Chapter 49: Northward Expansion (1)
In the dark night, a strange team marched silently, and the soldiers pointed directly at Xing'an. There were no torches, no talking, just the panting of the warriors, the panting of the horses
A mile in front of the team was still Meng Qingshan's proud reconnaissance company, this was a troop he could hold in his hands, and everyone in the team was selected from these more than 4,000 good people, and everyone had rich combat experience.
Li Youde led dozens of soldiers under his command, constantly changing formations, alternately covering the advance, and soon, a faint outline of a small town appeared in their field of vision.
At this time, the patrolling soldiers walked by, and every few meters, a torch was erected, illuminating the town brightly. This is a small town established by the Japanese army in Fuyu County, Li Youde couldn't help but shake his head when he saw that the enemy was so tightly defended, this little devil is like a madman, there are so many patrols in a small town.
"Platoon commander, you continue to investigate the enemy's situation, I will go to the division commander to report the situation, be careful, don't startle the snake." Li Youde reminded.
"Division commander, the reconnaissance company has arrived outside the town, a platoon of the reconnaissance company is hiding under the city, the enemy in the town is very well defended, and the defense of the town seems to be a battalion."
"Lao Wang, it seems that the enemy attaches great importance to this place, the defensive force has been increased to a regiment, the Japanese army is really our transport captain, and they have sent us weapons again, hehe" After listening to Youde's report, the division commander said with a smile to Chief of Staff Wang Yachen.
"Division commander, after all, the enemy is a whole battalion, and we can't underestimate the enemy!" Wang Yachen was surprised by Meng Qingshan's boldness, but still cautiously reminded Meng Qingshan.
Meng Qingshan looked at the serious appearance of the chief of staff, did not smile again, and thought quietly.
"Commander, why don't we get around this town?" Looking at the division commander with a frown, Wang Yachen reminded.
"Bypass, no, there is only this town within a radius of 100 miles, we need to take down this town to capture the ships we need to cross the river, otherwise we need to go around a big circle and then be able to pass, our operation is a word is about to break through their defense line and reach their weak point under the premise that the Japanese army has not yet reacted."
"Lao Meng, then tell me how to fight! That's a regiment of the enemy! Wang Yachen sobered his mind and reminded.
"Of course it's a sneak attack, don't you see what we're wearing? Let's disguise ourselves as a brigade of the 12th Army Corps of the Kwantung Army, responsible for crossing the river to the north to clear the anti-Japanese alliance, you know, the Japanese I learned these days is not in vain, we are the Japanese army, I am afraid of what they do, after entering the city, mainly by Zhongxi's regiment to look for ships, everyone else is with me to surround the enemy's army headquarters and troops, try to disarm, and those who resist will be killed. "That's a good idea, but isn't that too risky?" "There is no risk in fighting, okay, it's decided, you just put your heart in your stomach, I'll go command the troops." Meng Qingshan ran away after speaking. Wang Yachen was a little puzzled when he saw Meng Qingshan running so fast, but he quickly understood. "Lao Wang, have you seen Comrade Qingshan?" "Oh, he went to the front to see how the troops were doing, how did the teams behind keep up?" "Kept up." This is already the third night after Meng Qingshan made a decision, because of the foul words used to boost morale that morning, when Meng Qingshan stepped down, he was criticized by Li Yanping for a long time, from noon to night, not a word was repeated, and finally Meng Qingshan could only give him the second lieutenant saber that Li Yanping had been thinking about for a long time, and then sent him away, this send doesn't matter, now Li Yanping fell in love with the Japanese army glasses he had captured, so Meng Qingshan ran away as soon as he saw Li Yanping.
"All of them, run and walk."
"Platoon commander, look, there's a bunch of people running over there." A soldier standing on the wall shouted to the platoon commander who was warming himself in the gatehouse.
"In the middle of the night, I don't let people sleep, what's the matter, if you lie about the military situation, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up." scolded and scolded as he walked.
