"Captain, what if I pull out a company?" A voice sounded from the middle of the team.
Li Hao looked over at the sound and saw that he was a young man.
The face that was still confused just now was replaced by heat at some point.
Looking at Li Hao, his eyes were shining and he asked.
Obviously, Li Hao's promise moved their hearts.
Soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers. Although they are all squad leaders at the lowest level, they also have their own dreams of becoming generals.
Li Hao would definitely not dampen everyone's enthusiasm. He faced the young man's gaze and replied with a serious face: "If you really have this ability, then I will make you the company commander."
"I am the leader of the garrison. Once I say something, it is difficult to follow up."
Seeing that the other person's eyes were getting hotter and hotter, Li Hao changed the subject and asked, "What's your name?"
"Report to the leader, my name is Wang Youcheng, I am originally from the Taihang base area." The young man replied quickly.
"Wang Youcheng, I remember you. In three months, I will personally interrogate the guerrillas under your command. If you really pull out a company for me, I will definitely appoint you as the company commander."
"However, the soldiers I want are all elites, not rabble-rousers. If I know that any of you have recruited rabble-rousers in the team, pulling them here to make up the numbers. Let me tell you, not only will there be no chance of becoming a platoon leader, but you will also have to be punished.
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"I have asked Deputy Commander Luo to prepare supplies, weapons and ammunition, as well as the new recruits, mules and horses given to you by the regiment. You can go get them now."
"I request that all troops leave their bases before dark, go behind enemy lines, rush to their activity areas, and start operations as soon as possible."
Under the cover of darkness, six people and a mule and horse carrying a house were heading towards their destination along the path.
Because there was no torch, the team moved very slowly, and people fell down from time to time.
If someone in the team is not particularly familiar with the terrain here, the team will never dare to slander the advance.
"Zhang Tao, how far is it to get to the destination?" the young man in the second place in the queue suddenly said.
He is Wang Youcheng named by Li Hao. At this moment, he is leading the guerrillas secretly to Zhangzhuang, the center of the guerrillas' activities for the next three months.
"It's right in front. We will soon arrive at the maintenance committee's inspection station on the highway." Zhang Tao replied while breathing heavily.
As a young man of flesh and blood, he did not want to work for the Japanese or become a traitor from the bottom of his heart.
But those idiots, especially the maintenance committee in the village, were so cruel that they directly threatened their own sister's life.
If they don't go, they will sell their sister to a brothel to pay off their debts.
Those debts were all borrowed by the family during the lean years last year to prevent people from starving to death.
After the autumn harvest, the family has paid off all the principal and interest.
But the maintenance committee said that the family had not repaid the debt, and moreover owed a lot of principal and interest.
I originally wanted to argue my case, but the Maintenance Council didn't listen at all.
Relying on the fact that he had a gun in his hand and the support of the Japanese behind him, he forced his family to admit that this was an unjust accusation on the charge of colluding with the Eighth Route Army.
Then he gave himself two choices, either to join the Imperial Association Army and use his military salary to pay off his debts.
Or use your own sister to pay off the debt.
It is definitely impossible for Zhang Tao to see his own sister being sold into a brothel, and in the end he can only wear shit and become an imperial soldier.
What Zhang Tao didn't expect was that he would become a prisoner of the Eighth Route Army within ten days of being a member of the Imperial Army.
Because I had just joined the Imperial Association Army, and faced with the Eighth Route Army's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners, I could either choose to pay for passage home or join the Eighth Route Army.
After hesitating for a long time, Zhang Tao decided to join the Eighth Route Army.
Because after returning to the village, he will still be oppressed by the maintenance committee.
If they encounter the Japs expanding the Imperial Alliance Army again, they will definitely repeat their old tactics and concoct some groundless charges to force themselves to join the Imperial Alliance Army.
Rather than retracing the old path and bearing the label of a traitor and lackey, it is better to give it a try and join the Eighth Route Army.
