There were thirty or forty teams coming over, all wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms.
On their shoulders were barge guns and kettles, and they carried quilts on their backs. The last few people also carried a large pot on their backs.
The leader was a dark-faced burly man in his thirties.
Seeing Ma Liang and his party standing on the roadside, those walking in front couldn't help but feel a little confused.
The dark-faced strong man stepped forward directly. Even though the other party was also wearing the Eighth Route Army uniform, he still had a vigilant look on his face. He raised his hand and saluted: "Hey, which part is it?"
Ma Liang responded: "Ninth Battalion of the Independent Regiment."
The company commander was stunned for a moment, but the smile on his face did not change: "I have heard of the independent regiment, nine battalions? You can have nine battalions in one regiment? Is it nonsense?"
After saying that, he waved secretly to the back.
A large group of people following behind slowly moved forward.
Ma Liang immediately noticed something was wrong and shouted: "Stop, what do you want to do?"
The black-faced man had a sneer on his face: "Catch them all..."
Ma Liang was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand to stop the team that was about to rush over: "Stop, why do you arrest people?"
"Why?" Seeing that the person he was leading was stopped, the man sneered: "Haha, nine battalions... can be directly promoted to a brigade, why don't you make a draft first while you are bragging?"
Ma Liang responded tit for tat: "Nine battalions does not mean there are nine battalions. Besides, the two friendly divisions in the south can still be called a group army."
"Friendly troops? Haha, all the friendly troops have surrendered to the enemy and become puppet troops. You still keep calling yourself friendly troops? I see you are still wearing a watch on your hand. Can the independent regiment have such a thing? You are the spies of the Japanese. Comrades, catch me. Anyone who dares to resist will be shot on the spot!"
The black-faced man did not step forward directly, but moved out of the way. The dozen or so people behind him immediately rushed forward, ready to take action.
It's very strange that no one fired a gun. Maybe they thought that because there were so many people on their side, the other party didn't dare to use a gun at all!
The path was originally not wide, with a low ridge on the left and a gentle slope covered with shrubs on the right.
Seeing the menacing approach of the other party, Li Laosi, who was standing behind Ma Liang, pulled Ma Liang aside, jumped forward directly, raised his hands and pulled them, and pulled the two people who rushed over and had already raised their hands directly. It was thrown into the bushes on the gentle slope of the roadside.
Li Laosi was unyielding and rushed back like a tiger entering a herd of sheep. He plowed the oncoming team and squeezed another dozen or so down the gentle slope.
Seeing that the black-faced man opposite had already pulled out a shell gun.
Li Laosi quickly retreated, already hiding two throwing knives in his sleeves.
When Ma Liang saw this scene, he quickly shouted: "Li Laosi, stop it!"
Then he immediately stepped forward with a black face and looked at the black-faced man opposite him: "Who gave you the right to draw a gun and point it at your own comrades before you knew the identity of the other party?"
Seeing that the person behind Ma Liang didn't seem to have a gun drawn at all, the middle-aged man subconsciously lowered the muzzle of his gun when faced with the question: "Of course our guns will not be aimed at our own people, but who do you think we are one of our own?"
Ma Liang was angry: "I am Ma Liang, commander of the 1st Company of the 9th Battalion of the Independent Regiment!"
"Do you know Hu Yi?"
"You mean our battalion commander?"
"Batalion Commander? Isn't he the company commander? He was promoted to battalion commander after just less than a month of training?" The black-faced man stared wide-eyed and put away his shell gun: "Is it really you?"
"You are?"
"Hehe, we also approve students in advance. I heard instructor Liang talk about you."
Ma Liang was stunned for a moment: "Then shouldn't you study in the Dragon King Temple area?"
"We are not studying like those bookworms. Because the national army in the south surrendered to the enemy, we received an order yesterday morning to go to this area to familiarize ourselves with the terrain."
"Familiar with the terrain? What do you mean?"
"Just to prevent the little devils from entering the mountain. By the way, you said you want to go to the division headquarters. What do you mean?"
