The blood of the Anti-Japanese War stained the mountains and rivers The first thousand two hundred and thirty-four chapters willow dark flowers bright another village
The first thousand two hundred and thirty-four chapters willow dark flowers bright another village
On the winding path hidden in the lush green grass, on the hilly edge beside the path, officers and soldiers of a reconnaissance squad of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps were walking one after another, investigating the surrounding situation in a reconnaissance formation.
This place is close to the Lunan Mountains, and the terrain has changed from plains to rolling hills. In such terrain, if you are responsible for detecting the enemy's situation, you need to walk at a high place, so that you can have a wider field of vision and discover the enemy's situation in a timely manner.
The reconnaissance squad leader who led the team had a captured Japs' Cao Changjing hanging around his neck. He walked in the middle of the team, stopping from time to time to look around while holding up Cao Changjing.
After breaking out from Huaiyin, Yang Ling and Zhang Liechen divided their forces and headed to the mountainous area of southern Shandong. More than 700 officers and soldiers led by Yang Ling disguised themselves as the main force and walked along the road to attract Japanese pursuers.
Vice-captain Zhang Liechen, while gathering up the scattered troops, led the breakout civilians and logistical units to evacuate towards Lunan via small roads.
Because Yang Ling had taken away most of the combatants and needed to deal with the Japanese pursuers, the important task of protecting the people and logistics and other agencies along the way fell on the shoulders of Zheng Gang's "Patriot Battalion".
The "Patriotic Battalion" was originally established by selecting people from the puppet army. After a long period of ideological education and training, the officers and soldiers in the camp have now been transformed.
In the battle to defend Huaiyin, Zheng Gang's patriotic battalion fought bravely and lost more than 300 brothers, and now there are still more than 400 brothers.
Because the Patriot Battalion is not a formal establishment of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps and has always existed as an armed force maintaining local security in Huaiyin, its combat effectiveness is slightly weaker than that of a combat unit.
The more than 400 officers and soldiers who have broken out now leave aside the more than 100 injured officers and soldiers, and there are still about 300 people who can shoulder the escort task.
These 300 people were reorganized by the battalion commander Zheng Gang, and some scattered skirmishers were added to form three companies.
Each of these three companies walked at the front of the team and was responsible for the reconnaissance route. When intercepted by the Japanese and puppet troops, their task was to open a retreat channel.
One of the other two companies is responsible for rear guard cover, and the other follows deputy captain Zhang Liechen and walks in the middle of the retreating team to maintain the order of the retreating team and support the maneuvering tasks before and after.
Fortunately, the Japanese pursuers were diverted away by the men led by Yang Ling. Deputy Captain Zhang Liechen and others did not encounter any trouble along the way and arrived at the edge of the Lunan Mountains without any danger.
The reconnaissance team responsible for the advance was walking at the front of the entire team. They were about to reach the Lunan Mountains. Because they were walking on a small road and there were no villages or towns nearby, the possibility of encountering enemies was also very small, so they relaxed.
Come down.
However, he was careful not to make any big mistakes. As usual, the investigation squad leader held up Cao Changjing and looked around.
"Huh?"
When the reconnaissance squad leader looked northeast, several small black spots appeared in the telescope, which immediately made him feel like he was facing a formidable enemy.
"There's a situation!"
The investigation squad leader waved his hand, and the brothers in the investigation squad who were walking in front and behind hurriedly dispersed and hid in the grass nearby, pointing guns in all directions, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"You guys, come with me and take a look, the rest of you stay where you are and be on guard!"
Soon, the investigation squad leader put away Cao Changjing and assigned tasks to the brothers in the investigation squad.
Soon, the investigation squad leader and five brothers moved towards the direction where the situation was discovered with guns in hand, preparing to investigate the situation.
In the wilderness to the northeast of the reconnaissance team, intelligence staff officer Du Jiang was walking in confusion with three brothers who had broken out from a small mountain village.
