under fire

Chapter 361
The deputy captain of the district team took people to the back mountain for reconnaissance, firstly to prevent bandits from coming up from the back mountain, and secondly to see if the road down the mountain was smooth.

Not long after I left, I found that a dozen bandits in the back mountain had already touched the middle of the mountain!
After throwing down a few grenades, the bandits retreated after leaving behind a few wounded soldiers.

The deputy captain stood in the sun and carefully observed the topography of the back mountain of the cottage. It was perfect, and the bandits who attacked in such a place didn't even need to hide.

The bandits didn't move for a long time, and they felt bored staying here. After thinking about it, they led the soldiers back to the mountain.

After wandering around, he came to the house where the prisoners were held.

Directly order the soldiers to lift a bandit leader out of the house.

The vice-captain rubbed his temples with red eyes, took out his pistol and pointed it at the leader's head: "One day you will fall into the hands of grandpa, and you will be in cahoots with devils, and I will kill you now!"

The leader was so frightened that he immediately collapsed on the ground with his feet limp, with a snot bubble coming out of his nose: "Excuse me, sir, if it wasn't for the devils, who would want to run to this immaculate cottage? Never did."

"Oh, then tell me, has there ever been a ghost army disguised as an eighth route and entered the mountain from you?"

"Uh, how would I know this? If the emperor really disguised himself as the eighth master, how would we recognize him? Anyway, the eighth master is going to pass here, and our masters have never said anything else." He replied with a mournful face on his head.

The deputy captain thought for a while: "Three months ago, the devils entered the mountain to mobilize. There was a team that entered the mountain from you. Ge Laozi, you'd better tell the truth. Who participated?"

"How dare we, there are so many devils entering the mountain, as soon as we got the news, they all ran away, who knows if they will do anything to us, but we dare not come back until half a month after they leave the mountain!"

"Then, who are the people who help the devil drive the cart and pull things, hehe, don't say you haven't done it before."

"The devil has a gun on his head, who dares to resist, the conscience of heaven and earth, we really don't know that they want to enter the mountain to sweep!"

The deputy captain kicked the little leader on the ground: "If I find out that you are lying, I will take your skin off!"

The little boss didn't even dare to scream, he just sucked in his breath desperately.

"Get two more out!"

Yang Deshi and Captain Liu saw that the deputy captain was interrogating criminals. He asked if he had been an accomplice to the devils in that way. Who would dare to admit it?
The bandits at the bottom of the mountain didn't move much, they just fired two shots occasionally, thinking that there was no need to stay there to bask in the sun.

The two put away their guns and walked to the other leader who had just been pulled out. Captain Liu pulled the deputy aside.

Yang Deshi stepped forward and asked kindly: "Tell me, who are you and why did you become a bandit?"

The little leader was still in shock: "I was originally a member of the county's security regiment. After the devils came, I fought two battles with the devils. The head of the regiment also died. After being scattered by the devils, I had no choice but to go up the mountain."

"Then you are bandits now, am I right?"

"Ah? No, no, no, we are the security group, the security group that protects the safety of the common people." The little boss hurriedly defended.

"Your cottage has colluded with traitors for a long time, and you still say you are not a bandit?"

"I swear to God, we are really not, I have never bullied ordinary people."

"Oh, it's true, you didn't oppress, what about your subordinates?"

"Others, I don't care."

"Oh, so you are still a good person?"

"I don't know if others are, but I'm sure I'm not a bad person."

The deputy captain couldn't bear to see County Magistrate Yang talking nonsense with this guy: "Who has time to talk to you about these useless good and bad people? Your mother, hurry up and tell the truth, where is the money you looted?"

"Sir, Mingjian, most of the money is in the village at the foot of the mountain, and the deputy commander is in charge. We people are just eating and drinking, so how can we have any money!"

Yang Deshi had a black thread. How could the Eighth Route Army control the bandits asking for money?

"The water stored in that tank is enough for one day, and water is carried up from the bottom of the mountain every day."

"Then why don't you live directly under the mountain?"

"We thought about it too, but the commander said, we can't put all our troops together. We need to take the cottage as the center and disperse people to the surrounding villages. Even if the devils or the eighth master come, we can go up the mountain or from the back mountain. Run north, advance and retreat freely."

"Okay, it seems that you bandits are really doing well, at least you are not hungry." After Yang Deshi finished speaking, he ordered the soldiers in custody: "Put him in first."

Captain Liu frowned: "I saw that there isn't much water in the tank, and there are quite a few of us, plus these dozens of captives, this matter is not easy to solve."

"Let's save a little, and we can last for two or three days."

"But if you include the prisoners, I think it will take two days to see the bottom."

"Whether there is water has become the key to whether we can persist on the mountain for a long time."

