It was about to go to bed, Xu Dalong and Lin Xueying were alone in a room, and they couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
He said: "Xueying, I'll go with Xirong and the others." He started to walk out.
"Wait a moment."
Lin Xueying stopped him, and she said a little shyly: "We registered our accommodation in the name of husband and wife. This will arouse people's suspicion."
Xu Dalong knew that Lin Xueying was right. He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you sleep on the bed."
As he said this, he picked up the bedroll and made the bed on the floor.
It was late at night, and the moonlight was like water, splashing on the ground from the window. Lin Xueying lay in bed and couldn't sleep.
She looked at Xu Dalong who was sleeping soundly on the ground, silently thinking about her own thoughts.
The room was so quiet that Lin Xueying could hear her own heartbeat.
She suddenly felt shy and her face felt a little hot, so she pulled up the quilt to cover her face.
The next morning, Takahashi Biewei sent a message that the Military Police Headquarters Special High School Section had received 8,000 rounds of ammunition from the 32nd Division Regiment Headquarters Logistics Section, saying that they were to be used for target practice.
Although Takahashi Heiwei was not sure that these bullets were used by the core training class of the Maintenance Association, he still passed on this information.
After analysis, Xu Dalong and others believed that the number of bullets was relatively consistent with the number of people in the training class, that they were obtained from the special high-level courses, and that the time was basically consistent, so they decided to eliminate this group of traitors on the shooting range.
Xu Dalong asked Zheng Xirong to stay and sent two soldiers from the intelligence squadron to lurk in Lingao City. He, Lin Xueying, Ichiro Sakamoto and others left the city that day, and that night led Monk Wei's special operations squadron to ambush the Japanese shooting range in the south of the city.
nearby.
They waited for two full days and still did not see the traitors appear.
Xu Dalong really couldn't figure out the schedule of the traitor training class, and was worried that if he waited here any longer, his target would be exposed.
He decided to wait for the last day, and if the traitors still didn't come out, he would think of other ways.
That evening, an unexpected situation occurred.
A large number of Japanese troops appeared on the road outside the city, including vehicles, horses, and a large number of soldiers on foot, numbering in the thousands.
The Japanese troops came so many that some of them lived in the city, and some of them lived in a residential area outside the south gate.
They are only six to seven hundred meters away from the shooting range. If the guerrillas take action on the shooting range, the Japanese army will quickly arrive for reinforcements. If the battle cannot be resolved as soon as possible, the guerrillas are likely to be besieged by the enemy.
The situation soon became clear. These Japanese troops were supplemented by the Japanese First Army to defend the 32nd Division.
The sudden change in the enemy situation made everyone a little worried.
Xu Dalong was the backbone of the guerrillas, so everyone naturally turned their attention to him.
Xu Dalong thought seriously and repeatedly weighed the pros and cons.
Suddenly he laughed and said: "This may be a good thing, it may bring us unexpected opportunities."
Everyone was a little confused. With so many Japanese troops coming, how could there be good fighter planes?
Monk Wei said: "Master Long, I don't see any good fighter opportunities, just tell us directly."
Xu Dalong asked: "Look, this shooting range is located at the foot of a mountain, and behind it is a mountainous area with complex terrain. If you were the organizer of a training class and encountered such terrain, would you deploy security forces to guard it?"
Among these people, Lin Xueying was the one who reacted the fastest. She understood immediately, smiled, and cast an admiring look at Xu Dalong.
Zheng Xirong thought for a moment and then came to his senses.
He said: "Oh, Captain, you are right, there may really be a good fighter plane."
Monk Wei was not thinking so fast. Seeing Lin Xueying's understanding look and Zheng Xirong saying this, he said with some embarrassment: "Master Long, what on earth is going on?"
Xu Dalong said: "Xizi, tell him."
Zheng Xirong said: "If I were the commander of the Japanese army, under normal circumstances, when organizing a training class for field training and facing complex terrain, I would definitely mobilize the guard troops for vigilance.
Now there are so many Japanese troops stationed near the shooting range. The Japanese commander never dreamed that we would launch a surprise attack so close to a large group of Japanese troops.
Therefore, they will not specially call in security forces for security, which just gives us a good opportunity to ambush the traitor training class."
Monk Wei understood. He scratched his head in embarrassment and smiled awkwardly.
Xu Dalong said: "I decided that we will continue to hide here and wait for two more days. If the traitors from the training class still don't come out, we will think of other ways."
At 9 a.m. the next day, Xu Dalong and others were resting on the hillside behind the shooting range when a signal came from the sentry on the top of the mountain.
The special operations team members immediately prepared for battle.
Xu Dalong and others climbed up the hillside and saw three motorcycles, a car, and a truck coming from the direction of Lingao City, followed by trainees from the traitor training class wearing various costumes.
