Devil's Army

The commander of the first battalion said to the commander of the second regiment with a sad face: "It's good now. We can't smell the smell anymore."

Seeing that the villagers of Niangniangmiao Village were so afraid of joining the army, the second regiment commander knew there must be a reason. But it would be difficult to investigate the current situation.

At this time, the second battalion commander came over with an old man.

"Report to the group leader, this is Mr. He from Ping'an Village. He is quite familiar with the situation of this river. I brought him here to introduce the situation to us."

"Hello, old man. I'm sorry to trouble you." The second captain said, holding Grandpa He's hand.

Uncle He often traveled between Jinzhou and Huludao, and had heard about the actions of the First Anti-Japanese Army. He knew that the First Anti-Japanese Army was a people-friendly army, so he was not afraid of the soldiers of the First Anti-Japanese Army like other villagers.

He then introduced the situation of Xiaoling River to the second regiment commander: the water level of this section of Xiaoling River is four or five meters deep. Now it is low water, and the water level is more than two meters deep, which is not suitable for wading across the river. In addition, there are many undercurrents under the water, and the current is relatively turbulent. It is not suitable for swimming across the river.

"Is our recovery operation going to stop at the west bank of Xiaoling River right at the beginning?" The second battalion commander asked unwillingly.

There is a wider river twenty miles downstream by force of boat or by taking a detour.

"Can we gather enough boats to force a crossing?" the second captain asked Uncle He.

"It's a bit difficult." Uncle He said after thinking for a while.

The second commander looked at Uncle He and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I don't know what the devils are up to these days. They have taken away all the boats from the villages near us and captured many young and middle-aged boatmen."

"Have the Japanese come to Niangniangmiao Village?"

"I've been here. Niangniangmiao Village is closest to Xiaoling River. The most fishing boats have been confiscated there, and the most boatmen have been arrested there as well."

"No wonder the people in this village are so wary of us."

"That's no problem, leave it to me. I can still have a few words with them." After saying that, Uncle He walked towards Niangniangmiao Village. Two soldiers from the Second Regiment followed closely behind him.

After a while, the villagers of Niangniangmiao Village followed Uncle He and walked towards the military camp of the Second Regiment.

Many villagers came to the second regiment leader and knelt down, asking him to save their husbands, sons or fathers.

The second captain asked the villagers to stand up one by one, and then asked them for details.

It turned out that in order to prevent the Second Regiment Commander and his men from crossing the Xiaoling River, the Japanese confiscated the fishing boats in the surrounding villages in advance and captured a group of boatmen.

After the second regiment commander said goodbye to these villagers, he held an emergency meeting in the command room with the battalion commander and the company commander.

The second regiment commander analyzed: There must be Japanese scouts nearby, otherwise why haven't they attacked Niangniang Palace Town yet? The Japanese inside withdrew in advance. They haven't attacked Jianye Town yet, but the Japanese have already confiscated the surrounding fishing boats in advance?

A battalion commander requested to take people to capture the Japanese scouts.

The second regiment commander refused. He believed that our mass base here was very weak and it was difficult to distinguish which one was the devil's scout and which one was the common people. We would slowly deal with them after we recaptured this place. The first priority at present was to rescue the arrested villagers.

However, to cross the river and rescue the arrested civilians, it would be best to have someone familiar to lead the way, because the soldiers of the Second Regiment were completely clueless about the situation here.

Finally, the second regiment commander decided to assign the rescue mission to the first battalion. He asked the first battalion commander to try to find enough boats and take two guides familiar with the local conditions to cross the Xiaoling River to rescue the arrested civilians.

When the second regiment commander and his men came out, several female medical soldiers were holding food for the children to eat.

Several skinny kids were working with their left and right hands, their mouths stuffed full.

Their parents stood by with tears in their eyes, looking at their children with affection.

When the villagers heard the Second Regiment Commander say that they wanted to know the situation of the Japanese invaders on the other side of Xiaoling River, they all gathered around and told him what they knew.

Jianye Town was guarded by only a small group of Japanese soldiers and more than a hundred puppet soldiers. The arrested villagers were most likely imprisoned in the military camp next to the Japanese headquarters.

At this time, a villager provided an important piece of information: last night, more than a hundred Japanese devils and more than a hundred puppet soldiers took a boat from here to Jianye Town opposite.

"It turns out that these rats who stole food did not escape to Jinzhou, but escaped here. Commander, let our battalion go. More than 300 Japanese devils and puppet troops are not enough for us to fill our teeth." The first battalion commander asked the second commander for a fight.

"We must destroy these devils, but the most important thing right now is to rescue the captured civilians. Don't take over the main task."

"Yes." The battalion commander replied with a red face.

When the villagers of Niangniang Temple heard that the second team leader wanted a guide who was familiar with the situation on the other side, two young men immediately volunteered to serve as guides.

But when it came to boats, everyone was in a dilemma, because this time most of the fishing boats from their villages were confiscated by the Japanese.

Uncle He said he could provide a fishing boat. The villagers of Niangniangmiao Village discussed it for a long time but still could not provide a fishing boat.

Finally, it was decided that the fishing boats provided by Uncle He would transport a platoon of the first battalion to the other side in batches.