"Xiao Sun, how far ahead is it?" Zhang Yi led a team of nearly a hundred people walking in the wilderness.
It was almost dark, and he had walked half of the way. As the police chief, he was very anxious. The bandit leader Guo Qingna led six to seven hundred people to attack the security group. It was estimated that the team that blocked the attack was more likely to be in trouble.
After receiving the news, Director Zhang immediately gathered public security soldiers and militiamen to prepare for reinforcements. As a result, he had a huge quarrel with County Magistrate Yang who received the news.
County Magistrate Yang did not agree to take the risk to the county government by removing the county government's security team. The two even slapped the table for this. Director Zhang got rid of Magistrate Yang by taking out the order from the enemy engineering department.
He made up his mind to lead people north, because the officer of the armed work force Enemy Industry Kesu was in the security group, but his trip was delayed because of his argument with County Magistrate Yang.
Director Zhang was in trouble because he could not report the specific situation of the security team to the county magistrate, even if the other party was the county magistrate.
The Enemy Engineering Section of the Public Security Bureau is not under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate at all, but is directly under the command of the Division's Enemy Engineering Department.
The current anti-Japanese county government also has two county magistrates! The other one is the fugitive government county magistrate of the Nationalist Government.
There is no way to say this.
Xiao Sun looked at the team that had been walking for almost half a day: "Director Zhang, don't be anxious about this. Although we don't have many troops over there, we should have no problem dealing with the security forces!"
"You know what the heck, the security team has just mobilized two companies to leave, how can it still defeat the security forces? You don't need to comfort me."
"At the current speed, I estimate we should be able to arrive in the middle of the night."
Zhang Yi waved his hand behind him: "Speed up!"
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When the setting sun reflected the red wilderness, along the south of the blockade ditch, a team rushed westward, and to the north of the blockade ditch, a Japanese team, with a group of security troops, followed closely along the blockade ditch.
The two sides have been in a state of confrontation.
A bicycle squeaked and followed quickly from behind.
Hu Yi turned around, his face flushed bronze, and he quietly turned his back to the sunset.
"Report, there are enemy teams appearing in the east and south at the same time!"
Hu Yi raised his head, raised his binoculars, and looked at the team marching to the north of the blockade ditch. He knew that Tian Sanqi was following the Japanese.
Obviously, Tian Sanqi did not find an opportunity to strike, although the current team in the south, plus Tian Sanqi's troops, were almost three times the strength of the Japanese!
If the Ninth Company storms north, coupled with Tian Sanqi's flanking attack, it will still be very difficult to capture that team of Japs.
Hu Yi knew very well the fighting power of the Japanese, because the Ninth Company seemed to have many people, but most of them were new recruits. They were facing a tough situation and were no match for the Japanese.
Hu Yi knew better that the terrain in this area was too flat. If the Ninth Company had to cross the blockade ditch, the terrain advantage was on the Japs side!
The most important thing is the blockade ditch!
If you want to attack the Japanese, you have to cross the blockade ditch!
Otherwise, if you rush to the blockade ditch, you will become the target of the enemy.
The terrain advantage is so important!
The Eighth Route Army, which has no terrain advantage and is inferior to the Japanese in combat effectiveness, would be able to defeat the Japanese with three times the force at most, with both sides suffering losses!
There is no need to fight a three-for-one battle with the Japanese.
So, he was waiting, waiting for dark.
"Captain Hu, there are Japanese pursuers behind us. We have Tian Sanqi cooperating with the Japanese. Do you think we should attack the Japanese directly to the north?" Wang Liujin realized the seriousness of the situation.
But I didn't expect that the Japanese reinforcements would follow up so quickly!
Hu Yi really had no choice. Since he didn't want to fight the Japanese and lose both sides, he could only keep running until dark. At that time, Tian Sanqi could take advantage of the darkness to attack the Japanese.
There was a sudden chaos among the Japanese troops in the north. Before Hu Yi could answer Wang Liujin's question, he quickly jumped up and looked northward with a telescope.
A vague team appears in the northern wilderness.
Carrying shuttle swords, some were wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms and some were wearing steel helmets.
The sudden appearance of the team surprised the Japanese lieutenant who was closer. The marching team was a bit chaotic.
The sergeant is directing the Japanese troops to change their formation.
"Report, the Eighth Route guerrillas appear in the north!" A Japanese soldier quickly ran up to the lieutenant and whispered.
