Of course, Li Qiulin did not explain to Captain Li what was going on. If Captain Li and others knew that they had brought these enemies, would the guerrillas have any opinion against them?
Li Qiulin said tentatively: "Captain Li, do you think these enemies came specifically to retaliate because we took over the town and destroyed the enemy's maintenance committee and pseudo-police station? If that is the case, what will happen to your guerrillas?" The team will also pose a great threat. If it doesn't work, you should move quickly."
Li Qiulin was worried a little more. Captain Li said boldly: "So what if the Japanese and puppet troops come too much? We are the anti-Japanese guerrillas, just fighting the Japanese and Ma Jian. Don't worry about why they came. Since we dare to come, we We must deal with them well.”
Captain Li was originally a strong and brave man. The Japanese and puppet forces in Malaysia were very powerful. Since he dared to lead the team up the mountain and become a guerrilla, he was already prepared to sacrifice. He has been doing this for such a long time, leading the guerrillas with backward equipment, training and material living conditions in a desperate struggle against the Japanese and puppets. They have never backed down, not to mention that now that they have a large number of weapons and ammunition, they are even more confident. In addition, with Li Qiulin and their powerful special forces team fighting side by side with them, he is even more fearless. .
After listening to Captain Li's words, Li Qiulin even felt a little ashamed in his heart, because he judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.
He also said boldly: "Captain Li is right. Since we are resisting Japan, we are not afraid of death. Since the Japanese and puppet troops dare to invade, we will resolutely eliminate them."
Captain Li sent someone to notify the backbone of the guerrillas to come over for a meeting. He knew that the technical and tactical level of Li Qiulin and others was much higher than his own, so he took the initiative to propose that Li Qiulin be responsible for commanding the next battle.
Li Qiulin expressed his gratitude to Captain Li for his trust. In order to avoid objections from other backbones of the guerrillas, he solicited everyone's opinions one by one.
The backbones of the guerrillas expressed their gratitude to Li Qiulin and others for sending them a large amount of weapons and ammunition. They also admired their ability to capture the town without losing a single soldier, and they were all willing to obey Li Qiulin's command.
Li Qiulin put forward his own combat plan without hesitation and won the support of the backbone of the guerrillas.
According to Li Qiulin's arrangement, the guerrillas left behind logistics personnel and some wounded people, and immediately moved into the mountains with excess weapons, equipment and supplies to find a new camping spot. Li Qiulin and Captain Li took the special forces and guerrillas down the mountain to find fighter planes to attack the Japanese and puppet troops.
Li Qiulin believed that a large number of Japanese and puppet troops were concentrating on this area to build a new encirclement. Although the Crocker Mountains have high mountains and dense forests and a vast territory, if the Japanese and puppet troops arrive in sufficient numbers, and with the cooperation of puppet troops and horses who are familiar with the local terrain, the guerrillas may still fall into a tight encirclement. Once discovered by the enemy, the entire army may be destroyed.
Therefore, Li Qiulin decided to take advantage of the enemy's encirclement before it was formed. Except for a small number of logistics personnel and the sick and wounded, they continued to hide in the deep mountains and dense forests. He and Captain Li led the main force of the guerrillas to jump out of the enemy's encirclement and attack the enemy. transportation line, getting rid of the enemy's encirclement and interception in motion.
Captain Li and the backbone of the guerrillas all agreed with Li Qiulin's opinion. Soon after, Captain Li took 25 guerrillas down the mountain with Li Qiulin and others. They were moving in the opposite direction of the town. After a long journey, they came to the northwest corner of Crocker Mountain and stopped on a mountain near the edge of the plain. At this time, they had entered the Fourth Public Security District from the Third Public Security District divided by the Japanese and puppets.
Captain Li was a pig dealer before the war broke out. He traveled extensively and was quite familiar with central and eastern Malaysia. Under his leadership, the guerrillas came to a road at the foot of the mountain.
This is a hilly area with the road passing through the valley, making the terrain very favorable. Li Qiulin and others decided to lay an ambush here, eat the small group of Japanese and puppet troops passing by, and draw the enemy's attention to the Fourth Public Security District.
According to Captain Li, this road leads from Cangwucheng to the seaside Xining Port. It is an important transportation line and is relatively busy. It should be easy to wait for the target here.
