Although the two men were wearing plain clothes, they were wearing low-waisted leather boots. The one who was obviously an official was scolding the only subordinate who was around him.
"You guys know how hard we worked to find out the anti-bandit spies, so you guys are just going to kill me? If you can't catch that one this time, just wait to be shot by the Japanese. I If I stop caring about you, I'll beat you up."
While cursing, he put his hands on his hips and panted.
Although the amount of information in the words is not very large, it is enough.
Erniu and the others walked over in separate directions, with their hands behind their backs. The two men had already sensed that someone was coming. They saw that the stranger was about to lift the gun when two gunshots rang out. Erniu was holding the box of cannon flat with both hands, and the muzzle of the gun was smoking.
Both of these men were shot in the head and fell over. Er Niu's marksmanship was also rapidly approaching Xiao Wuzi, but it was not as superb as Lao Haishan's.
Erniu continued to raise his gun to be on guard. He flew over on the grass, turned over these people, and took off their guns. They were all good guns. They were original German-made Mauser rifles, which they often called large mirror box guns. , which is much better than the ones imitated by Zhang Dashuai Arsenal and those made by Hanyang Arsenal.
Cao Shangfei was quite professional at this job, especially the one who was an official. His documents, pocket watch, and money in his pocket were all in Cao Shangfei's hands.
Bayin went over and picked up the Russian-made Shui Lianzhu.
By this time, there was no one on the street. It was already getting dark, but there was gunfire again just now. The people were so frightened that they stayed at home and did not dare to go out.
Even the police who usually patrol the streets were missing.
The three brothers continued to move forward and saw Xiao Wuzi carrying a baggage. Xiao Wuzi gave Er Niu a wink, and Er Niu immediately received it. The four of them dispersed and disappeared into the dusk.
Back at the hotel, Xiaowuzi and Erniu changed their clothes and put on their black police uniforms. Their police identities were still valid here because Rehe Province was still within the territory of Manchukuo, so it still belonged to Manchukuo. Tube.
But south of the Great Wall is the territory of the North China Autonomous Government. It is now nominally under the control of Wang Zhaoming's Nanjing Republic of China government, but in fact it is still under the control of the Japanese.
The brothers haven't eaten yet, so they won't go out to the restaurant this time. Instead, Cao Shangfei goes out to buy some food and comes back, while the brothers eat and wait for Jin Liang.
When Jin Liang came back, it was already very late, and Master Jin was in a terrible state. He ate a few mouthfuls of food and said to Xiao Wuzi: "The girl's surname is also Liu, her name is Liu Xia, and she has been living in Rehe with her widowed mother. . She didn’t know who her father was, and her mother didn’t tell her, but it was her father who gave her the name.”
This must be a romantic debt from Liu Yun's father, so Jin Liang didn't ask in detail.
But another piece of news is very important. Liu Xia and the others are also called the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, but they are not the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, but the Jidong Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. Their team is also the same as the Anti-Japanese Alliance. The sources of the team are very mixed, and they are roughly divided into three categories: local armed forces, troops from the National Government, and troops sent from Yan'an, so they are called the coalition forces.
They were originally in the mountains. This time they came to Chengde to contact an insider in the security army to get a piece of intelligence. The specific content of the intelligence was unknown.
However, all the people they came here this time were novices. They sent Liu Xia here entirely because she had grown up in Chengde since she was a child and was familiar with it. That's why they were almost killed in one fell swoop. Fortunately, we met the Xiaowuzi team, otherwise, the information would not have been spread at all.
Liu Xia's identity is a member of the Wulingshan guerrillas. The good news is that the backbone of their guerrillas are all Communist troops from Shanxi. As long as they can connect with them, Xiaowuzi and the others will have found an organization.
The next day, the police actually checked door to door and found the hotel where they were staying. Jin Liang and the others showed their IDs openly, and the policemen immediately returned them respectfully. In fact, Master Jin’s true identity was unknown. They didn't dare to reveal it. Once exposed, these people could only be more respectful, because Jin Liang's uncle was the governor here and had just been transferred back to Xinjing.
After the police left, the team held a small meeting to determine the next plan. Xiaowuzi and Jin Liang had the same idea, which was to find this team of their own first, because they were the closest, so they should contact them earlier. I'll feel like I belong sooner.
So the small team left Chengde and went into the mountains.
The person they killed yesterday was a special police force in Rehe Province, Manchukuo, called the Detective Team. It was a team specially recruited by the Japanese to catch anti-bandit traitors. At this time, their certificates were all placed on the carriage. Xiao Wuzi said: "Don't throw this thing away, it may be useful in the future." He distributed it to the brothers and asked them to keep it.
These detective teams all use good guns, and I don't know who their boss is, and he is willing to spend so much money to support them.
At this time, it was already March in the lunar calendar and April in the solar calendar, so spring had already begun, so the temperature became higher as we went south, even though it was a mountainous area. But the snow has almost melted, but there is still some residual snow in the shady corners.
