Chapter 41: Prelude to the Battle
In the darkness of the night, an earth-shattering shout erupted from the camp of the peasant self-defense army in southern Henan, and thousands of people suddenly rushed out of the camp and rushed towards the position of the guerrilla headquarters in the Henan-Hubei border area.
"Da Da Da! Da-da-da-da! A fierce burst of gunfire rang out, and the tidal wave of the peasant self-defense army's offensive receded like a low tide. No one could tell how many times they had attacked today, and almost every hour there would be such a senseless charge, each time the direct troops of the General Command would shoot, and then they would retreat.
At the beginning, the soldiers in the headquarters were still full of nervousness, but once or twice, ten times or twenty times, each time they did it like this, and everyone would be annoyed, this was not a war, these people were just here to make trouble!
From the afternoon onwards, Zhu Yong, the captain of the first brigade directly under him, gave an order to keep only five machine guns, and as long as the peasant self-defense forces began to attack, these five machine guns would fire together from five different directions, and as soon as the self-defense troops retreated, the shooting would stop immediately! Each machine gun fires an average of twenty rounds per shot, that is, a hundred rounds at a time can repel an enemy attack!
This highly effective defensive tactic not only won unanimous praise from the officers and men participating in the battle, but was even praised by Lieutenant General He Zhanghai, commander-in-chief of the guerrillas in the Henan-Hubei border region. Commander-in-Chief He said that after the battle with the peasant self-defense army was over, he would ask Captain Zhu for credit to the war zone!
"Captain, the commander-in-chief has said that he wants to give you credit, you have to treat you!" Ye Zhaolin, deputy of the brigade, took the lead in coaxing.
"Yes, the captain wants a treat!" The officers of the first brigade shouted together, the captain of the brigade made meritorious service, and all of them could have a benefit, and they could receive meritorious service and awards without much effort, and everyone became excited.
"Okay, I'm in for a treat! Today I'm going to treat the big guys! Orderly, order the kitchen to prepare wine and food, I want to celebrate in advance! All the officers above the company level of the First Brigade participated, and I invited the big guys to a good meal! The warm atmosphere at the scene made Zhu Yong unable to suppress his excitement, after all, he was the one who received the award for meritorious service, and he should be happier than others!
"Captain, we're fighting right now, isn't it good for us to drink and celebrate now?" Ye Zhaolin, the deputy of the brigade, was a little hesitant, he originally wanted to wait for the battle to be over and then let Zhu Yong entertain, how did he know that as soon as the captain was happy, he was going to have a banquet to eat and drink during the battle, isn't this a violation of military law?
"What's so bad? The machine gun in front is staring, what can those dirt buns do? Do they dare to rush up with bullets? I put 50,000 rounds of ammunition for five machine guns, do they have 50,000 people? Even if there is, our headquarters still has a machine gun company, an engineer company, a special agent company, plus our first brigade, as many people as they come, how many people will die here! I'm afraid of him! I'm calling a glass of wine to retreat from a strong enemy, and the canopy is wiped out while talking and laughing! ”
"Captain wise!"
"The Zhu team is arrogant, beat Zhuge Liang, and killed Liu Bowen, he is really the number one general in the world!"
Zhu Yong's two verses that I didn't know where they came from were put together, and the officers of the first brigade were suddenly shocked.
Officers above the company level attended the celebration banquet, and officers below the company certainly did not stay in the trenches stupidly, but took the time to go to the kitchen to beg for a piece of meat to eat, steal a drink and drink, and then get a little joy. The soldiers in the trenches couldn't go to the kitchen to steal wine and meat, let alone attend the celebration banquet, but it was okay to be lazy and slippery. The soldiers smoked cigarettes, snoozed, told stories, played cards, played magic, and the trench became a place of recreation.
One of the most bitter is those machine gun shooters, everyone else can rest and have fun, only they have to be on duty, no way, who told the captain to let them have five machine guns on duty? If you are unbalanced, you have to find a way to find a balance. The machine gun shooters came up with a solution, which was to fire a few shots when it was okay. It doesn't matter if there is someone on the other side of him, he can hit if he wants, and he pulls the trigger casually, "Da Da Da!" "A string of bullets was fired, and the soldiers in the trenches became nervous, and the cards they were playing were thrown away, and half of the cigarettes they were smoking fell to the ground. When the machine gun shooters saw that it was very good, several people laughed, and the unhappiness in their hearts immediately disappeared.
"Director Zheng, don't you follow, right?" Shi Lei looked at Zheng Guotai, who was holding a box cannon, and persuaded helplessly.
"You've said this no less than five times, so you don't have to say it again. I'm the commander of this operation, how can I not go? You lead the men to open the way, and I will follow with a large group of men. Zheng Guotai grinned at Shi Lei, "Don't worry, Captain Shi, I won't hold you back, I, Zheng Guotai, have also fought on the battlefield, and I will charge too!" ”
After sending a telegram to the military headquarters, Gao Quan called back within half an hour: Zheng Guotai can attack, but he must ensure that he does not hurt as many people as possible, especially He Zhanghai, the guerrilla commander-in-chief of the Henan-Hubei border region. The commander of the reconnaissance regiment, Shi Lei, stayed behind to assist Director Zheng in the battle and help him control the troops until he returned to the 500th Army in the future. Gao Quan didn't believe Zheng Guotai, he was worried that Zheng Guotai was lonely, so he sent Shi Lei, a general, to help Zheng Guotai.
Shi Lei brought a battalion of scouts when he came, since Zheng Guotai took the initiative to ask Ying to take the name of this sneak attack battle, Shi Lei was ready to take his scouts to contract the task of this battle, sneak attack at night, scouts have experience! However, Zheng Da Leader obviously didn't want to be outside of this battle, since Shi Lei said that he would take scouts to contract this sneak attack, Zheng Guotai was resolute to lead a large army into the battle!
Shi Lei has been persuaded several times, and Zheng Guotai insists on going! In desperation, Commander Shi had no choice but to pull Wang Hua over, "Wang Hua, you must always follow Director Zheng's side, your main task is not to fight, but to protect Director Zheng from any accidents!" Can you do it? ”
"Please rest assured, as long as Wang Hua is here, he can definitely guarantee that Director Zheng will not have an accident!" Wang Hua is a warrior, and it is an exciting thing for him to have a battle to fight, as for protecting Director Zheng, isn't this what he has been doing these days?
"Okay, let's go!" Shi Lei glanced at Wang Hua deeply, turned around and rushed into the vast night. Zheng Guotai shook the box cannon, "Follow me!" The countless figures behind him immediately flooded up like a tide, and instantly overflowed Zheng Guotai and Wang Hua and the more than thirty guards around them.
"Zhao Ming, you go to the front and watch, let everyone not run too fast, and leave a gap for the Shi Regiment Leader who is leading the way in front of them!" Zheng Guotai called out to a stout man who was about to run past him, and gave an order to the young master of the village chief's family.