The number of Japanese troops in Hexi Village was indeed small. Su Datong's company, which was feigning an attack at the entrance of the village, relied on the machine gun fire cover provided by Laodongbei to rush into the village with only one charge, and attacked the Japanese troops in the village from both sides with a platoon that came from the flank.
Seeing that the Japanese army was overwhelmingly invincible, the Japanese army could only retreat steadily, using houses as cover to resist. Niu Laogui's entry finally became the last straw that crushed the Japanese army.
The gunfire gradually stopped, and the only sounds left in the village were Japanese soldiers searching for wounded Japanese soldiers, and occasionally the wailing of Japanese soldiers before they died. "Old Northeast, take your people to search the village to see if there are any ordinary people alive.
, take everyone you find to the entrance of the village. Uncle Niu, take our people and Captain Su's troops to sweep the battlefield. Time waits for no one. There is a Japanese radio station here. I'm afraid there are still Japanese troops around. We just
The movement is quite big."
Tang Cheng did not plan to stay in Hexi Village for too long. The Second Company could only keep moving to have a chance of survival. If they were entangled by the Japanese army when they went deep alone, there would be only a dead end waiting for the Second Company. Tang Cheng would not
I believe that the 30th Army will send troops to rescue the Second Company. There will be no time to carefully clean the battlefield and count the casualties. The only Japanese ordnance that Tang Cheng is interested in is heavy fire weapons and grenades, and the 38-type rifles equipped by the Japanese army. Passenger Tang does not have
What interest.
Su Datong wanted to express his thanks again, but he was a veteran and knew that what Tang Cheng had just said was right, so he could only clasp his fists from a distance as a gesture, and then followed Niu Laogui to clean up the battlefield with his soldiers who were still able to move. Tang Cheng did not
The Japanese Army's 38-type rifles were rare, but Su Datong was rare. As long as the gun was capable of killing people, the Japanese Army's 38-type rifles were much better than Su Datong's old sleeves.
More than 80 Japanese soldiers in Hexi Village were all killed. They only wanted the grenades and a small amount of bullets on the corpses of the Japanese soldiers in Tangcheng. All the rifles and ammunition on the dozens of remaining rifles and ammunition belonged to Su Datong. Su Datong was very happy.
He shouted that this trip was not in vain. "Company Commander Tang, thank you very much for this meeting. If it weren't for you, my brothers and I would have died in the wilderness to feed the wolves. If you have anything to do in the future, just tell me."
, as long as I, Su Datong, can do it, I will have no problem." The battlefield with dozens of people was cleared very quickly, and Su Datong finally had the opportunity to thank Tang Cheng.
"As long as you say this, Captain Su, since we are all troops of the Communist Party, there is no need to say thank you or not. Could it be said that when you, Captain Su, saw our second company being chased and beaten by little devils, you could just stand by and watch with cold eyes?"
No way." When he was in Mengcheng and Macheng, Tang Cheng never thought about making good friends with the ** troops, but the Wuhan disaster in Wuhan reminded him. Making more friends is not a bad thing, as the old saying goes.
Well, the tides have changed in thirty years from Hedong to Hexi in thirty years. Who knows whether a guy like Su Datong will be lucky enough to be successful in the future. Anyway, it is just a waste of saliva.
Tang Cheng's knowledge made Su Datong feel even better. It was true that Erlian rescued him, but it was obviously impossible for him to think about Tang Cheng's kindness all his life. Tang Cheng's current attitude
It was in line with his thoughts. "This person named Su is not an easy person to get along with. Be careful with him. It's best not to get too close to him." Niu Laogui, who was standing behind Tang Cheng, warned in a low voice,
Tang Cheng nodded in agreement, it was convenient for him to be with others. Tang Cheng only had a superficial acquaintance with Su Datong, and he didn't have much favorable impressions of this person.
"Take the radio station in this room with you and let's go back." The radio stations in the room have been packed up and can be taken away at any time. Tang Cheng picked up the leather bag full of papers with one hand and held the little girl's hand with the other and ordered back.
Withdraw. The mission of the Second Company is to search and eliminate the Japanese scouts, but the seizure of the Japanese radio station is no small matter. Besides, in the attack on Hexi Village, the Second Company also suffered casualties. As long as the radio station is in hand, Tangcheng can trust the thoughtful people in the 30th Army.
He won't do anything to himself.
"Girl, follow my brother. He will take you to a safe place." After leaving the yard, Tang Cheng carried the timid and trembling little girl on his back. Only six living people were found in the entire Hexi Village.
The Japanese army forced the three old men sitting at the entrance of the village, leaving only a middle-aged couple. Counting the little girl on Tang Cheng's back, there were exactly 6 people. Among the Japanese corpses scattered on the ground in Hexi Village, these 6 people were still alive.
They couldn't continue to live here. Tang Cheng planned to send someone to send them to Huangzhai in Macheng to stay temporarily after returning to hand over the orders.
They climbed over several hills in the direction they came from. The exhausted Tangcheng and the others finally met the scouts stationed in front of the battle line by the 30th Army. The scouts of the 30th Army led them around another hilltop and a large forest.
