The Thirty-Third Chapter

  Just as they were about to leave the market, someone shouted from behind: "Lieutenant, lieutenant, a suspicious target has appeared here!"

  As soon as they heard this, the nearby puppet army immediately raised their weapons, although they didn't aim at Li Tie's motorcycle, but their eyes were all on them - his officer was on Li Tie's motorcycle.

  It turned out that these devils were not ordinary devils, they were the devil's garrison.

  The devils on the motorcycle are their squad leaders.

  Seeing the puppet army of the devils raising their guns, Li Tie estimated that he could not outrun these bullets no matter what, so he turned the motorcycle around and headed back in the direction he came from.

  As soon as the car stopped, a ghost came over. Standing at attention, he saluted and said, "Report to Lieutenant, suspicious footprints have appeared on that side."

  "What kind of work are you people doing?"

  "Captain, we're from the plainclothes team. Lieutenant was feeling a bit unwell just now and wants to go back and rest."

  "What's wrong, Lieutenant? Unwell? Doctor, doctor, come quickly! The lieutenant is unwell!"

  Next to him, a special agent heard this and saw an opportunity to flatter, so he immediately shouted loudly.

  In a short while, two Japanese devils' military doctors really came over

  。

  At that time, I followed over to take a look, just in case there was still a chance to save him, and it turned out to be useful after all.

  Two military doctors examined him and conferred with each other for a moment before speaking two sentences in Japanese to the sergeant standing beside them.

  Li Tie listened clearly on the side, and the general idea was that the lieutenant didn't have any major problems, he just drank too much wine and got drunk.

  Having heard this, the sergeant didn't say anything, but suspiciously glanced at Li Tie and others on the truck, then took the two devils and left.

  He must have thought it was the two agents who were being overly enthusiastic, and had found some liquor from somewhere for the lieutenant to drink. As a result, the lieutenant got drunk. He never imagined that these were actually two genuine Eighth Route Army men.

  A devil came over and gave them an order:

  "You two send Shao Wei back, be careful on the road and ensure Shao Wei's safety, otherwise beware of your dog heads."

  "Don't worry, General, we'll take good care of Lieutenant." Li Tie nodded and smiled obsequiously.

  Ride a motorcycle, turn around and head in the direction of the county town to exit.

  Just as they were about to start, a mournful cry came from the thatched cottage on the hill.

  "They're the Eighth Route Army, don't let them get away!!!"

  The agent who was knocked unconscious by Li Tie and the others woke up, and as soon as he crawled out of the grass heap, he saw two Eighth Route Army men who had snatched his clothes, riding a motorcycle with a Japanese lieutenant sitting in the sidecar, looking drowsy, obviously having been tied up.

  Li Tie, this regret! If not for fear of the bloody smell attracting the devils' wolf dogs, at that time should have directly killed these two spies. Look, a dog can't change its nature to eat feces, as soon as it wakes up it wants to let the devils capture itself.

  Li Tie stepped on the gas and sped away from the village. As long as he got out of the village, there were no devils or puppet troops in front of him, and he could escape quickly.

  At this time, the devils and puppet troops shouted together, and some devils had already opened fire on them, but considering the safety of the devil lieutenant, they only raised their guns and fired into the sky to warn the devils at the edge of the village.

  As expected, the devils on the edge of the village began to gather, their guns pointing at their motorcycles, also taking care of the safety of the devil lieutenant, and not firing.

  。

  Next to it, devils and puppet soldiers started laying stones on the road, trying to block the motorcycle's path.

  Li Tie wouldn't let them get away with it, pulled out a pistol from his waist and fired at the devils, knocking down several of them. The comrades behind him also drew their pistols and fired a burst at the puppet soldiers who were moving stones, directly shooting them to the ground where they didn't dare move.

  Taking advantage of the moment, Li Tie stepped on the gas pedal, and the motorcycle surged forward, rushing out of the market.

  Just as Li Tie thought he was about to break out of the devils' encirclement, a dense sound of horseshoes echoed from behind.

  Damn, I forgot about the enemy's cavalry. The enemy's foreign horse was much faster than a motorcycle at first, especially when Li Tie rode this three-wheeled motorcycle for the first time and wasn't very familiar with it, the speed was even slower, probably around 40-50 kilometers per hour.

  Soon, the devils caught up, not many, only five or six. It seems that the devil's cavalry is also scarce here.

  Because they saw that there were lieutenants on their vehicles, the devils did not open fire and instead charged forward with swords.

  Li Tie snatched the pistol from the special agent's body, but didn't have time to load it with bullets. He took out his own gun from behind his waist and fired two shots without looking back. Although he didn't hit any of the devils, they noticeably slowed down their pace.

  This is slow, it's almost as slow as a motorcycle.

  This resulted in a situation where Li Tie rode his motorcycle ahead, with the devils chasing behind. Before he knew it, they had already covered over ten miles of road.

  The devils on the horse saw that it was no good to always be like this, they couldn't catch up themselves, what if they ran back to their old nest? With just these five or six people, how could they possibly win? Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe had several hundred men, but wasn't he also defeated and scattered? He even managed to turn a good colonel into a lieutenant colonel, and that's not all, in the end he took his life. If these few people went, wouldn't it be like throwing an egg against a rock - they'd go but never return?

