Captain Yang led the work team to the west after dark, and passed two blockade ditches in a row without incident.
At this time, more than ten members of the work team were hiding on a small slope east of the railway line. Their mission was to meet the friendly forces of the independent regiment.
Not long after arriving, groups of ghostly figures began to appear on the side of the railway.
The team members who had dispersed and were on alert returned one after another to report the situation.
A soldier went up the hillside and lowered his voice: "Captain Yang, the situation is not good. The Japs seem to be gathering. Has the news of our actions leaked?"
Captain Yang has rich combat experience and has successfully performed many rescue and escort missions arranged by his superiors.
But there are only such a small number of people in the work team, and the strength is there. It is really difficult to face the enemy. In the past, when the enemy mobilized on this scale, it had already been moved to hundreds of thousands of miles away.
At this time, the worried reinforcements from the Independent Regiment had to continue waiting. Team Yang ordered the scouts: "Continue the reconnaissance!"
After saying that, he turned around and asked Ergoudan next to him: "Are you sure you have agreed to meet with the Independent Group here?"
Ergoudan originally planned to return to the west side of the railway line immediately after joining the work team, but after telling Captain Yang about the situation on the Independent Regiment side, when he wanted to return, he found that he could not cross the railway line at all, and he felt a little nervous: " It’s absolutely true, so many enemies suddenly appeared at this time, could it be that I crossed the blockade and was discovered by the enemies?”
Captain Yang shook his head: "Bullshit, you're the only one... Will the enemy mobilize so many people to set up defenses?"
"Then...you mean...there is a problem with the Independent Group?"
Captain Yang was so anxious that he had no time to analyze with Ergoudan what went wrong. He turned to Deputy Captain Geng next to him and asked, "Why haven't our scouts on the west side of the railway line come back yet?"
Vice Captain Geng immediately replied: "The Japanese have strengthened the railway blockade, and there are enemies everywhere along the line. Now we can't get through... and they can't come back either!"
"Can't get through? Don't you know how to take a detour? The railway line is so long, I still don't believe that the enemy can fill the entire railway line with people."
Captain Geng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "We have already sent people to make a detour, from south to north, for more than ten miles. If we send people again now, the situation will still be the same. Now wait for him to make another detour and come back to report the situation. This will It might be almost dawn.”
"The troops sent by the independent regiment have rich combat experience. They should be able to find the problem..."
"What if they sneak into the enemy's ambush rashly?" Captain Geng always felt that this was a bit strange.
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Kuai Legs, who was in charge of the reconnaissance, ran to Gao Yidao, who was in the team that got off the highway: "Report, people from the two armed working teams of the subdivision are coming from the south."
"Where are the people?"
"Excuse me... who is the... staff officer of the Independent Regiment?" The two gasped.
Gao Yidao had a black line on his head. He was stunned for a moment, then turned around and growled under the moonlight: "Hu Za... Staff Officer Hu, someone is looking for you!"
Hu Yi walked up to the team member under the moonlight: "What's going on?"
When the captain took us to the east of the railway line, we found the intelligence agent of the connector, and then discovered a large-scale enemy gathering. Captain Yang and the others were blocked on the east side of the blockade and couldn't get through...
Hu Yi frowned deeply: "Are you coming from the south or the north?"
To the south, there weren't many enemies when we first came here...
Hu Yi turned to look at Gao Yidao under the moonlight: "Hurry up and bury the motorcycle. Let's move north immediately and find a weak spot for the enemy to cross the railway line.
Gao Yidao did not refuse. He turned around and gave an order to the soldiers of the Second Company next to him, and then walked up to the staff member: "Do you have any news about the inside line of the puppet army?"
"The people appearing along the railway line must be Japanese soldiers. Insiders say they don't know what happened."
Gao Yidao turned to look at Hu Yi: "I don't think we should go back the same way now?"
Hu Yi said coldly: "Do you think what I said is fart?"
Gao Yidao was filled with hatred: "Okay, I will assemble the team and move north..."
Hu Yi thought for a while: "Wait a minute, quickly arrange for someone to destroy the wires beside the railway first!"
The Japanese are not fools. Now that they have received the information, they know that the Eighth Route Army has appeared, and they have set up a net in the county along the railway to wait.
It is enough to show that the Japanese knew the whereabouts of the Eighth Route Army in advance. Although Hu Yi did not say it, Gao Yidao also knew that there must be a spy in the team!
Now that the Japanese troops are strong enough to deploy defenses across the board, at least they cannot communicate with each other smoothly.
After carrying the motorcycle one mile to the north, more than twenty people worked together and quickly dug two large pits. The excavated new soil was evenly sprinkled on the slope. After processing, if you didn't stand in front of you and look carefully, There are almost no traces.
