Xinxiang, Henan, the Japanese army independently mixed into the 4th Brigade Station. However, the brigade headquarters and its main forces are not here now. They received an order from General Terauchi Shouichi of the North China Front Army to transport supplies to the 14th Division, and they had already gone to the Guantai ferry on the side of the Yellow River under the leadership of Major General Kawamura Dong, the brigade commander.

Opposite the Guantai Ferry is Chenliukou in Lanfeng County, where the 14th Division erected pontoon bridges in history to obtain supplies. Although the 14th Division was well-equipped, the corresponding logistical requirements were also very high, and once a reliable supply line was lost, its combat effectiveness would drop by at least three-quarters.

After the Battle of Lanfeng, according to the commander of the First Army, Kiyoji Kazuki, the 14th Division carried supplies for only five days. This is also the reason why the commander of the Tufeiyuan Division did not attack Lanfeng for the time being, because compared with Lanfeng, the Yellow River crossing is obviously more important, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the lifeline of the 14th Division.

At the west gate of Xinxiang City, there are two puppet soldiers standing on the left and one on the right at the city gate, and there is a machine gun bunker on the left, and a Czech light machine gun is placed on the sandbag, and two puppet soldiers are squatting there and smoking. A young man strode from outside the city with a burden. The bamboo basket was covered with a cloth, and I don't know what was in it.

A puppet soldier suddenly picked up his gun and shouted, "Stop! What for? ”

The young man hurriedly smiled and said, "Boss, go into the city and sell a few eggs!" As he spoke, he lifted the curtain and neatly wrapped a dozen of them for the puppet army.

The puppet army laughed and scolded: "Count your dog's sensibility, go in!" ”

A hint of anger flashed across the young man's face, but it quickly calmed down, and he smiled flatteringly. Nodding his head, he entered the city.

There are not many puppet troops stationed at the city gates of Xinxiang, and each city gate is fortified by only one class of puppet troops, four of whom guard the city gate and four of them are on the city wall. The remaining four were on standby in a small room in the city near the base of the wall, but this was the treatment only for the squad leader and his cronies.

The puppet soldier took the egg and said to the person next to him: "Dongzi, you help me watch a little, I'll go and put the eggs away!" ”

Dongzi hurriedly said: "Be careful, Lao Zhang, don't let Taijun see it!" Then he pointed to the eggs and said, "Don't forget my share in the evening!" ”

Lao Zhang smiled. He said, "Where can I be?" I don't know what he said is that he won't let "Taijun" see it. I still won't forget Dongzi's share.

Walking to the hut next to the city gate hole, the squad leader and the other three puppet soldiers were napping. Lao Zhang startled them when he entered, and thought it was the "Taijun" checkout!

The squad leader said angrily: "Are you fucking underwhelmed, so that Lao Tzu can't sleep well." ”

Lao Zhang hurriedly smiled and said, "Squad leader." Don't be angry! Just now there was a kid who gave a dozen eggs. I'm just going to bring it to you! ”

The squad leader's face softened slightly. said: "Well, let's put it over there first, let's go to Widow Liu's house for a drink in the evening!" ”

Lao Zhang was overjoyed. Busy said: "Okay! While thanking him, he found a place in the house to put the eggs away. There's been a lot of stuff here, and it looks like today's harvest is good. The squad leader of the puppet army suddenly wondered: "It's strange, why did so many people enter the city to catch the market today!" What day is this? ”

Lao Zhang was stunned for a moment, and didn't remember what a big day it was, so he said casually: "Whatever, squad leader, if someone sends something, let's accept it!" ”

The squad leader thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's what I said!" Lao Tzu takes so many big sons a month, what the hell are you doing with this heart? I don't want to think about it, so I go back to sleep. Remember to close the door when you go out! ”

Lao Zhang closed the door, and just returned to the city gate, Dongzi came in with something again, this time it was a live chicken. The squad leader scolded angrily, but for the sake of the chickens, he was in a much better mood. So he didn't sleep anymore, but got up and wandered around the city gate.

