The mountain wind whizzed past the hills. Except for the vanguards, most of the Ninth Company lay on the ground, wrapped in marching blankets and clothes and slept.

Xiao Hongying showed her head out of the marching blanket and pulled Hu Yi's collar next to her: "Fox, don't you go and see the guerrilla captain?"

"When is it? Can you stop messing around? Have a good sleep and have to hurry up in the second half of the night!"

"Bao, when can it be? After fighting with the Japanese for so long, haven't we been doing this for nine days? Alas? Are you still thinking about the vixen?"

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"Report, Company Commander Hu, reinforcements came to pursue the Japanese behind! Fighting torches, the elder's team!" Wang Liujin took two soldiers and hurried over to report, diverting the attention of the two chattering and the audience, and the embarrassment disappeared.

Hu Yi sat up: "How many people are there? How far is the distance? What's the situation in other directions?"

"I guess a squadron is about to meet with the Japanese behind him. As for other directions, I haven't found it yet!"

"Well, the mountain road is rugged, our current location is good, there are no forks along the way, and the Japanese detours are useless, even if reinforcements come, it is useless. At night, they cannot get close and cannot surround them, so they will rest first!"

The Japanese are right behind, why are you not in a hurry at all?

"What are you afraid of? No matter how many of these Japanese are there, they can't get up. Just ask Li Xiang and the others to pay attention. Don't worry about it for the time being. There are no enemies in the east and north, but you must be careful, because even if the Japanese get the news, they will not surround them so quickly. You must pay attention!"

"Captain Hu, if there were no Japanese in the east or north, could we change the direction?" Company Commander Chen was not far away, and when he heard the speech, he leaned over and expressed his own opinions.

"Let's talk about it then. It's useless to change direction now. There are supplementary groups in the north. Even if they gather together, the target will be very eye-catching."

"I think I'd better send someone to contact the replenishment team in the north? If it really doesn't work, there is only a squadron of the Japanese behind, who will work with them to eat the Japanese behind together!"

"Once the battle begins, even if you retreat, it is basically impossible to get rid of it. Most of the roads in the mountains are just like a line. If you walk for ten miles and eight miles, there will be no forks. You will definitely fall into a tug-of-war with the Japanese. The Japanese in the north will sooner or later come. It is not cost-effective to steal chickens and lose rice without sacrificing them, so I don't think it's necessary."

"Then won't your plan be ruined?"

"It's not that the group of Japanese behind us has stepped up so quickly, which shows that it has attracted the attention of the Japanese."

Hu Yi was also a little uncertain about his thoughts at first. The Japanese chasing behind came reinforcements. Although the plan could not mobilize most of the Japanese, the Japanese would always divide some of their troops out. If nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese troops also had no radio stations. They led the Japanese around in the mountains and then found ways to rush east into the plains. The Japanese reinforcements came too quickly and always felt something was wrong.

In other words, if there are Japanese surrounds ahead, it will probably be difficult to rush east to the plain.

Fortunately, I am used to wandering around the mountains, so I am not afraid of being surrounded by the Japanese, because Jiu Lian has a rope, just find a cliff and slide down to the foot of the mountain to get rid of the Japanese.

The two company commanders surrounded the map again. Hao Yun turned on the flashlight. Hu Yi didn't say anything and quickly marked the map. While calculating the distance and directions of the Japanese he encountered based on his feelings, he asked the squad leader Wang from time to time the terrain of the vanguards in all directions.

A few minutes later, Squad Leader Wang was given a walk with his soldiers and headed east.

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Before each sweep, Lieutenant Inoue would arm his teeth. His team would carry large bags and small bags when they came. After each sweep, his subordinates would have more bags before they set off.

After entering the mountain this time, he was arranged to guard the mountain pass at the foot of the mountain to the east. Except for the Eighth Route Army outside the mountain, he attacked several times, leaving some corpses. The other gains were not great, and he did not even get the chance to carry some valuable mountain goods back.

Finally, in the middle of the night yesterday, I waited for the opportunity to enter the mountain.

I happily led a squadron of Japanese soldiers and marched for nearly twenty hours in a row. I was physically and mentally exhausted and moved towards the last place where the Eighth Route Army disappeared on the map. After estimating the distance, it should be thirty or forty miles!

The roads in the mountains are marked very clearly on the map, but the location of the Eighth Route Army is not marked on the map! We have to approach that direction based on our feelings.

The information said that the direction of the Eighth Route Army's escape was the southeast, but it was the direction of its own. There were only a few roads in the mountains. The Eighth Route Army really wanted to escape to it. Now that it was heading towards itself, it was just right for the Eighth Route Army to be all stubborn. Maybe the Eighth Route Army would come to the door, so that it would take a lot of mountain roads to avoid.

The vanguard team is in front and occasionally flashes a flashlight behind.

The large army was following the vanguard, and finally climbed up another ridge. Inoue looked at the continuous ridge in front of him, panting and a little depressed. Along the way, the villages passed by were dilapidated and empty without exception, and all the rice balls he brought with him were all eaten, without chickens or food. Therefore, he felt extremely disappointed. He had a good strength but no opponent.

Since the Eighth Route Army escaped from the encirclement, there was most likely no good news. There were still dozens of miles of mountain roads to go up and down the ditches. It was already late at night. If the men could not afford to go again, the operation was in a hurry and the target was far away. Even a guide could not be found. If the Eighth Route Army turned around in the mountains, it might be a waste of time.

Marching in the middle of the night is definitely a thankless job. I sent someone west to notify the vanguards to be on the spot and ordered most of them to stop and rest on the spot.

To the north, in the hazy moonlight, there are also teams moving in the direction, south.

A large group of Japanese soldiers were divided into three routes and were heading south. The troops were pulling away and moving very quickly. As the torches swayed, the flow of people continued to go south.

Each team was a squad of more than a dozen Japanese soldiers carrying rifles, walking in front of the brigade, without even hitting torches, and wandering forward on the mountain road.

The easternmost team, the vanguards walking in front, had just left a valley and climbed up the valley in front tiredly. The Japanese walking in front suddenly found that a ray of light seemed to flash on the hillside in the distance, so faint.

The sergeant stepped forward, pulled out the telescope and looked in the direction the Japanese pointed, but found nothing.

After looking for a while, the light flashed a few more times, slowly adjusting the focal length. Finally, under the moonlight, I found something different. There seemed to be a few rooms on the mountainside, scattered in the low woods. If it weren't for the flash, it would be impossible to discover it.

In the empty mountains, the mountain wind blows, carrying endless depression. It should be a small village, as if it has merged into the mountains.

The sergeant made a gesture, and the team immediately stopped in the valley. The Japanese had already set off their rifles and were ready to move forward again.

It was estimated that the target should be about two miles away. In fact, the mountain road was still half far away. Three Japanese soldiers were divided into the team. Two touched forward, one ran back to report the message, and the others immediately followed the vanguards to keep a distance, one by one, and began to flow in the shadow of the valley under the moonlight.
Chapter completed!