Yuanzhuang, a small village with a population of less than 400 on the outskirts of Baoying County, the temporary headquarters of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps has quietly moved forward.

In the outlying fields of the small village, the officers and men of the guard company were hastily building hidden fortifications under the command of the company platoon commander.

"Set up a light machine gun on the dirt slope over there."

"Three platoons sent a squad to guard along that stream."

"Four rows guard the various entrances to the village, and it is strictly forbidden for any unrelated people to enter or leave."

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The commander of the guard company was running back and forth, arranging the brothers in the company to various battle positions.

The commander-in-chief of the guerrilla corps in northern Jiangsu came with the attack troops who quietly went north to Baoying, and in order to ensure the suddenness of this attack, the troops marched in concealment.

The villagers went to bed after dark, as usual, but in the middle of the night suddenly the village began to hear the sound of dogs barking one after another, and it was only ten minutes before all the dogs in the village stopped barking.

When the frightened villagers hurriedly got up to check the situation in their clothes, they found that a group of soldiers had already arrived in the village.

The villagers, who had been shut up, did not know which unit the soldiers were in, but they were still worried.

Because once there is a large number of soldiers, it means that there is going to be a war, who will fight with whom? Who hits whom? They don't know anything.

But they knew that once the fight broke out, the guns didn't have eyes, and it was likely that the whole village would be reduced to rubble in the flames.

Although they were very reluctant, they still secretly packed up their things overnight, preparing to go out to avoid the limelight.

"Go back, now you can only enter but not exit."

The village was surrounded by officers and soldiers of the guard company directly under the General Command of Northern Jiangsu, and these villagers who secretly wanted to sneak out of the village were soon intercepted by the officers and soldiers of the guard company with loaded guns.

"Old... Boss, let's go out to visit relatives...... Accommodating ......"

Although the faces of these officers and soldiers could not be seen clearly in the dark, the villagers still wanted to be accommodating, and when they spoke, they stuffed the only remaining pieces of the ocean into the hands of the officers and soldiers who were on guard.

Feeling the coldness in their hands, the officers and men of the guard company knew what it was without guessing, but they retreated without the slightest hesitation.

"We have discipline, we can't ask for it, you better go home and stay, what relatives do you leave in the middle of the night, go back."

To the villagers' surprise, their previously tried accommodation methods had failed, which made them even more panicked.

In these chaotic years, many murderous bandits and devils would fence the village when they wanted to kill people and grab things, and then slowly clean up.

Once encountering such a situation, the whole village is almost left with chickens and dogs, and the villagers have heard a lot of such things, and the villagers did not expect that they would encounter such a thing today, and their faces became pale.

"Boss, boss, we knelt down for you, just let us go once, we didn't do anything hurtful." The villagers who were about to leave the village suddenly knelt down one after another.

Seeing a large number of villagers suddenly kneeling, the officers and soldiers of the guard company who intercepted them didn't know how to deal with it for a while, but the villagers were already relieved.

"What's going on?"

Seeing that there was movement here, the commander of the guard company who had just patrolled here walked over quickly.

The squad leader of the guard company hurriedly walked a few steps forward and reported: "Company commander, we didn't let them out of the village, and I don't know why, they suddenly knelt down. ”

Seeing these villagers kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, the guard company commander immediately understood their worries, and felt that he and others had become routs who surrounded the village and robbed.

"Fathers and fellow villagers, get up quickly, we don't let you out of the village not to kill people, but we want to borrow your village to live for two days, because we are worried that someone will leak the news to the puppet army and the devil, so we don't let you go out of the village, don't misunderstand." The commander of the guard company stepped forward and explained.

"Just for two days?"

After hearing the explanation of the guard company commander, the villagers who kowtowed and begged for mercy all raised their heads one after another.

"You don't have to worry about safety, we are the Northern Jiangsu Corps, our own soldiers, and we will never do anything wrong to our fathers and fellow villagers, please go back to the house, it's cold outside, don't freeze."

"You are from the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps?"

The villagers had just been frightened and didn't look closely at the uniforms of these soldiers, but now after such a reminder, they found that these people wearing gray cotton uniforms had the number of the First Guerrilla Corps in Northern Jiangsu sewn on their chests by the faint light.

"It's our guerrillas in northern Jiangsu, let's get up." An old man stood up tremblingly on crutches.

The villagers' concerns were dispelled, this is not some defeated soldiers who want to grab food and money, nor are they those puppet troops who do evil, this is their subordinate soldiers, the guerrilla corps in northern Jiangsu.

Although this area is under the control of the Japanese puppet army, a small group of guerrilla troops under the command of the Northern Jiangsu Corps often come here to reconnoiter the enemy situation and sneak attack the devil's stronghold, so the villagers still know about the Northern Jiangsu Corps and know that they have strict military discipline.

"Boss, are you going to fight Baoying?"

Seeing that a large number of troops were gathering in the darkness in the distance, some villagers couldn't help but ask excitedly, they had been miserable by the Japanese puppet army, and they had been looking forward to the arrival of the Chinese army for a long time.

"This is a military secret and cannot be told." The commander of the guard company did not answer the villagers' questions.

"Yes, yes, it's confidential, don't ask." Although the commander of the guard company did not say anything, the villagers also guessed that they were not far from ten.

"You need help with the fire, no, there are women in our village who cook deliciously."

"I have the strength to help you carry the stretcher."

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The commander of the guard company smiled bitterly when he saw these enthusiastic and somewhat overly enthusiastic villagers, because they had already subconsciously thought that the Northern Jiangsu Corps was here to fight Baoying.

"We'll let you know if you need to, so go back to your house first." The commander of the guard company persuaded the villagers to go home.

"Okay, okay, we won't disturb the bosses to carry out military affairs, let's go back."

The respected old man reacted and beckoned everyone to go back.

Seeing that these people were no longer panicking and worried, but showed unusual enthusiasm, the brothers of the guard company were in a better mood.

When the villagers returned to the house, they did not fall asleep again, but thought they had something to do.

Soon the villagers were back with pots of steaming multigrain porridge, boiled sweet potatoes, and some tea.

"The bosses have worked hard, we don't have anything to entertain...... the villagers put down their food and drink and left again with a smile.

In this era, the squires and landlords, the Japanese puppet army, the bandits and rogues, the regular troops, and the guerrilla troops all had to eat and requisition grain, and it was difficult for the people to have surplus grain to survive until the next harvest season.

On weekdays, when they are not doing farm work, they eat a meal, which is still gruel, but when they heard that the Northern Jiangsu Corps is coming, they will take out everything they have eaten when there is a food shortage.

"These folks are like neighbors in our village, and they are so hospitable."

Seeing these villagers entertain them with what they were reluctant to eat on a daily basis, the brothers were moved to tears.

"We are all soldiers, our fathers and fellow villagers treat us like this, we have nothing to repay, we can only go to the battlefield to kill a few more little devils!"

The brothers marched here overnight, and they were also hungry, and they did not refuse the kindness of the villagers, and while gobbling up food, they swore and promised to repay this love with their lives.