More than 600 people from Xiang Shaomin's regiment chased Guo San away from the attack route and ran to the northeast. Zhang Lanfeng's face changed greatly when he saw it. Before Matsui Tataro realized what he was doing, he forced a smile on his face and said to him: "Xiang Shaomin is sure I discovered a new enemy situation and went after the enemy." Matsui didn't know the composition of the Peace Army. Hearing this, he picked up the telescope and looked over suspiciously. The camera captured Guo San running wildly in front and several others carrying Wei Qing sniper rifles. The guerrillas said solemnly: "Zhang Sang, you are not good at running the army. Some of your subordinates actually colluded with the guerrillas."
It was a cold day, but Zhang Lanfeng saw sweat on his head. Hearing this, he stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat and said respectfully: "Yes, yes, I was negligent. It seems that after this war is over, I will clean up the troops." As he said this, he was worried in his heart, wondering if Xiang Shaomin's betrayal would trigger a chain reaction.
More than two years after the establishment of the Wang Puppet regime, a complete military and political system was finally established. As one of the armed forces under the military system of the Wang Puppet government, the Peace Army, like other National Salvation Army and National Protection Army, is a regular force in name. They are all armed by warlords. Take the First Army under Zhang Lanfeng as an example. Except for the 1st Brigade and 2nd Division of the 1st Division, which belong to his direct lineage, the other units are either local armed forces incorporated under the former National Government, or It was not just the bandit armed forces that had been recruited. Nishio Shouzou asked Zhang Lanfeng to cooperate in the attack on Santai area. Zhang Lanfeng considered comprehensively and did not want to lose too much to his direct lineage, but he did not dare to do it perfunctorily, so he brought only half of his direct lineage, but with combat effectiveness. However, a considerable number of the First Division participated in the battle. Zhang Lanfeng's little thoughts were not common sense to outsiders, but now they have caused trouble. Xiang Shaomin's regiment is one of the most powerful troops under his command. If the division rebels, it will inevitably cause a chain reaction, and If this caused the war to drag on for a long time, Nishio Juzo and Matsui Tataro would be furious, and he would not be able to bear it.
Attacking from the south was a regiment directly affiliated with Zhang Lanfeng. The regiment leader, Zhang Yusheng, was his nephew. When Xiang Shaomin's men began to chase Guo San and others away from the target village, Zhang Yusheng's men had already begun their attack. In exactly the same way, they approached the village. In the process, more than twenty people under Zhang Yusheng's command died, but not even a hair of the enemy was caught. Zhang Yusheng originally wanted to show off in front of the imperial army, but now he was extremely depressed. There was a road in front and behind the target village. There was only an earthen dam on the river connected to the fields outside. Zhang Yusheng and his men appeared by the river. Gunshots rang out in the village. Without any warning, there were three more corpses around Zhang Yusheng. He was startled. Quickly lie down in the wheat field outside the river embankment and organize firepower to fight back. The weapons and equipment of the regular troops of the Peace Army are quite good. Although the regiment-level units do not have mortars, they are equipped with a lot of grenades and light and heavy machine guns. Zhang Yusheng Under the command of the commander, two Type 92 heavy machine guns, six crooked handles and three grenade launchers fired violently at the place where the gunfire came from. The target adobe house was soon blown up and the adobe house collapsed. Presumably the guerrillas inside were either blown to death or crushed to death. Zhang Yusheng's frightened mood was unleashed. He spat fiercely on the ground and cursed: "NND, fight with me." Then he stood up and waved his pistol. shouted: "Brothers, charge for me." The puppet soldiers slowly got up, but no one took the first step. The guerrillas' marksmanship was so accurate that they had already killed more than twenty people along the way. , the little courage the puppet soldiers had had been exhausted long ago. Seeing that no one was starting, Zhang Yu was so angry that he stepped forward and kicked a cowering puppet soldier, and cursed: "NND, you are farting like this!" "Here we are." Then he said: "I declare that if I kill a guerrilla, I will reward him with five oceans. Mao Zhenglong, you take command."
Under Zhang Yusheng's coercion and inducement, the puppet soldiers finally organized more than 30 people, and under the leadership of a platoon leader named Mao Zhenglong, they walked towards the village through the earth dam.
"Little Cuizi, you guys keep an eye on me, I'll be beaten hard as soon as the guerrillas show up." Zhang Yusheng said to the machine gunner and grenadier. After he finished speaking, there was a loud bang, followed by several A puppet soldier screamed, and he instinctively shrank. When he turned around to look, he saw a big hole in the middle of the earthen dam. Three men were lying beside the hole. There were several people in the river on both sides struggling and shouting. , while Mao Zhenglong and others were lying on the ground, shooting violently at the opposite side regardless of the situation.
"Landmines, the guerrillas laid mines on the dam." A puppet soldier beside Zhang Yusheng said in horror,
"Isn't it just a landmine? What are you afraid of? Mao Zhenglong, get up and keep charging. NND, I won't be polite to anyone who is afraid of avoiding the battle." Zhang Yusheng said and fired a shot at Mao Zhenglong's feet and shouted: "If my gun is a vegetarian, charge it to me."
Mao Zhenglong had no choice but to stand up and kick the people lying in front of him. He yelled in a pretentious manner: "Get up and rush for me, NND, if you guys let me take the shot, I will kill you first."
The puppet soldiers lying on the ground had no choice but to cling to the illusion that there was only one landmine on the dam. They could only get up and jump over the pit and continue walking towards the village. At this moment, they were right next door to the adobe house that was destroyed by the bombing. On the wall of the house, a gun suddenly stretched out, and there was a "bang" sound. Zhang Yusheng was shot in the head and fell to the ground with a scream.
"Da da da..." The gunshots of the Type 92 heavy machine gun rang out, but this could not change the fact that Zhang Yusheng was killed.
"Hit." Suddenly there was a loud shout, and then the sound of gunshots like popping beans rang out. Mao Zhenglong, who was lying behind a willow tree like a frightened rabbit, looked around and saw tongues of flames on the nearby roof. He wondered He screamed and immediately retracted his head.
"Boom." The explosion sounded, and he felt the heat wave coming from behind. Mao Zhenglong looked back in fear, and saw two machine gunners and their Type 92 heavy machine guns being blown away by the air wave. His liver and gallbladder were all chilled. , thinking that they had encountered a large force of guerrillas, they still had no fighting spirit, so they yelled "withdraw", got up and took the lead and ran towards the dam.
A salvo of more than a dozen Wei Qing-style assault rifles and two disease-causing general-purpose machine guns, the unit's firepower output in an instant was no less than that of a puppet army company equipped with 38-type heavy cover. Zhang Yusheng's death made the puppet army lose all fighting spirit. Mao Zhenglong took the lead in escaping, which immediately triggered a chain reaction. The puppet soldiers did not even bother to look at the opposite side, and scrambled to flee backwards, like a bereaved dog.
Some of the puppet army officers remained calm. They saw that the number of enemies was not large, so they waved their pistols and shouted: "Don't run, there are only a dozen guerrillas." They wanted to prevent their subordinates from escaping, but the officers' uniforms they wore were They stood out among the puppet army. If they stood still, they immediately became the target of guerrilla snipers. After three officers were killed one after another, the others realized that nothing could be done and quickly turned around and ran away. I don’t dare to mention anything anymore. There are only a dozen people on the other side.