My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

So he immediately organized several larger-scale battles to confirm the source of the news.

When he confirmed it, he immediately became extremely excited and increased the frequency and intensity of his attacks.

As a result, although the casualties of Japan's own soldiers increased, the enemy's casualties and ammunition consumption also increased a lot, which directly forced Hishikari Ryu to open the champagne to celebrate in advance.

But at this extremely critical moment, something went wrong in his rear.

It turned out that they were the Taoist soldiers sent by Jiang Li. After completing the early accumulation, they obtained a large number of ghosts and spirits, making them more efficient in killing the Japanese pirates.

However, the most crucial point is that since the war started at the end of September, it has been almost half a year now, and it is already March.

In the Jianghuai hilly area, it is already the transition period from winter to spring. The temperature difference between morning and evening is so large that many people start to get sick.

The Japanese pirates were originally an outsider group, and their reactions were particularly obvious in this situation, so many of them fell ill due to the disease.

This allowed the guerrillas, most of whom were locals, to take advantage and their gains increased.

As they became more active, they took up the task of destroying the enemy's logistical supplies, which hit Lingqi Long hard.

He finally found a breakthrough and was about to win the battle, but you rats held him back. How could he not be angry?

But there was nothing he could do despite being angry. He could only send his troops back to encircle and suppress the enemy. However, as a result of his dividing his troops and with the reduction of logistical supplies, the offensive slowed down immediately.

It was this wave that allowed the Anmin Army to get its revenge, and the personnel in the rear took advantage of this period to mine coal and sulfur from Chongqing, and a lot of iron and copper mines from Sichuan.

This directly plugs the hole in energy and raw materials. Although it is impossible to restore the previous production capacity, if we save it a little, it should be enough to support this war.

As a result, when Lingqi Long drove the guerrillas back into the mountains and restored the supply route, he launched another attack, but found that the enemy's firepower seemed to have increased.

At first, he thought that the enemy had taken a break and had some reserves, which would be used up after a few battles. However, after a few days, his defense was broken.

There is no end to the enemy’s bullets.

Although the enemy's firepower was far less intense than at the beginning, this level of firepower was just right for defense, and their soldiers could not gain much advantage at all.

After thinking about it, he immediately thought of the key to the problem. It must be because of the naval blockade that the enemy temporarily lost its fuel and energy source.

But during the seven or eight days when he was delayed by the rats in the rear, the enemy found a replacement. Although it was not as good as before, it was enough to continue the next war.

When he thought of this, he gnashed his teeth in hatred and immediately ordered the exhausted encirclement and suppression troops to intensify their efforts and make sure to eliminate all the rats.

The commander of the local encirclement and suppression force, Koji Ikeda, of course, explained his situation in detail. Not only were the soldiers exhausted physically and mentally, but many of them had already fallen ill.

But Lingqi Long, who was furious, did not care about their situation at all and directly forced them to wipe out the enemy within a month, otherwise all their commanders would have to commit disembowelment and apologize.

But he didn't know what consequences his order would bring.

The commander of the encirclement and suppression force, Koji Ikeda, was very angry after receiving the order, but in Japan, where the hierarchy is extremely strict.

However, he could only grit his teeth and accept it. Then he gave a strong order, ordering all the soldiers who could still move to participate in the encirclement and suppression, and to wipe out the remaining enemies within a month.

Yes, because Hishikari Ryu sent another troop to assist Ikeda Koji, the guerrillas were caught off guard and have suffered heavy casualties.

When they learned that the Japanese pirates had sent people to encircle and suppress them again, they all knew that there was no way to survive this time. However, no one thought of surrendering. Instead, they stood up and prepared to fight the enemy to the death.

But at this time, a Taoist soldier named Zhao Dahai stood up and said, "Wait a minute, everyone. I think we are not at the end of our rope yet."

Hearing this, everyone immediately asked, and Zhao Dahai did not keep anyone in suspense and spoke loudly.

"You should all know that my colleagues and I have a group of ghosts under our command. They have devoured a lot of the souls of the Japanese pirates during this period, and their strength has greatly increased."

"Although they are still unable to directly attack the ferocious army, they are still a group of ragtag troops who have retreated or are seriously ill and have no energy."

"I think I'm somewhat confident!"

Everyone's faces were filled with surprise when they heard this. Although they were not afraid of death, they would naturally be willing to do so if they could avoid death.

So someone immediately asked, "Brother, you guys actually have this ability, that's great, I wonder how you want us to cooperate, we will definitely do our best!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Dahai immediately stated his demands, and then discussed the details of the matter with everyone. After the discussion, the Taoist soldiers and the guerrillas prepared to go.

On the other hand, a group of a thousand Japanese pirates were searching for the guerrillas in the mountains with resentment.

Many of them were already ill, with red faces or constant coughing, or at worst listless, completely lacking the high spirits they had when they first received the order to wipe out the guerrillas.

However, it was broad daylight and the guerrillas had already gone into hiding. How could they find them? After a whole day of hard work, they gained nothing.

However, they did not know that the guerrillas had already been targeting them.

When darkness covered the earth, the guerrillas began to act. In the woods outside the Japanese pirates' camp, countless faint white strips of cloth swayed in the breeze, like the skirts of a ghost.

At the same time, some team members who are good at ventriloquism hid in the dark, imitating all kinds of eerie and terrifying sounds.

Sometimes you can hear the crying of a baby, sometimes the sad sighs of an old man, and sometimes the roars of people who died in vain.

These sounds seemed particularly strange in the silent night, making the Japanese soldiers' nerves tense to the extreme.

So they immediately opened fire back, but it was of no use, the sound was still echoing and the cloth strips were still fluttering.

In order to calm people's hearts, the Japanese pirate commander immediately led his team in pursuit with torches, but he saw the will-o'-the-wisp fire ignited on its own, which made them even more terrified.

But this series of tricks was not meant to allow the ghosts to deal with these healthy Japanese people, but was just a strategy to lure the snake out of its hole.