The bloody battle of Zhoucun actually started first in the holy well of Zhangqiu County.

After receiving the order to cooperate with the Ludong group, advance to Zhangqiu to annihilate the infiltration and reconnaissance of a small unit of the Yue army, and delay the offensive speed of the Yue army, Li Shuiniu, the leader of the No. 1 Sniper Squadron, led the No. 1 Sniper Squadron from Fangzi to Puji Town, Zhangqiu County, by car and three-wheeled motorcycle, where he established an advance base, and then crossed Zhangqiu County with his troops and ordered the three squads to act separately. One of the squads held the Jiqing Highway, the second squad held the Jiaoji Road, and led the fire support team and the third squad to hide in Mingshui and support the two squads at any time.

Li Buffalo is one of the oldest people in the sniper brigade, and was selected by Liu Yimin when the Red Eighteenth Regiment created the sniper squad. After several years of training and training, this Red Army soldier who first heard about sniper tactics from Liu Yimin in the passage has become a professional sniper commander of our army.

According to Li Xiaoniu's idea, it is only 45 miles from Zhangqiu County to Jinan, and the devil's reconnaissance troops will definitely not be able to escape by guarding the highway and railway at the junction of Zhangqiu and Lixia. Because Zhangqiu was still a guerrilla area at this time, when the Third Brigade was developing in Qinghe, because it was too close to Jinan, it was bent on keeping the secret of the main force of our army's eastward march into Shandong, and did not develop to Zhangqiu on a large scale. After the Luzhong Campaign of our army, although the left-behind troops of the Fourth Brigade advanced the defense line to the outskirts of Jinan, they did not have time to rectify the guerrilla forces in the countryside of Zhangqiu. Therefore, after the end of the Luzhong Campaign, the countryside of Zhangqiu was in a state of no political axe, and there were many types of armed forces, including civilian armed forces such as Meng Zhaojin's Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, and local armed forces that secretly tended to the army. However, due to the development of the Third Brigade in Qinghe, Meng Zhaojin's Chinese People's Resistance Volunteer Army did not have 5,000 people and 600 guns as in history, and its influence was much smaller, and its strength was also transferred from Zouping and Qidong to Zouping, and its relationship with the Eighth Route Army was also closer. If the army wants to attack eastward, Zhangqiu is the first stop.

As for whether the No. 1 Sniper Squadron could deal with the small reconnaissance and infiltration troops of the Yue Army, Li Buffalo didn't think about it, because he knew in his heart that the soldiers of the Sniper Brigade had four weapons: a sniper rifle with a silencer, an August 1 automatic rifle, a barge gun, and a dagger. This equipment is the most advanced in the world. Not to mention that the squadron also had a fire support squad with one bazooka, one infantry gun, two grenadiers, and a Type 92 heavy machine gun. This composition of fire is especially suitable for special operations fire support of small forces. With such equipment, and plenty of ammunition, coupled with the snipers' magical marksmanship, the little devil is waiting to die!

A sniper squad arrived at night in Shengjing Town on the side of the Jiqing Highway. After the combat squads were separated, squad leader Geng Qiang ordered the squad leader Yun Gengen to arrange the six combat groups of the squad into two triangular formations, which were deployed on the north and south sides of the road. On the north rear side of their position, there was the position of the second squad, and on the south rear side was the position of the third squad. The whole squad is a loose big triangle formation, and each squad forms a triangle formation.

This Geng Qiang is from Jizhong, and his family is a tenant. In those years, the poor had no way to live, Geng Qiang's parents worked hard all year round, and the family couldn't eat meat dumplings if they wanted to eat during the New Year. Geng Qiang went to herd cattle for the landlord's house early, the landlord was not bad, seeing that his surname was calm and ruthless, and he was ruthless and smart, he often asked him to go to the school to pick up the young master. came and went, and Geng Qiang knew some words. Later, Geng Qiang's parents died of illness and had no money for medical treatment, leaving him and his sister to rely on each other.

As soon as the team passed in the village, Geng Qiang was sent by the chief to carry water for the bosses to cook, and he was busy until dark before going home. When I got to the gate of the yard, I heard the girl's heart-rending cry. Geng Qiang's heart was excited, and he kicked open the courtyard door and ran to his thatched hut.

When I entered the house, I saw that a boss was crawling on the girl's body naked, and another boss was standing next to him, shouting incessantly, "Come on, Jia Er!" Come on, Jia Laoer! ”

Young people are strong-blooded, who can stand such insults? Geng Qiang grabbed the guillotine at the door and slashed directly at the two soldiers standing with a silver smile from behind. The splash of blood frightened the ruffian who was wreaking havoc on the girl and slipped out of the kang, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing silently and begging for mercy.

