The reason why Kong Jie said this was because he was worried that his words would not carry enough weight. He knew that the commander valued Xu Dalong more, so he proposed to protect Xu Dalong. He hoped that this reason could be accepted by the commander.
The commander understood as soon as he heard this. Kong Jie was not protecting Xu Dalong. He was simply trying to avenge Yamamoto Kazuki to wash away the shame of being attacked by Yamamoto's special agent team when he was in the independent regiment.
The commander understood Kong Jie very well. When the Independent Regiment lost the battle, he was called a doughboy by the boss, and Kong Jie himself was dismissed from his post and investigated. Who can any bloody person bear such humiliation?
The commander did not immediately express his position. He looked in the direction of Ma Wushan and began to think deeply.
Kong Jie looked at the commander longingly, fearing that he would not agree to his request.
Not to mention, Kong Jie's words moved the commander. The commander admired Xu Dalong very much. He also guessed that when the Yamamoto special forces appeared in Ping'an County, they must be heading for Xu Dalong. His first instinct was to send more troops to help Xu Dalong.
After all, the Taihang Mountain base area is the location of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed headquarters. The Japanese and puppets have invested more troops in the blockade of the Taihang Mountain base area. The Taiyue Military Region is responsible for the task of protecting the headquarters and is under great pressure.
Kong Jie's New Second Brigade is now considered a first-class main force in the Taiyue Military Region. If they are sent to Mawu Mountain, the strength here will be relatively empty, so the commander has to think carefully.
After careful consideration, the commander finally made up his mind and said to Kong Jie: "Kong Jie, I agree with your request and let you take the New Second Brigade to the Mawushan base area. The main task I give you is to protect Xu Dalong. No matter what happens, nothing can happen to him."
Kong Jie felt uneasy. After waiting for so long and seeing that the commander remained silent, he began to feel desperate. He did not expect that the commander actually agreed to his request.
He was so excited that he immediately stood at attention, saluted, and said loudly: "Commander, please rest assured. As long as I, Kong Jie, am here, I will never let the little devil hurt a hair on brother Dalong."
Kong Jie got his wish. After returning to the new second brigade station, he quickly gathered his troops and headed for Ping'an County.
After Li Yunlong heard the news, he immediately quit and insisted on taking his troops to the Mawushan base area.
The military strength in the Taihang Mountain base area is now tense, and the commander certainly did not agree to his request.
Li Yunlong was helpless. He did not dare to contradict the commander. After returning to the headquarters of the New First Brigade, he took his anger out on Kong Jie.
He said to Zhang Dabiao: "Why can Kong Erluzi lead his troops to Brother Dalong? When it comes to our relationship with Brother Dalong, we are no closer than Kong Erluzi. The commander is really partial."
Zhang Dabiao was also in a very depressed mood. He was silent for a while before he thought of a reason to comfort Li Yunlong and at the same time comfort himself.
He said: "Brigade commander, I figured out why the commander sent the New Second Brigade to the Mawu Mountain base area. It was because Commander Kong's independent regiment was defeated. He must have gone to the commander to ask for a meritorious service to atone for his sins." opportunity. If that’s the case, we don’t have to fight with him.”
Li Yunlong felt much better after listening to Zhang Dabiao's words.
He said: "Dabiao, what you said makes sense. Kong Erlu is a coward, and the independent regiment was defeated by Yamamoto. If we brothers were to replace him, we would have killed the Yamamoto bastard long ago. Commander, take care of him, Give him a chance to make atonement and see if Kong Er can turn around this time."
Taiyuan City.
Yamamoto Kazuki originally looked down on Xu Dalong at all. After the battle in Ping'an County, he discovered that Xu Dalong's Mawushan guerrillas were really not that easy to deal with. This time he only fought with Xu Dalong's troops. As a result, the special forces suffered heavy casualties. If he fought Xu Dalong himself and his special forces, the result would probably be even worse than now.
Therefore, he temporarily gave up the idea of continuing deep into the Mawu Mountain base area to deal with Xu Dalong. He wanted to return to Taiyuan City to rest, replenish the strength of the special agent team, and find an opportunity to deal with Xu Dalong again.
After Kazuki Yamamoto returned to Taiyuan City, Yoshio Shinozuka met him in person and listened to the report on the battle in Ping An County.
Yoshio Shinozuka fully affirmed the battle carried out by Yamamoto's special agent team to seize the north gate of Heian County. He listened to Kazuki Yamamoto's comments about Xu Dalong's Mawushan guerrillas.
