An icy wind blows through the village from time to time.
Gao Yidao didn't believe what the bandit said at all: "He refused to hand over the people on the list, which shows that he has no sincerity in cooperation. We still have to rely on ourselves next."
Wang Peng did not have a deep understanding of the situation in the plains and looked at the problem very directly. He yawned and expressed his opinion: "Most of the leaders of the Taoist sects we want to eliminate this time are among the bandits in the north. Let's just select people and attack those guys directly. He's hiding, where can we find him?"
Captain Yang has a different view: "As for the leaders of the Huidao sect who are willing to resist Japan, as long as they are willing to change their ways, I think... we can let them go temporarily."
Hu Yi shook his head: "The bandits suffered two big losses in a row. They knew they couldn't deal with us, so the old bandits obviously wanted to bring trouble on us and deliberately killed all the security forces in the blockhouse. The purpose was to force the Japanese in the city to come out and follow us. Let’s do it.”
Captain Yang nodded in agreement: "The enemy's base area has suffered heavy losses in this sweep. Fortunately, in order to deal with the national army, the large-scale sweep of the plains by the puppet army is almost over. Even so, it is estimated that it will take more time for the teams that moved east in the division to come back. In some time, our current position and troop strength must have been almost figured out by the bandits. I think... the top priority is to move first!"
Hu Yi stared at the map and shook his head: "I don't think it's necessary. There is only one squadron of Japanese soldiers in Tang County in the west. Even if he transfers all the Japanese soldiers in the county, we don't need to be afraid of him!"
Wang Peng was startled: "If some of the puppet troops are transferred back, it would be very difficult for us to order so many people..."
Gao Yidao disagreed with Wang Peng's view: "The Japs and most of the puppet troops are preparing to deal with the national troops at the foot of the Southwest Mountains. They are one or two hundred miles away from here. It is impossible to get back in a short time. Since these bandits have no eyesight, We are playing tricks to get the Japanese to attack us, and they are taking advantage of the situation, so let’s show these duplicitous bandits our strength this time!”
Wang Peng was stunned for a moment: "You mean we stay here and fight with the Japanese?"
Gao Yidao began to divide the board: "There are not many Japs in the enemy war zone now. If we can defeat the Japs, then those bandits will not be allowed to listen to us?"
Captain Yang also nodded: "If there are not many Japs coming, this battle can really be fought. Firstly, we will show our prestige so that those reactionary Daoists will not dare to attack our underground workers in the future. Secondly, Create conditions for the redevelopment of the base area after re-zoning!”
Gao Yidao turned to look at Hu Yi: "Hey, Mr. Hu... Staff Officer Hu, what do you think?"
Hu Yi looked calm: "Since you all think you can stay, I have no objection!"
Gao Yidao knew Hu Yi very well in his heart and knew what kind of person he was. Although Hu Yi was selfish and ruthless on the surface, and usually talkative and cold-faced, he would definitely not do anything that would obviously result in a loss. Since he said he could stay, , indicating that there is nothing wrong with this matter.
Gao Yidao's idea is not complicated. Intelligence work is done by armed task forces, and small groups of Japanese can be attacked directly.
If there were a lot of Japs coming, no one would be able to fight against the Japs who were well-equipped with guns and artillery, and it would be too late to move again by then.
It's just that you have to guard against those bandits who are familiar with the terrain, stabbing people in the back.
Captain Yang said that he had other important matters and had to leave, but his intelligence system must stay...
It seems that when we go back this time, the Second Battalion will also have to set up an intelligence system... The reason why those named Hu can develop so fast is because they are with the regiment's work team!
Thinking of this, Gao Yidao began to think in his mind... looking for candidates, and he didn't pay much attention to the arrangements for the next battle...
...
After the beginning of spring, even though it has not rained for a year, many people are still busy in the plain fields of southern Hebei.
What if it rains one day?
On a road running from west to east along the blockade ditch, a black spot appeared in the distance. As the black spot continued to move east, the sound of a dusty engine spread across the plain, and a yellow-green three-wheeled motorcycle appeared on the road. The car appeared on the public high school.
Wearing a steel helmet on his head, goggles on his eyes, and a crooked light machine gun mounted on the side of his motorcycle, it was bumping in the spring breeze.
The people in the fields some distance from the road immediately dispersed and ran away from the road without a trace.