Geng Qiang's eyes breathed fire, he didn't even look at it, and chopped it off with a knife. After chopping, I remembered that there were still many soldiers living in the village, so let them find out and it would be over. I hurriedly went to find a piece of clothing, handed it to the girl who couldn't cry anymore, and said, "Hurry up and put it on, let's run!" Then he turned around and went out of the house, waiting for the girl to dress and come out.

After waiting for a while, I didn't see the girl come out. Geng Qiang was anxious, and when he returned to the house, he saw that the poor girl had the scissors left by her mother in her heart.

Geng Qiang wiped away his tears, dug a pit in the yard, and buried his sister. Carrying the rifles and bullets left behind by the three ruffians, he left his hometown. Later, he moved to Jiangxi and joined the Red Army. In the ranks of the Red Army, he learned culture, understood that there was no way for the poor to live in this cannibalistic society, and he also practiced good marksmanship. During the Long March, he served as a platoon commander in the Red Eighteenth Regiment, and was rescued by Liu Yimin in the Battle of Gulingtou, and since then he has followed Liu Yimin to fight in the south and the north.

Later, after Liu Yimin was attacked in Chengdu, he was selected as Liu Yimin's guard along with Huang Wenhu and Li Xiaoshuai. Liu Yimin felt that the marksmanship of these three people was very good, but Geng Qiang's marksmanship was better, and the disadvantage was that his melee ability was average, so he asked him to go to the sniper team for training, leaving Huang Wenhu and Li Xiaoshuai as guards.

At this time, Geng Qiang was already twenty-eight years old, tall, with a thin face, usually taciturn, only the cold light in his eyes, which made people know at a glance that this was a merciless master who killed people.

Yun Gengen is different from Geng Qiang, only 21 years old this year, a Mongolian, and his home is in Jinjie Town, north of Yulin. Not only is his riding skill good, but his hands-on knives and guns are even more powerful. When Liu Yimin went to Yulin Shenfu to look for coal fields, Han Sanjie's horse bandits ransacked Jinjie Town and killed his family. After the Red Army avenged him, Yun Gengen joined the Red Army. Liu Yimin took him by his side as a guard for a few days, and found that the young Yun Gengen not only worked hard immediately, but also had extraordinary kung fu in his hands, with both hands he could make a quick knife and shoot with both hands, and his marksmanship was extremely accurate. Liu Yimin knew that snipers needed talent, and those with high talent could get twice the result with half the effort when they trained, so he handed over Yun Gengen to Wang Tongsheng for training.

Due to the extremely high hit rate of the snipers, the defensive surface of a rifle is relatively large, and the position of the sniper squad is said to be built on both sides of the Jinan-Qingdao Highway, forming a triangular position with a large triangle and a small triangle, but the distance between the front and back and the left and right is very far, which is enough to block the Jiqing Highway and the range of several miles on both sides. In this range, under the guns of the snipers, not to mention the little devils, even if a bird wants to fly over, you have to ask the snipers if they agree.

Sniper team operations, unlike field troops, command and communication are all conducted through sign language, and the movements are exceptionally fast. According to the requirements of the special operations textbook compiled by Liu Yimin, Geng Qiang led the soldiers to fight all night, building a group of concealed positions every five miles, and a total of three position groups were constructed.

After the position was constructed, Geng Qiang reported to Li Buffalo through the squad radio to complete the combat preparations, and then asked the soldiers to eat dry food, prepare enough water, enter the position, and wait for the devil while resting.

It was not until 19 June, when the sky was slightly bright, that a small reconnaissance and infiltration unit of the Yue army appeared in the field of vision of a small group of soldiers.

The little devil was indeed well-trained, twelve people were arranged in a line, the front two were sharp soldiers, the back two were machine gunners and guards, and the eight infantry in the middle were about ten meters apart each, carefully searching and advancing along the field path on the south side of the Jiqing Highway.

Geng Qiang, who was hiding in the individual bunker, looked at it, and a smile flowed out of his eyes, and sure enough, as the devils got closer and closer, the third squad on the south side of the first squad opened fire. Although he couldn't hear the gunshots, judging from the frequency of the devil's fall, Geng Qiang knew that it was two combat teams firing, four people, four sniper rifles with silencers, four shots each, clean and neat.

After the devil's reconnaissance team died, it stopped for about 10 minutes, and the devil's follow-up reconnaissance and search team came up. This time it was three, in terms of strength, it was an infantry squad, divided into three teams, one team advanced along the Jiqing Highway, and the other two teams were on the left and right flanks, also in a regular search formation, and they were still carefully searched.

This time, the sniper squad did not shoot and let the devils go into a triangular formation.

