2 hours later, Liu Zhen
The main force of the Japanese had already finished lunch and rested. They left the field artillery brigade and the regiment headquarters in Liuzhen, and left an infantry squadron to protect them. The two main brigade owed an infantry squadron, and nearly 2,000 people attacked the largest nearby A village, Gaojiacun, advanced.
Gaojia Village is Gao Wancheng's home. Since what happened to Gao Wanhe, the entire Gao family no longer has much property in the village.
After a house and more than 20 acres of land, Gao Xiaoling simply sold all the remaining 20 acres of land. The family officially sold off the land, retaining only the shops in the town.
This time when the Japanese came to raid, everyone in the town evacuated, and the Gao family naturally evacuated as well.
There are no landlords in Gaojia Village. The common people responded to the call of the Eighth Route Army and sold most of the grain to the Eighth Route Army and transported it all to the old camp. The common people only had silver coins that were easy to carry and a small amount of rations, so this time the clearing of the country was very thorough.
Everything they could take away was taken away, and not a grain of food was left in the village.
Gaojia Village is a large village with more than a thousand villagers. Their militia company has almost 200 people. It is relatively strong and equipped with 4 crooked machine guns and 2 grenade launchers.
They withdrew to the mountains more than ten kilometers away, in the mountains and forests where the Tigers team trained. The mountains were high and the forests were dense. Each person prepared rations for more than 10 days, preparing for a protracted war with the Japanese.
The two Japanese battalion captains are under the unified command of Lieutenant Colonel Kawamura Kenkichi of the Second Battalion. Their purpose is to search for the people of Liu Town. They do not believe that hundreds of thousands of people can hide.
When the Japanese army was about to approach Gaojia Village, Kawamura Kenkichi had a plan in mind. He told Major Hiszo Ueda of the Third Battalion:
"Ueda-kun, your troops will detour from the left wing to the back of Gaojia Village. An hour later, I will launch an attack from the entrance of the village. Your troops will guard their retreat and wipe them all out!"
After finishing speaking, the old devil Kawamura made an encircling gesture with both hands.
The outflanking tactic was a specialty of the Japanese. Ueda understood it as soon as he heard it, with a beastly smile on his face.
"Hey, Yossi, I understand, Kawamura-kun, destroy all the men, keep the flower girls, and then destroy them all after you have finished enjoying them."
This was the best thing for Ueda Laoji. He was afraid that Kawamura would kill them all as soon as he came up, so he warned Kawamura when he exited.
Kawamura naturally knew the hobbies of old devil Ueda, so he would not ruin his elegance and said very cooperatively:
"Ueda-kun, don't worry! Hurry up!"
Ueda led the third squadron from the left wing in a roundabout way, while Kawamura's squadron waited outside the village to avoid alerting the enemy. These two old devils were very sneaky in their tactics.
An hour later, Kawamura looked at his watch and estimated that Ueda-kun had already returned to his position, and the villagers of Gaojia Village had become meat on their cutting board and could be enjoyed.
Kawamura waved his hand, and nearly 1,000 Japanese soldiers from the second brigade rushed into the village with shining bayonets.
This time is different from before. The old Japanese in Hecun's good plan came to nothing, and Gaojiacun let him down.
There is not even a ghost in the whole village, let alone a human being. There are only empty houses. Even the wells are blocked by big rocks. Not to mention grabbing food, there is no water to drink.
"Bagaya Road, where are the people? Where is the food? Where is the flower girl?"
The old devil in Kawamura is going crazy!
After searching room after room, not even a single person, livestock, or food was found.
All the valuables were taken away, even the iron pots were taken away. Only the empty house was not taken away!
Ueda waited behind the village for a long time but saw no movement, so he led the third brigade into the village. His mood was as bad as that of the old man Kawamura.
Two hours later, they searched from the east end of the village to the west end of the village, but found nothing!
The old devil Ueda finally went crazy and ordered the village to be burned down.
"Bagaya Road! Burn it all down, not even a single house will be left for them!"
Dozens of Japanese soldiers lit fires and set fire to each house, especially thatched houses and wooden houses.
The ferocious faces of the Japanese were completely exposed. They were a group of beasts. Villages that had lasted for thousands of years were almost burned to the ground.
After coming out of Gaojiacun, in order to increase the efficiency of the search and not give the Chinese people time to escape, the old Japanese from Hecun came up with another plan.
"Ueda-kun, it's too slow to search each village one by one. There are only a dozen villages in Liu Town. We will act in squadrons, and one squadron will go to each village!"
"If you can't find them in the village, look for them in the nearby mountains and forests. They can't hide underground! But remember, don't go too far into the woods, lest you get ambushed by the Eighth Route Army."
As soon as Kawamura went crazy, he made a decision that he regretted too late. His proposal to separate the two brigades was recognized by Ueda.
They overestimated the execution ability of their squadron leaders. Once they were released, it would be difficult to take them back. Everyone wanted to find the common people.
After the Japanese divided their forces, one squadron went to Lijiacun.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, a mountain ridge a few kilometers away from Shenxian Ridge
The remaining 400 people of the First Battalion led by Captain Sakata followed the company all the way here. They had been chasing for several hours. The two sides were inseparable and exchanged fire several times.
Sakata also chased the fire, and his posture was to destroy this group of Chinese people even if he went up to the sky or the earth.
Another squadron leader, Captain Xiangzuki Jiro, felt more and more wrong as he chased them. He was obviously trying to sneak them away. The enemy definitely had a conspiracy. He decided to persuade Sakata to withdraw his troops:
"Sakata-kun, I feel that the Chinese are deliberately luring us into circles in the mountains and forests. I suggest we stop pursuing them."
"Xiangyue-kun, the mission we have received is to eliminate the doctrine of the independent battalion. If we fail now and return without success, you and I will blame you, the captain, and you will not be able to bear the blame!"
Sakata did not want to withdraw. Both of them were squadron leaders. In order for Xiangyue to continue to support him in pursuing the Chinese, he did not hesitate to carry out the company captain.
Naturally, Kozuki Jiro did not dare to bear the charge of disobeying the order, so he had to use another method to continue convincing Sakata, because he always had an ominous premonition in his heart that they had gone too deep into the forest!
"Sakata-kun, it's getting dark soon. The main force of the regiment is in Liuzhen, where they enjoy spicy food and play with pretty girls, but we have to chase Shangoogou here. The soldiers are complaining a lot."
Xiangyue knew Sakata well. In addition to being a fan of officials, Sakata also had one of his biggest weaknesses, which was that he was lustful and his eyes would light up when he heard about a flower girl.
Sure enough, Sakata's heart began to itch when he heard Xiangyue mentioning the flower girl. It was getting dark soon. Now that he could catch the carnival when he returned to Liuzhen, he couldn't miss such a good opportunity.
"Yoshi, Xiangyue-kun, what you said is right. I have been chasing him for several hours. I can hand over my work when I get back!"
"Xiangyue-kun, our——"
"Ta-ta-ta"
"Ta-ta-ta"
Just when Sakata was about to order a retreat, the company began to attack the Japanese again, and the Japanese suffered more than a dozen casualties.
Sakata was so angry that he screamed!
"Bagayalu, your conscience is so bad! Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
Sakata once again gave the order to fight back.
As soon as Sakata fought back, the company began to retreat again. While fighting and retreating, Sakata's blood surged. How could he still remember Xiangyue's words at this time?
"Bagayalu, do you want to run away after the fight?"
