This time, there was someone more anxious than Hu Yi. Gao Yidao raised his telescope and looked eastward, his tone very unhappy: "Didn't they say that this place is vast and sparsely populated? What are these patches of land filled with?"
Hu Yi didn't have a telescope, but he could see clearly that there were more than 50 figures running away, and more than 100 figures chasing. The ones running away were ragged, and the ones chasing were the puppet soldiers with big hats. Probably... This is the guerrillas in Shili Dang! The world is so big, and there are so many directions, but this guerrilla chose to run west! Not only did they choose to run west, but they still haven't gotten rid of it after a night? How stupid are they
Seeing Gao Yidao put down the telescope and turned his gaze to stare at him, Hu Yi frowned: "Don't look at me, I don't have a telescope, I can't see anything clearly, I don't understand the situation."
"Do you have any shame?"
"Why should I have any face when you are here?"
Gao Yidao curled his lips and eyebrows: "Second Company, prepare for battle!"
Hu Yichao added to Gao Yidao: "Hurry up and don't get entangled. Drive them out of the safe area and retreat quickly. We can't stay here any longer."
"Since I'm doing this job, why do you care?"
Given the vast terrain, it was difficult to set up an ambush here. Even if Gao Yidao had evil intentions, it would be useless. As long as the Second Company showed up, the hundreds of puppet soldiers would definitely turn around and run away without knowing what was going on. So Hu Yi stopped talking nonsense, turned around and went into the woods to continue resting.
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After a while, the sparse gunshots gradually faded away to the east, and the Second Company was very effective in chasing away the puppet troops.
Into the woods, more than fifty people came in, looking disheveled. They were all in rags, breathing heavily with fear. They had more than twenty guns of various kinds, but almost all of them were out of bullets. They were the remnants of the Qiufeng Guerrilla Brigade hiding in Shili Dang. They never dreamed that they would meet the Eighth Route Army here.
One of them was not tall, estimated to be no more than 1.6 meters tall, with a pale face and thin body, and stretched out his hand to Hu Yi: "My last name is Meng, and I'm the deputy captain of the Autumn Wind Guerrilla Brigade."
"Hu Yi." After shaking hands, Hu Yi came straight to the point and asked seriously, "Why haven't you gotten rid of it yet?"
Captain Meng smiled bitterly. "It was not until today before dawn that I realized there was a traitor in the team. It's hard to explain. By the way, yesterday morning, the battle at the west end of Shili Dang... Was it you guys?"
Hu Yi did not answer this question, but asked: "How many enemies are there behind us?"
"I don't know. Maybe there's a battalion...on the way here."
Hu Yi couldn't help but raise his hand to pinch his nose bridge, his head hurt. There was a cavalry squadron in the north, Xiangmo Village in the west was counted as a battalion, and further west was Li Youde's army, and now there was another battalion in the east. What merits and abilities did he have
"What’s wrong with you?"
"It's okay." Hu Yi raised his head again: "Ma Liang, share some food with the company!"
The fleeing team grew larger again, but there were also more enemies. This time they even lost the option of going east. There was nothing to say.
On the other side of the woods, Xiao Hongying sat in front of the rich man, holding a small branch in her hand and absentmindedly poking a dying insect on the ground: "Is that pocket watch very valuable?"
The rich man nodded. "It's made of silver. That traitor said it was blessed in the Sanqing Temple and is a talisman. I was fooled. Can a talisman protect me like this?"
"Well... it seems... you are in danger."
This surprised the rich man: "What do you mean?"
Xiao Hongying raised her head, glanced at the thieves on both sides, and said in a low voice: "I think they are going to shoot you!"
"Ah? Aren't they the Eighth Route Army? Aren't they said that the Eighth Route Army never kills innocent people?"
"Keep your voice down! Can you be more mature? You saw them running away, too. How could they take you with them?"
Those innocent big eyes and those pure words made the rich man stunned. He felt disappointed. His eyes became blurry and he collapsed into the grass again.
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The second company came back, having killed four or five puppet soldiers and picked up two or three rifles, panting.
A soldier who looked like an iron tower appeared in front of Captain Meng, making him look even shorter: "Taller."
Captain Meng thought to himself that you two are really weird, you only said your name without mentioning your position; Hu Yi had a gloomy face just now, so Captain Meng didn't dare to ask more questions. Now there is another one, although his face is not friendly, Captain Meng still mustered up the courage: "You are..."
"Independent Regiment. I'm the second company commander."
"Oh. Then he..."
"He is the deputy of the ninth company!"
Hu Yi raised his eyes helplessly and looked at Gao Yidao with contempt: Are you bored
Gao Yidao shamelessly glanced at Hu Yi: If you are unhappy, you can explain it yourself! Why are you looking at me? Then he asked Captain Meng: "What's your name?"
"My last name is Meng, and I'm the deputy commander of the Autumn Wind Guerrilla Brigade."
"Oh?" Gao Yidao was stunned: "So, you have to be considered at the battalion level?"
"I don't deserve it. I don't deserve it." Captain Meng finally felt a little relieved. He said this, but his body sat down firmly on the tree stump next to him: "Then the next step... should we study..."
"No need to study. What is there to study? Deputy Captain Meng, just tell us what to do next!" Gao Yidao's face, which was almost completely dark, became even more uneasy. Now he suddenly felt that the unlucky Hu Yi was much more pleasing to the eye than Captain Meng.
Listen to the words, and Gao Yidao's face was full of unhappiness. Captain Meng finally realized that you were just being polite! Deputy Battalion Commander Meng? Isn't this obviously embarrassing? He is not even as good as a company commander, not to mention that he just got help from these two. He could only smile awkwardly: "Captain Gao, stop joking with me. The guerrillas are worthless. How can I know what to do next? It all depends on you two!"
