Chapter 4: Operation "Battle Village" 24. Mid-Autumn Festival Eve
A total of twelve villages were sent to work groups. The team leaders of the eight villages were Dazui, the former leader of Tonggu Village was Qianliyan and now is Gongyangzi, the leader of Maolixi Village was Company Leader Hong, the leader of Gaoshan Village was Mortar, the leader of Mengshan Village was Machine Gun, the leader of Yinzheng Village was Yinyang Wuchang (who was in charge of the work when Yinyang Wuchang left the team) Third Platoon Leader Li Chunjiang, the deputy team leader of Yinzheng Village was Shuishe (who was in charge of the work when Shuishe left the team) Second Platoon Leader Li Qiang, the leader of Lushan Village was First Platoon Leader Wu Yuanying, the leader of Qixi Village was First Platoon Deputy Platoon Leader Hu Ping, the leader of Bangang Village was Second Platoon Deputy Platoon Leader Meng Feixiong, the leader of Wuzhen Village was Third Platoon Deputy Platoon Leader Xin Kaide, and the leader of Pantang Village was Yao Xianming, the new deputy company commander of the special guerrilla unit.
They are all ancient ethnic groups. The neighboring villages and hamlets have experienced thousands of years of historical entanglements, and almost all of them have various in-law relationships. Therefore, the M country devils killed villages and villages in Y country, causing almost all relatives in these twelve villages to be brutally killed. Unfortunately, everyone was only angry and afraid, but now suddenly there were guerrillas to support them, and they quickly took action.
Almost all men, women, old and young acted together to organize a militia. All the old people, children and women were incorporated into the combat teams. All the facilities for clearing the countryside were built, and a rural combat network consisting of traps, mines and stingers was established. A tunnel network was also built village by village. The battle plans sent to Mae Sai Island by the twelve team leaders also passed the tiger's test one by one.
The moon looked particularly round on this rainy night. The people of the twelve villages were preparing to fight against the attack of the M army and to celebrate a traditional festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival. There were even young men and women singing songs to each other on the mountain.
After interrogating Buddy, Tiger was very excited. After several rounds of interrogation, Buddy confessed a plan to the chief of staff, the Full Moon Storm. He looked at the moonlight on the ground, reluctant to fall asleep, and quietly got up and walked step by step to the stone mountain on Mae Sai Island . He was wrapped in the moonlight and lay on the stone in a daze.
Suddenly, a clear voice rang out: "The moon in the sky is exuding fragrance, and I am thinking of my lover on the earth. I want to sing a song, but I am afraid of disturbing Wu Gang." The voice was not loud, but elegant and penetrating.
The tiger's brain got hot, and he immediately responded: "Wu Gang swung his axe to cross the world, and he went to the battlefield with a clear mind and sharp eyes. If you call sister, don't speak, or you will cause the tide of the South China Sea to rise!"
Li Ying walked up step by step, holding a blanket in her hand and gently covered the tiger with it.
"I'm just getting hot in my heart!"
"Autumn is coming, and the nights are cool."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Tiger turned over and sat up: "When the enemy attacks, it is also our time to attack."
Li Ying stared at him but still said nothing. She knew that Tiger didn't need anyone to talk to him when he was thinking about something.
Tiger nodded: "I have imagined two times for attack. One is after the enemy's mopping-up operation is completed. The other is when the enemy is attacking and we attack from behind."
Li Ying silently placed the water in her arms on the stone.
Tiger lay down slowly again: "The first attack time seems to be to take advantage of our victory in the anti-mopping-up operation and the enemy's retreat in disgrace. This seems to be the best time. However, the enemy will definitely use all their forces to protect their strategic village at this time."
He stood up slowly again: "The second time, this is unexpected for the enemy. However, our troops seem insufficient."
Tiger clenched his fists. "We must not fight a battle that the enemy wants! Why don't you say anything?"
Li Ying suddenly laughed: "Why can't we destroy one, two or three strategic villages first?" Tiger nodded: "This seems to be just a drop in the bucket for Ganlingxi."
Li Ying shook his head. "It's impossible for you to liberate Ganlingxi by yourself, Tiger."
Tiger stared at her and suddenly burst into laughter: "Well said! Very well said!" He hugged Li Ying who was leaning against him, "I really want to marry you!"
"If you drive away the invaders, I will definitely marry you!"