As expected by Xu Dalong, the Japanese army did not send out additional security forces. Apart from the traitorous students, there were only a few military police on motorcycles, three Japanese officers who got off the car, and only a few on the truck.
Japanese military police.
The vehicles were loaded with guns and ammunition for training, and together with several Japanese commanders and drivers who were leading the traitor team, the total number of Japanese soldiers totaled less than 20.
According to the battle plan formulated in advance, Xu Dalong led the artillery and several snipers of the special force and took the lead in launching an attack on the Japanese troops and traitors.
At this time, the traitors stood in two square formations on the shooting range. Three Japanese officers stood in front of the formation, and one of them was lecturing the traitors.
Other Japanese soldiers placed weapons and ammunition on the ground, and some were walking towards the foot of the mountain carrying targets.
Xu Dalong took the lead in shooting and killed the Japanese officer who was lecturing.
The sniper squad leader Qin Yu and a sniper squad leader killed two other Japanese officers, and the other snipers attacked the Japanese soldiers respectively.
The mortars of the special operations team kept firing shells at the traitor team.
Just as the gunshots of Xu Dalong and others rang out, Monk Wei, who was in the valley, immediately led the special forces team members to rush out of the valley on horseback and pounced on the traitors.
The sudden attack caught the Japanese troops off guard, and all the Japanese troops were defeated immediately.
The shells exploded among the traitors, causing a large number of casualties. They panicked, some lying on the ground, and some scattered in all directions.
After Monk Wei and others rushed out of the valley, they immediately spread out and surrounded the traitors.
Some of them were holding machine guns, and some were holding rifles, and they knocked the traitors to the ground mercilessly.
The traitors had no weapons in their hands and were already scared out of their wits. They could only run away desperately. Unfortunately, their legs were not as fast as the four legs of the special forces' horses, so they were quickly eliminated by the special forces.
Almost exhausted.
The entire battle lasted less than five minutes. Not only were all the traitors eliminated, the guerrillas even had time to collect weapons and ammunition on the ground.
The fighting here alarmed the Japanese troops stationed outside the city gate. Their reaction was very fast. It took less than three minutes to assemble the team, leave the barracks, and run towards the shooting range.
They were about 700 meters away from the shooting range, and they were supposed to be able to rush to the battlefield quickly. Unfortunately, shortly after they left the barracks, they were hit by artillery fire from the special forces, and the Japanese army had to stop and set up artillery to fight back.
By the time they finished their work, Monk Wei and others had cleaned up the battlefield and quickly evacuated.
When the Japanese army arrived at the shooting range, all they saw were the corpses of Japanese soldiers and traitors.
A large part of these newly arrived Japanese troops were recruits who had just been transferred from China. Seeing the tragic scenes on the shooting range had a great psychological impact on them, and their morale was difficult to recover for a long time.
Soon after, Chiba Xunichi received a report that 19 Japanese officers and soldiers below the security section chief of the Special High School Section of the Japanese Military Police Headquarters and 293 trainees from the core training class of the Maintenance Council were all killed in the guerrilla attack.
Chiba Xunyi had high hopes for this training class, but he never expected such a result.
According to eyewitness descriptions, the attackers were a group of Eighth Route Army cavalry. Chiba Xunyi raised his heels and figured out that it was Xu Dalong's Mawushan guerrillas.
He sighed and shook his head helplessly.
Since dealing with Xu Dalong and others, Qianye Xunyi has been suffering heavy blows. Although the 32nd Division has added a large number of troops this time, he still does not have the confidence to defeat the guerrillas.
The chief of staff saw Chiba Xunyi looking depressed and wanted to comfort him. Unfortunately, he himself lacked confidence and didn't know what to say.
The atmosphere in the office was extremely depressing.
The head of the special senior section who came to report the situation did not dare to get angry when he saw the officers in this state, for fear that the two bosses would slow down and take it out on himself.
After all, the matter happened in the Special High School Course. If he was investigated, he, the head of the Special High School Course, would not be able to live with it.
After a long time, Chiba Xunyi regained his composure.
When he saw the super high school section chief standing there in fear, he didn't cause any trouble for him, but just waved his hand to let him leave.
The head of the extra-high school department was amnesty and walked out of the room quickly. After carefully closing the door of his office, he let out a sigh of relief and was very grateful that he had such good luck.
As he walked, he wondered why Chiba Xunyi and the chief of staff did not hold him accountable for his failure.
He was a smart man, and soon he figured out the reason. He felt both lucky and frustrated at the same time. He also followed Chiba Xunyi's example and shook his head and sighed.
The Section Chief of Section High School guessed right. The reason why Chiba Xunyi did not find trouble with him was because Xu Dalong's guerrillas were too difficult to deal with. Not to mention him, the Section Chief of Special High School, Chiba Xunyi and the Chief of Staff.
