Volume 1 Chapter 92 Black Cloud Village
The 358th Regiment is now stationed in Wuzhai Town and has not yet retreated to Dagu Town, so it has no intersection with the bandits in Heiyun Village.
Be it the General Staff or the reconnaissance company, they naturally would not focus their energy on this group of bandits.
However, the reserve troops of the 358th Regiment are now reclaiming wasteland and cultivating crops here, hoping to build a large rear area and produce food to prepare for 1942.
Black Cloud Village is a major hidden danger!
Chu Yunfei would never allow anyone to threaten the rear base, which provided food for countless civilians.
I remember that the bandits in Heiyun Village had offended the 358th Regiment and robbed a batch of my supplies.
I'm worried about being short of money!
Someone is sending money to your door.
If I don't accept it, I won't be able to live with my conscience.
Chu Yunfei's face turned cold, and he said, "Don't worry! In a few days, I will send people to destroy them. Their stronghold will be yours!"
Lin Zhiqiang mentioned the Black Cloud Village because, on the one hand, they threatened the safety of the reserve team.
On the other hand, he was also coveting the Black Cloud Village.
The terrain is strategic and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Moreover, the gang had occupied it for quite a while and had many houses and other things.
If they can get it, the reserve team can move in with their bags.
Why do we need to live in these wild mountains and forests, feeding mosquitoes and being beaten by wind and rain?
Lin Zhiqiang said excitedly: "Thank you, Commander! This will give us brothers more energy to work!"
Since we are going to do it, let’s do it quickly. Chu Yunfei patted Lin Zhiqiang on the shoulder and said, “Do a good job, I’m going back first!”
"Master, please walk slowly! Please walk slowly!"
After returning to the regiment headquarters, Chu Yunfei didn't even take a rest.
He called Fang Ligong over. "Staff Officer Fang, the Black Cloud Village in Dagu Mountain is committing crimes. We soldiers have the duty to protect our hometown and the people. Make a plan to capture the Black Cloud Village and capture Xie Baoqing alive!"
Fang Ligong was stunned for a moment.
Why did you suddenly think of fighting bandits?
Could it be that he feels that he cannot fight the Japanese army or the puppet army, and is now bored?
Want to take out your anger on the bandits?
But it’s not bad.
Otherwise, if the soldiers are left idle like this all the time, they will easily become lax.
It would be a good idea to use the bandits to train the new recruits, as it would give them some movement.
They were just a bunch of bandits. The 358th Regiment even dared to confront the Japanese army head-on.
Who cares about these petty thieves?
Fang Ligong didn't even bother to persuade him, and just shouted, "Yes, Commander!"
The reconnaissance company was sent out to gather intelligence.
The General Staff conducted an analysis based on the information collected.
There are quite a few bandits in Heiyun Village, nearly 200 of them.
But it's just a large turret.
It's even worse than a watchtower!
At least the Japanese and puppet troops in those artillery towers could call for reinforcements.
Where can these bandits get reinforcements?
There is no difficulty at all. We just need to modify the plan of attacking the artillery tower according to the situation of Heiyun Village!
The 3rd Battalion plus an artillery squad charged towards Heiyun Village.
It took two days and three nights to reach the foot of the Black Cloud Village.
The commander of the third battalion, Sun Jiang, originally planned to launch a surprise attack on Heiyun Village.
However, Xie Baoqing was able to remain safe and sound after being besieged for so many years. Of course, he had his own strengths.
He has always attached great importance to the critical moment that concerns the life and death of the village.
The mountain road was steep to begin with, and there were dozens of people guarding the pass, so it was not easy to attack in one go.
Since there is no way to launch a sneak attack, let's just attack head-on.
A company of soldiers was responsible for protecting the artillery squad.
One company was responsible for serving as the reserve force, while another company of soldiers was making final preparations before the battle in front of the mountain pass.
A soldier with a loud voice held a tin trumpet and shouted at the top of his lungs: "We are from the 358th Regiment. Xie Baoqing, you bastard, come out and surrender. Otherwise, we will crush you bandits and cut you into pieces! Do you hear me? Xie Baoqing!"
The bandits at the pass were frightened when they saw the thousands of soldiers from the 3rd Battalion of the 358th Regiment at the gate.
