Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 163 - Battle at Night
In a brightly lit room in Dazhangzhuang.

Duan Haizhou, the commander of the Fourth Independent Brigade, stared blankly at the map in front of him, thoughts lingering in his mind.

Looking back on the experience of the past few years, I pulled up a team of tens of thousands of people in a short period of time, and then first defected to the Eighth Route Army, and then single-handedly joined Shi Yousan's army.

I am not greedy for power and lust, and I am not good at fighting for fame and fortune. Why did I follow Shi Yousan by accident? During this period of time, Haizhou kept asking himself.

Later, Duan Haizhou figured it out. Shi Yousan represented the orthodoxy of the Nationalist Government in southern Hebei. Although the Sixty-ninth Army under his command was just a motley crew in the national army's combat order, it was still a regular army, and it was better than following wild ways like the Eighth Route Army.

Zhang Shifan took Dong Jiang to Duan Haizhou's residence, and communicated with the guard outside the door.

Then he went forward and knocked on the door a few times, then pushed the door open and entered: "Brigade, someone from the military department is here, and wants to see you!"

Duan Haizhou looked at his brother-in-law in front of him and said, "Shifan, you just said that the military department sent someone here?"

"That's right, he's a company commander of the guard battalion of the military department. I've already checked his identity information, and there's no problem!"

"How many people did you bring?" Duan Haizhou asked with a frown.

"Traveler, what's the problem? There are more than [-] people accompanying me. I originally wanted them to rest outside the village, but Company Commander Dong of the military department said that the soldiers had been traveling all day and wanted to find a place to rest. So I brought them into the village together!" Zhang Shifan explained.

"Okay, let Company Commander Dong of the military department come in, and you can make arrangements for the others!"

"Yes"

outside the house.

"Brother Dong, the passenger seat lets you in, and the rest of the guards come with me. I'll arrange a place for you!"

After hearing this, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company obviously tensed up, and the guns in their hands were tightly clenched.

"Haha, I've been tired all day, you guys go rest with Brother Zhang first!" Dong Jiang said with a smile.

Before entering the door, Dong Jiang pushed his sleeves aside, glanced at his watch, and estimated in his heart that the third regiment led by the detachment leader would not be too far away from the reconnaissance company, and it would take more than half an hour for the third regiment to arrive.

Dong Jiang pushed the door in. Duan Haizhou looked at Dong Jiang, the company commander of the military, and Dong Jiang also looked at the commander of the Fourth Independent Brigade. He was about the same age as the leader of the detachment. It could be seen from the layout outside the village. He is also a well-mannered figure.

"Company Commander Dong looks a little unfamiliar, I don't think I've seen you in the military headquarters before?",

"Brigade Commander Duan, you are a major general officer. I am just a small company commander. How could you know me?" Dong Jiang explained with a smile on his face.

"Brigade Commander Duan, isn't your Fourth Independent Brigade in the south of Wei County? You shouldn't be retreating to the south. Why are you going north?" Dong Jiang asked suspiciously.

"Didn't the military department send a report asking our department to go north to respond?"

Dong Jiang's complexion changed after hearing this, and he said loudly: "Oh, it's broken! You don't know, Brigadier Duan, that the Telecommunications Section of the military headquarters has mixed with people from the Eighth Route Army, and every move of our [-]th Army is monitored by the Eighth Route Army." That's it! The successive defeats on the battlefield have a lot to do with it.

I am also here this time under the order of the general, to let your troops stop the Eighth Route Army on the southern front in the south of Wei County, so as to prevent the main force from being trapped by two sides! "

After hearing this, Duan Haizhou's face turned pale, and he slumped on the stool: "Damn it, there are people from the Eighth Route Army in the telecommunications department? How can we fight this battle?"

Dong Jiang's words successfully diverted Duan Haizhou's attention away, but he didn't know that his unintentional words were actually true. The Enemy Industry Department of the Southern Hebei Military Region really developed a comrade of its own in the Telecommunications Division of the [-]th Army.

"Brigade Commander Duan, what do you think we should do now?" Dong Jiang asked anxiously.

"Guards, assemble!" Duan Haizhou reluctantly stood up and opened the door tremblingly.