"Major Yang, tell me, has the regiment received any information about us?"

"There should be no problem. If there are no accidents, let's stick to it for three days, and the big troops will arrive."

"What should I do if I capture it?"

"Wait until the big troops come"

Yang Deshi firmly believes that the stalemate with the bandits here will probably get the news tomorrow.

He was very thoughtful and left two soldiers on the southern outskirts. Once the district team occupied the bandit stronghold, they would report to the regiment. If so many were captured, the regiment should arrange for people to come.

"County Yang, I'll keep an eye on this place, you go to sleep for a while, don't we both lose energy at night."

"Go to bed first, the bandits don't dare to come up during the day, I'll keep an eye on it first, and I have to write a report by the way, you watch at night, the task is even heavier."

"Well then, you have to be careful."

"Don't worry, as long as all the bandits are attracted here, once the large army of the regiment arrives, they will be able to finish their work in one battle."

Captain Liu nodded, half understanding.

The bandits who had been tossing all night gave up their attack, only occasionally sniping at the cliff.

In the village under the cottage, the commander looked red-eyed: "Three died and four were injured?"

The deputy commander quickly replied: "Yes, the matter from above has been clarified, there are only forty or fifty people who attacked the cottage, and we have surrounded the front and back mountains so that they can't fly!"

"Do you know that Lao Wu was beaten to death by them at the blockade ditch?"

"Ah, is it also the hands of this group?"

"Not surprisingly, this group of people was brought by Nanfang Chuanjiu, and this matter is endless."

"That's not right, there are only a dozen people on the side of Chiujiu, where did he get so many people out?"

"I reckon that out of nine out of [-] people who have the guts to collude with the investigative team, it's probably because of the surname Xu."

"No way, hasn't the person surnamed Xu been cooperating with us well?"

"He died for money, he must have got the news from Kianjiu, knowing that the price of the goods we sold to Shanli was much higher than what he sold to us, so he moved his mind."

"Ah? Then don't they have a backhand?"

"There must be, but if you dare to play tricks on me, his surname Xu is tired of work!" The commander grinned grimly.

"Then what shall we do?"

"How many brothers are there on the mountain?"

"Last night, more than 40 people jumped off the cliff and ran back. Those four were injured. I heard from them that quite a few people were beaten to death in the cottage. There were more than ten people in total. They captured the rest." The deputy commander looked frustrated. .

"There's no water on the mountain, so they won't last long. I'm a little surprised. Since it's our idea, only forty or fifty of them have come so far. It's unreasonable."

"That's right, let's add the brothers around us, so there are four or five hundred people. Why is Xu so brave?"

"So, you need to use your brain more in everything. You will capsize in the gutter sooner or later."

"Brother, my elm brain, if you didn't remind me, my deputy commander would be a stick."

"Don't get too far away, what I'm worried about now is that the person surnamed Xu is not getting together with Shanli Balu."

"Ah? If that's the case, what should we do?"

"Think about it, for the detective team surnamed Xu, I beat all three of them alone. If it wasn't for the involvement of Ba Ye, he would dare to attack us?"

"That's right, with our small force, it's really not enough to offend Master Ba."

"Stand still and look at the situation. Don't mess yourself up. If it doesn't work, let's go to the north and vote for the thirteenth team!"

"Isn't the Thirteenth Detachment also a joint force between the Eighth Master and the government?"

"Fart, don't you know that the captain of the thirteenth team is arranged by the Chongqing government?"

"However, we didn't give them a good face when they came to compile it before."

"In the past, we were deserters at that time. If we were caught, we would either become death squads or be shot. Now, only we have guns in our hands. He dares to say no."

"They are with the Eighth Route Group. If we go there, if they play tricks, isn't it just throwing themselves into the trap?"

"They dare not. If so, who will accept their recruitment in the future?"

"What about the cottage now?"

"The bullying got shit on our heads. If we don't give them some color, everyone will think we are soft persimmons."

"I don't quite understand what you mean. Is this going to be fought or not?"

"Not only do we have to fight, but we also have to fight fiercely."

"Ah, that's a good thing. Don't we have mortars? Let's blow up the cottage, so don't let anyone fall behind."

"Bastard, there are so many brothers on the mountain, I can't do this."

"Uh, if the person surnamed Xu hooks up with the Eighth Master, our belongings are not placed on the mountain, and the lost guns can be replaced at any time. You see, if this is the case, let's give some money and let them release those brothers."

"I'm just guessing. I have to wait. If this is the case, at least the person surnamed Xu will arrange for someone to come. Hehe, I have to let him know why the flowers are so popular!"

　Thanks to whoever took my name Hanjiang Chuxue, Sunflowers bloomed on the back of the mountain for rewarding.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)