Shida Chiji urgently discussed countermeasures with the chief of staff.
Shida Qianji had a headache. Although he has never dealt with Xu Dalong before, the name of a person is like the shadow of a tree. Since Xu Dalong can make such a big name, there must be something special about him. His performance in the Yuanping Public Security District during this period, That's enough to prove it.
He was able to become the commander of the Kwantung Army, but he was not a simple-minded person. He is confident, but not arrogant. He does not think that he is any better than the commanders of North China, Central China, South China and the Southern Front Army in Southeast Asia. He believes that he cannot easily eradicate Xu Dalong.
Since the scourge of Xu Dalong has now come outside the customs, he must pay great attention to it and spend a lot of energy to deal with Xu Dalong.
Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. He believes that the more you know about your enemy, the more likely you are to defeat him. He did not hold a relevant meeting immediately, but asked the intelligence department to collect more information about Xu Dalong to find his weaknesses, and then take targeted action.
To this end, he also specifically instructed Tojo, the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army in charge of intelligence work, to put down other work in his hands and be specifically responsible for this matter.
After Tojo accepted the mission, he found the Kwantung Army Intelligence Section Chief and the Special High School Section Chief to once again collect relevant information about Xu Dalong.
The two section chiefs sent people to the Yuanping Public Security District to conduct on-the-spot investigations. At the same time, they sent another telegram to the intelligence department of the North China Front Army and the Special High School System, requesting them to provide more detailed information. They also sent telegrams to the North and South China Fronts through personal connections, asking them to provide information on Xu Dalong's activities in their defense areas.
The ones Xu Dalong dealt with most were the intelligence agencies and secret services of the Japanese army stationed in Shanxi. In the name of the Kwantung Army, Tojo sent a telegram to the North China Front Army, hoping to second the Japanese intelligence agency and secret service agency stationed in Shanxi to send special personnel to the Kwantung Army to jointly discuss ways to deal with Xu Dalong.
The North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army have always had conflicts, but on the matter of dealing with Xu Dalong, they have rarely reached an agreement.
The North China Front Army knows very well that Xu Dalong is currently outside the Pass, but that is temporary. Sooner or later, he will return to Shanxi and continue to harm the North China Front Army. They also hope to use this opportunity to eliminate Xu Dalong outside the pass. They fully agreed. Not only did they notify the First Army stationed in Shanxi and ask them to send the heads of the intelligence and secret service agencies to report to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, but the North China Front Army also sent the section chief of the Peking Special High School to lead people to the Kwantung Army in person. Report to military headquarters.
Soon after, Tojo held a special meeting against Xu Dalong. The lineup of this meeting was very strong. Most of the senior personnel of the secret service agencies in the two strategic areas of the Kwantung Army and the North China Front participated in this meeting. There were more than 40 officers above the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Shida Qianji and Tojo are preparing to set up a special agency to deal with Xu Dalong. Under the chairmanship of Tojo, a 48-person special operations section was established, with Tojo himself serving as the section chief.
In order to find a way to deal with Xu Dalong, Tojo asked all members of the Special Operations Division to actively contribute ideas. The main members of the Special Operations Division are all veteran agents or intelligence personnel with rich experience. Each one of them is very confident and even arrogant. However, When they checked the information about Xu Dalong, they all felt very headache.
Xu Dalong's situation is really special. He himself has extraordinary abilities. The most important thing is that he is smart, thoughtful, calm and calm, and rarely makes mistakes. There is also a very powerful special force team beside him. These special force team members are very loyal to him. It is very difficult to assassinate Xu Dalong and get close to him. There is no guarantee that they can succeed.
The North China Front had organized many assassinations of Xu Dalong. They tried their best, but the final result was that they lost both their wives and their troops. In the past few years, several of the chiefs of the North China Front's Special Higher Education Course and the Taiyuan Special Higher Education Course have died.
It would be difficult to send large troops to surround and annihilate them. Many Japanese troops fell into the hands of Xu Dalong. It's hard to deal with him.
