blood feud

Faced with a series of telegrams, Umezu Yoshijiro was puzzled: "Could it be that last night, the Chinese army adopted the strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain. The real goal of this battle is to fail Tianjin and Langfang, but the Chinese people are too bold." , do you want to capture Tianjin with two cavalry brigades!"

"Order: The Beiping embassy immediately negotiated with the Chinese garrison, questioning why Song Zheyuan encouraged the Chinese rebels to rebel, and ordered: Tianjin and Langfang garrison not to take the initiative to attack, closely monitor the enemy's movements, and find out the real combat intention of the Chinese!"

Umezu Yoshijiro issued the order "not to take the initiative to attack" twice in a row. The garrison teams in Tianjin and Langfang, the little devil, naturally adopted a "non-resistance policy." Three vital positions were occupied without bloodshed.

At 05:30 in the afternoon, the guard company had already built a blocking position on the front line of Donggu Port. Afterwards, the supply troops led by Bai Shujie did not stop and arrived at the Jiancha shop ten kilometers east of Bazhou at six o'clock.

At exactly seven o'clock, Bai Shujie led the remaining 109 people from a company to raid Xiongxian County. A battalion of the 53st) Division of the 1rd Army of the Northeast Army in the south was captured, and the county was occupied without bloodshed.

Until this time, Umezu Yoshijiro finally understood Bai Shujie's true intentions, and he was a little relieved, feeling that the Chinese army was just "borrowing".

"Baga." After thinking about it for a while, Umezu Yoshijiro raised the heart that had just been let go, and suddenly raised it in his throat: "Could it be that the Jehol rebels are going to collude with the southern army and carry out a north-south attack on the front line of Tianjin? The Chinese people have a conscience." Big bad, big bad!"

Bai Shujie didn't bother to ask Umezu Yoshijiro how suspicious, because he was having a headache right now, why, because the captured battalion commander was pestering him endlessly.

In fact, it cannot be called captured. Bai Shujie did not hand in his gun, and he was not detained. It is just that the 384 people in this battalion must stay in their own camp and cannot come out without permission. Otherwise, it will be regarded as a hostile act.

As for the county government set up by the southern government, all officials worked normally, but the hall was requisitioned, and at the same time, it was necessary to ensure the supply of fodder for 1 war horses and food for 0 people. Of course, Bai Shujie paid for it.

"What on earth are you thinking?" Bai Shujie invited the protesting battalion commander to the county government meeting room, and then said patiently: "I have already made it clear to you, I will borrow your place to live for a few days, you are not finished yet. Nothing to make a fuss about!"

"Sir, my name is Cao Renhou, and I didn't cause trouble." The battalion commander sat opposite Bai Shujie and said, "You said it was a team from Rehe, that's fine, you can take me away!"

Bai Shujie shook his head: "Why, I took you away, you treat me as a bandit, arrest me by the way!"

"It's not like this." Cao Renhou said helplessly: "Our 1) division has received a transfer order and will be transferred to Shaanxi in half a month. It is said that we are going to fight some Red Army. Uh, no, it should be to suppress bandits. , It is said that they are called communist bandits, sir, tell me, the little devil is in Tianjin, right? Let the little devil not fight, and now let us go and beat our own people, what is the matter!"

"Isn't it Cao Renhou?" Bai Shujie nodded: "I know what you said, but you left with me, what are you guys going to do? You 1) teacher can't trouble me ah!"

"Let me tell you the truth." Cao Renhou stood up, walked to the window, pointed outside and said, "Now it is rumored that someone Jiang is going to attack our Northeast Army, not only our 1) Division is leaving, the 106 The Division, the 108th Division, and the 119th Division have all been ordered to go south and enter Shaanxi!"

"On the 53rd Army, Zhou Fucheng's 116th Division is on the front line in Zhangjiakou, and Zhu Hongxun's 130th Division is in Baoding. In such a vast area, there are only 130 people from the 4000th Division. Many people in our Northeast Army don't want to do it. Now, do you know why our battalion is here? It’s because it’s the closest to the little devil, and I’m the one who wants to come here. Instead of beating up my own people, I’d rather find a chance to fight the little devil!”

Bai Shujie nodded, expressing that he already understood: "You go back and talk to your brothers first, the military regulations and discipline of the Jehol Front Army are strict, not everyone can bear it, how to deal with it, wait for my follow-up troops Let's talk later!"

Not long after Cao Renhou left, the luggage team led by Xiao Lamei and Wang Xinlan arrived. Their team was the largest, with 691 horses alone. Except for the carbine, they brought everything from the little devil's cavalry brigade.

Bai Shujie saw Xiao Lamei and Wang Xinlan finally arrived, and then a stone fell to the ground: "It's good that you two come back, contact Wei Chong and the others quickly, and let them meet in Xiong County immediately!"

