Chapter 28 Beating the Japs in the Artillery Tower
The New Second Regiment is different from Li Yunlong's New Regiment. Li Yunlong's New Regiment most of the time moves with the headquarters and is stationed in or around the base area.
There are many fraternal troops in the surrounding areas and they are closely connected, but their targets are also large and they are often raided by the little devils.
The New Second Regiment is only two days away from the brigade headquarters by horseback, but there is Wuyi County in between. The New Second Regiment operates in the mountainous area southeast of Wuyi County.
It used to be a three-nothing zone, with poor mountains and harsh waters, many unruly people, and a lot of bandits and bandits. One day, they were recruited by the little devils, but they would rebel the next day. Over time, the little devils were too lazy to send troops to station there, and later the new second regiment was formed to suppress the bandits.
That one comes out.
The main force of the Nine Columns is on the northeast side, while the Eighth Route Army's base is on the west side. Zhou Weihan and others must pass through Wuyi County to go to the brigade headquarters.
The Little Devils in Wuyi County were the first regiment under the original Yamashita Fengwu Division. After Yamashita Fengwu was killed by Zhou Weihan, Terauchi Isamu saved the face of the Japanese Empire due to his "proper command" afterwards and won the first place among the Little Devils.
The commander of the army, Yoshio Shinozuka, appreciated him, and later spent a lot of money to smoothen the relationship. Finally, he was promoted from the former battalion captain to the commander of the regiment, and he was stationed in Wuyi County.
Isamu Terauchi was from Osaka. He was a businessman before joining the army. He was greedy for life and feared death in war, but he had a good way of doing business. It was no wonder that Yamashita Tomu, his immediate superior, looked down on him.
Li Dabao, who was backed by the New Second Regiment, did a lot of business with the puppet army and the maintenance association supported by Terauchi Isamu during this period. Many military supplies of the First Regiment were resold through this channel.
In Li Da's words, although the little devils are all beasts, Isamu Terauchi still adheres to the principles of doing business.
Because of this, the little devils in Wuyi County and Zhou Weihan's New Second Regiment also maintained a tacit understanding. Terauchi Yong wanted to make money, and Zhou Weihan recuperated for the New Second Regiment, so there was never a real fight.
Zhou Weihan and his party were all dressed as ordinary people. When they met the people who were interrogating them, they said they were escorts. The puppet soldiers who were interrogating were not stupid. Look at the more than 30 people, each of them was tall and powerful, and each of them had a horse. He thought to himself that this damn thing is not good.
It must be those grandfathers from the New Second Regiment, who walked around tightly and waved to let them go. When the little devil saw the puppet soldiers waving to let them go, they didn't mind their own business. This may be a tacit understanding.
In the evening, Zhou Weihan and his party sneaked to a blockhouse farthest away from Wuyi County. There were mountain roads nearby. If they went further west, they would not be far from the base area.
This is the last line of defense for the little devils. The interrogation is very strict, and few ordinary people pass by here.
During the day, Dong Jiang had already sent people over in advance to find out the allocation of troops in the artillery tower. There were a total of about twenty puppet troops and thirteen Japanese.
If the Japs from other strongholds heard the news and rushed over, it would take three hours at the earliest, which is enough time to pass.
On the path beside the blockhouse, several villagers wearing straw hats came pushing wheelbarrows and carrying vegetables and grain.
A guard company soldier said: "Company commander, this group of people are not at home to rest at night, what kind of food should they send to the Japs stronghold?"
"Who knows what they think?" Dong Jiang also asked a little doubtfully.
"Maybe they're not here to deliver food, maybe they're here to cause trouble for the little devil," Zhou Weihan said, staring at the villagers near the blockhouse.
When the food delivery person came to the bottom of the turret, the puppet soldiers standing guard upstairs scratched the wall and looked down: "Why are you late today? What food are you delivering?"
The cattails on the vegetable basket were lifted up, revealing the potatoes and radishes inside. The puppet army muttered in frustration: "Damn, it's radish again, so I can't change it to something else, and I'll feel like a bird in my mouth!"
The door of the turret opened, and the food delivery person walked in carrying the vegetable basket.
In the artillery building, several puppet soldiers on the first floor gathered around and played chess, constantly supporting each other. The puppet soldier who had just shouted climbed down from the ladder.
"Pile them all in the corner! Take back the basket from last time!" A puppet soldier watching the chess game pointed casually.
