Chapter 106: The Devil Goes to Fort Merchant
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In the past ten days, the devils in Qingyan Town have not taken any action against the guerrillas in Huangshi Village, which makes Liu Tianshu feel very strange.
So, he personally took the merchant and came to the outside of Qingyan Town.
Looking at the hill not far from the north gate of Qingyan Town, a tall artillery tower was erected, surrounded by barbed wire, countless figures were busy on it, and from time to time I saw the Imperial Association army with spears in their hands walking around on the mountain.
After staring at the mountain for a long time, Liu Tianshu's face became solemn.
It's no wonder that the devil didn't come to find trouble as he expected in the past ten days, and the daring devil was busy repairing his turtle shell. He carefully observed the fortifications of the devils on the hill to the north, not to mention the tall and sturdy turret, that is, the several firepower fortresses on the hill, which would become an obstacle for him to enter and exit Qingyan Town.
The fortifications built by the devils outside the town in the north are connected to the town by a road. Heavy machine-gun fire from the turret could cover an open area within three hundred meters of the hill.
As for the woods below the mountain, they were all cut down by the devils, and the trees were transported to the top of the mountain to build fortifications.
Seeing that the north gate had been firmly locked by the devil's strong fortifications, Liu Tianshu took the merchant with a heavy heart, looked at the east gate, the south gate and the west gate side by side, and found that the devils in these three directions had also built turrets and firmly blocked the entire town. In the end, he had to return to Huangshi Village with the merchant with mixed feelings.
Since the decision was made to establish a base area in Houshan Village, Huangshi Village, and Luopan Village, Tang Qing set up the district party committee in Houshan Village, and at this time, she was taking Tang Jiyuan, Liu Siyuan, and other comrades of the working group of the district party committee to start propaganda and mobilization work in the surrounding mountain villages.
According to Liu Tianshu. In addition to the establishment of party organizations in Houshan Village, Huangshi Village, and Luopan Village, two other villages have also established anti-Japanese organizations.
Liu Tianshu returned to the ruined temple, sat there and thought for a while, and asked Li Shu, Zhang Gouyu, Xu Cheng and Shi Qiang to call back.
"Several. Just now, my family and comrades and I went to the outside of the town to take a look, and found that the devils had built artillery towers around Qingyan Town, and also built fortifications in important locations outside the town. ”
On the way back, Liu Tianshu has been thinking about how to solve this problem.
You know, wait for the devil to finish arranging. will definitely free up troops to deal with themselves, and at that time, the rear of the devil will be indestructible, and there will be no worries, and this battle will probably not be easy to fight.
After Zhang Gouyu and Li Shu listened to Liu Tianshu's words, they took a few puffs of cigarettes with their heads down, and after looking at each other, Li Shu said, "Captain." The devils and the Imperial Association Army in Qingyan Town combined were nearly seven hundred, not counting Long Haisheng's detective team. If it's hard. We simply can't win. Now that the devils have made Qingyan Town impenetrable, and without artillery fire, we will not be able to attack Qingyan Town at all, so I think we should focus on mobilizing the masses and strengthening the armed forces. ”
Li Shu is only a platoon leader. But he was still clear about the changes in Qingyan Town, and he knew that once the devil's turret was built, it would be impossible for the guerrillas to enter and leave Qingyan Town freely as before.
Since you can't enter Cheongam Town. Then mobilize the masses around and strengthen your own strength.
"Platoon Commander Li's words are good, there is a huge disparity between the strength of the enemy and us, and I don't think we can fight hard." Zhang Gou left aside and continued.
Shi Qiang listened to what a few people said, raised his head and said, "Captain, according to the information we have obtained, Deng Chaoshuang has defected to the devil and joined Long Haisheng's detective team. This shameful traitor knows a lot about us, and the danger to our base area is too great, and I think we should first think of getting rid of him at the moment. ”
After explaining the situation of the guerrillas to the devil, he knew that the guerrillas would not let him go, and finally joined Long Haisheng's detective team.
"Deng Chaoshuang is indeed a hidden danger, we will slowly figure out a way to do this, what I am worried about now is that once the devils complete the construction of the fortifications in Qingyan Town, they will attack us. Several, I just calculated, the enemy has to defend the Dongshan position, and also to guard the fortifications around the town, and the devils must keep people in the town, so that the number of troops that can be used to sweep us should be about 400 people. At present, our guerrilla force has only three platoons of about 100 people, and the disparity in strength is too great, and this battle is really not easy to fight. In this way, I immediately reported to Secretary Tang, and asked Huangshi Village and Luopan Village to make a plan to deal with the devil's sweep, and once the devil attacked, let the villagers of these two villages retreat into the mountains. Liu Tianshu thought for a while and said.
The three platoon commanders and Shi Qiang had no other good way, and in the end, they could only let Huangshi Village and Luopan Village prepare to retreat into the mountains once the devils attacked.
In the next two days, the three platoon commanders strictly followed the training syllabus compiled by Liu Tianshu to conduct actual combat training for the troops in squads, but because there were not many bullets, all the recruits were only issued three rounds of ammunition to feel the shooting.
