In the vast Mongolian steppe, a small devil's army is hiding in a large woods to rest, this is already the edge of the base area of the 36th Group Army, and less than 100 kilometers to the south is Jining, as long as you bypass Jining and continue south, you can reach Datong.

Although the terrain here is relatively gentle, there are still a lot of hillsides, the slopes are not high and relatively gentle, and many of them have clusters of shrubs growing on the slopes, or patches of woods, which are just suitable for little devils to hide.

This is a large number of small devil cavalry troops, and it is also the vanguard of the little devils, and the little devils are resting under the shade of the trees in groups of three or five, and the horses of the little devils are hidden.

This group of little devils, numbering seven or eight hundred, was basically armed with 44-type cavalry rifles and sabers, and they were also wearing cloaks, a standard Kwantung Army cavalry attire.

The little devils have been resting in the woods for a long time, the morning sun is shining in the woods, the temperature is still relatively high, but many of the little devils are completely ignoring, are sleeping, obviously, the little devils must have rushed a lot of way last night.

The little devil captain also just fell asleep, just got up, and was looking into the distance with a telescope, the little devil captain had a good face and seemed to be in a good mood. After looking at it for a long time, the little devil put down the binoculars and shouted loudly: "Map! ”

A little devil walked around with a looped leg, ran over attentively, and opened the map he was carrying.

"Where are we?"

"Your Excellency, your Excellency, our current location is called Ulan Bus, which is northeast of Jining City, and it is only a day's journey from Jining."

The little devil pointed to the map and replied kindly. Ulan Daba is equivalent to a county seat.

"Yo Si! We continued to rest in seclusion, and when it got dark, we continued to move south, passing between Jining and Zhangjiakou to Datong, the hinterland of the 36th Group Army. ”

The captain of the little devil said happily with a smile on his face.

Next to him, many little devils are happy, reaching this position, they have not been discovered by the 36th Group Army, and the little devils think that they have half the success.

The captain of the little devil team looked at the flat terrain in the distance again, and after finding no abnormality, he began to rest again.

At noon, many little devils slept and just woke up, and suddenly, many little devils heard the roar of planes in the sky.

Many little devils looked at the blue sky through the leaves, only to see a plane hovering above in the sky, as if it was conducting ground reconnaissance.

Many little devils were nervous, and they didn't dare to move and lay on the ground, for fear of being discovered by the plane overhead, the plane in the sky, the little devils had already recognized that it was definitely not their own plane.

The height of the plane is not high, the little devils can distinguish it with the naked eye, and the captain of the little devil brigade with a telescope even saw the number on the plane, which was the plane of the 36th Army.

This is indeed the plane of the 36 th Group Army's flying group, and during this period of time, the flying group has been sending planes to reconnoiter the periphery of the base area to prevent small devils from carrying out large-scale sneak attacks on the base area.

It's just that the little devils have changed to march at night, and the little devils have gradually entered the reconnaissance area of the flying brigade in the past two days, so the soldiers have not found the whereabouts of the little devils for the time being.

The plane in the sky circled over this large forest for a few times, found nothing unusual, and then gradually moved away, and many little devils let out a long sigh.

Just now, the plane flew almost close to the woods, and the little devils were so frightened that they didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere, and some timid little devils were even scared out of a cold sweat.

The plane had been gone for at least ten minutes before the little devils dared to start their activities and relieve their nervousness.

"Your Excellency Captain, can we make a fire and cook, everyone's dry food is basically running out."

A little devil captain trotted over all the way and asked the little devil captain.

"Yaga! If you light a fire, it will expose us. ”

Hearing this, the little devil captain was a little angry.

But considering that it had been a long journey for several days, and everyone was eating dry food, the little devil captain pondered for a moment, and then decided: "There is a small village not far ahead, send a small army to dress up as the Eighth Route Army to buy something!" ”

This little devil cavalry, as the vanguard, in order to deal with emergencies, the little devils carried some military uniforms of the Eighth Route Army, which could be used for camouflage.

As for the uniforms of the 36th Group Army, the little devils have not yet done so, the little devils have never caught the soldiers of the 36th Group Army, and the Kwantung Army has never obtained the uniforms of the 36th Group Army.

This time, the little devil decided to disguise himself as the Eighth Route Army and go to the front village to buy something to eat, this is close to the base of the 36th Group Army, the little devil in order to prevent the target from being exposed, adopted such a method, if it was before, the little devil would definitely rush into the village to rob.

Immediately, about two dozen little devils, wearing brand-new Eighth Route Army uniforms and brand-new cloth shoes, carried cavalry and infantry on their backs, and walked to a small village three or four kilometers ahead.

Ahead, there is a small village called Xiaojia Village, the scale of the village is not large, at most two or three hundred people.

