At the east intersection of Kawakou Village, Li Yuan and Lao Shen were smoking cigarettes. The smoke was spreading everywhere with the mountain wind. Lao Shen took a deep breath, held it in his lungs, and asked Li Yuan: "What should we do next?"

"After speaking, he exhaled the smoke in his lungs for a long time.

The answer I got was calm: "What else can I do? Just run to the west."

"Should we stop the Japanese here?" Lao Shen suggested.

"The Japanese have a squadron and a company of puppet troops. Most of our troops here are new recruits. It's already night and we don't have enough time to prepare. If there's an ambush, I guess the best result is a one-on-one fight."

Damage." The meaning is very clear. Even if they are all destroyed, they will not be able to stop the Japanese attack.

Lao Shen looked worried: "By the way, I have asked the people near Qingshanjie to go into the mountain, and asked people to inform Company Commander Qing and their side. However, the news we got from our contact a few days ago, Company Commander Qing led the team

We went to Liyang, and now only Lao Wu and Second Platoon Commander Chen are here. They are now working hard to develop northward towards Liyang, and they probably won’t be able to spare any manpower to support us."

Li Yuan is not a god either. The few victories he fought in the past were achieved when he had the right time, place, and people. If he had a head-on confrontation with the Japanese, he would never get good results.

In other words, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers led by Li Yuan was no better than that of well-trained Japanese soldiers. Almost every battle they won was on a favorable and preset battlefield.

When attacking the Japanese and puppet troops in Kawabu Village, the brigade personnel had an absolute advantage and even threw grenades first. Even so, the casualties were comparable to the Japanese. What's more, the Japanese search team still did not have heavy firepower at that time.

If the Japs hadn't had time to react and didn't throw grenades, with the dense formation of the county brigade, it would have been possible for the Japs to fight one to five.

Li Yuan had a headache. He could still fight on his own, but the endless running away made him very uncomfortable. This was not his style. He fought hard and failed to defeat the Japanese behind him. After thinking for a long time, he smoked two cigarettes.

, and finally found to my dismay that I still had to run.

Victory in the battlefield is never achieved by luck alone.

Li Yuan still didn't give the order to prepare for the attack. There were too many enemies. If they were just puppet troops, it wouldn't be a problem. It wouldn't be a problem to fight an annihilation battle. But they were followed by Japanese soldiers. They must have heavy firepower. Only a fool can do it.

You need to have a charter for running away, but most of these people are ordinary people and can have a charter for independence.

Seeing that Old Shen was absent-minded and knowing that he was worried about these villagers, Li Yuan added: "If we really want to stop the Japs, we can't stop them here. The Japs and puppet troops will definitely stop when they reach this place. After walking such a long way,

The devil is also a human being, and he always needs to rest, but we can lay some more booby traps to slow down the devil's speed."

Soon the guard at the back came back.

The situation is not complicated. The Japs and puppet troops are chasing us all the way. There is only one road here. The Japs are not afraid of these people running into the bamboo forests on both sides. Most of them are dead ends on both sides and there is no way to go. The Japs just need to follow this road. There are forks in the road.

Don't be afraid, there are so many people in front of you, and the chicken and duck droppings left on the ground are very obvious.

If the booby traps laid by the guerrillas had not worked, the Japanese would have caught up with them long ago. However, the Japanese have also learned the lesson and no longer take the lead. They force the puppet soldiers to clear the way in front with bayonets. Of course, the puppet soldiers can move in front at a natural speed.

It can't be faster either.

The puppet soldiers are all afraid of death. If they were not afraid of death, who would be willing to betray their ancestors and become a puppet soldier?

The Japs Major's facial expression was very gloomy. He personally led the team, and the Japs also caused such heavy battle damage. The key was not fighting the regular army, but the sneak attack by those cowardly guerrillas. He was holding back his anger.

