under fire

Chapter 368 Reinforcement
On the cottage.

At the edge of the table in the room, two figures were sitting listlessly facing each other.

"The fight in the village is so lively. Could it be that a large army is coming?" Captain Liu, who was sitting next to him, held a cup in his hand with a gloomy expression.

Sitting on the head, Yang Deshi frowned with bandages on his arms: "If the people down the mountain were really from the regiment, they wouldn't have waited so long not to attack the cottage. Maybe the bandits started fighting among themselves."

Captain Liu felt very uncomfortable: "In just one day, we will reduce our staff by one-third, and arrange people to guard these bandits. The seriously injured are in urgent need of medical treatment. Now our personnel who can fight are a little nervous. I think we should find a way now. Break out from the back hill."

Yang Deshi heaved a sigh of relief: "I really didn't expect that we could successfully take down the cottage, but we couldn't hold on to it. It would be great if the troops in the regiment could be a day earlier."

"Major Yang, it's all my fault. I didn't scout carefully enough." Captain Liu looked at the handsome and elegant County Magistrate Yang opposite, and felt a little awkward. Does it have anything to do with whether the troops in the regiment arrive early or not?

Yang Deshi was a little depressed: "This has nothing to do with you. I was the one who proposed to attack the bandits' cottage. If there are any unpredictable consequences, I will bear the responsibility. I didn't expect that these people are called security groups on the surface, but secretly But the guy who is doing banditry is so powerful."

"I'm also responsible. The information I provided was inaccurate." Seeing that Yang Deshi was willing to take the initiative to take responsibility, Captain Liu was upright, and quickly took the responsibility on himself. Saying that you are a county magistrate, you are in charge of a Wangcun. Can you afford it?

"Let's not talk about this first, do you know the origin of these bandits?" After Yang Deshi arrived in the supplementary regiment, he knew that Su Qing had been transferred to a group called Qiufeng Guerrilla Brigade in Pingyuan as a political worker.

It stands to reason that he should contact Captain Meng first, but he, who is proud and arrogant, wants to use the strength of the district team to recruit a group of bandits first, strengthen his strength, and gradually develop the enemy-our joint area outside the mountain into a base area. , and then take the opportunity to infiltrate the enemy-occupied area, so that he, the county magistrate, will be the top leader on the plain, and then call the Qiufeng guerrilla brigade for a meeting.

When the time came to meet her, he had even thought about how to speak.

When he came out of the Li division, the political department also specially trained the group of people who went to work in the plains to work in the plains. He simply looked down on the students who were trained with him, and had never even fought a war. Seeing the devil probably made his legs tremble with fright.

"Most of them are bandits, but there are quite a few of them, who were originally defeated by the national army." Captain Liu thought for a while, didn't he tell you about this a long time ago?
"National army, it's the damn national army again." Yang Deshi murmured. He left the independent regiment before because of that national army. Just stronger than yourself?

"Major Yang, now we have so many wounded people, and there is not enough water on the mountain. Adding these captives, I think drinking water alone will become a problem."

Yang Deshi was silent, the gunshots on the edge of the platform below did not stop throughout the day, and the distance between the two sides was not too far away, the bandits under the platform were not stupid, they didn't show their heads at all, they just separated After a while, he threw grenades randomly up the mountain.

Fortunately, there must be only one or two people who can throw the grenade up. Most of the grenades failed to be thrown on the cottage at all, and exploded directly under the cliff.

That is to say, if there are not many grenades thrown up, three will be killed and seven or eight soldiers will be injured.

It's a pity that although they have the advantage of the terrain, they have nothing to do with the bandits below the flat ground. There is a small road next to the mountain wall below the flat ground. Those bandits cleverly hide under the edge of the flat ground. Throwing the grenade, unless it happens to land on the mountain road , doesn't work at all.

Yang Deshi thought for a long time, and finally raised his head: "If they attack by force, we have nothing to fear, but unfortunately, these bandits will not come up."

Captain Liu looked at the flat ground below in a daze: "We still have more than 30 people, so it's not a big problem to stick to it for another two days, but if we really wait for such a long time, almost all the troops will be dispatched."

Yang Deshi suddenly remembered that a soldier of the Kuomintang seemed to have said: Only a manned position is called a position, and a deserted position is nothing.

So he hesitated: "If there are no people, what's the use of taking down the stronghold? There are still hundreds of bandits down the mountain."

