After the deputy squad leader got out of the cave, he carefully checked the surrounding situation. It was cloudy today and it was too dark. He couldn't see anything clearly and could only listen to what was going on around him. He stood there for a full five minutes and found nothing wrong. So I thought I could relieve myself first, and then go back to inform the people in the cave.
Of course he couldn't be at the entrance of the cave when it was convenient for him, so he walked aside in the dark. After he left the cave entrance for more than ten meters, he stood up and glanced at a rock in front of him. Suddenly, I found a small red dot just twenty or thirty meters ahead. It flickered on and off. It was obvious that someone was smoking there.
The deputy monitor was startled and hurriedly squatted down. After a while, he realized that it was so dark here that the other party would definitely not be able to see him, so he stood up again and looked carefully at the place where the cigarette butts were flickering.
In the dark night, the moment the cigarette butt is bright, it is very eye-catching. It can illuminate the surrounding area one or two meters. Although it is not clear, you can still see that there is more than one person there.
The deputy squad leader wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, squatted down, then stood up again, bent over and carefully groped towards the entrance of the cave. He was very careful every step he took, and his movements were very small, for fear of touching the gravel on the ground and making a noise. It was only a dozen meters away from here to the cave entrance, but it took him seven or eight minutes to get back to the cave.
At this time, many people had gathered near the entrance of the cave. Everyone was exhausted. When they saw the deputy squad leader coming back, they all rushed to get out for convenience.
The deputy squad leader quickly stopped them. He lowered his voice and said, "You can't go out now. There is an enemy surveillance post dozens of meters away from the entrance of the cave."
Everyone was shocked after hearing this, and no one dared to go out again. Among these people, Yao Fang was also suffering from being held back. He understood everyone's feelings and discussed with the deputy squad leader, suggesting that they find a place in the inner corner of the cave for everyone's convenience, and then everyone should stay as far away as possible. That place is farther away. This is really a helpless move.
Under the arrangements of the deputy squad leader and Yao Fang, the team members solved the difficulties they faced.
Among the people in the cave, there were two special forces members and several guerrillas, and the others were laborers. The mood of the workers was not very stable. After all, they had just joined the guerrillas and were immediately faced with such a difficult situation. It was inevitable that everyone would be under great pressure.
At this time, the special operations team members and Yao Fang who stayed in the cave played a big role. Especially Yao Fang, who is familiar with the local language. He has talked to everyone these days, is familiar with everyone, and everyone trusts him relatively.
Yao Fang kept moving his position, trying his best to comfort everyone and reassure everyone. The enemy cannot find the entrance to the cave here. It is impossible for these enemies on the mountain to stay here for a long time. If they persist for a day or two at most, they will withdraw. As long as everyone can be patient and wait in the cave with peace of mind, the danger will naturally be lifted.
After Yao Fang's comfort, everyone's mood gradually stabilized. Based on the methods of propaganda, education and mass mobilization of the underground party in China that he learned from Li Qiulin, Yao Fang promoted the underground party's Zheng Zhi ideas among his team members.
Most of the remaining guerrillas and workers came from poor backgrounds and were easily receptive to the ideas of the underground party. These days, the outstanding performance of Li Qiulin and the special forces members, who represent the Eighth Route Army, have also won the trust of the guerrillas and workers. Yao Fang specifically told the people who stayed behind that these special forces members were all members of the underground party, which further increased the favorable impression of the guerrillas and workers towards the underground party, and Yao Fang's mobilization work went more smoothly.
After Yao Fang's hard and meticulous work, the left-behind people generally have a favorable impression of the underground party, and individual activists have even proposed to join the underground party like Yao Fang. The deputy squad leader and the remaining special operations team members were also very pleased to see Yao Fang's work.
In this era, the prestige of the underground party is extremely high. They believe that the proletarians all over the world are one family. They are also happy to hear about the development of underground parties abroad. Therefore, the deputy squad leaders actively cooperate with Yao Fang's work. Among those who can understand Chinese , Promote the underground party’s anti-Japanese ideas. They talked about the important role played by the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army led by the underground party in the War of Resistance in China. Through real cases, they demonstrated that the underground party could continue to grow and develop in China. They believed that the underground party would do the same in Malaysia. can move towards glory.
