"Captain Huang, we will arrive after passing the ridge in front. The cave is on the cliff behind the ridge, blocked by a bush!" Zhang Xingdong reminded!
He often goes into the mountains to cut firewood and then sends it to the town to sell it in exchange for food!
Therefore, I am very familiar with the forest under my feet. Even at night, walking in the forest is as smooth as walking on flat ground without making any detours!
It took everyone less than two hours to complete the fifteen-mile mountain road!
"Stop!"
Huang Sheng ordered very cautiously!
Although Ergouzi's combat ability is not very good, he is very cunning and familiar with the terrain!
If there is an observation post on the ridge, the target will be exposed before the troops reach the cave entrance, allowing them to escape and hide in the woods!
It was dark all around, and everyone was unfamiliar with the place, so there was almost no possibility of catching them again!
"Batalion Commander, do you want to go around?" the guard platoon leader reminded!
"Can't go around!" Huang Sheng refused!
"If there are enemies on the ridge, taking a detour may expose the target!"
"Take a squad and go up to it. If there is an enemy observation post, try to deal with it with a bayonet!"
"The enemy only has five people left. It's impossible to send too many people as observation posts!"
There is indeed a Ergouzi hiding on the ridge, but he has already fallen asleep!
Two days ago, there were two people hiding here all the time, taking turns on duty, so stay vigilant!
But after the Third Battalion killed many people in Gongqiao Village this morning, because the team suffered too many casualties, the two became one!
The first half of the night is fine, I can still keep myself awake if I endure it!
By the middle of the night, no matter how hard he persisted, he couldn't stand it anymore!
I don’t know when, I just closed my eyes and huddled in my clothes and fell asleep!
Until the guard platoon leader touched him, he was still sleeping soundly, unaware of the danger!
The few remaining Ergouzi are all the confidants of Rich Man Zhang, working as a scheming partner and doing all kinds of evil. Everyone has a human life on their back!
The guard platoon leader was not polite at all. He held the bayonet in his left hand and covered the opponent's mouth with his right hand to prevent him from speaking. The flash of the knife flashed and the sharp blade quickly cut off his neck!
"Battal Commander, there is a sentry on the ridge, and we have killed it! And we saw a cave on the ridge, with fire coming out of the cave entrance!" the guard platoon leader reported with excitement!
Huang Sheng's serious face finally showed a smile, and he decisively ordered: "Then what are you waiting for, start taking action!"
When the troops blocked the entrance to the cave, there were still shouts coming from inside, but there was no movement at all!
Mr. Zhang is obviously very relieved about his chosen nest!
In addition, there were sentries on the ridge at the entrance of the cave, so he dared to be so arrogant and fell asleep directly inside the cave!
The guard platoon leader held the box cannon and was the first to rush in!
Including Mr. Zhang, all four people were lying inside, and the master and servant were clearly distinguished!
Rich Man Zhang was sleeping in the innermost room, covered with a brand-new bedding! Three of his subordinates were sleeping outside in worse conditions, covered with coarse quilts, and they were all fast asleep without any alertness!
"Bangdang..."
"who……"
A jar scattered on the ground was suddenly knocked over. The noise woke up the Ergouzi outside, and he subconsciously touched the rifle beside him!
"Pa bang bang..."
The platoon leader did not hesitate and pulled the trigger decisively!
Gunshots rang out, and bullets flew towards the four Ergouzi in a fan shape!
Several soldiers around him fired at the same time, pointing a rifle at an enemy, and the bullets penetrated the enemy's body at the same time...
When Huang Sheng led people into the cave, the battle was over!
"Battal Commander, we have made a fortune. There is everything in the cave, just like a treasure house!" The guard platoon leader who was inspecting the cave reported with his eyes shining when he saw Huang Sheng!
After speaking, he pointed to a small hole inside and said, "There is grain in this, at least five thousand kilograms!"
"It also contains marinated pork, oil, salt..."
"By the way, there are oceans, weapons and ammunition in the deepest part of the cave, a whole box of money, at least a thousand oceans, a crooked handle, a box of bullets, and two boxes of grenades!"
"If the fellow countrymen hadn't led us to this place, the enemy could have hidden at least a platoon of troops here, and they would have been able to eat and drink without worries for three or four months without having to go out!"
Huang Sheng was also very happy and immediately ordered: "Let the comrades clean up the battlefield, bring all the enemy's corpses, hard-to-store cured meat, and oceans back to the village after dawn, and announce to the people that Rich Man Zhang and his lackeys have been wiped out by us."
Good news!”
"Just leave the other things in the cave and reserve them!"
"It would be a pity if such a hidden place is not used by me. I plan to turn this place into a secret base for our third battalion!"
"It's just like the secret camp built by the commander and political commissar in the mountains when our garrison regiment was still an independent battalion. It was used to save lives at critical moments! This cave also serves the same purpose, as the final guarantee for our third battalion in Laiyuan!"
"Platoon Commander Li, after daybreak you lead a squad to stay and re-camouflage the entrance of the cave. It is best to block it to ensure that the enemy cannot find it!"