Before he could take a few steps, Lao Zhang suddenly ran over in a panic and said, "Squad, squad leader, there are a lot of Taijun from outside the city!" ”

The squad leader was a little unconvinced and said, "Really? Dare to scare Lao Tzu, watch out for your dog skin! The squad leader's information channels are much better than those of the soldiers, and he heard from the company commander that the main forces of the Japanese army have gone to Guantai, and they will not be able to come back for a while.

Lao Zhang was so anxious that his face turned white, and said, "Squad leader, how dare I lie to you, it's too late!" ”

The squad leader was startled, hurriedly called all his subordinates, and then stood neatly at the gate of the city to greet him. As soon as he stood up, a Japanese officer came on a horse, followed by a bespectacled interpreter and one or two hundred Japanese soldiers.

There is a barricade in front of the city gate, which is used to prevent the enemy from grabbing the city gate, and pedestrians can only go around from both sides in normal times. The puppet army squad leader trotted all the way, and another puppet army moved the barricade away, then nodded and said, "Taijun, please come in, please come in!" ”

According to the regulations, Japanese officers must show their ID and pass to the sentry on duty. But the princes didn't give it, and these puppet soldiers didn't dare to ask for it. If you anger Taijun, it will be light to kill.

The officer on horseback suddenly flew up and whipped the squad leader in the face. This whip had no warning, and it made the squad leader stupid at once. He covered his face and looked at the Japanese officer in horror, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

The officer looked at the blood mark on his face and smiled proudly, and the Japanese soldiers behind him also laughed wildly. The puppet army squad leader hated and feared, and the wound on his face was like a fire, and all the snot and tears flowed out at once.

The Japanese army swaggered and continued to walk towards the city, and when they saw the puppet army, they were beaten fiercely. The puppet soldiers were frightened and frightened, and they didn't dare to resist at all, but they didn't want to be beaten, so they had to kneel in a row at the city gate.

After all the troops entered the city, one group of Japanese troops suddenly took over the city gate, and another team went up to the city wall and drove down the four puppet soldiers standing guard above. The four puppet soldiers were also frightened, and they were busy kneeling side by side with the previous puppet army.

Although the puppet soldiers felt that something was wrong, at this time the guns were confiscated, and the people were kneeling under the wall, and they couldn't resist at all. They all hung their heads and did not dare to speak, for fear that they would lose their lives if they were not careful.

A Japanese flag soldier stood on the castle tower and flew with a signal flag, and it didn't take long for a group of troops wearing the summer uniform of the national army to quickly pounce from a distance. There were at least three or four hundred of them, and quite a few heavy weapons.

Dongzi looked up. I was so shocked that I almost screamed. The other puppet soldiers also understood what was going on, and they panicked one by one, for fear that they would be killed as traitors.

The previous "Japanese officer" suddenly jumped off his horse and walked over, his leather boots clattering on the stones, so frightened that the puppet soldiers didn't even dare to breathe.

The officer smiled and said, "Puppet brothers, let's get to know each other again!" Zhao Yuanhu, commander of the second battalion of the 35th Brigade of the 33rd Division of the 97th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. ”

Before Battalion Commander Zhao finished speaking, the squad leader of the puppet army knocked his head and shouted: "Commander, spare your life!" Sir, spare your life! ”

Other puppet armies are doing the same. Rattle your head.

Battalion Commander Zhao said: "As long as you are honest about the problem. I can spare you from dying! ”

The squad leader of the puppet army hurriedly said: "Honest, honest, sir, I must be honest." What do you ask? I'll just say anything! ”

Battalion Commander Zhao snorted. Say, "Don't you say it without asking?" ”

The squad leader of the puppet army was so frightened that he was urinating, and hurriedly said: "Commander, spare your life, I'll say it all." I'll say it all! Then he confessed all the military information he knew, like pouring beans into the bamboo tube.

According to his confession, there was only one reinforced squadron of Japanese troops left in the city, and one squadron was stationed at the Xinxiang Railway Station and the Yellow River Bridge.

