Just when Xu Dalong and others passed the checkpoint, the Japanese squad leader called again through the walkie-talkie. However, the name they called was no longer the name of the Japanese squad leader who set up the checkpoint, but the puppet army's checkpoint, asking them to stop those who had just passed by. These two Japanese military vehicles.
The wireless telegraph phones of the Japanese and puppet troops used the same communication frequency band, and the voice of the Japanese squad leader could be heard clearly by the special operations team members. While they reported to Xu Dalong, they monitored the movements of the puppet army checkpoint.
Sure enough, they immediately saw the puppet soldiers at the checkpoint panicking, and someone turned the muzzle of the machine gun. The puppet soldiers also fired shots at the two military vehicles.
However, at this time, the two military vehicles had passed the checkpoint and were more than 400 meters away. As the vehicles were traveling at high speed, they were getting further and further away from the checkpoint. The random gunfire of the puppet soldiers no longer posed any threat. Even so, the special operations team members were very angry when the puppet soldiers shot at them.
A sniper raised his gun and fired two shots, killing the puppet platoon leader and machine gunner. The puppet soldiers were so frightened that they all fell to the ground, and no one dared to raise their heads again.
Xu Dalong knew very well that their whereabouts had been discovered. The Japanese army had wireless telegraph phones, and they would soon be able to mobilize troops again to pursue and intercept them.
He told Li Qiulin through the intercom to speed up the car, quickly get away from the area, abandon the car and enter the mountain forest area.
After receiving the report, Colonel Takakura was surprised and happy. To their surprise, Xu Dalong and others had jumped out of the ambush circle they had carefully set up, and to their joy, their traces had been discovered after all.
He immediately reported the situation to the commander of the Kawamoto Division and asked him to mobilize his troops, reset the blockade, and pursue and intercept Xu Dalong and others. He himself also led his troops and chased them in the direction where Xu Dalong and others appeared.
Xu Dalong and others continued to drive on the highway. After 20 minutes, they got out of the car, pushed the two trucks into the mountain stream beside the road, and then entered the mountain forest.
After the Japanese army received accurate information about Xu Dalong and others, they immediately mobilized troops to search everywhere. However, this area is vast and it is not easy to find the two missing trucks. It was only an hour and a half later that someone discovered the two trucks that had fallen into the mountain stream.
Gao Cang led people to the scene of the accident. He believed that Xu Dalong and others could not walk too far in the forest on two legs, so he drew a circle on the map and commanded the troops to reset the blockade.
Gao Cang led the team and quickly found the route Xu Dalong and others took into the forest, and then followed it. However, as they walked, they also had to look for traces of Xu Dalong, so the speed was naturally much slower.
Not only that, there was a small river and a small stream in this area. Xu Dalong and others used the water of the river and the stream to quickly get rid of the tracking of the Japanese and puppet troops.
Gao Cang and others chased them to the river and completely lost track of Xu Dalong and others. He knew very well that Xu Dalong and others came ashore again after traveling a certain distance upstream or downstream in the river. He was very helpless and had to divide his troops into two groups, searching all the way upstream and downstream. When they found the traces of Xu Dalong and others again, they spent a lot of time.
The same was true when passing the creek. Gao Cang knew very well that it was almost impossible to catch up with Xu Dalong and the others. However, Gao Cang didn't care about this. After all, he had already mobilized his troops and built a new blockade in this area. He only needed to continue to lead people to track and maintain pressure on Xu Dalong and others. He believed that this time Xu Dalong and others would not be able to escape from his grasp.
Xu Dalong and others passed through a hilly area, and a small river appeared in front of them. After arriving at the river, Li Qiulin rolled up his trouser legs and asked, "Captain, should we go upstream or downstream?"
Xu Dalong said: "Go upstream."
The team members were already accustomed to obeying Xu Dalong's orders, and they did not ask why. Although this direction was contrary to where they wanted to go, everyone had no doubts and went down into the river one after another and walked upstream.
The first two times they crossed the river, they only walked less than a mile in the river before landing. However, this time everyone walked nearly two kilometers in the river, and Xu Dalong still did not give the order to go ashore.
Mr. Chen had been following Xu Dalong. He asked with some confusion: "Mr. Xu, how long do you plan to walk north?"
