The dim light emitted by the electric light cannon in front of me turned into an unreal world. Maeda's voice was a little distant, and I felt a little inaudible.
Li Youcai had experienced the feeling of powerlessness, but now he felt like relief. He was in the stormy sea, and even his body was no longer his own, and he was trembling.
Is the Eighth Route Army finished? For me, there seems to be no loss. Am I still a loser?
"Li Sang, is your drinking capacity so bad?" Maeda was in a very good mood, looking at Li Youcai's absent-minded look with some suspicion.
Li Youcai was startled, regained his composure, and stepped forward quickly.
Maeda narrowed his triangular eyes and looked sideways at Li Youcai, who was diligent in the office.
Li Youcai filled the empty glass in front of Maeda with wine and poured himself a glass: "Would you like me to get some food and drinks?"
"No, no, no, just drink!" Maeda said in high spirits.
There was a knock on the door.
A Japanese soldier heard Maeda's voice calling him in. He opened the door and came in holding a folder and a golden sword. He looked at Li Youcai with stern eyes and disdain.
The Japs turned excited and hesitantly said: "Captain, this is the news that just came! There is another breakthrough!"
Maeda waved to Li Youcai: "Li Sang, you go out first, wait a moment."
After a short time, the Japanese who entered opened the door and came out. They glanced at Li Youcai who was standing in the distance. Li Youcai bowed quickly.
"Li Sang, yours, come in!" Maeda's Chinese language came from the open office. He was a little awkward because he was drunk.
Maeda raised the glass in his hand: "You know this is a critical moment, why do I still drink."
In Li Youcai's experience, Maeda rarely drank, and it was even rarer to lose his temper like this.
Li Youcai stepped forward and asked cautiously: "Taijun Maeda, you seem to be very happy?"
Maeda looked at Li Youcai, stretched out his hand, shook his index finger: "I'm not just happy, Li Sang, you are a friend of the empire, and I will definitely let you know the good news."
Maeda was talking, but despite drinking, he was not confused.
"What good news?"
Maeda rarely lost his composure and said proudly: "On the 22nd, yesterday, the northern Masuko advance team attacked the Eighth Route headquarters and was discovered by the Eighth Route militia near Asada. Encircled, although Masuko's advance team numbered only a hundred people, behind them were the Imperial Army's 36th Division, the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 8th mixed brigades, a total of more than 20,000 troops in more than 20 brigades. People can provide reinforcements at any time, no one from the Eighth Route Army can escape this time."
Li Youcai was trembling in his heart, and he pretended to be nervous on the surface: "Well, this is good news. I don't know what you are talking about."
Maeda was very proud: "It's not normal for you to know this news. Pay close attention. According to the briefing at noon, the Eighth Route Army headquarters has been compressed in the area around Shizi Ridge. According to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army's resistance is fierce."
"Well, didn't the Eighth Route Army members escape?" Li Youcai's first reaction was to run away.
Maeda didn't care whether the information was leaked or not: "Escape? It depends on where you can run. The imperial army adopted a steady advance and controlled every mountain road to ensure that eight roads in the mountain could not fly.
According to the captured Eighth Route Army soldiers and some seized documents, it was found that the Eighth Route Army soldiers were very strong and no one surrendered. However, it was learned from the seized documents that not only the personnel of the Eighth Route Army headquarters were surrounded this time, but also the Eighth Route Army Logistics Department and the Ministry of Health. , the Ministry of Military Industry, the Northern Bureau of the Communist Party of China, the Party School of the Northern Bureau, the North China Branch of Xinhua News Agency, the North China Edition Editorial Department of Xinhua Daily, and various institutions at the headquarters of the Lu Shi Art School. It is preliminary estimated that there are about 10,000 people in the Eighth Route, Li Sang , do you think this is good news? "
"Captain, don't worry. I don't have any skills. I just want to find a way to survive. However, I don't quite understand what you mean by those eight-pronged divisions and bureaus." Li Youcai stepped forward and cooperated with Maeda Dese to answer the wrong question. .
Maeda originally wanted to find someone to show off his military prowess, but when faced with Li Youcai's rare straightforward sincerity, he punched the cotton, which did not frighten the traitor and made him feel completely uninterested.
Maeda was surprised at Li Youcai's reaction for a moment, then remembered that of course the traitor in front of him didn't know about those departments on the Eighth Route, and it would be pointless to talk to him too much. Then he calmly sat on the chair, stopped talking, and picked up the item from the table again. The glass of wine continued to pour into his mouth.
After he said something, he couldn't get a response from Maeda. Li Youcai didn't dare to say anything more, so he stood quietly in the middle of the room and waited for Maeda's instructions.
After a while, Maeda seemed to be thinking about something, coughed and said: "You are just a slippery man who knows what you should know and what you should not know. I like smart people like you, but if you want to live a comfortable life, You shouldn’t step on a few boats, just go ahead.”
Li Youcai nodded hurriedly: "Yes! Yes! I will definitely listen to you, Taijun."
"get out". Maeda's triangular eyes slowly moved away from Li Youcai, raised his hand again, poured himself a glass of wine, and then drank it all in one gulp.
Li Youcai took a few steps back obediently, turned around and went out dejectedly, said hello to the military policeman in front of the door, closed the door, and slowly moved his trembling legs.
Li Youcai was just a young man who loved gambling. He had no choice but to join the plainclothes team. As a result, he was paid empty wages and worked as a gun, but he kept getting promoted. In fact, the traitor just wanted to live a good life.
But once you take this path, there is no turning back. Maeda's words just now stimulated him. Does Maeda know everything?
Impossible, absolutely impossible. Lin Xiu came from the National Army. Maeda knew it, but did not do anything. He even allowed him to be with Lin Xiu. Then, he became a puppet in Maeda's hands?
But tonight, he was afraid. The Eighth Route Army was surrounded and would be wiped out. It didn't seem to have anything to do with him. Apart from the few cloves of rotten garlic from Jiulian Company, he didn't know any of them. Maeda said that he had a few boats, so What means? I summoned him in the middle of the night, but in the middle of the conversation, I was still hanging on. What did Maeda mean? Isn't it possible to just remind yourself not to step on a few boats?
Maeda knew about Lin Xiu's matter, so he definitely wasn't talking about it. Could it be that Maeda also knew about his contact with the Eighth Route Army?
After trying again and again, he had a hunch that every time he reached a dead end, there would always be someone to help him, because behind him there were Japs on the surface, Li Youde and the Eighth Route Army behind him. Why did you follow them? It was considered a small friendship.
Lin Xiu was not in Meixian. Li Youcai didn't want to know where he went. He knew that the less he knew, the longer he would live.
Su Qing seemed to know that he had contact with people from the Eighth Route Army except the Ninth Company. No, there was someone protecting him in the gambling house. That person should be from the Eighth Route Army. So, who else knew that he had a relationship with the Eighth Route Army?
Maeda's sheep-headed plan has long since disappeared. Could it be that there is Maeda's spy in the independent group? Only in this way will Maeda know about it. However, his connection with the Nine Company is very hidden and should not be known. , but who is that person?
If there really was such a person, he must be in the middle of the Eighth Route Army. It was impossible for the Ninth Company. Otherwise, he would have been shot eight hundred times by Maeda.
Maeda said that the Eighth Route Army was about to be wiped out. Judging from his excited look, it didn't look like he was lying. However, the Independent Group was obviously still there, and there was no news from the wine station. So, what happened on the Eighth Route Army?
I am a little worried and think I should go to Qingshan Village tomorrow.
