Chapter 58 8. Play basketball under enemy guns

It is only a matter of time before the Japanese invaders are wiped out.Master He Long's brows that had been tightly locked for several days finally relaxed, and walked out of the headquarters with relaxed steps.At this time, several staff officers, guards, and members of the "combat basketball team" were gathering together, discussing the battle situation of the Qihui. When He Long saw it, he immediately shouted loudly: "Boys, why don't you hurry up and practice the ball in such a good weather? Why don't you just sit together and mutter?" He took out his pipe and sat on the ground while talking. Putting on a posture of watching the battle, he smoked leisurely.

Dazhu Village, where the division headquarters is located, is only 3 miles away from the Qihui, and the fierce battle is close by.A little farther away, one or two enemy shells exploded from time to time.Mr. He was in high spirits, and sat down on the edge of the field calmly, watching the game while giving instructions to the players on tactics and moves. Everyone knows that Master He attaches great importance to the development of military sports activities.The division's "combat" basketball team moved with the army, played everywhere, and enlivened the life of the army.However, the players had never played in this kind of situation, so they felt a little nervous.Some comrades looked at the flying shells and worriedly advised the division commander to go back to the command post.

But He Long waved his hands with a smile to let everyone play with peace of mind, and said to everyone humorously: "It doesn't matter if we have our Asian Five and Asian Six (the code names of the 715 and 716 regiments) in front! Let's play! When it gets dark, we will play." Go clean up those little devils." Comrades saw that Mr. He was so calm and composed, talking and laughing happily, all of them were in high spirits, and they played very actively. After the game, Mr. He called everyone together and said: "Playing basketball is the same as fighting a war. The most important thing is to do a good job in investigation and research and pre-war preparations. Only by knowing what is in your mind can you defeat your opponent. This is called 'know yourself, know your enemy, A hundred battles will never end.'" He took another deep breath on the pipe, and continued: "In a fight, you must have strong morale and the confidence to win, be brave and tenacious, dare to fight and fight hard, and give full play to your strengths. If you hit you, I will hit mine, if you don't fight, you will be fine, if you fight, you will win."

As night fell, several red flares flew into the quiet night sky.It's time for a total attack!In an instant, the sound of gunfire and the explosion of grenades became one, and the troops of the 120th Division launched a full-line attack on the enemy according to the scheduled deployment.The 715th Regiment of the 1st Independent Brigade took the lead in rushing into the village of Zhaoziying, fighting with the enemy house by house and alley, forcing the remnants of the Yoshida Brigade out of the village step by step. The Zhang family cemetery in the southwest of Nanliu Road. At 3 o'clock on the 25th, Yoshida led the remnants to launch a counterattack against the position of the 2nd Battalion of the 716th Regiment of Zhang Cao, attempting to seize the road and flee south, but was repelled by the warriors of the 2nd Battalion.At dawn, Yoshida gathered the remnants and turned to attack the position of the 3rd Regiment on Nanliu Road, trying to flee eastward, but failed.At this time, the remnants of Yoshida had been compressed and surrounded by the Eighth Route Army in the small area of ​​Zhangjia Cemetery.

Watching the number of people around him dwindle day by day, Yoshida knew that the end was coming, so he jumped over the wall in a hurry, and ordered his subordinates to inhumanely throw gas bombs and gas canisters at the Eighth Route Army attacking troops, struggling to the death.The warriors of the 120th Division had been prepared for a long time and continued to use local methods to deal with the enemy's poisonous gas. At this time, He Long was observing the fighting situation in the direction of Qihui from the front of Dazhu Village.Suddenly the enemy's poison gas bomb exploded nearby, and a large amount of poison gas spread immediately.He Long and other comrades were poisoned and became dizzy and suffocated for a while.Health personnel rushed to rescue him immediately and put a wet towel over He Long's mouth.After a while, He Long woke up, and the people around him asked him to leave here quickly.He Long stood up with difficulty and said: "How can I leave here at this critical moment?" He said to the staff around him: "Notify the troops and beat them hard!"

He Long rested for a while, and then plunged into the intense battle again. At this time, more than 100 enemies of Lu Gongbao and more than 200 enemies of Renqiu attacked south again in an attempt to rescue the besieged remnants of Yoshida, but they were all repelled head-on by the 1st and 4th regiments who had been waiting for a long time. In order to ensure the complete annihilation of the remnants of the enemy, Commander He Long ordered the ministries to tighten the encirclement and prepare for the final attack on the evening of the 25th.At this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew up, dust was flying, and the battlefield was dark.Yoshida seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and hurriedly led the remaining troops to flee southward against the wind. The 715th regiment immediately launched a pursuit. When chasing the remnant enemy for more than 20 miles, it caught up with the fleeing enemy and wiped out the last one.In the end, Yoshida fled back to Hejian City like a bereaved dog with less than a hundred remnants of the enemy.