The War of Resistance

Yes, Shang Zhen and the others were robbing bandits this time and not the Japanese and puppet troops.

No one can figure out whether the puppet troops or the bandits are easier to fight, but they are always easier to fight than the Japanese devils.

Most of the Japanese and puppet troops were entrenched in strongholds, and the strongholds containing bulk supplies such as food were even more heavily guarded.

Once a stronghold of the Japanese and puppet troops is attacked and cannot be captured in a short period of time, the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops will definitely come to support. In that case, they will be bitten instead of fighting the snake.

After the anti-purge campaign, Shang Zhen and his battalion suffered a lot of casualties, so Shang Zhen asked Qian Chuan'er to find a bandit team that met all requirements, which was not only easy but also boosted morale.

Since most of the bandits are locals, they naturally choose terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack as their lairs, and they have been operating for a long time.

But it is precisely because of this terrain that they hoard food!

Don't the bandits fight the Japanese? The answer is yes. Of course, all the bandits who have not surrendered to the Japanese army and become puppet troops will also be beaten.

But the problem is that they don't just fight the Japanese, they fight everyone!

Do they care if you are a Japanese puppet army, a national army, or an Eighth Route Army? As long as you have a gun in your hand and you are alone, they will take advantage of you!

Who can figure out their psychology? Maybe it's because they don't like anyone, and they don't want to take sides. They feel that they can settle everything with their own strength, so they don't want to be controlled by the emperor!

And this time, what Shang Zhen and the others found was exactly such a bandit team.

That's why Shang Zhen dared to go on an expedition, traveling more than 100 miles to attack this target like he did when he attacked Zhumapo last time. The premise of this battle was--secrecy!

Shang Zhen and the others brought two carriages. They were still far away from the Baiyun Gu Village under the Baiyun Gu, so they hid the carriages.

The reason is that there are also bandit spies in Baiyungu Village.

Regardless of whether they are Shandong thieves, Northeastern beards, or bandits from other places, they all believe in one truth, that is, "rabbits don't eat the grass beside their nests."

When Shang Zhen was communicating with the Lunan guerrillas, he heard the guerrillas say that as long as a stranger's face appears in a village in the guerrilla zone, that village's The old lady will definitely make it clear to you.

For example, if a woman in her 30s comes to the house of Old Li, the head of the village, the villagers will quickly figure out what her name is and what she does, whether she is a widow or she came to his aunt's house because she was beaten by a man for not having a child. Hide for two days? Or how many children are there at home? Where is your husband's family from? Where is your natal family from?

This is where a woman comes. If a young man comes, he will be noticed by the people in the village.

After mobilizing the people, the efficiency of intelligence cannot be achieved by the army. Even the plainclothes intelligence team specially organized by the puppet army is not easy to use!

That's why Shang Zhen would not let his people enter Baiyungu Village to let the bandits on the mountain feel the slightest trouble. As for Qian Chuan'er, his informant lied that he was his distant nephew and was mute. He brought it into the village!

Since Shang Zhen believed that a sneak attack on Baiyun Gu was feasible, he sent Qin Chuan and Gu Bing to ride back to deliver the message, while he and the remaining people hid in the mountains.

Baiyungu Village is strictly forbidden to enter. A strange face will be scrutinized by the villagers for a long time, let alone more than ten people with long and short guns?

It was already the end of winter, the weather was not cold, and Shang Zhen had already brought out all the food supplies for them when he came.

They hid on a hill far away from Baiyungu Village and talked nonsense when they were full. When they got tired of talking, they went to bed.

Of course, except Qian Chuan'er among them, he went to the village to pretend to be mute so that he could come back and report to Shang Zhen if there was any special situation.

It took Shang Zhen and the others two days to arrive. Those who went back to report the news could take two days or one day, and then it would take three days for the entire battalion to come back.

The reason is that Shang Zhen and the others came by carriage.

