Chapter 525 General Junpei is indeed still number one in our hands
Outside the west gate of Baoding, Duan Peng and several team members were observing all the people entering and leaving the city through binoculars.
The subordinate seemed a little impatient and couldn't help but remind: "Captain, the little devil hasn't sent anyone out for several hours!"
"Since killing two waves of reconnaissance cavalry and messengers, not a single Japanese puppet army has emerged from the city..."
"Do you think the little devil has discovered us?"
Duan Peng replied while observing the city gate: "Even if the Baoding Japanese army knows about our existence, they will continue to send people to Shunping to investigate the situation!"
"Compared with the safety of Shunping County, the loss of a few messengers is nothing!"
"But the Japanese will definitely try to avoid us. I suspect they will take off their military uniforms, hide among the people and go out of the city, so that we can't tell their true identities!"
Speaking of this, Duan Peng suddenly frowned and pointed at the few "common people" who had just come out of the city gate and said...
"The life of ordinary people in Yizhong is not much better than that of northwest Shanxi. Under normal circumstances, they should be sallow and thin, with no energy. They are submissive in front of the little devils, for fear of angering the Japanese and puppet troops and setting themselves on fire... Look at those people again!"
"He is strong and very energetic. He is not afraid of the Japanese and puppet troops checking at the city gate... He walks with arrogance, as if he is superior to others!"
"They are wearing patched clothes, they should be ordinary people!"
"Do you think real people will show superiority to others?"
"They are little devils pretending to be!" a team member suddenly said with wide eyes.
"They are very short, and they walk a little bow-legged... just like little devils!"
"These people must be Japanese scouts and messengers pretending to be soldiers!"
Duan Peng immediately ordered: "Let's follow..."
"Find a place where no one is around to catch them, and you will know their true identities after a trial!"
Twenty minutes later, the four Japanese messengers pretending to be civilians were all captured. After confirming the identities of the Japanese, they were killed without hesitation.
But several team members were not happy at all.
The Japanese messengers can pretend to be ordinary people, and the puppet scouts and messengers sent by the Japanese can also do the same.
Compared with the devils, these people are definitely harder to detect when they disguise themselves as ordinary people.
Maybe the Japanese would also send agents who usually dress up as ordinary people, and it would be harder for the special forces to detect them.
"There is a way!" Duan Peng suddenly said
"We are divided into two teams... One team continues to guard the city gate, find those little devils hiding among the people, kill them all, and try not to miss anyone!"
"The other team put on the Japs uniforms with me, pretended to be a Japs patrol, patrolled the highway, and interrogated all the people who wanted to go to Shunping!"
"It is indeed difficult to distinguish the puppet troops hidden among the people by ordinary means, but the Japanese can!"
At six o'clock in the afternoon, more than a dozen people gathered together and headed towards Shunping. Some were carrying burdens, some were carrying goods, and some were driving mules and horses, dragging carts... At a glance, there was nothing suspicious.
Baoding is the largest city within a hundred miles of the surrounding area. Its commerce is developed and many merchants purchase goods here.
The group of people in front of me were obviously a group of small traders who had just finished purchasing goods.
A group of little Japanese cavalry suddenly came towards me, with sabers on their waists and horse rifles on their backs. They were all Japanese war horses, very majestic...
More than a dozen people hurriedly retreated to the roadside, intending to let the Japanese go first, fearing that if they moved a little slower, they would irritate them and get burned.
Out of fear, a dozen Japanese cavalry suddenly stopped, surrounded a dozen civilians in a semicircle, and stared at them with a scrutinizing gaze...
More than a dozen common people were frightened on the spot, their faces turned pale, and they stared at the Japanese with frightened eyes...
The leading middle-aged man hesitated for a while before summoning the courage to stand up: "Hello, Taijun... We are all good citizens, businessmen who go to Baoding to purchase goods... This is our certificate of good citizenship..."
"What are you still doing? Hurry up and take out your certificate of good citizenship for Taijun to check..."
The "Japanese" who took the lead did not accept the certificate of good citizenship handed over by the middle-aged man, but spoke a lot of Japanese to the translator beside him...
"Taijun suspects that there are Eighth Route Army spies among you..." the translator raised his head and said to a dozen people.
"Junpei is fighting. Ordinary people can't avoid it. You guys just run there. It's so suspicious!"
"Taijun will take you back for interrogation. He will check you one by one. If there are no problems, he will naturally let you go..."
The two agents hidden in the crowd became anxious upon hearing this.
The task given to them by the Japanese is to get to Junpei as soon as possible and find out the real situation there!
If you were taken back to the stronghold by the Japanese and subjected to an interrogation, you might not be able to come out within two days.
They looked at each other and stood out from the crowd: "Hello, Taijun..."
"We are from the Baoding Special Forces. We have been ordered to carry out an investigation mission in Shunping. Please let Taijun go...here are our certificates!"
The leading "Japanese" pretended to check it out, then talked a lot to the translator, and then stared at the two spies.
The translator immediately said: "Taijun said that your documents are OK and you can leave..."
