Chapter 18 Painstakingly Deploying Pre-War Arrests

The chief of staff looked at Yu Genshan and then at the political commissar, and he didn't know how to persuade him. He sighed and said, "Alas! This Francis is really likable and a headache. ”

Seeing Yu Genshan and the political commissar arguing with each other with red faces, and looking at the helpless appearance of the chief of staff who could not be persuaded by him, Gu Lanlan frowned and said loudly with a straight face:

"Regiment commander, political commissar, don't waste any more time arguing meaninglessly! What does it look like? Now that the devil's army has surrounded our regiment in the village, and there are still so many wounded in the health team waiting to be treated, can you do something useful and meaningful? Instead of arguing uselessly and boringly. I would like to ask you to understand the simple reality that if an army does not have good surgeons who can treat the wounded in a timely and effective manner during and after the battle, then more soldiers may die than they die on the battlefield. Therefore, there is a surgeon with superb medical skills, and his role is particularly obvious and important for our Eighth Route Army, which is poorly equipped, lacks guns, ammunition, and medicine. Francis can lead the soldiers to charge and kill the enemy when he picks up a gun, and he can heal the wounded and save their lives when he picks up a scalpel. So what to do with Francis? To stay or not to leave Francis? It is even more crucial for all the officers and men of our regiment who are currently in a life-and-death dilemma. I don't think if Francis was the head of the regiment, he wouldn't have done it like you. Regiment commanders and political commissars, please seize the time to think and do something useful. After saying that, Glenland raised his hand in salute, turned around and walked out of the regiment headquarters.

"Huh. I really didn't see it before, Xiaoge, this girl is quite personal, she dares to speak up and is outspoken. The chief of staff said with a wry smile.

"yes. Although it sounds a little uncomfortable, there is indeed some truth in what Glenland said, which should cause us to think carefully and comprehensively. The commissar said thoughtfully.

"Does that make sense? This little girl Glenlan said that I was not as good as Francis Francis, which is really unreasonable. It seemed that Yu Genshan, who had been wronged, muttered.

The political commissar and chief of staff looked at Yu Genshan with a complicated meaning and sneered.

Morikura Village. Afternoon. In a secluded alley southwest of the ancestral hall, there is an empty courtyard with a closed door. Above the courtyard gate, there is a rough and mottled wooden plaque, which is engraved with the words "Liu's blacksmith shop".

Inside the North Room. Fang Jiren was chatting quietly with a muscular middle-aged man sitting on either side of the shabby Eight Immortals table, on which lay a new sharp broadsword, dagger, and crossbow.

Fang Jiren asked with concern, "Uncle Liu, why haven't you left yet?" Aunt Liu, the children, and the apprentices are all gone? ”

Blacksmith Liu: "I didn't leave, I was hiding in the tunnel." The fight outside the village is so evil, it is not safe to go out, it is better to hide in the tunnel. Alas, there is a war every day, what kind of world is this? ”

"Not really. Uncle Liu, how have you been doing these days? ”

"Alas! It's not good, the money and food are running out, and the livelihood is not good, so I stop talking. Little master, what can I do about this? It's really sad that I'm dying of it, it's all the scourge of little devils. ”

"Uncle Liu, don't worry, I'll help you find a way."

"That's a good dare, with the help of the little master, my heart will be steady."

"Uncle Liu, the relationship between the two of us and what I said must not be known to outsiders."

"Well, I understand, I won't say half a word to outsiders."

"Uncle Liu, I still have important things to do, so I'm leaving. Remember, no matter how hard the fight is outside, you must not come out. I'll come back to you in a few days. With that, Francis stood up, stuck the dagger in his leggings, took up the broadsword, and picked up the bow and crossbow.

"Little master, is it okay for you to take these guys to go to the little devil to fight? Why don't you use firearms? ”。

"Alas! Uncle Liu, you don't know yet. The company commander who had just worked for half a day was dismissed by the regiment commander, and the 38 big cover and 20 rings were also taken away. I was also transferred out of the front-line combat unit, and now I work in the regimental health team. I have no choice but to go to Uncle Liu to find a few things to take advantage of. ”

"Huh? Why is that? Isn't it nonsense for you to do this at this juncture? There has to be a reason. ”

"Humph! Reason? The regiment is reviewing my identity and origins......"

