Two minutes later, the signal soldier regained his composure under the care of the two guards, and his pale face turned rosy again.
He forced himself to stand up from the ground and reported: "Master, something happened to the mountain artillery camp!"
"We walked back nearly seven kilometers along the road but still couldn't find the mountain artillery camp."
"The engineer company had repaired the road to a position six kilometers behind us, and then stopped, and the engineer company also disappeared without a trace."
"We also found the ruts left by heavy cargo vehicles and mountain artillery on the road. It was on the road that had been repaired by the engineering company, but the ruts suddenly disappeared less than 300 meters away from the road that had not been repaired by the engineering company.
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"The battalion commander is still looking back with everyone, and has sent people to search near the highway, hoping to find some clues."
"In order to prevent you from being anxious, Master, I specially sent a subordinate to report back."
"How is this possible?" The division commander was so shocked by the news that he almost lost his balance and asked with a look of disbelief.
"The mountain artillery battalion, the baggage company, and half of the engineer company total nearly 400 people. Although they have no field combat capabilities, they are also equipped with a lot of self-defense weapons. Even if they are attacked, they will fight back. It is impossible to capture them without mercy. How could it happen all of a sudden?
They all disappeared without a trace, I don’t believe it.”
The other officers nearby were also shocked by this shocking news, and they all showed shocked expressions.
The communications soldier was anxious, fearing that the commander would get angry and accuse him of lying about military information, and then shoot himself, which would be too unfair.
He quickly explained: "Master, we don't believe it either, but the mountain artillery battalion, the baggage company, and the engineering company have indeed disappeared."
"And they left no traces of the exchange of fire where they disappeared, as if they disappeared out of thin air."
"If you don't believe it, sir, you can send someone to ask!"
Speaking of this, the communications soldier seemed to have thought of something and quickly denied his previous proposal: "There is no need to send someone to ask. If something is discovered by the battalion commander? I will definitely send someone back to report it as soon as possible. Someone may be coming right now.
On the way."
The division commander finally recovered from the shock and believed the bad news reported by his subordinates.
He ordered with a stern face: "Take him down to rest first, and the troops will continue to stand by."
"Send twice as many security posts to ensure there are no enemies within two kilometers of us."
"Especially in the direction of the Eighth Route Army, we must focus on vigilance. Keep an eye on their blocking positions and find out if any Eighth Route Army bypassed us and returned to their positions during this period."
The deputy chief of staff immediately saw the division commander's thoughts and asked quickly: "Sir, you suspect that the mountain artillery battalion and the baggage company were killed by the Eighth Route Army."
"The possibility is very high!" the teacher replied calmly.
"There are no organized Japanese and puppet troops in Datong anymore. Only the Eighth Route Army has the strength to swallow nearly 400 of us in one go."
The deputy chief of staff doubted this judgment and looked at the division commander and asked, "But isn't this too mysterious?"
"Even if the Eighth Route Army has this strength, the mountain artillery battalion, the baggage company, and the engineer company are not vegetarians. The guns in their hands are not fire sticks. They will never be captured and disappear into thin air."
The teacher's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. This was something he couldn't understand, so he answered with a long sigh.
"Now we can only wait for news from the guard camp."
"By the way, by the way, send a telegram to the two commandos on the left and right, asking them if they have encountered any demonstrations by the Eighth Route Army."
"If there is, the troops will stand still in front of their defense line and wait for my order."
"If not, go directly into their base area and head towards the hinterland of their base area. The deeper the better."
Twenty minutes later, the division commander welcomed the second communications soldier from the guard battalion.
"Master, we found a soldier from the Mountain Artillery Battalion!"
"According to his report: Shanpao camp happened to be defecating on the roadside when it was attacked, and escaped unharmed."
"It was the Japanese who attacked the Shanpao Camp, not the Eighth Route Army."
"Impossible!" the teacher retorted subconsciously.
"Although the Japanese are very powerful in combat, they cannot silently eat up our mountain artillery battalion and supply company."
"Besides, there are no formalized Japanese and puppet troops in Datong. How could they eat so many of our troops?"
"Where is the gunner who escaped? Bring him here. I will personally ask him how the mountain artillery battalion disappeared."
The signal soldier quickly reported: "We have brought the man back!"
Soon, an artillery officer with the rank of second lieutenant was brought over. He quickly reported to the division commander when he saw him.
"Reporting to the division seat, my humble position is the platoon commander of the first platoon of the second company of the Mountain Artillery Battalion..."
The division commander didn't want to hear this nonsense and interrupted decisively: "Tell me, what happened to your mountain artillery camp?"
The second lieutenant panicked for a moment, but quickly came to his senses and quickly reported: "We encountered a village while marching. In order to speed up the march, the battalion commander went into the village and captured more than a hundred civilians to help us build roads and push carts, but there were no
Come to think of it, these people are disguised as Japanese and puppet soldiers and spies."
"They first controlled the engineer platoon, then controlled our battalion commander, and finally controlled the entire convoy bit by bit."
"I was taking a shit in the bushes next to the road and I escaped death."
"Sir, you must send troops to rescue them. They are all alive. As long as you send troops to chase them, you will definitely be able to rescue them."
There were so many loopholes in this answer that the division commander found several of them as soon as he heard it. He stared at the second lieutenant and continued to ask: "How did you know that the other party was Japanese?"
"That's what a leading officer said after they took full control of the convoy!" the second lieutenant quickly told what he saw and heard.
"What did you say?" the teacher continued to ask.
There were still many doubts about the second lieutenant's answer. He had to figure it out, otherwise he would not believe that the second lieutenant's report was true.
"They said they were affiliated with the Super High School and they gathered so many troops by recruiting remnants."
"Originally, we wanted to lurk until the Japanese counterattacked Datong and then come out, but because there were too many people and not enough food reserves, we went out to grab food."
"They also said that they didn't want to kill anyone. As long as they cooperated with them, the division headquarters was willing to provide food and redeem people from their mobile phones. When the time was up, the brothers from the mountain artillery battalion and the baggage company would be released unconditionally."
"In addition, I heard many people speaking Japanese among them!"
"I thought about it all the way before I figured out why the other person said this."
"They want to stabilize the captured brothers and prevent them from causing trouble."
The division commander's frown deepened, and his subordinate's answer was as full of loopholes as before, making it difficult for him to convince himself.
But he was indeed a member of the Mountain Artillery Battalion, and it was impossible for him to lie to him emotionally or rationally, otherwise he would be making fun of his own life.
I couldn't think of one for a long time, so the teacher could only put aside these questions for the time being and continue asking.
"Then tell me how so many transport trucks and mountain artillery in the mountain artillery battalion and baggage company disappeared."
"The guard camp reported: No ruts were found around the road, it was as if they disappeared out of thin air."
The second lieutenant quickly replied: "The large baggage truck is hidden in a nearby ravine, and the guard camp has found it."
"All the supplies and ammunition on the vehicle were transported by mules and horses. The twelve mountain cannons were dismantled into parts. Some were transported by mules and horses, and some were carried by people. They all left the battlefield on mountain roads, so no ruts were left."
The communications soldier next to him immediately said: "Master, under his guidance, we did find fifty dismantled large vehicles, hidden in a ravine fifty meters away from the road."
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