Chapter 13: Seizing the Nanwan Stronghold (Part 1) First Watch

  "Lao Zhao, what about my task?" Xu Bin nodded and continued to ask.

  "Your task is also extremely arduous, that is, after we eliminate the enemy's gatekeeper. After seeing our signal, lead the troops to immediately occupy the main gate of the stronghold. And the specific time for us to attack the stronghold will be set at the time when the enemy goes out for morning exercise. At that time, we will try to delay the enemy commander's return to the stronghold, striving to arrive between 4 and 5 o'clock in the early morning... What do you think?" Back at the barracks, Zhang Hua quickly gathered all the platoon leaders, everyone formed a circle, and began discussing ways to break through the enemy.

  "Now that we've discussed it, I don't have anything else to say, just be careful yourself." Instructor Xu Bin reminded him without saying anything else.

  "Alright, comrades, now I'll lay out the specific battle plan. Guard squad, scout squad, tomorrow night follow me into Nanwan Village and take care of the enemy battalion commander's guard troops at the right moment. Everyone else, follow Instructor Zhang's command, after receiving our signal that the attack is going smoothly, quickly occupy the main gate of the enemy's stronghold. Then hide and wait... does everyone understand?" Zhang Hua ordered in a low voice.

  "I've got it." answered a dozen or so class cadres in unison.

  "Alright, from now on, everyone except the sentry will rest and recharge. Also, Wang Goudan, you immediately return along the original route and inform the regiment commander. The specific attack time for the special operations company is set for early tomorrow morning, please have the main force assemble at Kui Shu Gou tonight to facilitate our rendezvous." Zhang Hua ordered his communications officer Wang Goudan.

  "Yes, Commander, I guarantee to complete the task." Wang Goudan replied excitedly.

  It was at this time that the quality of the veteran soldiers in the special forces company truly came to the fore. Although they would be going into battle in just a few hours, not one of them gave up the opportunity to rest and recharge their energy. As soon as they received the order to rest, everyone lay down on the ground and fell asleep. Within minutes, the camp was filled with the sound of snoring. The new recruits, however, were unable to sleep due to pre-battle excitement.

  In this way, a day's time passed quickly. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the reconnaissance squad and the guard squad soldiers, dressed as woodcutters, carried firewood with hidden rifles. From various exits of Nanwan Village, they entered Nanwan. And after controlling one household in the village, all 25 people gathered in this small courtyard farmhouse.

  "Company commander, reconnaissance squad, guard squad, all 24 soldiers have assembled, the enemy has not detected any unusual movement." After checking the number of people, the leader of the reconnaissance squad, Luo Huasheng, hastily came to Zhang Hua's side to report.

  "Alright, let the soldiers take a rest for now. Also, send out a few quick-witted soldiers to scout out the situation. If the enemy general enters the village, don't alarm them, and immediately return to report the situation." Zhang Hua ordered.

  Soon, under the arrangement of Luo Huasheng, the leader of the reconnaissance team, several soldiers left the gathering farmhouse one after another and dispersed to various locations in Nancun, quietly waiting for the arrival of the enemy regiment commander.

  Less than two hours later, just as the villagers were starting to have dinner, the enemy battalion commander finally appeared in the soldiers' line of sight. Enemy Battalion Commander Wang De-gui dragged his fat body, accompanied by two orderlies and a platoon of guards, into the village with great fanfare, heading straight for the only landlord's mansion in the village. In less than a few minutes, except for leaving two soldiers standing at the gate to keep watch, the rest of the soldiers followed Wang De-gui into the landlord's mansion.

  "Company commander, company commander... the enemy has entered the village. I just followed them to the only big courtyard in the village and stopped." A soldier who had seen the enemy situation immediately returned to the courtyard and reported what he had seen.

  "Well, how many people did he bring out in total?" Zhang Hua asked excitedly.

  "Company commander, a total of 14 people, two of whom are orderlies... They entered the only landlord's house in the village." The scout reported affirmatively.

  "Alright, Squad Leader Luo and Squad Leader Wu, order the soldiers to take a rest. If nothing unexpected happens, this battalion commander will definitely have dinner at the landlord's house. At that time, we'll make our move while they're eating. Let's give him a surprise attack." Zhang Hua commanded the two squad leaders.

  "Company Commander, rest assured, we will complete our mission and won't let a single enemy escape." The two men replied in unison.

  An hour later, for the rural people who had no nightlife, they were basically all asleep. More than 20 soldiers, under Zhang Hua's leadership, took advantage of the night to quickly arrive at the landlord's mansion. Perhaps because Shanxi had never experienced any bandits before, the entire landlord's mansion was just a courtyard surrounded by a less-than-2-meter-high earthen wall, surrounding dozens of houses.

