Xishui, a county under Zunyi, is located in the northern part of Guizhou, and is located in the hub area of ​​the junction of Sichuan, Guizhou and Chongqing. It connects to Tongzi in Guizhou in the east, Chishui in Guizhou in the west, Renhuai in Guizhou in the south, Gulin in the south, and Gulin in Sichuan in the last military center.

It was such an inconspicuous county town. When the Red Army crossed the first and second crossed the Chishui River, they captured this county town. However, when the Red Army crossed the Chishui River, they did not pass by here, which made the Guizhou commanders stationed at these breathless breath.

He also seemed very vigilant about the main force of the Red Army, the Guizhou Army security regiment stationed in Xishui, who was recently active in Zunyi, and the defense of the county town is extremely strict, both during the day and at night.

Especially after receiving the above notice, the army of various groups was preparing to encircle the main force of the Red Army that was preparing to enter southern Sichuan again. The Guizhou Army security group stationed here also issued a death order to strictly prevent the Red Army's sneak attack.

But such an order is simply impossible for the security commander stationed here. What they can do is to send telegrams to the superiors as soon as they discover the main force of the Red Army. In addition, they are powerless to stop the Red Army.

Some time ago, the officers and soldiers of the security regiment who were in Xishui knew about the news that two main divisions of the Central Army were ambushed by the Red Army. What's more, even their provincial chairman Wang Jialie was beaten and ran around in his head, let alone them?

Now the Central Army, which has fully taken over the military and political power of Guizhou, doesn't care much about the second-line troops of the Guizhou Army. If they hadn't been required to stabilize the local area and play a certain surveillance role, they would have been deposed long ago.

Bypassing the villages along the way, the independent regiment, which had been marching secretly, arrived five miles outside Xishui City. The sky had already darkened, but the news from the reconnaissance company still made He Zhengdao feel that the nail had to be lifted.

At least, when the main Red Army forces passed here, they could not let the news spread. Thinking of this, He Zhengdao decided to attack Xishui at night. And in He Zhengdao's vision, it would be best to end the battle quietly.

To be honest, it is not easy to do this. But He Zhengdao knew that finding the other party’s radio station before the war was undoubtedly the key to this operation. Once the security team sent a rescue telegram, it means that their plans were exposed in advance.

Thinking of this, He Zhengdao immediately convened a meeting of battalion-level cadres to discuss the next combat plan. He heard that He Zhengdao's decision and led the reconnaissance to attack the Xishui Security Corps overnight, Yao Shengjun immediately objected.

‘No, you are the regiment commander, how can you participate in the battle in person? If something happens, how can I explain to the leaders? Otherwise, let the first battalion commander go!’

When Zhang Cheng heard this, he immediately said, "Yes! Commander, I'll be responsible for the night attack!"

As a result, He Zhengdao shook his head and said, "Political Commissar, it's not that I'm not worried about the battalion commander, but that I'm best at this kind of battle. Tonight's night attack, we must ensure that the news does not leak. If possible, try to end the battle without taking a shot.

I am better at this kind of thing than you. As for the regiment commander who cannot go to the front line, do you think the current discipline is necessary? Don’t you think I, the little regiment commander, even President Peng and others are on the front line when fighting?"

Just when Yao Shengjun was still preparing to argue, He Zhengdao immediately said: "Okay, there is no need to discuss this matter anymore. Next, I will lead the reconnaissance company to the city in advance. Your battalions, hurry up and wait for our signals at any time.

If you see my signal, the logistics camp and the fourth camp will enter the city, and the other three main camps will be on guard outside the county town. We will stay at most for a day in Xishui City and must leave the morning after tomorrow. Have you heard the mission clearly?"

‘It’s clear!’

‘Okay, after that, order the troops to start acting. Remember, during the operation, be careful and be careful, remember not to alarm them in advance. Otherwise, the entire operation will be exposed in advance, do you understand?’

'clear!'

After arranging the combat mission, He Zhengdao and his guard company arrived outside Xishui City in the dark. Looking at the torches hanging on the walls and the sentries walking from time to time, He Zhengdao also felt that these Guizhou troops seemed quite dedicated!

He waved to the guard company commander beside him and said, "Shock east, have you touched it in?"

‘Go in! Xishui is not a big city. Although the city wall has been built, there are many ways to get in. During the day, there are sentry patrols there, but it seems very relaxed. It should be almost done depending on the time."

