On the first day after Liu Hua and others sent Zhou Guoxiong out of the base area, Liu Xiaogang, the captain of the special operations brigade, led the guards to the headquarters of the first regiment.
"Report to Commander, Liu Xiaogang from the Special Operations Brigade is here to report." Liu Xiaogang's unique voice came from the door.
Liu Hua raised his head, looked at the dusty Liu Xiaogang, and couldn't help but shook his head. "Come in, have a drink of water, sit down and talk."
"Commander, are you calling me here in such a hurry? Is there an emergency?" Liu Xiaogang wanted to know the reason why Liu Hua called him here eagerly.
"Well, how has the training of your special operations brigade been going over the past half month?" Liu Hua nodded and asked.
"Commander, the members of the Special Operations Brigade are basically selected by you personally, so you can relax! The Special Operations Brigade will always be a sharp sword in our Shandong base area." Liu Xiaogang answered confidently.
"Well, good, we must ensure the training of the special operations team." Liu Hua nodded and replied.
"Liu Xiaogang, can you draw out a capable team of fifty people from your special operations brigade and ask for old Red Army soldiers with good individual qualities and strong political skills?"
"Report to Commander, no problem." Liu Xiaogang replied succinctly.
"Okay, now there is an important task, which you will personally lead a team of fifty people to carry out. Are you confident in completing it?" Liu Hua asked solemnly.
"have.'
"Well, that's right, political commissar, come and tell him the mission!" After that, he said to the political commissar next to him.
"It's like this, Comrade Liu Xiaogang, based on intelligence, we learned that there is an arsenal left by the original national army in Yunzhong Mountain, Pingyuan, but we are not particularly clear about the materials stored in it and the specific location of the arsenal. So, Commander
The Ministry requires you to lead a small team to find the arsenal without alerting the enemy, and count the specific quantity of the materials inside so that we can transport them back in the future. Since the quantity of this batch of arms may be large, we must treat it with caution.
Do you understand?" The political commissar told Liu Xiaogang the situation.
"Yes, political commissar, I understand. I will definitely complete the task." Liu Xiaogang answered affirmatively.
"Well, Xiaogang, we must conceal our intentions and not let the Japanese discover our intentions, otherwise all our efforts will be wasted. Also, the selected team members must be very reliable politically." Liu Hua reminded again.
"Yes, commander, political commissar, and special operations team will resolutely complete the mission."
In this way, Liu Xiaogang returned to the station with the mission. In less than a day, fifty soldiers with fighting qualities and strong political skills were selected. In order to hide their actions, the entire team, except for a few snipers,
In addition to long guns, the remaining soldiers all carried shell guns and changed into civilian clothes.
The entire squad, dressed up as a caravan, left the base on a dark night and headed towards the Yuanping area.
Along the way, the team traveled day and night, evading countless Japanese patrols. Finally, after four days of arduous march, they entered Yuanping territory and found the specific location of Yunzhong Mountain through the introduction of local people.
"Boss, according to the introduction from nearby fellow villagers, Yunzhongshan has a radius of several kilometers. Because we were afraid of exposing our target, we didn't ask too many questions." A squadron leader dressed as a butler came to Liu Xiaogang and said.
"Well, very good. It's only a few kilometers around and it's not very big. Let's go find it ourselves. Find a secluded location immediately as our camp. Maybe we will stay here for a long time for this matter.
.So the camp must be hidden and cannot be discovered by anyone." Liu Xiaogang ordered.
"Yes, boss, I will take a few soldiers to search for you." After saying that, he turned around and left the resting place.
So, in the evening of the same day, the squadron leader came back with a few soldiers, and also brought back a wild boar. Seeing the wild boar carried back by several soldiers, Liu Xiaogang was shocked and stole it from the squadron leader
Got a confused look.
"Boss, don't worry. We accidentally discovered this wild boar when we were looking for the camp. We didn't expect the wild boar here to be so stupid. We just used daggers and easily solved it. So we brought it back and gave it to the soldiers.
Satisfy your craving." The squadron leader replied with a smile.
"Let's get down to business," Liu Xiaogang interrupted the smiling squadron leader.
"Yes, boss, we found a valley in the hinterland of Yunzhong Mountain. It is surrounded by cliffs and has only one exit. It is very suitable for us to hide. And we also did an experiment. We lit a fire in the valley and it was impossible to find it outside."
The captain looked at the serious captain and said, taking out a sketch he drew.
