Traveling through 1937, I came to fight against the Kwantung Army

Yin Xinjun returned to Sidaogoutun again.

He had just entered the house.

Under the leadership of Ding Shan,

Wang Wenfan and Yang Daokun came to visit together!

After introducing myself,

Wang Wenfan was somewhat disappointed to see that Yin Xinjun's expression was normal and there was no fluctuation. It seemed that he really had lost his memory!

Yin Xinjun was delighted to learn that

This time, the two men brought a total of 369 people, including 27 Eighth Route Army prisoners of war and 342 Kuomintang army prisoners of war!

Wang Wenfan felt a little regretful that a large number of Eighth Route Army prisoners of war still went to the Anti-Japanese United Army! Only a very small number followed him!

The purpose of Ding Shan's visit, of course, was to ask how to resettle these people?

Yin Xinjun immediately decided to expand the team and set up the sixth and seventh teams! Yang Daokun was the team leader of the sixth team, and Wang Wenfan was the team leader of the seventh team!

At the same time, he also made an important decision. Now that the size of the squad is getting bigger and bigger, it must be reorganized.

He decided to follow the regular military model, that is, the squad was divided into companies, platoons, and squads! Two more levels of command were added!

Setting up three more levels under the squad leader can reduce the squad leader's workload and promote a large number of soldiers with outstanding military achievements and abilities!

The two newly formed teams both use a mix of new recruits and veterans! Many of these prisoners are veterans with rich combat experience, so they are naturally favored by the various teams!

It took almost a day to reorganize the troops, and Yin Xinjun once again set out on a reconnaissance mission.

Now we are fighting on two fronts at the same time. If the enemy in Dunhua can be annihilated as soon as possible on the southern front, it will be a huge support to the northern front.

This time, Yin Xinjun still rushed to Dunhua County. Only here was the vital point for the Japanese army!

Dunhua is an ancient city with tall walls all around and is heavily guarded!

Yin Xinjun walked around the city wall. Although it was night, he was still unwilling to risk entering the city.

At this time, he already has a family, so safety should be put first!

When Yin Xinjun arrived in the south of the city, he heard a conversation in Japanese.

"Everyone, the Chief of Staff has ordered our tank brigade to serve as the vanguard tomorrow and participate in the crusade against the Yanwang bandit group in the Sidaogou area!"

"Haha, Mr. Captain Honda, it seems that the imperial troops here are waiting for the arrival of our independent tank battalion, otherwise they would not dare to launch an attack!"

"It seems that they have been frightened by the King of Hell. Let the tracks of our tank brigade awaken their blood tomorrow!"

It turned out that the Japanese army in Dunhua had finally found out where Yan Wang's troops were stationed. After the tank brigade arrived today, they could no longer hold back and planned to take the initiative to attack tomorrow!

After listening for about half an hour, there was no valuable information, so Yin Xinjun quietly withdrew!

The Japanese army will launch an attack on Sidaogou tomorrow. This is important information and must be arranged as soon as possible!

Sidaogou is a mountain peak.

There are three villages in the valley under the mountain!

Several teams of Yin Xinjun were stationed in three villages!

To get from Dunhua County to Sidaogou, one must pass through Guandi Town, which is also controlled by Wang Hao's team!

However, Yin Xinjun would not choose to ambush in the town.

There are so many places suitable for ambushes here! From Guandi Town to Sidaogou, there is a mountain dirt road with endless hillside forests on both sides. Yin Xinjun chose to set up an ambush on the hillside!

Being in a commanding position is the biggest advantage of an ambush!

Wang Hao, who received the telegram first, evacuated Guandi Town immediately.

In Sidaogou, soldiers from several villages were busy all night long, and one of the weapons they prepared was Molotov cocktails!

The soldiers collected a lot of bottles and cans from the people's homes and filled them all with gasoline.

This time, Yin Xinjun still planned to use fire attack, simple and crude, a fatal blow!

Tokyo town, Pingdingshan.

Night had fallen, but the sporadic sound of gunfire continued.

The battle has lasted for a whole day, with both sides fighting back and forth and neither side giving in.

The entire hillside was almost bombed bare, leaving only scorched earth and ruins, still emitting wisps of white smoke and a pungent smell, as if the entire world was about to burn down.

Around Pingdingshan, the bodies of Japanese soldiers were lying in all directions, and their blood dyed the ground red, forming a shocking picture.

In the pit, Wei Ergou, squad leader of the eighth squad of the third platoon, was eating an apple in big bites. His ears were still buzzing from the sound of the cannon!

Today, the Japanese army used two 150 heavy howitzer regiments to fire a total of more than 1000 artillery shells at Pingdingshan!

Wei Ergou was originally just an ordinary farmer in Ning'an County. Since the Japanese invaders came, his whole family has lived a miserable life worse than pigs and dogs!

When the Anti-Japanese United Army defeated the group tribe and rescued the people, Wei Ergou was the first to sign up for the army. He wanted to fire at the invaders and vowed to never become a slave again.

He will pick up his gun, defend his hometown, and make the invaders pay the price with blood!

From a bamboo tube attached to the wall beside him came the voice of Company Commander Deng Hui.

"Attention all platoons, select one squad from each platoon to go on night duty at the surface position!"

Deng Hui shouted three times in a row!

A soldier has come to Wei Ergou's side.

"Captain Wei, the platoon leader wants you to go up and stand guard until six tomorrow morning!"

"Yes, let's leave now!"

Wei Ergou was actually prepared. His class had stayed in the pit all day and hadn't come out yet! It was their turn now!

"Let's go! Let's go!"

All 12 soldiers in the class were lying next to him!

The soldiers all stood up with their guns!

After making two turns and walking for about 10 minutes, Wei Liping and his soldiers arrived at the cave entrance.

At the entrance of the cave were the soldiers from the third row and the ninth squad, with only five men left! They were responsible for the afternoon's defense and had repelled two attacks from the enemy!

The two sides carried out the handover silently!

The fourth squad leader has been killed.

Liu Muan, the only veteran in the class, told Wei Ergou,

"When you are free, stay at the cave entrance. Don't show your heads. Leave two people outside. If the enemy charges, push everyone out!"

Wei Ergou nodded.

"Thank you very much, you guys go down and have a rest!"

This time, after San'er took over the surface position of Pingdingshan, he renovated it again. Starting from the foot of the mountain, he laid a lot of barbed wire. In order to prevent night attacks, he also buried a lot of bamboo sticks on the ground.

These auxiliary defense facilities brought great interference to the Japanese attack.

On the first day of the attack, the Japanese army suffered more than 800 casualties! The casualties mainly came from the heavy howitzers and field artillery in the direction of Heixiazigou!

Pingdingshan is only about 6 kilometers away from Heixiazi Valley, which is completely within the range of long-range artillery!