Huoshan County is located in the western part of Anhui Province and the hinterland of the Dabie Mountains.

So the Tiger Ben Regiment came all the way, and there were dense mountains and forests everywhere.

At this time, it is summer, everything is in full bloom, and the place tends to be in a primitive state.

Yang Chen and his team led the troops and searched for a long time, before they finally found a village in a mountain col.

"Xu Hailang, immediately take someone to the village in front of us to explore the way, if we can, we will camp here tonight!" Yang Chen walked in front of the team, called Xu Hailang, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, over and instructed him.

"Yes!" Xu Hailang saluted, happily agreed, and immediately took the reconnaissance battalion to the front to conduct reconnaissance.

After going for about half an hour, Yang Chen saw Xu Hailang hurrying back with a few soldiers, so he asked, "Why did you go for so long?" ”

Xu Hailang replied: "Tuanzuo, the people in the village said that we can enter the village, but we must help them suppress the bandits, otherwise, we will not be allowed to enter the village!" ”

"Who is so bold and dares to treat my Tiger Regiment, an anti-Japanese heroic unit, like this?" Li Jiufu, who was standing behind Yang Chen, was furious when he heard this.

"It's a Miao patriarch!" Xu Hailang said: "When I was a child, I also grew up in a village of ethnic minorities, which is very united in addition to the strong people.

The village in front of us is also inhabited by ethnic minorities, and it can be seen from their performance that if we don't help them suppress the bandits, they may not let us go into the village to rest.

There will even be a certain hostility towards us! ”

Yang Chen thought for a while and said with relief: "This place is remote, isolated from the world, and the information is also very backward.

Ethnic minorities, in particular, do not like to have contact with the outside world and are very wary of outsiders.

They may not have heard of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and even the devils, the country. The army and the New Fourth Army can't tell the difference, and where will they know who we are! ”

Xu Hailang drooped his head and responded, "Isn't it? At first, I thought that in the name of my tiger group, as long as I showed my identity, the other party would definitely be entertained with good wine and meat.

However, the result is that after I revealed my identity, people didn't like us at all.

In the end, it was only by relying on my identity as an ethnic minority in the mountains that I was able to finally gain their trust.

Otherwise, my brothers and I would have been shot into hedgehogs with bows and arrows by this group of fierce villagers! ”

Yang Chen frowned, ethnic minorities are like this, the folk customs are simple, before gaining the approval of the other party, out of a sense of self-protection, he will have a strong sense of vigilance against you, and even turn you into an invading enemy.

And if you get the other person's approval, he will definitely treat you as his own family, and there will not be too many twists and turns.

After pondering for a moment, Yang Chen asked again, "Did they say where the bandits were?" Any specific intelligence information? ”

They said that the bandits were on the Chuanhe Ridge, 30 miles to the west, and that they were a mountain bandit with more than 100 people! From time to time, he often goes down the mountain to plague the villages and towns in the northwest of Huoshan County! ”

When Xu Hailang said this, he hurriedly added: "By the way, I also found out a piece of news, that is, the village in front of us is called Manzhuang.

This group of bandits does a lot of evil on weekdays, and the patriarch just now said that if those of us who are soldiers are willing, we will eliminate the bandits in Chuanheling for them.

They will welcome us and treat us like best friends! ”

Yang Chen pondered for a moment, turned his head and looked up at Wang Gui, Liao Yong, and Liu Zheping, and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Li Jiufu grinned and said: "Tuanzuo, there are more than 100 mountain bandits, what else is there to hesitate, give me a company, I will destroy them!" ”

Yang Chen thought for a moment, and felt that it was a little unreliable to let this kid Li Jiufu do this, so he said: "It's more appropriate to let Xu Hailang take the reconnaissance battalion to this matter." ”

Seeing that Li Jiufu seemed to be about to say, Yang Chen said again: "This is an order!" ”

"Yes!"

Although Li Jiufu was full of reluctance, he could only reluctantly agree in the end.

"Xu Hailang, you took a company of the reconnaissance battalion to destroy this group of mountain bandits.

Attention, it's best to capture the bandit leader alive, I can use him to restrain people's hearts, and if it doesn't work, bring his head back. ”

The reconnaissance battalion, as one of the strongest battalions in the Tiger Regiment, and did not directly participate in the Battle of Gushi, the combat effectiveness was the most intact.

Let Xu Hailang take a company of nearly 150 brothers to exterminate this group of mountain bandits, in Yang Chen's opinion, it is completely enough.

"No problem, Tuanza, just look at it! I'll be back for lunch! Xu Hailang straightened up. Gladly accepted

Immediately after that, a battalion was assembled, and he rushed back to Manzhuang to explain his attitude on this side.

The patriarch of Manzhuang Miao Village sent two young hunters with bows and arrows on their backs to serve as guides for Xu Hailang's bandit team, and then set off for Chuanheling to suppress bandits.

Yang Chen, Wang Gui and Liao Yong commanded the troops, camped on the spot, buried the pot and cooked food, resting while waiting for the bandit suppression troops to return.

Of course, the necessary vigilance, Yang Chen did not forget to arrange.

The other two companies of the reconnaissance battalion, as well as the special service battalion of Guan Sanliu, took turns to go out to guard around the clock to ensure the safety of the whole regiment.

The journey of 30 miles, for the average army, if it is in the plain, will take at least two hours.

If you march in a hurry, you can get there in more than an hour.

But in the mountains, a 30-mile road, it takes longer.

After setting off, Xu Hailang felt that he was a little boastful in front of Yang Chen, because he found that the more he walked, the denser the mountains and forests became, and the more rugged and difficult the terrain became.

The speed of travel naturally slowed down, even if they had the blessing of the Great Pill Pill, it was not much better.

And their scout set is completely useless in this lofty mountain.

Xu Hailang even doubted that if it weren't for these two young hunters to lead the way.

If you follow the map yourself, I'm afraid you won't even be able to find where the bandits from Chuanheling are.

In a hurry, Xu Hailang kept urging the guide who led the way to hurry up.

"Little brother, can you go faster?"

The two complained bitterly: "Don't rush, the road to Chuanheling has always been difficult to walk, and the further you go, the more difficult it will be!" It's useless to urge. ”

It's a shame that the two of them don't know that Xu Hailang and they are taking drugs, otherwise even if they don't say it, they will curse him in their hearts.

"Okay."

Although Xu Hailang was unhappy, he was also a little helpless.

In the end, they had a group of more than 150 people until the sun was about to set, and they rushed to the vicinity of Chuanheling.

The mountains and forests here are dense, the rocks are craggy, and the terrain is even steeper.

Seeing that the sun was gradually setting in the west, and there were lofty mountains and mountains all around, but he didn't see the shadow of even half of the mountain bandits, Xu Hailang was a little confused.

On Yang Chen's side, he has already started to eat dinner.

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