Hu Yi did not express his opinion at all about Gao Yidao's impoliteness, nor did he think it was funny. He pretended not to hear anything, but thought that Gao Yidao's show of power was a good move! Some guerrillas are organized, with detachments at the regiment level, battalions at the battalion level, and squadrons at the company level. If we really talk about military rank and position, Captain Meng should indeed be considered a deputy battalion commander.
The more dangerous the moment, the more we need to centralize power! No matter how muddleheaded Gao Yidao is, he knows everything about Captain Meng. No matter what rank Captain Meng holds, Hu Yi doesn't want him to interfere with the power of command. On the issue of power of command, Gao Yidao and Hu Yi, the two enemies, actually united their front and faced the outside world in unison.
"Since Captain Meng said so... I won't be polite!" Gao Yidao arrogantly sat down on the tree stump next to him and turned to Hu Yiyi: "Staff Officer Hu, can you stop nagging about those few blades of grass? Tell me, what should we do next?"
Captain Meng was a little stunned. Didn't he just say that he was Deputy Lieutenant Hu? How come he suddenly became Staff Officer Hu? Is this guy surnamed Hu low-key or sinister
"At present, it seems that we can only go south; but there are two directions to the south. Southwest, the closer we get to the county town, and southeast, the more we go, the more desolate it becomes. But we have to go now. It is daytime, so of course it is safer to go southeast. However, the Japanese cavalry may also guess so!"
"So should we go southeast or southwest? What's the difference between you... and not saying anything?"
"The best option... is to make the enemy think we are heading southwest, so that we have a chance to avoid encountering them before dark, and then use tonight to get rid of them. But I really can't think... how to make the enemy think we are heading towards the county town. In fact, the enemy may also think so. After all, we appeared in Xiangmo Village last night, and there is certainly a possibility that they will use the same trick to approach the county town."
"You still haven't said it? Why don't we head north? Even better, we can just run into them and kill the Japanese cavalry right away! Good luck to the world!"
Suddenly someone interrupted: "I have a way!" At some point, a little girl named Hongying appeared nearby, leading her chicks to wander between Hu Yi and Gao Yidao: "Gao Yidao, didn't you catch a man? If you let him go, he will definitely go to the devils to inform on you!"
Gao Yidao stared blankly: "I'm not sure if he is a traitor or not?"
"He certainly is!"
"What makes you say he's definitely a jerk?"
"Of course he is... Even if he isn't, you've been tying him up for so long, he must hate you to death, it would be strange if he didn't sue you!"
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Outside the woods, the soldiers geared up and began to head southwest. Someone nearby muttered, "It's dark under the lamp. The closer we get to the county town, the safer it is!"
Gao Yidao handed the silver pocket watch to the rich man and said, "Get out of here!"
This sentence made the rich man shudder. He fell to his knees with a thud and said in despair, "I won't leave! I absolutely won't leave! Can't I join the Eighth Route Army? Sir, please, let me join the Eighth Route Army!"
"I'm telling you... Let go of my legs, did you hear me? Let go! If you don't get out of here, I'll kill you right now, do you believe me? I said let go!"
The rich man trembled, loosened his hand, and stood up with difficulty. He walked backwards step by step, and kept scanning the nearby soldiers with his eyes in panic. Then he suddenly turned around and ran, using all his strength to run into the wilderness.
Looking at the hurried back, Gao Yidao curled his lips and shook his head: "I told him to let him go but he still doesn't believe me! Look at the way he is dying!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a crisp gunshot rang out! Gao Yidao and the soldiers of the second company were stunned. They watched the rich man's fleeing back shake violently and fall into the green. Gao Yidao couldn't help but ask angrily: "Who fired the gun!"
The man with braids put the Type 44 carbine on his shoulder with one hand, with smoke still coming out of the muzzle. In front of everyone's surprised gazes, he left the 9th Company and headed into the wilderness, straight to the place where the rich man was shot dead.
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Xiao Hongying looked back and saw no one following her, so she stepped on the rich man's body with one foot and said in a low voice, "Hey, stop pretending and give me your pocket watch!"
The corpse whispered: "Girl, it's a good thing that you are the one carrying out the execution! I will never forget your kindness!" Then he took out the pocket watch and placed it beside him.
"Who told me to be soft-hearted? Don't move, or I'll have to pretend to shoot you again."
"Good!" The corpse quickly became stiff.
With a click of a bolt, Xiao Hongying held the carbine and fired another shot at the side of the corpse. Then she picked up the pocket watch, pressed the button, and clicked - the watch case jumped up lightly. The dial was crystal clear, and two words were lightly engraved on the inside of the case: South Wind!
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"Are you sick?" Gao Yidao glared at Xiao Hongying who was walking back: "Didn't you say you would let him go and expect him to tell on you? What are you saying?"
"What are you yelling about?" Xiao Hongying shook the pocket watch in her hand: "I let him go, not you! He is not dead at all, you'd better keep your voice down!"
"What?"
"Gao Yidao, let me tell you, I guess his last name is Shen, and I guess he is the new captain of the Meixian Detective Team, hehehehehe... Do you believe it?"
"… "
"Hey, why are you so stupid? I'm telling you..." At this point, Xiao Hongying raised the pocket watch in her hand and shook it: "See? This pocket watch is the fox's! I've been looking for it for a long time, and I accidentally found it from him."
There is a kind of heartbreak that is not caused by loss, but by failure to cherish. At this moment, Gao Yidao wanted to strangle the evildoer in front of him, even if he died with her!
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