The map in Xu San's mind was updated relatively promptly, so he knew where the new regiment was.
But he only knew roughly where it was. If it came to the specific terrain around him, he wouldn't know.
So, he told Li Si several important clues, hoping that he could tell him his current location, because these guerrillas were more familiar with the terrain than he was.
A river about 20 meters wide, running from east to west and swimming from south to north. About a mile away from the shore is a village. This village should be in the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army, or close to the hinterland, otherwise Shanben would not bother to massacre the village. to conceal his whereabouts.
After the message was sent, Li Si replied about twenty minutes later.
The village may be Majiao Village, which is about seven or eight kilometers away from Duck Wuda, and about the same distance from the regiment headquarters.
After receiving the information from Xu San, Li Si handed over the command of the team to Lian Wushang, who was about to go to the new regiment to deliver the information, "Wushang, I leave this to you! I'll go to Xinyi Send information together."
"Okay, go ahead."
Li Si thought for a while and decided not to ride a horse, because the situation on the battlefield was very complicated now, and his position was behind enemy lines, so riding a horse would expose his whereabouts.
Lian Wushang took the reins and said, "Be careful along the way. I originally wanted to follow you, but there must be a master here."
"Okay, don't pretend to be a master. No matter how good your martial arts skills are, you are still afraid of guns. Remember not to rush too much. Our mission is to harass. After the fight, run away. Don't be obsessed with fighting. Don't go up and fight for your life."
After listening to Li Si's words, Lian Wushang quickly waved his hand and told him to leave quickly: "Okay, stop inking and leave quickly."
Li Si's current location is about ten kilometers away from the regiment headquarters, but it is much closer to the Yawu Eighth Route Army position, so Li Si chose to go to the position first.
There is a telephone on the battlefield that can directly contact the regiment headquarters, which can also save a lot of time.
Although Li Si was good at martial arts, he was still discovered by the Japanese when he was near the Xinyi Regiment's position, and they exchanged fire. Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army provided cover, and he was able to successfully reach the Xinyi Regiment's position.
The position Li Si arrived at was the position of the Second Battalion of the New First Regiment. After the notification, he explained his intention.
When the second battalion commander Shi Zhiqiang heard that Majiao was suspected to be occupied by the Japanese, he was very anxious. This was the real hinterland. If a fight really started and he was stabbed in the butt by such a small force, it would be really terrible. Deadly.
It doesn't matter if you die, but if you lose your position, the consequences are unimaginable.
The new regiment's defense area is very important. The position it guards is like a pocket. If it is lost here, the surrounding regiments will easily be completely blocked by the Japanese.
For a moment, he wanted to lead people to kill this group of Japs immediately, but he immediately gave up the idea.
On the one hand, the number of enemies in Majiao is unknown, on the other hand, the life and death of the villagers are unknown, and the most important thing is that the Japanese on the opposite side do not know when they will attack. The small number of troops on our side must not be moved arbitrarily.
After calling the headquarters, Li Si and Ding Wei quickly explained the situation at Ma Jiao.
After Ding Wei heard the news, his face was as dark as water. He walked to the battle map and stared at the position of the horse stand, "It's just like what Li Yunlong said. This Honda is a bit capable, and he did it without anyone noticing." They touched our back. Political Commissar Lu, you said they all touched the horse, why don't you just take away our headquarters?"
Political Commissar Lu took a puff of his cigarette and said, "I guess the time has not come yet. He is waiting for the most suitable time before taking action."
"The right time? It seems that Blackpool United will take action soon. It is estimated that they will take action tomorrow morning. The location of Majiao is very good, and it is about the same distance from our headquarters and the second battalion. Lao Lu, what do you say? , where will he take action?"
"Didn't Commander Li write you a letter? Didn't he say that Yamamoto liked beheading operations? Didn't he also remind you that he would attack our headquarters? I'm sure he's right."
Ding Wei looked at the map and was speechless for a long time.
Seeing that Ding Wei had not issued the order for a long time, Political Commissar Lu put out his cigarette and said, "What should I do with Ma Jia? It's impossible to just leave them alone, right?"
Yes, you can’t just leave it alone!
But Ding Wei is short of manpower now.
Just a few days ago, he received a notice from his superiors, ordering the new regiment to organize anti-virus drills and rodent and epidemic prevention.
After the order was issued, the medical soldiers of the health team discovered that many soldiers in the third battalion had rashes on their hands and feet.
In response, medical soldiers isolated these soldiers in accordance with regulations.
The next day, those soldiers in isolation began to develop blisters, and the surrounding tissues became hard and swollen, and more soldiers developed similar problems.
After realizing the seriousness of the problem, Ding Wei immediately reported it, and then his superiors sent two doctors to assist in epidemic prevention.
After the epidemic prevention personnel arrived, they quickly concluded that the new epidemic of infectious diseases was anthrax.
In just four days, Ding Wei's non-combat attrition reached more than 300 people. This was not because more than 300 people had anthrax, but because most of them were normal soldiers who were quarantined in accordance with regulations.
The third battalion is basically useless. Fortunately, the third battalion is not the main battalion and can be supplemented by reserves, which has little impact on combat power. However, the third battalion is a logistics battalion and still has a considerable impact on the operation of the entire regiment.
Fortunately, it was discovered early, and the soldiers' lives were basically not in danger. All they had to do was isolate themselves and prevent infection.
But anthrax can be transmitted not only to humans, but also to livestock.
People can be treated with medicine, but livestock must be shot and buried in deep pits.
In this era of lack of medical treatment and medicine, this is also a helpless move. There is not enough medicine for people, let alone animals.
Sheep and pigs are okay, they were originally raised to be killed for food.
But three war horses and two cattle were also infected!
Spring plowing was approaching, and cattle were important large animals. The soldiers were reluctant to do so at first, but they still pulled the trigger after the doctor's persuasion.
Just kill them, no big deal, just take a few more soldiers to help the fellow villagers during spring plowing.
But in the face of war horses, the soldiers who carried out the shooting order were reluctant to take action because the war horses were also their comrades and partners, and they were unwilling to shoot even if they were accused of disobeying orders.
In the end, there was no other way, so Ding Wei personally killed three horses.
Putting together what happened in the past few days, whether it was Kurosawa's troop deployment, the sudden epidemic of anthrax, and Yamamoto's occupation of Majiao, these signs showed that the Japanese were planning to kill the new group.
"It seems that the Japanese are quite determined to eat the new group!" Ding Wei said seriously.
Political Commissar Lu smiled, "Of course. Otherwise, if there is a new group stuck there, how can the prison of the Japanese be closed? I guess the Japanese are just testing this time. They have played so many tricks just to save fewer people. Let's wait." When the pain hurts, they will withdraw."
"Haha, all conspiracies and tricks are in vain in the face of absolute strength! Our new regiment now has absolute strength. Guards, inform the investigation company to go to the horse stand immediately to check the bottom, and then keep a close eye on them. Remember not to To alert the enemy. Also, ask the engineer company commander to come to me."