No matter how slow the carriage runs, it is still faster than walking. Shang Zhen's carriage can only be used to transport food. It is definitely not enough to pull the entire battalion of officers and soldiers.

Therefore, the people from Shang Zhen's camp should have arrived here on the 13th or 14th day of the lunar calendar.

Then Shang Zhen could just lead his troops to attack Baiyun Gu on a full moon night.

During the few days that Shang Zhen and the others were waiting, according to Shang Zhen's order, except for going down the mountain to fetch water (which had to be done after dark), everything else had to be done on that hill.

From here, they could see the sand road leading to Baiyungu Village from a distance. Once they saw any villagers entering the mountains, they all retracted their heads.

The hilltop chosen by Shang Zhen was also very particular. There were a few trees and some bushes on the top of the hill. In other words, there was no firewood on this hill. People from the surrounding villages would naturally not come here to cut firewood, so they simply avoided it. was discovered by the villagers.

Shang Zhen and the others watched the sun rising from the east and setting from the west every day on the top of the mountain until the Jade Rabbit rose in the east.

They saw the moon getting bigger day by day but still waited patiently. The people Shang Zhen brought were all veterans. They had experienced countless battles and their patience had long been practiced. Even Tiger Pillar would never make trouble.

In this way, they waited until the night of the 13th day of the lunar calendar. Just as the veterans were about to fall asleep with their clothes on, they heard a faint sound coming from the bottom of the mountain. They climbed up and went to the edge of the top of the mountain under the moonlight.

The moon on the thirteenth day of the lunar calendar was already very bright, and then they saw a dark shadow under the mountain in front of them. After a while, they saw a little red light flickering in the black shadow. .

Every veteran knows that it is the effect of a red cloth covering the flashlight that is turned on. In this case, the bright beam of light in the night will become much weaker and almost disappear.

At this time, Shen Mugen also shone the flashlight he had brought with him, which had also been "hooded" with a red cloth, down the mountain and began to flash regularly.

The code is right.

After a while, someone climbed up the mountain, but it was Qin Chuan who had gone back to deliver the letter and climbed up with Qiu Bo.

Now that everything was going well, the lowered voices of orders and the sounds of soldiers moving were heard in the dark night. Finally, everything became calm again on this moonlit night. The soldiers who had marched for a long time ate some of the food they had brought. Dry food, sweet potatoes, and then they all fell asleep.

The next day, which was the early morning of the fourteenth day of the lunar calendar, the veterans on the mountain looked down the mountain behind Baishan Gu Village, and saw hundreds of pairs of eyes at the foot of the mountain looking at them! And some of the people who didn't come with them in the first group were still having fun with them.

Shang Zhen originally planned to take action on the night of the full moon on the 15th day of the lunar calendar, but now that he saw that the troops had arrived early, he thought it might be a good idea to take action tonight.

Next, he discussed with the three company commanders that hundreds of people could not stay here on this hill. If any villagers came out, they would be discovered, so he pointed to the woods not far away. The soldiers went there to take cover.

Shang Zhen began to check the ropes brought by Qiu Bo and others for climbing, and to determine who would go up from the back mountain, who would be responsible for opening the mountain gate of Baiyun Gu after going up, and who would be responsible for guarding, in case of emergency. How to deal with the bandits after they discover that they have gone up the mountain? Also, once they are defeated, which company will be responsible for carrying food down and loading it on the carriage, who will be responsible for driving the carriage, and so on.

There will be no food falling from the sky. If you want to get the food back, to use the words of future generations, it is also a systematic project, and it will be troublesome!

Not to mention how cumbersome Shang Zhen's battle preparations were, but something unexpected happened at noon!

The soldier responsible for monitoring the sandy dirt road suddenly reported to Shang Zhen: "Batalion Commander, there are enemies on the road. It looks like they are Japanese and Japanese soldiers. There are more than a hundred people! It looks like they are Baiyungu Village at the foot of Benshan Mountain." Go!"