The night sky is so pure that there is not a trace of floating clouds. The large stars are as dazzling as the jewels set in the brocade. A bright moon hung on the treetops, sprinkling its brilliance, covering the mountains, rivers, villages, and fields with a layer of silver.

Wang Sheng climbed the tower at the corner of the courtyard wall, and as far as the eye could see, tonight was a rare good weather, and the moonlight was like a wash, the visibility was very high, and the visual distance could be at least more than 100 meters. It seems that the landlords' alliance chose to attack Menbu Village tonight, and it was indeed a good day. At this time, there was silence in the village, and the guards had closed their doors and turned off the lights to extinguish the fire.

It turned out that at about 8 o'clock this evening, the land reform headquarters received a report from the reconnaissance and surveillance personnel in Daxinzhuang and Beigoukou villages, and the villagers of the two villages set off in full gear and headed in the direction of Menbu Village. And on the way, I met a few more Xiangyong who didn't know where they came from. This also made it clear that the landlords' alliance was preparing to attack Menbu Village tonight, but considering the walking speed of the villagers and the difficulty of marching at night, it was estimated that it would take at least 3 hours for the soldiers of the landlords' alliance to reach Menbu Village, and the People's Army had already made a good defense, so Liu Qinglin ordered the soldiers to seize the time to rest and prepare for battle. At the same time, he ordered scouts to closely monitor the enemy's movements and report the enemy's progress at any time.

Wang Sheng, Gao Jun and other traversers were also excited in their hearts. Nervous again, although for most of the past half a year, the crossing group has almost always spent time in the battle, but whether it is Tianjin, the original base of the crossing group, or Qingdao that was later occupied, there has been no military threat, so the general Yue Piercing people are basically still living in a relatively safe environment, most of them have not experienced the real battle formation, this time can be regarded as the closest distance to the war, although the Yue Piercing is not too afraid of the outcome of the battle, after all, the combat effectiveness of the People's Army is still quite confident, but it is impossible to maintain a normal heart。

Since there was still time, Wang Sheng originally wanted to sleep for a while, recuperate his spirits, and wait for the enemy army to get up and prepare for battle, but he couldn't sleep anything while lying on the bed, and he tossed and turned for almost an hour, and simply didn't sleep. In fact, it was not only Wang Sheng who couldn't sleep, but also other traversers, as well as local cadres, so almost everyone didn't sleep at this time, gathering together to chat, play cards or use mobile phones and tablets to watch movies and play games.

Although it is the height of summer in July, there are no high-rise concrete jungles, no large-scale chimney factories, no car exhaust emissions, and no heat island effect, so the actual temperature is much lower than at the same time in the old time and space, and it is not hot at night, but very cool. And time passed in torment minute by minute, some people were really bored to sit in the house, so they were active in the yard, although Liu Qinglin stipulated that people were prohibited from leaving Liu's house, but they were also active in the yard.

Wang Sheng walked around the courtyard a few times, and then climbed the tower at the corner of the courtyard to watch the surrounding scenery. At this moment, I saw the figure on the avenue in front of Liu's house shaking, and it turned out that Liu Qinglin, who was inspecting other villages, had returned.

Wang Sheng also came down from the tower, greeted him, and said, "Battalion Commander Liu, how is it?"

Liu Qinglin said: "The enemy army has gathered in the threshing floor on the left and right outside the village, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the attack will be launched. Let everyone go back to their rooms, don't come out if they have nothing to do, turn off all the lights that can be turned off, and cover the windows with cloth in the rooms where they can't turn off the lights. ”

The threshing floor is in the middle of the field, less than 2 kilometers away from Menbu Village, Wang Sheng nodded, and immediately beckoned the others to hurry back to the room, get ready, but there is no order, don't come out. And Gao Jun also gathered all the women in the land reform team and gathered with the medical staff. It didn't take long for the courtyard to be empty.

Subsequently, the soldiers of the People's Army stationed in Liu's house also came out of the rest room, climbed the courtyard wall, set up their weapons according to their designated positions, and waited for the army of the landlords' alliance to attack.

After a short time, first of all, there were gunshots from the direction of Zuocun, at first it was only one or two, but soon it became dense, and it was obvious that the enemy had launched an attack on Zuocun, and the two sides launched a fierce exchange of fire. Immediately afterwards in the direction of the right village, there was also a dense burst of gunfire, and it seemed that the enemy army was divided into two ways and launched an attack on the left and right villages at the same time.

This was a bit unexpected by Liu Qinglin, it seems that there are still a few smart people among the enemy who know how to divide troops to attack. Because it is a night operation, it is not easy for even well-trained troops to organize combat operations, let alone bandits and robbers. Zhuang Ding Xiangyong, if you concentrate your forces to attack one village, not only is it easy to cause chaos caused by their own improper coordination, but at the same time, the other three villages can also give support to the battlefield here; therefore, it is better to divide the reform, although this will disperse their own forces, but also simplify the command, reduce the probability of chaos, and at the same time can also form a containment of the other three villages, so that they can not free up their hands to reinforce this side, it can be said that this is the best tactic that the army of the landlord alliance can choose.

