Chapter 104: Black Clouds Crush the City (I)
Before dawn, a terrible whistle sounded in the garrison of the Japanese military police in Qingle County. With the terrible whistle like a ghost crying, but a few minutes later, the gate of the Japanese military police station, which had been tightly closed for several days, suddenly opened, and two trucks full of Japanese soldiers rushed out of the gate of the Japanese military police station.
Immediately after the two trucks full of Japanese soldiers, more than 100 heavily armed Japanese soldiers ran straight to the gate of the county town that had just been opened with neat steps like an earthy yellow python rolling out.
And beside the wide open city gate, the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army, who were also heavily armed, had already finished lining up. Seeing the two trucks whizzing past him, the white leper standing in front of the soldiers of the Imperial Association suddenly pulled out the southern-style pistol pinned to his waist, brandished the pistol and shouted at the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who had finished the formation: "Today's work is not only the business of our family of the Qingle County Imperial Association Army Security Brigade!" Around the entire county border of Qingle County, the public security brigade of the Imperial Association Army in the four counties of Gongnan, Suiping, Deshun, and Beikou has already blocked the roads that can leave Qingle County. The imperial army that quietly came from the other four counties to reinforce also brought enough good guys, and what they fought was to destroy the Eighth Route Army in Qingle County in one battle and get the idea of a clean scene! If this job is done well, our brothers will still be able to eat and drink spicy food in the future, but if they mess up, the Japanese will not raise idlers!"
It seemed that because he roared too hard, the white leper coughed violently, and most of the fierce momentum that he had just held out was dispersed.
Seeing that the white leper was about to collapse the prestige on the scene, the adjutant standing next to the white leper hurriedly opened his voice and answered the conversation: "A few days ago, the imperial army and our imperial army suffered a big loss!" Today's work is to get back the scene of that day! The imperial army has an order - the soldiers are divided into two roads, and wash the village along the main road and the green python river!"
Listening to the hoarse shouts of the white leper adjutant, a veteran of the Imperial Association Army couldn't help but shout: "Adjutant, this is the first time I've heard this word - what is it called washing the village?"
"The house is too hot, and the head is too knife! All the grain is soft and rolled back, and none of the legs that are short and run away are left!"
"What about the one who ran away?"
"Leave an opening, and those who run away will be driven from that mouth to the next village! It is to make those hillbillies unable to stop their legs and feet, and run together with the Eighth Route Army hidden everywhere, so that we can finally fight a battle of gathering and wrapping up - we have swept away the Eighth Route Army in one battle, and Qingle County is still our world!"
The scene was maintained by the adjutant's shouting, and the white leper, who had finally breathed a sigh of relief, finally straightened his waist again, brandished a southern-style pistol and shouted again: "The imperial army has already run the main road, and our Imperial Cooperative Army Security Brigade has to beat those villages next to the Qing Python River - we have no one to support us, and there are dozens of imperial troops behind us!" Let's go!"
Turning his head to look at the Japanese soldiers who were running towards the city gate, the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who were gathered next to the city gate suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts - with the support of these 100 Japanese soldiers behind them, even if they bumped into the Eighth Route Army, I am afraid that they would not be able to suffer any losses......
Like two arms that suddenly stretched out, the Japanese soldiers and soldiers of the Imperial Association who poured out from the city of Qingle County divided into two roads and rushed straight towards the villages distributed next to the Qingbo River and the main road. Only a little more than an hour later, the nearest village next to Qingle County next to the Green Python River is already faintly visible!
In the midst of a series of shouts, the soldiers of the Imperial Alliance Army, who were at the forefront, suddenly unfolded the battle skirmish line in a chaotic manner, and the Jinzao 38-style rifle with the bayonet in their hands was slowly wrapped towards the village in a U-shaped formation. Behind those soldiers of the Imperial Army, the Japanese soldiers who followed also launched a strict formation to prepare for the attack, and quickly set up small-caliber artillery.......
Turning his head to look at the Japanese soldiers who were in a formation ready for attack, the adjutant who was holding a southern-style pistol and walking beside the white leper couldn't help but shrink his neck weakly: "Big brother, isn't the formation of the Japanese wrong today?" How do I look like an overseer? Look at where they set up their machine guns - as soon as they fire, I'm afraid that even our brothers from the Imperial Allied Army will be wrapped in it?!"
Also turned his head to look at the attack preparation formation laid out by the Japanese soldiers, and then looked at the artillery positions and machine gun firing positions that had been arranged, the white leper swallowed fiercely: "The Japanese have been beaten several times by the Eighth Route Army, and it is estimated that they are really in pain, and they have long held back the idea of boiling the Eighth Route Army!" Let's walk in front, as long as we bump into the men and horses of the Eighth Route Army, I'm afraid that the Japanese won't wait for us to withdraw and open fire. I'd rather clean up with the Eighth Route Army than give the Eighth Route Army a chance to get out!"
“...... This Japanese is really poisonous! Big brother, what should we do? Or do you want to grind the foreign workers as usual?"
