Under the moonlight, on the southern trail, a team hurriedly headed east, and was about to reach the ridge.
"Stop, who is it?" A shout came from the ridge to the north!
The sudden shout made the leader of the team stunned. He immediately fell down and shouted at the same time: "Conceal!"
The few soldiers behind him were thunderous and hurriedly leaned against the mountain wall.
Judging from the accent of the other party, he should be a local, maybe a guerrilla. He is in a bad position now. If it were during the day, he would be a target.
The leader carefully pulled his rifle and pointed it at the mountain ridge, shouting: "Hey... which part of you are you?"
"One battalion and seven companies!" The superiors responded directly.
"I'm from the special agent company, your unit number!" The voice said with a sigh of relief, it was squad leader Wang Liujin.
"Special Agent Company? Is it true? Are you the only ones who broke out? By the way, we are from the supplementary regiment!" The identification of different units of the Eighth Route Army is based on the passwords, which unfortunately are not available this time, the accents, and the two sides. Give each other the names of familiar people.
"Who is your commander?"
"Uh...Captain Lu...Captain Lu!"
"Supplementary group? Which supplementary group are you from? I remember that none of the supplementary groups had a leader named Lu, right?"
"Well, because our regiment is blocking the Japs south of the division headquarters, the regiment is... temporary!" The soldier was embarrassed to say that he was a soldier lent to someone else. Anyway, for reinforcements, the serial number made no difference. Moreover, the identity of the other party had not been verified yet.
"Okay then, why are you here? This isn't your defense zone!" Squad Leader Wang slowly stood up. The other party may be the deputy commander, so it's not surprising that he doesn't know.
The leader of the independent regiment was named Lu, and he was currently the superior of the Ninth Company. However, it was impossible for him to appear here, so he didn't ask again.
Seeing that the people below spoke with confidence and stood up, they also knew the leaders of the Eighth Route Army units very well. They should not be enemies. They quickly put away their guns: "The division has ordered to reinforce the headquarters at all costs, so we will coming!"
"Well, we still have wounded people behind us, and there is a small group of Japs chasing after us. We have other tasks. We can deal with the Japs behind us! You go back."
"Ah? You are trying to lure them away. Do you want to help?"
Apart from knowing that they are a special agent company, nothing has been found out. What should I do? You have to figure it out.
Squad leader Wang did not have any prejudice against the soldiers of the supplementary regiment. He had another meeting during the break not long ago and heard about the huge cake drawn by Hu Yi. Therefore, he did not want to make matters worse. The regiment, to put it bluntly, is a new recruit with a sword and a spear, which is useless in this trip!
The soldiers walked past the stunned scouts, nodding and saluting each other.
Therefore, under the calm command of the squad leader, the soldiers of this supplementary regiment who were scouting south were not afraid of hardship or fatigue. They gave full play to the Eighth Route Army's spirit of not fearing hardships and were determined to complete the mission no matter what. They explored the terrain clearly and carried out the task. After understanding the situation of the special agent company in the west, we rushed back overnight to report everything back.
The Ninth Company repelled an enemy attack, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese's arrogance, and successfully led more than twenty Japanese soldiers to rampage through the mountains, heading south for more than ten places and then turned east.
The Japanese second lieutenant felt that for the first time in his life, he was extremely humiliated. Two squads went into the attack and suffered one-third casualties. He had to send some people to send the wounded back, and sent a communications unit to ask friendly forces to outflank him.
In the battlefield report, a tactful reminder was given that the Eighth Route Army had strong firepower and there might be important figures in the Eighth Route Army!
The second lieutenant himself led the team with concentrated ammunition, and continued to clear out the eight escaping routes despite hardships and dangers.
From early morning to late at night, they kept chasing. They were exhausted and just wanted to find a place to sleep. They passed another ridge. The Eighth Route Army set up camp on the ridge in front of them.
The second lieutenant was too tired to speak. He raised his telescope and looked at it for a while, and then he became dazed.
This pursuit was far more complicated than expected. Previous experience had no reference value at all. I didn't dare to chase too close, so I couldn't stop Ba Lu from escaping.
The sergeant who led the team returned to the second lieutenant, with his head lowered and unable to say anything. The Eighth Route Army was on the ridge in front of them and blatantly lit a fire. A radio antenna was swinging beside the fire.
The sergeant didn't know how to report it. There was no movement on the Eighth Route Army, and he was just sleeping in a mess near the fire. Even at night, all this was clearly visible through the telescope. The second lieutenant was in a bad mood, so there was no need to stir up bad luck.