"Immediately go and inform the battalions to quickly assemble their teams and move to the south immediately!" Duan Haizhou said loudly.

"Company Commander Dong, thanks to you this time, otherwise, our Sixty-ninth Army would have been made dumplings together! The Eighth Route Army transferred our troops to the north in order to gather our Sixty-ninth Army together, and then encircle and wipe them out." .

I decided to lead the troops to move south, expand the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army, disperse its forces, attract part of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and relieve the pressure on the military headquarters! "

"Company Commander Dong, I hope to bring our department's combat plan back to the military headquarters and inform the military seat!"

"Brigade Commander Duan, it doesn't make much sense to go back to the military headquarters. I have been out for a day with the guard company. The Eighth Route Army is attacking fiercely. It's hard to say what's going on in the military headquarters. Let me follow you!" Dong Jiang Said.

Dong Jiang secretly thought that now is not a good time to do something. The other soldiers of the reconnaissance company were outside the village, and those who entered the village were also placed alone. Although the two were alone, judging by Duan Haizhou's temperament, he was not the kind of soft-boned person.

Although many people from the Fourth Independent Brigade slipped away during the march, those who stayed were all elites. From the layout of the Fourth Independent Brigade outside the village, it can be seen that there are still many officers in this department with real talents and practical knowledge .

Hijacking or killing Duan Haizhou in advance may prepare the Fourth Independent Brigade, or it will end in the end.

It's better to wait for the main force to arrive, wait for the two sides to fight, and then stab the knife from the back.

"Forget it, just follow me!" Duan Haizhou said.

The words are divided into two ends, two or three miles outside Xiaozhangzhuang.

"Report to the detachment leader, report from Zhang Xiaoshui of the reconnaissance company!" said Zhang Xiaoshui, who stayed at the periphery of the reconnaissance company to respond.

"Where's your company commander?"

"Detachment Captain, our company commander and his people have entered Dazhang Village where the headquarters of the Fourth Independent Brigade is located. The company commander left me to meet the main force." Zhang Xiaoshui said.

"What's the situation now?"

"After the company commander brought people in, I didn't hear any movement. The departments of the Fourth Independent Brigade have set up strict fortifications outside the village. The departments began to gather not long ago, and there are signs of departure!" Zhang Xiaoshui then confided to Liu Sangen The situation of each department of the Independent Fourth Brigade was reported one by one.

"Dong Jiang is waiting for the main force to attack first. Since the enemy is going to attack, we should lie in ambush outside the village. It is better than biting the bullet and attacking the enemy's fortifications! If they go north, we will pursue them. Go south and lay an ambush on the spot," Zhou Weihan said.

"Wu Qin, let the first battalion be in the center, and the second and third battalions surround me from the two wings!"

The Brigade Headquarters and the First Regiment of the Fourth Independent Brigade took advantage of the night to assemble and were stationed at the head of the Third Battalion of the First Regiment, with the brigade headquarters and the First Battalion in the middle, and the Second Battalion at the rear.

"Battalion Commander, the enemy's forward troops are coming towards us!" Three lit torches moved in the direction of the First Battalion of the Military Service Regiment.

At this time, the night was dark, and if there was no torch to illuminate it, it would be impossible to see clearly at a distance of five or six meters.

"This is the enemy's scouts. The main force is still behind. When they get close, you take a few people up and kill them. Remember not to use your guns!" said the first battalion commander Ding Sheng.

It was said to be an ambush, but the location of the first battalion had neither mountains nor obstacles to hide in. Many soldiers simply dug a foxhole to hide.

Seeing the enemy's scouts getting closer and closer, if they get closer, they will stick their faces.

With a wave of Ding Sheng's hand, a platoon of soldiers who had already been ready to go rushed out in the dark.

"Someone!" An enemy soldier with a torch heard the movement, and took a torch to shine on the past, but what was greeted was a shining bayonet.

The sharp bayonet pierced the clothes and stabbed the enemy in the abdomen. The rest of the soldiers were either holding broadswords or spears with bayonets attached. In the blink of an eye, seven enemy soldiers were wiped out without the slightest resistance.

(End of this chapter)