Chapter Fifty-two: Another Ambush

  "Long, long." "Ah, little stick, where's Captain Liu?" Zhang suddenly woke up from his daze, "Captain, didn't Captain Liu tell you? Look, we have new guns, and these are six Type 99 machine guns. And there are three grenade launchers too."

  The little stick was talking incessantly in front of Zhang Paichang, while Zhang Paichang was now filled with regret. Why did he become stunned as soon as he heard that there were guns given to him? How could he be hit by sugar-coated bullets?

  While Zhang Pa-chang was lost in thought, Liu Hsieh had already led his guerrilla troops to the next ambush site.

  "Paichang, what kind of team do you think they are? Are they... uh, not like the one that loved you... no, they're not as generous as them." Xiaobangzi muttered to himself on the side, seemingly asking Paichang and also talking to himself.

  "Little stick, what are you saying? Let's go." "Ah, Pa Lang, we're going back now. I still want to kick this devil a few more times." "Suit yourself, what's the point of kicking this devil's corpse? Ah, but Little Stick, take a look at how many people are in that group?"

  "Take a good look, they only have over a hundred men." "Over a hundred men can kill so many devils, do you see any wounded among them?" In fact, the platoon leader meant to ask how many people had died in Liu He's team.

  "No, I found that none of them were injured because they ran away," said Xiao Bangzi with certainty. "This is unbelievable, what kind of team are they? Judging from their performance, they are neither ** nor our own team, are they bandits?"

  "Impossible, they can't have such combat power. And haven't you noticed? They're all wearing Type 38 Arisaka rifles."

  "Never mind, let's not guess anymore. Anyway, they are all revolutionary troops fighting against the enemy, they won't harm us. Let's go back now, we can start recruiting soldiers." Zhang said with a wave of his hand.

  Indeed, without guns, you recruited new soldiers, what did they use, hoes? Now it's fine, Captain Zhang can recruit over a hundred soldiers.

  "Zhang Paichang, what's all this?" "Ah, Song Village Chief, these are all spoils of war that our brother units couldn't take with them, so they gave them to us. These were all captured from the little devils, and also, the bodies of the devils are on the road outside, Village Chief you should remind everyone to be careful, beware of the devils coming to take revenge on us."

  "It's nothing, these little devils are also the kind who bully the weak and fear the strong. This time I've beaten them sore, they won't dare come again in the future. You should know that my ancestors followed General Qi to fight against the Japanese pirates during the Ming dynasty, I understand them."

  "It's settled then. Let's ignore the little devils for now. Village Chief Song, didn't you say some young people wanted to join the army? Now that we have weapons, we can start recruiting."

  It was all because of the carelessness of these two people that this village almost fell into an irretrievable situation, but that's a story for later. Now let's talk about Liu He and his group, who had already arrived at another ambush location.

  The scouts have found out that a group of devils are advancing towards this place, now there are more than ten miles away from here, and at their speed, they will arrive in three hours.

  Liu He observed the surroundings, this place is really not a good ambush spot. If it were summer, this would be an ideal ambush location. To the left was a small hillside, with no obstacles on the hillside, and to the right was a flat plain. Liu He had also arranged for personnel to go over and check, there was nowhere for them to hide. Could they really give up this ambush? It's really not reconciled.

  "Right here, each of you dig a hole and make it a hiding place. First, pile the snow on the surface to one side. After the hole is dug, sprinkle all the snow on your body. And Logistics Team 2, arrange for ten people to take care of the aftermath, then all of you hide far away from me. Wait until we finish the ambush and then come out."

  There was no way to make a way for ourselves, fortunately, the logistics team still had a shovel for each person, which was a short-handled, small-area iron shovel, and it was a batch of high-priced iron shovels that Liu He had specially made by an ironsmith in the city. The purpose was to use them during marching and combat, and even these iron shovels could be used as weapons.

  Liu He gave the order, and everyone got busy. They carefully piled up the 20-centimeter-thick layer of snow to one side, making sure not to dirty it. If they didn't, the snow on top would have black and white patches after being trampled, which would attract the enemy's attention.

  The pit was dug quickly, and then the clothes taken from the devils were placed inside. The team members then crawled in, and other team members poured snow on top of them until they looked flat. This process continued until all team members had entered the pit, taking almost two hours. By this time, there was less than an hour before the devils arrived.

  At this time, Liu He had not yet found a good place to command, "It's here." Liu He said, pointing to the earth ridge on one side. "Captain, this won't do, this place is too dangerous, it's too close to the road." "No, danger has to be placed here, only here can we observe the surrounding situation, otherwise you see them, they're all prone on the ground, even if they see a person, it's not possible."

  It was indeed a bit adventurous this time, but Liu He completely trusted the quality of these team members and their marksmanship. As soon as they raised their heads, they could quickly open fire and wouldn't let the bullets fly away.

  The key now is a commanding position. The place Liu He chose is only 20 to 30 meters away from the roadside, which has a wider field of vision, but it's too dangerous.

  "It's too late, listen, the enemy's voice has already been transmitted." "Alright then, Captain, you have to be careful, if it's too dangerous, we'd rather give up this ambush and let the enemy pass by."

  These ten people ambushed one person, and it was very quick. Even though this was a relatively hard land, the crowd quickly dug out a hole. Liu He quickly buried himself in it. Now if you look at Liu He again, if you look closely, there are two small holes in one place, which is Liu He's eye position. The team members specially added some snow to Liu He's head, so that Liu He can move his head left and right inside, so he can see the surrounding things from those two small holes. However, this field of vision is not very wide, only within a range of 100 meters in front.

  And those team members, they couldn't see anything at all, they were directly buried in the snow, with only a small hole in front of their noses for breathing. However, unless you looked closely at the face, it was impossible to detect that someone was hiding inside. Now they just waited for the devils to enter the ambush circle.