Lao Meng was nervous all night, but there was no movement at all on the other side of the blocked ditch.
The insiders assigned to the turret didn't even hear the slightest news.
After dawn, Zaijiu, who got up early, went to Lao Meng's house, where Shi Cheng, the platoon leader of the Ninth Battalion who had stayed behind, sat.
After saying hello to Shi Cheng, he asked Lao Meng directly: "Have you heard any news?"
Lao Meng shook his head: "It's strange that our insiders didn't receive any news at all. It seems that it is not Xu Jinsen's person."
Zhang Jiu was stunned for a moment: "Hundreds of people are attacking on his territory, and he doesn't react at all. This matter must have something to do with him!"
Lao Meng thought for a while: "Could it be the new security forces from the county?"
"Absolutely not. The security forces in the county came from Chaoge County. Those guys are not that courageous at all." After Zhang Jiu finished speaking, he stuffed two steamed buns on the table into his mouth and prepared to go out.
Shi Cheng, who was sitting next to him, quickly asked: "Hey, where are you going?"
Zai Jiuyin smiled coldly: "If you dare to cheat on me on this line, even if you are a little devil, I will make him bleed."
"I said, can you wait for two days and wait for Chen Chong and the others to come back before making plans?"
"I asked you what the Independence Group was doing, but you didn't tell me."
"It's not like you don't know our rules. The superiors suddenly informed Company Commander Chen to leave overnight. There must be some action."
While the two were talking, a guerrilla dressed as a civilian hurried into the yard: "Report."
"Say." Lao Meng, who was sitting at the table, glanced at Qian Jiu who was standing at the door: "He is one of our own."
"That old dog Xu Jinsen sent someone a letter, saying that he had sent someone to seize the goods last night. He also said that Captain Sun wanted to get the goods back, so he would bring someone over to explain clearly the attack on his blockhouse."
Qian Jiu looked at Lao Meng: "You just said it wasn't Xu Jinsen who did it."
Lao Meng thought for a while and said, "Don't be impatient. This matter is not as simple as you think. Think about it, we have almost all insiders in the turrets controlled by Xu Jinsen's men. His every move cannot escape our eyes!" "
Qian Jiu immediately discovered the problem: "Looking at the current situation, the person named Xu borrowed it from someone else."
Shi Cheng suddenly asked, "Why can't someone else borrow Xu's hand?"
Zhangjiu shook his head: "I have to go back to the county town."
Shi Sui warned: "They dare to attack the grain transport team. If you go back now, aren't you throwing yourself into a trap?"
Zaijiu shook his head: "I had something to do yesterday, so I came back with the grain transport team after dark."
At this point, Zhang Jiuyi slapped his head and shouted: "Oh, I almost forgot about the business."
Lao Meng picked up a hoe from behind the door and was about to go out. He was immediately dissatisfied: "Don't be so surprised. If you have anything to say, please tell me."
"Brothers learned about the situation from the railway. The night before yesterday. Another group of puppet troops came over the train station, the number is unknown."
"Could it be that group of puppet soldiers ambushed you?"
Thinking of almost losing his life last night, Zhang Jiu was still frightened: "It's impossible. If the puppet army comes, they have three to four hundred people. Our platoon and the villagers driving the carts will definitely not be able to escape."
North of Huangqiu Cave.
When the old bandit Qi received the news that he had surrendered to the enemy and friendly forces, he led more than a hundred people from He Chuanlin to the east before dawn.
Captain Qin, who stayed behind, took the half-immortal to patrol the perimeter at dawn.
By the way, I would like to improve the ideological consciousness of the half-immortal who was supposed to attend the Anti-Japanese University.
A figure appeared in the northeastern ravine.
What came was the traffic officer under Lao Li, the instructor of the second battalion.
Lao Li was only released from quarantine by the district yesterday evening. He quickly arranged for transportation personnel to rush to Huangqiu Cave.
The traffic officer knew that there were puppet troops entering the mountain, so he had to take a small road to avoid the puppet troops entering the mountain. After driving the mountain road all night, he finally arrived at the outskirts of Huangqiu Cave after dawn.
After chatting with the guard post for a long time, I finally met Captain Qin who came to patrol the post.
After the two sides verified their identities for a long time, the traffic officer handed Captain Qin a paper ring the size of a fingernail hidden in the corner of his clothes.
Captain Qin took the note and unfolded it: Three days later, he rushed to the mountainous area west of Changgou Station to hide and prepare to rob the Japanese train.
The signature is a mouse that looks a bit like a fox. When you look at the handwriting, you can tell that it was written by Xiao Hongying.
