Chapter 31: A Battle That Ends Quickly
The reaction speed of the battalion commander Han was also very fast, he pulled up the reins and dragged the panicked war horse, the war horse frightened by the gunfire screamed non-stop, he quickly jumped off the war horse after stabilizing his mind, and listened to the intermittent gunshots on the ridges on both sides, he immediately shouted:
"Grandma's, just a few broken guns scared you! The first company attacked the left side, the second company attacked the right side, and the third company and the Shen County magistrate covered on the spot! ”
After a little judgment, the stable Han battalion commander deduced that there would not be too many Red Army soldiers in ambush on both sides, and immediately ordered to attack the high and low on both sides.
The adjutant under Battalion Commander Han was slightly pleased: "It seems that County Magistrate Shen's judgment is right, the enemy has divided a part of his forces to attack the county seat, and there will not be too many troops left, and the destruction of this Red Army will add a rich color to the resume of the battalion commander!" ”
His adjutant continued: "The commanders died a lot during the Great War in the Central Plains, and when the Great War is over, I believe that the battalion commander can continue to rise with the rich colors of the pen!" ”
"This blockade is like hitting a stone with an egg, and a few broken guns are trying to stop my progress."
Battalion Commander Han, who was completely calm, had a smile on his face, he laughed, and said: "And then again, this Red Army is really timely to rain, let my subordinates beat me hard, I can't let this Red Army get into the forest, if they get into the forest again, it will be difficult to find it again." ”
He knew the cunning of the Red Army, and once they entered the woods, it would be like a fish in the water, slippery, and they must be left on the high ground completely.
As everyone knows, there were two battalions of Red Army troops in ambush on this high ground, and they waited for the enemy to rush up and then give the enemy a head-on blow.
The commander of the first company of the Han battalion, who was responsible for attacking the left side of the mountain, held a pistol and directed his soldiers to attack the mountain, and he also had a little joy in his heart, the Red Army gunfire blocked by the ridge on the left side was intermittent, and only a few soldiers were wounded, and they had already rushed to the position halfway up the mountain.
Han Ying had merit in encircling and suppressing the Red Army, so how could he have no merit in attacking the Red Army.
Thinking of this, the commander of the first company of the Han battalion showed an excited look on his face, held a pistol and shot indiscriminately at the mountain, and then leaned over behind a rock, shouting:
"Brothers, rush up for me, kill a bandit, and I'll reward a big ocean out of my own pocket!"
A few oceans are not worth mentioning for the upcoming ascension, the higher the position, the more places to make money, at this moment his mind is full of dreams of promotion and fortune, you must know that it is a great benefit to kill a communist bandit at present, at that time during the White Terror, the Jiang group had a reward for arresting people, and it is still the case.
Otherwise, who would be willing to do such a thankless task of encircling and suppressing the Red Army, wouldn't it be that they could be promoted to higher positions and make a fortune by killing the communist bandits, so some officials at that time were still more interested in the matter of encircling and suppressing the communist bandits, especially the more victorious they were, the faster they were promoted.
There is no one who does not like to be promoted and get rich.
However, their dreams are about to turn into a terrifying nightmare.
At the same time that the enemy was frantically attacking the mountain, the second battalion commander and the third battalion commander looked at the enemy who was attacking high and low in a straggler line, and their hearts blossomed.
A company of the enemy attacking the high ground where a battalion is stationed, even if more than half of the soldiers of this battalion have no guns, it is not something that this company can attack.
What's more, their battalion has undergone the strict training plan formulated by Xia Yuan, and a strong army will inevitably undergo harsh training, the more harsh the training, the more powerful the combat effectiveness, the higher the possibility of surviving on the battlefield, and the more enemies will be killed.
"Hold your breath and wait until the enemy is ten meters closer before firing!"
Hu Xianfeng held a gun and shouted, staring at the attacking enemy.
At this time, the enemy was like a chicken blood, killing a communist bandit can have a piece of the ocean, killing two is two pieces, they are also veterans of the war, listening to the sound of gunfire, you can judge that the number of communist bandits on the mountain is not much, so everyone is holding back their strength to attack the mountain, wanting to kill one or two more Red Army.
