With Xian Dayang in his possession, Jiang Hao was ready to use money to clear the way and recruit troops.
After gathering the team at the grain drying field west of Yangcun, Jiang Hao summoned the second battalion commander Shen Quan.
Prepare to discuss conscription.
"Chen Quan, our independent regiment has too few members now and we must expand the team immediately. Do you think where is the best place for us to recruit troops now?"
Jiang Hao is seeking Shen Quan's opinion.
"Captain, I think Qingling Town, which is sixty miles away from us, is relatively wealthy. The terrain there is relatively flat, and there are rivers passing through it. It is an important shipping route and distribution center. In addition to the county seat, Qingling Town is the only town in the entire Heyuan County. The richest places outside China also have relatively concentrated populations.”
"Okay, then rush to Qingling Town immediately!"
"However, there is a stronghold of the Japanese and puppet troops in Qingling Town. The person guarding Qingling Town is Hirata Fujiro, the nephew of Lieutenant Colonel Hirata Ichiro, captain of the Heyuan Military Police. He usually leads three teams to patrol Qingling Town."
"Then let's sneak over and kill this Fujiro Hirata!"
"Okay, leader. We will do whatever you say!"
"However, the troops cannot act without authorization. I have to report to the brigade headquarters first to avoid being accused of violating discipline!"
Jiang Hao then sent a liaison officer to the brigade headquarters to inform the independent regiment of the direction of action.
That afternoon, Jiang Hao led the vanguard of the independent regiment to a slope outside the center of Qingling Town.
Jiang Hao picked up the telescope and saw from a distance two cylindrical gun towers more than ten meters high on the path leading to Qingling Town, with the Great Aunt's flag with red dots and white borders on them.
Under the strong sunlight, my aunt looked red and black!
On the platform at the top of the turret, there were little devils wearing steel helmets with two pieces of cloth hanging down from the sides of their hats, carrying 38 hats, looking back and forth, patrolling.
From the several machine gun muzzles around the turret, the dark heavy machine guns pointed outwards.
"You stupid little devil, a small town is so heavily guarded!" Jiang Hao handed the binoculars to Shen Quan, commander of the second battalion next to him, and said with a heavy face, "Chen Quan, take a look, this town It’s not easy to get in!”
Chen Quan took the telescope and took a closer look. He found that the two turrets looked after each other, which was very annoying. Once the team was exposed in front of the turrets, it would become a living target.
"Captain, what should we do? The situation is not optimistic. It is so difficult to recruit soldiers!" Shen Quan also had a solemn expression on his face.
At this moment, the system dinged.
[The Anti-Japanese War and Enemy Killing Military Merit System has detected obstacles on the way to recruiting soldiers and now provides three options for the host to choose from! 】
[Choice one, turn around immediately where you are, go home and have your wife and children warm on the bed. Reward a Japanese girl who has the figure of Xi Shi, the appearance of Diao Chan, and is also a virgin. 】
[Option 2, storm the turret, not afraid of sacrifice or casualties, carry forward our army's spirit of daring to fight and fight hard, and be rewarded with 10,000 military merit points! 】
[Choice three, outwit the turret, and be rewarded with 5,000 points of military merit! 】
At this time, the country is broken and the family feud is broken. Although the choice is tempting and extremely attractive to men, this is not the time for enjoyment.
Jiang Hao intends to choose it in his heart, but he can only abandon it temporarily. When the Anti-Japanese War is won, I will ravage the Japanese women and show no mercy.
Jiang Hao secretly swore in his heart.
Although option two has the temptation of military merit, Jiang Hao does not want to act recklessly. After all, even the most military merit cannot exchange for the soldier's life.
So, Jiang Hao shook his head and reluctantly chose three.
Then he said to Shen Quan in a sonorous voice:
"There is no turning back when you open your bow. Now that you have arrived at Qingling Town, you can't go back empty-handed! Send me an order and immediately start working against the clock to dig a secret passage, directly under the gun tower, and then bury thousands of kilograms of gunpowder, and strive for tomorrow's dawn Take away these two turrets beforehand!"