As long as he doesn't go back, the maintenance committee will not dare to bully his family anymore because he doesn't know his life or death.
Not only would he save his family, but he would also have the opportunity to take revenge, kill the Japanese, and get rid of the maintenance groups and traitors who had oppressed him.
After hearing about the opportunity to go home and fight the Japanese a few days ago, Zhou Tao, who was eager for revenge, signed up without a second thought, and then became a member of the Zhangzhuang guerrillas!
"Everyone, be alert, there are torches ahead." Wang Youcheng's reminder behind him brought him back to reality.
Zhang Tao was confused for a moment and quickly replied: "Captain, up ahead is the inspection station set up by the Zhangzhuang Maintenance Association."
"Follow the road further and you'll enter the mountains. There are two small villages inside. Because the villages are small, the Japanese did not establish a maintenance association. They are all under the management of the Zhangzhuang maintenance association."
"In order to make money, the maintenance association set up a check-in card in front of the mountain. Everything entering the mountain must be taxed, which made the villagers in the mountain miserable!"
"At first, some people took the mountain road to bypass the inspection station. In the end, the maintenance committee found out about it. They went directly into the mountain and arrested six people. They said they were Eighth Route Army spies, so they did not dare to accept inspection. Finally, they were sent to the Japanese.
There, shoot them all."
"In the end, everyone has no choice but to continue to be exploited by the maintenance society."
Wang Youcheng clenched his fist so tightly that it made a loud crunching sound.
His eyes were also red and red, as if he could spit out fire, and his face was full of anger.
Staring at the fire not far away, he gritted his teeth and cursed: "These gang of traitors are simply more vicious than the little devils."
"Although they were not directly killed by the villagers who died unjustly, they were the culprits. We must avenge this for the villagers."
After speaking, Wang Youcheng stared at Zhang Tao and asked: "How many people and how many guns are there in this inspection station?"
"How far is it from your village to maintain the headquarters, and are there any Japanese strongholds nearby?"
Wang Youcheng thought for a while and replied: "When I joined the Imperial Association Army, I checked all five people. One of them was a confidant of the wealthy Zhang who maintained the meeting. The gun he used was the same as yours, the captain. The other four people all carried rifles, not the 38s we used.
Big cover.”
"The inspection station is located at the mountain pass. Zhangzhuang is five miles away from the mountain pass. The Japanese and puppet army stronghold is far away. It is still in the town. It is at least twenty miles away. It used to take an hour to go from the village to the town quickly.
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The anger on Wang Youcheng's face was slowly replaced by excitement, and he replied with a cold snort: "There are only five people, four guns, and a box cannon."
"There is no need to say, kill these beasts, do harm to the villagers, take revenge, and at the same time destroy the reputation of our guerrillas."
The deputy captain, who was also the only veteran in the entire guerrilla group, first reacted that the captain was too arrogant, and immediately reminded: "Captain, please don't be impulsive."
"Check all five Japanese soldiers, four rifles, and one box cannon."
"Although we have six people, one box cannon, and five rifles, only two of us are capable of fighting. The remaining four are all new recruits who have not been trained except for how to shoot. How can we kill them?"
Wang Youcheng answered confidently: "Of course I will kill them with a gun."
"I also joined the guerrillas for a period of time before joining the main force in the Taihang Base Area, and I also served as a guerrilla leader."
"At that time, the entire guerrilla group only had two rifles, and one rifle had its rifling smoothed out."
"There are even fewer bullets. There are not even five rounds for each gun. The remaining team members are either carrying gunpowder guns or carrying swords. Many of them have never even fired a gun."
"At that time, one of our guerrillas could kill several Ergouzi without Japanese support at one time!"
"Now we are all under the same banner. In the Taihang base area, the main force is not treated so well."
"Looking at the bullets, not to mention, a gun has fifty rounds. If you were in the Taihang base area, you wouldn't even think about it."
