Captain Meng went ahead with supplies and had been walking for some time.
Hu Yi and Ma Liang lay down in the grass. Until now, they had not found any trace of the enemy following them.
Maybe I was too careful.
With a click, the pocket watch cover popped open, it was ten o'clock! I have no intention of experiencing the rhythm of a pocket watch anymore.
After all, we are in the enemy war zone now. If the team behind really discovers his whereabouts, they will definitely have to send a message to the Japanese first. Nearly nine hours have passed since night!
The Japanese should have received the news this morning. Theoretically, they do not know the specific location of their group. The ones who are anxious should be the Japs.
From gathering to leaving the county to the east, and then searching north along his own route, even if the Japanese marched in a hurry, they would not be able to catch up with him before noon.
The only worry is that the Japanese have determined their whereabouts and are not heading east, but directly to the north.
In this way, the devil should not be far from him now.
With a snap, he closed the watch case and stuffed it into his bag: "Ma Liang."
After a sound of footsteps, Ma Liang's figure hurriedly came from the grass in the south.
"Did the secret service platoon find anything?"
Ma Liang thought about it: "I went to notify the sentry and retreated north for a while, but I didn't find anything unusual!"
"Don't you think this place is too quiet? You didn't even see a single person fleeing the famine?"
"Brother, I think...since you think the enemy will follow you, why don't they go directly to the artillery tower and call to mobilize troops? That way they can deliver the news faster!"
A figure of a special agent platoon soldier riding a bicycle hurried from the grass to the west, the rifle slung behind him swinging from side to side on his shoulders.
"Captain Hu, if there is dust in the west, a large group of troops should be arriving!" After the soldier finished speaking, he carefully mounted the vehicle and saluted.
"How many sentries does your special agent platoon have left in the west?"
"Four."
"Did you all hear Platoon Commander Wang's order?"
"They received the order and headed north almost twenty minutes ago!"
"Have you clearly detected the strength of the enemy's troops?"
"No, there's dust everywhere, and you can't see clearly even from the sounds and cars!"
"Get ready to retreat north immediately." Hu Yi stood up without hesitation.
Ma Liang took the order and turned around, immediately leading the men to run quickly through the grass in the dry swamp.
Hu Yi let out a long breath, raised his sweaty hands and tightened the strap of his rifle. The enemy finally appeared, proving that his judgment was correct. You can never be too careful when operating in enemy-occupied areas.
Now let’s see who has better foot strength.
In the morning, Hu Yi faced the dust brought up by the running of the soldiers in front, rode his bicycle, and slowly followed behind the soldiers, heading north together.
In the wilderness, the special agent platoon responsible for reconnaissance also traveled in the wilderness with two people and a private car.
In many places, bicycles could not move forward. The soldiers had to take turns carrying the bicycles forward, and riding on the bicycles where there was a road, they could run for a while.
If the judgment was correct, then the chasing team had been marching for nearly four hours from morning to now and must be exhausted.
It was basically impossible to catch up with Hu Yi and his party, who had rested for most of the morning.
It is impossible for the Japanese to pursue them all in cars. The infantry must account for the majority. Most of the Japanese cars are equipped with heavy firepower. Even if there are personnel carriers, how many Japanese can be packed in two cars?
The Japanese are not fools. With only three or two cars and a few motorcycles, they dare not leave the team to pursue them!
Now we only need to consider whether there is an outflanking team in front of us, and everything will be fine. Even the Japanese cars are behind us, so the possibility of being outflanked by Japanese soldiers in front is very small.
In the territory north of Meixian County, there is basically no need to consider Li Youde's security forces. First, their marching ability is not very good. Even if he receives the Japanese order, it is impossible for him to rush in front of him and outflank him now. What's more, with Li Youde's intelligence, even if Even if Shen catches up, he can't really use his full strength.
Two soldiers held the bicycle, and Hu Yi stood on the rear frame, holding a telescope and looking back: Five miles away, a group of figures covered with dust had chased them to the place where they had just rested in the swamp.
Hu Yi jumped off his bicycle, his equipment jingling, his face calm and steely: "Notify the front team to slow down!"
There is no need to waste energy on a hasty march now. Compared with endurance, most of the soldiers collected by the security regiment under my command are no match for the Japanese. Even if they are still running away, the Japanese who have been marching for an hour are equally unbearable.
