Xie Baoqing was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat. He felt that the group leader had become more of a bandit than him recently.
Lin Zhong opened a map and was making constant calculations. If nothing goes as expected, the Japanese would launch their third major raid in less than three months.
We must take advantage of this opportunity to quickly expand our troops.
Previously, Lin Zhong distributed food to the various camps that were scattered every month, just to enable them to recruit troops as soon as possible. He didn't know how they were doing recently.
"Monk!" Lin Zhong shouted and the monk ran over.
"Go, there are still five hundred loads of grain in the warehouse. Send someone to distribute it to various parts of the camp, and bring me a message along with it."
"Just say that there will be a tough battle soon, and I won't be willing if I don't have a few soldiers at hand!"
"Yes, leader!" After hearing this, the monk went to carry out the order.
In recent months, Lin Zhong looked at the number of troops reported by the 1st, 23rd and 3rd Battalions and it seemed like nonsense.
The first battalion has one thousand men, the second battalion has eight hundred men, and the third battalion has six hundred men.
"Bullshit!"
"When the first battalion left, there were only 800 people. After a few months, there were 200 more people?"
"These guys are usually hidden and I'll give you a few whips when we gather the troops." Lin Zhong said.
On the second day, Lin Zhong looked around at the map and planned to visit the stronghold in Baijiacun, ten miles away.
It is said that a new blockhouse is being built in Baijia Village. Shouldn't this be blown up by him?
"Monk!"
"Go, take three hundred brothers, take the 92 mortar in the warehouse with you, and follow me to Baijia Village."
...
In Baijia Village, hundreds of men in the village were working hard to build gun towers under the driving of the Japanese.
On a cold day, the men in the village were timidly carrying bricks that were colder than ice cubes.
Some were whipped several times when the Japanese were found to be a little lazy, and a few thin and weak civilians were whipped to the ground.
A group of civilians dared not speak out but could only hold back the anger in their hearts. Whoever dared to speak more would be shot instead of whipped next time.
Lin Zhong and his men lurked on a small slope outside Baijia Village to have a panoramic view of all this.
"These beasts were all blown up in a moment." The monk gritted his teeth.
Lin Zhong took a telescope and observed carefully again.
There are three turrets under construction, about ten meters high, all made of green bricks.
One of the turrets has been mostly built, and the other two have just been built.
Once the three turrets are completed, they will form a triangular intersection. The three turrets will then be equipped with heavy machine guns. Unless heavy firepower is used, they will never be removed.
In addition, the three gun towers are less than 20 miles away from the nearby county seat. If something goes wrong, Japanese reinforcements will definitely arrive within an hour.
The little devil is indeed cunning, and he picks all the good places.
"Fortunately, I came here to take a look. If this happens in another month, the Baijiacun blockhouse will become a serious problem." Lin Zhong said coldly.
The battle must be fought quickly. If time is delayed, the Japanese reinforcements may arrive soon, but they cannot use artillery yet.
Because there are many residents of Baijia Village on the construction site of the blockhouse, it is easy to be accidentally injured once shelled.
After thinking for a while, Lin Zhong thought of a way.
"Monk, you will lead a feint attack later to lure the Japanese away. Then I will lead people to bring out the villagers inside. Finally, I will leave some manpower to blow up the turret directly for me!"
"Yes, leader!" the monk replied.
Just as the monk was about to take action, Lin Zhong seemed to have seen something and immediately stopped him.
"etc!"
"What's wrong, captain?"
Lin Zhong stared straight ahead, and a strong man attracted him.
The strong man was carrying bricks, but when the Japanese were not paying attention, a brick hit the Japanese on the forehead!
"idiot!"
After one of the Japs was knocked unconscious, the remaining Japs immediately surrounded him.
The strong man ran away and went to the trench below to circle with a few Japanese soldiers.
As the Japanese fired two shots, the Japanese from other places gradually rushed over to capture the strong men in the trenches.
The strong man was indeed very skilled. More than twenty Japanese soldiers tried to catch him, but they couldn't catch him. In the end, they let him run all the way to the north, and he was about to run away before he saw it.
The strong man had a proud look on his face, "Hey, I won't play with you anymore, I'm going home to be with my mother!"
After shouting dismissal, he turned around and headed north. He thought he was about to escape, but unexpectedly all the Japanese who were ambushing him in the north jumped out. A total of seven or eight Japanese were about to surround him.
The strong man didn't show any signs of deterioration. He rushed forward and punched one of the Japs to the ground, fighting with several Japs.
Not willing to fight, he knocked down the three Japs, snatched the guns from their hands, and shot another Japs to death.
This scene was clearly seen by Lin Zhong and the monk.
"What a skill!" Even the monk couldn't help but admire him.
"Captain, this guy really has his wits about him."
Lin Zhong also nodded in admiration, "I, Lin Zhong, saved this boy today!"
