Zhengjiakou is a big town on the west bank of the Hebei-Shandong border canal, the scale is only in Wucheng County, because the Ming Dynasty Zheng opened a ferry on the canal named Zhengjia Ferry, and later changed its name to Zhengjiakou. Because of the connection between the two provinces of Hebei and Shandong, and by the canal, the benefits of Cao Yu, the abundance of the people of Fu, although there are only three north-south streets, but there are many rich people who do business and local leaders, and the small Zhengjiakou actually has the name of the little Tianjin Wei.

At this time, although the army occupied Dexian County, it had not yet had time to occupy Wucheng County, but because it was too close to Dexian County, the county magistrate of the Kuomintang had already fled, and after the Luxi Military Region successfully established the anti-Japanese regime in Wucheng County, Zhao Bingtu, who was only 21 years old, was appointed as the county magistrate. With the support of the troops of the Second Brigade, they began to vigorously mobilize the masses, establish anti-Japanese organizations, train militias, and organize the masses to dig trenches, break roads, and build tunnels.

On the morning of the 26th of January, the quiet town suddenly panicked, and the common people who had fled from the north poured into the village, saying that the devils of Dexian County had occupied the old town last night and were probably heading here. So, the people in the town began to pack their bags and prepare to run away. The task force and the militia also urgently mobilized, organized the evacuation of the villagers, began to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and prepared for guerrilla warfare.

At this time, a group of cavalry of the Eighth Route Army drove into the town.

The Wucheng County work team and militia in the town received the cavalry and reported to Wang Tongsheng, who led the team, that the army had occupied the old town.

Wang Tongsheng asked the task force and the militia to do a good job of transferring the masses, and immediately reported to Wucheng County to fight against the Ming Dynasty, and then under the guidance of Fan Fucheng, a party member from Fanzhuang Village sent by the task force. With a sniper team, he rushed directly to the old town.

By the time they arrived at the horse factory, the outpost had already discovered the cavalry of the Yue Army, about a squadron.

Wang Tongsheng looked around and saw that the road was mostly dug up, and on both sides of the road were dry reed fields, which could hide the troops. The main lanes to the west and east have been renovated, and they have been dug into three-meter-deep trenches, and the devil's cars and armored vehicles cannot pass, so that they can easily hit and go, and move quickly. If the devil cavalry and infantry go down the trench to pursue, then they are the target, because it is not so easy for the little devil to climb the trench, and it takes a lot of work.

After looking at the topography, Wang Tongsheng sighed with emotion, the people's enthusiasm for resistance is high, and the division commander gave an order, and in a short period of time, the traffic in this great plain was transformed, which could cover the struggle between the soldiers and the enemy. Wang Tongsheng, who was full of confidence, immediately ordered two sniper teams to reconnoiter the enemy situation on both sides, and the whole team dismounted and spread out on the spot, forming a loose encirclement, quickly building a simple position, and preparing to use the devil cavalry of this squadron to have a shooting competition.

Fan Fucheng is an authentic plains man, he has lived on the west bank of the canal since he was a child, although he has not been a soldier, but in these years, all kinds of armies have passed by like a marquee, what troops have not seen it? Seeing that although the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army was not large, it looked extremely strong, except for the leader who led the team to learn about the situation of his hometown in detail, none of the other soldiers spoke to him, but only took care of him to ride his horse well. Fan Fucheng felt that this small unit must be the elite of the old Red Army who came down from Jinggang Mountain, and the equipment and spirit made people feel at ease.

Thinking about it, Fan Fucheng involuntarily raised his head, because he was crawling on the ground and heard the heavy sound of horses' hooves on the road. This time he looked up, Fan Fucheng couldn't help but scold: "The dog said!" ”

A group of devil cavalry galloped on the road, and the first one was fifteen horsemen, and a little devil in the lead rode on a horse and held a small flag in his hand. Not far behind is the devil brigade, the appearance of more than a hundred people, running not fast, because the saddle is hung with large and small packages, and one or two Chinese are tied to the horse's tail, dragging on the ground, I am afraid that they will all die.

Due to the people dragging behind the horses, the queue of devils is very long and sparse. In addition, the main road has been dug up by the common people, and the devils need to make a detour from time to time, and the speed is even slower. However, you can clearly hear the unbridled laughter and chirping of the devil.

It seems that the devil has done evil in the ancient town.

Fan Fucheng was secretly muttering in his heart, begging the Eighth Route Army to shoot quickly, and let this group of dog-called devils hurry up and see the king of Hades!

