Baoying City is still shrouded in a dark rain, armed devil soldiers are guarding the street intersections everywhere, and devil patrols wearing raincoats are stepping on a large splash of water, martial law has not been lifted, and the air is filled with an atmosphere of slaughter.

The devil's headquarters in Baoying City is three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and the guard is extremely strict, and from time to time there are hurried devil staff officers in and out, gathering all kinds of information, and leaving with orders.

"The Chinese guerrillas have dispersed to the countryside, and our various encirclement and suppression units have never been able to accurately find the hiding place of the Chinese army because they are not familiar with the local terrain."

"So far, five search teams have been ambushed by the guerrillas, killing 135 people, seriously wounding 8 and slightly wounding 55."

"Although the Takahashi Brigade sent troops to conduct a dragnet-style search, the Chinese were very cunning and often took advantage of the night to infiltrate our backs to attack, and the main area was full of guerrillas of the Chinese people, and the troops were deeply trapped in the paddy fields, and even if the Chinese guerrillas were found, it would be difficult to launch an effective pursuit."

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The devil's staff officer voice was very low, and while reporting, he peeked at the face of the detachment leader Watanabe Shouichi from time to time, ready to stop reporting at any time.

However, the detachment leader Watanabe Shouichi Sakusai's face never showed any emotional fluctuations, as if these casualties could no longer make him angry.

It wasn't until the devil's staff officer reported everything that the devil's detachment leader, Watanabe Shouichi, raised his head.

He had already learned from the staff officer's report to the current predicament of their troops, and although he controlled Baoying, he only controlled such an isolated city.

Once out of Baoying City and into the vast countryside and paddy fields, where is the world of the guerrillas, and they cannot effectively control it.

Their opponents, the Northern Soviet Army, were cunning and did not go head-to-head with their main forces, but spread out and carried out sporadic beatings and attacks on them.

Although the scale of these attacks is very small, sometimes only a few people, but if the east attacks and the west attack continues, then the losses will be very terrifying.

Watanabe Shouichi is very dissatisfied with the current encirclement and suppression, and his goal is to control the entire territory of Hoo, not just an isolated city.

"The troops are not familiar with the local terrain and have been repeatedly attacked by the Chinese guerrillas, so why did you not look for guides among the local Chinese people?" Watanabe Shouichi asks the devil's staff officer.

The devil's adviser also replied helplessly: "We also tried to find some guides among the local people of China, but unfortunately they were very uncooperative and ........"

"And what?" Watanabe Shouichi stared at the staff officer and asked.

The devil's staff officer paused, and said with some anger: "We suspect that they have colluded with the Chinese guerrillas, and even set up a guard for the Chinese guerrillas, we have received information several times and determined the assembly point of the Chinese guerrillas, but when they rushed over, they had already run away, and it must be the Chinese people along the way who approached the road to report to them, or the guerrillas were hiding among the people." ”

After hearing the answer of the devil's counselor, Watanabe Shouichi's face also became solemn, and he stood up, his hands behind his back, and he paced back and forth and fell into thought.

If the local people really had a close relationship with the guerrillas, then it would undoubtedly be more difficult for them to encircle and suppress the guerrillas.

Because once the guerrillas are hidden among the people, they will be very difficult to distinguish unless they kill all the local people.

Thinking of this, the face of the devil's detachment leader Watanabe Shouichi flashed a fierce color, and he suddenly stopped, turning his head to face the devil's staff officer who was standing there.

"Order Tanigawa-san and Takahashi-san to take the people of Shina hostage and force the Shina guerrillas to take the initiative to appear."

Since the local people are inextricably linked with the guerrillas who are hiding, there is no need for them to go to great lengths to find the guerrillas, and directly seize the local people to blackmail, then all problems will be solved.

Watanabe Shouichi, the head of the devil's detachment, believed that if they said that they wanted to kill these people, then the guerrillas would not join hands and watch.

Because once they don't show up to help, they will lose the support of the local people, and they will not be able to hide in the local area.

Therefore, this is a poisonous plan to kill two birds with one stone, and whether the guerrillas show up to save people or hide and do not save people, they will make the guerrillas fall into a passive state.

After hearing Watanabe Shouichi's words, the devil's staff officer was also stunned, and immediately showed an excited smile on his face, and secretly said in his heart, why didn't they think of this way.

This is completely a step on the iron shoes and nowhere to find it, they only need to wait for the rabbit to be able to do it, that is like now all over the mountains to find the guerrillas, sleepy and tired, not to mention, but also from time to time because the terrain is unfamiliar, attacked by the attack.

"Your Excellency, Detachment Leader, if the guerrillas endure not showing up, are we really going to kill those civilians?" The devil's staff officer thought about it and asked one more question.

Watanabe Shouichi returned to his seat and sat down, took a sip of tea from his teacup: "If the Chinese guerrillas do not appear, then we don't need to be polite, only by killing those Chinese people and burning their houses can we give a warning to the people of China in the surrounding areas and let them know the fate of resisting our Imperial Japanese Army!" At the same time, it can make the Chinese guerrillas fall into the passivity of seeing death and not saving them, and I think that no Chinese people will dare to help them in the future. ”

"As long as the people of China do not help these guerrillas, then they will be rootless, they will not be able to get supplies and food, and they will soon be wiped out by us!"

Hearing the beautiful prospects described by Watanabe Shouichi, the devil staff officer had a sudden sense of enlightenment: "We can set up an ambush in advance, as long as the people dare to appear, then we can completely destroy them!" ”

Watanabe Shou, the captain of the devil's detachment, nodded and said, "Execute the order." ”

"Hey!" After the devil staff officer bowed heavily, he immediately turned around and left.

Soon, the telegram of the order was sent to the infantry brigade of the devil in charge of the forward encirclement and suppression.

The devil's Tanigawa infantry brigade was chasing a guerrilla force in a paddy field, and the encirclement and interception of several of their squadrons forced the small group of guerrillas to slip away, which made Tanigawa Daisa, who had become a mud duck, angry and screaming.

If they walk on the ridge, they will be hit by guerrilla fire, not to mention the machine gun blockade, even a few rifles can block the ridge where they are advancing.

Once the devil takes a pig-sudden charge, then the opponent's machine gun and grenadier will smash over, causing the devil to suffer heavy losses.

Many devils who wanted to make a detour had to leave the ridge and go into the paddy field, but the mud made them unable to run fast, and one by one they were shot by rifles, and they had to retreat, watching the other party run away.

"The detachment leader is really clever, once this plan is executed, then the guerrillas will throw themselves into the net without our pursuit!"

When the exhausted Captain Tanigawa saw the telegram, his face splashed with mud showed excitement and fierceness.

"Order all units to withdraw immediately and stop the pursuit." Soon, Captain Tanigawa of the devil gave the order to stop the pursuit of the guerrillas.