As a well-known brick-moving prince at a construction site in Maoming a few months ago, Hu Biao quickly demonstrated his good professionalism.
With those supplies, he greeted Jin Yuanxun and others and returned to their simple camp.
Then, the two sides began to discuss a specific action plan on how to rescue General Fang.
In the end, after a lot of collective efforts, the two sides reached an agreement: Jin Yuanxun, one of the military commanders, would be responsible for investigating and reporting back on the situation in the city.
As for Hu Biao and others, the line was on Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue, based on the church and surrounding terrain provided by the military commander.
Begin to familiarize yourself with the relevant terrain, and conduct some targeted drills appropriately, so that when you take action, you can be as smooth as possible.
During this period, if Jin Yuanxun and others found a better opportunity to take action, they would immediately start taking action.
In this way, as Hu Biao and the others continued to prepare, time passed day by day.
But what they didn't know was that while they were preparing, something absolutely unexpected happened.
To use a not very suitable description, it is as if Hu Biao and the others carefully prepared a table of meals, and indeed four tables of guests came.
All of a sudden, everything was in chaos...
October 29, about half an hour before nightfall.
A team put down all the tarpaulins, and the entire carriage was covered tightly. The truck, who didn't know what was contained in it, drove into Hengyang City.
In response to these slightly mysterious trucks, military commanders lurked in Hengyang City.
After seeing these trucks, I didn't pay much attention to this very critical situation.
The main reason is that the 11th Japanese Army is currently fighting in the Guiliu area of western Guangdong Province. A large number of trucks come and go every day, sending a large amount of supplies to the front line.
However, this kind of neglect by the military commander's investigators laid the foundation for a big trouble for Hu Biao and his group's future actions.
Because such a convoy did not stop after entering the city, and drove directly to the headquarters of the 116th Division in Hengyang.
Then, after a colonel jumped out of the co-pilot, he delivered a letter in his hand to the sentry at the door and said a few words.
After hearing what Colonel said, the sentry at the door immediately became nervous and ran inside to report.
The sentry only went in to report for a short while, and a division commander like Iwanaga Wang, a Japanese lieutenant general, hurriedly ran out with a group of people.
He warmly greeted the colonel who was waiting to see him at the door.
Such a posture does not mean that Iwanaga greets the other party without caring about his own identity or the status difference between the two.
The main reason is that the visitor was actually sent by the Kwantung Army.
By the way! The Kwantung Army is the most elite and highest-status unit among the Japanese army.
Even in the past year or two, a large number of elite troops have been transferred to other battlefields, and only some second-line troops have been added.
But in the final analysis, the Kwantung Army still has a very high status in the island country.
So suddenly, someone came to the door with a handwritten letter from the commander of the Kwantung Army. Of course, Iwanaga deserved such treatment.
In this way, the commander of the Kwantung Army was invited into Iwanaga Wang's office.
After both parties sat down, Iwanaga asked:
"Shiraishi-san, the letter just said that you have a special mission here and need us to provide as much help as possible. I wonder what the 116th Division can do for you?"
"Well, we got the news from the intelligence department that such a person appeared in Hengyang area; about four years ago during the Spring Festival, this person caused us a lot of trouble in Fengtian City.
To be honest, this is a huge shame for our Kwantung Army, one that can only be washed away with blood.
In the past few years, we have been tracing them, and we have only now received news about them; therefore, Your Excellency Qing Yanyong must help.
This time, we brought the two most elite squadrons of the 7th Division.
I just hope that I can kill these people who brought us humiliation with my own hands, take their heads back and hang them on the top of Fengtian City; let all the rebels see that this is the fate of challenging our Kwantung Army."
Regarding the Kwantung Army, an elite group known as the "Flower of the Imperial Army", a big scandal occurred during the Spring Festival of 1940. Of course Iwanaga Wang had heard about it.
But some more details are a bit unknown.
Therefore, after hearing what Colonel Shiraishi said, he immediately became very interested and couldn't help but ask:
"Shiraishi-san, we belong to the same lineage of the Imperial Army. Of course we will fully assist you in your actions, but I don't know who the target is specifically. Do I know him?"
Under such a question, Colonel Shiraishi solemnly took out a hand-drawn portrait from a small cowhide bag he carried and handed it to Iwanaga Wang.
At first glance, Iwanaga realized that he really knew this person who was hated by everyone in the Kwantung Army.
The reason is simple: such a portrait was originally drawn by their 116th Division based on the descriptions of the captives of the Hengyang City defenders.
The one above has the rank of colonel and always has a smile on his face.
It was Hu Biao who was praised by many of them and affectionately called Hu Sang.
"It turns out that the time in Fengtian City 4 years ago was actually Hu Sang's work. He is indeed the person who was called the 'Imperial Flying Tiger' by His Excellency Isamu Yokoyama."
Looking at the hand-drawn image, Iwanaga couldn't help but marvel.
As for why Mao gave Hu Biao the "Flying Tiger of the Empire", such a middle-class nickname was only a trait of the Japanese.
Decades later, they nicknamed Malone the "Empire Destroyer Dragon" for playing table tennis.
Other Zhang Jike people also have various nicknames.
In the end, because he recognized Hu Sang, Yanyong Wang considered that according to their inference, Hu Biao had been lingering in Hengshan and he should be planning to rescue General Fang.
For this reason, he did not choose to send out guides and troops, and let them cooperate with Colonel Baishi and others to take the initiative to clear Hengshan.
Instead, he persuaded Colonel Shiraishi and the two squadrons of the elite Kwantung Army to secretly station themselves near the church where General Fang was imprisoned.
Even if they didn't know, Hu Biao and the others laid a dragnet because of when they took action.
But as long as Hu Biao and the others show up, with their current arrangements and a large number of vehicles and other means of transportation, Hu Biao will definitely be able to come back...
On November 1, an action team consisting of 10 people from Shuangqing arrived near Hengyang.
And successfully contacted Jin Yuanxun, the person in charge of the military unified Hunan station.
The purpose of these people's coming, as stated in the contact message, was that the Chief's Department was considering rescuing General Fang, which was very important and critical.
Therefore, an elite action team was specially sent to come here to help with the operation.
In response, Jin Yuanxun expressed his warm welcome and gratitude to some big figures in the chief minister's department.
But after settling this team, Huang Rongjie asked with some concern: "Stationmaster Jin, will these people cause trouble to our operations?"
After pondering for a while, Jin Yuanxun said nonchalantly:
"Of course I know that the main purpose of these people's coming is not to rescue General Fang at all, but that General Hu.
However, those big shots are all smart people, and they know that everything is about rescuing the party, and the general is what the committee is most concerned about; whatever actions they take will only happen after the person is rescued.
At that point, it has nothing to do with us whether the person named Hu dies or not."
After hearing this, Huang Rongjie nodded clearly. He had seen too many such things, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with what his boss said.
At the same time, in the Hengnan area near Hengyang.
Among the anti-enemy self-defense groups operating in the area, Captain Tang of the seventh brigade received a task from his superiors.
After reading the task requirements, this old comrade who joined our party during the Great Revolution fell into deep thought.
But in the end, a few dozen capable team members were selected from a team of more than 180 people, and they carried the best weapons and began to prepare for subsequent operations.