Chapter 358: Ordered to be in danger, the war is imminent

The southwest of the Hebei border region in western Hebei. Shuihe Village. The team site of the Eighth Route Army Supplementary Regiment Health Team.

The political commissar and Director Huang repeatedly emphasized the reasons and reasoning, trying to persuade Gülen to accept the task. However, Glenland questioned the rationality and necessity of this mission for a variety of reasons and the current situation of the troops, and the most displeased and disgusting thing for her was that she and Huang Zhongde pretended to be husband and wife to sneak into the county to carry out the mission, which made her feel that Huang Zhongde was not right and had bad intentions. As for the difficulty and danger of the mission, and the safety of his own life, Glenland never thought about it. It was late at night, and the conversation between the three of them became more and more incompatible, the atmosphere became more and more tense, more and more unpleasant, and there was still some stalemate. Huang Zhongde will not give up until he achieves his goal, and he has to persuade Gu Lanlan to pretend to be a husband and wife to carry out this task together.

"Comrade Glenland, pretending to be a husband and wife is to cover up your identity more skillfully and to carry out and satisfactorily complete the task more conveniently, and this is also the usual practice of our party and our army in carrying out underground work in the city, and a set of effective methods and experiences have been formed and accumulated. It's not impossible to pretend to be a brother and sister, but it's not as subtle, convenient, and flexible as pretending to be a couple. I have done underground work in Beiping, and I know it very well. Huang Zhongde explained.

"Well, that's right, Director Huang has a point." The political commissar agreed.

"Political Commissar, Director Huang, there are more than 60 female comrades in our supplementary regiment, why do you have to choose me? Other lesbians can do it, I really can't leave. ”

"Huh? yes, why didn't I think of this question? Director Huang, we can choose other lesbians. The commissar said with a sober suggestion.

"No, no, no, it's absolutely not going to work." Huang Zhongde flatly denied it.

"Why not?" The political commissar and Glenland asked in unison.

"Commissar, I've thought about this thing a long time ago, and it won't work at all. There are more than 60 female comrades in the supplementary group, but they were all born and raised in rural areas, and walking, sitting, and lying down are completely rural people's attitudes, and it is also a rural habit of living in the world, speaking, and doing things. Moreover, they are completely unfamiliar with city life, how can this work? After entering the city, it is very quick and easy for the detective team agents to see the flaws, and then they will be followed or arrested red-handed. More than a dozen of these lesbians are southerners, and their southern accents are too obvious, and they will reveal their identities as soon as they speak after entering the city, which is too dangerous. This mission not only involves lurking in the county seat of Lin'an County, but also living self-sufficiently for a period of time, using a reasonable and convenient identity to conduct secret military reconnaissance, collect and transmit intelligence on the Japanese puppet army, and collect and transport money, food, and various materials needed by the troops. Comrade Gülen was born and raised in the city and is very familiar with and accustomed to urban life. Political commissar, Comrade Gülen is the only most suitable and best candidate for this mission, and there is no one who can replace him. ”

"Well, yes, yes, Director Huang analyzed it thoroughly and clearly. Comrade Glenland, you look like a city dweller, and you are very suitable for this mission. ”

"Huh? Right? Political commissar and Director Huang, didn't you say that I was going to pretend to be a farmer who went to the city to sell vegetables? How did you become a city man again? Besides, I'm from Yangzhou, and I'm from the south. My accent and living habits are completely different from those of northerners. ”

"Comrade Glenland, you are not comprehensive. You and I just pretended to be a peasant couple selling vegetables when we entered the city, and after we entered the city, we were going to change our appearance as city couples. Although you are from Yangzhou in the south, because you have been working and living in the north for a long time, you now speak without a southern accent at all. I don't think you have any problem participating in this mission. Huang Zhongde explained and analyzed again.

"Political commissar, Director Huang, there are several female comrades from the county party committee and county government in Shuihe Village, and they must be much more familiar with the situation, sophistication, and living habits inside and outside Lin'an County than me, isn't it more convenient and appropriate to send them and Director Huang to carry out the task?"

