After getting some information about the independent regiment from Chen Zhengwei, Sun Weiguo couldn't bear it in his heart.

It's just that the new Second Brigade is currently on standby, and the troops will be put into combat at any time, so he, the brigade commander, naturally cannot leave at will.

As if there was a providence in the dark, when Sun Weiguo was in a dilemma, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army sent a telegram, which asked the New Second Brigade to send staff officers to Pingding County to reconnoiter the terrain and get in touch with the local independent regiment to prepare for battle.

After receiving this telegram from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, Sun Weiguo had a smile on his face, and he immediately began to transfer personnel and prepare to go to Pingding County.

Of course, Sun Weiguo's trip to Pingding County this time was not only to see the situation of the Independent Regiment, but also to make Sun Weiguo realize that the troops of the New Second Brigade were very likely to carry out operations from Pingding County, and he also wanted to learn about the situation in Pingding County this time.

Luo Hongyi of the communications platoon personally led a radio squad to follow Sun Weiguo's actions, the guard battalion dispatched two platoons to follow Sun Weiguo's actions together, and the cavalry battalion dispatched a company to secretly follow and protect him.

On the afternoon of 1 April, Sun Weiguo and his entourage of more than 100 people began to set off, wearing civilian clothes, and set off in a large car to Pingding County.

There were no accidents along the way, but when passing through Yangquan County, in order to avoid the Japanese army's investigation, Sun Weiguo and others had to enter a small village to hide.

After coming to this small village, Sun Weiguo was arranged in a dilapidated temple at the head of the village, but fortunately, it was already April, and the weather had warmed up a lot.

Sun Weiguo took out the dry food and took a bite, and he looked at Liu Qian.

Liu Qian wanted to go back to see Liu Langzhong, and Sun Weiguo naturally would not agree to her request.

"Brigade commander, it's just a routine patrol of the Japanese army, the first company of the cavalry has already made contact, and they are hiding nearby."

Huang Guohua of the guard battalion came to Sun Weiguo, and he reported softly.

After reporting the situation, Huang Guohua glanced at Sun Weiguo and Liu Qian, and he hurriedly walked outside.

"You eat something first, we can go to Pingding County later, isn't Zhengwei over, your father is in good health."

Seeing Liu Qian's eyes looking towards Pingding County from time to time, Sun Weiguo took out a can of canned beef, and he said softly.

Liu Qian took the canned beef handed over by Sun Weiguo, but she didn't eat a bite, she looked down at the ground, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Although the two of them were sitting together, Liu Qian was looking at the ground, Sun Weiguo was looking at Liu Qian, and neither of them took the initiative to speak.

"Do you like Commissar Shen?" After about ten minutes, Liu Qian suddenly raised her head, and she asked in a mosquito voice.

At the same time that Liu Qian said this, there was also a quarrel outside.

"Fellow, don't get me wrong, we are not bad people, we are guerrillas, we are a force to fight devils."

"Don't quibble, you are either bandits or traitors, but we have seen it, you have weapons, we all know the local guerrillas, is there any conspiracy for you to come here?"

"Captain, don't talk nonsense with them, there are a lot of us, let's tie them up first."

The quarrel outside was loud, Sun Weiguo didn't hear Liu Qian's soft inquiry, he stood up and walked out directly.

When Sun Weiguo came outside, someone began to exclaim.

"The puppet army is coming, captain, the puppet army is coming."

At this time, more than 100 people had surrounded the ruined temple, a few five or six people were armed with shotguns, and the rest were armed with sticks and farm tools.

Hearing that a puppet army was coming, an impulsive civilian directly raised his hoe and hit a soldier on the head.

"Don't fight back, retreat." Sun Weiguo hurriedly shouted.

"Don't be impulsive, we are an anti-Japanese army, and which of you is the captain of the militia." Sun Wei said in a serious Chinese tone.

Seeing Sun Weiguo walk out, the people's movements all stopped, and they looked at Sun Weiguo with some fear.

Although they could see that Sun Weiguo was not very old, the momentum exuded by Sun Weiguo made these people a little afraid.

A young man stood up with a Hanyang-made rifle, and he pointed the muzzle of the gun at Sun Weiguo, with a wary expression on his face.

The guard Xiao Wang immediately blocked in front of Sun Weiguo, and the soldiers of the guard battalion also protected Sun Weiguo tightly.

"Don't act excessively, comrade, come here, we are indeed anti-Japanese troops, this is my ID."

Sun Weiguo beckoned to the militia captain, and he said with a serious expression.

The militia captain still didn't put down his weapon, he slowly walked towards Sun Weiguo, took Sun Weiguo's ID and glanced at it, the militia captain couldn't help but widen his eyes, and he looked at Sun Weiguo in disbelief.

"Hello chief." The militia captain immediately put away his rifle, and he saluted Sun Weiguo and said.

Sun Weiguo made a gesture of silence, and when he heard the footsteps of troops marching in the distance, Sun Weiguo immediately asked the soldiers of the guard battalion to move.

"Don't make a noise, we have a mission, don't reveal our whereabouts, we'll leave as soon as we take a break here." Sun Weiguo said softly.

The militia captain was obviously a little nervous, and he looked at Sun Weiguo with some anxiety, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

When the people heard the militia captain saluting Sun Weiguo, they also realized that this was a misunderstanding, and the people put away their guys one after another.

"Yangquan County used to be the headquarters of the Japanese army, how many Japanese soldiers are there in Yangquan County now?" Yang Xinghua began to ask.

For the sake of the concealment of the troops, after Sun Weiguo came to Mengxian, he did not get in touch with the local troops, but only sent Chen Zhengwei to conduct reconnaissance.

According to Chen Zhengwei's report, Yangquan County is the location of a brigade headquarters of the Japanese army, where there are nearly 2,000 devil soldiers and more than 1,000 puppet army troops.

After the militia captain heard Sun Weiguo's inquiry, he didn't dare to delay in the slightest, and he immediately began to make a report.

At this time, outside the village, dozens of soldiers from the guard battalion had already captured more than 100 puppet soldiers who had come here.

These puppet soldiers came to the village to fight the autumn wind, and when they saw the submachine guns of the guard company, they began to lay down their weapons and raised their hands high.

They know very well that the other side can be armed with submachine guns, and they are certainly not ordinary militias and guerrillas, they know that only those elite guard units will be equipped with submachine guns.