Chapter 179 It is both a crisis and an opportunity!
The new secret camp is located behind the mountain pass. As long as the soldiers are able to move, they have been carrying weapons and ammunition into the secret camp for the past two days.
Some were captured in battles, and some were eventually thrown into the mountains by the Japanese.
After the last bundle of San Ba Gai was carried into the dry cave, Li Hao's tense nerves completely relaxed.
Because until then, these weapons and ammunition truly belong to you.
"Platoon leader, the Japs stationed in Hongquan Village have retreated and left in a hurry!" Hong Linfeng, who was staring at the Japs station from outside the mountain, panted and reported when he came back, without even having time to drink.
Before Li Hao had time to be happy, Hong Linfeng's next words made his newly relaxed nerves tense again.
"However, as soon as the main force of the Japanese army left, another Japanese army followed and re-entered Hongquan Village!"
"In addition, I also found a lot of Chinese people among this Japanese army, wearing uniform military uniforms, about one company in number, stationed at the mountain pass with the Japanese!"
"Also, as soon as they arrived at the mountain pass, they arrested all the young people in Hongquan Village, dug trenches around their camp, and moved stones to build houses in the nearby mountains. It seemed that they were planning to stay in Hongquan Village~"
"How are the Japs' equipment?" Li Hao felt something unusual and immediately asked.
"They're similar to those little devils who just left!" Hong Linfeng thought for a while and replied.
After a few seconds, he added: "But they also brought heavy weapons. There were more than 200 people with three heavy machine guns, and there seemed to be three mortars!"
Li Hao's face slowly showed an expression of sudden realization.
"I understand, this little devil is equipped with puppet troops. It is probably a Japanese garrison, and it is also a reinforced squadron!"
"As for the Chinese, I can tell you that they are puppet troops. The devils used the troops formed by those traitorous lackeys to specifically cooperate with them in fighting, make up for the devil's lack of troops, assist them in defending their places and attack us!"
"If I guessed correctly, these Japanese and puppet troops put on a permanent presence in Hongquan Village as soon as they came over. They must have wanted to build a stronghold in Hongquan Village, block the exit of the mountain, block us in the mountain, and trap us to death.
We~"
"Then what should we do?" Hong Linfeng was anxious.
Several veterans also looked at Li Hao with very anxious eyes.
Li Hao thought for a moment and surprisingly answered: "In my opinion, this is not only not bad news for us, but it is also good news and an opportunity!"
"For more than three hundred days, the puppet troops ate five to six hundred kilograms of food every day, not counting other supplies!"
"If you count them all, at least nearly a thousand kilograms of various materials are consumed every day!"
"There are so many things, and the stronghold has not yet been built. It is impossible for the Japanese to transport several months of supplies at a time and pile them up in the open space. This is not realistic!"
"From now on, on the way from our place to Lingqiu County, there will definitely be Japanese transport teams delivering ammunition and supplies to the Japanese in Yamaguchi!"
"As long as the operation is good, the food rations of dozens of us will have to be found on these transport teams for a long time~ Do you understand?"
Hong Linfeng was the first to react: "I understand!"
"Platoon commander, you mean to attack the Japanese logistics transport team!"
"Not only can we seize the food and ammunition supplies we urgently need, but we can also kill the Japanese, killing two birds with one stone!"
"Platoon commander, when do we start taking action, I can't wait!"
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "Don't be anxious!"
"Why are the main Japanese troops retreating in such a hurry? The garrison at the entrance of the village has been replaced by a garrison. We still don't know the reason!"
"So the most important thing for us now is to figure this out!"
"Contact the intelligence personnel and underground parties outside the mountain as soon as possible, find out the reasons from them, and find out the movements of the main force!"
"We achieved great results in this battle. We captured 195 38-guns alone, 9 intact crooked handles, and three grenade launchers. After removing the used ammunition, there are still bullets left.
More than 15,600 rounds, 236 grenades, and 135 special grenades."
"In addition, there are more than 140 sets of little Japanese combat equipment!"
"But our own casualties were also very high. A total of 21 comrades were killed, including veterans and new recruits, and 3 were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness. Only 6 people in the platoon can continue to fight!"
"There are several of them here who are seriously injured who have just recovered, old Red Army soldiers who were injured after participating in the battle, or died directly!"
"The troops are too small. Even if we want to go out to fight against the Japanese transport team and defeat it, we still don't have enough manpower to transport the captured troops back!"
"So the second thing I said is to expand our strength. At present, we can expand in two directions!"
"One direction is the wounded in our hands: I just looked around at the seriously wounded, and at least ten veterans can recover and regain their combat effectiveness within half a month! All we need to do is take good care of them and let them eat and drink well.
, return to the army as soon as possible!"
"The other direction is to recruit new soldiers!"
"Although the Japanese troops stationed heavily at the mountain pass, they could only block the highway. They couldn't block the small roads inside the mountain even if they wanted to!"
"So I decided to send a few veterans out to recruit new recruits."
"The nearest villages outside the mountain, as well as the three villages inside the mountain, are our targets for recruiting new soldiers!"
"Everyone has seen that we now have more people but fewer guns. Every time we recruit a new soldier, we send one back to directly replenish the troops for training!"
All three Japanese brigades withdrew from Lingqiu and were replaced by a garrison brigade stationed here, along with a garrison regiment from the Northeast.
Unlike the main force, they only focus on fighting.
They care more about gathering intelligence and cultivating local forces, helping them ensure local stability and collect wealth.
In less than ten days after entering Lingqiu, a puppet government was established in the county. In the name of the puppet government, it entangled local bandits, traitors, and local gangsters to form a Lingqiu County Security Battalion.
On the surface, this guard camp is under the management of the puppet government, but in fact, the puppet government provides funds to support this army, and the command power is in the hands of the Japanese.
Several Japanese garrison instructors stationed in the garrison camp either directly or indirectly control this unit.
Since this local vigilante unit was working for the Japanese, the Japanese garrison was like a fish in water, and it successively eliminated the remnants of three Shanxi-Sui army troops who had stayed in the local area to fight guerrillas.
Li Hao has been in a very good mood these days. Hong Linfeng, who came out of the army, has sent in ten recruits one after another. Together with the eight veterans who have recovered, the total strength of the four platoons has once again exceeded 20 people!
According to this expansion rate, in five days, it will not be a problem for the total strength of the fourth platoon to exceed forty people.
"Platoon leader and deputy platoon leader are back, bringing back two new recruits!" A veteran who had just recovered recently rushed to the simple shack where Li Hao was staying and reported.
"He's back in person!" The smile on Li Hao's face was instantly replaced by seriousness.
Hong Linfeng is the person in charge of the Fourth Platoon recruiting troops outside the mountain. He usually doesn't come back. But as long as he comes back, something will definitely happen.
"Hello, platoon leader!" Not long after, Hong Linfeng came over with two people looking excited.
"Aren't you recruiting troops outside the mountain? Why are you back?" Li Hao asked with a serious look.
Hong Linfeng reported excitedly: "Platoon leader, we found it! The underground party you asked me to discover has been found!"
Li Hao subconsciously looked at the two people behind Hong Linfeng.
One of them is easily said to be around 20 years old. The other middle-aged man is obviously over 40 years old and cannot be recruited into the team as a new recruit.
Thinking of Hong Linfeng's report again, Li Hao suddenly understood that this was the underground party he was looking for.
When Li Hao looked at the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man also looked at him with a scrutinizing expression and a look of shock.
Because the only feeling Li Hao gave him was that he was too young!
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