Chapter 0173: Haitanggou Victory

At more than four o'clock in the afternoon, more than 200 people from the devil and the security team, under the command of Sato Shaoza, quietly followed the road leading to Lijiabao and entered Haitang Ditch.

At the junction of Kangjiapu and Haitang Ditch, Sato stood on a high place, alertly observing the situation at the mouth of the ditch. He used his binoculars to look at the hillsides on both sides of the ditch over and over again, not letting go of the slightest suspicion. Sato Shaosa's attack was intended to be taken by surprise, but he was too afraid of being ambushed by the guerrillas, so he was particularly cautious. Because it was a sneak attack, he did not want to use artillery fire to conduct reconnaissance, for fear that the guerrillas would hear the sound of gunfire and be prepared. However, he was a little uneasy about entering the ditch in this way, so he called a few gendarmes and asked them to go to the slopes on both sides of the ditch to reconnoitre.

A few devils climbed the slopes on both sides of the ditch, and in the bushes of the hillside, poked a bayonet here and a bayonet there, and walked almost under the noses of the four rows. The four rows were well hidden, and the soldiers were lying in the hidden pits dug earlier, wearing self-woven camouflage hats, and straw coats made of grass, plus dense trees as cover, even if the devils came to them, it would be difficult to detect them.

A few devils came down from the hillside and reported to Sato Shaozo that no dirt road was found, Sato Shaozo was relieved, waved his command knife, and led the devils and the security team into the Begonia Ditch.

The four platoons saw that the devil had entered the begonia ditch and was overjoyed. He gathered the warriors and immediately descended the mountain and laid an ambush on both sides of the ditch.

Xin Yuan's ambush point in a row on the east side of Haitang Ditch. He saw through the binoculars that Sato was walking and stopping, and he knew that Sato was very cautious and cunning. He gave the order: "Watch to concealment. There is no command from me. No shooting. Let all enemies enter the ambush circle. ”

Sato Shaoza entered the ditch, and his heart was a little restless. He knew that this sneak attack, the lone army went deep, and there was no follow-up troops to respond, once the ambush was hit, the consequences would be unimaginable, so. Just be extra careful. However, he believed that no matter what happened, their Imperial Japanese army would be invincible, so he was a little arrogant.

Arrogant and cautious, Sato is still a commander with some brains.

Haitang ditch is actually not long, less than three kilometers. Sato marched cautiously, and the front team was already about to reach the mouth of the ditch where Haitang Ditch meets Lijiabao. Seeing that the enemy had completely entered the ambush circle he had designed for the enemy, Xin Yuan shouted: "Fight!" "A platoon lying in ambush on the hillside on the east side of the Haitang ditch opened fire first. The second platoon on the west side and the third platoon at the mouth of the ditch also opened fire on the enemy.

The enemy was struck by this sudden blow. Immediately the ranks were in chaos. In particular, the security guards who played the role of cannon fodder were even more trembling. Floundered. The grenades thrown by the partisans exploded in the middle of the enemy, and the enemy was shot and fell one after another.

At this time, Sato seemed to be in danger. He waved his command knife and screamed, directing the devil to fight back. He divided the devils and the security team into four teams, one team attacked the hillside on the east side, one team attacked the hillside on the west side, one team blocked the attack of the Goutou guerrillas from the direction of Lijiapu, and the other team acted as a reserve team to cover his retreat at a critical time. Each team is equipped with five small steel cannons. The devils really had strong combat effectiveness, and their artillery fire even made the guerrillas in three directions unable to raise their heads.

Xin Yuan issued an order: "Use a grenade to greet the devil." With an order, the fighters threw grenades at the attacking devils. The devils who attacked from three directions suffered many casualties. And Sato also withdrew with some of the devils and the security team to the ditch in the direction of Kangjiapu. Seeing that the opportunity was ripe, Xin Yuan jumped out of the trench and shouted: "Comrades, rush!" "Fighters from three directions, like tigers descending from a mountain, rushed towards the devils and the security team.

Besides, the fourth platoon commander saw that Sato had already led some of the devils to retreat to the ditch and entered the ambush circle, so he shouted: "Fight!" Sato never dreamed that Mizoguchi, which he had carefully investigated just now, was actually ambushed by guerrillas. He shouted, "Hide! Then he fell down and fought back.

Sato saw that the situation was not good. There was an ambush in front, and a brigade of guerrillas rushed towards him in the back, and relatively speaking, the ambush force at the mouth of the ditch was relatively weak. Sato waved his command knife and commanded the devil to break through in the direction of Mizoguchi. Finally, under the cover of heavy machine guns and small steel cannons, Sato protruded from the ditch, escaped from the Begonia Ditch, and was defeated back to Cangmen City.

