Three hours later, Xu Dalong estimated that the front was about to enter the defense area of the 16th Army. There must be Japanese defensive positions in this area, especially in order to prevent Xu Dalong and others from breaking out, the Japanese and puppet troops would definitely set up a blockade in this area.
Xu Dalong ordered the troops to slow down, on the one hand to reduce the noise when running as much as possible, and on the other hand to allow the horses to recover their strength and be ready to break through the enemy's blockade at any time.
Monk Wei still led a squad of special forces to the front for reconnaissance. About half an hour later, Monk Wei saw a group of buildings ahead, including dark cylindrical buildings. According to experience, they should be Japanese and puppet troops. turret.
Monk Wei and others jumped off their horses and moved forward on foot. Soon after, it became clear that there was a stronghold of the Japanese and puppet troops in front of them. With the faint moonlight, Japanese sentries could be seen moving around. After a while, I also saw the blockade ditch. There was a barbed wire fence on the opposite side of the blockade ditch.
Monk Wei sent people back to report the news to Xu Dalong, and at the same time he went west to explore the way. After more than 20 minutes, you can see that the blockade ditch has turned. Going further to the west, it is beyond the control of this Japanese and puppet army stronghold.
He sent someone to notify Xu Dalong, and all the personnel continued to walk west. About 1 kilometer away from the Japanese and puppet army's stronghold, everyone mounted their horses and continued southward.
The time had reached 4:30. Xu Dalong stopped and took out the map, hoping to find a reference object to judge his current position. If he could not determine his current position, he would not know the location of the 16th Army's defense area. Once the Japanese and puppet troops are alerted, it is very dangerous to break through blindly.
After careful inspection, there were no obvious reference objects such as rivers on the map. Xu Dalong decided to temporarily stop the action and let Monk Wei figure out their current location.
This is not difficult for Monk Wei. He sent special forces to search east, west and south to find residential areas and inquire about the situation. The time was limited to half an hour. If they could not see the residential areas, they would return the same way.
More than 40 minutes later, the special forces members sent out returned one after another. The special forces team members who came back from the west had something to gain. They found a village called Xipo, knocked on the door of a house, gave the man five oceans, asked him to help lead the way, and promised to help him lead the way. , give him another ten oceans.
This area was originally the defense area of the Fruit Army, but it was occupied by the Japanese army not long ago. Seeing the special forces members wearing military uniforms, he could not tell whether they were the Eighth Route Army or the Fruit Army, but he was sure that they were not Japanese and puppet personnel, so he did not Resistance, not to mention there is so much money to be made.
He readily agreed to lead the special forces team.
The guide who followed the special forces team back was a man in his 30s. According to his description, Xu Dalong and others determined their current location by comparing the map. According to the information provided by the 16th Army, this place is only 14 kilometers away from the 16th Army's defense area.
Xu Dalong asked someone to give another five oceans to the fellow villager, saying that the ten oceans promised to him would still count, and asked him to lead the way and avoid the villages and towns in front, especially the Japanese and puppet strongholds.
The guide has lived in this area for more than 30 years and is very familiar with the terrain in this area. Under his leadership, we did not encounter any interception by the Japanese and puppet troops. At 5:20, everyone saw a country road.
The guide said: "Six miles further along this road is Xiaoliuzhuang. I went there two days ago and saw the officers and soldiers of the Guo Army."
Xu Dalong was very happy and asked someone to give the fellow villager ten oceans and let him go home.
Deputy Chief of Staff Wang was also very happy. He had been on tenterhooks all day, but now he was finally out of danger.
He said: "Captain Xu, let's go there quickly."
Xu Dalong looked around and said, "Wait a moment." Then he asked the radio operator to set up a radio station and send a telegram to the 16th Army. The 16th Army quickly responded with a telegram, saying that they had notified the forward troops to respond to Xu Dalong and others, and informed them of tonight's password.
When Deputy Chief of Staff Wang saw this, he knew that Xu Dalong was doing this to avoid misunderstanding. He admired Xu Dalong's meticulous thinking very much.
Xu Dalong and others mounted their horses and continued southward. Soon after, they saw a team appearing in front of them.
Xu Dalong and the others stopped advancing and sent a special operations team member to meet them. The two sides exchanged commands and it turned out to be troops from the 16th Army. Xu Dalong and others walked over.
