The female soldiers didn't understand why Xu Dalong said this now, but they still carried out the order and saluted Xu Dalong one after another. They were all new recruits who had just joined the army. Although their salute postures were generally correct, they were basically non-standard.
Xu Dalong said: "Do you understand now? These two recruits joined the army at the same time as these female soldiers, but their postures of standing at attention and saluting are very standard, and their demeanor and behavior are also different from ordinary female soldiers. They should have undergone strict military training."
The cadre suddenly realized and said: "Captain, you are right. The two of them performed very well and the training progress is very fast. I have praised them many times."
The female soldiers also said: "So that's it. No wonder, the captain always criticizes our progress for being too slow and always praises them two. It turns out they are secret agents of the island country."
One of the two female soldiers said with some dissatisfaction: "Captain Xu, you are wronging me. When I was in school, our school was next to the barracks. I could see people training there every day, and I saw a lot of them. Yeah, understand it faster, is there anything wrong?"
Xu Dalong smiled slightly and said: "Of course this alone is not enough. Take a closer look at their appearance. How are they different from other female warriors?"
The cadre looked at it and couldn't see why. He could only look at Xu Dalong in confusion.
Those female soldiers are best at observing people's faces. They chatted for a while, and someone said: "The two of them are indeed a little different from the rest of us. They both have single eyelids, slender eyes, and a bit flat nose. I have seen many women from island countries, and they all look like this." "
"That's right, they are really similar to those island women." Several female warriors confirmed this.
The cadre carefully observed the two female soldiers, then looked at the other female soldiers, and felt that their characteristics were still not obvious enough.
He said: "Captain, even if this is the case, can we be sure that they must be from the island country?"
Xu Dalong said: "You only need to verify it and you will know."
The cadre said: "How to verify?"
Xu Dalong said: "Island women have been wearing clogs since childhood. Their big toe bones are somewhat deformed. You can tell if you take off their shoes and take a look."
When the cadre heard this, he immediately pointed his gun at the two female soldiers and asked them to take off their shoes.
At this time, the faces of the two female soldiers had turned pale, but they still pretended to be calm and said: "How can you do this? We are women, you can't treat us like this."
When the cadres saw them like this, they were 80% convinced that they were from the island country.
He said: "I respect you as women and will not force you to take off your shoes."
As he spoke, he said to the female soldiers: "You can do this to test whether they are female spies of the island nation."
The female soldiers swarmed forward and took off the shoes and socks of the two female soldiers in a hurry. Someone immediately exclaimed: "It's true, their big toes are different from ours. They are really an island nation." Female agent.”
At this time, many Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers had gathered around, one of whom was from the Security Section of the Second Detachment. He ordered his soldiers to arrest the two female agents.
He asked: "Captain, what should we do with them?"
Xu Dalong said calmly: "As a security officer, you know how to deal with island country spies."
The security officer said: "I understand." After saying that, he saluted Xu Dalong and took the two island country female spies away.
Soon after, Xu Dalong received a report that through interrogation, they had discovered the conspiracy of the Japanese military secret service, and the two island country spies had been shot.
The island country's spies were mixed among the recruits, which attracted Xu Dalong's great attention. He immediately held a security meeting.
The meeting was attended by Zheng Committee members from various detachments and personnel from the security department.
Director Zheng Zhi of the Songshan guerrillas informed everyone about the conspiracy implemented by the Japanese and puppet spy agencies.
The Songshan Guerrilla Column has recruited a large number of recruits in the latest stage, and among these recruits, a large number of Japanese and puppet spies have been mixed. The two female agents who were shot were part of them. Their main goal is to target Xu Dalong.
Those attending the meeting were shocked when they heard the news. They all persuaded Xu Dalong to strengthen security work.
Xu Dalong expressed his gratitude to his comrades for their concern and said that he would definitely pay attention to safety. Wei Dayong also said on the spot that the special operations brigade was responsible for the safety of the brigade captain.
