The Spy

Chapter 405
"Thousands of people really think highly of us."

Niu Yuanxiang snorted coldly. The number of Japanese soldiers dispatched was not small, but as long as they were all land forces, Niu Yuanxiang would not be afraid even if there were twice as many.

Xiaohuangshan is no longer what it used to be. Now it has strong soldiers and horses and sufficient ammunition.

This time we're going to give the Japanese a good beating.

"I'm going to see my brother."

Niu Yuanxiang stood up. It was indeed he who commanded the last ambush, but he could not make decisions on everything by himself. Now he was only a military advisor and the second in command, not the one who made the decisions in Xiaohuangshan.

If he had been in charge, Xiaohuangshan would have become part of the organization long ago.

"Yuanxiang is here."

The eldest brother of Xiaohuangshan is called Chang Yongxiang. He was originally a farmer. His name was given to him by his father using a bucket of millet.

Chang Yongxiang only went to school for one year and was later forced to work with his family. He could not read many words and could only write his own name. He also knew a few commonly used characters, such as numbers.

But he is very smart.

Ten years ago, Chang Yongxiang's family's land was seized by landlords and officials. His father was so angry that he could not endure it, and his mother went to their house to seek justice, but was severely beaten by them.

Overnight, one of his parents died and the other was injured, which was a huge blow to Chang Yongxiang.

Chang Yongxiang is a loyal person. Although he is not married, he likes to help others. In addition, he is smart and has a certain prestige.

After my mother came back, she fell ill and passed away in less than a month.

After this misfortune in his family, Chang Yongxiang became a lonely man and no longer had any worries.

He sneaked into the landlord's house alone, killed eleven members of his family, and then fled to Xiaohuangshan.

At that time, there was already a group of bandits in Xiaohuangshan, but they were very small, only about thirty people. They were surrounded and defeated in other places and fled here.

The eldest brother is quite old and was injured when he escaped, so his health has been poor ever since.

He rescued Chang Yongxiang, who had fallen ill with a high fever due to panic and nervousness.

This is how Chang Yongxiang settled in Xiaohuangshan.

He was smart and hardworking. At the age of 28, he was in his prime.

The boss of Xiaohuangshan adopted him as his adopted son and he officially became the successor of Xiaohuangshan.

In the second year after Chang Yongxiang was adopted as his adoptive son, his adoptive father passed away, and Chang Yongxiang officially took over Xiaohuangshan.

At that time, Xiaohuangshan was in a dilapidated state, with only the old, weak and sick people in it. There were few guns and even fewer bullets.

Chang Yongxiang was a flexible person who knew a lot of people. He knew that honest people had no way to survive in this world, so he began to recruit soldiers, but he did not look for people with families. He only looked for those who were alone or had no ties and had grudges against the landlords and gentry.

In just one year, Xiaohuangshan expanded to a size of more than 200 people.

He personally led people to rob the landlords and tycoons who were rich and unkind. Naturally, the people he robbed were not happy, so Wuhan organized several encirclement and suppression operations on Xiaohuangshan.

But Chang Yongxiang had already transformed Xiaohuangshan. These soldiers were good at bullying honest people, but they were completely useless against Xiaohuangshan, who already had hundreds of guns and strong soldiers and horses.

It can also be said that Xiaohuangshan already had a good foundation before Niu Yuanxiang came.

Chang Yongxiang’s slogan is to rob the rich to help the poor and to enforce justice.

He does not rob ordinary people. Even if someone is living poorly and is about to starve to death, he will provide relief.

As long as the caravans passing through his territory paid the tolls honestly, they would be allowed to pass.

There were some who were not honest, but they all became honest later on.

In this way, after several years of development, Xiaohuangshan had a population of more than 800 people, more than 400 guns, as well as homemade cannons and other weapons.

However, Chang Yongxiang has never done anything extreme and is still single.

A bandit leader like him had too many opportunities to take a wife as his own, but he had his own principles and would never rob a woman.

As for murder and robbery, those are the activities of bandits, and Chang Yongxiang must have done them.

However, he only robbed unscrupulous businessmen. Generally, people doing honest business did not want to cause trouble. Xiaohuangshan did not ask for much in tolls, so most people were willing to pay it.

This is also the reason why the organization sent Niu Yuanxiang here in the first place. This group of bandits has the potential for development.

Niu Yuanxiang is well-educated and has medical skills.

When he arrived at Xiaohuangshan, he was appreciated by Chang Yongxiang. However, it was not easy to develop Chang Yongxiang. After all, he had been a bandit leader for so many years and did not know much about the Red Party. In addition, there were so many people in Xiaohuangshan, and Chang Yongxiang had to be responsible for all his brothers.

Niu Yuanxiang was not in a hurry and was making an impact slowly.

