Chapter 430: Unpredictable Identity, Sudden Doubts

Hebei border area in western Hebei. North of Shuihe Village. It's getting dark.

Taking advantage of the darkening sky, Yu Genshan, who was anxious, walked out of the north entrance of the village calmly and leisurely with his hands behind his back and square steps. Along the way, he met sentinels, villagers, and soldiers of the patrol who stood guard, and he replied that he had come out to wander around and relieve his boredom. Then, Yu Genshan strode to the main road more than a mile northeast of the north entrance of the village. Yu Genshan stood on the side of the road with his back to the dense cornfield, and from time to time he raised his head to look east, and watched the movements around him vigilantly, anxiously waiting for Francis's arrival. Yu Genshan took out the gold-shell pocket watch and looked at the time, it was already eight o'clock, why hadn't Fang Jiren arrived yet? The two met in a hurry a few hours ago, and it seemed that there were still many things that had not been clarified before they had broken up, and it was indeed necessary to meet again to discuss in detail. But why the urgency? Why did you ask Ma Fucai to inform me secretly? This is something that has never happened before. It seems that Francis must have had another important matter to talk to me about. Yu Genshan couldn't figure it out.

Yu Genshan took out a Hademen cigarette and lit a puff, pondering it as he ate - in the recent period, although there have been few battles, the troops have also been briefly healed, recuperated, reorganized and expanded. However, the situation remains dire and there are many internal and external pressures. The Japanese army is overwhelmed and eyed, and may launch a large-scale attack at any time; The troops are very short of guns, ammunition, food and supplies, and medicines, which are difficult to solve in a short period of time; The spies lurking in Shuihe Village and the Eighth Route Army have not been identified and captured so far. At this time, what is strange is that the villagers of nearby villages have successively sent various supplies urgently needed by the troops. And what about such regular, large-scale actions that are spontaneous? Or is it organized? How did they know what the troops were lacking and what they were missing? Thinking about it, it is very likely that there is a huge secret underground organization under the direct leadership and command of the Communist Eighth Route Army in the western Hebei region. This organization was deployed by the 386th Brigade? Or is it the deployment of the 129th Division? Eighth Route Army headquarters? Yan'an? It's hard to tell for a while. It doesn't seem to be an organization that deploys leadership at the level of brigade headquarters and division headquarters. What is Francis' role in these operations? What role did it play?

As soon as he thought of Fang Jiren, Yu Genshan connected with other people and some things related to him - Fang Jiren joined the army on the battlefield and came to the supplementary regiment in a battle surrounded by the Japanese invaders in the crazy and ferocious iron wall of the "May Day Sweep", and soon after he introduced Ma Fucai and Deng Junsheng, and strongly recommended Deng Junsheng to work in the regiment headquarters. These two men were indeed the talents that the supplementary regiment urgently needed, and they played a great role in the training and combat of the supplementary regiment later, and became the indispensable backbone of the supplementary regiment to be able to take charge of itself. However, more than one person had reported to Yu Genshan, and when Fang Jiren had not left the sixth company of the second battalion of the supplementary regiment and the health team, he had seen Fang Jiren often get together with Ma Fucai and Deng Junsheng to avoid anyone and discuss something in a low voice, and no one knew what the three of them were talking about. The more Yu Genshan thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. He wondered if these three people were in a group before they came to the supplementary regiment one after another, or which organization. Which organization will it be? Friend or foe? Fang Jiren's origin and resume have been clearly understood, and his true identity has not been thoroughly verified. The origins, resumes, and identities of Ma Fucai and Deng Junsheng have not yet been clarified and cannot be investigated due to the war. When he joined the army and filled out the form, Ma Fucai himself wrote that he was born in a destitute peasant family in Cangzhou, Hebei; Deng Junsheng wrote that he was born in a poor family in Fengtian City, Liaoning Province, went to university, went into exile in Guannei, met Fang Jiren in Beijing, was rescued, and then followed Fang Jiren to Lin'an County to survive. None of the writings of the two could be verified. But judging from the consistent performance of the two of them after coming to the supplementary group, they don't look like Japanese pseudo-spies, what are the true identities of Ma Fucai and Deng Junsheng? What did the two of them do before? What have you done before? What are the three of them going to do when they come to the supplementary regiment on their feet? What is the end goal of them? The more Yu Genshan thought about it, the more he felt a lot of doubts, and the more he thought about it, the more worried he became.

