Zhang Dabiao said with some yearning: "You must keep your word. If you don't have a sister-in-law, you won't care about me, brother."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Chief of Staff, don't worry. Our Commissioner Zhao Zheng has been thinking about your affairs for a long time. After the wedding of the regiment leader, we will take care of your affairs. Then I will personally fly over to pick you up for a blind date." .”
Zhang Dabiao smiled and said: "Don't mention it, it's convenient to have an airplane."
While everyone was joking, the commander and chief of staff came over. Li Yunlong, Xu Dalong and others hurried forward to greet them.
After meeting the commander and chief of staff, Xu Dalong said in surprise: "Commander, chief of staff, why are you really here?"
It turns out that what Xu Dalong and Li Changshui discussed was to use the commander and chief of staff as bait to lure Yamamoto Kazuki to come to the Mawu Mountain base. The purpose was not to actually let the commander and chief of staff come, but to let them find someone who looked similar to them. People come as stand-ins. Unexpectedly, the commander and chief of staff actually came.
The commander smiled and said: "Li Yunlong's wedding, the chief of staff and I must attend. Besides, with you Xu Dalong there, are we still worried about our safety?"
The commander's words made Li Yunlong feel very proud.
He said: "Brigade commander, you came to my wedding in person. I really have nothing to say. I will give you and the chief of staff a few toasts then."
Xu Dalong was also very moved. This was the commander's trust in him. This trust was so heavy that it made Xu Dalong's blood boil.
He said: "Commander, Chief of Staff, thank you for your trust. This time, Yamamoto Kazuki will never come back."
The chief of staff looked at the transport plane at the airport and the six escorting fighter jets, and smiled: "Xu Dalong, this scene is really quite big."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "The chiefs are here in great numbers, so naturally we have spent all our money."
Although the commander had seen big scenes, it felt good to see Xu Dalong sending all the fighter jets to escort him. He said: "Xu Dalong, your guerrilla air force can play a big role. You must protect them and expand them if you have the opportunity."
Xu Dalong said: "Don't worry, Commander, I have sent people to keep an eye on the Japanese airport. I will take care of them when I get the chance."
The commander, chief of staff, Li Yunlong and others boarded the transport plane, and two fighter jets took off first and hovered in the sky. After the transport plane took off, four fighter jets took off, and six fighter jets escorted the transport plane and flew towards Mawu Mountain.
Lingao City.
Since the super high school section chiefs Ning Gang Taro and Shimada Yu assigned tasks to Yan Guiwu, they have not received any reply from Yan Guiwu.
They called Yan Guiwu and got the answer that Yan Guiwu was not there at all. They asked the person who answered the phone to tell Yan Guiwu to come and report to them, but no one paid any attention to them.
Taro Ningoka and Yu Shimada were very angry and came to complain to the chief of staff.
The chief of staff was about to send someone to find them. After listening to the two men's accusations, the chief of staff said that Yan Guiwu had already found important information about Xu Dalong and had reported it directly to the commander. He was about to find them and ask them to get in touch with Yan Guiwu to verify the accuracy of the information provided by Yan Guiwu.
At this moment, Chiba Xunyi heard that Taro Ningoka and Yu Shimada were coming, so he sent his adjutant to the chief of staff's office and asked them to come together.
The chief of staff brought Ning Gang Taro and Shimada Yu to Chiba Xunyi's office. Ning Gang Taro and Dao Yuyi filed a complaint against Yan Guiwu in front of Chiba Xunyi, saying that he did not respect the Japanese Huang Army. His conscience has been greatly damaged, and I hope the division commander can severely punish him.
Chiba Xunyi was now very satisfied with Yan Guiwu. After listening to the complaint from the Super High School Section Chief, he said dissatisfied: "Your Special High School Section is responsible for intelligence work and has never received accurate information once. As a result, the division has encountered a lot of troubles." Frustration. On the contrary, it was Yan Guiwu who provided accurate intelligence every time and could even be said to have saved the division at critical moments. Your intelligence work cannot keep up with Yan Guiwu. In the future, you should ask Yan Guiwu more for advice and respect him more. Understood. Yet?"
Ning Gangtaro was so punished that he blushed and did not dare to say anything more. He could only promise Ha Yin repeatedly and said that he understood.
Chiba Xunyi did not reprimand Shimada Yu by name. After all, he was not a person guarding the 32nd Division, so he wanted to save face for him.
But Chiba Xunyi reprimanded the super high school section chief in front of him, which was obviously a slap in his face. Only then did he realize that he was unfamiliar with the place and he really had to rely on a local snake like Yan Guiwu.
Of course, he also wanted to save face, so he said: "Whether the information provided by Yan Guiwu is accurate still needs to be verified. I have already discussed with the section chief to verify the information he provided."
The Japanese military special high school's channel for verifying intelligence mainly relied on the gendarmerie in each county. Nowadays, the internal management of the Mawushan base area is very complete. Outsiders cannot get in at all. Even the locals have the masses to supervise each other. The gendarmerie teams from other counties basically have no effect.
