under fire

Chapter 440 The Great Ambush

A large number of security forces gathered, causing panic everywhere on the plain, and all the villagers who could run had already fled.

News came from the headquarters that there were nearly a thousand people from the Eight Routes attacking Hua County!Li Ying, the commander of the Second Army of the Public Security Army, felt very upset. Tuba Road is not a regular army of the national army!

Every time the raid runs faster than a rabbit, when will you dare to fight against the powerful security forces?

Of course, for some unknown reason, what he received was that a group of Eighth Route Army fled eastward from Qi County and occupied Hua County, a tasteless place. The imperial army had no time to pursue the Eighth Route Army because they were going south to deal with the national army!
As for the news of the two-day battle between the Eight Route Army and the Imperial Army, it was ignored and erased by some people intentionally or unintentionally.

Therefore, when he received the order to clean up the sandy area and go to Hua County to take the eighth road, he immediately arranged for various ministries to gather to prepare and discuss the plan to dispatch troops.

Half a year ago, the Sanguang policy was implemented village by village, and all the people here ran away, and it was better to send troops to Hua County directly to fight the fart!
In troubled times, someone with a gun is the master!There must be a price to be paid for fighting a tough battle, there is no need,
But you have to make a show to show the imperial army advisers in the team, don't you?It doesn't matter whether there are people in his villages, let's do a sweep first, and it doesn't matter whether he catches the eight roads or not, what matters is the attitude!

As long as it is reported that dozens of villages have been swept away, and how many houses have been burned, it will be fine.As for not catching the common people, because the imperial army's reputation spread far and wide, the common people had heard the news and ran away a long time ago!
What's more, due to the severe drought this year, there are not a few people who have left their homes.

Those eight-way guerrillas don't have much fighting power, and it's boring to stay here every day, so it's good to go out for a while.

For this reason, Commander Li called a nearby security regiment and personally led the troops to sweep south in three ways. A team of more than 5000 people set out in a mighty manner.

Even now that it is autumn, the weather has not become as cool as in previous years. There is no joy of autumn harvest in the deserted land everywhere on the plain, and the sight is desolate everywhere.

In the old course of the Yellow River, there are not many people farming the land. After the Japanese puppets raided several times in a row, most of the villages were deserted, and only a few people secretly returned to the village. just ran away.

The sandy land is very suitable for the growth of drought-tolerant jujube trees. Even in barren land, they are still alive and strong.

But there was not a single ripe fruit on the tree, and it was wiped out by the hungry people before it was ripe.

Walking in the forefront is the combat unit of the Security Army. Their eyes seem to be spirited, but they are actually numb. They don't know whether they will come back alive after this trip.

Every time it is said that the Eighth Route Army is vulnerable, but every time a large number of corpses are brought back, and many times even the corpses are not even brought back.

Behind them was a team of mules and horses, people neighing and horses screaming, and there were a lot of people with missing arms and legs mixed in. Maybe it was because Baoze didn't throw them away in the past, and they stayed in the team to eat.

Apart from not being able to carry guns on the battlefield with fewer hands, they work even harder than normal people. No one would cherish the opportunity to survive.

Those with short legs follow the team to drive carts, work as partners, have brothers to take care of them, and barely get some food. As for the future, no one cares, and the focus is on survival.

Even if there is a drought, the security forces will move out, and there will naturally be no shortage of food and grass, and the troops walk lazily in the sunset.

Although the sun is not so vicious anymore, there is no need to fight against the sky!Sweeping is not chasing, there is no need to make things difficult for yourself, so I choose to march in the evening.

Brigadier Tang Haiting, who was born in a military academy, is full of spirits. The destination of this trip is still far away, but he is always a little uneasy.

The reconnaissance squad sent out lost three directly, and more than 30 soldiers disappeared out of thin air.

Other scouts came back and reported that they found a small group of Eighth Routes transferring a small number of ordinary people.

The subordinates who went out to reconnaissance disappeared, either because they were tainted by the Eight Routes, or they defected. He believed that it was impossible for his subordinates to defect.

Therefore, it is only possible that he was overshadowed by the Eighth Route Army. As for whether he was killed or captured, the result was the same, but in order to appease his subordinates, he immediately sent a large number of reinforcements to search along the direction the reconnaissance team went out.

Until the troops set off, no traces of the large-scale Eight Routes were found, small groups of Eight Routes, it was too late to run!
Finally found the location where the scout disappeared last, and by the way also found the trace left by Balu.

Eight roads actually wrote countless large characters on the wall that was burned black a few months ago:

"Fight to the end"

"Down with Japanese Imperialism"

"Down with the security forces!"

