Li Tiehan, the third company commander who was ambushing on the roadside, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Zhu Huaibing and others only had more than 200 people.
However, Zhu Huaibing's guard battalion was well-equipped, with nearly 100 men equipped with flower machine guns, three light machine guns, and two 82 mortars. Li Tiehan knew that not the 142 men of his third company could stop him.
"Pass it on, the machine gunner will kill the enemy's mortar first without saving bullets, and then the others will greet them with grenades!"
In order to better intercept the enemy, the place where the Third Company ambush was only fifty or sixty meters away from the middle of the road, so grenades were just right.
"Throw it!" The overwhelming grenades flew towards Zhu Huaibing and others on the road.
The grenades produced by the Jizhong Military Region were stronger than those produced in the border areas. Under the sudden attack, it was okay that Zhu Huaibing and Cai Shaoren were closely guarded in the crowd, while the rest of the guard battalion soldiers were knocked upside down by the bomb.
"Da da da!" The two light machine guns of the third company also fired, with all their strength, they swept towards the enemy's marching column. The soldiers carrying mortars in the enemy's marching column immediately
He was knocked down, and at the same time, three consecutive waves of grenades were thrown.
After the surprise attack, Li Tiehan knew that the enemy would not give him another chance.
"Quick, don't fight, pass quickly!" Cai Shaoren said quickly.
The enemy troops on both sides quickly counterattacked, covering Zhu Huaibing and others to break out of the ambush circle.
Seeing that his own side was unable to effectively block the enemy, Li Tiehan immediately shouted: "Fire bayonets, comrades, charge!"
Even though there was a huge disparity in weapons and equipment, even though they knew they were outmatched by the hard steel front, they still launched a charge just to buy time for the large army to capture Qijialing.
Since the enemy was equipped with many tricks, many soldiers were hit during the charge.
"Boom" explosions sounded around Li Tiehan, and a soldier rushed into the enemy crowd and fired the grenade on him.
Subsequently, the soldiers of the third company followed suit and fired their grenades from time to time.
Seeing the constant sacrifices of his comrades who lived with him day and night, a soldier became red-eyed and pounced on the three enemy soldiers around him: "Damn it, I'll trade you three for one person, I'll make a profit!"
Every time there was an explosion, Li Tiehan's heart trembled.
On the other side, Dong Jiang and his reconnaissance company drove a truck all the way and finally arrived near Qijialing.
"Hurry, our brothers are at war with Zhu Huaibing, hurry up and provide support!" Dong Jiang heard the movement ahead and shouted.
"Squeak!" Three trucks stopped near the battlefield. Dong Jiang opened the door and jumped out.
Without wasting any more words, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company either held flower traps or equipped short guns, firing at the enemy with full firepower.
Zhu Huaibing and others, who were already being held back by the Third Company, were hit hard by this blow, their morale collapsed, and their formation had a faint tendency to collapse.
Dong Jiang took a closer look and saw that Zhu Huaibing was protected by more than a dozen guards. They were extremely conspicuous on the battlefield and led people directly to attack Zhu Huaibing.
As the gunshots approached, the guards around him continued to shoot down the snipers of the reconnaissance company. Seeing that there were only a few guards left around him, Zhu Huaibing felt like he was dead and wanted to run away, but he couldn't move forward.
"Click, click, click." Dong Jiang fired a barrage of bullets on the ground in front of Zhu Huaibing, and dirt splashed on his face, causing Zhu Huaibing pain.
Zhu Huaibing was then surrounded by the reconnaissance company. Seeing this, Dong Jiang shouted: "Zhu Huaibing has been captured alive, why don't you put down your weapons and surrender!"
"Hand your gun and don't kill!" Soldiers from the reconnaissance company shouted loudly while firing.
Seeing that Zhu Huaibing was captured alive, the remaining enemy troops laid down their weapons and surrendered.
"Company commander, in addition to Zhu Huaibing, there is also Cai Shaoren, commander of the 94th Division!" the soldiers of the reconnaissance company reported.
After listening to the soldier's report, Dong Jiang turned to look at the battlefield.
Even though he had been on the battlefield for a long time, Dong Jiang still felt frightened by the tragic battlefield. There were broken limbs and remains everywhere on the battlefield, and the ground was dyed red with blood.
The third company that was fighting head-on now had less than 40 men. In the blocking battle that lasted less than 20 minutes, the third company suffered close to 100 casualties.
However, Zhu Huaibing's guard camp was not much better. Many soldiers from the third company fired grenades and took them away before they were sacrificed.
Third company commander Li Tiehan held his abdomen stabbed by the enemy and stood up with the help of a soldier.
