As Duan Peng said, the most important task for the guard company and the assault team at present is to safely escort the team to Hecun.

After the Japanese army's sneak attack on Han Ting's army ended, the team quickly disposed of the battlefield, collected the remains of the fallen comrades, and buried them on the spot in desperation.

It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, who knows if this battle will attract more Japanese troops, or if the retreating anti-Korean advance team will come with other Japanese troops?

No one dared to guarantee it, Duan Peng immediately ordered, and after disposing of the remains of the sacrificed soldiers, the team marched in the direction of Hecun again.

And on the way forward, the battle losses in the sneak attack of the Han Advance Team were also counted:

From the beginning to the end, it was less than half an hour.

The guard company lost 74 people, and the comrades of the task force sacrificed less under the full cover of the guard company and the commando team, but they also lost 6 comrades and more than a dozen were wounded.

Even the commandos sacrificed two old members, which was undoubtedly a big blow.

No one dared to be careless on the road anymore, all actions were carried out carefully, the vanguard was sent out, the scouts expanded the search area, and the surrounding search did not let go of even the slightest clues.

Captain Yao of the task force is now honest and no longer dares to say anything big, and after this battle, he realized the horror of the devil.

At the beginning of the battle, he was dizzy, and he was even thinking that if there was no guard company and commando team, he was afraid that his more than 100 task force would be swallowed by the enemy in the blink of an eye.

Such a battle was very different from his work underground behind enemy lines.

All prudence and wisdom do not seem to work.

Just like before, as soon as the devils appeared, they were directly blinded.

Captain Yao was even wondering if his insistence was a mistake, and he should have listened to the advice of Captain Han and divided the team into several batches to sneak in one after another.

But now it's too late to say anything, and Captain Yao only prays that nothing will happen on the road.

The six comrades who died were buried by the comrades of the task force themselves, but fortunately, these six comrades did not do much work, and they were not among the older members of the task force, and the sacrifice was not a great loss for the entire organization.

It's still within Captain Yao's tolerance.

The team continued to move forward, Duan Peng and his party of the commando team had hidden anger in their hearts at this moment, they had made up their minds, once the team was successfully escorted to Hecun, they would turn their heads to deal with the Han extermination advance team, and they must snatch back the bodies of Bao Taiping and Zhang Erwa, which was the last thing they could do for their deceased brothers.

The accident of the vanguard led to the sacrifice of Bao Taiping, an old member of the commando.

Several platoon commanders of the guard company said that they were no longer willing to let the commandos be in charge of the platoon reconnaissance mission.

Anyway, it's just a front-line reconnaissance, and although this work is dangerous, it is not very difficult.

Several platoon commanders sent other members of the guard company to take charge of the platoon reconnaissance.

Who would have expected that not long after the team moved forward, the squad leader in charge of the front reconnaissance encountered a team.

But it's not an enemy, it seems to be a local militiaman, all dressed in people's clothes, holding some earthen guns in their hands, but a little strange is that they are carrying some large packages.

The squad leader asked: "Comrade, we are the Eighth Route Army, are you a local militia organization?" ”

The leader nodded, but spoke the local dialect fluently.

It turned out that this militia heard the gunshots coming over, so they rushed over to take a look, but they didn't expect to meet the Eighth Route Army halfway, and they were all happy.

"Comrade, our large army is to go to Zhongtiao Mountain to open up a base area, go to your place to persist in resisting Japan, and the large army that formed the anti-Japanese regime is behind you, you wait a minute, I will report the situation." The squad leader said.

The militia captain smiled and said, "No need, let's follow you over and have a look!" ”

The squad leader nodded, "It's okay." ”

In this way, the militia, which consisted of seventy or eighty men, under the leadership of the platoon, soon met up with the guard company and the task force, and the two saw each other from a distance.

Captain Yao of the task force was afraid that his comrades would be in danger of their lives along the way, and he was worried all the way, but when he saw the leader of the platoon coming with a militia team, he was naturally overjoyed and relieved, and in order to express the enthusiasm and welcome of his team to the local people, he immediately took the team over to greet him.

Jiang Youcai, who had learned from the past, subconsciously stopped Captain Yao and his party.

"Comrade Material?"

Jiang Youcai said solemnly: "Captain Yao, it's better to be careful, don't you think this matter is too coincidental?" We just finished fighting here, and this militia happened to come over? ”

"Comrade Youcai, you are too nervous, this is obviously the local militia team, you see, Lao Liu has already contacted this militia and brought them over, which shows that there is no problem with this militia team, let's join them as soon as possible, the team's guard force will be more sufficient, and the road will be safer."

Jiang Youcai insisted: "The company commander asked me to be in charge of the vanguard defense of the comrades of the task force, and I must think about everyone's safety.

In this way, I can't see any problems if I am too far away, so please ask Captain Yao to ask the comrades of the team to move to the rear of the team, so that in case of any accidents, we can also protect you as soon as possible. ”

Captain Yao thought about it, nodded, and according to Jiang Youcai's suggestion, let the soldiers of the guard company line up at the front of the task force.

"Brother Zhuzi, Brother Gensheng, let's go over and see the situation first?"

"Okay."

Jiang Youcai, Wang Chengzhu, and Wang Gensheng took more than a dozen comrades from the guard company and took the lead in walking towards the platoon and the militia not far away.

The two sides were getting closer and closer, and there were only about thirty steps left.

Jiang Youcai's heart trembled, but his face remained the same, he asked the team to stop and wait, and whispered to Wang Chengzhu sideways: "It's not good, Brother Zhuzi, this is not a militia, it's a little devil." ”

Wang Chengzhu blinked, "You found out too!" ”

Wang Gensheng leaned over: "Do you remember what the head of the regiment told us when he left?" The people of this Zhongtiao Mountain lived a very hard life, many of them couldn't even gnaw the bark of the trees, and they starved to death, although the clothes of this militia were also very tattered, but they were too clean, and their faces were ruddy! It must be a devil, yes. ”

"What should I do?"

"Shhh, don't startle the snake yet, do you see the big package behind this devil? I guess this devil is in the same group as the devil who attacked us before, and judging by the size of this package, it is likely to be the submachine gun that the devil is holding in his hand.

Make a gesture to the captain to inform them, and then act on the opportunity. ”

"Agreed."

"Agreed."

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