Xu Dalong has specifically researched the development history of Malaysia’s underground party. The underground party in Malaysia was established slightly later than the underground party in China. At the beginning, its development was not smooth and its strength was relatively small. During the Anti-Japanese War, there was great development. There was not only a unified underground party organization across the country, but also an army of tens of thousands. However, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the development of the Malaysian underground party was restricted, and in the end it did not gain political power across the country like China did.
After daybreak, the Japanese army searched the mountain again, this time using military dogs. Military dogs obtained the scent source in the guerrilla camp and then searched. However, since it was the rainy season and the rain continued continuously, all the smells left by the guerrillas were destroyed. Even the military dogs were unable to play their role. In the end, the Japanese and puppet troops' search found nothing.
After Tanaka learned about this situation, he was very depressed. He had some doubts that the guerrillas, including the laborers, had already jumped out of the encirclement of the Japanese and puppet troops.
A large number of Japanese and puppet troops stayed in the mountains. The supplies they carried were limited, and the continuous rain made many people sick. The enemy finally couldn't hold on any longer and had to withdraw.
Tanaka did not give up tracking. He left a group of plainclothes agents to continue wandering around the mountains, hoping to find traces of the guerrillas.
Inside the cave, a guerrilla and two laborers were sick, one of whom had a high fever. When the special forces captured the town, they seized some drugs. The knowledge and skills of the special operations team members are very comprehensive, and they can also deal with common illnesses. Under their care, the sick guerrillas and laborers gradually recovered, gritting their teeth and persevering in the cave.
After Li Qiulin and others abandoned the military vehicle, they entered the mountains again. Tanaka has already dispatched a large number of Japanese and puppet personnel in this area, including many plainclothes agents. Someone saw Li Qiulin and others. They tracked them and reported them to the local gendarmerie.
After Gao Cang got the news, they caught up again. This time they also called two military dogs from the local military police. Unfortunately, due to the constant erosion of rain, the role of the military dogs was very limited.
Gao Cang and others went into the mountains to track Li Qiulin and the others. The plainclothes agents who followed Li Qiulin and others along the way used markers placed by tree branches to make Gao Cang and others follow these road signs.
Along the way, Gao Cang kept praying in his heart, asking their Aunt Tian Zhao to bless the sign as a road sign to continue to appear.
The end result, however, left him frustrated. When they followed the mark halfway up a mountain, the mark suddenly disappeared. At this time, the two military dogs they brought came into play. The two teams of Japanese soldiers led two military dogs to search around, and one of the military dogs barked wildly.
When Gao Cang and others went to check, they saw the body of the plainclothes agent. It was obvious that this guy's traces had been discovered by the guerrillas.
That's exactly what happened. Li Qiulin and others would take anti-tracking measures when marching. In the end, they discovered the plainclothes agent following them, captured him through roundabouts, and executed him after interrogation.
After Gao Cang lost traces of the guerrillas, he was helpless and could only send experienced soldiers to search with military dogs.
Military dogs are still very useful. After several hours of searching, traces of the guerrillas were still found. Gao Cang continued to lead people to catch up.
At this time, Gao Cang once again prayed to God not to rain so that the military dogs could continue to play their role. Sure enough, as God wished, although the weather had been gloomy for six or seven hours, it did not rain. Gao Cang seized this rare opportunity and led the Japanese on a rapid march along the traces left by the guerrillas, hoping to catch up with the guerrillas.
After Li Qiulin and others climbed up a hillside, they stopped to rest. The team members all ate there to replenish their strength. And Wang Jin still led several special operations team members to take on security duties.
During this period of time, the special forces and guerrillas have been marching and fighting continuously, and they are all very tired. This time they rested for a longer time, and everyone took turns sleeping in order to recover their strength as quickly as possible.
At four o'clock in the afternoon that day, a special operations team member on guard hurried up to Li Qiulin. He said anxiously: "Captain, it's not good, the Japanese are catching up with us, and they are bringing military dogs."
