Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 843

Upon hearing this, Shang Jiuyi fell silent.

If the enemy really retreated, they might really become a laughing stock.

"Impossible, this group will not retreat so easily. Since they have come so far, they will not just attack once and then choose to retreat." Shang Jiuyifu expressed his analysis.

It was believed that this Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, having come so far, must have a bigger target, and would never leave without killing more of them.

"Captain, I'm just saying it, it may not be true." The Japanese major replied. He only said it was possible, but did not say it was definitely true.

"It's definitely not true. Stop talking. Go down and do what you are still doing." Shang Jiuyi waved his hand.

"Hi!" The Japanese major nodded and quickly turned around and left the office.

After the Japanese lieutenant colonel left, Shang Jiuyi was the only one left in the office.

He stood up, walked to the window, took out a cigarette and lit it.

In fact, he had wondered before whether the enemy had retreated. The previous attack on Xiangyang was the enemy's last attack, and the enemy intended to inflict more damage on him before retreating.

But on second thought, I still felt that the enemy should not have left and might have run to Jingmen.

.........

At this time, Yunling County.

Two scouts arrived here in disguise.

There were Japanese devils and puppet troops at the city gate checking the people passing by.

The two of them lined up in the queue and entered the city smoothly.

"I feel that the puppet troops and devils in this county are similar to those in other counties we have explored before." Mu Xiaoliu said as he walked.

This county town is not big, with an estimated population of only tens of thousands. For a county town like this, the Japanese would at most send one or two squadrons to guard it.

Judging from the number of Japanese soldiers at the city gate, there were not many Japanese soldiers and puppet troops in this city.

"Yeah, does that mean there's no problem with this county and we can retreat to other counties?!" Jiang Cheng suggested.

Since there is no problem, there is no point in continuing the investigation. We might as well go to the next county.

"We can't draw a conclusion so quickly. Let's still investigate. You go to the east gate and the south gate, and I'll go to the northwest gate to investigate. We'll check the enemy's camp to see if there are any more Japanese soldiers." Mu Xiaoliu said.

Since the battalion commander sent them to investigate, he must have his reasons. They can't be so careless. Besides, this county town is the closest to their current base, so they need to explore more.

If the intelligence is wrong, they might end up killing their own people, so they cannot be careless.

"Yeah, you're right. Okay, then let's do this. We'll meet in front of the teahouse in front around three o'clock in the afternoon." Jiang Cheng nodded in agreement and chose a small teahouse not far ahead as the meeting place.

"No problem, then let's split up." Mu Xiaoliu turned around and walked towards another street.

Jiang Cheng walked in the opposite direction.

At noon, Mu Xiaoliu came to a roadside stall selling hot dry noodles to eat.

"Boss, has anything happened in the city recently?!" Mu Xiaoliu couldn't help chatting with the boss while eating hot dry noodles.

"From your accent, you're probably not from here." The boss could tell from Mu Xiaoliu's accent that he was not a local.

"Yes, I came here to live with my relatives. The place where I was before was attacked by the Japanese. I was afraid that the Japanese would kill people after entering the city, so I ran to my relatives' place. Unexpectedly, this place was also occupied." Mu Xiaoliu nodded and lied without blinking.

"You are lucky, but it's not so good here. Although the devils don't kill people here, they still bully men and women.

Look at this street, where can you see women?

They all hid at home and didn't dare to go out, for fear of being spotted by the Japanese. "While the boss was speaking, he subconsciously looked around to see if there was anyone nearby, and he sighed at the end.

Those little Japanese devils are doing inhuman things. The county is much more chaotic than before.

"Then why don't you leave? You are still setting up a stall in the city." Mu Xiaoliu asked.

Since you feel that the city is unsafe, why don't you leave here?

"Leave?! Where can we go?! There are wars everywhere now, and we don't know when these little devils can be driven out.

This way, we won't have to be so afraid when doing business." The boss answered helplessly. In this war-torn world, he didn't know where to go, so he might as well stay here, at least he could make some money to support his family.

"That's true." Mu Xiaoliu also felt a little heavy.

"Speaking of which, I don't know what happened recently, but a lot of puppet troops suddenly came to the county. It seems that they were transferred from other counties." The boss changed the subject and talked about this.

