After accepting the order, Ma Damao led only two platoons of more than 70 people out of the mountain. The main responsibility of the special agent company was to protect the troops.

Although there were also combat units such as the teaching team following the regiment headquarters, in Ma Damao's view, those were two different things. They were others, and guarding the regiment headquarters was their job, so he still let some of them stay behind.

Of course, the main reason is not that they are worried about the regiment's defense strength. The main reason is that they should not dispatch too many people this time, otherwise there will be problems with supply. Even if it is reduced to more than 70 people, based on one and a half kilograms of food per person per day,

That would also require a hundred kilograms of grain a day.

If the guerrilla zone is not restored, where will they go to raise food? That will expose their whereabouts to the enemy. It is even more unrealistic to expect local support. It will be a problem for them to provide food for one or two people, let alone so many people.

As for carrying them by themselves, that would be even more ridiculous. They were lightly armed this time and only carried two crooked machine guns as weapons.

After all, you are not going to fight the Japanese and puppet troops. You don't need too much firepower. Mobility is the most important thing.

The most important thing is to eat. This is a long-term war. They can't do nothing but go to the traitor's house to grab food all day long. That would make him a bandit.

Therefore, their first task this time when they went deep into the enemy's hinterland was to restore the guerrilla zone here. As the war entered a stalemate stage, the Japanese and puppet troops strengthened their control over the occupied areas, and the local organizations in Xincheng were severely damaged.

In particular, the surviving backbone of the local grassroots political power had to go underground. This time they cooperated with local cadres, using force as the basis and ideological work as a means, and gradually began to rebuild the guerrilla zones and develop fortified households.

They still have a mass base in the area. As long as the threat of traitors can be eliminated, the local people are still willing to support their Eighth Route Army.

Of course, Ma Damao, who had served in the armed workers' team, knew that if he wanted to regain a foothold in this area, this gun must be fired. These street gangsters who followed the devils were all guys who could adapt to the changing circumstances.

It's useless to deal with them one by one. You can't really kill them all. Scare without pain is even more ineffective against these two-skinned guys. Instead, they will think you are bluffing, which will have the opposite effect.

It's useless to reason with this kind of shameless guy. He just thinks you're farting. The best way to deal with them is to establish authority. As long as they are frightened, they are grandsons. What do you say to him?

They all have to obey and obey without compromise.

So if you want to come, be ruthless. Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys will not work. You need to kill a monkey, and it will be more effective if you take the lead among the monkeys.

Only by showing how ruthless you are and having living examples can you truly intimidate the other party and make them dare not act rashly. Even if you want to report, you have to consider the consequences and be more concerned, which will reduce your subsequent work a lot.

trouble.

With such a combined attack, there are not too many monkeys that can be killed. Of course, if Li Jianfeng can be killed directly, the effect will be absolutely overwhelming. It will definitely make these gangs of big and small traitors stand straight. They dare not do anything.

Any movement is not the condition.

Ma DaMao, who had no good solution but only one solution, came up with a stupid solution, which was to wait and see. He ran to a main road only about ten kilometers away from the county seat.

Because this place is relatively close to the county seat, it is a flat river, and the green gauze tents on both sides are not too high, relatively sparse, and not suitable for Tibetans. No one thought of the two ridges dozens of meters away from the road.

There will be an ambush behind you.

Ma Damao's choice of this place was not a temporary decision, but a deliberate decision.

It is true that he does not have much combat experience, but he has experience in dealing with traitors who work for the Japanese, and he knows exactly what kind of shit they are.

This road is parallel to the Xiangxin Highway that leads from Xincheng to Xiangyuan, and the distance between the two sides is only four or five kilometers. Therefore, the location he chose is definitely the core control area of ​​the Japanese and puppet troops. The Eighth Route Road in this kind of place needs to be far away.

I would avoid it and would not come to such a dangerous place.

Ma Damao took advantage of this mentality to prepare for a surprise. Of course, he did not intend to ambush the enemy. The transportation here was very developed. As long as there was the slightest movement, the Japanese reinforcements would arrive in an instant.

Although the Japs are not highly mechanized, there is still no shortage of tricycles and trucks in the county.

His main purpose is to catch some small fish and shrimps. The real big shots and the army will take the Xiangyuan Highway in the east. There are gun towers and strongholds at various points along the highway, so the security is still very high.

Although such rural roads are safer in theory, since they have a choice, most people still take the highway.

For the Japs, it was a smooth traffic line, but for the traitors and puppet soldiers, it was not the same. There were many inspection stations along the way.

The Japs don't care whether you are a big traitor or a little traitor. If you are unhappy, they will slap you in the face. If you really follow the Japs' orders, it would be better if you have a pass issued by the superiors.

If it was a normal business, these traitors really wouldn't want to take the highway. They were more or less just figures. They were shouted at and slapped by the Japanese, and they didn't want to lose their face.

It's fine if you encounter a Japanese inspection station. As long as you have all the documents and are respectful, theoretically the chance of getting slapped is not too high. But if you encounter a puppet inspection station, you will really get into trouble.

Those grandsons always feel that they have enough money to work in the field and always want to take advantage. In fact, this is just a waste of time. They can solve it by giving out a cigarette. The key is that if they give it out all the way, it is not a small amount.

It's fine if you want to keep it all, but if you don't look up and look down, it will ruin the relationship. There are ways to make things difficult for you.

A traitor with some respect does not need to care about the puppet army, but it is easy for the Japanese to lose their appearance, while ordinary traitors can easily lose their money.

Therefore, most traitors are reluctant to use the highway, and this road is also very safe. Given the choice, these traitors will naturally choose a road where they can walk freely.

Ma Damao still understands the hearts of these traitors very well, so he keeps watch here. The big fish may not be caught, but there are still larger small fish.

Besides, he just wanted to catch a bigger monkey for demonstration this time. He didn't have time to investigate, select a target, and then set up a location to arrest him.

After this set of procedures, it would take at least three to five days, or ten and a half months if not done well. If the monkeys hadn't been killed by then, he himself would probably have starved to death.

It's so convenient now. You can just keep an eye on it here, pick whatever you like, and pull it out as you like, which saves time and trouble.

After all, this road is not far from the county seat. Although it is not a thoroughfare, it is not a quiet place either. There are still several groups of people passing by.

There were ordinary people, there were also merchants doing small business, and of course there were also those who looked like gangsters and traitors who looked like they were working for the Japanese, but Ma Damao did not arrest them.

It's no fun to catch these low-level gangsters. According to the Eighth Route Army's discipline, they have to be released eventually. If they want to catch them, they have to catch the leaders. And Ma Damao, who was bored to observe the situation on the road, found a group of people walking in the distance.
Chapter completed!