There is nothing you can do about Xu Dalong, so what’s the point of blaming him?
After the super high school section chief left, Chiba Xunyi felt a little tired and planned to lie down for a while. Seeing him like this, the chief of staff prepared to leave.
At this moment, Chiba Xunyi's adjutant came in and said: "Your Excellency, division commander, a telegram from Huang Xiejun's 4th Division."
Chiba Xunyi was in a bad mood and was too lazy to read the telegram. He waved his hand and the chief of staff stepped forward to take the telegram.
After reading this, the chief of staff said: "Your Excellency, division commander, Yan Guiwu sent troops to recover Xinhe County."
This is undoubtedly good news. Chiba Xunyi's headache is better.
Although the 358th Brigade Chu Yunfei's headquarters had withdrawn, the Japanese troops had not sent troops to Xinhe County. Yan Guiwu's ability to occupy Xinhe County would play a great role in restoring security around Mawu Mountain.
He said: "Chief of Staff, inform the 82nd Regiment to send an infantry brigade to Xinhe County. Inform the Gendarmerie Headquarters to send the Gendarmerie to manage Xinhe County. After the Japanese army enters the county, order Yan Guiwu to occupy Guancheng County."
Chiba Xunyi thought about it. This time he wanted to focus his main energy on besieging the Mahu Mountain guerrillas. He decided to station heavy troops in several counties around Mawu Mountain and implement an economic blockade on Mawu Mountain.
Starve to death the Mawushan guerrillas.
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The chief of staff saw that Qianye Xunyi's complexion was much better and said: "Your Excellency, the division commander, Xu Dalong and others deliberately eliminated the backbone training class of the Maintenance Association, which shows that he is very afraid of this training class, which also proves that it is held
This training class is very necessary. If he cancels one training class, we will hold another one. There are plenty of qualified people, and if we lose some, it doesn’t count, so we can just recruit more people.”
Qianye Xunyi returned to normal, and he said: "You are right, we will do whatever Xu Dalong is worried about. You inform the military police headquarters and they will hold another training class for the backbone of the maintenance association. This time, we must strengthen our preparedness. If Xu Dalong
If someone dares to come again, we can use this training class to set up a trap and eliminate them."
The chief of staff complimented: "Your Excellency, the division commander, is wise. If Xu Dalong dares to have the idea of a training class again, he will never come back."
When Xu Dalong and others returned to the base area, they received a report that the Fourth Division of the puppet army had occupied Xinhe County.
Xu Dalong had been mentally prepared for this. He knew that the counties around the Mawu Mountain base would fall into the hands of the Japanese and puppet troops sooner or later, so he did not care.
While training new recruits, he focused his main energy on the construction of the Mawu Mountain base area.
On this day, Xu Dalong received a telegram from Li Kun, saying that he had helped him purchase a batch of high explosives and some landmines, and asked him to collect them from the World War II District Chief's Department.
The guerrillas have never had standard landmines. After several battles, all the high explosives captured in the past have been used up.
Xu Dalong was anxious to get this batch of supplies back, so he set off with Monk Wei's special operations squadron.
When he arrived at the World War II District Chief's Department, Xu Dalong first went to see Representative Wang from the Eighth Route Army Office.
Representative Wang, on behalf of the headquarters, commended Xu Dalong and the Mawushan guerrillas and encouraged them to continue their efforts and make new achievements.
After coming out of Representative Wang's place, Xu Dalong went to see Li Kun.
Li Kun met Xu Dalong, received him warmly, and took him to see the supplies in person.
Xu Dalong asked Monk Wei and others to collect supplies, and he followed Li Kun back to the office.
Xu Dalong opened his leather bag, took out 11 large yellow croakers, and placed them on the coffee table.
Li Kun said: "I don't need so much. I asked my friends to get them. The mines are at the factory price, and the explosives are squeezed out of the equipment. They only charge half the price. Nine large yellow croakers are enough."
With that said, he picked up two large yellow croakers and gave them back to Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong knew that Li Kun helped him do these things as a favor, and he had to take care not to let Li Kun suffer.
He put the two large yellow croakers on the coffee table again and said, "Sir Li, I have troubled you about my affairs. This is a small kindness, please accept it."
Li Kun did get a lot of favors when doing these things, and he accepted them without any politeness.
He said: "I heard that you are coming, and the minister wants to meet you. Come with me."
Xu Dalong followed Li Kun to see the chief of staff.
The operations office is on the third floor of the office building, and the chief of staff's office is on the second floor.
They went down the stairs, explained their purpose to the officer on duty guarding the corridor on the right, and then walked into the corridor.
When passing by the confidential room, the door opened and a young and beautiful female officer walked out.
When she saw Xu Dalong, she said in surprise: "Brother Dalong, when did you arrive?"
