"Okay, there's nothing going on. You go down and pick up two radios from the logistics office later. This will facilitate the communication between your three battalions." Liu Hua ordered.

"Yes, Commander, Political Commissar, and the Cavalry Regiment promise to complete the mission. Eliminate all the little devils who broke into the base area. Just wait for our good news." After finishing speaking, the leader of the Cavalry Regiment, Wang Hu, turned around and left the command with the Political Commissar Wang Hao.

department.

Seeing Wang Hu and Wang Hao's hurried steps, Liu Hua and political commissar Guan Xiangying shook their heads speechlessly.

"Political Commissar, with these two people taking action, let's wait for their success. Little devils, aren't you learning from our guerrilla warfare? Don't forget that guerrilla warfare is the special skill of our Eighth Route Army. Let me give you a try this time.

Real guerrilla warfare, huh..." Liu Hua said confidently.

On this day, the weather was fine, and the little Japanese stationed in Pingding County went through a week of continuous sneak attacks. Every soldier got a lot of benefits from these sneak attacks, including silver coins...jewelry...beautiful girls...if this was

A month ago, that is, when there was no change of commander, this would have been unthinkable.

Therefore, every time it is time to go out of the city to fight in the field, the squadron commanders of each squadron rush to the captain to ask for a battle, hoping that their squadrons can receive this tempting mission.

Before today, in order to improve the entire team's training results in the past half month, the team leader did not show any preference when assigning tasks. Almost every squadron took turns. However, today is different, because

Now every squadron has gone into battle. This time, it depends on who has the ability to take over the mission.

In the end, none of the squadron leaders competed. One squadron was strengthened, the Ono Squadron, which was the Ono Squadron that massacred the villagers of Xiaoli Village. Seeing the other squadron leaders, they left the command in disgrace as if they had lost the battle.

At the same time, Ono Jiro was indeed extremely excited.

Because his first sneak attack achieved very rich results with almost no casualties, he was highly appreciated by his superiors. Moreover, after what the captain revealed to him, if he could make a great contribution again,

Then the stars on his shoulders may not be more but less. However, there may be one less bar on the shoulder strap. Thinking that after this mission, he may be promoted to the rank of major and become a captain, Ono Jiro unconsciously thought

He has held his chest high. Among the several squadron leaders, he proudly showed his strength and difference.

Ono Jiro took his guards and proudly returned to the station where he reinforced his squadron. Before he reached the door, his deputy captain came out to greet him.

"Your Excellency, squadron leader, have you received the mission?" The deputy captain obviously also cares about this mission very much, because like Ono Jiro, he can be promoted to the rank of captain as long as he has one more military merit. After Ono Jiro left, this strengthened

The squadron leader, without thinking too much, will become his own.

Therefore, the deputy captain was very concerned about whether his squadron could receive this mission. After receiving the notification from the guard, he hurried out and wanted to know the answer quickly. When he saw his squadron leader's face glowing with joy,

When he arrived, he finally felt relieved. Because he had already seen the result from the expression of the squadron leader, and his squadron had received the mission.

"Well, after my hard work in front of the captain, captain, finally the task of going out for a sneak attack today was handed over to our squadron. Deputy captain, immediately ordered the soldiers to assemble, bring all the people, and bring all the weapons. This

Let's work together this time and make a great contribution again." Ono Jiro ordered with a smile, as if the rank of Major was already dazzling in front of his eyes and he could get it at his fingertips.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, I'll be there right away. Please, Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, please go back and have a rest first, and leave all matters to your subordinates. After the troops are assembled, I will personally inform you," the deputy captain said with concern.

.

"Yo Xi, deputy captain, your heart is very kind. Then I'm going to take a rest first. I was really tired in the conference room of the headquarters just now. Please, deputy captain." Hearing that the deputy captain was so concerned about him,

Squadron leader Ono Jiro was still excited for a while.

"Hi, squadron leader, please rest assured."

Just when squadron leader Ono Jiro returned to his office and just closed his eyes, a loud rally call sounded outside the door. Immediately, a burst of chaotic footsteps was heard on the training ground outside the door...

Ono Jiro ignored the chaotic footsteps outside, closed his eyes, and began to rest.

