Xishui, a county under the jurisdiction of Zunyi, is located in the north of Guizhou, located in the hub area of the junction of Sichuan, Guizhou and Chongqing, connecting Guizhou Tongzi in the east, Guizhou Chishui in the west, and Guizhou Renhuai and Sichuan Gulin in the south.

It is such an inconspicuous county seat, and the Red Army captured this county town when it crossed Chishui for the first and second crossings. It's just that when they crossed Chishui three times, the Red Army never passed here, which made the commander of the Guizhou army stationed in these places breathe a sigh of relief.

The Qianjun Security Regiment, which has recently been active in the Zunyi area and is like a haunting Red Army, is also very vigilant. The defense of the county was extremely strict, both day and night.

In particular, the main forces of the Red Army, which had recently received a notice from above, were preparing to re-encircle and prepare to enter southern Sichuan. The security regiment of the Qianjun army stationed here also gave a death order to strictly guard against the sneak attack of the Red Army.

But such an order cannot be done at all for the security commander stationed here. What they could do was to send a telegram to the top as soon as they discovered the main force of the Red Army. In addition to this, they were simply powerless to stop the Red Army.

Some time ago, the news that the two main divisions of the Central Army were ambushed by the Red Army was more or less known to the officers and men of the Security Regiment in Xishui. What's more, even their provincial chairman, Wang Jialie, is running around with his head in his hands, let alone them?

Now that the Central Army, which has taken over the military and political power in Guizhou, does not care much about them, the second-line troops of the Guizhou Army. If it weren't for the need for them to stabilize the place and play a certain role in surveillance, it is estimated that they would have been laid off long ago.

The independent regiment, which bypassed the villages along the way and marched secretly all the way, arrived five miles outside Xishui City. The sky had already darkened, but the news from the reconnaissance company still made He Zhengdao feel that this nail had to be removed.

At least, when the main forces of the Red Army passed here, they could not be allowed to spread the news. Thinking of this, He Zhengdao decided to attack Xishui at night. And in He Zhengdao's vision, it is best to be able to end the battle quietly.

To do this, it is not easy to be honest. But He Zhengdao knew that finding the other party's radio station before the war was undoubtedly the key to this operation. Once the security corps sent a rescue telegram, it meant that their plans were revealed in advance.

Thinking of this, He Zhengdao immediately convened a meeting of battalion-level cadres to discuss the next combat plan. Hearing He Zhengdao's decision to lead reconnaissance to attack the Xishui Security Corps overnight, Yao Shengjun immediately objected.

'No, you are the commander of the regiment, how can you personally participate in the battle?' If something happens, how do I explain it to the chiefs? Otherwise, let the commander of the first battalion go! ’

Hearing this, Zhang Cheng immediately said, "Yes! Commander, if you don't have a night attack, I'll be in charge! ”

As a result, He Zhengdao still shook his head and said: "Political commissar, it's not that I'm not worried about the first battalion commander, but I'm the best at this kind of battle." Tonight's night attack, we have to make sure the news doesn't leak. If possible, try to end the fight without firing a shot.

I'm better at this kind of thing than all of you. As for the regiment commander not being able to go to the front-line battlefield, do you think it is necessary to abide by this discipline at present? Don't talk about me, the little regiment leader, even Mr. Peng and they are fighting, aren't they all on the front line? ”

Just when Yao Shengjun was still about to argue with reason, He Zhengdao immediately said: "Okay, there is no need to discuss this matter anymore." Next, I took the reconnaissance company into the city ahead of schedule. Rest for your battalions, and wait for our signal at any time.

If they see my signal, the logistics battalion and the fourth battalion will enter the city, and the remaining three main battalions will be on guard outside the county seat. In this Xishui City, we will stay for one day at most, and we must leave early in the morning the day after tomorrow. Mission, did you all hear it clearly? ”

'Clear! ’

'Okay, then go down, order the troops to get moving.' Remember, in the process of action, you must be careful and careful, and remember not to alarm them in advance. Otherwise, the whole operation will be exposed in advance, understand? ’

'Understood! ’

After arranging the combat mission, He Zhengdao arrived outside Xishui City with the guard company in the dark. Looking at the torches hanging on the wall and the sentries moving around from time to time, He Zhengdao also felt that these Qianjun soldiers seemed to be quite conscientious!

He beckoned to the commander of the guard company beside him and said, "To the east, has the platoon already touched in?" ”

'Get in!' This Xishui is not a big city, although it has built walls. But if you want to get into the city, there are many ways to get in. During the day, there are sentinels patrolling there, but they are lax. Look at the time, it should be about the same. ’

agreed on the time and place of the pick-up, He Zhengdao did not stay at the city gate too much, followed the guard company commander Li Xiangdong, led the soldiers of the other guard companies, and quickly detoured a section and appeared on the side of the county seat.

