Hearing this, Yang Chenghu immediately turned around and looked at Xue Liqun and Xu Guofeng in confusion.

"It's strange, the guard post I set up in the lower reaches of the Xixiao River is all working properly."

This time, Xue Liqun was also a little blindsided. He didn't know anything about Yang Chenghu's newly arranged guard post.

"Old Yang, how far is the guard post in the south from here?"

Suddenly, Xu Guofeng broke the silence and asked.

"Ten miles."

As soon as he heard that the guard post was only ten miles away, Xue Liqun's face immediately changed.

"My Comrade Yang Chenghu, how can this ten miles of land be enough! , You must know that Dongfeng Township is not less than 20 miles away from here, and when your guard post finds that the devil is coming from there, I am afraid that the cucumber vegetables will be cold.

In this case, you can take someone to Dawan Village first. After all, this is a special time, and we can't afford to leave anything to chance. ”

Choked by Xue Liqun's coldness, Yang Chenghu's face suddenly became a little unhappy. After taking a few deep breaths, he finally managed to hold back the anger in his heart.

"Chief of Staff, the telephone line of our special service battalion is just that, and ten miles is already the limit of laying the line.

And I think it's not too late to send someone to Dongfeng Town to investigate in person, and see the actual situation. ”

Seeing that Yang Chenghu didn't seem to have the intention of leaving, Xu Guofeng's voice sounded again.

"Lao Yang, I know you have your concerns, but I think this time it's better to listen to the chief of staff, after all, it's no harm to be safe. And we don't have many troops on hand now, so it's a little too late to react when the devil touches it. ”

Hearing this, he glanced up at the other party, Yang Chenghu quietly took out a cigarette and put it on his mouth unhurriedly.

"Section Chief Xu, it is precisely because I consider that our column is seriously understaffed now, so I dare not rashly send people out.

Also, have you forgotten that there is a Japanese puppet army close at hand in Tuwo Village? ”

……

Suddenly mentioned this matter by the other party, Xu Guofeng's face suddenly became a little ugly. He knew very well that Yang Chenghu was reminding him that his security department had just had an accident, so the focus of his defense was not on Dong Fengzhen's side.

However, as soon as Yang Chenghu's words fell, Xu Guofeng saw that Xue Liqun's face on the other side had become extremely stiff.

Obviously, Yang Chenghu's words reminding Xu Guofeng inadvertently hit Xue Liqun's wound.

At this moment, Xue Liqun, who was originally planning to discuss with the other party, suddenly lost the patience he had just now.

Seeing Yang Chenghu, who was smoking by himself, he called out to a communications soldier and asked him to immediately notify the third and fourth companies of the special service battalion that were repairing in the village to assemble immediately.

Since Jiang Hongfei transferred some of the strength of the column machine gun battalion to Yang Chenghu a few days ago, the special service battalion has now been expanded to a reinforced battalion with three infantry companies and one machine gun company, with a total strength of nearly 700 people.

In particular, the newly established machine gun battery was fully equipped with two 92 heavy machine guns and three mortars.

The machine gun battalion directly under the original column was left with only four grenadiers with a few shells and an old Maxim 1908.

……

Seeing that Xue Liqun seemed to be determined to send someone to Dawan Village, Yang Chenghu stared at the other party for a few moments, and after a while, he continued to say bitterly:

"Chief of Staff, if the third and fourth companies are sent out, there will only be more than 50 people left in the village who can respond to emergencies in half a guard company......."

Hearing this, Xue Liqun limped to the conference table and sat down, picked up a piece of letter paper on the table and put it in front of him.

"Don't worry, I will personally write to Political Commissar Jiang to explain this matter, you just have to take people to Dawan Village to set up defenses."

After the words were closed, Xue Liqun glanced at his watch.

"It's half past six, and it's still more than half an hour before it gets dark, I think Lao Yang, you better hurry up and take someone to set off, don't hesitate any longer!"

……

Hearing this, Yang Chenghu knew that he would not listen to what he said now.

Helplessly, he extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand with a dark face, and walked out of the conference room with a cold face.