However, when they approached the high ground more than ten meters, they were stunned.
On a crooked ridge, there were faint rows of evenly scattered brims, even if the hats were pinned with leaves and weeds, but the red star was too eye-catching.
"Oh no, we're fooled!"
A soldier shouted, and a barrage of bullets shot at him, and the unsuspecting enemy fell as if he were harvesting wheat.
On the road, one mine after another exploded, and the feeling of shaking the ground was transmitted in an instant, and the dust flew high, squinting their eyes and blocking their vision, and the soldiers of the two companies who remained on the road to try to help the attack on the high ground were blown up.
The gun-wielding warrior pulled the bolt and pulled the trigger, quickly emptied the five bullets in the magazine, and after a round of heavy fire, while destroying a large number of enemies, a loud horn sounded on the ridge, and all the soldiers bowed slightly, carrying a large knife or a red tassel gun in their hands, like a tiger about to descend the mountain.
Sun Zhiyong put away his gun, carried a wide knife, stood up and raised the wide knife high, "Kill!" Annihilate them all! ”
The shouts of the mountains came, and the sound of 'killing' was everywhere, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
At the same time, the sound of a large number of firecrackers sounded in their rear, and a large number of militiamen gathered behind the high ground, and a long firecracker was lit by them and thrown into the iron barrel to simulate the sound of gunfire.
The sound of shouts and gunfire simulated by firecrackers echoed throughout the valley, scaring the enemy into a panicked look, not knowing what to do.
It's messed up, it's already messed up.
In less than thirty seconds, the whole situation took a drastic reversal, the sudden fierce attack directly shocked all the enemies under the mountain, the company commander who attacked the high ground was stunned, and the battalion commander and adjutant Han who had the victory under the mountain were also stunned, what they did not expect happened.
There were earth-shattering killing voices everywhere, directly overwhelming them in momentum.
The enemy who was originally attacking on the mountain fled in an instant, and the orderly formation on the road was shattered by continuous mines, and in the midst of the shouts of killing everywhere, they turned into a daze and fired indiscriminately, some of them even hit their own people, and Yanran had become a mess.
"Enemies everywhere, enemies everywhere!"
Two battalions of Red Army soldiers rushed down from the two high grounds, and the Red Army soldiers in a three-person battle group were everywhere, and the fear of the people under the tension was infinitely magnified, so that those enemies suddenly felt their hearts and minds when they saw this scene.
The adjutant shouted: "Battalion commander, let's run, there are enemies everywhere!" ”
Battalion Commander Han woke up from his confusion and ordered in a panic: "Retreat, retreat!" His heart was already filled with despair, and at the same time he was filled with anger.
On the way to retreat, the figures of the enemy rushing down were everywhere on both sides, and this was only a company of enemies, whose strength had far surpassed them.
It was too chaotic, only a few people received his order, and a large number of people were in the midst of chaos, and the six gods looked around, some ran forward, some ran backwards, and some shot indiscriminately in place.
Less than ten minutes of fighting, the situation was one-sided.
Xia Yuan's tactics completely firmly grasped the enemy's psychology in his own hands, first took advantage of the enemy's arrogance, and designed a small number of people to shoot, so that the enemy had an illusion that the enemy was weak and I was strong, when they were full of confidence and arrived at the high ground with a chance of victory, they suddenly stunned the enemy with a round of rapid shooting, and then directly launched a charge, and sent a large number of militia to assist them, so as to create an illusion that our army is extremely strong.
People are very sensitive to the surrounding environment in a chaotic situation, and at the same time, people's insight will continue to decline under the tension and confusion, so that the enemy's battalion of troops is instantly chaotic, and it is no longer possible to organize effective resistance, and a large number of attacking Red Army soldiers rush into the chaotic enemy group and massacre the enemy.
Many Red Army soldiers were on the battlefield for the first time to kill, but the adrenaline in their bodies soared when they saw their blood soaring and the fierce fighting around them, causing them to overcome their fears, and the environment would influence them and change them.
The battle in the valley lasted for more than half an hour, the second and third battalions cooperated with each other to encircle and annihilate the enemy's four companies, and in the end only seventy or eighty people escaped, and the rest of the people were all blocked in the valley and did not go out, most of them were killed and wounded, and when the Red Army soldiers scattered them, many people only saw the figure of the Red Army everywhere, and they could no longer see themselves, so they knelt on the ground and raised their guns in surrender.