At 09:30 in the evening, the second company and the guard company that contained and monitored the little devil returned successively, marking the end of the interlude of Bai Shujie's advance battalion. The next step is how to deal with the bandits.

Because Yilian was the last to enter the county, they were naturally responsible for the security task on the first night. I don't know why the little devil came, anyway, there was no large force chasing him.

After breakfast the next morning, each squad sorted out their internal affairs, and all commanders above the deputy platoon leader attended the military meeting. Now that they were on someone else’s territory, there was no time to greet each other. This was a secret meeting because it involved many policy issues.

According to Bai Shujie's instructions, Zhong Guitang first introduced the basic situation of the task force battalion, focusing on the process of Yangjiatao's front-line anti-ambush operations. Be vigilant.

"In short, this time I chose to penetrate from the heart of the enemy. Although I made a huge sacrifice, I still gained a lot." Zhong Guitang finally talked about his reflection: "We have just arrived and have not contacted anyone. The direction of action was not disclosed, and the marching route was decided half an hour before departure!"

"However, the little devil knows our whereabouts very well, and we temporarily adjust the direction of movement on the battlefield, and the little devil can arrive in time. Only by giving out information will our advance battalion be passive and suffer huge losses. For this reason, I think it is imperative to take action in such an area and use iron and blood methods to punish the traitors!"

Bai Shujie nodded, and said, "Guitang's thinking is very meaningful. I hope everyone here can learn a lesson. In the Beijing, Tianjin, and Tang regions, the little devil has ruled for more than 30 years. This is a long time for two generations. For this People in one area, we need to be more mindful and vigilant enough, this area can become our future battlefield, but there is no need to make great efforts to build a secret base!"

"The situation on our side is more complicated." Wei Chong lit a cigarette, and then said: "Through Zhong Guitang's analysis just now, I think we have also encountered the same problem. I led the first battalion to the Pu At the mouth, trying to get acquainted with the surrounding environment, Wang Sanju led the Second Battalion to Santai Town, 50 miles west of Xiongxian County!"

"They only rested for five hours. They set off from Santai Town at night, bypassed Xiongzhou Town and walked southward from Zhao Beikou. This route was decided by them on the road. Geng Fengbiao led a company to lead the battle. The front line of Qijianfang was ambushed, and Geng Fengbiao was wounded by mortar shrapnel, bleeding profusely and died heroically!"

"The sharp knife platoon was attacked by 19 mortar shells, and then was flanked by machine guns. 31 people were killed on the spot. "People were injured, three machine guns were blown up, and 10 horses were lost. Fortunately, Wang Sanju's follow-up troops were not far away. In less than 21 minutes, the enemy was anti-surrounded, and the sharp knife platoon was rescued. In this encounter, a total of [-] enemies were killed!"

Bai Shujie's face was livid: "After such a long time, have you found any clues?"

Wang Sanju interjected: "After the battle, we carefully inspected the enemy's corpses, and they were all uniforms of the Northeast Army. However, all the signs were gone, and all the rifles left on the scene were Liao [-]-style rifles. There are also crooked machine guns imitated by Fengtian Ordnance Factory, so it can be concluded that these people are either made up by the Northeast Army, or they are stragglers of the Northeast Army!"

Bai Shujie shook his head, but didn't come to a conclusion on this judgment, but turned his head and said, "Xie Chongguang, go find that Battalion Commander Cao Renhou. He can be regarded as a local snake here. There should be something we don't know about!"

"Report to the officer, Cao Renhou has been ordered to come!"

"Captain Cao, don't be so restrained, come here, let me introduce you." Bai Shujie got up and pulled Cao Renhou to sit next to him: "Brothers, this one is Cao Renhou from the 1) Division of the Northeast Army Battalion Commander, I came here to temporarily borrow his Xiong County to settle down, Battalion Commander Cao, you have been here for a long time, how much do you know about the bandits around here!"

"Could it be that your ministry was the one that was ambushed by bandits last time?" Cao Renhou nodded and said, "The biggest gang in our place, uh, it's called pull poles, and it's Xu Erhei from Raoyang County. There are more than 1800 bandits under his command, and there are also more than 600 outsiders. This group of bandits is ruthless and robs anyone they see. Our 1) Division has two battalions, but they were ambushed and wiped out by them. The next noble army was attacked, he should have done it!"

"Where are they entrenched now?" Bai Shujie didn't expect to find the traces of the bandits so easily, and finally he felt a little comfort in his heart. As long as he has a target, it will be easy, and there is hope for revenge for his brothers.

"Bandits all have their own territory. Xu Erhei's sphere of influence is centered on Raoyang County and Hejian County, with a radius of three hundred miles belonging to his territory." Cao Renhou pointed to the map on the table and said: "Go south to Dezhou, Shijiazhuang in the west, Zhuozhou in the north, and the sea in the east, including my county, are all within his sphere of influence!"

After all, what will happen next time, let’s see the breakdown in the next chapter,