When Su Xiaoyan heard this, she stepped forward and said, "Political Commissar, I am willing to follow Company Commander Xu."
The reason why Su Xiaoyan said this was because she could only get in touch with Wang Xinmin through Xu Dalong. Being by Xu Dalong's side would make it easier for her to get news about Wang Xinmin. Not only that, she trusted Xu Dalong very much and was willing to help him.
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Zhao Gang was very happy, not only because of Su Xiaoyan's superb medical skills, but also because Su Xiaoyan had not officially joined the Eighth Route Army yet. He knew that Xu Dalong was good at instigating, and if Su Xiaoyan could follow him, he believed that he would be able to mobilize her to join the Eighth Route Army.
As for the dangers and hardships faced by Xu Dalong and others during their actions, Xu Dalong has a way to solve these problems, and Zhao Gang is not worried about this.
Zhao Gang said approvingly: "Miss Su, on behalf of the Independence League, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks for your patriotic enthusiasm in resisting Japan."
Seeing that Su Xiaoyan was going to find Xu Dalong, Huang Wanqiu also said: "Political Commissar, I have been helping in the health team recently, and I can be regarded as a half-nurse. I am also willing to help Captain Xu and the others. Besides, there is only one woman, Sister Xiaoyan, and life is inconvenient.
, it would be better for the two of us to be companions together."
Zhao Gang smiled and said: "Okay. I'm very happy that you have such an awareness. This matter has been settled. You can set off with Sun Desheng and the others as soon as you are ready."
Soon after, Sun Desheng, Wang Chengzhu and Wang Xiaohu led a special service company, a platoon each of artillery and cavalry, plus Su Xiaoyan and Huang Wanqiu, a total of 98 people, to look for Xu Dalong.
Fujiwara Ken led the Masuko advance team and marched along the sparsely populated mountainous area.
That evening, they encountered a small mountain village. There were only five households in this small mountain village, and hunters, herb collectors and beekeepers lived here.
Fujiwara Ken and others also encountered mountain villages along the way. They always took detours, but the location of this small mountain village is very unique, at the exit of the valley.
This valley was the only way for the Japanese army to pass through. If they took a detour, they would have to walk at least 80 miles more on the mountain road.
Ken Fujiwara decided to go directly through the valley.
They ate some dry food in the valley and waited quietly for nightfall.
It was dark, and the village was obscured by the shadow of the mountains, making it even darker.
A Japanese second lieutenant led a squad of Japanese soldiers into the village quietly.
Orion Liu Zhansuo is 28 years old. He is not tall but has an extremely strong body. He has a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. There is a scar on the left side of his face from an animal claw, which makes him look a bit ferocious.
He didn't get much today, he only caught two hares, and he was preparing to go home for dinner.
His long-term hunting career made his eyesight better than ordinary people. Just as he was about to enter the village, he suddenly saw more than a dozen black shadows appearing on the opposite side of the village. He asked warily: "Who is that person?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the muzzle flashed from the opposite side, followed by the sound of a gunshot. Due to the low visibility, the shot missed.
Liu Zhansuo knew something was wrong, so he shouted loudly: "Run, the bandits are coming!"
Before he finished speaking, there was a flash of gunfire from the opposite side, and a row of bullets came over.
Fortunately, he was already prepared and hid behind a big rock and fired in the direction of the flashing fire.
There was a scream from the opposite side, and it was obvious that the shot had hit the target.
The other party saw the flash of his gun, and bullets were fired at him intensively. He was holding a native gun, which could only fire one bullet at a time. He knew that he could not save the people in the village, and if he stayed any longer, he would be dead.
.He had no choice but to run away by rolling and crawling on the ground.
Liu Zhansuo hid in the mountains. He clearly heard the sound of gunshots, followed by the frightened shouts and screams of men, women, old and children in the village.
Liu Zhansuo's heart was as sharp as a knife, his eyes were spitting fire, and he punched the rock hard. His fist caused many wounds and blood dripped, but he felt no pain.
The Japanese soldiers slaughtered everyone in the village and carried the wounded Japanese soldier who was hit by Liu Zhansuo to Fujiwara Ken.
The soldier was shot in the right chest and was already dying.
Fujiwara Ken asked: "How is he?"
The doctor accompanying the army shook his head and said: "There is a lack of surgical conditions here, so I'm afraid it won't work."
