The Black Cloud Stronghold only had a total of three to four hundred people, and they were all a motley crew without formal training. Their weapons and equipment were also extremely backward.
Bullying unarmed and kind civilians was fine, but against an independent regiment that was fully equipped with American equipment, they had no resistance at all.
With Xie Baoqing and the other bandit leaders, they were killed as soon as the battle began.
The remaining bandit minions were leaderless and vulnerable.
When the independent regiment charged, they were so scared that they surrendered.
After taking control of the entire Black Cloud Stronghold, Chen Liang first asked Shen Quan to bring people in and rescue the dozens of young ladies who had been kidnapped by the bandits.
At the same time, they would take all the money, food, and other resources that the bandits had accumulated.
After that, Zhang Dabiao, Wei Dayong, and the rest of the group arrived before the group of bandits.
"Who has been to the Yang Family Village? Come out!"”
Seeing that no one responded, Chen Liang directly snatched a Thomas submachine gun from Wei Da Yong's hands. He raised it diagonally with one hand and fired at the empty space in front of them.
Bang, bang, bang…Gunshots rang out, and dust flew everywhere.
"Stand out!" Chen Liang shouted sternly.”
About 60 bandit minions stood out one after another with miserable expressions.
"Anything else?" Chen Liang swept his knife-like gaze across the crowd and shouted.
"Sir, there's no more. The second leader led his men to sweep the Yang Family Village. The other ten brothers, the second leader, and the leader were all killed by your artillery fire.”
A small leader among the remaining bandits mustered up his courage and answered.
The other bandits around the leader nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Chen Liang no longer threatened him. He waved his hand at Wei Da Yong and said,""Monk, kill all these dogs who have been to the Yang Family Village. Take the rest back and investigate them before deciding whether to release or kill them!”
"Yes, sir!" Wei Da Yong stepped forward and immediately ordered the guards to carry out the order.
With the sound of gunshots, these bandits who had committed crimes all died on the spot.
At this moment, Shen Quan ran over excitedly. He glanced at the corpses of the bandits on the ground and reported to Chen Liang,""Captain, we seized a large amount of food and a portion of gold, silver, and jewelry from the bandits 'warehouse.
According to the preliminary estimation, there were about 100,000 catties of grain, and the exact value of gold, silver, and jewelry was still being calculated.”
The Independent Regiment now had millions of catties of rations. Chen Liang was now a truly rich man, a local tycoon.
Therefore, he was not too surprised when he heard this news.
"Understood," he waved his hand lightly,"load the truck and take the captives with you."”
……
On the Japanese side, Chen Liang led the main force of the Independent Regiment and retreated from the prisoner of war camp.
A traitor accidentally found out that the Independent Regiment was recruiting new soldiers in the Wang Fortress area.
He immediately brought a few Japanese scouts to disguise themselves and scout the Wang Fortress.
When they found out that this was the base of the independent regiment, they immediately reported the news.
When Ichiro Hirata received the news, he immediately gathered more than a thousand Japanese soldiers and more than five hundred puppet soldiers and traitors from Pingan County and headed straight for the Wang Fortress.
When Ichiro Hirata led his troops to the vicinity of the Wang Fortress, Chen Liang had just led his troops to take down the Black Cloud Stronghold.
At this moment, only Zhao Gang and Sun Desheng led 200 veterans and 200 soldiers from the supply camp to guard the Wang Fortress base.
There were less than 500 new recruits and veterans.
Other than that, there were also the 400 or so national army prisoners of war that Chen Liang had rescued from the prisoner of war camp.
However, the remaining troops were well-equipped. They had 20 12.7mm caliber American anti-aircraft machine guns, as well as hundreds of Thomas assault rifles and Garland semi-automatic rifles.
In addition, there was also a large number of Japanese weapons seized from the Japanese.
Although Zhao Gang was a scholar, he was meticulous and vigilant.
He sent over 20 veterans to form two small teams to guard the perimeter of the Wang Fortress 24/7.
Therefore, when Ichiro Hirata's Japanese troops approached the Wang Fortress, they were discovered by the sentries of the Independent Regiment.
The sentries immediately fired a warning shot and sent someone back to report to Zhao Gang.
When Ichiro Hirata saw that his sneak attack had failed, he ordered his troops to quickly disperse and prepare for a frontal assault.
Even though he had learned from the Tiger Pavilion outpost and the Spring Prison of War Camp.
However, Ichiro Hirata believed that it was the result of the Independent Regiment's sneak attack.
Therefore, he didn't take the independent regiment too seriously.
He felt that with the 1,500 soldiers of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Association Army under his command, he could easily crush and destroy the independent regiment that had occupied this place and avenge himself.
Just as the Japanese puppet army was preparing to attack, in the village.
When Sun Desheng heard the news, he rushed over with his men and asked Zhao Gang with a solemn expression,"Political Committee, what should we do?”
"What do you mean?" Zhao Gang shouted sternly. No matter what, we have to defend the Wang Fortress. You bring your men to the field defense position outside the village and stop the enemy.
I'll immediately send someone to inform the regiment commander and the others. No matter what, we have to hold on until the main force returns.”
"Yes, sir!" " Understood!" Sun Desheng agreed and immediately led more than 300 soldiers to set up defenses outside the village.
The village only left Zhao Gang with a hundred men to guard the flanks, the captives, and the food warehouse.
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