Wang Chengzhu withdrew his gaze and said slowly: "We met this Japanese cavalry back in Jiangjun Ridge."

Duan Peng suddenly recalled: "Captain, are you saying that this Japanese cavalry is the Black Island Cavalry Regiment?"

Wang Chengzhu nodded: "Not bad!"

Monk Wei suddenly became interested: "This is really a narrow road for enemies! When we were at Jiangjunling, these grandsons made our independent battalion suffer a lot. Commander, do we want to fuck him first?"

Get some interest from these little devils first."

Wang Chengzhu said coldly: "Monk Wei, do you still remember the purpose of our independent battalion?"

Monk Wei: "It's necessary. You said that our independent battalion will not engage in loss-making business. As soon as the gunfire rings, we must get some benefits back. No matter what it is, whether it is weapons and equipment, or food and clothing.

Either way.

No more is too much, no less is too little, but you can’t have nothing.”

Wang Chengzhu pointed at the Japs stronghold and said, "Then do you think we can get some benefit from these Japs?"

Monk Wei fell into silence.

With their skills, it would not be a big problem to kill a few Japanese with black guns while the Japanese were not paying attention.

It's not a big problem to escape unscathed.

But that would expose the target, and today's reconnaissance operation was over before it even started.

As for seizing some weapons, equipment, or supplies, that's just a pipe dream...

Because the highway had been occupied by the Japanese and under martial law, Wang Chengzhu and the others had no choice but to take another small road.

Under the cover of darkness, they walked about another 15 kilometers and arrived at the trench on the south side of the Zhengtai Highway.

Since the Japanese occupied Taiyuan, they have been strengthening the vigilance of the Zhengtai Railway and the Tongpu Railway, because these two railways can be called the two lifelines of the Japanese First Army.

If the Japanese First Army is compared to a body, then these two railway lines are the main arteries of the body.

The Japanese army's way of dealing with the Eighth Route Army was a cage policy of using railways as pillars, highways as chains, and bunkers as locks.

The Japanese army built strong strongholds near large and small towns, stations, bridges, and tunnels along the railway line. They were guarded by dozens to hundreds of troops, and armored trains were sent to patrol.

By the beginning of 1940, the Japanese army had built hundreds of large and small strongholds along the Chengtai Railway line, and built a line of peripheral strongholds at key points 10 to 15 kilometers on the north and south sides of the Zhengtai Railway, and built roads to connect these strongholds.

A trench more than 4 meters wide and 3 meters deep was dug on the outside of the road, and a circle of barbed wire was pulled up around the trench to isolate traffic.

Therefore, the area 10 to 15 kilometers on both sides of the Zhengtai Railway has become an iron-clad existence, and is called an inaccessible area by the little devils.

Starting in 1939, the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area were divided into several parts by the Zhengtai Railway.

This has made the difficulty of personnel exchanges and material exchanges between major base areas increased many times.

However, it is still a bit unrealistic for these barbed wire fences and trenches to stop the agile Wang Chengzhu and the others.

In particular, these barbed wire fences are not electrified.

Of course, it's not that the little devils don't want to, it's mainly because their productivity is limited and they simply can't generate so much electricity.

Under the cover of darkness, Wang Chengzhu took out a pair of pliers directly from his backpack, and then cut a hole in the barbed wire for three people to pass through.

Then, the three of them passed through the opening one after another, took a few steps, and easily crossed the trench that was more than 4 meters wide.

Because the three of them wrapped a thick layer of cotton under their shoes, there was very little movement when they landed.

Therefore, even though there was a Japanese gun tower more than 100 meters away, it did not alert the puppet troops on duty on the gun tower.

After crossing the trench, Wang Chengzhu and the others first found a hidden location nearby to hide. He first signaled Duan Peng to take out the map he had prepared in advance, and then picked up the telescope and observed it carefully.

There was a dim light coming from the turret, flickering on and off. It must have been a candle or an oil lamp. The fireworks swayed left and right due to the flow of air, making the lights flicker on and off.

If it is an electric light, the light should be relatively stable.

With the help of the dim firelight and the size of the turret, Wang Chengzhu began to estimate the size of the garrison in the stronghold.

At this time, Duan Peng had taken out a map from the backpack and laid it flat on the backpack. Then he took out the flashlight and covered it with cotton cloth. When he turned on the flashlight, only a faint red light was revealed.

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Duan Peng seemed to have been trained for a long time. This red light was just close enough to be able to barely see the map clearly, but it would not be noticed by people in the distance.

With the help of this light, Duan Peng began to wander around the map looking for it.

Wang Chengzhu had almost finished his observation and asked, "Have you found it?"

Duan Peng: "I have found the location of the Huangyan stronghold, and I am almost at our location."

After waiting for a while, Duan Peng said: "I found it. This place is called Cucumber Village."

The map provided by Officer Chen recorded the Japanese stronghold, but did not record the size of the stronghold, the strength of its troops, etc. in detail.

Wang Chengzhu said: "Remember, this is a small stronghold, with one main gun building, two and a half floors; two auxiliary bunkers, one and a half floors. There is a trench barbed wire outside the gun building. The maximum number of Japanese soldiers is one detachment, and the maximum number of puppet troops is one platoon."

This is the consistent style of the little devils. Wherever they set up camp or build a stronghold, they will dig a trench around the perimeter and pull up a barbed wire fence.

Hence the name Southeast Asian marmot.

Of course, this is the derogatory name given to the Japanese army by the British and American troops on the battlefield in Southeast Asia.

As for why the turrets and bunkers have two and a half floors and one and a half floors, the main reason is that these bunkers have half a floor on the ground, which is also for the enemies inside to hide and shoot.

"Yes!" Duan Peng promised in a low voice, and then quickly took notes.

After Duan Peng finished recording, the three of them continued walking along the road.

Monk Wei muttered as he walked: "Captain, let's do this tonight?"

Wang Chengzhu didn't answer but asked: "Then why do you think we are here?"

Monk Wei: "This is too boring. Don't you always educate me on how to avoid cheating? We've all come here, so we can't go in vain, right?"

Duan Peng, as the captain of the Langya Special Forces, has a much higher ideological awareness and strategic vision than Monk Wei. He explained: "It is said that sharpening the knife will not waste time chopping firewood. We record these in order to fight against the Japanese next."

Prepared."

Wang Chengzhu said: "Of course, if there is a chance, it is not impossible to kill a few little devils by the way."

They hadn't gone far when a bright headlight suddenly shone in front of them.

The air at that time was not so polluted, and lights could shine very far. Fortunately, this stretch of road was not a straight line, otherwise Wang Chengzhu and the others would have been directly exposed.
Chapter completed!