under fire

Chapter 280 Fear of the Village

The night slowly unfolded on the plain, and the quiet village was no longer dead, but there was some hustle and bustle.

Su Qing put the packed backpack on the table. In the dark, she looked around the cabin, pulled out the pistol magazine to feel the weight, and inserted it with a click. She was a little resistant to the pistol. However, the gift given by the political commissar when he left the supplementary regiment could not be refused.

Put on the military cap, and pull it from side to side. According to the feeling, it should not be crooked, but the hair is a little sticky, which is not very comfortable.

There is no way to scrub, and there is water in the wells in the village, but unfortunately not much, just enough to fill everyone and fill the kettle.

Platoon leader Wang brought two jugs of water to Su Qingduo, but she refused without hesitation.

The intelligence personnel felt something keenly from the lack of water in the well, and nervously thought about the situation in their hearts to establish a plan.

When the door curtain came together, a young man followed Platoon Leader Wang into the main room.

"Are you Director Su?" Seeing Su Qing coming out of the dark room, the young man behind Platoon Leader Wang greeted excitedly.

Su Qing was puzzled. He knew that it was impossible for Platoon Leader Wang to bring a stranger here for no reason.

What's more, I'm not the leader of the team, and it's not my turn to deal with strangers, unless they are the ones to pick up, and I don't know how happy I am.

After looking carefully, the young man was barefoot, with a pair of straw sandals on his waist, and a rattan frame on his back. Under the night, he couldn't see what the black thing in the frame was.

Nodded: "You are?"

The young man hurriedly said, "I, my name is Xu Qiang, and I was ordered to report."

After finishing speaking, he carefully took off the straw sandals around his waist, took out a piece of oiled paper from the interlayer, carefully opened it, and handed it to Su Qing: "Here, the captain asked me to hand it to you in person."

Su Qing took it, and it turned out to be a note the size of a matchbox.

She unfolded the note, and Platoon Leader Wang struck a match immediately. When Su Qing read it quickly, the match almost burned his fingers.

Su Qing handed the note to a young man named Xu Qiang.

As soon as the platoon leader Wang left the note, Xu Qiang stuffed the note into his mouth and swallowed it. Then Xu Qiang took out a yellow and white piece of paper from his pocket: "This is from the organization!"

Su Qing took it over, and the platoon leader Wang had to strike a match again, and saw clearly on the right side of the front, there were three words written vertically with his fingers: "Good Civilian Certificate". , 15 years of the Republic of China.

It seems that the higher-ups have already made arrangements to participate in work in Pingyuan this time, and the efficiency of organizational arrangements is really not slow.

But as a situation officer, doubts are her habit: "How did you find this place?"

"Uh, I didn't find it here. I went to the scheduled pick-up point to notify you that the team had changed its plan. In the end, I found the soldiers left behind by Platoon Leader Wang. The situation was complicated, and the team had to divert when entering the mountain. I had a small goal by myself. The north risked a detour to inform you."

"How do you know we are the Eighth Route Army, not the enemy?"

The platoon leader next to him quickly explained embarrassingly: "I met Xu Qiang before, because I found your good citizen certificate from him, and I couldn't match the code, so he was escorted by the soldiers, and I have verified it."

"You mean, you came back during the day?"

"Yeah! It's getting dark here!"

"Not exposed?"

"Everyone on the road has one!"

"Okay, you go to rest for a while, and you will be leaving soon." Su Qing turned his head: "Platoon Leader Wang, what happened to the gunshots in the west in the evening, did you investigate the situation clearly?"

"Not yet, comrades haven't come back yet"

After Xu Qiang walked away with the guards outside, Su Qing asked Plato Leader Wang again: "Have you got the password right?"

"Ah, do you still need a password? I know him." Platoon Leader Wang's face changed drastically: "I'll go right away!"

"Report. Report to platoon leader, Officer Su, there are devils coming from the west!" A soldier opened the door curtain and hurried in. There was no one in the darkness, and two people were heard talking outside the door.

"How many people are there, what is the distance, and where is the direction?"

"One squad, but judging by their appearance, they are in a messy formation and have no heavy weapons. When I came back, they were three miles away! The direction is heading towards the village."

Platoon Leader Wang immediately pulled the bolt of his old slide, and pushed the bolt with a bang. The first bullet was pushed into the chamber, with the muzzle facing upwards, back to the back.

"Ready to fight."

"Wait." Su Qing tried hard to think about how Hu Yi would deal with such a situation before, at least he wouldn't want to prepare to fight in such a hurry as Platoon Leader Wang.

