Devil's Army

Chapter 1784 Searching for the Robbers

The company commander was afraid that if he transferred his troops to encircle and suppress the Japanese army, Meng County would be left empty and be attacked by the Japanese army. However, he had to encircle and suppress the Japanese army that killed the villagers.

The company commander felt the situation was serious and had to report it to the battalion commander immediately.

After hearing the company commander's report, the battalion commander immediately reported to the fourth regiment commander.

The fourth regiment commander analyzed that the Japanese army that entered the village to rob had a squadron of troops, and it was not ruled out that there were Japanese support troops outside.

So he selected a battalion from the troops rushing to Jiyuan City to encircle and suppress this group of Japanese troops.

Upon receiving the order, the battalion commander immediately turned southeast and rushed to Daobaohezi Village.

When we arrived at the fork in the road between Mengxian and Jiyuan, Xiao Shuanzi and his friends were already waiting there.

When they arrived at Daobaohezi Village, the battalion commander led one company into the village, while the other three companies hid outside the village.

The village was filled with gloom and the villagers who had lost their loved ones were sobbing quietly.

Seeing Xiao Shuanzi and his troops coming over, the old village chief came over tremblingly and complained:

"Sir, all the food in our village has been stolen by those damned devils. How are we going to survive this winter?"

When the villagers heard what the old village chief said, they all started crying.

"Everyone, calm down. Don't worry, with our First Anti-Japanese Army here, we will never let you go hungry. Does anyone know which direction the Japanese are running to?"

The villagers looked at each other, and only then did they realize that they were so busy feeling miserable that no one paid attention to which direction the Japanese soldiers ran in after stealing the food.

When the battalion commander saw this situation, he realized that at this point, they could no longer rely on the villagers to search for these Japanese devils, but had to rely on themselves.

"But which direction did the devils run to? What was their purpose? Were these devils the remnants of the devils in Jiaozuo City, or were they the devils who sneaked across the Yellow River?"

The battalion commander had no idea about any of this.

The battalion commander called a meeting of the company commanders and deputy company commanders of the four companies to discuss countermeasures.

After discussion, everyone felt that there were only two situations for this group of devils:

In the first scenario, this group of devils were the remaining devils in Jiaozuo City. They robbed the food in the village because they were hiding everywhere and were short of food.

The second possibility is that this group of devils smuggled in from the south bank of the Yellow River.

If they were the Japanese who smuggled in from the south bank of the Yellow River, then they had only one purpose, which was to reinforce the Japanese in Jiyuan City.

In response to the first situation, a battalion commander organized several reconnaissance teams and dispersed them to the surrounding villages to investigate whether this group of devils would rob other villages.

In response to the second situation, a battalion commander led his troops to chase along two small roads leading to Jiyuan County.

The battalion commander chased them all night but found no trace of the devils.

The battalion commander didn't know that the captain of the Shandao squadron was very cunning. At this moment, they did not take the shortcut, but led the troops through the mountains and forests, rushing to Jiyuan City.

A battalion commander analyzed that after their brigade's clearing of the enemy troops in Jiaozuo City, most of the organized Japanese troops had retreated to Jiyuan City. Therefore, it was more likely that this group of Japanese troops had sneaked in from the south bank of the Yellow River.

So the first battalion commander reported his analysis to the fourth regiment commander.

The fourth regiment commander agreed with the first battalion commander's analysis, but he had no way of knowing the whereabouts of this group of Japanese troops.

Now the troops are preparing to attack Jiyuan City, and he cannot arrange more troops to wipe out this group of devils.

But he still ordered the troops to arrange more mobile sentries to guard against sneak attacks by this group of devils.

The caution of the fourth commander did work.