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This is not a battle at all, it is the Chinese who look like rats making a sneak attack. The Japanese Major has no way to deal with these rats.

Other Japs may not know this, but the Major knows very well that the Japs have been attacked three times in a row recently, each time being a sneak attack or ambush.

The purpose of the Japanese Major was to rob all the food of these Chinese people, burn down their houses, and kill all the Chinese people in the mountainous area. After struggling for most of the night, he did not get much food. So far, he has not even looked at the guerrilla Mao.

Once it reaches the root, the only consolation is to burn down the whole house that can be burned.

Those adobe houses couldn't be lit with fire. The cunning villagers even poured water on all the thatch on the roofs, but they couldn't be ignited. Some unscrupulous guy came up with the idea and the imperial army couldn't even light a fire.

I can't bear to blow it up with a grenade.

The major judged that there were not many old men and guerrillas in the mountains, so the brigade stopped at Chuanbu Village and ordered a Japs second lieutenant to lead a small team of Japs and a platoon of puppet troops to pursue the guerrillas and villagers in front overnight.

He seemed to have forgotten that a detachment of Japanese soldiers was already here, going to see their Amaterasu.

The Japanese Lieutenant Squad Leader who was ordered to move forward, along with more than 50 Japanese soldiers and more than 30 puppet troops, had already chased him to Kawakou Village. He was working in vain and could easily be ambushed by the guerrillas, so he decided to camp in Kawakou Village.

I was very careful and entered the village directly from the bamboo forest on the roadside. I was also afraid of being blown up by the booby trap set by the guerrillas, so it was better to be cautious.

It is estimated that even if the guerrillas enter the mountains, they will not be able to run very far in the middle of the night. It is pitch dark at night, and it is very difficult to pursue them. If you carry a torch, you will become a target. It is easy for the guerrillas to shoot you. Without a torch, everything will be blocked.

If you can't see it, why should you chase it?

The Japanese team leader saw that the village was deserted. The food, chickens, ducks, and sheep were all gone. These guerrillas were really capable, so it seemed that they had to give up the pursuit and return.

In addition to the puppet soldiers, there were also traitors in the Japanese team. The traitors knew the inside story of this mountain best and whispered a few words to the translator.

The translator gave advice to the Japanese team: "It seems that everything here has been taken away by the guerrillas. But the more things these villagers bring, the slower they will go. Otherwise, let's rest for a night and catch up again during the day tomorrow."

, firstly, we will not be beaten by the guerrillas, and secondly, we can catch up with the common people. The guerrillas will not give up on the common people, so we can also arrange for people to outflank them from Meishan in the south?"

The Japanese squad leader narrowed his eyes, walked around the traitor twice, and slapped the traitor on the shoulder. The traitor was so frightened that his legs softened and he knelt down. However, the Japanese squad leader laughed loudly and helped the traitor up.

: "Yours, don't be afraid. Your conscience is very good. If you follow the imperial army in the future, you will be greatly rewarded."

Immediately ordered the messenger to report to the Major at the brigade headquarters.

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Before dawn, Lao Shen and his people had already prepared and started walking west. There was a fork in the road ahead, and to the south was Meishan. There were Japanese soldiers stationed there. All the people, dogs, chickens, and ducks turned to the north.

When the day dawned, the Japanese squad leader led the Japanese and puppet troops and a few traitors to pursue westward. This time he arranged for three Japanese soldiers to serve as the vanguard, followed closely by the puppet troops, and then followed by a detachment of more than ten people.

The devils came forward.

Another thirty or so Japs and puppet troops followed behind. The Japs team leader kept sending communication troops to the rear, but the pursuit was not fast.

Lao Shen has arranged for the villagers to reduce their belongings as much as possible and try to hide them in the bamboo forest. However, some of the chickens and dogs are reluctant to part with them. Some of them are hunters in the mountains and have feelings for dogs, so they are reluctant to abandon them no matter what.
Chapter completed!