under fire

Chapter 942

The Ping-Han Railway stretches across the plain from north to south.

A locomotive was panting heavily, the searchlights ahead shredded the night, sparks spewed from the chimney broke through the darkness, and slowly came along the south side of the railway.

The violent impact of the wheels and the rail joints made a continuous rumbling sound, and the ground trembled.

Not far away, more than a dozen pairs of eyes were hidden in the darkness under the moonlight, watching the train heading towards the dark north.

Hu Yi and Captain Geng came to investigate, mainly to confirm whether the situation of the enemy on the blockade had changed.

On the other hand, it is to grasp the details of the blockade terrain.

This time I passed the blockade, followed by a squadron of devils.

They could catch up at any moment and had to be careful.

The division asked the independent group to go back to the mountain overnight, and there must be some other purpose. Hu Yi knew very well that he had no choice at all.

In the past few times, the Ninth Battalion forcibly broke through the devil's railway blockade.

But this time, the devils just launched a large-scale purge operation against the national army in the south during this period, and the mobilization of troops and materials was frequent. In order to prevent the destruction of the Eighth Route guerrillas, the blockade along the railway line was greatly strengthened.

Hu Yi is not a person who likes to talk.

Next to him was Deputy Captain Geng who had been active on the plain for a long time. In addition to fighting the enemy, Deputy Captain Geng had to do propaganda work in the plain, so he naturally talked a lot.

When the two get together, most of the time Captain Geng is talking and Hu Yi is listening.

Captain Geng whispered: "After the national army left, only our people were left to destroy the railway day and night. It was very difficult to cross the railway blockade during this time."

Hu Yi quietly stared at the long railway to the west, as well as the gun towers with searchlights and the strongholds hidden in the dark along the railway, and finally became curious: "Such a long railway line, why does the little devil think he can defend it?" ?”

"It is said that only a thousand days can be a thief. How can there be a thousand days to defend against a thief? Devils are not stupid. If the railway lines of thousands of miles on the plain are passively defended, too many troops will be invested, and the devils can't afford it at all. The devils recruited traitors along the railway line to form a road guard team."

Hu Yi withdrew his gaze and leaned his back against the ditch wall: "A traitor again!"

Captain Geng was silent for a while, a little helpless: "The little devil has established a multi-level defense system in order to protect this railway line for transporting troops and supplies. All the people in the inner village mobilized to help the devils defend the railway, and each village had to send people to participate in patrols!"

"The villagers participated in the patrol?" Hu Yi was even more surprised.

Captain Geng nodded: "We have arranged for people to conduct reconnaissance on the railway line for a long time, and we have also developed a lot of activists along the county. Our people are responsible for patrolling in the middle of the night in the front section. After you pass by, he will Knock the gong, and we will send people to pretend to be found by crossing the railway line to confuse the enemy."

"Can't we call directly?"

"The devils dug deep ditches on both sides of the railway, and instead of only defending the railway line without depth, they randomly stationed troops in villages far away from the railway. Even if we can successfully break through the railway blockade, we are likely to be killed The enemy on the opposite side bites."

"We hit the blockade directly last time."

"Uh, the last time you came here, the devils hadn't launched a large-scale operation against the southern national army at that time, and the railway line was not well defended. The situation was tense during this time, and the devils strengthened their defenses."

Hu Yi suddenly asked a question that he had wanted to ask for a long time: "The division asked us to enter the plains, saying that it was the armed forces of the Daoist Suppression Society, but now it suddenly ordered us to go back overnight, in the middle"

Captain Geng shook his head: "I can roughly guess something about this matter, but it's so important that I really can't tell you."

Hu Yi understands discipline, so he doesn't ask questions that shouldn't be asked, but if he doesn't know any information, he will stumble in doing things: "You mean, the division is preparing for a big operation?"

Captain Geng hesitated for a moment: "This matter... has nothing to do with the division, as long as you know it."

"Okay, you don't need to say it, I probably understand." Hu Yi is not stupid. It is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface to transfer an independent group into the plain. Such a big commotion is definitely not a trivial matter.

As for what it is, there is almost no difference between knowing and not knowing.

For Jiuying, it is enough to execute the order.

About ten miles east of the railway.

In the darkness under the moonlight outside the village.

Ma Liang sat against the wall, whispering to the soldiers who came to report the situation.

The scout who was sitting on the ground pulled the water bottle away from his mouth and continued to pant heavily: "...if we let them go now, he will definitely go to inform the devils, which will cause the situation of our troops and whereabouts to be leaked."

Ma Liang hesitated for a while, and made a movement of wiping his neck with some difficulty.

The divisional armed work team next to the scout was taken aback: "That's a dozen children! Besides, you are going to cross the blockade soon. Even if they inform the enemy, what loss will they bring you?"

Sitting in the dark, the eaves covered the moonlight, and Ma Liang's tone was a little depressed: "To join the enemy and guard the enemy is, in my opinion, a traitor."

The staff member was anxious: "But, they are still children! Can't you take them away?"

Ma Liang said indifferently: "What if someone suddenly yelled when crossing the cordon?"

The scout next to him also sneered: "So many people along the railway line are about to starve to death. They have to seek refuge with the devils in order to survive. Why don't you take them all away?"

Isn't this bullshit?The staff member was angry: "Ma, don't forget our discipline"

"I remember the three major disciplines and eight points of attention clearly. There is no such thing as not killing the enemy's spies."

"You..." The staff member froze for a moment: "They are prisoners now!"

"No, they are spies!" Ma Liang shook his head and stopped talking to Rosso: "Follow the order!"

"What are you going to do?" Seeing the soldiers sitting next to them get up one after another and hang bayonets on the muzzles of their rifles, the staff quickly reached out to stop them.

The scout next to him pulled the bolt of his rifle with a clatter: "Hey, brother, don't make me do it to you!"

"Who dares to do it?" The staff immediately took out the shells and confronted each other: "You will make mistakes if you do this."

Ma Liang struggled to stand up from the base of the wall, and went directly to the team members: "Being kind to the enemy is the greatest cruelty to comrades in arms!"

"I can take them away..."

"Are you sure you can do it? We captured a total of sixteen enemy scouts!"

The working team was stunned, and escorted sixteen of them alone... This is the enemy-occupied area, besides... where are they going?The task force still has their own tasks, and they have no choice but to let them go, kneel down directly: "I beg you. They are not enemy scouts, they are villagers, just half-grown children!"

Ma Liang stretched out his uninjured hand and pulled the team members up, and said in a low voice: "You can ask him again! If they are just ordinary children, I will twist their heads off and use them as chamber potters for you! If they hit our hands, they... must die!"

"You and I will report to our superiors!"

"up to you!"

The staff pointed the shell gun at Ma Liang's chest: "They were all forced by the enemy."

Ma Liang was silent for a while: "If you want us all to die at the hands of the enemy, I have nothing to say."

The working team members turned around anxiously: "I can do their ideological work!"

"In such a short time, why do you think I should trust you?"

There was silence between the two.

Ma Liang continued to stare at the team members, and the two looked at each other for a long time.

The team members finally lowered their guns and said in a low tone, "I just pretended I didn't see it."

(End of this chapter)