Huilong Town is one hundred and twenty miles away from HD Ancient City.
Obviously, the superiors should have known that Li Chenghua was detained by the Japanese under house arrest.
The armed work teams operating near the ancient city of HD in the hinterland of enemy-occupied areas are insufficient in strength and are not strong in combat.
The chief was not satisfied with the large number of people escorting him.
Only the ninth battalion of the escort force with strong assault capabilities will enter the sight of superiors.
Moreover, several students from the Ninth Battalion participated in the attack on the Japs Standing Team in Qi County.
Obviously, letting the Ninth Battalion assist in the reorganization of the First Regiment is just one of the tasks.
After hearing Hu Yi's analysis, Su Qing nodded: "Since you know everything, then make preparations quickly."
Hu Yi shook his head: "The team fought yesterday, and today's training is very intense. Let's rest for half a day and wait until dark before setting off."
Cheng Haibo looked at Hu Yi and said word by word: "It is extremely urgent to rescue Brigadier Li."
Hu Yi explained: "Haste makes waste. If we set out now, the Japs will have spies everywhere and there will be no way to hide their traces. Although the road of one hundred and twenty miles is quite far, as long as we can prepare the bicycle before dark, we will be able to do it tomorrow." We will definitely arrive outside HD City before dawn.”
Cheng Haibo looked at the map: "I have discussed this issue with the second shopkeeper. Including the bicycles you brought, we can only collect up to 80 bicycles for the time being."
Su Qing took the intelligence that had just been sent and immediately added: "There are people from the Jizhong Armed Task Force to support them. It shouldn't be a big problem entering the city, but the weapons may not be able to enter the assault group directly under the city's military headquarters in a short period of time." , a company has been secretly drawn out, and we will meet outside HD City when the time comes."
Cheng Haibo thought for a while: "Since the Japanese have already attacked the brigade commander, they will definitely attack our group next. Therefore, I want to stay and take advantage of the roll call tonight to reorganize the second battalion. I can't accompany you."
Hu Yi nodded: "Okay, I will be responsible for the march."
Cheng Haibo nodded: "The movement of more than one platoon of soldiers from a regiment must be reported to the military headquarters. I think we can take action in two steps. During the day, our team will disperse in the name of escorting the caravan and set off first. The remaining people , put on detective team clothes and rode a bicycle at night."
Hu Yi nodded: "I have to go first."
The team returning from the Elaeagnus elegans forest simply changed clothes, rested and replenished ammunition.
Without further delay, set off north immediately.
Crazy Yang led two bandit soldiers into a mixed formation, and together with Hu Yi, they took the lead in heading north as the first team. They said to the outside world that they were investigating the shooting incident in the north last night.
Luo Fugui led two mixed groups to take a detour to the west, and spread the word to the outside world that they were pursuing the Eighth Route Army.
Li Xiang led two platoons eastward, claiming that they were going to the countryside to search for anti-Japanese elements.
After Instructor Hong knew the importance of this mission, he marched a long distance again. He did not show any temper and stayed with Liu Yuanqing and Wang Xiaosan to reorganize the team.
The night march consisted of a company with 60 bicycles, and was composed of Eighth Route Army soldiers drawn from the Autonomous Army, led by a company commander.
Mainly responsible for securing supplies.
Li Yishi led his team to march northward and soon entered the Chengdaohe defense area.
The incident occurred suddenly, and the proportion of remaining Eighth Route Army soldiers was greatly reduced, making reorganization more difficult.
Hu Yi carefully calculated the distance, one hundred and twenty miles, and he would have to walk at least forty miles before dark.
For the Eighth Route Army soldiers who have been in the mountains for a long time, it is nothing.
He was worried about the bandits in the team.
After the team set off, he had no intention of hiding his bandits.
After hearing that the brigade commander had been detained by the Japanese, many old bandits who had just joined the 1st Regiment's spy camp immediately regretted their actions.
