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Chapter 157 Chapter 156, Running Away is the Best Strategies
There was a bend about 500 meters east of the entrance to Yin Jiulang Village. About 100 meters away from the bend, a Type military truck of the Japanese army was parked on the road. It was the first of the two trucks of the Japanese army that were chasing them. As for the second truck, it had been destroyed by a grenade inside the wall at the edge of the village.

At this time, around the truck, there were dead Japanese soldiers, but more than 30 Eighth Route Army soldiers were surrounding the truck. Yes, these Eighth Route Army soldiers were the transport squad that lured the enemy deep into the area, and the supplementary squad that hid here to ambush the transport squad. At this time, these people, led by Guo Liandong, had already looted all the supplies from the Japanese soldiers and were looting the truck for anything they could use.

Just now, this truck was running the fastest and chasing the most, far away from the convoy behind, and even pulled more than 300 meters away from the second truck, which was considered reckless! However, this truck ultimately failed to escape the single-sided damage of the directional mine, and half of its body was covered by the sudden iron sand.

Just as the truck driver was about to start chasing, a group of people suddenly appeared in the woods to the south, removing the camouflage made of dead grass and leaves on their heads and emerging from the foxholes. Then, two shotguns were set up and fired at the truck. Then, Guo Liandong and Yang Gongxun commanded the soldiers to fire volleys and throw grenades at the remaining Japanese soldiers.

The final result was that all the Japanese on the vehicle were wiped out. Then, the transport squad that had been luring the enemy in front returned and cleaned up the battlefield with the soldiers of the supplementary squad.

When it comes to cleaning up the battlefield, the transport squad, which has many veterans, is much more experienced than the new recruits in the supplementary squad! Under the command of the veterans, the enemy's guns were taken down, the ammunition boxes were removed, and the cotton-padded clothes were taken off... Finally, the soldiers surrounded the trucks and looted anything that could be used.

"Wheels, take the wheels off! I heard from our platoon leader that the inner tube of the wheel can be used to tie a slingshot!"

"Where is the toolbox? There are so many tools in the toolbox on this car. Maybe there are some valuable things hidden by the devils!"

"There's a box under this seat... Oh my god, Guangyang, squad leader, look..."

"Is this a crank? It's such a long steel rod! Take it away, take it away..."

While the soldiers were looting items, the battle in the west was coming to an end, and Zhao Danian decided to retreat. As the saying goes, among the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best strategy! This running away does not mean running away, but moving around, mobilizing the enemy, finding the right terrain and opportunity, turning the passive into the active, and fighting a mobile war with the enemy.

Anyone who can travel 25,000 miles must have a deep understanding of how to fight a mobile war! As long as they are not too stupid, they will have their own understanding. And now, there are several commanders who have traveled 25,000 miles, so Zhao Danian gave a call and the entire front was fully mobilized.

A sharp whistle sounded on the mountain, and the signalman ran quickly. Li Yuexuan and other snipers and machine gunners continued to suppress the Japanese troops. The wounded were taken away and the sacrificed soldiers were carried up. Everyone evacuated in an orderly manner.

When the main force had almost retreated, Li Yuexuan organized grenade launchers to launch another bombing to cover the evacuation of the machine gun group that was still suppressing the Japanese.

After the machine gun group established a temporary suppression firepower point in the east, Li Yuexuan and his men finally retreated and left the battlefield. As for the veterans in the village, they also quickly left the village at the call of the sharp whistle, leaving only the booby traps they had set up in the village.

These booby traps will not hurt the people by mistake! Because Yin Jiulang Village is too close to the base, and the devils have just suffered losses here, they will definitely retaliate against the people! So, after studying together, we decided to let the people of Yin Jiulang Village move out temporarily. They lived in Liangjia Village before the New Year. As for whether they will come back? It depends on the situation next year.

No matter what, we can’t let the people face the revenge of the Japanese, right?
The guerrillas' evacuation was very quick and decisive. They withdrew from the battle in 10 minutes. Even the reinforcement squad in the east had not yet completely cleaned up the truck.

However, time waits for no one, so they had no choice but to abandon the vehicle and retreat eastward with the team. But before leaving, Guo Liandong, who had participated in the Shentouling ambush, Xiangtangbao ambush, Changle Village pursuit and other battles, had someone stuff a piece of rag into the truck's fuel tank, draw out some of the gasoline, and then set it on fire.

