Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

Chapter 1251 Guerrilla Gathering Place

This place is halfway up a mountain, and hunters often rest here when they go into the mountains. Later, after the guerrillas of the 72nd Army entered the mountains, they set up this place as their temporary gathering point. Usually, a dozen or so people formed a small team. During the day, they would go out and fight the Japanese, and at night they would come here to exchange intelligence.

If a large group of Japanese soldiers were to appear, several guerrilla units would likely coordinate their actions. However, if it were only a small group of Japanese soldiers, they would replenish their ammunition here and then go their separate ways tomorrow. After all, in these mountains, the smaller the group, the more flexible they are.

Despite outnumbering us by more than ten times, the Japanese had absolutely no idea which way was which. Most importantly, our weaponry was far superior, and every ambush was planned. So no matter how much the Japanese struggled, there hadn't been a single day without casualties in the past week.

"Company commander, how were our results today?"

A burly soldier said while cleaning his sniper rifle, "The squad is basically all back now. They were originally members of the regular army, but because their hometowns are all around here, they couldn't bear to leave their families behind, so they volunteered to join the guerrillas. This way, they could continue fighting the Japanese and take care of their families nearby, which was a win-win situation."

"The results are quite good. We have confirmed about 190 people. Compared with the total number of our guerrillas, that's equivalent to each person killing two people a day."

"Company Commander Huang Maosheng said with a smile. He was originally a platoon leader in the regular army, but he was promoted to company commander after joining the guerrillas. Even so, he still felt a little regretful. He had originally planned to move eastward with the regular army, but his elderly mother, who was over 60 years old, was at home, so he had to stay behind for the time being. In the past two days, people from the army came to take his mother away, so that they could concentrate on fighting."

The big sniper chuckled. Two Japanese soldiers a day was hardly enough for them. Back in the day on the Pujiang battlefield, twenty a day was no problem. As long as you found the right opportunity, a burst of bullets could take down several.

However, we are currently fighting a guerrilla war, and with the enemy being stronger than us, we absolutely cannot engage in a direct confrontation. If we were to fight them head-on now, we would not fare well and might even be surrounded. That would be our fault.

"Deputy Company Commander Sun is back."

While the brothers in the team were resting, they suddenly heard that the deputy company commander had returned. Company Commander Huang, who was looking at the ledger, also stood up. Deputy Company Commander Sun led more than a dozen men to a nearby supply point to collect supplies, which would last them for the next week.

"Old Sun, have you brought everything back?"

Company Commander Huang said somewhat anxiously that although they were fighting behind enemy lines, all kinds of supplies were arranged in advance. They were different from ordinary guerrillas. If they had to rely on local resources, they probably wouldn't have such strong combat power. Therefore, logistics was very important to them and could be said to be a magic weapon for their victory.

"We've brought them all back. Hurry up and distribute them to the brothers. Our supply point has changed location again. The Japanese sweeps are really fierce. There are also a lot more traitors in these surrounding villages. I suggest that starting tomorrow, we should eliminate these traitors. Otherwise, they will only cause us trouble and threaten our logistics line too much."

When Deputy Company Commander Sun said this, everyone around him nodded. He had taken fifteen or sixteen men with him, and their backpacks were now completely filled with food, drinks, and other necessities. They no longer had mechanized transport, so they had to rely entirely on manpower.

However, these things were enough for them to use for a week, and all the food and drinks inside were high-calorie items.

“I’ve also considered the problem you mentioned. These traitors have been coming one after another lately, and they’ve reduced our living space considerably. We need to get rid of them in advance, otherwise, if they bring the Japanese into the mountains, our good days will be over.”

As Company Commander Huang spoke, he took out a notebook from his backpack, which contained a list of traitors in various villages who had already been exposed, including some Japanese garrison personnel in those villages. "We need to tackle the easier cases first. Let's see which villages don't have Japanese garrisons and eliminate those people first."

The landlord, Wu Laoliu, was a traitor in Xiaohuangzhuang. This guy had done his fair share of bullying and harassing before, but ultimately, it wasn't really related to the Japanese. However, ever since the Japanese occupied the county town, this guy's mind started to wander.

His son was originally the captain of the police station's security team in the county. When the Japanese invaded, the police chief and deputy chief fled, leaving only the head of the criminal investigation department to resist with dozens of policemen for a day, before they were all killed by the Japanese.

This guy had dozens of men and dozens of guns under his command, but he didn't dare to resist the Japanese. When the Japanese were about to enter the city, he suddenly surrendered and became the police chief supported by the Japanese.

Wu Laoliu himself had no intention of fighting against the Japanese. Seeing that his son had become the police chief, and that the Japanese had supported him, what else could he say? So he became the head of the village's puppet government. However, judging from his attitude, he was not satisfied with just being the head of the puppet government; he still wanted to become the mayor of the entire town.

In the old man's mind, when the Nationalist government was in power, they didn't even consider him. Now that the Japanese were coming, it was a chance. If he didn't seize this opportunity, he probably wouldn't be destined to be the town mayor.

His son was very supportive, and for the past few days he had been collecting grain from the village, from the poor to the rich. Under the leadership of his village guards, they had indeed collected quite a bit of grain. To put it bluntly, it was almost like outright robbery. They'd just issue you a permit and that was it. Once it was delivered to the Japanese, it would probably be enough to get him a position as town mayor.

"Master, you should send this grain to the Imperial Army as soon as possible tomorrow. I don't feel at ease leaving it in our yard. The guerrillas around here are very powerful."

After dinner, Grandma Wu became a little worried. There was too much grain in the yard, almost 20,000 to 30,000 catties.