Kazuki Yamamoto truthfully reported the situation of the battle to Yoshio Shinozuka. He is a proud man and is very dissatisfied with the result of this battle. He said that he will definitely lead the special agent team to get rid of Xu Dalong and hopes that Yoshio Shinozuka can help him obtain information about Xu Dalong.
Yoshio Shinozuka agreed to him and asked him to go back and rest first, and would definitely inform him when he had the exact information about Xu Dalong.
After Yamamoto Kazuki left, the Chief of Staff of the Japanese First Army said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I am really sorry. The plan I proposed to attack Ping'an County ultimately failed and led to the complete destruction of the Watanabe Regiment. This incident I bear a lot of responsibility for this matter, please punish me, Commander."
Yoshio Shinozuka said: "You don't have to blame yourself. Xu Dalong is an extremely difficult opponent to deal with. Even Yamamoto's special agent team suffered from him, and even Yamamoto Kazuki himself was injured. However, let's go again now We cannot use a small force to deal with Xu Dalong. We must wait until we have a large enough force before launching an attack on Xu Dalong and his guerrillas."
The chief of staff said gratefully: "Thank you, Commander, for your magnanimity. There is another question, what should I do with that batch of arms? Are we just going to watch it fall into the hands of Xu Dalong?"
Yoshio Shinozuka said: "What can we do now? Ping An County is now in the hands of Xu Dalong, and we do not have enough troops to attack the county.
We have to let this matter go. Fortunately, those arms must be very well hidden, and Xu Dalong may not be able to get them. Anyway, he can't find that batch of arms for the time being. When we gather the army to fight, we will definitely find that batch of weapons and ammunition. "
The chief of staff knew that this was Yoshio Shinozuka trying to excuse himself, which was a bit self-deceiving, but for now he could only hope that Xu Dalong and the others would not be able to find the weapons and ammunition in the short term.
The chief of staff nodded and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, what you said makes sense. If that batch of arms was so easy to find, we wouldn't have waited until today. Xu Dalong must have not gotten that batch of arms, otherwise, we would definitely be able to Got the news."
Shinozuka Yoshio said: "Yamamoto Kazuki's special agent team is still very effective. You arrange it, find out Xu Dalong's movements as soon as possible, and then let Yamamoto Kazuki get rid of him."
The chief of staff said: "Ha Yin, I will send someone to investigate this matter."
Among the Japanese army, the people who hated Xu Dalong the most were Shinozuka Yoshio, Fujiwara Konichi and Chiba Xunichi. There was also a person who was determined to put Xu Dalong to death. He was the Special High School Action Unit of the Taiyuan Japanese Military Police Headquarters. Tianyu, Changdao.
He was responsible for the security work for Li Fuying, a traitor to the Jinsui Army. He thought that the arrangements were perfect, but Xu Dalong still got rid of Li Fuying under his nose. How could he swallow his breath after being slapped in the face like this?
Shimada Yu has always wanted to find an opportunity to retaliate against Xu Dalong, but unfortunately his position restricts him and he can only move around Taiyuan City. Xu Dalong is far away in Mawu Mountain, and he has no chance at all.
That morning, he followed the chief of the Special High School Division to the Military Police Headquarters. The commander personally told him that he had received an order from the Chief of Staff of the First Army to send someone from the Special High School Division to Lingao City to guide the troops of the 32nd Division. The Special High School obtained relevant information about Xu Dalong. After the recommendation of the Super High School Section Chief, it was decided to send Shimada Yu to carry out this mission.
Shimadayu was very happy and vowed that he would successfully complete the task this time.
After accepting the mission, he met Kazuki Yamamoto. Yamamoto Kazuki said that Xu Dalong's whereabouts are not known now. When accurate information is available, the special agent team will remove Xu Dalong.
Lingao City.
After Shimadayu arrived at Lingao City, he went to visit Qianye Xunyi.
Chiba Xunyi is very interested in Yamamoto's special agent team. He believes that the best way to deal with people like Xu Dalong is to assassinate him secretly.
He was very enthusiastic about Shimada Island and asked his adjutant to accompany Shimada Island to meet with Taro Ningoka, the head of the Special High School Section of the 32nd Defense Division, and let them discuss matters related to obtaining intelligence.
Ping'an County.
Xu Dalong's most important task at the moment is to find the batch of arms hidden on Cuiyun Peak, so he stayed in Ping'an County for the time being.