After agreeing to meet up, He Zhengdao did not stay at the city gate too much. He followed the guard company commander Li Xiangdong and led the soldiers of other guard companies to quickly detour for a while and appeared on the side of the county town.

Looking at the quiet county town below, there are only a few places where the lights are on, which must be where the security team is located. As for the sporadic lights in the county town, they think they are also the home of the people who have not yet rested.

Nowadays, electric lights have not become popular yet. Even in a county town, most of the tools that can be used for lighting are firewood or oil lamps. However, there are not many ordinary people who can light up oil lamps.

So after nightfall, more people sleep at home. Work at sunrise and rest at sunset. It is undoubtedly the most suitable for people in remote mountainous areas in this era.

Arriving at the contact point that had been agreed with a row of contact, Li Xiangdong covered his hand in his mouth and made a few owls screams in front of him. Soon, a few birds screams came from the front. The other officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company knew that the responding people had arrived.

Soon, two reconnaissance company soldiers dressed in civilian costumes quickly ran to the place where He Zhengdao was. When they saw the regiment commander coming in person, they were also shocked, but quickly reported the situation.

Hearing that there were soldiers from the security regiment patrols in the city, He Zhengdao sneered: "It seems that these Guizhou Army security regiments are not as incompetent as they imagined! Have you figured out their patrol rules? What is the situation in the military camp?"

‘Report to the commander of the regiment, there are currently four patrol teams in the city, each with eight Guizhou troops. Most of these four patrol teams are concentrated in areas without the protection of the city walls, and near their military camps and security regiments’ garrisons.

According to our previous reconnaissance, they changed shifts in one hour. Every time they changed shifts, they would go back to the barracks first, and after waking up other patrol members, another patrol team would continue to take over the patrol.

There were two sentries at the gate and two simple arrow towers. No machine guns were found. As for the security commander, he also lived in the military camp. Their radio station was also in their security command.'

After listening to the scout's report, He Zhengdao thought for a moment: "Are there any other place in the city where soldiers are stationed?"

‘When we came in the afternoon, we didn’t find it! Our main force captured this county town twice. Most of the local tyrants and evil gentry were cleaned up by us. This security team was ordered to garrison here after our main force left.

Their warehouses and stored materials should be concentrated in the military camp. Except for a security company guarding the city wall, they took turns to pay a visit to the corner of the wall. There were four patrol teams in the city, and the remaining security team officers and soldiers were in the military camp.’

After talking about these reconnaissance situations, He Zhengdao quickly said: "The first thing we need to solve is how to quietly take down the security regiment. As long as the officers of the security regiment are captured, the guards on the city wall are not worth worrying.

From the fact that they shrank in the military camp and did not dare to live outside the military camp, we can see that they were worried about the Red Army's sneak attack. By the way, how long will it take to change the patrol team now?"

‘It’s almost half an hour left!’

Half an hour, that is, an hour. Thinking of this, He Zhengdao immediately said: "Xiangdong, you will lead three platoon leaders to deal with the four patrol teams. You must ensure that you kill with one shot, and you cannot let them fire a shot. Remember?"

‘Remember!’

Most of the officers and soldiers who were selected by He Zhengdao into the reconnaissance company were very good. Moreover, during the time he was stationed in Jinping, He Zhengdao spent a lot of money to ask the blacksmith in the city to create dozens of individual crossbows.

During the rest period, most of the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company were familiar with this cold weapon. Compared with the officers and soldiers of other independent regiments, they did not quite understand what the function of this crossbow was, but the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company knew that this thing was very suitable for sneak attacks and whistles.

The reconnaissance company soldiers who have followed He Zhengdao many times have become very skilled in attacking patrol sentries with cold weapons. This is why He Zhengdao thinks that they can accomplish it without taking action by themselves.

After the combat order was issued, the other soldiers from the reconnaissance company followed He Zhengdao into the security regiment's base. Looking at the sentries at the gate of the military camp and the sentries in the arrow tower, everyone felt it was a bit tricky.

The reason is very simple. Eliminating the sentry at the door will inevitably alarm the sentry in the arrow tower. If you want to solve the sentry in the arrow tower, you must climb up the arrow tower with light illumination. If you fire a shot, it will be relatively simple.

But if you don’t shoot, it’s really not an easy thing to solve such a sentry arrangement. He Zhengdao saw this scene and ordered a warrior beside him. The warrior knew that the regiment commander was going to take action himself.
Chapter completed!