They had walked from yesterday to now, and were tired and hungry, but there was no village or shop around, not even a soul.
"Commander Du, let's take a rest first."
Although several hungry people escaped from the bandits, they were lost in this strange place.
Staff officer Du Jiang is an intelligence staff officer, not a combat staff officer, so he is not very familiar with the terrain in each region. They can only take a step at a time.
"Okay, let's take a rest by the river in front."
Staff officer Du Jiang looked at a river not far ahead and nodded in agreement.
Soon they arrived at a sparkling river. With their throats dry, they lay down and gurgled cold water into their stomachs.
Although there was nothing to eat, drinking a lot of water finally made my hungry stomach feel better. Staff officer Du Jiang actually burped.
Just as Staff Officer Du Jiang stood up and left the river, he was stunned as soon as he turned around, because several people disguised as weeds were pointing guns at them.
The other three officers and soldiers who turned around after drinking water were also stunned and hurriedly went to grab their guns. Although they had already run out of bullets, they still grabbed them subconsciously.
"Don't move, if you move I'll kill you!"
Seeing Du Jiang and the others going to grab the gun, the investigation squad leader of the Patriot Battalion immediately loaded the gun and gave a cold shout.
Staff Officer Du Jiang and the others did not dare to move, because no one knew the origin or identity of the other party, and they were worried that they would be shot to death. Moreover, their guns had no bullets, so it would be useless even if they grabbed the guns.
"Brother, which army are you from?"
The three brothers did not expect to break out of the bandits, but their boat capsized in the ditch. They were all thinking about how to escape, but Du Jiang, the intelligence staff officer, stared at each other and spoke.
Although the brothers in the reconnaissance squad were covered with grass and branches, they were disguised like savages.
However, intelligence staff officer Du Jiang's eyes were very poisonous, and he still saw the color of the opponent's military uniform under disguise. It turned out to be a modified puppet military uniform. Isn't this the dress of their North Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps?
The investigation squad leader was about to ask Du Jiang and the others to disarm when he suddenly heard Du Jiang ask this question. He was also stunned and looked at Du Jiang carefully.
"Who are you?"
When he saw Du Jiang's dirty and tattered officer uniform, he asked with a gloomy expression.
"I am Du Jiang, intelligence staff officer of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Commander-in-Chief. These are all brothers in the security company."
Du Jiang had determined the other party's identity by observing the other party's dress, and happily introduced himself.
"What's the proof?"
Although the reconnaissance squad leader also saw that the other party's tattered military uniform was that of their Northern Jiangsu Corps, he was still more cautious.
"This is my military officer ID." Intelligence staff officer Du Jiang quickly took out his military officer ID card from his pocket and handed it over.
"Commander Du, I'm sorry, I misunderstood."
The investigation squad leader checked it, compared it with the black and white photo on the officer's ID card, immediately stood up and saluted intelligence staff officer Du Jiang.
The two sides confirmed each other's identities, which immediately eased the tense atmosphere.
"Did you break up too?" Du Jiang asked, looking at the brothers in the reconnaissance squad.
"Commander Du, we went out for investigation on the order of Chief Zhang. My large force is behind." The investigation squad leader answered truthfully.
"Large army?"
"Yes, the large force led by Chief Zhang that broke out from Huaiyin is behind."
When he heard that deputy commander Zhang Liechen had led a large force to break out of the encirclement, Du Jiang, the intelligence staff officer who thought the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps had been destroyed, couldn't help crying with joy.
They fled desperately along the way and almost died at the hands of bandits. Now that they met a large army, it was like they had found their backbone again. How could they not be excited.
"Can you take me there? I want to see Vice Captain Zhang."
"Okay, I'll send two brothers to lead you."
The squad leader of the investigation team nodded, immediately ordered two brothers, and took Du Jiang and the others to the back to meet deputy captain Zhang Liechen.