This information was obtained from the interrogation of the captives, and the information obtained beforehand was not accurate at all.

Moreover, he knew very well that the regiment had suffered heavy casualties in the devil's last raid, and it was impossible to really send a large force out of the mountain.

Yang Deshi was extremely shocked by the news he got from the bandits!There are four to five hundred bandits at the foot of the mountain, and it would be strange to be able to beat them with just one company of the supplementary regiment.

Because, he knew very well that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the supplementary regiment was not very strong at all.

After three shots, the bullets were gone, so I had to charge forward with a sword and spear. No matter how brave I was, I couldn't bear the bullets of the bandits.

"Major Yang, look, what should we do now? Should we hold on or break through?"

"Have you scouted out the situation in the back mountain?"

"They estimated that the vice-captain would be back in a while." Captain Liu arranged for the vice-captain to go down to the mountainside before dark to guard the back mountain.

Yang Deshi was very unwilling. Not long after the gunshots from the bandits down the mountain rang out, he couldn't help but know what happened.

So now, he no longer has the high-spirited spirit that just won the cottage, and he has no confidence at all.

The captives also revealed an important piece of news, the bandits below still have a mortar, maybe they will get the cannon up tomorrow, the bandits didn't fire the cannon today, maybe because they still have their accomplices on the mountain.

What's more, he didn't expect that the fighting power of the bandits was no worse than that of his previous three companies. In the charge arranged during the day, only half of the soldiers in the attacking squad came back. No one could cross the flat ground between the two sides.

If, when the bandits became ruthless, they really stopped cherishing the lives of their accomplices and went straight to the mortar, the result would be beyond what he could have imagined!
It is entirely possible that the district team will be wiped out tomorrow, which is an unacceptable result for him.

Now, the best way is to retreat from the back mountain at night.

Supplementary regiment department.

Commander Chen said sternly, "This guy surnamed Yang made a big mistake for me as soon as he came here. His mother wants to make meritorious service, but he dares to make a fuss about my material channel. It's so fucking daring."

The political commissar next to him had a dark face: "This area itself is our defense zone, but, I really didn't expect that the people from the independent group are really brave. However, I think it may be a good thing. Now that we have won The cottage, in the future, the passage of materials into the mountain will not be blocked by the surname Gou."

The regiment leader held his breath: "You know what, if you want to beat that surnamed Gou, I will arrange a battalion at will, and you can take it down in minutes, just because it is under the eyes of the devils. If we occupy that place, With the devil's maneuverability, he can wipe out the undefended stronghold within half a day, and I almost wiped out my good buffer zone."

The political commissar was also not in a good mood: "It's true, there is no news from the insider arranged in the cottage until now, it is really a person who is dying of anxiety."

"Liu Dapao, the captain of the district, I think he doesn't want to do it anymore, but he also messed around with Yang. I won't kick him to death."

The political commissar persuaded: "Forget it, it's a fight anyway, let Wang Peng go for a while, and make a good apology to the surname Gou. For the sake of many cooperations in the past, how can the surname Gou give it to you?" save face."

Head Chen couldn't hide the anger in his heart, and turned his head to shout at Wang Peng, the commander of the second battalion who was sitting next to him: "Listen to me, let that man named Yang come back to me, and don't let him sweep the hut for a month. It's not Chen."

"Yes." Wang Peng, who was sitting next to him, quickly stood up and saluted. It wasn't me who did it. Why are you so angry at me?
In the last sweep, a battalion commander of the supplementary regiment died, and Wang Peng, who had the strongest combat effectiveness, was naturally the first to make up and became the second battalion commander!

The team leader looked at Wang Peng, felt that he seemed to be sending the fire to the wrong target, and calmed down his anger: "There is no combat mission this time, no matter what, find a way to bring the district team back to me in its entirety."

"Yes, I promise to complete the task." Wang Peng saluted again.

"Get out of here, no one can worry about it." The head of the regiment had a dark face, with veins trembling on his forehead, and added: "Just take a company, don't let the surnamed Gou really think that we are going to beat him."

The team of more than 100 people was urgently awakened in sleep, ready to assemble, and assembled.

To get out of the mountain, you have to find a way to pass the devil's gun tower at the foot of the mountain. If you can't get out of the mountain before dawn, the team of so many people will naturally have to wait another night.

(End of this chapter)