No matter how dark the night is, it will pass, and the east will turn white. The Ninth Company, which has been dealing with its belly randomly, is ready to go and embark on a new day of escape.
"Report, a Japanese camp was found more than ten miles to the west, stuck at the mountain pass..." The soldiers of the special agent squad who had been scouting for a night had just returned and were exhausted. They were reporting on the nearby news they had collected after working all night.
After listening to the report, Hu Yi immediately judged that the Japanese camp appeared in the west, which should be to clear the peripheral Japanese blockade on the other side of the city.
There is no way for people like the Ninth Company to break through forcefully. What's more, even if they break into the encirclement, aren't they going to die? No one could be that stupid.
So, now, Jiulian had to consider changing directions.
It was impossible to go west. There was a Japanese blockade to the north and Japanese soldiers chasing them to the east. The only option left for the Ninth Company was to go south.
If you go back to the division headquarters in the south in normal times, even if you take all the small roads, it will only take two or three days to appear in the area north of the division headquarters. However, now you may encounter an enemy who has escaped and surrounded the division headquarters at any time. For the Japanese troops, there are mountains to the north of the division headquarters. There must be a Japanese search team. It may be fine if they go south for two days. If they go further, if they still carry their tail, they will be in danger of being attacked from both front and rear.
We can only go south and look for opportunities to turn halfway.
This trip has made a big circle, and the mission has been completed. It is impossible to return to the division headquarters for the time being, let alone the independent regiment in the hometown.
The roads in this mountain area are still full of ravines, and the roads are even more difficult to navigate. There are Japanese soldiers everywhere. When other troops encounter such a situation, they will definitely find a place to hide and wait until the Japanese soldiers retreat.
The Nine Company was different, because on Luo Fugui's back, those climbing ropes and messy equipment, soldiers who did not practice stabbing on weekdays and had been running around in the mountains for a long time, could go up the mountain and down the cliff as if they were walking on flat ground.
On the surface, it looks like he is trapped in the mountains. In fact, it is not difficult to get rid of the group of devils behind him.
Hu Yi did not order a break from contact with the Japanese.
The mountainous area is so big that it is not difficult to deal with the Japs. It is not easy for the Japs to report their whereabouts to the Japs headquarters. The Japs following behind must be a small force. There is no radio station. The Japs radio station is only assigned to the brigade. size of the force.
The two classes, Tang Dagou and Banxian, who had never experienced anything like this, found it novel. For them, the mountains were different from the plains. It was like a trip, and they were talking and laughing along the way.
Having food to eat, being able to survive, and having no other pursuits for the time being, it was a pretty good life.
But there was a problem in front of Hu Yi: he encountered food shortage again!
Having food has once again become a luxury. If you can't get food, you can persist for two days at most. Even if there are people hiding in the mountains, in the days of drought, there are more than fifty people in the nine companies. How can ordinary people be casual? Just get so much food?
There were more than fifty people running for their lives into the mountains with their mouths open. They had no time to take care of themselves. How could they have any surplus food? If you want to survive, the best way is to take risks again and take advantage of the enemy's pursuit.
Because of this, the Japanese soldiers did not lose the eight routes of escape in front.
Not only is the Jiulian Company short of food, but the Japanese who have entered the mountains are also very miserable. It is not easy to supply supplies in the mountains, and they are also facing a food crisis.
The Japs troops on the outskirts of Shanbei are not short of food. What is short of food is the mopping up troops who have gone deep into the mountains. Transportation is too difficult. It is very difficult to return to the supply point and get a little replenishment, because the baggage trains have to face attacks by the Eighth Route Army guerrillas at any time. .
The Eighth Route Army outside the mountains was unable to support the mountains, so cutting off the Japanese food roads became the best means of support. The guerrillas and militiamen attacked the Japanese transport troops, just to try their best to prevent the Japanese food from being transported into the mountains no matter what!
