Chapter 24 The Conditions for Staying Behind Flyover Net

  Because the Eighth Route Army immediately blocked the Guangping city, most of the puppet troops were trapped inside the city, and only a few puppet troops escaped before Liu Feng led the Eighth Route Army to arrive. These puppet troop leaders were captured by Han Dadao, and those puppet soldiers became puppet soldiers just to make a living, if they could escape with their lives, it was not bad, and they did not dare to go to other counties to inform the devils. In the middle of the night, would the devils believe what he said? Don't get yourself killed by pretending to be an anti-Japanese activist. It was precisely because of this idea that after Guangping County was taken down for three or four days, the devils only knew about it.

  During these three or four days, the Eighth Route Army mobilized a large number of people to collect all the Japanese puppet property in Guangping City and move out all the ammunition depots in the city.

  The next day, Pei Fangqi, the commander of the 223rd Regiment, who had received the news, also came to Guangping County with a large team of Eighth Route Army soldiers. When he saw Chen Zhiyuan, Pei Fangqi didn't have a good expression at all, but when he saw Liu Feng, he smiled and said: "Liu Da Yingxiong, you see how dangerous it is to attack Guangping, if something goes wrong, our party will lose a true friend."

  Liu Feng smiled and said, "Commander Pei, this time taking down Guangping wasn't just my own achievement. The 8th Route Army's Han Dingtou also made a great contribution. He single-handedly took out over a dozen devils and several dozen puppet soldiers, and in the end even captured several dozen more puppet soldiers. Without him, we wouldn't have been able to take down Guangping."

  Commander Pei's face fell when he heard that the Eighth Route Army had joined the battle, but he quickly recovered and said, "Liu, great hero, our Eighth Route Army soldiers don't have such great abilities. It's all your credit."

  Liu Feng waved his hand and said, "Commander Pei doesn't need to say anything. This time I personally didn't leave my name in Guangping County, which means I want the Eighth Route Army to take this honor. Until now, no county town has been recovered yet, so let Guangping County be the first county town recovered by the Eighth Route Army."

  Commander Pei was taken aback, then overjoyed. The Hundred Regiments Campaign had indeed dealt a severe blow to the Japanese army, but it also exposed the true strength of the Eighth Route Army, which suffered heavy losses in the Japanese counterattack. At this time, if the Eighth Route Army announced that it had liberated a county town, it would give the Japanese army, who had declared that they had thoroughly defeated the Eighth Route Army, a slap in the face. And Old Chiang had always said that the Eighth Route Army was wandering around without striking, but if they could liberate a county town, it would establish the image of the Eighth Route Army in front of the whole nation and inspire the national army and civilians to fight against Japan.

  The benefits are too numerous, Commander Pei was so excited that he grasped Liu Feng's hands and said: "Liu hero, I'm sorry, I once doubted you and even assigned Chen Zhi Kui to restrict you, but you're so magnanimous, it makes me feel ashamed. I don't know what I can do to make up for my mistakes?"

  Commander Pei's true feelings were exposed, and Liu Feng was overjoyed in his heart. As long as the Eighth Route Army did not have any prejudices against him, he would be able to create a career for himself in North China with their cooperation.

  Liu Feng said, "What Commander Pei said is not unreasonable. I know that the current struggle situation is very complicated, and it's possible for the enemy, puppet troops, or even GMD forces to infiltrate, so you suspect me, which doesn't strike me as strange. As long as you believe me now, there won't be a problem."

  Commander Pei now completely believes in Liu Feng. Firstly, Liu Feng cannot be a puppet or traitor, otherwise how could he have taken down the county city one after another? Secondly, it is also impossible for him to be a GMD force, otherwise with Liu Feng's abilities, he would absolutely not be a spy and would not give the Guangping County City as a gift to the Eighth Route Army. If Old Chiang knew about this, wouldn't he cut Liu Feng into pieces!

  Since Liu Feng is not any of those forces, he is likely to be the one he said. As for the shocking news he mentioned, it may have been obtained by chance, and the source of the message may involve his friends, which is inconvenient for him to say. In this way, the whole thing can be explained clearly.

  "We believe, we truly believe in you. We implore you to stay and help us fight the devils." Commander Pei now sincerely wants Liu Feng to stay. Han Dingtou was just an ordinary soldier of a small detachment of the Eighth Route Army guerrilla force, but after Liu Feng's guidance, he became a hero who took down Guangping County. If Liu Feng can guide the main forces of the Eighth Route Army, those little devils will be in for a treat.

  Liu Feng smiled faintly and said: "Thank you, Commander Pei. I can stay behind, of course. Fighting the devils is all the same to me wherever I go. However, I have some conditions."

  Commander Pei frowned and said: "Hero Liu, please speak."

  Liu Feng said, "This time the Eighth Route Army announced that it had taken down Guangping County, so the little devils must be furious and will send the First Mixed Brigade stationed in Handan to carry out a sweep. Can the Eighth Route Army withstand the devil's sweep?"

  Commander Pei said: "The Eighth Route Army has suffered heavy losses in the past period of fighting, and it is obviously impossible to confront them head-on. We can only adopt guerrilla warfare tactics."

  "Faced with the Japanese army's absolute advantage, guerrilla warfare is of course correct, but there are many ways to fight a guerrilla war. Can I continue to train Lin's squad and turn them into a team that can fight according to my ideas? Of course, the command is still in Lin's hands. But training must guarantee ammunition supply, even need a mortar and three grenade launchers, and corresponding shells and grenades. During combat, directly under the command of the Eighth Route Army headquarters, need radio contact with the Eighth Route Army headquarters." Liu Feng said this, seeing the difficulty on Commander Pei's face, he continued, "You can report my request to your superiors, if they agree, I will stay, if not, it doesn't matter, we are still friends. We can still cooperate in battle and fight against the devils!"

  Liu Feng's tactics are completely different from those of the Eighth Route Army, so he cannot stay and fight a positional war with the Eighth Route Army. Instead, he needs a small but elite team to strike at the Japanese army more effectively. After all, Liu Feng's tactical thinking is the special operations thinking of the 21st century. The tactics of attacking several county towns are typical of special operations. In this world, only Germany has some embryonic forms of special operations, while Little Japan hasn't even learned the basics yet.

  Commander Pei was somewhat embarrassed, Liu Feng's request had indeed exceeded his authority. After all, Liu Feng was not yet a member of the Eighth Route Army, and letting him train a team would likely lead to that team leaving the Eighth Route Army's command. Moreover, he demanded guarantees for ammunition supplies, even artillery shells, and direct command from the Eighth Route Army headquarters. They were just a small district squad, without even the right to directly contact the main route themselves. A small district squad actually wanting to receive direct command from the Eighth Route Army headquarters? Wasn't this a joke?

  However, Commander Pei still agreed to pass on Liu Feng's request, as for whether the superiors would agree or not, in his opinion it was impossible to agree, he couldn't control that either, anyway he had done his part.