When the ordinary Captain Kong put on a slight disguise, dressed in ordinary clothes, and looked like an ordinary businessman, and put on a hat, and threw it into the crowd, he suddenly looked inconspicuous.
Seeing Kong Jie's disguise, Li Yunlong couldn't help but laugh: "Haha, Lao Kong, it's not that we, Lao Li, are laughing at you, your brother is really not distinctive.
With your outfit, no one would recognize it even if a Japanese bounty notice was posted on your forehead.
You know, you are the commander of the main combat regiment of the Eighth Route Army, which leads thousands of elite troops.
I don’t know, looking at you, you look like a fool and a traitor, you really think you’re a profiteer who came here from somewhere!”
Immediately afterwards, a voice sounded next to Li Yunlong: "Old Li, you have a distinctive appearance. You have such a big head. If the little devil finds out, no matter how you disguise yourself, they will probably be arrested in no time."
Right.
Why?
It’s time to talk about the Japs searching at the city gates. Anyone who encounters people entering or leaving the city with heads that are a bit bigger than ordinary people will be detained. Li Yunlong will definitely be among them!"
Then came the exclamation:
"What a pity. I have been to Licheng several times and walked around the county many times, but I have never seen the notice offering a reward for you, Li Yunlong. I guess the Japanese and puppet soldiers in Licheng don't know where you are, Li Yunlong."
Where’s the No. 1 guy!”
Li Yunlong, who had just laughed at Kong Jie and was immediately criticized, turned around and looked at his big brother, Captain Wang.
He said helplessly: "I'm talking about Madman Wang, why are you wearing the same pants as Kong Jie?"
"If you are a helper or not a helper, who makes Kong Jie a real person? When Kong Jie came to join the army, I remember that you bullied others a lot, right?" Commander Wang said with a smile.
Li Yunlong was silent, looking at Kong Jie, whose expression remained unchanged, as if he had been wronged, but with a vaguely proud and teasing look on his lips.
Lao Li, who was feeling bitter, silently complained:
Lao Kong is so cunning. He has used this honest person as a talisman for countless times. When will it be torn off?
Over the years, in front of the brigade commander, in front of the boss, including in front of the heads of other regiments in the Taihang base area, this old Kong has made a lot of money by using his image as an honest man.
On the contrary, a lot of blame was put on Li Yunlong’s head.
Every time he thinks of this, Li Yunlong feels aggrieved and depressed.
This kid Kong Jie is so honest on the surface, but his stomach is full of bad water, and he is so bad that he is so bad. Why is it that every time we do something bad together, everyone always puts the shit on Lao Li's head? Is it just because Li Yunlong has a big head?
The "understanding" Kong Jie patted Li Yunlong's shoulder cheerfully: "Old Li! Don't feel wronged. As the old saying goes, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong.
I envy you. You can enter this county town whenever you want and leave whenever you want. No kid will recognize you at all. Now, you don’t even have to bother with disguises!"
It's nice to say it, but it's clearly meant to hurt people.
Li Yunlong immediately cursed: "Lao Kong, don't be so proud, sooner or later our Lao Li's head will be worth at least one hundred thousand oceans, no, two hundred thousand oceans, which is more valuable than your kid's head!" Ding Weile said: "So, if one day our army is short of money and food, Lao Li, as long as you contribute your head, maybe our army's difficulties will be solved at once!"
Hahaha——
Several guards who came with the group leaders, including Monk, Huzi, and Dalong, all complained in their hearts:
Our group leaders are really interesting!
The captains of other regiments compete with each other for military exploits, captures, and troops. Our regimental commander is comparing whose head is more valuable to the little devil!
This time, Kong Jie proposed to sneak into Licheng to secretly investigate the military situation.
Originally there were three people, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei, plus three guards including Monk and Huzi.
But Brigadier Chen is worried about Kong Jie and the others.
I always feel that if no one is watching these three boys, they will easily cause trouble. If something dangerous happens again, he will not be able to explain to his big brother Chen Shukang.
Then Captain Wang jumped out and introduced himself: "Commander, don't worry, as long as I'm watching over them, nothing will go wrong!"
"..." Brigadier.
Okay, you madman Wang is enough to make a scene.
If you, a lunatic, were to lead three other trouble-making masters, you would probably turn the entire city of Li into a mess.
But think about it again.
With the personalities of Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, and Ding Wei, especially Li Yunlong who was fearless that day, it was really a lunatic like Captain Wang who could defeat him.
