Chapter 71

  Since we want revenge, we must let the devils know.

  How can we make the devils know? Directly taking people to attack the county town, Li Tie thinks he doesn't have that ability yet. But how can we make the devils afraid?

  I was in the infirmary of the hygiene team, Li Tie thought for a whole afternoon and finally came up with what he thought was a brilliant idea.

  The main force of the regiment cannot go to find the devils to fight hard, so I can only take a small team there.

  Of course, the most suitable candidate is the independent company. The independent company does not usually participate in the patrol of the base and only deals with some sudden events as a mobile force. However, there are only about twenty first-line combat personnel in their own independent company, which is too few.

  After some consideration, Li Tie decided to borrow some warriors from other troops to fill up his own.

  Summoning all the company commanders to the battalion headquarters, in front of Battalion Commander Er Gou, Li Tie first expressed his gratitude to everyone for taking care of him during this period. At the same time, he also stated that if there is anything that requires independent action from the company in the future, he will definitely not hesitate and will take responsibility. Everyone was moved by Li's magnanimous display and tears streamed down their faces.

  It's worth noting that each squad leader can choose not to ask Er Gou for things, and instead go loot the enemy's supplies themselves. But they just can't help asking Xiao Lizi for some stuff, because everything he gets is top-notch, the best of the best, good stuff that you might not be able to get even with money.

  At the end of his thanks, Li Tie made a small request to each battalion commander, asking each battalion to lend him five people.

  Each battalion commander, upon hearing that Little Li asked to borrow five men, patted their chest and said, "Don't mention borrowing five men, even if it's fifty men, there won't be a second word."

  But Xiao Li's next request made each company commander a bit silent.

  Xiao Li Zi demanded that all five be machine gunners and bring their own machine guns, stating that this time they were borrowing people without any benefits to speak of. The machine gunners had to bring their own guns, bullets, dry rations, and backpacks.

  However, after some thought, he realized that his own company had five machine guns, but if Xiao Li borrowed one, their strength would be weakened. In the past, not only did a company have five machine guns, but even a battalion didn't have five. Since Xiao Li arrived, in addition to the five machine guns, there were also five grenade launchers. That guy was not comparable to the past. Therefore, after a brief hesitation, all the company commanders nodded in agreement. Of course, what made them most happy was that Er Gouzi promised on the spot that after Li Tie returned, all the ammunition consumed by the battalion would be replenished, and the lost weapons would also be replaced, guaranteeing that they would return with as much as they went out with.

  Li Tie led out an independent regiment reinforced with machine guns.

  This time, the independent detachment is equipped with the following weapons: fifteen machine guns (the artillery company didn't come because they had no machine guns), twenty-one submachine guns, one sniper rifle (the one that was just captured, the previous one was given to another unit for guarding the headquarters), and twenty-two shotguns. Each person has three hundred rounds of ammunition, and the machine gunners have two thousand rounds each.

  Xiao Li Zi is going to find the ghost's bad luck.

  They first chose an outpost closer to the county town.

  Due to the large number of strongholds, the military strength is somewhat tense, so most of the fake troops were sent to guard the stronghold, and this stronghold was guarded by all fake troops.

  Li Tie led thirty or so men and directly surrounded the stronghold. Fifteen machine guns were lined up in a row, their black muzzles aimed at the small cannon tower.

  The pseudo-army in the watchtower saw that many people had come outside, each carrying machine guns. Since this place was close to the county town, they couldn't tell what kind of people these were, so they let someone with a louder voice shout: "What are you?"

  "We are the Eighth Route Army."

  Li Tie replied truthfully.

  This shocked the pseudo-army in the artillery tower, and after a flurry of chicken flying and dog jumping, the phone was dialed to the pseudo-army battalion headquarters.

  "Report to the battalion commander, I am Xiao Zhao Zhuang outpost, we are surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, requesting support."

  "How many roads are there?"

  "There were thirty or forty people."

  "Hold on for a moment, we'll be there right away."

  "Report to the battalion commander, we can't hold on, there are fifteen machine guns just outside!"

  "Let your mother's fart, which team has 15 machine guns with only 30 or 40 people? It must be the Eighth Route Army's trickery, if I can't hold on, I'll take your life."

  "Squad leader, there really are fifteen machine guns, I counted them myself."

  "Fart, open your dog eyes and take a look. The Eighth Route Army is having trouble even eating meals, each regiment has one machine gun at most, where did the fifteen come from? It must be fake, maybe it's made of wood, hold on for me."

  This fake army also makes sense, where did the Eighth Route Army get so many machine guns? It must be fake, it's just a scare tactic used by the local Eighth Route Army. Thinking about it this way, I suddenly felt much bolder.

  "Bandits, if you have the guts, shoot! Grandpa isn't afraid of you, don't think that just because you have so many machine guns."

