Volume 1 Chapter 032 Air Raid
Unlike other officers, Shen Quan fought on the front lines, which made the soldiers of the Big Knife Team respect him very much.
In this battle, Shen Quan's performance was even more dazzling than that of the battalion commander Shi Song, making the big knife team willing to obey his command.
"yes!"
After shouting in unison, the Big Sword Team went to look for the next puppet army stronghold.
Linzhai Town was in complete chaos under the attack of two battalions of the 358th Regiment.
Some puppet soldiers were smart and immediately surrendered when they saw the situation was not good.
There was no suspense in this battle. Especially after the 2nd Battalion captured the north and south gates, Linzhai Town was declared recovered.
The bodies of the puppet soldiers were carried to the city gate by the young and strong men who were summoned, and they were piled up in layers and placed in a mess.
Hundreds of Japanese and puppet army prisoners squatted on the ground with their hands on their heads, not daring to breathe.
A company from the 5th Battalion set up three light machine guns and monitored them with submachine guns.
"Captain, this is the battle statistics!" Deputy Battalion Commander Liu Bin said excitedly to Shi Song. "We defeated a puppet army regiment, annihilated more than 300 people, captured more than 200 people, and the rest all ran away. Our soldiers killed 41 people, seriously injured 19 people, and the lightly injured have not been counted yet. The captured items are as follows: 1 heavy machine gun, more than 1,000 rounds of heavy machine gun ammunition, 6 light machine guns, more than 500 rifles, and the ammunition is being counted."
"Well, that's right. But don't forget to confiscate the property looted by the puppet soldiers and puppet officials!" Shi Song's adjutant ordered with a smile.
Liu Bin's eyes lit up when he heard this. Here came his chance to make a fortune! He shouted excitedly, "Yes, sir. I'll do it right away!"
The interrogation of puppet army officers and puppet mayors was not so particular as time was of the essence.
The method is a bit crude, but the effect is obvious.
Cheng Yuqing arrived breathlessly with his guard squad, just in time to witness the 5th Battalion's massive house raid in Linzhai Town.
He felt a deep sense of frustration as he watched the soldiers from the 5th Battalion hurried back to their work.
Although they were fighting in coordination this time, he was still planning to steal the show from the other side.
Of course the most important thing is if the 2nd Battalion can capture Linzhai Town.
At this time, it was the 2nd Battalion that was responsible for plundering the ill-gotten gains of the puppet army, and the 5th Battalion had no role to play.
I didn't expect that two-thirds of the 5th Battalion were rookies, but they fought pretty well.
He walked over and punched Shisong. "Old Shi, you're not bad at fighting! Your 5th Battalion can go out this time!"
Shi Song shouted cheerfully, "Old Cheng, you're here? It's just in time. Hurry up and ask your people to help get these things into the car and take them away! The regiment has ordered us to retreat before dawn!"
"Okay! Let's get it done sooner so we can go back earlier!"
After ransacking the homes of all the traitors in Linzhai Town, the 2nd and 5th Battalions of the 358th Regiment happily set out on their journey home.
The 2nd Battalion escorted the captured weapons and equipment and retreated at 12:00 am on September 14.
In order to search the assets of the puppet army and puppet officers and pack the supplies, the 5th Battalion retreated nearly an hour later than originally planned.
Left at 2am.
The night wind was cold, blowing on Shisong's face as he rode on horseback.
Like a knife cut!
Shi Song's mood was warm.
This battle was the 5th Battalion’s first actual combat.
Although there are some minor flaws in the middle.
However, they still wiped out thousands of Japanese and puppet troops in a swift manner, seized a large amount equipment and supplies, killed hundreds of traitors, obtained a large amount of trophies, and even seized more than 30 war horses!
This battle can be said to be a great victory.
I believe that when the regiment commander sees the captured supplies, he will recognize the 5th Battalion and his own strength.
The 5th Battalion will also become the main battalion of the 358th Regiment, and will have more opportunities to fight and receive more supplies allocation.
Just when Shisong was happily wanting to gallop on his horse and sing a song.
An annoying voice sounded.
"Captain! We must hurry up. We have already set out an hour later than scheduled, and we are marching too slowly now. This is very dangerous!"
The amount of supplies confiscated this time was quite large, filling up thirty carriages.
As a result, the marching speed of the 5th Battalion was slowed down.
Seeing that it was almost dawn, Shen Quan couldn't help but remind them.
We are now in a wasteland, and what if Japanese planes come?
The 5th Battalion is in danger!
Shisong looked around and saw that the sun had appeared on the horizon.
At this time, he was also a little anxious, and hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, hurry up and get to that hill!"
As long as we reach the mountains, we will be much safer with the shelter of trees and the protection of ditches.
Shi Song wanted to reach the mountains as quickly as possible.
As the saying goes: Running to the mountain will kill you!
It looks close, but it’s not that close when you actually walk there.
What's more, with so many vehicles traveling on the dirt roads in Shanxi, it is impossible for them to move fast.
At seven o'clock in the morning, the sun had already risen from the mountains.
At this time, two black spots appeared in the sky, and then the soldiers of the 5th Battalion heard a buzzing sound...
This is the sound of the airplane propeller and the mixed sound of the airplane rubbing against the air.
For the anti-Japanese soldiers of this era, this is the voice of death!
"The Japanese planes are coming! Hide! Hide quickly!" Shi Song turned around and shouted loudly to his soldiers.
The sound of the Japanese plane's engine was like the call of death.
The soldiers of the 5th Battalion, who had been so excited just now, were now in a panic.
At this time, some soldiers squatted down instinctively and tried their best to find various shelters.
Some soldiers , however, ran around like frightened deer, not knowing what to do.
Two Tachikawa Type 98 reconnaissance planes dived straight towards the 5th Battalion, and when they were only three to five hundred meters above the ground, they pulled the lever to pass over closely.
As the Tachikawa Type 98 reconnaissance plane approached rapidly, the roar of the aircraft engine almost pierced everyone's eardrums.
It was at this time that the two onboard machine guns on the plane began to fire wildly.
Crackling...
Two bursts of machine gun bullets poured down from the Japanese reconnaissance plane.
Rows of bullets swept over, spreading like two lines of fire.
Yellow soil splashed wherever the line was swept!
Whoever gets touched will be unlucky.
The few soldiers who were fleeing in panic didn't notice that the Japanese plane was right behind them.
"Run to both sides, run to both sides quickly!" Shi Song saw it and roared to remind.
"ah……"
They instantly moved their hands and feet as if they were dancing.
But the next second, they were lying straight on the ground.
Bright red blood immediately gushed out from the wound.
He only had time to let out a few screams before he died.
Some soldiers squatting on the ground were immediately hit by the Japanese machine guns, and their bodies were pierced through.
In the southwest, the national army had planes and could engage in fierce battles with the Japanese army in the air.
In North China, both the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Central Army had completely lost air superiority.
The Japanese
The Chinese army was helpless.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten . This is vividly demonstrated at this moment!
The soldiers could only fight back heroically with rifles and light machine guns.
Seeing their comrades being tortured by the Japanese planes, the Japanese planes flew back.
The machine gunners' eyes turned red and they shouted, "Fuck your ancestors, little devils!"
They fired their machine guns angrily into the sky.
Bang, bang, bang…
The other soldiers also took their rifles and fired at the Japanese planes in the sky.
For a moment, there was a burst of gunfire.
