After dinner, Company Commander Song and his correspondent, fully armed, rode on horseback and rushed to Heya Village.
Under the guidance of the village chief, Lianchang Song strode into the home of the second devil with a smile on his face.
When they saw the heavily armed Eighth Route Army, the second devil and his wife were shocked.
Company Commander Song reported to his family: "Brother Wang, we are the new Fourth Company of the Independent Battalion. We are stationed in Mashan due to redeployment. Today we came to see you. I hope that Mr. Wang will pay more food and use practical actions to support the anti-Japanese war."
The second devil said that the food had been plundered by the Japanese a long time ago and the granaries were empty, so we could only talk about it in the autumn.
The village chief continued: "Comrades of the Eighth Route Army, Uncle Ergui is right. It's not that Heya Village has no food supply, but that it is powerless. You'd better move to another village."
Company Commander Song still had a smile on his face: "Village Chief Wang, our Eighth Route Army collects grain on a voluntary basis and pays the market price for every kilogram. I hope you will consider it seriously and contact us again in a few days."
Having said this, Captain Song shook hands with the two devils and said goodbye.
Not long after seeing off the village chief and Company Commander Song, the two devils quietly slipped out of the house.
Entering the street from the alley, the two devils turn left and turn west, heading straight towards the ancestral hall.
There is a small road to the west of Wang's Ancestral Hall, which is the best shortcut from Heya Village to Mashan. Along the way, you must cross a north-south river and pass through several miles of woods.
After more than an hour of trekking, the two demons finally walked out of the woods. In the night, they vaguely discovered that in the deserted beach below Mashan, several huts emitted faint light.
It turned out that in order to deal with the prying of the second devil, two platoons of the second company were stationed in the grass shed in advance.
At this moment, the two devils couldn't help but feel elated, because Futian had already promised that once he found out the whereabouts of Tubalu, he could go to Zuichun Tower to enjoy the flower girl.
As he thought about it, the second devil saw crowds of beauties in front of him, all of them looking gorgeous.
At four o'clock in the morning, when it was still dark, the two devils took the black mule in hand and opened the door bolt with a bang.
With the sound of a door twisting, two eyes quietly poked out of the corner of the alley diagonally opposite the courtyard door.
As early as last night, Shanzi had instructed the security platoon to send guards to take turns monitoring the two devils.
When we reached the east intersection of the village, the sky was already bright. The two devils pulled the reins, and the black mule turned around and began a journey of more than a hundred miles to the county town.
Based on the monitor's report, Shanzi made a rough estimate that if Ando received the information and sent troops immediately, he should arrive at Mashan before midnight at the earliest.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Shanzi held a combat meeting at the regiment headquarters, and all cadres above the platoon of the participating companies attended.
Shanzi said that the Japanese might arrive at Mashan before midnight, and the independent battalion would enter the position three hours in advance.
Having said this, Shanzi stood up and left his seat, pointing at the formation map on the wall with a wooden pole——
A company ambushes the No. 1 position, blocking the enemy from the front, preventing the enemy from leaping over the wall and escaping from the gap between Mashan and the hills. After the battle starts, do not shoot easily to avoid premature exposure.
There were a total of four platoons of the second and third companies, lying in ambush on the hills on both sides of the grassy beach, that is, positions No. 2 and 3. When the Japanese launched an attack on the deserted beach, they attacked the enemy from both sides.
During the battle, once it is discovered that the enemy is retreating, the second and third companies must organize superior firepower to block the enemy's retreat, force the Japanese to flee toward the first company's position, and completely pocket them.
In order to avoid casualties on our side, each company must persist in positional warfare. If the enemy takes the road and escapes, they are not allowed to pursue and kill without unified instructions. Violators will be punished as wartime disobedience orders.
Shanzi finally requested that after the meeting, each company should immediately communicate the key points of the battle to each squad, and at the same time make pre-war mobilization and preparations.