The few enemies who resisted were rushed over by Sun Zhiyong and the men of the second battalion.
Hu Xianxian, the commander of the third battalion who was chasing the retreating enemy, ran over and said, "Old Sun, the enemy has run away." I can't catch up, grandma's, it's really fast. ”
Sun Zhiyong said happily: "It's okay, they can't run away, don't forget that the people of the first battalion are blocking them at Sanpingdu and Shibanqiao, let them run, let's clean up the battlefield quickly, and then count the casualties." ”
"Hmm."
On the other side, as soon as the second and third battalions started fighting, the scouts of the first battalion received the news and quickly went to the ambush site of the first battalion and passed the news to the commander of the first battalion.
A smile appeared on the face of the battalion commander who received the news: "Grandma, I can finally personally command a battle, quick, don't strengthen the fortifications, they are all hidden, and the enemy will arrive soon." ”
About ten minutes later, a hastily fleeing enemy appeared in their sight, and the commander of the first battalion and the second company quickly ordered the soldiers to hide in the fortifications and wait for their battalion commander's order to attack.
"Look at this group of enemies, dozens of people, it seems that the battle in front is going well, the enemy has been defeated, and the formation of the running company can no longer be maintained."
The commander of the second company squinted at the group of people who appeared in the distance, and the formation of the fleeing company could not be maintained, which showed that the second and third battalions responsible for the ambush in front had achieved a great victory.
The second company commander said: "It's a pity, they ate meat, we can only drink some soup with us, Yang Ming, let the soldiers be ready for battle." ”
"Yes!"
Soon, the fleeing enemy reached the position where the first battalion was blocking.
At this time, the exhausted battalion commander Han and others who fled were panting, and the battalion commander Han looked at the rear with a little horror, and the disgraced adjutant said: "Battalion commander, the enemy has not caught up. ”
Battalion Commander Han slowed down and said with a face like ashes: "It's over, everything is over, we are careless, we are on the enemy's path, a battalion, a whole battalion, only so many people run out!" ”
The adjutant looked bitter, and suddenly, as if he thought about something, he said: "Battalion commander, if you want to blame that Shen Bushi, it was he who gave us the wrong information, which caused one of our battalion brothers to be surrounded and annihilated by the bandits, and only a few people escaped, if his information is accurate enough, we can respond in advance, so we are all quick Shen Bushi." ”
Talking about the county magistrate Shen, the adjutant gritted his teeth and said: "When I was preparing for the dinner last night, I felt that this Shen Bushi was not a good thing. ”
Battalion Commander Han squinted his eyes and asked, "Do you suspect that this Shen Bushi is involved with the communist army?" ”
The adjutant nodded and said: "There must be involvement, even if it is not implicated, it must be related, this Shen Bushi deliberately left a company, could this company be specifically to help the bandits." Battalion commander, think about it, we are a reorganized battalion, 400 people, no matter how bad it is, we can resist it even for half an hour, we have already experienced the weapons and equipment of the communist bandits when they were in West Hankou, many weapons are old sleeves, and most of the better weapons are captured by us. ”
He said: "On the other hand, the number of bandits here is terrifying, the fierceness of the firepower makes people tremble, at least there is a regiment of bandits who just ambushed us, and their weapons and equipment are good enough, otherwise how can we encircle and annihilate all the brothers of one of our battalions in such a short period of time." ”
Hearing the adjutant's words, Battalion Commander Han fell into deep thought, and the adjutant said, "I even suspect that a company left by Shen Bushi was also left behind to help the Red Army quickly eliminate it. ”
Battalion Commander Han frowned, and his heart seemed to begin to believe his adjutant's words.
Just as he was thinking about walking forward, there was a sudden burst of gunfire in the distance, bullets whizzing out of the ridges on both sides, shooting into the ground, splashing dirt, craters appearing, and a large number of fleeing enemies were hit by bullets and fell to the ground.
At this moment, the rout soldiers who had just escaped and survived the catastrophe fell into despair again.
(End of chapter)