Chapter 39: Luring the Enemy into a Trap

  "Well, I know, you go down! In the past few days, all the captured Shanxi-Suiyuan army prisoners were sent to our prisoner-of-war camp, let them receive a good education from our military." After listening to Wu Tao's report, Zhang Hua nodded and immediately fell into silence, starting to think quietly.

  "Lao Zhang, have you come up with a new idea again?" Seeing his company commander sink into deep thought after hearing the situation, Instructor Xu Bin asked in a low voice.

  "Well, I was thinking that we could write an article on this report. Isn't the enemy trying to occupy the county town without losing a single soldier? Then let's proactively give up the county town and let them send troops to occupy it." Zhang Hua nodded and smiled meaningfully.

  "Then we'll lay an ambush for the enemy on their way here. I believe that with our heavy firepower, even if the enemy comes with a whole battalion, as long as we set up properly, the Shanxi army will absolutely not be our match." Upon hearing Platoon Leader Zhang Hua's words, Instructor Xu Bin immediately reacted and blurted out his own thoughts.

  "That's right, I mean to wipe out all of Wang Jingguo's remaining troops in one battle..." Hearing the instructor's idea coincided with his own, Zhang Hua slapped the table in front of him and said affirmatively.

  "Alright, Old Zhang, I think we should immediately call over Old Guo and Old Huang, the four of us can discuss it thoroughly. Let's prepare a rich and delicious meal for Wang Jingguo." Seeing that Commander Lian seemed to have made up his mind, Instructor Xu Bin immediately suggested this.

  "Communicator, notify the Chief of Staff immediately, Deputy Director is coming to the company for a meeting, hurry...". Zhang Hua did not respond to Instructor Xu Bin's words, but instead shouted loudly at the communicator Wang Dog Egg at the door...

  The final result was undoubtedly that the Chief of Staff, Guo Chengzhu, and the Deputy Instructor, after listening to Zhang Hua's specific arrangements, did not hesitate at all and immediately raised their hands in approval. Since all four commanders of the Special Operations Company had agreed, the next step was to assign specific combat tasks to each platoon and squad.

  After the new recruits were replenished in the troops, they had a day of intense training. The conference room of the Special Operations Battalion Command was packed with all the platoon leaders and squad leaders of the Special Operations Battalion. Dozens of people would soon make this small conference room lively and bustling. As Battalion Commander Zhang Hua and others walked into the conference room, the small conference room became even more lively, with everyone greeting Zhang Hua and his entourage. It wasn't until Liu Hua and others sat down in the middle of the conference room that the lively conference room slowly quieted down.

  "Company Commander, is there another new task?..." Seeing that the company commander and others had already sat down, He Deqing, who was impatient, stood up first and asked loudly.

  "Well, comrades, we have a task now. After research by the headquarters, we decided to take over the remaining troops under Wang Jingguo's command. Next, please let the chief of staff tell everyone about the specific arrangements for this operation." Seeing the impatient row of officers led by He Deqing, Zhang Hua nodded and gestured to his chief of staff, Guo Chengzhu.

  "Comrades, I won't say more unnecessary words here. After research and decision-making by the headquarters, we have decided to use a tactic of luring the enemy in deep against the remaining troops of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. The specific plan is as follows: our main force will openly withdraw from the county town tomorrow morning, taking prisoners and captured materials with us. After the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's reconnaissance units report our withdrawal to their command headquarters, the reconnaissance squad and guard squad will find a way to eliminate the enemy's reconnaissance units behind us. Then, the whole regiment will quickly return and look for suitable terrain to launch an ambush against the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army." Chief of Staff Guo Chengzhu stood up and said.

  "Great, great, finally we have a big battle again. This time we captured so many heavy weapons, it's definitely enough for this group of enemies to suffer." Just after replenishing the firepower support platoon leader Zhou Zhigang, after hearing Guo Chengzhu's words, excitedly stood up and said.

  "Right, Squad Leader Zhou is correct. This time we'll lure the enemy in deep and then ambush them with these heavy weapons we've captured. We'll use all 14 of our heavy machine guns, four mortars, and every single light machine gun to give the enemy a crushing defeat. Without my order, no one is allowed to launch a charge against the enemy. This time, we're going to use bullets to wipe out these few thousand enemies." After hearing Squad Leader Zhou's words, Zhang Hua nodded silently and stood up to say...

  "Yes, Commander, I guarantee to make these heavy machine guns and mortars play the greatest role..." After hearing Zhang Hua's words, Zhou Zhigang became even more excited and loudly guaranteed.

  "Alright, next please guide everyone to do pre-war ideological mobilization..." Zhang Hua nodded and looked at the instructor Xu Bin beside him....... Half an hour later, almost every platoon leader had received their desired task and ran back to their own unit's barracks with satisfaction, convening their own pre-war mobilization meeting. Especially the fourth platoon, which had the most new recruits, as well as the logistics platoon and the new recruit platoon.