Everyone knew the combat effectiveness of the special operations brigade, and with Monk Wei's guarantee, everyone felt at ease.
The next step is to study how to identify those island country spies who have sneaked into the guerrillas. This problem is very complicated.
Among the Eighth Route Army in the Mawushan base area, most of the new soldiers recruited are young adults in the base area. They are basically recommended by the democratic Zheng government in the base area and know the basics. It is difficult for Japanese and puppet spies to sneak into their midst.
The situation outside the customs is different. Their origins are very complicated, especially those original guerrillas who are scattered outside. Their whereabouts over the years cannot be verified and it is difficult to identify them.
How to identify Japanese and puppet spies who have infiltrated into the anti-Japanese armed forces is one of the biggest problems encountered by the underground anti-Japanese armed forces since their establishment. If handled carelessly, a large number of unjust, false and wrongful convictions will result, putting everyone in danger, and the combat effectiveness of the army will quickly collapse.
For the Songshan guerrillas, it is difficult to carry out large-scale screening under the current situation of constant fighting. Everyone clearly knows that there are many Japanese and puppet spies in the team, and everyone will be on tenterhooks during the battle, not knowing when bullets will fly from behind, which will also lead to a rapid decline in combat effectiveness.
This issue is very sensitive, and no one has any good solutions, and they don't dare to speak on this matter. In the end, everyone turned to Xu Dalong for help.
Xu Dalong was well aware of the seriousness of the problem and said: "It is very important to screen out Japanese and puppet spies. It requires great efforts to implement it, and it cannot be expanded to put everyone in danger.
My request is to carry out screening in a planned and step-by-step manner based on full trust in the guerrilla officers and soldiers.
The specific method is, first of all, those newly recruited guerrillas must distinguish between those who have guarantees and those who do not. Anyone with two or more guarantees can gain basic trust. "
Hearing what Xu Dalong said, everyone present nodded in agreement. Many of the people who joined the guerrillas were from the same village, and many of those who joined the army in the towns were neighbors. They knew each other well, and it was very difficult for Japanese and puppet spies to get in among them.
With this measure, most of the new fighters can be selected. Those with unknown origins are relatively small in number and easier to screen.
Xu Dalong continued: "Among these people of unknown origin, there must be Japanese and puppet spies, but the vast majority are still passionate young people who actively participated in the anti-Japanese war, especially those old guerrillas who survived hard battles. We cannot blindly to cast doubt upon them and thereby break their hearts.”
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other. There are many people with unknown origins, probably accounting for 1/4~1/5 of all the newly recruited soldiers. With so many people, knowing that there are a large number of Japanese and puppet spies among them, it is difficult to remain in any army. It's a huge hidden danger.
Xu Dalong said: "After each of your detachments returns, gather all the people who have joined the Songshan guerrillas, including the new soldiers and the veterans of the original guerrillas outside the customs, and set up a new recruit training team, composed of security officers from each detachment. Serve as instructors and provide a guard force composed of no less than 30 veterans."
Everyone understood that this was a way to gather all the people who might have problems for easy screening and review. However, there are still certain problems.
Su Jianqiang said: "Captain, if we do this, it can indeed play a certain role. We will not let those Japanese special elements who have mixed with the recruits for the time being. But there are wars everywhere now. For these recruits in the training team People, it’s difficult for us to investigate their identities and activities. The recruit training will end soon, and these people still have to be divided into various units, and I’m afraid the problem still won’t be solved.”
Among the cadres present, many had the same questions as Su Jianqiang. We can't keep these people in the recruit training team all the time. In that case, what's the use of recruiting new recruits? But once these people return to the old army, they are like time bombs that may cause harm at any time. At that time, everyone will be in danger and even sleep will be uneasy.
Xu Dalong said: "I have my own arrangements for this issue. After you go back, first set up a teaching team, and then do your best to screen the teaching team. You will be notified of the follow-up work soon."
The cadres have great trust in Xu Dalong. Although they still cannot guess what method Xu Dalong has to solve this problem, they believe that Xu Dalong can definitely think of a way to properly solve the problem. So everyone said goodbye and returned to their original troops.
