Xu Dalong said to Zheng Xirong, Wang Jinke, and Zhou Mingde: "Now that we are far away from the large army, we have to rely on ourselves for everything. Intelligence work is very important to us. My opinion is that the guerrillas should establish a specialized intelligence agency to provide Our guerrillas provide intelligence on all aspects.
Xizi was originally a reconnaissance squad leader, so you will be in charge of this intelligence agency, which will be called the Mawushan Guerrilla Intelligence Unit for the time being. Jin Ke is good at forging documents, and Mingde is good at acting. Your specialties are both suitable for intelligence work, so you will serve as the deputy captain of the intelligence team.
After the establishment of the intelligence team, the current task is to grasp the enemy situation in Guancheng County and the establishment of puppet regimes in other towns and villages in Guancheng County. You should find a way to establish an intelligence station in Guancheng County, develop intelligence agents in every township and every village, and strive to be fully aware of all the activities of the Japanese and puppet troops in Guancheng County, so as to prevent Qilin Peak from being attacked by the enemy. Raid to ensure the safety of the work teams sent by the guerrillas to various villages and towns.
From now on, you will be the eyes of the guerrillas, and the importance of your work can even be said to exceed that of the combat unit. "
Zheng Xirong was a very outstanding Eighth Route Army soldier, and he always resolutely carried out the instructions of his superiors. He said he had no objection.
After this period of training, Wang Jinke has become an excellent Eighth Route Army soldier. He expressed his gratitude to Xu Dalong for his trust.
Zhou Mingde did not expect that he would be promoted to squad leader just after joining the Eighth Route Army. He was very happy and said that he would humbly learn from Zheng Xirong and Wang Jinke and work hard to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors.
Xu Dalong was not very familiar with intelligence work, so he could only teach Zheng Xirong and others what he knew and let them gradually gain experience in practice.
Xu Dalong said: "You have only two tasks. The first is to protect yourself, and the second is to provide intelligence to the guerrillas. Do you understand?"
Zheng Xirong and the other three replied together: "I understand."
After the establishment of the Mawushan Guerrilla Intelligence Team, Zheng Xirong, Wang Jinke, and Zhou Mingde conducted research and concluded that the main enemy facing the Mawushan Guerrilla today was the Japanese and puppet troops in Guancheng County. Therefore, they decided to first attack the Mawushan Guerrilla in Guancheng County. An information station was established in the county seat.
After making this decision, the three of them, with the help of a villager from Qiligou Village, went to Guancheng County to conduct reconnaissance.
After understanding the situation in Guancheng County, they decided to open a grocery store in Guancheng County. Zhou Mingde led a local soldier into the city to establish this liaison station.
Xu Dalong approved the intelligence team's plan. Before leaving, Xu Dalong asked with concern: "Mingde, you are from Chengde. Your accent is different from the local accent. Foreign accents can easily arouse others' vigilance. How do you solve this problem? "
Zhou Mingde smiled and said: "Don't worry, Wang Jinke has prepared an identity for me. Now I am not from Chengde, but an out-and-out local."
Zhou Mingde has excellent acting skills and is good at imitating other people's accents. What he just said was in the local dialect.
Xu Dalong said approvingly: "Mingde, it seems that your experience in the drama club was really useful. Your accent is enough to be fake, so I'm relieved. You are witty, brave, bold and careful, and you are very confident about your abilities." I’m not worried, but I want to remind you that you must not be careless at any time, and you must not reveal your identity unless it is absolutely necessary.”
Later, Zheng Xirong handed over the 500 yuan he received from Wang Xiaohu to Zhou Mingde and told him that the intelligence team would arrange an intelligence agent in Songjiazhuang near the county seat to help deliver the intelligence.
After Zhou Mingde and others left, Xu Dalong sent someone to call Liu Zhansuo.
Liu Zhansuo is now a soldier in the second combat detachment to which Monk Wei belongs. Xu Dalong asked: "Zhansuo, where did you hunt before? Are you familiar with the situation of bandits there?"