After Yang Chenghu left, Xue Liqun quickly finished writing a letter, and then handed it to Xu Guofeng.

"Lao Xu, you will send someone to send the letter to the political commissar of Shilingjiang overnight. Also, let Xie Gouzi of the special service battalion transfer the bridge guard troops back to two platoons, one in the rear pontoon bridge As for using a company to guard it, I don't know what Yang Chenghu thinks! ”

“…… Good. ”

Taking the envelope, Xu Guofeng slowly exited the room.

……

……

Nightfall, 8:25 p.m.

On the west side of the monolith, in a valley one kilometer away from the pontoon.

With the sound of hurried footsteps, a group of seven or eight gray-black figures quickly passed through a dense thicket, and finally stopped on a pitch-black hillside.

Looking at Okazaki Shaosa, who was sitting on a stone in the moonlight with his eyes closed, and the people around Kuramoto who had just returned from the river and the informant, walked up to the other party and whispered.

"We connected with the informant, and now the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the village in front of us has been transferred, and it is estimated that the defenders in the village will not exceed one company, and the remaining hundreds of people are some logistics personnel and villagers."

"Yo Xi, great, I can't wait to crush those damn Shina soldiers.

Signal soldiers, immediately contact the radio station of the Okazaki Brigade and ask them to move closer to us immediately! ”

"Hey!"

……

Hearing this, he glanced at the departing communications soldier, Kuramoto suddenly stopped the other party, and then looked at the puzzled Okazaki and continued:

"Okazaki Shaoza, the informant we sent out said that the village in front of us was only a small unit of the Eighth Route Army, and the command organ of our Eighth Route Army was not in the village at all.

So, I think we'd better wait and see. ”

Suddenly, hearing the other party say this, Okazaki's face immediately fell.

"Captain Kuramoto, can you tell me where the main force of Tsuchihachi Road is now?"

"Uh...... This is not clear at this time, our informant is investigating, and at the moment it is only known that it is in a place called Stone Ridge. However, this place is not marked on the map, so it will take some time to figure it out. ”

"Oh? What does Kuramoto-kun mean that we still have to continue to nest in this ravine and continue to feed mosquitoes? ”

Listening to the buzzing sound in his ears, Okazaki's mood became more and more unhappy.

As a graduate of the Army University, Okazaki had an almost instinctive disgust at the little non-commissioned officer in front of him. In his opinion, in the hierarchical Japanese military system, Kuramoto should simply listen to his own command, not the other way around!

……

Seeing that Okazaki seemed to be quite dissatisfied with his answer, Kuramoto hesitated for a moment, and then looked at the other party and said seriously:

"Okazaki Shaoza misunderstood, and I didn't mean to stay here all the time. My original plan was to take everyone back around the village in front of me and surround it first. However, I just noticed that the water level of the Xixiao River in front of us was rising rapidly, and the pontoon bridge not far away was guarded by enemies. So, I've sent people to search downstream along the river, hoping to find a shallow place to wade across the river. ”

Speaking of this, Kuramoto was afraid that the other party would not be satisfied, and hurriedly added:

"Please rest assured that after I take someone to wade across the river, I will immediately attack from the rear of the enemy guarding the pontoon bridge, and meet you and Squadron Leader Misawa before dawn to cross the river."

……

"Huh...... Ha ha. ”

Suddenly, Okazaki, who had been gloomy all the time, sneered.

In his opinion, the lieutenant in front of him was simply afraid that he would rob the other party of the credit and deliberately delayed here.

He had personally observed not long ago that the enemy guarding the bridge was not many at all, not even the strength of a company.

And on his own side, even if Kuramoto's advance team is removed, there are no less than four squads of Imperial Army soldiers alone. Coupled with the accompanying Imperial Army, the number of troops in his hands has exceeded 300 people.

With such a strong force, this Kuramoto actually let himself wait to be answered!

Isn't this a blatant humiliation of yourself? Thinking of the fact that he lost a lot of money and was scolded by his superiors a few days ago, Okazaki felt more and more that the other party was simply laughing at him for not being able to fight.

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