Xu Dalong continued: "She doesn't know our Zheng Ce very well. She is afraid of retaliation from the Japanese and puppets, and she is also afraid of retaliation from us.
Now she doesn't know our situation, but we know her home address and the basic situation of her family. She has no courage and no need to betray us. "
Lin Xueying nodded and said: "Brother Dalong, you should observe carefully, what you say makes sense. So what should we do next?"
Xu Dalong said: "Let's learn about the situation in the chemical plant through other channels. The chemical plant is so big, I think the underground party's intelligence station or the Jinsui Army's intelligence station should be able to provide help in this regard."
The reason why Xu Dalong didn't mention the Taiyuan Working Group of Military Tong that Lin Xueying worked for before was because Lin Xueying had gotten rid of her status as a military commander, and the people in the Taiyuan Working Group didn't know about this. He didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble because of his identity.
Xu Dalong and Lin Xueying could have investigated these matters through these intelligence agencies. After all, they were locals, so it was very convenient for them to investigate.
The reason why Su Xiaoyan found her colleagues to understand this situation is because whether it is the underground party's intelligence station or the intelligence department of the Jinsui Army and the military command, it is not easy to lurk behind enemy lines. If these intelligence stations want to understand the situation inside the chemical plant, they will definitely leave clues. After the chemical plant accident, the Japanese military's intelligence department will definitely conduct an investigation, which increases their risk of exposure. Xu Dalong didn't want to implicate them by taking action in the chemical plant.
After all, Xu Dalong and Lin Xueying were from out of town. Even if the Japanese and puppets really learned their true identities, there would be nothing they could do.
After returning to the trading company, Xu Dalong told Zhou Mingde about the investigation into the chemical plant and asked him if he could get any information about the chemical plant.
Zhou Mingde agreed wholeheartedly, saying that it would be up to him to find a solution.
Xu Dalong reminded Zhou Mingde that the investigation cannot be conducted directly by people from the trading company, but must be done in a roundabout way. Even if the Japanese invaders investigate in the future, they will not be able to find the trading company.
Zhou Mingde has been working behind enemy lines for a long time and is now very experienced.
He said: "Captain, don't worry. I will definitely take care of this matter."
Oshima Chunobu knew that the mission he had accepted this time was not only crucial to the Japanese army, but would also play a key role in his own future. Therefore, he must not fail.
He is cunning and suspicious. According to his analysis, there are underground party spies within the Japanese army and even at the First Army Headquarters.
According to his suggestion, with the help of the First Army's special high school, the Japanese epidemic prevention and water supply troops quietly left the First Army headquarters compound and temporarily went to the chemical plant to hide.
In order to allow the Japanese epidemic prevention and water supply troops to launch an attack, Oshima CITIC racked his brains to consider how to quietly transport this troops to the front line.
He thought of many methods, including long-distance marches, bypassing Licheng County from other places, and sneaking into the underground party's anti-Japanese base areas. But he didn't have this certainty. Thinking about the fate of Hirata Hiroshi's advancing team and Hirota Koki and the others, he had no confidence at all.
After much deliberation, he felt that it would be safer to send the Japanese army's epidemic prevention and water supply troops to the main Japanese army on the Licheng front line.
As for how to carry out the attack, he also thought of a way. He communicated his ideas with the superintendent of the department.
The section chief of the Special High School didn't know much about the situation on the front line, so he went to the First Army Headquarters with Oshima Nakanobu and asked to see the chief of staff.
The Chief of Staff met with Oshima CITIC and Super High School Section Chief. After listening to their suggestions, the chief of staff sent a telegram to the front. Soon after, the Japanese 109th Division and the 112th Division both sent telegrams, believing that Oshima's suggestion was completely feasible.
The chief of staff was very satisfied with this and issued an order to the frontline troops to take action according to Oshima Chunobu's suggestion.
Oshima Zhongxin's suggestion was the same as Li Yunlong's. He heard that the underground party had dug a large number of tunnels in the base area, so he suggested that the Japanese army also dig tunnels directly to the rear of the defensive positions of the Eighth Route Army and Shanxi-Sui Army on the opposite side. The epidemic prevention and water supply troops carried poison gas to attack the enemy troops on the front line of Licheng.
