under fire

Gunshots were faintly heard from the southwest.

Above the leading soldiers walking on the mountain ridge is a veteran, who is looking around with the Cao Changjing borrowed from Xiao Hongying.

After a long while, he said, "The distance is too far, and I can't see anything."

"Hey, it seems to be a machine gun. Three bursts, what's the situation?" The militiamen who led the way learned to distinguish the difference between the sound of machine guns after fighting.

"It's weird." The veteran put down his binoculars. It is rare that there is only the sound of machine guns and no rifles in battle.

The militiaman asked: "Could it be them with dirty faces?"

The veteran shook his head: "Are you asking me? I can't see it, I know shit"

"Then let's go back and report quickly?"

"Do you think you are the only one with the ear of the wind? Chief Hu is not far behind, so you must be able to hear it"

Da da da. Da da da. Da da da.
Then there were three more three-point shots.

"It's Dirty Face and them, it must be them!" The veteran smiled: "This damn is not fighting devils, they want to make sure we are in this area."

There are enough bullets in the pocket, and the militiamen are also excited: "How about we fire two shots in response?"

"Listen to this gunshot, it must be at least seven or eight miles away, don't shoot indiscriminately, Officer Hu and the others will deal with it." The veteran shook his head and thought for a while: "Let's run faster and get to the front to see clearly."

bang. bang. bang.
There were three crisp rifle shots from behind, followed by two more.

The four devils fled in embarrassment after going down the valley.

Tuba Road behind him actually shot two or three miles away. Although the accuracy was ridiculously poor, what if he was blinded by Tuba Road?

Thinking of this, quickly quicken your pace.

After dark, even if there is moonlight, there is no problem in getting rid of the eight roads chasing behind.

Because of running in the valley to the east.

There was no way to hear the rifle fire coming again from the north-north east mountain ridge.

Instead, the devils thought it was the eight-way pursuers who became angry and even fired their rifles.
The light in the valley was getting worse.

The footprints on the ground are dense, at least they must have been left by a team of hundreds of people.

"These footprints to the north should be left by the friendly army when they came over." Li Laoba said with a dark face, "You little devil is so cunning, he even used these footprints!"

"It's a pity that it's getting dark and I can't see the details."

"He couldn't have disappeared without a trace."

"Now there are two possibilities. One is that this bastard followed these footprints to the north and then ran back, or this guy is hiding nearby!"

"How can there be clues left, or we can light the torches. Otherwise, we can only wait until dawn tomorrow before chasing them."

"Our purpose is to find out the advance team, we can't light the torches"

"That guy might have discovered us a long time ago"

"He found us just in time! But we're going to make him think we don't know he found us."

"Your words are too awkward to understand."

"Uh, anyway, he will definitely find the devils to advance to the team, and then piss us off"

"Damn us? You said he would let the advancing team set up an ambush?"

"In the vast mountains, as long as we run faster than them, we are afraid that he will throw a ball!"

"What if they lay an ambush?"

"With a little devil's temper, how could he do such a boring thing?"

The soldier nodded, because the eighth road lacked guns and ammunition and had to ambush.

If there are more guns and more bullets, whoever crawls on the ground for a long time may not be able to hit the enemy in the end!
A few muttered about the time.

Kazuro Takahashi was walking cautiously towards the south, tiptoeing, and his footprints completely overlapped with the messy footprints on the ground.

On the road, he picked up a pair of rotten cloth shoes discarded by the national army!
At this time, the cloth shoes on his feet are turned upside down, the footprints are facing north, but he is walking south.
After walking a certain distance, a small river ditch appeared in the valley.

Gao Qiao was overjoyed, and immediately jumped into the ditch, walked a certain distance, and put on his military boots again.

The two legs ran south crazily like they were stepping on hot wheels.

Even if Balu brought the dog with him, he couldn't catch up with him now.

Soon, Takahashi Ichiro disappeared deep in the mountains to the south.

Baiyun Mountain.

When it was dark, the gunfire finally stopped.

There are plane bombings every day!

It has been attacking continuously for more than 20 days!

The team on the mountain has long been surrounded.

But this group of troops is still stubbornly resisting.

The imperial army and the imperial association army took turns to fight, except for leaving a lot of corpses, they couldn't attack the hill at all.

Obviously, the national army on the hill has sufficient ammunition.

In the depths of the mountains, except for the [-] infantry artillery that can be disassembled, heavy artillery cannot be transported at all.

The mountain village devil's temporary headquarters.

