Hongjia Village is the only way for the chief of staff to deliver food to Hunyuan County.
There are a total of ten kilometers from the detachment point to here. If you rush while repairing the road, you may not be able to finish it in four hours.
After abandoning heavy baggage vehicles and using human backs and mules and horses to transport food, the troops only took two hours to get here.
At this speed, the food can be delivered to Hunyuan County at four o'clock in the afternoon.
At first, the chief of staff was very satisfied with his decision.
But as I walked along, problems began to appear, and my satisfaction with this decision was not as high as it was at first.
"Ah..." Another scream came from the front of the team. A soldier stepped on the animal trap buried by the guerrillas on the road. His right foot was tightly clamped and he could not move.
After finally getting rid of the animal trap, my right foot was bleeding and I couldn't continue walking.
The division commander had an order to give up food rather than the wounded.
Two soldiers walked out immediately, hid the food on their backs in the bushes next to the road, and carried the wounded on stretchers one after the other and continued on their way...
The chief of staff witnessed this scene with his own eyes and frowned involuntarily.
The troops began encountering traps laid by the guerrillas on and along the road an hour ago.
The density of the traps is extremely high. Someone is caught every two or three minutes, and sometimes two or three people are caught at the same time.
In just an hour, there were more than thirty wounded people in the team.
In order to free up manpower to carry them on the march, everyone had to throw away more than three thousand kilograms of food.
If we continue at this rate of loss, by the time the troops arrive at Hunyuan County, they will lose at least 30,000 kilograms of grain.
The only thing that made the chief of staff happy was that there were more than 200 mules and horses in the team, and there was no problem with the 60,000 kilograms of grain they transported. As long as they were delivered safely to Hunyuan City, he would have completed his mission.
"Bang...bang bang..." Several gunshots interrupted the chief of staff's thoughts.
The marching team was instantly in chaos. The soldiers dropped the food on their shoulders, lay down on the ground, then raised their rifles and looked around with vigilance.
The machine gunner immediately counterattacked and fired wildly at the place where the gunfire had just been fired.
After emptying three magazines in a row, I stopped because there was no response from the bushes. Then the entire road became quiet and there was no movement at all.
Dozens of soldiers took the opportunity to get up from the ground, and under the command of a company commander, they formed a semi-circle and slowly approached the location where the gunfire had just been fired.
Even when the place was surrounded, there was still no gunshot in the bushes.
The company commander who had just taken the initiative confirmed that there was no danger and ran to the chief of staff to report: "Sir, we found nothing at the location where the gunshot was fired just now, not even the bullet casings. The enemy who attacked us must have run away after firing.
I don’t know where I’m going.”
"Are there any casualties in the troops?" the chief of staff asked with a frown.
The division commander was in front of him, and he walked all the way without being shot.
He was shot at as soon as he entered the garrison base. Could it be that the Eighth Route Army had changed its tactics and planned to confront the Jinsui Army head-on and use force to drive everyone back.
If that's the case, that's a big problem.
He must report to the division commander as soon as possible so that he can take precautions.
The regiment commander ran over and reported: "No soldiers were shot, but four mules and horses were killed!"
"It seems that the enemy just now deliberately bypassed our soldiers and attacked the mules and horses!"
The chief of staff frowned even deeper and quickly figured out the reason: "I understand, it was the Eighth Route Army that attacked us just now."
"They are so cunning. In order not to trigger a military conflict, they specifically avoid our soldiers from shooting and hunting mules and horses."
"Mules and horses are too important to us now. If a mule or horse dies, we will have to transport 300 kilograms less grain."
"This is because we don't want us to send food to the teachers in Hunyuan City!"
The regiment leader thought for a while and made a suggestion: "How about reporting this matter to the division commander immediately and asking the division commander to report it to the war zone, and let the war zone handle this matter?"
"It's useless!" the chief of staff replied, shaking his head.
"We didn't even see the shadow of the Eighth Route Army. What can we use to prove that it was the Eighth Route Army that just shot at us? Maybe the Eighth Route Army will say that those mules and horses were killed by stragglers of the Japanese and puppet troops and have nothing to do with them.
We framed them falsely and beat them up."
"Taking a step back, even if it is certain that the Eighth Route Army just opened fire, no one was killed or injured. This trivial matter will not cause the war zone to be dispatched."
"And based on my understanding of the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely not let us find evidence of their sneak attack on us."
"Even if some evidence can be found, it will point to the stragglers of the Japanese and puppet troops, not the Eighth Route Army."
"Don't waste your time here. It's a waste of time."
"The troops continue to advance, but they must protect the remaining mules and horses."
The group leader asked reluctantly: "What about the 1,200 kilograms of grain transported by the four mules and horses?"
"Hide it on the spot and take it away when we transport it for the second or third time." The chief of staff ordered helplessly.
More than two hundred mules and horses carrying grain were walking on a completely destroyed road, with either bushes or mountains on both sides. The Jinsui Army itself had to carry grain and carry the wounded, so how could they possibly protect it.
Less than ten minutes after walking forward, several more gunshots were heard next to the highway.
The result was exactly the same as before. The attackers retreated after the attack, without giving the Jinsui Army the slightest chance to counterattack.
Of course, even if the Jinsui Army wanted to counterattack, they would not be able to find anyone.
Those who attacked them were commando snipers and sharpshooters from the reconnaissance company. They could easily hit fixed targets from two to three hundred meters away and then leave.
This is also the base area of the garrison. No one knows better than them where it is suitable for sneak attacks and where it is suitable for transfer.
Therefore, the Jinsui Army could not find these snipers and sharpshooters at all, and could not even see their shadows, let alone fight back.
The regiment leader returned without success and found the chief of staff. He lowered his head and reported: "Chief of Staff, our opponent is too cunning. The troops attacked immediately after being attacked, and they still haven't seen their retreat."
"I originally wanted to find some evidence that the Eighth Route Army sneak attacked us, but now it seems there is no hope."
"In addition, we lost five more mules and horses in the attack just now. In order to ensure the marching speed, we had to leave them and 1,500 kilograms of grain behind."
The chief of staff had no choice but to order: "Throw it away! But we must hide the food we leave behind."
"The troops continue to advance. It's still my order just now: protect all the remaining mules and horses!"
The Jinsui Army tried their best to walk on both sides of the mules and horses, blocking the mules and horses with their bodies so that the attackers who were attacking them would not have a chance to shoot.
However, the highway was too completely destroyed, and the Jinsui Army had to ensure its marching speed to reach Hunyuan County on time. As they walked, some defense loopholes would inevitably appear.
So during the next march, several gunshots were heard from both sides of the road every ten minutes...
In the last twenty kilometers from Hunyuan County, more than two hundred mules and horses were beaten to the point where less than a hundred were left.
The number of wounded in the team also increased to more than 200. Including the soldiers carrying the wounded, more than 700 people abandoned the food they carried.
The chief of staff looked very ugly. He didn't expect that a simple food transportation operation would cause so many troubles. It was simply more difficult than fighting a war.
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