At this time, the headquarters acted together with the division headquarters. The head of the headquarters, the deputy chief of staff of the headquarters, and the division commander worked together.
This morning, the brigade commander came to the headquarters to report on his work.
The head of the headquarters asked: "That boy Li Yunlong went to the Independent Regiment, how is the situation?"
The brigade commander said: "Boss, you are right. After Li Yunlong arrived at the Independent Regiment, he has won many battles recently, annihilating hundreds of Japanese puppet troops, and seized a large number of weapons and ammunition. The equipment of the Independent Regiment has
Great improvements have been made. The number of troops has been expanded from the original 920 to 1,400. A new cavalry company was established and a special service platoon was established.
It is said that the food in their group is very good, they can eat meat once a day, and they have two dishes and one soup at noon and dinner. Now the morale of the independent group is howling."
The head of the headquarters was very happy and said with a smile: "This brat is really good at leading troops."
The deputy chief of staff said: "Although Li Yunlong can cause trouble, he is really capable. It would be nice to have more cadres like this."
The division commander smiled and nodded, and said to the brigade commander: "As for Li Yunlong, you can let him go to fight, but you can't let him go completely. You have to keep tapping."
The brigade commander smiled and said: "Don't worry, commander, I have a way to deal with Li Yunlong."
The head of the headquarters said: "You just said that the independent regiment's food is so good, how do they get so much money?"
The brigade commander said: "They were all snatched from the Japanese by the Special Service Platoon of the Independent Regiment."
The head of the headquarters pretended to be angry and said: "This brat refuses to hand over the seized items and dares to eat alone. Let's see how I deal with him."
The brigade commander smiled and said: "Don't worry, boss, I have asked them to hand over part of it. I have already brought it to you when I came to the headquarters this time."
The boss smiled and said: "That's more or less the same. We can't just eat pickles every day, while they eat a lot of meat and fish."
The division commander was very interested in the special service platoon mentioned by the brigade commander. He asked: "What is going on with the special service platoon that Li Yunlong created?"
The division commander's words reminded the head of the headquarters and the deputy chief of staff, and they also looked at the brigade commander.
The brigade commander said: "Dear bosses, the Independent Regiment was attacked by the Japanese Yamamoto Special Agents last time and suffered heavy losses. After Li Yunlong arrived at the Independent Regiment, he planned to set up a special force to deal with the Japanese Yamamoto Special Agents in the future.
When Li Yunlong left the New Regiment and took office in the Independent Regiment, he brought with him a soldier named Xu Dalong. I have seen this soldier and he was very capable. Most of the recent victories of the Independent Regiment were fought by his men.
This Xu Dalong can be said to be a tactical expert. Every time he fights, he wins more with less and can resolve the battle quickly.
Not long ago, in the battle at Xinzhuang, he led more than 20 men to annihilate more than 170 Japanese and puppet troops without any casualties."
The brigade commander's words shocked all three leaders.
The head of the headquarters said with some disbelief: "After annihilating so many Japanese and puppet troops, there were no casualties. How is this possible?"
The deputy chief of staff and division commander also cast doubtful glances.
The brigade commander said: "I have investigated this matter, and it is absolutely true. Not long ago, it was Xu Dalong who led more than 20 people from the special service platoon to help Ding Wei's new regiment in the most dangerous situation.
He captured the Zhaozhuang stronghold and annihilated more than 300 days of puppet troops. His special service platoon also suffered no casualties.
Ding Wei specifically applied to the brigade headquarters for a commendation for Xu Dalong’s special service platoon.”
Now, all three bosses believed it.
The head of the headquarters said with great interest: "I never imagined that there are such powerful people in our army. I want to meet him. After you go back, call Li Yunlong and ask Xu Dalong to come to the headquarters."
The division commander said: "Let Xu Dalong bring his special service platoon to the headquarters, and we will see their tactical level."
The deputy chief of staff said: "Yes, yes, this is the best. Let the special service platoon show it to us, and then summarize their experience and promote it to the entire army."
After the brigade commander reported the completion to the head of the headquarters and returned to the brigade, he called Li Yunlong and said that the head of the headquarters was very interested in Xu Dalong's special service platoon of the independent regiment, and asked Xu Dalong to report to the headquarters with the special service platoon.
Zhao Gang and Kong Jie could clearly hear the conversation between the brigade commander and Li Yunlong.
Kong Jie said happily: "I can't believe that our special service platoon has received the attention of the head of the headquarters. It really gives face to the head of our independent regiment."
Zhao Gang was also very happy and said: "Yes, it is a great honor for our independent regiment that the special service platoon can report to the headquarters."