Tiger's battle plan became clearer and clearer in his mind.
The meeting of the leaders of the twelve villages was held on the eighth day of the eighth lunar month on Mae Sai Island. This was the first real reunion of the entire special guerrilla unit after they were separated.
The chief of staff of the M Army was very angry because Buddy's sudden disappearance meant that his plan might be exposed. However, he could not figure out how the Tigers could resist his full-scale raid when the timing of the attack was completely in his hands.
As the Mid-Autumn Festival drew closer, Tiger was ready for everything. However, a major question always troubled Tiger: On what day would the M army attack?
The best method he envisioned was for the guerrillas to launch an attack at the same time as the M Army's attack. On the tenth day of the eighth lunar month, he decided to go to Ganlingxi in person.
Li Ying smiled: "If you trust me, let me go to Ganlingxi alone."
Tiger stared at her: "Do you still have connections in Ganlingxi?"
"Yes."
"Is it something I'm not allowed to know?"
"Before receiving the order from the headquarters, no one except me can know." Li Ying said seriously. Then she smiled: "You won't be angry?"
Tiger shook his head, "I understand." He looked at Li Ying carefully, "You are such a mysterious person."
Li Ying shook her head, with a hint of sadness in her eyes: "Our country has experienced war for more than ten years in a row. War is like a nightmare that has shrouded us since I was a little girl." She sighed and looked at the moon in the sky, "I also want to live the life a girl should live, but I can't, I really can't. I couldn't do it when I was ten." She smiled, "At the age of ten, I vowed to make my own efforts to build an equal and prosperous country Y. So, I began my life of war." Her voice became smaller and smaller, and her body seemed to be trembling.
Tiger hugged her gently and couldn't say a word. He knew that anything he said at this moment would be redundant.
Waiting makes people anxious, including the tiger. Ah Qing was exhausted. He had to follow the tiger around the villages all day long. But he preferred it this way because he was afraid of seeing the tiger standing on the beach and looking west to Ganling. He was afraid of seeing the tiger tortured by worry.
Tigers are also human beings. If a tiger has something on its mind, it is impossible for it to be so happy.
August 11th, August 12th, August 13th... the days slipped forward one by one.
At this time, blood and rain were blowing around Mangchang. The only ones left in Mangchang were the sharpshooter and the new guerrilla leader Chen Hu. The encirclement and suppression launched by the M Army had lasted for more than a month.
This news also spread to Ganling West because the latest batch of supply couriers failed to deliver the supplies and only an injured couriers came.
Tiger arranged for the courier and immediately sent a telegram to the headquarters. He believed that the day had come for the headquarters to decide on sending rapid attack troops to cooperate with the guerrillas in the iron-fist attack.
The sun of August 14 had already illuminated Meixi Island, but Li Ying still hadn't returned.
A huge shadow loomed over Tiger. Tiger ordered Meng Lang to lead a reconnaissance team to Ganling West to gather information, and ordered all participating troops to enter the attack state. He knew that the enemy's attack was imminent.
He wanted to evacuate the people to the mountains as quickly as possible, but almost no villagers were willing to go up the mountain during the Mid-Autumn Festival. They asked Tiger to determine the time of the enemy's attack during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The sun was setting step by step, and the tiger stared at the blood-red sunset.
Although he knew that war would lead to bloodshed, and that even if he was not here, the people of Country Y would also bleed, his heart was trembling.
"Li Ying, where are you? I need you, and the people need you too!"
Sinar's phone rang: "General, the Full Moon Storm has officially started, and the time is set at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning."
Sinnar whispered, "I asked the doctor, four o'clock in the morning is when people sleep the deepest." Then Sinnar showed a smile on his face.
He pressed the bedside call bell and said loudly: "Give me a glass of whiskey!"
Tiger wrapped himself in a blanket as if he was afraid of the cold. Ah Qing knew that it was the blanket that Li Ying often put on Tiger. It had been many nights without Li Ying covering him with a blanket, but Tiger always remembered it clearly and put it on as soon as it got dark. In fact, the night was not cold! Ah Qing felt very uncomfortable.
Suddenly, the tiger stood up, eyes wide open, staring at the high ground in the distance. Someone was coming there. But even Ah Qing could see that the person was definitely not Li Ying. No matter how fast Li Ying ran, she was always so light and graceful. However, the tiger still watched until the person ran closer.
