"Captain, not far from this mountain, we found a Jaap stronghold." A soldier who was conducting reconnaissance from the front came back to report.
"Can we go around it?" Zhou Weihan waved his hand and stopped the team.
"I just took a look. If you want to bypass the Jaap stronghold, you have to climb several mountains. The journey you took in the afternoon was in vain," the soldier said.
This cannot be blamed on the investigating soldiers. The workers in the arsenal around Taiyuan were quite familiar with the roads. When they arrived at the border of Jinzhong, including Zhou Weihan, they all had a blank look. No one had been there before, and they only knew that Heshun was to the east.
Since they didn't dare to take the main road, a group of people just headed eastward in the forest. At this time, they didn't know where they were.
Li Yousheng saw the team in front stopped and hurried over to ask: "Captain Zhou, what happened?"
"There is a Jaap stronghold ahead, and we can't get through it. Are you familiar with the area?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"The place we met is at the junction of Taigu and Jinzhong. We have been walking eastward in the afternoon. I estimate that after passing the stronghold in front, we will reach our guerrilla zone. It will be much easier to walk that way." Li Yousheng said.
"We can't go around anymore. If we go around in the mountains, the kid might catch them all, so we'll take out the kid's stronghold." Zhou Weihan said.
"Captain Zhou, we only have a few people and no heavy weapons, how can we destroy the Japanese stronghold?" Li Yousheng said anxiously.
"Platoon Leader Li, don't worry. The little devil's bastard shells are hard to chew, so let's lure them out." Zhou Weihan said confidently.
Afterwards, Zhou Weihan gathered everyone together and slowly calculated in his mind that there were ten combatants on his side, and eight on Li Yousheng's side including two lightly wounded ones.
"Ma Dazui, monk, you will put on the puppet army uniform and I will go and lure the enemies out of the stronghold.
Dong Jiang, lead an ambush with your men and set up the two machine guns. When the enemy enters the ambush circle, beat them hard when they are inside." Zhou Weihan said.
"Huang Liang, use the captured weapons on your equipment and evacuate to a safe area with your people, and keep an eye on these puppet prisoners." Zhou Weihan specifically instructed.
"Captain Zhou, give us some weapons so that we can go into battle and kill the enemy." Several students said eagerly.
Seeing that the students were highly motivated, Zhou Weihan couldn't bear to frustrate them, and said helplessly: "You guys, get your weapons and work with Huang Liang and others to protect the safety of the rear. Get ready now."
After that, everyone dispersed, and the workers and students were selecting the seized weapons and equipment.
Zhou Weihan walked up to Huang Liang and said: "We have walked this far along the mountain road. There will be no enemies behind us. I will leave these students and their families to you. Keep an eye on them, especially these students."
Zhou Weihan was afraid of these students. When he heard the gunshot, his head got hot and he would go into battle to kill the enemy.
"Captain Zhou, don't worry, there are quite a few of our workers who are old-timers." Huang Liang said, patting his chest.
"That's good."
Zhou Weihan then checked the position selected by Dong Jiang and others. He said it was a position, but in fact, he chose a place with lush vegetation nearby.
More than a dozen people spread out and lay down on the ground, so that no one could notice them unless they walked up to them.
"Where's Thief Nine? Why didn't he see anyone else?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"This guy disappeared without us noticing," Li Dazhen said.
"It's good, we can't find it, let alone the little devil."
Then Zhou Weihan put on a little devil's military uniform, took the monk and Ma Dazui and walked out of the mountain.
When we got to the main road, after walking along the main road for seven or eight miles, we saw a small Japanese stronghold. There was a roadblock on the road, and four puppet soldiers were standing lazily.
"Head, there's something going on." A sharp-eyed puppet soldier said.
"Then it's the fucking Taijun, go and report quickly." The leader of the puppet army gave him a kick and said.
"Taijun!"
"Where is this place?" Zhou Weihan said.
"Report to Taijun, this is the Beiting stronghold." The leader of the puppet army nodded and bowed.
"Baga, let me ask you what realm this is?" Zhou Weihan slapped him and said angrily.
"Taijun, this is the territory of Taigu. More than 20 miles to the north is Jinzhong, and more than 30 miles to the east is the junction of Taigu, Yushe, Heshun and Jinzhong. There are guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army.
