The opening of the bright sword leads a battalion

Chapter 71

The militia boy waited at the entrance of the village for a long time.

Until the end, he even leaned against a big rock at the entrance of the village and fell asleep, because he was too tired after traveling all the way.

During this period, the only remaining sentinel at the entrance of the village seemed to have noticed something, and asked loudly "who" in a certain direction, because a black shadow suddenly flashed there.

He went up and searched.

But in the end, nothing was found, because it was the Japanese who came secretly to poison. He was very short, and his movements were very flexible. He didn't know where to hide.

And after the sentry returned to the guard position without finding anything, another ten minutes passed.

A team, driving a wooden cart pulled by mules, slowly came to the entrance of the village.

Seeing the leader, the sentinel immediately saluted and shouted:
"Hello, battalion commander!"

Hearing this, Chu Qi nodded, and handed over the matter of organizing the troops into the village to the deputy battalion commander, while he took Yang Xiuying and a few others and rushed all the way to the regiment headquarters.

Along the way, he noticed the young man from the militia who was sleeping at the entrance of the village, but he didn't know the identity of this young man, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

Along the way, what he saw more were the trenches and positions that were constantly being built outside the village, as well as the tunnels that were still being dug in the village.

But before rushing to the regiment headquarters, Chu Qi was blocked by a group of people who gathered outside the kitchen of the cooking class, making a lot of noise and not knowing what they were doing.

Chu Qi stepped forward to take a look, and found a group of people lying at the door of the cooking class, convulsed and unconscious.

Seeing Chu Qi approaching, everyone around immediately stepped aside, and Sun Nong, the second battalion commander who was Chu Qi's squad leader when he was a recruit, saw Chu Qi approaching and walked over.

"what happened?"

Chu Qi looked at the people lying on the ground, among them were several familiar faces, all regiment-level cadres of the independent regiment of the military division.

Sun Nong, the commander of the second battalion, bowed his head and replied in a sad and indignant tone:
"Being poisoned, it seems that the little devil did it himself, and he did it without anyone noticing."

"People from the regiment headquarters just came to have dinner early today, and they were all recruited. They were recruited together, and there were more than 20 soldiers and almost the entire village."

What the devils started with was not only the food of the cooking class, but also the water tanks of every household.

Many villagers drank water during this period, and naturally they were also poisoned without knowing it, but the poisoning was still mild.

Hearing this, Chu Qi turned his eyes to the people on the ground again, searched, and finally found his leader, Lao Luo, among the lying crowd.

After discovering Lao Luo, the corners of his mouth twitched, Captain, why every time there is a bad thing, you have your share...

This time it's you again, you, the head of the group, hung up the phone again, and you are still the most peaceful lying down among all the people.

The corner of Chu Qi's mouth twitched again, and he said helplessly:
"Then arrange for the soldiers to send the poisoned people to the field hospital. If they stay here with us, there is no way to rescue them. The poisons injected by devils are usually not very toxic, and most of them can be rescued."

Hearing this, Sun Nong nodded and said:

"That's what I planned too. It's already been arranged. Soldiers will send them to the field hospital immediately."

Chu Qi listened and nodded.

Now that Sun Nong has made arrangements, Chu Qi will not interfere in this matter. Sun Nong is his old squad leader, and Chu Qi still trusts this old squad leader.

He also no longer cared about Lao Luo's condition. From the looks of it, Lao Luo just passed out and couldn't die.

It is rare for the Japanese army to poison the base area and die. After being sent to the field hospital for emergency treatment, it should be fine.

He asked Sun Nong:

"How's the excavation situation of our regiment's tunnel? Should there be water and food reserves in the tunnel?"

"The poisoning by the Japanese army made the water in the village's water tanks and wells undrinkable. How long can the stored water last?"

Hearing this, Sun Nong replied:
"Tunnels... The tunnels under the village are basically dug, and the corresponding ventilation holes and grain storage rooms are all in accordance with the standards you said."

"The tunnel leading to the outside of the village has not been dug yet. In addition, there are..."

Sun Nong and Chu Qi said, they walked side by side and left the cooking class.

On the other side, the soldiers responsible for escorting Captain Luo and other members of the regiment were also in place immediately. They carried stretchers and lifted Captain Luo and others.

Looking at the backs of Chu Qi and Sun Nong leaving, a soldier said in surprise:

"Are the two battalion commanders such people who take tea to cool down? Even the regiment commander is poisoned, so he just left?"

When the platoon leader heard the words, he patted the soldier on the head and cursed:

"What nonsense are you talking about, kid? Didn't you see that when the two battalion commanders left, they were talking about business?"

As he said that, the platoon leader looked at the backs of Chu Qi and Sun Nong, and guessed with deep expressions:

"I'm afraid the two battalion commanders sensed something was wrong from this poisoning incident. After all, it is a critical moment for the devils to sweep up. It is probably very unusual to be poisoned at this time."

"The two battalion commanders presumably have guessed about this matter."

As he said that, the platoon leader shook his head helplessly. There was nothing he could do about the Japanese raids.

The only thing to do is to do the tasks assigned by the chief, other than that, the only thing is to be ready at any time.

Always ready, ready to sacrifice.

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And while the platoon leader was guessing why Chu Qi and Sun Nong left in such a hurry...

Chu Qi and Sun Nong had already walked tens of meters away. Sun Nong stopped and asked:
"Okay, there's no one around here, if you have something to say, you can talk about it."

He looked at Chu Qi, only to realize that Chu Qi's expression was very serious. Sun Nong had known Chu Qi for so long, and this was the first time he had seen such a serious expression.

When Chu Qi heard the words, he looked at Sun Nong seriously.

"What's wrong?" Sun Nong asked again.

After hearing this, Chu Qi took a deep breath and pondered:
"Did you know that when I came back, my troops captured many devils and prisoners along the way."

"And the source of the captives came from Guanyun Mountain. The Sakata United Squad arrived here a few days ago. During the time I've been back, it's very possible that the Sakata Squad has already arrived here."

As he said that, Chu Qi looked at Sun Nong, and he felt that the old squad leader should be able to understand what he meant.

Hearing this, a thought suddenly flashed through Sun Nong's mind, and his expression was very surprised.

"You mean..."

"The one who poisoned was Sakata United?!"

Chu Qi listened and nodded.

To be able to poison without anyone noticing while being guarded by the sentry, it must be a devil soldier who has undergone formal training. Ordinary puppet soldiers and traitors are probably not so powerful, so that so many sentinels can't find it.

And in this vicinity, apart from Sakata, there is no other regular army of devils.

——The enemy must be the Sakata Alliance.

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(End of this chapter)