Rise from the sword

Chapter 60
In Shuangfeng Town, it is five past ten in the morning.

"Hi, Your Excellency Chief of Staff"

Colonel Sanhao is talking on the phone with Chief of Staff of the Second Army Suzuki Suzuki: "According to the information I just got, the guerrillas that attacked Shuangfeng Town should be a regular army unit of the Eighth Route Army with a strengthened company."

"Oh?"

Second Army Chief of Staff Suzuki said in a serious and puzzled tone: "How did you come to this judgment?"

Wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, Colonel Sanhao tried his best to suppress the trembling of his voice:
"The group that attacked Shuangfeng town consisted of more than 100 people, with about [-] mules and horses, equivalent in number to a reinforced company of the Eighth Route Army."

"This group of people fled from the mountain road to ten kilometers away from Shuangfeng Town in two hours after attacking the military station. Only well-trained regular troops can do it, and they also annihilated the troops sent by Pingshan County in a very short time. A half-squad search party”

"Although the garrison in Pingshan City is a reserve squadron of the 110th Division, its combat effectiveness is very poor, but it can be wiped out in a short period of time, which shows that this group of people is not weak in weapons, equipment and combat effectiveness."

"So, I judged that this group of people were regular troops of the Eighth Route Army from Shanxi, and their purpose should be codebooks and medicines, and they had a contingent on the mountain road from Shuangfeng Town to Pingshan City in advance, so that they could march quickly. "

As the garrison commander of Shijiazhuang, the guerrillas are the ones who Da Zuo Sanhao has to deal with the most on weekdays.

He couldn't be more clear about the strength of the guerrillas around here.

Half of the squad's garrison can walk sideways...

If the guerrillas around here have the strength to wipe out half a squad of a third-tier division at random, then he, the captain of the garrison brigade who is not strong enough in the background, would have been cold...
"Very good, it seems that San Haojun is still a bit capable, and he is still a graduate of the Imperial Military Academy."

Suzuki Shidou seemed satisfied with his tone, then his tone changed, with killing intent:
"Tell me about your pursuit plan"

"Whether this group is a regular army of the Eighth Route Army or not, they must be eliminated as soon as possible. If one is not left, it is a matter of the dignity of the Second Army of the North China Front Army. They dared to attack my rear military post and kill my senior officers..."

"Hang their heads on the gates of the city as an example..."

"Let those guerrillas see what happens if they dare to resist!"

"Hi"

Master Sanhao rationalized his thoughts and said:
"Although this group of Eighth Routes is well prepared and the retreat is fast, they are still located within the encirclement of our Second Army, and the specific location should be within [-] kilometers from Pingshan City to Jingxian and Hexian."

"I have ordered the cavalry squadron and the Shijiazhuang garrison brigade to pursue 500 people along the road."

"In addition, He County and Jing County also dispatched 3000 Imperial Army and Imperial Association Army to search along the two wings, and all the garrisons in the nearby strongholds were also dispatched. A total of [-] people formed an encirclement circle. The garrison and cavalry on board can overtake them in an hour"

"Even if their combat effectiveness is stronger, facing dozens of times the imperial army and the imperial association army, they are still unable to escape."

"Besides, even if they got out of my first blockade, the Jinchi Brigade in Xiyang has already sent troops to block all the nearby passages, and they can't escape the encirclement of my second army."

The words of Master Sanhao are full of confidence.

With more than 20 times the enemy's strength, two blockade lines, the high mobility of the pursuit troops on the road, and the search troops all over the place, he has full confidence in encircling and suppressing this group of Eighth Route Army reinforced companies. As long as he waits until dawn, he can send a large number of scouting cavalry , it is very easy to find this group of people, and then gather heavy troops to encircle and suppress them.

There are more than 100 people in the area, and it is impossible to escape with wings.

"very good"

Suzuki said in a satisfied tone: "I'm waiting for your good news. In addition, I have already passed the matter here to Yangquan, and they will send people to assist in the garrison, but Yangquan is the site of the First Army after all, so don't send it to Yangquan. hope for them"

"Hi"

Colonel Sanhao bowed his head.

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Five twenty in the morning.

In a mountain forest three kilometers west of Pingshan City, Zhang Dabiao woke up the squad leaders of the commando:

"The one-hour break time is up, wake everyone up, pack up your equipment and supplies, and get ready to go in 5 minutes"

Then, with the weak light of the captured flashlight, under the sight of the squad leaders, he pressed one hand on the map on the ground, and then drew an arc, from one point to another, his mouth Li explained:
"This is where we are, and here is our destination, Sanshi Village. The distance between the two is twelve miles. We need to get here before dawn, and there is still an hour and a half at most."

West of Hebei in early February, the night is long, and the sky will not be bright until seven o'clock.

"Although Sanshi Village is close to He County and only ten miles away from Jing County, it is within the encirclement of Guizi, but it is surrounded by dense forests with great depth and rugged mountain roads. As long as we can hide in, Guizi's cavalry scouts during the day. It's not easy to find us."

"Even if it is discovered, the terrain there is complicated, and we can easily block the attack of the devils."

"Wait until night to break through the circle of devils"

"Tell everyone to work harder, and you will be able to rest well when you reach Sanshi Village."

"Yes"

The squad leaders quickly organized and prepared to continue the march.

