under fire

Chapter 981 Backhand
mountain stream.

A thinly clothed, almost human-like body covered in mottled blood was lying on the ground, with its hands tied behind its back and a torn towel stuck in its mouth.

If you look carefully, the ears and nose have been cut off, and the ten fingers on the palms of the hands that were tied behind their backs have disappeared.

He could barely see the blue cotton military trousers on his legs that were mostly blood-soaked, so he could tell his identity as a soldier.

The cold water from the kettle was poured on the face of this man. The unconscious soldier twitched and woke up again. He was not awakened by the cold stimulation, but the water mixed with salt was poured on the wound where the ear and nose were cut off. Waking up in excruciating pain.

The soldier's eyelids moved, his whole body was in severe pain, and the muscles on his face began to tremble. He opened his eyes with difficulty, looked at the surrounding environment, and recovered a little bit of thinking.

He finally remembered that he was caught by the enemy in the mountains in the middle of the night yesterday. He believed that the comrades who delivered letters with him should have detoured to catch up with the Ninth Battalion of the Independent Regiment that left yesterday.

The young man standing opposite him had a ferocious face: "Tell me clearly the purpose of your trip to the west, and I will give you the best pleasure."

The soldier shook his head with a contemptuous expression on his face.

His thoughts fell into confusion, and what he remembered most was that before departure, Officer Zheng solemnly confessed the task of sending information to several of his own people. He knew the importance of information, and even if it was a sacrifice, he would not reveal a word.

On the way to send information to comrades, a puppet search team suddenly appeared on the mountain road.

When he was breaking through to the west, he was at the forefront as a vanguard, but suddenly he found ghosts and birdsong in front of him. In order to warn the comrades behind him, he had to choose to expose it deliberately. At that time, he had already put his life and death at risk .

Seeing the captive's absent-minded expression, the second lieutenant next to him raised his hand, looked at his watch, became a little annoyed, and wiped his neck.

Next to him, a devil dressed as a soldier squatted halfway, and stabbed the bayonet in his hand from the back of the soldier...

"Ah..." There was still a short scream from the gagged mouth, twitching in pain.

Soon, the mountain stream became silent.

The corpse was thrown into a shallow pit beside it, and some stones were randomly thrown on it.

Soon, the devils disappeared.

There is only halfway up a mountain in front of the mountain stream.

The Ninth Battalion is ready to go.

Li Laosan led a panting soldier in blue uniform and trotted all the way to Hu Yi's position.

Hu Yi, who was putting on leggings and preparing to set off, saw Li Laosan coming with a friendly army, and was a little puzzled: "What's going on?"

Li Laosan smiled and said: "This guy said that he was sent by Officer Zheng, and he reported the letter..."

The soldier with a face full of grief and anger hurriedly saluted: "Hi Lianchang Hu, I took you to the arsenal yesterday..."

Hu Yi remembered this and nodded: "Why are you here?"

The soldier looked left and right at the people next to Hu Yi.

Hu Yi understood what he meant: "While talking..."

The two walked aside, and the soldier lowered his voice: "Yesterday afternoon, not long after you left, Master Jing was ordered to go to the division for a meeting. Not long after, the military department sent people over and ordered Xiangshan to surrender to the devils, and it was carried out immediately... "

Hu Yi was startled: "What are you talking about, the New Five Army surrendered to the enemy?"

"Yes, last night, most of the troops began to assemble and go down the mountain to accept the reorganization of the Peaceful National Army."

Hu Yi broke out in a cold sweat. If it was a day later, Jiuying would have thrown himself into a trap!
Although he escaped by chance, he still feels a little uncomfortable in his heart. Even though he knew this would be the result, he was still very depressed.

Some people can't figure it out, a team of tens of thousands of people will drop as soon as they say it, isn't it too outrageous?
Those people in Chongqing really did everything they could to suppress the Eighth Route Army.

The incident happened too suddenly, you must consider leaving here immediately!

The follow-up of the incident will definitely have a great impact on the base outside the Jiuying Mountain, and it is not considered that much at this time.