"Puppet troops?! When were they transferred here?!" Mu Xiaoliu didn't pay much attention to this and just asked casually.

To him, the combat effectiveness of the puppet army was the same as having nothing. No matter how many more were dispatched, they could not pose any threat to them.

"About ten days ago, three groups of soldiers arrived one after another. They looked like they were from other counties. However, after these puppet soldiers arrived in the county, we rarely saw them. The ones guarding the city and patrolling were still the same puppet soldiers from the county.

I don’t know what those puppet soldiers were doing here, just to eat for free?!” The boss began to recall.

"How do you know that those patrolling are the former puppet soldiers?! Maybe they changed their posts and you didn't know?!" Mu Xiaoliu suddenly became alert.

He felt that this group of puppet troops might not be simple.

"I buy things in this city all day long. I have basically seen all the puppet soldiers in the county. Their faces are familiar, so I know them. As for whether there are puppet soldiers patrolling at night, I don't know. Anyway, I haven't seen them during the day." The boss replied.

After all, he has been in the city for many years and has been selling hot-dried noodles for so many years. If he doesn't even know some people, then all his work would be in vain.

"Is that so?" Mu Xiaoliu suddenly fell silent.

"Speaking of which, there were about a thousand puppet soldiers who came. Each group of people who came came with a carriage, but no one knew what was inside.
I don't know why the Japanese would transfer so many puppet troops to this small county. It's really strange." The boss couldn't figure it out either.

When the county town was occupied, the number of Japanese invaders and puppet troops did not change much, but suddenly, a lot of puppet troops appeared.

"What kind of guns are those puppet soldiers carrying?" Mu Xiaoliu asked hurriedly.

“What kind of gun could it be? The puppet army in the county only has those two models, the Zhongzheng and Hanyang models.” The boss was somewhat knowledgeable. The business people and those who came to this stall to eat were all people who traveled far and wide, so he knew a lot of things.

Mu Xiaoliu frowned. He always felt that there was something wrong with this group of puppet troops, but he couldn't tell what the problem was.

Although several groups of puppet troops came, the guns they used were all Hanyang-made and Zhongzheng, and there seemed to be no problem. What was going on? !

Mu Xiaoliu couldn't think of the key to the problem.

"By the way, I found that the puppet soldiers transferred here are all very strong and relatively short, almost as tall as the Japanese!" The boss continued to speak at this time and said the most crucial point.

"Are you sure?!" Mu Xiaoliu asked, trying to hide his inner joy. It seemed that he was right. The people who came to this county were disguised as Japanese devils.

The Japs wore puppet army uniforms and used puppet army guns before they came over. As for the things transported in their carriages, they were most likely the weapons that the Japs were going to use.

In addition, the Japanese rarely patrolled the city, which was to avoid attracting too much attention. After all, suddenly, there were a bunch of unfamiliar puppet soldiers patrolling the city, which looked strange no matter how you looked at it.

If the Japanese stayed in the military camp, such a situation would not happen. When the puppet army came to the county town, most people would not pay much attention to it.

If the owner of this shop wasn't so capable, Mu Xiaoliu might not have thought of these things and would probably have chosen to ignore them.

"Boss, I'm full. The noodles you made are delicious." Mu Xiaoliu left the money and got up.

"Come often when you have time." The boss shouted at Mu Xiaoliu's back.

"Strange, why do I feel like there's something weird about this boy?! Forget it, it's none of my business!" The boss shook his head and started to clear the dishes on the table.

Mu Xiaoliu continued to inquire about the situation, and it was not until three o'clock in the afternoon that he came to the teahouse to meet.

What Mu Xiaoliu didn't expect was that Jiang Cheng didn't arrive in time.

"This kid is actually late, is there anything wrong with him?!" Mu Xiaoliu was a little worried, afraid that Jiang Cheng might have encountered some trouble.

He wanted to go find the other person, but he was afraid that the other person would come over and not be able to find him, and then he would have to go find him again, which would be troublesome.

"Wait for him for a while, maybe he has found some important news." Mu Xiaoliu calmed down and waited quietly.

If he thought about it carefully, if something happened in Jiangcheng, the county town would not be so quiet, so he must have been overthinking it.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Jiang Cheng finally appeared in sight, which made Mu Xiaoliu breathe a sigh of relief and he hurried forward.