The local garrison was very enthusiastic and prepared breakfast for Xu Dalong and others, and then sent someone to take them to the headquarters of the 16th Army.
That morning, Li Yunlong received a telegram from Xu Dalong and immediately sent someone to call Gao Zhiyong.
Li Yunlong said dissatisfied: "Commissioner Gao Zheng, what did you do? You haven't found out that Commissioner Zhao Zheng was injured yet. Brother Dalong was almost surrounded by the Japs this time. You checked the details of the little Japs. How did you get to this point?" No results yet?"
After Zhao Gang was injured, Gao Zhiyong was mainly responsible for the Zhengzhi work in the base area. After the assassination of Zhao Gang, he had deployed a security department to investigate everyone who entered the base area since the beginning of this year, but found no useful clues.
Gao Zhiyong said with some shame: "I'm sorry, this is my dereliction of duty. I will immediately increase the intensity of the investigation and dig out the hidden Japanese special elements as soon as possible."
Xu Dalong left the base this time and went to the ninth war zone. Only a few people inside the base knew about it. Even if they knew, they still had to have a channel problem if they wanted to inform the enemy agents.
After discussing with people from the security department, Gao Zhiyong included communications in the scope of the investigation, the most important of which were people who had access to the radio station.
A new round of investigation began. They launched a secret investigation into the relevant personnel of the Independent Brigade and all units and departments with radio stations.
After Tang Wenlin sent a telegram to Sakamoto, she has been waiting for news from Sakamoto. Although Zhai Tianming, the chief of the communications section, can use the radio to send out telegrams quietly, he does not dare to use the radio to receive them. Because he is the section chief and is rarely on duty. When waiting to receive telegrams, he has to stay in front of the radio station, so there will be no traces. It was too obvious, so Tang Wenlin had to wait for Sakamoto to send someone to contact her.
During the Han Dynasty, Xing Gensheng defected to the Japanese invaders and acted very actively. Through his efforts, he had made contact with his distant cousin in the base area and successfully instigated him to rebel.
This time he accepted Sakamoto's commission and got involved in the base area through his cousin's cousin who was the head of the supply and marketing section of the textile factory in the base area.
On this day, Tang Wenlin came to the notice board in front of the cinema and saw a missing person notice in the lower left corner. According to the pre-arranged contact code and the prompts above, she met Xing Gensheng that evening, and then followed him to a remote courtyard.
Xing Gensheng brought Tang Wenlin some activity funds, a radio station, guns and bullets, and two time bombs, telling her that the current main task was still to target Xu Dalong.
Last time Tang Wenlin acted without authorization and stabbed Zhao Gang. Although this incident was meritorious, it also violated discipline. The merits and demerits were balanced and there will be no further investigation. Encourage Tang Wenlin to continue lurking.
Sakamoto asked Xing Gensheng to tell Tang Wenlin that the head of the Peking Special High School Division and General Matsui of the Military Police Headquarters all admired Tang Wenlin's heroic behavior. As long as she completes the mission this time, she will definitely be promoted to a higher rank when she returns. She will also be regarded as a hero of the island nation and her heroic deeds will be reported across the country.
Tang Wenlin fought alone and was under great pressure. After hearing these words, she felt that all the efforts were worth it. Her blood boiled and she vowed to complete the tasks assigned to her by her superiors.
After Tang Wenlin returned to the Independence Brigade, she quietly came to the small courtyard where Zhai Tianming kept his beauty, had sex with him, and gave him a large yellow croaker, saying that it was a reward for his service to the Yellow Army.
Zhai Tianming surrendered to the Japanese invaders even more wholeheartedly and obeyed Tang Wenlin's demands.
Everything in the world has traces, unless it didn't happen. For a person, the person who knows him best is probably the person next to him.
Zhai Tianming has been behaving strangely recently, which first attracted the attention of his wife. He is a person with strong needs in this area. Recently, he has not touched his wife. Even if his wife asks, he will shirk it with various reasons.
Not only that, this guy's face was glowing all day long, and he didn't seem to be feeling unwell at all, which made his wife very suspicious.
That night, Zhai Tianming said he would work overtime. His wife didn't believe it, so she followed him quietly.
Xu Dalong and others came to the headquarters of the 16th Army and met with Commander Niu and the generals of the 16th Army, as well as Li Fengming, the deputy director of the Operations Department sent by the Ninth War Zone.