A soldier from behind rode a bicycle and hurried to Hu Yi: "Report, the enemy has entered the swamp, they are all Japanese, and no security forces have been found yet!"
The team followed the ruts traveled by Lao Meng's carriage and headed north.
In the distance, the vanguard saw a small figure standing in the sun on a slope ahead.
Xiao Hongying, with her dark face, shouted at the soldiers who were coming over in a hurry: "Where is the fox?"
A soldier shrank his neck and quickly turned his head to look behind him, raised his hand and pointed back: "It's right behind."
The soldier didn't stop after he finished speaking, and was about to continue heading north. He glanced sideways at the back of the hillside, where a tall and thick bear was cursing and ordering his men to dig holes, and he couldn't help but slow down again.
"You can dig it if you are told. What nonsense are you talking about?" Xiao Hongying threw a lump of dirt and hit the muttered mule in the head.
"You heartless person, I will be rude to you if you throw it at me again." Luo Fugui raised his hand and threw the lump back.
The little girl put her hands on her small waist: "Hey, are you brave? You throw one and try to take me away while my aunt is sleeping! I haven't settled this debt with you, but you have learned how to yell?"
Luo Fugui ignored this immoral thing, pulled out his bayonet and struck at an ammunition box. There was a jingle, the ammunition box was pried open, and fifty grenades were fired on the spot.
The marching soldiers shook their heads. If you use the bayonet as a crowbar, it will probably be bent completely. What a waste! But he stopped unconsciously, his eyes gleaming as he looked at the grenades.
A squad leader in the team immediately asked the girl: "Girl, are you... going to fight here?"
"What? Are you scared?"
The monitor curled his lips and said, "Don't underestimate me. When have we ever been afraid of little devils?"
Seeing a bicycle approaching quickly from the team behind, Xiao Hongying shook her pigtails and ran down the hillside: "Ma Liang, what's going on behind there...?"
Ma Liang hurriedly jumped off the bicycle, and instead of smiling at the girl as usual, he gritted his teeth and replied: "The little devil is really catching up with me!"
He raised his head and looked at the bear who was yelling and playing with the machine gun position reluctantly. There were two Czech machine guns on the left and right sides of the hillside: "Grandma, why don't you just run away? There must be some kind of blocking!"
"Hey, mule, I didn't expect you to have grown up and learned to take the initiative to establish a blocking position?" Ma Liang ran to Luo Fu and asked with a smile.
"Let's just give them a break at night. Can't the bloody devils just let us go in peace? Why do these people who are not afraid of death have to provoke Boss Hu!"
Xu Xiao put down the shovel in his hand, wiped his nose and asked stupidly: "Squad leader, how do you think I dug this hole?"
Luo Fugui ignored Ma Liang, turned around, picked up the shovel he had inserted in the soil, and dug the soil toward Xu Xiao: "How about it? You have to pat down the soil, and then dig your hole and mine." The ditches are connected, do you understand?”
"Uh, okay!" Xu Xiao quickly grabbed the shovel and started working over to his squad leader.
"Who is that, hurry up and prepare the magazine and spare barrel for me..."
Hu Yi looked at the girl on the side of the road with a slight smile and was about to speak...
The little girl took over the topic: "You still have the nerve to smile? Did you let the mule take me away?"
"Auntie, it's time for everything now, why are you bringing this up? Hey... did you ask the mules to dig that trench on the hillside?"
"Hey, how's it going? He got out of the car quickly and came up with me to take a look. In half an hour at most, the trenches will be formed. I guess if a blind enemy catches up, we will have to hit him a few times, otherwise we will still have to fight him. I really thought our ninth company was all vegetarian!" The little girl smiled proudly.
Hu Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and finally succeeded in distracting the girl who was about to go crazy: "You did a good job, but the enemy is still far away, there is no need to fight!"
After saying that, he got on his bike again and prepared to leave.
"Hey, come down quickly. If you leave, wouldn't my trench digging be in vain?" The little girl immediately cast her eyes aside and stood in the middle of the narrow road.
"Auntie, the strength of the Japs behind is unknown. We only have a few people, so there is no need to take this risk." Hu Yi had a black line on his face.
"No, I've dug the trenches, I have to hit them no matter what, otherwise these idiots won't have a long memory!"
