A truck carrying the Wang Pseudo Yanjin Municipal Government drove out of the city gate, drove around the countryside, and then accelerated towards Lishuling.
It can be seen from the map that if there were no Lishu Ridge, it would be almost a straight line from Yanjin to Hebei, which would save a lot of time on the road.
It was also because the roads were impassable that the Japanese did not set up checkpoints in Lishuling. They only had patrols in the Huangcun area from time to time.
I just went to the patrol yesterday. Judging from past experience, there should be no patrol in the next day or two.
The truck arrived at the foot of the collapsed mountain in Lishuling, and a middle-aged man got out of the cab. His name was Li Zhibai, and he was an important member of the Yanjin underground party. He was the one who led people to capture Hua Leopard last time.
Li Zhibai stretched out his hand and knocked on the closed carriage and said, "We're at the place, get out of the car."
More than a dozen people jumped out of the carriage one after another. They were all operatives of the underground party.
Li Zhibai took out a picture, looked at the collapsed mountain for a while, pointed to a place where he had made a secret mark, and said: "This is it, everyone, take down all the tools and start working!"
Iron picks, iron drills, crowbars, etc. are all available. After all, many years have passed, and there are no gaps visible on the surface of the collapsed mountain. It is impossible to move the stones away with bare hands.
Two people were sent to guard the perimeter. If they encountered any mountain hunters who happened to be passing by, they would have to arrest them first and then release them after the goods were shipped away.
With clear markings, the rest of the work was easy to pry open the first stone. After more than an hour of work, a dozen people finally saw a narrow and low cave.
Li Zhibai gave each person a flashlight, tied it around his waist for lighting, and then got into the cave to move the rocks on the other side.
Walking inside the cave is not as easy as expected, it is like a winding path. People have to keep their heads down when walking in it. If you are not careful, you will hit your head.
Each person carried as much cloth as possible and went back and forth from the cave, which seemed very close but was actually extremely difficult to walk. They had to take a breath every time they went back and forth.
The cave is low, so people have to lower their heads inside, and when carrying goods, they have to walk with their waist bent at almost 90 degrees.
At about five o'clock in the afternoon, a truckload of cloth was finally completed and all were stacked in the waiting truck on the other side.
Li Zhibai and two other people escorted the car, and the remaining people were responsible for sealing the entrance of the cave again, finding branches and dead grass to make a disguise, and then returned to Yanjin in an empty car.
About half an hour later, a truck pulling a load of cloth entered Huangcun.
The temperature in mid-May was neither cold nor hot. From a distance, I saw two people at the end of the village, wearing uniforms of the Wang Puppet Army, pointing at the truck.
Li Zhibai took out two pistols from under the car seat, handed them to the other two comrades, and said: "We can't talk about safety now. Don't shoot until it is absolutely necessary!"
"yes!"
"clear!"
As the truck approached, the military ranks were clearly visible. One of them was a warrant officer and the other was a sergeant. The warrant officer stretched out his hand to signal for the truck to stop.
Li Zhibai rolled down the window and said politely: "Boss, what's the matter?"
The warrant officer looked at the direction the truck was coming from and said, "Where did your truck come from?"
Li Zhibai said: "Coming from Xingwangtun, we got lost. We wandered around and ended up at the foot of Lishuling Mountain."
The warrant officer nodded and said, "Where is the car going?"
"Go to Cangnan to deliver a batch of goods."
"Go to Cangnan... Let's go like this. It won't take long to get to Cangnan. Send us to Ba County first."
If we return to Ba County and pass the checkpoint, the secret will be exposed, because the car did not come out from there at all. If we check the goods on the car again, we will definitely detain the car and the person.
Because he didn't know how many soldiers from the garrison were still in the village, Li Zhibai did not dare to act rashly. He said with a smile: "Boss, this batch of goods was delivered late. The owner is to blame, and there is no room in the car.
You see..."
The warrant officer glared and said: "What are you doing? If I hadn't drunk too much last night and couldn't leave, would you have needed to send me away?... You two get down and sit in the back car!"
The two comrades put their hands on their pistols. Li Zhibai secretly winked at them and said, "Okay, okay, no problem, no problem."
The warrant officer said impatiently: "Hurry up, we will close the city gate in a while!"
Li Zhibai whispered to the two comrades: "Find a secluded place and kill them!"
Seeing the two people getting out of the car, the Warrant Officer snorted and said: "That's pretty much it..."
Listening to the conversation between the warrant officer and the sergeant, Li Zhibai quickly figured out that these two men led a patrol yesterday. The village chief served a meal of pheasant and mushroom stew. The two drank two more drinks and slept in the village hall all night.
They originally wanted to take a donkey cart collecting mountain goods, so they kept waiting at the entrance of the village and happened to meet Li Zhibai and the others.
The truck turned around and drove towards Ba County.
"What kind of cargo is being pulled in the car?" the warrant officer asked casually.
"Built of cloth." Li Zhibai didn't hide it either. In his eyes, they were already two dead people.
"A cartload of cloth?"
"right."
"Which factory is your employer?"
"yes……"
While talking, the driver stepped on the brakes and stopped. There was a black car parked on the side of the road. Jiang Xinyu stood in the middle of the road to stop the car.
Li Zhibai rolled down the window and asked, "What's going on?"
Jiang Xinyu came closer and said, "May I ask how to get to Ba County? It's confusing to go around and around."
Li Zhibai smiled and said: "There are many forks in this area, and it is indeed easy to take the wrong path..."
The warrant officer had an idea and said to Jiang Xinyu first: "Do you want to dominate the county?"
Jiang Xinyu looked at him and said, "Yes, do you know the road?"
The warrant officer said: "I am from the Ba County City Defense Team... Do you think this is a good idea? We can take your car and go back to Ba County on the way."
Even if he didn't say so, Jiang Xinyu would find a way to "persuade" them into his car, so that the truck could successfully get out of danger.
An hour ago, he had just learned that two officers from the patrol had not returned from Huangcun. Jiang Xinyu had no time to notify Lao Qiu and drove through the checkpoint on the pretext of investigating the case and rushed over.
He was worried that if the comrades transporting the goods encountered two officers, they might kill and silence them. This method seemed to solve the problem, but in fact it was not safe.
If the enemy conducts a detailed investigation, they will soon be able to find out the situation of the truck that the two officers were riding in. Even if the truck enters Hebei, troops can still be sent to intercept it as long as the top brass of the Japanese army communicate with each other.
The sergeant said in confusion: "Platoon commander, why are you changing vehicles? Isn't this good?"
The warrant officer gave him a look and said: "He is really poor. Is it more comfortable to ride in a car or in a broken truck like this?"
The sergeant scratched his head and said, "I've never been in a car, so I thought they were all about the same..."
"It's much worse! Get off the car, I'll let you take a ride in the car today!" The warrant officer got out of the car first.