According to Hu Yi's consideration, no matter how little the enemy captures, there is always something worth taking the risk of the Nine Company. No matter how difficult the situation is, it is better than starving to death in the mountains and comrades who are forced to flee the cliff!
We still don’t know what we are going to face. Now we are caught among the Japanese. The only good news is that we found a troop on the east side last night. But the good news may turn into bad news at any time. Behind that troop , must also be followed by a large number of Japs. Although the distance is not far, the Japs following behind have blocked the road, making it impossible to pass directly to the east. It is too early to consider taking the risk now.
Hu Yi ordered that all the canned food, rice balls, biscuits and other dry food seized in the ambush the day before yesterday should be divided. Not a single bit was left. This was because surviving in the cracks of the enemy's mopping up troops meant that the marching road was long, and he would be refreshed after dividing it. The load is evenly distributed, so there is no need for several female militiamen to serve as separate logistics teams. The most important thing is that everyone in the team is a soldier, and Wang Xiaosan no longer has to be the leader.
There is no absolute fairness in the world, so the girl's share will naturally be taken care of by Luo Fugui.
Fifty-six people, three machine guns, two grenade launchers, and 38 large caps, three Southern Fourteener pistols, twenty made in Hanyang, more than twenty shell guns, bullets? The reported number is less than a thousand, and the average number is more than ten. This is the Eighth Route Army.
Company Commander Chen suddenly realized: So those soldiers’ bullet boxes and bullet pouches were also filled with stone bars? Because the branches are not that heavy!
A platoon of more than twenty shell guns made him speechless. Even if the Ninth Company concentrated the entire platoon's firepower to show off, it would put him who was still using broadswords and spears to shame. How could those sacrificed men have such firepower? I thought I could fight the Japanese for ten days and ten nights by taking advantage of the favorable terrain.
If he knew that the number captured by the Japs in the ambush the day before yesterday was more than this, he wouldn't know what he would think.
There is no way to calculate the true situation. Hu Yi knew that even if it increased ten times, he would not be surprised.
The team marched in the morning light. In front of them was a path up the mountain. The team was spread out in a mess, with groups of three and five. One of the stretchers must have been specially used as usual. The old man was sleeping with his head covered and wearing pigtails. A wide man walked in front of the stretcher. Hu Yi, with his narrow eyebrows, occasionally turned his head to look around at the terrain.
The bear followed the stretcher, laughing and talking nonsense to Hao Yun next to him from time to time.
"That guy said he could dodge bullets, do you believe it?"
Chen Chong, whose arm was wrapped in a bandage, challenged him: "You said you were invulnerable, which sounds nicer! I don't want to see what kind of virtue you have? When you see a Japs, you just hit them and run away. Why do you need to hide from the Japs on the other side?"
"It's your grandma's fault. You're talking nonsense when I talk about it. That guy surnamed Lao is very serious about what he said. Don't believe it. Boss Hu said it. It's possible!"
Chen Chong was doubtful: "Captain Hu said it's possible? Then it's really possible. Tell me, how can you hide?"
"Grandma, do you think you can understand such a profound thing even if I tell it to you?"
"You're shameless. If you don't tell me, forget it. I'll ask the company commander later!"
"Do you really believe it? If you put a bandage on and still run around without stopping, I'm confused. Do you think that if he was really good at it, he would still be chased by the Japanese like a dog?"
Chen Jishi walked in front of the team, slowed down, and waited for Hu Yi to come up: "That Captain Hu, I want to ask you something."
"Well, you're welcome, you say."
"Your company, what's going on with that girl? I heard that girl said that she acted as the company commander when you were away?" Company Commander Chen was deceived by the girl and wanted to obey her orders. He was a little unwilling to give up. He is a dignified company commander. If he says it, he will go out. Water, of course, must be followed.
"When I was away, she was the one who made the decision most of the time. Well, it seems that she has been the company commander a few times?"
