Since both sides behind enemy lines have no intention of fighting after the new year, the base area has ushered in a rare period of calm. Chuxiong has just allowed the people of Liu Town to rest and recuperate for a period of time, but the preparations for war in each village have not stopped.
Digging tunnels, making landmines, and conducting militia training. Sweating more in daily life will prevent the Japanese from bleeding less when the Japanese invaders come. After experiencing the New Year's Eve sweeps, the people in the base area all understood one truth - if they want to avoid being harmed by Japanese soldiers, they must let go. You are strong enough!
After understanding this truth, the war preparations of each village did not require much mobilization at all. They all spontaneously cooperated with the militia companies' war preparations;
The villagers did farm work during the day and dug tunnels and built mines collectively at night. Many villages were almost dug into underground palaces, and the magic of the People's War gradually emerged.
Chuxiong, on the other hand, became an idler in the base area. Today he was wandering around one village, and tomorrow he was wandering around that village. By the way, he was guiding the preparations for war in each village. Later generations saw and learned the successes in "Tunnel Warfare" and "Landmine Warfare". All his experience was plagiarized by the thick-skinned Captain Chu and became his original creation. There was no pressure at all!
He enjoyed such leisurely days until the stone came back...
"Captain, there is a fat sheep!"
"Stone, please pay attention to the impact, we are here to eliminate harm for the people!"
After listening to this, Shitou automatically ignored the last sentence. It was necessary to pay attention to the impact. He continued to focus on introducing the fat sheep to Chu Xiong. No, it should be about the bandits;
Shi Tou selected a total of three bandit families that met the requirements. His saliva was dripping when he talked about these three bandit families...
After Chu Xiong picked and picked, he finally settled on Nan Batian, which is located in Erlong Mountain deep in Heixing;
Heixing is another pass in the Taihang Mountains. It also runs north-south. It starts from Shan and leads to the Central Plains Province. It is the famous Tea Horse Road, with a total length of more than 100 kilometers. To the south of Heixing there is an important pass called Mengmen Pass, which stands tall On the border of Shanxi and Henan, the name of the mountain is still "Guanshan";
This line can cross the Yellow River to the south, attack Bian and Zheng, go to Heze and Damingfu in Shandong Province in the east, and peek into Anyang and Handan in the north. It is a military key pass that can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating.
Due to the developed business and travel here, the geographical location is very important, and it is favored by all forces. The enemy, ourselves, stubborn and bandits are intertwined, and they all want to get involved;
At present, no Eighth Route Army has established a base here. I just heard that an Eighth Route Army is operating nearby.
The straight-line distance between Heixing and Feihuxing, where Liu Town is located, is only more than thirty kilometers. However, because the base area is not stable yet and is separated by several natural ravines, we have not been able to free up our hands to intervene;
Now that the Liuzhen base area has gradually stabilized, Chu Xiong cannot always stay in a small Liuzhen and wait for the Japanese to be ready to cause trouble for the Independent Regiment. This is not his style.
He wanted to take the initiative, take advantage of the opportunity of suppressing bandits to get involved in Heixing, muddy the waters there, and attract the attention of the Japanese. When the conditions were ripe, he would capture Heixing and establish a new base...
Deep in Taihang, Heixing Canyon, and the Ancient Tea Horse Road
More than a dozen large vehicles were passing through the stone road of the ancient road, making a banging sound. This was a batch of military supplies that the 338th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army had just obtained. The third company of the First Battalion was in charge of escorting them;
The 338th Regiment had just fought a battle with the Japs and suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, they bought a batch of Japs equipment from Chu Xiong and achieved a great victory by wiping out 300 enemies. Therefore, they received commendations from the top and a rare gift to them. A batch of military supplies and military pay were replenished;
Li Chendong asked Li Yuanzheng, the commander of the first battalion, to send out capable troops to escort the transportation. Since there were no Japs in this section of the road, only a few petty thieves at most, Li Yuanzheng believed that sending a main company to escort was enough. The main force suffered heavy casualties. Resting.
