Zhengjiakou is a large town on the west bank of the canal on the Hebei-Shandong border. Its size is only smaller than Wucheng County. It was named Zhengjiakou because the Zheng family opened a ferry on the canal in the Ming Dynasty. It was later renamed Zhengjiakou. Because it connects the two provinces of Hebei and Shandong,
It also relied on the canal, benefited from fishing, and was prosperous. Although there were only three north-south streets, many wealthy businessmen and local dignitaries lived there. The small Zhengjiakou actually had a small Tianjin Wei.
called.
At this time, although the Japanese army occupied De County, they had not yet had time to occupy Wucheng County. However, because it was too close to De County, the Kuomintang county magistrate had already fled. After the Luxi Military Region successfully established the anti-Japanese regime in Wucheng County,
Zhao Bingtu, who was only 21 years old, was appointed as the county magistrate. With the support of the Second Teaching Brigade, he began to vigorously mobilize the masses, establish anti-Japanese organizations, train militia, and organize the masses to dig trenches, break roads, and build tunnels.
On the morning of January 26th, the quiet town suddenly became panicked. People who had fled from the north poured into the village, saying that the devils from De County had occupied the old town last night and were probably heading here. So,
Families in the town began to pack their luggage and prepare for the old days. The work team and militia also mobilized urgently, organized the evacuation of the villagers, began to investigate the enemy's situation, and prepared for guerrilla warfare.
At this time, a group of Eighth Route Army cavalry entered the town.
The Wucheng County work team and militia in the town received the cavalry team and reported to Wang Tongsheng, who led the team, that the Japanese army had occupied the old town.
Wang Tongsheng asked the work team and militia to carry out mass transfer work, immediately report to the Wucheng County Anti-Japanese Democratic Government, and then led the sniper brigade directly to the old town under the guidance of Fan Fucheng, a Party member from Fanzhuang Village dispatched by the work team.
When we arrived at the horse factory, the outpost had already discovered the Japanese army and a squadron of cavalry.
Wang Tongsheng looked around and saw that many roads had been dug out. There were dry reed fields on both sides of the road, which could hide troops. The large lanes going to the west and east had been transformed and dug into trenches three meters deep.
The Japs' cars and armored vehicles cannot pass, so they can hit and run and maneuver quickly. If the Japs' cavalry and infantry go down the trenches to pursue them, then they will be targets, because it is not easy for the little Japs to get over the trenches and it will take a lot of effort.
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After looking at the terrain, Wang Tongsheng felt deeply that the people's enthusiasm for resisting Japan was so high. The division commander gave the order, and in a short period of time, the traffic on the great plain was transformed, which could cover the soldiers' fight against the enemy. Wang Tongsheng, who was full of confidence, immediately
Two sniper teams were ordered to investigate the enemy's situation on both sides. The entire brigade dismounted and spread out on the spot to form a loose encirclement. They quickly built a simple position and prepared to have a shooting competition with the Japanese cavalry of this squadron.
Fan Fucheng is an out-and-out plains man who has lived on the west bank of the canal since he was a child. Although he has never been a soldier, armies from all walks of life have been passing by like a revolving door in these years. What troops have you not seen? See the number of people in this group of Eighth Route Army cavalry.
Although there were not many, they looked extremely capable. Except for the leader who led the team, who asked him about the situation in the old town in detail, no other soldiers talked to him, but only took care of him and rode well. Fan Fucheng felt that
This small unit must be the elite of the old Red Army who came down from Jinggang Mountain. The equipment and spirit make people feel at ease just looking at it.
As he was thinking about it, Fan Fucheng couldn't help but raise his head, because he heard the heavy sound of horse hooves on the road while he was crawling on the ground. When he raised his head, Fan Fucheng couldn't help but cursed: "What a bastard!"
A group of Japanese cavalry came galloping down the road, led by fifteen cavalrymen. At the head was a little Japanese cavalryman riding on a horse, holding a small flag in his hand. Not far behind was a Japanese brigade, more than a hundred people running.
It was unpleasant because there were large and small packages hanging on the saddles, and one or two Chinese people were tied to the tails of the horses. They were dragged along the ground, fearing that they would all die.
Because the horses were dragging people behind them, the queue of the Japanese was very long and sparse. In addition, the road had been dug up by the people, so the Japanese had to take detours from time to time, so the speed was even slower. However, the Japanese's unrestrained laughter and chirping could be heard clearly.
of singing.
It seems that the Japanese have already committed evil in the ancient town.
