"Kuroki-kun, tell me more carefully, what kind of tunnel combat is this?

How to fight and what are the details?

Did the death camp named Chen Shanhe really only have more than 300 people, and were there no reinforcements during the battle?

Don’t be sketchy, don’t be general, what’s important is the details!

Do you understand?

This matter is very important!”

On the other end of the phone was the stern voice of the Captain.

When Kuroki heard the stern inquiry from the captain, even though the other party was not in front of him, he stood at attention and lowered his head: "Hi!

Your Excellency, Captain, after receiving your order to investigate the death camp named Chen Shanhe, the reason why the entire Shanxi-Sui Army temporary 6th Brigade was easily captured.

I started collecting information, but there has been no progress in the past few days.

It just so happened that today the soldiers captured a man from a village within the control of the death camp who came to visit his seriously ill mother-in-law.

After being tortured to extract a confession, I finally learned the detailed process and the truth!”

The captain on the other side of the phone asked doubtfully: "A villager?

Not a soldier from the Chen Shanhe death camp?"

Ichiro Kuroki smiled respectfully and said: "Your Excellency, Captain, yes, we captured villagers, not soldiers from the death camp.

But even if he is just a villager, he can clearly know about the death camp.

In our interrogation, we need to obtain the answers multiple times, and then compare them to get the real answer with the highest overlap rate.

So don’t worry if it’s a lie. An ordinary villager doesn’t have the willpower to resist our interrogation.”

The captain on the other side asked in a deep voice: "What did the villager say?

How much does an ordinary villager know?"

Ichiro Kuroki organized the words and then said: "Your Excellency, Captain, we have obtained a lot of information from this villager.

Because the villager I captured had participated in the excavation of the tunnel in their village.

He also explained clearly that there was a militia in their village, as well as the number and equipment of the militia.

In the past, we made no mistakes in collecting intelligence about death camps.

Because according to this villager's confession, there were indeed only 300 or 400 people in Chen Shanhe's death camp.

Moreover, on that day, the death camp did not wait for reinforcements, and they all resolved the matter on their own.

As I said before, the villagers we captured also had tunnels in their villages, and the person we captured also participated in the digging.

Although the villager didn't know how they controlled the entire battalion level and above officers of the temporary 6th Brigade of the Jinsui Army that day.

But according to our guess, he was hiding in the tunnel, suddenly appeared when the temporary 6th Brigade was careless, and took control of all their officers above the battalion level in a short period of time.

That’s how we managed to capture more than 3,000 people in the entire brigade without firing a single shot, as mentioned in the news we found!

Your Excellency, Captain, you are just some rats who only know how to dig holes in the ground!

In my hometown in the countryside on Kyushu Island, we dig holes to catch mice before harvest every autumn!

These enemies who have dug holes in the ground are actually no different from mice!

Catching mice is nothing more than pouring water and smoking. Without breathable air, they can only crawl out of the hole impatiently, otherwise they will suffocate in the hole.

At this point, no matter what animal it is, it’s the same!”

The captain on the other end of the phone sounded very satisfied: "Very good, Kuroki-kun, although we have obtained the information, don't be too careless!

I will send two squadrons over to replenish your troops, leaving you with enough energy to send out a large group of troops to tentatively attack this Dayouxiang death camp!

Remember, it is tentative!

It's not our turn to perform on stage now, because during this period, the person who needs stage performance is the senior of the Army Sergeant School named Yan Baichuan.

Do you understand?"

Ichiro Kuroki nodded into the microphone: "Hey, I understand!

We just need to test out how powerful this so-called tunnel warfare method is and have a good idea of ​​how powerful it is.

Your Excellency, Captain, is my understanding appropriate?"

The voice of approval from the captain on the opposite side came: "Well, Kuroki-kun, that's it!

Then I’ll wait for your good news!”

"Hi!"

…

Zhang Xiangyang.

A veteran of the Eighth Route Army. Before they were sent to the death camp, the political commissar had already done ideological work with them. Their task was to use themselves to exchange the mountain artillery of an artillery battalion.

You must know that this artillery battalion has 75-caliber mountain guns and 105-caliber heavy mountain guns.

105 caliber!

There was not even one in the entire Eighth Route Army, let alone two in that artillery battalion.

The political commissar told them that this was not a sale, and that they were not using their 200 veterans to buy artillery from that artillery battalion.

Let them come. In addition to changing guns, there is another task.

That is, in addition to learning how to fight from the death camp soldiers here, they also have to do ideological work and ideological education for the death camp soldiers around them.

The purpose is to turn these powerful death battalion soldiers around them into qualified people's soldiers and lay a solid foundation for the Eighth Route Army to directly lead them in the future.

So he volunteered to sign up.

He is a veteran with 8 months of military service. He has fought 4 times in large and small battles. He has witnessed the sacrifice of no less than 100 soldiers from the same company.

Every time we fight against the little devils, we have to risk our lives, and the big guys have to risk their lives. They have very few bullets, basically everyone has 3 to 5 bullets.

After shooting three rounds of bullets, you must leave one in the barrel of the gun. Do not shoot until you are in desperate situation.

Soldiers of the Eighth Route Army all know that if there are only three bullets in hand, they can only fire two and save one for use when retreating.

This is basically the case.

That's why there is that saying, the last bullet is basically reserved for the desperate situation and will be fired when you know you will die.

In peacetime operations, we can only use more to fight less, one company to surround a Japanese detachment, a company to surround a puppet platoon, etc.

Fire two bullets first to see if there is any advantage. If not, retreat immediately. If there is, then rush in and fight hand-to-hand.

This is how they usually fight.

Unexpectedly, after arriving at the death camp, all the 200 veterans were dispersed into the company, not into a squad, but each veteran was dispersed into a combat group.

There are only three people in a combat team.

Two former soldiers from the death camp, plus an Eighth Route Army veteran like him who was transferred from the brigade commander.

This is no different from the old leading the new in the Eighth Route Army, but I am a veteran!

An 8-month veteran!

However, Zhang Xiangyang did not complain, but actually followed his team leader and deputy team leader. After leaving the main force, the three of them rushed to their fighting positions.

The team leader’s surname is Liu, and his name is Liu Guangming.

The deputy team leader’s surname is Sun, and his name is Sun Youcheng.

In addition to him, there are three people, three rifles, and each of them has enough bullets. This is something that the Eighth Route Army cannot match.

In the past, the most bullets Zhang Xiangyang took in a battle was 8.

But now, everyone is given at least 60 bullets.

The death camp is so luxurious.

And everyone has two little devil's melon grenades on them.

When this thing explodes, it can blow up hundreds of pieces of iron. Zhang Xiangyang has seen the power of this melon grenade with his own eyes, so when the team leader sent 60 rounds of ammunition and these two grenades into his hand, he laughed heartily.

Open your mouth from ear to ear.

However, the leader and deputy leader of the combat team obviously did not take bullets and grenades to heart.

Instead, everyone carried a mine weighing several kilograms on their backs and set off.

Deputy Team Leader Sun actually carried a small bundle of telephone wires and two telephone sets on his back.

There was also Team Leader Liu. In addition to the combat weapons, bullets, grenades, and mines on his body, he actually also carried an iron thing as thick and heavy as a brick.

Zhang Xiangyang didn't know what this thing was at first, until they arrived at the combat position.

Team leader Liu took the iron thing, pulled out the antenna, and started talking to the thing. When the thing could still talk back, he realized that the thing was actually a cordless phone.

Zhang Xiangyang was completely shocked that there were still telephones in this world that did not require telephone lines.
To be continued...