"Platoon commander, you see, those with torches are almost at the city gate." The soldier saw the platoon commander coming up and quickly pointed out.
"Wordy, Lao Tzu is not blind, there are so many torches, Lao Tzu can't see it." The platoon commander took the telescope on duty and watched. I saw a large group of Japanese soldiers dressed in yellow neatly running towards this side.
The platoon commander was startled and hurriedly shouted: "Open the city gate quickly" and ran as he spoke. He didn't want to make the Imperial Army angry, you know, the Imperial Army was going to lose his head when he was angry, and he couldn't afford to provoke it.
Seeing that the Japanese soldiers stopped, the platoon commander hurriedly greeted him and said; "I don't know which unit Taijun belongs to, what are you doing here!"
Meng Qingshan looked at the platoon commander who led the team and said flatteringly.
"We are the Yamazaki Brigade of the Twelfth Division of the Imperial Japanese Empire in Manchukuo, and we crossed the river to clear the Anti-Japanese Federation on the order of Major General Ye Deputy Changde." Meng Qingshan replied in Japanese.
"Taijun, please come in." The platoon commander of the puppet army lowered his head and hurriedly made way for Meng Qingshan, he didn't know that Meng Qingshan's reconnaissance company had quietly surrounded the puppet army on duty, just waiting for his division commander to give an order.
Meng Qingshan saw that his people were already in place, and immediately turned around and gave the platoon commander who was stunned on the spot, just when the platoon commander felt that he was being attacked and was about to scream, a pistol was held to his mouth, and he could only look at Taijun with frightened eyes, he didn't know where he made Taijun angry, could it be that Taijun was addicted to murder again and wanted to kill. "Taijun misunderstood, his own people, his own people are careful of the gun." The small platoon leader of the puppet army said with his legs sweating and trembling.
"Officially correct, you have seen such a tall and handsome little devil, Lao Tzu is your grandfather of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, we are the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance, you have been surrounded, surrender immediately." Meng Qingshan roared loudly.
"Quick, put down your weapons quickly," the platoon commander who was held by Meng Qingshan with a gun said eagerly, afraid that his life would be lost because of the unhappiness of the commander of the Anti-Japanese Federation, so he hurriedly shouted at his subordinates.
Meng Qingshan looked at the platoon commander so familiar, took away his pistol, and said with a smile.
"Yes, do any of you want to make meritorious service to atone for your sins, tell me where there is a ship and your battalion headquarters, and give each person ten pieces of ocean." After listening to the puppet army captives of the commander of the Anti-Japanese Federation, they immediately showed greedy eyes and immediately agreed.
Soon, all the troops were divided into a few prisoners, and under their leadership, the troops were well versed in the occupiers.
Zhang Zhongxi and others, led by the captives, soon surrounded the barracks. Looking at the barracks of the puppet army, Lao Sun sighed; "How did this puppet army do it, the barracks didn't even have a sentry patrol."
It's not that the puppet army is not careful, after all, this is in the rear, and the anti-union is chased by the main force of the Japanese army, and there is kung fu to come here, and there are patrols on the city wall and the city wall, even if a small group of horse bandits come to sneak attack, they have time to prepare, so they did not arrange sentries, and after dinner, they all went back to the camp to rest.
Such a good opportunity, how could Zhang Zhongxi and others give it up? Assign a task to a company immediately.
Soon, the barracks were easily occupied by Zhang Zhongxi and others, and there were many places where the enemy had not even woken up, all weapons were confiscated, and in the face of the muzzle of the black hole, he could only surrender.
In this battle, a battalion of the enemy was annihilated, more than 300 people were captured, and countless weapons and ammunition were captured. Looking at the piles of weapons and ammunition, Zhang Zhongxi was excited, this was the first time he had seen a victory since the Western Expedition, and the first time he had seen so many seizures! Since then, he has admired Meng Qingshan even more, and eventually became the general under Meng Qingshan.