When it got dark, Minister Zhang returned to Sanjiaji. The group was exhausted physically and mentally, like a defeated rooster. Looking at Captain Lu, he shook his drooping head and smiled bitterly: "The investigation is over, and no suspects were found!"
Commander Lu looked at Minister Zhang: "The spies are hidden very deep. We will strengthen our precautions and cut off the enemy's intelligence transmission channel first, and then we will slowly figure out other solutions!"
Minister Zhang’s eyebrows twitched together: “We are facing a formidable enemy, and if the traitor is not eliminated, it will not only affect the independent regiment, but it will even affect the situation in the entire southeastern part of Taihang. There are huge hidden dangers!”
Ding Deyi frowned: "The situation in the mountains is special. In order to minimize the impact of the spies, the 2nd and 9th companies have been pulled to the plain. I forgive them for not being able to cause any trouble! Thank you for your hard work this time, eat first. Let’s talk after dinner!”
"Yes, let's study the communication with friendly forces after dinner!" Commander Lu shouted at me: "Guards?"
Immediately afterwards, Hu Yi was called to the regiment headquarters by Xiao Bing, and the four of them held a meeting for most of the night.
Early the next morning, a team of more than ten people arranged by the division headquarters braved the freezing cold wind and, led by the correspondent, drove all night to reach Sanjiaji.
Communicating with friendly forces is not just a matter for the independent regiment. The division headquarters has already planned to directly select a class from the new batch of key students who participated in early study to enrich the independent regiment's team for communicating with friendly forces.
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd companies each sent a platoon leader with a clean background to accompany them.
There are heavy Nationalist troops stationed south of the Yellow River. In addition to fighting the Japs on the plains, the division itself has to deal with its old enemy, the Nationalist Army. Minister Zhang suggested that Li Huanzhang from the division be added to form a platoon.
This is a rare opportunity. If not for the lack of time, the division would probably gather together hundreds of students from various units to communicate with friendly forces and learn about their former life-and-death rivals!
The exchange team was assembled and planned to set off quietly in the early morning of the next day. A team of more than thirty people was passing through Qingshan Village and preparing to leave the mountain from Lushuipu.
The sky was far away, and the militiamen on guard looked enthusiastically at the members of the Ninth Company walking past Qingshan Village with torches.
Erniu and Chen Chong did not go with the team. Erniu had to stay to train the militiamen, and Chen Chong had to return to the security team to teach, help, and lead.
The exchange team is mainly composed of Jiulian: Hu Yi, Ma Liang, Li Xiang, Yatou, Tang Dagou and Luo Fugui, a total of six people.
Hu Yi nodded to the smiling militiamen in the wine station village on the roadside, and the long team continued eastward.
Qingshan Village, which was originally deserted, quickly took root after more than a thousand people fled there. In the winter when it was not suitable for work, there were still people burning fires in the ravines before dawn to clear up wasteland!
The tenacity of the common people made Hu Yi feel... very strange. He remembered the instructor's words: No matter how powerful the Japs are, can they kill them all?
He seemed to understand the meaning of the slogan on the wall, "There are endless millions of Chinese people to kill."
My mood suddenly improved a lot.
"Hey, Fox, am I really wrong?" Such a major event as communicating with friendly forces is naturally indispensable for Xiaobian'er.
"Don't be suspicious." Hu Yi said calmly.
"I'm absolutely not wrong. That guy named Yang is not a good person at first glance. Pan Zhuzhu will definitely follow him." Xiao Zhuer gritted his teeth.
"The regiment has conducted a detailed investigation, and the enemy's engineering department has also found no problems. At present, the biggest suspect, Orion named Ma, is missing. The nearby villagers cannot be spies, so don't make blind guesses."
"I don't believe that he disappeared by the river for a long time. Something must have happened that we don't know about!" The girl refused to give up.
"Minister Zhang has a follow-up plan. No matter how cunning a fox is, he can't escape from a shotgun!" As soon as the words came out, Hu Yi suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
"Aren't you a fox? Who is the hunter? A vixen?"
"Auntie, can you please stop joking about this!"
"Okay, I'm not used to Sanjiaji. Gao Yidao used to argue with Hao Ping every time we had a meeting? Do you think Gao Yidao has really changed his gender?"
Hu Yi shook his head: "A dog can't change its habit of eating shit. How can he change it? Besides, is this important?"
"Why isn't it important? Counselor Hu!"
Hu Yi staggered and almost fell down.
"People change!"
The girl asked doubtfully: "Could it be that you lost in the exchange with friendly forces and learned your shame and then became brave?"
