Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Unlike the people in the Beishan base, the young men from the stretcher team who came to help this time were not disturbed by the miserable plight of the puppet troops.

Under the command of the special forces, the young men calmly carried the bodies of the puppet soldiers onto stretchers and carried them to the west of the village. The limbs blown off by the mortars were also placed on stretchers after the young men searched for them, and then carried them to the west of the village entrance.

Seeing the calm demeanor of the young men, Luo Wei and the others secretly sighed in their hearts, how many dead bodies must have been witnessed to show such an expression? It can be seen that the harm suffered by the devils to the people here is definitely not small!
At this time, the soldiers of the Seventh Company also went up to Xiaodouling, and those special forces training team members who did not have the opportunity to participate in the war also went up to Xiaodouling under the leadership of the old team members.

"Okay, comrades of the Seventh Company, now it's up to you to clean up the battlefield. The captured guns and ammunition here are all yours. As for the supplies, we will only take a small part." As the highest commander present, Tianchuan took the initiative to continue the title of the money-giving boy and let the comrades of the Seventh Company search for the spoils themselves.

The comrades of the Seventh Company were not surprised at all by the arrangement of the special forces, because from the very beginning, the comrades of the Seventh Company saw the two guns and full ammunition boxes carried by the special forces training team. With such good equipment, it is understandable that they look down on the equipment of the Japanese puppet army.

In fact, their 7th Company also had some semi-automatic and submachine guns, otherwise they would not have fought back in the Changsha battle, and successfully evacuated Changsha Village after suffering dozens of casualties, while also covering the main force's retreat. You know, at that time, the Japanese Gaoqiao Battalion occupied three commanding heights outside Changsha Village, and its strength was more than five times that of the 7th Company...

While the Seventh Company was cleaning up the battlefield, the comrades of the Special Operations Team were not idle either. They were directing the soldiers of the training team to reinforce the fortifications of the Japanese and puppet troops outside the Xiaodouling stronghold and dig new trenches and pits. Seeing this scene, some alert young and strong people knew that there was still a battle to be fought, and the comrades of the Seventh Company thought so too.

So, without waiting for the command of the special forces, the young people immediately took up tools such as shovels and pickaxes and took the initiative to join the work of digging trenches. Some of those who could not reach their hands also cleverly took the sacks they had just found in the warehouse and went to the Huai River to fill them with river sand. Sandbags are one of the means of defense on the battlefield, and these young people have also been trained as militiamen.

At this time, in Zanhuang City, about 7 kilometers away from Xiaodouling, at the base of the Akiyama Squadron to which the Gaoqiao Battalion belonged, Captain Akiyama looked at the empty barracks with a slight frown on his face.

That's right, he just received a call for help from the Xiaodouling garrison, and even heard a loud explosion on the phone. Then, after an even louder explosion, he could no longer hear any news on his phone, only the crackling sound of electricity...

In fact, there was no need to send out reconnaissance troops to find out the situation, because he only needed to climb to the roof of the two-story building where the headquarters was located to see that the artillery tower that originally stood on the hillside of Xiaodouling was gone. He raised his telescope, but because of the distance, he only saw people moving on Xiaodouling, as if they were digging trenches.

In other words, the artillery tower of the Xiaodouling stronghold had been blown up by the Eighth Route Army, and the stronghold had been taken down. Moreover, the Eighth Route Army only blew up the artillery tower, while the machine gun bunkers outside the stronghold were still there. It seemed that the Eighth Route Army was planning to rely on this stronghold to fight a big battle with the Imperial Army? Then...

Captain Qiushan looked at the empty barracks again, and reluctantly went downstairs to the phone. He called the city defense headquarters in Yuanshi in the northeast and Gaoyi in the east, and got in touch with them. Originally, the troops stationed in Zanhuang and Yuanshi were a battalion of troops, but later the main force was withdrawn and it became a squadron. As a result, this year, the team was withdrawn again, leaving only two squads stationed in various places, plus a gendarmerie squad in the city belonging to the special guard team. There are quite a few Imperial Army, as many as 500, but Qiushan doesn't expect the Imperial Army to do anything.

Just looking at the broken turret on the small steep ridge, the requests of the Chinese people in the city, and the expressions of the Imperial Army, Qiu Shan knew that he had to take action. Especially at this critical moment, he had to take action. It would be best to send the Imperial Army in the city out, leaving only the military police and some of his soldiers in front.

If it were in the past, he would not worry about any rebellion in the Imperial Army, after all, he had more soldiers and more guns. But now, his troops are very few, and some of them can't be suppressed! Moreover, they can arrange spies to infiltrate the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army can do the same! The Xiaodouling artillery tower that they have watched for several years was blown up. What would happen if the Eighth Route Army mixed in with the Imperial Army to incite?
Once these imperial troops were incited to rebel, he would be in danger.

Therefore, since the Imperial Army posed a threat to him if he stayed by his side, he might as well send the Imperial Army out to fight the Eighth Route Army! He had already applied for reinforcements, and Yuanshi and Gaoyi had already arranged for a small team to come with a battalion of the Imperial Army. When the reinforcements arrived, the county would be safe.

Akiyama's mind raced, and time actually flashed by. After hanging up the phone, Akiyama called a Japanese soldier and said, "Harada, you should be very clear about the current situation. Our troops are no longer sufficient to support us to continue large-scale battles. Even in the face of the Eighth Route Army's active attack, we cannot send reinforcements at any time."

"However, the situation in the city is very complicated... So, you take your small team as the supervisory team, and lead the Imperial Army brigade in the city out of the city, to the Xiaodouling stronghold, and repel the Eighth Route Army that is attacking the Xiaodouling stronghold! After repelling them, defend Xiaodouling. Our reinforcements will arrive at the county town within two hours."

"Xiaodouling is not only a node on the blockade line we use to blockade the Eighth Route Army base, but also a commanding height outside Zanhuang. Its geographical location is very important. You must take it back!"

"Hayi..." After nodding, Yukio Harada looked at his superior who grew up with him from the same village with reluctance and said, "I will complete the mission to the death, but if anything unexpected happens, please take care of my family, please!" After that, Yukio Harada bowed deeply.

"I, will..." Akiyama said slowly, and then saw Harada stand up and leave without looking back.

"...As long as I can still return to the country alive..." He spoke slowly until Harada appeared in the camp. (End of this chapter)