Of course, there are so many elite talents in the intelligence and espionage departments. They all have rich experience and can come up with many ways to deal with Xu Dalong, but they are not absolutely sure. For fear of being laughed at and taking responsibility, although they all had ideas, no one dared to take the lead.
Nakajo continued to make arrangements, but after three days, no one came to make suggestions. He was very angry and asked everyone to come up with ideas and find a way.
He guessed what these people's concerns were, so he asked these people to write a written report. No matter whose suggestions were adopted, they would not be published. In the future, when the matter is successful, the names of the contributors will be announced to discuss their merits. reward.
This trick worked as expected, and everyone in the Special Operations Division wrote out their own action plans.
Nakajo and several section chiefs reviewed these plans one by one, filtered out the ones they thought were valuable, and then discussed them.
There is strength in numbers. This time, the wisdom of more than 40 people was gathered, and six valuable strategies were quickly selected. Then Nakajo chaired the meeting to discuss these six strategies.
After thorough discussions, the Special Operations Section formulated three strategies, and Yamada, the director of Fengtian Special High School, was specially designated to preside over the implementation.
While the Japanese army was planning an action against Xu Dalong, Xu Dalong was not idle. He had now clearly seen the weaknesses of the Japanese army and did not dare to spread out and go to the countryside to carry out raids. Their large group of troops gathered in Heishui County. With so many troops This caused great difficulties for the Japanese army's logistical support.
Before the guerrillas withdrew from Heishui County, they had already transferred all the food and other important materials in the county, leaving only a part of the rations for distribution to the residents of the county. The Japanese army simply had no way to source local materials to support such a large number of troops. They could only rely on transporting supplies from other places, which gave the guerrillas a lot of room for activity.
Xu Dalong dispatched many small units to specifically attack the transportation lines of the Japanese and puppet troops. Soon after, the Japanese and puppet troops in Heishui County could no longer hold on.
They left an infantry brigade to hold on to the county seat, while the rest of the troops pushed towards Binhe County. There were not that many supplies in Binhe County. The Japanese army then retreated to Yitong County. They also left an infantry brigade in Binhe County.
In the process of retreating, the Japanese army was attacked by many small groups of guerrillas, and more than 300 people were lost inexplicably.
Seeing the Japanese and puppet troops retreating to Yidong County, Xu Dalong launched an offensive.
That night, Xu Dalong gathered the main forces of the First Brigade and the Second Brigade to surround Heishui County.
At 4 o'clock in the morning, a Japanese patrol appeared in the county seat. When they arrived at the southwest corner, they did not continue patrolling along the street. Instead, they climbed up the steps along the city wall, and then continued along the city wall. patrol.
When they reached the southwest corner, they saw two puppet sentries standing there. When they saw the Japanese patrol, they quickly stood at attention and saluted.
The Japanese patrol ignored them and continued to move forward.
Just as the patrol passed by the two sentries, they suddenly took action and killed the two puppet sentries. Most of the people immediately stood guard around, and two of them fixed the rope on the arrow stack on the city wall, and then threw the rope off the city wall.
One of them took out a flashlight covered with a red cloth and drew a circle outward.
Soon, many people came from outside the city. They reached the bottom of the city wall, climbed up along the rope, and then threw down the rope ladder they brought. Soon more people climbed up.
All of these people were also wearing Japanese military uniforms, except that they had a white towel wrapped around their left arm. These people are all members of the Songshan guerrillas. The previous Japanese patrol was a move that Xu Dalong had already laid out. When the guerrillas withdrew from Heishui County, they lurked in the county and played a role in cooperating inside and outside.
After entering the city, the guerrillas, led by team members who were familiar with the city's terrain, arrived at the south gate of the county seat. They unexpectedly eliminated the sentry at the door, then opened the city gate, and guerrillas from outside the city poured into the city. inside.
The members disguised as Japanese patrols had already scouted out the defense situation of the Japanese and puppet troops in the city. They acted as guides and led the guerrillas to attack the Japanese and puppet troops in the city.
At 4:30 in the morning, when the Japanese and puppet troops were asleep, the guerrillas quickly surrounded the Japanese and puppet troops' barracks and then rushed in.