The lieutenant got the news first that there were reinforcements from the imperial army coming from the east.
That's why he was patient and didn't take the initiative to attack the Eighth Route Army.
He also knew very well that the Eighth Route Army on the south side of the blockade ditch must be the elite Eighth Route Army that killed a squadron of the Imperial Army with only a hundred and ten men!
In the afternoon, I had several long-distance contacts with the gang of Eight Route Army soldiers in the south. The marksmanship of those Eight Route Army soldiers was no worse than that of his men!
The two sides tried several times, and both sides suffered casualties!
Moreover, there were actually mortars in the Tubal Road team, although the shooting was not accurate.
But it also illustrates the problem!
He knew very well that with his small team, if he crossed the blockade ditch and attacked the Eighth Route Army to the south, without the terrain advantage of the blockade ditch, he might not be able to take advantage.
Therefore, he had to be patient and use the blockade ditch to block the Eighth Road to the south of the blockade ditch!
He planned to wait for reinforcements to come up, and then kill all the elite Eighth Route Army troops in the south!
But against all odds, he never expected that reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army would come from the north first, although they were only guerrillas.
After hesitating for a moment, the lieutenant immediately ordered: "The first and second detachments immediately launch an attack on the Tubal guerrillas. Leave one detachment behind for the security forces to follow and prevent the Eighth Route Army from taking the opportunity to cross the blockade ditch!"
His idea is very simple. For the Eighth Route guerrillas, even if there are about one or two hundred people, he is confident that the two detachments will defeat the farmers who are still holding shuttle swords!
Tian Sanqi breathed a sigh of relief, and the sentry sent back to call for help finally pulled Lao Meng back.
A Japanese soldier ran up to him and said, "Yours, the Imperial Army, immediately follow the Imperial Army and defend from the front!"
Tian Sanqi's eyes fell to the ground, and he was stunned. He suddenly reacted, picked them up, and stuffed them into his eye frames: "You mean, let us set up defenses together with the imperial army?"
"Hurry up..." The Japanese Army Sergeant was a little disappointed when he saw the performance of the Imperial Alliance Army, but the South Eighth Road was already approaching the blockade ditch, and he stammered an order ferociously.
Tian Sanqi trembled quickly and turned around and ordered: "Listen up, now join the imperial army to defend against the Eighth Route Army!"
The squad leader's eyes widened and he couldn't help but trembled when he heard this. He subconsciously grinned: "Is this an opportunity?..."
Tian Sanqi glared at the guy without saying a word, raised his hand to silence: "Gather immediately and follow the imperial army's command!"
The sergeant was not very good at speaking, but it did not prevent him from understanding Chinese. He looked at the team standing up with satisfaction.
Immediately turn around and run back.
The Japanese Army Sergeant had just taken a few steps to run, but he didn't hear any movement behind him. He had no choice but to stop and look back, looking anxiously and puzzledly at the security forces who were still placing bayonets on their guns in a haphazard manner.
Quick reminder: "Now...there is no need...to put on a bayonet..."
In the impression of the sergeant, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Association Army was extremely high. They were timid and would only fight on the ground. They did not even dare to approach the Eighth Route Army. In many cases, the Eighth Route Army's rifles did not even have bullets. They could kill these with a single charge. The idiot's team was scattered, and the Imperial Army also liked to run away. I heard that these Imperial troops were once chased by the Eighth Route Army, so they ran away and collapsed.
"Uh, it's okay. Let's fight quickly!" Tian Sanqi quickly explained.
Seeing the sharp bayonet, the neat team finally moved forward slowly and tremblingly.
The sergeant's face was not very good, but he was angry and funny. When he saw that the team was quite orderly, he immediately raised his thumb: "Li Youde, not bad!"
The car in front faces south.
There were more than thirty Japanese soldiers left behind, including baggage soldiers, engineers, and car drivers, who all went into battle.
About ten meters north of the blockade ditch, stretched out in a long line, were a heavy machine gun group, two light machine gun groups, and four grenade groups, with almost no light firepower.
Tian Sanqi opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it, and there were stars in his eyes. What a great gesture! It's a pity that there are no mortars...
The sergeant grabbed a trembling Imperial Army soldier and pushed him down next to a Japanese soldier. Then he picked up two security troops and pinned him down next to a Japanese soldier...
