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Chapter 207 Chapter 206, The Battle of Weijia Village
"Let's stay in Liangjia Village! Go and set up all the mines, we will guard here!!" As the team leader, Zhao Danian made the final decision.

At this time, due to an action by the New 1st Regiment, three battlefields were formed in Ping'an County.

The first one, of course, was the New 1st Regiment. They were waiting for the Qingshui Battalion to enter the ambush circle, ready to give them another hard blow! Then, they retreated to Liulin Mountain to stop the devils again;

The second one is from the old pass in the east to the southeast, in the ravine south of Liulin Mountain after passing the Guguan Great Wall. More than a thousand soldiers of the Independent Regiment relied on the mountains on both sides to fight with the Qingyue Battalion.

The third one is naturally Weijia Village. The comrades from the 1st Company of the Independent Detachment relied on Weijia Village and fought a desperate battle with the Japanese.

Among these three battle nodes, there is a key point, which is Baijing Town. As long as Gaoqiao's team reaches Baijing Town and continues to attack northeast, they can block the independent regiment and the new regiment on the mountain road and in the valley. Weijia Village is actually more than 8 miles south of Baijing Town, separated by a mountain, which is the mountain connected to Woniu Mountain.

About 5 kilometers east of Weijia Village is Liangjia Village. From a geographical point of view, Baijing Town is more than ten miles northwest of Liangjia Village. However, there is one thing, that is, the location of the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment is just north of Liangjia Village. There is also a small road that goes through the mountains to the valley where the Independent Regiment is located, and then continues north to the New First Regiment.

Therefore, the key battle was actually the battle in Weijia Village. It was because Weijia Village pinned down Gaoqiao Battalion that the Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment had time to arrange for battle and counterattack. The Japanese dared not bypass Weijia Village and attack directly to the northeast, because that would expose their backs!
In fact, there is a valley to the northwest of the Zhoucun stronghold, and an old road that leads directly to Baijing Town, but the Japanese still chose to attack Weijia Village and then head north from the east of Weijia Village.

Why were the Japanese so cautious? The losses in the battle before the New Year were so great that the Japanese still remembered it clearly! Moreover, during the spring planting and summer harvest, the 1st Company was active around the area, and the Japanese were afraid.

In Liangjia Village, Hu Lanzhou led the vanguard squad out of a forest on the northwest side of the village, then sorted out their equipment and headed towards Baijing Town.

At this time, the battle in Weijia Village was still going on. Captain Guo and his men had abandoned the fortifications outside the village and moved into the village. Relying on the ruins, they fought against the Japanese who had already attacked the village entrance.

"Yoshi, I think it won't be long before all the Eighth Route Army in this village will be wiped out! We have wasted too much time, I wonder how Qingshui and Qingyue are doing?" Captain Gaoqiao stood on the ridge of Woniu Mountain, holding a telescope, watching the battle in the village, feeling quite anxious. But time has been wasted for so long, there is no point in being anxious.

"Alright, tell the attacking troops to retreat, and once the artillery fire stops, immediately charge into the village!" Captain Takahashi ordered...

"Captain, the entrance to the tunnel has been hidden, and the places where fighting can be done are also ready!" In the village, the soldiers of the 1st Company braved the artillery fire and came to report to Captain Guo.

"Very good, very good... Although our attack this time was sudden, it was meaningful! Tell the comrades to enter the tunnel, guard the tunnel entrance, let the enemy enter the village, and prepare the grenades!" Captain Guo shouted.

Soon, the well-prepared soldiers of the 1st Company entered the tunnel amid the smoke and dust of the artillery bombardment, preparing to fight the final battle with the Japanese invaders who entered the village by relying on some tunnel entrances that could still be passed.

Outside the village, as soon as the artillery fire stopped, a squadron leader of the Japanese army waved his command knife and issued an order to attack in the direction of the village. "Charge..." More than 100 Japanese soldiers attacked the ruins in the center of the village from the east, west and south of the village. Heavy machine guns kept suppressing and shooting, and light machine guns kept shooting. The Japanese soldiers were divided into assault teams and worked together to move towards the village. Although the village had no firepower to fight back, the Japanese soldiers still advanced very carefully because they had suffered enough losses.

"Everyone, let the enemy into the village. Use the sound of explosion as the signal to fight back. After eliminating the enemy in front of you, immediately retreat back to the tunnel!" Inside the tunnel, every tunnel entrance received the latest orders.

So, some soldiers hid behind the broken walls, holding grenades in their hands; some hid in houses with collapsed roofs, sticking the muzzles of their guns out from the gaps supported by the purlins; others chose some hidden tunnel entrances, simply held their light machine guns in their arms, and watched the Japs approaching through the cover.

Behind the broken wall outside a tunnel, Captain Guo was holding a military grenade in his hand, watching the Japanese soldiers passing by one by one, with no ripples in his heart. Next to him, Comrade Xiao Niu slid down the ladder and reported to Captain Guo: "Captain, more than 100 Japanese soldiers have entered the village. There are still Japanese troops outside, but there is no sign of them entering the village."

"Ha, what are you waiting for? Where are your grenades? Get up the ladder and wait for my order!" The gauze on Captain Guo's head had been dyed dark brown by the dust. His entire face was covered with dust, and dust was falling from his hair as he spoke.

"Yes!" Xiao Niu quickly climbed up the ladder, quietly took out the grenades from his waist one by one, unscrewed the back covers, and placed them on the wall one by one, waiting for the company commander's order.

"Damn it, where did the Eighth Route Army go?" At this time, the Japanese had gathered their troops together, but they could not find the Eighth Route Army that had insisted on fighting before, so they all looked around to look for them.

"Very good, very good..." Captain Guo looked at the seven or eight Japanese soldiers pacing in front of him, decisively pulled the grenade's rope, and then threw the grenade out through the gap formed by the broken wall.

Hiss... The grenade rolled down at the feet of the Japanese soldiers with smoke, forcing them to look down. They were so frightened that they screamed and trembled.

However, Captain Guo had calculated the timing, so just as the Japanese were jumping up and down, the grenade exploded with a bang.

This is a military grenade. The number of fragments after it exploded is over 200. So these seven or eight Japanese soldiers were jumping around, and were covered with fragments of the grenade.

When these devils fell to the ground with thuds, the originally quiet village suddenly became lively.

"There are Japanese soldiers here, and there are Japanese soldiers over there..." Comrade Xiao Niu took a look over Captain Guo's head and threw grenades at the pile of Japanese soldiers one by one.

(End of this chapter)