On the front line of Licheng, Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong and others lived a very leisurely life. Since the transportation lines to the base area had been restored, the Japanese army's transportation lines were constantly harassed by the cavalry units led by Sun Desheng and Wei Monk. The Eighth Route Army's supplies
Ammunition was sufficient, but the Japanese army's material supply was in trouble.
If this continues, it will be very beneficial to the coalition forces. Therefore, the coalition command is not in a hurry to attack the Japanese army. As long as it sticks to its position and competes with the Japanese army, it will not be long before the Japanese army can no longer hold on.
Compared to Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong and others, Zhao Gang was very tired.
Now there are troops of the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army on the front line of Licheng, as well as members of five county brigades. With so many troops, the pressure on logistics support is extremely high. Zhao Gang has to take care of these.
Zhao Gang is very careful. He believes that the officers and soldiers guarding the frontline trenches are working very hard now, and better protection should be provided for them, especially the troops of the Shanxi-Sui Army. People come over to help the Eighth Route Army in the war. In addition to providing food,
To meet their supply needs, a condolence payment should also be given to each of them.
In addition, in order to boost morale, Zhao Gang also came up with an idea, which was to transfer the art troupe from the Mawushan Military Division to the front line, focusing on arranging them to perform on the battlefield for the officers and soldiers of the Shanxi-Sui Army.
Not to mention, the beautiful little female soldiers of the art troupe sang and danced for the Jinsui officers and soldiers in the trenches. They gave a wonderful performance and were warmly welcomed by the Jinsui officers and soldiers.
This time Chu Yun'er also came to the front line with the art troupe of the military division, and she also participated in the condolences performance.
Not only that, she also specially invited Xu Dalong to sing with her and sang several songs for the officers and soldiers on the front line.
When the officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army saw the appearance of the two men, they all speculated about the relationship between the two, especially the officers and soldiers of the 358th Brigade. Some of them had heard about the close relationship between Brigadier Chu's sister and Xu Dalong.
, they all started making noises, saying they wanted to drink their wedding wine.
Qian Bojun and Chu Yunfei were brothers, and he also knew a lot about Chu Yun'er. He knew that Chu Yun'er liked Xu Dalong, so he deliberately wanted to bring them together.
After Xu Dalong and Chu Yun'er sang a song about comrades in arms, Qian Bojun shouted: "Captain Xu, Miss Chu, please sing "A Fairy Match" for the brothers, just sing "The couple returns home."
Qian Bojun's initiative won the response of the officers and soldiers of Jinsui. They applauded and urged Xu Dalong and Chu Yun'er to sing "The husband and wife will return the home."
Xu Dalong is elegant and natural.
Chu Yun'er's cheeks were red with embarrassment, and she became a little embarrassed. After all, in her mind, she had always hoped that she could become Xu Dalong's bride, and that she could farm with him while he weaved, and become an enviable couple.
She could also see that the officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army were making noises there. Although she was a lady and well-informed, she was still a little shy after all as a young woman.
Seeing Chu Yun'er's appearance, the officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army cheered even more fiercely, urging Chu Yun'er to sing with Xu Dalong quickly.
After all, Chu Yun'er had seen the world, and after a moment of unnaturalness, she started singing calmly and gracefully.
During the chorus, Chu Yun'er was full of passion and sincerity, singing very softly and beautifully. Zhao Gang, Chu Yunfei and others present could see Chu Yun'er's sincerity towards Xu Dalong.
Chu Yunfei understood his sister's thoughts. Not only did he not stop the officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army from making noises, but he nodded and smiled to express his acquiescence.
Even Chief of Staff Fang Ligong also started to boo. After Xu Dalong and Chu Yun'er finished singing "The Match of Heavenly Immortals", he proposed to ask them to sing the Shanxi tune "Back to Mother's Home."
In the warm applause of the officers and soldiers of Jinsui, Xu Dalong and Chu Yun'er had no choice but to sing together again.
Lin Xueying was sitting in the audience. She looked calm on the surface, but her heart was as unstable as the waves of the sea.
With a woman's sensitivity, although she already knew that Xu Dalong's heart was more inclined to her, she didn't understand why Xu Dalong still didn't pierce the window paper, making herself and Chu Yun'er so embarrassed.
Li Yunlong in the audience now has a wife, and he has some understanding of emotional matters.