In the end, Brigadier Chen thought about it for a while and agreed.
But before leaving, he repeatedly asked Captain Wang to take good care of Li Yunlong and the other two, and never let them cause any trouble.
In order to restrain Commander Wang, Brigadier Chen even asked Commander Wang to issue a military order.
Just like that, Captain Wang took the guards and participated in the trip of Kong Jie and three people to Licheng.
As usual, you will be searched when entering the city gate.
Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and other eight people pretended to be businessmen from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce this time. They also pulled two carts and loaded some common daily necessities and simple civilian commodities on the carts.
When the two Japanese superior soldiers stationed at the city gate, fully armed and carrying guns, came to search, Kong Jie, who was standing at the front of the caravan, handed over a certificate with a calm face.
Then quietly stuff in two pieces of ocean.
It's all in Japanese, and it's a caravan certificate specially issued by the Japan Chamber of Commerce.
Within the areas under the jurisdiction of the Japanese military, people have great rights of free entry and exit.
In addition, since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the Little Devil's Chamber of Commerce is not just a chamber of commerce on the surface, nor is it a simple organization composed of twos and threes of businessmen.
In the early days, this little devil's chamber of commerce was a gathering of Japanese martial arts schools or Japanese ronin.
Later, due to the needs of the war, and the fact that chambers of commerce could serve as a superficial disguise for excellent intelligence organizations, many chambers of commerce in Japan incidentally became spy organizations of the Japanese military, used to collect intelligence, assassinate, or manufacture
Incident.
The certificate from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce that Kong Jie obtained through various means can be used in this regard.
Sure enough, that Japanese soldier is also knowledgeable.
After seeing the certificate issued by the Chamber of Commerce, I actually accepted Kong Jie’s benefits.
There is no hesitation, and the goods on the two carts pulled by Kong Jie and his party are not specially decorated and can be seen clearly at a glance.
The two Japanese soldiers just glanced at each other and let them go.
After a few people entered the city, they gradually moved away from the city gate, and there were only a few pedestrians passing by.
This is when the exchange of words begins.
Ding Wei was the first to speak: "Have you noticed any problems with the Japanese guards in the direction of the city gate?"
Commander Wang said: "It seems that you have also discovered that there is indeed a big problem. Regarding Licheng, our 385th Brigade has never failed to collect intelligence.
Before I entered the city gate just now, I discovered the problem at a glance.
There's a lot that's wrong.
For example, among the Japanese and puppet troops who guarded the city gate some time ago, the number of puppet troops also accounted for a lot, sometimes even more than the number of Japanese soldiers.
But this time I came here and the situation was different. When I took a look at it just now, it was basically little devils guarding the city.
On the surface, the number of people is still about the same, but the defensive strength has obviously been strengthened.
In addition, the Japanese have strengthened the construction of the city gate fortifications. Originally, there were no two bunkers on the left and right side of the city gate we just entered.
There are only a few crooked light machine guns displayed on the machine gun fortifications.
But now there are suddenly more. In these two bunkers, who knows how many machine guns are hidden in the bunkers? Maybe there are even heavy machine guns!
Something is wrong, something is very wrong!"
"Damn it, there is definitely something wrong!" Li Yunlong also expressed his own judgment: "The people who checked and searched turned out to be two first-class soldiers. Under normal circumstances, sending two puppet soldiers or two second-class soldiers would be enough." Kong Jie said: "It seems that we have come to Licheng at the right time. Next, we should enter the city and inquire about the situation.
We still don’t know the specific reasons why the Japs secretly strengthened Licheng’s defense.
But I estimate that there is probably some connection with the sudden construction of a temporary airport in Licheng by the little devils.
Maybe under the surface calm of Li City, there is still a huge conspiracy hatched by the Japanese!"
"Haha, interesting, Lao Kong, if you say that, it becomes more and more interesting to us!"
Li Yunlong, who was afraid that the world would be in chaos, said cheerfully.
Then the few people who entered the city walked directly to the downtown area of Licheng and left in a swaggering manner. Anyway, they had certificates issued by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce.
At this time, you should pretend to be careful, but it will attract attention.
Along the way, Licheng was far more peaceful than Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and Ding Wei imagined.
Perhaps it is because the Japanese have a stable security area and the logistics base of the 36th Japanese Division.
On the streets and alleys, vendors are shouting about buying and selling, and the shops are also open and bustling.
It's still early in the morning, and there are quite a few shops serving breakfast, including noodles, wheat braised noodles, dipped slices, fried cakes, jelly, and old tofu.