The Japanese army dug a large number of trenches, and they also found that the soil here was very suitable for digging tunnels. The Japanese generals on the front line were worried about being unable to break through the enemy's positions. Oshima Chunobu's suggestion reminded them that they were also preparing to dig tunnels.
They believe that even without carrying out a biological and chemical weapon attack, if they can dig a tunnel to the rear of the enemy's defensive position, then send capable troops to sneak in from the tunnel, and suddenly attack the enemy's rear, coupled with the cooperation of the troops in front of the position , fully confident of breaking through the enemy's position, thus completely changing the current confrontation situation.
Therefore, the Japanese army also began to dig tunnels. In order to ensure success, each of the Japanese 113th Division and 109th Division plans to dig three tunnels, and the independent 11th Brigade also plans to dig two tunnels.
Under the guidance of Wang Sanqiang, Lin Husheng directed the officers and soldiers of the security regiment to dig tunnels day and night.
In order to facilitate tunnel excavation, Zhao Gang specially equipped them with a special tool for tunnel excavation that he was responsible for developing: a three-tooth nail rake. The handle of this nail rake is only more than a foot long, which is very convenient to use in a small space. The tip of the rake is very sharp and can be easily penetrated into the soil. Using the principle of leverage, large pieces of soil can be excavated very easily. They dig tunnels very quickly.
At the same time, the Japanese army was also digging tunnels. However, they did not have special tools and lacked excavation experience, so the progress of the tunnel was much slower than that of Wang Sanqiang and others.
Wang Sanqiang and others have summarized many methods for digging tunnels. In order to accurately calculate the length of the tunnel excavation, they first used the artillery's professional ranging tools from the ground to measure the distance between the entrance of the tunnel and the enemy's defensive position, and then used a long rope inside the tunnel to measure the progress of the tunnel. Use a compass to determine the direction and carry a lot of chopsticks. Use the three-point-one-line method to insert chopsticks on the ground and observe whether the three chopsticks are in a straight line to determine whether the tunnel is straight.
That afternoon, Wang Sanqiang measured the length of the rope and knew that the tunnel was close to the Japanese defense position. He informed the soldiers digging the tunnel to be careful to avoid making any noise and being noticed by the Japanese troops on the ground.
Soldiers still use three-tooth rake. When the position is high, they use the force of their arms to press the rake into the soil. When the position is low, just step on it with your feet and it will hardly make any sound.
Although the excavation speed is a little slower than before, the tunnel is still continuing to extend forward.
In order to save physical strength and improve efficiency, the soldiers had to change people every ten minutes when digging tunnels. A squad leader of the Eighth Route Army was carefully digging a tunnel when suddenly he seemed to hear something.
He stopped digging, raised his ears, and listened carefully to what was going on around him. Soon, he not only heard a sound, but also felt a vibration. It seemed that someone was digging a tunnel on the opposite side.
He quickly reported the situation to the company commander who led the team. While the company commander sent people to report to Lin Husheng and Wang Sanqiang, he raised his shell gun and pointed it ahead.
"Boom." The sound became clearer and clearer. It could be felt that someone was digging the soil with a pickaxe. The vibrations from the walls became more and more obvious. There were even pieces of soil that were shaken from the tunnel. The top fell off.
Not long after, a hole was suddenly dug in front of the company commander.
The company commander knew very well that there must be Japanese soldiers on the other side. He did not hesitate to stick his shell gun into the hole and shoot at the opposite side.
After he fired all 20 bullets in the gun, he threw the grenade he had prepared into it.
The Japanese army was really on the opposite side. What a coincidence. The tunnel they dug happened to be connected with the tunnel dug by the Eighth Route Army.
They never dreamed that there would be the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side. As a result, under the sudden attack of the company commander, all the Japanese in front were killed.
The Japanese behind saw this scene, took down a light machine gun from above, set it up in the tunnel, and fired towards the front.
Fortunately, only a small opening was opened at the top of the tunnel. Most of the bullets hit the wall and did not hurt the Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers.
Wang Sanqiang and Lin Husheng did not expect that such a thing would happen. They knew very well that the tunnel had been discovered by the Japanese army and could no longer be used.
They decided decisively to blow up the tunnel.
The soldiers planted explosives in the tunnel, quickly evacuated, and then detonated the explosives, causing the tunnel to collapse.
