Wang Jin led two special forces members to speed up as much as possible without touching the bushes, hoping to reach the flanks in time to cover Li Qiulin and others. It is said that in order to avoid exposing the target, they retreated very slowly, and the puppet soldiers were only more than 20 meters away from them, so it should be too late. Fortunately, the puppet soldiers were too scared. Their forward search speed was slower than a snail. When they reached a place only ten meters away from Li Qiulin and others, they simply stopped.
The squad leader of the puppet army took the lead and fired blindly into the woods. The bullets fired by the puppet soldiers were flying everywhere in the jungle. The special forces team members were all close to the ground and did not pose much threat to them.
However, a bullet hit the shoulder of a special operations team member next to Li Qiulin. He was bleeding profusely after being shot and was so painful that he broke into a cold sweat. However, he remained silent and could not bandage the wound. He could only cover the wound tightly with his hands to avoid excessive blood loss.
Chen Asong worked as a guide for the special forces. It was originally very relaxing, but he did not expect to encounter such a situation. He was very nervous at this time, especially when he saw the special forces members were injured and bleeding, he couldn't help but regret it. Normally he is quite courageous, but at this moment he actually had the urge to get up and run away. Fortunately, Chen Asong still had sense. Seeing Li Qiulin and others motionless there, he suppressed the fear in his heart and persisted.
The puppet soldiers fired a burst of gunfire. Seeing that there was no movement in the woods, they became bolder and walked towards the bushes. The puppet soldier walking at the front was only five meters away from Li Qiulin.
If he took two more steps forward, he would be able to see Li Qiulin lying on the ground. Li Qiulin decided to strike preemptively. He put his finger on the trigger of the shell gun, pointed the muzzle at the puppet soldiers in front, and gently pulled the trigger.
Just when the firing pin of the shell gun was about to fire, gunshots rang out from the side. The puppet squad leader and a puppet soldier were immediately hit. The gunshots alerted the Japanese and puppet troops. They looked in the direction of the gunfire and saw several figures in plain clothes moving in the bushes.
"Guerillas, guerrillas, fight quickly!" The Japanese and puppet troops discovered Wang Jin and others, thinking that they were the local guerrillas, and immediately started beating them ping-pong-pong-pong.
The Japanese team leader was still very brave. He did not dare to walk into the bushes rashly because people are always afraid of unknown dangers. But when he really discovered the guerrillas and their number was very small, he immediately became bolder. He got up and immediately led the Japanese and puppet troops towards Wang Jin and the others.
After the Japanese and puppet troops left, Li Qiulin and others rested in the same place. He fully believed in Wang Jin. After they got rid of the tracking of the Japanese and puppet troops, they would definitely come back here to join him. Of course, he couldn't just wait here, so he sent one or two special forces members disguised as ordinary people to conduct reconnaissance in the town.
Based on his own experience, Li Qiulin believes that there are many overseas Chinese in Malaysia, which may not be found in ordinary small villages, but in a relatively large town like the one above, there should be Chinese. In this way, you can communicate with them and get the news you want.
The two special operations team members pretended not to know each other. They entered the town one after another from the other side of the town entrance where the Japanese and puppet troops came out. They don't know the locals and don't dare to communicate with them rashly, but they have ways.
Teahouses have always been a good place to inquire about information. The two of them go in to spend money, listen with open ears, and when necessary, take the topic in the direction they want to know, and they will easily get relevant information.
As expected, the fierce gun battle that had just occurred outside was the focus of discussion at this time. The guests had many topics, all related to the guerrillas.
After listening for a while, the special operations team members got some useful information and came back to report to Li Qiulin.
Wang Jin and others moved very quickly. In less than three hours, they completely got rid of the tracking of the Japanese and puppet troops and reunited with Li Qiulin and others.
Li Qiulin and others continued to rest where they were, and at the same time sent special forces to monitor the town. The Japanese and puppet troops could not catch up with Wang Jin and others. After checking the town, they evacuated.
That night, there were two town guards standing guard at the east gate of the town. Since there had been fighting here during the day, they were more alert. Instead of chatting to pass the time as before, they looked nervously outside the town with guns in hand.
They didn't notice that six or seventy meters away from them, two black figures approached the town wall and quickly climbed in.
