Yuquan Ridge was not far from the enemy's location. Even if the 281st Regiment deliberately slowed down its march, it was almost reaching Zhou Weihan's ambush circle in the Lijialing area.
Before that, Wang Yigong's four regiments had arrived, and soldiers from the two regiments were deployed on the hills on both sides of Lijialing.
Zhou Weihan was lying on the top of the hill, and through his telescope he could clearly see the enemy's vanguard staggering towards the ambush circle.
"Commander, why don't the enemy's reinforcements seem to be in a hurry?" Li Daben said from the side.
"No matter what, we finally fished the enemy out of their bastard shells. This battle is a turning point for your garrison. If you fight well, you may be promoted to the main force. If you fight poorly, you will always be in trouble in the future.
Be honest and be the leader of your garrison in Wuyi!" Zhou Weihan said abruptly.
"Commander, why is it possible? We have to be trustworthy, right? You said it right at the beginning!" After hearing this, Mr. Li immediately became unhappy.
Although there are no tigers in the mountains, monkeys are the king.
The main force is not in Wuyi. As the leader of the garrison, Li Da is very successful in Wuyi. But which basic unit of the Eighth Route Army is not willing to become the main force?
Zhou Weihan looked at Li Daben's pretending to be aggrieved and couldn't help but want to tease him: "I'm trying to make terms for you. Don't think of him as the leader of the garrison. The Wuyi County Brigade is quite suitable for you!"
"No, Commander, I am quite good as the leader of the garrison!"
The reconnaissance company's position on the other side.
Zhou Weihan gave Dong Jiang's reconnaissance company the order to tighten their pockets, and the reconnaissance company was deployed at the opening to the north.
At this time, Dong Jiang pointed at a few officers riding tall horses in the enemy's marching column and said: "Thief Nine, have you seen those officers? Take your sniper team and kill them first!"
Thief Jiu stretched out his thumb to estimate the distance between the two sides, and then said: "Company Commander, look at you!"
After saying that, he waved and led more than 20 soldiers from the sniper team to find a suitable sniper position.
In the marching column of the 281st Regiment.
Zang Tiansheng, the leader of the 281st Regiment, looked around at the mountainous terrain and thought something was wrong in his heart.
The hills on both sides are undulating, and there are no suitable bunkers on both sides of the road. If a team of people is deployed, being high up is a good place for an ambush.
Zang Tiansheng turned his head and was about to say something to He Qigui, the chief of staff riding beside him.
Hearing the sound of a gunshot, He Qigui fell from his horse in a daze before his eyes.
Zang Tiansheng keenly felt that the bullet was coming from the front right, and quickly turned to the left.
A bullet happened to be shot from the left front. Zang Tiansheng felt his head was hit hard by a heavy object, followed by a burst of tearing pain, and he lost consciousness.
Suddenly, there was loud gunfire all around, and the heavy machine guns deployed on both sides kept spraying bullets, and the enemy's march was instantly cut into several segments.
After the battle started, first the regiment commander and chief of staff were killed one after another, and then they were hit by our army's heavy machine gun fire. The formation of the 281st regiment was in chaos for a while.
"Boom boom!" Two 81 mortars and several 60 mortars from Wang Yigong's fourth regiment continued to pour firepower towards the enemy.
The explosions of artillery shells came one after another, constantly hitting the area where the enemy was trying to resist, and the broken shrapnel caused huge damage.
"Quick, hide! Damn hide!" shouted an enemy battalion commander, and then kicked a frightened recruit.
A machine gunner on the hilltop kept a close eye on the shouting enemy battalion commander, slightly adjusted the muzzle of the gun, pulled the trigger, and fired a long burst at him.
The enemy battalion commander, who had been trying to prevent the formation of troops to resist, fell heavily to the ground. The recruit who was kicked by him reacted and covered his wound tightly.
At this time, Ding Wei's 28th Regiment, which had been following the 281st Regiment, came over from behind.
Zhou Weihan, who was on the top of the mountain, saw this and immediately asked the bugler to blow the charge horn.
"Tick-tick-tock-tick!" the loud charge horn sounded.
"Fix bayonets and charge!" Magnet, the commander of the first battalion of the garrison, took the lead, and the soldiers of the first battalion followed suit and rushed down.
