Chapter 127: Going into the mountains to hide from the Eighth Route Army?
"Captain Takagi, I got two nice fat chickens."
In an unnamed valley in Shiquan County, a group of miserable-looking Japanese soldiers were hiding in the valley.
A Japanese soldier in a shit-yellow military uniform, holding two chickens, spoke happily to an officer in an ordinary Japanese military uniform.
Gao Muxiong's saliva was flowing when he saw the chicken in the soldier's arms.
Not only was he drooling, the dozen or so Japanese soldiers next to him were also looking at the two chickens with glowing eyes.
These Japanese devils were soldiers of the Goryeo Regiment, or strictly speaking, defeated soldiers who had escaped from the battlefield.
After the troops were defeated, they were chased by the Eighth Route Army for three whole days.
In order to get rid of the Eighth Route Army, except for the weapons and ammunition that could save their lives, everything else was thrown away, including food.
The only thing they had to eat for three days was some potatoes they dug up from the fields of the common people and roasted them before the Eighth Route Army caught up with them.
Or the kind without salt.
From that meal until today, the only thing they have eaten is grass roots pulled out of the ground.
There was nothing they could do because when they were roasting potatoes, the locals who were chopping wood discovered the smoke and called the Eighth Route Army.
Since then, a group of Eighth Route Army troops have been chasing them.
It’s not that they didn’t think about fighting back. After all, they still had more than 20 people at that time.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers who came after them numbered no more than thirty people.
The result of the counterattack was that they were now reduced to twelve people.
There were only a few dozen bullets left, which meant that each person had less than five bullets on average.
Who could have imagined that a group of more than 30 people from the Eighth Route Army would carry heavy machine guns and mortars!
The Eighth Route Army did not engage in a shootout with them at all, but simply set up heavy machine guns and mortars at a distance.
First, they fired seven or eight artillery shells, then used heavy machine gun fire to suppress the attack, and then the remaining infantry charged forward.
If Gao Mu Xixiong had not noticed something was wrong and left the remaining puppet troops to cover their retreat and ran away with the other Japanese soldiers, the few remaining people would have been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army.
Now they have been chased by the Eighth Route Army for three days. They haven't had any proper food for three days and are starving.
Now, looking at the two chickens stolen by the Japanese soldier, they all gathered around.
"Ono-kun, were you discovered by the villagers when you stole the chicken?"
"Ono-kun, it was you who led people to steal potatoes last time, but they were discovered by the villagers, which led to the Eighth Route Army. Now we have finally gotten rid of the Eighth Route Army..."
"Don't worry, we won't be discovered this time. When I stole the chicken, I looked around and saw that I wasn't the only one stealing the chicken. There was also a villager stealing the chicken... The Eighth Route Army won't suspect us."
Ono-kun patted his chest proudly.
"Yoshi, Ono-kun, you're awesome!"
“How do we eat this chicken?”
"Of course I'll grill it. I have some salt here."
"But we have no fire!"
"That's not that difficult. The gunpowder and primer inside the bullet can ignite the fire!"
"I'll go find some firewood!"
“I can kill chickens!”
More than a dozen Japanese soldiers gathered together and discussed how to eat the two chickens in front of them.
But Gao Muxiong on the side waved his hand helplessly and interrupted the conversation directly:
"You can't light a fire."
"When there is a fire, there is smoke. We finally managed to shake off the Eighth Route Army. Do you want them to catch up with us?"
Everyone fell silent after listening to what Gao Mu Xixiong said.
Yes, they had finally managed to shake off the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army. If they attracted the Eighth Route Army because of the fire, they would really not have the strength to escape.
As for surrender...
Although the Eighth Route Army said that it treated prisoners well, that was based on the fact that there were Eighth Route Army officers around.
This is also based on the premise that the Eighth Route Army officer strictly abides by military discipline.
They saw with their own eyes several Japanese soldiers being beaten to death by angry villagers.
Next to those villagers, there were several Eighth Route Army soldiers who were surrounded by uncles and aunts, feeding them eggs, pouring tea and passing them cigarettes.
