Rise from the sword

Chapter 217 Division of Labor and Cooperation
There are still four days before the arrival of the devil army column.

Wendian Village.

Late at night.

The first battalion commander Chenghe arrived here with the new spy platoon. The group was silent and did not attract anyone's attention.

After seeing that Li Yunlong formed a special team and really achieved some results, Ding Wei was also jealous, and started to form his own special team when he returned to the regiment, but he still followed the name of this era and named the elite small unit Added a spy prefix.

After all, with the foundation left by Li Yunlong's hard training, there are more elite veterans, and Ding Wei's troops have not lost much in the past year. In addition, the officers promised by the brigade have arrived, and the backbone of the new regiment has been enriched. A more than 30 veteran fighters.

The new spy platoon was established.

After all, they are all veterans with two years of experience. With reference to a little concept learned from the independent regiment, after three or five days of training organized by Ding Wei himself, they really have some flavor.

In order to hone the independent task ability of this group of people, Ding Wei discussed with Li Yunlong, and gave his special agent platoon a task in the joint operation of the devil army column between the two regiments.

A relatively simple task.

In the woods to the north of Wendian Village, Chenghe looked around at the soldiers of the new spy platoon with the moonlight penetrating through the leaves, and said solemnly: "This is the first mission of our spy platoon, we must do it beautifully, You can't lose a new group of face."

As he spoke, he took out a document from the document bucket in his arms, and pointed to the two machine parts on the document:
"The task is very simple. We need to collect and find some rocks of sufficient weight in the mountains, and place them concealed near the road to prepare for the next task."

"During this operation, we must not attract the attention of the devils, and we must not leave obvious traces. Try to focus on fragmented stones."

This task may sound absurd at first glance.

How easy it is to collect stones!
There are not many other things in this mountain forest, and there are not many stones. You can collect a lot of them by walking around. As for concealment, there is no problem. There are few stones in the mountain, except for those who often travel People, who cares about this?

If you find out, you won't care.

This kind of task can be completed by just finding some ordinary soldiers, so why send out a special agent platoon?
Using their elite veterans of two years or more to do this is simply killing chickens with a knife!
But none of the more than 30 soldiers in front of Chenghe showed any disdainful expressions. They glanced at the document in Chenghe's hand, but all of them looked solemn, wondering how to make this more beautiful, so that the devils could not see The slightest trace.

The task is simple.

But the simpler the task, the less careless it is.

Being able to successfully survive on the battlefield, everyone knows in their hearts that in many cases, the difference between life and death lies in a little detail. It may be an extra sandbag in front of the bunker, or it may be a deeper foxhole. The head sells quickly.

Moreover, everyone knows what their simple task is for.

Before departure, the head of the group told them.

Four days later, the devil's army column will pass by here, and their new regiment will work with the old regiment leader's independent regiment to snatch the machines on the devil's army column and give them to the headquarters arsenal.

Those machines are big machines that can produce rifles, machine guns and bullets and grenades.

Although the Xinyi Regiment had a better life and there was no shortage of weapons and ammunition, there were still many, many brother troops. The poor ones didn't even have shotguns. Some comrades in the troops could only fight against the devils with swords and spears.

With machines like devils, the combat effectiveness of troops can definitely be greatly improved.

What if the devil later found out that there were no rocks in the mountain for no reason, guessed that the stones were thrown in the falling water lake, and found the buried machine by following the clues, wouldn't it be a big loss?

How brilliant the little devil's dog's nose is, they don't know yet?
This kind of thing should be done by elite veterans like them.

Only they can do a good job, let those frizzy recruits do it, don't worry.

"Although the task is simple, everyone should know the importance of this task." Cheng He finally reminded: "Try not to leave obvious traces, so as to avoid the detection of the devil."

"Yes."

Everyone responded in a low voice.

The two heaviest parts on the Ghost Army list are also the most important parts in this batch of machinery and equipment. Once the machine is missing, it cannot operate normally. If the small parts and small machines are gone, the headquarters can find a way to make up for it. If this big part is lost, then I can only be dumbfounded.

So it must not be lost.

To this end, Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong formulated a detailed battle plan, striving to perfect every detail and avoid any unexpected situations.

Do a full set of acting.

In the plan, Duzhi planned to use hemp rope nets to make two stones of nearly one ton and throw them into the falling lake together.

Robbing the Devil's train and transporting overweight machinery and equipment. After all, this is the first time for Captain Li to do this. He is not very proficient in the business, and he doesn't know how the devil will react. After gaining experience, this kind of thing can be done with ease.

"Set off."

Cheng He waved his hand, and under the night, more than 30 soldiers disappeared into the mountains and forests.

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The same Wendian Village.