"You kid, you made me so worried." Although Mu Xiaoliu's tone was blaming, it was full of concern.

"Sorry, I got some good news, so I was delayed for a while. Fortunately, you were waiting here." Jiang Cheng explained, and was glad that Mu Xiaoliu did not go to find him.

"Okay, okay, let's leave the city first. It's not safe here. I also got some good news." Mu Xiaoliu urged.

The two of them hurried out of the county town, and only after they were a hundred meters away from the county town did they breathe a sigh of relief.

"What information did you find out?!" Mu Xiaoliu asked.

"I found that the puppet soldiers in the Japanese army camp were not simple. I saw many people wearing puppet army uniforms actually having smooth conversations with the Japanese.

The most important thing is that those puppet soldiers are not afraid of the devils at all. So, I can be sure from these two points.
Those extra puppet soldiers in the military camp are definitely not puppet soldiers, but the devils pretending to be them!" Jiang Cheng said and summarized.

Anyway, he had never seen the puppet soldier, so he could talk and laugh with the Japanese and communicate with them seemingly without any obstacles.

Besides, there was no puppet soldier who did not bow and scrape to the Japanese. If it came to one or two puppet army officers who were respected, this might not be the case.

But those he saw were just ordinary puppet soldiers. How could they not show any fear when facing the Japanese?

"The information I got is almost the same as yours, some time ago..." After hearing this, Mu Xiaoliu was the first to share the information he knew with Jiang Cheng.

"Therefore, these groups of puppet troops that came here are definitely not puppet troops, but Japanese devils!" Mu Xiaoliu also summarized at the end.

"It seems that the information we have obtained can basically be confirmed to be true. If I am not mistaken, the situation in several nearby counties is probably the same!" Jiang Cheng said.

Fortunately, they observed carefully, otherwise they would have been deceived by the Japanese.

"Wait a minute, if that's the case, doesn't it mean that the Japanese started making preparations ten days ago? Is this to trick us?!" Mu Xiaoliu reacted.

The Japanese started making preparations ten days ago, with the purpose of not letting them find out any information, but the Japanese did not expect that Mu Xiaoliu and Jiang Cheng would still find out the problem.

"Well, it's very likely. I didn't expect the Japanese commander here to be so treacherous. Fortunately, the battalion commander didn't let us attack the Japanese checkpoints and bunkers.

Otherwise, these devils would probably surround us right away." Jiang Cheng nodded.

Although they are not afraid even if these Japanese troops come, if they are caught off guard, there will be casualties, which will be a big problem.

"Yes, fortunately our battalion commander is more cautious and noticed the problem." Mu Xiaoliu also said. If they were in charge of the command, they would probably have fallen into the trap.

"Let's go back and report the situation to the battalion commander." Jiang Cheng said.

After the two entered the woods, they started running.

At around 5:30 in the afternoon, they rushed back to the temporary camp and found Li Jin.

"Did you two find out any information?!" Li Jin couldn't help but say when he saw this. The two of them were sweating profusely and it was obvious that they had run all the way back. It must be urgent information, so they were in such a hurry.

"Yes." Mu Xiaoliu nodded.

Li Jin didn't waste any time and immediately called several company commanders over.

"Tell us what you found out." Li Jin gestured to the two to share the information.

"Let me go first." Mu Xiaoliu began to tell the information he had gathered.

Everyone frowned after hearing this, and then Jiang Cheng told them his own information.

"Damn it, these Japanese are so insidious. They started setting a trap for us ten days in advance!" Liu Changshun couldn't help but curse.

"Now it is basically certain that the Japanese are waiting for us to attack the checkpoints and bunkers so that they can surround us." Zhao Ming also had a gloomy face.

He had been thinking of attacking, but fortunately the battalion commander was cautious and chose to gather more intelligence on the surrounding counties.

Now we have found out that the Japanese set a trap for them.

"Battalion Commander, what should we do now? Should we leave, or find an opportunity to attack the Japanese?!" Zhao Ming continued.

He felt that since the Japanese wanted to ambush them, he had to make them pay a price and let them know that they were not so easy to trick.

"Now that it has been confirmed, what else is there to say? We must teach the Japanese a lesson so that they will never dare to ambush us again!" Li Jin said with a serious face.

He had to make the Japs regret setting this trap.