The battle soon began. Since the guerrilla attack was launched very suddenly, most of the Japanese and puppet troops lost their lives in confusion in their sleep. Some Japanese and puppet troops resisted, but it was difficult for them to organize effective resistance in a hurry. The battle lasted less than 40 minutes and was over.
This battle killed an infantry brigade of the Japanese army and part of the puppet army. Due to the sudden start of the battle, the ammunition in the hands of the Japanese and puppet troops was basically not consumed, and even their inventory was seized by the guerrillas. It can be said that the harvest was very rich.
This time the action was so rapid that the Japanese and puppet troops did not even have time to send a telegram. It was not until 8:30 in the morning that the Japanese Second Division headquarters sent a telegram to the garrison in Heishui County, but received no reply. Only then did they realize that something had happened here.
Unable to contact the garrison in Heishui County, the 2nd Division Headquarters ordered the Japanese and puppet troops in Binhe County to send people to Heishui County to investigate. As a result, they encountered a plot by the guerrillas on the way and were unable to return. Binhe County.
The commander of the Second Division was anxious and was about to lead a large group of troops to retake Heishui County. However, he was persuaded by the chief of staff because they did not have enough troops now. Even if they occupied Heishui County again, they would not stay there. Not going down.
The commander of the Second Division was also helpless and had no choice but to order the baggage troops to seize the time and transport supplies to Yidong County and Binhe County.
Of course Xu Dalong could not let the Japanese and puppet troops transport supplies safely. He ordered the special operations squadron and the three guerrilla detachments to send out small teams composed of capable personnel to attack the Japanese and puppet troops' transportation lines, look for fighter planes, and eat small groups of Japanese and puppet troops. The Japanese and puppet troops were exhausted.
Xu Dalong was observing the movements of the Japanese and puppet troops while seizing the time to train the troops. There were so many new recruits in the guerrilla army that he had to seize the time and race against time to train the troops so that they could grow up as quickly as possible.
This morning, Xu Dalong came to the training ground of the First Battalion with only one guard.
In order to understand the real training situation of the army, he did not notify the cadres of the first brigade and strolled around casually.
He saw a group of guerrilla fighters taking a break between classes and walked over.
Xu Dalong was very young, and the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level did not know him, so no one noticed his actions.
When he saw a logistics team taking a break between classes, he walked over. Among these guerrillas, there were more than 20 female members. They were wearing brand-new Eighth Route Army uniforms and looked very energetic.
When Xu Dalong walked near them, someone among the female soldiers noticed them. Two female soldiers with outstanding looks stood up, stood at attention and saluted Xu Dalong, and called them in a clear, cordial and respectful voice: "Captain Xu." good."
Hearing the names of these two female warriors, the other team members also stood up and looked at Xu Dalong with doubts.
Xu Dalong carefully looked at the two beautiful female warriors in front of him, and suddenly shouted: "Catch them."
The guard soldiers following Xu Dalong immediately took out their rifles and pointed them at the two female soldiers.
The two female soldiers were so frightened that their faces turned pale with a look of grievance.
An Eighth Route Army cadre responsible for training these female soldiers hurriedly ran over. He had seen Xu Dalong. He quickly stood at attention and saluted him, said hello to him, and then asked with some confusion: "Captain, what's wrong with them?"
Xu Dalong pointed at the two female soldiers and said, "They are island country spies."
Hearing this, the Eighth Route Army cadres were startled and quickly took out their rifles and pointed them at the two female soldiers.
But he still didn't understand, so he asked: "Captain, how did you know that they were agents of the island nation?"
Not only was the Eighth Route Army cadre confused, but the female soldiers were also confused, because the two female Eighth Route Army soldiers usually behaved normally, and could even be said to be quite outstanding. Xu Dalong must have never seen the two of them before, so why did he suddenly think that they were secret agents of the island country?
Xu Dalong did not answer the cadre's question. They said to the female soldiers of the Eighth Route Army: "Have you seen me before?"
The female soldiers shook their heads. Indeed, they had never seen Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong added: "You salute me now."
(End of chapter)