"I plan to use the tactics commonly used in the Taihang base area to lure the snake out of its hole, seize the inspection station, and eliminate harm to the people."
"I will lead four recruits to ambush behind the slope. You are a veteran. Go to the inspection station and kill their sentries first. If there are no sentries, shoot at the inspection station and force them to come out!"
"As long as they come out and follow you, then you can take them to Tupo."
"I'll put them thirty meters away and then shoot."
"With four 38-meter guns and a shooting distance of 30 meters, even if a blind cat kills a mouse, it can still kill a Japanese devil."
"The two of us will fight the remaining Japs."
"I used the box cannon to shoot, and I could kill at least two of them. Maybe I could wipe them all out at once."
"You are responsible for closing the net and catching the fish that slip through the net."
"These Japs are all hooligans and bullies hired by the Maintenance Council. They usually put on a show to scare the common people. But when they actually go to the battlefield and fight against our Eighth Route Army, their combat effectiveness will definitely be inferior to that of the Imperial Association Army."
The Eighth Route Army rarely appears here, and there are more than a hundred Japanese in the town to support him. There are also more than a dozen guards at the Zhangzhuang Maintenance Association station to come over at any time to reinforce him, so the team leader in charge of the inspection station is not at all defensive.
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After eating a hare snatched from a hunter who came out of the mountain during the day, except for one guard who huddled at the entrance of the inspection station with half-closed eyes on guard, the remaining four people huddled in the barracks and fell asleep.
"boom……"
A gunshot instantly broke the order of the night.
The Erjiazi squatting at the door didn't even have time to open his eyes. The bullet had already made a big hole in his head, and he fell to the door with a muffled groan.
The quiet barracks suddenly became commotion.
The squad leader was the first to rush out with a box cannon in his hand. His reaction speed was very fast, and he was obviously a soldier.
After a few seconds, the three remaining Japs rushed out in a panic.
"boom……"
The veteran fired again, this time he deliberately missed the target as a sign of weakness. Even he himself didn't know where the bullet went.
After the fight, they began to retreat and run away.
The sound of gunfire suddenly exposed the veteran's figure, and he was then targeted by the squad leader.
Seeing that there was only one person on the other side, the nervous expression on the squad leader's face immediately disappeared, and he shouted excitedly to his subordinates who rushed out.
"There is only one person on the other side."
"The imperial army has an order. If you capture an Eighth Route Army soldier, you will be rewarded with fifty yuan."
"Brothers, it's time to get rich. Come rush out with me and kill the enemies outside. No matter what his identity is, as long as he has a gun, he is inseparable from the Eighth Route Army."
"When the rifle is seized, a lot of money can be exchanged for it from the captain."
The temptation of the ocean is huge.
The four people rushed out without hesitation, especially the team leader, who fired while rushing, trying to kill each other.
However, the range of the box cannon is limited, and the bullets fired cannot reach the opponent at all.
"Work harder and catch up. If you get closer, the box cannon will hit him." The squad leader ordered hurriedly.
Under the influence of the gunfire, the three Japanese soldiers became more and more energetic, their eyes were full of ocean, and the fear they felt at the beginning completely disappeared.
Behind the slope, the sound of gunfire was getting closer and closer, and the four recruits became more and more nervous. Some of the hands holding the rifle began to tremble unconsciously.
Zhang Youcheng quickly comforted him: "Don't be nervous, hold the gun tightly."
"The enemy doesn't know we're hiding here, so there's definitely no problem with our safety."
"Think about how you are oppressed by them, and think about your family members who are still suffering at home."
"The few Japanese soldiers who rushed in front are not human beings at all, they are beasts."
"Hold the rifle tightly, aim one at a time, three points and one line, and pull the trigger when you hear me shooting."
"After the gun goes off, don't worry about whether it hits the target. Immediately unload the bullet, reload the gun, and then continue shooting."