under fire

Chapter 255 Coupling
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Paichang Wang lay on his back in the grass, listening to the chirping of insects and looking at the stars in the dark sky.

The one I brought with me was reorganized not long ago. A team of forty people, as a squad leader of the supplementary regiment, became a platoon leader after a few battles. It cannot be said that the Eighth Route Army has a good tradition. Most of the platoon members took the lead and rushed to the forefront, because the platoon leader sacrificed several, and was directly identified as the platoon leader by the battalion commander.

Most of the soldiers next to him were asleep, and on the other side was Su Qing, a political worker.

Officer Su was half lying behind the bushes on the right, staring nervously at five or six miles away, a little devil's gun tower stood outside the town, and a faint light shone through the sky above the town.

"Officer Su, the small town to the east is full of devils who have withdrawn from the mountains inside and out. I don't think it makes sense to wait any longer!" , some worry about gains and losses.

"If you wait until dawn tomorrow, and the person to meet you hasn't arrived, let's talk about the evacuation." Su Qing's cold voice came, without a trace of emotion, as if talking about something indifferent.

"If Director Su doesn't look good, I'll take the soldiers to guard here, and you go to the village to rest!" Platoon Leader Wang suggested nervously.

"You should know the importance of this mission! Therefore, I must stick to it!" Su Qing flatly refused, and had no intention of following Plato Leader Wang's persuasion.

The platoon leader Wang was at a loss for words and didn't speak any more.

The scene fell into silence, but he really wanted to refute: There are many divisions that go into the mountain this way, even the commanders. I haven't seen any of the division commanders or political commissars?Not just dozens of border area cadres, is it a big deal?

If the people who need to respond do not arrive on time, they can give up the mission and stay in the enemy-occupied area for a while, which will be more dangerous.

Officer Su is educated and experienced, so Platoon Leader Wang felt that keeping silent was the best choice.

Su Qing was also thinking nervously. She herself had done this before, and this kind of large-scale response operation was also the first time. If the person being received did not arrive on time, no matter what, it would be regarded as a mission failure and she had to act decisively. Cancel the action immediately, absolutely without delay.

The responsibility must be the other party's, but if you know the reason for the failure of the other party, you should still consider continuing the task, and as for whether to continue, it is up to the person in charge of the operation to decide.

The person in charge of this operation is not Su Qing, but Platoon Leader Wang!Platoon leader Wang obeyed Su Qingyan, because Su Qing changed his name for him.

The reason why the other party didn't arrive on time should be very simple, either they were arrested, or something happened on the road, and this kind of action of crossing the blockade at night is not easy to be arrested!There was a sudden gathering of devils in the east. This was an unexpected situation, so the possibility of diversion was the greatest.

It took two days for the devils in the mountains to withdraw and station in the small town to the east, so the second plan should not be used. Blocked, the team entering the mountain bypassed the blockade line, and it was not very difficult.

According to the intelligence, the escort mission is performed by a company-level instructor who often performs such missions and has rich experience, so the possibility of detour is the greatest!
It would only take an extra night for the other party to bypass the town. It stands to reason that they would send people from the south or north to contact him, and then they would make a detour to meet him.

Su Qing knew that Platoon Leader Wang was thinking about his own safety, but he was always worried if he didn't stay here for this kind of thing.

So, Su Qing simply added: "For everyone's safety, it's enough to keep one class here, and the others go to the village to rest."

"Why don't you go into the village with the soldiers to have a rest first? They just want to change the soldiers from the village to come out to be on duty in a while." Platoon Leader Wang suggested again.

"No need." Su Qing said coldly.

"Then, all right," Platoon Leader Wang said, looking up again to count the stars.

Glancing at the flickering fire of the gun tower in the distance again, Su Qing pulled the marching blanket under his body and leaned against the edge of the soil slope to take a nap.

Time passed slowly.

A black shadow ran back from Maoyao in the east.

The sound of footsteps woke up a few people who were half asleep.

Black Shadow skillfully came to the vicinity of Platoon Leader Wang, lowered his voice, and reported excitedly: "Report to Platoon Leader, someone is coming from the east!"

"How many people are there? Has your identity been verified?" Platoon Leader Wang Yigulu climbed up from the ground behind the hillside and asked the black shadow excitedly.