This team of little devils dressed as the Eighth Route Army spent about half an hour walking to the entrance of this village, an old yellow dog at the entrance of the village, saw a group of strangers coming, and suddenly barked vigorously.

The dog barked "Wang, Wang", and immediately ran over a middle-aged man, the middle-aged man drank the old yellow dog, and then looked at the group of people wearing gray cloth military uniforms and carrying rifles with some confusion.

The middle-aged man asked a little hesitantly, "Who are you?" What are you doing in our Xiaojia Village? ”

"Fellow, don't be nervous, we are the Eighth Route Army, just passing by your village, come in and buy something to eat by the way."

The little devil who led the team spoke Chinese fluently, and immediately laughed and said loudly.

Hearing that it was the Eighth Route Army, the middle-aged man's expression suddenly eased, and he also said enthusiastically: "It turned out to be a comrade of the Eighth Route Army, please come into the village." ”

When this middle-aged man was talking, many villagers had already gathered around, looking at the two dozen or so "Eighth Route Army" curiously.

Among the villagers were not only old people, children and women, but also several young people, two of whom were armed with rifles and grenades pinned to their waists. The other two or three were either armed with broadswords or spears.

These young men with weapons are none other than the militia of Xiaojia Village, which has more than a dozen militiamen and is also armed with nearly ten rifles. These militiamen apparently saw the Eighth Route Army coming and ran from the village.

In the base area of the 36th Group Army, there are militia units in many villages, and this is on the edge of the base area, and it is even more necessary to defend it, so it is not surprising that there is a militia force of more than a dozen people.

The little devils saw that there were still a few people in the villagers here with weapons, and their hearts tightened, but their faces still did not move.

Seeing that these "Eighth Route Army" were here to buy things, although this middle-aged man felt strange, he still warmly invited these "Eighth Route Army" soldiers to go to the village.

Xiaojia Village is located in the Mongolian steppe, is a fixed village where Mongolian and Han people live together, and the Eighth Route Army is almost impossible to see in peacetime, and this middle-aged man has not seen the Eighth Route Army for almost two years, and the soldiers of the 36th Group Army and the soldiers of the local garrison brigade often see it.

After leading these little devils into the village, the little devils took out dozens of white flowers and oceans, offered to buy two sheep and a cow, and asked the villagers to slaughter these cattle and sheep immediately and roast the meat in large pieces.

Such a strange request, many villagers feel very strange, but everyone saw so much ocean, and these people are the Eighth Route Army, everyone still readily agreed, half an hour later, these cattle and sheep were slaughtered, and many villagers helped to barbecue meat.

An hour later, most of the meat was almost roasted, and the Eighth Route Army, dressed up by these little devils, bought a few pots of wine from the villagers, and these little devils, gathered together, biting the barbecue, drinking wine, eating first, and the little devils were ready to eat and then carry these roasted beef and mutton back to the forest where the army was hiding.

The little devils enjoyed eating very much, and one of the little devils forgot to say "Yo Xi!" Then he gulped meat and drank wine with a satisfied face.

It just so happened that this middle-aged man sent over a large plate of barbecued meat, and when he heard this "Yo Xi", his expression immediately changed, and he thought in his heart, why did these Eighth Route Army suddenly say a little devil's words?

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man slowly retreated, looked at these "Eighth Route Army" from a distance, and saw that these "Eighth Route Army" uniforms and shoes were clean and brand-new, and the weapons on his back were neither made in Hanyang nor 38 style, the more he looked at it, the more strange he felt.

This middle-aged man is the militia captain of Xiaojia Village, and he still has a certain understanding of guns, and the militia of Xiaojia Village is equipped with several rifles, both Hanyang-made and 38-style rifles.

Could it be that these people are dressed up as little devils? What is their purpose? What do you do when you buy these more?

The militia captain didn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time, but he had many doubts in his heart, and he already strongly doubted the true identity of these "Eighth Route Army".

After quietly sending these people away, the militia captain immediately summoned the militia of Xiaojia Village, and more than a dozen of us gathered together to discuss it, and everyone listened to their captain's introduction and analysis, and also felt that the situation was more serious, if it was really a little devil, it would be more troublesome.

A few minutes later, the militia captain and two militiamen followed the "Eighth Route Army" from afar to further understand the situation, and the rest of the militia strengthened their vigilance to protect the safety of the villagers.

Because they were very familiar with the terrain and controlled the distance very far, the three militiamen of Xiaojia Village followed from a distance, followed this group of little devils, and came to the vicinity of the woods.

Everyone hid in the bushes, looking at the figure of many little devils in the woods two or three hundred meters away in front of them, everyone was secretly surprised.

(To be continued)