Soon after, the door to the town, which had been ajar, was opened, and the door shaft made a creaking sound. Since the sound came from the town behind them, the two town guards didn't pay much attention to it, because they knew that someone was coming to check tonight, and they thought their captain was here to check.
In order to show that they were dedicated to their duties, the two men pretended not to see the person coming from behind, and looked out with guns in their hands, hoping to wait until the captain asked them about it before turning around.
The footsteps came behind them, and they pretended to have just heard them and turned around.
It's a sunny day tonight, which is very rare during the rainy season. Through the moonlight, they saw the person coming, and then they realized that the person coming was very strange, and they couldn't help but be surprised.
However, it was already too late. Before they could recover, someone had already put a gun to their head. Two special forces members ran over from the shadows and took over from the town guard to guard the door.
The two town guards were brought to Li Qiulin. It was obvious that they were locals. For the convenience of conversation, Li Qiulin tentatively asked in English. As a result, the two people looked at a loss and had to let Secretary Chen serve as the translator again.
The interrogations were conducted separately, and Li Qiulin warned them that if any of them told lies, they would be severely punished. The two people did not dare to tell lies, and their answers were basically the same. Li Qiulin quickly grasped the situation in the town.
There is an enemy's maintenance association in the town, and the president is a die-hard horseman with a blood debt on his hands. There is a fake police station here, with four fake police officers inside and a security team. The president maintains two bodyguards at home. Apart from this, there were no other Japanese and puppet troops around. The Japanese and puppet troops that appeared here today came from a county more than 20 kilometers away.
Li Qiulin and others escorted two town guards into the town, and quickly eliminated the pseudo-police and security teams inside, and captured the chairman of the maintenance committee.
After dawn, Li Qiulin and others held a public trial in the town, publicly executed the chairman of the maintenance committee and the director of the pseudo-police station who had committed many crimes, and distributed the seized property to the people in the town.
The reason why Li Qiulin and others did this was to wait for the guerrillas to take the initiative to contact them.
Just as Li Qiulin hoped, there was a guerrilla spy in the town. At the beginning, he had been observing the situation of this unknown team.
When they saw that these people executed the chairman of the maintenance committee and the director of the puppet police station, and distributed food and other supplies to ordinary people, although they did not know their exact origins, they were sure that these people were an anti-Japanese team. So I decided to contact them.
Li Qiulin sent a guard post in the direction of the county seat, and then waited in the town office when someone finally came over.
The special operations team member standing guard at the door saw a young man dressed as a clerk standing not far from the door and looking here. He didn't pay much attention at first, because many people would look here curiously when they passed by. But this young man quickly attracted the attention of the special forces team members, because he did not leave as quickly as the others but hesitated there, looking a little uncertain.
The special operations team member felt that this man had something to say. In order to relieve his hostility, the special operations team member simply put the rifle in his hand aside, and then waved to the man with a smile.
When the young man saw that the special forces team member had noticed him, he wanted to turn around and leave immediately, but he was also worried that it would arouse the other party's suspicion and cause misunderstanding. After seeing the actions of the special operations team members, he felt that the special operations team members seemed to be well-intentioned. This guerrilla group was an anti-Japanese force. He now had no doubts about it and finally plucked up the courage to come over.
The special operations team member gave him a military salute politely. The special operations team member felt that this young man might not understand English or the local language, so he could only tentatively ask in Chinese: "Brother, do you understand me?"
I didn't expect that this young man could really understand the words of the special operations team members. This is not surprising. There are a large number of Chinese living in Malaysia, and this young man’s superficial identity is a waiter in a restaurant. They have to deal with all kinds of people, so it is normal to know some Chinese.
He nodded and said: "I understand. Sir, who are you?"
The special operations team member said happily: "It's great that you understand what I say. We are guerrillas, fighting against the Japanese and the Japanese. What do you want to ask? I will take you to see our captain. "
The young man said politely: "Then thank you, sir." After saying that, he followed the special forces team to see Li Qiulin.
When Li Qiulin saw the visitor, he immediately stood up with a very enthusiastic attitude and said to the young man: "Brother, what do you want? Just ask."
Li Qiulin said to the special forces team member: "Go and call Chen Asong over."
