Liu Zhansuo saw men in military uniforms riding towards him on horseback, and he hurriedly rushed to meet them.
He said eagerly: "Master Jun, there are Japanese."
Monk Wei pulled him onto horseback and brought him to Xu Dalong.
After listening to Liu Zhansuo's story, Xu Dalong immediately took out the map and observed it carefully.
As for the purpose of this Japanese team appearing here, he was not sure for a while, so he solicited everyone's opinions, hoping to get inspiration from them.
Monk Wei said: "These Japanese must be heading towards Qiulin Town, just like the last time Japan's Yamamoto special agent team attacked the Independence Regiment. They may want to sneak attack the World War II District Governor's Headquarters."
Zheng Xirong is a reconnaissance squad leader and has more experience. He looked at the map carefully and said: "I'm afraid that's not the case. These Japanese teams total more than a hundred people. There are tens of thousands of Jinsui troops around Qiulin Town. This small force will not play any role at all. I guess they are just a vanguard force, followed by a larger force."
Others also shared their thoughts.
While everyone was talking, Xu Dalong's eyes did not leave the map. After careful observation, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "I understand."
Everyone looked at him, waiting for him to continue.
Xu Dalong said: "I think this is a big conspiracy. The Japanese first attacked the Jinsui Army in the direction of Yangquan, attracting troops from the 68th Army, including the 358th Regiment, to go to Yangquan for rescue, which opened a channel for the Japanese army. I think The goal of the Japanese army must be to attack Qiulin Town. Just like this small Japanese army, if they march secretly from Xiaogushan and go straight to Qiulin Town, even if they reach the Gushan Town area, they will be discovered by the Jinsui Army. , but it was only more than 20 kilometers away from Qiulin Town, and the Jinsui Army had no time to deploy its defenses.
As for this small force, look at it, southwest of Qiulin Town is the Fen River, and there is a bridge on the Fen River. This bridge is the only way from Qiulin Town to Zhongtiao Mountain. If this Japanese army The small team occupied and blew up the Fenhe Bridge, which was equivalent to cutting off the retreat route of the World War II District Chief's Department and its directly affiliated troops. Once the large Japanese troops arrived, what awaited the World War II District Chief's Department was probably a disaster. "
Zheng Xirong said: "Company Commander, I think your analysis is correct, it must be like this."
Monk Wei scolded: "These little Japanese are really insidious. Company commander, we can't let the Japanese conspiracy succeed. We must catch up quickly and kill this Japanese unit."
Xu Dalong nodded and said to Chu Yun'er: "Miss Chu, hurry back to Qiulin Town and report to the World War II District Chief's Department to ask them to beware of Japanese sneak attacks and at the same time send troops to strengthen the guard of Fenhe Bridge."
Chu Yun'er and Xu Dalong had a very happy conversation along the way, and for a while they were a little reluctant to break up with him.
However, she was a sensible girl and knew the priorities of the matter. She said, "I understand, you have to be careful." After saying that, she took the orderly and rode towards Gushan Town.
Xu Dalong said to Liu Zhansuo: "Fellow, please lead us now, let's chase that group of Japanese."
Liu Zhansuo had been worried that the Eighth Route Army team was too small to fight the Japanese. When he heard this, he said happily: "Okay, I will take you there right now."
Xu Dalong was deeply influenced by Li Yunlong and was a person who refused to suffer losses. He already knew that Liu Zhansuo was a hunter. Judging from his behavior of following the Japanese army here and being able to think of reporting the news, he knew that he was very brave and smart. He saw that Got Liu Zhansuo.
So he said to him: "Fellow, we will help you fight the Japanese, but I have a condition. I hope you can join our Eighth Route Army."
Liu Zhansuo wanted to avenge his relatives and said without hesitation: "As long as you can help me fight the Japanese, I will join your Eighth Route Army."
Xu Dalong said happily: "Good brother, let's set off right now."
Xu Dalong and others then took Liu Zhansuo to chase the Japanese.
Xu Dalong and others galloped on horseback. Their speed was definitely faster than the Japanese walking. But they went very far and found no trace of the Japanese.
Xu Dalong reined in the horse and said to Liu Zhansuo: "The Japanese can't move so fast. If you think about it carefully, based on where you saw the Japanese at that time and then when you saw us, how long was the total interval between them? Based on this, we can judge the approximate location of the Japanese.”
Liu Zhansuo was a hunter and was good at tracking, but he was riding a horse and it was not easy for him to observe the ground carefully. After thinking about it, he said: "Yes, those Japanese can't walk so fast. They should have gone to Fenhe River halfway. The direction of the bridge.”
Xu Dalong decisively turned around and slowed down their horses, allowing Liu Zhansuo to observe carefully.
Soon after, Liu Zhansuo said: "This is it."
He pointed to the field in front of him and said, "Look, there are many people's footprints there."
Xu Dalong rode off the road and came to the field. Sure enough, he found a lot of footprints on the ground, so he led everyone to chase them in the direction of the footprints.
Soon they entered hilly country, where the roads were difficult to navigate and riding on horseback was very inconvenient.
After a while, there was a hill ahead, with many strange rocks on it, making it impossible for horses to pass.
Xu Dalong decisively decided to dismount, leaving two soldiers to look after the horses.
Although the traces of the Japanese had been lost at this time, Xu Dalong had already judged based on the direction of the Japanese's advance that they must be heading towards the Fenhe Bridge.
So, they also ran directly towards Fenhe Bridge.
When Chu Yun'er and others entered Gushan Town, they saw several soldiers from the Jinsui Army wandering on the streets. She asked eagerly: "Is there a telephone in this town?"
Several soldiers saw that the person who came was a rich lady with two orderlies behind her. They knew that she had a good background and said respectfully: "There is no telephone in this town."
Chu Yun'er asked: "Where is your commander? Take me to see him quickly."
Stationed in Gushan Town is a battalion of the 69th Army of the Jinsui Army. The battalion commander is Wang Erxiong. He is the brother-in-law of the 69th Army Commander Li Fuying. He is quite talented, but he is a little thin due to smoking. , very depressed.
When he saw Chu Yun'er, this guy's eyes lit up and he thought to himself: "Where did this little girl come from? She is so handsome."
This guy always likes to tease women, but when he saw Chu Yun'er followed by two orderlies, he knew that she had an identity. He decided to find out who she was first and see if he could tease her.
