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Chapter 34 Chapter 034, Raising Grass and Hunting Rabbits

The guerrillas and the 3rd Company temporarily stopped at the Dragon King Temple!

And just 10 miles south of the Dragon King Temple, our Li Yunlong, the great commander, was running at full speed with two companies of the 1st Battalion of the New st Regiment and the Special Agent Company...

"Zhang Dabiao..." Li Yunlong shouted loudly while running.

"Here!" Zhang Dabiao quickly ran to Li Yunlong and waited for orders.

"How far is it from Hongjia Village?" Li Yunlong asked.

"Commander, we're still two miles away. The special forces company has already passed by and we'll have news soon!" said Zhang Dabiao.

"Captain... Commander..." Five soldiers came running back from the front, panting.

"Tell me, what's the situation in Hongjia Village?" Li Yunlong pulled five soldiers aside and asked.

"Commander, our company commander has entered the village, but there is no one left! We found the bodies of our comrades in the village, about 30 people in total. As for the rest of the people, no civilians were found to have been killed, but traces of fighting showed that one group went into the mountains to the east, and another group went to the north!" said the squad leader who led the team back.

"Is that so... Signalman, have you contacted the agency in Beiyue District?" Li Yunlong shouted.

"Commander, I got it, I got it...wait..." The signalman was holding the radio and hurried to the side to receive the telegram.

After a while, the signalman received the telegram and reported to Li Yunlong: "Commander, what we just received was a telegram forwarded by the 3rd Division of Beiyue District, which was a telegram forwarded by the 3rd Division of Pingshan District. It said that after being attacked, the Pingshan District Office went all the way north under the cover of the 3rd Company, and repelled the pursuit of a Japanese squadron 3 miles south of Longwang Temple. They are now resting in Longwang Temple! In addition, the 3rd Company reported that most of the pursuing squadron was annihilated by them and the Beishan Guerrillas of Ping'an County, and there are probably to devils fleeing south along the Xiajia River!"

"What?" Li Yunlong was stunned after hearing the report. Isn't this wrong? The combat effectiveness of the 3rd Company is beyond doubt. After all, the 3st Battalion is the main force, and the rd Company is the main force of the st Battalion. However, the rd Company lost a lot of manpower in the last battle. The combat personnel were halved and most of the ammunition was consumed. They stayed in Hongjia Village to rest and wait for the transfer of some ammunition.

If the 3rd Company could cover the civilians and the Pingshan District Office to successfully retreat and move into the mountains, Li Yunlong would believe it. But... the telegram he received now said that the 3rd Company had wiped out most of the pursuing squadron, and there were only to devils left to escape... This was outrageous, outrageous to the extreme!
"Signalman, ask the district office for the news and confirm whether it is true. Can the 3rd Company wipe out most of a squadron? Even if a guerrilla unit is added, that is impossible! This is like a dog with a muzzle, nonsense! But we can't just sit there. Zhang Dabiao, let's go to Hongjia Village. The five of you, tell your company commander to lead your company all the way up along the Xiajia River and watch out for the enemy!"

Li Yunlong gave the order here, and the signalman quickly used the radio to contact the radio station in the third district to confirm the accuracy of the news. How should I put it? This matter is indeed outrageous.

Let's put it this way. In the Eighth Route Army's previous battles, the battles that could wipe out more than a hundred Japanese troops at a time could be counted on one's fingers. The battles that wiped out more than a thousand people were the Shentouling ambush and the Changle Village pursuit battle. Of course, there was also the Pingxingguan battle, but that was not fought by their 129th Division.

Old Li's record was only two ambushes at Changshengkou, two ambushes at Qigeng Village, Huangyadi Battle, Guangyang Ambush, and... well, he participated in all the battles of the 772nd Regiment until he became the head of the New st Regiment. His New st Regiment's battles were just the Zhangnan Bandit Suppression Campaign, and he was not the main force. Then, he was sent to the Beiyue District to help the main force fight the Japanese on the outside.

Just as Li Yunlong was thinking, the communications soldier received a call back from the third division with just one word: Yes!

"Strange things happen every year, but this year there are more of them!" After getting a positive answer, Li Yunlong didn't think about anything else and led the two companies forward.

As a result, as soon as they arrived at Hongjia Village, they heard loud gunfire in the river valley in the north, and then there was no more sound after a while.

"What's going on in the north? Communications squad, send someone to ask about the situation!" Li Yunlong stood at the entrance of Hongjia Village, looking at the winding river valley in the north, and shouted loudly.

Soon, a soldier broke away from the team and ran to the north. Then, very soon, this soldier returned with a dozen soldiers.

"Captain, commander..." After the soldiers returned, they saluted Li Yunlong first, and then said, "Report to the commander, our special forces company was ordered to check to the north, and we ran into a group of devils head-on. However, the devils did not dare to fight and wanted to hide in the mountains. Our company commander led us to annihilate them! Commander, we annihilated 29 devils this time, seized more than guns, and a lot of bullets!"

Listening to the soldiers' reports, Li Yunlong was convinced that the 3rd Company had really wiped out most of a squadron. That's right, the number of devils just wiped out was 29, and when compared with the number reported by the 3rd Company, it was exactly one squadron! Thinking of this, Li Yunlong became happy.

“Hahaha, when there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey will be king… I didn’t expect that without our Old Li here, that bastard Xiao Huang would actually start to tremble! Let’s go and take a look! Zhang Dabiao, you take the 1st and 2nd companies and immediately chase along the traces going east. You must find the comrades from the guard company and the replenishment battalion. If you encounter the Japs, fight them if you can. If you can’t, lead them to Hongjia Village and then transfer to the Dragon King Temple! Haha… Our Old Li didn’t bring you here for nothing. Let’s find a chance and beat them!”

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he led the regiment's guard squad and communications squad northward to check the situation.

Not far to the north of Hongjia Village, soldiers from the special forces company stopped in the river valley in twos and threes. There were 29 Japanese corpses on the ground and three carriages parked there. The horses pulling the carriages didn't know what was going on. Taking advantage of the fact that they were not burdened, they hurried to the river to find some grass to eat and drink some river water.

Buzz buzz buzz... There are a lot of flies in the valley today, especially near the Japanese corpses, they are buzzing non-stop.

"Wow, there's a captain, right? There's also a lieutenant, a squad leader?" Old Li saw the bodies of Kato and Kawashima at first sight.

"Good, good, well done! Wei Ming, you guys did a great job! What are you still standing there for? Can't you see there are flies everywhere? Clean it up quickly, and then leave a platoon behind to bury our comrades, and then let these devils be buried with our comrades!"

PS: Many people are confused about the radio station, let me explain. At this time, there are two radio stations, one for the three-division area and the other for the new group.

Pay attention. The New 1st Regiment was transferred from southern Hebei to the Beiyue District to fight. They are unfamiliar with the area and without a radio. How can they command the battle?
(End of this chapter)