Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 164 Under the Fierce Battle at Night
A platoon of the first battalion successfully wiped out the enemy's scouts who set off first.

At this time, the main force of the Fourth Independent Brigade had left the village, but the torches were not lit in the marching column.

Fearing that the enemy would run away quietly, the position of the first battalion was only three miles away from the entrance of Xiaozhangzhuang village.

"We've only been stationed in Xiaozhangzhuang for less than four hours, so why are we marching again?" a soldier from the third battalion of the first regiment of the independent fourth brigade complained in a low voice.

"This is a good thing. You see, we are marching towards the south, so we don't have to fight the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Have fun, kid!"

"The brigade finally figured it out, if we really go north to support the military headquarters, we don't know if we brothers will survive?
You also saw it when we were marching during the day yesterday. The main force of our [-]th Army in the north has a lot of scattered small units running to the south. Only our Independent Fourth Brigade bit the bullet and went north. This is not going Jump into the fire pit! "

"That's right, it's not good to offend anyone. You have to provoke the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army is desperate to fight. The little devils can't take advantage of it. Just rely on us. Isn't that the old birthday star eating arsenic and getting impatient? "

Although the remaining officers and soldiers of the Independent Fourth Brigade did not take the opportunity to slip away, they still had a lot of complaints about going north.

"Shut up your fucking mouth and talk about the officer behind your back. Are you impatient? You guys go to the front and be the vanguard!" An officer from the third battalion cursed with a dark face.

The few people who were discussing just shrank their necks, closed their mouths, and trotted to the front of the marching line.

On the ground of the first battalion, Ding Sheng, the commander of the first battalion, looked up at the sky, and the sun was already slightly exposed in the east of the sky.

"Instructor, let's see what time it is! The sun is coming out soon!" Ding Sheng asked.

"It's almost half past four, it's summer now, and the sun comes out early," said Sun Jiu, the instructor of the first battalion.

Ding Sheng looked around and said, "Damn it, it's only been a while, it was still dark just now, now it's dawn, what should we do?"

"It doesn't matter if it's dawn, what can be seen clearly in the night battle, and there is no way to call for artillery support!"

While the two were talking, two soldiers ran over from the front: "Battle Commander, Instructor, the enemy's large army has left the village and is coming towards us."

After hearing this, Ding Sheng said hastily: "Guards, hurry up and tell the companies to take cover and stop digging fortifications!"

The sound of chaotic footsteps came from far to near, and Ding Sheng poked his head out slightly, and he could already see the figure of the vanguard of the enemy army walking towards the position.

The four heavy machine guns of the heavy machine gun company arranged on both sides of the first battalion were carried out by the soldiers from the dug trench.

Ding Sheng leaned sideways, counting silently in his heart, leaned out suddenly, and shouted: "Hit!"

In an instant, the set up light and heavy machine guns and more than [-] rifles of the first battalion opened fire at the same time.

The vanguard of the enemy army was knocked down in an instant. Since there was no bunker outside the village, many people were shot and fell to the ground.

Suddenly encountered an attack, the marching troops of the Independent Fourth Brigade were in chaos, and many people ran towards the two wings.

"Get down, get down!" shouted the enemy officer.

At the same time, the two battalions of the Wuqin Third Regiment on the two wings heard gunshots from the first battalion's position, and rushed up with people directly from the two wings.

The marching ranks of the Fourth Independent Brigade were cut off at the middle, and the two battalions of the Wuqin Regiment were divided into two groups. The second battalion blocked the enemy's retreat in front, and the third battalion pursued the retreating enemy.

"Brigade, hurry back to the village, there is no shelter outside, we can't stop the Eighth Route Army's offensive at all!" Zhang Shifan, the deputy battalion commander of the enemy's first battalion, said.

The Fourth Independent Brigade encountered a surprise attack, but Duan Haizhou, the brigade commander, remained calm and calm: "No, you can't leave the surrounded brothers behind! You rush up to me with someone and tear a hole out!"

Zhang Shifan glanced at the only [-] people left in his first battalion. From time to time, someone was shot and fell to the ground, and said loudly: "The brigade, most of the troops in the third battalion and my first battalion have been surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. They Hopeless!"

Dong Jiang, who had been accompanying Duan Haizhou all the time, said: "Brigade Commander Duan, Battalion Commander Zhang is right, you are the brigade commander, you can't make mistakes! The rest of the brothers are still counting on you!"

"Brigade, you take the first battalion and the brigade headquarters to withdraw first, and I will take the second battalion to block the Eighth Route Army!" said the head of the first independent fourth brigade.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the voice fell, a stray bullet flew over and directly hit the head of a group leader.

Dong Jiang and Zhang Shifan looked at each other, and they ran towards the village with Duan Haizhou sandwiched between them.

Zhang Shifan shouted while running: "Second Battalion Commander, you lead people to stop the enemy at the original line of defense outside the village."

The Second Battalion Commander of the First Regiment of the Fourth Independent Brigade turned dark, and said cursingly, "Damn it, my brother-in-law, who is the commander of the brigade, actually commands me!"

Although Zhang Shifan is only a deputy battalion commander, he is Duan Haizhou's brother-in-law and takes charge of the first battalion as the deputy battalion commander.

The enemy's second battalion commander was cursing, but he was not ambiguous. After all, it was related to the safety of the brigade commander. Seeing that Duan Haizhou and his party retreated safely into the village, he ordered his second battalion to retreat.

The soldiers of the second battalion of the enemy who received the order covered each other and retreated, and when they retreated to the trenches of the original line of defense, they began to counterattack again.

Zhou Weihan and Wu Qin stood not far behind, observing the situation on the battlefield.

"Detachment Captain, most of the enemy's troops are surrounded by us, and only a small part retreated into the village!" Wu Qin said from the side.

With a heavy expression on his face, Zhou Weihan handed the binoculars to the monk.

Wu Qin saw that Zhou Weihan's expression was wrong, and hurriedly explained: "Detachment Captain, it's just dawn, and our troops are deployed too close to the entrance of the village, and there is no time to eat all the enemy's troops."

"Hmph, you think I'm thinking about this. They are all Chinese, but now they are forced to fight against their own people. In the end, all they lose is China's national defense force. The result is the Japanese who are watching the fun at the expense of others!" Zhou Wei Said in a low Chinese tone.

"Order the troops to stop attacking, and call out to the surrounded enemy troops to surrender!"

"Detachment Captain, what about the enemy troops who have retreated into the village? The headquarters of the Fourth Independent Brigade is still there, so it's not easy to recruit them to surrender!" Wu Qin asked.

"That's up to Dong Jiang, I hope he can play a role!"

Xiao Zhangzhuang.

"Traveler, the gunfire outside has stopped!"

"How many people are left in your first battalion?" Duan Haizhou asked.

"There are only a little over a hundred people left, and the rest are trapped in the encirclement circle of the Eighth Route Army!" Zhang Shifanhui reported.

"You take the [-]st Battalion and the guard company of the brigade headquarters to deploy on the north side of the village to prevent the Eighth Route Army from attacking from the north! The six mortars of the mortar company are deployed on the north and south sides!" Duan Haizhou said.

"Traveler, the guards have been transferred away, so what do you do?"

"Under the overthrow of the nest, there are still eggs? The Eighth Route Army is really going to break into the village. What's the use of a guard company!"

Zhang Shifan left with the first battalion and the guards, and Duan Haizhou was left with only the communication platoon directly under the brigade headquarters, the health team, and more than [-] people from Dong Jiang's reconnaissance company.

(End of this chapter)