Siheyuan: Shazhu's Brother Shadan

In the courtyard, He Daqing and his wife Zhang Guilan listened to the news about the Eighth Route Army around Peking every day. They were happy but also a little worried. They were happy because the Eighth Route Army was about to fight back. Did that mean that Peking would also be liberated?

What he was more worried about was his son. Was he doing well in the Eighth Route Army? Was he suffering from hunger and cold?

The key is whether there is sacrifice?

These are the topics that the couple talks about every day.

He Daqing and Zhang Guilan discussed whether they could send some daily necessities to their son.

Although they knew that sending items by mail was not an easy task during wartime, they still wanted to do their best as parents.

But he had no address and no news about his son.

To the Japanese devils, the Eighth Route Army was a thorn in their side. They could only think about it but could not put it into action.

Only the sound of the young couple sighing was left.

At the same time, Shadan and Mingyue were also thinking about how to let the people have a peaceful New Year.

By eliminating the Japanese during this period, we obtained a lot of spoils.

1944 was approaching, the Japanese had not been active for many years, and supplies were in urgent need, but people were still living better than ordinary people.

This time, the three battalions went out together and obtained a lot of rare things from the Japanese.

Not only are there local specialties, but also rice and noodles. Although the canned food is a bit inferior, it is still better than the ordinary people eating coarse food.

They planned to organize a party to let everyone forget the shadow of war and welcome the new year together.

In this cold winter, the morale of the Eighth Route Army was high and the hearts of the people were full of hope.

Everyone is looking forward to the arrival of spring and the early arrival of peaceful days.

Time soon came to the day of the Chinese New Year, and Qinjia Village only arranged a reinforced platoon to be responsible for security.

The former reinforced platoon became a reinforced company after being promoted to a regiment.

He placed a platoon in each of the surrounding villages. This was also stupid. Why could he let the main force go out to get some food while he himself spent the New Year in Qinjia Village without any worries?

Ultimately it’s because of strength. A platoon of the independent regiment can fight against a small squad of Japanese devils. Are the Japanese afraid?

Just as everyone was happily celebrating the New Year's Eve in the garrison, the enraged Japanese soldiers could no longer hold back and finally chose to launch a small-scale mopping-up operation on this special day.

The way I got this news was quite accidental; it was actually the information brought by Mingyue.

Shadan looked at Mingyue. It seemed that the other party had an independent intelligence system.

"Sweep? Do you know how many troops the Japanese sent this time?"

"As far as I know, the Japanese troops that came this time are a reinforced regiment, which is actually a team pieced together from the two previously severely damaged regiments. In addition, there are puppet troops following them, and the number of people is equivalent to that of a reinforced regiment." Mingyue introduced the situation of the enemy team to Shadan in detail.

"Oh, it seems these devils are really fed up with us and can't help but take action! In this case, our independent regiment has not experienced a real big battle since its establishment, so today is a good time to use them as sacrifices!" Shadan said solemnly, with a determined light flashing in his eyes.

"Then do you know where the enemy is now?" Shadan frowned and asked Mingyue beside him with a serious face.

"What you mean is..." Mingyue's eyes revealed a hint of confusion, as if she didn't understand the meaning of Shadan's words.

Shadan took a deep breath, looked into the distance with a determined gaze, and slowly said: "We have gone through untold hardships to build this base. This place carries all our hopes and dreams. We must not let the enemy trample on it so easily! Therefore, we must take action to stop the enemy outside our home!"

His voice was sonorous and powerful, as if every word contained endless power.

As he spoke, the blades of grass and trees in Qinjia Village, as well as the kind and honest villagers, kept appearing in Shadan's mind.

In this land, everyone works hard and leads a simple and happy life.

However, this peace and tranquility may be broken by unexpected enemies.

Thinking of this, Shadan clenched his fists tightly and secretly vowed in his heart to protect this beautiful home.

"I understand. Now these hateful Japanese devils are wreaking havoc in the Changfeng area. During this period of time, our troops have attacked the devils everywhere and defeated them badly, so the enemy troops dare not disperse easily. However, those hateful puppet troops took the opportunity to become arrogant and domineering. Several innocent villages have suffered from their murderous hands and been destroyed." Mingyue gritted her teeth when she said this, with anger flashing in her eyes.

"These bastards are simply ungrateful to their ancestors! Have they really forgotten who their ancestors were? They are working so hard for the Japanese, they are simply courting their own death!" Shadan cursed angrily, he clenched his fists tightly, as if he was ready to rush up and fight the puppet army to the death at any time.

"Mingyue, send a message immediately and ask all the battalions to come back and prepare for battle!"

