Rise from the sword

Chapter 61 Unexpected Response

In the woods on the side of Sanshi Village.

The sun shines directly through the sparse trees.

The Independence Regiment Temporary Assault Company rested in the woods. Except for a few guarded soldiers, the others were all hugging a thin quilt and wearing thick cotton coats. Several people were wrapped together, shouting beside the rocks covered with tree branches and blankets. Deep sleep, heavy snoring one after another.

At nine in the morning, Huang Baowang opened his eyes on time.

From seven o'clock to now, apart from finding a place to sleep and laying branches, he only rested for an hour and a half. The exhaustion and sleepiness filled his body, making him want to close his eyes and curl up in the warmth again.

The new cotton military uniform is very thick and warm, and wrapped in a thin quilt. In this sunny winter day and no wind, lying on the ground with thick branches is extra warm and comfortable, very suitable for sleep.

Yawning, Huang Baowang stood up with difficulty and rubbed his eyes vigorously. After that, he still felt very sleepy, so he grabbed a handful of snow from the ground and rubbed it on his face. The cold feeling soaked into his face, and he suddenly woke up. a lot.

Unfolding the marching quilt wrapped around him and covering it on the soldier beside him, Huang Baowang stood up vigorously, looking to the side.

There, the forty-skinned mules and horses rested quietly on the ground in a half-kneeling position with their eyes closed. The supplies on their backs were not unloaded, but were still loaded on the saddle, with two steel bars on both sides of the saddle. The pestle is supported on the ground to lighten the load on the mule and horse so that the mule and horse can rest.

"This saddle is designed for real"

Looking at the saddle with the pestle on the ground, and the mule and horse sleeping sweetly under the saddle, Huang Baowang praised without heart.

He has been serving mules for more than ten years, and this is the first time he has seen such a sophisticated and practical saddle.

The loading and unloading of materials on mules and horses is very troublesome. They need to be bundled and fixed. The placement also needs to take into account the center of gravity of the mules and the balance on both sides. However, mules and horses are not cars, so they need to rest frequently. , otherwise the mules and horses can't rest well, and they will cause problems.

However, during the war, once the enemy catches up, there is no time for you to reload and unload the materials, so this kind of saddle solves the problem very well. When resting, the steel bars on both sides are supported on the ground, reducing the load of the mule and horse, so that the mule and horse can be well Rest, when the enemy catches up, put away the steel bar and you can start.

It's really convenient!
"Get up, time to work"

Wake up the soldiers of the same class, that is, the sixteen soldiers of the tenth class, Huang Baowang led everyone to work.

Their group is mainly responsible for taking care of mules and horses, and they are the least involved in combat and naturally consume the least physical strength.

The soldiers in the same class struggled to get up one by one and opened their eyes with difficulty. No one complained. They picked up the sickles they carried with them and went around to cut grass and leaves to feed the mules.

This mule is very honest, and he will never eat casually. He will only eat if the person who pulls it to feed it. At other times, even if there is good food on the road, he will never take a bite, so he does not wear a hoop.

Gather the whole class, Huang Baowang instructs:

"Although this mule can eat almost anything, let's try to cut as many tender leaves as possible, and don't cut the poisonous ones. In an hour, try to cut as much as possible. In addition, give each mule a pound of soybean meal."

"Yanzi, your group is going to fetch water. There is a small stream over there. Each mule has at least five buckets of water. This mule has a great appetite for drinking water."

"Yes"

"Yes"

Everyone quickly started to work.

At the same time, not far away, Su Jigang, who was holding a telescope for warning, slightly concealed his figure, thinking about Zhang Dabiao who was beside him and said:

"A group of puppet troops are coming here, do you want to move to the depths?"

The first second he was still snoring, and the next second Zhang Dabiao stood up. He took Su Jigang's telescope and glanced at the puppet army in the distance. After a few seconds, he threw the telescope to Su Jigang, and then swiped. fell asleep, leaving only one sentence:

"It's okay, the puppet army can't find us"

Whoosh...the snoring sounded again.

Was this motherfucker awake or asleep just now... Su Jigang twitched the corner of his mouth a few times, raised his binoculars and continued to look at the puppet army in the distance.

After a while, the puppet army changed direction and searched to the other side. He also felt relieved, yawned, and handed the telescope to the soldier on the side. He also fell asleep on the marching quilt. :
"If you have something to do, just call it handshake, oh no, it's called Captain Zhang..."

"Don't call me...
"Yes." The reconnaissance and vigilance soldier nodded.

Whoosh... snoring sounded.

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The Eighth Route Army headquarters, the staff, and several intelligence staff officers are consolidating the intelligence received today.

The intelligence personnel in the enemy's rear, the observation posts on the front line, the logistics department in the rear, and the regiments of the front-line troops report every two days. Every day, a large amount of intelligence is collected to the headquarters. The intelligence staff needs to collect and submit this information.

"What new information have you received?"

"The headquarters asked us to find out what happened in Shijiazhuang. It was the unit that did it."

The staff officer who came from the conference room wore a pair of round glasses. In addition, the most distinctive feature was that a piece of his left earlobe was missing, and there were burn marks around him, which should have been hit by bullets.

