Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

46 Evacuate, head north

But in order to prevent the Japanese from benefiting from the food, Ye Qingshan had to distribute it to the people.

Immediately, Ye Qingshan and his companions split up and took action.

Ye Qingshan, still at the Yang Mansion compound, was conducting simple exercises with these reorganized Kuomintang prisoners of war.

Let them become familiar with the Japanese weapons and equipment in their hands as soon as possible.

On Sun Mingxu's side, after bringing his men to the town, they searched for a long time but could not find other officials in the town.

Upon some inquiries, we found out that all the officials in the town, except the mayor and his direct subordinates, had defected to the Japanese.

Most of the other officials fled with their wives, children, and property before the arrival of the Japanese.

Now, those who remain in the town are basically ordinary people.

"Damn it, they're the only ones that run away fast."

Sun Mingxu was also speechless.

“Go, and you won’t find any officials left behind.

Just find some prestigious elders in the town and let them preside over the distribution of food."

Sun Mingxu also made an impromptu decision and changed his plan.

Soon after the news spread, the people were suspicious at first.

But some people's homes have long been unable to make ends meet.

Some people were brave enough to go to the town mayor's compound to collect food, and they actually got some.

After the news spread, people in the town went to collect food.

Sun Mingxu also found a few civilians who were willing to take in their wounded soldiers.

"You have taken our money and food, so you must protect our wounded soldiers.

You may not even be able to stay in town.

The Japs may come at any time.

You should take the wounded and take shelter in the mountains temporarily.

Wait until the Japanese leave, then come down.

Can it be done? "

Sun Mingxu looked at the people in front of him who were willing to take in the wounded soldiers and said.

Some people don't want to leave, but there are still many people who are willing to leave.

To be honest, the money and food offered by Ye Qingshan and his men were beyond their reach.

Here is Yang Jinshui from before.

Soon, Sun Mingxu selected more than 30 families of common people and brought them to the Yang Mansion.

"Captain, these are the people I found who are willing to take in the wounded."

Ye Qingshan also saw Yang Jinshui in the crowd and smiled at him.

"Everyone, our injured brothers are now in your care."

Ye Qingshan bowed to everyone.

At this time, Ye Qingshan saw Black Bear and two soldiers from the reconnaissance squad coming back hurriedly from outside.

As soon as Ye Qingshan saw the black bear’s anxious look, he knew something was wrong.

After daybreak, Ye Qingshan asked Black Bear to take the soldiers of the reconnaissance squad out for reconnaissance and surveillance.

Unless there are unexpected circumstances, they shouldn't come back at this time.

Afterwards, Ye Qingshan asked Sun Mingxu to arrange the follow-up matters.

Ye Qingshan came up to the black bear and asked in a low voice: "Is there anything wrong?"

"Ok?"

Black Bear nodded and was about to speak, but was taken to a corner by Ye Qingshan.

"Tell me, what's wrong?"

"Captain, the devils are chasing us."

Black Bear said anxiously, he was almost suffocating.

"how many people?"

"There is about a squadron. I have asked Xiao Wusheng and the others to keep an eye on it.

I ran back to report the news."

"What kind of devil's unit is this?

Is it the same group of devils that chased us before, or other devils nearby?"

"It's the same Japanese army that chased us before, led by that Japanese major.

I saw it clearly through the telescope, it was this guy."

Black Bear said affirmatively.

"You got here so soon?

I thought we had completely beaten them.

Unexpectedly, this Japanese major had a nose like a dog and could always find the clues we left behind.

I actually chased him all the way here."

This also surprised Ye Qingshan.

What Ye Qingshan didn't know was that the commander of the Japanese Shigeto Detachment arranged this Japanese Major Yamaguchi Sayoshi to be responsible for encircling Ye Qingshan's reconnaissance squad.

It is because this Japanese Major Yamaguchi is extremely good at tracking.

Although Ye Qingshan and his team had broken out of the Japanese blockade before.

But this Japanese major led his men to chase them all the way, and relied on the traces left by Ye Qingshan and his men to catch up here.

Even so, Ye Qingshan and his team forged several false escape directions along the way.

But in the end, they were still discovered by this Japanese major.

Otherwise, these devils would chase us faster.

"Captain, what should I do?"

Black Bear asked.

"Notify everyone and prepare to evacuate."

Ye Qingshan thought about it and then said.

Soon, the assembly whistle sounded.

"Batalion Commander, what's wrong?"

Zhou Xinghai, Wang Dachuan and other officers came over and looked at Ye Qingshan.

"The Japs chasing us are here, about a squadron.

We have to go.”

"In which direction?"

Wang Dachuan asked.

"Of course it goes south.

We have to find a large group to join us."

The other officers said.

"No, we go north."

Ye Qingshan made the opposite decision.

"What?"

Others suspected they had heard wrongly.

"You're not thinking of eating up this Japanese squadron, are you?"

Zhou Xinghai also stared at Ye Qingshan with wide eyes.

Ye Qingshan smiled and nodded, and immediately the other officers were all excited.