With such a big incident, Su Qing should be able to receive the news. Thinking of this, his expression was a little calm: "No wonder, we came all the way yesterday and didn't see anyone."

The soldier didn't know what Hu Yi was thinking, so he followed Hu Yi's words: "All outposts in the mountains have telephone connections, no need for messengers, and everyone is directly gathering down the mountain, so it's normal if you didn't meet. If there are no accidents, apart from the troops guarding the supplies rushing into the mountains, there should be all devils and puppet troops who have taken over the defense area of ​​the New Fifth Army."

Hu Yi calmed down a bit: "When you come here, you shouldn't just talk about this matter, right?"

The soldier hesitated for a moment, took out a letter from his pocket, and handed it to Hu Yi: "Officer Zheng asked me to bring it to you. He said that you should find a way to send it back to the headquarters as soon as possible..."

Hu Yi was stunned for a moment: "Didn't they withdraw?"

The soldier looked a little embarrassed: "I don't think this is what you should know"

"Well, why don't you send it yourself."

The soldier shook his head with a dark expression: "This is an order from Officer Zheng. As for the reason, I don't know. We don't have many comrades here this time, and we have other tasks."

Hu Yi didn't hesitate: "If you have nothing else to do, we have to go now."

The soldier suddenly lowered his voice: "Don't worry, Master Jing has left a batch of supplies for us, and we must rush them back to the base area as soon as possible."

Hu Yi was stunned for a moment, and also lowered his voice: "What supplies?"

The soldier was a little helpless: "I don't know exactly what it is. The senior leaders of the New Fifth Army, including Commander Jing, were all detained by the military department yesterday afternoon, so this batch of supplies is not much..."

"Then what do you mean, let us ship it back?"

"Yes, as soon as possible, the devils took the puppet army to take over the defense. The place where the supplies are hidden is not considered hidden, and they must be transported back to the base as soon as possible."

Hu Yi was a little helpless, and raised his finger to the group of Jiuying: "Look, we have so many things now, and there are wounded people, how do you ask me to luck?"

The soldier was stunned, and turned his head to look around. Indeed, everyone was carrying big bags and small bags. After thinking about it, he immediately suggested: "The bicycles you carry back are useless in the mountains. I think it's best to find a biker first. The place is hidden, first rush to transport military ammunition supplies."

Hu Yi couldn't refuse this suggestion.

What Master Jing prepared in advance was unlikely to be guns, because the devils would definitely check the number of guns when the New Five Armies surrendered to the enemy, and the most likely thing for this batch of supplies was ammunition.

Seeing that Hu Yi didn't speak, the soldier spoke again: "Also, behind you there is a search team dressed as the national army. The comrades who came with me fell into their hands last night. His life and death are unknown."

"Okay, what do you want us to do."

"We are going to the headquarters of the Forty Army now. I will send someone to take you to the hiding place. However, you must arrange at least one platoon of people."

"OK then."

"I have to go first, I will leave a person waiting for you below, as soon as possible." After the soldier finished speaking, he turned around.

Xiao Hongying, who was leading the team to set off after hearing Ma Liang said there was ammunition, her eyes lit up: "Is there such a good thing? How many are there?"

This man seemed not at all surprised by the fact that tens of thousands of friendly troops had surrendered to the enemy. Ma Liang had black lines on his face: "They temporarily have four divisions with tens of thousands of people. Even if each of them saves five rounds of ammunition, it will cost nearly [-] rounds."

"Fifty thousand?" It's not counting the number of millet grains, so Xiao Hongying, who has been in the mountains for many years, has no idea about the unit of "ten thousand". The ammunition depot still needs more. Xiao Hongying stared at her eyes: "I'll take the reconnaissance platoon there."

"Don't worry, just [-] bullets will weigh nearly a thousand catties, and there are still some shells. It won't work if there are fewer people going."

"Hahaha, Cannonball, that's great."

　The time was wrong. At this time, the New Fifth Army had been changed to the 24th Army Khan.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)