West Village.

To say that Yan Sanfu, the commander of the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the puppet army, is really a character who does what he says...

After making up his mind, Yan Sanfu called the platoon commander who had lived around Xicun to lead the way, and led the team of the Eighth Mixed Brigade to weave a hidden hill road from the northwest to the flank of Xicun.

During the Anti-Japanese War, many of the establishments of the puppet army were quite mixed.

For example, with a puppet army of less than 10,000 people, it is common to pull out more than a dozen commanders.

There are also quite a few mixed brigades of this puppet army, with more than four or five thousand troops, and even only a few hundred people, and they dare to claim to the outside world that they are a mixed brigade of a certain imperial cooperative army.

The Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Puppet Army is not bad, formerly known as the team of the Security Corps, and when it is put together, it has become the Eighth Mixed Brigade in front of you.

The system is quite sound, and at the beginning, there was even a cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town.

At present, there are nearly 3,000 men and horses in the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the puppet army, which is also the confidence of Yan Sanfu to dare to sneak attack Xicun from the flank.

In addition, this Yan Sanfu can be the brigade commander of the Eighth Mixed Brigade, so he is naturally not a fool.

Before attacking, Yan Sanfu carefully studied the map of the area around Xicun.

He chose the northwesterly path that ran from the flanks, not far from the area of the head of the village of Nishimura, where the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army was stationed.

Therefore, Yan Sanfu was quite sure that as long as the battle started, the Japanese troops of the Fourth Mixed Brigade would definitely rush over to help.

That is Yan Sanfu's big backer.

Before the battle officially began, Yan Sanfu also summoned some staff officers appointed by him within the Eighth Mixed Brigade to discuss the battle plan.

Then a vanguard scout unit was sent to the vicinity of the West Village from the northwest path to investigate the situation.

I have to say that Yan Sanfu's luck this time is good, the blind cat met a dead mouse, and accidentally interspersed with this northwest-facing small mountain road.

Still in the West Village, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment of the Japanese Army, as well as the local comrades and militia comrades, did not find this uninvited guest.

In addition, this west-facing path has actually been abandoned for many years, and the road is overgrown with weeds and trees, completely covering the path, and people who have not lived in the West Village area will never know about the path here.

Even for this offensive, the Japanese did not take this path into account at all.

Therefore, Kong Jie only arranged some guards at the edge of this path, and did not pay too much attention to it.

But under Yan Sanfu's hands, there is a platoon leader who knows this path.

After Yan Sanfu arrived with the puppet army, he immediately sent a team, armed with bayonets, to reopen the northwest path.

Then gradually touch the flank of Nishimura.

The march along the way made Yan Sanfu cry out for excitement in his heart, and he also had a feeling of ambition.

"What is wisdom? This is wisdom, we Yan someone directly interspersed from the flank, opened up the mountain road, and will definitely be able to hit the eight roads by surprise. ”

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"Report to the chief, I didn't find a large-scale Eighth Route Army unit in the village, but there were some militiamen dressed as civilians, and some guerrillas who looked like the Eighth Route Army."

"We estimated that there were less than two hundred people."

"Among them, there is less than one platoon of regular combat units of the independent regiment."

"The Eighth Route Army only left some sentries on the edge of this small mountain road, and there was no other means of defense."

The scouts returned and reported to Yan Sanfu what they had detected on the flank of the West Village.

Adjutant Wang Dacong said: "Brigade, God really helps us, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." ”

"According to intelligence, the imperial troops of the Fourth Mixed Brigade are now trapped in the area of the head of the village of Xicun, and the retreating nodes around them are also blocked by the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army with the help of fortifications.

This is our chance to send charcoal in the snow.

As long as we can open the passage smoothly here, we can find a way for the imperial army of the Fourth Brigade to break out.

When the time comes, the imperial army will definitely join us inside and out, and quickly break through from the northwest to the trail. ”

What a reasonable analysis, in the eyes of these puppet soldiers, the Japanese army's front is not something that the Eighth Route Army can stop after all.

Yan Sanfu was overjoyed and said, "Okay, notify the Fifth Regiment and the Sixth Regiment to go first and find an opportunity to attack." ”

"Yes! Brigade seat, lowly this will go and order. Wang Dacong responded.

And what is going on with the fifth and sixth regiments?

You must know that the eighth mixed brigade of the puppet army has about 3,000 troops in the whole brigade, and if it is really divided into six regiments, each regiment may have less than 500 troops.

It turned out that Yan Sanfu was a clever trick and announced to the public that he had six infantry regiments under the jurisdiction of the Eighth Mixed Brigade.

But in fact, there were only the first, fifth, and sixth regiments, and each regiment only had more than 1,000 people, but they were just talking about it to scare people.