The words on the last row were written crookedly: "Come one and die one, come two and die one pair!"

Brigadier Tang looked gloomy at the lime-white letters on the wall in the village by the roadside, and he swore in his heart that as long as he caught Eight Roads, he would bury them alive, light up sky lanterns, and drag them to death by hanging them on the back of their horses.

Such things, he did not do less.

He likes to look at Balu's desperate eyes, and listens to their wailing before they die.

Even if he is also Chinese.

The small group of eight roads ahead is harassing, there are not many people, dozens of them, but they are running fast

The troops did not rush forward, but chased them slowly, crushed them in parallel, and passed through another village. There was a gentle slope in front of them. The uneven road was heading south, faintly in the grass in the distance. The troops in front were scattered in the fields. It is good to take the road , but as soon as the people in front walk by, dust will rise on the ground, and no one wants to eat the dirt.

The team avoided the dust like this, and moved further and further between the jujube forests in the fields on both sides. It didn't look like they were going out to clean up the Eight Routes, but it was like an autumn outing.

The terrain ahead is even lower, and the grass is everywhere under the setting sun, and the evening breeze is blowing gently, which is indescribably pleasant.

The village five miles to the south is where we will camp tonight.

The reconnaissance troops just came back from there, and the village is not far from the saline-alkali land in front.

The person in charge of reconnaissance only came back halfway, perhaps because he knew that a reconnaissance squad had been cheated by Balu, and the squad leader who reported was a little nervous: "We leave half of the brothers in the village to guard!"

"Your work is careful, kid. That's right. I'll reward you with 20 yuan!" The brigade commander looked at the sweaty squad leader and rewarded him without hesitation.


It is about four miles away from the security forces, north of the village.

At this moment, the shovels and pickaxes were flying across, and the Ninth Company, the Second Company, the Divisional Militia Army, the Teaching Regiment, the Cavalry Regiment, the District Team, and more than half of the brigade from the fifth division that had come up for reinforcements were digging trenches horizontally.

"Attention, if anyone throws dust over his head again, I will bury him in the pit," a certain company commander commanded.

"What nonsense, this is all sand, if you don't want to be dusty, unless you don't dig a hole." A soldier muttered.

"Then I don't care, you can either urinate to wet the soil yourself, or go to the village behind to fetch water!" The company commander kicked him into the pit.

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Ma Liang, who came back from the guard post in the front, wandered to the Jiulian construction site with his binoculars, looked at Tian Sanqi, who was pouring the water from the bucket on the carriage onto the ground, and couldn't help laughing: "Hey, what kind of person are you?" Land? Have you planted seeds? Water has been poured..."

Tian Sanqi straightened up in the trench, raised his left hand to wipe off the dusty sweat, looked left and right at the soldiers who were busy, and then picked up the engineering shovel with his right hand and stuck it in the soil: "Hey, Ma Liang, you said that the military divisions are Is it possible to arrange someone to pretend to be a scout from the Security Force?"

Ma Liang thought for a moment: "How do I know? With an insider leading the team, the possibility of success is very high."

Tian Sanqi raised the kettle and took a sip, then carefully pulled the binoculars from Ma Liang's hand, looked north through the grass: "It's very likely? I think it's too ridiculous? Look at us, whoever's subordinate If one is lost, we can’t help but know, right?”

"Hey, do you think the security forces are as serious as you?"

"But the number of people who go out to investigate a squad is reduced by half. Do you think the security forces are all fools?"

"Hehe, maybe you are really a fool. Otherwise, why did the security forces only come to pick up scouts when you made such a big commotion?" Ma Liang picked up the engineering shovel and started to work.

Tian Sanqi held up the binoculars: "It's true, when a large army marches forward, you must arrange a forward or something. Oh, have you seen that they march like this like ducks?"

"The public security army rushes in a swarm in a downwind battle, and runs together when they are defeated, and they don't need to be commanded. Isn't it so neat and beautiful? Let alone just marching!" Ma Liang shoveled a few more shovels of soil, and then poured water into the sand.

"Why did the division become a column?"

"I don't know, uh, where did the company commander and the girl go?"

"I'm asking Li Xiang to get the rifle he found from the military division." Tian Sanqi put down the binoculars.

"I really convinced her that she even pestered the commander to find all the guns in the whole division."

"Hey, there's a use for it, that thing is a waste product, and it's not accurate at all." Tian Sanqi returned the telescope to Ma Liang, and asked casually, "Have you eaten yet?"

"Oh, I forgot if you didn't tell me!"

"There are more than 100 people in your platoon right now? Tell me, after this battle is over, will we be promoted to company commander?"

(End of this chapter)