under fire

Chapter 354
The gate of the cottage is just ahead, and a silhouette can be vaguely seen in the dark night.

Under the top of the mountain, at the end of a small piece of flat land, leaning against a cliff five or six meters high, a fence gate of stone and wood was piled up more than ten feet high.

The top of the mountain should be wider, otherwise, the bandits would not let go of the flat land outside the gate of the cottage. There is a slight light shining through it, but no sound can be heard, unlike ordinary bandit dens, where there is still the sound of drinking and punching in the middle of the night.

The terrain is dangerous. If you want to attack the village, you don't need to put too many people to guard the gate. You can turn all the attackers on the flat ground below into targets if you are directly on the cliff.

The typical terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack is perfect for a garrison.

The vice-captain's initial flirtation was a bit strange. How to solve the water problem while staying on the top of the mountain?

If during the daytime, the bandits above the cliff were condescending, no matter how weak their combat power was, with such a terrain advantage, the district team could only run away.

The only advantage now is the dark night under the stars, and the only thing I can do is to find a way to sneak into the cottage.

The cliff is not considered high, and for soldiers who have been running in the mountains for a long time, it is not too difficult to find a way to touch it.

But it will definitely make people move.

While thinking about it, County Magistrate Yang led his men to follow, and the soldiers gasped against the cliff.

"How's the situation?" Yang Deshi calmed down, watched the deputy captain lead the soldiers leaning against the mountain wall, squeezed to the front, and squatted down beside the deputy captain.

"Major Yang, the terrain is unfavorable. If the battle starts, we can't rush up to the village immediately. The bandits only need to throw two torches from the cliff, and our whereabouts will be exposed. No matter how weak the bandits are, they won't be able to fight this battle!" The captain reported the situation to Yang Deshi behind him.

"It's completely different from the devil who ambush last time." The scout in front of the deputy captain lowered his voice: "I have searched along the flat ground just now, but I haven't found a place where I can climb up with bare hands."

"The situation above is unknown, so I didn't dare to throw a rope to hook it up."

"Such a place is good as a garrison. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack." Yang Deshi didn't think about how to take down the cottage, but he was moved by the terrain that was vaguely visible under the starlight.

"It's a pity that the sentry was interrogated at the foot of the mountain just now, but the sentry was not brought up. Otherwise, we can have another trial, find out the situation on the cliff, and find a way to go up." The scout was not without regret.

"I don't know what happened to the back door of the cottage where Captain Liu left?" Yang Deshi stopped his reverie.

The deputy captain thought for a while: "There must be bandits standing guard behind the mountain. According to the previous experience of suppressing bandits, it is estimated that there is not much difference from this side, but the defense should not be so tight, and the chances are much greater."

Yang Deshi was helpless: "How sure is it if we attack by force?"

"The terrain is very special. Judging from the layout of the gate of the bandits' cottage, there may be a shooting position above the gate. If the battle starts, if the gate cannot be taken down in a short time and rush to the cliff, we will try to fight this battle."

"Can't find a way to climb up the cliff?"

"The bandits must also think about this problem, so there are bandits guarding the cliff. It is too difficult to climb up without any movement. Sooner or later, they will be discovered. There is really no better way than to attack."

"The bandits will arrange people to be vigilant at night? Is this still a bandit?"

"It looks like a regular army. If we can't do it, let's make some noise to attract the bandits, and wait for Captain Liu and the others to catch them by surprise. Otherwise, we can only attack by force. But we don't have enough troops and firepower, so we really have no chance."

Behind the mountain, the situation is no different from that in the south.

It was still pitch black, and Captain Liu led a squad to move smoothly to the back mountain.

It went smoothly. In a cave at the foot of the mountain, the two bandits who were snoring and sleeping were eliminated. The team climbed up the steep mountain road against the cliff, carefully using their hands and feet.

When I got to the top of the mountain, I was dumbfounded. There was only a small area under the almost vertical cliff that could only accommodate seven or eight people standing crowded together. Then, there was no way!

"Captain, look, the ground here is flat and the cliffs are a little smooth. It seems that there are many people coming and going, but there is no way. It means that the bandits are going up and down here, and they should be hanging up and down with ropes." The scout judged based on experience.

