This is the headquarters of the county brigade. Pei Shaoshi was led by a soldier and walked into the brigade headquarters from the back door.
Secretary Zhao stepped forward quickly, held Pei Shaoshi's hand warmly, and said repeatedly: "Comrade Pei, welcome."
Pei Shaoshi said politely: "Hello, Secretary Zhao."
Secretary Zhao said to the soldier: "No one is allowed to come in without my order!"
"Yes!" The soldier saluted with a military salute, turned around and retreated.
A bearded young officer also stood up. Secretary Zhao introduced both parties and said: "Come, let me introduce to you. This is Captain Liang of the county brigade. Captain Liang, he is the woodcutter I mentioned to you."
Comrade Husband!"
Pei Shaoshi quickly stretched out his hand and said: "Captain Liang, hello."
Captain Liang put his feet together, gave a very formal military salute, and said: "Comrade Woodcutter, I salute you!"
Secretary Zhao smiled and said to Pei Shaoshi: "Last time, the information you provided helped the county team win a beautiful victory. Captain Liang told me several times that he must express his gratitude to the woodcutter in person if he has the opportunity!"
Pei Shaoshi also smiled and said: "We are comrades, there is no need to be so polite."
After sitting down, Secretary Zhao personally poured a bowl of tea for Pei Shaoshi and said, "I heard you were coming. We finally got some tea. It's definitely not as good as the teahouses in the city, but it's better than plain water anyway."
Pei Shaoshi was polite and said: "Secretary Zhao, Captain Liang, I am here this time to discuss something important with you."
"Please say."
Secretary Zhao and Captain Liang both knew that it must be very important information for Pei Shaoshi to go to Huanggang in person, otherwise they could send someone else.
Pei Shaoshi took a sip from his tea bowl and said, "You all know about the Japanese plainclothes team, right?"
Captain Liang nodded and said: "I know, the number of plainclothes teams is small, but the harm is huge. The villages near Yanjin were severely damaged by them. Our county brigade is currently meeting to study and prepare to find opportunities to eliminate them!"
Secretary Zhao frowned and said: "Plainclothes teams are extremely indignant and should be eliminated as soon as possible. However, we sent several groups of investigators but we have never been able to find their whereabouts..."
Pei Shaoshi: "That's why I came here today. I know where they are now!"
Captain Liang said in surprise: "Really? This is great. Where are they?"
Pei Shaoshi: "Yushuling!"
Captain Liang spread out the map, looked at it carefully for a while, and said: "Yushuling extends in all directions. Even if we send a large force there, the Japanese will have already escaped without a trace..."
Pei Shaoshi: "Sending large troops is definitely not possible. First, it would be too easy to expose the target. Second, it would be easy to attract the main force of the Japanese army!"
Secretary Zhao: "Comrade Pei, do you have any good ideas?"
Pei Shaoshi: "We need a bait to lure the plainclothes team down from the mountain, and then send a small group of troops to concentrate superior firepower to ambush them!"
"Bait?" Captain Liang and Secretary Zhao looked at each other.
Pei Shaoshi: "I heard that the Pingjin guerrillas of the National Army are in Huanggang. Are they not far from here?"
Captain Liang: "It's not far, less than two miles away. A while ago, they sent someone to borrow food from us... Oh, by the way, Secretary Zhao, did that Tao guy return the food?"
Secretary Zhao shook his head and said, "Comrade Pei, please continue."
Pei Shaoshi: "Let Tao Jianming's people serve as bait. The plainclothes team is eager to eliminate this team. Once their traces are discovered, they will definitely mobilize!"
Captain Liang nodded slowly and said: "At that time, we will set up an ambush in a dangerous area and catch the Japanese in one fell swoop!"
Pei Shaoshi: "That's right!"
Secretary Zhao hesitated and said: "Being a bait also involves great risks. Will Tao Jianming agree?"
Pei Shaoshi said firmly: "He is eager for revenge now, so he will definitely agree!"
Captain Liang thought for a while and said: "But, I heard that the plainclothes team carries poison gas bombs. This kind of thing is very lethal, and we don't have so many gas masks..."
Pei Shaoshi: "Gas bombs are fired from a grenade. This kind of thing is very large. The plainclothes team will not expose it openly. We have arranged snipers in advance. As soon as they find someone taking out something like a wooden box, they will shoot."
Kill him first. The enemy has no grenade launcher, and the gas bombs are useless. Of course, you still need to prepare gas masks as much as possible."
Captain Liang said in surprise: "Comrade Pei, if you ask me, you should just come to our county brigade. Doing underground work is too unqualified!"
Pei Shaoshi shook his head with a smile and said: "What I said today, including finding out the whereabouts of the plainclothes team, are all the work of another comrade. I am just acting as a mouthpiece!"
Secretary Zhao also praised: "The underground organization in Yanjin has hidden dragons and crouching tigers. It's amazing. It's really amazing!"
Pei Shaoshi didn't explain too much. He received an anonymous letter from Jiang Xinyu and rushed to Huanggang to inform him of the incident. There was no need to tell others the process in too much detail.
"It's getting late. I have to go back now while the city gate is open." Pei Shaoshi looked at his watch, stood up and said.
Captain Liang: "Okay, then we won't keep you."
"I wish you success this time and make new achievements!"
"If the Japanese plainclothes team can be eliminated, the Yanjin underground organization will be the first to do so!"
Secretary Zhao personally sent Pei Shaoshi out of the village. When passing by the threshing floor, the county brigade soldiers were practicing. Although their military uniforms were not standardized, the spirit they displayed made people feel that this was a well-trained army!
Pei Shaoshi said with emotion: "I heard that the county brigade had less than two hundred people a year ago, but now it has more than a thousand people. If it continues like this, it will be headed towards a division-level organization!"
Secretary Zhao: "Yes, the Japanese are about to be finished. The people are very enthusiastic about joining the army. Young people come to sign up for the army every day. However, when it comes to the establishment, the number of people is not enough, and the weapons and equipment cannot keep up.
no good!"
"Isn't the regiment-level organization enough?"
"The superiors are studying it, and there may be a new designation in the near future, and a batch of heavy weapons will also be shipped by then."
"Do you have any cannon now?"
Secretary Zhao laughed and said: "If the 60-gun cannon is considered a cannon, we do have two, both of which were seized from the Japanese. As you know, our party's regular troops do not have sufficient weapons, so the county brigade can only try to be self-sufficient."
Self-sufficient.”
Pei Shaoshi sighed: "It's not easy for you to continue to grow your team under such difficult conditions."
"People, you must learn to be content. Although the conditions now are difficult, they are still better than when we climbed snow-capped mountains and crossed grasslands. When the county brigade was first established, Hanyang made good guns. Three or four soldiers used one gun.
The bullet casings are all saved for refilling with gunpowder..."
They had a chat, and when they arrived at the village entrance, they shook hands and said goodbye.