In the afternoon of the second day.

Stationed in the Komatsu Battalion Headquarters of the No.30 Third Division of the Japanese Army near the railway.

"Captain, this is a telegram from the Taiyuan Headquarters." The staff officer handed a telegram to Lieutenant Commander Komatsu Seiji: "It's about dealing with orders to take only refugees outside."

"Yoxi, it's finally here."

Komatsu Seiji nodded, put down the imperial samurai sword he was wiping, and took the telegram.

He had been waiting for this telegram for several days.

Near Wendian Village, there are refugees migrating to the base of the Eighth Route Army.

As soon as the refugees arrived, he noticed that there were only a small group at first. At that time, he didn't know the destination of the refugees, and he didn't pay much attention to them, allowing them to leave.

But as there were more and more refugees, especially when he learned that their destination was the enemy's base area, he sent people to stop the group of refugees and set up a card to prohibit passage.

However, the blockade that was very effective against refugees in the past did not have much effect this time.

This batch of refugees is a bit different from the ones they have encountered in the past. Someone distributed them warm clothes and continued to provide them with food. Even though they migrated all the way from other provinces, their mobility is still very high and their permeability is extremely strong. His set-up card does not have much effect , the refugees still entered the guerrilla base areas in an endless stream, but at a slower rate.

The Imperial Intelligence Division has also conducted an in-depth investigation into this matter, and even sent many soldiers to follow up, trying to find out who is supporting the migration of these refugees, but there has been no result.

Those who support these refugees have never shown up, and the food is distributed quietly.

This made Makoto Komatsu puzzling.

Not counting the small number of refugees who have passed through, there are currently thousands of refugees in various places, and there is a lot of food to be provided. Moreover, the refugees are divided into dozens of batches, distributed in more than a dozen counties. How to feed these refugees?
How to transport food?

How to control the whereabouts of refugees?To ensure timely distribution of food?

And how to avoid the surveillance of the imperial army?
No matter what he thought, Seiji Komatsu couldn't think of a reason.

But after reading the content of the telegram, the corner of Komatsu Makoto's mouth curled into a blade-like arc: "Order, the first squadron, the second, and the third squadron will start to act in units from tomorrow to arrest refugees."

"Those who dare to resist will be killed."

No matter who the people supporting these refugees are, how they avoid the sight of the imperial army, and how they transport food and supplies, they can only dodge obediently in the face of the invincible Japanese imperial army. shot.

"The task of railway defense..." the staff officer asked.

The Komatsu Brigade has a total of three infantry brigades, plus an artillery squad.

Among them, the [-]st Infantry Squadron was stationed on the railway to prevent guerrillas from attacking the railway near Wendian Village. The [-]nd Squadron was stationed in the barracks in the center of the town to maintain the law and order of Wendian Village and guard the confiscated food supplies. The [-]rd Squadron was responsible for patrolling the roads, monitoring The security situation of each village.

Among them, the most unsuitable to move is the [-]st Infantry Squadron. The railway defense mission is the top priority, and it has always been guarded by the [-]st Infantry Squadron, which has the most veterans on the front line.

Especially after the guerrillas launched crazy attacks on the railway before, the superiors repeatedly ordered that the railway's defenses must not be relaxed in the slightest, and guard patrols must be arranged day and night.

Commander Shinozuka even said that if there is a problem with the railway, the chief in charge of the defense will directly commit seppuku.

He didn't quite understand that under such circumstances, his Excellency Lieutenant Commander still chose to mobilize the soldiers of the Infantry Squadron to arrest the refugees.Is arresting refugees more important than guarding railways?

"Because they are best suited for this task..."

Seiji Komatsu picked up his samurai sword again, and said in a sullen tone: "As for the task of guarding the railway, let the second and third infantry squadrons dispatch one squad each."

Taiyuan's order was to arrest this group of refugees and prepare to send them to the Northeast to do coolies. This group of refugees is in good health, and the Northeast needs some labor to do hard work in mining.

The two sides hit it off.

As for the transportation issue, in the next half month, two military trains will return to the Northeast from Taiyuan empty-loaded. They used to transport coal, iron, salt, cotton and other materials to the seaport to return to the mainland. The mines, etc. were destroyed, and there was no material to transport, which happened to be used to transport refugees.

However, a train can transport up to 1000 people, and if there are too many, the death rate will be too high, and there are estimated to be 3000 refugees outside, plus some untouchables who dare to support the guerrillas, there are too many people, so he sent the first Squadron to go.

The First Squadron is the most loyal and valiant imperial warriors, and also the imperial warriors with the most glorious record, so they are most suitable for this task.

"Hi."

The still puzzled staff officer lowered his head and said yes.

(End of this chapter)