"No, no, no! This is absolutely not a no-go! Absolutely not! It would be more difficult and dangerous to involve the female comrades of the county party committee and the county government in carrying out the task. Political commissar, Comrade Glenland, the reason why I say this is very simple, these female comrades have been working in Lin'an County for a long time, and there are too many people who know them. During the May Day Sweep, he was captured and imprisoned by the Japanese army for a period of time, and later returned through the exchange of captured personnel on both sides. Therefore, as soon as they enter the city, they will be recognized by the Japanese puppet agents and detectives. Not to mention the execution and completion of the task, it is unknown whether he can save his life. We must not be so hasty and risky. ”

"Yes, yes. I don't think that's going to work. The commissar agreed.

"Political Commissar, Director Huang, so this task must be me, and there is no one else?"

"It seems so. Comrade Gülenland, we have studied and discussed, and you are the only one in the supplementary regiment who is most suitable to carry out this task. Of course, we have also fully taken into account all kinds of unpredictable difficulties and dangers that may be encountered, so we are actively trying to contact and find Francis, order him to cooperate fully with all your actions, and provide comprehensive cover, protection and all kinds of conveniences to accomplish this task together and prepare for the foothold of our army and the strategic counteroffensive. The commissar said firmly.

"Okay. Political commissar, Director Huang, since it was a decision made by the meeting of the Party Committee of the League, and the leaders of the League trusted me so much, whether it was the Longtan Tiger's Den or the Sword Mountain and the Sea of Fire, I accepted this task, and did my best to implement and resolutely complete it at the cost of bloodshed and sacrifice. Gu Lanlan stood up and stood upright, facing the political commissar and Huang Zhongde with a solemn and impassioned expression.

"Yes, yes. Comrade Glenland, please be seated. The commissar greeted happily.

At the moment when Glenland bent down to sit down, Huang Zhongde saw the mahogany tiger head on the collar of her homespun white shirt, and suddenly had a question in his heart: Huh? What's going on? As a member of the Communist Party and a soldier of the Eighth Route Army, how could Glenland hang such a wooden sign with the atmosphere of rivers and lakes around his neck? If it makes sense for her to wear a necklace, it will look good, why would she bring a wooden sign? I've never seen her before, where did she get it? What's the use?

"Ouch, it's past ten o'clock in the evening. Comrade Glenland, simply pack your bags, and you must not bring anything that might reveal your identity as the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party. I will come to the regiment headquarters early tomorrow morning to collect funds, and I will ask Comrade Han Dagang, deputy head of the regiment, to give you a lecture on the layout and basic situation of Lin'an County. The commissar stood up and said.

"Yes. Commissar, I remembered. Report to the regiment headquarters early tomorrow morning. ”

Political commissar and Huang Zhongde left the team headquarters of the health team and walked to the regiment headquarters in a relaxed mood.

Glenland sat motionless with a gloomy face and a heart full of worries, thinking: What to do? Jiren, what should I do? Where are you at this moment?

The night was dark and silent. In accordance with the urgent order of the night exercise at Yugenshan, the main combat units of the supplementary regiment secretly left Shuihe Village, which had been sleeping, and the various companies took advantage of the sparse and dim starlight to quietly march and rush to the designated combat sites.

In the war room of the regiment headquarters, Ma Fucai, the commander of the sixth company of the second battalion, did not understand and stared at Yu Genshan with resentment. He didn't understand so much, why did the regiment commander order the sixth company to secretly ambush in the north of Shuihe Village at four o'clock in the morning?

It's past midnight. In the boundless crop fields west of the county seat of Lin'an County, groups of people are rushing along the avenues, paths, and ridges of the fields with their shoulders or burdens, respectively, to the land temples scattered in different places.

In accordance with the battle plan, Deputy Commander Meng Dakui ordered the soldiers of the two companies of the special column to lay in ambush around the land temple on the roadside between the villages west of the county seat and prepare to respond. He personally led two companies to secretly set up an ambush ten miles outside the south gate of the county seat.

Francis was also prepared for action in the county.

A big war and night battle are about to kick off inside and outside the county seat of Lin'an County.