The prayers of honest men will always be fulfilled. Fan Fucheng is an authentic Chinese peasant, who has done his duty all his life and has never hurt others, and his prayers are naturally to be fulfilled.

Liu Bin, the leader of the third squadron of the sniper brigade, led the whole squadron to ambush in the withered reeds on both sides of the devil's rear road, shouldering the task of cutting off the enemy's rear road.

Since the invasion of the devils, the 29 officers and soldiers who were defending here at that time advised the villagers not to cut off the reeds, and when the devils came, the villagers could also run to the reeds to hide. This is a really good solution, and it now provides a natural cover position for the sniper team.

This sniper fights an ambush, unlike other troops, and must deploy machine guns at both ends to block and destroy the enemy with firepower. They pay more attention to the wide shooting range, which can improve the shooting accuracy. Destroy an enemy with a single bullet and take out the opponent at a fraction of the cost.

After three years of training, Liu Bin has vaguely had the posture of the first sniper of the sniper brigade. The reason is that he has a high level of education and strong comprehension, and he has practiced the tactical skills in the sniper training manual written by Liu Yimin very well, and he also has his own small innovations. Even Wang Tongsheng reported to Liu Yimin that Liu Bin had great potential, and if the division commander had time to take him for training and training, it was estimated that he might be able to reach the level of a blind sniper.

Now, Liu Bin is crawling in the dry reeds, his eyes are staring at the devil commander in the middle of the team through the gap in the blades of grass, and the muzzle of the gun has been raised, just waiting for all the devils to enter the encirclement.

The unbridled laughter and piercing singing of the devil cavalry could not affect Liu Bin's state of mind, and even the corpses of the fellows dragged behind the devil's war horse could not affect Liu Bin's state of mind. Because it is not Fan Fucheng, nor is it an ordinary fighter, but a battle-hardened sniper squadron leader. In his eyes, these devils are already dead, it's just a question of who dies first and who dies later.

At such a close distance, there is no need to use a Type 97 sniper rifle, and the Bayi automatic rifle without a scope is more suitable, with a magazine of 30 bullets, and if each one is a life, three magazines will solve the problem. However, Liu Bin knew that as long as he fired a shot, he would only have a chance to shoot another shot at most, because the level of his comrades-in-arms was not much worse than his own, and there were too few people in this little devil, not enough for a sniper team!

In fact, the waiting time was not long, the devils finally walked into the encirclement, Liu Bin no longer hesitated, and pulled the trigger on the head of the leader of the devil cavalry squadron.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, a burst of gunfire erupted on both sides of the road. However, the gunfire was not fierce at all, nor was it as neat as a row of guns. But it was this not fierce gunfire that completely harvested the lives of the 130 devil cavalry, leaving only 130 ownerless war horses running around the road.

Liu Bin only had time to fire the second shot, and there was no shadow of a devil in front of him. He said depressedly, "It's not fun", took out a dagger and lightly slashed twice on the butt of his Bayi automatic rifle, pushing away the camouflage on his body and beckoning the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

Fan Fusheng never dreamed that fighting a war would be so simple, and in the blink of an eye, more than 100 devil cavalry would be over. Hurriedly got up and ran to the road to grab the devil's war horse. While running, he roared the widely circulated "Cross Song" in Northwest Lu with a voice like a broken gong:

wrote a one-word pole gun, and wrote a two-word bottom painting; wrote a three-character three-character three-king let, and wrote a four-character eight-character collection; wrote a five-character tiger fight, and wrote a six-character one-point, one-horizontal and two-handed; wrote a seven-character chicken claw, wrote an eight-character two-foot pull on both sides; Wrote a nine-character needle hook moon, and wrote a cross beam.

Cross Tim is a thousand, thousands of miles to find Lang Xiao Meng Jiang.

The soldiers laughed.

As soon as the battlefield was cleaned, the sniper teams on both flanks sent back a signal, and the devil brigade came up.

Wang Tongsheng rode to a slightly higher plot, raised the telescope and saw that it was really a large army of devils coming up, the fields and the main road were densely packed with devil soldiers, in front of them were armored vehicles, tanks, and cars like turtle shells and then slowly squirming, the two wings were cavalry sweeping formations, and the middle road and wheat fields were full of devil infantry. Looking at the posture, there are six or seven thousand people, to say the least.

