bunker.
After a while, another Japs, the Japs machine gunner on the bunker, ran over in a hurry. This new Japanese soldier didn't come empty-handed. He also had a paper bag in his hand. This paper bag contained salt. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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