"About thirty or forty, which is about the same as the number of people we want to pick up, but it's still far away! I don't know the exact number for now! However, they are still pulling the cart with torches." The soldier took a breath after speaking.

"Huh? Lighting a torch? What's the situation? You go back first, continue to investigate, be careful!" Platoon Leader Wang became excited.

"Yes!" said the soldier, and ran down the hillside.

"Why are they so daring when they light torches?" Platoon Leader Wang muttered to himself, and then happily said to Su Qing: "Officer Su, thirty or forty of them finally waited for them!"

"In terms of numbers, they are about the same, but they are lighting torches and driving cars." Su Qing calmed down and thought quickly: "No, they are definitely not the people we want to meet. The people who come are devils or security forces!"

"No way? Devil security forces seldom travel at night. Maybe it's because the comrades got the cart with the support of friendly troops after putting on makeup? I have encountered many times when I went out with the company commander and the others to perform missions! "After listening to Su Qing's analysis, Platoon Leader Wang didn't think there would be any surprises.

"It's unlikely. It doesn't make sense to drive a cart through the enemy-occupied area!" Su Qing categorically denied: "Most of the teams we are going to meet are cadres transferred from the local area to the mountain. Drive the car, secondly, there are a large number of devils stationed in the town in the east, and it is not far from the blockade. If the devils are not in the town, it makes sense to go around from the north and the south! Now driving the car, and coming from the east, it must be the enemy !” Su Qing judged decisively.

"Then what should we do? We need to retreat first! Oh, it's too late to retreat now, they've already arrived!" Platoon leader Wang looked at the approaching torch-lighting team, a little panicked, his scalp was numb, and he had only become a platoon leader not long ago. , the unprecedented first time to perform a mission, it's normal to be nervous.

"Don't be nervous. It's already midnight. As long as we don't expose ourselves, the devils won't know we're hiding here." Although Su Qing said this, her palms were sweating.

Under the sky full of stars, the ground was not far away, the team with torches turned around a small hill, and the creaking sound gradually became louder.

More than a dozen carts were full of things, and the mules and horses pulled them easily, and two devil soldiers walked in front of the team.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen devils walked in front of the convoy two hundred meters away from the vanguard, and the group walked on the empty dirt road without any scruples.

Second Lieutenant Guizi saw one slope after another in front of him. He had been here a few days ago, and there was not even a single person in the nearby village. It was almost like a wilderness. Walking on the road where the warriors retreated, Balu had already heard about it. And fled eight hundred miles away!No vigilance.

A security guard who was driving ahead shook his head and complained as he walked, "We're almost at the supply point, what supplies do we need to send there!"

"After entering the mountain for more than a month, the imperial army has achieved great results. We should work harder!" A shrill voice came from behind.

The cart made harsh creaking noises, and the Second Lieutenant Devil stopped, waited for the mule cart to come, jumped into the empty space left by the cart, and was about to take a nap on the grain bag behind.

The devil's vanguard was not too far away from the rear team, and they advanced slowly, and the cart behind them couldn't move fast. However, marching at night is much more refreshing than marching under the scorching sun during the day.

Behind the hillside, the sentry hid carefully.

On the road in front of the slope, the ghost soldiers hummed a little song, their voices drifting in the wind.

"No, it's a devil!" The sentinel turned his head and said to the person next to him: "Hurry up and report!"

The soldiers next to him hurriedly climbed backwards, descended to the hillside, and hurriedly ran back along the foot of the small hill.

The sentinel lying on the hillside, clinging to the ground, lowered his breath, his heart was beating wildly, his palms were sweating, and he aimed his gun at a devil's vanguard.

The two devils got closer and closer, chattering and laughing wildly, and the other devil was crying and howling!
The harsh sound made the soldiers behind the hillside get goosebumps in the summer night!

The ghost soldiers did not go up the hillside, but slowly marched on the dirt road down the gentle slope, the voice became clearer and clearer, and the distance between the two sides was less than 30 meters!

The soldier's fingers were trembling, and the muzzle of the gun kept pointing at the bodies of the two devils, thinking in his heart, if he shot so close, he might be able to hit them both with one shot!
Thinking of the explanation given by the Soviet officer before he came out, he endured and endured until a few minutes later, the devil's vanguard walked far west.

(End of this chapter)