sjar Chapter 399 The Japs Are Coming
Chapter 399 The Japs Are Coming
"Ahem, quiet, quiet!"
"He's the most educated person in our entire team. I gave you such a good instructor, but you didn't want him. What's the meaning? If you think we are not worthy of teaching you, you can get out now!"
"Sir, we were wrong!"
Once Old Man Qian took the lead, all the other recruits apologized one after another.
After all, they had finally joined the team, and everyone got a gun. Where else could you find such a team?
If it were any other team, they would definitely not accept the elderly, the weak, women and children, let alone give them guns and bullets immediately.
"Okay, I'll give you one chance, but I'm going to make it clear, whoever disobeys my orders again will get out of here immediately!"
After Yuan Shuai finished speaking, he asked Tie Xiaogang to continue the training.
Tie Xiaogang selected three brothers from the Black Wolf Army to help with training.
These new recruits are also much more obedient.
After Yuan Shuai and the others took a few glances, they all followed Yuan Shuai away.
On the other hand, the guerrillas heard that General Yuan had recruited soldiers and the guerrilla leader was personally supervising the training.
He didn't want the soldiers he trained to be no match for the elderly, the weak, women and children on General Yuan's side.
However, he never expected that Yuan Shuai would bring people to his camp.
"Hey, Brother Yuan Shuai, why are you here when you're not going to training?"
Xiao Liangcai asked the deputy captain to direct the training, and then took Yuan Shuai aside.
Yuan Shuai glanced at the new recruits here and said unhappily.
"You are such a thief, you have picked all the good soldiers, leave the old, weak, women and children to me!"
"Brother Yuan Shuai, you can't blame me for this. I confiscated them because I thought they were not suitable for the battlefield, but I didn't expect that they would be unconvinced and run to your side to join the army! You were willing to accept them, how can you blame me!"
Xiao Liang was very proud for a while.
"Well, I don't expect them to be trained to a high level anyway, but for now, we have to defend ourselves well, because the Japanese might come to raid us! This is our base, we can't let them chase us! Take me around!"
"Of course, no problem. I couldn't ask for more if you were here to arrange the defenses!"
Xiao Liangchang quickly followed with some people.
Soon, Yuan Shuai followed him to the outskirts of the base.
Yuan Shuai walked and pointed, asking Xiao Liangchang's men to take notes.
"We're going to make a minefield here... In addition to the ground, we're also going to make minefields on the trees and in the air!"
"Minefields should be combined with traps, bamboo and wood should be used... Every position should have individual pits and air-raid shelters!"
"Cat-ear holes must be dug inside the trenches..."
"Hurry up and write it down. Don't forget it. I'll arrange for someone to start the work later!"
Listening to Yuan Shuai's instructions, Xiao Liangcai became extremely excited.
After all, they are guerrillas who often move from one place to another after firing a shot, so they don't have much defense here.
Now, Yuan Shuai's defense system includes minefields, traps, trenches, cat-ear caves, single-person pits, and air-raid shelters. It can not only defend against the Japanese infantry and artillery on the ground, but also avoid the bombing of Japanese aircraft.
Moreover, there are bunkers in many places, which can be used for cross-fire to block the Japanese attacks.
This was the first time he had heard of these defense system arrangements.
Soon, Xiao Liangchang mobilized his own troops and some civilians he brought back to start building defenses in various places.
Yuan Shuai also arranged for new recruits to join in, and taught them how to dig trenches, cat-ear holes, air-raid shelters, build bunkers, and create minefields.
The new recruits were very opposed at the beginning and felt that they needed training.
But they learned these things through actual practice and were extremely happy.
At the same time, the news that the guerrillas had defeated the Japanese quickly spread around.
The anti-Japanese morale of the entire Hunan army was greatly boosted.
The Kuomintang generals held a meeting with their hands banging on the table.
"Did you see it? Did you all see it? They, the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, a ragtag group of ragtag troops, a force of more than 200 people, actually wiped out a Japanese infantry battalion. Look at you, what did you do!"
"They are doing so well, what else can we do?"
"You have no shame. Where can I put my face?"
"Inform all troops, beat the devils hard when you see them in the future. No retreat without orders. Anyone who retreats without permission will be shot on the spot! I don't believe that with so many troops like us, we can defeat their guerrillas of more than 200 people!"
The national army generals were full of dissatisfaction.
The guerrillas of more than 200 people actually wiped out a battalion.
But how much would it cost them to wipe out a whole battalion?
But everyone has to save face.
The news about the guerrillas spread like wildfire. How could they face the common people if they didn't take concrete actions?
However, their national army basically fought positional battles and defensive battles.
In the face of bombing by Japanese tanks, artillery and aircraft, the casualties were extremely heavy, which was completely different from guerrilla warfare.
On the other side, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army were extremely happy.
"Well done, well done! This Xiao Liangcai is truly a talented guy!"
"More than 200 people actually wiped out a whole group of Japanese soldiers!"
"Wasn't the Black Wolf Army very powerful before? Look at our guerrillas, they are not inferior to them at all!"
"Notify everyone and have Xiao Liangchang continue to look for opportunities to kill the Japanese and slow down their westward offensive!"
Little did they know that Yuan Shuai and Xiao Liangchang had already discussed it and said that these devils were all done by their Eighth Route Army guerrillas, and they also asked Xiao Liangcai to keep it a secret and not reveal that their Black Wolf Army was here.
Because once the news leaked out, the Japanese would likely gather a large force to launch a frenzied encirclement and suppression campaign against them.
By then, they will be no match for the Japanese and will definitely be wiped out by them.
That's why Xiao Liangcai also issued a gag order, no one was allowed to reveal a single word about the Black Wolf Army to the outside world.
Therefore, the Japanese, the National Army, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army were all unaware that the Black Wolf Army was fighting here.
In the eyes of these people, everything was done by the Eighth Route Army guerrillas.
On the other hand, the Japanese were worried about retaliation from the guerrillas, so they no longer dared to carry out massacres in the surrounding villages.
But they quickly arranged an advance team to conduct reconnaissance in the surrounding areas of the city to find the specific location of the Eighth Route Army guerrillas so that they could call in the air force to carry out bombing.
Look, three Japanese soldiers disguised as hunters are walking closer to the outer defense line of the guerrilla base.
There are both visible and hidden sentries on the outer defense line.
The soldier on guard saw a hunter coming towards them and shouted loudly.
"My fellow, we can't go any further. Our camp is just ahead. Please go back!"
The three Japanese soldiers were startled at first, then they quickly nodded and bowed and turned away.
"Baga, we finally found their camp!"
After the three devils turned around, a sly smile appeared on their lips.