Liu Zhansuo said: "I originally lived near Tsushima Peak, where there are two symmetrical peaks, one of which looks like a horse's head. The two peaks are very close, so they are called Tsushima Peak.
There used to be a group of bandits there, and I knew one of them, so they didn't bother me.
Later, another group of bandits came, led by a man and a woman, both of whom were very good at marksmanship. The man among them used a gun with both hands and was able to shoot down a lit incense stick from 50 paces away.
This group of bandits did not harass the people very much. Although they also collected protection fees, the amount was not large.
The reason why I wanted to flee there was because the bandits there took a fancy to my shooting skills and wanted to recruit me into their gang. I didn't want to be a bandit, so I took my family to Xiaogushan. Unexpectedly... Hi. "
Having said this, he sighed, obviously regretting his original choice. Otherwise, his family would not have been harmed by the Japanese.
Xu Dalong asked: "Are there any other hunters you are familiar with in the Mawu Mountain area?"
Liu Zhansuo said: "Yes, I also know two hunters, but I don't know what they are like now."
Xu Dalong said: "I want to give you a task. Go to Ma Feng to learn about the bandits. If you can find those two hunters, find a way to mobilize them to join the Eighth Route Army."
Liu Zhansuo said: "That's okay, I'll give it a try."
Xu Dalong said: "For your safety, find your captain and ask him to send two soldiers to go with you."
Xu Dalong planned to wait until the strength of the guerrillas grew again, and then expand the guerrilla zone to the entire Mawu Mountain area. Mafeng was in the west of the Mawu Mountain area. Xu Dalong sent Liu Zhansuo to understand the situation first.
After Zhou Mingde entered the city, he first found the shopkeeper Wang of Xinglong Inn. This shopkeeper Wang was the cousin of a militiaman in Qiligou Village. The militiaman had already made an agreement with his cousin in advance to ask him to help Zhou Mingde in the city. Grocery stores were opened in the county.
Shopkeeper Wang agreed to help them find a shop in half a day. Zhou Mingde and the soldier temporarily stayed in Xinglong Inn.
The next morning, Zhou Mingde and his wife were wandering around the city. They wanted to familiarize themselves with the terrain of the county. When they passed a grain store, they saw several puppet soldiers driving two carts there to buy grain.
At this time, I heard the shopkeeper say: "Squad Leader Liu, didn't you just buy food a few days ago? Why did you buy so much again?"
The squad leader of the puppet army said: "Shopkeeper Zhang, isn't this a good thing? For the sake of our old friendship, I came here to take care of your business."
The shopkeeper of the grain store was very happy and said, "Thank you, Squad Leader Liu." After saying that, he took out a few packs of cigarettes and handed them to Squad Leader Liu.
Squad leader Liu did not reach out to pick it up, but looked at shopkeeper Zhang with some disgust.
Shopkeeper Zhang woke up and quickly took out a few oceans from his pocket and handed them over.
Only then did Squad Leader Liu smile and said, "Shopkeeper Zhang, don't worry, I'm afraid he will come to take care of your business frequently in the near future."
Shopkeeper Zhang said: "Well, is there something wrong?"
Squad Leader Liu looked around and lowered his voice and said: "There is a war at Qilin Peak recently. If you want to sell food, don't go there."
Zhou Mingde stood in the nearby shop, his back to the puppet squad leader, pretending to be picking out goods, but his ears were not idle. He listened to the conversation between squad leader Liu and shopkeeper Zhang.
The puppet squad leader's words made him secretly frightened.
Zhou Mingde could infer from the key points that he heard that Qilin Peak was going to fight and buy additional food that the Japanese and puppet troops in the county were going to Qilin Peak.
There are no bandits there anymore, only the Mawushan guerrillas are stationed there. This means that the news that the guerrillas are stationed in Qiligou Village has leaked out, and the Japanese and puppet troops are about to launch an operation against the guerrillas.
