Chen Liang transferred 200 veterans from each battalion and also left the third battalion commander, Sun Desheng, behind.
Zhao Gang would be in charge of the Wang Fortress base.
Chen Liang himself led Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan, Wang Huaibao, and the rest with a main force of nearly two thousand people.
That night, he quietly left the base.
After setting off, Chen Liang first sent out the reconnaissance company.
He had them split into three groups to scout the Huting stronghold and the surrounding enemies.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the reconnaissance company returned one after another, bringing Chen Liang two valuable pieces of news.
First, the Japanese army had reoccupied the Huting stronghold and increased the number of troops stationed there.
From the original 300 people, it increased to more than 500 people.
Moreover, the devils in the stronghold this time were much more vigilant than before.
Second, about fifty kilometers northeast of the Tiger Pavilion outpost, a prisoner of war camp was discovered by accident.
After listening to the report of the recon platoon leader, Chen Liang could not help but have a thought.
Prisoner of war camp? Could it be the one that imprisoned Monk Wei?
"How many enemies are guarding the camp?”
"According to our initial investigation, there are about 500 to 600 people. They are all Japanese. We haven't found any puppet troops yet."”
"There must be a lot of anti-Japanese soldiers in the prisoner of war camp.”
Chen Liang immediately ordered," Everyone, listen up. The recon company will be in the front, the main battalions will be in the middle, and the supply camp will be at the back. March at full speed towards the prisoner camp, take down the prisoner camp, and rescue our fellow prisoners.”
"Yes, sir!" Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan, and the others at the side received the order in unison.
……
Prisoner of War Camp, prison cell.
A bald soldier was sitting cross-legged in a corner of the cell, resting with his eyes closed.
Around him were a group of prisoners of war who were also dressed in military uniforms. Some were lying down, while others were sitting with their backs against the cell walls.
All of them looked miserable and their eyes were dull, as if they were walking corpses.
This bald soldier was none other than Wei Da Yong, whom Chen Liang had been thinking of.
He was defeated and captured half a month ago.
Two days ago, he was transferred here from Wuan County.
Wei Da Yong knew that if this continued, he would only be greeted with death.
However, he didn't have the chance to escape, so he could only take it one step at a time.
……
At one o'clock in the morning, Chen Liang finally led the main force of the Independent Regiment and arrived outside the prisoner of war camp.
Zhang Dabiao glanced at the prisoner of war camp that was shrouded in darkness and asked,""Guild Leader, how should we fight? Do we need the artillery battalion to build a position?”
Chen Liang looked at the prisoner of war camp and muttered,""No, we attacked the prisoner of war camp this time not just to wipe out the garrison here.
They had to rescue as many prisoners of war as possible.
I've observed the terrain, it's not too steep.
Therefore, in order to avoid accidental fire, they could not let the artillery battalion bombard the prisoner of war camp.”
Pausing, Chen Liang said to Zhang Dabiao,""Dabiao, you and the second battalion commander will stay behind. I'll bring some men out to scout the camp.”
"Yes, sir!" Zhang Dabiao and the others agreed.
Chen Liang immediately led more than ten well-equipped scouts and sneaked toward the prisoner of war camp under the cover of the night.
Chen Liang discovered it through close reconnaissance.
The prison camp was surrounded by walls that were as tall as two people, and there were barbed wires on top. It was difficult for ordinary people to climb up.
There was only one gate facing the west in the entire camp, allowing entry and exit.
There was a blockade ditch outside the gate, and there were also barbed wire and antlers and other obstacles beside the ditch.
There was a wooden watchtower on both sides of the gate, and there was a searchlight on each of them, which was shining back and forth outside the gate.
At the same time, the watchtower was equipped with at least one light machine gun and several machine gunners.
On both sides of the gate, there was a circular fortification made of gunny sacks, and a Type 92 heavy machine gun was placed on each side.
Chen Liang roughly estimated that there was at least a small team of Japanese soldiers armed with live ammunition guarding the entrance.
If it was an ordinary troop, just this small team with two light machine guns and two Type 92 heavy machine guns would form a powerful firepower network that would be difficult to cross.
However, to the powerful independent regiment, it was not worth mentioning at all.
Therefore, after getting a preliminary understanding of the Japanese's defense and the situation of the prisoner of war camp, he was able to understand the situation.
On the way back, Chen Liang already had a plan in mind.
After returning to see Zhang Dabiao and the others, Chen Liang immediately instructed,""In a moment, the artillery battalion will push all the cannons forward and aim at the west gate and the walls on both sides of the camp.
Use our powerful artillery to blast open the walls of the prisoner of war camp.
The first, second, and third battalions, and the guard company were responsible for surrounding the entire camp.
One of the battalions and the guard company will follow me to attack from the west gate. They will be responsible for eliminating the devils in the prisoner of war camp.
The 2nd and 3rd battalions went from the left and right sides of the main gate to the north and south respectively.
After we surround them, we will wait for our frontal attack to begin. We will take advantage of the enemy's attention being attracted by us to blow up the wall.
They would blow up the wall and then attack the prisoner of war camp from both directions.
After we attack, we will split up a portion of our forces to help us attack the Japanese from the front and back.
The remaining soldiers would charge into the prisoner of war camp and find the prison cells where the prisoners were kept to save them!
The supply battalion stayed behind to protect the artillery battalion, while the reconnaissance company circled to the east of the prisoner of war camp.
Firstly, they had to block off the enemy's escape routes. Secondly, they had to prevent the enemy from rushing over to reinforce them!
Do you understand?"
"Understood!" Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan, Wang Huaibao, and the others agreed in unison.
"Move out!" Chen Liang pulled out his gun and shouted.
Everyone immediately led their troops and quickly split up.
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