Xu Dalong quickly responded to the telegram and agreed to Li Qiulin's suggestion. He said that as an anti-Japanese armed force of the underground party, he must never forget the people who had helped him and let Li Qiulin act accordingly without asking for instructions on everything.
Li Qiulin and Li Jiming were very concerned about the guerrillas hiding in the mountains. Among them were many laborers with no experience. Once they were discovered by the Japanese and puppet troops, they would be dead. When Li Qiulin and others left, they were hiding in the cave. Although they might be safe for the time being, they could not last long. Li Qiulin and others had to rush back as soon as possible to rescue them. After the two discussed it, they led the team back to the original location of the guerrillas.
That afternoon, Li Qiulin and others were on their way when they suddenly noticed a man in plain clothes appearing on a mountain road not far away. Li Qiulin quickly raised his palm and made a stop gesture.
Everyone immediately crouched down and spread out to find cover. Li Qiulin also hid behind a bush, gently pushing aside the dense branches in front of him with his fingers, looking out from between the branches and leaves, and continued to monitor the actions of the man in plain clothes.
This is a deep mountain. The man in front has a backpack on his back and a machete in his hand. He looks like he is going into the mountains to collect herbs.
But Li Qiulin doesn't think so, because the Japanese and puppet troops have recently searched this area very intensively, and ordinary herb collectors simply don't dare to show up here.
At this time, the man carrying a backpack was wandering around, as if he was waiting for someone. A few minutes later, another man in plain clothes came out of the grass on the side, holding up his pants as he walked. The two people chatted for a few words, and one of them left. After the person walked sixty or seventy meters, the other person started taking action again, just following the person in front.
Li Qiulin understood clearly that the two men were acting so strangely that they were obviously the enemy's plainclothes agents. The reason why they traveled separately was to avoid being attacked by guerrillas. If one of them is attacked, the other person can wait for an opportunity to rescue or go out to report the news.
Li Qiulin decided to arrest these two plainclothes agents. He made a few gestures to Wang Jin. Wang Jin nodded and called the two special forces members to leave first. Then Li Qiulin said a few words to the other two special forces members, and the two special forces members quickly left.
Li Jiming has been observing Li Qiulin's movements. Although he couldn't understand Li Qiulin's special operations sign language, he was also an experienced old guerrilla. He now understood that the two men in plain clothes should be Japanese spies, and Li Qiulin sent people out separately. It was to arrest the two agents separately.
Two men in plain clothes walked one behind the other. The person walking behind looked at the back of the person in front from time to time. When the person in front stopped, he stopped too. When the person in front moves, he moves with him, always keeping a certain distance. Suddenly he heard a noise in the grass next to him. When he turned around, he saw a man wearing a Japanese military uniform coming out.
The man was startled at first, but then a smile appeared on his face. At this moment, there was another sound suddenly coming from behind him. When he turned around, he saw another Japanese man coming out from behind, with the muzzle of his gun pointed directly at his back.
The man in plainclothes felt something bad, but facing the two Japanese soldiers, he couldn't make up his mind at the moment. He didn't know what to do, so he greeted them with a smile.
This person's actions further confirmed their identity as a spy. The special operations team members held him down with guns. One person stepped forward to conduct a body search, and sure enough, a shell gun was found from his waist.
The man in front was walking on his way when he suddenly saw two Japs emerging from the grass next to him. Facing the dark muzzle of the gun, he raised his hands and explained with a smile, saying that he was a plainclothes officer sent by his superiors to search for traces of guerrillas.
The special operations team member stepped forward to hand over his gun and escorted him to join the other two guerrillas. A special operations team member ran back to notify Li Qiulin and others.
Soon they arrived and began interrogating the two plainclothes agents.
When the agent saw Li Qiulin and others, as well as the guerrillas in plain clothes, he realized that he had encountered the guerrillas, and he was extremely horrified. At this point, they had no choice but to answer Li Qiulin's questions obediently.