Li Yunlong didn't say anything. Instead of being happy, he looked sad.
Zhao Gang asked: "Lao Li, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Li Yunlong said: "Old Zhao, Old Kong, I think you two are a bit stupid. The special service platoon, especially Xu Dalong, is the unique treasure of our independent group. Let them report to the headquarters. If the head of the headquarters takes a fancy to them, they will be sent to the headquarters.
What should we do if we have to go through it?"
Hearing this, Kong Jie also changed his expression. He said: "Oh! Lao Li, you are right, we cannot let the special service platoon go to the headquarters to report."
Zhao Gang said with some confusion: "If you just report to work, the headquarters will detain the special service platoon, right?"
Li Yunlong rolled his eyes at Zhao Gang and didn't want to talk to him anymore.
Kong Jie said seriously: "Political Commissar, what Lao Li said really makes sense. Xu Dalong and his special service platoon are treasures. Once they show their faces at the headquarters, not to mention the head of the headquarters, I am afraid it will be the division commander and brigade commander."
We will not let them back. If the leaders insist on keeping them, what can we do?"
Zhao Gang didn't know much about the head of the headquarters or the division commander, but through dealing with the brigade commander in the past few days, he also believed that what Li Yunlong said was very possible.
He felt a little worried and said: "What should we do? The brigade commander conveyed the order from the head of the headquarters, so we can't let Xu Dalong and the others go, right?"
Li Yunlong scratched his head and thought hard. Suddenly he laughed and said: "There is a way. Let's just say: delay. No matter what, Xu Dalong and the others will not be allowed to show their faces to the headquarters. It has been a long time, and the heads of the headquarters are so busy.
, and just forgot about it.”
Zhao Gang felt something was wrong and said, "We can't deceive our superiors!"
Kong Jie changed his mind and said with a smile: "Old Li, I agree with your opinion. We let the special agents go out to perform tasks every day and won't let them come back. They haven't received the order to go to the headquarters, so that's all.
You can’t blame us. Hahaha!”
Li Yunlong smiled proudly and said: "Old Kong, your brain is really enlightened. I will never care about you calling you Kong Erduzi again."
Kong Jie pretended to be angry and said: "Lao Li, you are like a dog that can't spit out ivory. You are a fool." After saying that, he laughed again.
Zhao Gang saw Li Yunlong and Kong Jie singing together and didn't know what to say.
To be honest, he is really worried now. Xu Dalong and others went to the headquarters. If they are detained by the head of the headquarters, the future of the independent group will not be easy.
Zhao Gang made up his mind that this time he would share the responsibility of deceiving his superiors with Li Yunlong and Kong Jie.
At this time, Xu Dalong and others had arrived outside Ping'an County.
Xu Dalong and others first found a place to bury the weapons, ammunition and other materials they brought, and then went to the carriage and horse shop outside the county. They stored the horses in the carriage and horse shop, and then walked towards the gate of Ping'an County.
go.
Xu Dalong was wearing a long gown and a top hat. He was pretending to be a warehouse manager.
Zheng Xirong and Zhao Xiaoman pretended to be clerks and followed Xu Dalong.
After arriving at the city gate, several puppet soldiers standing guard came up to check their good citizen certificates.
The Certificate of Good Citizen is an identity document issued by the basic Japanese and puppet regime to ordinary people in areas controlled by the Japanese and puppets. The Certificate of Good Citizen is easy to obtain because there is no photo on it, as long as the holder's gender, age, height and other basic characteristics are consistent.
The reason why there are no photos on the Certificate of Good Citizenship is not because the Japanese are stupid and do not know that the Certificate of Good Citizen can easily be used by others, but because the cost of taking photos is very expensive in this era, and the Japanese cannot afford the expense.
Xu Dalong and others had already prepared certificates of good citizenship, and when they arrived at the city gate, they showed them to the puppet soldiers.
They couldn't see anything wrong with it, but they still refused to let them in.
Xu Dalong knew what they meant. With a smile on his face, he took out a few large painted faces from his pocket and handed them over.
The puppet soldiers took over the painted faces and let them in.
Ping'an County is a relatively large county in the northwest of Shanxi Province. It is relatively prosperous. There are many shops on several main streets and there are many people coming and going.
There is a tailor shop in the cross alley of East Street in the county. The shopkeeper of the tailor shop is named Hu Mangui, who is Zhao Xiaoman's uncle.
Seeing Zhao Xiaoman, he said in surprise: "Xiaoman, why are you here?"
Zhao Xiaoman said: "Uncle, I came with our shopkeeper, just in time to see you!"
As he spoke, he placed the bag of snacks he was holding on the counter.
