Chapter 17 5. The "stinky gun team" of ethnic minorities

The Japanese attacking troops from the left went smoothly all the way, breaking through the multiple lines of defense of the Chinese army. They didn't even know that this was a trick to lure the enemy deep.Even when he was imprisoned in the big valley like a beast by others, he still wanted to outflank other people's good deeds.The head of the Iwa Yongwang Division has been fighting in China for so many years and never thought of being surrounded by the vulnerable Chinese army. How is this possible?When Takidera Yasuzaburo kept calling for help, he felt that the situation was unfavorable, and he stupidly ordered other troops to go to the rescue, which fell into He Yingqin's strategy of encircling the spot for help.

The Chinese army first defeated the 116th Wing of the Japanese Army and cut off the retreat of the left army.Wang Yaowu ordered Yang Yin, commander of the 19th Division of the 100th Army, to block the Japanese troops coming from the direction of the cave entrance, and never allow them to open up the passage with the 109th Regiment.So the 19th Division lay in ambush on the front line of Langang Mountain, waiting for more than 2,000 Japanese troops coming from the entrance of the cave. The 133rd Regiment didn't know the current situation of the Takidera Regiment, so they swaggered forward.After the Japanese brigade passed by, Lan Chunda, the leader of the ethnic minority in the Dongkou area, led a self-defense force of hundreds of Yao, Miao, Dong, and Tujia people down from the mountain.They were the self-defense force organized when the Japanese came.The local people saw that they were carrying shotguns, gun barrels, spears and broadswords. Of course, there were also a few foreign guns made in Hanyang, which were far behind the regular army, so they called this self-defense team the "stinky gun team".

The "stinky gun team" knew that the Japanese would come back this way, because there was the 19th Division of the Kuomintang Army ahead, and if tens of thousands of people opened fire, wouldn't the Japanese have to go back the same way?Little Japan, which was defeated at that time, never imagined that there would be an ambush in the ravine halfway. Lan Chunda chose a good terrain. At a turning point on the cliff edge of the mountain pass, the road surface was narrow, which made it difficult for the Japanese army to deploy. The people walking in front were no more than a hundred meters away from the turn. The ones behind were blocked by the corner of the mountain, so they couldn't help the front team.What's more, the mountains are high and the forests are dense here. If you hit the enemy, you can turn around and get into the forest.

The sound of rumbling artillery came from the front, and the members of the "Smelly Gun Squad" knew that they were fighting ahead, and the Japanese devils would be defeated in a few hours.Under the command of Captain Lan Chunda, they hid in groups of three or four under the woods, in the grass and behind the big rocks, waiting for the enemy's arrival just like hunting wild boars in the past. Sure enough, the Japanese army retreated when it was getting dark, and there were still one or two hundred wounded soldiers among them, and the total number seemed to be much smaller.The Japanese army left the battlefield. Naturally, they were not so tense in this deserted valley, and the marching team seemed loose.

When the Japanese army showed their heads in front, all their guns were slung on their shoulders, and they were not prepared for battle at all. Perhaps they thought that after walking for a long time, they should leave the battlefield.When the Japanese army turned into the valley, there were about a hundred people. Lan Chunda's foreign gun opened fire first, and the gun rang and people fell down.Immediately afterwards, the shotgun was released with a boom. Those without guns charged forward with spears in hand.Caught off guard, the Japanese army was stabbed with spears and knives, screaming and screaming, and ran back in a daze. They were afraid they had encountered regular Kuomintang troops.

In a blink of an eye, all the people who ambushed them were gone. It was really a ghost.The Japanese army fired machine guns violently into the surrounding woods, and there was no one in sight.Dozens of Japanese soldiers who had been stabbed and slashed with knives and spears lay on the side of the road. They screamed in pain, and there were ten or twenty corpses lying on the side of the road. The "stinky gun team" achieved a lot. They seized more than a dozen 38 rifles and several grenades, talking and laughing happily.The 38 rifle is good, they are all scrambling to try it out, and the grenade is even more rare.The defeated Japanese army did not leave, and they stayed in a small mountain village called Huanglianjiang.It was later known that this team of Japanese troops was waiting for the 109th Regiment to break through, so that they could join forces to resist the Kuomintang defenders.