"Your Excellency, squadron commander..." Just as Onojiro fell asleep, the voice of the deputy captain rang in his ears. Onojiro slowly opened his tired eyes and saw his deputy captain.

Standing in front of him fully armed.

"Well, it's the deputy captain. How are you? Have the troops assembled?" Ono Jiro asked in a daze.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, the troops are ready and ready to go at any time. We are waiting for your order, Your Excellency, Squadron Leader." The deputy captain bent down and answered.

"Yoshi, very good, I'll come out right now." After saying that, Ono Jiro stood up from the armchair, stretched out his arms, and arranged his military uniform and gun. The deputy captain promptly put on the hanging

The military coat on the wall was draped on Ono Jiro's shoulders.

"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, last time we had a sneak attack, it was snowing, so we couldn't ride horses. I have prepared war horses for you today."

"Yoshi, vice-captain, you are very thoughtful, thank you."

"Hey, it's a humble duty to serve your Excellency, the Squadron Leader. Please don't be polite, Your Excellency, the Squadron Leader."

In this way, the deputy captain followed Ono Jiro and walked out of Ono Jiro's office. At this time, hundreds of fully armed soldiers outside were standing neatly in the open space in the yard, motionless. Ono Jiro nodded with satisfaction.

Nodding, the sleepiness just now was swept away by the fighting spirit erupting from the soldiers.

"Yoshi, order the first team to be the vanguard, and the troops will set off immediately," the deputy captain behind Captain Ono Jiro ordered.

"Hi... The first team is the vanguard. The troops will set off immediately. Please mount your horses, squadron leader..." The deputy captain took a war horse and handed it to the squadron leader in front of him.

"Yo Xi, yours is also mounted...the troops set off." In this way, Ono Jiro and the deputy captain behind him mounted their horses at the same time and led the troops out of Pingding County, aiming directly at Zhuangquan Village, fifteen kilometers away from the county.

Zhuangquan Village is located in the north of Pingding County, located on a plain. Looking around, there is no high ground around the village that can be defended. The reason why the village was established here is because there is a large area of ​​farmland. Because there is a lot of fertile land

farmland, so Zhuangquan Village also has a large number of people, with a total of almost 500 households and thousands of people, making it the village with the most people in Pingding and the place that produces the most grain.

For such a place, not only the Japanese troops in Pingding County attach great importance to it, but also the First Military Division of the base area. At any time, in addition to a full militia company, there is also a company of main troops stationed in the entire village. Because this place

There is absolutely no danger to defend. In order to prevent the Japs from sneaking up and causing another tragedy like the one in Xiaoli Village, the main company stationed here, Captain Zhou Cheng, worked hard.

In addition to building a variety of relatively complete defenses at the entrance of the village, at least one platoon of soldiers was specially dispatched to serve as a security guard. The security posts in the company were posted 5 miles away from Zhuangquan Village. In other words,

, when the Japs were still five miles away, Company Commander Zhou stationed in Zhuangquan Village could judge the number of Japs by the amount of smoke emitted by the warning soldiers, and then organize the transfer of the masses.

At this time, it was already ten o'clock in the morning, and the sun was hanging high in the sky. The warm sunshine easily made people think of sleeping. The two sentries who were assigned to be five miles away from Zhuangquan Village were sleeping.

He looked drowsily at the road about five hundred meters away from him.

Just when the two of them were getting sleepy and their eyelids started to fight, a flash of light at the corner of the road pierced the eye of one of the sentries.

"Ah, little devil... get up, look, little devil..." The sentry, who was stung by the flash of light, opened his eyes and was suddenly stunned by the scene at the corner of the road. He quickly pushed the hazy man next to him.

Comrades.

"What nonsense are you talking about, kid? It's broad daylight. What nonsense are you talking about...ah! What are you talking about, kid..." The comrades who suddenly reacted quickly opened their eyes and saw a group of people holding bright lights appearing at the corner of the road.

There were about fifty or sixty little Japs armed with bayonets, and they were on guard on both sides of the highway as they marched.

"What are you doing standing still? Send a signal to the company commander quickly. Hurry up and use the signal smoke..." The soldier who woke up later said quickly. After saying this, he was about to pick up the fire bag on his body and prepare to light a fire.

