Chapter 54 Ding Wei is in action

Author: Maomao Que Dade

Chapter 54 Ding Wei is in action

Xingjia Village, the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

Ding Wei's regiment is a little far away from the headquarters, so he received the order later than other fraternal units.

However, their location was relatively close to the brigade headquarters. While mobilizing troops and generals to prepare for departure, Ding Wei also sent his first battalion commander to the brigade headquarters to inquire about information.

Finally, a battalion commander came back with information before the team set off.

"I heard at the brigade headquarters that our headquarters sent a small force to travel a long distance and raid a Japanese hospital, and kidnapped many Japanese doctors."

After Ding Wei heard the news, he was shocked and at a loss. Since this news came from the brigade headquarters, it was definitely not a lie.

With a keen sense of battlefield, he immediately returned to his regimental command post, unfolded the map on the table, and judged the current situation of friendly forces by analyzing the enemy's garrison situation in various important transportation areas.

As a veteran with rich command experience, Ding Wei attaches great importance to the operation of his own territory.

It has been more than a month since he came to Xinyi Tuan. He has long been involved with all the major forces around him. If there is any trouble, Ding Wei will receive the news immediately.

He looked at his battalion commander and asked an intriguing question.

"Do you know who the commander of that small force is? What is their current condition?"

Hearing his commander's question, the first battalion commander showed an expression as if he had woken up from a dream, and hurriedly reported the important information to Ding Wei.

"The commanders of that unit are old acquaintances of yours, Zheng Yingqi and Li Yunlong! It is said that they are still avoiding the Japs, and they cannot be contacted at the headquarters."

"Hahaha, I should have guessed it a long time ago. Only the two of them can do such a thing crazily and steadily."

Thinking of his old comrades, Ding Wei showed an imperceptible smile. He pointed to the map in front of him to the first battalion commander, and after the other party looked at it for a while, he said:

"Judging from our own intelligence network, the Japanese troops are gradually shrinking and are approaching our defense area."

"This means that Li Yunlong and the others are coming towards us. As his old comrade, I have to help him."

"Pass my order. This time I will personally lead a battalion to help Li Yunlong and others break out of the encirclement. You bring the map and go to the brigade headquarters again to tell the brigade commander our thoughts."

As the order was issued, the war machine of the New Regiment began to operate in an orderly manner.

If the secret service company had not retreated towards Ding Wei's defense zone, he would have been able to obey the order completely without consuming too much ammunition.

But now that we know that Li Yunlong and the others are likely to come from here, if we don't take more radical action in this situation, we are risking death without saving anything.

Ding Wei, both public and private, could not make things easier for the Japanese, so he led his troops to the nearest county town in the defense zone.

This is a town 20 kilometers away from the county seat. Because it is close to the scope of activities of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese recently built a military station in the town, where a squadron of Japanese and puppet troops was stationed.

Once a battle breaks out between the nearby Japs and the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese and puppet troops at this military station will immediately dispatch support.

Ding Wei held up his binoculars and looked at the enemies gathering in the town. They were fully armed and inspecting sidecar motorcycles. He smiled crookedly, with a slightly sinister tone in his tone:

"Hey, it's better to come early than to come by chance. These Japanese devils are so vigilant now that they don't even arrange a guard."

Hidden in the woods behind him were more than 500 soldiers of the new regiment.

After the battle at Cangyunling, although the new regiment was reduced in number, Ding Wei relied on Li Yunlong's reputation to quickly replenish his troops after taking over.

After the soldiers recognized Ding Wei as the new regiment leader, the combat effectiveness of the entire regiment was even comparable to that of Li Yunlong's period.

Seemingly guessing his regimental commander's arrangement, a company commander asked tentatively:

"Captain, are you planning to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao? Attack the Japs' military station and attract the Japs from surrounding counties? Share the pressure with the old regiment commander?"

After all, Ding Wei is also a person who has studied seriously. Although he has not been able to go to the rear, a simple idiom cannot trouble him.

"Yes, that's what it means. As long as we put enough pressure on him, Li Yunlong will have a chance to find a way out."

"And all the little devils in the military station came out today. We can use this opportunity to make a big wave and see if we can hurt them all at once."

Putting down the telescope, he looked behind him:

"Fifth company, don't move yet. You stay here to deal with any emergencies. The rest of the team will follow me from the left."

This time Ding Wei brought old soldiers, almost every soldier was an experienced veteran. Except for the artillery, he divided everyone into five groups.

This time, in order to save his old comrades and repay a favor, Ding Wei brought almost all the light machine guns in the regiment.

Of course, this light machine gun still contains Shaosha, which Li Yunlong did not return at the beginning. Sometimes Ding Wei still wonders if this foreign thing is so rubbish that even the creditor has forgotten that there is such a thing.

More than fifty light machine guns almost required the entire regiment's machine gunners to consume them. In this battle, the new regiment truly decentralized its machine guns to the squad level.

Following Ding Wei's order, he led his four companies around the jujube forest on the left and headed towards the Japanese military station. The remaining reserve team was not idle either, and some of them were sent to guard the surrounding areas.

Ding Wei led his people to the edge of the woods and ordered everyone to stop. This was less than 500 meters away from the Japanese military station. He ordered the artillerymen to set up mortars.

"Artillery prepare, aim at the Japanese's three-bouncer!"

Wang Chengzhu, who had just returned from a serious illness, led his men to prepare for the war. This time he not only got a promotion but also a new gun, and it was an 82mm mortar with a mirror.

"Everyone listens to my order and charges immediately after the artillery fires. As soon as the enemy enters the range of the machine gun, fire and aim."

Ding Wei opened the nose of the shell gun in his hand, and the soldiers also checked the weapons in their hands.

However, the Japanese and puppet troops on the opposite side did not notice them at all, and their efficiency was so slow that most of them were still waiting for the order to set off.

"Pillar! Fire!"

Accompanied by a burst of unique 82mm mortar firing, the shell fired by Zhuzhu himself steadily hit the Japanese motorcycle parked in the open space.

The explosions of motorcycles and artillery shells caused heavy casualties to the Japanese and puppet troops.

The 82mm is no longer a light mortar. The 3.8kg shell is very powerful. Unfortunately, the rate of fire of the mortar is not fast. Even if Wang Chengzhu uses it, eight rounds per minute is the limit.

The soldiers rushed toward the enemy not far away with the mortars, and the machine gunners quickly began to work. Facing the panicked enemies, they calmly looked for a suitable shooting angle on the spot, locking their aim firmly on the target.

On the enemy.

At the same time, the rifles of the soldiers also fired simultaneously. At this distance, the new group achieved great results, killing more than twenty Japanese in just the first wave of attacks.

There were no accidents in the battle. After the sacrifice of more than a dozen soldiers, the Japs in the military station were basically wiped out.

The fighting spirit of these Japanese soldiers is indeed remarkable, but Ding Wei and the others are even better. After seeing their masters being killed, the puppet soldiers naturally ran away and surrendered.

"Everyone quickly cleans the battlefield and counts the seizures!"

"We are quite busy today."

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