There are not only southern barbarians but also bandits in this area in western Hunan. Due to the high mountains and dense forests, the green forest heroes in western Hunan and eastern Guizhou occupy the mountains and become kings.When the Japanese entered the mountains, the bandits turned their guns, and they were also bloody Chinese.Of course, when they beat the Japanese, it was not because they were conscious, but because they snatched guns and armed themselves. During the Battle of Xiangxi, the Kuomintang army didn't care what kind of god you were, as long as you resisted the Japanese and helped to punish the Japanese devils, we were all on our own.Military-civilian anti-Japanese cooperation teams were also established in many villages, and the regular army of the Kuomintang strongly supported them by distributing spare guns and ammunition to them so that they could go into battle, deliver ammunition, cook for the troops, and carry the wounded.Chen Chuanjun, the deputy commander of the 51st Division, attached great importance to these people. If the troops want to fight, they must obtain the support of the local people, so they trained the troops for them, re-elected the township chief, and armed the people.

A play that happened in Qingshanjie a few days ago made people feel funny even thinking about it.After the captain of Takidera Yasuzaburo called for help urgently, the head of Iwa Yongwang's division sent a squadron of supplies to them.The 19th Division defending Qingshanjie saw four to five hundred people rushing out of the mountainside before they had time to attack. Their faces were smeared with pot bottoms, and chicken blood was smeared on their bare chests. They were scary like ghosts. They rushed out from the middle of the road, armed with guns, knives, and spears, and some even held kitchen knives, wielding hoes and shoulder poles, and rushed to the Japanese army's transportation team desperately.The two heavy machine guns of the 19th Division on the top of the hill opened fire. Instead of hitting the shirtless locals, they strafed the Japanese army's supply troops.

The bandit leader Chen Mazi was overjoyed, the brothers killed and hacked, and the brothers from the national army are covering us, so what should we be afraid of!Four or five hundred bandits were all brave, and with just one cigarette, they overwhelmed the Japanese army's supply team.The bandits started smashing crates and unloading wagons, all they wanted were guns and ammunition, and of course canned food, nothing else. When the 19th Division rushed down, only shells and medical supplies remained.The bandits throw knives and spears everywhere, they have guns, they don't want these.Dozens of Japanese soldiers had their heads cut off, and some were missing arms or legs.The bandits like Chen Mazi are well-known and powerful people in the local area. This time the 19th Division saw it clearly. They had surrounded and suppressed this group of bandits a few years ago, and they couldn't even see their shadows at that time.

This time it was a cooperation, and the cooperation was very tacit, which made the officers and soldiers of the 19th Division feel amazing. This story was circulated for a long time afterwards. The bandits in the mountains are as loyal as the mountain people.Chen Mazi made a fortune in the Qingshan world and obtained a large number of guns and ammunition. The Caotou King in those days is now a shotgun, all three-eight guns, and grenades used by the Japanese army. What makes this bandit even more happy is the three-four It's a crooked machine gun.These weapons armed Chen Mazi's team.This was incredible at the time.

Chen Mazi said that we can make a fortune this time, thanks to the support of the Central Army.They don't beat us, but give us fire support. We have to show some loyalty and help them when we have the opportunity in the future.The brothers on the mountain wiped the guns in their hands. They smiled and said, "It's a matter of course. If you don't show loyalty, how can you go on in the rivers and lakes in the future?" Later, Chen Mazi was really given such a chance.The 55th Regiment of the 19th Division fought with a squadron of the Japanese army for several days at a pass in Qingshanjie. The squadron of the Japanese army seized the fortifications built by the Chinese army here. not come up.There is another reason why this pass cannot be attacked, and it is because of the artillery support of an artillery squad. Chen Mazi had observed the two sides when they were fighting, and he knew some military skills.Therefore, he wanted to help the Chinese army in this attack, and decided to attack the Japanese artillery positions at night, and planned to get them a cannon to give to the Chinese army. That day, the Japanese squadron fought with the 55th regiment of the Chinese army all day long, and the two sides did not cease fire until it got dark.Chen Mazi thinks this is an opportunity, the Japanese are human beings, even wild beasts get tired, I don't believe they are not tired.In the middle of the night, a group of bandits approached. They were very familiar with the mountains and could find their way with their eyes closed. They didn't use guns, they only used knives. Three sentries had their throats cut off, and two artillerymen had their heads beheaded. The rest of the Japanese army didn't know it at all. Chen Mazi and the others carried the cannonballs and the cannon. One cannon was carried away by the bandits.It was useless for the bandits to take the artillery. They carried it to the position of the 55th regiment and left it. They also wrote a note to express their gratitude to them. This gun played an important role in the subsequent attack, helping the 55th regiment seize the position and annihilating the squadron.