Yun Gengen's position was to dig pits in the ground, on which tree branches were erected, and wheat straw was spread on the branches. From afar, it looks like a pile of wheat straw abandoned by farmers after harvesting.

Seeing that the little devil search team walked into his position, Yun Gengen put down the binoculars, stretched out the barrel of the gun, pushed the bullet to load, and through the scope, he set fire to the devil squad leader.

After only firing one shot, Yun Gengen stopped shooting, because he knew that there was no chance to shoot a second shot, the devil's squad, when he met his own squad, it was enough for each person to shoot one, and the soldiers were quick enough to shoot their hands and feet, and the little devil would not have any chance.

Things are exactly the same as Yun Gengen thought, the devil's squad of more than 50 people, twelve of them have died just now, and the remaining 40 or so people have rushed to the ground in a very short period of time. The earth was instantly quiet.

After another hour or so, the Devil's cavalry search squadron came up. Geng Qiang patiently counted, no more, no less, a full 144 rides.

The devils did not notice the destruction of their infantry reconnaissance and search infantry squads, and felt that the front was safe, and formed a cavalry battle formation, swaggering forward on horseback.

Geng Qiang's eyes lit up suddenly, he couldn't bear to shoot just now, it was because he didn't want to compete with the soldiers for the opportunity to test the newly issued sniper rifle big devil. It's different now, it's devil cavalry, if you don't pay attention to let them rush into the position, it will be very troublesome!

The sniper rifle used by Geng Qiang was a German-made Mauser K98 rifle with a six-fold scope that Liu Yimin got from Tada Lingfu, the chargé d'affaires of the French in Qingdao in Qingdao. This gun has a long range and high accuracy, and is a sniper weapon, equipped with 1000 rounds.

Geng Qiang stretched out his gun and aimed at the flag guards of the Devil Cavalry Search Squadron. From the scope, this guy is quite young, with an unruly expression.

Geng Qiang aimed at the head of the flag guard of the devil cavalry search squadron, gently pulled the trigger, the bullet spun and flew out, and got into the head of the devil flag guard, the little devil didn't even shout, as soon as his hand was raised, the military flag in the middle of the week fell to the ground, and the person fell directly off the horse.

The little devils in the back didn't hear the gunshots, and thought that the flag keeper had accidentally fallen to the ground, so a few little devils came up and reached out to pull the flag keeper lying on the ground. At this time, Geng Qiang aimed at the devil cavalry squadron leader in the middle of the team, there was no way, with the scope, he naturally saw it more clearly, the devil squadron leader's epaulettes and snow-white gloves betrayed him, making him Geng Qiang's second result.

At this time, a small group of soldiers of the mourning sniper squad opened fire, and the little devils who hit them fell to the ground like dumplings.

This time, Geng Qiang was lucky, firing five shots in a row, killing five devils, including the cavalry squadron leader and the flag guard. After the fight, he reloaded the bullets, and was about to find the target and fired two more shots, only to find that the little devil was already dead, and the more than 20 cavalrymen at the back seemed to have found that something was wrong, turned the horse's head, and walked away.

Geng Qiang knew that he had to retreat, and then the devils would use tanks and armored vehicles, they didn't have bazookas, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft guns, and there was no way for these iron guys to do so for the time being, if they retreated late, their hidden positions would be covered by the artillery fire of the little devils. So, Geng Qiang ordered the soldiers to quickly clean up the battlefield, and after collecting the guns and bullets, they quickly retreated on the captured horses.

After the devil cavalry ran back, they were all a little nervous, and they exclaimed one after another, "Ghost!" Ghost! ”

The commander of the cavalry wing of the Fifth Division saw that these retreating cavalry were in a somewhat deranged posture, and went up and crackled and slapped him, until the more than 20 cavalrymen were beaten to the point that everyone was bleeding, and then asked why they retreated.

The devil cavalry was already sober after being beaten, and a non-commissioned officer of the cavalry with a circle of legs hurriedly reported that there was a devil in front of him, who ate meat and did not spit out bones, could not see human figures, and could not hear the sound of gunfire, but the soldiers were all knocked off their horses one by one. If you don't believe me, you can go to the field and check it out.

When he said this, the commander of the cavalry wing of the Fifth Division was annoyed, scolded "Baga", and crackled and slapped again. After the battle, he reported to Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Anto, commander of the Fifth Division, that the 1st Squadron of the Division's Cavalry Wing had suffered heavy losses, and according to the reports of the soldiers who had been recovered, the Eighth Route Army did not fire its guns and could not see people, but the soldiers were quickly killed. Your Excellency, the commander of the division, is requested to provide urgent tactical guidance, dispatch combat vehicles and armored vehicles, and open the way for the main force.

(To be continued)