"Oh, wait a minute, we don't know the enemy's situation yet. How can we send a signal to the company commander casually? Let's wait a minute. I estimate that the little devils should be more than one squad." Seeing the comrades next to him, he was in a hurry.

Light the fire, and another soldier quickly stopped him.

"Yes, you are right. Let's take a look first and find out the details of the little devil." After hearing what his comrade said, the impulsive soldier smiled sheepishly.

Sure enough, in less than five minutes, another group of Japanese troops appeared in their sight. Needless to say, this was the main force of Ono Jiro's reinforced squadron.

"Oh my god, there are so many people, and there are heavy machine guns..." Looking at the neat marching column of the Japanese army stretching for nearly 200 meters, the two people not only exclaimed. What made them even more incredible was that under the

This pair of Japanese soldiers actually found rare heavy machine guns and mortars...

"Quickly, count how many little devils there are. I'll light a bonfire." After a soldier finished speaking, he began to light the bonfire behind him. After a while, a thick plume of smoke floated where the two were hiding.

After sending the signal and finding out the specific situation of the Japanese army, the two soldiers quickly withdrew from the hiding spot and retreated to Zhuangquan Village.

One wolf smoke followed another, and in less than a minute, a squad of soldiers on guard at the entrance of Zhuangquan Village got the news that the Japanese army had invaded Zhuangquan Village.

"Company Commander, Company Commander, the kid is here..." The squad leader who saw the smoke quickly ran to the company headquarters in the village and reported the situation to his company commander.

"Damn, you little Japs, it's really hard for people to live in peace. You, immediately notify the militia company commander and ask him to organize the relocation of the people immediately. It needs to be quick. It is estimated that the Japs will enter the village in half an hour. Go now.

"Captain Zhou frowned and ordered dissatisfied.

"Yes, company commander." After saying that, he turned around and ran out of the company headquarters.

"Communicator." Captain Zhou shouted to the door.

"Here, company commander." The correspondent who had been guarding the door immediately rushed into the headquarters.

"You, mount your company's horse, rush to the regiment headquarters ten miles away, and report to the regiment commander that the Japs have invaded Zhuangquan Village with an unknown number of people. Please ask him to send troops for reinforcements immediately. Hurry. Let's go now.

." Captain Zhou immediately ordered.

"Yes, Company Commander." Watching the correspondent leave the company headquarters, Company Commander Zhou quickly took out his weapon and walked out of the headquarters quickly.

"Commander on the bugler, blow the rally call and the whole company will assemble immediately." Company Commander Zhou shouted loudly.

"Tick-tock-tock..." Immediately, the loud rally call sounded on the company headquarters' training ground. At this time, because the troops were training, in less than a minute, each squad and platoon was fully armed and in order.

stood in front of Captain Zhou.

"Company Commander, are the Japs going to invade Zhuangquan Village again?" The instructor who arrived saw the assembled troops and asked in front of the company commander.

"Well, now the little devil has passed the checkpoint we arranged five miles away from the village. We don't know the specific number of intruders yet. I just asked the correspondent to ride a horse to notify the regiment headquarters. The militia company has also notified them. They are now in

Arrange for the villagers to be transferred." Captain Zhou simply told the instructor who came over the general outline of the matter.

"Damn, you damn little devil, you really won't let me rest for a while. Company commander, what are you going to do?" the instructor scolded.

"Haha, instructor, you must have said dirty words. Okay, let's stop joking. I heard from the regimental commander that a battalion of the cavalry regiment from the headquarters is around us. I think with the strength of our company, plus the addition of

The free militia company will hold back the Japs until the cavalry battalion arrives and destroy the invading group of Japs," the company commander replied.

"But, company commander, we don't know the specific number of people who attacked the Japs yet. I'm afraid that the Japs will attack with too many troops. Not only will we not be able to eliminate them, but we will be defeated by them in the end..." the instructor replied with a worried look on his face.

"Well, that's a problem, but based on the Japs' actions over the past week or so, this time there will be at most one squadron. Let's arrange it like this first. If the Japs have too many troops, we will retreat." After listening to the instructor's words.

, the company commander replied.
To be continued...