freenovelworld Chapter 651 Emerald River
Chapter 651 Emerald River
"Leave? How? Just walk back like this? How many Japanese puppet troops are there on the road? How many checkpoints and artillery towers are there? How many solid fortifications like this? How can we take away weapons and ammunition? What about food? How much weapons, ammunition and food will they let us take away?"
Yuan Shuai's words made Hamigua and others look at each other in shock.
There are now more than two thousand local allied soldiers here.
After more than half a month of training, these soldiers have developed a certain level of combat effectiveness.
If they wanted to leave, how could the allied forces let them take away so many heavy weapons and food?
If it were them, they wouldn't do it.
This made Hami melon feel a little unsafe.
It would not be good if these local allies turned against us.
He quickly pulled Yuan Shuai to a deserted place and reminded him in a low voice.
"Do you think these locals will cross the river and destroy the bridge?"
"At least not now, but I can't guarantee the future!"
"I... Damn it, I shouldn't have formed an alliance!"
Hami melon slapped his forehead in regret.
"If we don't form an alliance, how can we have so many people to defend the fortress? Without so many people defending the fortress, the Japanese puppet army would have come here with long-range artillery and tanks. How can you and I still stand here and chat?!"
"Yeah, we were fucking forced into this! So what should we do? We can't just wait for them to cross the river and then destroy the bridge, right!?"
Hami melon swallowed several times guiltily.
"Of course not. We still have our own advantages now. After all, our combat effectiveness cannot be ignored, and combat experience is what they lack the most. But we must find a way to fight. Only by fighting can we make them understand my importance and not destroy the bridge after crossing the river. Only then can they see our importance!"
"So, next, it's time to fight!"
"Then hurry up and tell me. We haven't fought for more than half a month, and the brothers are itching to fight!"
Hami melon suddenly became excited again.
They have been training new recruits for most of the month, and these veterans are already getting impatient.
"Of course we have to fight, but not on a large scale. We have to fight with new recruits, let them fight the devils, let them grow in the battle, and enhance their combat effectiveness. Don't let them become like the puppet army and run away when they see the devils..."
Yuan Shuai did not waste any more time and told him his next plan.
Hami melon gave a thumbs up happily.
Because Yuan Shuai's route of action was not south, but west.
And far to the west is their British army base camp.
Although he hated those people in the base camp for abandoning him here as cannon fodder.
But deep down he still wanted to return to base camp.
What he was most worried about was that these allied forces would then cross the river and abandon him, so the safest place for him would be to return to the base camp.
Besides, Zhacheng is only five small counties away from their base camp. With their capabilities, it is only a matter of time before they take over these five small counties.
However, he was a little confused. Since Yuan Shuai was Chinese, why didn't he expand his influence to the south but to the west instead?
Of course, Yuan Shuai did not tell him the real plan.
After all, if this kind of thing were to be made public, it would not benefit Yuan Shuai at all, but would instead bring disaster upon himself.
Soon, General Yuan asked Hu Dacai to stay in Zhacheng, and he personally led a platoon of special forces, more than one hundred British troops, and more than five hundred allied troops to the west.
However, the team just moved quickly through the woods and did not drive out the tanks.
This made Hamigu and others quite unhappy.
On the way, Hami melon complained as he walked.
"Boss, what's wrong with you? We have tanks. Wouldn't it be better to drive tanks out to fight?"
"Nonsense! Tanks are too noisy and will be spotted by the enemy from a distance. By then, before we reach them, they will have already arranged their defenses and may even call for support in advance! Once the fight starts, it will be a serious positional battle!"
"We have worked so hard to train some soldiers. If we fight a positional war with the devils, there will be a lot of casualties! Therefore, we can only fight a guerrilla war and reduce casualties as much as possible while achieving victory!"
Hami melon curled his lips and did not refute.
After all, what Yuan Shuai said makes sense.
Although tanks are useful, they are too large and easily discovered.
The reason why the Japanese did not launch an attack on Zhacheng was because Zhacheng had strong fortifications, many artillery and tanks, and even enough anti-aircraft guns.
But once you leave the city, these advantages no longer exist.
Soon, the scout in the front sent a message quickly via radio.
The one in charge of leading the reconnaissance this time is Bobcat.
The one responsible for liaison was no longer the local allied forces, but Xiao Digu.
Both of them spoke Cantonese.
Not only the locals couldn't understand it, even the British army and the Japanese couldn't understand it.
"Boss, there is a turret ahead. There are not many people there, only one squad of Japanese soldiers and a platoon of puppet soldiers! Further ahead is a Japanese stronghold! But there are too many people in the Japanese stronghold..."
After listening, Yuan Shuai frowned.
This place is only fifty miles away from Zhacheng. It was under the jurisdiction of Zhacheng before. When Captain Laoshan Yonghui was still alive, that stronghold was still under the management of Captain Laoshan Yonghui!
But now that General Yuan has taken over Zhachengbei, in order to train new recruits, all the soldiers are staying in the county and have not come out.
Therefore, this stronghold is still under the jurisdiction of the devils.
"Emerald River!?"
The Feicui River is rich in jadeite of very good quality. So, after the Japanese seized this land, they asked local workers to dig jade for them and make some jade products to sell on the international market.
Although jade artifacts of this era are not very valuable, jade is abundant here, and the Japanese will certainly not miss the opportunity to make money.
Yuan Shuai gritted his teeth.
If it were the 21st century, if we could take over this stronghold, we would become rich.
But even so, taking over this stronghold, occupying the entire stronghold, arranging people to mine jade and make jade artifacts is also a way to make money.
"Good guys, let them conduct a thorough reconnaissance. With the base as the center, spread out twenty miles around to conduct a rapid reconnaissance! Send out three more reconnaissance squads to scout the situation!"
For safety reasons, Yuan Shuai did not take immediate action, but continued to arrange people to conduct reconnaissance.
It was not until the evening that the scouts arranged for someone to come back and report the situation.
There are many artillery towers, low bunkers, and even many traps around the Emerald River base to prevent the migrant workers from escaping.
There were seven or eight gun towers and more than a dozen bunkers, all arranged on the hillsides around the base.
But there are not many Japanese here, only one squadron.
The rest were puppet troops, and their total number amounted to a regiment of more than a thousand people.
At the same time, in order to defend this place, the Japanese have deployed a puppet army artillery company here, with 12 75 field guns!
Combined with the infantry's mortars and infantry artillery, this base has a strong artillery advantage.