Hu Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard the word "cowardly after realizing shame" came out of the girl's mouth. After thinking about it, it was the spoken word of an instructor at Kangda University, and he was relieved: "With Gao Yidao's character...you said he became angry when he was embarrassed." Pretty much."
The girl continued: "While we were away, friendly forces came to communicate with us. Something must have happened in the meantime."
Speaking of friendly troops, Hu Yi's mind couldn't help but get stuck in memories of the past?
The conversation ends there.
...
South of Xinglong Town, in a village on the plain outside the southern Taihang Mountains.
The village was bustling with activity inside and outside.
Cars and packhorses were everywhere, and soldiers lined up in groups to train, dig trenches and build fortifications in the dead of winter.
The shooting range piled with dirt at the entrance of the village is filled with constant gunshots... Don't think it's training, it's just gun repairmen testing guns.
There are many low walls in the village, with a large courtyard in the middle and a brazier burning in the house.
There were about ten people crowded around the conference table, and a portrait of the Prime Minister hung on the wall at the end.
The soldier in front of the portrait is in his sixties. He wears a straight military uniform, but his age is clearly visible. He is leaning on a cane on his right hand.
The frameless three-star collar badge under the collar is shining brightly.
"Report to the commander, the Eighth Route Army has sent a military exchange group over..." A staff officer entered the room.
The commander raised his head and smiled: "Is there someone coming from the Eighth Route Army? Come on, let's go to the yard to greet them!"
The staff officer smiled awkwardly: "Well, they only sent regiment staff officers??"
The commander was discouraged: "What? Only a regimental staff officer came?"
"That's right, they came to our place to communicate. Are they looking down on us too much?" The staff officer next to him frowned.
The commander seemed to have suddenly come to his senses, with a serious look on his face: "Who did we send?"
The staff officer was shocked: "It was originally Brigadier Li. Later, the Brigadier became unwell, so he sent his staff officer to the Eighth Route Army. He just came back two days ago!"
The commander was stunned, and immediately yelled: "I'm his ancestor, you go and call me for the man named Li right away... He ruined my big things!"
The staff officer was stunned for a moment: "Commander, please don't get angry. Brigadier Li's defense area is far away from here. Now the Eighth Route Army and others have arrived. How about... I go to receive them first?"
The old man sitting at the top shook his head and sighed: "You? Let's forget it. There are so many things going on now, and I don't have many people at hand. The Eighth Route Army can send a staff officer this time, which is still a favor to me. Don't forget , we also attacked them two years ago, do you really think that others will use their hot face to touch our cold butt? You hurry up and call Li Tietou over and ask him to receive the exchange group from the Eighth Route!"
The division commander receives the deputy regimental staff officer of Tubal Road? He was stunned for a moment: "Isn't this good? Two or three levels worse?"
The commander pounded the table, furious: "How dare you take what I said as fart? Damn it, do you want me to go and receive you in person?"
After a while, a man with a Chinese character face, a neat military appearance, and a big-brimmed hat was placed on the table in front of him. He seemed not angry and intimidating. He should have heard the staff tell him the situation: "I think we can just send a staff to communicate with them. It can be regarded as completing the task assigned by the war zone."
The commander shook his head and asked: "Do you know why I have fought countless battles over the years and never really lost? What is the reason?"
The soldier quickly replied: "The commander has a straightforward personality, never cares about gains and losses, and has friends all over the world!"
The commander sighed: "We call it a group army. It is said that the two armies have more than 70,000 people. However, Sun Dianying of the King's Army has been flirting with the Japanese army for a long time. The only one he can really mobilize is his own division and brigade with more than 10,000 people. Now, The eight groups behind us helped keep an eye on us, so the Japanese didn't dare to attack us, do you understand?"
"I don't think we should have the Fifth Army at all. Not to mention it can't help them. Every time we fight, it drags them down. With our more than 10,000 brothers and this terrain, we can definitely be the same division as the Japanese." The ability to fight!"
The commander was heartbroken: "You know how to fight, what if everyone is killed? I am over sixty years old, I can ask the war zone to retire, but I can't worry about you brothers!"
"Commander, why don't we go into the mountain?"
The commander looked lonely: "With our current strength, as long as the Fifth Army can withstand the Japanese army, and now the Eighth Route in the north has opened a passage into the mountain, the Japanese can't do anything to us for the time being, but this time the Eighth Route will not talk about it." It was previously suspected that there was a passage into the mountain, which was a great help to us. Tietou, you have been with me for so many years, and you know that I am not willing to owe others favors. You can personally arrange the communication with the Eighth Route Army, and you can repay it for me. This is a favor from the Eighth Route Army."
"Yes, Commander!"
