The mighty team waded through streams, crossed fields, walked through rolling hills, and bypassed some gun towers, strongholds and villages set up by the Japanese.
In the afternoon, the Third Guerrilla Detachment quietly went around and hid in a forest ten kilometers south of Qinghe Town.
"The guard post is placed five hundred meters away. The rest of the people are resting in hiding and are not allowed to make any noise." After Yang Ling led his brothers to arrive here, they were not ready to leave anymore.
"Tuanzu, aren't we going to attack Qinghe Town? Why do we come here and not leave?"
The troops marched out with high spirits, carrying the instructions and expectations of the villagers. Now the brothers are eager to fight and eliminate some Japanese to prove themselves, but now Yang Ling's intentions leave Wang Huzi confused.
"There are hundreds of Japs in Qinghe Town now. Can we fight with a small number of them?" Yang Ling rolled his eyes at Wang's beard. They were more white than black.
Wang Huzi scratched his head and looked back at the recruits, most of whom had only fought in one battle. He felt that it might not be possible, so he shook his head.
"That's alright. Since we can't defeat him, why bother to hit him with a bloody head?"
Now these brothers are his core troops for development. Yang Ling doesn't want to lose everything in one battle, so he won't do a loss-making business.
"But aren't we here just to fight the Japanese? Why don't we go to the blockhouses? There are few Japanese in the blockhouses..."
Wang Huzi praised his idea. He was so damn smart. He met Yang Ling's eyes and wanted to praise him, but he didn't expect a bigger roll of his eyes.
"Are the turrets so easy to hit? I'm afraid the machine gun will shoot you before you even get close." Second Battalion Commander Wu Changqing also sneered at Wang Huzi's idea.
The little devils built artillery towers at various intersections and dangerous places in order to block the movement of various guerrilla units and to check the passers-by.
Moreover, the Japanese artillery towers were built very cunningly, and even the grass within the five to six hundred meters surrounding area was completely cleared, not to mention the debris that could be used for hiding.
Moreover, there are usually some strong bunkers built around the turrets, with barbed wire fences and trenches dug, making it difficult for ordinary people to get close to them.
The Japanese and puppet troops were stationed in the artillery towers. If there was any disturbance or bullets in the surroundings, they would attack them. Besides, there were sufficient food and water reserves in the artillery towers. Unless there were sharp weapons for attack, it would be a fool's errand to attack the strong artillery towers.
"Then we can't stay here. How...how will we explain to the villagers when we go back?" Wang Beard's head hadn't turned around yet.
"I'm afraid you can't explain it to the girl who lives in the yard next to you." Deputy Battalion Commander Zheng Gang chuckled, revealing Wang Huzi's little thoughts.
The brothers around him laughed loudly, which made Wang Beard blush for the first time: "Go, go, go, don't open any pot and lift it."
Wang Huzi is also in his thirties. He fights all day long and has long wanted to find a wife to carry on the family line.
It's a pity that there was no chance during the war. This time, I finally found a girl who fell in love with me. I also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to show off and fight more Japanese to earn some rewards. Otherwise, I would be too embarrassed to find someone to propose marriage, so I seemed eager.
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"Okay, let's all have a good rest. We still have work to do in the evening."
Yang Ling interrupted their teasing Wang Huzi and walked towards the forest with his hands behind his back.
Since Yang Ling didn't explain, the brothers didn't ask any more questions. Guard posts were set up around the forest, and the rest of the people huddled in the forest to take a rest.
The vigilant sentry was camouflaged by weeds and branches. He looked like a pile of weeds, lying on the ground and blending in with the surrounding environment.
Although Northern Jiangsu is located in the Huaihe River area, the line between the Huaihe River and the Qinling Mountains is the dividing line between north and south of China. It is already mid-November, and the cold is getting stronger.
The brothers were not allowed to live and cook, so they ate cold dry food in the forest, and the cold air from the ground went straight to their backs.
The forest is only about two miles away from the road. In these war-torn years, there weren't many people wandering around outside.
Until dark, a few merchants carrying goods and people going to the town to buy salt passed by. The puppet army patrols passed by twice, but they suddenly didn't know that there were hundreds of guerrillas hiding in the woods not far from the roadside.
As soon as it got dark, Yang Ling called the brothers out of the woods and headed straight for the road not far away.
The brothers thought they were going to take advantage of the situation to attack the Japanese, but Yang Ling asked the brothers to stop beside some rolling hills beside the highway.
"The first battalion went to the opposite side of the road to dig trenches two hundred meters away from the road, and the second battalion dug trenches on the spot."
After Yang Ling's order was issued, Wang Huzi and the others now understood that this was an ambush to attack the Japanese, but would the Japanese come?
They were unsure, but seeing Yang Ling's confident look, they stopped asking more questions and called the brothers to walk towards their respective positions.
Hundreds of dark brothers all turned into engineers, digging trenches on the low hills covered with grass on both sides of the road. For a while, hoes and shovels flew around, and soil flew up.
Most of the entire Jiangsu Province is a river network plain area. Only in northern Jiangsu there are occasional rolling hills, but the altitude is also pitifully low, only more than ten to twenty meters, and there is no way to hide people.
The brothers have already been trained in digging trenches during training. Now they dig like engineers, with main battle trenches, communication trenches, and foxholes all available.
Wang Huzi and the others guessed that they were going to ambush the Japs here, but the Japs were very smart and the ambush would fail if they made the slightest mistake.
Therefore, when digging the trench fortifications, the newly excavated soil was hidden with grass, and the trenches were also concealed.
From a distance, it looks the same as usual, but once you get closer, the secret will be revealed, but Yang Ling and the others will not give the Japanese a chance to get closer.
The brothers worked until midnight to finish digging several single-line trenches and related communication trenches. Some brothers also worked on the highway and planted some mines.
"Don't walk around, be careful of landmines blowing you up." A brother whispered in the darkness to those who were out for convenience.
Landmines are not only buried on roads, but most of them are buried in shallow holes intentionally left on both sides of roads.
"Do you think the little devil will come? Let's not waste our work."
Wang Beard dug a trench and was covered in mud. He leaned against the wall of the trench and took out a cigarette and lit it.
The deputy battalion commander, Blacksmith, had an almost admiring confidence in Yang Ling: "Sir Yang, he will come when he says he will. I think you are confused by this little girl right now. You only want to marry a woman and have children and live a stable life. Don't you forget
How did our brothers die?"
Wang Huzi saw that the blacksmith's face was serious, and handed over the remaining cigarette: "Don't think blindly, how can I forget the blood feud between brothers? I don't want to find a woman to have a baby because I want stability, I just want to
I am worried that one day I will be gone, and my old Wang family will be cut off from the incense, and I will not be able to meet my ancestors."
After hearing Wang Huzi's explanation, the blacksmith also lit a cigarette and remained silent. Looking at the dark night sky, his face was also blank, and he didn't know how long this battle would last.