Zhao Gang is even more concerned about this batch of arms. He saw Chuanrong's stubbornness and felt a little unconvinced, so when Chu Yun'er and others accompanied Chuanrong to perform rites for the deceased monk in Fendong County, he, Li Changshui and Wang Chengzhu found a few people who were familiar with Cui. Local people who were concerned about the situation at Yunfeng dispatched more than a thousand guerrillas to search Cuiyun Peak. Naturally, no clues were found.
After Chuanrong came back, Xu Dalong went to do his work himself.
That Chuanrong still looked like an old monk in meditation. Xu Dalong had no choice but to wait patiently for Li Xiucheng and others to return from Peking to see if he could find Chuanrong's relatives to do his work.
After the battle in Ping'an County, Xu Dalong, who originally attached great importance to intelligence work, increasingly realized the importance of intelligence work. After discussions with Zhao Gang and others, it was decided to upgrade the intelligence squadron to the Mawushan Guerrilla Intelligence Brigade, allowing Zheng Xirong to recruit troops to enhance the strength of the intelligence brigade.
Xu Dalong asked the intelligence brigade to expand the intelligence network to all surrounding cities and counties with the Mawushan base area as the center, so as to be able to grasp the enemy's dynamics in a timely and accurate manner.
To this end, Xu Dalong mobilized all his connections, including General Wang from Chongqing, General Zhang from Yichang, General Fu from Zhongtiao Mountain, and Li Kun from the World War II District Chief's Department. He asked them to solve a large number of radio stations and gave special approval to the intelligence brigade. Increase activity funds by 7,000 oceans per month.
Li Changshui admired Xu Dalong's courage very much, and also envied the intelligence work of the Mawushan guerrillas. You must know that he is the director of the Enemy Industry Department of the Taiyue Military Region in charge of intelligence work. He has no more than 20 intelligence personnel directly under his command. His activity expenses do not exceed 200 oceans per month. He only has 3 radio stations under his control. With Ma Wushan The size of the guerrilla intelligence brigade is truly unparalleled.
However, Li Changshui was still very happy. After all, the intelligence network of the Mawushan guerrillas was also affiliated with the Taiyue Military Region, which provided great convenience to Li Changshui's intelligence work.
The continuous fighting made everyone feel a little depressed, so Xu Dalong and Zhao Gang wanted to arrange some happy events to lighten the atmosphere.
Wang Xinmin and Su Xiaoyan were about to get married, and Zhao Gang proposed to organize the marriage of Li Yunlong and Li Xiuqin together. After seeking the opinions of Li Yunlong and Li Xiuqin, it was decided to hold a wedding for them together on the second day of the Lunar New Year next month.
Of course, Xu Dalong did not forget his promise to Wang Xiaohu. He and Zhao Gang jointly sent a telegram to the commander.
The Logistics Department of the Mawushan Guerrilla Force is actually responsible for the logistics work of the entire Mawushan Base Area. Based on the actual size of the Logistics Department, it is recommended that the Logistics Department be upgraded to a deputy regiment-level unit.
The commander agreed to Xu Dalong and Zhao Gang's request, so Wang Xiaohu became the deputy regimental-level director of the logistics department, and was eligible for marriage. They also held a wedding with Li Yunlong and others.
Zhao Gang was very concerned about this matter and personally helped Zhang Luo. Lin Xueying and Chuntao also worked together.
After the commander and chief of staff learned of the happy news, they also came to attend the wedding of the three couples.
Lingao City.
Taro Ningokang, the chief of the Special High School Division, and Yu Shimada discussed a plan to spy on Xu Dalong's whereabouts and reported to the chief of staff of the division.
The chief of staff brought the two of them to see Chiba Xunyi and listen to his instructions.
Chiba Xunyi admired Yan Guiwu's intelligence work very much. He recommended the super high school section chief and Shimada Yu to come to Yan Guiwu and ask him to help complete relevant intelligence work.
That morning, Yan Guiwu received a notice from the headquarters of the 32nd garrison division, asking him to report to the headquarters.
Yan Guiwu thought that Qianye was looking for him, so he came to the headquarters unexpectedly. Unexpectedly, the people looking for him were Taro Ningokang, the director of the Special Higher Education Course, and Yu Shimada.
As soon as Yan Guiwu entered the door, he felt very unhappy. The Super High School Section Chief was just a Japanese military center left, and Shimada Yu was a young leftist. When they saw Yan Guiwu, they did not take the initiative to salute. After Yan Guiwu saluted them, the Extra High School Section Chief just nodded.
Shimada Yu's expression was clearly very rude.