They knew very well what they had done. Unless they could meet a high-ranking officer of the Eighth Route Army, they might be able to survive under the watchful eyes of the public.
If they met ordinary Eighth Route Army soldiers or grassroots officers, they would surely die!
Those who joined the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese invaders all hated them with a vengeance.
It was better if the puppet soldiers were caught, as they could still survive. After all, the Eighth Route Army could not tell whether the other side was puppet soldiers who joined the army out of necessity or voluntarily.
But as long as you are a Japanese soldier, you will die. No one cares whether you joined the army voluntarily. "Captain, now we have lost our maps. What should we do next? Can we escape the blockade of the Eighth Route Army?"
"Captain, the Eighth Route Army lost us today. They will definitely mobilize a large force to search the mountain tomorrow. What should we do?"
Many soldiers looked at the only officer in the team and put the questions to him.
Takagi Xixiong graduated from the Tokyo Military Academy and has pretty good military qualities.
Gao Muxiong looked up at the setting sun and spoke.
"Have a good rest tonight, and we will go into the mountains at dawn tomorrow!"
"As long as they enter the mountains, the Eighth Route Army will not be able to carry heavy weapons. Without heavy weapons, the threat posed by the Eighth Route Army to us becomes very low."
"If we are lucky, we might be able to run into our troops. After all, we still have many troops in the entire Shangdang area!"
"Try to steal some food from the village tonight. Try to prepare as much food as possible, and then burn some charcoal."
Gao Muxiong had just sorted out his thoughts and began to issue various orders in an orderly manner.
The soldier lying on guard on the hillside made a problematic gesture.
"Captain, the Eighth Route Army has entered the village!"
When Gao Mu Xixiong heard the news from the sentry, he hurriedly climbed up the hillside, lay on the ground, and looked in the direction the sentry pointed.
I saw a group of about twenty Eighth Route Army soldiers entering a village below.
"Baga, the Eighth Route Army has found our traces!"
"How did we get exposed?!"
"Military dog!"
“Bagaya road!
How come the Eighth Route Army has military dogs from our Great Japanese Locust Army?!"
Gao Muxiong was wondering how the Eighth Route Army had caught up with them so quickly when he suddenly saw an Eighth Route Army soldier walking out of a villager's house leading a big black dog.
The soldier was holding a piece of wrapped rag in his hand and letting the black dog sniff it.
"Wang Wang!"
The black dog that was smelling the thing turned its head and roared directly in the direction where Gao Mu Xixiong was.
"Platoon leader, there are Japanese soldiers on the hillside!"
An Eighth Route Army soldier holding a telescope discovered Gao Muxiong lying on the hillside.
"Mortar!"
Gao Mu Xixiong was so scared when he saw the Eighth Route Army below quickly setting up mortars and aiming them at them.
"The Eighth Route Army is coming!
Retreat quickly! "
"Platoon leader, the Japs have escaped!"
“Chase me!
We can’t let any Japanese go!
The common people finally managed to raise three hens for laying eggs, but they were all killed by the Japanese devils! "
"Run! The Eighth Route Army is coming!"
"Run into the mountains!"
"Into the mountains, into the mountains!"
"As long as we enter the mountains, the Eighth Route Army with heavy weapons will not be able to catch up with us!"
"Go into the mountains and fight guerrilla warfare with the Eighth Route Army!"
"If they can fight, we can fight too!"
In the past, the Japanese would chase the Eighth Route Army into the mountains with their dogs.
But now the situation is reversed. The Eighth Route Army is chasing the Japanese into the mountains with their hunting dogs.
The fleeing Japanese even came up with the idea of using the terrain to fight guerrilla warfare with the Eighth Route Army.
Although the Japanese were tired, compared with my life, that little fatigue was nothing.
This scene of the Eighth Route Army chasing the Japanese devils did not just happen in this one place.
The Eighth Route Army in the entire Shangdang area was hunting down the fleeing Japanese and puppet troops.
The Japanese were very powerful and were determined to escape. The Eighth Route Army did not have enough people to stop them from escaping.
(End of this chapter)
