Chapter seven hundred and eighty fifth undercurrent
The guerrilla training was in full swing. The food provided by Yang Ling and others was good, and the recruits were also very enthusiastic about training.
The Japanese were too short of troops and did not dare to go out to raid, so Yang Ling and the others received a rare opportunity for development, and their team quickly grew and became stronger.
Of course, there were some minor episodes during the training of the new recruits.
That is, Zhang Dachui, a recruit from Xiaowangzhuang, was kicked by the instructor because he was not serious during training. Then he was not convinced and had a fight with the instructor, causing Instructor Sun to be injured. After receiving twenty military sticks, he was expelled from the guerrillas.
Became the first person to be fired.
And one after another, some people could not stand the hardship of training and deserted for various reasons. However, they were all caught and given a severe lesson, and then their settlement fees were withdrawn and they were expelled from the guerrillas.
In order to achieve a deterrent effect, Yang Ling deliberately carried out a military discipline crackdown and announced that anyone who deserted again would not be as simple as beating a military stick with a military stick, but would be shot directly, thus stopping the trend of desertion.
Of course, no one knew that these guerrilla officers and soldiers who left or were dismissed in various ways actually became members of Yang Ling's newly established intelligence network.
The task Yang Ling gave them was to use their identities as civilians as cover to collect all kinds of intelligence. They could receive military pay, and there would be rewards if they provided valuable information.
According to Yang Ling's instructions, these guerrillas have a set of secret contact methods. For safety reasons, most of them are single lines, which means that except for their superiors, no one knows that they are latent intelligence agents.
If you want to fight guerrillas behind enemy lines, you can't do it without your own intelligence network. After all, relying solely on scouts and sentries still has limitations.
And now Yangling has developed so many intelligence agents, just to let them penetrate into all aspects of society, provide intelligence for their guerrillas, and help fight the Japanese.
Yang Ling attended the Nanyue Guerrilla Cadre Training Course and learned a lot about guerrilla warfare. He clearly understood that the first priority in fighting guerrillas behind enemy lines was not to fight the Japanese, but to survive himself, and that he must mobilize the masses extensively.
Stand firm.
Most of the guerrilla troops sent behind enemy lines did not realize this. They kept their eyes on the Japanese everywhere and constantly sent troops to attack.
And after all, they were all from the regular army and were used to fighting in large groups. They often dispatched several battalions and regiments of troops. It would be strange if such a big target did not attract heavy troops from the Japs to encircle and suppress them.
Moreover, once they were surrounded and suppressed by heavy Japanese troops, they did not have a broad popular base, and traitors and enemy agents were rampant behind enemy lines.
So once they lose a battle, they become a rat on the street. Everyone calls for a fight. It's good to survive, let alone rise again. This is why they fight less and less.
But Yang Ling was different. After arriving in Qinghe Town, his first priority was not to attack the Japanese and puppet troops in Qinghe Town, but to survive in the vast countryside.
At this stage, he also sent two guerrilla companies, Wang Huzi and Wu Changqing, to take turns harassing the little Japanese.
These brothers who attacked all used combat teams as combat units, laying landmines and firing cold shots on the paths that the Japanese patrols must pass.
Although each battle group kills very few enemies each time, only one or two, and sometimes even returns without success.
But the effect was remarkable. In just a few weeks, more than 130 Japanese and puppet soldiers died at the hands of cold guns and landmines by the brothers, and many times more were injured.
Although it caused great damage to the Japanese and puppet troops, because it was not one-time but cumulative, this made the Japanese guard squadron leader Kasai Sadao a little paralyzed. He felt that Yang Ling and the others could only do cold shots. In fact, their strength It's not a strong illusion.
Therefore, the captain of the security squadron, Sadao Kasai, did not pay too much attention. As long as the main force from the county town was freed up for reinforcements, he believed that Yang Ling and the others would be able to be wiped out in one fell swoop.
Of course, the leader of the Japanese security squadron, Sadao Kasai, did not do anything. He also used a plainclothes team under the control of the maintenance committee to investigate Yang Ling's situation.
They had suffered heavy losses due to their carelessness and lost their generals, so now he was taking advantage of the fact that reinforcements had not arrived to collect all kinds of information about the guerrillas in Qinghe Town.
After this period of secret intelligence collection, Kasai Sadao also learned that the commander of the third guerrilla detachment of Qinghe Town had been replaced by Yang Ling.
Since Yang Ling had beaten him to pieces as soon as he came, he was still worried about it and at the same time, he paid more attention to it and asked the intelligence department for help in investigating Yang Ling's origins. After all, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be in danger.
The news that Yang Ling was recruiting troops in various villages also aroused Sadao Kasai's vigilance. According to the report of the plainclothes team, there were only three to four hundred people left in the Third Guerrilla Detachment after passing through Qinghe Town.
Now that the guerrillas are recruiting guerrillas from every village, their strength is growing rapidly. Guard squadron leader Sadao Kasai does not have the strength to intervene in Qinghe Town. After all, they are already struggling to defend various strongholds.
But he can't just watch the guerrillas develop and grow. After all, it is a huge threat to him, and now that the food has not been collected, he is already exhausted. If the guerrillas grow again, he will not be a guard squadron leader. Already?
"Let the plainclothes teams take action to prevent young people from each village from joining the guerrillas. Anyone who joins the guerrillas will die!"
Guard squadron leader Sadao Kasai immediately issued orders to the plainclothes teams lurking in each village, asking them to take action to prevent young men from joining the guerrillas.
These plainclothes teams were all traitors who were willing to surrender to the Japanese soldiers. After receiving the order, they also acted in secret.
After all, most of the young men have already arrived at the recruit camp. It is impossible for them to drag these recruits back, so they came up with a method of intimidation, which is to threaten their families.
When Yang Ling was busy organizing women's committees in each village to sew winter clothes for the brothers, an angry piece of bad news came.
"Sir, two families in Zhangjiaji were massacred last night, and eight people died."
The platoon leader stationed in Zhangjiaji sent people to the headquarters of the Xiaowangzhuang guerrilla detachment early in the morning, found Yang Ling and reported the shocking news.
After Yang Ling heard the news, he was stunned for a long time and did not react. How much hatred would it take to silence someone?
"Do you know who did this?" Yang Ling suppressed his anger and asked his brother who was soaked with sweat.
The brother replied: "Sir, our sentries stationed outside Zhangjiaji found no one coming in or out last night. Our platoon leader suspects that the murderer is hiding in Zhangjiaji."
Yang Ling originally thought it was an act of retaliation against them by the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Brigade. When he heard this brother's answer, Yang Ling frowned.
Since it wasn’t someone from the outside who did it, then it was someone from the inside. Who should it be?
However, now that the government in the occupied areas has collapsed, officials have fled and surrendered, and it has become a state of no one's jurisdiction. While their guerrillas are fighting the Japanese, they have to shoulder the burden of restoring order.
Now that such a big murder case has occurred, Yang Ling cannot sit idly by and do nothing. He must launch an investigation himself and find out the murderer. Otherwise, it will greatly affect the situation that has just begun.
Yang Ling arranged various matters in Xiaowangzhuang to his staff officer Lei Xiong, while he led his people straight to Zhangjiaji where the accident occurred.