Chapter 106: The night attack is successful and tries the edge for the first time

Shuihe Village. Village office. Inside the regimental headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Yu Genshan, the political commissar, and the chief of staff stood in front of the map to study what might happen.

Han Dagang walked quickly into the regiment headquarters and walked in front of Yu Genshan:

"Report to the regiment commander, the troops have been deployed, and I have sent out a reconnaissance squad to conduct covert reconnaissance outside Shengyong Village and Shunhe Village respectively."

Yu Genshan: "Well, okay. Commissar, do you want to inform the fellows to prepare for the transfer? ”

The political commissar thought for a while and said, "Yes, you should prepare for the transfer in advance." ”

Han Dagang said confidently: "Regiment leader, political commissar, I don't think so." The devils can't get to Shunhe Village at all, let alone Shuihe Village, Fang Jiren can completely block the devils who come to sneak attack, don't alarm the villagers in the middle of the night. ”

Chief of Staff: "Hey, you're so confident? The devil really can't get to Shuihe Village? ”

Political Commissar: "Battalion Commander Han, it is necessary to take precautions and make some preparations in advance." ”

Yu Genshan: "Battalion Commander Han, you can't help this kind of careless thinking." ”

Han Dagang: "Commander, it's not that I'm careless. Let's put it this way, if I take the reinforcement camp to ambush at night, do you think the devil can get to Shuihe Village? ”

Yu Genshan: "You? Then I don't think the devil will be able to reach Shuihe Village. ”

Han Dagang: "If you believe that I can do it, then I believe that Fang Jiren can do it too." ”

Country road intersection. The fighters of the special column led by Franciscan lay in ambush in the dense cornfields on both sides of the road, watching the road vigilantly.

A soldier came running from the highway with a shell gun, got into the cornfield and came to Francis's side, sweating profusely and panting, and said:

"Report to the commander, the enemy is coming, a dozen trucks, two armored vehicles, it seems to be all devil soldiers, there are probably two squadrons, and a squad of cavalry, almost three or four miles away from here."

Francis: "yes, got it. Messenger, the two of you go separately to inform the captains who are lying in ambush on both sides of the road, tell them not to shoot when the mines go off, and wait until the shelling stops and hear my second shot before firing. Do you understand? Hurry up. ”

The roaring of motor motors and flickering lights could be heard clearly in the distance of the road, and Japanese military vehicles rumbled along the road from north to south.

Late at night. The moonlight is shining. When Fang Jiren saw the Japanese convoy and cavalry entering the ambush circle, he raised the shell gun in his hand and turned on the nose of the machine. When the first Japanese truck was about to drive to the intersection, Francis raised his shell gun and fired three shots into the sky. In an instant, dozens of mines exploded in the convoy and cavalry of the Japanese soldiers, and the first truck was blown into a ditch, and the devils on the car were thrown out of the car and fell heavily to the ground and screamed. Immediately after that, a dense number of shells whistled and flew and exploded in the Japanese convoy and cavalry. Some trucks collided together, and some trucks exploded and caught fire. The Japanese soldiers were blown to the ground, with broken limbs and heavy casualties. The devils who were not dead panicked, fired indiscriminately, jumped out of the truck in horror, some got under the car, and some ran down the ditch on both sides of the road to escape, but stepped on the mine again. The devil cavalry was blown up and turned over on their backs, with countless casualties and horses. Ten minutes later, the shelling stopped, the ground returned to calm, and the hundreds of meters of road were littered with the corpses of devils. The Japanese commander got up from the ground and shouted to assemble the team, and the frightened Japanese soldiers climbed out from under the cars one after another, and some of them walked onto the road from the ditch. After counting the numbers, the commander ordered the soldiers to continue on foot to the south. As soon as he took a few steps, the shell gun in Francis' hand opened fire. At the same time, dense gunfire rang out in the dense cornfields on both sides of the road on the north side of the crossroads, and the devils fell down one by one. After a burst of shooting, the gunfire stopped again. The Japanese commander drew his saber and howled to command the Japanese soldiers to attack the cornfields on both sides of the road. The Japanese soldiers bent down and rushed into the pitch-black cornfield with their guns, and the machine guns and rifles opened fire together, shooting blindly. The members of the special column ambushed in the cornfield held their strength, quietly pulled the bolt of their guns and pulled out their grenades, preparing to deal an even heavier blow to the devils.

Franciscan put away the shell gun, picked up the rifle and pulled the bolt, and commanded in a low voice:

"Comrades, prepare to fight, wait for the devils to get close before fighting, and first knock out the devil officers and machine gunners."

The Japanese soldiers cautiously attacked and advanced, slowly approaching the positions of the special column.

"Hit!" As soon as Fang Jiren gave the order, the machine gun and rifle opened fire together and fired at the devil.

The Japanese soldiers, when they encountered a strong resistance, lay on the ground and fired at the special column.

Franciscan turned his head to the two fighters behind him and said loudly:

"Communicator, you go and inform the cavalry company to dismount and attack, outflank the devils from the east and west, and fight hard. You go and tell the artillerymen to come quickly, stand by on the south side of the junction, and get ready to shoot. Go for it. ”

The gunfire was dense and the fighting was fierce. Cavalry companies also joined the battle. The Japanese soldiers finally couldn't support it anymore, and gradually withdrew from the cornfield, alternately covering the embarrassing retreat to the north along the road, and the soldiers of the special column rushed out of the cornfield to pursue the defeated devils. The Japanese army did not go far, but was intercepted and killed by two companies of Battalion Commander Meng, attacked on the abdomen and back, and besieged on all sides. The Japanese suffered heavy casualties, ran in all directions, and most of them were annihilated. Only a few devils lost their armor under the cover of two armored vehicles, and fled north in panic.

Fang Jiren walked onto the highway and saw Captain Yao and Political Commissar Yang and others surrounding him, and said:

"Captain Yao, Political Commissar Yang, the two of you will take your respective detachments to pursue the devils, and return immediately after chasing them out of Erlidi, and I will use the cannon to give the little devils another ride. Correspondent, go and inform Camp Commander Meng and search carefully in the cornfield. Chief of Staff, Captain Fang, your two teams are responsible for cleaning up the battlefield, counting the results, counting the casualties of our troops, inspecting the trucks, and transporting supplies. Evacuate after an hour and act now! ”

"Yes!" The people took the command and departed.

Morning. Shuihe Village. Village office. The Eighth Route Army supplemented the regimental headquarters.

Yu Genshan anxiously paced around the house. Qiuyun and a soldier walked in with breakfast.

Qiuyun: "Regiment leader, political commissar, it's time for breakfast." Hey? Why isn't the chief of staff here? ”

The chief of staff, Han Dagang, and Staff Officer Wu walked into the regiment headquarters together. Qiuyun leaves.

Yu Genshan stepped forward and asked eagerly, "Staff Officer Wu, how is the situation?" ”

Staff Officer Wu picked up the water bowl on the table and took a few sips of water and said:

"Regiment commander, really let the battalion commander Han say, the devils in Da'an Township really dispatched a squadron, and they rushed west with a fierce and murderous spirit, and were attacked by us. This little devil is quite tenacious, and he fought for more than an hour before retreating to Da'an Township. It is a pity that not many were captured, and no prisoners were caught. We had a dozen fighters wounded. ”

Yu Genshan: "Well, okay. Staff Officer Wu has worked hard, sit down and rest. ”

Political Commissar: "Although the results of the battle are not big, the significance of this ambush battle is not small." ”

Han Dagang: "Alas, we have been lying on our stomachs for hours in vain, and we haven't fired a single shot. ”

Staff Officer Wu: "Commander, does Fang Jiren have any action in the north?" ”

Yu Genshan: "According to the report of the scouts who came back, the battle in the north was fierce, and mountain artillery and mortars were used, and they judged that it was like a regiment of troops ambushing more than two squadrons of devils, and the devils also dispatched armored vehicles and cavalry. ”

Chief of Staff: "Huh? Mountain artillery and mortars for ambushes at night? It's really rare, hey. This Fang Jiren does have two hits, and he is quite daring. I just don't know what the outcome is? ”

Staff Officer Wu: "Hey, the scale is not small, the devil is really a book." This is for our supplementary regiment, thanks to Francis who fought a beautiful ambush battle. ”

Political commissar: "Regiment commander, chief of staff, I think we should seriously summarize this night ambush battle." From Francis's discovery of the enemy's situation, accurate judgment, military deployment, and organization and implementation, it is worth learning from us. I expect that such battles will happen more often in the future. Unfortunately, he's not here. ”

Yu Genshan: "Yes, we want to summarize it well. Recently, the devils have often sent small units of troops in rotation to repeatedly sweep, encircle, and suppress, with the aim of squeezing the military space of our supplementary regiment and preparing for larger military operations in the future. The chief of staff immediately sent several scouts to the north to reconnoiter in disguise to find out the results of Francis's ambush and all the circumstances of his troops. ”

Chief of Staff: "Yes, I'll send someone to reconnoiter right away." ”

The political commissar stood up and said, "Staff Officer Wu, you go to rest first, and write out the battle summary in the afternoon and report it to the brigade headquarters." Captain, after a busy night's work, you can sleep for a while. I went to the health team to see the wounded. ”

"Yes." Staff Officer Wu got up and walked out of the regiment headquarters. Han Dagang was also ready to leave.

Yu Genshan: "Political Commissar and Battalion Commander Han, don't leave yet, I have something to tell you." ”