  The devils took down their rifles and fired at Li Tie and his men.

  The team member who had been sitting behind Li Tie all along was initially very afraid of falling off, so he held tightly onto Li Tie's waist. After more than ten miles of getting used to it, his fear gradually turned into excitement.

  。

  Seeing the devils were about to open fire, he drew out his shotgun, took aim, and with one sweep, two devils fell down. One of the devils' feet hadn't even been pulled out of the stirrup and was dragged along by the horse for a long time.

  Seeing himself taking down two devils at once, the young man couldn't help but get even more excited, raising his gun and firing in bursts, with devils falling off their horses from time to time.

  Looking back at the devils, because they were concerned about their own lives, they didn't dare to aim directly and shoot. Moreover, as their companions were killed one by one, they became more flustered. As a result, the more flustered they were, the less accurate they became. In the end, only one of the six devils was left.

  At this moment, Li Tie did not run away, stopped the motorcycle, and two people got off the car, with one hand holding a shotgun, waiting for the devils to come over in the middle of the road.

  And the devils, having just fired off all the bullets in their Mausers, saw that the two of them were still standing in the middle of the road.

  He turned his gun back and drew his saber, then urged his horse forward in a charge against the two men.

  "Idiot."

  Li Tie cursed and raised his hand with a gun, the ghost's body was thrown back and then fell off the horse.

  Just then, the foreign horse ran to Li Tie's side. Li Tie dodged to one side and quickly grabbed the reins with one hand, calming down the big foreign horse.

  Because the horses were a herd, the remaining five horses, although they had lost their master, still followed the lead horse and did not disperse.

  Li Tie gathered the reins of the six horses, letting the fox team member ride one and lead the rest, while he himself still drove the motorcycle. He turned back to collect the weapons and ammunition from the six devils, throwing their bodies by the side of the road, leaving behind a small note: "Mei County District Team Fox Team has been here for a visit."

  After several hours of marching, the two men finally brought back the devil lieutenant and these spoils of war to their base.

  Haha, we're living a pretty good life now. We have motorcycles and horses to ride. From now on, if I want to ride a horse, I'll ride a horse; if I want to ride a motorcycle, I'll ride a motorcycle; if I want to drive a car, I'll drive a car. It's so cool!

  Return to the base, hand over the weapons and the devils, leave one horse behind, and ride it for fun. Of course, you can't just say that you want to ride it for fun. As for what to say, just say that when you come to visit the company commander next time, it will be more convenient, but Second Dog District Commander won't believe this.

  But you don't believe me, I have a way, take out the roast chicken from my pocket, see if you believe it or not. Don't believe? Fine, then don't eat that roast chicken, just pretend I never came.

  As soon as he saw the roast chicken, Er Gouzi's team leader immediately believed. Still, Little Li was right on track, going out to execute tasks without forgetting to bring me some food. This kind of talent is worth cultivating well.

  But Xiaoli's one sentence made Ergou have a little bit of wavering about his previous thoughts.

  Xiao Lizi said: "Lian Zhang, this roasted chicken, I'll give you half of it, and the other half is for my godmother. You mustn't eat it all."

  However, considering that the other party is his godmother's family, Er Gou decided to let it go. After all, they are a mother and daughter duo.

  The devils received the 8th Route Army's attack one after another, making Banda furious all day long. From time to time, some unlucky secret agents or traitors were beaten into a pig head and came out of Banda's office.

  Because the plainclothes reconnaissance team composed of spies was too incompetent, of course, according to the spies themselves, it was not that they were too incompetent, but the Eighth Route Army was too cunning. The puppet army was even more useless. So Itai decided to form his own reconnaissance team to gather intelligence on the Eighth Route Army and obtain accurate and reliable information.

  Itakura ordered Lieutenant Commander Matsushita to take full charge of this matter.

  Matsumoto Lieutenant Colonel has been following Itai Major General as a staff officer, and is known for being meticulous in handling matters. Almost all the things he handled were done correctly, so he gained Itai's trust, which is why he was given this important task.

  Lieutenant Commander Matsushita announced the decision to form an Imperial Army plainclothes unit to the entire battalion.

  Although Chinese and Japanese people do not look very different in this era, the external differences are not small - Chinese people are generally thin and tall, Japanese people are generally short and sturdy; Chinese people like to squat on the ground, Japanese people like to bow their heads.

  The plainclothes team had high requirements, those who were too short were not allowed, those with gold teeth were not allowed, those with big bellies were not allowed, and those who were stupid were not allowed... Anyway, after a round of selection, Yamashita Taro and other twenty or so clever devils were selected.

  The Japanese are meticulous in their work, so the plainclothes team found two traitors to serve as coaches. They were trained in secret and had to learn Chinese manners and demeanor. Inside the plainclothes team, they were not allowed to speak Japanese. The two traitors were named Sun Jianping and Wang Debao. They were extremely obedient to the Japanese army, and the Japanese soldiers called them "friends of the Imperial Army". They taught the devils with great care.

  Soon, the Japanese army thought that the reconnaissance team could move out and planned to launch a surprise attack on the nearby Eighth Route Army.