Having said this, he made a gesture to the young man, asked him to sit down, and then made him a cup of tea with his own hands and placed it in front of him.
The young man did not dare to neglect and stood up hurriedly, bending slightly towards Li Qiulin. This was a move he was used to as a restaurant waiter. It was very skillful, natural and made people feel very friendly.
He said: "Thank you, sir. Can I ask, who are you?"
Li Qiulin didn't want to make the other party nervous, and didn't ask him where he was coming from. He said calmly: "We are anti-Japanese guerrillas, from China. Brother, I wonder if you have heard of it? There is an underground anti-Japanese armed force in China called the Eighth Route Army."
The young man said: "The Eighth Route Army, oh, I have heard of it. But, sir, why are you here?"
Li Qiulin said: "We were entrusted by our friends to send an overseas Chinese from Malaysia back here. We are just passing by here and will leave soon. Excuse me, brother, can I ask who you are? Do you have any questions for us? What's up?"
The young man was a little hesitant. Although Li Qiulin reported his family name, he was a stranger after all, so he still couldn't believe it.
When he was hesitating and thinking about how to reply to Li Qiulin's words, Chen Asong walked in.
When the young man saw Chen Asong, he said with surprise on his face: "Why are you here too?" It turned out that Chen Asong had gone to the guerrillas to find his cousin before. They met and said hello.
Chen Asong said excitedly: "It turns out to be Captain Wang. How is my cousin?"
"He is very good. He mentioned you last time and planned to let you work as a traffic officer for the guerrillas." The young man who looked like a buddy said enthusiastically.
"That's great. I've wanted to join the guerrillas for a long time, but my cousin said that my parents are the only son and they don't agree. I didn't expect that he really planned to let me join the guerrillas this time. .”
Having said this, he said to Li Qiulin: "Captain Li, let me introduce to you. This is Captain Wang of the Crocker Mountain Anti-Japanese Guerrillas. This is Captain Li of the Eighth Route Army from China. Captain Li and the others are the real anti-Japanese guerrillas." team, I’m about to take them to find your guerrillas.”
"So that's it." The man called Captain Wang did not show any particular enthusiasm. He felt that Chen Asong was a little too reckless. Even so, they are from distant China, and it is impossible to know their details very well. Under such circumstances, it was obviously too rash to lead them to the guerrillas rashly.
Chen Asong obviously didn't notice Captain Wang's attitude. He patted the shell gun on his waist and said excitedly: "Captain Wang, Captain Li and the others are very good at fighting the Japanese. They eliminated many Japanese and horses, and seized many weapons. Wouldn't this give me a shell gun? By the way, Captain Li also said that they would give the captured weapons and ammunition to the guerrillas as a greeting gift." At this point, he turned to look at Li Qiulin and asked: "Captain Li, is that what you said?"
Li Qiulin smiled and nodded, and said: "Captain Wang, we fought several battles with the Japanese and puppet troops on the way here, and seized a batch of weapons and ammunition, which we are going to give to the guerrillas."
At this point, he shouted to the door: "Wang Jin, bring over all the captured weapons and ammunition."
Wang Jin quickly led several special operations team members to carry the seized weapons and ammunition into the house. This batch of weapons and ammunition is quite large, including a crooked machine gun, a dozen Type 38 rifles, more than 40 British rifles, grenades, grenades, many bullets, Japanese helmets, etc.
Captain Wang was still hesitant at first, unsure whether to take Li Qiulin and others to meet the guerrillas. At this time, when he saw so many weapons and ammunition, his eyes couldn't help but shine. Their guerrillas were originally poorly equipped, with everyone from captain to team members lacking military knowledge and lagging behind in training. Although the resistance was resolute, they could not gain much advantage in the fight against the Japanese and puppet troops, and very few weapons and ammunition could be captured.
The batch of weapons and ammunition in front of them was more than the entire equipment of their entire guerrilla group combined. Such a generous gift made him ecstatic. At this moment, he no longer had any doubts, his face was full of excitement, he stretched out his hands to hold Li Qiulin's hand, and said excitedly: "Oh, Captain Li, our guerrillas are short of weapons and ammunition. Thank you so much. I will take it with me right now." You go and see Captain Li of our guerrillas."
