While praising the superb craftsmanship of his photo studio, the clerk went to the counter and took out a thick photo album, allowing the monitor to check it out.
The person the monitor wants to contact is a middle-aged man in his 40s who is the owner of this photo studio. The monitor didn't see this person and asked casually, "Is your boss here?"
The boy said: "He is not here. He has gone back to his hometown in the countryside, but he will be back soon."
What the squad leader asked was the secret code for communication. In the first sentence of the secret code, the other party should reply: "I'm sorry, he's not here. He went to visit his niece in the country."
The squad leader felt something was wrong and decided to leave immediately, saying, "Yes, your photography skills are very good." He touched his pocket, pretended that he didn't bring any money, and said, "I'm sorry, I forgot to bring any money. I'm going to Go back and get it, come back later." After saying that, he walked out.
At this moment, the guy suddenly took out a pistol from his arms and pointed it at the squad leader of the special operations team. At the same time, the photographer next to him also took out a pistol from his arms, and even the young couple who had just gone out rushed in from the door.
The squad leader was on guard for a long time. When he saw the boy pulling out his gun, he had already taken action. Before the boy could point the gun at him, he hit the boy on the chin with an uppercut. There was only a click, and the boy's His jaw was immediately dislocated, and his teeth spurted out of his mouth along with blood. He fell on his back and was knocked unconscious.
The squad leader moved very quickly. When he saw the photographer raising a gun towards him, he had already taken out the pistol from his arms and shot the photographer. While pulling the trigger, his body suddenly turned to the right. A flash.
Just a bang was heard, and the two men's guns fired at the same time. The bullet hit the photographer in the chest, and he fell down clutching the wound. The squad leader dodged the bullet in time and only hit his left arm. Blood gushes out suddenly. He ignored it and rushed toward the door.
At this moment, the man and woman had also rushed into the door, and both sides shot at each other. The male agent was shot once in the head and the female agent was shot in the lower abdomen, but the bullets fired by the two of them hit the squad leader in the abdomen. The squad leader fired again, killing the female agent.
The squad leader covered the wound on his abdomen and continued to rush out staggeringly. At this moment, the curtain in the back room of the photo studio opened, and two spies rushed out from inside. They shot the squad leader in the back.
The squad leader was shot several times. He used his last strength to turn around and shot another agent. The agent fired several shots at the squad leader. The squad leader was hit by several bullets again. The gun in his hand fell to the ground, and he fell to the ground and died heroically.
The gunshots from the photo studio alerted the Japanese and puppet agents who were ambushing around, as well as the nearby military and police, who swarmed towards the photo studio.
The special operations team member who was observing from a distance knew that something had happened to the squad leader. He wanted to go to the rescue, but he was alone and shouldered an important mission. He endured the pain in his heart and turned away with tears in his eyes.
The hotel where Xu Dalong and others stayed was far away from the photo studio, so it was not the focus of the Japanese search. The area under martial law by the Japanese and puppets does not include this area, which is very peaceful.
After the special operations team left the photo studio, they called a rickshaw. I got off the car near the hotel and walked into the hotel when I saw that no one was following me.
After meeting Xu Dalong, the special operations team members cried while reporting what happened in the photo studio. The squad leader was brought up by Li Qiulin, and they had a very close relationship. When he heard that something happened to him, Li Qiulin also had tears in his eyes.
After a while, Li Qiulin asked: "What's going on? Why is the information about Kuala Lumpur provided by northern Shaanxi also inaccurate?" Because of his grief, his tone of voice was full of anger.
Xu Dalong couldn't figure out what went wrong. Maybe it was because the superior's information was inaccurate, or there were other reasons. Suddenly he thought of a possibility, and he was shocked and fell into deep self-blame.
Xu Dalong said: "This is my fault. This is Malaysia. Although overseas Chinese also speak Chinese, their accents are all standard southern accents. Our people are from Shanxi, and they all have northern accents, and they also have Shanxi dialects. Maybe This aroused suspicion from the Japanese and puppet parties."
To be honest, everyone including Li Qiulin ignored this. They saw Xu Dalong's courage to take responsibility and did not blame him for this. On the contrary, they trusted his non-shirking behavior more and more.