"Our ninth battalion has encountered trouble in the mountains and needs to send the news to the division."
The black-faced man asked the names of several instructors in succession. Ma Liang answered fluently, and finally lost his guard. He turned to look at the back of the team and yelled: "Hey, why haven't those militiamen followed?"
The one behind immediately replied: "They want to compete with us on their foot strength. Even if they run in the mountains every day, they can't keep up with us! I guess... they'll have to wait a while."
The soldier who fell into the bushes on the side of the road cursed and was picked up.
The team finally regained its composure.
After a while.
The militiaman who had been blocking Ma Liang finally shouted in the distance: "Squad leader, you are back..."
A militia team came forward from behind the team. The leader, a man dressed as an ordinary citizen and carrying a rifle, stepped forward and looked at someone he didn't recognize: "Captain Qin, what's going on?"
Before Captain Qin could speak, the militiaman pointed at Ma Liangxian and shouted: "He said they were from the Independent Regiment, but they had no letter of introduction and no way..."
The militia squad leader hesitated and looked at Dao Ma Liang: "Do you have any documents or methods to prove your identity?"
Captain Qin next to him smiled: "Hey, hey, don't forget that I'm still here. I can guarantee that they are our own!" The squad leader shook his head: "Don't tell me those useless things, without a letter of introduction or a route." Article, identity must be verified before release!”
Captain Qin thought for a while: "Then I'll escort them to your detachment to verify their identity...the head office, right?"
At present, the identification problem has finally been solved initially.
Captain Qin looked at Ma Liang: "Now you and I can go to their guerrilla detachment leader to verify our identity. Don't worry..."
"The militiamen who delivered the message have been gone for almost two hours. I plan to wait here!" Ma Liang shook his head. As he kept on the road, he probably couldn't keep up with his physical strength. Besides, if he really went to the division headquarters, he would have to come back in the end. .
Therefore, he now plans to ask these students to find two fast-moving people to help deliver the letter to the division headquarters.
Before he could speak, Captain Qin asked: "Can you tell me...what exactly happened?"
Thinking that the thirty or so people behind Captain Qin, whose lowest position should be platoon, Ma Liang thought for a while: "The people in the two companies of our battalion were targeted by the Japanese advance team, and now they are completely surrounded by the Japanese... "
"What did you say? Are you surrounded? The Japs have come to the mountains? Why haven't we received any news?" Captain Qin was stunned for a moment and blurted out several questions in a row: "Then why are you running into the division at this time? Ah, hurry up and get reinforcements..."
Ma Liang shook his head: "With our small number of people, we are no match for the Japanese!"
Captain Qin suddenly smiled proudly: "You should know the identities of the comrades behind me, right?"
Ma Liang thought of the battalion commander's analysis before he left, and shook his head again: "If you knew that the Japs might be a brigade, you might not laugh."
Team Qin was stunned for a moment: "What? A brigade? Damn it, this can't be a regiment? We have to mobilize at least three or five regiments..."
Ma Liang was helpless: "So this matter has to be decided by the teacher!"
"That's really what happened. Hey, how long has it been since the militiamen reported the news?" "It's been almost two hours..."
Captain Qin immediately called the team: "Liu Dazhuang, Wu Shan, you two set off quickly, take a small road, and be sure to send the news to the division before dawn tomorrow..."
Hu Yi led the team and headed into the mountains at a leisurely pace, as slow as a snail.
After filling the kettle with water in Xiaoluli, we happened to reach a slightly flat place on a mountain ridge. Before it got dark, Hu Yi directly ordered us to camp.
The excuse was that it would be difficult to find a place to camp if we left again.
The complex composition of the team gave Hu Yi a headache...
The recruits brought by Tian Sanqi, the recruits from the division, the prisoners captured by Li Xiang, the group of friendly troops, plus the old bandit Qi...
These are nothing, the key point is that a group of Japanese soldiers actually think that they are blind...
Powerful enemies surround you...
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