On the third day after the recovery of Sujiatang, Liu Tianshu received a report from the reconnaissance company that the Kuomintang army Guo Zhenlong, who had occupied Banqiaoji, had begun to assemble, and there were signs of going north to Sanguba. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Tianshu looked at the message and couldn't help but move in his heart.

At this time, the Japanese army's forces in Sanguba and Wangjiadian were still relatively strong, and even they could only order the second battalion to uproot the small strongholds around Sanguba and Wangjiadian, and did not dare to attack Sanguba and Wangjiadian.

And Guo Zhenlong is ready to wave his army north, what does he want to do? Didn't he know that this was the base of the New Fourth Army?

Thinking that Guo Zhenlong was a friendly army, Liu Tianshu did not dare to attack him without authorization, so he immediately reported the situation to Commander Luo of the detachment.

Four hours later, the detachment's call back arrived, and Liu Tianshu took a look at it, and then it suddenly dawned on him.

It turned out that in the detachment's callback, Commander Luo told Liu Tianshu that according to the information transferred from above, Guo Zhenlong had taken refuge in Nanjing, and was now appointed as the commander of the upcoming Lieutenant General of the Peace **** National Salvation Army.

Because although the Nanjing puppet Nationalist Government has been formed, it has not yet been officially announced to the outside world.

Knowing that Guo Zhenlong defected to the puppet Nationalist Government in Nanjing and became a traitor, it is naturally easy to understand his action of leading his troops north.

Seeing that Commander Luo said in the telegram that if conditions permitted, he could strike at Guo Zhenlong's department, Liu Tianshu's eyes became clear.

"Let Zhou Aiguo order the scouts in Banqiaoji to closely monitor the movements of Guo Zhenlong's department. Ordered Xie Pingcai, the second battalion secretly went south and approached the area of Banqiaoji. Liu Tianshu thought about it and asked Staff Officer Sun to give Zhou Aiguo and Xie Ping an order.

After a while, Liu Tianshu asked Staff Officer Sun to give an order to Kang Shuidong and Deputy Regiment Commander Liu to quickly assemble the Fourth Battalion, and Deputy Commander Liu returned to Sujiatang.

When Xie Pingcai's second battalion was operating near Sanguba, in accordance with the instructions of the regimental headquarters, more than 80 new fighters were added to the militia, and the second battalion was restored to its previous structure.

As for the third battalion, after replenishing a group of prisoners who had voluntarily joined the New Fourth Army after ideological education and reform, the original structure was also restored.

Just when Liu Tianshu, Guo Sizhong, and Deputy Regiment Commander Liu, who had just returned to the regiment headquarters, went to a hill north of Sujiatang to see off the martyrs buried here, Guo Zhenlong left a regiment in Banqiaoji, and led the troops of the two regiments from Banqiaoji to the north to Wangjiadian.

Liu Tianshu, who returned to the regiment headquarters, received a report, studied the map with Guo Sizhong and Deputy Regiment Commander Liu for a long time, and decided to take advantage of Guo Zhenlong's main force to go north to conquer Banqiaoji.

In order to successfully capture Banqiaoji, Liu Tianshu decided to personally go to Banqiaoji to command the battle.

Two days later, the 4th Battalion, the 2nd Artillery Battalion and the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Regiment quietly came to Banqiaoji.

In the temporary command post, Liu Tianshu glanced at Kang Shuidong, Wu Zhongping and Xie Pingcai, and exchanged a look with Guo Sizhong and Deputy Regiment Commander Liu, and then said: "Comrades, according to the intelligence of the superiors, Guo Zhenlong has officially defected to the Nanjing puppet Nationalist Government, from a soldier of the Nationalist Government to a notorious traitor, and the superiors instructed us to wait for an opportunity to attack the ministry in order to punish those traitors. According to our information, after Guo Zhenlong personally led the main force north to Wangjiadian, only one of its regiments was stationed in Banqiaoji, and the total strength of the regiment was 1,100 people, and the specific defense situation was as follows......"

