"Over here, that's where the gunshots came from."
Not long after Duanwu, Commander Yu and others left, a patrol team from the Gui Army found this place.
They were responsible for patrolling, and they were afraid that the Japanese would infiltrate and threaten Xuzhou's security. But he didn't want to but suddenly heard gunshots, so he ran over to check.
But this is unbelievable, a brother of Gui Jun was killed.
"Who did this? A spy must have infiltrated in. Let me check and see if anyone is alive. We must find out who did it!"
A company commander-level officer was angry because his initial judgment was that a spy had infiltrated and was discovered by a group of Gui army brothers. Then the two sides exchanged fire, and all the Gui army brothers died here.
So his anger at this time can be imagined.
"Reporting to the company commander, none of the brothers survived. But what is very strange is that we did not find any traces of a large number of enemy troops. There were only ruts of an off-road vehicle in the woods, and we picked up a lighted bullet sniper rifle, take a look."
After that, the soldier handed the sniper rifle he picked up into the hands of his company commander.
The company commander looked at the gun and felt it looked very familiar. Looking at the position of the butt of the gun, the words "德利" are clearly engraved on it.
"commander?"
The company commander was shocked when he saw these two words, because this gun belonged to their commander.
"You continue to search for survivors here, I will go to the headquarters immediately."
After that, the company commander took a gun and rode a horse, and rushed all the way to the headquarters.
Because the gun belonged to Li Zhongren, he was worried about the commander's safety.
But when he returned to the headquarters, Li Zhongren was still sitting at the headquarters.
Li Zhongren was still very surprised. Why was one of his junior officers so eager to see him?
The officer presented the gun. Li Zhongren was shocked when he saw the gun. Wasn't this gun borrowed by that guy in Dragon Boat Festival for hunting? Why did it appear in the mountains, and why did one of its own soldiers die?
"Did that guy in Dragon Boat Festival lend me the gun just to kill my patrol?"
Li Zhongren was shocked, but then he thought it was wrong, because there was no need for this during the Dragon Boat Festival, and he was so idle that it hurt? Lend your own sniper rifle to shoot your own patrol, and then leave the gun where it is? Why don't you come and play with the tiger's beard when you're full?
So he felt that things were definitely not that simple, not to mention that Commander Yu was still here, so Commander Yu would definitely not be so ruthless.
"Go back immediately and investigate the identities of the deceased. I want to know which unit they belong to and what they were doing at that location. And the detailed information about each of them. Do you understand?"
"yes!"
The company commander took the order and turned back to investigate. At this time, Li Zhongren picked up the phone and contacted the 51st Army, asking if Commander Yu and Duanwu had gone back?
But the other party's answer was that they had not seen Commander Yu or the Dragon Boat Festival Commissioner.
Li Zhongren ordered that the military headquarters of the 51st Army immediately send someone to respond to Commander Yu and the Dragon Boat Festival Commissioner. Once the two men returned to the 51st Army safely, they would report to him immediately.
At this time, when the other party responded, Li Zhongren took a long breath and hung up the phone. Because he had begun to suspect that the battle in Chengnan was not that simple.
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At the same time, Duanwu and Commander Yu were still on the road.
The Dragon Boat Festival was surprisingly quiet for a while, but Commander Yu was not used to it and asked: "Brother Dragon Boat Festival, are you worried?"
Duanwu thought for a while and said to Commander Yu: "We are all brothers, so I won't hide it from you. In this battle, I need the cooperation of the 51st Army. I wonder if you, Lao Yu, are interested in this?"
Commander Yu smiled and said: "What do I think? Brother, don't worry, as long as you say a word, I dare to fight with my brother through mountains of swords and seas of fire."
Duan Wu bowed his hand, but then said: "This time, when we fight, we have to cooperate with the underground party, so we also ask the brothers of the 51st Army to provide convenience."
Commander Yu looked embarrassed, because the Northeast Army was now worse than before. Not only had they withdrawn from the Northeast, they were also not trusted by the Chairman. At this time, if there is any contact with the underground party again, the consequences can be imagined.
But how smart is Dragon Boat Festival? Commander Yu's worry could be seen at a glance. He said to Commander Yu: "It's okay. If something goes wrong, just blame me. I will give you an order when the time comes. If you are held accountable from above, just say it was my order."
Commander Yu quickly said: "How come this makes me not even have this responsibility for someone?"
Duanwu smiled and said: "Of course I trust you to be loyal enough. But I'm fine! The Chairman loves me. Do you understand?"
Commander Yu thought the same thing. Based on Duanwu's relationship with the Chairman, it didn't matter even if he had something to do with the underground party.
However, he was still worried about Duanwu's future. He said to Duanwu: "I think brothers should not use this underground party if they can. Aren't my 51st Army not enough for you?"
Duanwu shook his head and said: "I use not only the army, but also the intelligence network of the underground party. And their familiarity with the terrain. Because next, we may use their guerrilla tactics, which are very important to the requirements of the terrain. , I don’t want to lead the team to a dead end and be surrounded by Japanese soldiers while I’m fighting, can you understand?”
Commander Yu nodded and said: "Brother Duanwu, don't worry, our 51st Army will cooperate with you in everything."
Duanwu smiled and nodded, because he had one more thing done.
However, at this moment, a whistle suddenly sounded from ahead, and Commander Yu quickly slowed down the car.
Because he had been attacked before, he suspected that there were enemies ambushing ahead.
But at this time Duanwu said: "Don't worry, we have arrived at our territory, and no one will ambush us anymore. And there are not so many little devils, otherwise it won't be us they want to assassinate, but us Chief Li, haha!"
Duanwu laughed, and at this time, when the car turned out of the woods, what he saw was the flag of the 51st Army. There were three trucks in total, all of which were Commander Yu's guards.
These people were overjoyed when they saw Commander Yu. They quickly stopped their vehicles and ran towards Commander Yu.
When the captain of the guard approached, he asked with concern: "Sir, are you okay?"
Commander Yu said: "What can I do? I'm just going to Xuzhou for a meeting."
The guard captain said in surprise: "But that's not what the headquarters said. It said that you and the Dragon Boat Festival Commissioner were most likely to be attacked, and asked us to immediately reinforce along the route you came back?"
Hearing this, Commander Yu looked to the side at Dragon Boat Festival. Duanwu smiled and said: "He should have received the gun I returned to Lao Li. Let me just say, Lao Li is not that stupid. It is not that easy for spies to kill him, hahaha!..."