"Company Commander, further ahead is the Yelang Valley. The terrain there is complex and bandits appear from time to time. Do you want to send a platoon of brothers there to investigate first?"
Platoon leader Ge Dan suggested to company commander Lin Kai.
Lin Kai said nonchalantly:
"It's not necessary. Even if there are only three or five thieves, how can our regular army of a company scare a few thieves? It's better if they don't come. If they come, I will let them know that the tiger's butt cannot be touched. of!"
Ge Dan still did not give up and said:
"Company commander and battalion commander have repeatedly told us that there should be no accidents with this batch of supplies. Not to mention the supplementary equipment, the brothers' military pay for several months is here."
After hearing this, Lin Kai couldn't hold on any longer. If an accident happened, he, a small company commander, couldn't bear the responsibility, but time was very tight. If he didn't speed up the march, he would have to spend the night in the mountains, so he After thinking about it for a while, I came up with a compromise plan:
"Platoon Leader Ge, you lead a platoon in front to search and advance, and the convoy will follow closely behind. We must pay attention to the time, otherwise we will have to spend the night in the mountains, which will be even more unsafe!"
Seeing that the company commander relaxed, Ge Dan no longer insisted on his opinion. In his heart, he didn't really believe that any bandits would dare to attack his company's Jinsui Army. It was just for safety reasons.
After Ge Dan took the order, he led a platoon in front to clear the way. Lin Kai followed up with the other two platoons to escort the convoy, heading straight for Yelang Valley...
Yelangyu, the ambush position of bandit leader Nan Batian
“Boss, the guard brother sent word that the fat sheep has arrived;
The idea is a bit tough. There is a whole company of escort teams, all with fast guns and several machine guns. These are officers and soldiers. Do you really want to attack them? "
After hearing this, the bearded Nan Batian said indifferently:
"Second brother, is this all you have? Are a company of officers and soldiers intimidating you? I don't care about the Jinsui Army, the Eighth Route Army, the Central Army, or the Japs or Ergouzi. As long as they enter my territory, they will rob it." His wife!"
"Tell the brothers to hide better. If the blue dogs find out in advance, I will twist their heads and use them as wine bottles!"
Nan Batian said viciously, this is a master who only cares about money and will bite whoever he catches.
Ge Dan led his dozens of brothers and carefully searched along both sides of the corridor. Occasionally, he would sweep a shuttle at suspicious locations. He learned this trick from the Japanese.
It's a pity that the scope of their search is too narrow, it's more like a formality, and it'll be damned if they can find the bandits!
Soon they entered the bandits' pocket formation. Ge Dan always felt that something was wrong and felt uneasy. He picked up the machine gun and fired a few shots at the place where the bandits were ambushing;
Bandits are bandits after all. After being shot at by Gedan like this, someone couldn't help but shoot first!
"Who the hell shoots! Brothers, shoot!"
Nan Batian could only choose to attack in advance;
Following Nan Batian's order, hundreds of fierce bandits opened fire wildly at the Jinsui Army in the valley. The Jinsui Army hurriedly responded and suffered heavy losses.
The bandits were not professional enough in setting up ambushes, and the troops of the Jinsui Army were not much better. They got into chaos when they were attacked, and they fought back indiscriminately, typical of rookies pecking each other.
The bandits were outnumbered and attacked suddenly, so the Jinsui Army suffered a big loss. They persisted for less than ten minutes before collapsing. Nan Batian waved his hand, and hundreds of bandits rushed down the valley screaming.
Seeing that the situation was over, Lin Kai could only abandon the supplies and break out of the siege with dozens of remaining defeated soldiers.
Nan Batian pursued for a few hundred meters and then retreated. He was after supplies, and the remaining soldiers No. 30 and 40 ran away!
"Brothers, we are a bunch of lost dogs. Stop chasing them. Pack them up and go back to the village. I will treat you to a drink tonight!"