Next, Liu Tianshu gave a detailed introduction to the preparedness of Guo Zhenlong's group in Banqiaoji.

The regiment commander is named Qin Fule, and the regiment headquarters is located in the original town office of Banqiaoji, which is the location of the original battalion headquarters of Ou Baofei in Banqiaoji, and the regiment has three battalions, each battalion under the jurisdiction of three companies. One of the battalions was stationed on Banqiao Hill south of Banqiaoji, the first company of the second battalion was stationed on the east side of the town, the second company was stationed on the north side of the town, the third company was on the west side of the town, and the third battalion and the regimental headquarters remained in the town.

However, because Guo Zhenlong brazenly defected to the puppet Nationalist Government in Nanjing in disregard of the general interests of the nation, the soldiers below had great opinions, and thanks to the hard work of the underground party, Tong Wu, commander of the second battalion and the second company, had promised to join the New Fourth Army anyway.

In other words, once the battle began, the New Fourth Army could enter the town through Tong Wu's position.

As for Qin Fule's heavy firepower in Banqiaoji, there were only six mortars arranged on Banqiao Mountain. Two of them were eighty-two mortars, which could cover the entire Banqiao set.

After listening to Liu Tianshu's introduction, Guo Sizhong looked at a few people and said, "Just now, Captain Liu introduced the situation, so let's talk about your thoughts." ”

When Kang Shuidong heard this, he looked at Liu Tianshu with his eyes: "Commander, since Tong Wu has agreed to cooperate with our actions, I think we can quietly pass through his position and enter the town, and come to capture the thief and capture the king first." As long as we destroy Qin Fule's regimental headquarters, the next battle will be easy to fight. ”

"Battalion Commander Kang is right, Guo Zhenlong defected to the Nanjing puppet Nationalist Government as a traitor, and the officers and soldiers below must have a lot of unwillingness, so I think we must fight this battle skillfully, and strive to make those soldiers who are full of patriotic spirit and have not lost their conscience abandon the darkness and turn to the light." Xie Ping thought about it and continued.

Liu Tianshu was a little happy when he heard the words of the two. It seems that the cadres under his command are still growing up quite fast, and they can use their brains and think.

When Deputy Regiment Commander Liu heard the words of the two, he nodded and said: "I think Battalion Commander Xie and Battalion Commander Kang are right, I have some understanding of Qin Fule, I used to fight against devils, and the unit is still very tenacious, if we can pull this regiment over, we will definitely give Guo Zhenlong a heavy blow." ”

"Well, you're right, this battle is not only to destroy the enemy and regain Itabashiji, but more importantly, to try to get more people to join the ranks of fighting devils. Remember, we can't afford to fight this battle. However, we still have to be prepared to fight a tough battle, once Qin Fule is unwilling to lay down his arms and still insists on following Guo Zhenlong, then we will resolutely eliminate them. After listening to the words of a few people, Liu Tianshu pondered for a while and nodded.

Since Tong Wu has promised to abandon the darkness and join the Sixteenth Regiment, it is a matter of nine out of ten to recover Banqiaoji.

As for the **** Jianguo Zhenlong Department of the Banqiao Collection, it is best to say that they can change their course and fight devils with themselves, but if these people are still obsessed with enlightenment, then they can only be solved by force.

Next, after some arrangement, the 2nd and 4th Battalions surrounded Banqiaoji, and at the same time, the 2nd Company of the 4th Battalion took over the Tongwu position at night. After the Tong Wu Department withdrew from its position, it went to Lijiagou in the east of Banqiaoji, and waited until it was reorganized.

In order to avoid Qin Fule from discovering it, his deputy company commander Tang Dahe led more than a dozen soldiers to follow the second company of the fourth battalion to guard the position.

Tang Dahe secretly joined the Communist Party as early as a year ago, and this time he said that he would use Tongwu to join the New Fourth Army, and he made great contributions.

The next morning, just after Liu Tianshu sent personnel to send a letter of persuasion to Qin Fule, he received information from the north, saying that the Miura Zhongji Brigade had evacuated Qingyangling and began to assemble in Ningyuan County, but the next action is still unclear.

