Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

It was night, the moon was sparse, and the hazy moonlight shrouded the earth like a ray of tulle. Such a beautiful scene was disturbed by the sound of horseshoes.

"Comrades, hurry up, keep up with the team, don't fall behind!" The messengers of each company rode on their horses and yelled back and forth.

Under the leadership of Zhang Dabiao, the Xinyi Regiment withdrew from the battle on the old course of the Yellow River and marched all the way northwest.

According to the usual practice, Zhang Dabiao sent a reconnaissance company directly under the regiment headquarters to walk in the forefront as the sharp knife company of the entire marching team, and was responsible for the task of opening the way for the whole regiment.

"Stop advancing, rest where you are, and the platoon leader will take people to guard!" Liang Shengquan, the commander of the reconnaissance company, ordered.

The reconnaissance company also participated in the battle during the day. After withdrawing from the battle, they replenished some ammunition, and then set off first. At this time, the soldiers' legs seemed to be filled with lead.

"It's eight o'clock in the evening, we will leave in 10 minutes!"

"Li Quan, compare it with the map, where is it now!" Liang Shengquan issued several orders one after another.

"Company commander, you can still know the approximate location at dawn. It's pitch black now, and I don't know where it is? But the general direction is correct!" Li Quan scratched his head embarrassedly.

"What you're talking about is nonsense. You're a native of Dongming. If you still get lost, just bang your head against the wall!" Liang Shengquan said angrily.

Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire in the distance, and the soldiers of the reconnaissance company quickly began to gather.

"Li Quan, I'm out of bullets!" said the soldier in charge of reporting to the village, touching the empty bullet belt.

"What are you afraid of? Persevere, the company commander will lead people there in a while!" Another soldier replied indifferently.

Captain Hou listened to the footsteps in his ears, and suddenly opened his closed eyes. The anger gushing out of his eyes made the little devil in front of him feel chilly.

The bullets used by Li Quan have been shot out long ago, and this will be replaced with the [-] cover used by another soldier of the reconnaissance company. He turned his head to look at Captain Hou who was shot in the abdomen, and left Captain Hou with two bullets. grenade.

"Old Hou, you are tough enough, you are a man!"

The two sides confronted each other for five or six minutes, but the little devil couldn't reach the earth wall for a long time. The price he paid was that a soldier of the reconnaissance company and four militiamen died heroically.

The remaining less than ten little devils carefully inspected the corpses of every Eighth Route Army soldier in order to retaliate.

Liang Shengquan, who was rushing to the battlefield, heard the sound of gunfire stop, followed by another explosion, his heart sank, and he quickened his pace.

Li Quan lowered his head when he heard the words: "Captain Hou, we can leave this place to us. Maybe the little devil has already been sent to another village to block it. You stay here, what will the villagers do?"

This was a sudden encounter. Although the battle was short, the scene was extremely tragic.

Captain Hou held the pistol and kept shooting at the little devil who rushed over. Hearing what Li Quan said, his heart was also excited, and then he said: "Everyone is here, I can't control so much, there are many trails out of the village. Now, it's so dark, how many people can the little devil block?"

"We are unlucky. We can meet little devils wherever we go out to explore. Hearing the gunshots, there are at least forty people in this group of little devils. Now we don't dare to take the initiative to attack. It's because we haven't figured out how many of us there are." , I’m afraid it’s going to happen this time!” Li Quanlie said with a straight mouth.

"Company commander, all died, Li Quan, San Shunzi, Wu Dahao, and four militiamen, all died!" A soldier of the reconnaissance company said sadly after inspecting the battlefield.

After a while, the little devil saw that the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side had run out of ammunition, so he rushed forward.

Since the reconnaissance company was carrying a high-power walkie-talkie, after leaving marks along the way, the reconnaissance company kept moving forward, and the distance from the main force of the new regiment was more than 20 miles away.

Because the Japanese army of the 35th Division was destroyed too quickly under the powerful artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, there was no time to send the final farewell telegram, so the Japanese army of the [-]th Division did not know about it yet.

Li Quan clutched the wound on his abdomen, propped himself up with his rifle to keep himself from falling to the ground, turned his head and glanced at San Shunzi who was lying on the ground dying, his eyes turned red.

In such a situation where there was a disparity in the strength of the two sides and there was a gap in weapons and equipment, eight soldiers, with their flesh and blood, killed and wounded nearly 30 Japanese soldiers at the cost of all heroic sacrifices, successfully defending the safety of the villagers in Houjiazhai. The transfer bought time.

