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Chapter 167 Chapter 166, Cleaning and Leaving
In the valley to the east of Yinjiulang Village, Captain Guo was sitting on a stool that had just been seized, holding his machete in his hand.

"Puff..." A mouthful of boiled water sprayed onto the knife. Bright red blood dripped down the tip of the knife, staining a small area of ​​rocky ground under his feet red.

Then, Captain Guo took out a piece of white cloth from his pocket and carefully wiped his beloved machete. This machete had been with him for several years, from the Soviet area across the snow-capped mountains and grasslands to the Yellow River to fight against the Japanese. There were already several notches on the blade. But even so, in the battle just now, he still chopped down two Japanese soldiers.

"Haha, old buddy, you're old now. You can't even cut off your neck with one knife! It looks like I have to find a good piece of steel for you and forge it again..." After wiping the machete clean, Captain Guo carefully put it behind his back, and then looked at the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield with a smile.

"Company commander, we are strong and powerful now, and every man has a gun. Why are you still carrying this knife? I think the Japanese command knife we ​​just seized will be very useful!" said the communications soldier Xiao Niu on the side.

"Haha, what do you know, you little brat? This old friend of mine has been with me for so many years, I have developed feelings for it! Besides, you don't know what it means to kill an enemy with your own hands! You little brat can't experience the feeling of chopping off an enemy's head with one click! Also, when I lead my comrades to charge, with this in my hand, none of us comrades will be afraid!" Captain Guo said, patting the handle of the knife.

"I don't understand. I just think that the Japanese Type 38 rifle is useful, and the box gun on your waist is useful! Hey, company commander, we just wiped out dozens of puppet soldiers. The puppet soldiers were carrying several box guns. How about you give me one too?" Xiao Niu looked at his company commander with anticipation.

"Hahaha... You little calf may be small in stature, but you've got a big heart! Here, these are the box guns we just seized. Can you use them, kid?" While the two were talking, Instructor Tang brought the four box guns he had just seized to Captain Guo, sat down on the stone next to the stool, and slowly took out a box of cigarettes and smoked one.

"Have one! This is Laodao cigarette. It's hard to buy such good stuff nowadays!" Instructor Tang handed the cigarette to Captain Guo and lit one for himself.

When two clouds of black smoke rose above the two men's heads, Instructor Tang told them about today's spoils: "I just counted them. We gained a great advantage in this battle! All 106 Japanese soldiers were killed without a single one escaping! We also killed 45 puppet soldiers and captured 16. These four box guns were captured from the puppet soldiers! And eight of our comrades died and 8 were injured."

"Damn it. We ambushed the Japs and crippled them. They were stunned. There were still so many casualties in the bayonet fight. We really underestimated these Japs!" Instructor Tang said after taking a deep breath.

"That's great! Don't think too much. Let the puppet prisoners help carry the wounded and the spoils, and let the third platoon protect us and move east quickly. As for the rest, continue to clean up the battlefield, and try to clean it up before the Japanese in the stronghold come out! No matter how we calculate the accounts this time, we have made a profit! With today's spoils, our battalion can have at least one more unit like the 1st Company!" said Captain Guo.

"Well, that's true! With these spoils of war, we will become even stronger! Okay, you continue to take command, and I'll go to the east to find the guerrilla comrades! They had several fights last night, and I guess they achieved quite a lot! Hahaha... So counting it this way, we have gained a lot these days..." After Instructor Tang finished speaking, he left with the box gun, and Xiao Niu was reluctant to let her go.

"Don't look at it, you can't pull it out of your eyes once you've seen it! Boy, I'm giving you a definite promise, when you kill 10 Japanese soldiers, I'll find a way to get you a box gun!" said Captain Guo.

"Are you serious?" Xiao Niu's drooping head immediately straightened up, and fire flashed in his eyes.

"When have I ever lied to anyone? Boy, train hard, practice your marksmanship, fight more, and kill enough enemies, and I'll give you one!" Captain Guo said. "Okay, I promise to train hard!" Xiao Niu finished speaking, took the Type 38 rifle from behind, wiped the gun body lovingly and said, "Dude, whether I can use the box gun depends on you!"

"Haha, you silly boy, if your gun could understand, it would definitely make you upset! Remember, a gun is a soldier's life! You should cherish the weapon in your hand as you would your eyes!" Captain Guo said, and stood up: "When I first joined the team, I used this machete behind me, and I learned the knife skills from my old squad leader!"

"From that day on, no matter what weapons I have, I will always carry this knife! Boy, treat your gun as your friend, and your gun will be on the same side with you, and your shooting skills will be accurate!"

After saying this, Captain Guo stood up and walked towards the west. He wanted to see what was happening in Yin Jiulang Village.

Yinjiulang Village, because the guerrillas ambushed the devils here and set up booby traps at the entrance of the village, obviously became a place for the devils to vent their anger. At this time, there was no intact house in the village, all of them were set on fire by the devils! Most of the houses in this era had straw roofs, which could be burned clean with just a fire.

After walking around the village, Captain Guo returned to the ambush battlefield and watched the soldiers wipe out the Japanese and puppet soldiers one by one and put them on the roadside. He no longer felt angry. The evil Japanese had been eliminated and no civilians had been killed. What else could he think about?

Click, click, click... From the west, there came the sound of war horses' hooves stepping on the stone road. Everyone looked to the west and found a horse coming from the west. It was the scout stationed in the west.

"Company commander, the Japanese are coming out of the stronghold..." The soldier on horseback shouted loudly, and the horse gradually stopped.

"The Japanese are coming out? Great! Tell the reconnaissance squad to retreat! Comrades, prepare to retreat!" Captain Guo had no intention of having any more contact with the Japanese, so he made a prompt decision and ran away.

The scouts turned their horses and returned, while Captain Guo reorganized the team and headed east with the supplies they had just looted. When they had walked more than two miles, the scouts behind them caught up.

The 1st Company left, leaving behind only dozens of cleaned-up Japanese corpses and some that had not yet been cleaned. When the guerrilla vanguard squad met Instructor Tang and his team, the Japanese had finally reached Yin Jiulang Village.

Looking at the neatly arranged corpses, the Japanese squad leader drew out his command knife angrily and roared towards the east. However, he did not dare to chase forward, because the Eighth Route Army could wipe out a team of more than 100 people, and his more than people seemed no match for them.

"Oshima, send a message to the base and ask them to send a vehicle to pick up the bodies!"

(End of this chapter)