"Huh?! Little master, has your identity been revealed? ”

"Ah, almost, yet, not fully exposed. Uncle Liu, don't talk about this yet, I have to leave quickly. ”

"Go ahead. Little master, do you have to be more careful when fighting with little devils? ”

"Well, I'll be careful. Uncle Liu, take care too. With that, Fang Jiren walked out of the north hall and walked towards the courtyard gate.

The dilapidated and mottled courtyard door gently opened a crack, revealing a pair of alert and agile eyes, carefully observing the movement outside the courtyard gate, and after a while, the courtyard door opened, and Fang Jiren poked his head out to observe the alley left and right, and after making sure that there was no one around, he dodged out of the courtyard door, and then closed the courtyard door casually. He carried a new shiny broadsword, a short sword at his waist, a sharp dagger in his leggings, a bow and a crossbow in his right hand, a quiver in his left hand, and a bulging satchel around his neck. Franciscan walked as swiftly as a rabbit, silently and swiftly in the village, where the streets and alleys crisscrossed the streets.

The sun is in the west. The position of the Japanese army south of Morikura Village. A fidgety Nakagawa paced around the tent. A Japanese communications lieutenant strode into the tent with a telegram in hand and saluted:

"Captain, Commander Murayama is in a hurry."

Nakagawa stopped and commanded sharply: "Read, read quickly!" ”

The Japanese second lieutenant read the telegram: "Captain Nakagawa, it has now been ascertained that the secret envoy of the Nanjing government has been captured by the Eighth Route Army and is surrounded by your troops. In two days' time, your unit must return to the county seat of Lin'an County to attend an emergency military meeting and prepare to accept new and important tasks without delay. ”

Nakagawa strode out of the tent, drew his saber from his waist and pointed it at Morikura Village, and shouted frantically and viciously: "Fire!" Fire now! Blow up this village! ”

The Japanese opened artillery simultaneously from four directions, southeast, north, and west. The dense artillery fire turned Shengcang Village into a sea of fire in an instant, the flames soared into the sky, the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and the walls collapsed and the houses collapsed.

In Shengcang Village, the soldiers and militiamen of the Eighth Route Army braved the enemy's fierce and dense artillery fire, and hid in the fortifications on the rooftops and alleys respectively, ready to resist the Japanese invaders at any time.

In the kitchen in the backyard of the ancestral hall, some people and lightly wounded people gathered, and under the command of the political commissar and others, they braved the enemy's artillery fire and were moving into the tunnel under the stove in an orderly manner.

In the courtyard of the Ding family, the gate was gently opened, and several young men and women dressed as peasants walked out sideways, scattered and walked briskly in different directions in the village.

In the Land Temple, Huang Zhongde and Wang Fujiang, secretary of the county party committee, commanded and supported many men, women, and children, as well as some seriously wounded people, one by one, into the tunnel under the shrine, and from time to time shells fell near the Land Temple and exploded.

As the sound of artillery gradually thinned out, the guns rang out, and groups of Japanese soldiers lined up in a dense offensive formation, armed with machine guns and bayonet-mounted Type 38 rifles, and simultaneously attacked Moricang Village from four directions: south, east, north, and west. When the devils marched to a place more than 100 meters away from the village, the sharpshooters of the Eighth Route Army, who were hidden in the rooftop bunkers at the edge of the village and behind the trees, suddenly fired cold guns and accurate shots, and the officers and machine gunners who specialized in fighting the devils, and most of the soldiers, militiamen, and soldiers of the national army were still hiding and waiting for their orders. When the Japanese were blocked, they immediately lay down and fought back violently, and then continued the attack under alternate cover. When the two armies were about 60 meters apart, the machine guns and rifles of the Eighth Route Army and the militia opened fire together, killing and wounding the devils everywhere. However, despite the casualties, the Japanese army continued to attack stubbornly and desperately, gradually approaching the village. When the two armies were thirty or forty meters apart, the soldiers and militiamen on the roof condescended and threw grenades at the enemy group at the same time. Several rounds of grenade attacks inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. Gradually, the devils couldn't support it, they lost their fighting spirit, their will collapsed, they threw away their armor, fled in all directions, and the devils behind turned around and retreated when they saw this. When the trumpet sounded, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, the militia, and the soldiers of the National Army came down the mountain like fierce tigers with bayonets and guns, and rushed into the enemy group with their guns and knives. The soldiers and militiamen were bold and brave in pursuit of the enemy, but after chasing them for a short time, they turned and retreated, picked up the guns discarded by the enemy, and then removed the cowhide bullet boxes and grenades from the corpses of the devils and quickly withdrew to the village. The fighters rushed to repair the fortifications, sorted out their weapons, distributed ammunition, rescued the wounded, and prepared for another battle.

