And when Yamada and Kobayashi were discussing Zhou Lin, in a small restaurant outside the Mingzhu Security Division's barracks, the two of them were drinking.

One is Zhang Bai, deputy commander of the first regiment and commander of the third battalion of the security division, and the other is Xiang Dong, the military minister of the Mingzhu City Party Committee, who joined here.

"Minister Xiang, when will I take my brothers to the anti-Japanese base in northern Jiangsu?" Zhang Bai asked, he had mentioned this more than once.

"This is your chance!" Xiang Dong said excitedly.

"Really!" Zhang Bai happily hurriedly clinked glasses with Xiang Dong.

"There is an operation this time, and after the operation, you will follow the New Fourth Army Special Service Battalion to northern Jiangsu. According to the order of the superiors, your battalion is appointed as an independent regiment of the New Fourth Army, with you as the regiment commander, and a political commissar will be sent by the superiors. "Convey orders from higher authorities to the east.

"Resolutely obey orders! I've been waiting for this day for a long time. Zhang Bai roared in a low voice.

"The higher-ups have decided that when you arrive at the base area, you will reorganize and recruit troops, after all, you only have one battalion of people, which is far from the formation of a regiment." Xiang Dong said.

Zhang Bai leaned over: "Didn't I also serve as the deputy head of the regiment, the head of the regiment is a gambler, and he is at the gambling table all day long, so our people are secretly operating and have controlled the entire regiment." ”

"Really?" Xiang Dongyixi, if there is a regiment of troops, plus a few hundred strong soldiers of the New Fourth Army, then those Japanese puppet armies will not want to stop us.

"It's true! Yesterday Chang Liang assigned tasks to each of our regiments. The regiment commander told me that he was going to call in sick and asked me to take the troops to the positions. ”

"Great! In which direction is your zone? Xiang Dong asked.

"The defense area for our regiment is the area around the Huadongkou wharf." Zhang Bai said.

"At the mouth of the flower cave, you can enter Nantong by crossing the river. Okay, when you go back, organize the party members and comrades and hold this regiment tightly in our hands. At the same time, after arriving at the defense area, all the large and small ferries were seized on the pretext of controlling the ships and preventing the guerrillas from crossing the river. These boats are the means of transportation for you to cross the river to the base areas in northern Jiangsu. "Confess to the east.

"Mission Guaranteed Completion! I will lead the troops to the Huadongkou wharf this afternoon. Complete the tasks you have assigned. Zhang Bai said.

"When you get there, I'll send someone to contact you." Xiang Dong left in a hurry.

After returning to the east, he reported the situation to the municipal party committee, and the municipal party committee reported it to the central government.

The central authorities immediately adjusted the plan in light of this situation. He also informed the Pearl Underground Party, Zhou Lin, the head of the New Fourth Army and other relevant people of the plan.

As a result, an operation called "Breaking the Net" was officially put into operation.

After Li Ziqiang received the plan, he asked Yulan to go to the dock, saying that he wanted to invite Xiangjun to watch the new play.

Yulan and Xiangjun completed the transfer of information at Zhou Lin's house. Subsequently, Xiangjun also reported the information to Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin was happy, this plan was a hundred times stronger than his original plan, and the probability of success was doubled.

So, Zhou Lin asked Yulan to tell Li Ziqiang: Li Ziqiang is responsible for all actions.

Because Zhou Lin estimated that when the plan began, he might not be able to take this aspect into account, so he let Li Ziqiang lead the operation.

On April 25, 1939, the "Operation Breaking the Net" officially began.

At five o'clock in the morning, on the road to Zhejiang, a suspicious truck was found, and after being discovered by the blockaded puppet army, the puppet army opened fire and ordered to stop for inspection.

As a result, the truck rushed out and drove forward at high speed.

The puppet army hurriedly drove in pursuit, only to find only one empty car, and all the people in the car ran away.

The commander of the puppet battalion hurriedly reported upwards, and when Yamada got the news, he immediately became excited, because he knew that the Communist action had begun.

Yamada had a judgment on the situation, which must have been a cover-up by the underground party, the purpose of which was to draw the attention of the Japanese army to this line.

So, Yamada ordered the 2nd Security Division to add a regiment to that location to assist in the search for those who abandoned the car and fled.

Sure enough, an hour after Yamada's order was given, at seven o'clock in the morning, an anomaly was discovered at the highway checkpoint leading to Suzhou.

A group of Japanese soldiers came to the checkpoint, more than 20 of them, led by a Japanese captain, who said they were on a mission.

The Japanese puppet troops at the checkpoint did not dare to stop them and gave them permission.

Five minutes after these people left, the puppet army company commander on duty suddenly remembered something.

He hurried into the duty room, found a portrait, and at first glance, he was stupid.

It turned out that he found a very old soldier in the ranks of the Japanese army.

At such an age, he is a soldier, and the company commander remembered that it was a little strange, so he went back to the duty room to read the wanted notice, and was startled when he saw it.

This soldier turned out to be the person on the wanted notice: Saburo Yamagami.

The company commander of the puppet army hurriedly sounded the alarm, and immediately, all the people ran out.

The Japanese captain in charge asked, "What happened?" Why are alarms being pulled? The company commander of the puppet army hurriedly reported the situation and pointed in the direction they were going.

As soon as the company commander of the puppet army said, several other people found the problem.

The Japanese soldiers on duty also confirmed that there was indeed a Japanese soldier in his thirties and forties walking in the same line just now.

When he showed the wanted warrant to the Japanese soldier, he immediately pointed to the portrait on the wanted warrant and said, "That's him!" ”

The Japanese captain immediately ordered all the men to go out in pursuit. And report it immediately.

He smiled when Yamada received the news, he knew that there would be such an outcome.

He was also waiting for this news to appear, so he didn't pay attention to the first piece of information.

Yamada immediately ordered all the troops arranged on the line from Mingzhu to Suzhou to immediately prepare for battle and prepare to encircle and suppress the mountain line.

And the person in charge of the Mingzhu underground party, who quickly exited the customs, took the head of the reconnaissance section disguised as the mountain and his party to the hiding place of the special agent company of the New Fourth Army.

"The enemy has spotted us and is chasing after us. We evacuated immediately. The head of the reconnaissance section ordered.

After the two teams met, they rushed to Changshu quickly without delay.

Behind them, more than 2,000 Japanese puppet troops were approaching quickly.

In front of them, there were also Japanese puppet troops from Suzhou attacking them.

The pursuing Japanese puppet army stepped on a mine laid by the soldiers of the New Fourth Army and was killed and wounded.

At this time, the soldiers of the New Fourth Army, who were marching rapidly in the direction of Changshu, suddenly turned around and came to a large courtyard.

In the courtyard, there are eight trucks in the style of Japanese military vehicles prepared in advance.

This is a Japanese military vehicle refurbished by the comrades of the underground party in Suzhou according to the plan, which is enough for the existing more than 200 people.

The soldiers of the New Fourth Army immediately changed into Japanese uniforms, and all the clothes they had changed were taken away, so that the enemy could not be given a chance to notice.

Fifteen minutes later, they appeared on the road in the guise of a Japanese search party.

When they staggered with the Japanese puppet army that caught up, the two sides also greeted each other.