At night, Zhang Tianhao stood on the top of a hill not far from Songjiagou, looking at the road in the distance, his expression slightly relaxed.
"What's wrong?"
Commander Chen looked at Zhang Tianhao standing on a high place, looked at the way he came, and asked with some doubts.
"It's best to send a company of soldiers to ambush where we came just now. Maybe we can catch some small mice."
"I estimate that in about two to two and a half hours, some mice may hit us. It's best not to let any of them escape. Otherwise, our whereabouts may be exposed."
"In addition, find a few sharpshooters to hit the Japanese army's walkie-talkies directly and don't let them send the message out."
As he spoke, he pointed to the entrance not far from Songjiagou and said somewhat seriously.
"Is there a mouse following?"
"Roughly the same!"
After all, Zhang Tianhao's eyesight was too good. Although he could not see clearly, he still had a feeling that the Japanese would never let them go and would definitely send someone to investigate.
"If it is a small team sent by the Japanese, it is usually between five and ten people. You send a company just to be on the safe side."
"Um!"
"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to go there right away. We must not let the Japanese know that we are passing by here!"
He also knew that walking in the mountains was still quite difficult, especially with large carts and horses. Crossing the mountains itself was a hassle.
But you can't throw it down, you can only rely on people to lift it up and then down again, which increases the difficulty of crossing the mountain out of thin air.
Although Shilou Mountain is not high, in the past, it was a bit difficult. You might not be able to pass it in two or three hours.
Therefore, we must buy enough time for the troops to cross the mountain, and we must not let the Japanese bite them.
"Well, there is indeed trouble!"
So he directly ordered a broken company to ambush there. After all, it was the only entrance into the mountain. If he ambush there, once he entered, it would be difficult to escape.
Zhang Tianhao and Commander Chen sat on the top of the mountain and began to wait. After all, it would take a long time for the large army to cross the mountain.
Just two or three minutes after two hours, bursts of gunfire were heard not far away.
There were even two machine guns roaring there, directly breaking the silence of the entire mountain forest.
However, the battle only lasted for about ten minutes before it became quiet.
"Amazing!"
"Commander Chen, you are too polite. These are all basic operations. You think more than me. You are testing me. In fact, you have already thought of this, haha!"
"You boy!"
When Commander Chen heard this, he couldn't help but laugh a few times, and then looked further away.
"This can buy us three hours to cross the mountain. As long as we cross the mountain, we will have a smooth journey."
"The Japanese never thought that we would just go back to Yan'an, and everything else was secondary."
Zhang Tianhao smoked another cigarette, and then the two of them started smoking slowly.
"Mr. Zhang, how about you come and let me, the commander, surrender to you?"
"No, I can command the troops. Although I can do it, I can't do it. I don't plan to command the headquarters for a long time. If I wanted to command, I would have commanded it long ago. I can wait until now."
"Maybe if I'm on another battlefield, the effect will be better."
He is not very interested in commanding the army. After all, there are too many trivial matters involved in commanding the army, and he is a relatively lazy person.
"What a pity. If you have time, help us train our commanders and fighters!"
"Well, I may only stay in Yan'an for a few days. It depends on the arrangements then. If I have time, I can help you with training. It's nothing. If that doesn't work, you can go to the chief and ask for my training notes.
I will compile some of my experiences into notes and give them to the chief."
"That's great."
Commander Chen was also overjoyed when he heard this.
With such an opportunity, he can definitely learn a lot.
But he did not know that Zhang Tianhao brought the knowledge of later generations and the experience summarized from countless classic battle cases, which was much stronger than Commander Chen's current knowledge.
"However, you need to apply for this. Only senior commanders may be eligible to study. Then you can train the commanders of your respective units."
Zhang Tianhao thought for a moment and added another sentence.
"It doesn't matter. As long as we have the opportunity, we will definitely miss the opportunity to learn. Now that we are commanding a large force, we only feel that we are becoming more and more inadequate, so we still have to keep learning."
"The chief also said that if I don't study for three days, others will catch up with me."
"Haha, you know it too!"
Commander Chen was stunned. After all, this sentence was just a joke among the senior officials. Unexpectedly, Zhang Tianhao also knew about it, and his attitude immediately became serious.
…
In the Taiyuan headquarters, everyone gathered together again.
"Your Majesty Commander, we have sent a team to investigate, but so far there is no news!"
"Where did that troop come from and where did they go, but their whereabouts haven't been found yet?" The commander snorted with some dissatisfaction.
"No,"
"Your Majesty Commander, we sent two teams to investigate today, but the fifth team disappeared. I suspect that they have become loyal to His Majesty the Emperor."
"Oh, where did they disappear?"
"Their purpose was to follow the train westward and follow the traces left by this unit. The report they received at noon was in the direction of Anjiagou."
"But when we inquired about the news, there was no news at all from Anjiagou. They seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. No matter how we contacted them, we couldn't get in touch with them."
"Baga, don't you know that you will report every two to three hours?"
"Maybe it's because the distance is too far and there is no way to contact him, or maybe he is really loyal. I have contacted the army in Anjiagou to investigate and see if there is a problem."
“Well done!”
Upon hearing this, the commander nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the others.
"The imperial businessman who came from Peiping, after all the investigations in Peiping, there was no such person at all. This is a telegram sent from Peiping."
"pseudonym?"
"Yes, this is a fake name. As for the goods, they also checked the warehouse. They are all ordinary goods, just some daily necessities that people need in their lives. But we have not found out this batch until now.
What’s in the cargo?”
"Hey, one army robbed some ordinary goods. Is it possible that Yan'an is so poor that they can't even build an ordinary stove?"
"It's impossible. People over there basically don't steal people's things. I suspect there's something wrong with these things."
"No, your Majesty Major General, my subordinate Inaya Ganichi reported in Taiyuan that they are some daily necessities, and he personally inspected them. I believe he will not betray the empire."
A colonel immediately argued loudly, obviously he was still quite dissatisfied with his subordinates being suspected.
"Okay, stop arguing, there must be something fishy in this!"
One of the major generals, Yang, stood up and said loudly: "General, that imperial man is suspicious. Is there another possibility? They found out that he was an imperial man, so they robbed his things and even took away his people. Want to
Where’s the inducement to surrender?”
After hearing this major general's analysis, several other people were also stunned, and immediately looked over with unkind eyes.
"It's very possible. After all, there were so many people on the train who only robbed his things and people. It's really possible that this was a passing army."
"No, it's impossible. If it were an exposed army, it would be impossible for Yan'an to mobilize so many troops to attack our county."
"According to normal speed, these troops have covered at least half of the distance, and the confidentiality is quite high, but now they have not even completed one-fifth of the way. When did they become so slow?"
"Well, that's the truth. It seems that the problem still occurs with this mysterious army. If you guessed correctly, it is likely that they came to assist this mysterious army and robbed the bowls and stoves on the train. It was just a matter of convenience.
That’s all.”
At the end of the sentence, everyone else fell silent.