Chapter 47: Surprise attack on the prisoner of war camp

As night fell, a sturdy force moved rapidly over the rugged mountain paths, and although there were men and horses, there was no sound except for footsteps.

There is no doubt that this unit is the anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment in southern Chanan.

After a three-hour march, the army finally reached the vicinity of Dashagou and entered a mountain forest for temporary rest.

As soon as the troops rested, the scouts sent out in the afternoon returned, and were taken directly to Ma Zheng by the iron bull.

"How's it going?" Ma Zheng didn't ramble either, and went straight to the point!

The scout took out a simple map and said, "Detachment leader, this is a simple map we have drawn. There is indeed a coal mine near Dashagou, located in the northeast of Dashagou Village. It was also a large mine, and it was also a large prisoner of war camp, and the prisoner of war camp was outside the mine, surrounded by high walls, with a large number of machine guns on the walls, and was guarded by Japanese soldiers. ”

"How many people are being held in it, do you know the approximate number?"

"Thousands!"

"You read that right, it's really a few thousand captives?" Ma Zheng asked in a deep voice.

"Absolutely, yes, we happened to meet them when we were touching them in the afternoon, and a large number of prisoners were shouted out of the mines, and there were a huge number of people. Although I didn't count it carefully, I think there are still thousands of people! ”

"How many defenders did the Japanese army have?" Ma Zheng asked again.

"Not much, looking at the formation, it should be a complete infantry squadron, all concentrated in a barracks outside the prisoner of war camp. But there are a lot of little Japanese people in strange costumes inside, I don't know what those guys do? The Scout said with a frown.

"Japanese in strange costumes?"

"Yes, they are all wearing Japanese samurai uniforms, with two knives stuck in their waists, a bun on their heads, wooden shoes, and some of them often carry a wine bottle in their hands, which looks weird!"

Ma Zheng said in a deep voice: "Those are all Japanese ronins!" ”

"Who is the ronin?" The vast majority of the officers of the Chanan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment were not intellectuals before joining the army, so naturally they didn't know what the Japanese ronin was, and they all looked at Ma Zheng curiously, waiting for him to solve his doubts.

Ma Zheng thought for a while and said: "Japanese ronins are a group of vicious dogs, and ronins refer to rogue people in Japan. It usually refers to the poor samurai who wandered around and had no fixed place after the Southwest War in the Meiji period of Japan, and was a very complex and influential social class in modern Japanese society. ”

"Isn't it just a bunch of ruffians, far worse than us bandits!" Wu Xiuda said disdainfully.

Ma Zheng glanced at him and said: "As far as you can, to tell you the truth, these ronins are not ordinary ruffians, they can be said to be the most advantageous accomplices of the Japanese army invading China." ”

"Most of them wore strange hairstyles, kimonos, and Japanese swords around their waists. Moreover, these people are often arrogant and arrogant, brave and ruthless, often causing trouble for no reason, and often encountering people with swords and fists, as if the purpose of their coming to China is to verify how strong their martial arts are. But in fact, the purpose of their coming to China is to fight for the Japanese army, and a lot of information is transmitted back to the Japanese command through the mouths of these Japanese werewolves, so you must not be soft when you see these Japanese ronins in the future! ”

"Yes!"

Then Ma Zheng continued: "How many ronins are there, have you figured it out? ”

"We must have seen more than a hundred, but we don't know how many were in the camp."

Ma Zheng looked at the map carefully, and then said: "An infantry squadron plus one or two hundred ronin, it is only four hundred people when it is full, you can do it!" ”

After speaking, Ma Zheng said in a deep voice: "If you want to do it, you can do it big, just a prisoner of war camp is nothing, our purpose this time is not only to take here and rescue these captured soldiers, but also to take Yangyuan County." ”

"How to fight, detachment leader?" Wu Xiuda, who was the most anxious, couldn't help but ask.

"It's still the same old routine, surround the point to help! Iron Bull, this time it's your special combat team's turn to show off their skills. You first lead people to clear all the guards on the perimeter of the prisoner of war camp and the barracks, then open the door, and leave the rest to the large army. ”

"Yes, mission guaranteed!"

"Bingyan, you will lead the main attack with your first brigade, remember, as soon as the gate is opened, rush in, the machine gunners are at the front, and when you see the devil soldiers, you will break through, and at the same time, you must also divide a part of the people to rescue the captured soldiers. Fight quickly, preferably within ten minutes. ”

"Yes, mission guaranteed!"

"Detachment leader, don't mind! The main attack should be done by our three teams, why did you hand it over to the first team? Wu Xiuda asked anxiously.

"Don't be impatient, as soon as the fight starts here, the Japanese army will definitely ask the devils in the county for help, this is related to the problem of thousands of prisoners, and the little devils will definitely not dare to slack off. Therefore, the task of your three major teams is to set up an ambush on the road leading to Dashagou in the county seat, no matter how many devils come, they will be swallowed by Lao Tzu, and none of them can be let go, and the county town will be taken by Lao Tzu immediately after the battle! Ma Zheng said.

"Yes, mission guaranteed!" Wu Xiuda said excitedly.

After the order to fight was issued, the units began to prepare.

At half past eleven o'clock in the evening, all the troops were ready, and Ma Zheng gave the order to attack.

With the order issued, more than a dozen special combat personnel under the leadership of Tie Niu quietly approached the Japanese barracks and prisoner of war camps under camouflage nets.

Maybe it's close to the front line, so the Japanese are still very well guarded. In addition to the patrolling soldiers, there are also a number of light and dark posts outside.

However, after three months of hard training and actual combat, the special combat team has already looked good, not to mention going to Beiping City to behead the commander of the North China Front Army, Terauchi Shouichi, but it is still easy to deal with a small prisoner of war camp.

Soon, the outlying sentry and patrolling soldiers were killed, and then the special operators opened the gates of the Japanese barracks.

At Huang Bingyan's order, more than 1,000 soldiers of the 1st Brigade quickly approached the prisoner of war camp, while 60 or 70 soldiers armed with light machine guns walked in the forefront.

It can be seen that the Japanese army did not settle here for a long time, the barracks were all fenced with barbed wire and logs, and no houses were built, all of them were large tents built with thick military canvas.

After Huang Bingyan's unit rushed in, he went straight to the tent where the Japanese army was cultivating, regardless of whether there was anyone inside, first greeted with grenades, and then machine-gun fire.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, the entire barracks of the Japanese army exploded in an instant, and all the soldiers ran out wearing crotch cloths, and naturally they were used as live targets.

The battle started suddenly and ended quickly, and in less than ten minutes, more than 300 defenders were completely annihilated by more than 1,000 people under Ma Zheng's command.

According to post-war statistics, there were only more than 130 real Japanese troops, and there were not as many ronins as imagined, adding up to only more than 250 people.

250:1000, coupled with the fact that Ma Zheng's headquarters launched a sudden attack and cleared all the Japanese posts before the attack, how could the Japanese army be undefeated.

Thankfully, at the end of the battle, the commander of the defending army finally called for help, otherwise it would have been Ma Zheng who needed to call for help!

After the battle is over, the troops should save people and save people, and the battlefield should be cleaned up in an orderly manner.

Soon Huang Bingyan came back to report, saying that the battle was over and all the prisoners of war had been rescued, but they wanted to meet the commander of the Eighth Route Army!