  The next day, early in the morning, more than 300 people from the Special Operations Brigade set out from Pucheng County. They marched out of the county town after breakfast. The reason it's described as a grand procession is that among the over 300-strong troops, there were actually 500 prisoners of war being escorted. Moreover, each prisoner was carrying a box of non-lethal ammunition or food under Zhang Hua's deliberate arrangement. Nearly a hundred mules and more than a dozen large carts were loaded with the weapons and equipment seized by the Special Operations Brigade, which was almost enough to equip an entire regiment.

  Of course, such a large and imposing team. Of course, it was impossible to deceive the Jin Sui army scouts hiding outside the city, monitoring every move of Puzhou County. Seeing the Red Army leaving the city, seemingly preparing to retreat, the deputy commander of the Jin Sui army reconnaissance company stationed outside the city did not hesitate at all. Except for sending two people back to report, everyone else closely followed behind the special operations company, wanting to see what would happen in the end.

  For the dozen or so tails behind them, Zhang Hua and others could see clearly. After receiving the order from Lian Chang, the guard squad and reconnaissance squad, a total of 24 soldiers, quietly lay in ambush in the grass by the side of the road under the cover of the main force, waiting silently for the fish to take the bait.

  "Platoon leader, you say this group of Communist soldiers is escorting so many supplies and captives, aren't they afraid that the regiment commander will wrap them up as dumplings?" A soldier from the Jin-Sui Army reconnaissance unit, who was closely following the special operations company, ran to the platoon leader's side and asked.

  "Haha, the commander also wants to... But our troops just suffered a defeat at the hands of the Communist army and don't have enough strength. Take a look at the company of Communist soldiers we're ambushing, take a look at their equipment. If we really manage to encircle them, in the end it will only be a lose-lose situation. If this matter is known by Commander Yan of Taiyuan, what kind of consequences do you think our commander will face?" The platoon leader smiled wryly and said nothing after hearing his subordinate's words.

  "I still don't quite understand..." The little soldier shook his head and said after listening to Pai Zhang's lengthy explanation.

  "Shut up, be vigilant, beware of being discovered by the Communist Army and ambushed...". Just as the squad leader was about to continue explaining, a voice came from behind the two men - the deputy commander of the reconnaissance company.

  Upon hearing the platoon leader's rebuke, the two men could only shut their mouths. They gripped their rifles even tighter and vigilantly watched everything around them. However, they were unaware that they had already walked into an ambush set up by the guard squad and reconnaissance squad. More than 20 submachine guns from both squads as well as two light machine guns were all trained on the less-than-20-man reconnaissance team.

  "Fire.... Rat-a-tat-a-tat..." Just as the last scout of the Jin-Sui army entered the ambush circle, the two squad leaders gave the order almost simultaneously without any hesitation. In an instant, dozens of flames shot out from the previously quiet grass thicket. The dense hail of bullets, without any gaps, poured onto the dozen or so Jin-Sui army scouts on the highway.

  "Ah... there's an ambush... get down quickly..." When the shout rang out. The enemy deputy company commander, with rich combat experience, shouted loudly and was the first to lie on the ground. However, at this moment, more than 20 tongues of fire had already hit the bodies of over a dozen soldiers on the highway. By the time everyone reacted, more than a dozen elite Shanxi-Shaanxi military scouts were left with only four soldiers lying alone on the highway, preparing to counterattack.

  "...Grenade!" However, the order that came out of the bushes next made the remaining scouts on the highway completely desperate. Just as a few people closed their eyes and waited for the grenade to arrive. More than a dozen grenades flew out of the bushes with a whistling sound, steadily falling onto the highway where several Shanxi soldiers were lying prone.

  "Boom boom boom..." A burst of intense hand grenade explosions erupted, and the highway was immediately shrouded in a thick smoke.

  "Quick, sweep the battlefield, old rules don't leave live mouths, prepare to retreat..." With the explosion of hand grenades, more than 20 soldiers jumped up and rushed into the smoke. Following orders, they quickly added a knife to each enemy's body. And quickly collected all the equipment from the enemy, withdrew from the battlefield.

  "Report to the company commander, 18 enemy scouts were all annihilated by our army, not a single one escaped. Our army had no casualties, and we captured 17 submachine guns, one pistol, and a batch of ammunition...". Soon, two squads of soldiers caught up with the main force ahead, carrying their spoils of war.

  "Alright, it's all settled then. Our tails are finally cleared up. Old Xu, according to the pre-battle plan, prepare for action. Old Huang, take the new recruits platoon, logistics platoon, and cooking squad, escorting all supplies and prisoners to reoccupy the county town. I, Old Guo, and Old Xu will lead the remaining troops to prepare an ambush against Wang Jinguo's other battalion. Remember to bring all heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and mortars."

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