The mountain breeze carried away the heat from the burning fire, another small tent.
Xiao Hongying had disheveled hair and was wearing a short coat, with a down sleeping bag rolled over her chest.
He was skillfully playing with the big-eyed gun, and with a vigorous effort, he once again dismantled the small pistol in his hand into a pile of pieces, and vented fiercely: "I must enter the county town, Liu Manhe, that little bastard, he clearly looks down on me , Sister Erniu, help me think of a way!"
"Girl, Staff Officer Liu is the person in charge of the operation, you can't say that to him!"
The girl changed the subject: "Hey, that Erniu sister, have you really been a gangster before?"
"How is that possible! Don't talk nonsense." There was a trace of imperceptible panic on Er Niu's black face.
"Then why can you ride a horse and be so good at it?"
“I’ve been riding since I was a kid.”
"Oh, I have to learn to ride a horse sometime."
"Commander Liu, that road is not going to work. Why don't you go to Captain Liang to discuss it."
The girl inserted the magazine into the handle, pulled the gun, loaded a bullet, pulled the gun again, pressed the trigger to reset, and frowned: "He? He also looks down on me."
"Why do they look down on you? They do it to protect you and love you. Do you understand it or not?"
"Hey, Sister Erniu, don't say anything about love and care to me. Then why do you think the mule doesn't want to be with you?"
"Don't tell me about this. I want to make progress now, and I don't want to follow that shameless attitude of killing a thousand swords."
Xiao Hongying rolled her eyes at Erniu: "If you can't enter the city, you won't be able to survive this day."
Erniu suddenly laughed: "Girl, it's actually not difficult to get into the city."
"What, why don't you tell me quickly?"
"Think about it, Chief Lin, who is in charge of intelligence, is being monitored by the enemy. If we send someone else there, one more person will be exposed. Isn't it just right if you go to deliver the news to her?"
"I'll go find County Magistrate Liu right now."
"That won't work. You have to get Company Commander Hu to agree first. If he doesn't nod, it's useless for me to say anything."
"They kept mumbling about meetings and couldn't find the opportunity."
"What County Magistrate Liu said just now made it clear that Section Chief Lin is an important person sent by his superiors. If you just said that in order to ensure her safety, you asked Company Commander Hu to arrange for you to go into the city to pick her up. Wouldn't that be the case? ?”
"I just want to kill the enemies who are advancing in the team. I can't do this support work."
"Come on, you just want to be with the company commander. Do you think any of us don't know?"
Comrade Hongying's little face could no longer be tense: "Hey, you can see this too?"
Erniu's black face looked a little lonely and unnoticed: "Do you think we are all 250 and fools?"
The girl didn't notice Er Niu's expression: "Hey, as long as I can enter the city, I will deliver the letter to Chief Lin and then go find the fox. Liu Manhe has not stipulated that I can only follow Chief Lin. This matter There is a door.”
After saying that, he put away his gun and left the tent to look for an opportunity.
Captain Ma led a company of security troops and was advancing into the southeastern mountainous area.
A village appeared ahead.
Captain Ma didn't even know how many times he had been here.
As before, with an order, more than a hundred people immediately deployed and surrounded the village first.
Then send people into the village to gather the villagers, and then ask the villagers one by one to investigate if there is anything going on.
The slow-moving security forces searched the village, which was nearly half empty.
This pre-Chinese New Year exercise was more like taking a walk, not a military operation at all.
The chairman of the maintenance committee quickly put in a good word and begged for mercy to the security army reconnaissance team, and sent chickens and eggs. He just asked these scourges not to set fire to the house.
Since the news from the reconnaissance team said that there were only about twenty or thirty people in the Eighth Route Guerrilla Group, and he was planning such a big move, would he be stupid not to run away?
There was still more than a mile away from the village at the foot of the mountain, and Captain Ma stopped moving forward. Who knew whether those Eighth Route Army was passing by or had another purpose.