"Chinaman, you are a respectable opponent. Surrender, or you will end up like him!" the little devil army cao lured him to surrender.

"I'm not afraid. It's you, San Shunzi. You're a good kid. You've been in the army for less than half a year, and you got into the reconnaissance company by the company commander. It's a pity that you have an elm head. Why can't your head turn around? Let's There are reinforcements, but there are no little devils on the opposite side? A large number of little devils are probably not far away from here. Now that they heard the gunshots, they must be rushing here. I don’t want the company commander to bring people over, otherwise our entire reconnaissance company will have to Fold it here!" Li Quanquan said with a stern expression.

"Haha, damn it, it's worth it. Before I die, I still pull a backrest!" Li Quan turned over and looked at the moon that was getting closer and closer in the sky. Following the sound of the bayonet piercing into the flesh, he suddenly realized , the moon is so close to me.

Immediately there was an explosion, and Captain Hou and the little devil were crushed under the collapsed earth wall.

"Yes!" Li Quan responded, greeted two soldiers who had a good relationship, and disappeared into the night in a flash.

"Da da da!"

The Eighth Route Army participated in the battle, including three soldiers from the main force, five Houjiazhai militiamen, and the Japanese army had about forty troops, equipped with light machine guns and grenade grenades.

The little devil Sergeant Cao who was fighting in this encounter was terrified. The opponent had only a few people, and the other side was a dissatisfied infantry squad, but he failed to take down the opponent for a long time, and instead suffered more than a dozen casualties.

More than [-] assaulters from the reconnaissance company pulled the trigger, and the flower mechanism in their hands was fully fired, sweeping down the little devils who were cleaning the battlefield.

At this time, the little devils also played tricks, and in a blink of an eye, more than a dozen little devils surrounded Li Quan and San Shunzi.

Liang Shengquan did not dare to sit on the ground to rest, but leaned on a big tree to borrow strength, and looked at the time from time to time. Seeing that the departure time was getting closer, but Li Quan and the three still did not return, Liang Shengquan couldn't help feeling worried.

"Yes!" The soldiers of the reconnaissance company responded in unison, and then several people came out and carried the body of the sacrificed soldier on their backs.

"Okay!" Li Quan said, leaving the rifle on the ground, losing support, trembling as if he was about to fall at any time, but his right hand touched the dagger pinned to his waist.

"Yo Xi, you are a Chinese who understands current affairs!" The little devil Juncao laughed wildly.

"The main force of the Japanese army must be nearby. They may have already rushed towards them. Take the corpses and retreat through this village!"

"San Shunzi, today I will teach you another rule. On the battlefield, the soldiers of the Xinyi Regiment have never been shot in the back, put on bayonets, and fought with the little devil!" Li Quan roared, and jumped from behind the earthen wall. out.

Liang Shengquan looked around at the corpses placed together, suppressed the grief in his heart, and his fingers turned white: "They are all good, they are soldiers from our new regiment, and they didn't embarrass our Eighth Route Army. We came late!"

While talking, a militiaman stayed on the spot and shot due to lack of experience in fighting the little devil. He was immediately targeted by the little devil's Type [-] grenade launcher and fell into a pool of blood.

After the exchange of fire between the two sides, when the Japanese army on the opposite side hesitated, the three of Li Quan could have safely evacuated in the dark, but what about the ordinary people in the village?
The Eighth Route Army was discovered at the entrance of the village, and the little devil would never let the people in the village go. For this reason, Li Quan and the three decided to stay and stop the Japanese army without hesitation, buying time for the villagers of Houjiaji to evacuate.

The reason why Zhou Weihan asked the Xinyi Regiment to reinforce Dongming was because when the Xinyi Regiment first arrived in Southwest Shandong, it used Dongming County as the basis for its development. These people are familiar with the local situation in Dongming.

When the two sides were fighting, a few figures slipped out of the village, the leader was also a soldier of the reconnaissance company, and immediately found Li Quan.

"Come on, little devil, grandpa is here, hit here!" Li Quan yelled, and immediately changed positions, and then a grenade exploded on the spot.

"Company commander, haven't you stayed in Dongming for a long time, why are you still asking me?"

"Comrade, there are too few of you. If our militia has weapons, I will bring them!"

"The village head of Houjiaji is organizing the villagers to evacuate. We need to stop it for at least 10 minutes!" The soldier in charge of notifying the villagers to evacuate said to Li Quan: "By the way, this is the waiter of the Houjiaji militia. team leader!"