He saw Lin Xueying's embarrassment, so he called Chu Yunfei, Fang Ligong, Zhao Gang and Zhang Dabiao to sing the song of comrades sung by Xu Dalong and Chu Yun'er.
Seeing that the officers were about to perform on stage, it aroused great interest among the officers and soldiers, and their attention turned to Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei and others.
Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei and others were mostly tone-deaf and couldn't even remember the lyrics. They were all shouting at the top of their lungs. Rather than singing, it was better to say they were roaring.
Despite this, it still won loud applause from the officers and soldiers, and many officers and soldiers also sang along.
As more and more officers and soldiers joined the chorus, the song became so loud that even the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side were very puzzled and didn't know what the other party was doing.
A Japanese captain had led his troops to launch many attacks in the past few days, but was beaten back every time. He was very depressed. Hearing that the other party was actually singing, as if he was laughing at the incompetence of the Japanese army, he was very annoyed and personally controlled a nine-door army.
The Type II infantry artillery shot towards the opponent.
They were singing happily. Seeing that the little Japanese were so indifferent and actually came to cause trouble, they also set up artillery and fired back at the Japanese army.
Soon, a good concert turned into another fierce battle between the enemy and ourselves.
Taiyuan City.
Over the years, Zhou Mingde has maintained a good relationship with the logistics department of the Japanese First Army, and obtained a lot of important information for the guerrillas.
That afternoon, Zhou Mingde came to the compound of the First Army Logistics Department again with gifts to give gifts to the Japanese Army's Logistics Section Chief and several familiar Japanese Army Logistics Officers. He saw a tarpaulin-covered tarpaulin parked in the yard of the Logistics Section.
A military truck, with people standing guard near the truck.
A group of Japanese soldiers carried some iron boxes into a courtyard at the back.
Zhou Mingde noticed that there was a skull painted on the tin box with a red cross on it. He felt a little strange and became curious about the things here and wanted to find out what was inside.
However, he did not ask rashly. He knew how important it was for the Eighth Route Army's intelligence work that he could maintain such a close relationship with the Japanese army. He must not do anything to make the Japanese army suspicious.
After returning to the trading company, he sent a telegram to Zheng Xirong to report what he saw.
Zheng Xirong reported this situation to Xu Dalong.
After Xu Dalong listened, the expression on his face instantly became serious, and he looked very worried.
Li Yunlong noticed this and asked: "Brother Dalong, what are the Japanese boxes containing?"
Before Xu Dalong could answer, Zhao Gang, who had basic common sense, said first: "Old Li, the skulls and crosses drawn with red pen on those iron boxes are signs of danger. The things in the boxes are probably poisonous items."
At this point, Zhao Gang seemed to have remembered something. He turned pale and said worriedly: "Oh, no, the Japanese army may use biological and chemical weapons."
Hearing this, Zhang Dabiao and the staff members in the war room also became nervous. The superior's report mentioned that in order to deal with the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians, the little devils had used biological and chemical weapons outside the customs and in the central Hebei area to inflict heavy losses on the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians.
Caused heavy casualties.
It seems that the Japs are going to use biochemical weapons in Shanxi this time, and it is very likely that they will be used on the front line of Licheng. After all, the two sides have deployed heavy troops here and are in a stalemate. The use of biochemical weapons will help the Japanese army break the current deadlock.
will have a decisive effect.
Xu Dalong said: "Both Su Xiaoyan and Wang Xinmin once mentioned that the wife of their mentor Kazuo Shimizu works in Taiyuan Chemical Plant, and the research project is very mysterious, and I am afraid it is related to this matter."
Li Yunlong scolded: "These damn little devils are so shameless. They can't defeat us on the front battlefield, so they want to use such despicable and dirty methods."
Zhao Gang said: "The Japanese have no surnames. In order to deal with the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in our base area, they implemented the policy of burning, killing and robbing, and used all kinds of cruel methods. We must pay great attention to this."
Xu Dalong said to a combat staff officer: "Go out and take a look. What kind of wind is blowing outside?"
The staff officer ran out immediately.
Zhang Dabiao said: "It is summer now, and the southeast wind blows here."
Xu Dalong also knew this. In Shanxi and Inner Mongolia, the northwest wind usually blows in early spring and late autumn, and the southeast wind blows most of the rest of the time. But he still wanted to make sure.
Soon, the staff officer came back and said: "Captain, the wind is blowing from the southeast."