These two plainclothes agents were both locals. Li Qiulin interrogated him while Li Jiming translated. Through the interrogation, he basically understood the dynamics of the Japanese and puppet troops at this time.
After the large Japanese and puppet troops left the ravine, they did not go far. There were two squadrons of fast mobile troops lurking in this area, stationed in nearby villages and towns.
Tanaka sent the local gendarmerie to organize a force of about 50 people, some of which were brought by Tanaka from Kuala Lumpur. They were in groups of two or three, scattered in the mountains, continuing to search for traces of the guerrillas, and reporting to the Japanese garrison outside the mountains at any time.
According to the information provided by these two agents, the Japanese army did not find the guerrillas who were left behind. This made Li Qiulin, Li Jiming and others breathe a huge sigh of relief.
After interrogating the two agents, Li Jiming didn't know how to deal with them.
Of course, Li Qiulin couldn't keep these two guys. He made a gesture, and this time even Li Jiming understood it. He hated these spies very much and said to Li Qiulin: "Can you hand these two guys over to our guerrillas?"
Li Qiulin nodded, and Li Jiming led a group of guerrillas to take the two agents to a small ravine and killed them with bayonets. Then their bodies were hidden.
After completing the mission, Li Jiming led people to Li Qiulin. He said with some worry: "There are so many spies in the mountains, and our actions are too restricted. Fortunately, we discovered them in advance. I don't know what the other spies are hiding in." Wherever we are, our actions may be discovered by them. They will follow us quietly and then report to the Japanese and puppet troops outside the mountain. By then our situation will be in danger."
Li Qiulin said: "You are right. We must first find a way to eliminate the plainclothes agents wandering in the mountains and forests."
Li Jiming said with some embarrassment: "But we don't know where the agents are scattered, and their precautions are very strict. Two agents are divided into two places, maybe three agents will be divided into three places, no matter where we arrest One agent may alert other agents. It's really troublesome to deal with them."
Wang Jin said: "Captain Li, things are not that complicated. We can use fishing tactics to bring out the agents one by one."
Li Qiulin understood what he meant, but Li Jiming was still a little confused and asked: "Fishing tactics? How to do it specifically?"
Li Qiulin said: "Wang Jin, please explain to Captain Li in detail."
Wang Jin said: "Captain Li, please gather all the guerrillas here."
Soon, guerrillas and special forces members gathered around to listen to Wang's explanation. Soon everyone understood. Afterwards, the special forces and guerrillas were mixed and formed into six five-person groups. After agreeing on a meeting place, they then started activities separately.
One of the five-person group led by Li Jiming was walking normally on the mountain road, while the other four were hiding in the grass on the roadside, following the guerrilla in front.
At the beginning, they did not gain much, until two hours later, when the guerrilla was on his way, two plainclothes agents armed with shell guns suddenly emerged from the roadside and forced the guerrilla at gunpoint. After a while, another person came out from the bushes not far away, and three people interrogated the guerrilla.
The captured guerrilla deliberately spoke loudly and said that he was also an agent sent by his superiors and was searching for traces of the guerrillas. The three plainclothes agents did not recognize the guerrilla and were very suspicious of his identity, questioning him repeatedly.
The guerrillas were unconvinced and had a dispute with them. As a result, they were beaten by plainclothes agents. At this time, their attention had been completely attracted by this guerrilla.
When they saw the three plainclothes agents coming out, a guerrilla and three special forces soldiers split into two groups and quietly picked up those in front. When the plainclothes agents noticed something unusual happening around them, it was already too late and they were quickly surrounded and disarmed.
After interrogation, it was learned that these three plainclothes agents were sent by the Military Police. According to what they knew, there was a group of three people on the nearby hill.
Li Jiming and others executed the three plainclothes agents, and then went to arrest another three-person team.
Since they had grasped the scope of Japanese special elements' activities in advance, Li Jiming and others took the initiative. They chose to march through the dense jungle. After climbing a hillside, they searched carefully and soon discovered traces of another three-person special agent team.