Wang Tongsheng asked Fan Fusheng to ride back immediately to report the news, and asked the work team and militia that were still in Zhengjiakou to quickly organize the villagers to retreat quickly; The radio was ordered to immediately report to the division commander that a large-scale sweep of the devils had begun, and the sniper brigade would not stop attacking and harassing the large army of devils and delay the enemy's movements. After issuing the order, Wang Tongsheng thought about it, took out a piece of chalk, and wrote a big one on the ground: "Changbai Mountain Anti-Divine Spear Team killed 130 devil cavalry here!" After writing, he made a gesture, flew on his horse, took the horse's head with him, got down the trench, and went around the west side of the devil's army.

This part of the devils who came was the 21st Division stationed in Dexian County. This division is a three-unit special garrison division with jurisdiction over 21 infantry regiments, the 62nd infantry wing, the 82nd and 83rd infantry wings, the 21st search wing, the 21st engineer wing, the 51st mountain artillery wing, the 21st baggage wing, and some auxiliary units such as water supply and epidemic prevention, weapons services, hospitals, sick horse factories, and communication teams, with more than 18,000 people in the division.

Originally, the task assigned to the 21st Division by Lieutenant General Nishio Shouzo was to sweep the area around Dexian County, focusing on the area west of Jinpu Road. However, after learning about the situation, Lieutenant General Washizu Songping, commander of the 21st Division, believed that there was basically no resistance force west of Jinpu Road, and that it was only necessary to send a small force to deter and form maintenance committees at all levels. However, in the area west of Jinpu Road and on both sides of Deshi Road, there is information that the resistance is very active and it is necessary to crack down. Therefore, Lieutenant General Washizu Songhei ordered to leave the baggage wing to defend De County, and an infantry wing was responsible for sweeping the area west of Jinpu Road, and he led two infantry wings, mountain artillery wings, and engineer wings to capture and search for the wing out of Dede County, and killed the hinterland of the plain west of the canal.

The New Year is just a few days away, and the wind blowing from the canal is cold, which makes Lieutenant General Washizu Songping's eyes a little dodgy.

The scene in front of him made Lieutenant General Washizu Songping, who had just been transferred to North China from the mainland, a little puzzled, 130 elite cavalrymen were shattered in this way, and the way of death was basically the same, they were all killed by one shot, and none of them were even wounded by guns. What kind of army is so powerful, with so many sharpshooters, dare to challenge the elite cavalry of the imperial army?

Looking at the chalk words on the ground again, Lieutenant General Waszu Songping couldn't help but smile bitterly, Changbai Mountain resisted the sharpshooter team, God knows if there is such a number of people and horses. But on second thought, it is also possible that the Changbai Mountain is high and densely forested, and no matter how large-scale the Kwantung Army is, there will always be fish that slip through the net. Those bandits have been hunting all year round, and it is not uncommon for them to practice good marksmanship. But will they be able to get here? Do they really have that much courage?

Before Lieutenant General Washizu had time to think about it, another sparse burst of gunfire rang out on the west side.

Lieutenant General Washizu Songhei climbed onto a tank and raised his binoculars to see that the west side of the large army was quiet, only a faint puff of smoke and dust drifted westward, needless to say that the Chinese army had slipped away on horseback after a sneak attack.

Sure enough, the troops who served as the search guard on the right flank reported that the cavalry had just attacked with a sneak attack, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong, and their marksmanship was extremely accurate, and they could hit the imperial army at a distance of 500 meters, and their guns killed them. The alert forces suffered heavy losses.

Lieutenant General Washizu Songhei was a little annoyed, this damn Chinese cavalry dared to bully his own 21st Division, he didn't know how to write the dead word!

Lieutenant General Washizu Songhei immediately ordered to stop the southward advance, and the whole army turned around, with armored vehicles, cars, and tanks in front, to outflank and pursue this force of Chinese cavalry to the west, and be sure to destroy it completely.

At this moment, a plain annihilation battle that annihilated the entire army of Lieutenant General Washizu Songpei was greatly opened.

After Wang Tongsheng led the sniper brigade to the west of the devil, he carefully observed the number, confirmed that it was the 21st division of the devil, and sent a report to Liu Yimin, reporting the accurate combat position and number of the sniper brigade. Then, Wang Tongsheng convened a meeting of the three squadron leaders and instructors to study the next tactics.

