The Zhangling village guerrillas were Yang Xiong's first visitees.

Because it was calculated that the puppet army would come to Zhangling Village to sweep the day after tomorrow, dozens of guerrillas were mobilizing the villagers from house to house to move and clear the wilderness.

But Yang Xiong soon met the leader of the guerrillas in Zhangling Village, a young man whose arm had been blown off on the battlefield.

"Battalion Commander Yang, are you sure what you just said is true. As long as we guerrillas cooperate with you, we will be given five rifles and three hundred rounds of ammunition when the battle is over! The guerrilla leader stared at Yang Ying with a burning expression and asked.

You must know that although there are more than 40 guerrillas in the entire Zhangling Village guerrillas, they only have five rifles, and the rest are either old sleeves whose rifling has been smoothed out or they are single-handed, and even half of the team members are equipped with muskets, broadswords, and spears, and their equipment is very inferior.

In this case,

"A gentleman's words, the horse is difficult to chase. In order to show our sincerity, our arsenal will replenish you with some ammunition before the battle begins! Captain Zhang, let's talk about your equipment first! ”

"Yes, Camp Commander Yang!" The smile on the guerrilla leader's face grew even stronger, and he was very happy to answer.

"The guerrillas have three or eight big covers, and they are all rewarded by their superiors. In addition, there are four old sleeves, and the singles eliminated by the main force are five singles, and the total number of guns that can be taken is these eleven. All that remained were muskets and broadswords and spears. ”

"As for the bullets, I'm not afraid of Battalion Commander Yang's jokes, there are a total of five bullets in the 38 Dagai, and there are three bullets in each of the other guns. Usually unless you have to, you will never use it! ”

After listening to the report of the guerrilla leader, Yang Xiong's first reaction was that the guerrillas were too poor, and it was no wonder that they could not do anything in the face of the sweep of the small Japanese troops, so they could only clear the wilderness. It's not that they're afraid of death and don't have qualified commanders, it's that their equipment is too poor, and in front of the devils, they don't have the ability to fight back at all except for being beaten passively.

After taking a deep breath, he decisively decided: "Captain Zhang, we don't have the old sleeve and the bullet of the single one, I can give you sixty rounds of bullets with three or eight big covers, and I will give you five mines made of black powder and ceramics." But I also have a request, tomorrow night all the guerrillas will assemble at the gate of the city, and when the time comes, I will personally direct you to fight, and you must obey the orders! ”

"Yes, Camp Commander Yang!" The partisan leader was happy to answer.

A village less than ten miles away from Zhangling Village, where an infantry company of the Third Army Division was stationed.

In the face of the imminent sweep of the Japanese puppet army in the Bald Head Ridge Coal Mine, more than 120 soldiers of the entire company were also gearing up to prepare for the upcoming battle.

"Company commander, the fighters are ready, but there is not enough equipment and ammunition. It's definitely not realistic to fight hard with devils, so I suggest that you still use guerrilla warfare to consume the Japanese puppet army that comes out to sweep up. Anyway, several surrounding villages have begun to clear the wilderness, and there will not be too many losses for the Japanese puppet army to kill them! ”

"Smack!" Company Commander Zhang Hao's clenched fist slammed into the already dilapidated table in front of him because of anger.

Then he scolded with an aggrieved face: "Get out, seventy or eighty Japanese puppet troops dare to rampage in our defense area, it's really embarrassing!" ”

"Inform the troops, it's still the same old rules. This time, the whole company will kill at least ten Japanese puppet troops! ”

The instructor hurriedly comforted: "Lao Zhang, don't be angry, no one can blame this situation, if you want to blame us, we are too poorly equipped and have too little ammunition!" There is not even a single czech-made bipod, and there are few bullets. The three or eight big covers, medium formal, and old sleeves all add up to only about eighty, and the bullets are even more pitiful, and each gun can still average ten bullets. But because we have always fought guerrilla warfare with devils, and have never fought a war of annihilation, we have one less bullet with one round, and now there are fewer bullets, with an average of less than three! ”

"There is no way to fight hard with the Japanese puppet army with such equipment. Even guerrilla warfare, which we are good at, can only be fought this once. After this fight, we will run out of the last bit of ammunition in our hands! ”

"That's it!" Company commander Zhang Hao replied helplessly.

"Let's finish this battle first, we can't let the Japanese puppet army rampage into our defense area!"

At this moment, the company guards suddenly rushed in.

"Company commander, there is a battalion commander Yang from the headquarters, we have confirmed his identity, and said that there is something important to look for you~"

"Battalion Commander Yang, let him in!" Zhang Hao replied with a frown.

As a company commander under the military sub-district, it is impossible for Zhang Hao to know about the formation of an arsenal in the military region and the establishment of a reinforced battalion.

However, Yang Xiong's identity as the commander of the reinforced battalion and the deputy regimental level of the headquarters Zhang Hao is still certain.

Therefore, as soon as he saw Yang Xiong and Zhang Hao, he saluted a military salute.

After explaining the purpose of his coming, especially when he heard Yang Xiong promise him two machine guns and twenty pieces, Zhang Hao's helpless and frustrated expression just now disappeared suddenly. Then stared at Yang Xiong with a twinkle in his eyes and asked.

"Camp Commander Yang, are you telling the truth? Really give us so many weapons and ammunition when it's over! ”

"There's no need to lie to you, if you don't fulfill your promise, you can go to the headquarters and sue me! Not only that, but before the battle begins, I promise to give you some ammo first! ”

"2,000 rounds of bullets. However, once the battle begins, your company must be under my command. Of course, you can rest assured of the casualties that the troops may pay, I will not let you fight a positional war with the devils! ”

"I agree!" Zhang Hao gave Yang Xiong an affirmative answer without saying a word.

In the following day, Yang Xiong found three more guerrilla units and a district squad, all of whom combined to more than 300 people. Of course, the troops that were really armed with rifles and had combat effectiveness were only more than two hundred people.

At the temporary station of the arsenal, Yang Xiong was very excited to report to Wang Ping the results of his day.

"Yes, with these people joining, it will be even more foolproof for us to win the Bald Head Ridge Coal Mine!" Wang Ping was very satisfied with this result, and pointed to the map and ordered.

According to intelligence, although the Japanese army has an infantry brigade garrison in the county, because the losses of the last anti-encirclement and suppression operation have not been made up, the Japanese army in the city has only three infantry squadrons. This is the hinterland of our base, and the devils will definitely leave heavy troops to defend the county and not give us a chance. Therefore, I judged that the Japanese puppet army in the city would send at most one infantry squadron and one battalion of the Imperial Cooperative Army. ”

"All the troops you have gathered today are under your command, the artillery platoon will give you two mortars, the heavy machine gun platoon will give you two, and you will also bring all the remaining recruits, you can bring as much ammunition as you want, delay the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army for at least three hours, and it is best to delay it for five hours."

"I'll command a reinforcement company you pulled out, assault the coal mine!"

Yang Ying was very excited, as soon as she arrived at the headquarters, there was a battle, and she commanded the battle independently.

Without saying a word, he directly promised: "Please rest assured, if you can give me more mines, I promise to hold off the Japanese puppet army for at least five hours!" ”

"The mines you want are being made, there are ceramics and stones, although they are filled with black powder, the power is only half of the original, but there is still no problem with the devils. Before you act, I'll give you at least a hundred! Wang Ping replied directly.

"Then five hours will definitely be no problem!" Yang Xiong replied confidently!