The elimination of Rich Man Zhang was only the first step for the Third Battalion to eliminate all traitor agents in Laiyuan City!
At dawn the next day, the Japanese equipment captured by the garrison on the battlefield began to be paraded throughout Laiyuan for display!
The five hundred thousand kilograms of grain prepared by Li Hao also entered Laiyuan in batches and appeared in front of the people!
Of course, the two policies of the garrison were also spread together!
In a very secluded courtyard in Zhouzhuang, which is more than ten kilometers away from Gongqiao Village, the three Ergouzi all looked nervous. You looked at me and I looked at you, not knowing what to do!
"Brother Quan, please say something, what should we do next?"
The Ergouzi was very anxious, with an anxious expression on his face! He looked at the middle-aged man who was the oldest among the three and asked!
They are all gangsters and local gangsters in the village. After the Japanese came, faced with the temptation of high-ranking officials and generous salaries, they did not hesitate to join the maintenance committee, work as dogs for the little devils, and continue to oppress the people!
But just a few days after the good days, the Eighth Route Army came to kill them, and the Japanese who supported them also ran away, leaving only a dozen people from the maintenance committee and a dozen guns!
These men and guns were definitely no match for the Eighth Route Army. Under the orders of the Japanese, they all hid and secretly monitored every move in the village. By the way, they killed some Eighth Route Army stragglers and sent them to the county town to seek credit from the Japanese. They exchanged their guns for the ocean!
With the support of the Japanese at the beginning, although life was harder than before, and sometimes we had to crawl into ravines to escape the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army, there was still hope after all!
As long as the Japanese defeat the Eighth Route Army, they can return to the village, show off their power, exploit the people, and live a good life as before!
But today, their hopes were shattered!
The Japanese who had high hopes not only failed to defeat the Eighth Route Army, but were defeated by the Eighth Route Army!
At first they didn't believe the news, thinking it was made up by the Eighth Route Army to scare everyone on purpose!
However, as carloads of military uniforms, weapons, ammunition, and military caps stripped from the Japanese were displayed one by one by the Eighth Route Army, they believed it.
The blood on the military uniforms and the damaged weapons and ammunition all proved that the Japanese had just experienced a bloody battle, and it was a disastrous defeat!
In addition, the people in Gongqiao Village saw it with their own eyes and then passed on the news, they had no choice but to believe it!
Then I had to face a problem!
My master, the Japanese, have been defeated and are no longer reliable. What should I do next?
Buried with the Japanese and fighting against the Eighth Route Army?
This is a way out.
But as soon as the idea came up, they themselves rejected it!
The reason why I joined the Maintenance Association was to be a dog for the Japanese and betray my ancestors.
A very important reason is that they don’t want to die, and are afraid of death. They want to live a good life as a human being!
So it is absolutely impossible for them to fight for someone!
You might as well become a deserter before even going to the battlefield!
Hiding in the mountains with the captain and waiting for the Japanese to counterattack in the future is another way out, which the three of them just decided not long ago!
They have seen with their own eyes how powerful the Japanese are. They are well-equipped, have sufficient ammunition, and have aircraft reinforcements. They are very powerful.
Although the Eighth Route Army won this battle, in their hearts, they still believed that the Japanese would win the final victory!
So as long as you escape the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army, hide yourself, and survive this period of time, you will definitely turn around in the future!
But before they could be happy, the Eighth Route Army announced two policies when they entered the village, shattering their hopes on the spot!
The two brothers in front of me have been fooling around with me, so they will definitely listen to what I say!
But at this moment, facing the new policy of the Eighth Route Army, the middle-aged man who was called Brother Quan felt helpless. He frowned and couldn't think of any solution!
He replied helplessly: "There is no way. The Eighth Route Army has blocked all our escape routes. What can we do?"
"Encourage the common people to provide them with information related to us. One piece of valuable information can be exchanged for one hundred catties of grain!"
"We all know how hard it is. Many people have no food at home!"
"The temptation of one hundred kilograms of grain is too great, enough for many people to take the risk of our revenge and take the initiative to help the Eighth Route Army to besiege us!"
"Although the captain's secret camp in the mountains is hidden, once the common people choose to help the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely be exposed, and they will still die in the end!"
A person next to him agreed and answered: "Perhaps they have been exposed now, and the Eighth Route Army will besiege them tonight!"
"If we go to the captain's secret camp now, we are throwing ourselves into a trap and willing to die!"
The middle-aged man's face became even more ugly, and he nodded and replied: "It's not impossible!"
“Everyone goes into the mountains to cut firewood every day, and there’s no way they won’t discover something!”
"So we can't go this way!"
Ergouzi, who spoke at first, became even more anxious and immediately asked: "What should we do?"
"Continuing to hide with the captain will lead to death, and fighting the Eighth Route Army will lead to death. Could it be that we really can't escape this time?"
"Also, we definitely can't stay here. Someone in the village must know that we are hiding here! If anyone reports it to the Eighth Route Army, we will be killed immediately, and we won't even have a chance to join the captain!"
"Brother Quan, I don't want to die, I want to live!" Another Ergouzi was also anxious and shouted with a look of reluctance!