"Also, Mingyue, you must return to the headquarters immediately and report the situation here to the commander, because this may stir up a hornet's nest and we need support." Shadan made a prompt decision and issued an order, "I will lead the independent regiment to eliminate the enemy first, especially the puppet army."

"But..." Mingyue wanted to say something.

"This is an order!" Shadan shouted, "We can't let the enemy step into our base! Go!"

Mingyue bit her lip, turned around and left quickly.

Shadan looked at the soldiers of the reinforced platoon next to him and shouted loudly: "Brothers, it takes a thousand days to raise an army but only a day to deploy it. The big battle is coming. Are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!" everyone said in a powerful voice.

"Okay!" Shadan waved his hand, "Let's set off immediately! We must stop the enemy and destroy them before they reach Qinjia Village, especially in Changfeng area!"

The well-trained soldiers quickly assembled into a team, and then all members of the independent regiment followed closely, following closely behind the regiment commander, taking firm and resolute steps, and advancing towards the Changfeng area together.

During the fast march, Shadan remained highly alert at all times, his eyes as sharp as an eagle, constantly examining the surrounding terrain, and fell into deep thought, carefully planning battle strategies.

He knew very well that facing such numerous and powerful enemies for the first time, brute force would not work; only by using wisdom and maneuvering skillfully could he find a way to defeat the enemy.

You have to know that the other side has an entire regiment of Japanese soldiers!

That's more than 3,000 people! If you're not careful, the whole army could be wiped out. Therefore, no detail can be neglected.

This operation not only aims to annihilate this regiment in one fell swoop, but also to be on guard against possible reinforcements that may appear in the enemy's rear.

It can be said that the task is extremely arduous and full of endless challenges and dangers.

When they finally arrived in the Changfeng area, they discovered through reports from the intelligence team that the Japanese and puppet troops were actually preparing to march towards the Changping area.

Shadan first looked at his watch, calculated the time when the Japanese would arrive, and then quickly glanced at the surrounding environment. He couldn't help but frowned: the terrain here is relatively flat and open, which is very unfavorable to us.

Fortunately, however, there happened to be a dense forest not far away, from which perhaps a turning point could be found.

So, Shadan made a prompt decision and led the brave and fearless soldiers without hesitation to sneak into the woods, lying in wait, waiting for the opportunity to strike.

They also sent out their own direct companies to dig traps and explosive packs deep on the road to form a natural ambush circle.

Next, they were like a group of cheetahs hiding in the darkness, holding their breath and waiting for their prey to step into the trap they had set up long ago - the ambush circle they had hastily constructed.

Time passed minute by minute, and finally, the enemy entered the ambush circle.

The people leading the way in front must be puppet soldiers without a doubt. Letting the puppet soldiers step on the mines in front has become a common practice in the Japanese army.

They were all showing off their might and looking very arrogant, holding high in their hands the chickens and geese that they had looted from innocent people.

They parade around like this, as if showing off their "trophies" to the world, but they don't know that this is just a great irony to their ugly behavior!

Just like that, this group of reckless puppet troops headed straight for the next village, ready to launch another brutal mopping-up operation.

Faced with these puppet troops, the independent regiment led by Shadan did not take them seriously and even chose to let them go.

Because the independent regiment knew very well that the real enemy - the Japanese devils were about to arrive.

Sure enough, not long after, the Japanese army appeared in everyone's sight with great momentum.

They marched in an orderly manner and swaggered into the encirclement that had been set up long ago, completely unaware that they had fallen into a desperate situation.

"Shoot!" Shadan gave the order and gunshots rang out.

An artillery company of the first battalion, with dozens of howitzers, bombarded the Japanese positions.

The second and third battalions also have firepower configurations like the first battalion, but they are equipped with mortars instead of howitzers.

They were all 105mm mortars, firing hard towards the Japanese positions.

The Japanese were so scared that they cried for their parents. The first round of shelling stunned them.

You can imagine that the Japanese were suddenly bombarded with such heavy artillery fire while they were on the march. When the sound of the artillery fire was heard, the first feeling of the Japanese was that eight or nine divisions of the Eighth Route Army had launched an attack on them.

Because there was only one Eighth Route Army unit near Peking, and such fierce firepower could only be gathered by eight or nine divisions.

In addition, the soldiers were all equipped with machine guns and submachine guns, firing at the enemy. This density of firepower immediately frightened the Japanese.

As for the puppet troops passing by the front, they were not spared either. Liu Erzhuang led a reinforced platoon directly under the regiment and began to massacre these puppet troops.

The soldiers fired their bullets at the enemy as if they were free.

The puppet troops were stunned and fled in all directions.

When it was the Japanese army's turn, they quickly organized a counterattack, but they didn't know that more traps and explosive packs were waiting for them.

Explosions occurred one after another and the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties.