There are still Japanese raids in the mountains.
The half-immortal pair, who had brought along a squad of veteran soldiers, stayed in the mountains with the old bandit Qi, and had no objection at all.
If you really want to go east into the enemy-occupied plains to fight guerrillas, you may lose your head at any time, so you would be a fool to go back!
Captain Qin did not refuse Hu Yi's invitation and agreed to help the Qi Lao bandits train the soldiers of the Sacrifice League and organize a militia team by the way.
As for the numbers, what numbers do the platooning teams need?
The reconnaissance platoon of the Ninth Battalion of the Independent Regiment, with Xiao Hongying as the platoon leader.
The old bandit Qi was appointed as the deputy platoon leader.
The advantage of an independent regiment that lacks even paper is reflected here. Hu Yi directly orally appointed the platoon commander in the name of staff, without the need to file a record with his superiors.
Just like the company commander sacrificing his platoon commander on the battlefield, he can then provide the documents to his superiors afterwards.
There are more than fifty people, naturally six squads. It is not surprising that there is such a team in the Eighth Route Army.
The Third Company once had more than thirty squads and more than ten platoons!
Now that the personnel are determined, the next step is to select a location.
"The little devils often raid, so the cottage must naturally choose a place with dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and where you can advance and retreat."
"This area is full of cliffs, anywhere."
"But you have to have a house. Summer is coming soon. Without a house, we can't bear the mosquitoes."
A member of the Sacrifice League immediately suggested: "I know a place with a cave and difficult terrain. If the Japanese don't have 1,800 people, they will never be able to encircle it."
Qi Lao Qi pointed at the map and asked: "Where?"
"It's the Lingqiu Cave in Huangwei Mountain in the south. The national army was there some time ago. Now that the national army has withdrawn, that place is just right!"
The half-immortal next to him muttered: "You said that the place is so nice, there must be friendly forces that have retreated."
Captain Qin nodded: "The territory was conquered. It's a good time to defeat the troops. Once we pass there, we won't even need to build a house."
Logically speaking, Captain Qin should be adjusted to the battalion level as soon as he finishes his studies and returns to his original position in the army. But now that Hu Yi is here, he almost never mentions his position.
First of all, he is a generous person and doesn't care much. The purpose of studying at the Anti-Japanese University is to improve his ideological level. The grassroots commanders learn tactics and improve their combat effectiveness.
Following the Secret Service Regiment to the Independent Regiment, especially the fighting style of the Ninth Battalion, was an eye-opener for a bunch of bumpkins.
The original combat experience of laying a mine and firing three shots and charging directly was too embarrassing to share with others.
Hu Yi was on the other side, looking at the winding march route of the Nine Battalions from the east into the mountains to the west on the map.
A straight line was drawn directly to the south, intending to reopen a rapid marching route along this straight line.
Naturally, it is impossible to walk in a straight line in the mountains, but we must find the shortest route. This task is directly left to Qi Laoqi.
That Commander Hu and Battalion Commander Hu, we decided to choose the development base area in the Huangwei Mountain area.
You choose a place, and remember one thing: a place with people is a base, and a place without people is nothing.
There should be a lot of ordinary people hiding in the mountains. When the time comes, Uncle Li and the others will arrange for militiamen to gather the mountain people, and at the same time try to plant summer grain again, but the seed problem is a bit troublesome.
The harvest of grain crops in mountainous areas is not good, so there is no choice but to grow sweet potatoes.
"Then plant sweet potatoes. If you need any other seeds, please make a list. Within ten days, I will come up with a solution for you from the other side of the mountain."
There are many places in the mountains, but there are too few villagers, making it difficult to develop.
You don't have to worry about this. It still hasn't rained on the plains. I'll find a way to send you a group of refugees.
Captain Qin was stunned for a moment: "We have no foundation at all and no food. You are just kidding with their lives by sending the refugees into the mountains."
You don't have to worry about food.
However, the lack of local staff makes this matter difficult to handle.
"I will solve it. I said, don't mention it one by one. Make a list of the manpower and materials you need, and I will find a way." Hu Yi suddenly discovered that if the refugees in Qingshan Village were transferred here, , there should be no problem.
The old bandit Qi was ambitious: "That's good, nothing else is a problem. As long as we can successfully capture Huangwei Mountain, nothing else is a problem!"
Hu Yi was a little worried and hesitated: "In that case, we should go to Huangwei Mountain together. If there is a retreat, we can clean up the troops."
The old bandit Qi was overjoyed. Now he had food on hand. Although it was not much, he could still hold on for ten days and a half. As long as he did not encounter a large group of Japanese, his life in the mountains would definitely be no worse than on the plains.
Ma Liang is sleeping.
I was on tenterhooks all night.
The puppet soldiers finally all passed through the canyon.
Not long after dawn, the Japanese and puppet troops who had been traveling all night drove the civilians towards the south in a hurry.
There were too many Japanese and puppet soldiers escorting them, and there was no way they could take action.
The scouts conducted reconnaissance on the mountain ridge and found that it was impossible to march at all.
A large group of people slipped down the cliff.
The platoon leader looked at Staff Liu: "How is the injury?"
"The fever went away at midnight last night, and it should be recovering slowly." The health worker next to him showed joy on his face.
"That's good." The platoon leader turned and ran to another bush and found the special company commander: "Hey, company commander, the enemy is gone, let's get out of here quickly."
The special company commander opened his eyes and shook his head: "Where is the second platoon commander?"
"There is no news yet. No gunshots were heard in the south all night. You can hide anywhere in the deep mountains and forests. They should be fine."
"Then leave quickly"
The mountain breeze is a bit cool.
Insects chirp and birds chirp.
The team moves in a deep canyon.
The scout looked at the dense footprints on the ground until the sun shone from the top of the canyon to the bottom, and his line of sight finally slowly opened up.
The leading soldier suddenly stopped, pulled the gun, pulled the bolt, loaded the bullet and said: "There is a situation."
He looked around with the soldiers behind him.
"It seems like a friendly army retreated?"
"What do they want to do?"
"Probably for reconnaissance."
"Then what should we do now?"
"I'll go take a look, you two, keep an eye on me."
"Be careful."
The two sides finally met after a bloody battle, and no one said their own numbers.
The friendly soldiers were so hungry that they were flashing green. They originally wanted to attack the Japanese baggage train, but they didn't expect that the little Japanese and puppet soldiers heard that there was an Eighth Route Army nearby, and they were so tight on guard that they even had to urinate in a group of thirty or forty people.
He didn't expect a Eighth Route Army to emerge from the valley. At this time, he was not in the mood to ask why they appeared here.
".What did you say? Let me borrow food instead?"
"Yes, when you come to our territory, you should leave the food behind."
"Hey, why don't I give it to you?" The soldier from the secret service group put his left hand in the grenade arquebus and held the grenade high in his right hand.
"Then don't blame us brothers for being rude!" The leading friendly soldier waved back.
A dozen men armed with submachine guns emerged from the bushes outside the valley.
Facing the black muzzle of the gun, the soldier of the special service group was stunned for a moment: "There are more people than there, right?"
Looking at the bulging ration bag on the opponent's body, an officer stepped forward and said, "Hey, don't say we bullied you. Just put down the rations and we will let you go."
"Isn't this an open robbery?" the special soldier said with a dark face.
The officer suddenly thought of the deputy division commander's methods and was startled: "If you put it down voluntarily, it doesn't count as robbery."
Is there any other way to say this? The special soldier was shocked: "Shameless."
The officer suddenly sniffed: "We have been without food for more than ten days. We eat leaves and grass roots every day. Many injured brothers have starved to death."
"Then why don't you grab the little Japs' top soldiers?"
"We can't defeat you? Since we are friendly forces, you can do it, okay?"
"Fuck your mother's balls, what you are holding in your hands are not fire sticks, they are submachine guns."
The officer cried: "We can't beat him. We have carried out two sneak attacks, and only a few people in a platoon of more than 30 were killed. Now our brothers only have three or four bullets in their guns. We can't even fight with the Japanese on the bayonet." No chance."
"Well, you can't give it to me for free. Otherwise, you don't have many bullets in your guns anyway. If you need food, you can exchange your guns for it!"
The officer wiped his nose and said, "Are you telling the truth?"
"of course it's true."
"How to change?"
"You make a price." When doing business, of course you can't quote first under special circumstances. You only have one bag of food. If it doesn't work, the two comrades behind you will have bags of dry food. If you can exchange three bags of dry food for a submachine gun, , if this deal is taken back, it can be used for at least half a year.
"Exchange a gun for a dry food bag!" The officer gritted his teeth and said, "You've got a big advantage. A gun like this can easily be exchanged for three hundred oceans outside the mountains. It's no problem to buy a thousand kilograms of food."
The special soldiers were shocked
Seeing that the other party didn't speak, the officer quickly increased the price: "Two guns for one dry food bag on your body!"
This price is added
The special soldier was about to make the deal when he suddenly saw the submachine gun hanging on the other party. He just said that they were originally a platoon.
Thinking of this, I quickly asked: "How many guns do you have?"
"Some brothers were beaten to death by the Japanese and their guns were not recovered. There should be more than ten more guns left now."
"I have a few dry food bags behind me."
"I want as much as you have!"
"make a deal."
(End of chapter)
