The sky was still overcast. I saw the sun clearly in the morning, but it disappeared when it rose. This is the unique climate in mountainous areas.
Looking far to the west, there are only scattered ridges of fields and scattered bushes. Farther away is the mountainous area. It is still ten miles away from entering the mountain. Smoke is already rising from the Lushuipu blockhouse. , probably the puppet soldiers are preparing lunch.
Lao Qin led the team without any orders. Chen Chong was in charge of the outpost, and the rear, left wing, and right wing were all posted with advanced soldiers.
There were many people in the team this time, and there were Li Youde's puppet troops to the west, so we had to be on high alert.
In the telescope, everything in the distance to the west was so natural and nothing strange. Chen Chong was walking at the front. His eyes were attracted by the two black figures on the distant horizon in the telescope. They were inconspicuous at first, until that moment. The black shadow started to shake, and then I realized that it was two figures. They made a stop gesture to the back, and a soldier broke away backwards and went to report the news to the group behind.
The black shadow in the distance was shaking constantly. Just as Chen Chong was about to move forward, Chen Chong calmed down and stuffed the Cao Changjing on his chest into his bag. Company Commander Hu personally gave it to him when he left.
Chen Chong's eyebrows furrowed, he picked up his rifle, called out to another soldier who was following him, and crouched forward quickly. In the bushes half a man high, two figures appeared and disappeared.
He was getting closer to the shaking figure in front, and suddenly the trace of the figure was lost. Chen Chong squatted behind the grass and looked at the place where he had just found the person. He felt worried. The person was gone. He had to hide or leave. , but if the people over there were puppet sentries and discovered him and went to report him, they would be in big trouble.
"Third son, we have to rush over and figure out the movements of the two people we just discovered, otherwise the team will be exposed. I'm on the left and you are on the right."
The two people didn't care about being discovered, loaded their bullets, and surrounded them from the position where the two people just appeared.
Erniu sent the hunter to Commander Lu, and then walked eastward again.
"Sister Erniu, we found someone again in the east. I seemed to have seen it just now, but there was no movement after a while."
"How many people are there?"
"I didn't see clearly, there seemed to be two or three."
"Then, where are people going?"
"It seems to have disappeared suddenly." The female soldier's voice was trembling, maybe it was her first time on the battlefield.
Erniu, who had just come here, didn’t know how to deal with it. In her opinion, it would be better if she was at a wine station. She still knew a little about how to fight, but now all her experience came from the wine station. The place was very different, and it was different for a while. Know what to do.
I was so stunned that there was a group leader behind me who could be used, so I didn’t bother to ask any more questions and hurried back.
Out of breath, he arrived at Commander Lu's place and glared at him: "I found someone in the east again, but then he disappeared all of a sudden."
Commander Lu watched the Orion in front of him being taken away by two female soldiers: "Don't be nervous, tell us carefully what's going on!"
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When Lao Qin got the news about the situation ahead, he immediately stopped all the soldiers. They had been walking for more than ten hours. Although no one complained, the exhaustion was written on their faces.
After spreading the captured raincoat on the ground, there was a sound of snoring on the ground. Fortunately, there were soldiers standing guard all around, so we were not afraid of how far the sound could travel.
Several soldiers knew that Lao Qin had an insider in the Lushuipu gun tower, but they were not sure whether the sudden situation in the wilderness was caused by the Japanese or the puppet army. If it was the puppet army, it would be easy to handle, but if it was the Japanese or Li Youde's security army Now that we're here, we're in big trouble.
The Japs were chasing after me, and they didn't notice the car heading west from the north highway. It was unlikely that it was the Japs.
It was better to be cautious. The soldiers in Chen Chong's platoon were also exhausted. They quickly took off all the things they were carrying, formed a battle formation, and immediately spread out to the west.
Without too much contact, Chen Chong discovered the female soldier in front. Although she seemed to be hiding well, she couldn't hide it from Chen Chong at all.
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"Captain, why are you here?"
Captain Lu looked at the large and small piles of things, speechless, and forgot to reply to instructor Qin's words.
After holding it in for a long time, he finally blurted out: "What are you doing? Are there still people in the Ninth Company?"
Lao Qin hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "This is what happened..."