Gao Yidao stood in front of the team with a cold voice: "Listen to me clearly. No one is allowed to load their bullets. We work in groups of three and cross-check. Who the hell dares to be petty at this time? Hehe, I swear, absolutely Cut him into pieces!
In addition, Gao Yidao also sent veterans from the second company to break up the formation to guard against small tricks such as someone in the team losing something...
It is very common to have spies in the army. The Eighth Route Army can send people to infiltrate the puppet army, and the enemy will also send people to sneak into the Eighth Route Army. However, all spies have a fatal weakness and cannot rise to the position of commander in a short time, so be on guard. It's relatively not difficult to get up.
Gao Yidao and Lao Li both knew that Hu Yi had asked the team not to take a detour to the south. Another reason was that the intelligence officer Ergoudan had not returned, and they could not determine whether there was any problem with the identity of the team member who responded.
In enemy-occupied territory, it's important to be cautious.
There is a gentle breeze, the moon is brighter, and the silence of the plain under the night is broken by the sound of marching footsteps.
There are blockade ditches on both sides of the railway. To cross the railway line, you first have to cross the blockade ditch, then pass through the railway where the enemy patrols, and then cross another blockade ditch, which is very difficult.
The further north you go, the more vigilant the soldiers responsible for reconnaissance in front and on both sides become.
For about a mile on both sides of the team, skirmishers were arranged to move north simultaneously. The leading soldiers on the east side were the first to be discovered by the enemy's spies.
The two sides immediately exchanged fire.
The sudden sound of gunfire tore through the night.
Hu Yi stopped and took out his pocket watch under the moonlight. Luo Fugui next to him immediately turned on the flashlight and felt the never-ending rhythm of the pocket watch. He lowered his head and used the flashlight light to check the watch. It was past two in the morning.
After walking for almost an hour, the team traveled more than 20 miles north.
Gao Yidao ordered without hesitation: "Everyone is here, go east and cross the blockade ditch immediately!"
The whereabouts have been exposed, there is no need to look back, it is better to go directly to the railway line.
Hu Yi had no objection. The patrols on the railway line could be ignored and they had to rush across the railway before the enemy armored train arrived.
It is absolutely impossible for the Japanese to have so many troops to defend such a long railway line. To put it simply, it is to concentrate the troops and attack a point on the line. As long as the enemy is not delayed, it is not difficult to cross the blockade.
Strength determines everything.
The soldiers carried out the order resolutely and turned east. In the darkness, the enemy who originally saw only a few Eighth Route skirmishers on the right side of the team suddenly panicked. Who the hell are the leading soldiers of the Eighth Route reconnaissance? The main force was even with the leading soldiers. Together, this is a slap in the face?
He quickly slipped into the blockade ditch to the east and ran north along the bottom of the ditch.
The eighth road comes from the south, so of course it has to run north.
The ditch wall goes straight up and down. Under the moonlight, you can't see the bottom at a glance and it is not flat. There are many sharpened wooden stakes inserted in the middle.
In order to cross the blockade ditch, the wooden poles that Gao Yidao had arranged for the soldiers to prepare in advance finally came into use.
After setting up guard posts in squad units, the soldiers slid down the wooden poles like dumplings. Before their feet even touched the ground, the soldiers above them slid down.
A squad of ten soldiers descended into the ditch. It took less than two minutes for the long wooden pole to lean against the east wall of the blocked ditch.
The climb up to the blockade ditch was much slower. The soldiers who went up first spread their legs again in groups of three and ran towards the railway.
The puppet army patrol not far away discovered the situation when the gunshots were fired. They immediately opened fire and lay on the railway without asking any questions. They also found that more and more people were emerging from the ditch.
The Japanese instructor who led the puppet troops on patrol was overjoyed: The most important thing now is not fighting the Eighth Route Army.
The puppet soldier carrying a coil of wires climbed up the telephone pole next to the railway and was about to connect the phone line. Another Japanese soldier skillfully pulled the box off the back of the puppet soldier next to him, opened it, and connected the phone line to the phone. He just waited for the wire to be connected. After receiving the call, he called the headquarters to report the situation.
Now that the specific location of Route 8 has been determined, the armored train on standby is only more than thirty miles away from here. It will take no more than twenty minutes at most to get there from the railway!
There are a lot of people in this group of Eighth Route Army, at least several hundred. The Eighth Route Army is really cunning. So many people have thought about the blockade?
The Japanese instructor was anxious. Nearly ten minutes had passed since the gunfire. The Eighth Route Army had already crossed the blockade ditch. Now they had to find a way to hold them back. When the army arrived, no one of the Eighth Route Army could escape. ...
