under fire

Chapter 666 The reason for letting the base area develop
No matter how many fears and fears we experienced about the future yesterday, when the next day dawns, those who should come will still not be late.

When the sun was just rising in early spring, the brigade puppet troops marched eastward from Luoye Village.

A battalion numbered more than 300, lined up in a neat formation, with a long double-file marching formation, and behind them were the three three-wheeled motorcycles of the devils, facing the morning glow endlessly.

Goal: The mopping up of the joint area between An County and Mei County has officially started.

A soldier was out of breath and was being chased. He ran in the morning mist and quickly rushed up a hillside, shouting excitedly: "Here we come, Captain Meng, here we come. They come from the west. They stretch for a mile. There are motorcycles and car."

Captain Meng grabbed the soldiers: "Have you counted how many people are there? Are there any cavalry?"

"Too many, at least three or four hundred! Didn't see the cavalry"

Captain Meng immediately relaxed, gritted his teeth, turned his head and shouted to the soldiers guarding the hillside: "Xiao Liu, immediately follow the method taught by Platoon Leader Chen to hang up the landmines buried on the road, and we are now retreating north. "

The one next to him immediately asked: "Captain, Lao Qin and Liu led the people to the north, shouldn't we go south?"

Captain Meng shook his head: "Do you think the enemy is a fool? If we deliberately go north, the enemy will think that the people have gone south, understand?"

"I understand!"

Captain Meng chuckled: "You know what a fart, let's go north first, then west, and finally south, and lead them around in the hilly area."

"What if the enemy arranges someone to intercept it?"

"It's only a battalion of security forces, if they want to chase and intercept us in such a large area, it's just a dream."

"Yes, we will circle around the plain and drag them to death."

After finishing speaking, he looked at a squad of security forces running down the hillside: "Then those vanguard soldiers of the security forces chasing Xiao Zhou, should we give them a shot?"

Xiao Zhou, who was still panting nearby, said anxiously when he just came back from reconnaissance, "Don't, their muzzles are raised very high, let them hang slowly first."

Everyone was about to retreat when a bicycle appeared from the east with a cloud of dust.

After a while: "Report, to the east of the blockade, there are puppet troops assembled everywhere. Most of the people in the city, Wang Jingchang and Ma Dabangzi, have come out."

This raid to test the capabilities of the security forces was not just in Mei County, but was carried out in all counties on the plain at the same time.

On the surface, it was to clear the security area, but in fact it was to prepare for the upcoming sweep.

After the bandit Ma Dabangzi received the order, he was overjoyed. Early in the morning, he marched west along the route set by the imperial army, with the goal of clearing the guerrilla bases west of the blockade.

The translator said that the first public security army of Commander Li Ying of the Northern Security Army was also carrying out a sweep. Compared with the previous sweeps, this time the sweep was unprecedented in scale, but the main force of the sweep was no longer the imperial army.

The imperial army sent an observation team, and Ma Dabangzi felt a little uneasy. Although he had dealt with the imperial army before, they all cooperated with the security forces of Commander Wang Zhiquan in the city. They followed the security forces, and the range of activities was generally not large. , and this time, it was directly regarded as the main force by the imperial army.

Most of Ma Dabangzi's low-level security forces were former bandits, and they are no strangers to this place. It is naturally not difficult to find those guerrillas who are shy.

The only difference is that his group of security forces are not quite the same as other security forces. They have no pay, no supplies, and even guns, ammunition, and personnel have to be provided by themselves, so Ma Dabangzi thinks that he should perform well this time and strive to enter the imperial food queue.

This operation was only a small-scale raid in different regions. The translator also said that the imperial army had sent people to break into the guerrillas. The guerrillas got the news yesterday and had already moved.

This sweep may be just a formality.

Ma Dabangzi is not surprised. The guerrillas have been rooted here for so many years. They must not be fools. They must have placed spies in the puppet army. It would be strange if they got wind of such a large-scale operation and did not run away.

Multiple armies marching together, strength is everything, the place is so big, even though the mopping up is just a drill, even if the guerrillas get news of the encirclement and suppression, it is useless!Let's see where those eight-way guerrillas can take the common people!

The terrain in the hilly area is complex, but under the comb sweep arranged by the imperial army, it is just around the corner to eliminate these guerrillas.

The national army liaison officer who just got on the line was actually happy to see the success of mopping up the guerrillas.

It's not surprising that the national army said it was cooperating with the Eighth Route Army to fight against the imperial army, but they themselves were fighting each other.

The situation was too complicated, beyond his ability to see the situation clearly, so he kept an eye out and didn't pull everyone out.

There is a saying that when gods fight, mortals suffer!Preserving strength is the most important thing.

As for the common people who were facing catastrophe, he didn't pay much attention at all. In the years of catastrophe, most of those who escaped were poor ghosts who had money but no money, food but no food, and robbing them was a loss-making business.