The Eighth Route Army is outside the range of the grenade, and the machine gun can fire two shuttles. Thinking about it makes me sleepy. If the Eighth Route Army escapes and has to chase it again, I might as well not shoot at all and rest first.
Facing the sergeant in front of him, the second lieutenant was not angry after all, and had no strength to get angry. After sitting on the ground for a long time, he finally said: "This at least proves that there are indeed important people on the opposite side. The signal troop has gone back to report. In this case, let's rest first. Go to sleep. Bar!"
As expected by Hu Yi, the Japanese headquarters received this information from the second lieutenant at dawn. Since entering the mountain, there have rarely been such heavy casualties. In the campaign for more than half a month, the total number of warriors killed was less than 300. Many, and achieved remarkable results.
And this time more than ten people died!
The Eighth Route Army Headquarters was clearly breaking out to the north, so why did it go to the south again? The staff members were sleepy and relaxed, and began to mark and measure on the map...
An important figure in the Eighth Route Army has been discovered. This is important information. So far, the figure No. 13 of the Eighth Route Army has not been discovered, but it is not difficult to do. The enemy has already been surrounded by water from all directions. There is no need to encircle anymore. Just send a few more squadrons. Attacking from multiple directions and encircling them, this group of eight soldiers had no chance of running away.
At the same time, the two squads were unable to defeat the Eighth Route Army, which only had three machine guns and no heavy weapons. It was really embarrassing, and it also showed that this Eighth Route Army was certainly extraordinary.
The Eighth Route Army finally showed up, and the nearest Jaap Major received the order. The two squadrons gave up their rest and set off immediately before dawn for reinforcements.
In other directions, orders had just been issued from the brigade headquarters, and they were running desperately towards several nearby squadrons in the mountains.
The mountain road was complicated and difficult to navigate, and the Japanese soldiers were running desperately. For the Eighth Route Army, marching was also a problem. If they made a mistake, they would fall off the cliff, and there were many people walking at night.
At dawn, the two Japanese soldiers who returned from the pursuit team returned to the brigade headquarters panting and embarrassed and reported the latest direction of the Eighth Route Army's pursuit.
The captain looked at the map, but couldn't find the path mentioned by the Japanese communications soldier. He had to draw a line and mark a circle on the map based on his feeling, and several of his staff began to discuss it.
After a while, a document came out, and the staff officer immediately ordered the operator next to him to send it to the headquarters.
The Ninth Company was on the hill, facing the morning light, cleaning up the mess on the gentle slope, preparing for a new journey.
Squad Leader Wang, who was leading the team, stood on the ridge, sorting out the uniforms of his men one by one. Two soldiers from the special agent squad had already marched eastward to act as vanguards.
At the mountain pass, Li Xiang led soldiers to guard against the Japanese behind him. After days of marching, he couldn't rest well in the field. Firstly, he was tired, and secondly, he was nervous all night, and his mental state was very bad.
"Fox, do we really want to fight to the plains?" Xiao Hongying rubbed her eyes and yawned. She held a lunch box in one hand and a small porridge between her fingers. Jiulian was short of food. I don't know how Wang Xiaosan got this porridge.
"What do you want to say?" Hu Yilong bent the brim of his hat.
"Hey, you are working so hard, do you want to achieve great success?" He took a sip of porridge and muttered.
"Have I received too few awards? Do they need to be used?" Hu Yi calmly asked questions instead of answering.
"Cough...cough...these devils are so abominable, why don't you kill them all? Now that we have the advantage, I still don't believe it. The devils only have a few people, so you won't be afraid, right?"
"That's easy to say. Do you think the devil is made of mud?"
"Then... who provoked whom yesterday afternoon?"
"I was planning on getting some food."
"I didn't catch anything, do you regret it?"
"There are a few crazy dogs behind you, can you bear it?"
"Then why not strangle the mad dog to death and get it over with?"
"Hurry up and pack your things and let's go!"
"You obviously want to go to the plains, because half of the supplementary regiment's defense area is in the plains, right? You want to go find the vixen? I'm right!" After saying that, with a weird smile on his face, he raised his head and drank up the porridge in the lunch box, turning it upside down. The lunch box shook, and he stuck out his tongue and scanned half of the circle. There was no water on the mountain, so he threw the lunch box directly to Hao Yun.
Hu Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he couldn't help but think of Su Qing. He really didn't live up to expectations. Why did he do this? In the past, when I encountered such a thing, as long as I could avoid it, I would definitely not provoke the Japanese. Could it be that she had influenced me?
Quickly shake your head, this is impossible!
Preservation of life comes first, only by leaving the green hills behind can we have firewood to burn.
