At night, one o'clock in the morning.

By the bright moonlight, Zhao Shixun held a big knife in his right hand and a box cannon in his left hand, slowly moving carefully towards the light under the mountain.

Behind him, more than 70 soldiers from the Seventh Company followed him cautiously with rifles and machine guns. In order to prevent early detection by the puppet army, all bayonets were required to be smeared with mud to prevent the reflection at night from exposing the position of the troops.

Soon after dark, as the Japanese army went to Xiaobeishan to block the station of the 70th Division, the puppet army that came with the Japanese army was left in the Fengjia River Valley.

Under the noses of Zhao Shixun and them, a battalion of the puppet army began to bury pots and cook, and then began to build simple bunkers.

It didn't take long for the puppet army to build the camp into a simple logistics supply point.

Later, about forty mule and horse-drawn carts were transported here.

After several hours of observation, Zhao Shixun found that this should be a temporary rear supply point set up by the Japanese army, which was responsible for hoarding ammunition supplies for the Japanese brigade in front. And this puppet army of 300 people in this battalion is the force specially responsible for the defense of the supply point.

Thinking that the Japanese army did not believe in the combat effectiveness of the puppet army at all, they were afraid that they would let the rout leave, so they simply let them be in charge of logistics.

After nightfall, Zhao Shixun and Zhou Yu discussed it and decided to take the opportunity to attack this supply point at night, try to destroy these supplies, and support the battle of the 70th Division from the outside.

Zhao Shixun knows very well that if he is a person with a hard steel face to the devil, there will be no scum left to be eaten by the devil in a minute. But if he smeared and attacked from behind, the Japanese puppet army really had nothing to do with himself.

However, although it is a night attack on the puppet army, the difficulty is not much less than fighting devils.

The puppet army was numerous, more than four times the strength of the Seventh Company. In addition, the puppet army waits for work at ease and has the natural advantage of the defender, so this battle is definitely not simple.

The most important thing is that there is a large number of Japanese troops near the puppet army, and if the battle is not ended within half an hour, the Seventh Company will be dumplings by the devils who have increased their strength.

Therefore, for the matter of attacking the supply points defended by the puppet army at night, Zhao Shixun made strict arrangements in advance.

First of all, the first and second platoons were responsible for the frontal attack, and the third platoon and the fourth platoon were responsible for making a detour around the rear and attacking the puppet army from the north side. In order to increase the success rate, Cho Shixun decided to stay within reach of the grenade before attacking.

Because his own number was too small, Zhao Shixun did not even leave the strength to stop the increase of the devil's troops in order to defeat the puppet army in the shortest possible time.

For this reason, Zhao Shixun told all the soldiers that regardless of whether the supply point was captured or not within half an hour, the battle must be immediately ended and the battlefield must be withdrawn.

……

As the distance approached, Zhao Shixun and the others could even hear the voice of the puppet army sentry.

Due to the rush of the construction of this supply point, the puppet army simply dug a circle of trenches in the ground and then piled up a few simple bunkers with sandbags. Originally, according to the requirements of the Japanese army, the perimeter of such a supply point must at least be protected by a circle of barbed wire. But it's a pity that the puppet army didn't take the devil's order seriously.

In their opinion, in a place where a large number of Japanese troops gathered, it was too late for the national army and the Eighth Route to run, how could they dare to go under the tiger's nose.

Hearing the voice of the puppet army, Zhao Shixun hurriedly lay on the ground, and crawled forward with the first and second rows little by little, and he didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere.

When the distance was shortened to less than thirty meters, Zhao Shixun wiped the sweat on his head, carefully took out a Type 97 grenade from his coat pocket, bit off the pull ring, and lifted it up.

Seeing Zhao Shixun's movements, the soldiers in a row took out a grenade and held it in their hands.

"Bomb dropping!"

Fiercely slammed the grenade on the handle of his knife, and Zhao Shixun threw it out with a shake of his hand.

Almost at the same time, more than a dozen grenades emitting white smoke were also thrown into the puppet army positions.

Boom .......

With a huge explosion, Zhao Shixun jumped up violently.

"Brothers! Kill! ”

"Kill ......"

In the roar, the soldiers in the first row and second row, led by Zhao Shixun and Zhuzi, were like a group of wild horses that had escaped and crashed directly into the supply point of the Japanese army.

For a while, the gunfire was loud, and the roar resounded through the sky.

In the face of the sudden blow, the puppet army was completely blinded, and many even lost their lives in their sleep.

Some of the puppet soldiers tried to resist under the shouts of the officers, but were quickly killed by the dense barrage of bullets and sharp bayonets.

Especially in the face of the white-knuckle battle that broke into the Seventh Company, the puppet army with low combat power did not have a single general at all, and was almost stabbed to the ground in rows.

Not only that, the soldiers of the Seventh Company who broke into the position also kept throwing grenades at the place where the puppet army was concentrated, turning groups of panicked puppet soldiers on their backs.

Almost at the same time as Zhao Shixun made his move, Zhou Yu also led the third and fourth platoons to launch a surprise attack from behind the puppet army.

Under the attack from both sides, the panicked puppet army completely lost the courage to resist.

"Brethren! Resist me! Resist! The Imperial Army will soon come to our rescue, and everyone will be rewarded with real money! ”

Seeing that his subordinates were on the verge of collapse, the commander of the puppet battalion gathered more than 20 henchmen and wanted to stop the retreating soldiers.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Shixun slashed over a sturdy pseudo-army machine gunner who only cared about fleeing for his life, picked up the opponent's machine gun and aimed it at the figure screaming in the dark.