Fan Fucheng secretly muttered in his heart, begging the Eighth Route Army to shoot quickly and let these bastard devils go see the King of Hell as soon as possible!
The prayers of honest people will always come true. Fan Fucheng is an out-and-out Chinese farmer. He has done his duty all his life and has never hurt others. His prayers will naturally come true.
Liu Bin, the captain of the Third Squadron of the Sniper Brigade, led the entire squadron to ambush in the withered reeds on both sides of the enemy's back road, tasked with cutting off the enemy's back road.
Since the Japanese invaded, the twenty-nine officers and soldiers who were defending here advised the villagers not to cut the reeds. When the Japanese came, the villagers could run to the reeds to hide. This method is really good, and now it is for
The sniper group provides a natural covering position.
When conducting ambushes, these snipers are not like other troops who must deploy machine guns to block both ends and use firepower to destroy the enemy. They pay more attention to a wide range of shooting, which can improve shooting accuracy. One bullet can destroy an enemy at a small cost.
, kill the opponent.
After three years of training, Liu Bin has vaguely developed the posture of the first sniper in the sniper brigade. The reason is that he has a high level of education and strong comprehension. He has practiced the tactical skills in the sniper training manual written by Liu Yimin.
He is very familiar with the skills and has his own small innovations. Even Wang Tongsheng reported to Liu Yimin that Liu Bin has great potential. If the division commander can take him to train again when he has time, he may reach the level of a blind sniper.
Now, Liu Bin was crawling among the dry reeds, staring at the Japanese commander in the middle of the team with his eyes through the gaps in the grass. The muzzle of his gun was raised, waiting for all the Japanese to enter the encirclement.
The unbridled laughter and harsh singing of the Japanese cavalry could not affect Liu Bin's state of mind. Even the corpses of fellow villagers dragged behind the Japanese war horses could not affect Liu Bin's state of mind. Because it was not Fan Fucheng, nor an ordinary soldier, but
The battle-hardened sniper squadron leader. In his eyes, these Japs are all dead. It’s just a matter of who dies first and who dies last.
At such a close distance, there is no need to use a Type 97 sniper rifle. The August 1 automatic rifle without a scope is more suitable. One magazine has 30 rounds of bullets. If each bullet has one life, three magazines will solve the problem. However, Liu Bin
He knew that as long as he fired once, he would only have the chance to fire again, because the level of his comrades was not much worse than his own, and there were too few of these little devils, not enough for a sniper team!
In fact, the waiting time was not long. The Japanese finally entered the encirclement. Liu Bin no longer hesitated and pulled the trigger on the head of the Japanese cavalry squadron leader.
As soon as the gunfire rang out, a burst of gunfire erupted on both sides of the road. However, the gunfire was not fierce at all, and it was not as neat as a volley of guns. But even this non-violent gunfire killed one hundred and thirty Japanese cavalry.
Everything was clean, leaving only 130 ownerless horses running wildly on the road.
Liu Bin only had time to fire the second shot, and there was no sign of the Japanese in front of him. He said depressedly, "It's not enough." He took out his dagger and lightly scratched the butt of his Bayi automatic rifle twice.
Putting aside his disguise, he greeted the soldiers to clean the battlefield.
Fan Fusheng never dreamed that fighting would be so simple. In the blink of an eye, more than 100 Japanese cavalrymen were finished. He hurriedly got up and ran to the road to grab the Japanese war horses. As he ran, he roared a popular folk song in northwest Shandong with a voice like a broken gong.
"Cross Song":
I wrote the word "racing gun",
I wrote a two-character bottom line with a long stroke;
I wrote three words: Three Kings,
Wrote a four-character and eight-character treasure;
I wrote a five-character tiger fight,
I wrote six characters: one point, one horizontal point and two strokes;
I wrote a seven-character chicken claw in my mouth,
Write a horoscope and pull your legs to the sides;
I wrote a nine-character needle and hook moon,
Wrote a cross beam.
Cross the cross and think of a thousand,
Xiao Meng Jiang, a man who has been searching for thousands of miles.
The soldiers laughed loudly.
Just after cleaning up the battlefield, the sniper teams on both wings of the reconnaissance team sent back a signal, indicating that the Japanese brigade was coming.
Wang Tongsheng rode a horse and ran to a slightly higher plot of land. He raised his binoculars and saw that it was really the Japanese troops coming up. The fields and roads were densely packed with Japanese soldiers. In front of them were armored vehicles and tanks that looked like turtle shells.
The car slowly moved forward, with cavalry on both sides raking in formation, and the road in the middle and the wheat fields full of Japanese infantry. Looking at the posture, there were at least six or seven thousand people.