Seeing this, Dong Jiang walked quickly towards Li Tiehan and shouted hurriedly: "Health worker, come quickly and bandage the wounded!"
"Hello, comrade, I am Dong Jiang, commander of the independent detachment reconnaissance company!"
"Comrade Dong Jiang, I am Li Tiehan, commander of the third company of the second regiment of the Jizhong Garrison Brigade! Thanks to your arrival, otherwise not only would our third company be wiped out, but the main force of the regiment that attacked Qijialing would also have suffered heavy casualties!" Li Tiehan
Tiehan said with a sad smile.
While the two were talking, a communications soldier from the Second Regiment rushed over: "Captain Li, Qijialing has been occupied by us..."
"No need, Zhu Huaibing has been captured alive!" Dong Jiang said from the side.
The signal corps went back to report, and Zhao Donghuai and his troops arrived shortly after. When they met, they expressed their gratitude.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Dong Jiang looked troubled. They were all brothers. It was a difficult question who to hand over to Zhu Huaibing. After all, the Second Regiment of the Security Brigade had suffered many casualties just by blocking Zhu Huaibing and others.
Zhao Donghuai was quite discerning. When he saw Dong Jiang's expression, he immediately understood and said: "Company Commander Dong, our first regiment of the Garrison Brigade is still fighting with the enemy's newly formed 24th Division. Our troops need to return immediately. Zhu Huaibing and Cai Shaoren will come."
It’s up to you!”
Dong Jiang was shocked after hearing this. Capturing Zhu Huaibing alive was a great achievement.
"Captain Zhao, this..."
"Without your timely support, Zhu Huaibing would have run away if he made trouble!"
"Forget it, Captain Zhao, don't worry, I will report the battle truthfully. There are many wounded and dead soldiers in your unit. I will leave you two trucks, and I will also leave all the prisoners and captured weapons to you!" Dong
Jiang returned the favor to Li Dao.
"Take care of yourself!"
"Take care of yourself!"
Looking at the figure of the Second Regiment of the Security Brigade in the distance, all the soldiers of the reconnaissance company solemnly saluted.
This is the best respect for the soldiers who regard death as if they are home. They know they are losing, but they still fight to the top. This is the Eighth Route Army, our revolutionary martyrs. It is their fearless sacrifice that brought today's prosperous world.
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"Send a report to the commander immediately and say that Zhu Huaibing and Cai Shaoren have been captured alive!" Dong Jiang ordered.
"Let's go, Commander Zhu, let us carry you!" Dong Jiang glanced at Zhu Huaibing coldly and said.
Zhu Huaibing and Cai Shaoren were detained in the car. Also in the car were eight wounded people from the reconnaissance company. The rest were trotting and marching towards Xihuayuan Town, where the 97th Army headquarters was located.
Zhou Weihan, on his side, received the telegram from the reconnaissance company and was overjoyed: "Haha, Zhu Huaibing has been captured, the overall situation has been decided, and we have bargaining chips to negotiate with the national army!"
"Telegraph operator, send a report to the former enemy headquarters. Our unit, in collaboration with the Second Regiment of the Jizhong Security Brigade, has captured Zhu Huaibing and Cai Shaoren alive. They are currently being taken to Xihuayuan Town to request instructions from superiors!"
Subsequently, the former enemy headquarters sent a telegram, requesting Zhu Huaibing to immediately send a clear telegram to the remnants of the newly formed 24th Division, which was stubbornly resisting, as well as the stubborn military units in Tainan and the first theater of the National Army, requesting armistice negotiations.
At the same time, Li Bingwen and others who were at the headquarters also received the news that Zhu Huaibing had been captured alive.
Even though he had expected that the defeat of the 97th Army in Tainan would be a matter of time, Li Bingwen was still shocked when he heard with his own ears that Zhu Huaibing was captured alive, and then felt lucky that he came to the Eighth Route Army headquarters and avoided a military disaster.
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The battle only started for one day, and the 97th Army, with a strength of 12,000, was quickly defeated. This was something neither the enemy nor we expected.
"It's impossible. The Ninety-seventh Army has a large number of people and sophisticated weapons. How could it be defeated in such a short period of time?" Zhu Zhixian, director of the Tainan Administrative Office who came to the Eighth Route Army headquarters together, said in disbelief.
"Haha, you can wait a little longer. Zhu Huaibing will send a clear telegram soon. You should think about what to say at the negotiation table now!" the deputy chief of staff said calmly.
If Zhou Weihan were here, he would definitely join Zhu Zhi and tell him, live a few more years. In a few years, you will see the national army equipped with beautiful weapons being chased away by our army.
After all, sometimes 30,000 people are worse than 30,000 pigs.
