At night, Duanwu, Lao Shou and four veterans from the spy camp had arrived at the woods outside Gangcheng Village that the underground party said.
It was already past seven o'clock at night, and it was very dark.
Although it is not said that you can't see your fingers, in this darkness, it is difficult to tell whether there is anyone in the village for more than one kilometer with the naked eye.
Dragon Boat Festival used telescopes to conduct reconnaissance, because there should be secret sentries of little Japanese around the village.
This is information obtained from Ma Pingan.
At this time, Duanwu didn't know where these secret sentries were hiding, and if he approached them rashly, he would definitely be noticed by the Japanese.
But when I looked through a telescope from a distance, I couldn't see anything at all.
At first, Dragon Boat Festival thought it was because it was dark and there were no lights in the village.
But now it seems that these devils are very careful and do not light the lights at night. The whole village looked lifeless and lifeless.
You have to enter the village during the Dragon Boat Festival, otherwise you won't be able to see anything at all if you conduct long-distance reconnaissance.
However, at this moment, a rustling sound suddenly came from behind them.
Ye Xiuwen motioned to Lao Snoring and others to lie down and not move, while he lay on the hillside and looked behind him through the binoculars.
I saw two people sneaking up to where the sound was coming from.
Duanwu said: "It's Lao Ma's people."
At the same time, people down the mountain were startled when they heard the sound of the Dragon Boat Festival. Because it was too dark, no one could see Duanwu and the others if they lay on the ground.
But the place was right, so one of the middle-aged men said: "Wu Ji resentfully plays the two pipes, and Yan Ke sings a sad farewell to the five princes."
Duanwu replied: "The grass is twilight on the edge of Qianliguan Mountain, and there is a star of beacon fire and autumn clouds."
This is an ancient poem, a code that Ma Pingan suddenly remembered. Otherwise, if Dragon Boat Festival doesn’t know the comrades of the underground party, what if there is a misunderstanding?
At this time, the secret codes matched, and the two parties met.
When I got closer to the Dragon Boat Festival, I saw that the other person was a middle-aged man, with a young man behind him who was carrying the baggage.
The middle-aged man introduced himself: "My surname is Shen, you can just call me Lao Shen."
Dragon Boat Festival: "Duanwu!"
Then the two shook hands, and Duanwu said: "I want to go in to investigate, but it is already dark now. The little devil's secret whistle has not been found yet."
Old Shen smiled and said: "So, we came up with an idea. There is a Japanese grain collection team in Zhongguan Village. They are staying at the landlord's house. They go to collect grains from all over the country. We found out their identities. They are From the Japanese Fourth Division, Kira Squadron.”
"Fourth Division?"
Duanwu thought it was interesting, but he didn't expect that the fourth division would come here to collect food.
Of course, Duanwu would never have imagined that the Little Japanese's fourth division had been divided into two parts. Part of them is cooperating with the 20th Division and the Chaoxian Division to attack Taierzhuang southward. The other part is scattered in the area south of Mount Tai to consolidate the local defense line, prevent the Dragon Boat Festival from going south, and then escape back to the fifth theater.
However, the Fourth Division was not keen on fighting. They were keen on collecting food.
There is no need to fight to collect food, and those traitors will also give them benefits in various ways.
Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Division were rushing to collect food, and there was no time to go back after this food collection.
For example, this Kira team has been living in Zhongguan Village for almost a week and still has no intention of leaving. They also told the traitors that the food can be collected slowly and there is no need to be too anxious.
But the traitor is crying. More than a dozen people have been eating and drinking in his house for a week. If this continues, he will be bankrupted.
Therefore, this traitor also worked very hard, going everywhere to collect food for the Jiliang Japanese.
Lao Shen said that he could take advantage of the status of Kira's team to visit Gangcheng Village.
Of course, the reason why he could think of such a method was because Lao Shen heard Ma Ping'an say that Dragon Boat Festival's Japanese level was very high, and he used his fluent Japanese several times to get in and out of the Japanese military camp without any flaws.
So Lao Shen thought of such a way and brought all the Japanese military uniforms.
Duanwu gave Lao Shen a thumbs up for his wit. Because if it weren't for this old Comrade Shen, I'm afraid tonight's investigation would indeed be a lot of trouble.
In fact, Dragon Boat Festival also thought about dressing up as a Japanese soldier and sneaking into the village.
However, he did not know the number of the little Japanese army.
If the Dragon Boat Festival said something wrong, then instead of going to investigate, it would be sending the sheep into the tiger's mouth.
Therefore, Lao Shen's information is crucial.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, he changed into a Japanese military uniform, dressing like a sergeant. After all, this is the Japanese food collection team, so it is impossible for them to have a high military rank.
Lao Shen disguised himself as a landlord, and the young man he followed was his servant.
Lao Shou wanted to put on the Japanese military uniform and follow Duanwu, but Duanwu let him stay. Because we have to keep people on the periphery, otherwise if everyone goes in, what should we do if something happens?
What's more, the Japs only have three sets of military uniforms, so it's impossible to get them all in.
So Duanwu brought only two soldiers who were disguised as Japanese soldiers, and he and Lao Shen walked to Gangcheng Village in a swaggering manner.
At this time, there was no need to cover up, just walking on the road with the lantern on. If the other party had glasses, he would probably be able to see the existence of Duanwu, Lao Shen and others with just a glance.
And sure enough, not long after the Dragon Boat Festival and the group appeared, they were discovered by the little devil's secret whistle.
And there is not just one hidden whistle, but two.
Two secret sentries were lying together. One asked the other who the other party was.
The other Japs said: "The clothes look like the Imperial Army, but what are the Imperial Army doing here at Gangcheng Village at night?"
The Japanese from before asked, "Are they here to send us information?"
Another Japanese soldier said: "How is this possible? We have a radio station. There is no need to risk being discovered by the enemy and go here to send information."
The Japs from before asked, "What should we do?"
Another Japanese soldier said: "I'll go out and take a look. You continue to monitor here. If the other party is the enemy, then I will devote myself to the Japanese Empire. And if the other party is the imperial army, then you can go out in time."
"All right!"
The previous Japs responded and picked up the 38-type rifle on the side. If the other Japs were enemies, he could reinforce the other Japs, and he could also fire a warning shot to prepare the imperial army in the village.
When they were young, Duanwu, Lao Shen and others were already less than 500 meters away from the village. At this moment, a man wearing ordinary people's clothes suddenly ran out of the woods in a hurry.
He looked anxious and didn't seem to notice anyone on the mountain path. When he saw the Dragon Boat Festival, he was startled.
He looked at it carefully again, and then ran away in fear! .
(End of chapter)
