"Reporting to the camp, we found a few people in front of us. They were sneaking around. They should be coming from the direction of Wanjialing."
Lao Shou was leading the spy battalion to conduct reconnaissance in the direction of Wanjialing. Unexpectedly, the scouts in front discovered three or four people approaching from the forest.
Lao Snoring thought for a while and said: "If you don't know the identity of the other party, let's arrest him alive first and ask him clearly before talking."
"yes!"
Several scouts responded, and a moment later, the four Wanjialing villagers who didn't know what was going on were captured. Wearing a hood and being tied with ropes, he was escorted in front of Lao Snoring.
At this time, they were completely confused. And when the black masks were taken off, they were still at a loss.
Moreover, it was dark in the forest, and they didn't know who was arresting them. They could only beg for mercy: "Heroes, heroes, we are all ordinary people. I don't know how I have offended you. Please spare our lives, heroes." , we are just ordinary villagers!"
Naturally, Lao Shou could not easily believe the other party's words, because the group had already received news that there was very likely to be a spy of the Japs in Wanjialing. Moreover, the situation in Wanjialing was unknown, so they and the Second Battalion were asked to take the lead.
This was a battle order, and the enemy's situation was unknown. How could Lao Shou easily believe what the other party said?
So Lao Shou said with a gloomy face: "Are you from Wanjialing? Tell me, what are you doing here from Wanjialing?"
The villagers were stunned for a moment, and then with the help of the weak light, they saw the military uniform worn by Lao Snoring nearby.
One of the villagers said happily: "You are the Central Army, right?"
Lao Snoring frowned, thinking that the other party really came for them. But he was not in a hurry, but continued to ask: "Do you know we are coming? Then tell us what happened on Wanjialing?"
Lao Shou was threatening the other party, but when the other party heard this, it was not a threat at all, because the purpose of their coming here was to get in touch with the Central Army, and then cooperate inside and outside to annihilate Xia Shanhu and others, and bring peace to the people of Wanjialing. blue sky.
So these villagers told Lao Snoring everything about the current situation in Wanjialing, including their purpose of going down the mountain.
When Lao Shou heard this, he immediately ordered someone to untie him, and then sent a message to the group leader for instructions.
At this time of the Dragon Boat Festival, they were still on the march. They were still at least twenty kilometers away from Lao Shou's position at this time, and they would not arrive at Wanjialing until about tomorrow morning.
Duanwu looked at Lao Snoring's report and thought it was good news. At least these villagers are familiar with Wanjialing. With them leading the way, Lao Shou and Sun Shiyu should be able to fight more smoothly.
However, Duanwu could not completely believe these villagers, because it was possible that the bandits on the mountain were tricking the supervision team into going up the mountain. After all, the terrain on Wanjialing was very complicated.
So Duanwu called back and told Lao Shou to be more careful and beware of fraud, and also asked Lao Shou to lead the secret service battalion soldiers up the mountain in multiple groups.
Sun Shiyu's second battalion served as support. Once Lao Snoring encountered an ambush, Sun Shiyu immediately provided support with artillery fire, and then carried out reinforcements or retreated according to the original retreat plan.
After receiving the telegram, Lao Shou felt that what the group leader said made sense. But just now his head was so hot that he almost led his men to attack directly. After all, there were less than a thousand bandits on the mountain.
But when the leader said this, he also felt that he was careless. If it was really the bandit's plot, he would definitely suffer heavy losses at this time.
So Lao Shou first appeased a few villagers and then went to discuss with Sun Shiyu. The two of them came up with a plan and followed the villagers up the mountain.
I just didn't expect that at this moment, another villager ran down the mountain in a panic.
Several villagers knew each other and brought each other to Lao Snoring. The man panted and said: "There are kiddos going up the mountain. They say there are more than a thousand people. Our village chief asked me to go down the mountain and tell the officers of the Central Army not to go up the mountain rashly and suffer losses again."
Lao Shou frowned again at this time, because it would be difficult to deal with more than a thousand Japanese.
Because his spy battalion now not only lacks firepower, but also lacks military strength. The entire battalion, including new recruits, only had more than 800 people. And there are only more than a hundred submachine guns.
Although the number of machine guns has been increased, machine guns are not as useful as submachine guns when charging.
However, at this moment, the villager said: "Sir, I know one thing. This can be related to your army. Someone on the mountain gave our village chief an idea. This person is the second in command of the bandit Hou Junbao, named White Snake.
Although I don’t know why the white snake gave our village chief this idea, but this man is very smart and he will not do anything meaningless. "
Lao Snoring thought for a moment and said, "Then your village chief, aren't you afraid that this white snake will betray you?"
The villager replied: "This White Snake is a decent person. Unlike other bandits, he occasionally goes to the village to give lectures to the children in the village. When bandits harass the villagers, he will help us block them. So in the village Everyone hates the bandit, but few hate him.
And I heard from the old village chief that this White Snake likes the bandit Xia Shanhu’s concubine named Leng Xiumei. This matter can be hidden from others, but not from our village chief. So it can be said that our village chief has the handle on this white snake. "
But at this time, Lao Shou still felt unreliable.
Because it's just a woman. If that White Snake is really so capable, then will Xiashanhu fall out with White Snake because of a woman?
He knew these bandits very well, and in their eyes there was only profit.
At this time, one of Lao Shou's officers asked: "What should we do, camp? Do we want to go up the mountain?"
Lao Shou fell into deep thought, because this order was indeed difficult to give. Although the enemy situation is now clear, there are more than twice as many enemies. And he couldn't go up the mountain with Sun Shiyu's second battalion. After all, no one knew what was going on on the mountain. Moreover, the terrain on Wanjialing is complicated. Once the various ministries encounter unexpected events, how will he explain to the group?
After thinking about it, Lao Shou decided that it would be better for him to go to the mountain and take a look, so that he could feel at ease.
He lowered his voice and ordered: "I will go to Wanjialing to meet the white snake. If it is as these villagers say, I will light a fire on the mountain as a signal. When the time comes, you and your men will attack it."
"Yingzuo, this is too dangerous, let me go?"
The officer quickly stopped him, but Lao Snoring smiled and said: "What? Are you still afraid that I will never come back? I am an old scout, what kind of scene have I never seen? They are all staying here. If there is no signal from me, Just move around and wait for me to come back and then conduct military justice."
Speaking of this, Lao Shou said to one of the villagers: "Brother, let's change our clothes. I will go up the mountain with your people to find out the specific situation!"
(End of chapter)