Wang Shangwu, the leader of the second squadron, pointed out that now the situation has changed, a large army of devils has been dispatched, and once it is surrounded, the consequences will be unimaginable, and no matter how powerful a sniper is, it is no match for aircraft, artillery and tanks. We can no longer fight sniper warfare, but we must fight sniper guerrilla warfare in accordance with the deployment of the division commander. All use sniper rifles, harass the enemy from a distance, fight for a while and run, and can't let the devil bite it. When the division commander has a new order, it will be implemented in accordance with the division commander's new order.

Wang Shangwu's suggestion is naturally the most suitable way at the moment. Li Buffalo, the leader of the first squadron, and Liu Bin, the leader of the third squadron, both agreed. Wang Tongsheng naturally agreed, because the division commander had envisioned this situation when he deployed the mission to him, and asked him not to panic, give full play to the advantages of the sniper brigade's well-equipped and lethal power, and entangle with the devils, forcing the devils to either chase after them in anger, or obediently roll back to the original defensive position.

Therefore, Wang Tongsheng ordered the whole brigade to be divided into two lines, and Li Buffalo, the leader of the first squadron, led all the snipers with Type 97 sniper rifles, dismounted at a trench 1,000 meters away from the devils, approached the devil team in concealment, and fired at a distance of 500 meters from the enemy, each person was only allowed to fire a maximum of three shots, and immediately withdrew. Wang Tongsheng himself led other soldiers to hide in the trenches, guarding the war horses, covering and answering the snipers on the front line.

After the order was issued, Li Buffalo, Wang Shangwu, and Liu Bin immediately took the principal and deputy squad leaders and sniper team leaders who were armed with Type 97 sniper rifles to temporarily form a group, climb over the road trenches, and with the help of the cover of reeds, advance in a low posture in battle formation, and covertly engage the enemy.

Seeing that it was not far from the devil, Li Buffalo made a sign language, and the soldiers began to crawl forward. It was only when he was only about 500 meters away from the enemy's search and alert troops that Li Buffalo issued sign language and commanded the troops to disperse, each looking for a target for firing.

After Yi Chengfeng and his squad leader found the position, he set up a sniper rifle, and looked through the scope to see that the head of the devil cavalry searching for alert 500 meters away was unusually clear, tested the wind direction and speed, set the ruler, and issued a shooting sign language. He aimed firmly at an officer who was shouting and directing with his sabre, and was about to shoot when the guy suddenly turned around and raised his binoculars to look at him. Yi Chengfeng smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and said in his heart Lao Tzu will send you to reincarnation, so he pulled the trigger.

Through the scope, Yi Chengfeng could see clearly, and the bullet penetrated through the barrel on the left side of the telescope, bringing out a puddle of blood, and directly knocked the devil officer on his back on the horse. A few devil cavalrymen next to him were stunned for a moment, and then turned their heads to look this way. A few more gunshots rang out, and several devils fell off their horses one after another.

Yi Chengfeng didn't care about admiring his own and his comrades' masterpieces, because the crisp gunshots kept ringing in his ears, and he knew that it was his comrades from other squads and squadrons hunting. He immediately loaded his bullet and knocked out a devil who was about to shoot with a gun raised.

Just as he was about to continue looking for a target for shooting, an order to retreat came. Yi Chengfeng looked up, and in just a moment, the devil's search and alert squadron was over, and the devils in the distance had begun to move closer to this side. Yi Chengfeng was a little frustrated, he only fired two shots, and wasted a chance to shoot in vain. However, there are so many devils, and there are still many opportunities. Withdraw!

Just when Wang Tongsheng led the sniper brigade to wander around with the devil's nose, constantly fighting and running for a while, either forward or backward, left or right, and bleeding the 21st Division, according to the order of General Terauchi Shouichi, the 24th Division stationed in Cangxian, the 23rd Division stationed in Shijiazhuang, the Fifth Brigade of Reading Power Mixed Brigade stationed in Tianjin, and the Reading Power Mixed Brigade of the Tun Army stationed in Beiping, with Qi Kuiyuan's public security army and a part of the Manchurian Defense Army, came to Jizhong from four directions.

The 24th Division and the 23rd Division first opened up the Cangshi Road, divided the connection between central Hebei and southern Hebei, and then attacked the hinterland of central Hebei from Jinpu Road and Pinghan Road. Under the cover of aircraft, the Fifth Brigade and the Brigade of the Garrison Army and the puppet army units attached to it were pushed from north to south and squeezed into the hinterland of central Hebei, forming a huge grinding plate together with the 24th and 23rd Divisions, crushing all the resistance forces in central Hebei.

(To be continued)