Although most of the Kurume Mixed Brigade, which had broken through the forward position and drove straight in, was surrounded by heavy troops of the 121st Brigade, these Japanese soldiers, under the supervision of the commander, did not panic, but used the terrain and topography to launch an organized and orderly fire counterattack.

Although the 121st Brigade of the 19th Route Army occupied favorable terrain and set up an ambush in advance, the Japanese army's individual combat capability and weaponry were much stronger than those of the 121st Brigade.

After more than three hours of fierce fighting, the streets were full of blood, the corpses of both the enemy and us were piled up, and although the encircled Japanese troops suffered a heavy blow, the firepower of the counterattack became even more fierce.

The commander of the 121st Brigade saw the soldiers and brothers fall one by one under the enemy's powerful firepower, and shouted angrily in his heart: "Strengthen the fire strike, and we must destroy this Japanese army that broke through our position and rushed in." ”

At this time, Huang Zhigao, the commander of the first company of the special service battalion, rushed to the brigade commander and shouted bluntly, "Brigade commander, if we continue to fight like this, our brigade will die at the gate of Yongan Yarn Factory, and we have to find a way." ”

"Huang Zhigao, what are you shouting about, if you have a good way, just say it quickly, don't be a fool of nothing to do in front of me."

"Okay, since the brigade commander said so about me, then I have a way to eliminate these little devils, please wait." Huang Zhi shouted and turned around to brave the fierce fire, hunched over and trotted away quickly.

The commander of the 121st Brigade didn't care about Huang Zhigao at all, shouted something, suddenly turned around and ran away, and ordered the commander of the 66th Regiment and the commander of the 47th Regiment who rushed over to reinforce "At all costs, we must destroy this Japanese unit that rushed in, once this Japanese unit advances in depth, with the cooperation of other troops, our entire defensive front will be completely destroyed." ”

The two regiment commanders received the order and immediately returned to their respective positions, ordering the soldiers to destroy the surrounded Japanese troops with maximum firepower.

Huang Zhigao ran to the brigade commander, originally wanted to say his thoughts, but he didn't expect the brigade commander to be in a hurry, and he couldn't listen to it at all, but said, 'If you have a good way, say it quickly', in the face of the enemy who is frantically counterattacking, what good way can he do?

Just when Huang Zhigao looked at the surrounded Japanese army, not only did he not look nervous, but responded calmly, as if they were already victors, and he did not care about the Chinese army that surrounded them.

This angered Huang Zhigao, an arrogant little devil, why is he so confident, is it true that in their eyes, any branch of the army is an opponent worthy of respect?

Rabbits will bite if they are provoked, not to mention that Huang Zhigao is an anti-Japanese fighter who kills the enemy without blinking an eye, since the little devil is crazy, then let you die madly in the smoke and flames.

He shouted to the Yongan Yarn Mills behind him, and the workers and pickets who supported their counterattack against the Japanese army, "Who among you has the final say, come to me immediately, I have something to ask him for help." ”

Two middle-aged men ran up from the workers' pickets, lying beside Huang Zhigao and shouting, "Sir, if you have anything to say, as long as we can do it, even if we risk our lives." ”

"I don't need you to risk your life, I'll just ask you, can you help me get five or six barrels of kerosene and some waste veils?"

"We have this in Yongan Yarn Factory, you won't want to burn the little devils who are surrounded, right? Okay, you wait, we'll send it to you right away. ”

Huang Zhigao called the two platoon commanders and a platoon commander to the deputy platoon commander who was in charge of the command, and said in a stern tone: "Brothers, now the surrounded Japanese army is becoming more and more tenacious, and our brigade may not be able to destroy them for a while and a half. ”

"Huang Lian Chang, you say, what should we do?"

"Brothers, if you want to destroy the surrounded Japanese army in a short time, I am ready to set up a death squad to exchange our death for the victory of destroying this group of little devils, which of you sign up?"

The two platoon commanders and a deputy platoon commander clenched their fists and shouted, "As long as we can eliminate this group of little devils, what can we do if we risk our lives?" Company Commander Huang, how dare we die, and how many soldiers do we need to participate in the death squad? ”

"You have all seen the distribution of the Japanese positions, and if you want to destroy this group of enemies, you need at least seventy daredevils. Report the number first, how many brothers do you have in the three platoons now. ”

"Report to Company Commander Huang, there are twenty-one brothers in a platoon who are slightly injured and can run."

"Nineteen in the second row."

"Twenty-six in three rows."

Huang Zhigao counted that there were only sixty-six soldiers, and couldn't help but say, "We can't help but leave a seed for our special service battalion, if our company is heroic, then our company will be gone, and we still need fire cover, otherwise we will rush out, and before we rush into the enemy group, we will be beaten into a bloody hedgehog by bullets, and then we will die in vain?" ”

He looked at the three platoon commanders beside him and ordered categorically, "You go back to the platoon immediately, select sixty daredevils, don't leave the position for the time being, and I will inform you when I make arrangements." ”

In less than 20 minutes, seven or eight pickets from the Yongan Yarn Mill carried four barrels of kerosene and two large bales of waste cotton yarn to Huang Zhigao and shouted, "Sir, everything you want has been delivered, what else do you need us to do?" ”

"Thank you, there is danger ahead, you stand back immediately."

The captain and deputy captain of the picket team lay beside Huang Zhigao and chased after him and asked, "Sir, what do you want these things for?" ”

"Tie cotton yarn to your body, pour kerosene, bundle explosives, rush into the devil group, detonate explosives, and burn these bastards."

"Huh? You want to use the ancient kind of deathless death squads to form death squads, and use your lives to die with the enemy. ”

Huang Zhigao laughed very miserably, "You are right, if our death squad can't sacrifice their lives to rush into the enemy group to eliminate this group of bastards, the casualties of our entire army will be even greater, and once the enemy's reinforcements rush over, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"Then you mean, you guys saved everyone and eliminated the little devils, right?"

"Yes, it's not a few, it's sixty daredevils, tied up with cotton yarn, doused kerosene, bundled with explosives, rushed into the enemy group, ignited the explosives, and died with the enemy."

"It's so strong, so can we."

Huang Zhigao waved his hand and said, "You can't, because you are ordinary people, we are soldiers, and we have already made up our minds to kill the enemy and dedicate ourselves to our soldiers." ”

At this moment, the three platoon commanders ran over again and shouted, "Company Commander Huang, how did you tie cotton yarn and explosives to your body, what kind of death squad mission do we have to perform, and why is it so complicated?" ”

"I won't hide it from you now, that is, I tied explosives and cotton yarn and poured kerosene on my body, ignited it and rushed into the devil group, detonated the explosives and burned these bastards."

The two platoon commanders and one deputy platoon commander looked at Huang Zhigao with a solemn face that looked at death as if he were at home, although they knew that it would be difficult to survive this time, but they still had to do it.

Sixty daredevils squatted on the ground with explosives and cotton yarn tied to them, and listened to Huang Zhigao say in a loud voice: "Brother, I, Huang Zhigao, am not your good commander, the enemy is at present, not only can not guarantee your life, but also take your death squad, tied to explosives, cotton yarn and poured kerosene into the enemy group, and die with the enemy, I am sorry for you." ”

"Company Commander Huang, don't say anything, we don't know how many brothers have died in our company, and the number of brothers in the old company may be less than ten, they are all heroic in front of us, what else do we have to fear?"

"Yes, Company Commander Huang, you are right about us, right about our relatives, give the order to light the fire."