But despite this, Liu Qinglin is still full of confidence in this battle, because the correct tactics also need good soldiers to execute, the other party obviously does not have this condition, and he still has several trump cards in his hand, which are enough to turn defeat into victory at the moment of Guan Jian.

So Liu Qinglin used the walkie-talkie to contact the left and right villages, and sure enough, as he expected, the enemy's attack was completely disorderly, it was a completely chaotic battle, and the weapons were also very backward, the number of rifles was very small, and most of the people were using cold weapons, so it was completely a rabble.

Liu Qinglin was also greatly relieved after hearing this, the battalion he led was only established for more than three months, and most of them were new soldiers, and basically only the squad leader and deputy squad leader had actual combat experience in a squad, and the rest of the soldiers were basically new soldiers, and the weapons they were equipped with were only Russian-made Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles captured on the battlefield. In the People's Army, the Mauser Type 98 rifle that can be made is the main force of equipment, while the Hanyang-made Type 88 rifle purchased from Jang Zhidong is equipped with the inferior troops; while the newly formed units use the captured weapons at the first time, and after a few battles, they accumulate a certain amount of actual combat experience before they are reequipped, while the rifles that have been eliminated are transferred to the new newly established units for use. This is the most reasonable arrangement in the current situation of insufficient production capacity of the crossing group.

However, due to the brilliant achievements of the People's Army, although it is a new army, the morale of the soldiers is very high, and this time the opponent is only composed of bandits and robbers and Zhuang Ding Xiangyong, both the strength and the weapons equipped are very limited, and they are not afraid, of course, the recruits are new to the battlefield, and it is inevitable that they will be nervous. As a matter of fact, for this group of recruits, it is a good thing to encounter such a weak opponent when they first enter the battlefield, and it is conducive to the troops and troops to quickly adapt to the atmosphere of war when their own casualties are not large, and play a gradual and gradual role.

And after a short time, I only heard a rush and mixed footsteps from afar, and in the dark night, I could vaguely see countless figures swaying in front of me, coming in the direction of Liu's house.

At this time, I only heard the continuous sound of "click" on the courtyard wall, and many soldiers had already loaded their bullets and were ready to shoot. And Liu Qinglin immediately said: "Everyone steady, don't panic, and wait for orders." ”

Although the weather and moonlight tonight are good, they can't be compared with the daytime, and the visual distance generally does not exceed 200 meters, so Liu Qinglin is not in a hurry to open fire, and will wait for the enemy to get closer. This way the hit rate can be improved a bit. After listening to Liu Qinglin's words, the soldiers who were loaded just now were also a little embarrassed, and relaxed their fingers holding the trigger slightly.

But at this moment, only the gunfire in the dark night was heard, and a dense burst of gunfire was fired from the opposite side, and the People's Army guarding the wall was taken by surprise, and several screams were heard in a row, as well as the sound of "plop, plop" human body falling to the ground. It turned out that due to their lack of experience and the light of the enemy, most of the soldiers did not pay attention to concealing themselves, and almost their entire heads were exposed outside the courtyard wall, and many of them even exposed their shoulders and most of their chests.

And Liu Qinglin couldn't help but be surprised, because listening to this voice, the other party also had at least more than 100 rifles, which was more than the number of soldiers stationed in Liu's house, and the use of it was not an ordinary bird gun or earth musket, it should be the same grade of bolt-type rifle used by the People's Army, composed of bandits, robbers, and Zhuang Ding Xiangyong, could there be so many mainstream rifles of this era? Even ordinary local armies could not have such powerful firepower.

But now is not the time to think about these things, but to suppress the opponent's firepower as soon as possible, in fact, after encountering the enemy's sudden blow, there is no need for Liu Qinglin to order, the soldiers also know that the fire counterattack, but the opponent's firepower is too fierce, and it is the first to take the lead, so it is firmly suppressed by the other party, and there are few guns to counterattack.

Liu Qinglin also knew that he could no longer hide his secrets at this time, so he immediately ordered machine gun fire, and the two Maxim machine guns set up on the left and right towers immediately opened fire fiercely, and orange tongues of fire erupted from the machine port, opening fire on the enemy.

The power of the machine guns should not be underestimated, not to mention that the two machine guns still fired cross-fire left and right, and the enemy suddenly heard a series of screams, and the firepower was reduced by half at once. Only then did the KPA fighters emerge from the courtyard wall, re-set up their rifles, and opened fire on the enemy. The situation on the entire battlefield was also reversed at once.

Liu Qinglin breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly ordered medical personnel to rescue the wounded soldiers.