Yang Ling and his party went around for most of the day, first going northeast, then turning to the northwest, and after confirming that they got rid of the devils and the puppet army, they turned due west.

At dusk, they arrived at their chosen location at Chenjiawan, which is located at the junction of Siyang and Huaiyin counties, not far from the canal.

Chenjiawan is located in this large area of rolling hills and mountains, and to the west is a large swamp with a radius of nearly 100 miles connected to Hongze Lake.

Since the Lanfeng Battle Force blew up the mouth of the Yellow River Garden, causing the Yellow River to be diverted, the diverted Yellow River flows into the sea through the Huai River, and the water level of this swamp west of Chenjiawan has also risen, forming a criss-crossing river network that can be used by small boats.

A few months ago, the devils carried out a large-scale sweep and the main force of the theater behind the enemy line smashed the entire northern Jiangsu region to pieces, and the Huaiyin area fell into the hands of the enemy.

At present, in addition to the guerrilla columns under the command of the guerrilla army, the main force of the regular army has been transferred to the north to the Lunan area, and the nearby regular army is only the 89th Army in the Dongtai area.

After Yang Ling and the others passed through a dense forest, they saw Chenjiawan located by a small stream, and Chenjiawan was lifeless and silent in the twilight.

The group quickly walked to the village, walking on the streets full of potholes and sewage, looking at the broken houses and doors and windows covered with cobwebs on both sides, Yang Ling couldn't help frowning.

"Why does it look like it's been a long time since it's been inhabited?" Yang Ling turned his head and asked Liang Xiaoshan, the guerrilla who led the way.

At that time, Yang Ling wanted to find a more secluded place to settle in this area, so Liang Xiaoshan recommended this Chenjiawan, which is dozens of miles away from Qinghe Town.

At that time, Yang Ling didn't ask in detail, anyway, it's good that the devil puppet army is not easy to find, who knew that when he walked here, he looked like this dilapidated appearance without people, and it was a completely deserted village.

Liang Xiaoshan also replied honestly: "A year ago, the water bandits ransacked this place and killed a lot of people, and those who survived were disgusted with the bad luck here, and they all moved to other places one after another......"

Hearing Liang Xiaoshan say this, Yang Ling was also relieved, after all, the Chinese have been superstitious about feng shui since ancient times, and so many people died here at one time, naturally it became an ominous place.

"Tuanza, or, why don't we settle down in another place?"

Wang Huzi looked at the broken windows swaying in the wind, and heard that many people had died in the attack of water bandits here, and suddenly felt a burst of cool air rising from his back, and couldn't help but shrink his neck.

Yang Ling didn't have so many scruples, seeing that in addition to the lack of people and the dilapidated houses, there were mountains and rivers, and it was far away from the devil's stronghold, so it was naturally a good place to stay.

"That's it, clean up, this is the new home of our third guerrilla detachment."

Hearing Yang Ling's words, many people's hearts were filled with bitterness, especially those guerrilla officers and soldiers before.

Their previous location was in the bustling and lively town of Qinghe, but now that they have arrived in such a place where birds don't, this huge gap makes them really unhappy.

But what can be done, Qinghe Town is now in the hands of devils, and it seems that they have nowhere else to go except here.

"Blacksmith, tell them to put their things down and tidy up all the houses, and we'll just get together for the night and clean up tomorrow."

"Dongming, you take a platoon of brothers around the neighborhood and find out the terrain."

"The brothers in the cooking class packed up and hurried to cook, and the brothers were hungry after a day of running."

Under Yang Ling's instructions, the brothers put down the rice, flour, oil and other things they were carrying from Liu's house, and were busy cleaning up.

"Tuanza, what am I doing?" Wang Huzi saw that he hadn't received the task, so he approached Yang Ling and asked.

Yang Ling pointed to the path full of barren grass and ordered: "You take two classes of brothers to set up a guard post outside the village, and arrange the open whistle, the dark whistle and the swimming whistle, although there is no human population around, but you still have to be vigilant." ”

"Yes!"

Wang Huzi replied loudly. After greeting the two classes of brothers, they went out of the village and set up a sentry.

The houses in Liujiawan have been uninhabited for more than a year, they are very dilapidated in the wind and rain, and the brothers are also cleaning up in unison, and hundreds of people are shouting and shouting in and out, which finally makes the place regain a trace of popularity.

The walls of the village are painted with the words "Fight to the end!" "Give me back the rivers and mountains!" The slogan is blurry and almost unrecognizable, but it is enough to prove that the people in the village were patriotic before.

But they encountered a catastrophe and were ransacked by water bandits, and Yang Ling and they are now settled here, so they naturally want to ask about it.

"Do you know about the bandits who attacked Chenjiawan?" Yang Ling grabbed the local guerrilla Liang Xiaoshan and asked.

Liang Xiaoshan replied: "I know that they are the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Brigade entrenched in Xinzhuang. ”

"Huh? Didn't you say the water bandits? How did it become an anti-Japanese national salvation brigade? Yang Ling was also confused.

Liang Xiaoshan explained: "They were indeed bandits who robbed homes and houses before, but half a year ago, they suddenly transformed into an anti-Japanese national salvation brigade, and now they are also an anti-Japanese team, and there are hundreds of people, who belong to the same guerrilla column as us." ”

"Then have they ever beaten the little devils?" Yang Ling asked with a frown.

Hearing Yang Ling's question, Liang Xiaoshan said with some anger: "I beat once, but I was beaten by the devils, and since the beating, they have learned to be obedient, so they only went around to collect the so-called anti-Japanese salvation tax, bullied the people, and never saw them beat the devils again." ”

As soon as Liang Xiaoshan said this, Yang Ling also knew a little about this so-called anti-Japanese National Salvation Brigade, which was clearly filling his pockets under the banner of resisting Japan, what is the difference between this and robbing houses when they were bandits?

In the past, they could do whatever they wanted, but now that they are here, if they dare to mess around like this again, they will definitely clean them up.

Although he wants to fight all the forces to fight against the invading army of devils, he Yang Ling will not be polite to some black sheep who bully the people under the banner of resisting Japan.

But now that they had just arrived, the 3rd Guerrilla Detachment had suffered a heavy blow in the town of Qinghe, and their first priority now was to gain a foothold in this area, otherwise everything would be avoided.

Hundreds of people worked together, and the dilapidated Chenjiawan was quickly cleaned up, and dozens of families could not live in so many brothers, so they could only squeeze it temporarily, and wait for tomorrow to build some houses.

When Yang Ling was busy in the new foothold of Chenjiawan, the puppet army and devils who pursued them could not find their traces, and they had to return to Qinghe Town.

"Let the detective team go to the villages tomorrow to inspect the villages, and at the same time let the maintenance committee assist, and report as soon as there is any trace of the Guerrillas of the Zhina Army."

Captain Kasai Sadao was naturally unwilling to let Yang Ling run away like this, so after returning to Qinghe Town, he actively deployed.

"Hey!"

The second lieutenant of the devil himself lost several soldiers during the day, and his heart was also on fire, so he immediately agreed to come down murderously.

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