Traitors conducting negative reconnaissance appeared from all over the place: "Report to the captain, judging from the footprints entering the mountain, it seems that the number of guerrillas coming is more than twenty or thirty?"
"What are you talking about? Didn't it say there will only be twenty or thirty tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?"
"Our brothers took a detour to see them. They were hiding in the ravine. Many of them were wearing ordinary people's clothes. There were almost a hundred of them."
"So many people? You, return to the city immediately and report it to the gendarmerie." If the traitors of the security army and reconnaissance team did not report the Eighth Route activities when they discovered it, it would be a serious dereliction of duty. Of course, it also depends on the scale of the guerrillas operating outside the city.
"yes."
"Don't let me tell you that there are Eighth Route guerrillas and ordinary people operating in the mountains. The specific number is only twenty or thirty. If the full number is reported, it means that there are a large number of Eighth Route guerrillas operating near Qi County. This matter must be kept within a small area.”
Captain Huang's idea is not complicated. He strives to drive away the Eighth Route Army before dark. As for whether he can kill a few guerrillas, it is not important at all.
A model county does not mean that no Eighth Route Army will appear. The evaluation criteria are very simple. There are no major Eighth Route Army activities within half a year. Of course, the fewer the number of rebels caught in the city, the better.
Of course, there were no deaths of the imperial army, which was an important indicator. The criteria for judging a model county were very simple.
As for how many Eighth Route Army and National Army spies can be caught in the occupied areas, it is also within the scope of the assessment. The reason why the Japanese headquarters makes this judgment is very simple: the fewer people are caught, the better the public security situation is!
But it is absolutely impossible to say that there is not a single rebel in any county.
The secret service camp was hidden on a hill not far from the foot of the mountain. The anticipating security forces and traitors had actually left the city. More than ten people were quietly observing the movements of the security forces and the detective team at the foot of the mountain.
Now, the main purpose is to hold back these traitors and absolutely not let them return to the city, but we can't really fight them, otherwise the Japs in the city will definitely come out to reinforce them. In this way, the city will be more alert, which will not be a factor in the operation. benefit.
Outside the security forces, there are Japanese backing them, so they can fight a smooth battle, but in terms of combat effectiveness, there is no problem in bullying the militia and guerrillas, but in a real confrontation with the Eighth Route Army, it will be almost one-sided.
The Eighth Route Army guerrillas in the plains and hilly areas even used the security forces as a transport team to transport guns and ammunition to themselves.
Commander Ma only hopes to withdraw his troops as soon as possible. Who is willing to go out and mess around during the Chinese New Year?
The appearance of guerrillas outside the city disrupted his New Year's Eve debt, and he left it to be settled later: "Captain Huang, how about we start attacking the mountains now?"
"Of course you have the final say on this matter. My brother has a suggestion. When we take some action, we can search the area at the foot of the mountain and shoot a few shots into the mountain. What do you think?"
"When we do things, even if it's just to show off, we have to act like it is, otherwise it will be spread to the ears of the emperor, and it will be bad!" Captain Ma suddenly felt that since everyone came out, he had to teach the Eighth Route Army a lesson.
In order to prevent these gangsters from looking for opportunities to fish in troubled waters outside the city all day long. Some time ago, two of my men were tricked by the guerrillas. Although my purpose today is to drive you away, if I really want to take action, I will never be polite to him. .
Thinking of this, he immediately ordered: "Brothers, spread out your formation, attack from the front, and outflank on both sides!"
Captain Huang was confused when he heard this: "Hey, Commander Ma, there is only one mountain road, which one do you want to copy?"
"Don't you know this is an exercise? Have you forgotten the tactics the imperial army taught us?"
"That's not what I meant. I mean, are our detective team just watching the excitement with you?"
"You guys? Apart from watching the fun, what else can you do? How about I give up the main attack to your detective team?"
"Hey, don't be serious. You are really fighting with the Eighth Route Army. If your subordinate dies, don't ask for the pension from me."
"Do you think I'm stupid? Do you think I, the leader of the group, is just a decoration?"
(End of chapter)