Hu Yi didn't say much: "If we don't even care about the safety of the brigade commander, will we have the shame to say we are loyal when we go out in the future?"
After the autonomous troops in the team were dispersed, the ratio was almost the same as that of the Eighth Route Army. Everyone in the Elaeagnus elegans forest knew that they were joining the Eighth Route Army.
Many bandit soldiers who thought they had extraordinary skills were beaten until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen.
When I was competing in marksmanship, I was completely shocked by the little girl who claimed to have the worst marksmanship among the Eighth Route Army.
It is even the first time for many people to know that there are so many words about shooting a gun, such as rapid fire, rapid fire, precise shooting, and even sniping that they have never heard of.
Hit the target three hundred meters away
There are many self-governing soldiers with poor eyesight who can't even see where the target is.
It is naturally impossible to say how conscious a person with a bandit background is, but when they heard that their boss was detained by the Japanese, they all expressed their loyalty and would fight the Japanese to the end.
Monkey and Cheng Daiming, one on a bicycle and one on a bicycle, took charge first with Cheng Haibo's warrant in their hands.
Then a team of fifty or sixty people pulling empty carts appeared from behind.
When the autonomous army saw that there were not many people crossing the border, they directly pulled away and refused to let the people pass.
Because of the special circumstances of Huilong Town, several brigade commanders had a share of the money from business.
Along the way, I looked at the autonomous region controlled by bandits. Perhaps because the Zhang River had not stopped flowing, there were many people working in the sun on the plains.
What’s even more shocking is that many of the people carrying water and drying clothes have shell guns hanging on their shoulders!
Hu Yi thought for a moment and probably understood the reason.
After many ordinary people joined the Autonomous Army, their homes were still nearby, and they went home to farm during busy farming periods.
Martial arts practice became common in Hebei Province, and almost all the people were soldiers.
After passing several checkpoints in a row, the autonomous army didn't pay attention at all.
The sun sets.
When it's getting dark,
The team exits Cheng Daohe's defense area and then enters Guo Qing's defense area.
Monkey and Cheng Daiming came out from the roadside: "There are Japanese soldiers in the blocked ditch ahead, saying that they have received orders and will not let us pass."
Hu Yi pulled out the map and looked at it: "Let's go to the village to the east to rest first. After dark, we can gather our mules and cross the blockade ditch with Li Xianghou."
The weather in July was very hot, and the team still walked nearly 60 miles in one afternoon!
Far beyond expectations.
Hu Yi nodded secretly. The physical fitness of these autonomous soldiers who were born as bandits was much better than that of the Eighth Route fighters in the mountains.
The reason is simple, they live a good life.
The monkey contacted the traffic officer, and the gray team hurried to the open space outside the village.
Perhaps due to the years of war, the village here is completely like a cottage.
The two-foot-high rammed earth courtyard wall has an arched doorway about two meters wide opened in the south direction.
There is a watchtower above the thick wooden door.
A small group of bandits with more than a few hundred people couldn't take advantage of a village like this.
The people in the village were holding forks, raising their guns, using firecrackers and shotguns, and they had already gone up to the city wall to prepare for defense.
They showed strong hostility towards the team that entered the village.
Soon, the door opened a crack.
An old man in a long gown came forward with several elderly people.
The traffic officer trotted forward and stopped in front of the old man in a long coat: "Second uncle."
The old man smiled broadly: "Is this really our team?"
The traffic officer smiled proudly: "Is this even fake?"
"Then why are you standing still? Let them enter the village quickly!"
"No, we still have to carry out the mission. Well, are dinner ready?"
"It has been prepared for a long time. Hey, go and tell the chief that you have to go to the village to rest for a while."
"Second uncle, we still have an urgent mission. Besides, the people in the village are talkative. It is easy for us to cause unnecessary misunderstandings between us and Cheng Daohe when we enter the village."
"Okay then, just wait here and I'll arrange for the women's association to bring out the food."
"We have to cross the blockade ditch later."
"Don't worry, the ladder is already ready!"
(End of chapter)