Li Qiulin secretly screamed: "Oops." He originally thought that this was the rainy season and the enemy would not use military dogs. Unexpectedly, they still used military dogs, and it happened that it didn't rain for six or seven consecutive hours. As a result, he was killed by the Japanese and puppet troops. Caught up. He knew very well that the enemy had military dogs. Without rain, the guerrillas had no way of getting rid of the tracking of the Japanese and puppet troops. The Japanese and puppet troops carry communication tools. As long as they can bite the guerrillas and then notify the troops in front to intercept them, they will be in great danger here.
For Li Qiulin, the top priority is to get rid of the enemies following him. To do this, the enemy's dogs must be eliminated.
He called Wang Jin and asked him to take two snipers from the guerrilla team's special operations team. The goal was to kill the enemy's military dogs, and then called on the other team members to bring their supplies and move immediately.
The sense of smell of military dogs is very sensitive. Under their guidance, the Japanese and puppet troops moved forward desperately. Suddenly there was gunfire from the front. After Gao Cang heard the gunshot, he did not panic, but was very happy, expecting that the guerrillas had been discovered ahead.
He hurriedly walked forward and came to the front of the team, only to see the Japanese who were the dog handlers squatting on the ground. Some were crestfallen and silent, while the other was wailing like his mother was dead. .
It turned out that the gunshots coming from the front were not hitting the Japanese and puppet troops who were tracking them, but the two military dogs.
Gao Cang was simply driven crazy. He knew very well that the guerrillas were ahead, and they had lost their military dogs. If he did not seize this opportunity to catch up with these guerrillas, it would be even more difficult to find their traces. So regardless of fatigue, he led the Japanese soldiers and ran forward with all their might.
Li Qiulin and the guerrillas had already begun to move. Wang Jin and his snipers quickly began to evacuate after killing the enemy's dogs.
The enemy and we started a rapid march to compete in speed. The Japs followed Li Qiulin and others all the way and hurried on, already out of breath from exhaustion. The special operations team members had just rested for several hours and were full of energy. In addition, their ability to cross mountains and ridges was better than those of the Japs. They marched very fast and gradually distanced themselves from the Japs behind them. . Later, they were far away and could no longer be seen with the naked eye.
Gao Cang tried his best and finally arrived at the place where the guerrillas had just rested. At this time, he was so tired that he couldn't bear it anymore, and regardless of his own image, he sat down to rest. The other Japanese soldiers were so tired that they almost fell apart. They staggered one by one and fell to the ground gasping for air.
Suddenly, there was a violent explosion near Gao Cang, causing two deaths and one injury. It turned out that when a Japanese soldier was walking around, he touched a trip mine that the special forces members had planted before leaving. This made the Japanese so nervous that they no longer dared to move casually.
Under the command of Gao Cang, they carefully launched a search and found two more grenades hidden in the grass. After another half hour of careful search, Gao Cang and others determined that there were no more trip mines set by the enemy nearby.
However, Gao Cang was even more depressed. He knew very well that after all this trouble, the possibility of catching up with the guerrillas was almost zero. Gao Cang is a persistent guy. Although he knows that it will be difficult to catch up with the guerrillas, he still leads the team to continue searching. He still held on to a glimmer of hope, because he had already made contact with the Japanese and puppet troops ahead, asking them to spread their manpower forward and build a blockade, hoping to intercept the escaping guerrillas.
Li Qiulin led the team up a mountain. Standing on the top of the mountain, he looked far away and saw Gao Cang and others following them. He knew very well that he could never continue to lead the guerrillas in this direction, because the enemy would definitely re-build a blockade in front. He must lead the team to change the marching direction and once again unexpectedly jump out of the enemy's encirclement.
After discussing with Li Jiming, Li Qiulin decided to use the old method of marching in the opposite direction, facing the Japanese and puppet troops who were catching up, and trying to find a way to get behind them.
Li Jiming was familiar with the terrain. Under his leadership, the special forces and guerrillas left their original route, walked several hundred meters to the flank, and then started marching in the direction where the Japanese were chasing them.
(End of chapter)
