Shuiquan Village is a village less than 20 miles away from Laiyuan County. You can reach the county town within a maximum of three hours of marching.

At the same time, Shuiquan Village is also the only way from Laiyuan to Lingqiu.

Although the Japanese army's encirclement and suppression of the Jin-Cha-Hebei Military Region ended in failure, the Japanese who withdrew from the Jin-Cha-Hebei Military Region did not give up on the occupied county towns.

When the Japanese army retreated, a mixed brigade was left directly in Lingqiu County, focusing on the county town, searching and eliminating the surrounding Eighth Route Army.

With so many Japanese, the supplies and ammunition needed every day are astronomical. Therefore, the Japanese garrisons in Laiyuan County will transport a batch of supplies to Lingqiu every week!

Because Shuiquan Village is the only way for the Japanese to pass, in order to ensure the safety of this highway, the Japanese directly stationed an infantry squad and a company of the puppet army here, with a total force of more than 150 people.

Because the Japanese at this time had not been attacked, they did not spend any effort to build bunkers and muzzles next to the highway. More than 150 people occupied several courtyards directly in the village, and more than 100 people were stationed in the courtyard!

This makes it convenient for the Japanese, but it makes the people of Shuiquan Village and several surrounding villages suffer.

Although the supplies from the Japanese and puppet troops were sent from the county town, for the Japanese, eating too much of these supplies will always be boring and don’t want to eat them.

The puppet army who assisted the Japanese in defense of the traffic line became the Japanese’s most loyal lackey!

In order to improve the food, the puppet army continued to take a platoon and take a team of Japanese soldiers to search for wealth in the surrounding villages.

It was very painful that the only cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks in the people's homes were all stolen by the Japanese and puppet troops in just one month.

If you encounter someone you don’t give, the Japanese will come up and punch and kick it. If you are not lucky, you will directly give a peanut.

Of course, this is not the most ruthless.

After eating and thinking about the food, the Japanese fell in love with the beautiful girls around them again.

The company commander of the puppet army was a complete traitor. After receiving the instructions of the Japanese team leader, he took people to the countryside to grab people without saying a word.

So, for more than a month after the Japanese garrison, more than a dozen girls and wives were insulted by the Japanese. Then, six people were released from the garrison and committed suicide at the gate of the military camp because they could not bear the insult.

It can be said that with Shuiquan Village as the center, the people of more than a dozen villages around them, hated the more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops in Shuiquan Village to the core.

But because no one helped them, everyone could only suppress their anger and hatred.

Seeing the information provided by the underground party, Wang Ping directly set his first recruitment target in Shuiquan Village!

"Battery Commander, Shuiquan Village is a good place. As long as you get the support of local people, with Shuiquan Village as the center, and in the surrounding dozens of villages, you can recruit hundreds of strong men at will!" Instructor Cheng Xiao agreed with this opinion very much.

"It's very simple!" Wang Ping's eyes quickly shot out two rays of light, and then said.

"As long as we eliminate more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops in Shuiquan Village and avenge the villagers around us, the villagers will definitely support us in fighting the Japanese!"

"It's a solution! But the Japanese are not vegetarians. There are more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops, and there are more than 50 Japanese and puppet troops alone. They are equipped with two crooked handles, two grenade launchers, and a heavy machine gun. And they have a yard to hold on, which is close to the county town. The Japanese come to reinforce the car and can kill them in an hour! This means that we must resolve the battle within an hour and then quickly withdraw from the battlefield!" Cheng Xiao frowned and analyzed.

"Our independent battalion has good equipment. With three mortars, a strong attack will definitely win over 100 Japanese and puppet troops. But there is one problem. There are too many new recruits in the army, and the casualties will definitely be huge, and it is impossible to guarantee that the battle will end in one hour!"

"Then even the Japanese reinforcements will eat together!" Wang Ping's lion said!

Cheng Xiao was stunned at first, and then objected: "No, we only have two hundred people, it's too risky to fight like this!"

Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "There is one thing to take risks, but as long as we make a good plan, we will definitely be able to fight well and achieve the greatest results at the minimum cost!"

"Look, if I use a company to attack the Japanese, how many reinforcements do you think the Japanese in Laiyuan City will send!"

"There is an infantry squadron, and there are not many Japanese in the county. It is impossible to use a knives to kill chickens. When the Japanese drive, a small team is more than enough to deal with our company, let alone an infantry squadron!"

"And the Japanese in Laiyuan City were removed from the front line, and many heavy equipment were left on the front line. According to the underground party report, there were less than twenty cars in the entire Laiyuan City, which were specially used to provide supplies to each stronghold. Even if the Japanese wanted to send more reinforcements, there would not be so many cars!" Cheng Xiao frowned and analyzed.

Wang Ping then added: "Then you guys do it. I will use two companies and artillery platoons and guard platoons to ambush an infantry squadron of the Japanese reinforcements. Is it possible to win?"

"It's OK. We have three mortars and four grenade launchers. We have ammunition enough. If we are lucky, we can kill more than half of the Japanese with firepower strike!" Cheng Xiao replied with his eyes lit up.

But after only a few seconds, Cheng Xiao's brows frowned again.

"There is still a problem. The Japanese and puppet troops in Shuiquan Village have a total of more than 160 people. One of our company only has about fifty people. How could it be that the Japanese were fighting for help from Laiyuan County? This is impossible. The Japanese are not made by mud!"

"The mountain man has his own trick!" Wang Ping did not explain, and answered confidently and mysteriously!

In the Japanese and puppet army stronghold in Shuiquan Village, early in the morning, the puppet army company commander Wang Decai ran out of the Japanese squad leader's room amid curses, with a red slap on his face.

The first platoon leader of the puppet army, Wang Decai's confidant, immediately ran over and said carelessly: "Company Commander, what do Nakata want to do?"

"It's not that there's nothing delicious yet. Nakata said he's tired of eating canned food in the past two days. Let's get some fresh chicken, duck and mutton back, otherwise everyone will be beaten with military sticks!"

"What, brothers didn't say anything about eating steamed buns and vegetable soup every day. He was not satisfied with the canned food every day!" The platoon leader quickly retorted!

"Who told them to be the masters, we are slaves! Besides, you guys didn't take advantage of any time you went out. Stop talking nonsense, summon your brothers to go out for sweeping and make food for Nakata Taijun!" Wang Decai did not think it was a shame to be a lackey at all, but instead ordered with a natural expression.

The reason is very simple. With his master Nakata, he also gained a lot of benefits. Just plundering merchants along the way and sweeping, he harvested nearly a thousand dollars in a month, as well as a lot of gold, silver jewelry and small yellow croakers. Compared to being the company commander of the Jinsui Army, it was just one in the sky and the other on the ground.

Now, even if he is allowed to return to the Jinsui Army as the company commander, he may not be willing to do so!
Chapter completed!