The food delivery person was carrying the basket towards the corner. Suddenly his hand slipped and the basket of potatoes fell to the ground and rolled all over the floor.
Several food delivery people rushed to pick it up, and in a panic, they knocked over the chessboard and scattered the chess pieces all over the floor. The puppet soldier who was about to win was furious and kicked one of the food delivery people to the ground, scolding him.
Kick hard.
The two Japanese soldiers also came down from upstairs. Seeing the chaotic scene, they couldn't help laughing.
The man who overturned the vegetable basket quickly stepped forward and grabbed the sleeve of a Japanese prisoner and begged him. Not only did the prisoner remain unmoved, he shouted in blunt Chinese: "Yo Xi, fight! Good fight!"
Suddenly, a cold light flashed in the man's eyes, and the Japs standing in front seemed to have his throat choked by something. He made a strange sound, covered his neck with his hands and fell down.
A bayonet was suddenly thrust into his neck, and blood gushed out from between his fingers.
The man's long body suddenly rose, and he rushed towards the Japanese behind him. His big fists hit the Japanese's temples on both sides, and then he hit the chest with a carp spitting fist. The Japanese fell over like a soft dough bag, with his ears and nose
Blood flows in and out.
The other food delivery men also drew out their daggers and restrained the puppet soldiers around them.
When the little Japanese and puppet soldiers on the second floor heard the noise, they picked up their weapons and rushed downstairs.
The leading kid waved his hand, and a kid soldier took out the grenade from his waist, pulled out the safety catch, knocked it on his helmet, and threw it down without caring about the life and death of the puppet soldiers downstairs.
When the people downstairs saw the little Jaap, they directly greeted him with grenades, and then hurriedly waved to their subordinates to retreat.
With a "boom", the puppet soldiers and the two people who had no time to retreat were hit by shrapnel from the Japs grenade.
Outside, Zhou Weihan and others stared at the turret, but there was no movement on the ground for a long time.
He said to Dong Jiang: "The food delivery guys have been in there for a long time, why haven't they come out yet?"
Just after I finished speaking, I heard a "boom" explosion in the turret, and saw three or four figures jumping out from inside, following the little Japs, and the puppet soldiers chased them out of the turret.
The Japs' machine gunner set up his crooked machine gun and started firing. Fortunately, there were people in the woods opposite to help him, and the few of them got into the woods.
"Bah, bang, bang," then a burst of gunfire rang out from both sides.
Seeing this scene, Dong Jiang smiled and said: "You are so courageous. Just these few people dare to attack the little Japanese gun tower."
Zhou Weihan glared at Dong Jiang: "If you say anything sarcastic, hurry up and bring the soldiers over to support. If we wait for the little devil to divide his troops and touch him, these people may not even be able to escape."
As he said this, Zhou Weihan and his party took advantage of the fighting between the two sides and quietly touched the enemy's back.
Zhou Weihan held the shell gun and fired at the Jaap machine gunner with a "pop" sound. At a distance of more than thirty meters, the Jaap machine gun suddenly went out.
Immediately afterwards, a guard platoon of thirty soldiers held flower traps and faced the little Japanese, and there was a sudden attack behind the puppet army.
Accompanied by intensive gunshots, hot bullets were poured forward in a fan shape, and the little Japanese and puppet soldiers in front fell to the ground like wheat.
A 20-round straight magazine can be fired in four or five seconds until a "click, click, click" sound is heard.
Zhou Weihan waved his hand, and a soldier stepped forward and shouted: "We are from the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army's Ninth Column. Whose part are the brothers in front of? Don't shoot, the little Japs have been eliminated by us."
The people on the opposite side looked at the formation and knew that all the little Japs were dead. They quickly stopped shooting and one person shouted: "We are the Ninth Route Army. We are here today to take down the little Japs from the artillery tower. Thank you very much for your help. I'm here."
Grateful."
Several soldiers from the guard platoon saw this situation and quickly stepped forward to check on the little Japanese and puppet troops.
"Captain, everyone is dead."
Zhou Weihan stood up and said, "Brother opposite, are you interested in an interview?"
"There is no need for interviews. I, Sun Chenghai, would like to thank you all today."
"Captain, the group opposite is quite cautious," Dong Jiang said with a smile.
"Okay, these weapons and equipment on the ground will be given to you to fight the Japanese. If you have a chance in the future, you can come to me in the Yamawang Mountain area."
"Withdraw" Zhou Weihan turned around and said to everyone.
The group of people led the horses and hurriedly disappeared into the night.