Da Da Da ......

"The battalion commander is dead...... brothers, run!"

The god of luck favored the Seventh Company, and Zhao Shixun shot a shuttle bullet over, and impartially killed the puppet battalion commander who was organizing resistance.

Facing the collapsed puppet army, Zhao Shixun looked at the mountains of materials around him, and hurriedly shouted:

"Don't chase it! Act according to the plan, one platoon and two platoons carry ammunition and materials, and three platoons and four platoons are ready for blasting! Fast!. ”

Soon, more than two dozen boxes of ammunition were carried out by the first and second rows, and the rest were successively placed with grenades in three and four rows.

Ten minutes later, with several successive explosions, the entire supply point was instantly enveloped in smoke. As piles of ammunition were detonated, a brilliant color appeared in the sky, like fireworks.

After a while, by the time the two reinforced Japanese squads arrived, the Seventh Company had completely disappeared into the night.

The temporary supply point was destroyed, which made Sasaki, the captain of the Japanese army on the front line, extremely angry. That's a whole brigade of nearly a day's worth of combat materials, so unexplained reimbursement!

"Yagaya Road, damn the Shina people! Rubbish! A bunch of rubbish! ”

In the brigade headquarters, after beating several puppet lieutenants to death, Sasaki calmed down a little bit of anger. Wiping the sweat from his face and throwing away the half-bloody wooden stick in his hand, Captain Sasaki shouted with a straight face:

"Kimura-kun!"

"Hey!"

"I'll give you two squads of troops, be sure to find these people who attacked the supply points of the Imperial Japanese Army, destroy them, and cut off their heads for me!"

"Hey! Never let down the trust of His Excellency the Captain! ”

……

At four o'clock in the morning, Ding Jiawa was the headquarters of the 70th Division.

"What, you said there was a fierce battle near Xiaobeishan, and there was a huge explosion?"

Looking at the staff officer who was reporting the battle situation with an incredulous expression, Shi Ziyu snatched the paper in the other party's hand and looked at it.

"Division, this is the intelligence of the defensive position of Xiaobeishan was sent by Battalion Commander Zeng. Battalion Commander Zeng has always been calm, and he should not talk nonsense at this time. ”

After pacing around the command post with a paper for a while, Shi Ziyu quickly walked to the map on the wall and looked at it carefully.

"We don't have any garrison troops in Fengjiahe, who will fight with the Japanese army?"

Shi Boying on the side thought about it, walked over a few steps and whispered:

"Shouldn't it be Company Commander Zhao who is leaving without saying goodbye? The direction they left was exactly that. ”

Hearing Shi Boying say this, Shi Ziyu fell into deep thought and did not speak, while the chief of staff next to him shook his head in disbelief.

"How is this possible! Those Eighth Route Army did not even have a hundred people, how dare they take the initiative to attack the Japanese army, isn't this looking for death? ”

Speaking of this, the chief of staff suddenly looked at Shi Ziyu and Shi Boying.

"Could it be that there is really a large army of the Eighth Route Army in the west? It was they who attacked the Japanese at night? ”

"For now, that's the only possibility."

At this time, Shi Ziyu, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

"Chief of Staff! Immediately ask the telecommunications office to contact the radio station of the Eighth Route Army, and ask them to move closer to our army immediately.

"Yes!"

Wait a minute! ”

Before the chief of staff could leave, Shi Ziyu stopped the other party again.

“…… Well. At the same time, a report was sent to the commander of the Second War Zone, saying that our army was besieged by the Japanese army and Dingjiawa in the southeast of Jiangxian County, and asked them to order the Eighth Route Army in Jiangxian County to immediately move closer to our army and flank the Japanese army! ”

Shi Ziyu knew that it was impossible for him to mobilize the Eighth Road, and the matter had come to this point, and he could only hope for the orders of the Second War Zone.

……

Early in the morning, at half past five, the small North Mountain position.

Xiaobeishan is located in the southwest of Dingjiawa and is the last natural barrier through Yangjialing to Dingjiawa. After Xiaobei Mountain is Yujiapo, and further on is Dingjiawa, where the headquarters of the 70th Division is stationed.

Garrisoned on Xiaobei Mountain was more than 200 people from an independent battalion of the 70th Division that had just been reorganized, led by Battalion Commander Zeng, Shi Ziyu's old subordinate.

Although Xiaobeishan is not large, the defensive area is still too large for the independent battalion of the 70th Division, which has only two companies.

In order to prevent the Japanese from attacking Dingjiawa, Battalion Commander Zeng had to arrange two companies on a two-kilometer-wide front.

According to calculations, only one soldier can be assigned to defend the position of Xiaobeishan every ten meters.

After the Japanese attacked, Battalion Commander Zeng sent heralds almost every two hours, asking the division headquarters to immediately send him additional manpower.

Before dawn, Shi Ziyu finally sent a company of reinforcements.

However, when Battalion Commander Zeng saw his reinforcements, his heart suddenly cooled half. Except for a dozen of these more than 100 soldiers, all of them are veterans, and the rest are all recruits who have just been recruited or even captured! More than half of them didn't even have a military uniform.

…… To be continued.

(End of chapter)