"Calm down, you must calm down! A bandit will always be a bandit, he is a rabble!" Li Huanzhang knew that he must not be chaotic at this time. The calmer he behaved at this time, the more confident the soldiers were!
We are not afraid of raids by the puppet army, so why should we be afraid of these bandits who are even worse than the puppet army?
Bandits are absolutely inevitable. There is no way to hold on for long without cover on the plain. The key is the purpose of those bandits. If they surrender to the Japanese, they are the enemy. Most of them were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army and lost their reputation. They come to take revenge!
With the bad virtue of bandits being able to recognize thieves as their fathers, they definitely want to attack themselves and the militiamen, so rescuing the prisoners is only their secondary goal!
With the kind of person I am now, fighting hard is not the answer! The time, place and people are favorable, and the night is good for me. If I abandon the wounded, there is absolutely no problem for me and my soldiers to escape. If I leave the wounded alone... I will definitely not be able to do it. How can I have the face to go back to see people in the future?
The location is favorable, and bandits are generally fearful of death. They have probably set up an ambush in front, so the team must change the direction of travel!
I thought about it for a while but couldn't come up with a good idea.
A horse neighed suddenly... I silently calculated the speed of the horses. At night, they could run about forty miles in an hour at full strength. Unfortunately, the horses in the team had been walking for almost ten hours, and they definitely didn't have that much physical strength. good...
What the hell, let’s fight first and then talk about it!
Thinking of this, he immediately whispered an order to the scout: "You immediately take two people on horseback and go to the armed work team to ask for reinforcements... Ask Lu Shuisheng to immediately give up the warning and rush back to the base to ask for reinforcements... Wait, if If there are bandit soldiers, then the road ahead may not be peaceful. Tell Lu Shuisheng and ask him to arrange for one more person, not to ride on horseback, and the troops will return to the base in two groups!"
After saying that, he immediately turned to the soldier next to him and ordered: "Go and ask the militia company commander Zhou to come over immediately!"
The scout next to him was a little anxious: "We can just go to the base area and call for people now... As for the independent regiment? They are so far away... coming and going... can it be too late?"
Li Huanzhang frowned: "I'm not negotiating with you! Mother-in-law, hurry up and report the news. Remember, each person brings two horses. Even if the horse runs to death, the news must be sent to the work team within two hours."
Seeing that the exhausted scout turned around to make arrangements to request reinforcements, Li Huanzhang looked serious and ordered the squad leader who had been following nervously: "You should put down your load immediately and lead people to attack from behind. Remember, don't fight head-on with the bandits. ..I will lead the brigade and people to go south first and then back, to establish a position in Shawo Village in the south. You remember to retreat to Shawo Village in the south while fighting!"
The squad leader was stunned for a moment: "If we go to Dahan Village in the south, wouldn't it be closer to the base area?"
"Hey, we can think of it. Do you think the bandits can't think of it? We just don't let them get what they want."
After Li Huanzhang gave the order to the squad leader, the escorting militia company commander Zhou arrived: "Platoon leader Li, what happened?"
Li Huanzhang adjusted his mood: "Uncle Zhou, the situation is serious. We have been bitten by bandits. You should immediately organize all the militiamen to put down their burdens and collect guns and bullets from the batch of firearms we escorted. By the way, for those Activists who can shoot guns also shoot guns!”
Militia company commander Zhou immediately understood the reason and said without saying much: "Yes!"
After Li Huanzhang gave the order, the team slowly stopped, and Company Commander Zhou began to organize the chaotic militia. Under the leadership of the soldiers, they unwrapped the rifles on the civilians' wheelbarrows.
Fortunately, the Independent Regiment looked down upon the bandits' miscellaneous rifles of different calibers, so they packed them all together with the bullets and confiscated them and gave them to him.
It would be better to arm a militia team that strengthens platoon planning, which can at least draw out the soldiers guarding the prisoners.
After arranging all this, Li Huanzhang gritted his teeth and ordered to Company Commander Zhou with a dark face: "Liu Company Commander, you immediately arrange your militiamen and be sure to keep an eye on the prisoners. If they make any changes, don't ask me for instructions and directly enforce battlefield discipline!"
When the team suddenly stopped, the bandit prisoners in the middle looked at each other, and they were all very happy.
As they walked, they left "unique marks" on the ground. Most of the bandits already knew what was about to happen!