The gunfire subsided, the village of Morikura was temporarily quiet, and the first encirclement attack of the Japanese army was a complete failure. The Eighth Route Army and the militia fought against the Japanese invaders on all sides, and although they fought extremely hard, they won the first battle, and the soldiers were full of morale, full of spirit, high morale, and full of faith in their hearts.

Outside the gate of the Land Temple, Fang Lusheng looked at the four frightened women behind him with a machine gun in his hand, and said solemnly: "Dog, little smelly, Master Long, I ask you two brothers to bring my four women back to Feiyun Village safely, and there is no room for a mistake." If I die, these four women will belong to the two of you, and if I can go back alive, I will let you both sleep next to each other. ”

"This? Don't dare, don't dare The dog asked puzzledly: "Master Long, aren't we going back to Feiyun Village together?" Where are you going if you don't go back? ”

Fang Lusheng said angrily: "You go back, we will kill the devils, we have to vent this evil breath, and avenge the dead and captured brothers and my woman!" ”

The dog resolutely demanded: "Master Long, let me go with you to kill the devil!" ”

Fang Lusheng picked up the machine gun and pulled the bolt, and shouted at the dog: "Hey! You little bunny! If you dare not listen to Lao Tzu, you want to find death! Don't fucking bullshit, go, go in, take them down the tunnel, hurry up! This is going to be done, I've skinned your dog. ”

In the ancestral hall, Yu Genshan was smoking a pipe, his face full of anxiety and contemplation.

The chief of staff reported: "Regiment commander, this battle was really fought, I roughly calculated, in the blocking battle on all sides, we eliminated a squad of devils and severely damaged a squad that lost its combat effectiveness, while our army suffered few casualties, and the lightly wounded could still participate in the battle, and the seriously wounded have been transferred to the tunnel after emergency rescue and disposal, and we have also captured a batch of weapons and ammunition. If we continue to fight like this, I think it will be okay to hold on until dark, or even tomorrow. ”

The political commissar raised his wrist and looked at his watch and said: "Regiment commander, the masses and the wounded should have all been transferred by now, can we change our tactics and adopt flexible, active and effective tactics to deal a more fatal blow to the devils." It's not a way to keep fighting with devils like this, and we can't afford it. ”

Yu Genshan said approvingly: "What the political commissar said is very right, I am also thinking about this issue, it is not possible to fight like this, waiting for the devil to fight, we are too passive." If you want to change, you have to change. I think so, do you think it's okay? Two platoons were drawn from the reconnaissance company, each with a thunder canister in addition to light weapons, and some more flying mines, grenades, and explosives, and went out from the two tunnels respectively, marched lightly, marched quietly, and went around the back of the enemy to the west and south at the speed of a forced march to conceal themselves, and after the devils launched an attack and fought us, they began to move, attacking from behind the devils, moving fiercely and ruthlessly, waiting for an opportunity to knock out the devils' headquarters, radio stations, artillery positions, tanks, and armored vehicles. However, we must not get entangled with the devils, fight if we win, leave if we can't, and repeatedly harass and contain the devils; this will not only effectively strike at the enemy, but also greatly reduce our pressure, create favorable conditions for the final safe transfer of large forces, and strive to fundamentally reverse the current military posture of both the enemy and us. ”

The chief of staff happily slapped his thigh: "Good! Good idea! Gain the initiative, build fighters, and disrupt the enemy's deployment. Yes, we should still fight the sports warfare and guerrilla warfare that we are best at. We can't fight positional warfare that devils are good at. ”

Yu Genshan took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and said to the political commissar and chief of staff:

"It's half past four in the afternoon, almost three hours before dark, and the battle will be fiercer and more brutal later, telling the soldiers to hold their positions at all costs without fear of sacrifice, and to hold out until dark."

