Xuzhou was called "Pengcheng" in ancient times, located in the bordering areas of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces, the north wing of the Yangtze River Delta, relying on Weishan Lake in the north, connecting Suzhou in the west, Lianyungang in the east, Suqian in the south, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through it, and the two major railway trunk lines of Longhai and Jinpu converge in Xuzhou, which is a very important railway hub in the Republic of China, known as the "thoroughfare of five provinces". Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xuzhou is one of the nine states in China in history, has always been a place for soldiers to fight, since ancient times there is "the gain and loss of Pengcheng, the rise and fall of the north and the south", known as "the key to the north", "the important town of the south". In the eyes of the southern military strategists, the occupation of Xuzhou is equivalent to getting a key to open the lock of the northern gate, and in the eyes of the northern military strategists, taking Xuzhou is equivalent to occupying the bridgehead of the march to the south.

As soon as Xuzhou is lost, the logistics support of the entire Central China region can only be transported by sea, and the land access to Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other occupied areas will be completely cut off, and the troops will naturally be completely isolated.

When night falls, at the gate of the north city gate of Xuzhou, several searchlights illuminate the city gate as if it were day, in the ring machine gun sand base under the light, dozens of little devils are waiting for them, along the barbed wire fence on the periphery, there are puppet army squads shuttling back and forth, everything seems to be that Xuzhou's defense is indeed very tight, not to mention individuals, even if it is a small force to break through from here, it is almost impossible.

There was the sound of a car's motor on the highway, and then I saw a car with two headlights on all the way over, and the Japanese soldiers in the sand base and the puppet army on the periphery immediately clenched the weapons in their hands, without the slightest doubt, once they found that the situation was wrong, the car that came would be beaten to pieces in an instant.

A little devil with the rank of second lieutenant on his shoulder walked to the sentry post quickly, looked at it carefully for a few seconds, and then told his subordinates not to be nervous, it was his own car that came, and it was estimated that the car that delivered supplies in the morning had returned.

In a moment, the car stopped in front of the checkpoint, and the devil lieutenant seemed to be more sure of his guess, stepped forward quickly, and howled at the car from afar: "Is it Kobayashi-kun?" ”

On the side of the passenger cab of the car, which did not turn off, a head stretched out and shouted at him: "It's me, you are on duty today, quickly check and let me pass, today the car broke down on the road, came back late, and if we don't go back to restore my life, our captain should be angry again." ”

The second lieutenant of the devil smiled: "Hehe, Xiaolin-kun, you are really unlucky, forget it, you don't need to check, hurry up and go back to your life, your captain Fukuda's temper is notoriously stinky." ”

As he spoke, the devil lieutenant turned around and waved his hand, and the railing on the sentry post was slowly raised, and as soon as it reached the height at which the car passed, the car rushed over with a heavy throttle.

Looking at the car leaving, the devil lieutenant raised his hand and fanned the dust in front of his nose, shook his head and sneered maliciously: "Poor Xiaolin, I'm afraid I can't escape this loud slap from Fukuda Nakasa?" ”

But he probably never dreamed that he had just been put into the city and was the number one enemy of the locust army, and because of his mistake, the next Xuzhou City would usher in a bloody killing.

After Jiang Haoran and his entourage entered the city smoothly, under the guidance of Xiao De, the car was abandoned in a remote place, and Xiao De took them around in Xuzhou City, which had been curfew, and finally entered a private house, saying that it was a safe house of their Weishanhu Brigade in Xuzhou, which was absolutely safe and reliable.

There is only an elderly couple in their fifties in the house, the one who is in charge of the man is called Father Cheng, and the one who is in charge of the woman is called the second aunt.

Listening to the title of "Daddy Cheng", Jiang Haoran unconsciously remembered Xiaohu's grandfather "Daddy Chen", although this Daddy Cheng is obviously younger than Xiaohu's grandfather, but he is also a thin body, short and concise, and he has been doing manual work at the train station for many years, which makes him look older than his actual age, and even Jiang Haoran feels that he is a little similar to Daddy Chen, so he immediately has a good impression of this family.

After eating and washing up, Jiang Haoran took the initiative to talk to Cheng's father, hoping to get some useful information from his mouth, but it didn't happen, during this time, the island army's control of Xuzhou was quite strict, not only the curfew was implemented at night, but even if it was run around during the day, it would be arrested as a "spy", however, Cheng's father still provided a valuable piece of news, in the past few days, the number of senior generals of the puppet army in Xuzhou City has increased significantly, and they are often seen taking orderlies and aunts to walk the streets and alleys to show off their might.

This news can be consistent with the information obtained by Jiang Haoran, a large number of puppet troops have entered the Xuzhou area, their intention is to encircle and suppress Han Deqin's department, since the commander of the puppet army can still hang out in Xuzhou City, it means that their operation has not yet begun.

But this does not mean that Wang Jingwei has already arrived in Xuzhou, and it is difficult to imagine how difficult it is to find a person who may not exist from the huge city of Xuzhou, after all, Zhuang Fuguo also said that the source of the news has not been confirmed.

But Jiang Haoran has always believed in his hunch, he feels that Wang Jingwei is in Xuzhou City at this time, and it depends on whether he has the ability to turn him out.

After a simple tidying up, he asked his father for a set of black clothes and pants suitable for night walking, Jiang Haoran was ready to take advantage of the night to wander around, with his skills, even if the little devil was curfew, it was not easy to find him who was walking high and low on the cornice, even if it was a piece of cake for him to break into the little devil headquarters alone, he still had this confidence.

But as soon as he was about to go out, there was a dog barking outside, followed by a messy footsteps, followed by a strong knock on the door, mixed with the sound of Japanese shouting.

Jiang Haoran immediately realized that something bad was wrong, the little devils must have found the car they abandoned or the corpse of the little devil outside the city, and he already knew that there were unstable elements entering the city, so he began to conduct a large-scale search overnight.

Several people were looking at each other and were a little at a loss, but Father Cheng was very calm, carrying an oil lamp and leading everyone straight to the back of the house, and entered a small thatched house built separately.

It is indeed a thatched pit, and it is extremely simple, a large clay vat is half buried in the soil, and there are two wooden planks on the mouth of the jar, and people can squat on these two planks if they want to be convenient.

Manure is the treasure of the common people, planting vegetables and crops can all count on it as fertilizer, this kind of clay pottery vat containing manure will not be lost, in this era of the common people's homes are more prevalent.