The face of the major commander sitting at the top was covered with traces of gunpowder smoke.

The assistant next to him just finished reading the telegram: "The various ministries that encircled and suppressed the Eighth Route have received frequent reports of success, and once again cleared the headquarters of the Eighth Route and suppressed the Tuba Road, and completely encircled the headquarters of the Eighth Route in She County."

Shao Zuo nodded: "As long as we can annihilate this team, the national army will no longer have an organized resistance army in the east of Taihang and north of the Yellow River in the entire Central Plains!"

"Report, an urgent telegram from the headquarters." The messenger handed over a telegram to the assistant major of the group.

The assistant took it over and read: "...at all costs to capture the top of the mountain, you can achieve the strategic goal of pacifying the remnants of the enemy north of the Yellow River!"

The major grabbed the binoculars on the table and went out.

Looking at the ruins of the Baiyun Temple on the top of the mountain, I was fascinated.

Since the beginning of the spring sweep, he has been leading a team to chase after this group of soldiers.

After repeatedly persuading them to surrender to no avail, they continued to attack for nearly a month before finally encircling the rebels in this mountainous area.

Constantly compress the activity space of this army.

All wiped out, just around the corner!
Countless pairs of eyes are staring at him!
The head of the puppet army followed from the command post to the side of the major to offer courtesy: "Why don't I go to persuade you again?"

Shao Zuo put down his binoculars, looked at the commander of the Security Force, and suddenly asked: "You said, if they persist, the whole army will definitely be wiped out. Why didn't they surrender?"

"It should be for the last face."

Shao Zuo was surprised for a moment: "Face? Face is more important than life?"

If they surrender, they will lose the face of the entire Northeast Army.

You heard it just now, the headquarters has issued a death order, you follow me to encircle and suppress them for a month, do you think we can take this mountain within three days?
The commander of the puppet army smiled obsequiously: "Do you want to listen to the truth?"

"Hehe, you are too cunning, don't consider my feelings."

The false regiment leader immediately became confident: "Within three days, it is absolutely impossible."

"You don't want to join the attack, do you?"

"To tell you the truth, you know our combat effectiveness. They now have an absolute advantage in location, but at the same time, they are also in a desperate situation. As long as they can be besieged for a long time, they will not last long at all."

"But I must carry out the command of the headquarters."

"I have a suggestion."

"you say!"

"The purpose of the headquarters to issue this order is to eliminate the rebels north of the Yellow River. We might as well use another method to achieve the same goal."

"You go on talking."

"They are in a desperate situation. We call it a last stand. They are dead anyway. He will definitely resist desperately"

"I suggest that you get rid of the habit of showing off."

"For siege warfare, there is a saying in the art of war, encircling three queries and one. Now even though we are attacking a mountain, we can also use this method."

"You mean we let go and let them go down the mountain? This is not a good idea, because now I have no troops in the entire south"

"They dare not go down the mountain because they don't know whether we have set up an ambush in the south. After going down the mountain, the whole army will definitely be wiped out. Of course he will stay on the mountain and stand by for help."

"They must know that there can be no reinforcements, they are waiting to die! Such an opponent deserves respect!"

"So, it's better to send someone up to negotiate with them. They can send a small group of troops down the mountain to reconnaissance to the south. We really didn't set up an ambush in the south. In this way, they can leave."

"You mean you want me to let them go?"

"The order from the headquarters was to capture the top, not to wipe them all out. If we can reach an agreement with them and let them go south across the Yellow River, they will save face and the imperial army will occupy the north of the Yellow River. Everyone will be happy."

"Yes, your idea is very interesting. What if they don't leave after they go down the mountain?"

"As long as they go down the mountain, is it up to them to leave or not? Besides, as long as they go down the mountain, our goal has been achieved! The imperial army doesn't have to pay too many casualties. Of course, I can also make my brothers bleed less."

Shao Zuo was speechless, and finally nodded helplessly: "Then are you willing to negotiate with them?"

The false regiment leader bowed: "I would like to do the work of a dog and a horse!"

Half an hour later, the large army of devils besieged began to mobilize, and the two squadrons of devils on guard in the south began to gather to the north, and the puppet army also began to concentrate on a large-scale attack.

Negotiations also need to be strategic, first arrange heavy troops to deter the other party, put forward unacceptable conditions for the other party, and then slowly lower the requirements until both parties are satisfied.
The attack that should be done still cannot be relaxed, and if the negotiation fails, no casualties will be taken into consideration!