A hurried sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and a horse galloped in.

Francis, holding the reins, saddled and dismounted, and walked in three steps and two steps to the poplar mountain:

"Commander, I'm a little late, are you in a hurry?"

"Huh? I said Xiaofang, you are in a hurry to find me, but you are too late again, is there anything wrong with you? Is there anything urgent? Yang Shushan complained.

"Of course I came to you for something urgent, otherwise why should I come here again? I'm so idle that I'm tossing and playing? Francis replied unceremoniously.

"Tell me something, I'm busy." Yang Shushan urged.

"Yes. Captain, let's make a long story short. You tell me, what task did the brigade headquarters send to the supplementary regiment? Who's coming? Is it Ding Tie Niu? ”

"Ahh Well? How can you ask me that? Xiao Fang, according to the organizational principles, military discipline, and confidentiality regulations, I should not have told you. ”

"Oh, according to what you say, now I'm not a member of the Eighth Route Army Supplementary Regiment, huh? I'm just an ordinary person, huh? Regiment commander, shouldn't I also help the replenishment regiment with guns, ammunition, food supplies and medicines? ”

"No, no, no. Xiao Fang, don't get me wrong, these are two different things. Of course, you are still a member of the supplementary regiment and my soldiers. ”

"Okay, okay, I won't talk to you about it. Regiment commander, if you don't tell me, I also know what tasks the brigade headquarters gave to the supplementary regiment? Huh? It's a matter of obviousness. ”

"Huh? You know? Tell me what the mission is? ”

The brigade headquarters ordered the supplementary regiment to immediately divide its troops and station them in Longhe Village and Linhe Township respectively, and strictly guard the three bridges on the Tongyu River, so as to strictly prevent the Japanese army from crossing the river and entering the mountains and attacking the anti-Japanese base in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains to the west. Isn't that all there is to it? ”

"Huh? Xiao Fang, how do you know? Who told you? Yu Genshan was taken aback, how could Fang Jiren know about such a confidential matter so quickly?

"Huh? Does anyone need to tell me this? Just think about it and you'll know it all. Commander, don't gossip. I'm coming to you to tell you that the tunnels in Longhe Village have basically been dug up, they can be fought, hidden, and walked, and the field fortifications outside the village have also been built. The same is true of Linhe Township. On the afternoon of the next two days, you will go to the west of the village to wait, and I will secretly send someone to send you a detailed map of the tunnels and field fortifications, and I will greet the village chief of Longhe Village and the head of Linhe Township so that the troops can be stationed smoothly. ”

"Huh? You've got it all arranged? Great, great, great. Tomorrow and the next two afternoons, I will definitely go to the west of the village and wait. Xiao Fang, do you have anything else to say? ”

"Yes. Commander, I suggested to you, have you sent troops to several villages in the west of the county? Was the defense of Shuihe Village handed over to the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion? ”

"Oh, oh, there's so much going on, and I haven't had time yet." Yu Genshan said embarrassedly.

"It's bad, it's going to be a big deal. Commander, Commander, let me say what is good about you? Alas! Don't talk about it. Commander, I have something to do, so I have to leave quickly. After saying that, Fang Jiren walked to the side of the road and pulled the military horse that was grazing the grass on the side, raised his foot and stepped on the horse, and galloped away, raising a puff of smoke and dust on the road.

"Huh? Hey?! How do you say that you just go? I'm not done yet. What's going to happen?! Looking at Fang Jiren's back as he gradually moved away, Yu Genshan shouted loudly.