"Captain, there are still three hours of dawn. There is a village ten kilometers away from here. Give me two hours to kill it and kill the maintenance committee in the village!" The victory of the two raids made Xiong Changhe more interested in the next battle.
He became more and more confident. Taking advantage of everyone's break, he walked directly to Wang Ping and suggested.
"No more fighting, we have to stop it. Killing two Japs and two maintaining groups in one night is already good!" Wang Ping shook his head and refused!
"The most important thing we should think about now is where to hide without being discovered by the Japanese search troops. After dawn, the Japanese will definitely send out heavy troops to find us and kill us. In the remaining few hours, we will do one thing, hide!
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"The terrain around here is hilly. We can hide more than a hundred of us anywhere. I suggest we hide here!" Xiong Changhe pointed at the map and analyzed!
"No, it's too close to the village, and it's too suitable for hiding soldiers. If we can think of it, the Japanese will definitely think of it too. We have to find a place to hide where the Japanese can't think of it!" Wang Ping shook his head and analyzed.
This stumped Xiong Changhe.
I frowned and thought for five minutes but found nothing.
"How is it here?" Wang Ping suddenly pointed at a point on the map and asked.
"Zhoutang Town!" Looking at the place names on the map, Xiong Changhe's first reaction was disbelief, and then reminded him with a worried look on his face.
"Captain, please be careful. If you hurry, we can indeed reach Zhoutang Town before dawn. But don't forget that there is a medium-sized Japanese stronghold in Zhoutang Town, which contains a Japanese infantry squadron and a puppet army battalion. Once
When we are discovered, we will be immediately surrounded by their heavy troops, and we won’t be able to escape even if we want to!”
"No... As long as it's daytime, no matter where we hide, as long as we are discovered by the Japs, we can't escape. Don't forget, the Japs have planes that can attack us from the sky. They also have cavalry that can quickly pursue and surprise us!"
Wang Ping retorted without hesitation, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.
Xiao Yunshan, who had been silent next to him, seemed to understand: "Captain, what do you mean? We are hiding in Zhoutang Town, and the Japanese can't find us!"
"Have you ever heard of darkness under the lamp?" Wang Ping did not answer, but asked with a smile.
Xiao Yunshan, who had already had some ideas, reacted completely: "I understand, it is precisely because the Japanese have heavy troops stationed in Zhoutang Town that we have to hide near Zhoutang Town."
"The Japanese would never have thought that we would have the guts to hide under their noses."
Xiong Changhe also reacted at this time: "We raided two maintenance meetings in a row. The terrain here is complicated. They will definitely judge that we are hiding nearby, and then send out heavy troops to search for us. As for Zhoutang Town, where the Japanese troops are heavily stationed,
On the contrary, it will become a blank area for their search!”
"Yes, that's what I mean!" Wang Ping affirmed.
In fact, there was another idea in his mind that was related to tonight's action. But everything was still his own conjecture and inference, so he didn't say it out loud!
At the Japanese brigade headquarters in Linfen City, news that the new regiment once again broke through the defense line and came out gradually reached Matsumoto's ears.
"General, according to the report, more than 200 Eighth Route Army troops have left the mountain, and they have not withdrawn yet!" the chief of staff strode up to Matsumoto and reported.
"It's good that we didn't withdraw. Now that it's dawn, we will immediately send troops and planes to find them and kill them!" Matsumoto immediately made a decision.
As soon as he finished speaking, a staff officer on duty rushed over.
"Sir, the garrison in Zhoutang Town reported that the maintenance committees in Yangcun and Zhouzhuang were attacked last night. The president of the maintenance committee was killed and the maintenance committee was looted. Those who survived reported that those who attacked them were the remnants of the New Regiment.
, the Eighth Route Army retreated after the battle!"
"Map!" Major General Matsumoto ordered in a deep voice.
The discerning staff officer immediately sent a map to Matsumoto, and marked the two villages and Zhoutang Town that were attacked on the map, and then also marked the surrounding villages and towns where the imperial army was stationed.
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"This area is all hilly, very suitable for hiding troops. The Eighth Route Army is very good at choosing places. After attacking these two villages, they can hide in the surrounding hills!" Major General Matsumoto made a judgment after glancing at the map.
With a pencil, he drew two circles centered on the two villages that were attacked, and then gave a decisive order: "The maintenance committee that attacked our two villages ran such a long distance in one night. After the battle, they
It certainly won’t go too far.”
"Chief of Staff, mobilize troops from the surrounding areas and conduct a wide-net search and sweep in this area. Find the remnants of the new regiment and kill them!"
After saying that, Matsumoto hit the pencil in his hand hard within the circle he drew on the map.
At the Zhoutang Town stronghold, the Japanese and puppet troops still got up, had breakfast, and then began routine training as usual.
The squadron leader finished breakfast and was just about to get up and go outside to lecture the troops when the phone on the table and the Linfen City Brigade Headquarters rang.
The squadron leader did not dare to neglect and immediately picked up the phone.
Soon, the squadron leader put down the phone with a serious face, then turned to stare at the map behind his desk.
A minute later, his serious face was directly covered by enthusiasm.
"Yo Xi, the Eighth Route Army is very cunning. They really know how to choose places. Although this area is hilly, there are only a few places where more than two hundred people can hide. Since you fell into my hands today, I will definitely kill you.
!”
Then he ordered the adjutant next to him: "No more lectures today, go out to fight! Order the troops to sort out their equipment immediately, bring two bases of ammunition, and prepare for half an hour. After half an hour, the third company of the Imperial Association Army will leave a defensive stronghold.
, everyone else will set off with me!"
"The remnants of a new regiment have appeared in this area. We have to find them and kill them!"
There are not many anti-Japanese armed forces in Linfen anymore, it can almost be said that there are none.
In this case, the remnants of the New Regiment became the favorites in the eyes of all the Japanese troops. Everyone wanted to annihilate the remnants of the New Regiment and take this military exploit into their own hands.
Therefore, as soon as the squadron leader's order was given, the entire stronghold fell into chaos.
Weapons and ammunition from the small arsenal were moved out box after box and distributed to each soldier.
The preparation time of half an hour was compressed to twenty minutes, and in the past four hundred days, the puppet troops moved out of their stronghold and marched towards Zhouzhuang, which was more than ten kilometers away.
Wang Ping and his two companies hid on a deserted hillside on the other side of Zhoutang Town. Thatch and shrubs as tall as one person were their best concealment.
Although people are hiding here, Wang Ping's thoughts are at the Zhoutang Town stronghold two kilometers away.
Just when most of the soldiers were lying in the middle of the bushes and starting to rest, Li Wen, who also looked tired, came over.
After a night of fighting, as a scout, Li Wen was undoubtedly the most tired.
But because he didn't have the right manpower, Wang Ping could only let Li Wen continue to persist.
"Captain, the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold have indeed been dispatched! I can clearly see that one squadron of Japanese soldiers, two companies of puppet troops, and three heavy machine guns are also carrying three heavy machine guns. If the intelligence is accurate, there should be only one Japanese puppet army left in the stronghold.
A company of puppet troops!"
"Okay, here's the opportunity." A smile appeared on Wang Ping's serious face.
Then he ordered Li Wen: "Go down and rest, we still have a fierce battle to fight tonight!"
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