Battalion Commander Zhao snorted and said, "Count you honest!" ”

The puppet army squad leader wiped a cold sweat and said with a smile: "Hey, hey, honest, honest!" ”

Battalion Commander Zhao looked back and saw that all the key points of the city gate had been controlled, so he hurriedly said to the heralds: "Order the first company to continue to advance in the city according to the plan, the second company to replace the first company to hold on to the spot, the third company to follow the first company, and the fourth company and the machine gun company as reserves!" ”

After receiving the order, the companies quickly moved into action, and the first company was the unit disguised as the Japanese army. They couldn't hold it anymore and immediately gathered and rushed into the city.

No sooner had the troops turned a street corner than a detachment of Japanese patrols suddenly walked up from the city. The first time the two forces met, both sides were taken aback.

"Do it!" Without waiting for the Japanese troops on the opposite side to react, the first company commander decisively gave the order. The fighters did not draw their guns, picked up their bayonets and rushed forward.

The Japanese soldiers were taken aback and took their rifles from their backs in a panic. Before they could pick up their rifles, a dozen farmers with various weapons suddenly appeared on the street corner, led by the young man who had been selling eggs.

Although they don't have any weapons that they can handle, they are extremely ruthless, usually killing in one move, and the longest is not more than three moves.

After the company commander poked over the two Japanese soldiers who were walking in front, they found that the remaining ten devils had already been killed. The first company commander was a little unhappy and said, "Hey, there is no such thing as you, but you are robbing other people's business!" ”

The young man who sold eggs smiled: "Pull it down, without our action, can you guarantee that the gun will not be fired?" ”

The company commander snorted, ignored the corpses of the Japanese soldiers on the ground, and continued to rush forward. Their target was the Japanese headquarters in the city, which had to be taken before the Japanese could react, so that they would not be able to communicate with the outside world via radio.

The soldiers finally rushed to the headquarters and saw that the bodies of two Japanese sentries had fallen at the door. The commander of a company took a closer look and scolded angrily: "The special battalion is really too much! Let's go, let's go in and have a look! ”

Everyone went all the way in, only to see that the courtyard of the headquarters was full of corpses, but there were no living people.

"Don't look at it, you're all late! Let's go to the warehouse, maybe you can catch some! A voice suddenly came from above.

When everyone looked up, they saw Zhang Changgui, the commander of the special service battalion, standing on the balcony on the second floor with a smile on his face.

The commander of the first company did not dare to get angry at Zhang Changgui, so he had to take the brothers and rush in the direction of the warehouse again. They had figured out the terrain of the city long before entering the city, so they were very familiar with it.

Xinxiang, as the station of the fourth independent mixed brigade, in addition to the headquarters, the warehouse is the most valuable, because as a brigade station, there must be a military station, and the materials in it are not a small number, at least there must be ten days and half a month's supply for the whole brigade.

When they arrived at the warehouse, the troops of another battalion were exchanging fire with the devils, and the commander of the first company hurriedly led the brothers to climb over the wall from behind and kill them.

Before everyone had time to rejoice, one of the fighters exclaimed, "It's not good, the devil wants a bomb depot!" ”

The soldiers hurriedly looked over there, and sure enough, a wounded Japanese soldier had crawled to the gate of the ammunition depot with an explosives bag in his hand out of nowhere. Everyone looked at the explosion warning pattern painted on the warehouse door, and their hairs stood on end in fright.

Bang! At this moment, a gunshot rang out, and the wounded Japanese soldier suddenly fell in a pool of blood, and there was a bloody hole in his head. On a building in the distance, Liu Ertang stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Brigade Commander Wu, I am willing to lose the bet, and the ocean will bring it!" ”

Wu Quanfu, the commander of the 35th Brigade, took out ten pieces of ocean from his body and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I mean what I say!" ”

Liu Ertang took Dayang and put it in his pocket, waved his hand and said, "Brigade Commander Wu, take care!" I'm going to catch up with the big army, so I'm going to say goodbye! ”

Wu Quanfu shouted at his back: "Hey, I won't eat any food!" ”

Liu Ertang replied from afar: "If you don't eat it, there are still two hundred miles to rush!" (To be continued......)