When the team ran a few dozen meters away, the truck's fuel tank had already been ignited. Then... boom... flames rose and the entire truck was on fire.

"Oh... what a pity, that's a truck... although the performance is not that good, the engine can still be used..." Li Yuexuan, who was responsible for the rear guard together with the second platoon, turned his head to look at the fire, and sighed inwardly with some heartache.

"Sergeant Peregrine, it's a pity that the car burned! How about we wait until the Japanese retreat and then come back to take a look?" Zou Ming approached Li Yuexuan and asked in a low voice.

"Well, call me when the time comes! Although it is burned, the steel cannot be damaged! The car has springs and spring steel plates. If we can remove them, we can also make some knives or something!" Li Yuexuan said.

"Well, there's so much steel, we can't waste it! It can be used to make some single swords!" As a blacksmith, Zou Ming couldn't bear to see steel being wasted.

As they walked and talked, they were a little out of touch with the main force. But this was not a problem, because they were the last ones! And after running two miles, there was already a row of soldiers in front to meet them, and the carriages that had been seized before were also driven over.

"Captain, we are here!" Hu Yanlong, with the soldiers of the first squad and the civilians recruited from the nearby villages, waited at the intersection of Weijia Village. When he saw the team running back, he hurried over to say hello.

"Have all the people along the way been relocated?" Zhao Danian asked the first question.

"Report to the captain, they have all been moved! These villages have new recruits who were trained with us, as well as our military dependents, so it is very easy to move them!" Huyan Long said.

"Very good, let the wounded get on the car, and also the comrades who died!" Zhao Danian waved his hand, and more than a dozen makeshift stretchers were carried over and placed on the carriage one by one.

Although this last ambush was aided by directional blasting, Li Yuexuan led 5 grenade launchers to bomb, and many veteran sharpshooters sniped, the Japanese counterattack still caused considerable casualties. The Japanese initially suffered 5 casualties when they counterattacked, and 7 more in the later battles. Together with the 3 casualties in the previous battle, the guerrillas suffered 15 casualties as a whole, accounting for % of the troops.

According to the current situation, there are 5 soldiers who have died and 10 who are injured. Judging from the condition of the injured, it is estimated that more soldiers will be sacrificed in the future.

Of course, compared to the losses of the Japanese, the guerrillas made a lot of money! They also seized a lot of guns and ammunition, and even dismantled a Type 92 heavy machine gun on a vehicle and carried it away. However, if they did not evacuate in time, and let the Japanese at the foot of the mountain continue to delay the action, and let the Japanese in the stronghold catch up... then the casualties would be more than this!
"Comrades..." At the entrance of Weijia Village, Zhao Danian stopped everyone from talking quietly, "Just now, our ambush was very successful! But the devils are unwilling to accept defeat! Therefore, we need to fight the devils' pursuit team along the way! Now, I order the vanguard squad, the first squad of the first platoon, the heavy firepower squad, and the entire second platoon to stay and block the way. The rest of the team, return to Liangjia Village immediately."

"Third Platoon Leader, when you go back, immediately set up heavy machine gun positions on the outer wall of the village! Fourth Platoon Deputy, the supplementary squad also experienced combat this time when they attacked the enemy trucks. When you return to the village, immediately build shotgun fortifications! When the comrades in the transport squad go back, immediately transport the ammunition and supplies stored in our village to the Black Stone Cliff Cave in the east..."

"Okay, let's get moving! Take back all the spoils from today's battle, and those who stay behind should follow me!" said Zhao Danian.

"Old Zhao, you take your men back, I will stay here to block the attack!" Xing Weiguo stood up and said.

"Well... come here! I'll go to Liangjia Village to take charge of the work!" Zhao Danian thought about it and decided to let Xing Weiguo lead the team to stay and block the enemy.

Soon, Zhao Danian returned with his men, leaving behind five combat squads and a makeshift heavy fire squad. It can be said that those who stayed behind to fight the enemy were the essence of the guerrillas, except that they did not have heavy machine guns.

And it was right for Zhao Danian to go back to Liangjia Village! As for the matters he just mentioned, he could do better when he went back. Moreover, a Type 92 heavy machine gun was just seized, which also required Zhao Danian to preside over the distribution and pull out a temporary heavy machine gun squad...