Chiba Xunyi knew this, so he didn't expect the special high school to provide any valuable information.
He said impatiently: "You just do your job well and do whatever you have to do. Remember what I said, and you must cooperate well with Yan Guiwu in obtaining intelligence."
Taro Ningoka and Yu Shimada received a scolding and returned to the special high school class in a depressed manner.
One thing that is good about the little devils is that they work very seriously. They actually called the gendarmerie in each county and asked them to verify the information provided by Yan Guiwu.
It is difficult for outsiders to enter the Mawushan base area, but people inside the base area can still freely enter and exit the base area to do business or visit relatives and friends.
The gendarmerie around the base area used these people to inquire about the news in the base area. Indeed, they heard that in Guancheng County, some leading figures from the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces were planning to hold a group wedding. They also heard that some important figures from the underground party's superiors were planning to hold a group wedding. Come to their wedding.
The news confirmed that the information provided by Yan Guiwu was accurate.
Although Taro Ningoka and Yu Shimada felt very embarrassed, in order to show that they had done their job, they reported the situation they verified to the chief of staff.
The chief of staff reported the situation they reported to Chiba Xunyi. Chiba Xunyi was more convinced of the accuracy of the information provided by Yan Guiwu, so he sent a telegram to Shinozuka Yoshio, suggesting that he should seize this opportunity and send They launched a sneak attack on Guancheng County and eliminated Xu Dalong and those big figures in the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces.
Shinozuka Yoshio officially gave Yamamoto Kazuki an order to carry out his beheading operation.
Yamamoto Kazuki carefully studied Xu Dalong and knew that the intelligence work of the Mawushan guerrillas was very powerful. In order to avoid exposing his intentions, he led the members of the special agent team to mix with a puppet army and left Taiyuan City.
Even so, they did not go directly to Mawu Mountain, but turned in another direction before quietly running towards Mawu Mountain.
In order to avoid leaking the news, Yamamoto Kazuki did not even inform Chiba Xunichi of his actions.
When he was about to enter Ping'an County, he sent a telegram to Chiba Xunyi, asking him to notify Ning Gang Taro and Shimada Yu to join them in Yangcheng County.
When Kazuki Yamamoto left Taiyuan City, Xu Dalong did not notify Zhou Mingde to investigate because it was difficult for people Zhou Mingde knew to find out information about Kazuki Yamamoto.
The information provided by Yan Guiwu about the special section chief of the 32nd Defense Division and Shimada Yu was a channel to learn the whereabouts of Yamamoto Kazuki.
However, Xu Dalong did not ask Yan Guiwu to inquire about the news, because the matter was too sensitive and few people knew about it. If Yan Guiwu rashly inquired, it would most likely arouse the Japanese army's suspicion of him.
The same is true for Takahashi Bei. He is from the logistics class and has little contact with the special high school class. In order to protect him, Xu Dalong did not notify him to inquire about Ning Gang Taro.
The Mawushan guerrillas' intelligence station in Lingao City did not have the help of insiders, and it was impossible to find out the news about Ning Gang Taro and Shimada Yu. Therefore, Xu Dalong was unable to grasp the whereabouts of Yamamoto Kazuki.
But this is not important, because Xu Dalong and others have set a bait, and Yamamoto Kazuki will definitely come to bite the hook no matter where he hides. The Mawushan guerrillas only need to set up a net and wait.
After arriving in Guancheng County, the commander and chief of staff listened to Xu Dalong and Zhao Gang's work report on the development of the Mawushan base area. Accompanied by Xu Dalong, Zhao Gang and others, they inspected the agencies, troops, enterprises and institutions in the Mawushan base area. unit, they discovered that the true strength of the Mawushan base was still beyond their imagination.
The Mawushan guerrillas have well-informed intelligence brigades throughout central and northwestern Shanxi, powerful flying brigades and tank brigades, a transport brigade with hundreds of vehicles, and more artillery than a Japanese brigade artillery brigade. The number of cavalry exceeds that of a standard cavalry regiment of the Japanese army, the number of infantry exceeds that of a regular regiment, and the equipment exceeds that of a large infantry regiment of the Japanese field force. The remaining special operations squadrons, motorcycle squadrons, and engineer squadrons are all very elite. In terms of logistics, there are sufficient materials and guaranteed supplies. The technical strength of field hospitals has also exceeded that of hospitals directly affiliated with the headquarters.
Such powerful strength does not include the Independent Brigade. Today, the Independent Brigade has gone through countless war tests and has grown into a strong and powerful underground party anti-Japanese force. Its strength can fully compete with other main brigades in the Taiyue Military Region.
In addition, the Mawushan base also has a medical research institute, an arsenal, a clothing factory, and a mine. The scale and strength are also considerable.
County brigades in other base areas generally have only a few hundred people, and their equipment is also very backward. The two county brigades in the Mawushan base area each have more than 2,200 troops and are better equipped than a regular regiment.
