Volume 1 Chapter 015 Siege
"Captain, just leave it to me. Those traitors can't take our horses away!"
Wang Xikui adjusted his breathing, held the Type 38 rifle level, aimed at the Japanese soldier riding on horseback, and pulled the trigger.
bump!
With a gunshot, the Japanese soldier riding on the horse fell to the ground with a thud and died.
"Good job! Keep fighting!" Kong Jie shouted excitedly.
Not all soldiers of the independent regiment were as good at shooting as Wang Xikui, but they rushed to the puppet army camp and opened fire.
At such a close distance, I can kill someone with my eyes closed.
A few stray bullets hit the frightened war horses, and they died whimpering in a pool of blood.
"Damn it! Shoot more accurately, this is my horse!"
In Kong Jie's mind, these war horses were already his. If such good horses died, wouldn't it be a waste?
Kong Jie was heartbroken to see several horses dead.
Hearing the scolding and seeing that the Japanese devils were scared and ran away, the soldiers of the independent regiment stopped shooting and rushed towards the enemy with guns in hand.
Wang Xikui and several of his soldiers who were good at shooting became even more accurate with their Type 38 rifles!
Chen Hui felt like he had seen a ghost!
He ran faster than a rabbit, leaving the Eighth Route Army behind him by a long distance. But his men were constantly shot by bullets and fell off their horses.
Now no one dared to ride a horse, and would rather run towards the town on foot.
The traitors of the Imperial Army were all thinking of escaping back to Wanjia Town. All that was left of the original camp were hundreds of war horses besides the dead bodies all over the ground!
A cavalry battalion has nearly 400 people.
In case the war horses get sick or for other reasons, there are spare war horses.
The puppet army cavalry battalion had more than 500 war horses.
Even though Chen Hui escaped with dozens of people during the chaos, and some war horses also escaped, the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment still seized nearly 400 war horses.
Looking at these tall war horses, Kong Jie shouted excitedly.
"Bring the horses back to me immediately. They are all ours now!"
Battalion commander Zhang Dabiao immediately shouted, "Yes!"
Behind a hill on the west side of Wanjia Town, the cavalry battalion of the 358th Regiment has arrived.
The cavalry battalion commander, Lu Dahai, ran to the chief of staff Fang Ligong, reined in his horse and said.
"Staff Officer Fang! The 8th Brigade of the Puppet Army Mixed Brigade has been dispatched! According to intelligence personnel, there are only two battalions of troops stationed in Wanjia Town now!"
When Chief of Staff Fang Ligong heard that only two battalions of troops were left in Wanjia Town, he clapped his hands and cheered.
"Okay! Send one squad to continue monitoring the main force of the puppet army, and the others should take over Wanjia Town as quickly as possible!"
"yes!"
Fang Ligong pulled out his pistol and shouted, "Kill! Take down Wanjia Town. I'll give you a reward of three dollars!"
When the soldiers of the cavalry camp heard about the reward, they excitedly picked up their rifles and charged towards Wanjia Town.
In order to successfully capture Wanjia Town, Chu Yunfei transferred the mortar platoons directly under the second and third battalions to the cavalry battalion.
As they approached Wanjia Town, soldiers from two mortar platoons dismounted, set up their mortars, and aimed at Wanjia Town.
The puppet soldiers guarding the gate of Wanjia Town heard the sound of horse hooves coming from afar.
At first they didn't take it seriously, thinking that their troops were withdrawing.
They looked over and saw the black dot flying from a distance gradually getting bigger.
The puppet soldier's eyes opened wider and wider until they were wide open.
The uniforms of the Eighth Route Army are earth-gray in color.
The Japanese army is khaki.
The central army is yellow-green.
Only the uniforms of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army were mainly dark green.
The uniforms of the people in front of me are obviously the Shanxi Suiyuan Army.
Their faces turned pale as they screamed. "Enemy! The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is coming!"
"The enemy is attacking! Close the city gates!"
Only at this time did they think of closing the city gates, but it was too late.
The cavalry battalion directly under the 358th Regiment has accelerated and rushed towards the city gate !
The two light machine gun positions on the city wall saw the 358th Regiment cavalry coming. Ye Tiangui, the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the puppet army, shouted urgently: "Fire, fire quickly, we must not let the enemy rush in!"
The machine guns sounded, and bullets flew past in strings, raising a cloud of dust. For a moment, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion were trapped at the city gate.
When Fang Ligong saw this, he was immediately furious. He shouted, "Mortar Platoon, destroy those two machine guns for me!"
"Watch me!" Two soldiers from the artillery platoon, the second gunner quickly set up the Jin-made 75mm mortar and adjusted the muzzle.
The third gunner took a shell from the ammunition box and handed it over.
