Chapter 818 Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, I prefer to travel in the mountains
Twenty miles away on the road, more than a thousand puppet troops were marching towards the fortress village controlled by the guerrillas.
After the troops marched to a slightly flat hilly area, they suddenly stopped.
"Sir ordered the troops to stop advancing and set up camp on the spot..."
The messengers galloped back and forth on the road on war horses, conveying the military orders just issued by the commander-in-chief.
"Why don't you leave so early..." A captain at the front line frowned and muttered to himself.
The vice-captain also looked puzzled: "There is still an hour and a half before dark, and we can still cover at least seven kilometers on the urgent march. It would be a waste of time to stop now."
The squadron leader decided to go to the group leader to find out, and immediately ordered: "You organize the troops to camp on the spot, and I will go and ask."
"I know the commander's combat style very well. He must know what it means to be quick and quick. There must be a reason why we stopped."
When I hurriedly found the group leader, several other squadron leaders had arrived and gathered around the group leader with different expressions.
There are questions, excitement, and confusion.
"I have some good news for you all!" The captain knew exactly what they were thinking and said straight to the point.
"Half an hour ago, we sent out three commandos. One of them severely damaged an Eighth Route Army unit. On the battlefield, there were nearly a hundred corpses that the Eighth Route Army alone had no time to take away."
"They are well-equipped, each armed with an empire-made rifle, as well as light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers. These weapons were all captured by us."
"It is certain that this is the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
Several subordinates seemed to have agreed upon it and complimented at the same time: "Sir, you are wise..."
Seeing that his subordinate was about to continue talking, the major interrupted decisively: "Although some troops won the battle, there were also troops who lost the battle."
"The assault troops along the way were heavily besieged by the Eighth Route Army during the attack. Except for a few guard posts that broke through, everyone else was eaten."
"The security posts that broke out reported that this Eighth Route Army is not only equipped with mountain artillery and mortars, but also equipped with mine cannons and heavy mortars, with powerful firepower."
"I judge that these Eighth Route Army are the opponents we want to eliminate."
"The third commando team lived up to expectations and successfully captured more than 200 civilians."
"Now that our opponent has appeared and we have the hostages we want, and the terrain here is flat, it is not suitable for hiding troops. So I decided to stop and use the hostages to force the Eighth Route Army to come out, fight us here, and kill them.
them."
"The Imperial Association Army will immediately pull out a platoon of soldiers. They must speak loud enough, spread out, and shout into the surrounding woods."
"The people we arrested were all unscrupulous people who supported the Eighth Route Army against the Imperial Army. The Imperial Army will make them pay the price."
"From now on, we will execute fifteen civilians every hour until we kill all these civilians."
"The imperial army wants to kill chickens to scare monkeys and warn other people in the occupied areas to keep a respectful distance from the Eighth Route Army."
"If you cooperate with the imperial army, you can survive as obedient citizens. Let's build a communist country together and live a good life."
"If you go against the imperial army, you must be prepared to lose your life at any time."
"Other troops are on heightened alert and ready to fight at any time."
"There must be a lot of Eighth Route Army scouts and guerrillas lurking around us. They can hear the shouts of the Imperial Army."
"The common people are the foundation of the Eighth Route Army. Without the support of the common people, the Eighth Route Army would never be able to survive the heavy raids by the imperial army."
"So they will definitely not watch us kill more than 200 people. After dark, they will send troops to rescue them."
"What we have to do is surround them while they rescue them, and then eat them."
The seventh company is temporarily stationed, and the reconnaissance squad leader is back.
He rode a fast horse and rushed into the station. He jumped down before the horse came to a complete stop, and then rushed towards the company headquarters in a hurry.
"Company Commander, something really big happened this time."
"The Japanese started killing people. They were so cruel that they even killed defenseless old people."
"What's going on? Tell me clearly?" The company commander and instructors all gathered around and asked anxiously.
"More than an hour ago, the Japanese sent puppet troops to the surrounding woods to announce that all the people they had just arrested would be executed because they supported our Eighth Route Army. They would kill chickens to serve as a warning to monkeys, and they would kill fifteen people every hour."
"Then they pulled out fifteen old men and shot them outside the camp."
"A total of fifteen lives, and they were all old people who could not threaten them. They will be gone if they say they are gone."
The company commander's eyes immediately turned red, as if they were about to spit out fire.
He replied in a deep voice: "Instructor, the purpose of the little devil couldn't be more obvious."
"We killed a group of people in one hour, and also sent people to shout to the surrounding areas, making it clear that they knew we were around, and then forced us to send troops to rescue those villagers."
"And we have to go early. If we go too late, the villagers will also suffer heavy losses."
The instructor also looked very unhappy. He stared at the reconnaissance squad leader and asked, "What's going on with the Japs now?"
"Stop and camp near Zhangzhuang!" the reconnaissance squad leader quickly reported.
"The vigilance is very high. All the outer guard posts are double posts, and they are combined with light and dark, and are directly deployed one kilometer around the stronghold."
"It's not very clear inside the station, but one thing can be confirmed."
"The Japanese did not really rest after setting up camp. Just like when they were marching, they kept their guns close to their bodies and gathered together in small groups."
The instructor's face became even more ugly: "Company Commander, this is extremely obvious."
"The Japanese used more than 200 villagers as bait to force us to show up. They set up a dragnet at the base. As long as we passed by, it would be like a sheep falling into a tiger's mouth, and they would eat us up."
The company commander replied solemnly: "I know everything you said."
"But that's more than two hundred lives."
"If they refuse to save us because we are afraid of being annihilated by the Japs, and let them suffer at the hands of the Japs, the people in the guerrilla zones will definitely be afraid of the Japs again. Listen to their words and avoid us."
"If our Eighth Route Army wants to develop, we cannot do without the support of the common people."
"So the people's support must not be lost, even if our entire Seventh Company is destroyed for this, we will not hesitate."
"I have decided that we will fight this battle even if we don't want to. We know that there are tigers in the mountains, but we prefer to fight in the mountains with tigers."
The instructor also knew that this fact could not be changed. He was silent for a long time before replying: "I agree to fight this battle, but we must plan it well."
"This battle will definitely be a tough and bloody battle. We will try to minimize the losses!"
"In addition, I also suggest reporting this matter to the battalion commander and requesting the nearest troops to reinforce us."
"The disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves is too great. Based on our own strength alone, we might lose both my wife and our troops."
The company commander immediately stood up: "I will contact the battalion commander now and ask for reinforcements."
"But we also need to take action ourselves."
"Second platoon, security squad, set off immediately, move around the Japs' camp, tell the Japs that we are here, and let them kill a few less people."
"But we must pay attention to the artillery fire. The Japanese are becoming more and more cunning. When they hear the sound of gunfire, they will cover it with artillery fire."
