In the cold winter, the temperature plummeted, and although it was daytime, the cold wind that continued to pour into the collar along the gap still made the guerrilla officers and men hiding 10 kilometers outside Gaoyou shiver.

The main force of the First Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps in Northern Jiangsu led by Yang Ling marched all the way south from Huaiyin to the south with a day and night forced march, bypassing Baoying and reaching the outside of Gaoyou City.

The brothers almost ran the entire road of more than 100 kilometers, and you must know that in this era of backward transportation, even the main roads are potholed mud roads.

And Yang Ling, in order to make unnecessary trouble along the way and be discovered by the devil's reconnaissance plane, took all the small roads, and these lower roads were barren and overpopulated with thorns, which was very difficult to walk.

This is also the reason why the devil's reconnaissance plane lost their traces after discovering Yang Ling and them, because Yang Ling and they left the main road and took the small road.

Once the roar of the devil's plane was discovered, it immediately hid into the weeds and woods, but fortunately, these areas in northern Jiangsu and central Jiangsu are now lush with beautiful mountains and rivers, providing good cover for Yangling and them.

Although the brothers were all hard-working farmers, they were tired enough to run more than 100 miles in a row, so after receiving the order to rest, they fell asleep one by one.

At this moment, in a large area of reeds and woods in the north of Gaoyou City, the guerrilla troops under Yang Ling's command were hiding and sleeping inside, preparing to recover their strength to deal with the next battle.

The puppet army unit in charge of the search mission was bent on going to the nearby villages to loot and make money, and they did not have much interest in these barren reeds and woods.

The devil troops hid in the city to rest and lick their wounds, and the search of the puppet army's search force was also perfunctory, so that Yang Ling and their huge force lurked under their noses, and they didn't find it until now.

"Give Lao Tzu a little wider, and catch the guerrillas with a reward!"

The puppet army was like wild dogs foraging for food, and as soon as one wave passed, another group of people appeared on the periphery of the reeds where the guerrilla officers and soldiers were hiding, which raised the hearts of the guerrilla brothers.

There were only more than 20 people in this group of puppet troops, not even a platoon, they looked at the reeds that rose and fell in the wind, lowered their guns, and walked towards the reeds with laughter while talking.

In fact, the puppet army also knew that most of the scattered guerrillas had fled farther away, and had already run away, and they searched here because they didn't want to go far, and wanted to try their luck here, in case they met a few dead ones.

But what they didn't know was that in the reeds three hundred meters in front of them, there were two infantry companies of guerrilla officers and men, all of whom belonged to Yang Ling's No. 1 Guerrilla Corps.

And on the edge of the reeds, the guerrilla alert platoon, covered with reed stalks and weeds, also aimed its guns at the puppet army that was getting closer and closer three hundred meters away.

The guerrillas were well disguised, and both veterans and recruits were like savages living here, covered with grass, and it was difficult for the puppet army to spot them unless they approached.

"Get closer, solve it with a bayonet!"

Hua Gou, the veteran company commander, watched more than 20 puppet soldiers pull a skirmish line with a width of more than 30 meters, his eyes were full of coldness, they were too careless.

The order was passed on in a whisper, and the brothers took out the bayonets in the bayonet sheath at their waists, and they were as calm as a mountain, and their cold faces were murderous.

The brothers of the Flame Special Brigade, who were the first to enter the war zone near Gaoyou, encountered the puppet army in the nameless village and killed a puppet army company, which was just an accident.

Although there was a fierce exchange of fire in that battle, after all, it was far away from Gaoyou City, and now that the brothers of the guerrilla corps had lurked near Gaoyou City, firing now would expose them and affect the effect of the raid.

The lazy puppet soldiers had already come within range of the guerrillas, a few light machine guns in the reeds and bolts, and the brothers' bayonets had been hung up to the muzzles.

But before the puppet army could go any further, a puppet army herald on horseback in the distance galloped along the road, looking at the puppet army search team that left the road and walked towards the reeds, and shouted from afar.

"The sir's order! Expand the search area and extend the search area to the periphery! ”

"Got it"

The leading puppet army platoon commander raised his neck in response, and then waved his hand, and the puppet soldiers who were swinging towards the reeds turned around one after another and returned to the main road.

What the puppet soldiers don't know is that it is precisely because of the appearance of this herald that they saved their lives, and if they dare to enter the reeds, they will definitely not survive.

Not long after this puppet army left, a team of devil search cavalry also rolled up the smoke and dust in the sky and headed towards the north, when the devil's eyes were on the north, Yang Ling and they were already eyeing Gaoyou.

In a bamboo forest a little far from the main road, there were armed guards lurking all around, and Yang Lingzheng and the commanders of the various troops under his command gathered here to discuss the attack plan.

"The situation has been figured out, there are not many devils in Gaoyou City, only more than four hundred, and they have just experienced a vicious battle, and they have not recovered yet, the number of puppet soldiers is two battalions, but they are all scattered, and they will not be able to come back for a while."

Wei Qing, the captain of the Flame Special Operations Brigade, dressed as a common man in a coarse cotton coat, personally took a few team members to touch the city of Gaoyou, went to reconnoiter the enemy situation, and just returned.

Hearing that the number of devils in the city was so small, the faces of the officers who were gathered in a circle showed joy, the devils had few troops, and they were more sure of victory.

"Have you figured out the fortifications and firepower points outside the devil's city?"

Yang Ling was not angry, and only slightly bowed his head and threw out another question.

Wei Qing replied: "The devils have set up guard positions in all directions, and the firepower points have been figured out, but there are a large number of young people who are repairing trenches and fortifications for the devils outside the city, and some young people from nearby villages have been sent to the city one after another. ”

The first guerrilla troops of the devil and General Ma Yuren fought a bloody battle in Gaoyou, and several villages near Gaoyou were in ruins, and most of the devil's fortifications and trenches were destroyed.

When General Ma Yuren's offensive was the most fierce, they once attacked less than two hundred meters away from the city wall.

But after all, there was no air cover, and the devil's firepower was too ferocious, so that in the end, they fell short, and they were instead broken up by the devil and the puppet army.

Now, when the devils are hiding in the city to rest and lick their wounds, they do not forget to recruit a large number of Chinese people to help them repair the fortifications and hidden forts destroyed in the battle.

And if Yang Ling and the others had come a few days late, these bombed-up fortifications would have been repaired again, and then there would be another obstacle in front of them.

But now, although the devil's fortifications have not been repaired, the people who have repaired the fortifications have become a problem, and once the fight starts, the bullets will not be long-sighted, and the casualties will be large.

Yang Ling's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character, they were originally here to fight the little devils, if it was to cause a large number of casualties to the people, it would not be their original intention, so they had to find a way to solve it.

The officers who surrounded a group of officers also became sad one by one, and the existence of the people outside the city was like a tight spell on them, so that they couldn't let go of their hands and feet, which was really worrying.