Tangcheng and his party finally saw people coming and going. The Japanese army faced off with the Japanese army in Xiaojieling. All the people in the confrontation area were moving towards Macheng. The place where Tangcheng and the others were now was where the Japanese army temporarily accommodated the people.
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The troops on guard were obviously members of the 30th Army. Along the way, Su Datong lost all the confusion he felt when being chased by the Japanese army. He kept smiling and greeting the Japanese-style Japanese soldiers around him. From the moment he met these common people, he kept smiling.
From the beginning, Tang Cheng felt that the people and soldiers around him were staring at him with very curious eyes, which made him at a loss. He thought about it carefully and was happy. No wonder, Tang Cheng is now a serious man after all*
* Captain, this is a war zone. A * Captain appears here with a little girl on his back. No wonder the common people and soldiers looked at him with strange eyes.
Tang Cheng didn't care and smiled at those people. The common people and soldiers who looked at him responded with faint smiles on their faces and no longer looked at him with strange expressions. Only some seven or eight-year-old children still looked at him.
Staring at him from a distance with a smile, as if looking at something rare, the little girl lying on Tang Cheng's back just curled her face into Tang Cheng's neck, secretly looking at the children with the corner of her eye.
With Su Datong around, there was no need to report the name of the Second Company. Tang Cheng and the others followed Su Datong and turned left and right into the village. "Wait here, I'll go inside and tell the leader." Tang Cheng and the others said
The officer was taken into a courtyard, and the soldiers of the second company were arranged to rest under the shade of the trees outside the courtyard. After looking around the empty courtyard, Tang Cheng, carrying the little girl on his back, walked directly to the stone table in the middle of the courtyard.
, pulled a long bench for the little girl to sit down, and Tang Cheng took out a kettle and fed the little girl water one mouthful at a time.
Tang Cheng had already sat down with the little girl. Naturally, Niu Laogui and the others couldn't stand either. Those who had stools sat on stools. Those who didn't had stools sat directly on their helmets, took out cigarettes, lit them and swallowed them.
Tuwu. Tang Cheng didn’t plan to stay here, but the people outside the village who were temporarily accommodated made him change his attention. The surviving middle-aged couple had already found familiar people in the crowd, and maybe the little girl was
It would be better for them to be left with those people than to be sent to Macheng.
"Who is Company Commander Tang? Our captain wants you to come in." Tang Cheng was thinking about how to talk to this silent little girl when the sentry who went into the room with Su Datong came out. He was the only one there.
When they came out, Niu Laogui couldn't help but flashing a flash of anger in his eyes. This Su Datong was indeed not easy to get along with. The man who had just found them had already begun to distance himself from the Second Company. If he had known better, he should not have wasted bullets to rescue him.
They are.
Tang Cheng didn't know what Niu Laogui was thinking, and even if he knew, he would probably just laugh it off. He handed the little girl who was holding his sleeve tightly to Niu Laogui's care, and Tang Cheng got up and entered the house.
The stone-built house was not very big. As soon as Tang Cheng entered the door, he saw Su Datong whispering something to a lieutenant colonel with his sleeves rolled up. Tang Cheng ignored him and just saluted first according to military rules.
Then state your unit number and name.
"Are you from the 88th Division? Why did you come to the defense line of our 30th Army?" Although he already knew the identities and unit numbers of Tang Cheng and the others from Su Datong, after Tang Cheng reported his family, this burly middleman
The school officer couldn't help but ask. He was able to rescue Su Datong twice and successfully surrounded and killed a Japanese squad. This combat power was also well-known among the 30th Army. Moreover, Tang Cheng's age seemed to be just adulthood.
, so he was very curious about Tangcheng.
"Our Second Company was stationed in Macheng after it retreated from Mengcheng. After defeating the Japanese Mitsui Squadron in Kucaogou, Macheng, we suffered heavy casualties and were transferred back to Wuhan to garrison and recuperate. This time, we came to the Xiaojieling front line to participate in the battle because of the order of the Ministry of Military Affairs.
, the order given to us is to obey the command of the 30th Army. The current mission of the Second Company is to go forward to search and eliminate the Japanese scout troops." The Second Company came to the front line of Xiaojieling under the order of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, which involved too many things.
, Tang Cheng could only explain it roughly once, but did not mention other things.
"Captain Qiu, after attacking Hexi Village, we also seized several Japanese radio stations in the village, as well as some papers recorded in Japanese. These things must be sent to the military headquarters immediately. I would like to ask Commander Qiu to help.
Please provide us with some horses. There are many wounded in the Second Company, so we will stay here to recuperate. When my people come back from the military headquarters, the horses will be replaced." After greeting Commander Qiu for a few words, Tang Cheng went on his own.
After telling his request, Captain Qiu looked embarrassed, but he didn't have the guts to agree.
"Uncle Niu, I will take a few people to send the radio station and this leather bag to the headquarters of the 30th Army. You and your people will guard our people. If there is a conflict with the people of the 30th Army, just endure it as long as you can. We will talk about everything after I come back.
." Commander Qiu only provided Tang Cheng with 8 horses. After comforting the little girl who was holding on to his clothes, Tang Cheng took Heizi, the others and the radio stations and rode straight to the headquarters of the 30th Army.