After all, Yan Guiwu was also a dignified lieutenant general and commander, and even Qianye Xunyi was very polite to him. Receiving such a cold reception immediately made me feel unhappy.
He suppressed his inner dissatisfaction and said, "What do you two want from me?" He usually added the word "Taijun" to Japanese people, but today he was unhappy and even left out these two words.
The reason why the Super High Section Chief and Shimada Yu treated Yan Guiwu like this was because in their minds, Huang Xiejun was just a dog of the Japanese, and they would not look at them at all. Even if Yan Guiwu was Huang Xiejun's division commander, he would not look at them at all. Look in their eyes.
The director of the Special Higher Education Course and Shimada Yu explained the purpose of looking for Yan Guiwu and asked Yan Guiwu to help them collect relevant information about the Mawushan guerrillas, especially Xu Dalong.
When they spoke, they did not have a discussion attitude at all, but demanded Yan Guiwu in a commanding tone.
The anger in Yan Guiwu's heart continued to rise, but he was an old man, so his face remained calm, but he had already had the idea of trashing these two guys to death.
Yan Guiwu acted like he was obeying orders, saying that he would assist them in completing their mission as much as possible.
After returning to his headquarters, he called Wang Shuhuai and informed Xu Dalong of the Japanese intentions.
The director of the Special High School and Shimada Yu did not tell Yan Guiwu what the purpose of collecting relevant information about Xu Dalong was. Therefore, Wang Shuhuai only mentioned in the telegram to Xu Dalong that the Japanese army wanted to collect information about Xu Dalong. As for the specific purpose, he didn't know.
However, after just experiencing the appearance of Yamamoto's special agent team in Ping'an County, Xu Dalong quickly guessed that this matter should be related to Yamamoto's special agent team.
The Yamamoto Agent Team wanted to take advantage of Xu Dalong, and Xu Dalong was also thinking of taking advantage of them. He believed that the information provided by Yan Guiwu was very important, and this was a good opportunity to deceive the Yamamoto Agent Team.
So he invited Li Changshui to discuss with him how to trap Yamamoto Kazuki.
After listening to Xu Dalong's plan, Li Changshui felt that it made sense. After the two discussed, Li Changshui also made some suggestions to supplement Xu Dalong's plan.
Li Changshui said: "Immediately report this plan to the commander and ask him to sing a big show with us."
Yan Guiwu's intelligence work was of course very outstanding. After receiving the telegram from Xu Dalong, he reported to the Japanese army according to the contents of the telegram. However, he did not go directly to the Super High School Chief and Shimada Yu, but went directly to Chiba Xunyi. He didn't bother to look at the faces of the two little people, so he gave them a small show of strength.
Chiba Xunyi heard that a mass wedding was going to be held in the Mawushan base. The protagonist of the wedding was Li Yunlong, the commander of the new brigade of the famous underground party. Not only that, there was also a more important figure, the commander of the Taiyue Military Region. and the chief of staff are all coming to attend Li Yunlong's wedding.
Such important information made Chiba Xunyi feel like he had found a treasure. He did not bother to inform the Super High School Chief and Shimada Tsumugi, and directly reported this information to Shinozuka Yoshio.
Shinozuka Yoshio was very happy to get such important information, and immediately called Yamamoto Kazuki to inform him of the news.
Yamamoto Kazuki originally felt that Xu Dalong was not important enough, but he learned that there were so many important people, including Xu Dalong, who was going to appear at the wedding. He saw this as a perfect opportunity to eliminate an important enemy figure.
He immediately agreed to the commander and prepared to carry out the beheading operation at the wedding.
Taihang Mountain airstrip.
The commander, chief of staff and Li Yunlong were going to the Mawushan base. Xu Dalong did not dare to neglect and personally drove the transport plane and all six fighter jets to greet the commander and others.
Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao arrived at the airport in advance and chatted with Xu Dalong who had already arrived.
Li Yunlong was going to the Mawushan base area to get married, and Zhang Dabiao had to stay in the New Second Brigade to control the troops. He couldn't keep up with the excitement of Li Yunlong's wedding, and he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
Zhang Dabiao said: "Brother Dalong, our group leader is getting married. Unfortunately, I can't go. You can make some noise in his house for me."
Li Yunlong smiled and said: "Da Biao, you kid, don't think about causing trouble for me. There are many people with suitable conditions in Brother Da Long. After I go there this time, I will ask your sister-in-law to find one for you, and I will give it to you next time." Have a wedding.”
