Early in the morning of February 22, Zhang Wei bid farewell to the mayor of Miaotou Town, the village elder, and decisively began to act, according to the information provided by Liu Jin, Zhang Wei's vigilance against this group of bandits was further enhanced, not to mention anything else, just talk about the number of people, thousands of bandits made Zhang Wei nervous enough, Zhang Wei in the morning, he ordered the whole regiment to start action, he wanted to take advantage of the bandits did not react, concentrate the main force of the regiment, and give the bandits a hard blow.
For the bandits who are quite powerful in their hands, Zhang Wei still feels that it is more advantageous to concentrate his forces and fight quickly.
On the basis of the information on the enemy situation that he could now receive and the situation on his own side, Zhang Wei decided on the operational policy of supplementing the Second Regiment to suppress the bandits and concentrate the main force to fight a big battle, that is, to use a large-scale battle to give full play to the superiority of the Second Regiment's heavy troops and firepower, and to take out the main force of the bandits in a large-scale battle.
But Zhang Wei is not stupid, he knows that the opponent is not a good type, Guangxi bandit Xie Ziqing, Xiangxi bandit Zhu Xiangyu, two powerful bandits should not be underestimated, and this Zhu Xiangyu seems to know a lot about tactics, so this combat policy is not easy to achieve.
Although it was not a regular battle with the Japanese army, it was the first actual battle of the Second Supplementary Regiment Supplementing all the officers and soldiers of the second regiment, he embarked on the journey of conquering and suppressing the bandits, and the direction of the attack, Zhang Wei decided to search and advance to the area of the Huangsha River located in the south of Miaotou Town according to the information provided by Liu Jin, and also made the first battle assignment order he gave to the infantry regiment since he was promoted to regiment commander, and the whole regiment was divided into three parts by him, the regimental headquarters, the regimental communication company, the regimental artillery company and the first infantry battalion as the first echelon, the second infantry battalion as the first echelon, the third infantry battalion and the regimental baggage company carrying n, supplies, The regimental engineer company that had just finished the battle was one echelon, three echelons, the strongest regimental headquarters was slightly ahead of the central echelon, and the other two echelons were slightly behind, forming a faint triangular formation, searching and advancing towards the area of the Huangsha River.
Among them, the echelon of the second infantry battalion was deployed on the left wing, the third infantry battalion was deployed on the right wing, and the regimental headquarters and the first battalion were deployed in the center.
Nearly 3,000 troops, after resting for the night, searched and advanced in high spirits.
Earlier, on the main road, the officers and men of the first battalion and one company of the second supplementary regiment were searching and advancing, and in the fields on both sides of the main road, the officers and men of the first company carefully and carefully sought the enemy, the first company belonged to Qiu Wei's first infantry battalion, and now, it was the forward search company, and the company commander Captain Zhang Xitong led the first company to go beyond the marching echelon separated from the first battalion and the regimental headquarters, and quickly searched forward, which was an infantry company at the forefront of the second regiment of the whole supplement.
The temperature had not yet warmed up in the morning, and it was very cold, and the march of the first company was very quiet and desolate, and the silence was somewhat uncomfortable, and the places that had been swept by the bandits were lifeless and lifeless.
Zhang Xitong, the commander of the first company, while advancing on the main road, while holding a telescope to search around, the whole company of 160 soldiers, advancing in an orderly manner, search platoon, reserve platoon, flank platoon, forward company, rear guard company each perform their duties, company commander, platoon commander, company attached to their respective positions of responsibility for their own duties, the first battalion and one company as the pioneer of the second regiment, efficient work, as a forward unit, this infantry company also received five military horses reinforced by the regiment headquarters to strengthen the communications force.
"Company commander, there are already seven miles of land after Huangcun, and now there are ten miles away from the regiment headquarters and the battalion, continue to walk along the road, there are no villages and settlements for about four kilometers, the nearest village to us in front is Jiangjiadian, this neighborhood is relatively barren, do you want to let the brothers slow down" During the march, Lieutenant Li Xubin, the platoon commander of the company, asked.
Li Xubin graduated from the Central Military Academy in Chengdu, the period is subordinate to the 14th phase of the military academy, graduated with excellent grades in the military academy, tactical culture courses and physical fitness level are among the best, because of excellent results, Li Xubin was distributed to the elite Fifth Army of the Central Army after graduation, and then was assigned to Zhang Wei's supplementary second regiment as a platoon commander, and withstood the "unique exercise" arranged by Zhang Wei for the cadets Although Li Xubin has no actual combat experience, his style and ability are quite good, and a month ago, his military rank was promoted from second lieutenant to lieutenant, and he became the right-hand man of company commander Zhang Xitong.
