Since he had to escort these newly joined guerrillas to the guerrilla camp for training, Li Qiulin also decided to temporarily stop the attack and hide in the mountains, waiting to determine the new trends of the Japanese army before making any plans.
After returning to the guerrilla camp, Li Qiulin telegraphed the situation here again and reported to Xu Dalong.
Mr. Chen was also very concerned about the safety of Li Qiulin and others. After hearing that Li Qiulin had sent a telegram, he hurriedly asked Xu Dalong about their situation.
Xu Dalong handed the telegram sent by Li Qiulin to Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen was very happy after reading it. He said with emotion: "Mr. Xu, your special team is really amazing. Captain Li and his team only have a dozen people, and they can do it." Continuously breaking through the enemy's encirclement and constantly attacking the enemy have allowed the guerrillas to grow and develop. This is simply a miracle."
Having said this, Mr. Chen extended his thumb towards Xu Dalong to express his approval. On the surface, he was praising Li Qiulin and his special forces members, but in fact, he was praising Xu Dalong. He knew very well that Li Qiulin and the others were brought out by Xu Dalong. Mr. Chen also knew more and more about Xu Dalong. He knew that Xu Dalong separated from the independent regiment with only a few people and came to the Mawu Mountain area where the enemy was serious. He opened up a base alone. After an arduous struggle, It continued to grow and develop, and finally developed the Mawushan base area into a behemoth.
Mr. Chen firmly believes that with Xu Dalong’s pioneering spirit, even business can create a new world. These days, he intentionally or unintentionally talked about business matters with Xu Dalong. He could feel that Xu Dalong was no stranger to business. Not only that, he also had many novel tricks. Even he had been doing business for most of his life. And they are very successful businessmen, and they all feel that it is an eye-opener.
It's no wonder, after all, Xu Dalong comes from later generations. The business methods of later generations are full of tricks and emerge in endlessly. Compared with people of this era, they are naturally much smarter.
Mr. Chen felt that Xu Dalong seemed to have a treasure house, or that he himself was a treasure house of knowledge. The more in-depth I communicate with Xu Dalong, the more I feel that his knowledge is profound and unfathomable. Even an expert like Mr. Chen admires him very much.
After being praised by Mr. Chen in person, Xu Dalong said humbly: "Thank you for the praise, Mr. Chen. Our special operations team members are all underground party members and brave warriors with firm beliefs. They are not afraid of dangers and fight bravely. In them, Any kind of miracle can happen."
Secretary Chen now admires Xu Dalong more and more. When Mr. Chen communicated with Xu Dalong, he listened and learned from the conversations of these two experts to improve himself.
If Xu Dalong has free time, he will also take the initiative to go to Xu Dalong for advice. He found that no matter what aspect he asked for advice, Xu Dalong was always at the expert level. He really couldn't imagine where Xu Dalong learned such profound knowledge at such a young age.
Xu Dalong originally wanted to help the guerrillas here and create a world for them to develop and grow. But his main task now is to escort Mr. Chen. He must wait until Li Qiulin and others have completely attracted the enemy's attention and give up searching in other directions before he can take action. He planned to take another look at the situation. Before escorting Mr. Chen away, Xu Dalong planned to give the guerrillas a big gift.
For this reason, Xu Dalong did not immediately ask to fight the Japanese and puppet troops. Instead, he asked the guerrillas to collect intelligence as much as possible, find high-value targets that could seize more weapons, ammunition and materials, and do a good job to make the guerrillas completely Eat enough.
Colonel Takakura was confused by the high-speed guerrilla warfare method used by Li Qiulin and others. That day, the puppet army wasted money and people, and every time they just set up an encirclement, the enemy would already jump out. The Japanese and puppet troops were exhausted and complained.
The commander of the Kawamoto Division was also very dissatisfied with him. He sent telegrams one after another to reprimand him, saying that he must provide accurate intelligence and could no longer move the Japanese and puppet troops around like rabbits.
Gao Cang was both annoyed and helpless now. Li Qiulin and others were moving too fast and their tactics were too high, which made him feel inadequate. He now has a strong sense of crisis. He knows very well that if Xu Dalong and Mr. Chen cannot be caught this time, he will no longer have any weight in the mind of Commander Yamashita Fengwen, which means that he will never be able to There is a chance for promotion.