Sure enough, not long after they were lying in wait on the side of the road, they saw a vehicle approaching. The first person to come over was a civilian truck, and Li Qiulin and others let them go.
Soon after, two more cars drove up. There was a flag of the island country on the car, but it was full of supplies. It would take a long time to intercept it and unload the goods on it, which would not meet the requirements of Li Qiulin and others, so they were also released passed.
What passed next was a convoy, also transporting goods, with Japanese troops on board to escort it. They still didn't take action. What followed was a long wait, more than an hour.
At this time, two trucks drove over from the direction of the port, with seven or eight Japanese troops on board. The trucks were also carrying cargo, but the quantity was very small.
Li Qiulin made up his mind to intercept these two trucks. He gave the signal to prepare for battle. According to the battle plan made in advance, Captain Li led the guerrillas to continue to ambush on the roadside. They loaded their bullets and were ready for battle.
Li Qiulin took the special forces members disguised as Japanese troops to the highway.
A Japanese military truck drove over. Two special operations team members stood in the middle of the road, waved the truck to stop, and then asked everyone on board the truck to get out of the truck for inspection.
The officer leading the Japanese army was a navy major. The Japanese army and navy had deep conflicts. Seeing that there were army officers and soldiers blocking the road, he was very angry. He sat on the truck and didn't bother to get out of the truck. He just stuck his head out and ordered the Japanese soldiers blocking the road to get out of the way.
Li Qiulin was not used to this problem. With a wave of his hand, the special forces members pointed their guns at the Japanese naval officers and soldiers in the truck. A special operations team member even held a crooked machine gun directly against the cab door.
Li Qiulin ordered them to get out of the car immediately and undergo inspection, otherwise they would all be eliminated.
The attitude of the Japanese navy lieutenant was still very tough. Not only did he not get out of the car to be inspected, but he also clamored to report to his superiors so that the navy could file a lawsuit with the army.
Li Qiulin waved his hand, and Wang Jin stepped forward and opened the car door. He grabbed the navy sergeant by the collar, pulled him out forcefully, and then went up and gave him a few big mouths. As the squad leader of the special forces team, Wang Jin's hands were extremely strong and he slapped him to the ground.
With the idea that a good man will not suffer the immediate consequences, the Marine Major finally gave in and ordered the navy soldiers on the truck to come down for inspection.
When the Japanese soldiers stood in a row as required by the special forces members, Li Qiulin waved his hand, and the special forces members opened fire at the same time. These soldiers had no time to resist and were all wiped out. The navy lieutenant who was lucky enough to survive was brought before Li Qiulin for interrogation.
Li Qiulin was actually not interested in the information provided by the Marine Major. The reason why he wanted to interrogate him was just to get this guy close to him and let him see clearly the Eighth Route Army uniform underneath his Japanese military uniform.
The Japanese army has very strict military discipline, and the moral code is usually kept tight. Li Qiulin deliberately did not wear the buckle, and the Eighth Route Army uniform underneath was directly exposed, and the Marine Major could see it clearly. Li Qiulin asked him a few questions casually, then picked up the shell gun and hit the Marine Major on the head.
He grasped the situation very well and only knocked out the navy lieutenant without killing him. Li Qiulin wanted to keep him to report a message to the group of Japanese soldiers who were tracking Xu Dalong and others.
Captain Li and the guerrillas were so impressed when they saw how easily the special operations team eliminated the Japanese officers and soldiers in the car. They excitedly rushed down the hillside where they were ambushed, scrambling to carry all the captured weapons and ammunition on their backs.
Li Qiulin called on the special forces and guerrillas to get into two trucks respectively, turned around and drove towards the port.
The Marine Major came to his senses quickly. He rubbed his painful head and stood on the road. He stopped an approaching Japanese military vehicle and explained the situation to them.
This Japanese military vehicle was also heading towards the port. On the way here, they did not see the two military vehicles that Li Qiulin and others had snatched. It can be determined from this that the two vehicles have turned around and headed towards the port.
The Japanese troops on the truck carried walkie-talkies. They immediately contacted their superiors and reported the interception of the naval vehicle.
Li Qiulin and others rode the truck and drove along the road for about half an hour before stopping. They pushed the truck to the mountain stream next to the road, and then got into the dense forest on the mountain.