Those devils often patrol the highway in armored vehicles. If they run fast, it means that something is wrong with him! What I fear the most is the Japanese wandering slowly and blindly on the highway. Who knows what tricks those Japanese will play?
If he gets the urge to raid nearby villages again, he might as well.
Besides, gunshots rang out in the east a few days ago for much of the night, and I heard people said that hundreds of Imperial Army soldiers were killed.
At this moment, who else dares to offend Taijun?
There are always some people who are brave or have ulterior motives. They don't run at all, but just lie down in the ditch in the ground, muttering something about the situation of the convoy.
From a distance, I watched a three-wheeled motorcycle driving at the front, bringing up a dust mist to cover a three-wheeled motorcycle following closely behind.
An armored vehicle that followed closely behind had white and blue smoke coming out of its butt, and it roared and brought up even more dust.
Behind them followed two Datsun trucks covered with tarpaulin. On the roof of the truck cab, only the barrel and bipod of a crooked machine gun could be seen swinging back and forth in the dust rolled up on the roof.
Outside the doors on both sides of the cab, there was a man in black hanging. I don’t know if he was a translator or a traitor from the detective team. His body was covered with dust raised by the wheels. He half-closed his eyes and covered his nose with a towel with his other hand. breathe.
The speed of the convoy is not fast, because the Japanese infantry on bicycles are not slow to follow behind!
Behind them, the puppet soldier No. 10, carrying only a gun and bullets, kept a distance of one or two hundred meters from the convoy. He was swinging his legs and running after the bicycle in front. Although the spring breeze was not strong, it was so slow that it could sweep the people in front of him. The dust kicked up by the car is blown away.
There was a three-wheeled motorcycle at the end, and a black, crooked machine gun on the side of the motorcycle was cold in the sun.
It can be regarded as a semi-mechanized army, but it doesn't look like it has any urgent mission, but more like it is out for a spring outing.
Every time the three-wheeled motorcycle passed the blockhouse blocking the ditch, it would slow down. After a few puppet soldiers emerged from the blockhouse and joined the group of soldiers following the bicycle team, the motorcycle would increase its accelerator and run eastward.
...
It's almost noon.
On a rugged country road about five miles southeast of the convoy, a man in black riding a bicycle was pedaling desperately toward the east.
The spring breeze blowing on my face was still a bit cold, and my face was covered with sweat under the black wide-brimmed hat.
The phone in the blockhouse could not be reached, and he had only one thought in his mind: the news that the Japanese had left the city must be sent to the work team as soon as possible.
He could faintly hear the sound of a car engine in the distance. He had been riding continuously for more than thirty miles, and the speed was almost maintained at the limit that the bicycle could reach on the dirt road.
It took a lot of physical energy, but fortunately with his bicycle, his speed was not slow. When he went all out, he even surpassed the cars on the road!
Fortunately, there were puppet infantry behind the Japanese convoy, so although he started from behind and took a detour, he reached the front of the Japanese in less than an hour.
There were armed team members in the village ahead, and he had tried his best.
There was a dark figure lying in the gap between the swaying grass outside the village. When he saw the familiar figure on the bicycle speeding on the path to the west, he immediately pushed a bicycle out of the grass and onto the path.
The two stopped on the path and immediately started talking eagerly.
The person who came to report the news gasped rapidly: "The Japanese... came out of the county two hours ago, and after spending a long time... they brought dozens of puppet troops... and set off eastward, taking the first two motorcycles. ..an armored vehicle...two cars...the cars were equipped with machine guns...covered by tarpaulins...the number of people in the cars was unknown, and there were about fifty Japanese soldiers riding bicycles behind them, and they kept coming from the turrets along the way. Draw puppet troops to join us. There are currently about a hundred puppet troops. They are not fast and their speed remains at about twenty miles per hour."
The man at the entrance of the village quickly handed over a kettle: "Twenty miles an hour? What's the difference between that and walking?"
After taking the kettle and taking a big gulp in his mouth, he finally lost his breath and said, "The Japs are very cautious, maybe because there are infantry behind them. They will stop for a while at each turret... Don't talk so much nonsense." , quickly send the news back, I will approach the north in a moment... wait for them to come over and then carefully reconnoiter their strength and firepower!"
"Okay, you have to pay attention to safety and don't get too close to the enemy. I'm leaving first!" After the man who had been waiting at the entrance of the village finished speaking, he jumped on his bicycle and started pedaling as hard as he could, heading east.
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