"Company commander, the gunshots are coming from the north direction, and it's the sound of the [-]th cover and the flower mechanism!" The platoon leader in charge of security said first.

The little devil Juncao is a veteran of the early days of the war. He has been in China for a long time. Of course, he understood what his grandfather meant, and immediately shouted: "Biga! Road!"

Li Quan hid behind the earthen wall at the entrance of the village, with a burning pain in his right ear. As soon as the two sides met each other, they couldn't help being stunned. The little devil reacted equally quickly, and a bullet grazed Li Quan's ear.

Captain Hou leaned against the dirt wall, endured the pain and unscrewed the back cover of the grenade, and slowly hid the two grenades in his arms, with a mean smile on the corner of his mouth: "With these two grenades, it should be enough this time." Already!"

"Li Quan is using the flower mechanism. He must have met the enemy. This is our base area. If the enemy appears here, the number of enemies will definitely not be small. Correspondent, you stay where you are, and immediately use the walkie-talkie to contact the regiment headquarters and report the situation. , the rest will go with me to support!" Liang Shengquan led the reconnaissance company to the battle location with a wave of his hand.

"Fuck you!" Taking advantage of the time when the little devil's sergeant was relaxing, Li Quan threw down the little devil's sergeant with all his strength, and then sealed his throat cleanly.

"Hey, grandpa is not afraid to tell you. Your grandpa and I are from the new regiment of the Luxinan Military Division of the Eighth Route Army. We were the ones who killed the fourth cavalry brigade in Shangqiu. What's the matter? Come up to die?" I killed the little devil Sergeant.

While talking, with the light reflected from the little devil's helmet under the moonlight, he took advantage of the opportunity, poked his head out, and shot the little devil's helmet in short bursts with the flower mechanism in his hand. In order to save bullets, he could only use burst shots to give the opponent Little devil stress.

With a wave of his hand, three little devils rushed towards Li Quan with bayonets in hand, but San Shunzi on the other end fell into a pool of blood under the siege of several little devils.

Liang Shengquan sent Li Quan to walk around in order to determine his current location. Coincidentally, this group of little devils who were going to reinforce them were even more unfamiliar with the situation in Dongming territory. The personnel sent by the two sides to explore the road collided one is right.

"Haha, your grandpa is San Shunzi, little devil, remember who killed me!"

"You guys, which unit of the Eighth Route Army do you belong to?" The little devil Sergeant Cao planned to take the opportunity to find out the unit number of the Eighth Route Army in front of him.

After the 35th Division broke through the old course of the Yellow River, Harada Kumayoshi, at the request of Mitsuo Nakazawa, sent an infantry brigade to Cao County to join the Japanese army of the [-]th Division.

"What are you talking about? Our company is the sharp knife company of the whole regiment. We went the wrong way. It's a small embarrassment, but a big delay in the mission. Go, take two people to the nearby village to drive around!" Liang Shengquan said with a glare.

"Give it up!" After a brief confrontation, the little devil's army finally figured out the situation of the person on the opposite side. Following the order of the little devil's army, the three eighty-nine-style grenades were aimed at Li Quan and the two of them one after another. The earthen wall where they were hiding began shelling, and at the same time, more than [-] little devils were divided into two groups, one group attacked from the front, and the other group tried to outflank it from the side.

"Baga, are these Eighth Route Army crazy?" The surviving little devil looked at the scene in front of him and said in shock. The Japanese army had been stationed around Zheng County for a long time to confront the national army, and they had no experience of fighting the Eighth Route Army before.

Although the scale of this battle was small, some people kept it in mind. Three soldiers from the Eighth Route Army and five children from the same village died in order to cover the transfer of the villagers.

After the war, the villagers of Houjiazhai learned through the local government that the soldiers who died in Houjiazhai were three members of the new reconnaissance company of the Luxinan Army Division of the Eighth Route Army after searching for many days. Warriors, Li Quan, Liang Sanshun, Wu Dahao.

Later, the burial place where the martyrs were buried was found outside Houjiazhai Village. Eight elderly people in Houjiazhai Village took out the coffins they had prepared for themselves and re-entombed the eight martyrs.

In the following decades, the land of China has undergone many changes, and the villagers who have experienced this have passed away one after another. However, every Tomb-sweeping Day, the villagers of Houjiazhai will spontaneously go to the cemetery to pay homage.

The inscription on the tombstone has been through wind and rain, even blurred, but it is still tall and straight, guarding the entire Houjiazhai like a patron saint.