He was a soldier from the special guerrilla unit who went to Ganling West with Meng Lang to gather information. He stood at attention and took a deep breath: "Report!"
Tiger said softly, but his voice was trembling: "Don't panic, speak slowly and clearly."
"Yes! Report to Tiger, we have not received any news that is unfavorable to Captain Li in Ganling West. Team Leader Meng asked me to come back and report to you. They are continuing their reconnaissance."
The tiger stared at the warrior for a long time.
Ah Qing asked hurriedly, "Is the report finished?"
"Yes! Report completed!"
Tiger slowly laid back down on the chair.
A meteor suddenly streaked across the sky. Ah Qing quickly closed his eyes, clasped his hands together, and muttered to himself, "Sister Li Ying, please come back safely soon!"
He stared at the high hill leading to the island. He blinked his eyes, blinked his eyes again, blinked his eyes again!
Oh my goodness! He jumped up.
Some things don't need to be excited. For example, the tiger seemed unusually calm when he saw Li Ying.
As soon as Li Ying arrived, he immediately said: "The M army will start the attack at 4 a.m. tomorrow!"
Tiger roared almost immediately: "Come here!" The communications squad composed of special guerrilla members immediately rushed in.
"Go immediately and order all villages to evacuate their people. The enemy will begin the attack at 4 a.m.!" "Order, the old monk, Captain Hong, and Gong Yangzi to lead the team to the attack position immediately. The attack will begin on time at 4 a.m.."
A unit of the People's Army of Country Y quietly entered the Mangchang area when it was getting dark. Of course, the sharpshooter and Chen Hu and others were there to meet them.
Suddenly a voice called out to the sharpshooter, "Brother."
The mortar, the clairvoyant, the machine gun, the old monk, and the ram all followed the tiger, and only the warriors returned to the headquarters.
Could it be a warrior? The sharpshooter was delighted and turned around, stunned.
The sharpshooter hugged the warrior and said, "Brother, it's really you!"
The warrior laughed loudly and waved his remaining left arm: "Of course it's me. If the M army doesn't kill me, I will play with them until I kill them!"
The sharpshooter nodded vigorously.
It turned out that Mengshi's arm was just healed, so he insisted on going to find Tiger and continue fighting, but was immediately opposed by the two countries. The General Advisory Group decided to send him back to China. However, Mengshi refused and kept asking for mercy. This time when the main force arrived in Mangchang, at his strong request, the headquarters decided to let him come as an advisor to the offensive force.
After hearing the reports from the sharpshooter and Chen Hu, the troops immediately launched an attack on Fes.
At 4 a.m., the old monk, Captain Hong, and Gong Yangzi simultaneously launched attacks on Shuijing Strategic Village, Daguan Strategic Village, and Bailong Strategic Village. At this time, the Full Moon Storm Operation commanded by the Chief of Staff of the M Army also began.
The guerrillas' actions were certainly not as eye-catching as those of the M Army.
The moonlit sky suddenly went dark. A huge roar sounded from the west. A whole fleet of helicopters took off one after another, rising higher and higher, and soon they filled the entire sky. The lights on the planes made the sky weird and mysterious. Then, the planes suddenly dispersed, split into groups of four, and circled lower and lower. Soon, they arrived above the villages.
Flares were launched one after another, and the village where the 12-Tiger team was stationed was illuminated.
Boom! Explosions sounded immediately.
All of the twelve villages were attacked by helicopter bombs. Explosions continued one after another, and the light of explosions was intertwined throughout the mountain jungle.
The helicopter circled around the village. The bombs tore apart the bamboo and wooden buildings and collapsed the cowsheds. The helicopter descended lower and lower, and the wind lifted the flames from the underground explosions and made them dance in the air. This seemed to give the M army pilots some kind of inspiration. So, the incendiary bombs were also dropped. The wood, bamboo, and thatch that were blown everywhere started to burn.
All this had been planned long ago. The helicopter's machine gun roared. Bullets were sifting back and forth like needles and thread sewing clothes. Twelve villages were twisted in bombs, fire, and machine gun bullets. The chief of staff of the M Army was on the helicopter, as if he was watching a drill.
Because the guerrillas had no anti-aircraft weapons at all, the entire air strike was purely a one-sided and wanton devastation.
