In the eyes of some people, the wine station is a hateful place, a real pit of poverty, bad water and life; Uesugi Squadron thought so, Kamikawa Chiba thought so, and now Li Yong also thinks so.
With three companies in hand, he stood in a standoff with the wine station north of the Hunshui River for a whole period of time, but did not dare to take any offensive action. His subordinates had also encouraged him, saying that there had been no heavy machine guns fired in the bunker, and perhaps there were no heavy machine guns in the wine station at all, but Li Yong remained silent; his subordinates also said that the light machine guns there had not fired either, which meant that there was not much ammunition left, and it was obvious that they were reluctant to fire again.
Li Yong was a little hesitant, but then he thought, even if they fought, even if they succeeded, they would not get the land, money, or food, so why fight? Li Yong's strategic vision was limited to this.
It was already noon, and the 9th Company was still hiding in the wine station and refusing to withdraw. The Imperial Army was still waiting to move west to join them. After much deliberation, Li Yong came up with what he thought was the smartest idea: surround!
Li Yong ordered a company to go upstream, cross the Quledu River and then go downstream. The mission goal was to occupy the Jiuzhan Village on the south bank, control the south of the Jiuzhan, and cut off the escape route of the 9th Company.
Since your Ninth Company insists on fighting, I will lock you up in the wine station and wait for the imperial army to come. This cannot be considered inaction, it is an excuse that can be used to get away with it, and sooner or later I will destroy you.
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Chen Chong believed that the reason why the Ninth Company had been guarding the wine station until now was because Hu Yi was waiting for the position and movements of the Japanese to be determined. The battle situation was unclear, so it was better to be still than to move. This kind of calmness and composure must be learned well, but unfortunately she did not have the time to find a notebook to write it down.
Su Qing believed that Hu Yi wanted to delay the enemy in front of him and relieve the pressure on the direction of Dabeizhuang; it was destined that when she decided to fall in love, she would immediately reverse from the original blind extreme to another blind extreme and would not find a balance at all.
Qin You cursed Hu Yi several times in his heart, saying that Hu Yi was selfish, and it was true that people who act on impulse were hard to persuade. It was not the first time that he wanted to bite Li Youde, and this was the revenge for Qingshan Village... He hoped that Hu Yi had not forgotten that he was a commander.
The villagers of the wine station felt that Captain Hu was reluctant to leave the wine station. Captain Hu was a home-loving man and he was the door god of the wine station.
Xiao Hongying calls Hu Yi "fox", probably because Hu Yi and fox are homophones, but sometimes, Hu Yi is indeed very insidious.
He had been waiting for Li Yong's attack. The blockhouse was handed over to Chen Chong to guard, and he was ordered to only defend the front and ignore other directions. The third row was guarding the stone building, and it was still the third row. The mission was to focus on the upstream direction, including the left wing of the blockhouse. The second row was the reserve team, guarding the main building area. The first row was resting in seclusion on the south bank of the Hunshui River, slightly downstream.
With this arrangement, once the enemy launches an attack, the right wing, that is, the downstream, is obviously the weak side. As long as the enemy is determined enough, they will definitely be able to break into the wine station from the downstream river bank, just like the Uesugi Squadron did at the beginning. But the puppet army is not the devil. They will face the three-story small stone building on the west side and the trenches extending from the rear of the bunker on the north side to the wine station. At that time, the row hidden on the downstream of the south bank of the river will also open fire from the southeast side. It will be impossible for the enemy who enters the wine station to withdraw. Under the firepower from three sides, the beach on the east bank of the wine station will become a morgue; this is an insidious defensive trap!
There was also a retreat plan. As long as there were no accidents in the south, the newly built cable bridge would be the retreat route. Two soldiers were hidden at the bridgehead, ready to destroy the bridge at any time. There was also an emergency plan. In case of an emergency, the platoon on the south bank would provide cover on the spot, and the entire ninth company would commit suicide by jumping into the river. As for Chen Chong's platoon, they had several broken rafts that had been prepared on the river bank, and they could drift away.
Hu Yi's calmness was not an act. He dared to stay in Lao Qin's small shabby house and wait. In fact, he was waiting for the enemy to start the attack and wait for the enemy to come from the east bank. The battlefield would be right outside the door of the house because the puppet army had no artillery.
However, by noon, there was no enemy attack, only chaotic shooting from far away in the open field. The light machine gun in the Ming bunker was running low on ammunition, and Hu Yi still had no intention of replenishing it. Now there were only sporadic rifle fire, and the enemy still didn't attack? It looked like there was no hope!
