Chapter 33 Happiness begets sorrow, and sorrow begets happiness
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Zhao Wu was very proud now, especially when he saw that his number was less than that of the other party, but he drove the other party's men into the village with great momentum, making his face glow with excitement, more comfortable than smoking a big cigarette, brandishing the box cannon vigorously, roaring and letting his subordinates rush into the village and kill the other party. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
If there is a rampant and proud party, there must be a party of loss and grief.
At this time, Wu Shuibao had the hatred in his heart, and the Yangtze River could not be extinguished: he summoned all the village self-defense forces that could be summoned by the whole township, and as the head of the township, he secretly contacted the village chiefs of Shangtianyun Village and Xiatianyun Village, that is, to cooperate with the inside and outside, and catch Zhao Wu off guard, and then, if he could annihilate Zhao Wu, he would not trouble others, if not, he would surround it first, and then ask the Red Army to come forward, for this reason, he did not even report the operation in advance.
The plan is perfect, but the plan can't catch up with the changes: I never expected that there were traitors in these two villages, so that his plan not only fell short, but was tricked by Zhao Wu, so that he got into the ambush circle of the other party, and it became such an unfavorable situation.
Those who can get ahead must have their outstanding side!
The reason why the villagers of Shangxia Tianyun Village held guns and watched was inseparable from Zhao Wu's character, or his cunning: the Tiger Cave was originally a way for the villagers of the two villages to escape from the bandits, and although Zhao Wu occupied the Tiger Cave as a way out, he also regarded these two villages as his territory, not only collecting a small amount of taxes, but also strongly protecting their safety, and not allowing bandits to disturb him - the Drill Mountain Tiger formed a bond with him because of this territory.
In this era of banditry, he can maintain this, so the villagers naturally have a good impression of him. On the other hand, however, the Red Army's propaganda was still in place, so that the villagers did not want to offend the Red Army, so they simply chose not to help each other, resulting in a wait-and-see situation. What's even more interesting is that when the village chiefs of the two villages told this idea to the two sides that had just started fighting, they actually got the consent of both parties.
In street fighting, although muskets are not inferior to rifles, Zhao Wu has two light machine guns mounted on the commanding heights more than 200 meters away, controlling the situation in the entire Xia Tianyun Village: no matter where the bandits' attack on the village is blocked, these two light machine guns will be fired wherever they are, so that the self-defense forces cannot even exert half of the blocking power. It can be said that although Wu Shuibao was very unwilling to retreat into Xia Tianyun Village, the situation was still precarious, and if there was no external help, the rout was a foregone conclusion:
"Uncle, their firepower is too fierce, we can't stop it at all, and if we continue to fight, I'm afraid we will all be finished. We still retreat first, and then go and ask the Red Army to send troops to deal with the surname Zhao. ”
Wu Shuibao is a little old, and he can't bear it after fighting for so long, but he is the head of the township and must lead by example, so he doesn't retreat, just sits behind a wall and helps others to load the musket with ammunition while resting. The members of the Self-Defense Forces around him are trying to shoot at the attacking enemy.
Seeing the two nephews running to say this, and looking at the two of them again, one had blood on his left arm and the other with a gray face, he understood that the situation would not allow him to delay any longer. Gritting his teeth, he said: "Big Tiger, you take your people and escort the wounded to go first......;
Before he finished speaking, he saw a member of the Self-Defense Force leading two people to run over: "Township Chief, these two people want to see you, they say it's the Red Army." ”
Wu Shuibao looked up and saw that the person in front of him was holding a box cannon in his hand, and he was a little puzzled: Although the more than 300 people who came this time did not recognize it all, they knew that none of them had a box cannon, so this person was definitely not a member of the Self-Defense Forces led by himself, and he deliberately concealed this operation and did not report it, but the Red Army appeared at a critical moment like a god descending from heaven, who would believe it?
"Township Chief Wu, hello, I am Qian Jiang, the deputy squad leader of the third platoon of the Red Third Company, and this is my ID. ”
"Ah! It's the big brother of the Red Army. Wu Shuibao opened the document with some disbelief and looked at it carefully, then excitedly stretched out his hands to hold the other party's hand, and tears of excitement were about to come out: "It's so good that you can come, it's so good......"
As he spoke, he began to cry.
"Township Chief Wu, don't cry yet. Qian Jiang's attitude is a little stiff, think about it, you Wu Shuibao use both public and private, and want to take revenge by the east wind, this is right, but you shouldn't have done it, you shouldn't have acted privately without concealing it, which has caused the current situation, so many people have died, and you have been tied up before you come up, which has already given you face.
"Although your action is not a fake public and private, it can only be said that it is a combination of public and private, but you actually concealed it and acted privately, which is a serious violation of discipline. But all this must wait until Zhao Wu is taken. ”
"Yes! Yes! Yes, you are right, I am anxious for revenge, blinded by hatred, and have killed many comrades, and it is not an exaggeration to cut me with a thousand knives. But please give me a chance to atone for my sins, and let me slaughter Zhao Wu with my own hands, and afterwards, even if you light me in the sky lantern, I will be grateful for the great kindness of the organization in the next life......"
"Okay, Township Chief Wu, the situation is urgent, so we won't talk about these after-the-fact problems. Now the situation is that the team has arrived, it is being deployed, and you have to bring your people to hold me up for a while. After we completed the encirclement of Zhao Wu, we cooperated with the Red Army and took Zhao Wu in one go. Speaking of this, the corners of Qian Jiang's mouth curled slightly, and he said with a smile: "Township Chief Wu, I personally suggest: since the bandits don't know about the arrival of our Red Army, let them be proud for a while." Hide the news first, and then give them a big surprise when the time comes. ”
"Okay! That's a good way. Saying that, Wu Shuibao asked tentatively: "Squad Leader Qian, I don't really know how to fight, you are indeed good at this, do you think you are personally in command?"