Zhou Mingde immediately sent the soldier out of the city to Songjiazhuang to contact the guerrilla liaison officer and asked him to send the news to Qiligou Village and report to Xu Dalong.
Zhou Mingde's judgment was correct. The Japanese and puppet troops in the county were indeed planning to launch a raid on the Qilin Peak Anti-Japanese Base Area.
The Japanese and puppet troops suffered heavy losses in Dahuaishu Village and near Guancheng County within one day. They were holding back their efforts to retaliate against the Eighth Route Army troops that attacked them.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the city all came from other places. They were not familiar with the countryside, so they turned to the puppet police they had recruited.
These people were local snakes and had intricate social relationships. Soon they found out that there was an Eighth Route Army guerrilla group operating in the countryside.
Because the Qilin Peak area is very remote, they did not find the specific foothold of the guerrillas at the beginning, but this could not stop these local snakes.
They arranged a lot of ruffians and hooligans in the countryside, and they finally found clues about the guerrillas' activities in Qiligou Village.
After receiving the exact information, Captain Tanaka of the Japanese Army discussed with the commander of the puppet army and prepared to dispatch troops to carry out raids in the Qilin Peak area.
After receiving the news, the guerrilla intelligence agents in Songjiazhuang immediately got on a large vehicle and rushed to Qiligou Village.
Qiligou Village.
After receiving this information, Xu Dalong said to Zheng Xirong: "Mingde is really a good source of information. He has just entered the city and heard such important news. This also shows that the work of your intelligence team is very effective. This counter-sweep operation I’ll give your team a credit first.”
Xu Dalong called Sun Desheng, Wang Chengzhu, Zheng Xirong, Wei Monk, Wang Xiaohu, Gao Youtian and Ma Zhixin, and held a combat meeting to make counter-mopping arrangements.
Xu Dalong believed that the guerrilla force was small and the main force was cavalry, which was not conducive to fighting in mountainous areas. He decided to lead the main force to leave Qiligou Village and use the cavalry's rapid maneuverability to harass the Japanese and puppet troops and find fighter planes to annihilate the enemy.
In order to prevent the Qilin Peak Anti-Japanese Base Area from being destroyed by the enemy, Wang Xiaohu led several key members and newly recruited guerrillas to cooperate with the militia teams of the eight villages around Qilin Peak to transfer the masses.
After the counter-mopping plan was formulated, Zheng Xirong led several soldiers to monitor the actions of the Japanese and puppet troops near the county seat. Once the enemy troops were dispatched, they would immediately report to Xu Dalong.
The next night, Zheng Xirong and others were near the gate of Guancheng County. They took turns to rest, and someone was always monitoring the situation of the Japanese and puppet troops.
At 1 o'clock in the morning, the city gate opened, and a group of Japanese troops came out, followed by a large number of puppet troops.
The reason why the Japanese army dispatched at night was because they knew that most of the enemy troops were cavalry, and they would not have an advantage in fighting on the plains. They hoped to use the cover of night to surround the guerrillas in the mountains. The guerrillas would not be able to take advantage of the cavalry and be forced to engage in head-on combat with the Japanese and puppet troops. The Japanese and puppet troops have an absolute advantage and can annihilate the guerrillas in one fell swoop.
Zheng Xirong silently counted the number of Japanese and puppet troops. There were about 150 Japanese troops and about 700 puppet troops. It seems that the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops in the city has come out.
Zheng Xirong sent Pegasus to report the news to Xu Dalong, leaving two soldiers to continue to monitor the Japanese and puppet troops in the city. He led two soldiers to follow the enemy and continue to monitor.
After receiving the report, Xu Dalong led two combat detachments and an artillery detachment, with a total of 82 members, and set off. Behind their team, there were also the militiamen from Qiligou Village led by Li Jinzhu. They drove several large carts with large wooden boxes filled with stone mines.