The Japanese army moved very quickly, and soon the news reached Colonel Takakura. According to the report of the intercepted Japanese navy lieutenant, they said that the Eighth Route Army disguised themselves as Japanese troops, intercepted them on the highway, and then fled towards the harbor.
The Japanese army also found the two trucks that were pushed down the mountain stream, from which they could determine the approximate location of Li Qiulin's Eighth Route Army team disguised as Japanese troops. According to the report of the Navy Major, it was mentioned that the number of the Eighth Route Army was about 30 people, which was exactly the same as the number of Xu Dalong and others' team controlled by Colonel Takakura.
Colonel Takakura hurriedly reported to the division commander, requesting that the Japanese troops be mobilized to pursue Xu Dalong and others again.
Not long ago, the Japanese army had just set up an encirclement for the third time, and a large number of Japanese and puppet troops kept heading in that direction. The encirclement has not yet been formed, but the target suddenly jumped out of this area and appeared in the direction of the harbor.
Now their superiors asked them to reset the encirclement. This wasteful practice made the Japanese and puppet officers and soldiers complain. Even the commander of the Kawamoto Division was very angry. He sent a telegram to reprimand Colonel Takakura, asking him to provide accurate information in order to To prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from messing around.
Colonel Takakura also had troubles to express. He really didn't expect that Xu Dalong and others could be so tossing, moving east and west suddenly, moving extremely quickly. He rushed slowly and always fell behind. Of course he wanted to pinpoint the location of Xu Dalong and others, but unfortunately he had no choice.
But this time he had experience and issued a notice to all Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Malaysia through the headquarters of the Fifth Division, saying that Xu Dalong and others disguised themselves as Japanese troops. From now on, no matter which unit sees unidentified troops, When the Japanese troops arrived, they must not be allowed to approach, and their identities must be verified before they can be released.
However, he still underestimated the mobility of Li Qiulin and others. They were marching in the opposite direction to the port, and they had already put on captured Malaysian puppet army uniforms.
In order to disrupt the enemy's deployment, Li Qiulin decided to lead his team back to the Third Public Security District, allowing a large number of Japanese and puppet troops to flood into the Fourth Public Security District once again.
The guerrillas are indeed locals, especially Captain Li, who is more familiar with the terrain. Under his leadership, the guerrillas and special forces returned to their original bases. On the way, they specifically looked for untraveled paths to avoid the Japanese and puppet troops who set up an encirclement from the Third Public Security District to the Fourth Public Security District, and came up behind them unnoticed.
After a long march, Li Qiulin and others completely escaped from the enemy's rearranged encirclement.
Just when Li Qiulin and the others were about to return to their original station, they encountered a group of Japanese and puppet troops. In order to avoid meeting them, Li Qiulin and others climbed two hills in succession eastward.
A country road appeared ahead, and a quarry was discovered not far from the road. In this quarry, there are two island supervisors and a squad of puppet soldiers, supervising a large number of migrant workers quarrying there.
Captain Li saw that the number of puppet troops was not large, so he wanted to take over the quarry, liberate the migrant workers, and develop some people from it to join his guerrillas.
Li Qiulin agreed to his request. Just as he was about to make combat arrangements, Captain Li said: "Captain, the battle cannot always be fought by you. This time, leave it to our guerrillas."
When Captain Li and his guerrillas saw how easily Li Qiulin and others wiped out the Japanese navy, they couldn't help but want to show their hand.
They also imitated the special forces members, disguised themselves as puppet soldiers, and pretended to be passing by the quarry, asking for a drink of water.
The island supervisors and puppet soldiers at the quarry had been notified to be on guard against the Eighth Route Army disguised as Japanese troops. When they saw a group of puppet soldiers coming, they did not pay attention.
As a result, Captain Li and the guerrillas launched a surprise attack and eliminated the Japanese and puppet troops here. There were no casualties among the guerrillas who participated in the battle.
This was the most beautiful battle this guerrilla force had fought since its establishment. Captain Li and the guerrillas were all very excited. What happened next made them even happier.
Not only did they seize a batch of weapons, ammunition, food and property from the quarry, but after mobilization, more than 50 migrant workers were willing to join the guerrillas. This is also the fastest development of this guerrilla group since its establishment.
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