Looking at the already quiet county below, there are only a few places where the lights are on, which must be where the security team is located. As for the sporadic light in the county, it is also the home of the people who have not yet rested.

In those days, electric light was not yet widespread. Even if it is a county town, most of the tools that can be used for lighting are firewood or oil lamps. And ordinary people, there are really not many people who can light oil lamps.

Therefore, after nightfall, the people are more likely to sleep at home. Sunrise and sunset are undoubtedly suitable for the people in remote mountainous areas in this era.

Arriving at the contact point that had been agreed with a row, Li Xiangdong put his hand in his mouth and put a few owl calls in front of him. Not long after, a few bird calls were heard in front of me. The officers and men of the rest of the reconnaissance company knew that a platoon of people had arrived.

After a short time, two soldiers of the reconnaissance company dressed in civilian clothes quickly ran to the place where He Zhengdao was. They were also startled when they saw the head of the regiment in person, but they quickly reported the situation.

Hearing that there were still soldiers from the security regiment patrolling the city, He Zhengdao sneered: "It seems that this group of Qianjun security regiments is not as incompetent as imagined!" Have you figured out their patrol rules? How's it going to be in the barracks? ”

'Report to the regimental commander, there are currently four patrols in the city, each with eight Qianjun. Most of these four patrols are concentrated in areas that are not protected by city walls, as well as near their military camps and security corps.

According to our previous reconnaissance, they were a shift of the hour. Every time they change shifts, they go back to the barracks and wake up the other patrolmen before another patrol takes over.

On the side of the barracks, there were two sentries at the door, two improvised arrow towers, and no machine guns were found. As for the security chief, he also lived in the barracks. Their radio station, likewise in their security regiment headquarters. ’

After listening to the scout's report, He Zhengdao thought for a moment and said, "Are there any soldiers stationed in other places in the city?" ”

When we came in in the afternoon, we didn't find it! This county town has been captured twice by our main force. Most of those local tyrants and inferior gentry have been cleaned up by us. This security regiment was ordered to be stationed here only after our main force left.

Their warehouses and stored materials should be concentrated in the barracks. Except for a security company guarding the city wall, they took turns to be on duty at the corner of the wall. There were only four patrols in the city, and the rest of the officers and soldiers of the security regiment were in the barracks. ’

After talking about these reconnaissance situations, He Zhengdao quickly said: "Then the first thing we need to solve is how to quietly take down the security group." As long as the officers of the security regiment were captured, the guards on the city walls were not to be worried.

From the fact that they retreated to the barracks and did not dare to live outside the barracks casually, it can be seen that they were very worried about the sneak attack of the Red Army. By the way, how long will it be until the current patrol change of guard? ”

'Almost half an hour to go!' ’

Half an hour, that is, an hour. Thinking of this, He Zhengdao immediately said: "To the east, you will lead the three platoon commanders and be responsible for solving the four patrol teams." You have to make sure that you kill with one hit, you can't let them shoot a shot, remember? ”

'Remember! ’

Most of the officers and men who were selected by He Zhengdao to join the reconnaissance company were very good. And during the time when he was stationed in Jinping, He Zhengdao deliberately spent a lot of money and asked the blacksmiths in the city to build dozens of individual crossbows.

During this period of recuperation, most of the officers and men of the reconnaissance company were familiar with this kind of cold weapon. Compared with the officers and men of other independent regiments, they didn't quite understand the purpose of this bow and crossbow, but the officers and men of the reconnaissance company knew that this thing was too suitable for sneak attacks and sentry sentry.

The soldiers of the reconnaissance company, who had fought with He Zhengdao many times, were already very proficient in this kind of thing of attacking and killing patrol sentries with cold weapons. This is also the reason why He Zhengdao feels that they can do it without having to do it themselves.

After the combat order was issued, the soldiers of the rest of the reconnaissance company followed He Zhengdao into the garrison of the security regiment. Looking at the sentry at the gate of the barracks, as well as the sentry in the arrow tower, everyone felt a little tricky.

The reason is very simple, obliterating the sentry at the door will inevitably alarm the sentry in the arrow tower. If you want to deal with the sentinels in the arrow tower, you must climb the arrow tower with light torch lighting. If you shoot a gun, it's relatively simple.

But if you don't shoot, it's really not a simple matter to solve such a sentry arrangement. Seeing this scene, He Zhengdao commanded a soldier beside him. The soldier knew that the regimental commander was going to take action himself.

The officers and men of the reconnaissance company, who also knew that He Zhengdao had personally taken action, also wanted to see He Zhengdao. What if you solve this seemingly tricky inner and outer sentry without alarming the sentry posts?