Commander Gou was riding on his car, constantly urging his team of more than thirty brothers to march at full strength in the dark night.
About ten miles to the south, Ma Liang, who had just received the news from Zeng Nansheng, was also heading west quickly with his team.
Ma Liang got the news much later. Along the way, he had to bypass the Japanese gun towers on the plains and the Japanese armored vehicle patrols, and gradually fell behind.
The starlight was cold, and more than a hundred figures could not see the road under their feet, running in a hurry. They did not go around the village when they encountered it, and just headed west with great fanfare.
The large-scale movement of people naturally attracted the attention of some thoughtful people hidden in every corner of the village. However, with so many people, it stands to reason that they would not be members of the Eighth Route Army. Should they report it or not?
Su Qing ran with the team. Due to physical reasons, he slowly slowed down and had to stop. He handed all his equipment to Ma Liang.
After Ma Liang took it, he asked Su Qing in a low voice: "Sister Su, in order to save Qianjiu, are we making such a big move? Are we making a fuss out of a molehill?"
Su Qing hesitated for a moment: "Just execute the order, don't ask any questions about anything else."
Su Qing actually didn't know much about Hu Yi's purpose. She knew the details of the commander surnamed Gou. The organization was helpless because many of the organization's urgently needed supplies were sent to the mountain through him.
But this man's asking price was very high, and even for the Eighth Route Army's supplies to enter the mountains from him, he had to pay him some benefits. The supplementary group tried to recruit him several times, but he refused.
After hearing the news from Zeng Nansheng, I immediately understood that Hu Yi wanted to remove this roadblock, which would definitely be beneficial to the organization.
So she basically understood that Hu Yi should push out Jiujiu and control the area adjacent to the enemy-occupied area.
The organization itself does not allow trading with the enemy, but it is not implemented thoroughly, because if we don't deal with these traitors and bandits, the supplies from outside the mountains will not be transported at all.
Therefore, she feels that this matter can be done, and there should be no problem if she adds a report to her superiors later.
Ma Liang was a little surprised that Su Qing's answer was so simple, but he knew that Su Qing thought about the question very carefully. Since it was a task assigned by the company commander, Director Su had no objection, so he stopped asking any nonsense questions and simply answered with one word. :"yes."
Then he hung the backpack Su Qing handed him on his body, turned around and strode forward.
Su Qing stepped forward and carefully analyzed the hilly area that was not part of the independent regiment's defense area.
Entering the mountains from the plains to the west, passing through the blockade from the enemy-occupied area and entering the enemy-friendly area. I didn't hear that the division arranged for local staff to enter the plains to organize an anti-Japanese democratic government. I only knew that there were activities here to replenish the regimental area teams.
She knew about this situation when she was replenishing the group, but she had never met anyone from the district team. The best way now was to join the district team. After all, the district team had a better understanding of the local situation.
Unfortunately, it was too late to get the news. The current situation is special and direct contact with the district team cannot be established for the time being. We will deal with this matter after entering the combined area.
Ma Liang quickly ran to the front of the team again with his rifle. Under the starlight, the searchlight on the turret on the other side of the blockade in the distance was a conspicuous guidepost, so he was not afraid of going in the wrong direction.
The soldiers stood next to each other, firstly to prevent anyone from falling behind, and secondly, even if there were spies in the team, they could prevent the spies from passing on information to the outside world.
The soldier at the back would lower his head from time to time to see if there was anything left on the ground. Occasionally he would stop and carefully check the things dropped by the soldiers marching in front, and then pack them into his backpack.
Because there were two women in the team, Su Qing and Officer Liu, they could not maintain a long and fast march. Ma Liang planned to rush to the blockade ditch first and ask Zeng Nansheng to go to the turret and find inside information to adjust the direction of the searchlight.
If you march for a long time, you will be discovered sooner or later. The ninth company plus the special agent platoon is only a lot more than a standard company. As long as you don't encounter a large Japanese army, you don't have to worry at all. Besides, Li Xiang's soldiers also brought a mortar. Even if you regret the turret, that's no problem.
There were quite a few security soldiers along the blockade ditch. If the Japs were to determine the intentions of the Ninth Company, once all these security troops were mobilized, coupled with the mobility of the Japs' cars, the consequences of being surrounded would be very disastrous.