"Yes, leader, I will make arrangements right away." When Shen Quan thought of the way to advance the tunnel, he felt that the leader had a way, so he immediately made arrangements.
In an instant, the soldiers started digging the tunnel with the engineering shovels they carried with them.
Jiang Hao was not idle either. The first battalion under his charge also dug a tunnel from another direction.
Since the independent regiment does not have heavy artillery now, the version of the anti-war merit system for killing enemies is low, only A0.01. Heavy artillery requires a version upgrade to unlock.
Jiang Hao originally wanted to redeem it, but unfortunately the system upgrade also required it.
The first upgrade requires a cumulative military merit value of 300,000 points to start the upgrade process. Subsequent standards will be raised, such as reaching 500,000 points or 1 million military merit points before the upgrade process can be started!
Every time you upgrade, weapons and military supplies will be updated, so heavyweight weapons or mysterious supplies need to be unlocked later.
In the absence of heavy artillery, this oldest and stupidest method can only be adopted.
Although it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, it is also the safest way to minimize the casualties of soldiers.
After all, there are many soldiers here who are brave soldiers of the Fourth Red Army who have crossed the grass three times, and Jiang Hao treats them as treasures.
Three hours later, it got dark.
The Japanese patrol turned on their searchlights.
Those beams of bright light swept 360 degrees without blind spots, and the reconnaissance platoon in charge of lurking in the dark corner was blinded by the bright light.
They observed the enemy's every move according to Jiang Hao's arrangement. If the enemy sensed something strange underground, they would quickly take measures to feign an attack and paralyze the enemy.
Fortunately, the enemy did not notice anything strange at this moment.
Jiang Hao was not idle at the moment, and he and Shen Quan were digging two tunnels respectively.
After ten hours of non-stop work, the tunnel finally reached the ground near the turret.
But at this moment, the little devil's military dog smelled something strange and kept roaring underground.
"Woof woof..."
"Woof woof woof..."
When the reconnaissance platoon leader in the distance saw this scene, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat!
The little Japanese patrol in charge immediately reported the situation to Major Fujiro Hirata who was sleeping in the barracks.
"Squadron leader, the police dog just barked inexplicably underground. I wonder what is going to happen underground!"
"Baga, the police dogs of the Locust family have received special training. They can detect situations that we cannot perceive. Come on, follow me and go out immediately to find out what's going on."
Fujiro Hirata immediately got up undressed. In order to maintain a high degree of vigilance and alertness, these little Japanese officers did not even take off their clothes and shoes so that they could fight at any time in emergencies. Their tactical literacy was indeed extremely high.
A moment later, Fujiro Hirata led the patrol to the gun tower quickly, only to see the police dog still barking at the ground.
"Baga! Get the engineering shovel quickly and dig three feet into the ground!"
Hirata Fujiro already felt that something big was about to happen underground.
"Hey!" After receiving the order, the patrol immediately brought in a shovel.
Soon, the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon who were lurking in the dark were all anxious when they saw that the little devil had brought a shovel and was about to dig into the ground.
"Platoon leader, what should we do about this?" a soldier quietly asked Wang Dashuan, the reconnaissance platoon leader.
Wang Dashuan said: "Brothers, beat me hard. Don't let the little devil destroy the tunnel."
"yes."
In an instant, more than thirty soldiers from the reconnaissance platoon were firing on all cylinders.
"Bang bang bang..."
Chinese formal rifles and Hanyang-made rifles began to show their power.
However, due to the shooting distance of about 500 meters and the darkness, the accuracy was still slightly insufficient. This wave of shooting only served the purpose of disturbing the little devils from destroying the tunnel.
Jiang Hao was at the entrance of the tunnel and heard the sound of gunshots. He also knew that the Japs had discovered the tunnel underground, so he ordered the soldiers to speed up the progress and at the same time sent manpower to support the reconnaissance platoon to prevent the Japs from destroying the tunnels.