Lao Qin was going to report the process of going out to the group leader in detail.
"Don't be nagging, let's get to the point. Where are the people from the Ninth Company now? Why are the soldiers from the Second Company here too?"
"Besieged in Dongxia Village, the Second Company is also there." Lao Qin replied cheerfully.
"When did these two careless people get together again, and were surrounded by Japanese soldiers? Are they both so careless? Huh?"
"..." No one dared to answer. It was difficult to guess the leader's thoughts. Right or wrong answers would not help at this time. Pretending to be deaf was the safest option.
"How many Japs are surrounding them?"
"A Japs from the squadron." Lao Qin quickly reported.
Commander Lu was relieved that the Japs were in one squadron and the problem was not big, and he let out a long sigh.
"There are more than a thousand security troops." Lao Qin added again.
Commander Lu stumbled, can't you finish it all at once?
Suddenly I remembered the situation reported by the puppet army in Lushuipu. Li Youde's troops were also heading to Dongxia Village. More than two thousand security troops? Two squadrons of Japs?
Aren't you going to kill me?
Commander Lu felt that all his soldiers were promising and had great potential.
Isn't this just to gather all the forces of the Meixian Japs together? Hu Yi and Gao Yidao moved a rock as big as the sky to hit themselves on the head.
Captain Lu's heart was filled with fire: If you two are worried, why don't you go to the county town?
After being stunned for a moment, he remembered that Hu Yi had already done it once before.
His brows were deeply furrowed, and his eyebrows and beard were almost tangled together. It was so disturbing, but the matter had already happened, and it had to be solved. However, more than a hundred people came out, and it seemed that Hu Yi and Gao Yida were killed. I didn’t want to ruin all of his group.
A middle-aged man came from behind. He had not seen him before, but he stretched out his hand. Captain Lu felt angry: "Are you from the Second Company or the Ninth Company? I seem to have never seen him before?"
Lao Meng quickly introduced: "I am from the Qiufeng Guerrilla Brigade in the neighboring county. My surname is Meng. I have to thank Commander Gao and Staff Hu this time. They rescued us from the Japanese encirclement. I will definitely report it to my superiors."
Commander Lu was even more troubled: Which one is this? Qiufeng Guerrilla Brigade, battalion level, have you heard of this, Commander-in-Chief and Staff Hu? These two guys are so lawless again.
"Welcome, welcome. This place is shabby. I'll treat you to a drink some other time. Why are you here?"
Instructor Qin quickly interrupted: "This is what happened..."
This time Commander Lu finally let him finish his words.
Commander Lu stopped talking. He took out the map again and placed it on a soldier sleeping on the ground. He looked at it carefully, took out a pencil, and started writing on the map.
"You said Ma Liang went north with the platoon of the Second Company?" he asked casually without looking up.
Lao Qin and Captain Meng both responded: "They set out with us before dawn. They later went north, saying they wanted to fight back at night."
Captain Lu's thoughts became more active. Although these two things were not a worry, the arrangement was good; it was very risky. After calculating the strength of the troops, there were only two platoons left in the village surrounded by the security forces. It was extremely bold.
"How's their firepower?"
"This, this... I'm not sure. Chen Chong, come here quickly and let the leader ask questions." Lao Qin was a little embarrassed.
"One Haomin 24 heavy machine gun, three Czech type, six crooked handles, five grenades, bullets..."
"These two careless people seem to be fighting a positional battle with the Japanese." He frowned and said to himself, "The Japanese have mortars, grenade launchers, and infantry artillery. Can't we defend it?"
Chen Chong quickly added: "The road from Meixian was dug up by the Second Company, and a lot of grenades were planted. Japanese cars shouldn't be able to get through for a while."
He murmured to himself: "Okay, this is a good arrangement, there is a chance. Alas, these two careless people must hold on until dark."
"Order, the wounded soldiers and the junk should be handed over to the female soldiers...Female soldier platoon, the others will fight back with me. We must get to Dongxia Village before dark. Notify the regiment headquarters and Wang Peng's friendly troops when they arrive here. About ten miles east, find a place by yourself from south to north, dig trenches, and set up an ambush. Now, pack lightly and go out."
The commander of some soldiers is no longer a polished commander, and suddenly becomes so heroic.
