Chapter Ninety-Seven: Encirclement

The breeze blew slowly, the branches and weeds were blown crookedly and bent down, and in the yellowed and withered grass and bushes on the top of the mountain, Japanese soldiers wearing steel helmets and yellow clothes were revealed, all of them looked attentive, eyeing each other, and tightly held all kinds of weapons in their hands, grenadiers, Type 92 heavy machine guns, crooked light machine guns, Type 38 rifles, and the air was full of a strange atmosphere.

A Japanese captain lay on the ground, holding a telescope in his hand, put it on his eyes, slowly moved, and slowly frowned, what's going on? Just now, there were obviously three people who touched it, and when they reached the foot of the mountain, they disappeared without a trace, Baga, damn the people, cunning and cunning.

A lieutenant next to the Japanese captain whispered; ''Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, why did the people from China suddenly disappear again?'' Did they find something?''

The Japanese captain shouted in a low voice; "Let them all hide, don't really let the people of China find out, destroy the plan of the wing captain, and they will all die." ‘’

''Hay. The Japanese lieutenant replied in a low voice, and then whispered; "Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, we have found the people of China, should you send a report to the Wing Commander to inform him of the situation here. ‘’

''Baga, you idiot, tell me, where are the people of China?'' Those people are obviously scouts of the people, their brigade doesn't know where they are, it's quiet here, and the ticking sound from the transmitter is enough to alarm those people, do you want to startle the snake? Do you want to tell the people of China that we have an ambush here? You idiot. The Japanese captain whispered sarcastically.

The lieutenant's face was red and white, and then he slapped a sycophant without a trace, and said softly; ''Hay, Your Excellency Squadron Leader is wise and ignorant. ‘’

The Japanese captain didn't speak, he raised the telescope and moved back and forth, wondering in his heart, where did those people go? Did they find themselves?

The motors of the cars on the highway are roaring and dusty, and because the road conditions are not very good, the potholes are filled, and the cars are also staggering and bumping. Wing Captain Mano Aoki put his right elbow on the open window, as if his whole body was about to fall apart, and secretly cursed the damn highway in his heart.

The sound of the horse's hooves was heard, and a war horse galloped in, and the soldiers on the horse pulled the reins, and the front hooves of the war horse were raised, and they stopped abruptly, and Herod's neighing began. The soldier on the horse skilfully jumped off his horse, ran a few steps, and came to the side of the car in which Aoki Mano was riding.

''Report, Your Excellency Wing Commander, that traces of a large group of men and horses have been found on a hillside in front of us, and it appears that there are at least two hundred men. The soldier saluted.

''Oh? Yours lead the way, mine go and see. Aoki Makono was overjoyed, and finally found the trace of the Shina people, and when the car stopped, he couldn't wait to jump out of the car.

The Japanese soldiers asked Aoki Mano to ride his horse, he led the way on foot in front, and a few adjutants and lieutenants got off the car behind, and ran a few steps to follow Aoki Mano.

''Your Excellency, Wing Commander, this is it. The Japanese soldier led the group to a hillside, bowed, and said.

Aoki Mano got down from the horse, carefully wiped it, the footprints on the ground were messy, there were traces of weeds being flattened everywhere, and from time to time I found a few bloody bandages, and there were many empty canned food boxes, which turned out to be military cans of the Imperial Japanese Army, which was really hateful, and it seemed that it was the materials captured by the Chinese people.

Aoki Mano bent down and picked up a cigarette butt of a Sakura brand cigarette from the grass, Aoki Mano frowned, judging from the situation at the scene, it looked more like the camp of the Imperial Japanese Army, but he was sure that this was the camp of the Chinese army, because he picked up a cigarette butt and an empty cigarette case in the grass, it was the Hademen cigarette produced by the Chinese people, and the Imperial Japanese Army would not smoke this kind of cigarette.

Aoki Mano wore white gloves, and gently twisted the remaining tobacco leaves of the cigarette butt with his right hand, as if the residual warmth was still there, it seemed that the person had just left for a long time, and he should have been alarmed by himself and others, and he couldn't help but show a sly smile on his face.

Aoki Mano stood up, confident, and said to everyone with confidence; "Let's search carefully to see in which direction the people have fled, quickly." ‘’

''Hay. The officers and men of the Japanese army agreed, and quickly scattered to see that there were many people and great strength, and soon some soldiers came to report that they had found traces of the people of China fleeing westward.

"Aida-kun, if you lead your troops to chase and find a target, be sure to bite the Shina people, and I will personally lead the troops to support, please." Aoki Mano immediately ordered.

''Say, Wing Commander, rest assured, do your best, and wait for good news. Squadron Leader Hideo Aida bowed and said, leading the way to go.

''Your Excellency, Wing Commander, since we have found traces of the people of China, why don't our troops press on them?'' Surrounded the people of China with lightning speed. A big one next to him asked puzzled.

''Hmm.'' Aoki Mano waved his hand slightly and smiled; "Qianyuan-kun, we don't know the specific location of the Zhina people, and we rushed to it, I'm afraid it will give the Zhina people a chance to exploit the loopholes, we will open a big net on the periphery, as long as we don't mess up, the Zhina people will be discovered by our heroic imperial soldiers sooner or later, and it is only a matter of time before they are eliminated." ‘’

''Hai, Your Excellency the Wing Commander's demeanor, humble admiration, the people of China are like cunning foxes, no matter how cunning they are, they can't escape the palm of the Wing Captain's hand. ''Japanese Army Captain Maezono Shigeyoshi nodded.

''Signal soldier, immediately send a report to Squadron Leader Toshiaki Endo that the Shina people have fled in their direction, and ask them to strengthen their guard, stick into their pockets, and keep a close eye on the movements of the Shina people, and if the Shina people break out of him, then he will be ready to go to court-martial. Aoki Mano said with a serious expression, the division commander Ogisu Libing hated this branch army called the Thunder Anti-Japanese Vanguard to the core, and gave him a death order, he must eliminate this group of people, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable, and he will be the one who goes to the military court.

''Hay, Your Excellency Wing Commander. The signal soldier bowed and replied, not daring to slack off, and immediately unhooked the transmitter on his back to send a message.

Aoki Mano looked at the rolling hills and mountains in the distance and muttered in his mouth; ''I'll catch you, you'll not be able to escape.' ‘’

A few crows circled back and forth in the sky, making a few babbling cries from time to time, echoing in the silent valley, adding a bit of loneliness and sadness. At the foot of a mountain, Liu Changfeng, Lu Shaohui and his party were marching silently, thinking that they might have been surrounded by the Japanese, everyone's faces were very solemn and worried.

Liu Changfeng looked up at the sky, the sun was already setting in the west, took out the pocket watch of the captured Japanese and looked at it, it was already half past three in the afternoon, put away the pocket watch, and when he looked up, he found Qin Xiaobao rushing from a distance.

''Brother Liu, an ambush of Japanese devils was found a kilometer ahead, and the number is unknown. Qin Xiaobao said with a slight gasp.

''Xiaobao, hard work. Liu Changfeng patted Qin Xiaobao on the shoulder and handed over a kettle, Qin Xiaobao hesitated, opened the lid and drank it.

Lu Shaohui's face changed color, looked at Liu Changfeng and said; ''Brother Liu, what should I do?''