Of course, Gao Cang is not a simple person. Now he kept telling himself that he must calm down and not blindly follow Xu Dalong and others. He must strengthen intelligence work, truly grasp the movements of Xu Dalong and others, and then conduct precise roundups.
He now felt that blindly building an encirclement was no longer an option, so he discussed with Tanaka and then reported it to the commander of the Kawamoto Division, requesting that within the target area he provided, he would deploy a unit-level unit, and each unit would deploy one of the best The elite squadrons all use mechanized movements and accept Takakura's command. Once an accurate target is found, these troops will conduct rapid maneuvers and launch a surprise attack on the target.
The commander of the Kawamoto Division believed that this was more prudent, so he approved their request and issued orders to the various regiments of the Fifth Division, requiring them to organize a rapid mobile force and accept Takakura's deployment at any time.
Gao Cang's roundup of Xu Dalong and others failed one after another. Tanaka was also a member of the pursuit team. He couldn't sit still, so he left Kuala Lumpur and joined Gao Cang.
Tanaka brought a lot of military police and spies this time, and gave instructions to the military police teams in various places, asking them to send a large number of spies, disguised as ordinary people, to search for the whereabouts of Xu Dalong and others.
The efforts of Takakura and Tanaka were not in vain. Soon after, they received news that a quarry in the northeast of the Crocker Mountains in the Third Public Security District had been attacked. The people who attacked them were not only local guerrillas, but also some outsiders. These outsiders were most likely Xu Dalong and others. They took away large numbers of workers and mobilized them into guerrilla groups.
It is said that the growth of the guerrillas is bad news, but for Takakura and Tanaka, this is definitely good news. Although the guerrillas have expanded, these new recruits have no combat effectiveness at all and are not a cause for concern. The most important thing is that with these people, it is impossible for the guerrillas to maneuver at high speed. These people are big targets and finding them is relatively easy. As long as we can find them, we will also find the guerrillas' lair, and we will find Xu Dalong and others.
Takakura and Tanaka had absolute confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. The reason why they couldn't do anything to Xu Dalong and others was because they ran too fast. This time, as long as they can find their lair, mobilize the fast mobile troops organized by various surrounding regiments, and surround Xu Dalong and others, they have absolute confidence that they can eliminate them.
After discussion between Gao Cang and Tanaka, Tanaka was specifically responsible for strengthening intelligence work and must find the exact whereabouts of Xu Dalong and others.
Not long after, another piece of good news came. It is said that two quarry workers were originally mobilized to join the guerrillas. They were homesick but regretted it, so they quietly ran away from the guerrilla camp and have now been detained by the local gendarmerie. After interrogating these two workers, we have learned about the guerrillas and the location of their base.
Gao Cang and Tanaka were very excited when they heard the good news and immediately drove to the military police station where the workers were detained.
Gao Cang and Tanaka came to Wagelan County and interrogated the two workers in person. They said that the guerrillas originally only had a few dozen people, but later a group of people came. They said that they were the Eighth Route Army from China and were very powerful. They and the guerrillas rescued these workers.
Tianzhong quickly took out the photos of Mr. Chen and Xu Dalong and asked the workers to identify them. The laborer said he had not seen the two men.
At this time, both Gao Cang and Tanaka were a little dumbfounded. They wondered whether Xu Dalong and Mr. Chen were among these people. However, they still took a chance, because these workers had just joined the guerrillas, and Xu Dalong and Mr. Chen might be hiding elsewhere in the guerrillas. This possibility is very high. After all, their identities are now confidential, and it is possible that they are not allowed to be seen by these workers.
The two discussed it for a long time. Now we can only assume that Xu Dalong and Mr. Chen are among this guerrilla group. No matter what, we must destroy this guerrilla group first, and then everything will be clear.
Tanaka immediately reported to the commander of the Kawamoto Division and asked the Japanese rapid mobile troops here to come over and join him. Although he also knew that the guerrillas would probably move once they discovered that two workers were missing, but after all, they would not move too fast with so many workers, and the scope of their escape would not be very large.
The Japanese army asked all the rapid mobile forces participating in the operation to re-build an encirclement circle with the discovered guerrilla station as the core.
