Mason received a report that the Yokoyama Brigade had successfully routed the ambushed Chinese army, that Ma Xuekui's unit of the Nationalist Government Army had suffered heavy losses, that its lair had been captured by another Japanese army, and that Ma Xuekui himself had fled west with the remnants.

As for the special task force of the military command, according to the confessions of the Chinese who were captured, the leader was Liu Jindong, and after the battle began, he was seen with Commander Ma. As for Miss Han, after the battle began, someone saw her with the Communist Party surnamed Wang, and after the artillery squad of the Hengshan Brigade was attacked, these people disappeared.

Mason was relieved to know that not only did he let the military commander suffer heavy losses in this operation, but also solved the problem of Jiping County.

As for the Communists, although Mason knew that its underground intelligence agents were very good, he was a little unconvinced to say that the Eighth Route Army was capable of intercepting military columns.

Even when Fujiwara reminded him to pay attention to the Fuyashan Independent Battalion of the Eighth Route Army, he didn't think so, a division of the Kuomintang was easily defeated, not to mention a battalion of the Eighth Route Army.

It was also Watanabe who did not truthfully report to the above several encounters with the independent battalion, so that although the Jinan side knew that the Fuyashan Independent Battalion of the Eighth Route Army was a threat, it had not yet risen to the level of great importance.

Besides, there is a wing of the Japanese army in Fuchang County, so it is not possible to guarantee the safety of the 80-kilometer railway line in its territory.

"Fujiwara-kun, how are the military commanders hiding within us going?" From this attack on the military column in Jiping County, it can be determined that his fishing plan has been successful, and this also proves from the side that there are military commanders operating within the military police headquarters.

In addition to the Japanese military police personnel stationed in Jinan, there were many Chinese who volunteered to serve the Japanese Empire, and the main target of this internal investigation was these Chinese.

"Report to Your Excellency Dazuo, this matter has some eyebrows, and his subordinates are stepping up investigation." Fujiwara nodded.

"Okay, in this way, you can contact Qingdao and prepare to start the transportation labor plan." Mason touched his chin with his hand and rolled his little eyes twice.

He rushed from Tianjin, in addition to dealing with the special task force of the military command, to transport this special group of laborers.

Before Liu Tianshu could come up with the perfect attack plan, he received a telegram from the detachment.

After reading the telegram, he handed it to Zhu Aiguo on the side, and said in a low voice: "Instructor, the detachment has received information that the devil will start the plan to transport prisoners of war in three days, and the detachment leader asks us to rescue these comrades-in-arms at all costs, and we must not let these comrades-in-arms who fought bloodily for the country be sent to Japan." In this way, the company commanders were immediately notified to rush to the battalion headquarters for a meeting. ”

After Yang Donghu commanded the troops to uproot the Qinglong stronghold last time, he immediately carried out the work of mobilizing the masses in that area, and at the same time established a militia organization in that area.

After the devil lost the Qinglong stronghold, he probably thought that Songkan Town had also fallen into the hands of the independent battalion, and even if he took the Qinglong stronghold, he couldn't hold it, so he didn't send troops to the Qinglong Valley Mouth.

The current Qinglongkou is guarded there by a squadron of the county brigade.

During this period, the independent battalion continued to strengthen its communications construction, not only forming a cavalry communications platoon at the battalion headquarters, but also setting up telephone lines in Songkan Town, Yaping Village, Xiaotangba, and other places where the troops were stationed.

Of course, this telephone line did not use electric poles to pass through the air like the devils, but used the captured devil field telephone lines to be buried in the ground and erected.

The laying of the lines was done in the dead of night, and no one knew its exact direction except for the communication platoon, which was in charge of telephone communications.

In the afternoon, the commanders of the six infantry companies of the independent battalion, the commander of a machine gun company, an artillery captain, and a reconnaissance platoon commander were all gathered in the conference room of the Xiaotangba battalion headquarters.

"Comrades, according to the information received, the devils are preparing to transport more than 800 captured soldiers of the Central Army, the Sichuan Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the New Fourth Army who fell into their hands to Japan to work as laborers. Our superiors instructed us to rescue these comrades-in-arms at all costs, and we must not let the devils send our comrades-in-arms to Japan to work as coolies. Now let me introduce the specific situation, and then everyone will talk about it, how do we fight this battle? After Liu Tianshu made an opening remark, he gave a detailed introduction to what he knew.

The company commanders who were sitting there all shouted angrily when they heard that the devil was going to send their comrades-in-arms who unfortunately fell into their hands to Japan to work as coolies.

It is said that brainstorming is very important, this is not true at all, after everyone you and I have expressed a total of opinions, Liu Tianshu's rescue plan is becoming clearer and clearer.