Xu Dalong said: "In order to completely escape the pursuit of the Japanese army, everyone has to work hard and walk at least another kilometer."
Mr. Chen didn't say anything anymore and just continued to move forward in the river with everyone.
Finally Xu Dalong ordered to stop advancing. This time he did not cross the river, but returned to the other side of the river.
Li Qiulin asked with some confusion: "Captain. Where should we go next?"
Xu Dalong did not answer his words, but said to Mr. Chen: "Mr. Chen, I have a request. Now the Japanese army has figured out the direction of our march, and there must be heavy troops in front to intercept it. For your safety, should we hold off for a while? Itinerary? My opinion is that we turn around and go back, unexpectedly jump out of the new blockade set up by the enemy again, and then make a roundabout way to Kuala Lumpur."
Although Mr. Chen was very eager to go to Kuala Lumpur, he also saw dangers along the way.
He nodded and said: "I respect your opinion. You are the leader of this team, and it is up to you to make any decision."
When Xu Dalong saw that Mr. Chen no longer insisted on going directly to Kuala Lumpur, he was relieved and led his team to escort Mr. Chen back in the direction he came from.
At this moment, Li Qiulin said: "Captain, if we walk like this, it may still be difficult to escape from the enemy's encirclement. After all, we can only walk in the mountains and forests, and the speed is too slow. Once the enemy finds traces, the enemy can still mobilize troops quickly. We are being chased and intercepted. I have an idea. Let me lead some people to continue moving towards Kuala Lumpur, and then deliberately expose our whereabouts to attract the enemy's attention. In this way, you can cover Mr. Chen and secretly escape from the enemy's sight and jump out of the enemy's encirclement. , cover Mr. Chen to reach his destination."
Xu Dalong knew very well that Li Qiulin's suggestion was correct. Only in this way could he divert the enemy, avoid tracing Mr. Chen's whereabouts, and escort him to his destination safely.
Just like this, Li Qiulin and the others are too dangerous. Xu Dalong didn't want him to do this, but this was the best way at the moment.
Xu Dalong nodded and said: "Well, no matter what, you must be more careful. After you are done, you must quickly escape from the enemy's pursuit."
Li Qiulin said: "Captain, don't worry."
Mr. Chen and Secretary Chen were very moved after hearing what Li Qiulin said. They knew very well how much risk Li Qiulin and others would take in order to protect themselves.
Mr. Chen said: "Mr. Xu, Captain Li, this is too dangerous. Let's go together. You can't take risks with the soldiers for my sake."
Li Qiulin said firmly: "Mr. Chen, why did you take the risk to come here?
It is our duty to help you reach your destination safely. This is what we have to do, please don't worry, we will be able to successfully complete the task and evacuate safely. "
Mr. Chen knew that Li Qiulin was trying to comfort himself. There were countless enemy troops who came to pursue and intercept them. Li Qiulin and the others only had so few people, and they had to take the initiative to expose their targets. Once targeted by the enemy, it may be difficult for them to escape safely.
He was thinking about persuading Li Qiulin again when Xu Dalong said: "Mr. Chen, this matter is settled."
Li Qiulin gathered a squad of special operations team members and stood in a row. Xu Dalong walked in front of them, and did not use words to mobilize. Instead, he walked up to each soldier, arranged their clothes for them, called each of their names affectionately, and asked them to be bold and careful. Must come back alive.
The team members were very moved and firmly assured Xu Dalong that they would resolutely complete the task.
Mr. Chen was also very moved. He walked up to each soldier, shook hands with them cordially, expressed his gratitude to them, and also told them to pay attention to their safety.
After a brief farewell ceremony, Li Qiulin led the special operations team members to turn around and continue toward Kuala Lumpur.
Gao Cang ordered some people to cross the river first, and then divided his troops into two groups. A small group of people searched upstream along the river bank, and he led the main force to search downstream, that is, in the southeast direction. As he expected, five or six hundred meters downstream, new traces were found on the other side of the river: trampled grass and broken shrub branches. It was obvious that someone had passed by not long ago.
He immediately led his team in pursuit.
Heading downstream was Li Qiulin and a squad of special operations team members. They deliberately exposed their traces to lure the enemy into taking the bait. Not only that, they also deliberately slowed down in the hope that the Japanese and puppet troops would discover their traces and expose themselves to cover Xu Dalong and Mr. Chen.
