In a bush more than five hundred meters away from the gate of the pharmaceutical factory, five little Japanese spies were lurking in the middle.
Two people held up binoculars and stared at the gate of the pharmaceutical factory without blinking. The remaining three people had just finished their shift and lay down in the thatch and fell asleep to replenish their strength.
"Sir, there is movement at the door of the pharmaceutical factory." A secret agent suddenly shouted.
"Someone came out of the drug factory," another agent added.
The three sleeping people immediately got up and raised their telescopes.
"They are Chinese people who went into the pharmaceutical factory to work. They came out after their work." The captain judged with a serious look on his face, and then began to give orders.
"Get up, don't sleep, and keep an eye on the door of the pharmaceutical factory to prevent the pharmaceutical factory from taking things out in the chaos."
As soon as the order was given, a pharmaceutical factory patrol entered their field of vision.
Ten factory guards, holding rifles and looking wary, walked toward them, getting closer and closer.
"idiot!"
The Japanese commander gritted his teeth and cursed, with a look of unwillingness on his face.
"These people don't patrol early or late, but they come here at this time. It's so disgusting. I really want to kill them."
"Sir, please calm down. A little impatience will ruin your big plans!" His subordinates quickly consoled him.
"Once we are exposed, they will definitely increase their vigilance. Then it will not be as easy to keep an eye on them as it is now."
"The patrol is getting closer to us. We must move immediately, otherwise it will be too late."
"We have telescopes and torches at the entrance of the pharmaceutical factory. Even if we retreat another five hundred meters, we can still see there."
A hint of helplessness slowly flashed across the commander's face, and then he ordered: "Retreat, everyone should step back five hundred meters, and then continue to watch the gate. We must not let the pharmaceutical factory take advantage of the chaos and bring things out."
Li Hao and Commander Chen all stood guard at the gate of the pharmaceutical factory, waiting for news.
The troops were ready, lurking in the darkness near the gate under the cover of night.
Two large holes were cut into the earth walls more than thirty meters on both sides of the gate.
This was prepared by Li Hao for the escort troops.
Compared with the bright lights at the entrance of the pharmaceutical factory, it was pitch black there and not even a single person could be seen.
"Captain, Captain Xiao just sent a signal. All the agents operating around the gate have been forced back by our patrol team. There is no enemy within one kilometer of the surrounding area."
Li Hao quickly turned his attention to Commander Chen: "Chief, the troops are ready to go. I wish you a safe journey!"
"Take care!" Commander Chen said nothing nonsense.
He gave Li Hao a military salute and rushed into the night.
At the gate of the pharmaceutical factory, people are constantly walking out of the pharmaceutical factory in units of villages and heading towards their villages along the highway.
On both sides of the door, two teams of soldiers were seen pouring out one after another like a flood that burst a dam, and then rushed into the surrounding bushes.
During the whole process, except for the sound of footsteps, there was no other sound.
Under the cover of night, it was difficult to see them from a hundred meters away, let alone the secret agents lurking one kilometer away.
In more than half an hour, the team of more than 2,000 people disappeared, and no one knew where they were going.
"Sir, the pharmaceutical factory patrol team has returned, and the door of the pharmaceutical factory seems to be closed." A Japanese agent reminded.
"Immediately return to the lurking point just now, and continue to keep a close eye on the door as before." The Japanese commander ordered without thinking.
Then he stared at several of his subordinates and asked, "Did anyone notice anything unusual just now?"
"Have you seen clearly whether the pharmaceutical factory brought anything out during the chaos?"
A subordinate quickly stood up: "Sir, my humble eyes have never left the gate. Except for the common people, no one left the pharmaceutical factory, and no one brought anything out."
Another subordinate then added: "We have done some statistics on the humble job. The people who have just come out are about the same as those who entered the pharmaceutical factory in the morning. There are thirteen villages in total, which is just the right number."
"Yoshi!" The Japanese commander showed a very satisfied smile on his face.
These people under my command are all elites trained by the headquarters, so there is no mistaking them.
If they say there is no situation, then there must be no situation.
Looking at the closed door of the pharmaceutical factory one kilometer away, he decisively ordered: "Continue to execute the order just now, go to the lurking point five hundred meters away and continue to keep an eye on the door of the pharmaceutical factory."
"After dawn, I will send people to the surrounding villages to collect intelligence and see if I can get some useful information from the people."
At this moment, Chen Qing also received a report from the pharmaceutical factory that everything was normal.
He frowned, and the old agent's intuition made him vaguely feel that there was something unusual tonight.
As the saying goes, there must be a demon when something goes wrong, and there must be some conspiracy brewing that you don't know about.
But what my subordinates saw with their eyes was certainly correct.
After hesitating for a long time, he decided to believe his subordinate's report.
As for the vague uneasiness in his heart, Chen Qing simply regarded it as overthinking.
Make a decisive decision: "Report to the top immediately. Everything was normal in the pharmaceutical factory last night."
Inside the pharmaceutical factory, Li Hao slumped down on a chair, his whole body weak.
I am really too tired.
In order to ensure the safety of those weapons and ammunition, I slept with my nerves tense for several days in a row, fearing that something might happen.
The suffering of the past few days was simply more exhausting than fighting a protracted battle with the Japanese army on the battlefield.
"Report to the leader, the agents who were monitoring us outside the factory returned to the position five hundred meters from the gate and did not show anything unusual." Xiao Yuan rushed into the tent and reported.
"Nothing is good news!" Li Hao replied with a long breath.
"The only thing we need now is Commander Chen's telegram. As long as they safely arrive at the predetermined location and lurk, they can leave Chongqing tonight."
"Captain Xiao, your mission remains unchanged. Continue to keep an eye on those spies for me. You must not touch them without my order."
"Commander Chen has successfully left here. Next we have only one task, which is to set up the pharmaceutical factory and start production as soon as possible."
"Let the Japanese and puppet troops believe that we are just an ordinary pharmaceutical factory, dispel their doubts, and then relax their surveillance on us."
Ten days passed in a blink of an eye. A thousand people took turns building it, and the pharmaceutical factory was changing every day.
Especially for several life-saving air raid shelters, the main structure has been dug out, leaving only the final reinforcement and decoration.
"Head of the regiment, political commissar telegraphed: The chief of staff has returned to the base safely." The telegraph operator suddenly appeared in front of Li Hao and handed over a telegraph newspaper while reporting.
Except for Li Hao himself, no one in the entire garrison knew that he had been removed from the post of leader.
Therefore, when encountering major events, Wang Hong would send a telegram to ask for instructions.
Li Hao asked the chief whether he should tell Wang Hong about this matter. After all, he was no longer the leader of the garrison.
But it was rejected by the chief.
In the words of the leader, he was working part-time in Chongqing and would return to the garrison sooner or later.
Moreover, the superior's dismissal of his position as regimental commander was not to completely separate him from the garrison and stop taking care of affairs, but to protect him.
This led to the fact that although Li Hao was no longer the regiment leader, the entire garrison was not clear about it, so they still regarded him as the regiment leader and reported everything.
In this case, Li Hao can only continue to perform the duties of the group leader as an ordinary party member.