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Chapter 363 Chapter 362, Forced March, Fortress Village

"Should the special forces team be added to the first company?" After listening to Li Yuexuan's opinion, everyone fell silent and then thought about his opinion.

Although Li Yuexuan was the second deputy in the guerrillas, his position was very special and no one dared to ignore his opinion. Now that Li Yuexuan proposed to personally lead the special operations team and the first company, everyone followed this line of thought and thought about whether it was appropriate.
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Danian spoke first: "Are we too few people? Should we take the artillery platoon with us?"

"Captain, the artillery platoon is in Liangjia Village. We are safe all around. This is our heavy firepower support and cannot be mobilized at will!" Li Yuexuan said, "I am leading the first company and the special operations team. The equipment alone is enough to crush the Japanese squadron of the same level! Moreover, the main operators of the Japanese this time are secret agencies and puppet troops. There are not many Japanese who actually fight."

"And judging from the situation, the devils' actions are very scattered, but they have very accurate targets, which shows that the devils have mastered some of the activities in Xiyang County. I think this is why the military sub-district would mobilize troops from our side and require secret operations, and they must be elite troops. In this case, it's just right to let these devils give us a training!"

"Anyway, let's take action. As long as the Japanese don't mobilize a large battalion of personnel to besiege us and don't mobilize artillery and bombers, we have the combat effectiveness advantage! No matter how the Japanese come, we only have one way - fight! Eliminate all the Japanese, and there will be no problem!" Li Yuexuan said.

"Okay, then the special forces team and the first company will go! Old Xing, you take action and take charge of this matter! Comrade You Falcon, you will be the deputy commander of Comrade Xing Weiguo, and you two will go to Xiyang together! Everyone, do you have any opinions?" After Zhao Danian finished speaking, he looked at the cadres around him.

"I..." Guard Platoon Leader Niu Sihai stood up and said, "If the first company is transferred away, how will Baijing Town deal with it? What if the Japanese spies find out about our transfer and have any ideas?"

"Comrade Niu Sihai's idea makes sense!" Zhao Danian finished speaking, looked at Guo Liandong and said, "This afternoon, you two companies should switch guard with the first company, so as to make a bigger noise."

Guo Liandong understood what Zhao Danian meant, so he stood up and said, "Alright, it's just right for our 2nd Company to be stationed in Baijing Town, so it's very suitable for the 1st Company to be with the team headquarters!"

Under the pretext of changing guard, the 4st Company was transferred back from Baijing Town. While concealing the truth, it was also strengthening the defensive forces of Baijing Town. How to say it? The firepower of the st Company is very strong, but it is more offensive in nature, and is not as good as the nd Company, which is more defensive in nature. Apart from anything else, heavy machine guns of the Civilian Type placed in a solid machine gun bunker are a strong defensive force.

The 1st Company, which is more mobile, does not have such a force because they do not have heavy machine guns...

The meeting was hastily concluded, and the 2nd Company quickly moved out. All the soldiers finished their training, packed their backpacks, and carried their supplies. The transport team also led all kinds of mules and horses, and the team rushed to Baijing Town in a mighty manner. Then, the two companies changed positions, and the st Company, which had been stationed in Baijing Town for several months, returned to Liangjia Village.

Of course, the 1st Company had no time to rest after returning. They just stopped for a while, left the livestock behind, and after carrying seven days of supplies, headed towards the west of the village.

As the sky gradually darkened, outside Mantou Mountain west of the village, Zheng Changfeng and his companions met their comrades from the special operations team, as well as Xing Weiguo and Li Yuexuan, and the special service team that was specifically responsible for following Li Yuexuan.

The two sides quickly formed a team of 190 people. Under the cover of night, everyone continued to move westward. After joining the team sent by Captain Guo, they circled from the valley east of Jigongling to Tianjiazhai, and then continued to march south. From the map, Ping'an City is less than 40 miles away from Xiyang City, and there is a road connecting it, so the transportation is very convenient. However, if you go from Liangjia Village to the village outside Xiyang City, it is not a matter of 40 miles. At least the distance must be doubled, and you have to walk 80 miles.

At this time, the benefits of strict training came into play! Although the mountain road was difficult to travel, under the moonlight of the tenth day of the fourth lunar month, the team still moved quickly, and no one fell behind.

That's right, after several hours, everyone had already run from the night of the 15th to the early morning of the 16th. A day had passed, and the area had also reached Xiyang County from Ping'an County. Because the guerrillas and Captain Guo's battalion were recruited from nearby, there was no problem of getting lost. Especially for Captain Guo's troops, some of them were even recruited from Xiyang.

Therefore, under the leadership of these local soldiers, everyone walked through villages and narrow paths, and under the illumination of the moon and flashlights, they marched at a speed of 8 miles per hour. This speed is not fast, not even as fast as a normal person's walking speed, but it is night time, and they are still marching with a 15 kg load on their backs.

Why is it 15 kg? ? This is much lighter than the normal training load? The reason is simple, just like tying sandbags on your legs during training. If you work harder during training, you will naturally go into battle lightly! If carrying 30 catties of supplies is considered lightly...

The 10-hour march ended quietly. When it was still dark and the moon was nowhere to be seen, the team of more than 300 people arrived at Majiayu, west of Jiedu. This place is 7 kilometers away from Xiyang County in the west, which is exactly on the boundary line of the 15-li range drawn by the Japanese spy captain Qingshui Liyi.

"Comrades, you are finally here!" At this time, the team sent by Captain Guo brought staff from Xiyang County, and it seemed that they had exchanged secret codes with them and established contact.

"Now tell me, what is the specific situation?" The person sent by Captain Guo was the new company commander. His surname was Gao and his name was Gao Deyi. He was also an old Red Army soldier with rich experience.

"The Japanese have been arresting people everywhere these days, and have captured 10 to 20 people in each village. Some of our households in the strongholds have not escaped the Japanese's capture. And according to our comrades on the secret front, those who were captured were all severely tortured and forced to confess which family was in contact with the Communists. The Japanese torture was very severe. They poured pepper water into their mouths, made them sit on tiger benches, branded them with branding irons, sat on airplanes, and let wolfhounds bite them... Some people could not withstand the torture and randomly identified some of the Japanese's die-hard traitors. Some people could not withstand the torture and betrayed their ideals... So, our losses were huge!" said the visitor.

"What about those people who were captured? Have any of them been released?" Gao Deyi asked.

"Released? No! Not a single one! No matter if they confessed or knew nothing, they were all taken away and killed and buried alive! Especially those female comrades... It was too tragic!"

一些不好在书里面的内容：1940年2月23日，杨靖宇将军殉国！3月6日，三三制开始实行；3月30日，汪精卫成立汪伪政府。

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