Therefore, now we must quickly pass the blockade. As long as we enter the joint area between the enemy and ourselves, with the strength of a full company of the ninth company, we are basically invincible in that area where there are mostly bandit security groups.
It's quiet at night.
Under the earth bag, in the open space at night, torches were brightly lit, and nearly a hundred people gathered in a large circle.
At the scene where his men were ambushed, six corpses were arranged neatly and covered with white cloth.
Commander Gou had a gloomy face, and more than a hundred people around him were silent.
One of the men who had escaped from the ambush rushed forward in panic. He ran to the commander with tears in his eyes, and tremblingly recounted what had happened.
Captain Zhu was half a step behind Commander Gou and said indignantly: "Lao Gou, my condolences... I have already ordered you to go down. Brothers have been looking for an ambush team."
Commander Gou put his hand on the holster of his gun: "Then, have you found out who did it?"
Captain Zhu quickly explained what he had found: "Not yet, but we have roughly figured out their whereabouts."
Commander Gou frowned: "Uh, what do you mean?"
Captain Zhu frowned and then smiled bitterly: "There are two groups in total. In the morning, there was a team, No. 40 or 50, heading west. Before dark, there was a group of bicycle detectives who formed a team and came from the Brother Artillery Building. After going west, now we are also going west.”
Commander Gou had some ominous premonitions in his heart and said with a dark face, "Did you send anyone to follow them? Where did they go?"
Captain Zhu quickly explained: "Hey, that's not true. Firstly, there are not many of them, and secondly, the west is your place, brother. You don't dare to make any mistakes. I don't know where they are going. However, I have given you a perimeter. The brothers are breathing! They are watching"
Commander Gou was somewhat satisfied after hearing Captain Zhu's reply: "These people seem to be trying to trick me, which is interesting!"
When I first arrived here, relying on the skills of the brothers under my command, it didn't take long to kill the biggest bandit leader in the area on the pretext that they were oppressing the people.
Later, he slowly annexed other gun forces, and then established a relationship with Xu Jinsen. He collected money from the rich on time, and controlled the commodity transactions in the nearby ten miles and eight villages. He can do whatever he wants, and no one of the girls or wives from all over the country can escape his grasp, as long as he likes it.
But I didn't expect that the toad gambler from Green Water Shop would actually get in touch with the Eighth Route Army, become a sudden force, and even dare to openly steal his own business.
In his eyes, Zhang Jiu is a poor guy. He originally heard that he wanted to buy all the goods in Xu Jinsen's hands. He originally wanted to see his joke. Those goods didn't cost tens of thousands of dollars, so he couldn't even think about it. .
Unexpectedly, Zhang Jiu got so much money out of nowhere and swallowed up all the goods in Xu Jinsen's hand. Only later did he realize that this time he was tricked.
The guy who opened the gambling house didn't have many men and guns. In his eyes, he was just a piece of shit. He dared to compete with the uncle for business because he was simply impatient.
I happened to find an excuse to tie up Zaijiu today. I originally wanted to do it directly, but I didn't expect to get the news from Xu Jinsen that Zaijiu had been beaten a lot in the past two years, so I planned to kill him first. The money was swallowed and then silenced.
Unexpectedly, he was careless and only asked a class to take him to raise money, and he got such a result. His brother who was so skilled was killed on the spot, which made him feel so angry.
If this revenge is not avenged, it will not be tolerated by heaven. Where is the justice?
Thinking of this, he wandered over to Captain Zhu and said, "Brother, if something happens at home today, I won't accompany you. If you find out who did it, just say yes. Brother owes you a favor."
"No, what's our relationship? I think your brother should know the whereabouts of that group of people better than I do. You'd better resolve this matter as soon as possible."
"If you start on my territory, I won't let him come or go!" Commander Gou's ferocious face made the people next to him shudder.
Captain Zhu gritted his teeth: "To be honest, I'm a little scared after hearing what your brothers said. I heard that their marksmanship is not bad, so be careful."
"The green hills remain unchanged and the green waters flow forever. I have troubled Brother Zhu in advance. I will record this sentiment first!" Commander Gou said with fists clasped, then turned around and ordered sternly: "Brothers, hurry up and kill the dead brothers. Bury them, and use Jiu’s heads to commemorate them another day. Now, immediately find out the movements of these two groups. Fourth brother, you go and gather the brothers from all over the country. I will peel off their skins and twitch their tendons."
(End of chapter)
