"Reporting to the camp, we found a few people in front of us. They were sneaking around. They should be coming from the direction of Wanjialing."
Lao Shou was leading the spy battalion to conduct reconnaissance in the direction of Wanjialing. Unexpectedly, the scouts in front of him discovered three or four people approaching from the forest.
Lao Snoring thought for a while and said: "If you don't know the identity of the other party, let's arrest him alive first and ask him clearly before talking."
"yes!"
Several scouts responded, and a moment later, the four Wanjialing villagers who didn't know what was going on were captured. Wearing hoods and tied with ropes all over their bodies, they were escorted to Lao Snoring.
At this time, they were completely confused. And when the black masks were taken off, they were still at a loss.
Moreover, it was dark in the forest, and they did not know who was arresting them. They could only beg for mercy: "Heroes, heroes, we are all ordinary people. I don't know how I have offended you. Please spare our lives, heroes."
, we are just ordinary villagers!"
Naturally, Lao Shou couldn't believe the other party's words easily, because the regiment had already sent news that there was very likely to be a Japanese spy in Wanjialing. Moreover, the situation in Wanjialing was unknown, so they and the Second Battalion were asked to take the lead.
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This is a battle order, and the enemy's situation is unknown. How could Lao Shou easily believe the other party's words?
So Lao Shou said with a gloomy face: "Are you from Wanjialing? Tell me, what are you doing here from Wanjialing?"
The villagers were stunned for a moment, and then with the help of the weak light, they saw the military uniform worn by Lao Shou in the distance.
One of the villagers said happily: "You are the Central Army, right?"
Lao Shou frowned, thinking that the other party really came for them. But he was not in a hurry, but continued to ask: "You guys know that we are coming? Then tell us what happened on Wanjialing."
Listen?"
Lao Shou was threatening the other party, but when the other party heard this, it was not a threat at all, because the purpose of their coming here was to get in touch with the Central Army, and then cooperate with the outside to annihilate Xia Shanhu and others, and bring peace to the people of Wanjialing.
blue sky.
So these villagers told Lao Shou everything about the current situation in Wanjialing, including their purpose of going down the mountain, etc.
When Lao Shou heard this, he immediately ordered someone to untie him, and then sent a message to the group leader for instructions.
At this time of the Dragon Boat Festival, they were still on the march. They were still at least twenty kilometers away from Lao Shou's position at this time, and they would not arrive at Wanjialing until about tomorrow morning.
Duanwu looked at Lao Shou's report and felt that this was good news. At least these villagers were familiar with Wanjialing. With them leading the way, Lao Shou and Sun Shiyu should be able to fight more smoothly.
However, Duanwu could not completely believe these villagers, because it was possible that the bandits on the mountain were tricking the supervision team into going up the mountain. After all, the terrain on Wanjialing was very complex.
So Duanwu called back and told Lao Shou to be more careful and beware of scams, and also asked Lao Shou to lead the secret service battalion soldiers up the mountain in separate groups.
Sun Shiyu's second battalion served as support. Once Lao Shou was ambushed, Sun Shiyu immediately provided support with artillery fire, and then reinforced or retreated according to the original retreat plan.
After receiving the telegram, Lao Shou felt that what the group leader said made sense. But just now his head was so hot that he almost led his men to attack directly. After all, there were less than a thousand bandits on the mountain.
But when the leader said this, he also felt that he was careless. If it was really the bandit's plot, he would definitely suffer heavy losses at this time.
So Lao Shou first appeased a few villagers, and then went to discuss with Sun Shiyu. The two of them had a plan, and then they followed the villagers up the mountain.
I just didn't expect that at this moment, another villager ran down the mountain in a panic.
Several villagers got to know each other and brought them to Lao Shou. The man panted and said: "There are little devils going up the mountain, said to be more than a thousand people. Our village chief asked me to go down the mountain and tell the chiefs of the Central Army not to take risks.
Then go up the mountain and suffer losses again."
Lao Shou frowned again at this time, because it would be difficult to deal with more than a thousand Japanese.
Because his special agent battalion currently lacks not only firepower but also military strength. The entire battalion, including new recruits, only has more than 800 people. And it only has more than 100 submachine guns.
Although the number of machine guns has been increased, machine guns are not as useful as submachine guns when charging.
However, at this moment, the villager said: "Sir, I know one thing. This can be connected with your army. Someone on the mountain gave our village chief an idea. This person is the second in command of the bandit Hou Junbao, named White Snake."
Although I don’t know why the white snake gave our village chief this idea, but this man is very smart and he will not do anything meaningless.”
Lao Snoring thought for a while and said: "Then your village chief, aren't you afraid that this white snake will betray you?"
The villagers replied: "This White Snake is a decent person. Unlike other bandits, he occasionally comes to the village to give lectures to the children in the village. When bandits harass the villagers, he will help us block them. So in the village
Everyone hates bandits, but few hate him.
And I heard from the old village chief that this white snake likes one of the concubines of the bandit Xia Shanhu, named Leng Xiumei. This matter can be hidden from others, but not from our village chief. So it can be said that this white snake has something to do with our village chief.
superior."
But at this time, Lao Shou still felt unreliable.
Because it’s just a woman. If that White Snake is really so capable, then will Xia Shanhu fall out with White Snake because of a woman?
He knew these bandits very well, and in their eyes there was only profit.
At this time, one of Lao Shou's officers asked: "What should we do about the camp? Do we want to go up the mountain?"
Lao Shou fell into deep thought, because this order was indeed difficult to issue. Although the enemy situation was now clear, there were more than twice as many enemies. And he could not go up the mountain with Sun Shiyu's second battalion. After all, what was going on on the mountain?
No one knows. Moreover, the terrain on Wanjialing is complicated. Once the various ministries encounter unexpected events, how will he explain it to the regiment?
After thinking about it, Lao Shou decided that it would be better for him to go to the mountain and take a look, so that he could feel at ease.
He lowered his voice and ordered: "I will go to Wanjialing to meet the white snake. If it is as these villagers say, I will light a fire on the mountain as a signal. When the time comes, you and your men will attack it."
"Yingzuo, this is too dangerous, let me go?"
The officer hurriedly stopped him, but Lao Shou smiled and said: "What? Are you still afraid that I will never come back? I am an old scout, what kind of scene have I never seen? I will stay here. If there is no signal from me,
You just make trouble, and when I come back, I will engage in military law."
Speaking of this, Lao Shou said to one of the villagers: "Brother, let's change our clothes. I will go up the mountain with your people to find out the specific situation!"