District." The leader of the puppet army said neatly, covering his face.
"Hey, hello, how many people are there in the stronghold?"
"There are two Taijun and a platoon of the Imperial Alliance Army."
"Yo Xi, take me in quickly."
As soon as Zhou Weihan walked to the stronghold, two little Japs and a puppet army officer came out.
The two little devils were only first-class soldiers. Zhou Weihan was wearing the military uniform of the little devil named Cao Chang who was shot in the face by a thief.
"Reporting to the commander, at the Beiting stronghold, the superior soldiers under the village tree and Yamada Mu are on daily alert. Please give instructions, sir." The little devil saluted with a military salute and said respectfully.
"Yo Xi, Murashita-kun, Yamada-kun, thank you for your hard work." Zhou Weihan smelled the smell of alcohol on these two little devils as he walked closer, but he did not expose them.
"My unit is chasing a group of Eighth Route Army guerrillas and a group of students from Jinzhong. They are hiding in this mountain. We need support. Now I order you to follow me." Zhou Weihan said in Japanese.
"Hi"
"Wu Sang, gather your men and pursue the enemy with us." Murakami said.
"Taijun, this Simen Mountain is too big. It's very easy to hide a bunch of guerrillas. Besides, it's getting dark, so it's easy to get shot!" the puppet army officer said with a gesture.
"Baga, hurry up and assemble the team." Murakami seems to feel a little embarrassed in front of the superior, so he goes up and slaps him.
"Yes, yes, Taijun, I will assemble the team right now."
"Brothers, copycats, follow Taijun to fight the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army." the puppet army officer shouted.
Due to their limited military strength and the vast territory of our country, the Japs built many strongholds. However, except for county towns and important traffic roads, they often did not send many troops to other strongholds. Two or three Japs plus a group of puppet troops were stationed there.
Strongholds are the norm.
Even so, relying on a strong stronghold, the Eighth Route Army would have no way to defeat the enemies in the stronghold in the early stage. If it cannot capture it in a short period of time, surrounding strongholds will send troops to support it.
In this way, more than twenty enemies followed Zhou Weihan into the mountains.
At this time, there were only four puppet troops left in the stronghold, and one light machine gun.
Monk and Ma Dazui led the puppet troops in front, heading towards the ambush location, followed by Zhou Weihan and the two little Japs.
"Platoon leader, these damn Japanese don't take our brother's life seriously. Let us explore the road ahead." A puppet soldier said.
"You talk too much. Tell your brothers to be smart. If something happens, it's important to save your life." The puppet army officer said, wiping the stain on his forehead.
We are now walking on a mountain path that has been trampled by people, with dense shrubs and weeds on both sides, and more than 20 puppet troops sparsely present.
At this time, Dong Jiang and others were scattered on both sides of the trail, only more than thirty meters away from the puppet troops, and they all held their breath.
Wei Dayong looked back and saw that most of the enemies had already entered the ambush circle. He touched Ma Dazui and walked a few steps quickly to distance himself.
Zhou Weihan, who was at the back of the team, slowed down, unbuttoned his clothes, took out the rifle on his waist with his left hand, and took out the Southern Type 14 pistol from the gun case with his right hand.
Open your bow left and right, and shoot two "pop" shots to kill the two little devils behind you first.
Immediately afterwards, there was a loud sound of gunfire in the mountain forest. Light machine guns, machine guns, rifles, and shell guns were all firing at the enemies in front of them.
The puppet army officer who had been on high alert ran forward, and a puppet soldier beside him followed suit.
The two of them just ran away without caring about what happened behind them.
Thief Jiu, who was sitting on the tree, looked at the two people escaping, aimed his crosshair at one of them, and shot him down with a "pop" shot.
Seeing this, the puppet army officer swooped into the bushes nearby and disappeared in an instant.
"Captain, a puppet army escaped." Thief Jiu shouted loudly in the tree. At this time, all the enemies were eliminated.
"Hurry up and chase."
Just as Zhou Weihan finished speaking, he heard a gunshot in the distance.
The fleeing puppet army officer was shot and fell to the ground.
Lao Qintou, who had been in front, stood up and said to the people around him: "Not bad, I haven't touched a gun in seven or eight years."
"That's right, Master Qin, you are very good at it. You were the one who handed over all of us back then."