Predator Reborn

Chapter 196: Lure the fish to the bait

After listening to what Chief Cao said, the team leader understood what happened.

It turned out that when his three squads outflanked them, all the cunning Eighth Route Army members on the opposite side had retreated. Only some blood stains and scattered bullet casings were left on the position, and not even a single person could be seen.

The three Captain Cao who led the team couldn't help but feel depressed when they saw that they had not captured a single Eighth Route soldier and were about to return without success. Then they thought that their troops were blocked on the road and were temporarily unable to move forward.

The three commanders here discussed and decided to lead their troops to pursue the Eighth Route Army along the blood trail.

Maybe if you are lucky, you will catch up with the fleeing Eighth Route Army and establish military exploits. However, what the three Captain Cao did not expect was that when they were less than 30 meters away with their soldiers in pursuit, their soldiers

He stepped on the landmines laid by the Eighth Route Army along the way. It was said to be a landmine, but in fact it was not, it was just a booby trap laid by the soldiers with grenades. As a result, half the squad suffered casualties.

Not finding an enemy, they lost half of their squad. The three commanders were very angry. However, as time passed slowly, it seemed that the main force on the road was about to set off. The three commanders could only carry

The wounded immediately reported to their squad leaders.

In this way, with the soldiers digging up the road and constantly harassing the Japanese troops along the way, although the Japanese troops all traveled by car, after a day's march, they only marched less than 40 kilometers and stopped at a village 20 kilometers away from Xiazhuang Township.

In the village, prepare to set up camp and continue the march the next day.

Similarly, the independent third brigade headquarters in Xiazhuang Township is also busy. Soldiers are constantly entering and exiting the headquarters, carrying supplies. Carriages filled with supplies are walking towards the mountains not far away... As for why

As we all know, in the face of the heavy encirclement and suppression by the Japanese army, we can only hide temporarily to avoid its sharp attack and slowly deal with him.

The next day, after a night's rest, the Japanese army was once again full of energy and high morale. The captain looked at the Eighth Route Army Independent Brigade Headquarters getting closer and closer to him and was extremely excited. On the advice of the chief of staff, the captain decided

Divide your troops, surround the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and eliminate it in one fell swoop.

As a result, the Japanese army's marching formation changed. A reinforced squadron was separated from the left and right wings, preparing to outflank the Chinese army's retreat. With the remaining troops and all heavy weapons, he quickly marched along the road to Xiazhuang Township.

, catching the Chinese army by surprise.

Just when the Japanese captain was complacent about his perfect plan, the independent third brigade headquarters in his dream had already left Xiazhuang Township and moved to the mountains behind the village.

A few hours later, the captain and his main force finally stood on a hillside not far from Xiazhuang Township, quietly looking at the peaceful village in the distance.

"Reporting to the captain, your Excellency, Xiazhuang Township has been completely surrounded by our heroic imperial army and is waiting for your attack order." The chief of staff ran to the captain and said.

"Yo Xi..." The captain picked up the telescope and looked at the quiet village not far away. Since it was almost evening, a few curling smokes had already floated out of the village, quiet, like a bird waiting to be slaughtered.

The lamb is waiting for you.

"Order, a small team launches an exploratory attack on the village to find out the location of their heavy weapons." A smile appeared on the captain's lips.

"Hi." The chief of staff turned around and began to assign tasks. After a while, a small group of Japanese soldiers, led by the squad leader, walked out of the formation with bayonets in hand and trotted towards the quiet village opposite.

However, as the exploratory team got closer and closer to the village, the captain did not see the results he wanted to see. Because, the first team not far away had safely entered the quiet place under the leadership of his team leader.

village.

"Baga, what's going on? Isn't this the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army? Why is there no resistance?" the captain yelled at the captain of the special agent team beside him.

"Taijun, captain, I don't know why? It couldn't be that the Eighth Route Army knew the situation in advance and moved it!" Zhang from the special agent team lowered his head and answered fearfully.

"Nani..." After stopping what the captain of the special agent team said, the captain fell into deep thought. After a while, the team leader who was in charge of the attack ran out of the village.

"Your Excellency, the captain, except for dozens of villagers who did not escape, there is not a single Eighth Route soldier in the village. According to the villagers' accounts, the Eighth Route soldiers retreated with most of the villagers this morning." The squad leader ran to the squad leader.

Said excitedly.

"Baga, the cunning Eighth Route Army soldiers... ordered to gather all the villagers in the village. They must know where the Eighth Route Army soldiers have fled..." Although the captain was angry, he thought about the countless ordinary people following the Eighth Route Army soldiers, and the corners of his mouth showed up.

