"Look, there's someone ahead!"

"It's Platoon Leader Zhou!"

Deng Tingqian didn't need to be reminded, he had already seen that the person who came was Zhou Dezhi and the others who he personally sent to investigate, and at the same time, he also saw the panic on their faces.

He quietly put away the binoculars, got up and tidied up the wrinkled military uniform full of sweat and dirt, took off the octagonal hat and quickly wiped his face and put it back on, and ordered the commando captain to lead a squad to guard the spot, and the others took Zhou Dezhi and the others to the edge of Qingtan, turned around and left, and the political work officer looked before and after, and hurriedly followed.

Deng Tingqian sat on the stone slab by the pool, carefully looking at Zhou Dezhi, who was panting and trembling slightly: "Tell me, what's the matter?" ”

Zhou Dezhi immediately told the truth about the matter, lowered his head in pain, and relayed Wu Ming's words to the two extremely shocked leaders:

"The regiment commander surnamed Wu also asked us to say that he had already made preparations and planned to issue martial law from this evening, strictly prohibiting everyone from walking within a radius of ten kilometers, otherwise anyone who unfortunately stepped on the mines they planted would not be responsible."

"Arrogance! Extremely arrogant! ”

The political officer was furious, pointed to the rifle behind Zhou Dezhi and asked, "Since they have captured you, why do they want you to carry the gun back?" And this...... Look! The bullets are still there, what's going on? ”

"We don't know what to do! The shell gun was snatched away, and the rifle and bullet bag were also snatched away, but the commander of the regiment surnamed Wu of the most unfortunate enemy asked someone to return the spear and bullet bag to us, and it is estimated that he does not look down on our Hanyang made! Another sturdy hapless man cried out.

"Can't even look down on Hanyang? Sling the bull! ”

After graduating, the young political officer did not go out of the mountains of Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and Hunan provinces, where would he believe that in his opinion, Hanyang can only be equipped with the main force, and it can be regarded as an elite weapon to carry Hanyang.

Deng Tingqian hurriedly raised his hand to make a stop gesture, stood up and asked Zhou Dezhi kindly: "Platoon Commander Zhou, how many enemies are there?" What equipment do you have? ”

Zhou Dezhi hurriedly replied: "There are more than 30 people we saw, all of them have the American Colt pistol of the division commander on their waists, everyone wears a big steel helmet on their heads, even the sappers who use electricity to blast the single-plank bridge, most of them carry disc magazines and machine guns that they have never seen before, and many of them also hold long rifles wrapped with strips of cloth in their hands...... We saw at least five Czech machine guns, their uniforms were green, and their upper bodies were all thick waistcoats with all the bells and whistles, and they were all swollen, and I don't know how to say it, I had never seen such uniforms! ”

"Their shoes are all very good, all of them are high-waisted military shoes with green canvas thick rubber soles, and the laces are also green, none of the officers and soldiers wear leggings, the trousers are tightened, and there are bags on both sides of the thighs, and they are swollen and I don't know what they are inside...... That's right! Everyone still had a dagger of a strange style on their chests, the handle looked like a black leopard, they had no collar badges on their collars, and their steel helmets were all covered with bells and whistles, and they were covered with leaves and thatch, so that it was impossible to tell who was a soldier or an officer, except for the regimental commander surnamed Wu and the officer who caught us, at least six of them had German telescope holsters around their waists. Another unlucky guy hurriedly added.

Deng Tingqian, who was already extremely shocked, was completely speechless after listening to the addition of another investigator, only to feel that his heart was falling coldly, and he didn't have time to think about it at the moment, so he immediately turned to the political work officer:

"This regiment we met is definitely the strongest elite unit of the enemy, not to mention those military uniforms and steel helmets that no one understands, only the equipment on their bodies, just the equipment and firepower of these thirty or so people, which is enough to catch up with a battalion of ordinary Kuomintang troops! They have a regiment of thousands of people, and they are already on guard, the surprise attack is obviously no longer possible, we must rush back as soon as possible, intercept the main regiment, stop the attack on Baiguozhai, and find ways to notify the other two regiments to retreat, otherwise it will be too late! ”

The political work officer immediately realized that the danger was coming, and immediately forgot to strictly examine the plan of Zhou Dezhi and the others, and vigorously supported the opinion of the regiment commander Deng Tingqian.

With Deng Tingqian's order, forty-five commandos rushed out and rushed up and down the road to the south.

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On the top of the mountain more than 70 meters above the back of the deep pool, Lu Kuiyuan and the sniper Lei Qingshan watched the opponent go south quickly, and disappeared behind the mountainside after a while, so they could only stand up unwillingly, put away the binoculars and sniper rifles, looked at each other, hung their heads one after another, and slowly descended the mountain without saying a word.

The sun came and went slowly in the mountains, just after 5:40, after the sun had disappeared into the mountains to the west, the blue sky was still bright, only a few white clouds were blown by the southeast wind and hung high in the sky, drifting leisurely.

Back at the temporary regiment headquarters, the unwilling staff officers who could not fight were all rushed to inspect by Wu Ming because of their complaints, and Wu Ming brewed a cup of locally produced rough tea, lit a cigarette and whistled leisurely.