Finally, he carried his rifle out of the house, stood in the sun, listened and looked around, then crouched down, went around the corner of the house, and ran towards the stone house not far away. He saw Wang Xiaosan carrying a machine gun just walking out of the stone house, and saw the big dog carrying Ma Sihuan about to enter the stone house.
"What are you doing here?" Wang Xiaosan, who was planning to help the instructor, turned black-faced when he saw the big dog.
"What do you think? Is it time to eat?" Anyone who saw Tang Dagou's expression would want to raise their fist.
Wang Xiaosan took off the flower machine gun and held it level in both hands, deliberately pointing the muzzle at him and saying, "Get lost! I will shoot you into a sieve!"
"Tsk tsk... You are so proud! Why are you showing off to me, a ragtag guy? Do you know anything about guns? If you don't shoot, you are my grandson!"
Wang Xiaosan was so frustrated that he pulled the bolt with a bang. He happened to see the company commander approaching. He let out a breath angrily, put away his gun, and quickly ran around the big dog to the kitchen.
Tang Dagou turned his head and immediately put on an extremely hypocritical smile and said, "Hello, sir!"
Hu Yi threw the rifle strap over his right shoulder and glanced at Tang Dagou as he walked toward the door. "Why didn't you go with the villagers?"
"Oh, I have to complain to you! Those women wouldn't let me retreat with them, and they tied me to the bridge. Shouldn't you do something about it?"
"Why don't you fight back?"
"Ahem... I... Did I succeed? I used the net to cover myself and I kicked and stepped on him!"
Hu Yi stopped and stared at Tang Dagou expressionlessly. This bastard was obviously itching after hearing the gunshots. You will be in the third row in the future."
"I… "
The big dog was standing in a daze in the sun. Hu Yi didn't even wait for his reply and walked straight into the stone house. The ground floor was originally where the maids lived. Now the small windows on all four sides were blocked with sandbags. He Gensheng requisitioned this place as a resting place for the wounded. Most of the wounded were hit by stray bullets, and there were two from the bunker. One of them had a blood-red bandage wrapped around his head and was already dying.
He Gensheng was not here. He was busy in the bunker trenches. Su Qing, who was forbidden by Hu Yi to take up his combat position, came here temporarily to help. So Hu Yi hurriedly climbed up the stairs. He was not a person who was good at comforting others.
The second floor of the stone house had windows on all four sides designed as firing holes when it was built. Facing the west, there was an unmanned Czech light machine gun. One ear was in charge of observation, sometimes looking west, sometimes looking north; Waste was sitting crookedly in the corner, fiddling with the loaded machine gun magazine and complaining. In the other corner, the heartless platoon leader of the third platoon of the ninth company was sleeping soundly with his head resting on a broken lunch box amid the sound of gunfire. Hu Yi, who had just climbed up to the second floor, saw this bear and couldn't help but lift his feet!
On the third floor of the stone house, Xu Xiao was pinned to the ground by Wu Shitou with his hands tied behind his back, panting stubbornly, trying to struggle but unable to. Xiao Hongying, dressed in military uniform, sat cross-legged on the ground not far in front of Xu Xiao, with her Type 44 carbine across her legs. In her right hand, she held a small piece of willow branch and knocked unceremoniously on the brim of Xu Xiao's broken hat, frowning and lowering her voice. "If you dare to disturb the people downstairs, I will punish you! You little brat! If you don't accept my toast, you won't be able to open your mouth even with such good conditions, and you force me to use force! Tell me, why did he faint again later? Huh?"
"I won't tell you even if you kill me! Tell Sister Erniu that the squad leader is like that. I'll tell you how the squad leader can survive!" Xu Xiao continued to be stubborn, but he didn't dare to speak loudly.
"Oh! You little Eighth Route Army soldier, are you still pretending to be tough with me? It seems that I have to give you two more pounds! Will you tell me?" She stretched out her little hand and pinched Xu Xiao's shoulder hard, making Xu Xiao grin. Xiao Hongying was too immersed in the play to know that the answer was already there. At this moment, she was not much smarter than Xu Xiao.
With a bang, the stair cover was flipped open and Hu Yi came up.
"What are you... busy with?"
Xu Xiaokaba, who was pressed to the ground, looked at the company commander without saying a word. Wu Shitou, who was holding Xu Xiaokaba, did not look at the company commander but at Xiao Hongying.
"Haha...hahaha..." Xiao Hongying's awkward silly smile was so fake that it was devoid of emotion. Xu Xiaoshuo said... He let a fool ride on him to practice crawling, and he didn't listen to my advice at all!"
The highest level of lying is not to ask for help from others, but to see if you dare to blink.
… (To be continued.)
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