"Don't worry about those cumbersome things, go south and advance to the village." Captain Zhou of the militia shouted eagerly. Even though his voice was almost hoarse, the team was still in a mess. The main reason was that there were too many supplies and insufficient manpower, so some of them had to be discarded.
But how could the extremely poor militiamen be willing to do so?
Commander Wang arranged for people to come to the rescue. Many bandits began to think about it, but suddenly they heard the militiamen nearby conveying some orders and saying what battlefield discipline to implement.
A bandit whose hands were tied behind his back couldn't help but ask: "Hey, big brother, what do you mean by battlefield discipline?"
The militiaman carrying a spear on his back and holding a gun in his hand hesitated for a moment. The most guilty prisoners had been shot in Zhaozhuang Village. He thought it would scare these bandits and make them be more honest: "It's battlefield discipline. That means whoever dares to show off his temper in front of my eyes will be shot directly!"
The bandit who asked the question shrank his neck and quickly said to please: "We are all honest!"
"You'd better be honest. The blind man named Wang dares to rob us. I'll knock out all his teeth this time!"
Since they are called bandits, how can they be honest? Many bandits have already broken free from the ropes on the road. They are just waiting for the commander to attack and plan to attack the militiamen next to them.
The team suddenly turned around and instead of continuing to the southeast, turned to the southwest.
A squad of soldiers silently entered the deathly silent village. They had to first find out whether the bandits had set up an ambush in the village!
A knock on the door came from the village: "Aunt Wang, Aunt Wang..."
Aunt Wang's son also joined the Eighth Route Army and was a rebel. He kept banging on the door for a long time but there was no movement.
A soldier climbed over the low courtyard wall and entered the house. The soldier holding the match moved quickly in the room. After a while, the soldier ran out: "Auntie... is dead... she must have died of hunger." ..."
After searching house to house, there was no one in the village.
...
More than a hundred bandits were lying in ambush in Dahan Village, east of Shawo Village. After waiting for a long time, the bandit responsible for inquiring about information finally ran into the village: "Uncle Qi, those people who found out that we deliberately showed up behind them did not continue to move forward. But it stopped!”
"Stopped? Don't they know they can't run away even if they stop?" Wang Sanzhu interrupted.
Old Bandit Qi was also a little confused: "They clearly knew that we sent people to chase us, but they stopped. This is not normal!"
Wang Sanzhu Quehao didn't care: "Those Eight Route Army soldiers are just mud-legged people. What do they know? Maybe they heard that there were so many of us in the dark night and were frightened. I think...surround them first and arrest them directly." Light up the sky lanterns!"
Old Bandit Qi shook his head: "Just rescue our brothers. Although the Eighth Route Army is small in size, they are bloody Chinese. They have been fighting against the Japanese. Let's temporarily let them live."
Wang San Zhu Hei shamelessly disagreed: "The Eighth Route Army has ruined our prestige this time. Who will listen to us in this area in the future? Since they don't take us seriously, I think all those Eighth Route Army must be killed!"
Old Bandit Qi narrowed his eyes: "Those who fight against Japanese invaders are all heroes, and this is not your fault!"
Wang Sanzhu knew that many people in the team who came this time listened to this old guy, and if he wanted to be tough, he might not be able to take advantage, so he could only curl his lips and sarcastically said: "According to what you said... we might as well wait a few days." God, the Eighth Route Army will let them go anyway!"
The old bandit Qi rolled his eyes at the idiot young commander: "Don't forget, as long as the person captured by the Eighth Route Army has been in their team for three days, if our brothers can come back half...I will take off their heads." Come down and play football for the brothers!"
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say!"
The bandits are not monolithic, most of them are a combination of interests. Wang Sanzhu has a black line, and the Eighth Route Army team is really powerful. They can't even eat enough. It's a pity that they hang around with those mud-legged people all day long, and they are still engaged in land reform...
What future can there be?
However, as long as we can rescue the brothers who were captured by the Eighth Route Army and get all the guns back, we can still regain some ground.
As for Qi Lao's immortality, he has made it clear to the army that this matter has to be dropped for the time being!
After a while, another bandit soldier ran into the village: "Young Master, something bad has happened. Those Eighth Route Army soldiers did not come to our side and went directly back to Shawo Village in the southwest!"
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