Tanaka also dispatched a large number of plainclothes agents within this encirclement, and many plainclothes agents were also equipped with walkie-talkies. They believed that they would be able to find traces of Xu Dalong and others this time and surround and annihilate them.
That afternoon, when Li Qiulin was resting, Yao Fang hurried over and said anxiously: "Captain Li is not good. Among the newly recruited workers by the guerrillas, two people are missing."
Li Qiulin also felt a headache. He knew that there were Japanese and puppet troops everywhere outside the mountain, as well as many spies, and there was a great possibility that these two workers would fall into their hands. This means that the location of the guerrillas has been exposed, and the enemy has a general understanding of the situation within the guerrillas. It is not difficult to imagine that a large number of Japanese and puppet troops are now surrounding us in this direction.
After all, Li Qiulin had experienced hundreds of battles. Although he was a little anxious in his heart, he was still very calm on the surface. He said calmly: "Invite Captain Li of your guerrilla team over and let's discuss it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jiming's voice came over, and his loud voice could be heard far away. He said: "Captain Li, a new recruit has escaped. Now we are in big trouble."
As he spoke, he came to Li Qiulin. When he saw that his cousin Yao Fang was also here, he knew that Li Qiulin already knew the news.
He asked: "Captain Li, what do you think we should do?"
Li Qiulin said decisively: "We may have been exposed and must move immediately."
Li Jiming scratched his head and said, "The transfer is fine, but what about the newly recruited workers?"
Li Qiulin said: "You are familiar with the terrain in the mountains. Can you find a relatively secret cave and leave all the materials and laborers that cannot be taken away? Let us jump out of the Japanese and puppet troops before they encircle them and conduct mobile operations on the outside. , once again disrupting the enemy’s encirclement and suppression plan.”
Li Jiming trusted Li Qiulin very much, and he said: "Okay, I'll do as you say." Then he said to Yao Fang: "Climb the mountain in front, and there is a cave. You are responsible for staying behind and bringing a few people with you. Team members and workers, take our supplies and move to the cave immediately. Remember, you must take cover before we come back, and no one is allowed to leave the cave."
Yao Fang was not unhappy because he was left behind. On the contrary, he was a little excited. He is an underground party member, and he can stay in the cave to get along with laborers and guerrillas day and night, and have close contact with them. This is a good opportunity for him to promote the ideas of the underground party and develop party members.
He said firmly: "Captain, please don't worry, I will definitely stay behind and wait for you to return victorious." After that, he left in a hurry.
The total number of special forces members and more than a dozen guerrillas led by Li Qiulin and Captain Li is basically the same as the number of Xu Dalong and others controlled by the Japanese army. In order to mobilize the enemy, Li Qiulin also selected two people among these people to put on suits, and also put makeup and a beard on the face of an older guerrilla. From a distance, he looked like Chen Mr. Chen and Secretary Chen cannot be identified unless they are in front of them.
Li Qiulin wants to lead them in mobile operations, not only to cover the actions of Xu Dalong and others, but also to divert the enemies who come to besiege them to prevent the caves where the guerrillas are hiding from being discovered.
Li Qiulin knew that the situation was serious, and the puppet troops were likely to be surrounding here today. He must seize the opportunity and jump out quickly before the enemy's encirclement is formed.
When choosing the direction to break out of the encirclement, Li Jiming, who was familiar with the terrain, suggested breaking out in the northwest direction, which is the direction of the fourth security area designated by the Japanese and puppets.
Li Qiulin shook his head. He thought that he should break out towards Wagelan County and face the enemy's main force. This was unexpected by the Japanese and puppet troops.
Li Jiming was very convinced of Li Qiulin and acted as a guide himself, leading the team towards the direction of Wagelan County.
Wang Jin led a special forces team member and Li Jiming to open a road ahead. When they climbed a hillside, they saw a large number of Japanese and puppet troops moving in this direction. The Japanese and puppet troops were large in number, divided into two groups, and the direction in which they came happened to sandwich the guerrillas.
The situation was very critical. Li Jiming couldn't help but break out in cold sweat on his head and said: "The situation is too bad. How about we go back quickly? Otherwise, once the enemy discovers us, we will be doomed."