Xu Dalong saw that the second lieutenant female officer in front of him turned out to be Chu Yun'er.
He smiled and said: "Miss Chu, I didn't expect you to join the army. You look so energetic in the military uniform."
Chu Yun'er was very happy to be praised by Xu Dalong.
She saw Li Kun next to Xu Dalong and asked, "Director Li, are you going to do something?"
Li Kun said: "The chief of staff wants to see Brother Dalong, I will take him there."
Chu Yun'er smiled at Xu Dalong and said, "Go and do things first, and come to me when you're done."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Okay."
After saying that, he followed Li Kun and left.
Chu Yun'er went out to deliver documents. She hurriedly delivered the documents, returned to the office, took out the mirror and dressed up there.
One of her female colleagues saw Chu Yun'er's appearance and said jokingly: "Yun'er, why are you so happy? Is your cousin here?"
In this era, cousin and cousin are synonymous with male and female friends, which means close to each other.
Chu Yun'er smiled and said: "Keep it secret, I won't tell you."
The Chief of Staff of the World War II District Governor's Department met with Xu Dalong, asked Xu Dalong about the previous stage of the battle, and learned about the enemy situation around Mawu Mountain.
Xinhe County is an important gateway to the northeast of the District Chief's Department during World War II. With the withdrawal of Chu Yunfei's troops, the importance of Xu Dalong's Mawushan guerrillas became highlighted.
The Chief of Staff hoped that Xu Dalong could report the enemy's situation to the World War II District Chief's Department, and also hoped that they could contain the actions of the Japanese army.
Xu Dalong said he would do his best.
The chief of staff had a very good impression of Xu Dalong and believed that Xu Dalong would do what he said.
He told Xu Dalong that if he had any difficulties and needed help, he could contact Li Kun and the World War II District Chief would try their best to help him solve it.
After leaving the chief of staff's office, Li Kun knew about the relationship between Xu Dalong and Chu Yun'er.
He smiled and said: "Brother Dalong, I originally wanted to treat you to a drink, but it seems I have to wait for another day."
Xu Dalong smiled and said, "I'll treat you later."
Li Kun smiled and left.
Xu Dalong came to the door of the confidential office and knocked on the door.
Chu Yun'er had been waiting for Xu Dalong to come. When she heard the knock on the door, she quickly opened the door and said happily: "Brother Dalong, are you done?"
Chu Yun'er's female colleagues had long felt that something was wrong with Chu Yun'er. Seeing her being intimate with Xu Dalong, some people asked: "Yun'er, who is this? Is it your cousin? Give it to us.
Let me introduce you."
Chu Yun'er generously took Xu Dalong's arm and said proudly: "Let me introduce to you, this is Xu Dalong, the captain of the Mawushan Guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army."
"Xu Dalong? Is that Commander Xu who defeated the Japanese army many times?"
Xu Dalong's reputation was very resounding. All the district chiefs during World War II had heard of his name. Xu Dalong's name would appear from time to time among the topics they usually discussed.
Especially the female soldiers in the Telecommunications Section of the Confidential Division. They had personally copied and received Xu Dalong's clear code telegrams, and Xu Dalong left a very deep impression on them.
Stars have their own halo. When these female officers first met Xu Dalong, they thought he was ordinary-looking. But when Chu Yun'er announced his name, everyone felt that he was full of heroic spirit and looked very handsome.
It's pleasing to the eye, even a little handsome.
Xu Dalong greeted everyone politely.
Chu Yun'er said to a major female officer: "Section chief, I want to take a leave. It's rare for my brother Dalong to come to the chief's department. I want to entertain him well."
The major female officer smiled and said: "You go ahead and don't come to work in the afternoon."
Chu Yun'er said happily: "Thank you, section chief." After saying that, she pulled Xu Dalong and walked out.
The female officers in the office were talking a lot, and someone said: "Everyone, is this Chief Xu of the Eighth Route Army Yun'er's boyfriend?"
Someone said: "I think it's probably true. Look at how close the two of them are. When Brother Dalong calls me, it makes me feel a little nauseous."
The female soldiers were chatting happily, saying that when Chu Yun'er came back, she would be asked to tell the truth about her relationship with Xu Dalong.
On the way, Xu Dalong asked: "Miss Chu, when did you join the army?"
Chu Yun'er said with some regret: "Brother Dalong, originally I wanted you to join the Eighth Route Army, but my father and brother disagreed. They said your guerrillas were too dangerous, so they asked me to stay in the Chief's Department.
Otherwise, I won’t be allowed to join the army, and I can’t defeat them.”
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "It's good to work in the Chief's Department. Besides, wherever I work, I contribute to the anti-Japanese war."
After exiting the gate of the chief's compound, Chu Yun'er said: "Brother Dalong, come home with me."