And another key point is that since the agents are monitoring from a distance, and considering the status of the Kong family, they cannot do it very obviously, so they cannot monitor at close range.
As long as those experts from the Kong family find someone of similar stature and change their attire, it would be impossible to match everyone's appearance from a distance. What's more, it was popular to wear wide-brimmed hats during this period. If others deliberately pull down the brim of their hat,
You can't see the person's face clearly unless you get very close.
But the people within the provincial party headquarters are different, especially since Old Uncle Wu had specifically assigned him the task of surveillance before, and he had the convenience of close observation, but in this way, this person still reported all normal mistakes.
intelligence.
There was also the internal phone call made by the mysterious person. It was because of this phone call that Li Qiaoer was almost kidnapped by the Kong family.
Among the people in the mercenary group stationed in their hometown, only those who really belong to the mercenary group have the password to use the internal phone. There are only a handful of these people in Taiyuan now. The simplest elimination method can basically solve it.
Able to locate suspects.
Therefore, the object of Jiang Han's suspicion was Zeng Erniu, who was still serving as the security section chief at the provincial party headquarters.
Zeng Erniu is an old man brought by Zhou Wen from Henan. In terms of qualifications, he is similar to the old brothers in the first team. Moreover, he has won the trust of Zhou Wen before. He handles many matters that the mercenary group needs to deal with the middle and lower levels of the officialdom.
If you come forward, you can be considered prosperous in Taiyuan and have a small reputation.
If such a person rebels, it will be a big loss to the mercenary group.
And now it is just a suspicion, there is no definite evidence yet, it is up to Zhou Wen to decide what to do.
But time was running out, and Jiang Han was afraid that if Zeng Erniu was really the traitor and escaped after finding out what had happened, it would be difficult to find someone later.
Moreover, the agents who monitored the Kong family came to report that the Kong family had started to pack their bags after returning to the hotel from Jinci Temple. It seemed that they had realized that the matter had failed and were about to run away.
After so many things happened in the hometown of the mercenary group, it's so easy to just slap your ass and leave now. How can it be so easy?
But what to do?
Detain or not?
Retaliation or not?
These are not things Jiang Han can decide.
What's more, all the masters of the Kong family have been killed on the spot, leaving no one alive.
Although these people were brought by the Kong family, if a subordinate of the Kong family came to make their own decisions, they would use excuses without knowing anything about it, and there would be no direct personal or material evidence to accuse them.
Of course, according to Zhou Wen's past temperament, if he wants any personal or material evidence, he can do it.
But this time, the target was the Kong family, which was prominent among the top leaders of the Republic of China. Jiang Han was also a little worried, not to mention whether the Liu family was also involved, which needs further verification.
So he is now very anxious to get in touch with Zhou Wen.
But what is Zhou Wen doing now?
As early as April 18, after breaking contact with the Japanese army, Zhou Wen led all the officers and soldiers of the mercenary regiment to march westward along the Yanshan Mountains.
The long journey lasted for ten days, almost crossing the entire territory of Jehol Province. In order to avoid the Japanese aircraft reconnaissance, most of the routes took mountain roads, which also spanned several rivers. The mercenary group was established.
The most arduous and longest march since then.
However, thanks to the relatively accurate Japanese maps captured by Zhou Wen and others, and the guidance of volunteer soldiers such as Lei Dahai, who had been fighting in Rehe and Liaoning for two years, the mercenary group was able to completely escape the Japanese threat without even noticing.
, came to a big mountain called Baicha Mountain.
Baicha Mountain is located at the westernmost end of the Yanshan Mountains and is the intersection of Yanshan Mountain and Yinshan Mountain. Once here, it is not far from Chahar Province, which is still controlled by China.
In fact, one of the purposes of Zhou Wen's decision to take such a long detour was to completely distance himself from the heavy Japanese army group that was still attacking the pass.
Now that the Great Wall War of Resistance has failed, no matter how powerful the mercenary group is, they are definitely no match for the Japanese army, which has as many as three divisions plus countless traitors and puppet troops with nearly 100,000 troops. Continuing the fight will not only not help the war situation, but may also increase the number of enemies.
The casualties suffered by the large mercenary group were more than worth the loss.
Another consideration is that Zhou Wen became cautious after he realized that someone in the country wanted to deal with the mercenary group. Based on his understanding of the top leaders of the Republic of China, even General He of the Peking Military Commission could persuade people with this energy.
It's old enough, maybe that's what the principal meant.
So now Zhou Wen cannot rashly return to the area where the Chinese army is stationed. Of course, he does not dare to openly attack the mercenary group because he doubts the army under the control of the Military Commission, but if he cannot protect others, there are other conspiracy methods, which will always make people extremely annoying.
that is.
The safest way is to stay away from the main force of the Japanese army and the areas where the Chinese army gathers, go to areas where both China and Japan have sparse troops, and then return to Shanxi.
So he, Miaohua, Gao Xiaoshan, Chen Wanli and others only discussed it briefly and decided on a strategy of crossing Rehe Province and then detouring back to Shanxi via Chahar.
Let’s talk about Rehe Province first. Now the Japanese troops have crossed the Great Wall. There are only some Japanese troops at a few important nodes on the railway and highway lines. Most of the other counties and towns are basically garrisoned by traitors and puppet troops.
The threat is not great, and it is not difficult to avoid their attention while marching in the mountains.
And whose territory is Chahar now? It is the territory of the generals of the 29th Army of the Song, Ming, Yuan and Song Dynasties.
As early as last year, General Song Mingyuan was appointed by the National Government to concurrently serve as the provincial chairman of Chahar on the recommendation of Marshal Zhang. The 29th Army had also been stationed in Zhangjiakou of Chahar before heading to the front line of the Great Wall.
However, during this period, Chahar was only nominally subordinated to the National Government. In fact, the vast grassland area was controlled by various Mongolian royal families and banner owners. Among them, King De, who controlled the Xilingol League, was an out-and-out pro-Japanese
The elements, seduced by the Japanese's false promise to make Inner Mongolia independent, had close contacts with Japanese spies and the military.
Moreover, King De now has thousands of powerful cavalry in Chahar, so Zhou Wen still has to try to avoid the territory he controls.
In fact, in the entire Chahar, only the towns along the Zhangduo Highway are under the control of the 29th Army.
Zhangduo Highway, as the name suggests, is the highway from Duolun County, the important town of Chahar, to Zhangjiakou, the main station of Tongpu Railway.
Zhou Wen planned to leave the Baicha Mountain and pass through a section of prairie to reach Duolun, the important town of Chahar.
Once you arrive in Duolun, you are basically out of danger. You can reach Zhangjiakou very quickly along the Zhangduo Highway. By then, you can take the train directly to Taiyuan.
Only a few senior executives of the mercenary group knew about this plan, and even the family, including Old Uncle Wu, did not inform them.