After the meeting, since Guan Zhenshan was inside the Songshan secret camp, Xu Dalong, the troops here, was handed over to Wei Dayong for unified command. He took several guards through the usual process and headed to the Second Military Division of the Jidong Military Region.
Fengtian, Kwantung Army Headquarters.
Chishu Shida and the chief of staff are listening to Tojo's report.
Tojo said: "Your Excellency, Commander, in order to deal with Xu Dalong and the Songshan guerrillas, the newly established special section has formulated an action plan. It consists of the Kwantung Army Intelligence Department, Fengtian Special High School, the Second Division, and the gendarmerie units of each security district. , the mountain forest crusade team dispatched a large number of agents to the Songshan guerrillas.
According to information reported by various units, 78 agents have been dispatched so far. After these people blend into the Songshan guerrillas, they will definitely be able to provide a large amount of accurate intelligence to the front army. The front army will definitely have the opportunity to defeat the Songshan guerrillas and eradicate Xu Dalong. "
Shida Qianji was very satisfied with this. He said: "You are doing the right thing. All actions must rely on accurate intelligence. You can send so many people to infiltrate Xu Dalong's troops. Xu Dalong must not even be able to sleep well. They will definitely be suspicious of each other internally, and I'm afraid it won't be long before the Yellow Army goes to destroy them, and they will kill each other internally.
This will play a vital role in the Yellow Army's elimination of the Songshan guerrillas and the eradication of Xu Dalong. Tojo-kun, you will be solely responsible for dealing with the Songshan guerrillas and Xu Dalong. You can mobilize troops including the Intelligence Department and the Second Division of the Kwantung Army. I look forward to your good news. "
Xu Dalong came to the Second Military Division of the Jidong Military Region and fully communicated his ideas with the leaders of the Second Military Division. The leaders were very interested in Xu Dalong's proposal and thought it was effective, so they reported Xu Dalong's proposal to the leaders of the Jidong Military Region.
After listening to the report, the leaders of the Jidong Military Region also believed that it was feasible. They expressed strong support. Soon the Jidong Military Region also established a corresponding recruit training team. Soon these recruit training teams were ordered to go to the Second Military Division of the Jidong Military Region.
At the same time, Xu Dalong sent telegrams to all detachments of the Songshan guerrillas, asking them to send all the recruit training teams to the pass and enter the defense area of the Second Military Division of the Jidong Military Region.
Under Xu Dalong's auspices, the Songshan guerrillas' recruit training team was handed over to the Jidong Military Region, and the Jidong Military Region also handed over their recruit training team to Xu Dalong.
After these recruit training teams of the Songshan guerrillas were handed over to the Jidong Military Region, they did not stay in the Second Military Division, but were transferred to other units in the Jidong Military Region far away from Changcheng. From now on, these people will be incorporated into the Eighth Route Army units in the pass.
The troops of the Jidong Military Region that Xu Dalong received did not include people from the Second Military Division of the Jidong Military Region. These people were completely unfamiliar with the situation outside the customs. After the recruit training, they were all incorporated into the Songshan guerrillas.
This is what Xu Dalong came up with.
The Japanese and puppet troops took great pains to carefully select many agents and sneaked into the Songshan guerrillas. These people were all controlled in the recruit training team. Xu Dalong sent them to the pass and handed them over to the Jidong Military Region.
These Japanese special elements were far away from the customs and were unfamiliar with the place, so they could not get in touch with the local Japanese and puppet intelligence agencies. They could not play any role among the troops in the Central Hebei Military Region, and they had no influence at all on the Songshan guerrillas.
Correspondingly, the recruits recruited by the troops in the Jidong Military Region will also include local Japanese special elements. They were sent out of the customs and handed over to the Songshan guerrillas. They were also unfamiliar with the place and could not communicate with the original Japanese. Get in touch with the special agency. It also doesn't work. (End of chapter)