Captain Qin's eyes widened with surprise on his face: "You mean, Commander Hu and others are in the plains to the east, preparing to attack the Japanese Railway?"
"Battle Commander Hu and the others crossed the railway blockade and went to the fifth district." At this point, the traffic officer shook his head: "The enemy has deployed a large number of additional puppet troops at various stations along the railway. Moreover, almost a regiment of puppet troops had already arrived yesterday morning. I'm just bringing a message when I enter the mountain due east of here. It's up to you whether to go or not."
Captain Qin muttered to the half-immortal following behind: "The puppet army promised to give us one hundred thousand catties of grain, do we need to take such a big risk?"
The half-immortal blinked his sleepy eyes: "Just carry out the order given by Chief Hu."
Captain Qin nodded.
He didn't know much about the history of the 29th Battalion, so he enthusiastically grabbed the traffic officer on the opposite side who was about to leave: "You're already here, you have to eat before you leave."
What is the relationship between the Second Battalion and the Ninth Battalion? Naturally, the traffic officer knew this. Thinking that he had come all the way to report the news, he immediately nodded: "Hey, you must eat this meal."
The two of them walked and chatted, and they actually got along quite well.
Captain Qin kept asking the traffic officer about the situation in the plain to the east.
The traffic officer's knowledge of the situation was limited: "In addition, I originally agreed to attack the Japanese train, but now there are too many puppet troops, and I think you should endure it for the time being."
He didn't know that the puppet troops had already marched into the mountains yesterday, and he didn't even know that the Qi Lao bandit had already established a line with the puppet troops in the mountains.
The independent team that came out of the mountain marched all night and arrived about ten miles west of Xinglong Town to rest in hiding.
The special agent company of the leading force of the Third Regiment of the Eighth Route Army stationed in Shanxi has arrived. The large force is marching in the Pingshun Guerrilla Brigade defense area and is expected to reach the mountain pass in the evening.
The attack plan was set at five o'clock in the afternoon, and the puppet troops would take the people who came out to work back to the concentration camp half an hour later.
The reason for not choosing night time is very simple. The main purpose of this battle is to rescue the people. It is too chaotic at night to organize the people to evacuate. The people have the habit of hiding and not coming out when encountering chaos.
We did not choose another time because we were considering the time it would take for the Japs in Meixian County and the puppet troops in the newly built artillery towers to come for reinforcements after receiving news that Xinglong Town was being attacked.
Between half past five and two hours after dark, the enemy's reinforcements got the news and rushed to Xinglong Town from Meixian County. It must have been close to dark.
At that time, the initiative to fight or withdraw was entirely in the hands of the independent regiment.
As for encirclement and rescue operations to rescue and take away a large number of people, the independent regiment does not have the ability to fight on two fronts at the same time.
This was not the first time that Commander Lu attacked County Long Town. The last time he raided and occupied Xinglong Town at night it only took a few minutes!
It's summer and it gets dark late.
Attack at 5:30, ten minutes if possible, half an hour if possible, and it will definitely be no problem to capture Xinglong Town.
The key issue to consider is that this time the enemy has more than half a brigade of Japanese soldiers stationed in the Zhendong security barracks.
The terrain is simple, the enemy situation is not complicated, and the battle plan focuses on the distribution of troops.
At around four o'clock, the team began to assemble. Wu Yan of the First Battalion personally led the vanguard and set off. Along the way, they dispersed to eliminate possible enemy sentries on the offensive line, as well as sporadic traitors from the reconnaissance team scattered throughout the country.
The order is very simple. No matter who it is, arrest the person first to avoid leaking the news of the team's dispatch.
Last month, after going out with the regimental commander to fight a big battle with the Japanese and puppet troops in the south with the 2nd and 9th Battalions, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion had high morale and were gearing up to prepare in advance. They were waiting for the time to go to the people who were still under guard. The puppet troops at work launched an attack.
Because the Japanese were running concentration camps, there were almost no people in the wilderness under the sun.
Gao Yidao volunteered to stop half of the Japanese army in the puppet army camp in Zhendong.
If conditions permit, he even plans to eat those Japs.
Tian Sanqi and Chen Chong met up and went north, responsible for blocking the puppet troops who came out to reinforce after hearing gunfire in the blockade ditch along the road from the north to Meixian.
The third company's affairs were the simplest. After the battle, they would take custody of the prisoners and lead the people out of the concentration camp.
Hao Ping was in a bad mood. His third battalion was now strong, okay?
It seems that everyone has forgotten the past that a squadron of Japanese soldiers could chase away a regiment of friendly troops.
【Additional update】
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