The general situation on the battlefield has been decided, but Zhou Weihan is not very happy. If it is possible, he really does not want to point the gun at his compatriots. All he can do now is to end the war with war and promote peace with war.
"Put down your weapons, the Eighth Route Army will not kill prisoners!" The enemy troops on the battlefield have been divided into many small pieces, and there is no way to form a strong resistance.
When the soldiers of the 281st Regiment saw that the officers were almost dead, they all laid down their weapons and surrendered.
"Commander, the enemy troops at the foot of the mountain have surrendered!" the monk said, pointing to the enemy prisoners gathered at the foot of the mountain.
"Yeah!" Zhou Weihan responded dullly, and then walked down the mountain.
The monk was not very interested when he saw Zhou Weihan, so he didn't say much and followed Zhou Weihan down the mountain.
By the time Zhou Weihan arrived at the foot of the mountain, the fourth regiment and the garrison regiment had already begun to clean the battlefield, while the reconnaissance company was guarding the prisoners.
"Quickly, clean up the battlefield quickly. This national army is so rich! What good equipment!" Li's capable voice sounded.
After saying that, Li Daben hurried to Zhou Weihan's side, his meaning was self-evident.
Zhou Weihan had no intention of paying much attention to him and shouted towards the crowd of enemy prisoners: "All the officers of the company of the 281st Regiment come out! Don't worry, since you have chosen to surrender, our Eighth Route Army will not kill the prisoners!"
After Zhou Weihan finished speaking, there was a commotion in the crowd, and four enemy officers stood up, all lieutenants.
"Sir, I am Zhang Zicheng, the major and battalion commander of the 281st Regiment. All the other commanders are probably dead. The regiment commander and chief of staff were also shot dead by your army's sharpshooters immediately!" Zhang Zicheng covered the wound on his abdomen and said to a soldier.
With help, he stood up forcefully.
"Sir, I am the battalion commander's orderly. Our battalion commander is a good man. I will prove to him that he was wounded by a machine gun while trying to save me. Please don't kill him!" The soldier who was supporting Zhang Zicheng cried.
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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhou Weihan looked at the soldier who was speaking: "Why did you join the army at such a young age? Where do you come from?"
"Sir, I am fourteen years old and I am from Huixian County, Henan Province. Before my father died, he said that I was already the pillar of the family!" the "little soldier" said unconvinced.
After hearing this, Zhou Weihan felt a stab of pain in his heart for no reason, and he didn't know how to respond to him.
"Sir, many of our 281st regiment are new recruits who have just joined the army for more than a year. After training in northern Henan, they went to Tainan. Their subsequent actions are also in accordance with the instructions of the superiors. Please don't embarrass them!" Zhang Zicheng held back his stomach.
said the pain.
Zhou Weihan looked at the fearful eyes in the crowd, took a deep breath and said: "I believe that most of you here joined the army with the heart of protecting your family and country and going to the battlefield to kill the Japanese. But Chiang Kai-shek is not happy.
, Zhu Huaibing was also willing to become his thugs and minions who harmed our Eighth Route Army.
You just obeyed your superiors and followed the troops to Tainan. Our Eighth Route Army was forced to participate in this internecine fighting. Now I will arrange you to the rear, and the wounded will be treated by people. You only need to wait for the battle to end. For you
When the time comes, the top management of both parties will have a proper solution."
"Li is very capable!"
"arrive!"
"Take the prisoners and bury the sacrificed enemy soldiers on the spot first, and then ask the Second Battalion of your garrison to transport our sacrificed soldiers and prisoners to King of Hell Mountain and hand them over to the political commissar for processing!" Zhou Weihan said after a moment of pondering.
The reason why the task was given to the second battalion was because the commander of the first battalion, Magnet Shi, was not very smart from time to time, and the commander of the third battalion, Sun Chenghai, was very hostile to the enemy. Zhou Weihan was afraid that these two people would be responsible for escorting and cause some trouble.
In this battle, our independent detachment assembled three regiments, with a total of more than 4,500 people, and launched an ambush on more than 1,300 people from the 281st Regiment of the 97th Army in the Lijialing area.
Our army had superior numbers and terrain advantages, and suffered more than a hundred casualties. The enemy was suddenly ambushed by our army, causing more than 600 casualties and most of them being captured.