Xin Yuan saw through the binoculars that Sato had escaped, which was a little regrettable, but this ambush was a complete victory after all. Xin Yuan ordered, clean up the battlefield. The soldiers happily carried the captured weapons, held the prisoners, and returned to Lijiabao in the face of the sun that was about to set.

Qiu Huachun got the news and took Jiang Yulian to the entrance of the village to greet him. The bride and groom greeted them in person, which made the soldiers rejoice, and everyone shouted slogans, surrounded the bride and groom, and came to the door of Qiu Huachun and Jiang Yulian's new house.

Hearing that the guerrilla brigade had won the battle, the villagers of Lijiabao returned home from the tunnel, carrying wine and cattle and sheep from home to comfort the guerrilla fighters. At the same time, I also congratulate Captain Qiu and Political Commissar Jiang on their new marriage. Qiu Huachun set up a banquet in the courtyard of the new house, on the one hand, to celebrate the great victory of the guerrillas in ambushing Sato, and on the other hand, to thank the villagers for their support and help to the guerrilla brigade.

Under the auspices of Xin Yuan, the guerrillas and villagers dispersed happily.

When Qiu Huachun was about to enter the cave room, Xin Yuan pulled Qiu Huachun aside and whispered to Qiu Huachun: "Captain Qiu, I have a private matter that I want to discuss with you. Tomorrow I want to go to Qingyun Mountain, find my master's relics, and erect a monument for my master, which can be regarded as my duty as a disciple. In addition, I have to find the bones of several of my senior brothers, so that they can also be buried in the ground. ”

When Qiu Huachun heard this, he also felt that he was a little sorry for the dead heroes of Biyuan Temple, it had been so long, and he had not helped Xin Yuan realize his wish to put his master and senior brothers into the earth. He patted Xin Yuan on the shoulder and said, "How is this a private matter?" This is a major event related to the rest of the anti-Japanese heroes. Master Hui Chong is a monk who has attained the Tao, your brothers are all anti-Japanese heroes, tomorrow, I will take the soldiers with you, in the name of the guerrilla brigade, to hold a memorial meeting in Biyuan Temple, let us soldiers remember these heroes who died bravely for the great cause of the nation, let us go forward one after another, bravely kill the enemy, and drive the Japanese imperialists out of China as soon as possible! ”

Qiu Huachun said impassionedly.

"No, no. Captain, you've just gotten married, so why don't you spend your honeymoon? Xin Yuan waved his hand again and again.

"What honeymoon? Revolutionary soldiers should give priority to the revolutionary cause. Our honeymoon is only meaningful if it is combined with the revolutionary cause. Qiu Huachun saw Jiang Yulian walking towards them and said, "Lady, what do you say?" Do you support me to take the guerrilla fighters to Qingyun Mountain to hold a funeral ceremony for Master Hui Chong and his fallen comrades? Qiu Huachun called Jiang Yulian with the title of his wife in costume comedy, which seemed more cordial.

"Yes! Strong support! However, the brigade must go to Qingyun Mountain this time, and it must go secretly, otherwise, once the news leaks and the enemy ambushes halfway, we will face losses. "Jiang Yulian, as the political commissar of the guerrilla brigade, of course, is concerned about the safety of the guerrilla brigade everywhere.

"Yes, Qingyun Mountain is relatively close to Cangmen City, the enemy's activities in that place are relatively frequent, and the revolutionary foundation is still relatively weak, so it is a blank space for us to carry out armed struggle behind enemy lines. Judging from the current situation, the actions of our brigade have always been under the close surveillance of the enemy, otherwise, if the captain and the political commissar had a marriage, how could the enemy know the truth so quickly? And a sneak attack was also carried out. Therefore, I suggest that the guerrilla brigade do not leave Lijiabao, after all, there are tunnels here, and once there is a situation, they can withdraw along the tunnels. Therefore, the captain, the political commissar, this time I will go to Qingyun Mountain to bury the master and senior brothers, and it is enough for me to go alone! Xin Yuan tried to convince Qiu Huachun and Jiang Yulian.

"Comrade Xin Yuan, you can rest assured. This time, we went to Qingyun Mountain, only two platoons of soldiers went over, leaving two platoons of soldiers to garrison Lijiabao, Yulian stayed behind, responsible for the defense of Lijiabao, and Comrade Xin Yuan and I went to Qingyun Mountain. After Qiu Huachun finished speaking, he glanced at Jiang Yulian, and Jiang Yulian immediately said: "I agree!" Qiu Huachun saw that Xin Yuan opened his mouth and was about to object, so he pushed Xin Yuan out of the door, "It's so decided, the minority obeys the majority, we are going to enter the cave room, you go back quickly!" Qiu Huachun drove Xin Yuan away, but the matter was settled.

The three of them discussed the problem, Qiu Huachun and Jiang Yulian had the same opinion, of course, the minority obeyed the majority. (To be continued......)

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