Wang Tongsheng asked Fan Fusheng to ride back immediately to report the news, and asked the work team and militiamen who were still in Zhengjiakou to quickly organize the villagers to retreat quickly; he ordered the radio station to immediately report to the division commander that the Japanese army had begun a large-scale raid, and the sniper brigade would continue to harass the Japanese army.
troops to delay the enemy's actions. After issuing the order, Wang Tongsheng thought for a while, took out a piece of chalk, and wrote on the ground in large words, "Changbai Mountain Anti-Japanese Sharpshooter Team killed 130 Japanese cavalry here!" After writing, he made a gesture,
He jumped on his horse, took the horse's head with him, got off the road trench, and followed the trench to the west of the Japanese army.
The Japs who came were none other than the 21st Division stationed in Dexian County. This division was a three-unit dedicated security division, with jurisdiction over the 21st Infantry Regiment, the 62nd Infantry Regiment, and the 82nd and 83rd Infantry Regiments.
Search the 21st Regiment, the 21st Engineer Regiment, the 51st Mountain Artillery Regiment, the 21st Baggage Regiment, and some affiliated units such as water supply and epidemic prevention, weapons services, hospitals, sick horse factories, communications teams, etc., the entire division
More than 18,000 people.
Originally, the task assigned to the 21st Division by Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao was to sweep the area around Dexian County, focusing on the area west of Jinpu Road. However, after the commander of the 21st Division, Lieutenant General Washijin Songping, learned about the situation, he believed that the area west of Jinpu Road was basically
There is no resistance, and it is only necessary to send out small forces to intimidate and form maintenance committees at all levels. On the other hand, in the areas west of Jinpu Road and on both sides of Deshi Road, there is intelligence that the resistance is very active, and it is necessary to attack it. Therefore, Jiujin Songping
The lieutenant general ordered the baggage regiment to be left in Shoude County, and an infantry regiment was responsible for sweeping the area west of Jinpu Road. He led two infantry regiments and a mountain artillery regiment, and the engineering regiment captured it, and the search regiment left De County.
Fight towards the hinterland of the plain west of the canal.
The Chinese New Year will be here in a few days, and the wind blowing from the canal is so cold that it makes Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping's eyes dodge a little.
The scene in front of him made Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping, who had just been transferred from the mainland to North China, a little confused. 130 elite cavalry were so mysteriously shattered, and the method of death was basically the same. They were all killed with one shot, and even one of them was shot. No one was injured. What kind of army is so powerful that it has so many sharpshooters and dares to challenge the elite cavalry of the imperial army?
Looking at the chalk words on the ground again, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping couldn't help but smile bitterly. Changbai Mountain Anti-Japanese Sharpshooters, God knows if there are such people. But then I thought again, it is possible that the Changbai Mountains are high and densely forested, and the Kwantung Army no matter how large it is, In a crusade, there will always be fish that slip through the net. It is not uncommon for those bandits to hunt all year round and develop good marksmanship. However, can they come here? Do they really have such courage?
Before Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping had time to think more, there was another sporadic gunfire from the west.
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping climbed onto a tank, raised his telescope and took a look. The west side of the large army was quiet, with only a faint puff of smoke drifting westward. Needless to say, the Chinese army escaped on horseback after a sneak attack.
Sure enough, the troops responsible for searching and guarding the right wing reported that a group of Chinese cavalry had just made a sneak attack. Their combat effectiveness was extremely powerful, and their marksmanship was extremely accurate. They could hit the imperial army at a distance of 500 meters and kill them with their guns. The guarding troops suffered heavy losses.
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping was a little annoyed. This damn China cavalry dared to bully his 21st Division. He simply didn't know how to write the word "death"!
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping immediately ordered to stop advancing southward, and the entire army turned around, with armored vehicles, cars, and tanks in front, to outflank and pursue this group of Chinese cavalry to the west, and be sure to annihilate them all.
At this moment, a battle of annihilation on the plains began that wiped out Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping's entire army.
After Wang Tongsheng led the sniper brigade around to the west of the Japs, he carefully observed the number and confirmed that it was the Japs 21st Division. He then sent a report to Liu Yimin, reporting the sniper brigade's accurate combat location and Japs number. Then, Wang Tongsheng summoned three squadron leaders. The instructors hold a meeting to study the next strategy.
