Chapter 643 A bolder approach
Chapter 643 A bolder approach
After Yuan Shuai translated into the local dialect, the puppet army squad leader hurried to explain.
"We have already collected food before, and now we are collecting it again. It is already a lot of food to get a time car!"
Yuan Shuai quickly helped the puppet army squad leader to explain, and then asked the puppet army squad leader about the situation here.
Seeing that he pleaded for him, the puppet army squad leader was very grateful to him and immediately told him the whole situation.
As soon as I heard that there was only one squadron of Japanese soldiers and two battalions of puppet troops left in Zhacheng.
The brothers of the Black Wolf Army were all shocked.
Yuan Shuai was so regretful that he kept touching the back of his head.
If he had known that there were so few people in Zhacheng, he should have brought them all here and taken Zhacheng in one fell swoop.
But now that things have come to this, he can only enter the city and investigate the situation first.
Just as the puppet army squad leader said, there really weren't that many troops in Zhacheng.
Most of the puppet army's forces were concentrated on the outer defense line.
And because the outer defense line is too long, it forms a circle around the city.
The puppet army clearly lacks manpower.
Therefore, in addition to going out to find food, the puppet army also captured many able-bodied men to serve as new recruits for the puppet army and sent them to the outer defense line.
In the county town, you can often see puppet soldiers conscripting young men.
However, the Japanese squadron remained in the base camp in the county town.
The entire county is almost entirely composed of infantry.
Even if there are artillery, they are only mortars and infantry guns.
There were no 75mm field guns or mountain guns, let alone 105mm howitzers.
Originally, the Japanese wanted to mobilize troops to defend.
But the Japanese front line is too long, and now the main force is moving south, and they also have to deal with the British and American troops.
For a while, no troops could be mobilized.
The squadron here can only be responsible for summoning more puppet troops to garrison.
At night, after Yuan Shuai led his men to survey the county during the day, he took his men to the outer positions to conduct a survey at night.
After all, staying in the county town would easily expose them, while the outer positions were filled with puppet troops.
When the puppet soldiers saw the Japanese army, they couldn't wait to call them fathers.
They were wearing Japanese military uniforms, and when they arrived, they were served delicious food and drinks.
At night, General Yuan took his men to an empty space on the battlefield and asked Xiao Sichuan to stand guard.
The others gathered together and started discussing.
"Boss, there aren't that many devils and puppet troops in the county! This is an opportunity!"
"That's right. We will go back tomorrow, transfer the team here, and arrange for people to sneak into the county town. Then we will take over the county town with the help of both inside and outside forces!"
"Although there aren't many troops here, they have a large amount of ammunition stored in their ammunition depots!"
"Yes, they must have a lot of shells here! They probably even have 75mm field guns and 105mm howitzers!"
"Boss, this opportunity is too good to be missed!"
Everyone looked at Yuan Shuai anxiously.
Yuan Shuai gritted his teeth and nodded.
"Yes, this is indeed a good opportunity. So, Dacai, you stay here, and I'll go out and have the team march overnight."
"You are the boss, you stay and I will go!"
Hu Dacai was about to leave after saying this.
Yuan Shuai put his hand on his shoulder and said.
"If you go over, they may not necessarily listen to you, but if I go over, they will definitely listen to me. Besides, when we go into the city, I can speak the local dialect, so it will be easier to deal with the puppet soldiers. Besides, I am better than you at crossing minefields and traps!"
"Can!"
"Don't worry, nothing will happen! Just be smart..."
Because the puppet army did not have enough manpower, some defense lines were not guarded and were only checked by patrol teams every half an hour.
Although there were minefields in many places in front of the outer positions, General Yuan had already asked the puppet army for a defense layout map and knew where there were minefields and where there were traps.
After Yuan Shuai gave some instructions, he quickly left the outer position alone and headed straight for his own camp...
Here is the national army camp.
Some British soldiers gathered together, smoking and muttering.
"Platoon leader, do you think they will run away?"
"What will we do if they run away?"
"The base camp doesn't want us. If they abandon us..."
"Shut up, he won't abandon us!"
The platoon leader glared fiercely at several of his men.
"The boss is coming, the boss is coming!"
The sound coming from not far away made these men blush with embarrassment.
The platoon leader slapped them on the head a few times and yelled in angrily.
"Did you hear me? Did you hear me? If you keep talking nonsense and disrupting the morale of the army, I'll show you how I'll deal with you!"
The platoon leader cursed angrily and ran towards the direction of the sound.
Yuan Shuai ran here, gasping for breath.
Wang Shuncheng quickly opened the kettle and handed it to him.
Yuan Shuai took several gulps before speaking.
"Gather all officers above the platoon level and come to the meeting!"
In fact, he didn't need to give any orders, everyone was waiting for him to come.
The sentry's shout just now had already made all the platoon leaders run over here.
Soon, all officers above the platoon level came here.
"what's the situation!"
Everyone looked at him with confusion.
"What about the rest?"
Seeing that only Yuan Shuai came back, everyone's faces were filled with worry.
"Don't worry, it's okay. They stayed in the county to pick us up. There are not many devils in the county. There is only one devil infantry squadron. The rest are puppet troops. There are only two battalions of puppet troops, and there are many new recruits..."
After explaining the situation, everyone's faces were filled with shock, and then they all laughed.
"Boss, what a great opportunity!"
"If we work together from inside and outside, we can definitely take over the county!"
"Go ahead, what are you waiting for!"
"Yes, attack the county town. If we take it, even if we don't have support, we will have enough food and ammunition. With the strong fortifications, it won't be a problem for us to hold on for a month!"...
"Of course I have to fight, but I have a more daring way..."
After hearing Yuan Shuai's plan, everyone was dumbfounded.
"Boss, is this reliable? They are puppet troops! Can they surrender?"
"You have always said you don't want prisoners, why are you taking in puppet soldiers this time?"
"What if they turn against us in the future?"
"In my opinion, it's safer to get the ammunition and food and then withdraw!"
Almost everyone is against it.
Yuan Shuai stretched out his hand to ask them to stop talking and said.
"I was also thinking about the questions you raised. Yes, I did kill people without blinking an eye before, and I almost never took prisoners, except for capturing a few alive for intelligence! But it's different now!"
"We are in a foreign country, we have no one to support us, we need constant weapons, ammunition and food! We need manpower! The devils can get the puppet army to trade with them, why can't we? Moreover, there is only one squadron of about 200 people in the county. How many people do we have? We have more than 500 people. Why can't we do what they can do!"
"Besides, as long as we liberate the county and release the women from the concentration camp, they will definitely be grateful to us! If we treat them better, they will definitely take up arms and fight the devils with us to protect their homes!"
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