Chapter 42: Fighting Mussels
At the second watch, the drunk and hazy devil squadron leader was awakened by the sound of gunshots, and he jumped out of bed in a panic, pushed open the window and looked out. As soon as the pane opened, a thick cloud of black smoke rushed towards him, which frightened him into a breath of cold air. Seeing that the situation was not good, this guy hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed out of the gate, in a vain attempt to gather the minions to resist, but the Eighth Route Army had already swept over, where could he still parry!
So, this guy had to order the minions to retreat to the fortifications behind, and told the two bunkers on Da Climbtou Street (now Central China Road) to defend him to the death. With strong fortifications and heavy firepower, the devils stopped two charges of our army.
The bad thing Luo Chuan plucked up his courage and personally went to the bunker in front of him to cheer up: "Samurai! The Eighth Route Army does not have heavy weapons, so you can fight with confidence! As long as you can hold out until dawn, add a lot of golden tickets to each of you, and there was silence on the opponent's position for a while, and suddenly the trumpet of the charge sounded again. Luo Chuan pointed and stomped his feet, urging the machine gunners: "Fight!" Beat! ……”
The Eighth Route Army did not rush up, Luo Chuan was proud, grinning like a fan, and laughed violently, "hey, hey, hey", the sound was like the sound of a group of old sows grabbing food and fighting!
The laughter continued, and the adjutant angrily drilled in from behind and reported: "The central turret has been taken by the Eighth Route Army!" ”
A thunderbolt hit the heads of all the devils on a sunny day, and Luo Chuan seemed to have been smashed open by a boulder, and he suddenly lost consciousness. When he breathed a sigh of relief and came to his senses, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side had already rushed to the front, so frightened that he fled in a panic.
Song Jiliu led the sharp knife squad to pounce forward, and suddenly there was a loud bang, and the last remaining turret of mussels also rose to the sky, and a group of swarm-like enemies scrambled to flee for their lives towards the gap in the city wall. But in the smoke of gunpowder on the opposite side, a big man with a big hand dancing and chopping suddenly jumped out, only to see him rushing and jumping, slashing left and right, leading a group of soldiers with big swords, killing the enemy to the ground.
Captain Song was overjoyed when he saw it, and shouted to the comrades who followed: "Brother troops are also coming up!" Comrades, completely destroy the enemy! ”
At this time, the 11th Company also climbed over the wall about two zhang high, followed the root of the wall, and walked to the northeast, and a platoon walked on the wall to play cover.
A series of guns rang out in the northwest and southwest, and the comrades excitedly advanced forward. Suddenly, a black shadow poured out of front of him, and he immediately burrowed into the house in the northeast. In that case, it was as if the black shadow disappeared at the same time, and the comrades of the 11th Company jumped into front of the door, and with two grenades, they bravely rushed into the room, and several puppet soldiers were about to flee, but we were caught alive.
"Attack northeast!" It was the order of the company commander.
After passing through a few holes in the wall, you will arrive at the courtyard where there are devils. It just so happened that two people in the courtyard were holding flashlights, huddled together, and whispered, "Small, non-existent...... shone everywhere. Deputy Rong Shichang, close to the entrance of the cave, there were a few shots, two fell to the ground, the flashlight rolled to the side, and he couldn't say a word.
One by one, the devils in the house rushed up to the northeast turret, panicked and unable to find the target, and the machine guns fired indiscriminately in all directions. The grenades of our Eighth Route Army were thrown into the turret one after another, and the whines of the devils were sandwiched in the explosion, and the 11th Company triumphantly completed the task of controlling the northeast corner.
Hatred entered the chest, the strength condensed to the tip of the knife, and the soldiers were all energetic and fought bravely to kill the enemy. In a fierce battle, the enemy suffered heavy casualties, most of them were annihilated and captured, and only a few were lucky enough to slip through the net.
While storming Qingkou, the second column launched an attack on Zhang Cheng and Li Cheng. Under the cover of a powerful firepower offensive, they made a political shout to the defending enemy, disintegrating the defensive force of the defending enemy, more than 300 puppet troops in Zhangcheng disarmed and surrendered, and more than 200 puppet troops in Licheng surrendered and tried to break through, but they were also captured by our army.
At the same time, the Ninth Company of the "Yuezhou" of our Eighth Route Army rushed to Xiakou Village in order to sabotage the enemy's communications and block the enemy reinforcements from Xinpu.
Downward, what a yearning fishing village by the sea! When the Ninth Company groped but arrived quickly, the crowd crowded outside the village as if agreed, warmly entertained, and excitedly gathered to listen to the speech of the Eighth Route Army. Scold! The long-awaited army arrived, and this was the day when the common people came out, and the dozens of bags of rice that the enemy had just arrived yesterday afternoon did not need to be put on the mussels, and were given to the masses at the lower mouth to replenish them.
When the common people were distributing grain, there was a sharp gunfire from the direction of Mussel, indicating that the main force had succeeded in attacking, and everyone was even more excited. The "Ocean Bridge" reflected the bleak light of the river, and the soldiers burned gasoline and sulfur, and when the wind blew, they watched the planks burn into a fire one by one. The surrounding enemy "tax card" and "salt police" immediately caused a commotion, and they ran to put out the fire with trepidation.
The third platoon, under the leadership of the instructor, successfully ended the battle to break the bridge, and assembled with the main force to rest on the spot. The sentry watched the highway except for the "Ocean Bridge", which was still gasping for some smoke, and there was no movement at all. Xiang Xiaodun said: "The enemy is afraid of death and dare not come?" ”
"Nope! Reinforcements will be made tomorrow," Qi Wanhong continued.
Sure enough, woo...... The enemy of Dixinpo came out, the headlights shone as brightly as day, and four armored vehicles and sixteen cars rushed towards our ninth company!
"Mother sells x! Get out of the car! The machine gun swept away suddenly, followed by a charge, scattering the enemy and responding in a panic.
The enemy began to use the grave to carry out attacks, and our second platoon resisted on the spot, covering the transfer of the main forces, and no matter how dense the enemy's artillery, machine guns, and grenadiers were, they remained very calm, not confused, and heroically resisted.
Half an hour later, the instructor led the third platoon around the enemy's flank, dispersed the enemy, and covered the retreat of the first and second platoons. The enemy stormed down, shells continued to explode all around us, eight machine guns intertwined into a ferocious network of fire, and the situation was so urgent that the fighters remained unshaken and were ready to shoot.
"Boom!" A shell fell on our position, three comrades of the fifth squad were wounded, but they did not get out of the line of fire anyway.
"Comrades! Come on! "After the company commander shouted, he led the whole company to rush forward, and the four hundred enemies retreated to a temple, and our troops withdrew in an orderly manner. Successfully completed the task of blocking the enemy.
After the battle, the crowd said: "The hatred of insulting wives and daughters, forcibly occupying farmland, and forcing hard labor has only been repaid a little today!"
The morning glow stained the heavens and the earth red, the trees, houses, and all other buildings were trimmed with gold, and the mussels, which had been ravaged by wild beasts, were once again clothed in colorful clothes and radiated the brilliance of youth.
At dawn, the 11th Company safely exited the battle. In the night's fighting, there was not a single casualty in the company, only a dozen bullets and seventy or eighty grenades were fired, twenty-eight devils were buried, and five prisoners and five large covered guns were brought back.