When the Japanese soldier heard this, he struggled to sit up, and a Japanese soldier helped him up.
He said: "Your Excellency, Major, I can't do it anymore. I can't drag you down. Please send me to see Aunt Amaterasu."
Fujiwara Ken said: "Don't worry, I will take care of your family."
The soldier closed his eyes after hearing this.
Fujiwara Ken made a gesture, and a stout Captain Cao pulled out his bayonet and pierced the soldier's heart with one blow.
Fujiwara Ken and others disposed of the bodies of Japanese soldiers and then continued marching.
When Liu Zhansuo saw those people walking away, he hurriedly ran towards the village. After running a few steps,
He suddenly stopped. Out of the hunter's sensitivity, he smelled a dangerous scent.
He quickly hid behind a rock and looked forward carefully.
About ten minutes later, several black shadows flashed out from under the cliff ahead. These black shadows were Japanese soldiers, and they pursued them in the direction of the Japanese army group in the valley.
It turned out that Fujiwara Ken knew that a person had escaped from this village, and he also guessed that this person would probably return to this village, so he left a few soldiers to wait for Liu Zhansuo to appear, and then also got rid of him.
They waited for a while, but could not see Liu Zhansuo, so they went to chase the brigade.
Liu Zhansuo hid on the cliff and watched the figures passing by. With the help of the faint moonlight, he identified them as Japanese soldiers.
He gritted his teeth with hatred and wished he could rush forward and kill all these beasts. Unfortunately, he was powerless and could only watch them leave.
After the Japanese soldiers had gone far away, Liu Zhansuo entered the village. The scene in front of him made his eyesight split.
The village was full of corpses of villagers. They died miserably. Some were shot to death, and most were stabbed to death with bayonets. Among them were his old father, his wife, his four-year-old daughter, and his two-year-old son.
Liu Zhansuo cried bitterly for a while, moved the corpses of the villagers into a thatched house, and then set a fire.
Liu Zhansuo looked at the blazing fire, knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, and then chased in the direction of the Japanese army.
He vowed to kill these two-legged beasts and avenge his relatives and fellow villagers.
Yucheng.
Six hours after Fujiwara Takeru led the Masuko advance team to set off, the main force of the 216th Brigade of the Japanese 108th Division also began marching in the direction of Qiulin Town.
This operation of the Japanese army was codenamed "Fuji Mountain". They first dispatched a regiment of Japanese troops from Yangquan to feign an attack in the direction of Jincheng, attracting troops such as the 358th Regiment to come to the rescue. Then they dispatched the main force of the 216th Brigade to attack the No. 1 troops in Qiulin Town.
World War II District Governor's Department.
The mission of the advance team led by Takeru Fujiwara was to blow up the Fenhe Bridge and cut off the retreat route of the Second Theater Commander's headquarters.
Liu Zhansuo chased the Japanese advancing team all the way. At dawn, he saw them arriving at the northernmost part of Xiaogushan. Going further, there was a plain area.
The Japanese stopped on the mountain and sat there eating dry food.
Liu Zhansuo didn't eat last night. After walking all night, he became even hungrier. The mountains in northwest Shanxi were bare and it was winter again. He couldn't find anything to eat, so he could only tighten his belt tightly.
He felt very tired at this time, but the anger in his chest supported him to continue.
Although he is just an ordinary hunter, after he hunts prey, he often goes to the market town in the north to sell the prey. Knowing that there are many Jinsui troops there, he wants to follow these Japanese closely, find an opportunity to notify the Jinsui army, and eliminate these Japanese
Soldier, come to avenge your relatives.
The group of Japanese soldiers rested for more than two hours and then began to change clothes.
Liu Zhansuo saw clearly that these Japanese put on the military uniforms of the Jinsui Army, then went down the mountain, walked on a country road, and walked towards Gushan Town.
The plains were not as good as those in the mountains, and the field of vision was very wide. Liu Zhansuo could only follow them from a distance. When he was selling prey, he saw the Jinsui Army troops in Gushan Town, and he planned to go to the town to report the news.
The Japanese continued to march along the country road. When they were still seven or eight miles away from Gushan Town, they turned onto a country road, seemingly to bypass Gushan Town.
Liu Zhansuo was not sure where they were going, so he had no choice but to continue following them on the country road.
On the country road, there were also a small number of pedestrians walking around. The Japanese Masuko Ting troops passed by them. When the pedestrians saw the Jinsui Army troops, someone greeted them. Fujiwara Ken spoke fluent Chinese, and he also smiled.
and waved to them.