Li Qiulin walked at the end of the team. Every time he walked, he climbed to a commanding height and looked behind. Sure enough, we saw a large group of Japanese troops following the traces they left.
Li Qiulin and the others quickened their pace again, always maintaining a distance of about two kilometers from the enemies following behind.
The mountain road is rugged, and the vegetation coverage is also different. In some places, the vegetation is relatively sparse, and the figures of Li Qiulin and others will inevitably be exposed. Finally, the Japanese and puppet troops finally discovered the figure appearing in the distance. Gao Cang hurriedly ordered the troops to speed up. At the same time, he asked the communication troops to seize the time to get in touch with the Japanese and puppet troops moving nearby, and pursue and intercept the enemy troops in front. .
Li Qiulin saw the enemy troops speeding up their pace and knew that his whereabouts had been discovered. They had completely attracted the enemy's attention and achieved the purpose of mobilizing the enemy. He then led the special operations team to speed up the march and quickly get rid of the enemy.
The Japanese soldiers eat well and have good physical fitness. However, compared with the special operations team members, their physical fitness is still much worse. They were so exhausted that they couldn't catch up with the special forces members.
The physique of the puppet soldiers was much worse. It didn't take long for them to be so tired that they almost collapsed to the ground, and gradually distanced themselves from the Japanese troops in front.
Gao Cang led the Japanese to pursue them desperately, hoping to catch up with the enemies in front as soon as possible so as to eliminate them. But I didn't expect that the guys in front were running too fast. At the beginning, they could still see each other's figures from a distance, but later they couldn't even see each other's shadows.
Fortunately, traces of their hurried passing could be seen on the ground, and Gao Cang and his men could only grit their teeth and continue chasing. They chased for more than two hours at a stretch. Gao Cang was so tired that he couldn't breathe and had to stop and rest. The Japanese were already staggering from exhaustion. When they heard Gao Cang's order to rest, they immediately collapsed to the ground like dead dogs.
Gao Cang rested for two minutes, just to catch his breath, and quickly ordered the communications troops to get in touch with other Japanese and puppet troops.
This generation is a vast mountainous and forested area, and the communication effect is very poor. Wireless telegraph phones cannot contact the nearby Japanese and puppet troops. Fortunately, the radio station can still be used. Gao Cang got in touch with Tanaka, who arranged for the Japanese and puppet troops to intercept the special forces in the direction of escape.
The Japanese soldiers were really tenacious. They only rested for less than ten minutes before they followed Gao Cang desperately to catch up. At this time, the puppet soldiers had long been exhausted and collapsed to the ground, being pushed far away by the Japanese army.
Gao Cang endured the discomfort caused by the anxious march, and it took about another hour before he stopped to rest. At this time, he discovered that soldiers kept falling behind on the road, and there were less than 30 people following him at the moment.
At this time, Gao Cang suddenly felt a little scared. Xu Dalong's special forces team is famous and has thirty or forty people, but now he has less than thirty people under his command. With this small force, he may not be his opponent at all.
He is a smart man and knows that if he catches up directly, not only will he not be able to eat the opponent, but he will probably be eaten by the opponent. So he simply let the Japs rest for a while. He didn't want to get too close to the enemy in front. As long as you can follow them, you can always keep track of their whereabouts. He hoped that the Japanese and puppet troops in front could quickly form a blockade and stop the escaping enemy troops.
Just when Li Qiulin and others attracted the enemy's attention, Xu Dalong and others headed north. They were very careful when marching, and guard posts were posted at the front, rear, left and right. They usually did not take roads, but exclusively traveled through dense forests to hide their whereabouts as much as possible.
Qiao Song, the leader of the special operations team, was leading the way. When they were about to walk out of a dense forest, the roar of an engine was heard in the distance. Qiao Song stopped in a hurry, then quietly came to the edge of the jungle, and looked in the direction of the sound.
At this time, they were on a hillside and saw a road winding past at the foot of the mountain in the distance. Trucks full of Japanese soldiers were driving on the road. There were also Malaysian puppets wearing yellow and green military uniforms on the road in the distance. The military team was marching on foot on the road. (End of chapter)