The main gunner took it, removed the safety measures, put it into the barrel, and then all three of them turned their heads and dodged to the side.
Smoke came out of the muzzle, and four shells drew an arc and landed near the puppet army's machine gun position.
boom!
The shell exploded!
Explosions were heard one after another on the city walls.
The five puppet soldiers at the machine gun post were beaten so hard that their bodies were torn like rags.
When the puppet soldiers at another stronghold saw the miserable plight of their colleagues, they were so frightened that they dropped their machine guns, screamed, and crawled away.
Fang Ligong saw this and shouted in contempt: "Cowardly devils, hurry up, charge in and take down the city gate!"
After taking down the two light machine gun positions set up by the puppet army on the top of the city wall, the cavalry battalion of the 358th regiment rushed into the town and attacked the puppet army camp command post, the maintenance association and other targets.
The city gate outposts were easily destroyed. How could the puppet army with less than a hundred people left in the town be a match for the 358th Cavalry Battalion?
Several puppet soldiers who attempted to resist were shot to death by soldiers from the cavalry battalion carrying light machine guns before they could even fire their machine guns.
Seeing the enemy's fierce firepower, no puppet soldier dared to resist.
Some puppet soldiers took off their dog-skin uniforms and blended in with the common people. Some puppet soldiers were smart and immediately surrendered when they saw that the situation was not good.
Wanjia Town was captured so easily. In this battle, more than a dozen soldiers from the cavalry battalion were unfortunately hit by stray bullets. They were seriously injured and were rushed to the hospital for treatment.
An entire battalion of puppet troops was completely wiped out, and 206 puppet soldiers were captured alive.
With the surrender of the puppet troops, under their leadership, they quickly captured the puppet mayor of Wanjia Town alive.
Lü Dahai, the commander of the cavalry battalion, shouted excitedly, "This battle was so exciting! So exciting! One battalion defeated the puppet army and captured Wanjia Town!"
Fang Ligong looked at them with disdain and shouted, "They are just a bunch of second-rate puppet soldiers. What is there to be happy about? Quickly clean up the battlefield and collect the spoils! Go to the puppet army officers' homes and search to see if there are any treasures. Tell the brothers to be careful when searching and not to miss any place!"
"Yes. Captain Zhang, follow me!"
"Yes!" When the soldiers heard that they were going to confiscate the property of the puppet army, they shouted excitedly.
The commander-in-chief can eat meat, and they can also have some soup.
Lu Dahai led a company into the pseudo-town mayor's house and saw a room full of calligraphy and paintings, vases, etc.
He coughed and said, "If you see any good stuff, take it away first. If these traitors hide it secretly, we must confiscate it!"
Fang Ligong shouted, "Tell your men to be careful and don't damage it! Otherwise it will be worthless!"
The cavalry battalion led people to search everywhere and immediately confiscated anything valuable they saw.
This painting looks pretty good and should be worth some money.
Not bad, I want it!
This vase is so beautiful!
It must be worth money. Okay, I'll take it!
When Fang Ligong saw the inkstone on the pseudo-mayor's desk, his eyes lit up.
Just like Zhou Baopi, he wanted to search all the belongings of these puppet soldiers and puppet government officials.
Compared with the traitors, Zhang Zhaohui, the brigade commander of the Imperial Army, was much more direct.
What antique?
He was not interested at all. He was interested in money.
Fang Ligong and his company searched his home and found 6 large yellow croakers, 21 small yellow croakers, and more than 30,000 silver dollars.
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The 358th Regiment almost searched Wanjia Town, and confiscated a total of 2 large carts of valuables, 6 large yellow croakers, more than 40 small yellow croakers, and 50,000 silver dollars. As for the Japanese military notes, they were not left behind, and could be used by intelligence personnel.
These were searched from the homes of traitors and the Imperial Army.
All of them were placed in a room in the headquarters of the cavalry battalion of the 8th Mixed Brigade of the former puppet army.
Looking at these treasures, Fang Ligong nodded with satisfaction and shouted, "Captain Lu!"
"arrive!"
"Send someone to deliver these valuables back to the regiment headquarters!"
Lu Dahai straightened his chest and shouted, "Don't worry, Chief of Staff. I guarantee it with my head. It will not be lost. If one item is missing, you can chop off my head!"
Assign a company of soldiers to transport these properties.
Just when Fang Ligong had instructed the battalion commander to escort the property, the signalman came running over on horseback.
The communicator came over with a military intelligence report. "Sir, there's news from the Intelligence Department. The Japanese army is heading towards Wanjia Town!"
When Fang Ligong heard the Japanese army coming towards them, he quickly shouted, "Blow the assembly call. Let's retreat!"
