Chapter 359: Starry Night Sends Troops to Ambush in Three Places

It's close to midnight. The sky was dim with stars, everything was silent, and the earth was silent.

More than 600 officers and men of the reinforced battalion of the Eighth Route Army's supplementary regiment quietly rushed to Lin'an Town after an hour and a half's quiet and rapid march, and the four companies were on standby in a dark place more than 500 meters outside the gates of the four towns in the east, west, south, and north of Lin'an Town. Han Dagang, deputy commander of the supplementary regiment and commander of the reinforced battalion, was placed in the north of the North Gate.

The 1st Battalion of the Supplementary Regiment spread out and concealed an ambush on a dirt road seven or eight meters wide at the south entrance of the crossroads five miles north of Lin'an Town, a ditch on both sides, and dense cornfields, and set up an arc-shaped blocking position facing the north, and the soldiers were on standby with guns. The commander of a battalion stood in the middle of the junction and once again carefully observed the surrounding terrain. Two squads of fighters dug pits and buried them a few meters apart in the middle of the dirt road north of the intersection*.

Just after nine o'clock in the evening, Yu Genshan hurried to the headquarters of the first battalion and issued an emergency combat order, place, time, specific tasks, and tactical tactics to the commander of the first battalion alone. Yu Genshan also repeatedly told him that no matter how he fought, he was not allowed to fight with the enemy with bayonets. When they see two green flares to the south, they immediately end the battle, leave the battlefield, and withdraw to their station. The commander of the 1st battalion immediately gathered all the soldiers of the 1st battalion, secretly left the village in full armor, and marched at full speed to the designated place.

The chief of staff led the 4th and 5th companies of the 2nd Battalion of the Supplementary Regiment to set up a covert ambush at an intersection 20 miles south of the county seat of Lin'an County.

The chief of staff stood in the ditch on the west side of the dirt road with a frown, thinking in his heart that he still didn't quite understand, looking at the situation in front of him was not at all like the night exercise that Yu Genshan said, this formation was like a night battle in the field. Dispatched two companies with such a large force, who are they going to fight? Enemies of Lin'an County? Or is it the enemy of Lin An Town? Devil soldiers? Imperial Army? Or is it a detective team? Well? That's not right. Why didn't the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion, which had the strongest combat effectiveness in the Supplementary Regiment, come to participate? Where did Liulian go at this time? It should be the most important task of the whole regiment. Hmph, this old Yu, what kind of ghost is this going on? How do you know that the enemy will be in action tonight? How many troops will be dispatched? Will you definitely pass through here? Where to go? What are you going to do? Alas, what the hell is going on? Does the commissar know about it?

At more than 10 o'clock in the night, the chief of staff, who had just been lying on the bed and preparing to sleep, was suddenly pulled up by Yu Genshan, who crept in, and dragged him to the war room of the regiment headquarters, pointing to the map on the wall and ordering him to immediately lead the second battalion to set off for a night exercise, the destination was 20 miles south of the county seat of Lin'an County, and all the staff must arrive before 12 o'clock in the night. The chief of staff still wanted to ask what was going on, but he was pushed out of the regiment headquarters by Yu Genshan in a hurry, and even pushed and shoved and said as he walked, and it was too late to elaborate on the urgency of time, the troops had been fully armed and assembled, and were waiting for you outside the east of the village.

Rich? Huh? What kind of wealth is this late in the middle of the night? How do you get rich?

While the chief of staff was thinking in a daze, a soldier who was on guard led two young men with heavy burdens with a rifle of 38 large covers hurriedly walked over, and they walked to the ditch in front of the chief of staff and stopped. The two young men carefully and gently lowered the burden on their shoulders and squatted down.

"Chief of Staff, these two fellows said that the regiment commander sent them to pass on the message to you, and they also named those who had to see the chief of staff." The warrior lowered his voice and whispered.