This time they did not use fishing tactics. Instead, they first quietly approached one of the agents, killed him, and then killed the other two agents.
Among these six arresting teams, four of them eliminated one or two Japanese spy teams, and a total of 15 Japanese spies were eliminated.
That night, Li Qiulin and others camped in the dense forest, and continued to search for Japanese special elements on the mountain the next day. Their current gains are not small, and they have killed a total of 11 Japanese and puppet agents.
On the third day, as the Japanese and puppet personnel continued to disappear, the vigilance of the Japanese and puppet personnel increased greatly. Li Qiulin and the others gained very little on this day. They only defeated two Japanese and puppet agent groups and eliminated five Japanese and puppet agents.
On the fourth day, the situation changed. That morning, after breakfast, the guerrillas were preparing to split up to arrest the Japanese special elements. However, the surveillance post discovered that a large group of Japanese soldiers had entered the mountain. Obviously, because the Japanese and puppet spies kept disappearing, the Japanese army had judged that the guerrillas were operating in this area, so they went into the mountains to search.
This was the case. Tanaka received news that agents continued to disappear and immediately reported the situation to Gao Cang. Gao Cang also immediately determined that the guerrillas were operating in this area.
He compared the map and drew a range based on the area where the agents were missing. Then he led two squadrons of Japanese troops and two companies of Huang Xiejun into the mountains to search the area.
Tanaka also learned a lesson. Although he did not know how those agents were eliminated by the guerrillas, he reminded the agents who had remained in the mountains to be more vigilant. It was best to hide and use static braking to avoid being captured. The guerrillas found out. Once you find traces of guerrillas, report them to your superiors immediately.
Li Qiulin and others discovered traces of the Japanese army and evacuated immediately. They spent an hour marching quickly and felt that they had escaped the pursuit of the Japanese and puppet troops.
However, just as they were evacuating, a team of Japanese and puppet agents discovered their traces on the top of the mountain. This special agent team did not carry a walkie-talkie, so they sent one person to notify the Japanese army. The other two people quietly followed Li Qiulin and others, leaving road signs as they walked.
Li Qiulin and others were resting in the dense forest. Suddenly, a surveillance post hurried over to report that a group of Japanese troops were coming here. Judging from the direction in which they were heading, the goal was clear, and they were heading towards the guerrillas.
Li Qiulin already understood at this time that the traces of the guerrillas had been discovered by the enemy. He immediately ordered an immediate transfer.
Li Jiming was familiar with the terrain in this area, and under his leadership, the team members quickly evacuated. They had just climbed a ridge when suddenly another group of Japanese troops appeared on the flank, less than 100 meters away from them. Both sides saw each other and a fierce battle broke out immediately.
Li Qiulin did not dare to fight, and immediately led his team members to fight and retreat. During the retreat, a special forces member and a guerrilla were shot and died. Li Qiulin and others had no time to bury the bodies of their comrades. I had to evacuate in tears.
Thanks to Li Jiming's familiarity with the terrain in this area, after an hour of rapid march, they finally got rid of the Japanese and puppet troops who were following them again.
Although the large group of Japanese and puppet troops who were following him could no longer be seen, Li Qiulin always felt a chill running down his spine, as if a pair of eyes were staring closely at him. He called Wang Jin over, explained to him, and then led the team to move forward.
Wang Jin and two special forces members hid in the bushes next to the path and waited quietly. As expected by Li Qiulin, two plainclothes agents followed him quietly not long after. One of them was carrying a walkie-talkie.
Obviously, the guerrillas have not escaped the pursuit of the Japanese and puppet troops at this time, and a large number of Japanese and puppet troops are probably coming here. Perhaps there will be Japanese and puppet troops ahead to intercept.
The plainclothes agents' attention was focused on the retreating guerrillas in front, and they did not pay attention to Wang Jin and the special forces members who suddenly appeared from the roadside. This time they did not arrest the two plainclothes agents, but shot them dead. The situation is already very clear. It's useless to arrest them. It's better to do it simply. (End of chapter)
