When Yue Weihan and the four left Qingshanquan Town, the setting sun had already set over the hills.
Although I didn't meet Chi Dianwen himself during this trip to Qingshanquan Town, I finally got in touch with the Anqing Daoist Association.
Not far from Qingshanquan Town to the west is Jiming Mountain. Yue Weihan and the others had just reached the foot of the mountain when the faint roar of an engine came from behind the ridge on the opposite side.
Liu Tiezhu quickly lay down on the ground, listened for a moment and then said: "Bian Sanlun!"
"Get ready to fight!" Yue Weihan pulled out the cleansing box with his backhand and waved his hand again. Liu Tiezhu and the others immediately spread out to both sides of the road and quickly occupied a favorable position. These four are all sharpshooters, and they all have good kung fu.
, ordinary little devils, even if they are a small team, they will not be able to take advantage of it.
In less than a moment, two sidecars emerged from behind the ridge on the opposite side, followed by more than a dozen Japanese infantry and about a platoon of traitor puppet troops. This group of Japanese soldiers should be the garrison stationed in Qingshanquan Town.
It seemed that they were going to the countryside to cause harm to the people, because the puppet army was either carrying chickens and ducks in their hands, or they were carrying bags of grain.
Yue Weihan whistled suddenly, and Liu Tiezhu and others immediately opened the nose of the box cannon.
Seeing that the Japanese soldiers were about to enter the ambush circle, when Yue Weihan was about to give the order to fire, a group of horse thieves suddenly appeared like ghosts from behind the ridge on the opposite side. The group of horse thieves only had nine riders, and their faces were all covered with mahjong masks. Suddenly,
The nine horse-riding thieves are arranged in a row, from left to right, from one cake to nine cakes.
The Japanese and puppet troops obviously did not notice the support of the horse thieves behind them.
It's no wonder that the huge roar of the three wheels and the footsteps of the puppet troops masked the sound of the horse thieves' hooves.
Just by looking at this posture, Yue Weihan knew that these horse thieves were here to cause trouble for the Japanese and puppet troops. He then made a gesture to Liu Tiezhu and others, and the eight cleansing boxes that the four of them had raised were immediately retracted.
When the horse thieves approached within thirty meters, the puppet soldiers who were lagging behind finally noticed them.
Before the puppet troops could react, the nine-horse bandits lined up in a row began to fire fiercely.
A total of eighteen noodle boxes formed a tight crossfire in an instant, knocking down a dozen Japanese soldiers in front of them to the ground. Two tricycles also overturned, and a Japanese second lieutenant was on board.
Fortunately, he was not dead. When he stood up and was about to draw his sword, a harpoon flew through the air and nailed him to the ground.
The more than forty puppet soldiers suddenly fell silent, and they all raised their hands obediently.
The horse thief wearing a pancake hood rode forward and snorted: "Why don't you get out of here!?"
The forty or so puppet soldiers immediately scurried away, not to mention the chickens, ducks, and food they had snatched, and they didn't even bother to pick up the rifles that were thrown on the ground. They all just hated their parents for having two legs, and those horse thieves.
The battlefield was quickly cleaned up, and then he rode away again. From the beginning of the attack to the time he escaped completely, it took less than ten minutes in total. Before leaving, the horse thief wearing a pancake hood even went to the direction where Yue Weihan and the others were hiding.
He gave me a cold glance.
In less than a moment, the nine horse-riding thieves hid on the opposite mountain ridge.
Yue Weihan stood up, put the face-cleansing box back into his holster, and said, "This group of horse thieves have good marksmanship!"
"It's really good." Liu Tiezhu said sincerely, "Nine people and eighteen guns actually beat a dozen little Japs without a chance to fire back. Our special operations team would be at about the same level."
"Shandong is indeed a crouching tiger, hidden dragon." Yue Weihan touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "A group of horse thieves can actually have such good equipment and such good marksmanship. It's not simple. It's really not simple.
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Chu Zhongtian suddenly said: "Traveler, how about I follow them to find out their background?"
"There's no rush." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said, "If you want to meet them, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
After that, Yue Weihan said to Liu Tiezhu and others: "Let's go back to the station quickly. The chief of staff and others should be waiting in a hurry."
By the time Yue Weihan and the others returned to "Tunli" village, it was already dark. Liu Yi was already as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Seeing Yue Weihan, he couldn't help but complain again, and then said: "Hotel seat, then
Someone is coming."
"Over there?" Yue Weihan was confused and said, "Where is it?"
"Communist Party, Eighth Route Army." Liu Yi made an eight sign and said, "It is said that he is still an old acquaintance of yours."
"My acquaintance? Who is it?" Yue Weihan couldn't help but frowned. Although he was determined to surrender to the Communist Party, he really had no entanglements with the Communist Party so far. Except when he was guarding the Sihang Warehouse, he once stationed with the Eighth Route Army.
Yang Shaocheng, director of the Shanghai office, knew no other Eighth Route Army cadres except those whom he had socialized with.
"General Yue, have you forgotten me so quickly?" As soon as he finished speaking, a hearty laughter suddenly sounded from behind.
Yue Weihan turned around after hearing the sound, and saw Yang Shaocheng in a blue gown striding over. As he walked, he extended his right hand to Yue Weihan and said: "General Yue, I have always remembered you as a great hero."
"Director Yang!?" Yue Weihan said in surprise, "Why are you here?"
"Oh, I have been transferred to the position of Secretary of the Huxi Prefectural Committee." Yang Shaocheng smiled and said, "Why, General Yue didn't invite me to sit at the headquarters of your Baoshan Brigade? Do you think I am a spy for the Japs?"
