Hongjia Village, the chief of staff must pass through to deliver grain to Hunyuan County.

There are a total of 10 kilometers here, and if you rush while building a road, you may not be able to walk it in four hours.

After abandoning the baggage carts and switching to transporting food on human backs and mules and horses, the troops arrived here in only two hours.

At this rate, the grain can be delivered to Hunyuan County at four o'clock in the afternoon.

At first, the chief of staff was very satisfied with his decision.

But as I walked, problems began to arise, and satisfaction with this decision did not begin to be as high.

"Ah......h

I finally got rid of the trap, and my right foot was already drenched in blood, and I couldn't continue walking.

The division commander had an order to give up food rather than the wounded.

Two soldiers immediately walked out of the side, hid the food on their backs in the bushes beside the road, and carried the wounded on stretchers one after the other......

The chief of staff witnessed this scene with his own eyes, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.

An hour earlier, the troops had begun to encounter traps set by the guerrillas on and on both sides of the road.

The density of traps is very high, and people get hit every two or three minutes, and sometimes two or three people get hit together.

It was only an hour, and there were more than 30 wounded in the ranks.

In order to free up manpower to carry them on the march, everyone had to throw away more than 3,000 catties of grain.

If we continue at this rate of loss, when the troops rush to Hunyuan County, at least 30,000 catties of grain will be lost.

The only thing that made the chief of staff happy was that there were more than 200 mules and horses in the middle of the team, and there was no problem with the 60,000 catties of grain they transported, as long as they were sent safely into Hunyuan City, they would complete the task.

"Bang...... Bang bang ......" A few gunshots interrupted the chief of staff's thoughts.

The marching ranks were instantly disorganized, and the soldiers dropped the food they were carrying on their shoulders, lay on the ground, and then picked up their rifles and looked around with a wary expression.

The Heavy immediately counterattacked, firing wildly at the place where the gun had just been fired.

After emptying three magazines in a row, it stopped because there was no response in the bushes, and then the whole road became quiet, and there was no movement.

Dozens of soldiers took the opportunity to get up from the ground and, under the command of a company commander, formed a semi-encirclement and slowly approached the position where the guns had just been fired.

Until the place was enclosed, there was still not a single gunshot in the bushes.

The company commander, who had just taken the initiative to attack, ran to the chief of staff and reported: "Sir, we have not found anything at the location where the gun was fired just now, not even the bullet casings, and the enemy who attacked us must have run away after firing the gun, and I don't know where to go." ”

"There are no casualties among the troops!" The chief of staff asked with a frown.

The division commander was in front of him, and he walked all the way without being shot.

As soon as he entered the garrison base area, he was shot at, could it be that the Eighth Route Army had changed its fighting style and planned to confront the Jin Sui Army and drive everyone back by force.

If that's the case, then it's a big problem.

He must report to the division commander as soon as possible and let him be prepared.

The regimental commander ran over and reported: "No soldiers were shot, but four mules and horses were killed!" ”

"It seems that the enemy just now deliberately bypassed our soldiers to fight mules and horses!"

The chief of staff frowned even deeper, and quickly figured out the reason: "I understand, it was the Eighth Route Army that attacked us just now. ”

"They are too cunning, in order not to provoke a military conflict, they specifically avoid our soldiers shooting, beating mules and horses."

"Mules and horses are too important to us now, and if we die a mule and horse, we will have to transport 300 catties less grain."

"You don't want us to send food to the division commander in Hunyuan City!"

The regiment commander thought for a moment and proposed: "Do you want to report this matter to the division seat immediately, let the division base report to the war zone, and the war zone will handle this matter!" ”

"It's useless!" The chief of staff shook his head and replied.

"We didn't even see the shadow of the Eighth Route Army, what do we have to prove that the Eighth Route Army shot at us just now, I don't know if the Eighth Route Army will say that those mules and horses were killed by the Japanese puppet army's stragglers, and they have nothing to do with them, saying that we framed them and beat them up."

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if it is certain that the Eighth Route Army shot just now, we have no dead or injured people, and this little thing will not make the war zone dispatch."

"And with what I know about the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely not let us find evidence that they attacked us."

"Even if some evidence can be found, it will point to the Japanese puppet army, not the Eighth Route Army."

"Don't waste time here."

"The troops continue to advance, but they must protect the remaining mules and horses."

The regiment commander was very unwilling to ask: "What about the 1,200 catties of grain transported by the four mules and horses?" ”

"Hide it in place and take it with us when we transport it for the second or third time." The chief of staff was reluctant to order.

More than 200 mules and horses carried grain on the completely destroyed road, and there were either bushes or mountains on both sides, and the Jin Sui army itself had to carry food and carry the wounded, how could it be protected.

Less than ten minutes on, several more gunshots rang out from the side of the road.

The result was exactly the same as just now, the scrambles who attacked them retreated after the fight, not giving the Jin Sui army the slightest chance to counterattack.

Of course, even if the Jin Suijun wanted to fight back, they couldn't find anyone.

Sneaking up on them were the snipers of the commando team and the sharpshooters in the reconnaissance company, who could easily hit a fixed target from two or three hundred meters away, and then hit and left.

This is also the base of the garrison regiment, where is suitable for a sneak attack, where is suitable for transfer, no one knows better than them.

So the Jin Sui army couldn't find these snipers and sharpshooters at all, and they couldn't even see their shadows, let alone fight back.

The regiment commander returned to the chief of staff in vain, lowered his head and reported: "Chief of staff, our opponent is too cunning. The troops attacked immediately after the attack, but they were still not seen retreating. ”

"Originally, I wanted to find some evidence of the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack on us, but now it seems hopeless."

"In addition, we lost five mules and horses in the attack just now, and in order to ensure the speed of the march, we had to abandon them and 1,500 catties of grain."

The chief of staff was helpless and ordered: "Throw it away!" But be sure to hide the food we have left behind. ”

"The troops continue to advance, it is still my order just now: protect all the remaining mules and horses!"

The Jin Suijun tried their best to walk on both sides of the mules and horses, blocking the mules and horses with their bodies, so that the raiders who attacked them could not find a chance to shoot.

However, the highway was destroyed too completely, and the Jin Sui army had to ensure that the marching speed arrived at Hunyuan County on time, and as they walked, it was inevitable that there would be some defensive loopholes.

So during the next march, several gunshots rang out from both sides of the road every ten minutes or so......

When there were still the last 20 kilometers from Hunyuan County, more than 200 mules and horses were beaten to less than 100.

The number of wounded in the ranks also increased to more than 200 people, and with the soldiers who carried the wounded, more than 700 people left behind their own food.

The chief of staff's face was very ugly, he didn't expect that a simple grain transportation operation would cause so much trouble, it was even more difficult than fighting a battle.

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