Hu Mangui saw Xu Dalong and Zheng Xirong following Zhao Xiaoman, pulled Zhao Xiaoman aside, and asked in a low voice: "Someone came from my hometown a while ago, and I heard that you ran away with the bandits. What do the two of them do? Are they bandits?
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Zhao Xiaoman smiled and said: "Uncle, don't worry, they are all good people, and I am not a bandit. Let's go to the house and talk."
Hu Mangui's tailor shop is a building facing the street, and there is a small courtyard behind it with three rooms. Hu Mangui let Zhao Xiaoman and others inside.
Hu Mangui was still a little worried. He first asked Xu Dalong and Zheng Xirong to rest in the main room, and called Zhao Xiaoman into the side room alone.
Zhao Xiaoman revealed his Eighth Route Army identity to Hu Mangui.
Although Hu Mangui also hated the Japanese, his family's properties were all in Ping'an County and he did not want to have anything to do with the Eighth Route Army.
Zhao Xiaoman said that they would not let him do anything dangerous, but they just hoped to learn about the situation in Ping'an County from him.
Hu Mangui agreed and followed Zhao Xiaoman to the main room.
Xu Dalong first asked Hu Mangui about the situation of the Japanese and puppet troops in Pingan County.
Hu Mangui didn't know the organization of the Japanese army. He just said that there were many Japs in the city, and there was a high-ranking Japs official. People called him Captain Hirata. The Japs also had a gendarmerie with dozens of Japs. The captain of the gendarmerie was a
The short fat guy wearing glasses, what is his name Kameda?
There is also a puppet army battalion in the city. The battalion commander is also named Hu, but I don’t know its specific name. There is also a police station with puppet police number 100.
After understanding the basic enemy situation, Xu Dalong asked Hu Mangui if there was any Japanese-run hospital in the city.
Hu Mangui said that there is a Western medicine clinic run by Japanese on West Street, which is only open to Japanese and puppet government personnel. He has never been in it and has no idea about the conditions inside.
Xu Dalong asked Hu Mangui some other information, and specifically asked if there were any experts who forged documents. He took out 20 oceans and said, "We want to stay with you for two days. Don't worry, we will never give it to you."
Troublemaker."
Hu Mangui was a little scared and thought for a while but did not agree.
Zhao Xiaoman stuffed the oceans into Hu Mangui's hands and said, "Uncle, don't worry, you still can't trust me? We will never cause trouble here."
Hu Mangui looked at Zhao Xiaoman's face and couldn't get rid of it. In addition, 20 oceans was not a small amount, which could cover his income for more than half a year.
So he agreed and repeatedly warned him not to cause trouble here.
Xu Dalong and others settled down at Hu Mangui's house, and then went around the city to familiarize themselves with the situation in the county.
They wandered around for a long time and basically figured out the terrain and enemy situation in Ping'an County.
It gets dark early in winter. In a bookstore on West Street, the clerk was about to knock on the door when Xu Dalong and others walked into the bookstore.
The clerk in the store stopped them and told them that the store was about to close and asked them to come back tomorrow.
Zheng Xirong handed the waiter a big ocean and asked him to help find their shopkeeper.
The clerk in the shop could not earn more than a million dollars a month. When he saw how generous the customers were, he immediately smiled and promised to take them to see the bookstore manager.
The shopkeeper of the bookstore did not live here. Xu Dalong and others followed the store clerk through a small street and entered an alley. At the first courtyard door in the alley, they knocked on the courtyard door.
A lazy voice came from the yard: "Who is it?"
The waiter said: "Shopkeeper, I am Erchun. There are three big customers who have business to take care of us, so I brought them here."
Not long after, a young man came out. He was in his twenties, seventy-eight years old, wearing a gray robe and a floral purple mandarin jacket. He was medium to tall, with a small parting called a traitor's hair, and handsome features.
, he looks talented, but his eyeballs are a little swollen and he looks a little listless.
This man's name is Wang Jinke, and his carving skills are inherited from his ancestors. His bookstore opening is just a cover, and behind the scenes he mainly makes money by carving seals for others and forging documents.
Seeing Xu Dalong and others, he forced out a smile, cupped his hands towards Xu Dalong and others, turned around and walked towards the house without saying anything.
After entering the main room, Xu Dalong looked at the layout of the room and found nothing special. The picture of Shoushan on the wall was also a printed matter.
After sitting down, Wang Jinke asked: "What business does this shopkeeper want from me?"
Xu Dalong said straight to the point: "I am from Taiyuan City. I am a distant relative of Vice President Wang of the Wanjia Town Maintenance Committee. He introduced me to Ping'an County to find you."