It was as if he was strong and strong in the Eighth Mixed Brigade.

……

The battle quickly began.

It was indeed unexpected for the puppet army of the 8th Mixed Brigade that had been cut through weeds, thorns, and trees with bayonets all the way to the northwest, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment stationed in the Xicun area, and the comrades of the local troops and militia.

I didn't expect these two devils to be so bold and fight so hard.

What do you say these traitors, with a salary of dozens of yuan a month, what kind of life are they playing?

The puppet army strength of the Eighth Mixed Brigade is quite a lot, and if the equipment at hand is compared with the Eighth Route Army troops with backward conventional equipment and scarce ammunition, although because of the distrust of the devils, the whole team is not equipped with artillery, which is quite good.

Before the battle began, Yan Sanfu also issued a serious operational deployment:

"After entering the West Village from the northwest to the trail, the Fifth Regiment made a detour to the left, and the Sixth Regiment made a detour to the right, quickly set up light machine guns for me, and suppressed the Eighth Route Army troops in the village with firepower."

"After eliminating the Eighth Route Army in the village, immediately build fortifications on the spot to buy time.

He also sent troops to inform the 4th Mixed Brigade in the village head area, and told Yamaguchi-kun that our 8th Mixed Brigade had penetrated into the West Village from the flank, repelled the Eighth Route Army defending the West Village, and opened a passage to break through the encirclement, and asked the Imperial Army of the 4th Mixed Brigade to move quickly. ”

"Yes!"

…… A large number of puppet troops suddenly appeared, and the light machine gun fire point that broke out was quite not weak.

Zhao Dazhong, the platoon commander of the 17th Company of the Independent Regiment who was responsible for garrisoning the Xicun area, immediately received news that a large number of puppet troops were advancing from the flank of Xicun.

"It's broken, eighty percent of it came in from the northwest mountain road."

Platoon Commander Zhao, who came back to his senses, secretly said that it was not good.

"Platoon commander, there are too many puppet soldiers here, they have a lot of machine guns at hand, and all our sentinel comrades who are responsible for guarding the northwest path have died."

"These puppet troops suddenly pressed in, and our soldiers stationed in the village were forced to retreat."

Platoon Commander Zhao nodded, with a solemn expression: "What I'm worried about now is that the current puppet army suddenly interspersed in from the northwest to the path, will it have a connection with the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army?" If the Japanese army at the head of the village joins forces with the advancing puppet army, the defense of our West Village will be in danger. ”

The third squad leader hurriedly said: "Platoon leader, what should we do now?" At present, we only have one platoon of troops, plus local comrades and militia comrades, less than 200 people, I am afraid that we will not be able to stop it. ”

Platoon Commander Zhao shouted: "If you can't stop it, you have to block it, buy time for the regiment commander's side, now the devil is besieged by us at the head of Xicun Village, if you let the devil beat us and run away here, you and I can't afford this responsibility." ”

"Tell the comrades to prepare for a battle to the death, and use the defensive arrangements in the village to hold off this group of puppet troops."

"In addition, the third squad leader, find a way to catch a live mouth, and ask the origin of the puppet army on the other side, and the purpose, whether it has any connection with the devils at the head of the West Village."

"After the news is clarified, immediately report the situation to the regiment headquarters through the telephone of the temporary headquarters."

"Yes!"

……

Niukou Village.

Independent regimental headquarters, Kong Jie soon received the news.

Du Aiguo, the commander of the fifth battalion, is responsible for the defense of the Xicun node, and at this moment, the temporary command headquarters of the west village is in charge of Li Wenjie, the instructor of the fifth battalion.

Li Wenjie reported on the phone: "Regiment commander, the platoon commander ordered someone to arrest the puppet army, and asked about the situation, this team is the team of the eighth mixed brigade of the puppet army, I don't know what method was used, I found the northwest path, and then interspersed all the way in." ”

"This puppet army and the fourth mixed brigade of the Japanese army at the head of the village in the west village should not have greeted each other in advance, and when this puppet army came in, the Japanese army at the head of the village did not react in time."

Kong Jie was puzzled: "The Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Puppet Army, why does it sound so familiar?" ”

Due to the fact that the area where the 8th Mixed Brigade of the puppet army was stationed was far away from Niukou Village, and the value lurking in it was not high, the enemy engineering department of the independent regiment did not infiltrate the 8th mixed brigade of the puppet army.

This is also the reason why, this time, the 8th Mixed Brigade quietly touched the small mountain road to the northwest, but the independent regiment did not get the news.

Li Wenjie said: "Regiment commander, do you remember the cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town?" That cavalry battalion was part of the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the puppet army. ”

"I remember." Kong Jie suddenly realized, "Together with this group of two devils, they came to us for revenge?" ”

"Wen Jie, in the direction of Xicun, how are the casualties of the platoon leader?"