Seeing Xu Dalong's sad look, Li Qiulin said: "Captain, I can't blame you for this matter. We are not familiar with the place and life here, so it is inevitable that there will be unexpected things." The team members also expressed their understanding.
Xu Dalong also knew very well that what he had to do now was not to struggle and blame himself, but to keep a cool head, face difficulties calmly, and try to avoid making other mistakes.
Xu Dalong quickly regained his composure and said: "We can't find a connector, so we will try to cross the strait to Singapore, and we will find a solution there."
After saying that, he and Li Qiulin took two special forces members to the Kuala Lumpur Pier for reconnaissance.
After several hours of observation, Xu Dalong and others saw that there were four ferries from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore every day, and there were military police Xiante at the pier. They were very strict in inspecting passing passengers. In addition to checking their identity documents, they also checked their passports. luggage.
In order to find a way to cross the strait, Xu Dalong and Li Qiulin respectively took a special force team along the seaside to conduct surveys in the north and south directions of the pier. Due to the late time that day, they only walked a few kilometers, and there was nothing major. After discovering it, he returned to his residence first.
Early the next morning, Xu Dalong and Li Qiulin each led two special forces members along the seaside to conduct surveys in the north and south directions with the pier as the center.
This time they found a car dealership through the hotel owner and rented two cars. Xu Dalong traveled along the seaside road, passing three fishing villages on the way, and asked the fishermen about crossing the strait.
Xu Dalong and the special forces team members were dressed like businessmen and said they had some goods that they wanted to cross the strait. They are willing to pay good money to travel to Singapore.
Kuala Lumpur is experiencing war, and its economic development has been severely affected. People's lives are difficult, especially the fishermen living on the seaside. Not only could the fish they caught not be sold at a good price, but the quantity sold was also extremely limited, and their lives were in trouble. Therefore, some people are willing to take risks and engage in such activities.
After careful selection, Xu Dalong negotiated terms with the head of a village, who would help the special forces cross the Denver Strait.
Li Qiulin and a special operations team member gained even more. They also negotiated terms with a group of fishermen in a fishing village and paid a deposit. On the way back, they unexpectedly met two Malaysian guerrillas who were being hunted by the Japanese and puppet troops. They rescued the two team members and established contact with a local Malaysian guerrilla. They agreed to cooperate with the special forces. The team's actions.
After Xu Dalong returned to the hotel, he listened to Li Qiulin's report and felt that it was more reliable to rely on the Malaysian guerrillas. The special operations team not only had to cross the Denver Strait and find Mr. Chen after going to Singapore, but also escort him back safely. It is safer to have the help of guerrillas.
So Xu Dalong and others checked out of the hotel, left Kuala Lumpur, and went to the camp of the Malaysian guerrillas overnight to join them.
The guerrilla group that Xu Dalong and others saw consisted of more than 120 people, and its members were very complex, including Chinese, British and local aborigines. The captain of the guerrilla team is called Gao Xiling, an overseas Chinese, 32 years old, dark, lean and lean. After he met Xu Dalong and others, he inquired about their origins.
Xu Dalong and the others were here to perform a special mission. Of course, they couldn't discuss these things in detail with Gao Xiling. Xu Dalong's identity was also very sensitive, so he could only tell him a false name.
Gao Xiling saw that Xu Dalong and others were unwilling to tell them about the mission they were going to perform. He also saw that they were well-equipped and all of them brave and strong, so he guessed that their identities were not simple. He had some doubts about their identities. If they hadn't rescued his own people, he would not have met Xu Dalong and others.
During the conversation between Gao Xiling and Xu Dalong, he asked questions, and there was distrust in his words. Under this situation, Xu Dalong had no confidence in seeking their help.
After all, Xu Dalong hoped to get help from the guerrillas when crossing the Denver Strait, and also hoped to get support from them when he crossed the sea back to Malaysia in the future. Therefore, Xu Dalong decided to postpone going to Singapore and stay here for a few days. Gain the trust of the guerrillas.
Xu Dalong saw a variety of weapons in the hands of the guerrillas. There were only a small number of Japanese-style 38-type rifles, most of which were old British rifles discarded by the British army, and even some late 19th-century legal rifles whose rifling had been smoothed. rifle. Even with such dilapidated weapons, not everyone has one. There are about 30 people holding spears and swords.