"Hey, Officer Su, what else do you want?"

The three of them went out, and the soldier Su Qing came back asked, "Has the devil found you now?"

"Definitely not."

"Did they carry the wounded?"

"Looks like there's a stretcher."

Su Qing thought for a while and calmly analyzed: "There are only one wounded among a dozen devils, which means that it is not a special team for sending the wounded. It is not normal that the team is chaotic and messy. We all heard gunshots from the west in the afternoon. There must be a connection between them. "

"Hey, why didn't I expect it to be so." Platoon Leader Wang had to admire Su Qing's carefulness.

"Then, I think there is a high possibility that the devils are escaping. It's getting dark. Then, most of them will go to the village to rest, and our mission is over. We can just lay them in an ambush."

"Well, it makes sense, Officer Su, then, I'll arrange to ambush the devils."

She has experienced many battles with Hu Yi, big and small, so she thinks that fighting devils is not as difficult as other troops say. Naturally, she is full of confidence in the soldiers.

Finally there was some breeze, blowing through the village, and there was a small rustling sound.

This time in the plains, she will stay in the plains to participate in the work of the work team after joining the mountain team, but along the way, there are no people in the village at all, and the mass work cannot be carried out naturally.

This comrade named Xu Qiang came to report to him, which is not in line with common sense. It stands to reason that he should report it by himself.

But this doesn't explain the problem. If Xu Qiang's identity is confirmed, then the organization's meaning is obvious. He doesn't want to go east to Jizhong by himself, but most of the time he wants to stay here.

Thinking of this, I feel that this kind of organizational arrangement is not bad, at least, it is much closer to the independent group.

Following the running warriors, she came to the woods at the entrance of the village. In the distance, there was an empty and boundless wilderness. Suddenly, there was an indescribable feeling in her heart. If the devils were not getting closer, she even wanted to go to the wilderness. take a walk.

Habitually, she put her hand into a small bag on her back, pulled out the small pistol given to her by the political commissar before leaving, thought for a while, and put it away again. I heard Hu Yi said that the pistol is in the wild, if it is not at close range , It is purely a decoration, and it is not useful.

"Officer Su, you can retreat to the back room. Here, we are fine. As long as the devils enter the village through this road, I guarantee that none of them will escape."

Platoon leader Wang is no stranger to ambushes. The soldiers are all leaning against the south of the village, with their guns pointing north. They are almost ready and waiting for the devils to come.

Sergeant Cao took a few steps, his throat felt like it was on fire, and he didn't even find any water along the way.

When attacking the village, they left their kettles outside the village. At this time, they couldn't find a source of water.

If it weren't for the fact that they happened to be taking care of the wounded at the edge of the village, the entire squadron might have been completely wiped out when the eight roads rushed over in a mass of darkness.

Sergeant Cao is very depressed, the soil eight road weapons are far more than expected, obviously, there is something wrong with this group of eight roads, maybe, or the number 13 of the eight roads in the middle?The most important thing now is to mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress!
The second lieutenant was powerless and committed seppuku while resting on the road.

There is no way, a squadron comes out and goes back ten or so. For such a big loss, someone must take responsibility. The lieutenant was nowhere to be seen, and the second lieutenant went back. A serious punishment would most likely make him an instructor of those security forces.

Perhaps, is a good choice.

The most important thing now is to go back and report. After breaking out from the east, I dare not go west to the gun tower on the mountain side. I have to rush back overnight, maybe there is still a chance. .

"Report, there is a village ahead, and the eight-way chasers have withdrawn. We have been running all afternoon, and now we are very thirsty. Look, can we go to the village to rest before we go?" a devil suggested.

Sergeant was stunned for a moment. At this time, he felt a sense of fear when he heard the village. He raised his hand and slapped his ears: "Remember, don't mention the word village in front of me in the future. Yours, do you understand?"

"Yes, there is a forest ahead, shall we take a rest?"

This time, the sergeant was furious and kicked over. There is clearly a village in front of you. You are looking for discomfort: "Bypass the village forest and move forward at full speed. No matter what, you must hurry to the assembly point with a telephone before dawn. .”

Woods by the village.

"Why don't the devils enter the village? Could it be that they found us?" the squad leader asked the platoon leader next to him in a low voice.

"Probably not, maybe it's because I'm afraid of an ambush!" Plato Leader Wang didn't know what to do.

"Then what do we do now?"

"Since the devil is on the order, hey, how can you let go of the fat that is delivered to your mouth, and get ready to fight."

　Eighth Route Army No. 13 is Mr. Peng's code name.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)