After formulating the combat plan, Xu Dalong and Li Fengming left the 16th Army and soon flew to Chongqing to report to the Ninth Theater Command.
Xu Dalong met with the officers of the Ninth War Zone and presented generous gifts in the name of General Zhongtiao Shanfu.
The officers gave Xu Dalong face and promised to provide logistical supplies to the troops under the Zhongtiao Mountain Command after the communication between the 16th Army and the 74th Army was established.
While waiting for the commander's department to approve the combat plan, Lin Xueying invited Xu Dalong to her home.
Xu Dalong also wanted to meet his future father-in-law and mother-in-law, but this time he came to Chongqing quietly. In addition, he was from the Eighth Route Army after all, so he could only regretfully decline Lin Xueying's invitation and just bought some gifts. Lin Xueying took it back to express her respect and greetings to the two elders.
The military commander's sense of smell was very sensitive. Although Xu Dalong came quietly, the military commander still got the news.
On this day, Xu Dalong was resting in the guest house of the Ninth War Zone. You Yukun, director of the Military Counterintelligence Division, called and prepared to entertain Xu Dalong. Xu Dalong was invited to the Sichuan-Chongqing Hotel.
In addition to You Yukun, those attending the reception also included Lin Zhongmin and others. They were all Xu Dalong's old friends in the military. The atmosphere at the banquet was very harmonious.
While the banquet was in progress, the sound of air raid sirens came from outside.
Xu Dalong felt very disappointed and was about to go out to avoid the air raid, but saw that none of their faces changed their expressions, as if they had not heard the sirens outside at all. He looked at everyone without any doubts.
You Yukun smiled and said: "Brother Dalong, you don't have to mind. It is the rainy season in Chongqing now. The Japanese army cannot carry out bombing of Chongqing. It has been a while and the Japanese bombers have not come. The sirens just now are in progress. The air defense drill has been notified to us in advance."
"So that's it." Xu Dalong suddenly realized, and then drank and chatted with everyone.
While drinking, Xu Dalong suddenly remembered something, couldn't help but frowned, and thought about it carefully.
You Yukun noticed Xu Dalong's expression and asked in surprise: "Brother Dalong, what's wrong with you?"
Xu Dalong stretched out his hand to signal him not to speak.
You Yukun immediately shut his mouth, and when the others saw Xu Dalong's appearance, they also stopped talking and looked at him quietly.
Xu Dalong searched hard in his memory, and the thing that worried him was finally determined.
He said seriously: "Today is September 19th, and the day after tomorrow, which is September 21st, the Japanese army may carry out an unprecedented bombing of Chongqing. Please report this information to the relevant departments and take precautions in advance."
This matter is huge, and if reported, it will cause a series of reactions. If the news is inaccurate, military commanders will inevitably be blamed by their superiors. Therefore, although everyone believed in Xu Dalong's ability to obtain information, You Yukun couldn't help but ask: "Brother Dalong, where did you get this news?"
Xu Dalong really has no direct source of information. He based it on historical records. September in Chongqing is the rainy season, but it was a rare sunny day from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the 21st. The Japanese army took advantage of this brief sunny day to launch a massive bombing campaign in Chongqing, resulting in thousands of deaths and serious damage to the city's buildings.
Xu Dalong said: "I have my own source of intelligence."
Having said that, I won’t go any further.
Those present here are all military special agents. They know that it is very taboo to inquire about other people's intelligence sources. Since Xu Dalong doesn't tell them, they can't ask further questions.
You Yukun said: "Brother Dalong, you also know that if this matter is reported, many departments will have to change their work plans, and the air force and air defense forces will have to make corresponding deployments. This is really too involved. You Can you reveal the relevant details so that we can have an explanation when we go back?"
Xu Dalong said: "The Japanese meteorological department has observed that Chongqing will have a short period of sunny weather between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the 21st, and the Japanese army will take advantage of this opportunity to bomb Chongqing.
The information I received is that the scale of this bombing is very large, and the Japanese army plans to dispatch no less than 100 bombers. That's all I can provide. You can verify it through your own intelligence department. "
After hearing this, everyone believed Xu Dalong's words. Everyone was in no mood to continue eating, so they hurriedly said goodbye and left.
At noon the next day, You Yukun called and told Xu Dalong that according to observations from the meteorological department, it was likely to be sunny tomorrow morning.
He said this because the weather forecast was not that accurate at this time.
(End of chapter)