Looking at the simple sketch, Liu Xiaogang also felt that this was a very good hiding spot for troops, but the area was too small. Otherwise, it could be used as a very large and hidden military camp.
"Well, very good. I order the soldiers to set off now and rush to this place. You can lead the way. By the way, bring the wild boars with you and let the soldiers eat meat at night. They have eaten dry food for several days, soldiers.
We are almost going crazy." Liu Xiaogang also replied with a smile.
In this way, after the soldiers learned that they had found the campsite and that there would be wild boar for dinner at night, they immediately accelerated their pace. The fatigue of the day's march was replaced by the excitement in their hearts. Looking at the soldiers who were marching quickly, Liu Xiaogang also smiled.
: "It seems that the temptation of wild boar is quite great."
The next day, after a hearty meal, the soldiers stood in front of Liu Xiaogang full of energy.
"Comrades, in the past few days, everyone has been in a hurry, so I have not told you the mission of our trip. Now that we have arrived at Yunzhong Mountain, it is time for me to tell you. Since our independent brigade will be reorganized into an independent division
, requires a large amount of equipment, and the original Kuomintang once built a secret arsenal in Yunzhongshan, which may have stored our continued weapons and ammunition. Our task is to find the specific location of the arsenal, then count the arms inside, and
Send the data to the commander." Liu Hua looked at the silent soldiers below and nodded secretly.
"Comrades, today we will start looking for the whereabouts of the arsenal. According to intelligence, the arsenal is built in a cave. Now I order the entire team, except for five soldiers and the radio operator to stay at the camp, the remaining soldiers
Divide into five teams, each with nine soldiers, and go up the mountain to search for the arsenal. Every afternoon when the sun sets, each team must report back to the station. In addition, each team must draw a sketch of their marching route. After discovering
The arsenal will be marked later and reported to me before entry can be made." Liu Xiaogang gave the order loudly.
"Yes." The fifty people in front of him replied in unison.
"Okay, now let's group up."
In this way, a team of fifty people began their first day of searching. The five teams spread out in different directions, with the camp as the center.
The first day passed quickly without any gains. On the second day, the search continued, but still without any gains. After the third day, the fourth day... It has been a week. According to the results brought back by each team,
Map, now the entire Yunzhong Mountain has been completely searched by various teams, but there is still no clue.
"Did the soldiers not search clearly or forget a corner? Liu Xiaogang thought, but this idea was quickly rejected by himself. Because these soldiers are battle-hardened veterans and are particularly good at reconnaissance missions, how could they
How could such a mistake happen?"
Could it be that the commander's intelligence was wrong...Liu Xiaogang sat in the temporary tent and thought patiently. However, in the end, he still found nothing. Just when Liu Xiaogang was about to report his current situation to the commander, a report interrupted him
own thinking.
"What's going on, squadron leader?" Liu Xiaogang asked, looking at the excited squadron leader in front of him.
"Captain, we found it, we found it, we found the cave." The squadron leader said excitedly.
"What, we found a cave, where is it?" Liu Xiaogang also stood up excitedly after hearing the word cave.
"It's right in our camp." The squadron leader looked at the eager captain and replied immediately.
It turns out that the location of the arsenal is in the cliff next to the valley, but the outside of the cave is covered with a large number of branches, making it impossible for outsiders to discover it. And just today, a soldier was ordered to go outside to cut wood in the evening.
When they saw a lot of dead branches, they went to drag them away and prepare to burn them at night. However, as soon as they dragged the branches, a cave appeared in front of everyone.
Liu Xiaogang rushed out of the tent and saw a lot of soldiers gathered on the side of the cliff, so he ran over quickly. He saw a cave more than two meters high and two meters wide appeared in front of him, about five meters inside the cave.
, a large iron door was clearly closed.
"What are you doing standing still? Go back to your respective posts immediately. The first team and the second team will stay, and the others will disperse. Squadron leader, send a small team of soldiers to guard at the entrance of the valley." Liu Xiaogang ordered.
Upon hearing the captain's order, the crowd gathered in front of the cave immediately dispersed, leaving only a dozen soldiers standing in front of the cave entrance.
"Squad 1, guard at the entrance of the cave and don't allow anyone to enter. Team 2, follow me into the cave." Liu Xiaogang ordered loudly. Immediately, the dozen or so soldiers at the door divided into two groups, and each group took out their own weapons.
Weapons stood at the entrance of the cave, while the other group followed Liu Xiaogang into the cave.