It turned out that there was no one in the village, and this was not a ghost village. It's just that the people in the village were taken away by the devils a few days ago.

Many devils passed by here and asked the people in the village to gather, saying that there were officials who wanted to speak, and they all gathered and went to take them away.

Some women, children, and the elderly hid under this ancestral hall in advance, and were not discovered by the devils, and this time the devils seemed to be in a hurry. I didn't search carefully, but when I left, I took the chickens, ducks, pigs, and dogs with me, maybe as rations.

"Come on, everyone, the devil has long gone. ”

The people underground have been on one after another, Zhou Min and they counted, there are really a lot of people, there are more than 30 people in total, in such a small space, I really don't know how they stayed.

A woman who looked to be thirty-five or sixteen years old plucked up the courage to ask, "Who are you?"

"We are a national army, specializing in fighting devils. ”

"Sister, when did the devil come, and how long have you been here?"

"The devil came during the day 4 days ago. There are a lot of devils, and I heard from the people in the village that the team of devils is old, and you can't see the tail from a distance, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands.

We've been here for 4 days now. I didn't go out all the time.

Then what do you eat and drink?

Food and water had long been prepared in the cellar. ”

"What are the rest of the people in the village going to do, you know?"

The eldest sister shook her head and said, "I don't know, at that time, the devil asked everyone to gather, and we happened to be near the ancestral hall, so we hid. Where did they go? We don't know. I don't know if the head of the house is dead or alive. The eldest sister said as she spoke, tears came out.

Zhou Min comforted: "The devil didn't kill anyone at that time, which means that the fellows are still safe, eldest sister, you relax." ”

At this time, a little face was red from the cold, and the girl with two little pigtails gently pulled the eldest sister's clothes and said, "Mom, I'm hungry." As soon as she said she was hungry, the other children also said they were hungry, and they all started crying as they spoke.

The scene was a little chaotic in an instant.

Zhou Min hurriedly took out the candy in her pocket and distributed it to several children, which she used to prevent her low blood sugar.

"Don't be stunned, there is anything else to eat in the capital, give it to the child first. ”

Everyone took out food from their pockets. There's a lot of stuff to take here. There was even chocolate and beef jerky.

"You guys, there's a lot of private goods. ”

The person being said just touched his head embarrassedly and giggled.

"Eldest sister, the devil has left, you go back to the house first. It's still a little cold down here, don't freeze the children and the elderly. ”

After leaving the ancestral hall, Zhou Min sent a message to Wan Li, telling them that they could temporarily rest in Dongyang Village and that it was confirmed that it was safe.

Half an hour later, Wan Li arrived with a large group of people.

They began to make repairs in Dongying Village and are expected to leave in two hours.

Taking this opportunity, Zhou Min held a small meeting. The participants were Wan Li, Cao Gai, Song Shan, Li Peng, Wei Ming, and Chen Dalu. There is also Gu Jian, the temporary captain of the base reserves. The three squad leaders of the newly formed special operations brigade are Wang Bin, the first captain, Huang Xian, the second captain, and Lin Yao, the third captain.

Zhou Min briefly told everyone the information he got from the eldest sister.

"The devil took these villagers away without harm, and the most likely thing is to make them work as coolies. So there is a great hope that these people will survive. When the time comes, everyone should pay attention.

We arrived at the meeting place requested by our superiors at the appointed time, and there was no problem at all. After arriving, everyone hastened to inquire about the situation, after all, we are foreigners, and we need first-hand intelligence to understand what the battle situation is really like, who our opponent is, what is the combat effectiveness, how many troops are there, and what kind of equipment.

Our team does not have 200 people, and we may not even be able to make a wave in a large-scale battle, so we must be clear about our positioning, not to fight positional warfare with devils, but to sneak attack and harass and conduct a war behind enemy lines. ”

Everyone then spoke and gave their opinions, and two hours later the team set off again.

At 6:00 a.m. on the second day, Zhou Min and his team arrived at the scheduled location.

After reporting the number, the superior commander assigned them a place to rest.

According to Zhou Min's request, no one was idle, and they all went out to find out information. Some of them were inquiring with their brother troops, and some went directly to the forefront of the position.

It didn't take long for Song Lei and Chen Yunzhang to arrive.

Running the first and third regiments in a row, they were all tired, especially the third regiment, most of them were recruits. There had never been a hurried march so far.

After arriving at the camp of the independent division, the 1st and 3rd regiments fell with a twist and turn.

Chen Yunzhang and Song Lei were told to go to a military meeting.

After 40 minutes, the two returned, and their faces were not very good.

"What's wrong? What task did our superiors assign us?"

Song Lei said with a cold face: "Notify everyone of the meeting, and I will announce the content of the operation." ”

This time, the independent division sent the first regiment, the third regiment, and the special operations brigade, and the nominal supreme commander was Song Lei.

The participants of the small combat meeting of the independent division's expatriate contingent were: Song Lei, commander of the first regiment, Zhao Tiancheng, deputy commander of the regiment, Chen Yunzhang, commander of the third regiment, Zhang Ming, deputy commander of the special operations brigade, Zhou Min, captain of the special operations brigade, and Wan Li, deputy captain of the special operations brigade.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the content of the military meeting just held is as follows: The objective of this operation is to encircle and suppress the Third Division of the Japanese Army. The main force is the 31st Army of the 13th Army, and we need to cooperate.

Later, we will leave for Shangdian and join the friendly forces of Xiaoshidian to stop the 3rd Division of the Devils. Our task is to hold them down and keep them from breaking out of the encirclement. ”

Zhao Tiancheng's temper was a little hot, and he asked directly: "We only have the strength of two regiments, and the devil is a division." How can you push it off?"

"If you can't drag it out, you have to take it off, this is an order from the superiors. ”

Zhang Ming said with a smile: "Don't be so pessimistic, maybe before we can do it, the devil has already been wiped out by the army." ”

Zhou Min was silent, what he had to do at this time was to listen more and talk less.

Their task is to prevent the devils from jumping out of the encirclement, and jumping out of the encirclement means that the devils have to flee for their lives, and the people who flee for their lives are the most ferocious, and the general casualties who block them are relatively large.

"Gather your troops and set off at once. ”

Zhao Tiancheng couldn't bear to say: "Everyone has been marching for more than 30 hours in a row, let's rest for a while." ”

"The military situation is urgent, and if you arrive at Shangdian and rest, if you can't reach the specified time, you have to deal with it by military law. ”

Amid the wails of the soldiers, the two main regiments of the independent division plus one combat brigade began to move again.

Shangdian is a mountainous area, and an ambush in the mountains is much better than in the plains.

10 mortars have been erected.

Plus some heavy machine guns, grenadiers. Zhou Min looked at these equipment, and he was quite confident in this blocking mission.

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