"Can you throw a rope and hook it?"

"Yes, the cliff is not very high, but I don't know what's going on up there. If it's discovered, it will be over."

"Rest for a few minutes first, and wrap the hook with a cloth by the way, and the other soldiers will retreat first." Captain Liu made a decisive decision.

"Captain, this black light is blind, it's easy to go up the mountain, but it's difficult to go down the mountain," the squad leader said.

"We can't be discovered, so we should all stay here as targets?" Captain Liu was helpless.

"It stands to reason that Captain Liu who went up to Qianshan should already be in place. It's strange that there has been no movement. Otherwise, he could have groped up. Captain, look, why don't you send someone to Qianshan to see the situation first?"

"The agreed time should have passed. There is no movement in Qianshan, which means that they are also in trouble. Now it has passed, and it takes an hour to go back and forth, which is too long."

"That's okay!" The squad leader turned around and asked softly, "Zhou Wenjie, are you ready?"

"Company Commander Hu, someone has been here before, and it hasn't been long since they left. There is an earthen stove in the valley, and the ashes inside are still hot." Wang Liujin rushed to Hu Yi's side.

Sitting on the mountain ridge, Hu Yi looked at the light shining from the village by the road to the south, and turned his head to Chojiu when he heard this: "Have you been to this village before?"

Chop Jiu scratched his head in embarrassment and said nothing, his subordinate quickly said: "I have been there before, this village is very poor, and there are not many people in the village, after the surnamed Gou led people to occupy this place, I don't know much about it. gone."

"What other armed forces are nearby?"

Chop Jiu knows a lot about the surrounding situation: "There is a small village on the west side of the road into the mountain, which is almost the same situation. To the north is the mining area. There are martial arts gyms run by five big families, and a self-defense force has also been organized."

"What is the origin of the Self-Defense Force?"

"Most of them are teams organized by the people spontaneously"

Hu Yi is used to finding out the enemy's strength, firepower, and terrain before making a move.

He didn't intend to do anything to unfamiliar places, he carefully looked at the hills and mountains everywhere, it was a good place to play guerrilla.

What interested him most was that he found a small river beside the road along the way. Even in such a severe drought, the water in the river did not stop flowing.

Where there is water, there is hope.

Hu Yi was silent for a while: "What is the background of that Commander Gou?"

Cut Jiu thought for a while: "He's different, he was defeated by the devils to break up the national army, and later recruited a group of bandits in the mountains. Familiar with the terrain, he had no choice but to lose troops, so he sent traitors to recruit security, and the person surnamed Gou suffered a lot, so he half-heartedly took refuge in Xu Jinsen."

"Half refuge? What do you mean?"

"The devils don't have enough troops, and it's a headache for these bandits who are familiar with the situation in the mountains, so they simply send traitors to give their numbers, without paying them, and without sending instructors. The two sides don't interfere with each other, and they can do business with each other.

"Isn't this the Security Force? Why is it called the Security Corps?" the girl sitting next to him asked casually.

"The public security army is paid, and the security team protects the safety of the people in name. The rich people in the nearby villages pay for the guns, and the people pay the salary. The surname Gou was an officer of the national army a few years ago. Became the Emperor of the Earth, but also doing business with your team in the mountains."

"Can they beat devils?"

"Fuck, Gou, in the name of the guerrillas of the national army, is more ruthless than when the national army was there. He bullies men and women and does all kinds of evil, and he is afraid that the devils will wipe him out, so he secretly hooks up with Xu Jinsen. Otherwise, he I don’t dare to openly show up at Xujiazhuang.”

"Why isn't he on the anti-rape list?" the girl turned her head and asked Lao Zhou.

"Because Commander Gou sold most of the supplies he got from Xu Jinsen to us." Lao Zhou had no choice but to tell what he knew, anyway, it was all public in the eyes of Cut Nine.

"That person surnamed Xu is also supplying supplies to the mountain? Why is he on the list?" The girl was puzzled.

"He intentionally drove up prices, and arrested members of our anti-Japanese organization in the city." Lao Zhou said bitterly.

　Brother Hanjiang Chuxue, it's too difficult to write
　　
　
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