  The two Jinwei soldiers guarding the gate were indeed as Company Commander Zhang Hua had said. The two soldiers were squatting at the entrance of the courtyard, holding a large bowl and eating their dinner with big mouths. Moreover, they were chatting while eating, without any vigilance. In their eyes, this place was less than 50 meters away from their military camp, who would dare to disturb them?

  Seeing the two enemies guarding the gate basically without vigilance, Zhang Hua decisively launched the attack order. Two old soldiers from the reconnaissance squad, with a shiny bayonet in their mouths, slowly approached the gate of the courtyard. Just as the two men approached the enemy sentry, almost simultaneously they jumped up and quickly eliminated the two enemy sentries who were eating dinner.

  "Wu, take a few soldiers to guard the back door of the courtyard. The rest will follow me in through the front door. Remember, only use your bayonets to resolve the battle, no guns allowed." Zhang Hua commanded his soldiers behind him, grasping a bayonet and quietly pushing open the large gate of the courtyard.

  At this time, the remaining dozen or so enemies were in a room eating a sumptuous dinner at a large table, completely unaware of the sudden situation that had occurred at the entrance to the courtyard. The enemy regimental commander was now embracing a young girl who was less than 18 years old and repeatedly toasting with the owner of the mansion at the wine table.

  "Roban Chang, take your men and deal with the enemy's guard squad. The rest of us will follow me to take care of the enemy's camp commander. Let's move out now." Zhang Hua commanded in a low voice. At this time, almost everyone in the entire courtyard was having dinner, so the twenty or so soldiers approached their target very easily. Liu Hua led six guard squad soldiers and also easily ambushed outside the enemy army commander's door.

  A loud crash was heard as the door burst open, and the reconnaissance team led by Luo Huasheng took the lead in launching a surprise attack. The 12 soldiers rushed in almost simultaneously as they broke through the door, immediately surrounding the 12 enemies who were eating around the wine table. The dark gun barrels were aimed at each person's head.

  "Nobody is allowed to move, we are the Red Army, whoever moves I will kill...". Luo Huasheng shouted loudly, stopping several Shanxi soldiers who wanted to make a move. Immediately, the remaining 12 enemy soldiers were quietly captured by the scouts.

  The enemy guard squad was captured, and the enemy regimental commander's side became much easier. When the reconnaissance squad launched a surprise attack, Zhang Hua didn't show any courtesy either, leading six soldiers to break in all at once, with six rifles aimed at the enemy regimental commander sitting by the wine table.

  "King De-gui, King Ying-chang, we are the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Now I declare that you have been captured..." Facing the dark muzzles of the guns, even if King Ying-chang wanted to resist, he didn't have the guts. He obediently handed over his own pistol and promised that as long as the Red Army spared him, he would do whatever they asked.

  "The company commander, all have been settled, not a single person escaped. The enemy's guard squad soldiers' uniforms have all been stripped by us. You don't know, this regiment commander is really rich. Each soldier in the guard squad has an assault rifle and a rifle, it's really mouth-watering." Soon, Wu Tao and Luo Huasheng came to report the results one after another.

  "Alright, not bad. Order the reconnaissance squad to change into the enemy's guard uniforms. Wu Tao, pick a clever one from your guard squad and change into the enemy's duty soldier uniform with me, quickly. There's another task, think of a way to get the enemy battalion commander drunk." Zhang Hua said with a smile, starting to examine the layout of this landlord's house, also looking for any valuable spoils of war.

  With a look-at-it attitude, Zhang Hua really found a lot of good things. Among them, the Red Army lacked a large ocean, with more than 25,000 blocks. In addition, many gold bars were also found, known as small yellow fish 20. There are also 10 large vehicles, more than 8,000 pounds of grain, and dozens of cattle and sheep. It can be said that for the resource-poor Red Army, this is a huge gain.

  "Wu, squad leader, order the soldiers to load all the captured goods and food onto the carts. The focus is on food and silver coins, load as much as possible. However, no matter what, leave five large carts for me. Tomorrow, we'll use them to transport supplies to the enemy's stronghold." Zhang Hua commanded excitedly, looking at the piles of supplies.

  In this way, several hours passed quickly in the busy figures of the warriors. The enemy army colonel was also drunk by the warriors. The warriors who should have changed their clothes had all changed into the enemy's equipment and uniforms, waiting for Zhang Hua's order.

  "Comrades, the enemy's battalion commander is on the upper floor. We set out. The six brothers at the back are responsible for eliminating the six soldiers at the entrance of the enemy's stronghold and then sending a signal to the instructor. Does everyone understand their own tasks?" Zhang Hua commanded in front of the 13 fully armed warriors.

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