When Liu Zhansuo saw a pedestrian approaching, he said eagerly: "Fellow, those officers and soldiers who passed by just now are Japanese. They killed many of our fellow villagers. I have to follow them. Please go and report the news as soon as possible."
Pedestrians saw the scars on Liu Zhansuo's face and felt that he did not look like a good person. They did not believe what he said and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Those people are our Shanxi soldiers. How could they be Japanese?"
Liu Zhansuo said eagerly: "I'm not talking nonsense. They are Japanese. They killed my family. Please go to the town and report the news."
The pedestrian was also an ordinary citizen. He seemed to believe it but not believed it, so he nodded casually and left.
Liu Zhansuo was worried that the Japanese would find him, so he originally followed them far away. When he saw the Japanese team going further and further away, he was worried that he had lost them, so he hurriedly followed them.
He looked back as he walked, only to find that the pedestrian did not go to Gushan Town, but turned in the opposite direction of Gushan Town.
It was obvious that the pedestrian did not believe what he said, or that he had his own things to do.
Liu Zhansuo was so anxious that his eyes were about to bleed, but he had no choice but to follow the Japanese and prepare to find another opportunity to report the news.
The Japanese soldiers were very vigilant. They looked back as they walked. A Japanese soldier noticed a person in the distance going in the same direction as them. He was the only one at this time, and the target was very obvious.
The Japanese soldier reported this situation to Commander Cao of the Japanese army. Commander Cao was also very alert. He was very worried that the hunter was chasing him, because there was indeed a man running away at that time, and the man had a gun in his hand, so he should be a hunter.
Although Liu Zhansuo was not carrying a shotgun at this time, the Japanese commander Cao still suspected that the man behind was probably the hunter.
So, he wanted to verify it, so he personally led a few soldiers to wait at the place to observe Liu Zhansuo's movements.
Liu Zhansuo saw several Japanese soldiers in front of him stop and felt that they might have noticed that he was following them. He did not dare to go any further, so he pretended to rest on the side of the road to see what the Japanese soldiers were going to do.
What to do.
When Commander Cao of the Japanese army saw his movements, he was basically certain that this man was the hunter who escaped in the mountains, so they walked towards Liu Zhansuo.
Liu Zhansuo knew that he had been exposed and he did not dare to continue following him, so he turned around and ran away, preparing to go to Gushan Town to report the news.
His heart was in a mess now. He was very worried that even if he found the Jinsui Army and reported the news, those Japanese soldiers didn't know where they would go, and they might lose their traces.
When the Japanese commander Cao saw Liu Zhansuo escaping, they had determined that he was the hunter. At this time, they were far away and felt that it was impossible to catch up with this man, so they went back to chase their team.
Soon after, Commander Cao of the Japanese army reported to Ken Fujiwara.
Fujiwara Ken frowned, stopped to check the map, then looked at his watch, and ordered the troops to run forward.
They ran for more than a mile, left the country road, and began to walk through the fields.
Xu Dalong and others, as well as Chu Yunfei's orderlies, escorted Chu Yun'er to Qiulin Town.
Along the way, Xu Dalong and Chu Yun'er rode side by side, chatting and not feeling lonely on the road.
Xu Dalong saw a village appearing in front of him, and he asked: "Where is that ahead?"
Chu Yunfei's orderly said: "Ahead is Gushan Town."
Xu Dalong said to Chu Yun'er with concern: "You have been walking for so long, are you tired? Let's go to the town ahead to have a rest."
Chu Yun'er was very well-behaved along the way and obeyed Xu Dalong's arrangements. She nodded and said, "Okay! I'm really a little tired."
Everyone continued to walk forward, and suddenly Xu Dalong seemed to hear something. He turned around and saw a person running towards them on the country road at the fork in the road they just passed, shouting as he ran.
, due to the distance, I couldn’t hear clearly at the moment.
Xu Dalong raised his hand and clenched his fist, signaling to stop. Then he reined in the horse and waited for the man to run over.
Seeing that the man was too far away, he said, "Monk, go over and take a look."
Monk Wei rode back, then turned onto the country road and faced the man running towards him.
Liu Zhansuo saw men in military uniforms riding towards him on horseback, and he hurriedly went to meet them.
He said eagerly: "Master Jun, there are Japanese."