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  A burst of firework exploded in the air, and five fireballs fell down like scattered flower petals, attracting many people to look up and wonder what had happened.

  Meng You Tian flipped his eyes, sat quietly on a stone, looking at Da Yong foolishly staring at the blooming flowers with a happy smile. This guy, too impulsive, thinks simply, acts hastily, don't stir up any trouble!

  Flares appeared in the sky above Shili Village, and the enemy's machine guns swept over suspicious targets before falling silent again.

  This firework was indeed set off at the wrong time. Meng You Tian sighed and scratched his head. The devils probably thought the enemy was going to launch a general attack, they were so tense!

  Before long, an Eighth Route Army cadre rushed over with two guards. Without even seeing who it was, he asked breathlessly and in a huff: "Who's setting off firecrackers? What kind of timing is this? Do you think it's New Year's? You've ruined the sneak attack I just got ready."

  Meng You Tian quickly stood up, avoiding trouble was not his style, no matter what, Da Yong and Xiao were considered his underlings, at this time he had to take the lead.

  "It's Wang Yingchang!" Meng You Tian identified the person from the voice, smiled and stepped forward two steps, saying: "We were sending out a gathering signal, didn't expect to cause trouble for the troops, really sorry about that."

  Wang Dashan saw clearly that it was Meng You Tian, and he swallowed a mouthful of coarse air into his belly. The other party was the masses, not his soldiers, and even if he got angry, he had to consider the object.

  "Alas, never mind." Wang Dashan shook his head in some frustration and fixed his gaze on the Big Ocean Horse. He forced a bitter smile, "You guys did a good job, if you hadn't slowed down the enemy's pace, we wouldn't have been able to intercept this batch of enemies! After the battle is over, I'll submit a report and ask the county to reward you." Having said that, he turned around to leave.

  "Hold on." Meng You Tian stepped forward, blocking Wang Da Shan, and said: "Captain Wang, I'll ask a nosy question, are you planning to launch a forced attack from outside the village?"

  Wang Dashan blinked his eyes, hesitated and nodded. He said: "There are main attacks, feints, or sneaking in under the cover of darkness, there are many ways to do it. But what you said is not far off either. If we don't attack from the outside, how can we get in?"

  "What's wrong, why not dig a tunnel?" Da Yong originally saw the regular army officer rushing over with a huff, had already dodged to one side, and now couldn't help but speak up again.

  "Dig a tunnel?" Wang Dashan looked at Meng You Tian with doubt.

  The actual progress of the tunnel excavation was not understood by Wang Dasha and others. They were regular troops, just thinking that the tunnel was very helpful in protecting the lives and property of the people, but they wouldn't ask too much, which wasn't their responsibility either. Moreover, how far the tunnel in Shili Village had been excavated, only Meng Youlian and others knew clearly, outsiders didn't know much about it.

  "It's like this." Meng You Tian leaned in close to Wang Da Shan, lowering his voice and saying: "We've already dug the tunnel to outside the village. If you all go through the tunnel and launch a surprise attack from within...".

  "Slap!" Meng You Tian's shoulder was heavily slapped, causing his body to sway and almost fall over.

  "Good boy, why didn't you say so earlier?" Wang Dashan was overjoyed, his mouth wide open, rubbing his hands vigorously. "This is great, this makes things much easier! Ah, how many lives will be saved now! You're a good kid, really not bad. Come with me quickly, let's discuss this with the political commissar."

  "Wait a moment, okay?" Meng You Tian frowned and rubbed his shoulders, this old brother's hand was really heavy. "I left someone in the village, wait for them to see the signal and rush over, good to ask about the situation!"

  "Right, right, let's ask about the situation." Wang Dashan nodded and asked somewhat anxiously: "Why hasn't anyone come yet? Ah, this signal was sent too late, it would have been better to send it earlier."

  Meng You Tian rolled his eyes, just now he was still in a hurry, and now he's complaining that the fireworks are being set off too late. What is needed is value, this sentence is really not wrong at all!

  After waiting for a while, just when Wang Dashan was getting impatient and pacing back and forth, the first batch of militia who had rushed to the gathering arrived. As Meng Youlian had expected, the first to arrive were indeed a small group that had stayed in the village. There were only two more wounded, An Meng and Wei Qingshan were carried on someone's back, while the others looked disheveled and covered in dust.

  Wang Dashan's eyes widened again, it was simply too incredible. In just a few days, the militia of Shili Village were almost all carrying Type 38 rifles and bayonets. To think that this newly formed regiment had only four machine guns, which had just been equipped to the company level! How could this be explained?

  Meng You Tian took a look and saw that his men were injured, so he rushed forward to check on them. Seeing that An Meng and Wei Qing Shan were not in danger of losing their lives, he let out a sigh of relief. He had someone carry the wounded to the first aid station for bandaging and medication, while he led several militiamen and Wang Da Shan hastily to the temporary command center.

  "There are nine secret entrances in the village, located here, here......" Meng You Tian drew a diagram on paper and pointed out: "But now that the devils have set fires and bombed, some of the entrances should be buried, and reopening them would waste time."

  "It's not necessary to dig it open again," said Wang Dashan, "That way is easy to alert the enemy and lose the suddenness of a surprise attack. As long as there are two or three places that can be entered and exited, I think it's enough."

  "To be on the safe side, let's send someone to scout ahead first." Fang Guobin's mood wasn't so tense anymore, with this shortcut, his confidence in annihilating the enemy increased greatly. "Little Meng, we'll also have to trouble the militia comrades to guide us and mark the way in the tunnel."

  "That's right." Meng You Tian turned his head and saw that Da Yong was already puffed out his chest, staring straight at him.

  The militiamen took a few scouts and left, Meng You Tian felt that his role was limited to this, providing a quick and convenient way of attacking, allowing the troops to quickly annihilate the devils. As for how to allocate the remaining forces, how to cooperate with the outside troops to eliminate the enemy after sneaking into the village, it was not something he should interfere with. But just as he was about to bid farewell, Wang Da Shan had already warmly pulled him down to sit, hot water handed over, attitude kind and gentle.

  When giving gifts to others, there must be something sought. Wang Dashan took a liking to that crooked handle and was very curious about how these militia got their hands on it. Between the lines, the meaning is quite clear, but also somewhat face-saving, regular troops asking militia for weapons doesn't sound too good.

  "That's a good rifle, I've decided to give it to the regular army to use, kill more devils, it would be wasted in our hands." Meng You Tian understood the implication and volunteered to see him off.

  As he said, the militia used a crooked handle, which was not the case. It looked mighty, but how many battles could it fight? Not many people would use it, and even if they learned to use it, the consumption of bullets was also a problem. Rather than that, it's better to send it to the regular troops and let them have a chance to play their part.

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