Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Kitahara Hiroyuki led the reinforcement troops and smelled the smell of gunpowder as soon as they arrived at the city.

When Kitahara Hiroyuki realized that something had happened, he immediately ordered his troops to be on alert and ordered the vanguard to enter the city for reconnaissance.

He took his close friend Matsushita and dozens of other Japanese officers and walked into the city.

The moment they stepped into the city gate, they were stunned by the scene before them.

Weapons and equipment were scattered all over the streets, and the bodies of the Japanese, puppet soldiers and traitors could be seen everywhere.

Some of them twisted their bodies, as if telling Kitahara Hiroyuki how miserable his death was.

Some of them still maintained a fighting posture, with their hands still on the trigger, but before they could fire the gun, they were already dead.

The air was filled with a strong smell of blood and gunpowder, forcing Kitahara Hiroyuki to take out a white handkerchief from his shirt pocket and gently cover his mouth and nose.

Matsushita said angrily: "Baga, who did this? How could they kill so many imperial soldiers?"

The other Japanese officers were also very indignant, as if anyone who killed a Japanese was committing a heinous crime.

But at this time, Kitahara Hiroyuki's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations.

He did not get furious when he saw such a tragic scene. Instead, he stopped and raised a complicated smile. He whispered to himself, "It seems that Ye Xuwen has been to Jinzhou."

Matsushita was startled and asked, "Sir, are we too late? The guerrillas have already passed Jinzhou?"

Kitahara Hiroyuki pursed his lips and didn't say anything for a long time.

Because from the scene, it really looked like the guerrillas had broken through the Jinzhou defense line.

But there is at least one and a half infantry battalions of the Imperial Army in Jinzhou, right?

  With so many imperial troops, how could the guerrillas possibly break through from the front?

And judging from the enemy corpses left on the ground, they didn't look like guerrillas.

They were all dressed in black, which was inconsistent with the usual attire of the guerrillas.

And even if there were guerrillas wearing black clothes, they would not be so uniform.

Based on his own experience, Hiroyuki Kitahara judged that these should be private armed forces.

But he still didn't know why private armed forces would engage in a fight with the imperial army.

But at this moment, a captain of the Jinzhou City Military Police came with his men. Seeing the rank of Major Hiroyuki Kitahara, he bowed and said, "Sir, Jinzhou City has just been attacked, and all officers above the rank of captain have been killed. I am the only one who can greet you!"

"Nani?"

Even Kitahara Hiroyuki was shocked at this time. All officers above the rank of captain were killed. How was this possible?

  No matter how fierce the battle is, it is impossible for all senior officers to be killed, right?

The captain of the military police quickly explained: "The enemy disguised themselves as the Imperial Army and sneaked into the headquarters. Then they suddenly attacked in the meeting room, killing all the Imperial Army officers including Lord Hideyoshi, and then fled."

Kitahara Hiroyuki cursed: "Baga, are you a bunch of idiots? You let the enemy sneak into the headquarters? And they escaped."

"Hi!"

The Japanese squad leader did not dare to refute, but added: "Sir, they have the help of the local bandits from Majiaji, so they caused such heavy casualties to the imperial army."

"Local forces?" Kitahara Hiroyuki nodded and understood why the imperial army in Jinzhou City suffered such a heavy loss.

Of course, what he understood even more clearly was that this was indeed the work of Ye Xuwen, because no matter where Ye Xuwen went, a group of people would inexplicably gather around him and help him regardless of life and death.

This was a headache for him, because he often felt that he could kill the opponent, but he was just a little short of it. And this time, he was still a step too late.

"No, the guerrillas shouldn't be that fast. Although they passed through Jinzhou City, the territory of Jinzhou is very large."

Thinking of this, Kitahara Hiroyuki ordered the captain of the Jinzhou gendarmerie: "Can you contact the Jinzhou garrison? Ask them to cut off all roads leading north in the area north of Jinzhou. If they find the guerrillas and stop them, it will be a great achievement. I will ask for credit for them from the headquarters."

"Hi, I'll make the call right away."

The Japanese squad leader took the order and immediately sent people to the garrison to convey Kitahara Hiroyuki's order.

Regardless of Kitahara Hiroyuki's military rank or his status as the commander-in-chief of this operation, neither of them allowed him to be negligent.

The order was quickly passed down, and all the garrison troops in Jinzhou were dispatched to set up checkpoints at all major traffic routes.

Originally, Ma Hu's subordinate Liu Jinbiao had led the guerrillas through three checkpoints. If they could pass two more checkpoints, they could leave Jinzhou.

But at this moment, Liu Jinbiao's men came to report that the road ahead was blocked by the Japanese, and there were so many of them that they couldn't get around them at all.

Liu Jinbiao frowned slightly, because he had walked this road many times and there were no devils at all. He didn't know why the devils suddenly ran here and set up a checkpoint this time.

Ma Ping'an knew something had happened when he saw Liu Jinbiao's expression.

However, Ma Ping'an was not panicked at all, because unexpected situations had occurred more than once in previous missions.

The most urgent task is to find out the number of enemies and their deployment. It is best to scout the surrounding terrain to see if there is any way to bypass the enemy's checkpoint.

In other words, if they don't fight, it's better not to fight. Because once they fight, they will be exposed. Then the devils will surround them more and more like a snowball until their forces are exhausted.

So Ma Pingan said, "Let's go ahead and scout to see how many devils there are and how they are deployed."

"kindness!"

Liu Jinbiao nodded, and he and Ma Ping'an took a few people to the front to investigate.

They did not take the mountain path, but used the woods as cover and quietly approached the new checkpoint set up by the Japanese.

The Japanese deployed their troops between two small hills. There were Japanese troops on both sides of the hills, and there were two firing points that blocked an area within a radius of two kilometers.

If the Japanese had cannons, the radiation range would probably be even wider.

Ma Ping'an didn't dare to bet whether the Japanese had mortars.

At this time, Liu Jinbiao said solemnly: "The Japanese are not only numerous, but also very well-defended. It seems that we can't force our way in."

Ma Ping'an pondered for a moment and suggested, "Let's hide here and investigate the situation at night. Besides, the enemy's vision is limited at night, so it's not easy for them to find us. By the way, we can also wait for Leader Ye."

Liu Jinbiao nodded, because he knew very well that with such good visibility, if they wanted to pass under the eyes of the little devils, it would be nothing but a foolish dream! (End of this chapter)