When he came to Xiaohuangshan, he first changed some of the disciplines of Xiaohuangshan. No matter how smart Chang Yongxiang was, he was still a strong man, and Xiaohuangshan had many shortcomings in Niu Yuanxiang's eyes.

First of all, the sentinels. It is far from enough to just deploy a few visible and hidden sentries at the foot of the mountain.

Niu Yuanxiang not only added two more sentry posts to Xiaohuangshan, but also set up two more lines of defense.

In addition, the interior of the stronghold was renovated to avoid heavy losses from enemy air raids.

In addition, he cares about everyone, teaches them to brush their teeth, pay attention to hygiene, and dry and wash quilts when necessary.

He even ordered everyone to dry their quilts.

Even the toilets have to be cleaned regularly.

Gradually, Xiaohuangshan became less chaotic and there weren’t as many bad smells. People gradually got used to such a cleaner life.

It's just a little cleaner, but it's impossible to live like some of the sophisticated people in the city, after all, it's in the mountains.

Niu Yuanxiang also taught the people of Xiaohuangshan military strategies and tactics to improve their combat capabilities.

The other is professional training.

Niu Yuanxiang has worked in the army and knows how to train soldiers.

In the two years since he came, Xiaohuangshan has almost been transformed. Most people, including Chang Yongxiang, have great faith in him.

If the organization had not issued a clear order, Xiaohuangshan would soon have truly become a people's army.

Xiaotian thought Xiaohuangshan was just an ordinary bandit, but he didn't know that this place has been completely transformed.

During this period, Niu Yuanxiang also asked people from the organization to help with training.

Even if they cannot match the organized regular troops, their fighting will is much stronger than that of the Guo army. With 800 of them, they can definitely defeat 2,000 Guo troops, or even more.

On Xiaohuang Mountain, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack, Niu Yuanxiang is not afraid of the three thousand fruit soldiers.

There are only more than 600 Japanese devils and more than 500 puppet troops now, and Niu Yuanxiang has nothing to worry about.

"The devils are coming?"

After listening to Niu Yuanxiang's explanation of the situation, Chang Yongxiang immediately sat up straight.

Both of their names contain the word "Xiang" (auspicious), so people in Xiaohuangshan jokingly call them the two Xiangs of Huangshan. Under their leadership, Xiaohuangshan will surely prosper in the future.

"Yes, once we get to the bottom of the mountain, I expect they will attack tomorrow."

Niu Yuanxiang nodded. Before coming, he arranged for people to do reconnaissance. The sentry did not look very carefully and only knew the approximate number of the other side.

The scouts must find out the exact number of the Japanese devils, their weapons, and whether they have reinforcements.

Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy can help you win a hundred battles.

"What good ideas does the military advisor have?"

Chang Yongxiang asked proactively. Not long after Niu Yuanxiang came to Xiaohuangshan, he realized that he could not compare with Niu Yuanxiang in commanding a battle.

Before, his opponents were too weak, there were few decent ones, and he was not very capable, so no one was willing to pay a high price to eliminate him.

After observing Niu Yuanxiang's maneuvers several times and the ambush of the Japanese transport team last time, he was convinced. He fully agreed to fight the Japanese.

Although Chang Yongxiang is a bandit leader, he is also a Chinese, a Chinese man.

The Japanese devils have reached our doorstep, and every man must fight them to the death.

"Boss, there are a lot of devils. We can't fight them head-on. They must be coming with orders and are eager to attack. We have to figure out their strengths and weaknesses and wait for them step by step on the three lines of defense."

Niu Yuanxiang immediately said that when it comes to guerrilla warfare, no one can compare to them.

Since the enemy has come to our doorstep, we just have to wait for them.

Xiaohuangshan has three lines of defense, and each one of them can break their teeth.

They would never stand a chance of breaking into the mountain stronghold.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. You're in charge this time."

Chang Yongxiang nodded. He knew that Niu Yuanxiang was better at commanding operations than him, so he was confident in leaving his brothers to Niu Yuanxiang's command.

People are all made of flesh and blood. Since Niu Yuanxiang came to the mountain, he has been truly kind to his brothers and he is not just pretending.

"Thank you for your trust, Boss. We will definitely win this battle and kill more devils."

Niu Yuanxiang nodded. No one in the entire village objected to killing the devils. The Japanese devils were too hateful. They committed heinous crimes in China.

Niu Yuanxiang attached great importance to ideological work and often told them the news he read in the newspapers.

They know a lot about the evil deeds of the Japanese.

"Boss, military advisor, we have found out that there are about 600 Japanese soldiers and 530 puppet soldiers, a total of more than 1,130 people."

"The Japanese have very strong firepower. They have an artillery squadron with mortars and mountain artillery. However, their mountain artillery is heavy and difficult to carry on the mountain. We mainly defend against their mortars."

"The puppet army's firepower is a bit weak. They don't have any cannons, but they have four light machine guns. You have to pay attention to them."