However, the detachment turned on the report of the fourth detachment, saying that the fourth detachment and the Nationalist government army in northwest Anhui had frequently attacked the devil's transport line and recovered several strongholds occupied by the devils.

From the analysis of various circumstances, it is not very likely that the main force of Miura Tadaji will go south to attack the base area.

Seeing this, Liu Tianshu immediately relieved his heart. As long as the main force of Miura's Tadaji Brigade did not attack the base area again, he was full of confidence in smashing the devils in this sweep.

At noon, the soldier sent to deliver the letter returned to the headquarters, saying that the head of the regiment refused to abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, and arrogantly asked the soldier who sent the letter to come back and tell Liu Tianshu that if he had the ability, he would fight, if Liu Tianshu could catch him, he would follow Liu Tianshu, and if he didn't have the ability, he would go back to Sujiatang.

Several leaders of the regiment headquarters couldn't help but be angry when they heard the words relayed by the soldiers who sent the letter, this Qin Fule didn't know how thick the sky was, and thought that his Banqiao set was solid or something.

Dare to argue with the 16th regiment, I simply don't know how to write dead words.

Subsequently, Liu Tianshu ordered the second battalion to start attacking Banqiao Mountain in the south, as for the remaining three directions, it was not to attack for the time being, but a platoon of the reconnaissance company, under the leadership of Zhou Aiguo, dressed in the clothes of the soldiers of the Qin Fu Orchestra, quietly entered Banqiao from the original Tongwu position in the north.

The most important thing in attacking Banqiao is to take Banqiao Mountain, as long as Banqiao Mountain is taken, the entire Banqiao Set will be in no danger to defend.

Xie Pingcai received the task and immediately ordered a company to attack from the east side of Banqiao Mountain.

The Wu Zhongping Artillery Battalion, which cooperated with the operation, dispatched four 92 infantry guns. The rest of the artillery fire consisted of grenadiers carried by companies of the 2nd Battalion and mortars from the artillery platoons of the 2nd Battalion.

Because the Qin Fule Department of the **** Jianguo Army guarding the mountain has arranged six mortars on it, two of which are 82 mortars, which are more powerful, and the artillery battalion may not be able to shoot at them if they want to.

Therefore, the four 92 infantry guns of the artillery battalion were arranged in a secret place, and only waited for the battle to start and the enemy's artillery fire exposed its position, and then carried out fire retaliation, striving to knock out the enemy's artillery in one fell swoop.

Anyway, the terrain on Banqiao Mountain, Wu Zhongping has long been clear, if as expected, the enemy can only place artillery in a few positions.

It's a pity that Tang Dahe failed to figure out the specific location of the artillery on the mountain, and more importantly, the regiment commander made it clear that the infantry artillery was not allowed to fire without his order.

Zuo Guanglong stared at the position of the puppet army at the foot of the opposite mountain, looked back at the prepared row, and said a cannon shot, the two mortars of the artillery platoon arranged in the back opened fire suddenly, and the shells fell on the position of the puppet army at the foot of the opposite mountain, and a huge explosion immediately sounded, and countless smoke quickly rose.

Immediately after the artillery platoon hit a base, the transfer began.

At the same time, the movement reached a row two hundred meters in front of the position of the puppet army, and immediately jumped out of the hideout, formed a battle formation, and rushed forward under the cover of each other.

In the sharp knife squad that served as the assault, the three combat groups covered each other in a zigzag shape and advanced forward, the grenadiers in the back were ready for fire support, and the light machine guns in the platoon were vigilantly staring at the opposite side, and once the puppet army's firepower appeared, it would immediately implement fire suppression.

Guarding the foot of the mountain is a platoon of the first battalion of the Qin Fu Orchestra, these puppet soldiers were just beaten by the mortars of the second battalion, six puppet soldiers were blown into the sky, and the rest of the soldiers had to lie on the ground desperately. (To be continued.) )