Chapter Thirty-Two: Surrounded by Bandits

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  On the mountain not far from where the guerrilla and puppet army were exchanging fire, the devil captain Yamamoto and the owner of Lao Ying's stronghold, Lao Ying, were listening to their subordinates' reports. Upon learning that Li Quan led the puppet army to flee like a dog with its tail between its legs, and the guerrilla suffered heavy losses as well, the two couldn't help but burst into joyful laughter. Yamamoto was even more self-satisfied, laughing at Lao Ying and saying: "Younger brother, my plan wasn't bad, right? Let them fight each other to the death, we'll reap the benefits. Haha......"

  The eagle raised its thumb and flattered, "Mr. Yamamoto's plan is really high. If we launch an attack on the guerrilla team now, we can definitely wipe them out."

  Upon hearing the Eagle's flattering words, Yamamoto became even more arrogant and smiled complacently: "Alright, you can start taking action now. First, surround the guerrilla troops."

  The eagle was quite displeased with Yamamoto's tone of command. Although he knew very well that in Wada's eyes, Yamamoto was just a greedy and lecherous good-for-nothing. In the eyes of the Japanese military officers under Wada, Yamamoto only had his current position because of his connections. Otherwise, how would Wada have sent Yamamoto to a mountain stronghold as a liaison officer and put his soldiers under the command of his deputy? Because of Yamamoto's relationship with Wada, the eagle still had to put on a smiling face in front of him. After another round of flattery towards Yamamoto, he ordered his men: "Pass down the order, quickly surround the guerrilla troops."

  Liu Tao sent out scouts to gather information about the enemy, and they quickly returned. The intelligence they gathered shocked Old Li and Liu Tao. There were now around 500-600 bandits from Lao Ying's gang moving in on the guerrilla team from all sides, and it would soon be surrounded. If the two sides clashed head-on, Liu Tao knew that the guerrilla team would have no chance of winning. He could no longer afford to clean up the battlefield and hastily ordered his men to gather up the wounded and retreat immediately. They had to break out of the enemy's encirclement before the bandits formed a tight circle around them. Night was falling quickly, which gave the guerrilla team a small opportunity to escape from the enemy's encirclement. It also gave them some time to catch their breath. However, the guerrilla team's retreat was still too slow, and now there were bandits at every mountain pass nearby. Lao Ying was afraid that the guerrilla team would take advantage of the chaos to escape, so he ordered his men to light torches and guard the exits. They would wait until dawn before launching another attack on the guerrilla team.

  The guerrilla troops are now stationed on a hillside. Liu Tao and Old Li gaze at the bandit troops guarding the exit not far away. After a long silence, Old Li said: "Tonight we must break through the enemy's encirclement, otherwise by dawn tomorrow, we may be completely annihilated."

  Liu Tao agreed with Old Li's view, he nodded and said: "Let the comrades eat dry rations and rest on the spot, wait until the enemy is exhausted in the second half of the night, we will break out from here."

  Although they had a battle plan, Liu Tao and Old Li were still very uneasy in their hearts. After all, there were also 70 or 80 bandits guarding this place, which was roughly the same as the number of people who could fight with the guerrilla team. If they couldn't break through at once, the nearby bandits would arrive quickly. Moreover, the guerrilla team had more than a dozen wounded soldiers, and some combat personnel had to be assigned to transport them, which reduced their fighting strength even more. Whether they could smoothly break through, Liu Tao and Old Li really didn't have much confidence in their hearts.

  When the guerrilla fighters finished their dry rations and were about to rest, a voice suddenly said from a nearby forest: "So comrades are eating dry rations here, we've been searching for you with empty stomachs." "Wang Xiaolong." Everyone recognized the owner of the voice. At this time, two people walked out of the forest, it was Wang Xiaolong and his brother Wang Xiaohu. They greeted the guerrilla comrades and walked directly to Liu Tao's side, saying: "Captain Liu, get us some food, my brother and I are starving."

  Liu Tao had the guerrilla fighters bring over some dry rations and hand them to Wang Xiaolong, then hastily asked the two: "Have all the villagers been rescued? Is everyone still safe?"

  The guerrilla fighters all gathered around. Wang Xiaolong and the other two ate a few mouthfuls of dry rations and drank a few mouthfuls of cool water brought by Old Li, then said: "All the villagers have been rescued, everyone is fine." Then they told everyone about the process of rescuing the villagers.

  The guerrilla fighters were thrilled to hear about Huoyao's rescue of the villagers. They thought that if Huoyao and his seven men could defeat nearly ten times as many enemies, they could do it too. The morale of the guerrilla team, which had been somewhat low, was now high again.

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  Old Li also excitedly said: "These guys are really formidable."

  Liu Tao nodded in agreement and asked Wang Xiaolong and others: "Where are Huo Yao and the others now?"

  Wang Xiaolong said, "They are outside the encirclement of the bandits. It was gunpowder that allowed us to come in and contact everyone. The gunpowder asks you to determine a breakout point, and we will respond from the outside."

  Old Li patted his thigh and laughed: "Great, the gunpowder is really timely. Now we have a way to break through." Liu Tao pointed to the exit guarded by bandits not far away and said: "We now have many wounded soldiers, it's not very convenient for us to act. We can only ask you to inform the gunpowder, after midnight, you will meet us here."

  Wang Xiaolong and his brother nodded in agreement. They then asked Liu Tao about the casualties of the guerrilla troops, before standing up to bid farewell to everyone. Then, amidst the guerrilla fighters' reminders to "be careful", Wang Xiaolong and his brother quickly disappeared into the vast darkness of night.

  Huoyao waited for the news brought back by Wang Xiaolong and his brother, then he led the special warfare team to rush to the location said by Liu Tao. It was already the second half of the night. Huoyao and the members of the special warfare team hid first to observe the bandits' guarding situation. They found that the bandits were divided into two teams. One team of bandits held torches and patrolled back and forth, guarding the exit. The other team of bandits rested on the spot.

  Gunpowder in mind, can't stop thinking. To think of letting the guerrilla troops break through the siege as soon as possible, it can only be done by destroying as many bandits as possible in the first attack on the bandits. The best way is to concentrate the bandits together and launch a surprise attack.

  After much deliberation, a plan was hatched. He called the special forces team over to whisper in their ears, and after a flurry of whispers, everyone sprang into action.

  A bandit was humming a tune in the dark, with his gun slung over his shoulder, relieving himself on the spot. After finishing urinating, he suddenly bent down and picked up something from the ground. He exclaimed in surprise: "Wow, what a big gold ingot! Who dropped it......" The bandit who picked up the gold ingot didn't finish speaking, and immediately realized that other bandits might snatch the gold ingot away from him, so he quickly shut his mouth.

  The patrolling bandits all heard clearly and ran over in a swarm, asking in unison: "Where? Where are the gold bars? Bring them out quickly, they must be mine."

  The bandit who picked up the gold brick suddenly turned around and threw an object into the crowd of bandits, laughing and saying: "You want it, I'll give it to you."

  The bandits, after a brief scramble, finally got the object and took a closer look. The one who got it threw it to the ground with a loud curse: "Damn it! What kind of gold brick is this? You dare to cheat me!"

  The bandit who picked up the gold block suddenly smiled and said, "No kidding, how did you all gather together."

  Wish brothers and sisters a happy holiday.

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