"No, you are commanding very well now, but the weapons are not as good as people, no wonder you, you let the comrades hold on a little longer. ”
With the news that the Red Army had arrived at the bottom, Wu Shuibao was suddenly full of confidence, and he was full of energy, yelling excitedly to boost morale. Even if some people ran to beg him to order a retreat because they were about to be unable to stand it, Wu Shuibao actually muttered in the other party's ear with a smile, and the other party immediately looked up at Qian Jiang who was shooting at the bandits in surprise, and then rushed back excitedly, and gave an order to his subordinate team members to retreat even if they could not retreat - although they faced the same situation, but they were defeated before, and now they are dragging the enemy, this mentality is different, and the morale is naturally different. For a time, not only did he stubbornly resist the attack of the bandits, but he also faintly gained the upper hand.
What Qian Jiang wanted was for him to hold on until the Red Army entered, because he believed that the Red Army would never leave behind its comrades, and the reason why the platoon commander had not launched an offensive must be deploying.
As long as you are on the front line, you can generally keenly capture the slightest changes in local wars.
The Self-Defense Forces, which had been faintly defeated before, suddenly became extremely tough, and even a few places were recaptured by the Self-Defense Forces, Zhao Wu did not understand the true meaning of this, and could only attribute this to the 'death struggle' of the Self-Defense Forces with wishful thinking. So, annoyed and angry, he was so angry that he actually took the lead in the charge. Not to mention, after he took the lead, the morale of the bandits actually really increased, and they screamed and followed him into the village.
For a time, the two sides were inseparable, fighting room by room, and a trail had to be repeatedly rushed, and hand-to-hand combat had begun in many places.
About twelve minutes later, at the height of the fighting between the two sides, the Red Army was deployed and immediately launched an attack...... It was a real rush
"Toot!Toot~!Toot ......"
When the trumpet sounded, Huang Debao jumped up, waved his right hand forward, and shouted while taking the lead in the charge: "Comrades, rush!"
"Kill!"
"Shoot or kill!"
"Capture the big bandit Zhao Wu alive!"
Amid the shouts of killing, the Red Army soldiers jumped out of the woods on the edge of the village, and rushed to the village like tigers descending from the mountains.
"Bang, bang, bang......"
"Bang, bang, bang......"
"Da! da! da......"
Almost simultaneously, shouts of killing and gunfire were heard from all directions, which frightened the bandits who were fighting. They had just fought fiercely with the members of the Self-Defense Forces, but now they have only one thought in their minds: if they don't run, they will die!
However, the members of the Self-Defense Forces, who had been fighting hard with them just now, saw that the Red Army had been killed, and their morale was high, so they could not allow these bandits to run away, and they immediately used their strength to drag down their opponents.
Zhao Wu still didn't give up, although under the protection of his henchmen, he hurriedly ran towards the Tiger Cave, but in a panic, he ran halfway to the road, and actually whimsically wanted to rely on those two light machine guns to turn the situation around. As a result, the Red Army also had two light machine guns to shoot at it (and one was given to the town self-defense forces so that they could block the enemy's retreat), and without firing a single magazine, he decisively ran away with these two light machine guns.
But it has to be said that it was he who withdrew decisively, and then, although he encountered the resistance of the Self-Defense Forces, it was precisely by relying on the cover of these two light machine guns that he was able to lead some men and horses back to the Tiger Cave.
Seizing the opportunity, at the most critical juncture, the Red Army crushed the bandits with just one charge. Then, some bandits who wanted to follow Zhao Wu back to the Tiger Cave were blocked by the Self-Defense Forces, and then scattered and fled, but they were in the arms of the Self-Defense Forces and the Independent Platoon, and there were bandits everywhere. A total of one hundred and twenty-four bandits were captured, dozens were killed, and there were only forty or fifty bandits who fled back to the Tiger Cave with Zhao Wu, plus the dozens of bandits who guarded the Tiger Cave before, it is estimated that he still has at most eighty of his subordinates left, you know, Zhao Wu had more than 200 subordinates before, although he claimed to have 500 subordinates.
Since it was surrounded, and the other side had no way out, the tired and hungry Red Army commanders and fighters naturally did not rush to attack the Tiger Cave immediately, but wanted to rescue the wounded, find out the situation in the cave, and comfort the villagers......
Although more than 100 bandits were captured in one battle, Zhang Qingshan's mood was very bad, in his eyes, not to mention the more than 100 prisoners, even if he arrested all the bandits in the world, it would not be more important than Xiang Zedong's life. What's more, he didn't have time to bid farewell to his comrades-in-arms for the last time, looking at his remains, Zhang Qingshan blamed himself very much.
"Squad leader, before sacrificing to the eldest brother, ask me to give this to you. Zhou Baoyu wiped his tears while handing a five-pointed red star that was obviously torn off the brim of his hat to Zhang Qingshan and said: "He said, on the day when the revolution is victorious, I hope you will burn this five-pointed red star, so that he can know that we are victorious and will be happy for us." He also said that comrades need not feel sorry for him, because there is nothing like this because he fought and died for the great goal of saving the toiling masses of the world...... More ...... than that More meaningful ......"
As he spoke, Zhou Baoyu couldn't go on, squatted on the ground, hugged his head and cried. The comrades around were already sad, and when they heard this, many people also began to cry.
Zhang Qingshan's eyes were red and his expression was sad, but he held the five-pointed red star tightly, and vowed in his heart: When the revolution is victorious, we must erect a monument to these martyrs who bravely sacrificed their lives for the revolution, so that future generations can remember the sacrifices of the martyrs and the hard-won achievements of the revolution......