  Li Tie Er didn't say a word, he waved his hand and the 15 machine guns opened fire simultaneously. The dense bullets rained down on the small artillery tower like hailstones, occasionally flying into the tower through the shooting holes, causing multiple ricochets inside the cramped space, stirring up clouds of blood mist. The tower was filled with wails and screams. The puppet soldiers were all frightened, huddling against the wall, shaking all over, cursing their commander, saying that the Eighth Route Army didn't have machine guns, what kind of bullets were these? These officials only knew how to talk big while snuggling up to women's bellies.

  In less than two minutes, a small branch with a white cloth stained with blood stretched out of the shooting hole in the artillery tower, but just as the branch had barely poked out of the shooting hole, a bullet directly broke the branch, and the white cloth floated gently down from the top of the artillery tower.

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  The pseudo-army inside was originally pale with fear, now looking at it, the white flag of surrender was actually broken, this is the posture of the Eighth Route Army not wanting prisoners, immediately the pale face turned into a wax yellow, and big drops of sweat flowed down from his head and face.

  "Cease fire!" Seeing the pseudo-army in the artillery tower surrendering, Li Tie ordered the machine gun to stop.

  Even so, the entire fort's exterior has become unbearable to look at, with dense bullet holes covering the walls, one after another, making it impossible to discern the original material of the fort.

  The fake soldiers in the artillery tower were waiting for their deaths when they heard the gunfire stop, but then a voice came:

  "The people inside listened and immediately threw out their weapons, all personnel raised their hands and came out of the artillery tower."

  Although the voice was not loud and had no emotional tone, to the pseudo-soldiers in the artillery tower, it was like a heavenly music, each one felt relieved, almost excitedly came out, all for the sake of being captured by the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible, or rather, they were excited to temporarily save their lives.

  They gathered all the things that could be gathered in the artillery tower, set off, and when they were about to leave, Li Tie didn't forget to bring the telephone on the wall, as well as two dry batteries.

  Load all things on the big cart beside the cannon tower and start working on opening up the road.

  Seeing Li Tie and his men leaving without even acknowledging them, the fake soldiers standing upright beside them became anxious:

  "Boss, superior, we, this and our."

  "What's wrong with you? Anything happened?"

  "What should we do now?"

  "What to do, how did I know? Let's just do this, those who want to continue being fake soldiers stay behind, those who don't want to be fake soldiers leave, but there is no fare, if you want to fight against Japan and join the Eighth Route Army, follow us." After finishing speaking, he started walking without looking back.

  The pseudo-soldiers next to him were all stunned. Is there such a thing? Being captured and still being able to choose one's own path?

  At that time, two people followed Li Tie and went to the Eighth Route Army. Some people tore off the puppet army emblem on their bodies and walked away without looking back, seemingly returning home. The rest stayed in place, seemingly waiting for the puppet army to come and take them in again.

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  The two fake soldiers following behind Li Tie helped push the cart, and together they disappeared into the distance.

  Although a lot of bullets were wasted, he himself did not suffer any casualties, and even two fake soldiers joined him. Li Tie felt that he had thoroughly profited from the situation.

  Hide things in a place and then go find trouble with the devils again.

  Li Tie took out two guns from the big truck with ease, handing one to each of the two new soldiers who had just joined. He then led them into action without any courtesy. The two new soldiers were deeply moved - this was trust! With a leader like this, what couldn't they do?

  This time the prize was a slightly larger stronghold, with devils and puppet troops mixed together. What particularly caught Li Tie's attention was that this small stronghold not only had big trucks but also an automobile, it seemed that after Li Tie's search, the devils' automobiles were still plentiful.

  No nonsense, first occupy the high ground.

  The old routine, machine guns set up, black muzzles directly aimed at all exits of the artillery tower.

  Everything is ready and all preparations are complete, just waiting for the opening shot.

  Before starting a fight, report to the family first, this is Li Tie's rule.

  "To the devils in the artillery tower, listen up! We are the Eighth Route Army. You are now surrounded and have the right to remain silent. Any unfriendly action will be taken as a reason for annihilating you."

  "Now, you have five minutes to decide. You have three options: First, surrender and lay down your arms, we will give you prisoner of war status and guarantee your personal safety. Second, call for help from Banta, in order to ensure the smooth communication of the phone, we haven't cut off the telephone line yet. Third, shoot at us, we can have a one-on-one or group fight, if you choose the second or third option, you will no longer have prisoner of war status, and the final result will be no prisoners."

  Whether the devils understood or not, a commotion was evident in the artillery tower.

  Two new soldiers who had just joined the Eighth Route Army were amazed, when did we become so powerful in fighting against the devils? But after some thought, it was understandable, after all, there were more than a dozen machine guns and twenty or more submachine guns on the high platform, not to mention several devils, even if dozens or hundreds of them came, they would probably not be able to take us down.

  "Four minutes left."