"Well, something is wrong around here, we can't get too far away from the main force of the regiment, order the brothers, slow down the march," Zhang Xitong said.
"Slow down" The vigilant Zhang Xitong gave the whole company an order to slow down the search.
Zhang Xitong sighed, the lifelessness around him made him very depressed, faintly, and there was a not very good premonition, Zhang Xitong felt quiet, too quiet, from the beginning to the present, he walked for several hours in a row, and there was no situation along the way, this is the main activity area of the bandits, strange, too strange More than 150 meters before Zhang Xitong, the avant-garde squad of the first company walked in the forefront of the whole company, scattered in all directions with combat groups, the whole squad of 12 people, four combat groups, formed a diamond-shaped formation, group to group, squad to squad to keep a distance, open the way forward, the avant-garde squad leader with the rank of sergeant holding the lieutenant official BN, the veteran squad leader and company commander Zhang Xitong were in the same mood at this time.
Unknowingly, the sergeant-guard squad leader took the initiative to put his finger on the bn handguard on the trigger, and the veteran's intuition told him that the more he went forward, the more dangerous it became.
"Pillar, go tell the squad deputy to slow down your steps, the more you go in this place, the more panic you get."
"Yes" The recruit from Guizhou next to the squad leader, who was also a second-class soldier, was ordered to quickly run to the combat group led by the squad deputy.
"Bang" Before the pillar had run two meters, there was a crisp gunshot, and a bullet burst out, piercing the neck of the private pillar, and the blood sprayed Lao Gao, and the pillar clutched his neck in pain and fell to the ground "Rough Eggs Lie Down, There Are Enemies" The sergeant squad leader ignored the struggling pillar, prostrate on the ground and yelled, pulled the trigger, and fired the first shot back.
As soon as the gunshots rang out, a large group of militants suddenly appeared in the fields on both sides, and the sound of gunfire like beans followed Not only a squad, but nearly half of the brothers of the first company were attacked by fire, and there were casualties, and a large number of bandits were ambushed by the first company, firing from both sides of the road, and the dense rain of bullets crossed over the head of the first company, and the company commander Zhang Xitong observed the situation while organizing a counterattack.
Zhang Xitong was quickly taken aback by the enemy's situation, dense firepower, a large number of bandits, ambushes and bandits beyond his imagination, Zhang Xitong knew that he could not stay for a long time, and immediately gave the order to retreat.
"The whole company shrank in formation, retreated successively, the rear team changed to the front team, the company artillery squad held a meeting to attack the roadside, the whole company quickly broke away from the battle, the herald rode back to the regimental headquarters, our company encountered the enemy, encountered a large number of enemy troops, told the regimental headquarters that there were a large number of enemy troops" "Quick Exit" Under the ambush, the first company began to retreat, and several soldiers of the first company rode on the Oriental horses reinforced by the regimental headquarters.
Hurried back to the regimental headquarters The soldiers who returned on horseback from the forward company quickly reported the situation to Zhang Wei, and almost at the same moment, Zhang Wei received a telegram from the second and third battalions.
Zheng Yiqun, attached to the regiment, reported to Zhang Wei: "The second battalion, the third battalion and the first company of the forward were attacked almost at the same time, earlier than the first company of the forward company was attacked, Battalion Commander Mu and Battalion Commander Ye both said that there were many enemy troops, especially the third battalion, the bandits besieging the third battalion were no less than 600, the firepower was also fierce, and there was even artillery bombardment. ” Zhang Wei calmly analyzed the current situation.
The second battalion and the third battalion were attacked at the same time, and the first battalion and one company in charge of the search in front of them were also attacked, but a little later than the second and third battalions, and the whole regiment was beaten almost at the same time, this is the situation facing now, Zhang Wei thought of the formation he was in now, his regimental headquarters was in the center, the second and third battalions were behind, and the third battalion, which had a lot of supplies, was attacked more fiercely than the second battalion.
It is very likely that the bandits have been holding back, preparing to give themselves a hard blow, gathering heavy troops to attack the third battalion carrying a large amount of logistics supplies, besieging the second battalion with one force, and containing the strength of these two battalions, while their own regimental headquarters and the first battalion, the latest to be attacked, are likely to be the most important targets of the bandits Hmph, I don't have a small appetite, and my tactics are good, I suddenly restrained the second and third battalions, and then ate my regimental headquarters in one fell swoop, which was so calculating, but it also made Zhang Wei break out in a cold sweat.
Judging the likely tactical intentions of the bandits, Zhang Wei sneered.
"Order Zhang Xitong to let his company retreat quickly, and the regimental headquarters and the first battalion immediately maneuver to Huangcun behind the roadside, and enter Huangcun quickly"11: