Chapter 179: Questioning, opposition, seeing is believing

Lin'an County. Linhe Township. Fang's compound. Front yard main house. Conference room of the headquarters of the special column.

In the face of the majority of people's doubts and opposition, Francis confidently said:

"Oh? It seems that both of you think so. The field was still flat and bare, with nothing to cover except for a foot-high stubble and scattered straws, stalks, and ears of wheat. However, I have repeatedly surveyed and found that there are ditches on the edge of the wheat fields, and there are irrigation and drainage channels in the wheat fields, which we can fully use. ”

Zhou Qiwei: "Commander Wang, you said that I know the terrain over there in the Land Temple, so that's not good." The Japanese army walked on the main road in the wheat field, and the land temple was on the north side of the main road, and the road ditch was close to the main road on the edge of the wheat field, so it was impossible to hide and ambush the troops. The irrigation canals in the wheat fields were more than a foot higher than the wheat fields, and they could not conceal the troops. The drainage canal is five or six hundred meters away from the main road, and by the time our soldiers run quickly to the land temple on the side of the road, the light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese army have already sounded 'suddenly', and the soldiers will fall one by one, and our troops will not be able to achieve the tactical goal of launching a surprise attack in a hidden ambush, and will cause a large number of casualties, or even the total annihilation of the army. Hum! To ambush troops in the wheat fields of the plains, don't even think about it. Commander Wang, don't be cranky. ”

Fang Jiren: "Well, what Chief of Staff Zhou said makes sense. In this way, the opinion of you and Political Commissar Yang is to give up this opportunity, and we will watch the devil's conspiracy succeed? Watching the replenishment regiment suffer heavy casualties? ”

Yang Shushan: "Commander Wang, this kind of ambush is really not good, we should think of another safe way." ”

Zhou Qiwei: "Yes, Chief of Staff Yang is right. There's always a way. ”

Francis: "Yes?" If you say that, it means that there is no way to do it yet. I know that it is not just the two of you who oppose my battle plan, but I think all the comrades here oppose it. However, I will never pass up this opportunity. What should I do? Then let the facts speak, seeing is believing, and perhaps, hopefully, we can convince the comrades who oppose it. Come on, please come with me to see it, and make a decision after reading it. ”

Yang Shushan, Zhou Qiwei, the company commanders, and the operational staff officers, reconnaissance staff officers, intelligence staff officers, confidential officers, and other relevant personnel of the headquarters followed behind Fang Jiren in confusion and ignorance, and everyone walked out of the village together and came to the main road in the southwest and north directions of the village. A company commander of a special column standing on the main road was already waiting there.

Fang Jiren and the others stood in the middle of the road. To the west of the sunny road is a large field of flat and bare wheat that has been harvested as far as the eye can see.

Fang Jiren: "Political Commissar Yang, Chief of Staff Zhou, comrades, you see, next to the south of the road is a ditch more than one meter deep, and above the ditch are irrigation canals and wheat fields. The terrain here is almost exactly the same as the wheat field where we are going to ambush. Take a good look at it, isn't it the same? Is there a difference? ”

Yang Shushan and Zhou Qiwei looked at each other from near to far, from left to right. He walked to the edge of the ditch again, and stooped down to examine it carefully. On the slope of the ditch with more than one meter of loess and the bottom of the ditch with some dry and loose soil, there are only some scattered wheat straw, wheat straw and wheat ears. After checking it, Yang Shushan and Zhou Qiwei straightened up and turned around, and successively said to Fang Jiren that there was no difference, it was exactly the same.

Fang Jiren: "Political Commissar Yang, Chief of Staff Zhou, do you judge, can you set up an ambush in a wheat field with such terrain?" ”

Yang Shushan: "Huh? Needless to say? Absolutely not, not at all. ”

Zhou Qiwei: "Commander Wang, this kind of terrain is completely impossible to ambush. ”

Francis: "Really? I tell you, now, I have laid a company of troops in this wheat field, don't you see? ”

"Huh?! Right now? Is this wheat field in front of you? Where? Why can't I see it at all? Yang Shushan said as he looked at it.

"yes. In this flat, bare wheat field, I can't see the slightest sign of an ambush? ”

Yang Shushan: "Okay, okay, don't be kidding. Commander Wang, we can all understand your determination to kill the enemy, but this is not the way to play. ”

Fang Jiren: "Political Commissar Yang, Chief of Staff Zhou, you don't believe it at all, do you?" ”

Yang Shushan: "How do you make us believe it?" You said you had an ambush here, where are you? You call them all out for me to see. ”

Zhou Qiwei: "Commander Wang, aren't we kidding?" You say that there is already a company of troops in ambush in this wheat field, is it true or false? ”

Francis: "Really, now. Right in front of us, right under our noses. I don't have the time or time to joke with you. ”

"Good, good. Commander Wang, if you say yes, even if you have. Then you call them out right away and let's see how they hide and ambush them? Don't you say seeing is believing? ”

Fang Jiren turned to the commander who was already waiting here and ordered:

"Trumpeter, blow the trumpet."

The trumpeter picked up the trumpet and put it to his mouth and blew it "tick-tick".

Francis took out his pocket watch and looked at the time carefully.

Before the sound of the trumpet of the charge fell, in the ditch less than two meters to the south of the road, in the irrigation canal above the ditch, and in the wheat field more than five or six meters away from the road, two platoons of soldiers who stood up from the ground at the same time and were wearing plain clothes and covered in loess suddenly burst into the sound of killing, and under the leadership of deputy commander Meng Dakui, they ran rapidly, and the heavily armed soldiers rushed onto the road in the blink of an eye with submachine guns. At the same time as the soldiers in the wheat field stood up, Fang Jiren pulled out the shell gun from the holster on his waist with his right hand, opened the safety bullet and loaded it, but before his shell gun was raised, Meng Dakui's submachine gun was already aimed at Fang Jiren's chest. The submachine guns of the other fighters were also aimed at the chests of Political Commissar Yang, Chief of Staff Zhou and others at the same time. Meng Dakui's eyes widened angrily, and he roared angrily in Japanese:

"Don't move! Shoot or kill! The Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially! ”

As soon as Meng Dakui's words fell, the soldiers of the two platoons roared in unison in Japanese:

"Don't move! Shoot or kill! The Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially! ”

Francis, pretending to tremble and fear, raised his hands and begged for mercy in Japanese:

"I surrender, I surrender. Uncle of the Eighth Route Army, don't kill me. ”

Seeing Fang Jiren's funny appearance, Meng Dakui burst out laughing. He put away his submachine gun and shouted, "All of them, stand up!" Salute! ”

The soldiers gathered their guns and submachine guns in unison, stood upright, and saluted.

Fang Jiren ordered the trumpeter again: "Trumpeter, blow the trumpet!" ”

The trumpeter picked up the trumpet again, put it to his mouth, and blew it "tick-tick".

In the wheat field five or six hundred meters away from the main road, a troop dressed in civilian clothes and covered in loess suddenly appeared from the field. The other two platoons of the first company of the special column and the guard company, with about 200 soldiers, some armed with submachine guns and some with rifles, rushed over with a sea of mountains and a sound of killing. In an instant, he rushed in front of Fang Jiren and the others, and surrounded them tightly.