"Secretary Yang is really good at joking." Yue Weihan immediately said with his hands solemnized, "Please."
After that, Yue Weihan led Yang Shaocheng into the temporary headquarters located in Poguanli at the entrance of the village.
Liu Yi quickly called Chu Zhongtian to him and warned him in particular: "Be vigilant. No one is allowed to approach the headquarters without asking for permission. Anyone who disobeys the order will not be punished!"
Chu Zhongtian immediately left with murderous intent.
Liu Yi then followed him into the temporary headquarters. The reason why he was so cautious was because although the Kuomintang and the Communist Party had begun their second cooperation, the two sides were still enemies after all, so it was taboo to contact the Communist Party in private.
, if this matter can be kept secret, it should be kept as secret as possible, especially if the military spies in the communications team cannot know about it.
In the temporary headquarters, Yang Shaocheng expressed his intention to Yue Weihan straight to the point.
Hearing that the Eighth Route Army guerrillas would take the initiative to cooperate with the Baoshan Brigade to crush the Japanese raids, Liu Yi couldn't help but think highly of the other party, but couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Yang, I wonder how many troops your unit has now?" Liu Yi was really thinking.
Some people look down on the guerrillas led by the Communist Party. They may just be able to fight coldly, but they can avoid having to fight with the Japs for real.
"What?" Yang Shaocheng said with a half-smile, "Chief of Staff Liu is worried that we don't have the strength to help your army?"
"Mr. Yang, don't get me wrong." Liu Yi waved his hand and said, "I don't mean that. I just think it's not easy for your department to accumulate this kind of wealth. But don't use all this wealth because of our Baoshan Brigade..."
Yue Weihan quickly stopped Liu Yi with a look and said to Yang Shaocheng: "Secretary Yang, Chief of Staff Liu does not know the tactical characteristics of your army. It is inevitable to worry about this, but you must not take it to heart. As for your army's
My husband is willing to cooperate and welcomes it with both hands. We are all Chinese, why can't we join hands to fight the Japanese?"
"Okay." Yang Shaocheng immediately handed an envelope to Yue Weihan and said, "General Yue, these are several major transportation stations of our Huxi Prefectural Committee, and there are also contact codes for the joints. If your department has any major actions, you can contact us in time.
We, our Lunan guerrillas, will definitely attack from the side and cooperate with your actions."
"Great." Yue Weihan happily took the envelope and said, "Secretary Yang, I want to ask you something."
Yue Weihan once again told the story of the horse thieves he encountered on the way back. Yang Shaocheng immediately said: "That's the Yanzi Army!"
"Yanzi Army!?" Yue Weihan nodded and said, "Although this group of horse thieves has a small number of people, their marksmanship is really good."
"The Yanzi Army has a large number of people." Yang Shaocheng shook his head and said, "At least there are hundreds of people, but no one can say exactly how many people there are, because this group of horse thieves is the largest group of horse thieves in southwest Shandong.
The mysterious and most difficult horse thieves, no one even knows where their lair is, they only know that they are operating in southwestern Shandong."
"Is there anything else?" Yue Weihan touched his chin and said, "It's interesting."
"Is General Yue trying to recruit them?" Yang Shaocheng said with a half-smile.
"What?" Yue Weihan asked with a smile, "Your department also wants to recruit the Yanzi Army?"
Yang Shaocheng did not hide anything, and said openly and honestly: "To be honest with General Yue, our Lunan Guerrilla Detachment does intend to recruit this team. We hope that the Yanzi Army can become an independent brigade under our Lunan Guerrilla Detachment. Unfortunately, so far,
So far, we have not been able to achieve our wish, and we have not even been able to truly contact the Yanzi Army."
"If this is the case, then the Yanzi Army will still be in the waiting room." Yue Weihan said with a smile, "If our Baoshan Brigade incorporates the Yanzi Army, wouldn't it mean that we are winning people's love?"
"Of course." Yang Shaocheng waved his hand and said calmly, "If the Baoshan Brigade can really incorporate the Yanzi Army, it will be a blessing for the country. From now on, there will be less banditry in Qilu, but there will be more anti-Japanese and Japanese troops.
It’s too late for us, the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party, to be happy about regular armed forces, so how could we have any other ideas?”
After saying this, Yang Shaocheng added: "However, it may not be easy for the Baoshan Brigade to recruit the Yanzi Army. The leader of the Yanzi Army, 'Yanshan Fox', is not only an excellent marksman but also as cunning as a fox. He is very dangerous to the country."
He also has a very deep prejudice against the army. It is said that Han Fuqu mobilized a large army to encircle and suppress him two years ago, and the result was quite a lot of trouble."
"This shouldn't be a problem. We are the Central Army, not the Shandong Army." Liu Yi suddenly said.
"I'm afraid Yanshan Fox won't think so." Yang Shaocheng said this and then said, "Okay, General Yue, it's getting late, so I should say goodbye. From now on, your Baoshan Brigade will stay in southwest Shandong and follow us in Shandong.
The southern guerrillas are fighting side by side, and I hope we can cooperate happily."
"It's a pleasure to cooperate." Yue Weihan immediately reached out and held Yang Shaocheng tightly.
Yang Shaocheng obviously thought that the Baoshan Brigade would also settle in the Weishan Lake area. Yue Weihan did not explain much about this. It was not that he intended to deceive Yang Shaocheng or the Communist Party. It was because the southern Hebei strategy was too important. Before the time was ripe,
, he never wants too many people to know that caution is always necessary.