HLnovel Chapter 430: Arbitrary Guy
Chapter 430: Arbitrary Guy
Yuan Shuai pointed at the map and said.
"We know nothing about the situation outside, so we can only guess! First, the county has been taken by the devils! Second, the county is still in the hands of the national army, and the devils still haven't taken it! If the county is not taken, we can go out and attack the devils from behind, and together with the national army in the county, we can catch all these devils in one fell swoop!"
"But there has been no sound of gunfire from the direction of the county town outside. I think it's bad enough!"
The deputy captain of the guerrillas, Dou Jianan, continued with a serious expression.
"If the Japanese occupy the county, it is impossible for us to attack the county with so few people, and the Japanese will definitely come to attack us after they take the county, so I suggest that after we go out, we directly find a direction to move quickly!"
Xiao Liangcai and several of his men seconded the motion.
However, the people from the National Army refuted it.
"How do you know that the Japs will definitely take over the county?"
"The ones guarding the city are the New Sixth Army. They are all Hunanese soldiers, barbarians from western Hunan!"
"Everyone knows how powerful the Hunan Army is. What if they hold on?"
"If the Hunan Army can hold on, we can take advantage of the opportunity to attack the Japs from behind and capture these little Japs in one fell swoop!"
Team leader Fu Hongfei also raised his voice.
"That's right. The brigade in charge of the county is the New Sixth Army's New First Brigade. The brigade commander, Tan Guohao, specializes in civil engineering and is capable of both offense and defense. Moreover, the people of Xiangxi are tough and brave, and now they are fighting in Hunan. These brothers will definitely fight the devils to the death. In my opinion, the devils may not be able to take the county! In addition, our brigade is on the way. If our brigade reaches the county in time, it will be even less likely for the devils to take it."
"That's impossible. The Japs are a brigade! Even if you come here, I don't think you can withstand the bombardment of planes, artillery and tanks!"
Dou Jiande wanted to say something, but Yuan Shuai interrupted him.
"In addition to the two guesses I just mentioned, there is another guess, which is the Japanese reinforcements! If the county town is not taken, when we attack the Japanese, we must also guard against the Japanese reinforcements attacking from behind!"
"Then we must move! Only moving is the safest way!"
Before Yuan Shuai finished speaking, Dou Jiande rushed to speak, making all the brothers in the Black Wolf Army and the National Army glare at him angrily.
Dou Jiande could only cough a few times awkwardly and then fell silent.
Yuan Shuai pointed at the map and said.
"So, our main concern now is the Japanese reinforcements. So, before we go out, my people will be divided into two teams, one team will scout towards the county town, and the other team will scout for Japanese reinforcements. Our people will be in the front, the national army will be in the middle, and the guerrillas will be the rear!"
"So should we transfer or not?"
Dou Jiande couldn't help but say something.
"Make a decision after you go out! All brothers, take all your weapons and ammunition with you, as well as the wounded. Don't let anyone fall behind! Once the rain stops, take action immediately. Now go back and get some sleep and rest!"
Dou Jiande wanted to say something, but when he saw the looks from the National Army and the Black Wolf Army around him, he could only suppress the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
Returning to his thatched hut, he complained to Xiao Liangcai unhappily.
"Captain, Yuan Shuai is too arbitrary. For such a big matter, we should vote by raising hands. What he did is simply a lone wolf!"
Xiao Liangcai puffed on his old dry pipe, looked at the heavy rain outside, and said with a smile.
"No one believed Yuan Shuai's words before, but it rained anyway. Do you know why?"
"That was just his luck. He got it right just once!"
"You guessed it right once?!"
Xiao Liangcai snorted coldly.
"Before, I was just like you. I was very dissatisfied with this Yuan Shuai. Look at Yuan Shuai. He is young and arbitrary. He basically doesn't listen to any suggestions. He always has the final say. But back in Sucheng, it was his arbitrary decision that led us to escape death several times, and even destroyed the Japanese water supply base!"
"At this point, I thought guerrilla warfare was my forte, and that Yuan Shuai was nothing in front of me! But now, I finally understand that I am nothing in front of him!"
"How can you say that? After all, you are the captain of our guerrillas and have led us to win so many battles!"
"Win the battle? We've fought several times, and each time it was Yuan Shuai who led me to fight. The first time the Ninth Company attacked the Japanese, if it wasn't for Yuan Shuai's help, could we have won? Even if we could have won, how many brothers would have been killed or wounded!"
Xiao Liangcai exhaled a puff of smoke again and spoke earnestly.
"The Black Wolf Army was established by General Yuan. I've heard that they were originally a group of bandits from the Black Wolf Village in the northwest. It was these bandits who built up their own army, from a few dozen brothers to a force of over ten thousand people. They even built arsenals and various factories, scaring the Japanese so much that they didn't dare to launch a siege against their arsenals! Tell me, in the whole of China, besides General Yuan, who else has this ability!"
"I……"
Dou Jiande's face turned red with embarrassment and he couldn't say anything for a long time.
Xiao Liangcai patted his shoulder and said.
"Go to sleep. Yuan Shuai never fights a battle without preparation. If you listen to him, you will definitely win!"
"Captain, when did you turn your elbow outward?"
Dou Jiande retorted unconvincedly.
"What do you mean by turning your elbow outward? Isn't Yuan Shuai a Chinese? Isn't he a brother who truly fights against the Japanese? You think too much. Now we have to unite all the anti-Japanese forces to fight the Japanese. I don't care who he is. As long as he fights the Japanese, he is my brother, and he is our own brother! With your ideological awareness, reflect on yourself before you go to bed! Think about what the Anti-Japanese United Front is! Come to me when you have figured it out!"
"..."
Dou Jiande scratched the back of his head for a long time, not knowing what to say.
There was a thunderstorm all night.
The Japanese baggage train and infantry regiment in the distance also stopped advancing.
It’s not that they don’t want to move forward.
But the road here is too difficult to walk on.
After the rain, many car tires sank into mud pits and couldn't get out.
In addition, the heavy rain blocked the view, and the Japanese drivers were afraid of falling into the ditch, so they could only find a place around the roadside to set up tents to rest.
As a result, the heavy rain lasted for two days.
On the third day, the heavy rain finally stopped.
Early in the morning, Yuan Shuai asked everyone to prepare to evacuate, while he led his men to the front and asked Lao Qian to find a few veteran hunters to lead the team with him to explore the way ahead.
The wildfire had long been extinguished by the heavy rain.
But after the rain, the mountain road was slippery and the team moved very slowly.
Many people kept falling down on the march.
Even Yuan Shuai himself fell several times, with mud all over his body and face.
However, in this case, if he was lying on the ground, no one would be able to detect his presence unless they looked carefully from a distance.