After no longer searching the woods, the Japanese army's march speed increased significantly.
The secret camp, which was supposed to be found only the next day, was found by them at five o'clock in the afternoon.
"Captain, we found the secret camp where the Eighth Route Army placed the wounded. It's right in front, and there are a lot of used bandages inside. But there is no one in the secret camp, so the wounded must have been moved away!" The team leader rushed to the team leader.
He reported that his face was both excited and disappointed!
"No one!" The captain subconsciously quickened his pace.
In less than ten minutes, a camp consisting of a dozen shacks appeared in front of him.
"Baga, they just moved out of here for at most two days, and they retreated in a very hurry, otherwise this place wouldn't be so chaotic!" The captain touched the ashes left by the burning bonfire and cursed.
"It must be that after the Eighth Route Army's plan to take us south failed, in order to prevent those seriously wounded from falling into our hands, they temporarily moved the seriously injured here!"
"Look for it right away. Dozens of seriously injured people have been temporarily transferred out. It's impossible not to leave any traces behind!"
"Determine which direction they have moved, and we will kill them at dawn tomorrow!"
The vice-captain quickly replied: "Captain, don't worry, I'll make arrangements now!"
Then he asked: "Are we going to rest here tonight?"
"Right here, we will continue setting off at dawn tomorrow. We must find those seriously injured people who have just been transferred away."
On the slopes one kilometer away from the secret camp, a dozen soldiers were digging trenches and building individual bunkers under the command of Li Hao. It was very lively.
"Comrades, please work harder. This is where we will have a head-to-head battle with the Japs tomorrow. Only by building the position strong enough can we protect ourselves and kill more Japs at the same time!"
"We kill a hundred little Japs here, and the remaining Japs will take the initiative to retreat due to heavy casualties. We will win this battle!"
"Platoon leader, are you sure that the Japs will definitely come and take the mountain pass at our feet!" Hong Linfeng asked the question he had been holding back all afternoon.
"It's best if the Japanese don't come, so they can't find the seriously wounded we hide behind the mountain pass, and there will be no need to fight this battle. After all, our most important task is to protect the wounded," Li Hao replied.
Following the change of subject, he continued: "But I believe that the Japanese will definitely come over. They are all elites. They will definitely be able to find some clues around the campsite we abandoned, and then they will come all the way to kill us!"
"What we need to do then is to hold on here!"
"Let the little devils make sure that the seriously injured they are looking for are behind the mountain pass. As long as they capture this mountain pass, they will win and force them to storm the mountain pass!
Hong Linfeng hesitated and replied: "I know the terrain here!"
"It is very difficult for the Japanese to bypass this mountain pass and directly attack us. The best way is to attack by force."
Li Hao must be more confident: "Don't worry about this, even if you can get around it, the little devils will choose to attack us here!"
"Compared with fighting us head-on here and annihilating us all, or bypassing here and continuing to fight guerrillas with us in the future, the Japs will definitely choose the former. Because in the eyes of the Japs, fighting a tough battle can give them superior firepower, superior force, and toughness.
The combat effectiveness is fully unleashed!"
"The Japs most want to see us fight a tough battle with them now. If we fulfill their wish, it's too late for them to be happy. How can they take a detour and give up this tough battle?"
Hong Linfeng thought for a while and continued to ask: "Then if the Japanese cannot attack the mountain pass for a long time and suffer losses, will they stop the attack?"
Li Hao is still as confident as ever: "Then it depends on us!"
"We must not only give the Japanese hope that they can capture us, but also kill them in large numbers. By the time they really react, they have already suffered more than a hundred casualties, and it is too late to retreat and take a detour."
After saying that, Li Hao climbed up the hillside on the side of the mountain pass.
A squad of soldiers were repairing fortifications halfway up the mountain.
When Li Hao climbed up, a trench one meter wide, four meters long and one and a half meters deep had been dug.
"Cover the logs on top, then spread a layer of soil half a meter deep, press some big rocks, and finally use thatch and leaves to camouflage it!" Li Hao ordered.
"I want to arrange this place as a hidden firepower point, open three shooting holes, hide three crooked guns, aim at the mountain pass, and prepare a surprise for the little Japanese who attack us!"
Hong Linfeng, who initially regarded this place as an ordinary trench fortification, was stunned. He finally understood why the platoon leader was so confident and dared to fight the Japanese here.
In addition to the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain, there is also such a secret weapon.
A roof is added to the trench, and firing holes are opened to create a semi-permanent firepower point and machine gun bunker.
Although such purely civil fortifications cannot withstand artillery bombardment, the Japanese who entered the mountains were not equipped.
At this moment, Hong Linfeng seemed to see the machine gun bunker slaughtering the little Japs on the battlefield. The Japs gritted their teeth with hatred, but they had no choice but to fill it with human lives.
"Hong Linfeng, the two of us will split up. You will continue to supervise the soldiers building their positions on the mountain. I will go down below to prepare some little surprises for the Japanese!"
"Although grenades cannot be arranged as booby traps, grenades specially designed for grenades can, and they are more powerful!"
The Japanese captain slept very well last night.
He was confident that the Eighth Route Army wounded he was looking for were nearby.
Sure enough, as soon as he got up, the vice-captain walked in with a smile.
"Captain, we found a trace of someone walking near the secret camp, and it was left by many people walking through it. The mountains here are high and the forests are dense. Ordinary people will definitely not come in. Those traces must have been left by the Eighth Route Army when they transferred the wounded.
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"They are so cunning. All traces near the secret camp have been erased. If they hadn't expanded the scope of the investigation through their humble position, it would have been impossible to find him."
"I'm glad I found it!" He received the good news as soon as he got up, and the smile on the captain's face became even wider.
"Pass my order. The troops will set off in an hour. All troops will be concentrated. There is no need to disperse and search any more. We will follow the traces left by the Eighth Route Army to transfer the wounded, and we will definitely find them!"
The Japs lined up in two lines, carrying rifles on their backs, crooked handles and grenade launchers on their shoulders, and marched very fast.
In the blink of an eye, the forward troops ran into the pocket formation Li Hao had prepared for them at the mountain pass.
“Hit… bang bang… da da da…”
Four crooked rifles and several rifles on the mountainside fired at the same time. Bullets flew towards the Japanese at the foot of the mountain like a rain of bullets, covering them instantly.
A dissatisfied infantry squad of more than forty Japanese soldiers killed seven or eight people on the spot.
"Throw a grenade!"
Li Hao, who personally controlled a crooked handle, continued to hold the fire while shouting.
"Boom...retreat..."
The sound of grenade explosions and the Japanese squad leader's retreat order sounded simultaneously at the foot of the mountain.
More than twenty Japanese soldiers retreated in embarrassment. When the smoke cleared at the foot of the mountain, more than a dozen Japanese corpses lay scattered there, motionless.
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