"Report! Uncle Zhou, the village head, asked to see him. Adjutant Han Tiecheng reported loudly outside the tent.

Wu Ming hurriedly stood up and went out to bring in the village chief with a worried face, serving tea and cigarettes, making the old village chief scramble to thank him.

"Sit down, Uncle Zhou, you're welcome! Two hours ago, for the sake of the safety of the defense area, we had to blow up the single-plank bridge on the east mountain of Baiguozhai, for which we gave the villagers of Baiguozhai 20 oceans in compensation, hoping that it would not cause inconvenience to the blind dates. Wu Ming told the truth without waiting for the old village chief to ask.

The old village chief's hands trembled, and he almost knocked over the teacup, and asked in disbelief with his old eyes: "Really give Baiguozhai twenty oceans?" ”

"That's right! It was Staff Officer Zhang, who you are most familiar with, who was personally sent to the stockade, and I didn't ask who it was given, but when Staff Officer Zhang came back from his inspection, you can ask him. Wu Ming wanted to laugh in his heart, but there was an expression of indifference on his face.

The old village chief realized that he was out of shape, and hurriedly smiled, and sighed with confidence: "That's good, the villagers are worried about fighting, and they are all gathered in my house at this time, so anxious that they can't do it, and ask the boss who occasionally walks in front of the door, and the boss says that he doesn't know what to do, let us rest assured, and say that there will be nothing wrong...... But how can we rest assured? I heard that you are back, sir, so I recommended the old man to ask, nothing else, halu ha! ”

Wu Ming saw that the old village chief was leaving, and immediately knocked on the lighter to light a cigarette for him: "Uncle Zhou, the little nephew knows that the people in the village are not easy, and there are so many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes every year that many people can't get by, so it's understandable that someone joins the Red Army!" For example, your distant nephew Zhou Dezhi, who was a petty officer in the Red Army, led people to the east mountain south of Baiguozhai this afternoon, but was discovered by our brothers who were on guard, and I received a report to take a look, considering that he was your old nephew, and did not hurt our brothers, it was not difficult for him, and returned the spear to him and let him go back. ”

The cigarette that the old village chief had just taken a puff had fallen to the ground, his face was blue with fright, and his whole body trembled, Wu Ming hurriedly stood up for comfort, took a few sips of tea for him, and waited for him to calm down a little, and then handed a cigarette to him, and said very sincerely:

"Uncle Zhou, don't panic! The little nephew doesn't even blame your nephew, how can he blame your old man? Born in troubled times, I can't help myself, this truth is understood by the little nephew, don't hide it from you, the little nephew grew up in a poor family, his parents are no longer there, and he was mistakenly wanted as a bandit before joining the army, isn't it still good now? ”

"You don't have to worry, after you go back, please tell the villagers that in the past few days, except for the three main roads in the west, north and south, the other small roads will not go for the time being, because the Red Army team has touched it, and our central army and local troops will also continue to come, and it is not good that they will be injured by mistake."

The old village chief agreed repeatedly, and under Wu Ming's gift, he walked out of the tent in a trance, and rushed to the village with one foot high and one foot short.

Back in the tent, Han Tiecheng couldn't help laughing, and asked Wu Ming after laughing: "Brother Ming, it seems that you didn't plan to plant mines at various crossings at the beginning, otherwise you wouldn't have scared the old village chief so much." ”

Wu Ming didn't raise his head, grabbed the teacup and blew the tea stalk floating on it:

"Who said you don't bury mines? I have instructed Zhang Siwei of the engineer company and Yin Dizhong, commander of the first battalion, not only to choose a good place to bury mines, but also to put up a notice board, and tell the opponent that we have buried mines, don't go forward, and don't put up signs to remind them if they go further. ”

Han Tiecheng stopped laughing, and finally understood after thinking about it for a long time: "Brother Ming, you don't want to fight with them!" ”

Wu Ming took a sip of tea and put down the teacup heavily: "That's right!" It's all Chinese, what's there to fight? If you really want to fight, even if you win, you will have to bear the casualties, right? Although the general manager looked at the face of Division Commander Yu, he issued us the same full military salary as the Central Army, and also gave us weapons and ammunition, but there was no medicine at all, and there were no people, who would supplement us? What's more, we are a local army ourselves, so after this battle, we have to go back and forth, can we afford it? ”

Han Tiecheng nodded: "Yes, but aren't you worried that the mines planted will really blow up the communist army?" ”

"Didn't they all put up signs to remind them? It's still bombed like this, so I don't know what to say. Wu Ming sighed helplessly.

Han Tiecheng couldn't help but laugh and said: "It is estimated that it is okay not to insert a brand, if the communist army really thinks that you are inserting a brand to make a mistake, wouldn't it be more unlucky?" ”

Wu Ming patted his ass and stood up, and said as he walked out of the tent: "Do you think everyone is as reckless as you?" You watch the house, I'll walk the horse. ”

Han Tiecheng was embarrassed to say anything, but if you think about it, where am I reckless now? I've been with you for more than two years, and now not only am I not reckless, but I am also familiar with all kinds of textbooks, and I have learned to think carefully, even if I don't make much progress, I won't be more reckless than those communist troops who are not afraid of death, right?