"Captain, I urge you to think twice.

A Japanese squadron has about 150 to 160 people, and their firepower is more powerful than that of our entire battalion.

With our current number, we have more than 300 people.

However, half of the people in the battalion had no guns.

In terms of heavy weapons, there are only the four Type 99 rifles, which are barely acceptable.

But this is not enough for us to fight a squadron of the devils head-on."

Zhou Xinghai was also anxious.

"Yes!"

Others nodded.

"Who said I'm going to take you to fight this Japanese squadron now?

First withdraw from Yangjiaji, and then get rid of these Japanese devils.

This group of Japanese devils have been following us for two days. The Japanese lieutenant colonel who leads them has a very sharp nose.

We can't get rid of him for a while.

But it's a bit difficult for them to catch up with us.

We will deal with them later after we get new weapons."

Ye Qingshan still spoke confidently and calmly.

However, to Zhou Xinghai and others, Ye Qingshan's words sounded like a fantasy.

There are Japanese invaders everywhere around here, where can we get weapons and equipment?

"Okay, go gather your warriors.

Let’s withdraw from Yangjiaji first.

Otherwise, if we continue to stay here, the people of Yangjiaji will be implicated and suffer from us.

But it would be better to persuade the people in the town to flee to the mountains and hide for two days.

If the pursuing devils get angry, they might take it out on the townspeople.”

More than ten minutes later, Ye Qingshan and his team quickly withdrew from Yangjiaji.

Escape north quickly.

Two hours later, the Japanese Major Yamaguchi Sayoshi, with more than a hundred Japanese soldiers, arrived at the compound of the chief of Yangjiaji Town.

"Baga, they rescued hundreds of Chinese prisoners of war held here."

Japanese Major Yamaguchi Sayoshi shouted angrily as he looked at the yard full of Japanese soldiers who had been stripped of their clothes and had only wet diapers on their buttocks.

"We should have killed all these captured Chinese prisoners.

They shouldn’t be kept.”

The Japanese major said with gritted teeth.

In fact, the reason why the Japanese stayed was because of the prisoners of war of the National Army.

It's not that they are so kind.

The main thing is that the world's major powers are also watching this war.

The Japanese tried their best not to give other British and American powers an excuse to intervene in the Battle of Shanghai.

Therefore, they try their best not to kill prisoners of war.

If you want to do it, do it quietly.

After two days of fighting, the Japanese major now knows very well how difficult Ye Qingshan's team is.

It can be said that the elite reconnaissance squad led by Ye Qingshan is the most elite National Army unit that this Japanese major has ever seen.

Now, Ye Qingshan and his men have rescued so many Kuomintang prisoners of war.

This means that Ye Qingshan's strength has greatly increased, making it more difficult for the Japanese lieutenant colonel to catch up with the other side and destroy it.

Before, they at least had the advantage in manpower and firepower.

Ye Qingshan and Hei Xiong and his men did not dare to engage in a head-on battle with the Japanese soldiers who were chasing them.

The only way is to retreat.

But now, after Ye Qingshan rescued more than 300 Kuomintang prisoners of war, his military strength at least exceeded that of the Japanese major.

“Send someone back to notify the pursuit teams in other directions.

Have them gather in the direction of Yangjiaji immediately."

The Japanese major immediately issued a new order.

After knowing that Ye Qingshan's military strength has greatly increased, he is now certain that Ye Qingshan and his men are heading in this direction.

Then, he ordered his Japanese soldiers to go back and call over all the other Japanese squads that had been sent to other directions to pursue the enemy.

This Japanese lieutenant colonel actually had a whole battalion of Japanese soldiers at his disposal to pursue the enemy.

Thousands of people.

But before that, in order to find the trace of Ye Qingshan and his men, the Japanese lieutenant colonel had to disperse his troops and pursue them separately.

"Reporting to the Major, our soldiers found the Chinese team after they left Yangjiaji.

Turned around and fled north."

Soon, a Japanese sergeant came running over to report.

"What? They turned north again?

What on earth is going on in the mind of the commander of this Chinese army?

Is he determined to conduct guerrilla warfare behind our lines?"

The Japanese lieutenant colonel was also very surprised after hearing the report from his subordinates.

Originally, the Japanese lieutenant colonel thought that Ye Qingshan and his men would choose to break out to the south now that they had more people.

"It seems that I still underestimated the courage of the commander of this elite Chinese army squad.

However, if they go north, they will be seeking their own death.

There would be no other Chinese troops to support them if they went north.

Once we catch up with them and contact other friendly forces, we will be able to surround them.

By then, they will have no choice but to die."

However, the Japanese lieutenant colonel thought that Ye Qingshan's decision was a case of outsmarting his own good.

On Ye Qingshan's side, after leading his team out of Yangjiaji and marching north for three or four miles, he took out the map to check it.

"We should be here now, in the reed marsh north of Yangjiaji.

Ten miles further northeast is the Songhu Railway.

Now the Songhu Railway has fallen into the hands of the Japanese and has become their transportation supply line."