On this day, Liu Tianshu came to the west wing of the broken temple to visit the four wounded. The bullets on the four wounded had been taken out by a doctor surnamed Tian sent by his superiors ten days ago, this doctor surnamed Tian wore glasses, and it is said that he was a surgeon in a hospital in Baoding.
I don't know how to think about it, Secretary Zong finally sent him to Huangshi Village.
"Doctor Tian, how are the few of them?" Seeing that Doctor Tian was examining the wounded of the four soldiers, Liu Tianshu asked with a smile.
Doctor Tian raised his hand and pushed his glasses when he heard this, looked at him and said indifferently: "Captain Liu, their wounds are healing well, and they will be discharged from the hospital in a few days." By the way, Captain Liu, the health team is running out of medicine, you have to find a way to get some medicine. ”
Hearing what he said, Liu Tianshu hurriedly said: "Okay, Doctor Tian, Secretary Tang has already said, let me send someone to send you to Houshan Village, she said that she has found a place in Houshan Village, and is going to set up a guerrilla health center in Houshan Village." In this way, you can prepare, and I will send someone to see you there early tomorrow morning. ”
Huangshi Village is too close to Qingyan Town, once the devils come to sweep it, this place will become the forefront of the battle, Doctor Tian is the treasure of the guerrillas, Tang Qing is relieved to let him stay in Huangshi Village.
Dr. Tian was not polite, nodded and said okay, and continued to change the dressing for the wounded.
Thinking of the medicine that Dr. Tian said, Liu Tianshu's brows began to wrinkle. During this time, he sent people to the county seat to see if he could get some Western medicine to treat injuries, but unfortunately the western pharmacies in the county town were all controlled by the devils, and it was impossible to buy a single Western medicine without the permission of the gendarmerie.
Western medicine for gunshot wounds naturally has a remarkable effect, but unfortunately he can't think of a way for a while.
Liu Tianshu returned to the courtyard of the broken temple from the west wing, and saw Shang Wei rushing in from outside.
"Captain, no, a team of devils and the Imperial Association army suddenly went towards the merchant fort." As soon as Shang Wei saw Liu Tianshu, he immediately said anxiously.
"What? The enemy suddenly went towards Fort Merchant? Liu Tianshu couldn't help but be stunned. During this time, the devil has been busy repairing fortifications, besides, the devil has occupied Qingyan Town for more than a month, and he has not swept any village except for the sneak attack on Huangshi Village.
The devil suddenly ran towards the merchant fort, what kind of medicine is being sold here?
"Don't panic, Jiawei, how many devils and puppet soldiers are there?" Liu Tianshu asked while thinking.
"According to the report of the comrades who reconnoitred, there are more than 50 devils and more than 100 puppet soldiers." Shang Wei said nervously.
In addition to listening to the introduction of the merchant and the merchant Wei, Liu Tianshu also went to the surrounding of the merchant fort to see it on the spot. Speaking of merchant forts, it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack, the whole stockade is halfway up a mountain, and a road that can cross the carriage extends from the foot of the mountain to the front of the stockade.
The mountain behind the stockade is unusually high, and there is a cliff on one side, so to speak, except for entering the village from the avenue in front, there is no other way to go.
This avenue turns two corners on the hillside, and the merchant fort has set up three checkpoints and three gates on this avenue, which can be said to be a one-man pass, and ten thousand people are not open.
However, it is only in the era of cold weapons that these three levels will have a huge effect. Or just light weapons, these three levels are easily impossible to capture.
But the devils and the Imperial Association Army in Qingyan Town, but the troops with 92 infantry cannons are the Imperial Association Army, and I heard that there are also four 60 mortars.
With these artillery fires, the checkpoint of Fort Merchant's may not be able to hold.
"Guidong, immediately notify the three platoon commanders to hold a meeting." Liu Tianshu turned his head and shouted towards the door.
Lu Guiping's younger brother Lu Guidong knew that his brother was killed by devils, so he shouted with red eyes that he wanted to join the guerrillas to avenge his brother, at first Liu Tianshu did not want to agree, and later under Lu Guidong's father's statement, Liu Tianshu accepted Lu Guidong.
However, given his young age, he ended up staying in the team as a correspondent.
As for Lu Guidong's parents, they were sent to live in Houshan Village together with Wang Feilong's parents.
After a while, the three platoon commanders, Shi Qiang, and Shang He, who had received the notice, walked into the room.
"Captain, did the devil really go to Fort Merchant?" As soon as the merchant entered the house, he immediately asked nervously.
"Well, judging from the information I got, the devil has bad intentions this time, come, let's discuss." Liu Tianshu stared at the simple map on the table and said to a few people.
Everyone studied the map for a long time, and finally Liu Tianshu decided to personally lead a platoon and a guard squad to rush to Shangbao, and Zhang Gouyu's second platoon and Xu Cheng's third platoon stayed in Huangshi Village to prevent the devils from sneaking attack.
Of course, if the devils gather heavy troops to attack, the second and third platoons will at most drag the enemy and cover the retreat of the villagers.
After Liu Tianshu explained a few words to Zhang Gouyu, he immediately took a platoon and a guard squad that were ready to go, and quickly ran towards the direction of Shangbao.
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