Two kilometers away, the Jinsui Army set up at least ten large pots next to the road. There was a raging fire under each large pot. The water in the pot had begun to boil, and steam was rising. They were waiting for the cavalry to come back and bring food to the pot.
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The soldiers were either lying or sitting around the cauldron, waiting for their meals.
Everyone's stomachs were growling and they looked eagerly in the direction the cavalry company was leaving.
The teacher will not go hungry, but he is used to being pampered, so how can he bear to eat solid food every day?
He also hoped that the cavalry company could come back soon and have a hot meal.
"Master, the map shows that the village is only two kilometers away from us. The cavalry can run back and forth in five minutes. It's been almost half an hour since they set off and they haven't come back yet. Is there something wrong?" the deputy chief of staff reminded.
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From the moment he entered the garrison base, he felt a faint sense of uneasiness in his heart.
I always feel like there are people around me staring at me.
However, because the garrison had always avoided fighting, it seemed that just as the division commander said, it did not dare to take the initiative to provoke a war, so it never reminded the division commander.
Now that the cavalry company suddenly disappeared, the deputy chief of staff's bad premonition became even stronger, and he decided to remind the division commander who had lost his mind in order to gain military exploits.
The division commander also realized that something was wrong, but he could not imagine what would happen to the cavalry company?
The village is only two kilometers away from here. If the cavalry company is attacked, the gunfire will definitely be heard.
But there was no gunfire in the past half hour, which meant that the cavalry company was not attacked.
So where did they go?
Logically speaking, if they didn't come back for such a long time, they should send a signal soldier back to report, but they didn't see the signal soldier.
The deputy chief of staff continued to remind: "Master, would you like me to send a reconnaissance company over to take a look."
"There are still a few war horses at the division headquarters. The scouts can ride over there and make a round trip in five minutes."
The division commander decisively ordered: "Go and make arrangements now."
Three scouts, one in front and two behind, rode toward the village on fast horses.
The entrance to the village was as quiet as when the cavalry company came, and there was no one around.
Their reconnaissance target is the cavalry company. If they don't see the cavalry company, they will definitely not return in vain.
Without stopping, he rushed straight into the village.
When they were about to pass through the village, the neighing of a war horse attracted the attention of the scouts.
The sound came from a nearby yard. The three scouts immediately turned over and dismounted. With rifles in their hands, they took turns covering the ground and approached the yard little by little.
There was a small alley less than two meters wide in the middle. Although the three scouts were very vigilant, they still fell into the trap prepared by the reconnaissance platoon.
All the captured cavalry companies had been moved, and the reconnaissance platoon leader did not retreat with them.
If a cavalry company goes missing for no reason, the Jinsui Army will definitely send people over to investigate.
The platoon leader took advantage of the situation and decided to leave two horses behind to lure the Jinsui Army who came to investigate and lure the enemy deeper.
The three scouts were so eager to find out where the cavalry company was going that they dived into the narrow alley without hesitation.
When the three people reached the middle of the alley, more than ten heads and rifles suddenly appeared on the courtyard walls on both sides of the alley.
Several Eighth Route Army soldiers also appeared from the end of the alley, holding submachine guns and pointing them at everyone...
In this way, the reconnaissance platoon gained three more prisoners of the Jinsui Army.
More importantly, they successfully captured three valuable but unmarketable war horses.
At the Jinsui Army camp, the deputy chief of staff stared at the direction in which the scouts were leaving.
Time passed little by little, and the three scouts had not returned yet. They seemed to have encountered the same situation as the cavalry company.
At this time, the division commander also began to feel uneasy and judged with a stern face.
"Something must have happened to the cavalry company, and something happened to the three scouts who passed behind!"
"How about sending more scouts over to take a look!" the deputy chief of staff suggested.
"No!" The teacher shook his head in denial.
"This is the base area of the Eighth Route Army garrison. The sudden disappearance of the cavalry company must have something to do with them."
"It's easy to kill one of our cavalry companies quietly, let alone a few scouts."
"Pass my order: The troops will assemble immediately. Let's go to this village together to find out why the cavalry company disappeared. We will also get food in the village so that the brothers can have a hot meal."
The troops were so exhausted that they walked on the two-kilometer mountain road for more than 20 minutes.
The teacher stood at the entrance of the village, looking at the silent village with a very serious expression.
A few minutes later, the reconnaissance company commander rushed out of the village: "Master, we searched the entire village and didn't see a single living person or any trace of a firefight."
"Where did the cavalry company go?" the division commander asked with disbelief.
The commander of the reconnaissance company shook his head and reported: "Judging from the horse hoof prints, the cavalry company entered the village from us, but they were not found in the village."
"I checked several other exits in the village and found no horse hoof prints."
"So the cavalry company did not leave after entering the village and disappeared inexplicably in the village."
The division commander and deputy chief of staff looked at each other in shock.
Nearly a hundred soldiers, nearly a hundred war horses, and the soldiers were equipped with weapons. How could they suddenly disappear?
But no matter how they tried, they couldn't figure out the reason.
The deputy chief of staff tentatively suggested: "Sir, there must be some secrets in the village that we don't know about. Could it be that there are too few people in the reconnaissance company and some places have not been detected?"
"Why don't we all go into the village and search house to house? We will definitely find some clues!"
The teacher couldn't think of any other way and could only nod in agreement.
Ten minutes later, the guard battalion commander came over panting heavily: "Master, there are traces of cavalry companies in the village rummaging through boxes for food, but we didn't find anyone, and we didn't find any traces of a firefight."
"That's strange? Could it be that so many people in the cavalry company really disappeared for no reason!" The division commander still didn't believe it.
The guard battalion commander continued to report: "And we didn't find a grain of food in the village."
"The people must have taken away all the food when they retreated," the deputy chief of staff analyzed.
The teacher frowned and looked at the village without answering.
The deputy chief of staff became anxious and immediately expressed his thoughts: "This must be a tactic specially used by the Eighth Route Army to deal with us."
"Don't let us get a single grain from here to force us back.
"You are right!" the division commander agreed, and then said firmly: "And I am now 80% sure that the mountain artillery battalion and the baggage company are also under the control of the Eighth Route Army."
"First, they disguised themselves as Japanese and ate our logistical supplies, then allowed us to enter the base area, and then built strong walls and cleared the fields on our only way so that we could not find food."
"The soldiers and horses have not moved yet, but the food and grass go first."
"Without food, we can't do anything even if we get into the belly of the Eighth Route Army, and we still have to bear the risk of the army collapsing at any time due to hunger."
"So from the moment the road we were going to take was destroyed, we fell into the trap of the Eighth Route Army, and then we fell deeper and deeper."
"What a great strategy!"
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