A hint of a smile.

"Hi..." The team leader saluted and ran towards the village again.

After a while, under the threat of bayonets from the soldiers, the remaining dozens of people in the village who were unwilling to leave were driven in front of the captain. Seeing dozens of fearful people in front of them.

The captain felt uncomfortable for a while. He waved his hand and a traitor translator came out with a smile.

"Dear fellow villagers, this is the captain of the county town. I came to Xiazhuang Township today to eliminate the Eighth Route Army that has been hiding here for the past few days. Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army got the news in advance and ran away, and took away most of them.

The common people and the brigade captain are very unhappy. The brigade captain knows that the villagers have suffered a lot in the past few days since the Eighth Route Army came. Therefore, today the brigade captain issued a special order. As long as you can tell us where the Eighth Route Army and the villagers are hiding.

Where is it? The captain will give you a bounty of ten oceans... Everyone, if anyone knows, please come forward and tell us..."

"Report to Mr. Taijun, I know..." Just as the translator finished speaking, a landlord who had been suppressed by the Eighth Route Army hurriedly stood up.

"Yo Xi, your good citizen..." The captain looked at the villagers who stood up, walked up to him with a smile, patted his shoulder, took out ten yuan from his pocket and handed it over.

"Thank you, Taijun. It is an honor for me to serve the imperial army." Seeing that the captain, the highest officer of the Japanese army, actually gave himself ten silver coins and patted himself on the shoulder, Huang Gouzi replied flatteringly, shaking his head.

The lower it gets, the lower it gets.

"Yo Xi, how do you know where the Eighth Route Army is hiding?" Although the captain secretly felt disgusted with the Eighth Route Army in front of him, but now he had something to ask for, he still pretended to be flattering and asked.

"Reporting to Taijun, I originally moved with the Eighth Route Army. However, thinking that Taijun would come, I ran back secretly. So, I know where they are hiding..." Huang Gouzi replied with a smile.

"Yo Xi, you have a very good conscience. When we wipe out the Eighth Route Army, our Imperial Army will definitely not forget you." The captain patted his shoulder again.

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Slowly through Huang Gouzi's explanation, the captain knew where two villages with nearly 800 people were hiding. A company of the Eighth Route Army was responsible for the security mission, and it was less than 5 hours away from him...

After hearing Huang Gouzi's report, an idea to lure fish to the bait appeared in the captain's mind.

"Chief of Staff, immediately lead the first group to follow Huang Sang to find a hiding place where only ordinary people are taken, then eliminate a company of the Eighth Route Army and surround these villagers. I will follow up with the remaining main force..." The corner of the captain's mouth showed.

A smile of victory.

"Hi, Mr. Captain."

Soon, a reinforced squadron disappeared into the woods behind the village.

"Vice-captain, order the main force to abandon the cars and leave one squadron to guard the supplies. All remaining troops will set off immediately. Follow the first reinforced squadron." The captain ordered again.

"Hi, Captain, I'm going to make arrangements right away. What should these villagers do?" the deputy captain pointed at the dozens of villagers in front of him.

"They already know our situation. In order for this battle to proceed smoothly, we must keep it secret and eliminate them all without leaving any survivors. Also, all the Chinese we meet along the way must also be eliminated.

"The captain showed a cruel look.

"Hi..." Soon, the remaining 1,000 troops of the main force were led by the captain personally and moved into the woods behind the village. And less than ten minutes after the captain had walked, there was a loud noise from Xiazhuang Township.

There was a burst of harsh machine gunfire. Dozens of unarmed people fell to the enemy's machine guns. The poor Huang Gouzi still doesn't know that it was because he wanted to show his loyalty to the imperial army that his whole family was killed.

Lost life.

"Company commander, company commander, it's not good, something happened, the Japanese are coming..." A sentry hurriedly ran to the company commander and said, ignoring the guards' obstruction.

"What, what did you say, devil..." Upon hearing the word devil, the guard company commander immediately stood up.

"Yes, company commander, we are only less than 10 miles away from here."

"Have you seen clearly how many Japs there are?" the company commander asked, grabbing the sentry's shoulder.

"Look clearly, company commander, they are really Japs. There are more than 200 people, carrying heavy machine guns, mortars...the rifles are all equipped with bayonets. I can see clearly, they are coming towards the ravine where we are hiding...

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"How could this happen? How could the Japanese find this place..." the company commander muttered to himself, his face full of disbelief. You must know that the Eighth Route Army has always done a very good job of keeping secrets. Who betrayed him and

The folks in the valley actually revealed the news.