Although everyone was exhausted from the continuous fighting and marching all night, the one-hour break also allowed the assault company to recover a little stamina. The big mule also enabled everyone to march lightly without even having to carry guns. The rush march is still no problem.

"Wang Gensheng, the old rules, you are exploring the way ahead"

Zhang Dabiao said to Wang Gensheng.

"it is good"

Wang Gensheng's response was as simple as ever, but there was obvious exhaustion in his voice.

Wang Gensheng joined the army very early, and he is actually less than 30 years old now. He is at the peak of his physical fitness, but the Eighth Route Army has never had sufficient supplies. Although he can barely eat enough in the army, he only eats food that is not very oily. Eat food, so the physical strength of the soldiers is weak. Wang Gensheng is obviously exhausted after so long marching and pre-reconnaissance.

Front-mounted reconnaissance needs to maintain a faster speed than the large troops, which consumes a lot of physical strength. He is one of the people who consume the most physical strength in the entire assault company.

"Still hold on"

Zhang Dabiao was a little out of breath, even he was very tired from the [-]-kilometer rapid march before, and he actually only rested for half an hour as the commander of the assault company.

"It's alright, I just slept for an hour, and I have some strength."

Wang Gensheng took a bite of the cold pancake, then swallowed it with a small mouthful of water, picked up the pistol and ran towards the front.

"Let me go too"

Monk Wei licked his lips and said to Zhang Dabiao.

Following this veteran, you will definitely learn a lot of good things...  

"it is good"

Zhang Dabiao nodded when he looked at the lively monk Wei, who was not blushing or panting.

With a grin, Monk Wei hurriedly followed Wang Gensheng, and he was furious along the way.

"This kid, his physical strength is a real tiger"

Looking at Monk Wei's figure, Zhang Dabiao's mouth twitched.

"Let's go, the machine gunner will put the baggage and firearms on, the pistol team will just bring a pistol, try to reduce the load as much as possible"

Zhang Dabiao instructed everyone to lighten the load.

The one-hour break only allowed the people in the assault company to recover a little, and there was a [-]-mile rapid march, which was to be completed within an hour and a half.The physical strength of the assault company is a big challenge.

Although most of the assault companies are elites selected by the independent regiment, the diet of the Eighth Route Army has caused the soldiers to have poor physical strength, and their physical strength recovery ability is far less than that of the devil who is almost full of flesh.

As for the big mules, after an hour of rest and eating, the mules produced by this system have fully recovered their physical strength, their bodies are full of vitality, and their eyes are shining.

"Cao Mantang, Cao Mantang..."

At the end of the team, Zhang Dabiao counted the heads and found that there was one missing, and he didn't need to call anyone behind. He opened his mouth and shouted.

After a while, in the dark grass, Cao Mantang, holding a machine gun and full of magazines and cartridge belts, walked out without a word, his bright black eyes were particularly terrifying under the starlight.

"let's go"

Zhang Dabiao was used to Cao Mantang's silence.

"Um"

With a low reply, Cao Mantang hugged his beloved Czech-style running to catch up with the assault company, running without panting at all, with light footsteps without any sound.

"This dog is as thin as a monkey, how can his physical strength be so good"

Looking at Cao Mantang, who looked like a snake, Zhang Dabiao's mouth twitched, and then he ran after him.

Under the cold and dark starlight, the assault company moved forward silently, and even the hooves of the mule and horse were tied with cotton cloth to reduce the sound of footsteps.

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Eight o'clock in the morning the next day.

The sun, which has not been seen for a long time, has cleared away the cloudy clouds that have lasted for more than ten days. It is a rare sunny day around Shijiazhuang.

On this day, the residents of Shijiazhuang hurriedly went out as before, in order to survive in this chaotic city, and then just walked on the street, they found that the city was under martial law, there were devil soldiers everywhere, and there was a large group of devils facing the west gate. go.

"What's wrong?" Everyone was puzzled.

"It is said that the Guizi Soldier Station in Shuangfeng Town was attacked. Dozens of devils died, none of them survived, and I don't know who moved the hand..." Someone whispered.

Seven hours have passed since the attack, and the news of the Shuangfeng Town Military Station has long been passed to the city along with the flowing crowd.

"Good job..." Although there were ghosts and two ghost puppets around, everyone still praised silently.

In Xinding County, three kilometers north of Shijiazhuang, in a slightly remote house, a man wearing a large woolen trench coat and a round hat walked in and skillfully hung his hat on a hanger beside him. Hand over a few coins at the same time:

"Boss, it's an old rule, come with half a catty of soy sauce, and order it quickly, I'm in a hurry today"

"okay··"

The owner of the soy sauce shop in the jacket moved quickly, and within a dozen seconds, a bottle of soy sauce was handed over.

There was no other communication between the two. The man put on his hat and went out with soy sauce. When he took the hat, he accidentally tripped the hanger and leaned against the wall. The man was walking in a hurry, as if he didn't see it .

"Hey···"

Seeing that the hanger was down, the boss couldn't stop the man, so he had to go up and straighten himself.

After a while, the boss straightened the hanger, but he didn't know when, there was an extra piece of paper in his hand. On the paper were dense pen characters, the first few words——

Japanese military station in Shuangfeng Town.

　The next chapter is late, I'm late for work! ! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)