After Wang Sanqiang and Lin Hu gave birth to the tunnel, they immediately reported to Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao.
Li Yunlong was also very surprised and cursed: "These damn little devils have learned a lot. It seems that this tunnel can no longer be dug. He brewed it, but this time it was in vain."
Zhang Dabiao said worriedly: "The little devils are digging tunnels towards us. Who knows where they are digging and how many tunnels they have? We have to find a way to stop them."
Wang Sanqiang had already thought of countermeasures on the way here. He said: "Commander, Chief of Staff, it is not difficult to deal with the Japs' tunnels. We just need to dig another trench in front of our defensive position. The trench should be dug deeper. The tunnel entrance of the little devil will definitely be exposed, we only need to send a small number of personnel inside to guard it, and the tunnel where the little devil is kept will be all decorations."
Zhao Gang also made a suggestion, saying that several large tanks could be buried on the ground under the trenches. If the other party digs tunnels, it would be easier to hear and the location of the Japanese tunnel entrance could be known in advance.
Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao adopted their suggestions and still handed over this task to Lin Husheng's security group.
Li Yunlong came up with the idea of digging a tunnel, but he didn't expect this result.
He was so depressed that he gave up the plan.
Also depressed were the Japanese officers and soldiers. They also planned to use the tunnels to change the current confrontation. They expressed great confidence in this and dug the tunnels with great enthusiasm.
Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army was also digging tunnels. Now they also think that digging further tunnels is useless, and they are also thinking about how to prevent the Eighth Route Army from digging tunnels over.
Soon the Japanese army also thought of digging trenches and burying large tanks in the soil to prevent the Eighth Route Army from digging tunnels.
The two sides originally wanted to dig tunnels to the opposite side, but ended up digging trenches quickly to prevent the other side from digging tunnels over.
Wang Sanqiang is an expert in tunnel digging. Under his guidance, the tunnels have immediately reached the enemy's defensive positions. He was really unwilling to let them give up now.
Wang Sanqiang thought about it and came up with another idea.
He believed that the Eighth Route Army had special tools for digging tunnels. When digging, there would be no vibration or noise. As long as the entrance of the tunnel was not exposed, the other party would not notice it at all.
He also thought that the other party must have taken preventive measures and probably dug trenches. The depth of the trenches was limited after all. He planned to continue digging down and get under the Japanese trenches before approaching the enemy's trenches.
He told Lin Husheng his idea. Lin Husheng, who was depressed, was very happy after hearing this. The two did what they said and immediately organized the soldiers to continue digging.
The Japanese army did not think of this method. This was not because the Japanese army was not smart enough, but because they had just started digging and thought that the Eighth Route Army had already taken precautions, so they gave up directly.
The Chief of Staff of the First Army received reports from the front line and felt very depressed. It seems that the method of digging tunnels will not work, so we have to think of other ways to send the epidemic prevention and water supply troops behind enemy lines.
However, through this incident, he increasingly believed that Oshima was a talented person. If Oshima CITIC hadn't proposed digging tunnels this time, we really wouldn't have discovered that the Eighth Route Army was digging tunnels into the Japanese positions.
In any case, thanks to Oshima Chuno's advice, a huge crisis for the Japanese troops on the front line was avoided. He now has more and more trust in Oshima CITIC, so he asked Oshima CITIC to continue to think of other ways to complete the biological and chemical weapons attack mission.
After Oshima Chuxin heard the news, he felt very headache. He had worked hard to come up with this method, but he didn't expect it to fail like this.
Now we can only think of other ways to send the Japanese epidemic prevention and water supply troops behind enemy lines.
Ever since Xu Dalong and Lin Xueying came, Xiao Lanjun became worried.
To be honest, she also hates the islanders and hopes to help the Eighth Route Army. But after all, she is the breadwinner of the family, and now she is still responsible for the livelihood of the islanders. She does not want something to happen to the chemical plant and her livelihood will be lost, and she does not want her family to be implicated as a result.
Although Xu Dalong and Lin Xueying promised that they would not implicate her, under the huge psychological pressure, she still had many doubts and was always worried that some disaster would happen to her.
This morning, she came out of the laboratory and wanted to send an inspection report to the factory office.
She was thinking about something while walking, and accidentally bumped into someone coming in front of her.
(End of chapter)