Although he is not interested in mopping up, for the half-bandit, half-false Ma Dabangzi, there is no psychological barrier at all to killing a few people.

along the blockade.

The three battalions of the puppet army in the county seat, with companies as units, arrived outside the gun tower stronghold next to the blockade ditch on the westernmost line early in the morning.

As long as the imperial army gives an order, the brigade can cross the suspension bridge and sweep westward at any time.

Sun Dewang, the new company commander of the security regiment, brought more than 100 people to the side of the blockade ditch before dawn.

At this time, the team was sitting in a mess on the open space outside the blockhouse basking in the sun, watching half a dozen figures digging a hole and lighting a fire to cook.

Up to now, the security regiment didn't even have an instructor of the imperial army, so they were directly looked down upon by the puppet soldiers in the blockhouse, and they didn't even let them use the kitchen.

The mission received by the security team was also much simpler: to hold the outer line of defense and wait for the opportunity to catch the escaped guerrillas.

It is said that Wang Jingchang's team of the puppet army in the south is divided into twelve groups and is waiting for the order of the imperial army.

Seeing that they are about to cross the blockade line, they advance from east to west.

Further to the north, a large number of troops of the Western Front of the First Public Security Army were sharpening their swords.

In the enemy-occupied area, the detective team, the traitors of the police force, and the commanders who took refuge in the devils also began to clean up the enemy-occupied area, reducing the scope of activities of the guerrillas.

The work behind enemy lines has become unprecedentedly severe.

By the side of the gun tower.

Waiting for an order from the imperial army, the two puppet battalion commanders, one fat and one thin, had nothing to do, and got together: "There are so few people in the security team, let them follow us, what does the imperial army mean?"

Another thin and tall man pouted immediately: "The imperial army is to let these timid and fearful imperial association troops form a second line of defense with the detective team and the police, in case some of us deliberately let the guerrillas go."

The fat man immediately became unhappy: "This little devil is really not a good person, thanks to our Captain Wang who worked so hard for them."

"Shut up and call the imperial army."

"It's just the two of us here, I'm afraid of shit. Besides, people's hearts are fleshy. Those ordinary people in the west are also our compatriots. In my opinion, we should just turn a blind eye and close our eyes."

The tall and thin man looked around: "Damn it, just know it in your heart, what are you talking about?"

"I think that instructor Pu who trained us must have something to do with the Eighth Master in the mountains!"

The thin battalion commander chuckled: "So what if it's related? It's like Ma Dabangzi in the south. He's different and has something to do with the national army. Don't you think anyone doesn't know?"

The fat man was stunned for a moment: "You mean, the imperial army knows everything? Uh, but why does he still use them?"

"You know what, do you know how big our place is? Can the imperial army be able to see it? Sooner or later, you will have to rely on those low-level guys to keep an eye on those muddy legs."

"Hey, our regiment has more people and more guns, but the territory is not big. Look. Should we take the opportunity to occupy the security regiment's territory this time?"

"Keep your voice down, don't let the head of the group hear it, he has a good relationship with the instructor of the security group named Pu."

"Then let's secretly dig a hole for the security team, what do you think?"

"Digging a hole? Just rely on you. I am a bad battalion commander?"

The fat man winked and said, "Don't you know that you can collect taxes and rations if you occupy the space?"

"You really don't know how to write the word "death"? Li Ying from the north is eyeing the area to the west. Last year, Guo Qing sent a regiment. They said there were thousands of numbers. First, they occupied the old nest of the security regiment. Big loss? I ran back with a gray face and tail between my legs, do you know why?"

"Tell me about it. I haven't figured it out. The security team is just a group of rout soldiers and hundreds of bandits. How can they beat Guo Qing?"

The thin battalion commander lowered his voice: "Hey, I heard that the Eighth Route Army sent a work team to join the security team. In addition, the security team did business with the guy named Xu from the investigation team. I have also taken a fancy to the security group, and the security group has a good relationship with our group leader. At this moment, no matter whoever thinks about the security group, it will offend several other companies at the same time. In this case, just your small camp Does the chief dare to say the idea of ​​attacking the security team?"

"I'm just talking about it for fun, don't take it seriously."

"Now that there is a catastrophe, many commanders in the south are said to be too poor to get rid of it. The reason is that the common people have run away! Who wants to occupy more space!"

"What I mean is, if we can achieve some results and expand the commander's territory, then we might be able to work together as a regimental commander, don't you think?"

"You idiot, as a battalion commander, as long as we listen to the regimental commander, we can still eat and drink hot food. If something goes wrong, the regimental commander will take care of it. If you become the regiment commander yourself, in these years, the Eighth Route Army, the National Army, and land grabs will be everywhere. Commanders, how many troubles do you have to come to your door?"

(End of this chapter)