The chief of staff walked up to the dirt road, walked up to the two young men, crouched down and asked in a low voice:

"Fellow, let's talk about it quickly, what specific instructions does the head of the regiment have? Well? No, I've never seen you two in Shuihe Village, so why would the head of the regiment ask you to come and give me instructions? Who are you? Is it the militia of the county brigade? ”

The young man, who was a little stronger, approached the side of the chief of staff and whispered:

"Chief of Staff, the two of us are not from Shuihe Village, nor are we from the militia of the county brigade, and we have never met Regiment Commander Yu, it was Young Master Fang Jiren Fang who asked us to come to you with the Chief of Staff."

"Huh? Francis? How does he know about the actions of our army tonight? What does it have to do with him? What did he send you to me for? Why do you dare to pretend to be the head of the regiment, you sent me to deliver a message? The chief of staff asked in a low and stern voice, full of suspicion.

"Chief of Staff, don't be in a hurry to get angry, you can finish listening to me. If I don't say that I was sent by the regimental commander, this little soldier won't let us come to see you. Chief of Staff, tonight's action was planned and formulated by Regiment Commander Yu and our Young Master Fang a few days ago. After a while, the reinforced battalion will launch a strong attack on the four town gates of Lin'an Town, southeast, northwest and northwest, and the enemy in the county seat of Lin'an County will definitely send reinforcements, and your task is to let go of the first batch of reinforcements, and the first battalion is waiting in the south. When the second group of reinforcements comes, you will resolutely annihilate the enemy here. If the first wave of reinforcements is defeated and retreats to the county seat, do not let go of the remnants of the enemy and strive for total annihilation. Young Master Fang asked me to tell the chief of staff, no matter how you fight, you must fight flexibly and flexibly in the dark, and never fight with the enemy with bayonets, so as to minimize unnecessary casualties, let alone accidentally injure the soldiers. After receiving the order to retreat from the cavalry heralds sent by the 1st Battalion, you will immediately evacuate the battlefield and return to Shuihe Village. Chief of Staff, do you understand? ”

It dawned on the chief of staff that he had fully understood the overall battle plan. Said approvingly:

"Well, okay, I understand it all, I remember it, and I'll just fight like that. Well? With such a big battle plan and operation, why didn't the regiment commander hold a meeting with us to study it? ”

"Chief of Staff, how can such a big matter be studied in advance? Your supplementary regiment and the spies lurking in Shuihe Village have not yet been discovered. The young fellow said.

"Well, that's what happened. Thank you, fellow, and thank you for me. Ay? He asked us to annihilate the enemy here, so what did he do? The chief of staff asked.

"Chief of Staff, after your battle starts, our Young Master Fang has more arduous and dangerous tasks to complete in the county seat. You don't have to ask what it is. ”

"Oh, I see. The attack on Lin'an Town and the annihilation of the enemy and the blocking of reinforcements were actually to cover Fang Jiren's major operations in the county seat. ”

"It's not all. We have other big actions outside the county. Ouch, I'm talking too much. Don't say it, don't say it. Chief of Staff, Young Master Fang asked us to bring you two baskets*, a basket of rifle bullets and a basket of devils' melons*, and you will all be able to use them in a while. After you go back, you can tell the head of the regiment alone, but don't tell anyone else. Prepare tightly, Chief of Staff, we have to go. After saying that, the two young men stood up and strode towards the county seat of Lin'an.

The chief of staff summoned the commander of the fourth company and the commander of the fifth company to his side, and ordered the fourth company to build a southward blocking position at the south entrance of the intersection and the ditches and cornfields on both sides, and ordered the fifth company to build an arc-shaped blocking position to the north at the north entrance of the intersection and the ditches and cornfields on both sides. Then distribute *, rifle bullets, *. Two squads of fighters were also ordered to dig pits and bury them at intervals of several meters in the dirt road seven or eight meters wide.

The soldiers of the two companies were in high spirits and were waiting for the big battle and night battle to begin soon.