In Yinjiulang Village, on the road, Fukawa Akidai led more than 100 Japanese soldiers in the base, and the Kuramoto squad that returned from the north, and finally arrived here with a team of more than 150 people. In the base, only the Mita squad that returned quickly from the south was left to guard the home.

"Ishihara-kun, Ishihara-kun..." Fukawa Akira found Captain Ishihara Kazuo, who was covered in blood, in the passenger seat of a truck and shouted loudly.

"Cough cough...Puff..." Ishihara Kazuo was not dead yet. He coughed, spat out a mouthful of blood, and said slowly: "Eighth Route Army, not many people, but strong firepower, chase..." Before he finished speaking, Ishihara Kazuo's vitality was exhausted, ending his evil life.

"Damn it..." Fukawa Akira took off his bloodstained white gloves, turned around and looked at the Japanese soldiers around him. He saw that their eyes were full of anger that seemed to be about to burst out, and he knew that he had to chase after them.

“Uchimura Asuka, take your squad and send all the dead back to the base! Fujita Shigenori, take your squad and wipe this village off the map! The rest of you... follow me!” After saying this, Fukawa Akira glanced at the dozen or so Japanese soldiers who finally survived here, and then said: “Immediately form a temporary squad and follow the main force to pursue and fight!”

The Japs were very efficient. More than 160 of them were immediately divided into three waves. The main force went eastward, one team stayed behind to deal with the bodies of the Japs, and one team entered the village to burn the houses.

However, just when Captain Buchuan led his team out a hundred meters, they heard an explosion in Yin Jiulang Village, and then another one, which forced him to stop marching. When he received the emergency report, his anger value was directly maxed out! That's right, two booby traps at the entrance of the village exploded, knocking down seven Japanese soldiers, forcing the action of burning the house to stop.

So, the Fujita squad, which had 6 people left, followed the main force and joined the pursuit team.

Weijia Village, Zhao Danian and his team had been walking for more than ten minutes, and Xing Weiguo and his team did not see any trace of the Japanese on the road they came from. So he waved his hand and led the team eastward along the mountain road. It was true that they stayed behind to block the enemy, but blocking the enemy also had its strategy.

After walking more than 200 meters to the east, I saw a wicker basket on the side of the road, surrounded by footprints.

"Captain, these are the land mines we just buried. We have buried 30 of these land mines along the way! Look, there are 300 meters east of here, and there are 3 land mines and 15 bullet mines!" Hu Yanlong pointed to the mountain road east of the wicker basket and continued, "The ones covered by the wicker basket are land mines, and those that are protected by crossed branches are bullet mines! Captain, they all dodged them!"

"Peregrine Falcon, what do you say?" Xing Weiguo looked at the surrounding environment and asked Li Yuexuan who was also observing the environment.

"Class 1, stay with me. You go and ambush on the hill 300 meters to the east. We will follow you after we remove these cover!" said Li Yuexuan.

"Well, this is also a good place for a temporary ambush!" Xing Weiguo said with a smile. After that, he led his men to the east, bypassing all the minefields along the way.

Li Yuexuan, who stayed behind, asked the soldiers to take out five grenades, tie them together with ropes, and leave one to pull out the fuse. He himself dug a pit in the middle of the road about 5 meter away from the land mine with an engineer shovel. After the grenades were tied together, he buried them in the soil with his own hands, leaving only a pull rope outside.

Then he took the wicker basket and carefully tied the grenade's drawstring to the upside-down basket, covering it with the newly dug soil.

After doing all this, he led his men eastward, and the soldier walking at the end was responsible for taking away the baskets and branches without leaving any traces. When they all reached the small hill in the east and set up an ambush, Hu Yanlong finally asked, "Squad Leader Peregrine, what did you do just now?"

"Do you remember the little trick I told you about? The one that cures leg pain? Got it? Moreover, this kills two birds with one stone! If the Japs bypass the wicker basket, do you think they will step on the land mines?" Li Yuexuan said patiently and raised the telescope because he vaguely saw a group of Japs coming.

"Woof woof woof..." The Japanese actually came over with wolfhounds to chase us. They must have followed the scent.

"Hurry up, follow these traces and we will be able to catch up!" The Japanese soldier with the wolfhound shouted loudly, followed the wolfhound, and ran closely...

(End of this chapter)