"I'm afraid it won't work out this time! The Japanese have made a lot of money this time, and they will definitely not allow us to play tricks...... Tell us to go down, the old foundation of our family is facing backwards, and the soldiers who have just been recruited are facing forward! When I entered the village, don't patronize and rush forward, take advantage of it, my eyes are round, and if there is anything wrong, I immediately retreat out!"
As the white leper's order spread, the soldiers of the Imperial Association surrounded the village, and gradually formed two distinct camps. The soldiers of the Imperial Association Army wearing new uniforms walked slower and slower, while those recruits of the Imperial Army wearing old uniforms were driven to the front by shouting.
Seeing that the recruits of the Imperial Association Army who were walking in the front had broken into the outskirts of the village, the white leper stared closely at the village that was still immersed in tranquility, and couldn't help but stop, leaning on a big tree and looking in the direction of the village: "Something is wrong...... At this very moment, the village should have been walking in the streets. Seeing our brothers enter the village, it must be a little panicked and hurried. How did you ...... today?"
The adjutant who followed closely beside the white leper and rolled up his sleeves also nodded approvingly: "It's wrong!" Normally, at this hour, it would be time to light a fire and make soup, why didn't I see smoke coming from the chimney of a family in this village? Big brother, there can't be an ambush, right?"
Seeing that more than a dozen soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who were walking in the front had broken into the entrance of the village, the white leper suddenly shook his head and responded: "This village is a terrain where a intestine leads to the end, and our brothers are wrapped left and right, and our brothers are also called to crash into the entrance of the village...... Which ambush can shove himself into someone else's mouth first?"
"What shall we do then?"
"Wait...... Let's see!"
It was just the blink of an eye, and seeing that the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who had crashed into the village did not encounter any resistance, the other soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who were following behind suddenly came to their senses, and their steps also sped up a little. After just a bowl of tea, in the originally quiet and unusual village, there was already a faint noise of soldiers of the Imperial Association Army breaking into the house and rummaging through objects.
Looking at the figure of the Imperial Association Army soldier looming at the entrance of the village with great confusion, the white leper who leaned on the big tree to watch the movement muttered very suspiciously: "Is this an evil today?" It's all like this, why is it that we only hear the movement of our brothers in this village, and there is no movement at all?"
Seeing that the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who had rushed into the village had already begun to break down and loot, the adjutant standing next to the white leper couldn't help but muttered beside the white leper: "Big brother, I see that there is no ambush in this village, why don't you call our brothers?" If it's a little later, I'm afraid that the good things in the village won't be able to get our turn?"
Glancing at the adjutant with a greedy face, the white leper whispered angrily: "It's such a small village of more than 20 households, how much money can you find when you break through the sky?" Call a few caring brothers to come into the village to have a look - remember, just go into the village to see the movement, and come back quickly to report, but don't see the benefits and can't walk!"
Hurriedly agreeing, the adjutant quickly dispatched several veterans of the Imperial Allied Army to rush in the direction of the village. It was just a short bowl of tea later, and a veteran of the Imperial Association Army who had just rushed into the village had already rushed back to the white leper out of breath, panting and saying to the white leper: "Big brother, there is no one in the village...... Not a single one!"
With round eyes, the white leper whispered in disbelief, "No one? Did you just see us coming, and all the people in the village ran away?"
Shaking his head vigorously, the veteran of the Imperial Association Army who had broken into the village to inquire about the movement replied: "Look! I just went to the village to see a few houses, the doors are locked from the outside, there is almost nothing left in the house, even the iron pot for cooking rice is gone, and I look like I have already packed up my belongings and run away!"
"Can't you? This time when we started, even I don't know it very well, should we not leak the news? Did you really take a closer look?"
"Big brother, you still don't know me? I am a common person in the ability to fight, but I can look at the wind and whistle, and the ability to find the seams can be regarded as the first one when I followed the eldest brother when you were messing around! In those rooms, the stove was cold, the wood ash under the stove was a little damp, and a thin layer of dust had accumulated on the kang surface. Looking at this posture, the people in the village have been gone for three days, and they can't keep it wrong!"
Although the doubts in his heart were not reduced, the white leper breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay to run away...... Save this opening business to see red! The order went down, and the brothers who entered the village were quicker, and at most they were given a pot of tea to make a fortune! As soon as the hour comes, the wind will immediately light the fire, if anyone is greedy for money and burns inside, Lord Yama will not be able to sue me!"
"It's such a palm-sized village, and if you can have a pot of tea, our brothers can keep it clean and clean up!"
Seeing that the veteran of the Imperial Association Army turned his head to leave, the white leper raised his voice and shouted at the veteran of the Imperial Cooperation Army: "I am going to pass a message to the Japanese in the back, just say that our Imperial Association Army Security Brigade is clearing the remnants of the Eighth Route Army in the village, please rest assured that they will supervise the formation, but don't shoot at the village indiscriminately!"
"Wipe out the remnants of the Eighth Route Army? Big brother, there's no one in the village at all? Who are we going to get rid of?"
"There's no talent to clean it up! According to the old rules - shoot the gun in the sky, and the momentum should be loud! Especially when setting a fire, be sure to remember the main points of the fire, and it is best to blink an eye to let the Japanese people see the fire and smoke in the village! ”