There was silence for a moment on the other end of the phone, and Li Wenjie reported: "Regiment commander, this puppet army has a lot of numbers, estimated to have two or three thousand people, and suddenly came in from the west path, and the soldiers were caught off guard.

A platoon-long contingent, as well as comrades of the county brigade and militia comrades, have suffered more than 80 casualties so far.

The platoon leader is leading his comrades to defend the West Village, and the fortifications in the village are still in our hands. ”

More than 80 people......

This is not just a number, in Kong Jie's eyes, this is more than eighty living lives.

It was even more sacrificed at the hands of these two devils.

The spontaneous anger filled Kong Jie's heart in an instant.

Head Kong's voice on the phone suddenly became cold, and this coldness made even Li Wenjie on the other end of the phone shiver coldly.

"Inform the platoon commander, immediately lead all the teams to retreat, and throw the fortifications to the eighth mixed brigade of the puppet army, and in the position area, none of our soldiers can stay."

Although Li Wenjie was a little puzzled by the abrupt order, he still responded without hesitation: "Yes!" ”

Smack-

After hanging up the phone, Kong Jie, who had a gloomy face, strode to the door and shouted, "Communication soldier." ”

"Here!"

"Quickly notify the mountain artillery company, tell the howitzer, let him lead the whole company of soldiers and all the artillery of the mountain artillery company, and quickly advance in the direction of the westward rush, I only give him ten minutes, delay one more minute, and the company commander of the mountain artillery company will directly give him a stroke."

"When the time of ten minutes arrives, the fortified area at the intersection of the westbound hill road and the West Village will be directly covered with full firepower, and the artillery shells will not have to be saved."

"Without my orders, the artillery fire will not stop."

Feeling the anger in these words erupted from the chest of the regiment commander, the signal soldier did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly responded: "Yes!" ”

The news quickly reached the mountain artillery company.

The howitzer also heard about the situation in the direction of the West Village at this time, and the howitzer who received the news shuddered.

The platoon commander on the side said: "Company commander, since the establishment of our mountain artillery company, the regiment commander has never given such an order. ”

"Full firepower coverage, shells are not counted, who provoked the regiment commander here?"

The howitzer looked in the direction of Xicun, swallowed his saliva, and said with a somewhat sympathetic look: "Who else can there be, the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Puppet Army to which the Wanjia Town Cavalry Battalion belonged."

You said that these two devils who don't have long eyes, who are they not good to provoke, why did they provoke the head of our independent group?

The anger of our head of the regiment is so good?

Isn't this a typical birthday boy who hangs himself for a long time? ”

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, I, the company commander, still want to continue to work! Passing on my order, this time our whole company participated in the battle, and all artillery pieces were quickly sent to the direction of Xicun, and in order to ensure accurate strikes, the firing range was controlled within a distance of 800 meters. ”

"Yes!"

……

West Village, the intersection of the west side of the hill road and the west wing of the West Village.

"Platoon commander, why did you withdraw? If we retreat, the fortifications will definitely be occupied by the puppet army, in case the little devils take the opportunity to come in again......"

Zhao Dazhong, the leader of the platoon, looked at the puppet army that continued to advance, his eyes were sprayed with anger, and the sudden attack of the puppet army caused many casualties among the soldiers of the defenders of the West Village.

Platoon Commander Zhao was eager to kill all these two devils at this moment.

In the face of the general chief's hesitation, Zhao Dazhong shouted: "Don't complain, if you can't figure it out, hold it back for me, the order is given by the regiment commander, immediately notify all the soldiers to retreat quickly, and the machine gunners and artillery fire cover." ”

"Yes!"

With the order of Zhao Dazhong, the leader of the platoon, the team quickly retreated from the west to the intersection area of Xiaoshankou and Xicun.

And all this, in the eyes of the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Puppet Army, is that the Eighth Route Army is invincible and retreated!

"Brigade seat, you are really well commanded, the Eighth Route Army team on the flank of the West Village has been repelled by us."

From the front, news came that the attacking contingent had occupied the fortifications in the area of the crossing.

Adjutant Wang Dacong patted his ass.

Yan Sanfu laughed and said, "Be smart, see it!" What kind of bullshit independent group, one by one, they all blew him to the gods, how is it now? In Yan's opinion, it's just like that, wasn't it still beaten down by our Eighth Mixed Brigade? ”

"Pass my order to quickly occupy the fortifications of the Eighth Road, and strengthen the fortifications to prevent the Eighth Route from coming back.

Waiting for the imperial army of the 4th Mixed Brigade at the head of the village to join us and move from the west to the mountain road. ”

"Yes!"

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