The whole street is almost mixed with the fragrance of all kinds of Shanxi specialties.
Li Yunlong, who was aroused at that time, couldn't walk anymore, "I said crazy, you are too stingy. You said that Brother Kong, Brother Ding, I and I finally came to your house to visit, and we encountered delicious food on the way.
You don’t even show your support, why don’t we give it a try?”
Captain Wang smiled and said: "That's okay. I'm telling you what you're looking at and what you want to eat on the whole street. Just take care of it!"
"Atmosphere!"
Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and the others were naturally not polite. They went directly to an old tofu shop with a large number of customers, ordered a bowl of old tofu, ordered some braised vegetables, and ordered a few sesame leaves for each person.
Start eating.
In fact, hemp leaves should not be confused with fried dough sticks.
However, due to various reasons, the names vary from place to place. In Shanxi, locals are still accustomed to calling fried dough sticks Ma Ye.
A few people ate deliciously, but they were all experienced veterans. Even when they were eating, they were watching all directions and listening to all directions.
Do you think everyone is here to eat?
In fact, it is also a hidden purpose, just to listen to what the people of Licheng who are having breakfast here say and talk about at this crowded old tofu stall.
Maybe you can get some useful information.
It was a coincidence that at a table not far from Kong Jie and others, there were also a few men drinking Lao Doufu.
Judging from the clothes of two of them, they seem to be from the Imperial Alliance Army in Licheng.
Kong Jie and the others pretended to drink the old tofu from their bowls, and at the same time they pricked up their ears and listened to their conversation.
I only heard one of them say:
"Damn it, the little devil is really rare and generous this time. He gave us all our military pay and gave us an unprecedented holiday. Now we have received the money and taken a holiday. It happened to be a good time.
We brothers will have a great time during the Chinese New Year!"
Another said: "Come on? Lao Liu, these are just three melons and two dates. Do you believe it? If you go to Xiaocui, you can't sleep for two nights and you will be kicked out by that bitch?"
Haha——
The two Japs at the table were swaying with laughter.
Then another one said: "But this is strange to say. Why are the little devils so kind these days?
In such a cold weather, we are given a holiday. The people guarding the city gate, on duty, and patrolling are basically all their own people.
If we could really live a leisurely life like this all day long and still get military pay, we would be really happy!"
"Who says it's not the case! But I'm just afraid of that little devil..."
"Shh, Lao Yu, keep your voice down. We should pay attention to your address. During this period, it is not only our Imperial Army who are on holiday, but also some of our Imperial Army members in Licheng are also on holiday.
If they hear it, we will call them little devils in private and anger them, which will not be easy to deal with."
"Ah, I'm afraid of their stupidity!" The man called Lao Yu cursed with his neck raised, as if he wanted to show off his last strength.
But after all, the voice immediately became quieter.
Then he said: "In normal times, the little devil is easy to fool.
I'm afraid that the Japanese will go to the mountains to carry out a large-scale sweep and deal with the Tuba Road. If our brothers are used to explore the road again and be used as cannon fodder, with this little military pay, we will really earn our lives but not spend our lives!"
A man with a big beard said: "Brothers, don't worry, I have heard about this. Taijun said that there will be no raids during this period!
Especially now, we Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival. Although the Japanese do not celebrate our Spring Festival on the same day as ours, they are also happy to celebrate our Spring Festival.
During the Spring Festival, they will definitely not raid, not in such a cold weather, no one can bear it, fighting in the cold in the barren mountains and mountains!"
……
After leaving the old tofu stall, Kong Jie and others continued to pull the trolley through the market in Licheng, and even started business on the spot midway.
Don't tell me, this business is really good.
There are many people buying it one after another.
There were even little Japs in Showa military uniforms who came over and bought some daily toiletries in somewhat broken Chinese.
Judging from the appearance of those little devils, it seems that they are really on vacation and wandering around the market.
Also, I don’t know if someone is deliberately spreading the news.
This is the news that the Japanese will not conduct raids during the Spring Festival.
Kong Jie and others walked along the way, but they heard such words from the mouths of many people and people of different identities.
Li Yunlong also tentatively chatted with an old man and asked him why he said that the Spring Festival devils would not raid.
As a result, the old man replied: "You are probably from another city, don't you know this?
The little devils from the gendarmerie are basically on vacation. They spend all day wandering around the market, spending money and enjoying themselves. Looking at them, they don’t look like they know how to sweep up?"