There were more than 500 devils and only four light machine guns. It seemed that the Japanese did not have much trust in these puppet troops.

But there are more than a thousand people and more than a thousand guns, so we have to pay attention.

"Military Advisor, tell me how to fight."

Chang Yongxiang asked proactively. After thinking for a while, Niu Yuanxiang said softly, "The puppet army is not a concern. They don't have a strong fighting spirit. The main problem is the six hundred devils."

"We can lay some mines at night, bury some of them deeper, and use fuses to detonate them. After the detonation, the brothers will retreat immediately, but they must wait until the puppet army has passed before detonating them. We only want to blow up the devils."

Niu Yuanxiang almost instructed that they had mines, and a lot of them, and he would place two types of mines, one of which would explode when stepped on.

This type will not be arranged too much.

"What if the devils are in front? Should we detonate it immediately?"

When someone asked, Niu Yuanxiang smiled and said, "It's impossible. The Japanese are not stupid. If they find a mine, they will definitely let the puppet soldiers go in front, so that the puppet soldiers will be even less willing to fight. Although these puppet soldiers are not very good, their guns are good. We should surrender them if we can."

The Red Party lived a hard life and often had no weapons.

They had snatched many of the weapons from the enemy, so it was not surprising to Niu Yuanxiang.

"Okay, take all their guns and cannons."

Everyone laughed, and Niu Yuanxiang looked at them and smiled as well.

There is no problem in fighting the Japanese invaders. As long as everyone is united, he believes that as long as all Chinese people are so united, they can soon drive all the Japanese invaders out of China.

Early the next morning, Tengchuan asked the cooks to start cooking.

Today he will take over Xiaohuangshan and capture these bandits, killing those who should be killed and imprisoning those who should be imprisoned.

He will take back all the stolen imperial supplies.

The Japanese soldiers were indeed very disciplined and they finished their preparations quickly. The puppet troops, on the other hand, were still in chaos and had not even finished their meal.

"idiot."

Tengchuan was not polite to them at all and slapped the leader directly.

The captain was beaten so hard that he was dizzy.

"No more eating, pack up and leave immediately."

He had given the puppet army time, even twenty minutes more, but as a result, many people still had not eaten.

These Chinese have such poor discipline that it will probably be noon by the time they all finish eating.

He has to capture Xiaohuangshan today and then return to Wuhan City. He has no time to waste here.

"Yes, yes, Madam, I don't want to eat anymore."

The regiment commander did not dare to act rashly because the Japanese outnumbered his men. Let alone so many, even if there were only a hundred devils, he would not dare to resist.

They are all surrenderers. If they offend the Japanese, they will have no way to survive.

"Military Advisor, they are moving."

Niu Yuanxiang has arrived at the first line of defense, which is a simple line of defense. There are not many people around him, only more than a hundred people.

"Ready your machine guns. Remember, you only have one minute. Use your bullets and leave immediately."

Niu Yuanxiang began to give orders. The Japanese were quite capable and they brought mortars. Once the position of the machine guns was exposed, they would easily attract artillery fire.

If we don't escape in time, we might suffer serious injuries.

The first line of defense is just a show to make the Japanese underestimate the enemy. The focus is still on the second and third lines of defense.

"Yes."

They deployed six light machine guns and two heavy machine guns on the first line of defense, so the firepower was still not weak.

These guns are precious and must be taken away in time.

They also have their own homemade artillery, but unfortunately no mortars.

The last time, there were no mortars in the Japanese transport team, but there were artillery shells, which were blown up by the Japanese before they died.

"coming."

Soon the secret sentry sent a signal, and Niu Yuanxiang picked up the telescope and looked into the distance.

This was also captured from the Japanese.

As expected, the puppet troops were in the front. These puppet soldiers looked listless, carrying guns and walking crookedly. Some of them even had their clothes not properly dressed.

We got up early to begin with, but these puppet soldiers were dawdling and many of them didn't even get to eat during the rebellion. It's strange that they are in high spirits now.

"There are puppet troops ahead, let's get them closer before we fight them."

Niu Yuanxiang whispered that there was not much point in fighting the puppet army because they were all Chinese.

Besides, he knew the nature of these puppet soldiers. When they heard gunshots, they would immediately lie on the ground.

Few fought back.

If they didn't move closer, the Japanese were too far away and it would be a waste of bullets.

"Don't worry, military advisor. We will definitely beat the devils until they cry out in pain."

"Don't scream. Time is limited. Remember, you only have one minute. Retreat immediately. Anyone who dares not retreat will be put in solitary confinement for ten days."

Niu Yuanxiang glared at them. When they heard that they would be put in solitary confinement for ten days, they were dumbfounded. Solitary confinement sounds like just being locked up, no big deal, but people who have experienced it say it's worse than death.

(End of this chapter)