Malaysia has a narrow territory and lacks strategic depth. It is very difficult to fight guerrillas in such an area. Fortunately, the Japanese army did not have enough troops. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the guerrillas to survive.
Xu Dalong still paid full respect to these guerrillas armed with a variety of weapons for their ability to persist in the struggle.
He offered to help the guerrillas fight the war and improve their equipment and supplies.
Although Gao Xiling became a monk halfway, he was originally an English teacher. After the Japanese army occupied Malaysia, he joined the army and raised a guerrilla force. It can be said that he lacked experience in military struggle.
However, with his clever mind and eagerness to learn, he still pulled up a guerrilla group and survived tenaciously.
Now he has grown into an experienced commander. He could tell that Xu Dalong and his group were not ordinary combat troops and had strong fighting capabilities. Matsuda hopes to use their strength to solve the difficulties of the guerrillas.
Now they are facing a siege from the Japanese army, which was specially sent to deal with their guerrillas. The Japanese army has an infantry squadron. This infantry squadron is currently stationed in a place called Menghong Town 12 kilometers away from the guerrilla station.
The Japanese army, with the help of local gaps, has launched three raids against the guerrillas. Thanks to the fact that the guerrillas were familiar with the terrain and had a good mass base, and received local information in advance, they managed to escape the disaster. However, they are now short of ammunition, have little food left, and especially lack medicine. The wounded cannot receive treatment. The lives that could have been saved can only watch them continue to die.
Gao Xiling was eager to get out of the predicament. Xu Dalong's proposal made him very happy and he immediately agreed.
After Xu Dalong learned about the local situation, he discussed it with Gao Xiling and others. A battle plan was formulated.
Gao Xiling and others originally thought that the Japanese army had a powerful infantry squadron. Even with the addition of the troops brought by Xu Dalong, they would not have much advantage in fighting the Japanese army.
But after he listened to Xu Dalong's battle plan, he immediately felt confident that he would follow Xu Dalong's arrangements for this battle.
This morning, a small leader of the guerrillas took a dozen guerrillas to a village 6 kilometers away from Menghong Town. They went to the village with great fanfare to seize the Ma Jian, and gathered the people in the village to hold a public trial for the Ma Jian.
Taking advantage of the fact that the guerrillas were not paying attention, Ma Jian ordered people to ride fast horses to Menghong Town to ask for help from the Japanese army.
Xu Dalong and Gao Xiling led the guerrillas and special forces to set up an ambush 4 kilometers away from Menghong Town.
The terrain in this area is flat, but the vegetation is lush, so it is relatively easy to set up ambush on both sides of the country road. Xu Dalong arranged for the guerrillas to be divided into two halves and set up ambushes on both sides of the road. Li Qiulin led the special forces to set up an ambush two hundred meters in front of them, and formed an inverted triangle ambush position with the guerrillas.
The guerrillas fought with the Japanese army many times. The Japanese army's officers and soldiers were well-trained and had high tactical skills. The soldiers were tenacious in fighting and well-equipped. The guerrillas suffered a lot.
Although the guerrillas were laying an ambush, they were also worried that too many Japs would come. If they could not deal with the Japs quickly, they would be counterattacked by the Japs. The guerrillas have already moved far away from the mountainous forest area, and they will surely suffer heavy casualties under the pursuit of the Japanese army. Therefore, despite the cooperation of Xu Dalong and his special forces, everyone was still pounding in their hearts. In the originally hot weather, they broke out in cold sweats.
Gao Xiling knew his team well. He kept walking around the ambush position, encouraging the guerrillas not to be nervous. He said that there would not be many Japanese troops coming, and the team that helped them would be strong in terms of military strength and firepower. With an advantage, everyone can rest assured that you will definitely get an advantage this time.
Gao Xiling is the founder of this guerrilla team and has a high prestige in the team. After his comfort, the nervousness of the team members eased a lot.
However, Gao Xiling himself was very nervous because he didn't know how many Japanese troops would come. If a squadron came together, even if they used ambush tactics, the guerrillas would definitely not be a match for the Japanese army. Although Xu Dalong gave him an analysis, with the Japanese army's surname, it was impossible for them to mobilize all of them to deal with more than a dozen guerrillas.
Despite this, Gao Xiling couldn't help but feel nervous, hoping that everything would go well.
(End of chapter)
