Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

In the area of ​​Liugang and Caojialou in the northwest of Cao County in the southwest of Shandong Province, there were bright lights everywhere and gunshots continued.

The anti-stubborn battles in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan regions started one after another, but the troops of the Tainan Military Region led by Zhou Weihan had to cross Zhinan to reach the southwestern region of Shandong.

And the recalcitrant army in southwestern Shandong learned about the battle between the recalcitrant army and the Eighth Route Army in Luxi through the local Japanese army today.

Under the instigation of the Japanese army, six groups of recalcitrant armed forces headed by Wang Zikui and Shi Fuqi in Southwest Shandong took the initiative to attack the local Eighth Route Army.

At this time, in Liugang, Caojialou and other places, the reconnaissance company, more than a dozen comrades from the local government, and more than [-] fighters from the Southwest Guerrilla Brigade were under siege by recalcitrant armed forces.

In order to encircle and suppress the local Eighth Route Army, the recalcitrant armed forces have come out in full force, with a number of more than [-]. In addition, there are two cavalry squadrons under the Fourth Japanese Cavalry Brigade, watching covetously from the periphery of the battlefield.

In Liugang Village.

A comrade from the local government said to Dong Jiang full of apology: "Comrade Dong Jiang is really sorry for hurting you!"

"Comrade Li Lu, from what you said, the task of our reconnaissance company on this trip is to get in touch with you and prepare for the next extermination of the recalcitrant armed forces in Southwest Shandong. Now it's just a coincidence to catch up with you!"

"But isn't it a little strange that the stubborn army can find your garrison?"

Li Lu nodded: "I'm also wondering. We change places every three days. It stands to reason that the stubborn army can't find it. You mean someone in the team tipped the stubborn army?"

"Probably!"

"That's fine. We are not familiar with the terrain in Southwest Shandong. Since the recalcitrant army is gathered together, when the main force arrives, all of them will be wiped out. Even the devil's cavalry will not run away!" Dong Jiang said in a deep voice.

Li Lu didn't have any doubts about Dong Jiang's words. Although the reconnaissance company in front of him only had more than a hundred people, its weapons and equipment were extremely sophisticated, and it even carried two small cannons with it.

At the beginning of the battle, the recalcitrant army thought that only some men from the Southwest Guerrilla Brigade were surrounded, but they were stunned by the reconnaissance company when they came up, and the recalcitrant army's first wave of attack fell through immediately.

Taking advantage of the retreat of the recalcitrant army, Dong Jiang used the reconnaissance company as a sharp knife to directly tear a hole in the formation of the recalcitrant army, but later encountered Japanese cavalry who had been cruising around the periphery, and then retreated to Liugang and Caojialou.

Seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, Dong Jiang stopped thinking about organizing another breakout. The reconnaissance company was different from ordinary troops. Zhou Weihan always emphasized that the soldiers of the reconnaissance company should not be sacrificed in the reckless fight with the enemy.

While speaking, Dong Jiang was holding a submachine gun. In order to save ammunition, he fired several shots one after another to knock down several stubborn soldiers rushing towards him.

"Run!" The stubborn army came quickly and withdrew even faster.

Seeing Dong Jiang's marksmanship of using a submachine gun as a rifle, Li Lu couldn't help but secretly stunned: "Comrade Dong Jiang, how did you practice your marksmanship?"

Dong Jiang did not reply immediately after hearing this, but instead said to Cao Dabao: "Cao Dabao, take a few people to Yang Tiansheng's side to see if they need support!"

After the reconnaissance company first showed its power, Dong Jiang took over the battlefield in an all-round way, and the reconnaissance company and the guerrilla brigade were divided in half in Liugang and Caojialou.

"Hey, don't look at the power of this guy in my hand, but it's not easy to train to my level. In addition to feeding enough bullets, you also need to have talent!"

"Don't look at our reconnaissance company, which only has more than a hundred people, but all of them are elites. They were selected from the tens of thousands of troops in our Tainan Military Region!"

The conversation was divided into two parts. After receiving the call for help from the reconnaissance company, Zhou Weihan immediately ordered the troops to rush to the fighting area.

But at this time, Zhou Weihan encountered a lot of trouble.

"What? Got lost? What are the vanguard doing for food?" Zhou Weihan looked at the time when he heard this: "It took more than two hours to find out?"

"Detachment Captain, don't worry, it's too dark now, and the soldiers really can't find their way. I have already asked the soldiers to go to the nearby villagers to find their way!" Jing Dagang explained.

"The troops stop advancing and take a break!" Orders were passed to the rear one after another.

Can Zhou Weihan not be in a hurry, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company are still surrounded by stubborn troops and Japanese troops, he feels sorry for losing one.

The casualties of the first and second regiments, thousands of soldiers, one counts as one, they are all in the southwestern Shandong area, and all of them are outsiders.

Originally fighting in Zhinan, at least there were local comrades to assist, but now in the southwest of Shandong, we can only rely on the map to march.

This is also the reason why Zhou Weihan sent a reconnaissance company to the southwestern part of Shandong ahead of time.

Not long after, a group of soldiers found a local fellow. After confirmation by the fellow, the general direction of the marching route was not wrong, and it was indeed in the direction of Cao County.

It's just that it was too dark, and they were walking on a small road. A group of soldiers from the vanguard went around and lost their way.

Finally, under the leadership of fellow villagers, the troops continued to march towards Cao County in the southeast direction.

By the time the troops rushed to the outskirts of the battle area, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening, and five hours had passed since the reconnaissance company sent a telegram for help.

Fortunately, the stubborn army didn't know that the besieged Eighth Route Army was approaching with reinforcements, trying to take advantage of the darkness to consume the Eighth Route Army's ammunition.

The sky was too dark, and only the formations of the two sides in the battle could be seen bursting out of flames from time to time, and they didn't know how many stubborn troops were on the opposite side.

Zhou Weihan did not act rashly, but asked the telegraph operator to send a report to the reconnaissance company, and then called Jing Dagang and others.

"I don't know how many people there are in the recalcitrant army now, but hearing the messy gunshots, there are at least [-] people who are attacking. Including those who are serving as the reserve team, I count him as a total of [-] people!"

"The recalcitrant army is nothing but a mob. We attack from behind, and we will be defeated in one blow, but the Japanese cavalry must guard against it!"

"At present, we can't find their traces. They are hiding in the dark. They can kill us at any time and cause us casualties!"

"So the next division of troops should not be dispersed. The first regiment is in the direction of Liugang, and the fourth regiment is in the direction of Caojialou. Concentrate their forces and launch an attack at the same time. However, heavy machine guns should not be used in the attack. They should be placed on the two wings of the attacking troops to prevent the Japanese cavalry immediately. Sneak attack!" Zhou Weihan arranged one by one.

"We understand!" Jing Dagang and others nodded and said.

Soon after, several rounds of lights shot up into the sky.

All of a sudden, there was loud gunshots behind the formation of the recalcitrant army, and shouts of killing arose everywhere.

"Sir, the Eighth Route Army is coming towards us!" Wang Zikui's subordinates had just withdrawn from the attack and were resting. The sudden attack disturbed the stubborn army, and there seemed to be voices from the Eighth Route Army in all directions.

"Don't mess around, there are Japanese here, so don't be afraid of the Eighth Route Army!"

On the other side, in an open space not far from Liu Gang, the commander of the [-]th regiment of the [-]th Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army, Fushimi Gong, was not surprised but pleased when he heard the movement.

"Warriors, it's time to win battle!" Fushimi Miya got on his horse and quickly drew out his saber, the ghost shouted.