Li Yuan and Company Commander Zhao took advantage of the dark light in the bamboo forest to head towards the bandit's stronghold separately. Wang Xiaoer came back very quickly. The house that the bandits had built on the top of the mountain was still there. Just like the previous reconnaissance, there were still seven or eight people there.

The bandits are in the house, but what is unknown now is how many hidden sentries the bandits have placed outside.

In this cottage, if the bandits had not set up a secret sentinel, Zhang Jiuru would not be alive now.

Company Commander Zhao led many people, more than seventy, and more than thirty were imprisoned by the bandits. He asked Lao Luo and Wang Xiaoer to inquire about the information and then stayed directly with Li Yuan. As planned, they attacked from the north.

No need to walk much.

Regarding the captured comrades, I don’t know what the bandits’ plans are. The national army used to reward those who caught a red element, but now the two sides have cooperated in the anti-Japanese war. The National Government in Langxi was also defeated by the Japanese two days ago.

It is unlikely that the soldiers will be handed over to the reactionaries.

If the bandits were accustomed to kidnapping for ransom, Captain Zhao had no intention of getting his soldiers back through negotiation. He was worried about another thing. The bandits had stolen his organizational supplies. He separated from Li Yuan an hour ago and took a detour to the south.

, as the main attacker, he wanted to attack the bandit's stronghold from the south.

...

Li Yuan knew clearly: First, we must clear out the bandits on the top of the mountain. This commanding height must be occupied, otherwise the guerrillas will attack below and the bandits will become targets for shooting from above. Even throwing two grenades can change the situation on the battlefield, but cleaning up

The bandits above can't make a sound, so they have to wait until most of the bandits below are attacking.

Li Yuan arranged for six people, two of whom were soldiers in a platoon, to explain the mission clearly. When the gunfire sounded at the bottom of the mountain, he would first clean up the bandits on the top of the mountain, and then alert the bandits who might come over after hearing the gunfire from other directions. They had already set off.

, headed towards the top of the mountain under the leadership of Wang Xiaoer and Lao Luo who had just returned.

Li Yuan also started to move forward, regardless of whether he would be discovered by the bandits. If he was discovered by the bandits, it would be a certainty that the leading soldiers who had set off early would be punished by running to the top of the mountain for ten days after returning.

It was estimated that we were about one kilometer away from the bandits, when several gunshots suddenly came from the bandits' stronghold in the south, which was particularly noticeable in the silent mountain.

Li Yuan was a little surprised that he got into trouble with the bandits so quickly?

It is estimated that Company Commander Zhao's men were discovered by the bandits and immediately ordered the advance.

Soon the figure of the vanguard was spotted in front of him. The group of soldiers serving as vanguard were mixed with Chen Yong, and one person was missing.

There is an open road ahead, separated by a small ravine. Opposite is the bandit's station that he saw in the telescope. Now that he is out of the forest, the bandit will find that although the sides of the small ravine are not steep, they are not steep either.

So flat.

The bandit sentry built a simple, small, two-story wooden house high up in the ravine next to the village. The second floor was empty on all sides, and could be observed from all four directions.

A bandit stood on it, looking south most of the time, and occasionally looking back.

A slight drizzle was still falling. The sound of gunfire from the south attracted most of the bandits, and almost all of them ran there in a swarm. The rain was not heavy and did not have much impact on the sight, but it produced some fog, which slightly

The farther away it is, the white mist makes it difficult to see clearly.

...

Several gunshots were heard from the bandit's village in the north. Company Commander Zhao's team was rushing forward in the rain. The soldiers were holding a variety of guns. The team of more than 70 people was winding along the mountain path.

When they disappeared, Company Commander Zhao looked north anxiously and asked the instructor beside him: "No, it should be someone from the Changxing Independent Company who has been discovered."

Instructor: "It's unlikely. I think Captain Li is quite capable. Maybe it's for other reasons."

The source of this gunshot is a bit strange.

It was the bandits who fired, but it was not the bandits who were practicing marksmanship, but the bandits' sentry. This sentry was on the front of the mountain.

A group of peasant-looking troops dressed in various colors were attacking the village.

The leader was Captain Zhao's soldier named Wang Shanhe. Their station was nearby. Company Commander Zhao arranged for a communications troop to notify Wang Shanhe. However, before the communications troop arrived, Platoon Leader Zhao

Through his own secret whistle, he got the news that the "Company Headquarters" had been detained.

Because it is not easy to deal with this group of bandits, I arranged for someone to pay special attention to the movements of the bandits.

After receiving the news, they hurriedly recruited the soldiers stationed in the three nearby villages, and sent a soldier to find the company headquarters. Unfortunately, this soldier missed the communication troops coming from the company headquarters. The reason for missing was also because the guerrilla company now

Most of the people in the department have arrived at Nanxiang. At this moment, most of the people are heading towards the bandit's village from the mountain road.

Now platoon leader Wang Shanhe recruited more than thirty soldiers. He was now the chief officer. He briefly told the soldiers about the situation and that they must rescue their comrades. He immediately ordered an attack from the bottom of the mountain and directly pulled out the bandits' guns.

The outer sentries, this one had been scouted a long time ago. More than thirty people formed a formation and began to attack from the bottom of the mountain from the front upwards.

The secret sentry behind the bandits saw that the enemy was more powerful and they rolled and crawled towards the mountain stronghold. The sentries hiding in various hidden places along the way received news of a large-scale attack and all joined the team escaping towards the mountain stronghold.

Wang Shanhe was holding back a ball of fire in his heart. These bandits relied on the support of the national army to do all kinds of evil. The Japanese had just occupied the county, and they had the courage to openly attack their comrades. Now they even tied up their own comrades. This tone was so...

I can still bear it!

I still feel a little strange: the comrades in the company headquarters are not bad at fighting. It is impossible for them to be taken away by bandits like this. I also asked the secret guard and found that there are no company commanders or instructors among the tied up soldiers.

I was even more nervous: the company commander and instructor must not dare to have an accident.

...

Zhang Jiuhe, the big boss who was at odds with the guerrillas, had just woken up and figured out that the guerrillas had obtained a batch of guns and a large amount of goods. He could also immediately get the ten guns promised by the national army. He was humming.

Qu was drinking morning wine with several heads of family in the Juyi Hall.

Hearing the gunshots coming from the south, although there were only a few shots, a few people came to the square outside the village and looked at the road up the mountain below the small square. The bandits who were running back could not be seen in the bamboo forest.

When I arrived, the gunshots were not urgent.

The outpost posted by the bandits was not far away, only two or three miles away.

Within a few minutes, several bandit leaders saw the sentries running along the mountain road towards the stockade. As they ran, they shouted loudly: "It's bad, boss, the guerrillas from down the mountain are coming."

Zhang Jiuru, the head of the house, asked calmly and loudly: "How many people are here?"
Chapter completed!