The mountain road was full of mud, so it was not easy to walk. By the time they arrived at the foot of Wuling Mountain, three or four days had passed.
There are also villages in the mountains here, but this place belongs to the border, and the Japanese do not control it so strictly, mainly because it is beyond their reach.
When the two carriages entered a valley, Xiao Wuzi's sharp eyes saw an independent tree suddenly falling down on a high hill. Xiaowuzi looked back at Erniu, but Erniu smiled because he was so familiar with this business.
When we entered a narrow valley, there was a fallen tree lying across the road in front of us. No one could be seen on the high slope, but someone was shouting: "Stop, what are you doing? Stop for inspection. Come down and raise your hands."
Erniu nodded to Xiaowuzi, and the brothers got out of the car, raised their hands and stood far away from the car.
The two young men who came down from the mountain were not very old. They should be about the same age as Xiao Wuzi, about seventeen or eighteen years old. One hand was holding a gun made in Hanyang, and the other hand was actually a hunting cannon, the kind with gun sand inside.
On both sides of the valley, trees and grass were swaying, as if there were many people lying in wait on both sides.
Er Niu's smile became even brighter, and it became more and more interesting. He was sure that there were no more than five people in this group of boys plus the two in front of him.
Xiaowuzi said: "We are from outside the customs. We have important things to report to the guerrilla leader. Brothers, please go and report to us?"
The two boys ignored him and came over to turn over them. When they found out that they both had guns, they were a little dumbfounded.
Erniu said: "We won't move. You should go and report to your superiors quickly. We really have something important to do."
Unexpectedly, the two boys became angry. They pointed their guns at Erniu and said, "Don't move. If you move, you will shoot." Then the other one went to overturn the carriage. There were weapons and police uniforms on the carriage. Then he found Xiao Wuzi's wooden box and was about to open it.
Xiaowuzi said: "Don't touch that. That's important information. You have no right to see it."
The boy obviously didn't take him seriously, so he raised his hand and opened it. Xiao Wuzi snatched the cannon from him and kicked him to the ground. The box fell to the mud with a crash.
Erniu also grabbed the gun barrel on the opposite side at the same time, leaned on it with his shoulder, and the boy let go of the gun and sat on the ground.
Xiaowuzi picked up the box carefully, with an angry look on his face.
"Are you all fools? Don't you understand Chinese? Aren't you asked to report to your superiors? Why are you so undisciplined? If you do this again, I will teach you a lesson for your superiors."
Erniu unloaded the bullets from the gun neatly and threw the gun to the young man sitting on the ground.
When Xiao Wuzi saw that the foreign cannon in his hand was not filled with gunpowder and gun sand, it was an empty gun, so he gave it back to the boy who got up from the mud.
At this time, someone came down from the mountain. When Xiaowuzi saw it, it was Sister Xiaoyun. Jin Liang said she was a girl named Liu Xia.
She came and said to the two team members who had been cleaned up: "The commander's order is to let them in." The two team members who were beaten but were very unconvinced had no choice but to pull away the fallen tree and let them in. Erniu smiled. Throwing the bullet back to the young man, he said to him: "Kid, you still need to practice! This skill is too weak, how can you beat the Japanese?"
This is a village in a mountain valley, with about thirty or forty households. Xiao Wuzi and his carriage stopped in the flat yard in the center of the village. They moved everything down, and there was still a lot of food and game inside.
There are about thirty young people training in the village, and a young man wearing a gray uniform of the Eighth Route Army is giving guidance.
Erniu almost burst into tears when he saw this outfit. He had finally found his home!
A man in his thirties, wearing a gray Eighth Route Army uniform, walked out of the room and was looking at these young men with a smile.
Xiao Wuzi suddenly felt as if he had met Political Commissar Wei.
First, Erniu took a step forward, stood at attention, and gave a formal military salute.
"Soldiers from the first battalion and one company of the Lunan Independent Column of the Eighth Route Army rushed to the commander to report."
Xiaowuzi also stood at attention and saluted formally like him.
"Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, traffic officer Liu Zhenwu of the First Army Guard Company reported to the chief."
Lao Zhao returned the gift, went forward and shook hands with them all and said: "One from Shandong and one from Northeast China, they are not even close. Come, come into the room and say hello. He also called Jin Liang and the others to come in.
Old Zhao's name is Zhao Sen. He is not a low-ranking officer. He is the deputy commander of the Jidong Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. Because he had to take care of the face of the friendly forces, the position of commander-in-chief was given to the local militia. The other deputy commander was from the Nationalist Government and was dismissed by the Japanese. troops.
Old Zhao is an old revolutionary. He came from the Long March. Now he is appointed by the organization to organize anti-Japanese armed forces in the Hebei Re border area.
Xiaowuzi finally found his family this time, and told Lao Zhao everything they had done in the Northeast in detail. By the time he finished speaking, it was already dark and everyone was hungry.