What most lamented the commander and chief of staff was that the troops and agencies in the Mawushan base area were so large that they did not collect taxes from the people. If you want to feed so many people, especially those expensive planes, tanks, a large number of cars and cavalry, you can imagine the economic pressure, and it is scary to think about it.
The commander and chief of staff found that life here was very nurturing. Not only were the troops provided with allowances, but the standard of food was also enviable. This kind of talent is not something that ordinary middle-level commanders can possess.
The chief of staff said with emotion: "With such a strong strength in the Mawushan base, the specifications should have been upgraded long ago. Today's Mawushan guerrillas are still a deputy regiment-level unit, which is really unreasonable. I suggest asking the superiors for instructions and giving Ma The Wushan Guerrillas have a higher standard, and Xu Dalong’s position should be promoted accordingly.”
The commander said: "I have considered this a long time ago, and I have mentioned it to Xu Dalong before. However, Xu Dalong has his own ideas. I still need to seek his opinion on what to do."
The chief of staff said: "We happen to be here now. I will go talk to Xu Dalong today."
The chief of staff was also very cautious. Before talking to Xu Dalong, he first talked to Zhao Gang.
When the chief of staff told Zhao Gang what the commander and himself meant, Zhao Gang said: "The leaders have thought it right. I also think that the establishment of the Mawushan guerrillas is a bit chaotic now. Here I am the Zheng committee member of the independent brigade, and the chief of the brigade. level, the brigade commander, deputy commissioner, and chief of staff of the independent brigade are all brigade-level cadres. The actual leader here is Captain Xu, but he is a regimental-level cadre. This is because the chiefs gave him a It turns out that he was the deputy chief of staff of the military division. Otherwise, he would still be the captain of a deputy regiment-level guerrilla brigade, which is a bit unreasonable. Not only do I have this idea, but all the cadres in the base area also have this idea."
The chief of staff said: "The commander has long considered this. Regardless of the size of the army, Xu Dalong's personal leadership skills, and his military exploits, he should have been promoted to a corresponding position long ago.
The commander talked to Xu Dalong, but he himself disagreed. I came to you just to know what Xu Dalong was thinking? "
Zhao Gang shook his head and said, "I haven't really talked to the captain about this matter. I don't know what he thought about it."
Zhao Gang is a very principled person, and he is also a fair and selfless person. He doesn't care about personal gains and losses, and certainly won't talk about issues related to his position. Therefore, he really never communicated his thoughts on this aspect with Xu Dalong.
The chief of staff said: "You first talk to Xu Dalong to find out what he thinks, and then report to me and the commander. While the commander and I happen to be here right now, we will talk to him depending on the situation."
Zhao Gang nodded and said, "I will go talk to the captain after dinner today."
Since Na Chuanrong went to Fendong County to perform rituals for the deceased monks, although he was still taciturn, he had changed slightly from before. This can be felt from Xu Dalong's conversation with him. At least Na Chuanrong could maintain basic courtesy when Xu Dalong was talking to him.
Xu Dalong knew that it was not easy to convince Na Chuanrong, so he was not in a hurry. When he came to visit Na Chuanrong every day, he did not tell him any big principles, nor did he mention the arms matter to him. He just accompanied him. He chatted a little and cared about the problems in his life.
After dinner that day, Xu Dalong came to the small courtyard where Chuanrong lived.
When they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, the sentry on guard saluted Xu Dalong and said to him: "Captain, Miss Chu is talking to the master inside."
Chu Yun'er was a very smart girl. She knew that the secrets held by Chuanrong were very important to Xu Dalong, so she came up with the idea of helping him. The last time she accompanied Na Chuanrong back to Fendong County to perform rites, she took the initiative to approach Na Chuanrong. She cared about him very much in life and went to chat with him whenever she had something to do.
Chu Yun'er's mother is a Buddhist. Although she is a new young person and is not too enthusiastic about Buddhism, she still has a little understanding of Buddhism since she was a child, and she has some common language with Na Chuanrong.
Although Chuanrong was stubborn, he could still tell Chu Yun'er some things about Buddhism when he asked him.
Xu Dalong said softly to the sentry: "How did they talk?"
The sentry said with some curiosity: "A lot of words were said, but I couldn't understand them. Sometimes I heard Miss Chu laughing there. The master laughed too."
Hearing this, Xu Dalong also felt a little strange, because since he saw Na Chuanrong, he had never seen him smile, let alone laugh out loud. It seems that Chu Yun'er still has some ways to deal with this stubborn old guy.
Xu Dalong didn't want to ruin the atmosphere of their conversation, so he stopped going in and turned around and returned to his dormitory. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhao Gang sitting inside.
During dinner, Xu Dalong and Zhao Gang were together. Xu Dalong asked curiously: "Zheng Wei, do you have anything to do with me?"
Zhao Gang smiled and said: "If nothing happens, can't I come over? Why don't I just chat with you?"
Zhao Gang is a relatively serious person, and he rarely chats with Xu Dalong except about work.
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "This is not normal. Just tell me, what else do you want to see me for?"
Zhao Gang said: "Come over and sit down first. I really have something to ask you."