'Commissary Mo...'

A staff officer greeted the missing left ear staff, and then asked a nearby intelligence staff:

"Shijiazhuang?

"What happened there?"

The staff officer who asked the question had just arrived, and he had not read the secret telegram from the rear that came from the operator today.

Someone told him the information received in the morning:
"According to the secret telegram from the lurkers in the rear, an anti-Japanese team attacked the Guizi Military Station in Shuangfeng Town, not only eliminating dozens of devils, but also seizing all the materials in the station. It is even said that a high-ranking devil official was also killed. , but the news has not been confirmed.”

"Furthermore, the team that attacked the Guizi Army Station successfully retreated with the seized materials."

"Right now, Shijiazhuang is under a total martial law, the city is sealed off, only entry is allowed, and the streets are full of devils."

"Shuangfeng Town!"

The staff officer who asked the question found the location of Shuangfeng Town on the map, and was suddenly surprised: "This place is the area where the devils are heavily stationed, who is so powerful!"

Staff Officer Mo, who lacked his left ear, said:
"I don't know. The conference room has been discussing this matter all morning. So are the chiefs of staff. Everyone is guessing that that unit did it."

Having said this, Staff Officer Mo slapped his thigh fiercely to relieve his excitement:
"This is really encouraging. Attacking the Guizi Military Station in the area where the Guizi heavy troops are stationed, killing dozens of devils, seizing a large amount of materials and then retreating smoothly, this has greatly improved the people's confidence in resisting Japan."

"Xinhua News Agency is ready to print and distribute it on the front page, and the first draft is ready. Now we have to wait to find out who did it."

"The Chief of Staff and the others also intend to focus on praising the attacking troops. This attack has really helped us a lot. It has completely broken the rumors that the devil's rear is impregnable, and has greatly increased the confidence of the rear guerrillas who have just formed a new war against resistance."

"Is there any news about who moved the hand?"

After speaking in an excited tone, Staff Officer Mo asked the crowd.

"There is no national army near Shijiazhuang, only a few of our guerrillas, so it should be our people."

"But we still can't know who did it. We only know that they seized a lot of drugs from the devil, and then brought the drugs into Pingshan City to Jingxian and Hexian areas."

The staff of the staff made a summary of the information received so far:
"The devils dispatched different troops to encircle and suppress, the Shijiazhuang garrison brigade, the devil cavalry in the south of Shijiazhuang, the devils and puppet troops in Pingshan City, Jing County, He County and the surrounding areas, about 5000 people"

"The situation is serious"

Staff Officer Mo frowned: "Collect the information, I will bring it to the headquarters, let the bosses think of a way, we still have some teams around here, and it should be possible to ask them to help."

"it is good"

Many staff officers were also worried about the safety of the team that attacked the Guizi Army Station in Shuangfeng Town, and organized the information as quickly as possible.

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Yangquan.

Devil's Headquarters.

"A bunch of idiots"

Shinji Kozuo sneered and hung up the phone: "The heavy troops stationed in the area actually let more than 100 people attack the military station, and let this group escape, let alone the regular army of the Eighth Route Army, even the so-called German weapon masters of the Republic of China shouldn't be."

"I don't admit my own waste"

"Kazuo-kun, what happened?" Yamamoto Kazuki, who was leisurely studying Go, asked curiously.

"A military station near Shijiazhuang of the Second Army was attacked by a small unit of the Eighth Route Army. Dozens of people in the military station were all killed, and even the officers in the military station where they lived were broken, and they finally let this group run away."

Kasa Shinji's tone was full of sarcasm.

Although the First Army and the Second Army are both under the jurisdiction of the North China Front Army, it is precisely because of this that the relationship between the two is very poor. But taunting each other and breaking the stage, this is everyday.

"Oh, a small group of troops attacked the military station near Shijiazhuang?"

Yamamoto Izuki raised his brows.

He became interested in this small group of troops. After all, the other party's behavior was a bit like his special operations, but the target chosen by the other party was too stupid. If it was him, he would definitely go straight to Jinan, the second army headquarters. , should also be the Shijiazhuang Garrison Command.

This is so clearly driving a tank but getting out of the car and fighting the enemy with a bayonet.

madness!

"Well, it is said that it is a regular army of the Eighth Route Army with more than 100 people. Shijiazhuang guessed that it was the group discovered by your special agent team before. They asked us to martial law to prevent this group of people from escaping back."

Kasa Shinji snorted coldly.

"The military station in that city?" Yamamoto asked with little interest.

"Shuangfeng Town..."

"Nani?"

Yamamoto stood up abruptly, his eyes widened: "You mean the Shuangfeng Town military station on the west side of Shijiazhuang? The officers living in the military station are also broken?"

"Yes"

Kasa Shinji nodded, having some doubts about Yamamoto's reaction, but still answered truthfully: "It is said that a middle colonel named Ikeda Jiuichi was killed."

'Ikeda-kun? '

"idiot····"

Yamamoto suddenly overturned the table, his eyes bulged out, his hair stood on end, he pulled out the emperor's imperial samurai sword, and howled hysterically:

"The Secret Service, Assemble"

"Yangquan No.30 Triple Alliance also gathers together"

(End of this chapter)