"Good! I'll go to the reconnaissance company and give the order right away. "The chief of staff pulled his leg and left.

South of Morikura Village, Japanese position. The failure of the first attack made Nakagawa Eichi angry and angry, and he was furious and roared at his subordinates. He walked up to Qian Wanlin and Song Huaili again, and shouted arrogantly: "You, why don't you people, the Communist Party, and the Eighth Route Army obey and submit to our Great Japanese Empire?!" Why fight against the Imperial Army?! This is self-defeating, it is an egg hitting a stone, and I must conquer them and destroy them! The Imperial Japanese Army was invincible. ”

Qian Wanlin and Song Huaili bowed their heads and bowed, silent in panic.

The chief of staff returned to the ancestral hall, walked to Yu Genshan's side and said:

"Regiment commander, in full accordance with your deployment, the first and second platoons of the reconnaissance company have already set off."

"Okay!"

Huang Zhongde hurriedly walked into the ancestral hall, walked to Yu Genshan's side, and said with an anxious expression:

"Regiment commander and political commissar, there is a very important situation that I hope you will pay special attention to, and immediately take decisive measures to deal with it urgently."

Yu Genshan, political commissar, and chief of staff raised their heads to look at Huang Zhongde.

Yu Genshan: "Huh? Director Huang, what's the important situation? Say it. ”

"Just now, Xiao Liang, a confidential secretary of the regiment headquarters, told me that a few years ago, when he was engaged in underground intelligence work in Beiping, he often saw Fang Jiren drinking coffee and going to restaurants with a German Nazi major officer, and he also went to the Japanese secret service in Beiping."

Commissar: "Huh?! Is there such a thing?! Why didn't Xiao Liang say it earlier? ”

Yu Genshan: "So Xiao Liang and Fang Jiren have known each other for a long time." ”

Huang Zhongde: "No. Xiao Liang and Fang Jiren didn't know each other at all. Xiao Liang was also determined after more than a month of remembering. ”

Chief of Staff: "Oh? Director Huang, what else is there to do? ”

"And? And also? Oh, Xiao Liang said that in Beiping, Fang Jiren often brought a young and beautiful woman by his side, and they looked like husband and wife when they were affectionate. ”

Commissar: "Huh? This Francis is really too complicated, too complicated. ”

Yu Genshan looked at Huang Zhongde with blinking, and asked with a suspicious face:

"Director Huang, can Xiao Liang be sure that the Fang Jiren he has seen many times in Peking is the current Fang Jiren? Peking is so big and there are so many people, can't Xiao Liang be mistaken? ”

"The head of the regiment and the political commissar are very important, and I asked Xiao Liang the same thing. He repeatedly said that he was definitely not mistaken, that person was Francis Francis, and he dared to use his head as a guarantee. ”

Yu Genshan, who was sad and puzzled, smoked his pipe. The chief of staff scratched his scalp restlessly.

Huang Zhongde: "What should I do?" The three leaders have an idea. ”

The political commissar thought for a moment and then decisively ordered: "Director Huang, you immediately bring a few more people to find Fang Jiren, arrest him and keep him under strict guard......

"Don't!" Yu Genshan resolutely stopped in a tone: "Now is the great enemy, the two armies are facing each other, the big battle is about to begin, our first task is to break through as soon as possible." Let's put Francis's affairs aside for a moment. ”

Commissar: "Let's put it down?!" Commander, it's too late to talk about it when something big happens! ”

Huang Zhongde: "Regiment Commander, are you responsible for something wrong or something big?!" ”