Wang Shangwu, the leader of the Second Squadron, pointed out that the situation has changed now. The Japanese troops have been dispatched. Once they are surrounded, the consequences will be disastrous. No matter how powerful the sniper is, they are no match for aircraft, artillery and tanks. We can no longer fight sniper wars, and we must follow the division commander's deployment. , fight sniper guerrilla warfare. Use all sniper rifles to harass the enemy from a long distance. After fighting for a while, they will run away without letting the Japanese bite them. Wait for the division commander to issue new orders, and follow the division commander's new orders.
Wang Shangwu's suggestion is naturally the most appropriate solution at the moment. The first squadron leader Li Shuniu and the third squadron leader Liu Bin both agreed. Wang Tongsheng naturally agreed, because the division commander had imagined this situation when he assigned the task to him and asked him to Don't panic, take advantage of the sniper brigade's well-equipped and high-destructive power to entangle the enemy, forcing the enemy to either pursue you in a rage, or obediently roll back to the original defensive position.
Therefore, Wang Tongsheng ordered that the whole brigade be divided into two lines. The first squadron leader Li Shuiniu led all the snipers holding Type 97 sniper rifles to dismount in the road trench 1,000 meters away from the enemy, and approached the enemy team covertly, and 500 meters away from the enemy Each person was allowed to fire only three shots at most, and then retreated immediately. Wang Tongsheng himself led other soldiers to hide in the trenches, guarding the horses, covering and responding to the snipers on the front line.
After the order was issued, Li Shuiniu, Wang Shangwu, and Liu Bin immediately took the captain, deputy squad leader and sniper team leader armed with Type 97 sniper rifles, temporarily formed a group, climbed into the road trench, and used the cover of reeds to advance in a low profile in a combat formation, hiding.
Engage the enemy.
Seeing that the Japanese were not far away, Li Shui Niu made a sign language, and the soldiers began to crawl forward. When they were only about 500 meters away from the enemy's search and warning troops, Li Shui Niu gave a sign language, commanding the troops to disperse and search for shots.
Target.
After Yi Chengfeng took the sniper leaders of his team to the location, he set up the sniper rifle and looked through the scope. The head of the Japanese cavalry who was searching and guarding 500 meters away was extremely clear. He tested the wind direction and speed, and set it.
He used the ruler and issued the sign language of shooting. He aimed steadily at an officer who was waving his saber and shouting, commanding. Just when he was about to shoot, the guy suddenly turned around and raised his binoculars to look at him. Yi Chengfeng
With a slight smile on his lips, he said in his heart that I would send you to be reincarnated, and then he pulled the trigger.
Through the scope, Yi Chengfeng could see clearly that the bullet penetrated through the left lens barrel of the telescope, brought out a cloud of blood, and beat the Japanese officer directly to his back on his horse. Several Japanese cavalrymen were nearby.
After being stunned for a moment, he turned his head and looked this way. Several more gunshots were fired, and several Japanese soldiers fell down one after another.
Yi Chengfeng couldn't care less about admiring the masterpieces of himself and his comrades, because the clear gunfire kept ringing in his ears. He knew that it was his comrades from other squadrons who were hunting. He immediately loaded the gun and loaded a
The Japanese who was raising his gun and preparing to shoot was knocked down from his horse.
Just as he was about to continue looking for targets to shoot, the order to retreat came. Yi Chengfeng looked up and saw that in just a moment, the Japs' search and warning squadron was over, and the Japs in the distance had already begun to move closer. Yi Chengfeng
Feng was a little frustrated. He only fired two shots and wasted the opportunity to shoot. However, with so many Japanese, there are still more opportunities. Get out!
Just when Wang Tongsheng led the sniper brigade to wander around holding the Japanese by the nose, fighting and running forward and backward, left and right, and bleeding the 21st Division, according to the instructions of Shouyi Temple
Under the general's orders, the 24th Division stationed in Cangxian, the 23rd Division stationed in Shijiazhuang, the independent mixed fifth brigade stationed in Tianjin, the independent mixed brigade stationed in Peiping, along with Qi Kuiyuan's security army and
A portion of the Manchurian National Defense Force came towards Jizhong from four directions.
The 24th Division and the 23rd Division first opened up Cangshi Road to separate Jizhong and connect with southern Hebei, and then the main force attacked the hinterland of Jizhong from Jinpu Road and Pinghan Road. They independently mixed into the fifth brigade and the garrison brigade.
The regiment and the accompanying puppet troops, under the cover of aircraft, pushed from north to south, squeezing toward the hinterland of Jizhong, and together with the 24th Division and the 23rd Division, formed a huge millstone, crushing the people in Jizhong