"Don't be stingy with your artillery shells. Explode again, and strafing again." The chief of staff did not like his soldiers to make unnecessary sacrifices, and he believed in the power of artillery shells.
The twelve villages were suddenly engulfed in flames and explosions, then turned into ashes and scattered into the night.
Three flares pierced the night sky. Twelve mopping-up teams began to parachute. Everything was well-rehearsed. They quickly occupied the village, and resistance was increasingly unable to stop them. Although there were sporadic gunshots, they were far away and inaccurate. Even if one or two were injured, what would it matter?
In short, the M Army mopping-up team occupied all the villages before dawn, even though there were no civilians, cattle, sheep, or food in these villages. They all stopped. They had to wait until dawn. The helicopters also took turns to return to Ganling West to add ammunition. The twelve burning villages were completely controlled by them.
The Chief of Staff of the M Army received the news that the strategic village was attacked and sneered: "This is Tiger's feint to the east and attack in the west! He wants to transfer us back!"
Of course, he would not be anxious, because he had long known that the guerrillas would adopt this method. This was often used by the weak. And the strategic village defense system he established was sufficient to cope with it.
Yes, just as Captain Hong ordered the mortars to bombard the strategic village of Daguan, the armored vehicles that received the news were dispatched.
In the early morning, the sound of artillery fire was very loud. The road from Ganling West to Daguan Strategic Village was not far for the armored vehicles. The two armored vehicles really did not take the guerrillas seriously. These guerrillas could only hide in the woods on both sides and shoot cold guns. The most powerful thing they could do was to throw grenades. What could they do to the armored vehicles? The armored vehicles roared loudly and rushed towards Daguan.
Perhaps they should have paid attention to the terrain. It was an uphill climb and a bend, so the tank had to slow down.
A problem they had never dreamed of happened. Two rocket launchers were moving towards them. The one in front fired a shot, creating a huge hole in the ground. The one behind was not so polite, and hit the armored vehicle with one shot.
The first armored vehicle fell into the pit. Suddenly, something fell from the sky and covered it. It was actually a large net made of thorny rattan on the mountain.
Then many people jumped onto the chariot from the trees, poured honey and boiling water into the cracks, and put handfuls of ants on the chariot. Immediately, hundreds of ants crawled inside.
The last tank that was destroyed was not so lucky. The guerrilla fighters on both sides ignored him and just fired bullets and grenades at him.
The first tank roared violently, trying to climb out of the pit. To make matters worse, pieces of mud from the rice fields were thrown up, soon covering the firing holes and the observation mirrors.
Suddenly, the guerrillas jumped into the trees on both sides. A loud explosion sounded on the top of the tank.
It turned out to be the idea of the funny egg-biter. He hung a bunch of grenades on the top cover. I don't know how the M soldiers in the car felt after the explosion, but the top cover was blown open as the egg-biter expected.
Another group of people jumped onto the chariot from the trees.
The tank driver was very anxious because the glass of the observation hole was covered by the mud that kept coming in. He could not see the direction and could only be trapped in the big pit and beaten. The honey and the ants that crawled in came towards them together.
The soldier who jumped up was holding a rocket launcher. He thrust it in and threw a bunch of grenades in like grapes. A voice shouted, "Come out! If you don't, I'll open fire!"
The Japanese soldiers from Country M were all afraid of death, and they all shouted, "We surrender, don't fire!"
The Egg Biter was already laughing: "Of course we won't open fire, we just want to borrow your armored vehicle to kill your accomplices!"
The old monk's team's attack didn't seem to be going smoothly.
Soon, they heard fierce gunfire from assault rifles behind them. Immediately, the old monk's team dispersed to both sides.
A platoon of M troops rushed over and headed straight for the strategic village of Shuijing.
The Nanzai soldiers and the M country soldiers in the Shuijing strategic village cheered together, opened the gate and welcomed them in.
The old monk came back like a sticky candy.
The captain of the M Army waved his hand, and a squad of M Army rushed to the guardhouse at the entrance of the village. He yelled at the M Army advisor and the officers of South Y: "Gather your soldiers immediately, I will arrange them! It's a mess, there is no order at all."
The M Army advisor also shouted at his dozen soldiers while yelling at the South Y officer: "Hurry up, you Y South lazy bastard!"
Officer South Y gave the signal to assemble.
What about Beilong Village? It was very quiet, the kind of quiet before something happens.