Xu Dalong nodded and said: "It's not bad. Now our army is in the southeast and the Japanese army is in the northwest. The wind direction is blowing from our position to the Japanese position. The Japanese army wants to carry out a frontal biological and chemical weapons attack. There is a certain way.
Difficulty.
However, it is difficult to guarantee that the Japanese army will not send small troops carrying biological and chemical weapons to carry out biological and chemical weapons attacks in our rear areas. This matter must be taken seriously."
Everyone, including Zhao Gang, had no experience in dealing with Japanese biological and chemical weapons. They all set their sights on Xu Dalong. This is the conclusion that everyone has worked with Xu Dalong for a long time. Xu Dalong can help with any unclear situation.
solve.
Sure enough, Xu Dalong said: "There are currently two main methods used by the Japanese army to carry out biological and chemical weapons attacks. One is bacterial weapons, which mainly use organisms such as rats, fleas, and mosquitoes to spread cholera, plague and other viruses. The Japanese army can use airdrops
And send people to go deep into the base area to implement the delivery.
There is also the use of nerve agents. As far as I know, the current main method is to release chlorine gas. This is relatively simple to implement. You only need to release toxic smoke towards the enemy's position in the upwind direction. The attack effect can be achieved.
We need to take precautions against this. I suggest that Commissioner Zhao Zheng be responsible for this matter."
When Zhao Gang heard this, he immediately took out his notebook, unscrewed the pen cap, and prepared to record.
Xu Dalong said: "The first step is to strengthen the security work inside the base area, conduct interrogations of all suspicious persons, and prevent Japanese troops from infiltrating inside."
Article 2: Health departments and hospitals conduct prevention and control education related to Japanese military biological and chemical weapons, organize specialized medical teams, and reserve relevant medical supplies in advance.
Article 3: Be prepared to deal with emergencies. Su Xiaoyan has relevant experience in this regard.
As for the reserve of supplies, Lin Xueying was in charge and requested support from Chongqing.
Article 4: Report this matter to the Taiyue Military Region Headquarters and remind superiors and other brother troops to take precautions."
After Xu Dalong finished speaking, Zhao Gang repeated the recorded items, and then said: "I will implement this matter immediately."
Li Yunlong said: "We cannot wait for the little devils to carry out biological and chemical weapons attacks. We should take the initiative and let the devils die in their mothers' wombs before they start."
Zhang Dabiao also said: "Yes, I agree with the regiment leader's opinion. Sun Desheng and Wei Monk happen to be in the direction of Taiyuan, so why not let them deal with the little Japanese's biological and chemical weapons troops."
Xu Dalong said: "The regiment leader and chief of staff are right. Well, Sun Desheng and Wei Monk have no experience in this area. I decided to go to Taiyuan personally to deal with the Japanese army's epidemic prevention and water supply troops."
At this point, Xu Dalong specifically explained the name of the Japanese army's biological and chemical weapons unit. In order to conceal their true identity, they were called the Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Unit.
When they heard that Xu Dalong was going to take action to solve this matter personally, everyone felt very relaxed, because as long as Xu Dalong took action, he would never miss. So everyone smiled.
Zhao Gang asked: "Captain Xu, now that you are gone, what will be the arrangements here at the coalition headquarters?"
Xu Dalong is the commander-in-chief jointly elected by the coalition forces. After he leaves, the coalition headquarters must have a new commander. Zhao Gang means that Xu Dalong must make arrangements for this before he leaves.
Xu Dalong said: "After I leave, the regiment commander will be responsible for commanding the coalition troops on the front line. I will communicate with the Shanxi-Sui Army on this point."
Li Yunlong said: "Brother Dalong, don't worry, leave this place to me, I guarantee that the little devil won't take advantage."
Zhang Dabiao asked: "Brother Dalong, how do you plan to get to Taiyuan? From here to Taiyuan, you have to pass through several blockades of the Japanese army. You must pay attention to safety on the road."
Xu Dalong said: "Don't worry, I don't plan to cross the enemy's blockade from the ground. I will return to the base now, take a transport plane to parachute, and go to meet Sun Desheng and Wei Dayong."
Zhao Gang said: "This method is good. It saves us from getting entangled with the Japanese army."
Xu Dalong knew that the situation was serious and time was pressing, so he immediately returned to the base by car.
Sun Desheng and Wei Monk failed to catch up with the Japanese cavalry company and suffered another big loss in Fengdu County. They attacked some scattered Japanese targets and felt that it was not enough, so they decided to destroy the Japanese military station No. 1.