"But Taijun wants to know if there is anyone else in the special agent team to carry out this mission...The Eighth Route Army's activities in the surrounding areas have become more and more rampant recently, and Taijun is afraid of accidentally injuring one of his own people during operations!"
The two agents often interacted with the Japanese. As soon as they heard each other speak, they were sure that they were elites in the Japanese army. They answered readily: "Report to the Supreme Lord, there are more than a dozen people working with us..."
"I heard that the Eighth Route Army arranged an ambush on the road... In order to avoid everyone being blamed, we worked in pairs and acted separately!"
"Yoshi..."
The "Japanese" leader was obviously very satisfied with this answer. After speaking Japanese to his subordinates, a dozen cavalrymen immediately made way for a passage, and the translator said at the same time: "You can leave..."
"Thank you Taijun... we will definitely complete the investigation mission successfully..."
After saying that, he left the crowd and continued towards Shunping.
Little did they know that as soon as they left, two "Japanese" cavalrymen left the team at the same time, hanging far behind them.
After they were two kilometers away from the crowd, the cavalry suddenly accelerated, holding sabers in hand, and charged towards them blankly.
At nine o'clock the next morning, the buzzing sound of an airplane suddenly reached Shunping County.
A minute later, a black dot appeared on the edge of the sky, the buzzing became louder and louder, and the black dot then turned into a silver-white airplane.
More than a hundred soldiers from the garrison quickly stood up to their respective positions and put up the little Japanese plaster flags that had been prepared...
When the plane came over Shunping, all four city gates in Shunping County were flying Japanese plaster flags...
On the city wall, plaster flags are planted every few dozen meters.
The captured puppet soldiers and soldiers pretended to be little devils, carrying rifles on their backs, patrolling back and forth on the top of the city...
There were also several "japs" waving plaster flags at the plane to say hello...
The city is in good order, with no trace of any war...
Half an hour later, the aviation reconnaissance results appeared at the Baoding Japanese brigade headquarters.
"General, the aircraft reconnaissance results are out! Shunping County is still in our hands!" the chief of staff reported with a relaxed look.
"The county town is under martial law. There are patrols of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Alliance Army all over the city. There is no sign of any fighting in the city!"
"When the reconnaissance plane passed over the city, there were imperial troops waving military flags to greet the pilot!"
"According to my understanding, the Eighth Route Army also used methods to ambush scouts and messengers to blockade Shunping County."
"In order to find out the true strength of the Eighth Route Army outside the city, Mr. Harada abandoned martial law, abandoned the city gates, and allowed the Chinese to enter and exit the county freely. His scouts and intelligence personnel could mix in and out of the county among the common people, avoiding the blockade force of the Eighth Route Army."
"The effect is very good. Not only did we find out the approximate strength of the Northwest Shanxi Independent Regiment, but we also found out where they are stationed!"
"The Eighth Route Army must have sneaked into Shunping County during this period and attacked the Shunping garrison headquarters, making it impossible for them to contact us through the radio!"
"Shunping garrison suffered heavy losses in previous battles and has not been replenished."
"The limited troops are concentrated on the city top, resulting in a serious shortage of garrison troops at the headquarters!"
"As long as the Eighth Route Army sneaking into Shunping is elite enough, there is at least an 80% chance of successfully destroying the radio station..."
I have to say that Japanese people have very rich imaginations.
Just through a reconnaissance telegram from the aviation force, I was able to conjure up a large number of non-existent war scenes.
What he said was reasonable and well-founded. The brigade commander nodded repeatedly and accepted the nonsensical judgment of the chief of staff.
In the end, the two people came to a common conclusion: "Shunping County is still in their own hands!"
"The Eighth Route Army deliberately destroyed the radio station of Shunping Garrison Headquarters and artificially interrupted the communication between the two places, making Baoding mistakenly believe that there was an accident in Shunping, and then sent troops to reinforce Shunping. They took the opportunity to call for reinforcements and consume the strength of the Baoding garrison..."
After making this judgment, Major General Hase no longer forced the communications department, but asked them to establish a communication channel between Shunping and Baoding as soon as possible.
With less pressure, the communications staff naturally sent fewer scouts and messengers to Shunping.
Coupled with the endless interception methods of the special forces, few Japanese and puppet army scouts successfully entered Shunping, let alone approached Shunping County.
Three days later, as soon as the communications staff entered the war room, the chief of staff chased him and asked, "Have we contacted Shunping County?"
The communications staff officer did not answer the call. He walked all the way to Major General Hase before speaking: "General, we have been fooled..."
"The Eighth Route Army captured Shunping County four days ago... To be precise, it should have captured Shunping five days ago... The pictures seen by the reconnaissance plane were all fake. The Eighth Route Army put on a show wearing the uniform of the Imperial Army!"
"This is a piece of information sent by the Junpei Intelligence Department after a lot of effort!"
"Many people have entered Shunping in the past few days. I have asked them to confirm the authenticity of the intelligence content. News should be sent back soon!"
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