"Captain, there are three hours left to dawn, and there is a village ten kilometers away. I can kill it in two hours and kill the village maintenance meeting!" The two victories of the raid made Xiong Changhe more and more confident in the subsequent battle. He took advantage of the time when everyone was resting and walked directly to Wang Ping and suggested.

"No more fight, we must stop at the right time. It will be great to kill the Japanese and maintain the two Japanese in one night!" Wang Ping shook his head and refused!

"What we should think most now is where we hide will not be revealed by the Japanese search troops. After dawn, the Japanese will definitely send heavy troops to find us and kill us. We will do one thing in the remaining few hours and hide it!"

"There are hilly terrain nearby. You can hide more than 100 of us by just finding a place. I suggest hiding it here!" Xiong Changhe pointed to the map and analyzed!

"No, it's too close to the village and it's so suitable for hiding soldiers. We can think of it, and the Japanese must also think of it. We must find a place that the Japanese could not imagine to hide it!" Wang Ping shook his head and analyzed.

This stumped Xiong Changhe.

I frowned and thought for five minutes but found nothing.

"How is this?" Wang Ping suddenly pointed to a point on the map and asked.

"Zhoutang Town!" Looking at the place name on the map, Xiong Changhe's first reaction was that he didn't believe it, and then reminded him with a worried look on his face.

"Captain, you must be careful. If you are on the road, we can indeed arrive at Zhoutang Town before dawn. But don't forget that Zhoutang Town has a medium-sized stronghold of Japanese devils, an infantry squadron and a battalion of puppet troops. Once we are revealed, we will be surrounded by their heavy troops immediately, and we will not be able to escape if we want to!"

"No... As long as it is daytime, no matter where it hides, we can't escape as long as the Japanese are exposed. Don't forget that the Japanese have planes that can attack us from the sky. There are also cavalry that can quickly chase and attack us!" Wang Ping retorted without hesitation, and a smile appeared on his face without realizing it.

Xiao Yunshan, who had not spoken next to him, seemed to understand: "Captain, what do you mean? We are hiding in Zhoutang Town, and the Japanese cannot see us!"

"Have you heard of the darkness under the light?" Wang Ping did not answer, but asked with a smile.

Xiao Yunshan, who had already had a little idea, completely reacted: "I understand. It is precisely because the Japanese have heavy troops stationed in Zhoutang Town that we have to hide near Zhoutang Town."

"The Japanese would never have thought that we had the courage to hide under their noses."

Xiong Changhe also reacted at this time: "We raided two consecutive times to maintain the support. The terrain here is complicated. We will definitely judge that we are hiding nearby, and then dispatch heavy troops to search us in a net manner. Zhoutang Town, where the Japanese heavy troops are stationed, will become their search blank area!"

"That's right, that's it!" Wang Ping affirmed.

In fact, there was another idea in his mind, which was related to his actions tonight. However, everything was still his own guesses and inferences, so he didn't say it out!

At the command of the Japanese military brigade in Linfen City, the news that the new first regiment broke through the defense line and came out of the mountain continued to spread to Matsumoto's ears.

"General, according to the report, the Eighth Route Army who came out of the mountain has more than 200 people, and has not yet withdrawn!" The chief of staff strode to Matsumoto and reported.

"It's good that you didn't withdraw. Now it's dawn. Send troops and planes to find them immediately and kill them!" Matsumoto made a decision immediately.

As soon as he finished speaking, a staff officer on duty rushed over.

"Sir, Zhoutang Town garrison report, Yangcun and Zhouzhuang maintenance meeting were attacked last night, the chairman of the maintenance meeting was killed, and the maintenance meeting was also looted. The survivors reported that the remnants of the New First Regiment were attacked, and the Eighth Route Army retreated after the battle!"

"Map!" Major General Matsumoto ordered in a deep voice.

The very eye-catching staff immediately sent a map to Matsumoto, and marked the two villages and Zhoutang Town that were attacked on the map, and then marked the villages and towns around which the Imperial Army garrison were also marked.

"This area is all hilly, which is very suitable for hiding soldiers. The Eighth Route Army is very good at choosing places. After attacking these two villages, you can hide in the surrounding hills!" Major General Matsumoto glanced at the map and made a judgment.

After drawing two circles with pencils, he decisively ordered: "One night, the maintenance of attacking our two villages will be so far away. They will definitely not run too far after the battle."

"Chief of Staff, draw troops from the surrounding area, conduct a dragnet search and sweep. Find the remnants of the new regiment and kill them!"

After saying that, Matsumoto smashed the pencil in his hand hard into the circle he drew on the map.

At the Zhoutang Town stronghold, the Japanese and puppet troops still got up and had breakfast as usual, and then began routine training.

After the squadron leader finished his breakfast, he was about to get up and go outside to talk to the troops. The phone on the table and the Linfen City Brigade Command rang.

The squadron leader did not dare to neglect and immediately picked up the phone.

Soon, the squadron leader put down the phone with a serious face, then turned his head and stared at the map behind the desk.

A minute later, his serious face was directly covered by fanaticism.

"Yoxi, the Eighth Route Army is very cunning, they really know how to choose places. Although this area is a hill, there are only a few places that can hide more than 200 people. Since it falls into my hands today, I will definitely kill you!"

Then he ordered the adjutant next to him: "I won't be scolded today, go out to fight! Order the troops to organize their equipment immediately, bring two base ammunition, and prepare for half an hour. After half an hour, the Third Company of the Imperial Army will leave a defensive stronghold, and everyone else will come with me!"

"The remnants of the new 1st regiment have appeared. It's in this area. We're going to find them and kill them!"

There are few anti-Japanese armed forces in Linfen, and they can almost be said to be gone.

In this case, the remnants of the New First Regiment became a hot commodity in the eyes of all the Japanese army. Everyone wanted to wipe out the remnants of the New First Regiment and put this military achievements in their own hands.

Therefore, as soon as the squadron leader ordered, the entire stronghold became chaotic.

The weapons and ammunition in the small arsenal were moved out one box after another and then distributed to each soldier.

The preparation time for half an hour was compressed to twenty minutes, and then nearly 400 Japanese and puppet troops drove out their strongholds and rushed to Zhouzhuang more than ten kilometers away.

Wang Ping and two companies hid in a deserted hillside on the other side of Zhoutang Town. Thatched and shrubs more than one person were their best hidden objects.

Although the people are hiding here, Wang Ping's mind is at the Zhoutang Town stronghold, two kilometers away.

Just as most of the soldiers were lying in the middle of the bushes and began to rest, Li Wen, who was also tired, touched him.

As a scout, Li Wen was undoubtedly the most tiring in the battle overnight.

But because there was no suitable man in his hands, Wang Ping could only let Li Wen continue to persevere.

"Captain, the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold were indeed dispatched! I could see clearly that a squadron of Japanese soldiers and two companies of puppet troops were carrying three heavy machine guns. If the information was accurate, there should be only one company of puppet troops left at the stronghold!"

"Okay, the opportunity is here." Wang Ping's serious face showed a smile.

Then he ordered Li Wen: "Go down and rest, we still have a bad battle to fight tonight!"
Chapter completed!