Dragon Boat Festival was speechless, because there was nothing unfamiliar about this old horse, and this had almost become his mantra.
However, this old horse was indeed not lying. The way he led Duanwu and others was not through the city gate, but through the tunnel.
This tunnel is quite interesting, it was left behind during the Boxer Rebellion. It was originally used by a wealthy family to save their lives.
Later, the rich man did not save his life, but left behind this secret passage.
Now that the Japs are here, it's not easy to get in and out of Dongping County. Traffic officers from the underground party have been going here.
But it was the first time to walk with so many people at once. Ma Ping'an said: After this battle, I'm afraid this secret passage will be exposed.
Duanwu said nonchalantly: "It's just a secret passage. Once I beat the Japanese and leave, this place will be yours."
"What? You're not stationed here?"
Ma Pingan was a little surprised, because he originally thought that the Central Army was going to counterattack!
Duanwu said with a smile: "My whole regiment only has a few people, so why should I occupy this place? You don't know that my independent regiment fought with the Japanese in Huainan and suffered heavy losses!"
Ma Ping'an thought for a while and said, "No, I heard that Qian couldn't win a big victory? Then you even defeated the Prince of Beibai, and the little devil lost nearly an infantry division?"
Duanwu said: "Yes, I killed so many Japanese, how can the loss be small? My wife, I almost got involved."
Ma Ping'an suddenly realized this and even felt a little ashamed. Brother Duanwu has suffered so much loss, and he still wants to gain benefits. This is really inappropriate.
So Ma Pingan asked with concern: "How many people are there in the independent group of the Dragon Boat Festival brothers now?"
Duanwu sighed and said with a weak and helpless look: "There are not many left. The whole group together is only about 6,000 people."
"puff!"
Before Dragon Boat Festival finished speaking, Ma Pingan spurted out a mouthful of old blood. Damn it, there are more than 6,000 people, are you a group? Isn’t one trip too much?
However, at this moment, Old Abacus interjected: "Tuanzuo, what you said was two weeks ago. Now that we have added the new recruits we just received and the Special First Battalion, the total strength has reached There are more than 7,100 people.”
"puff!"
Ma Ping'an vomited blood again and thought: "I will never believe the words of this guy Duanwu again. When he was in Huainan, he had more than 7,000 troops. After the battle in Huainan, there was no loss."
Of course, Ma Ping'an was talking about the number of soldiers, not that there were no losses at all during the Dragon Boat Festival.
But the most irritating thing was that Duan Wu acted like he had suffered a great loss in front of him, and he just blamed himself.
He was just about to blame Duanwu, but then he thought again, Brother Duanwu was very kind to him and gave him weapons, ammunition and radio stations. The last time, the radio station given to him by Brother Duanwu solved a lot of problems in his underground party. question.
So thinking of this, Ma Ping'an could only twitch the corner of his mouth and said: "Well, the Dragon Boat Festival brothers have suffered such a heavy loss. We have captured Dongping Town this time, so let's make up for it!"
Duan Wu said politely: "That's all thanks to your old horse's information. With your information, it will be much easier to fight against Dongping County. But I'm worried that once this battle starts, the people you want to save will be in danger. In this way Come on, I'll go rescue people and wait until I save them before I act."
Ma Ping'an thought for a moment and said, "That's very good. I have to thank Brother Duanwu."
Duanwu said: "You're welcome."
At this point, Duanwu and Ma Ping'an had arrived at the tunnel's exit, which was located in an abandoned stable in an abandoned manor.
Above is a sliding stone trough, which is used to feed horses.
Of course, there were no traces of horses in the stables at this time, and what was left was just desolate.
Ma Pingan signaled Duanwu to follow him, and he gently pushed the manger. The manger moved about a foot east, and Ma Pingan poked his head out of it.
At this moment, a voice came from the corner of the stable: "Is this you, Boss Qian?"
Ma Pingan said: "It's me, and I brought a few friends."
"friend?"
The middle-aged man who came out of the dark corner, wearing a black cotton-padded jacket and a black round hat, was a little surprised. Because he didn't hear that Boss Qian would bring someone else.
But Boss Qian is the superior of his superior. If this mission wasn't important, he might not even be able to meet Boss Qian, the dragon who never sees the end.
Of course, little did he know that this boss Qian was not named Qian at all. He had multiple identities, including Boss Sun, Boss Bai, Boss Zhang, Boss Li, Boss Wang, etc.
So sometimes, if you have a bad memory when working underground, you may not even know who you are.
But at this time, Ma Pingan's name was Boss Qian.
Ma Ping'an came out of the tunnel and looked around. When he saw the middle-aged man, he asked, "Where are the others?"
At the same time, the Dragon Boat Festival also came out of the tunnel, followed closely by Zhao Weidong, Lao Baanpan, Zhou Tianyi and others. The middle-aged people were stunned when they saw it, because these people who came in were all wearing central clothes. Army uniform.
"Here, there, all here."
At this point, the middle-aged man lowered his voice and asked: "Boss Qian, who are these people? Are they reliable? You are the superior. You should know our discipline. This matter is very, very... "
The middle-aged man didn't know what to say. Because he is Ma Ping'an's subordinate, and seeing the big leader coming now, he should say something that others would like to hear. But seeing so many Central Army troops, he really felt unsure. What if the Central Army takes someone away?
Ma Ping'an naturally saw the other party's worry, and laughed and said: "Let me introduce to you, this is the famous Dragon Boat Festival."
"Duan, Dragon Boat Festival?"
When the middle-aged man heard the name of Dragon Boat Festival, he was at a loss for a moment. He tilted his head to look at the Dragon Boat Festival with the help of the moonlight.
Duanwu had just turned sideways to face this person. He was telling Zhao Weidong that the soldiers who came in were not allowed to make any noise. So what the middle-aged man saw was only his profile.
After hearing Ma Pingan introduce himself, he turned around and said: "Yes, I am Dragon Boat Festival, hahaha!"
Duanwu smiled heartily, and the middle-aged man quickly wiped his hands on his body and said: "Mr. Duanwu, can I shake your hand?"
Ma Ping'an smiled and said: "Brother Duanwu, you don't know, you are a famous person here now. Everyone wants to shake your hand and get a taste of your ability to fight Japanese devils."
Duanwu smiled and stretched out his hand: "Well, I wish you to kill more Japanese."
"Thank you, thank you Mr. Dragon Boat Festival."
The middle-aged man held Duanwu's hand tightly, his excitement was beyond words.
After a moment, the middle-aged man let go of Duanwu's hand and said, "Mr. Duanwu, let me introduce myself. My name is Jiang Wanchao."
"ah?"
Duanwu was stunned for a moment, because he seemed to have heard the name Jiang Wanchao somewhere before! .
(End of chapter)