Ma San crawled to the Loyalty Hall and shouted tremblingly.
"Boss, it's bad! It's bad! The people from the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army are here to kill us! There are thousands of them, and they are threatening that you must surrender immediately, otherwise they will kill everyone in Heiyun Village!"
In the Loyalty Hall, Xie Baoqing, who was sitting in the first seat in the middle, was so frightened when he heard it that he jumped up.
There were only more than 200 people in Heiyun Village, but now there are thousands of them, which is even more frightening.
The ones coming this time are from the 358th Regiment.
By now, everyone in Shanxi knows the name of the 358th Regiment!
How could the Black Cloud Village possibly be a match?
Xie Baoqing had a worried look on his face and said, "What? The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is here to attack us. Why did they suddenly come to our door? We have no grudges against them in the past or in the present! Why would they come to our door when everything was fine?"
He looked at the second in command Shanmaozi fiercely. "Did you steal their things?"
Shanmaozi was also frightened . He quickly said, "Brother, I haven't been down the mountain these days. I didn't provoke them at all!"
Xie Baoqing stamped his feet and shouted, "Let's go to the front door and take a look!"
A group of people hurried to the front of the village gate. Xie Baoqing climbed up the wooden ladder, leaned out and shouted: "Gentlemen, don't shoot, we can discuss it!"
The commander of the third battalion, Sun Jiang, shouted, "What the hell are you talking about? Stop talking nonsense. Open the door and come out and surrender! Otherwise, if we get in, I'll kill you!"
After shouting, Sun Jiang turned sideways and whispered to the deputy battalion commander Xue Wen, "Is the artillery ready?"
Deputy Battalion Commander Xue Wen took a telescope and looked through it. "Not yet! It's still being assembled!"
The mountain road was too difficult to travel on, so the mountain cannon was disassembled and carried by pack horses.
But in some places, you need someone to pull from the front and push from the back before you can get up.
It has just been dismounted from the packhorse and is being assembled quickly!
"Oh!" Sun Jiang turned around and asked Chen Donghao on the other side: "How is it? Are you sure you can kill that guy with one shot?"
Chen Donghao was eliminated when the sniper was selected.
Now everyone knows the power of snipers.
Each battalion commander has selected a few snipers to form the battalion’s own sniper force!
Chen Donghao is now the squad leader of the sniper squad of the third battalion. He has no sniper rifle, so he has to make do with the Japanese's Type 38 rifle.
Chen Donghao stretched out his thumb to measure it and said, "It's too far! At least two or three hundred meters away. I can't hit it!"
Sun Jiang shouted in dissatisfaction: "Captain, you are right. Why don't you buy more of this good stuff? If each battalion gets a few, it will be easier to fight this battle!"
Chen Donghao nodded repeatedly and agreed, "That's right! The commander is too partial! If I had a sniper rifle, I promise I wouldn't be worse than Wang Xikui and the others!"
When Sun Jiang heard this, he glanced at his men.
I’m afraid some words may hurt my subordinates’ feelings, so it’s better not to say them!
Xie Baoqing almost cried. "It's not that I don't want to open the door. I know the power of your 358th Regiment. If we open the door, all the brothers will die. I don't know how I have offended your 358th Regiment. I am willing to give you 1,000... 2,000 silver dollars, 500 dan of grain, and 12 sheep. Please withdraw your troops! What do you think?"
Sun Jiang pursed his lips.
go!
Even if we destroy Heiyun Village, these things will still belong to our 358th Regiment. We may even be able to seize more!
Sun Jiang still wanted to continue bargaining with the other party and delay time.
Deputy Battalion Commander Xue Wen bowed his head and said, "Battalion Commander, the artillery is ready!"
Oh. The artillery is ready. What are you waiting for?
Sun Jiang pulled out his box gun, tilted his head and shouted, "Fire! Blow the door open for me!"
The soldiers of the 3rd Company immediately separated, revealing the Jin-made 75mm mountain cannon!
Seeing the other side launch a mountain cannon, Xie Baoqing was so scared that he almost wet his pants.
Mother!
The people from the 358th Regiment are serious about this.
Even the cannons were pulled up.
Xie Baoqing quickly picked up the prepared white flag and waved it vigorously, "Don't fire. We..."
boom!
