Sun Liang and the brothers in his company have been hiding in the leeward ditch behind the hills for two days. In order to avoid being exposed, they ate, drank and ate all their food in this ditch.
But as time went by, they didn't even see the shadow of the enemy, which made many brothers become impatient.
"Could it be that the enemy has retreated?" The deputy company commander was worried.
If the enemy really retreats, no matter how long they hide here, it will be fruitless.
"No, they disguised themselves as us to make the fellow villagers hostile to us. Now that they have driven us away, they will definitely jump out to take over this area, otherwise everything they do will be meaningless." Company Commander Sun Liang firmly believed
own judgment.
"But we've been hiding here for two days and haven't even seen a ghost. Could it be that they saw through our plan?" the platoon leader said with a solemn expression.
Company Commander Sun Liang still shook his head: "We came back at night this time, and we took some remote roads. The whole operation was very secretive. They probably didn't know that we were back. Let's just wait patiently." Sun
Liang comforted everyone.
The deputy company commander still couldn't help but remind him: "Our dry food will only last for two more days at most."
"I know that I will solve the dry food issue when the time comes, and I will never let the brothers go hungry."
Although Sun Liang was anxious in his heart, he still showed a confident look on his face. He was also slowly maturing and moving towards a qualified grassroots commander.
Just as Sun Liang and several other officers were gathered around talking, a bird call suddenly came from the distance.
Hearing this bird call, Sun Liang and the others grabbed their guns and became nervous as if they were facing a powerful enemy, because the bird call was an observation post signaling that someone was coming.
Soon, a brother wearing a sack and covered with branches and grass came flying over from a distance.
"He's our investigating brother."
Seeing his brothers running back, Sun Liang felt a little hopeful and asked everyone to put away their guns.
"What's going on?"
When the brother who was out for investigation rushed to the hidden ditch behind the hills, Sun Liang couldn't wait to ask.
"We heard several gunshots, which came from the cotton stack." After the brother in charge of the investigation finished speaking, he stopped to breathe.
"Gunshot?"
Upon hearing the report from the investigating brother, Sun Liang's face showed joy: "Can you tell what the gunshot was?"
The scout replied: "There was the sound of 79 rifles and a crooked machine gun."
"They must be the enemy!" Sun Liang immediately judged after hearing the scout's description.
Each of their several companies of brothers is responsible for an area, and they are responsible for the Fanjiawu, Yangjiagou, Mianduo, and Huangjiazhuang areas.
Other companies will not run back without saying hello. After all, they all have to stay in place, so whoever appears in the direction of the cotton stack must be the enemy.
Sun Liang and the others were originally ordered to encircle and suppress the Japanese infiltration force, but as soon as they arrived, they took a big blame. They had to swallow their grievances in their stomachs. If they said they were not aggrieved, that would be a lie.
But they couldn't blame the people, because more or less people died in every village, and it was normal for people to be angry.
And the reason why they killed an enemy was because they wanted to catch the enemy who had framed them. Their hard work paid off. Fortunately, there was finally news about this enemy.
"Everyone ready to fight!"
When he heard that the enemy was at the cotton stack, Sun Liang couldn't wait to go over and kill them, and let out a fierce breath.
Soon, the brothers who had been hiding in this ditch for two days loaded their bullets, unsheathed their bayonets, and erected a dense forest of bayonets with cold light.
Under the leadership of company commander Sun Liang, the brothers were murderous and wanted to attack the cotton pile where the gunshots came from.
The brothers were very fast, and soon they reached the outside of the cotton pile.
At this moment, the cotton pile was bustling with activity. Faced with this group of traitors who were ready to shoot and kill people, the villagers were extremely angry, but they had no choice but to kill pigs and sheep to entertain them.
Now the villagers of Mianduo Duo feel very regretful. They regret that they were blinded by anger, wronged the officers and soldiers of the Jiangsu North Corps, and drove them away.
If the officers and soldiers of the Northern Jiangsu Corps were here now, these traitors would never dare to be so arrogant.
Seeing these enemies eating and drinking in the village, the villagers missed the officers and soldiers of the Jiangsu North Corps even more. They were so good.
These traitors are now a little unscrupulous. They rely on their own people and guns and don't take anyone seriously. Now in this nearby area, they are the bosses, and no one can disobey them.
"When we have enough to eat and drink later, let's take care of their bullshit joint defense militia and self-defense force."
The only threat to them now is the joint defense militia and self-defense forces of each village, so Liu Heitan is ready to attack them first.
"They're just a few mud-legged people, we can kill them with just a raise of our hands!" the traitors shouted arrogantly while drinking.
There are militia and self-defense forces in every village, sometimes twenty or thirty people, sometimes more than ten people. The main thing is to jointly defend and protect each other. Once attacked, they only support each other. They are usually scattered in each village.
What to do.
Although the Yangjiagou and Mianduo areas have established militia and self-defense forces, their organization is loose and their training is insufficient.
Compared with the Laobatou Joint Defense Self-Defense Force further north, headed by Xiao Yan, and the Sungoutou Joint Defense Self-Defense Force led by Zhang Baozi, they were more than one level behind.
Usually, these members of the Joint Defense and Self-Defense Force only scare bandits and bandits with guns. If a war really breaks out, they are not much better than ordinary farmers. This is why Liu Heitan does not take them seriously.
But what Liu Heitan didn't know was that the Joint Defense Self-Defense Force, which he despised at the moment, received a report from the villagers who slipped out of the cotton stack. After learning that the cotton stack had been attacked by traitors, they hurriedly gathered and rushed to the cotton stack.
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Although they drove away the Northern Jiangsu Corps, they also hated the traitors. Now five or six surrounding villages quickly assembled more than a hundred joint defense militiamen, armed with a variety of weapons, to eliminate the traitors in Mian Duo and defend the country.
their home.
Although the militiamen have inferior weapons and weak combat effectiveness, their victory lies in their high morale. After all, they are defending their hometown.
Because the traitors were all in the village and sentries were posted around them, Sun Liang and the others who rushed to the cotton stack did not know the situation in the village, so they did not dare to act rashly. They were worried about accidentally hurting the villagers, so they planned to send people to sneak into the village after dark to find out more.
, do it again.
But before they could take action, more than a hundred roaring militiamen and self-defense forces rushed outside the cotton stack.
"Young men in each village, the traitors have broken into the cotton stacks. What do you think we should do?"
The leading joint defense captain was a highly respected country squire. He was still wearing a thick cotton coat that could not hide his bulging belly, but at this moment he was holding a shell gun in his hand and his face was full of anger.
"Come in! Kill them all!"
The members of these militia and self-defense forces are all young people from various villages. They are young and energetic. Now that they have a large number of people, they are more courageous.
"Push it to me!"
The squire was very satisfied. With a wave of his hand, he led the young men and rushed towards Mianduoduo Village.
Seeing this group of militiamen rushing toward the village in such a chaotic manner, Sun Liang, who was hiding in the distance, secretly shouted, "Oh no, this is not a war, it's just randomness."
"Ready to fight!"
Sun Liang pulled out his shell gun and gave cold orders to the back.