NABC Chapter 156: Fellow Villager Opens the Door
Chapter 156: Fellow Villager Opens the Door
Sanhe Town, east, Sanhe Street.
The first company of the third regiment was advancing carefully along the street in a formation of three by three.
Suddenly a window facing the street opened, and a Ma family soldier was about to throw a grenade down.
With a "bang" of a gunshot, an Eighth Route Army soldier holding a Type 38 rifle accurately hit the forehead of the Ma family soldier.
This man is the company's sharpshooter, responsible for the windows on both sides of the street.
"Kill the pretty one, Xiao Wang!"
Company commander Qian San praised happily.
They have not suffered any casualties since entering Sanhe Town, thanks to Xiao Wang's superb marksmanship and quick reaction ability.
"Bang, bang,"
Two consecutive gunshots were heard, and a soldier holding a shotgun was pointing the gun at the door in front of him that was riddled with holes.
At the same time, a trickle of blood flowed out from the crack in the door.
Seeing this, the Eighth Route Army soldier next to him did not hesitate. He took out a grenade from his waist, pulled the trigger, waited for two seconds, and then threw it in through the hole in the door.
"boom."
After an explosion, Company Commander Qian San pointed at the three people in front of him and motioned them to go in and take a look.
After a while, three people came out and nodded to Qian San.
"keep going!"
Qian San waved his hand and said.
On the Southeast Street, at a street corner, the Second Company Commander of the Third Regiment said angrily as he looked at his two companions who were killed because of carelessness.
"Signalman, call for artillery support. Blow up the son of a bitch in front of you."
It can be seen that twelve Ma family soldiers built a simple defensive fortification in the middle of the street.
There were two light machine guns on each side of the fortifications. Just now, because of their carelessness, two of their companions were killed by these people.
"Yes."
The communications soldier carrying the radio nodded, quickly unfolded the antenna, looked at the military map in his hand, picked up the headset and spoke.
"Command center, command center, this is the Second Company, this is the Second Company."
"Command, read on. Go ahead."
Hearing the voice coming from the loudspeaker, the signalman immediately replied: "Requesting artillery support, artillery coordinates, horizontal coordinate 8235, vertical coordinate 7136."
"Command, received, please evacuate to a safe location."
Outside Sanhe Town, at the rocket artillery position of the Third Regiment, the artillery company commander who received the coordinates immediately shouted.
"Southeast direction, artillery fire coordinates, horizontal coordinate 8235, vertical coordinate 7136, three 107 rocket launchers fired in salvo."
On Southeast Street, the second company commander waved his hands happily as he watched three 107 rockets falling from the sky and directly blowing up the Ma family army's position in the middle of the street.
"Keep going."
As the Eighth Route Army slowly advanced, time came to night and Sanhe Town became quiet.
"Cousin, how is it? What did the commander say?"
At the front-line command center, Ma Donglai, who had been frightened all day, came to the headquarters in the town center and asked Ma Guangzong.
"The commander told us to hold on until they defeat the Communists' armored vehicles and come to rescue us!"
Ma Guangzong held a telegram and said dejectedly.
"Armored vehicle?"
Ma Donglai was a little confused that the Communist bandits actually had this thing.
"How's it going today?"
Ma Guangzong calmed himself down and asked Ma Donglai.
"The situation is very bad."
Ma Donglai said with a grim expression: "The Communist bandits attacked from four directions, in company units, with tacit cooperation."
"Especially with the shotguns in their hands, they are invincible in narrow streets and rooms."
"Most of us were armed with long guns, and often as soon as we raised our guns, the other side would fire two or three shots."
"They didn't care about ammunition consumption at all. Whenever there was any movement, they would either use grenades or shotguns."
"The most important thing is that they didn't use any manpower to risk attacking the positions we deployed at important nodes."
"Instead, they called for artillery support directly. Those positions were of no use at all."
"In just one day, they have advanced three kilometers."
"Is that so?"
Ma Guangzong looked calm: "It seems that the enemy will reach my headquarters in five days at most."
"Forehead......"
Ma Donglai scratched his head and said, "Cousin, I think you are a little too optimistic. Our people will collapse in two days at most and won't be able to wait until the fifth day."
"You fucking..."
Ma Guangzong's veins popped out: "They are relatives, they are relatives, I am not angry, I am not angry."
Seeing that Ma Guangzong was silent, Ma Donglai asked carefully: "Cousin, what should we do next?"
"How to do?"
Ma Guangzong said helplessly: "Go find someone to contact the Eighth Route Army and discuss surrender!"
"What!"
Ma Donglai was dumbfounded: "Are you surrendering now?"
"if not?"
Ma Guangzong said angrily: "We can't run away, our support has been blocked, and we can't resist for a few days. What else can we do if we don't surrender?"
"Fine!"
Ma Donglai nodded in agreement.
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Tongxin County.
Looking at the county town ahead without any defense, Liu Zhen said to the communications soldier beside him.
"Go, send two soldiers to see what's going on. Where are the Ma family soldiers?"
"Yes."
Soon, two soldiers holding Taihang Type 2 horse rifles got off the armored troop carrier and ran straight towards the county town.
Seeing the city gate wide open and no one on the street, the two soldiers looked at each other, randomly chose a doorman along the street and knocked on the door.
"Fellow countryman, open the door, fellow countryman, we are from the Eighth Route Army, and we have something to ask you!"
After shouting a few times, there was no response from inside.
Helplessly, one of the soldiers could only sternly say: "County boy, I'll count to three. If you don't open the door, I'll break in. Then, hehe..."
"Don't, don't barge in. Just ask whatever you want to ask. I'll tell you through the door!"
Hearing the panic coming from inside, the soldier immediately asked: "Fellow villagers, we just want to ask, where are the Ma family soldiers? Where did they go?"
When they heard that the question was about the whereabouts of the Ma family army, the people in the room hesitated again. It was because the Ma family army was so famous that they didn't dare to say anything!
"Don't be afraid, fellow."
As if he knew what the people in the room were thinking, the soldier said in a nonsensical tone: "The Ma family army is not here now! Just go ahead and say it!"
Hearing this, the people in the room were shocked and spoke quickly.
"I said, the Ma family army retreated this morning. When they left, they came to my store and stole a lot of things."
"I heard from the neighbors that they all seem to have retreated to Sandaokou."
"I see."
The two soldiers nodded, and one of them comforted him, "Don't worry, fellow. We will help you get back the things that were stolen from you."
After saying that, he led his companions out of the county town.
"Brother Liu, did you just threaten your fellow villagers?"
"What nonsense! I was just having a friendly exchange with my fellow villagers."