The devils have defeated Ma Xuekui, the biggest threat in Jiping County, and there is a wing of the Japanese army in Fuchang County. According to the intelligence, Watanabe, the old devil, has made a bloody investment this time, and has guarded the railways in the territory without leakage, and his two mobile brigades are ready in Fuchang County and Xiaojiaqiao in the east, once they find that the independent battalion is attacking the military column, they can arrive in the shortest possible time, and at the same time, according to the information from the inner line of the city, Watanabe has also set up a cavalry squadron, which can quickly reinforce any node.

That is to say, if the independent battalion starts in the territory of Fuchang County, as long as the devils escorting the military column hold out for half an hour, a large number of devils will swarm in.

And Liu Tianshu estimated that this time the devils used military trains to transport laborers, plus those young and strong people who were arrested, about 2,000 people, according to the calculation of 200 people in each stuffy tank carriage, at least 10 carriages, and the devils in charge of escorting will not be less than 500 people.

In order to prevent attacks on the road, ironclad patrol cars may be placed in front and behind.

After considering all possibilities, Liu Tianshu finally decided to choose the ambush location at the location of Ma Xuekui's ambush last time. However, in order to ensure the success of the rescue, a group of the reconnaissance platoon carried a radio station to the hill east of the Jiping County Railway Station in advance to observe the passing devil army train, and then used the radio to report to the battalion, and the rest of the reconnaissance platoon rushed to the front of the lurking position, climbed onto the train in advance, and tried to take off the escort car behind, and at the same time occupied the front of the train locomotive and accelerated the impact of the ironclad patrol car in front. 、

As for the six infantry companies of the independent battalion, they were all dispatched this time, and the 1234 companies were ambushed on both sides of the railway, and as soon as the train stopped, they immediately attacked the devils escorting the car, and the machine gun company also laid an ambush in advance at the predetermined position. The artillery team was responsible for providing fire suppression.

Local partisans, who were responsible for conducting reconnaissance of the ambush area in advance and acting as a guard.

The fifth and sixth companies were retained as reserves.

At the same time, in order to ensure the smooth operation, two companies of Zeng Wei's county brigade were stationed at Shiling, on the border of Fuchang County and Jiping County, to take charge of the response.

After perfecting the entire operation again, Liu Tianshu immediately issued a battle order, and the independent battalion began to act quietly.

Of course, when the independent battalion was operating, the enemy engineering department under the Fuchang County Party Committee immediately began to control the base area to prevent the news of the independent battalion's operation from leaking out.

Several militia companies were even transferred to Xiaotangba to wear the clothes of the Eighth Route Army, making it look like the main force of the independent battalion was still in Xiaotangba.

On the morning of the third day, Liu Tianshu quietly rushed to the east of the Linheji Railway Station with the independent battalion.

The devil learned to be obedient this time, and did not use the night to quietly transport prisoners of war, but set off from Jinan Station at three o'clock in the morning, and when he arrived in Jiping County, it was already dawn, and when he passed by Linheji Station, it was almost ten o'clock in the morning.

In other words, according to Mason's plan, when the military train transporting prisoners of war passed through the territory of Jiping County and Fuchang County, the time was exactly daytime, so that if someone attacked the military train, it could also be well dealt with.

Standing in the mountains and forests 500 meters away from the railway, Liu Tianshu held a telescope to observe the terrain in the distance, the terrain in this area had been kept in mind as early as when he followed Liu Jindong's special team to attack the devil train, and what he saw this time was mainly the ambush of the 1234 companies.

As soon as he checked the ambush situation of the troops one by one, he heard Zhu Aiguo's shouts.

When Liu Tianshu ran over, Yang Juan handed over a telegram, and Liu Tianshu took a look, which said the situation of the Devil Army.

The reconnaissance platoon's group had seen the military column passing through Jiping Station.

In front of the military train transporting prisoners of war was an ironclad patrol car, and behind the locomotive, there were two flatbed open-air wagons, each wagon was defended by about 100 devils, and the devils not only set up heavy machine guns and crooked handles on the train, but also mortars and 92 infantry guns, and as for grenadiers, there seemed to be several. After that, there were ten stuffy tank wagons, and behind the stuffy tank wagons, there were two flatbed open-air wagons, and there were also about 200 devils guarding the two wagons.

Behind it, there are two passenger cars, and behind the passenger cars, there is a flatbed open-air wagon.

Behind the train, there is an ironclad patrol car.

Liu Tianshu immediately drew a sketch of the train on a piece of paper, and then called several company commanders over.

The devil used flatbed open-air wagons to build fortifications and guards on them with sandbags, which was beyond Liu Tianshu's expectations.

It is not a problem for the reconnaissance platoon to control the locomotive of the train, but it seems unrealistic to take off the front and rear of the locomotive now, because the devil is guarding the flat open-air wagon, and there is no way to remove the hook at all.

Therefore, Liu Tianshu ordered the reconnaissance platoon to try to control the front of the car, and if possible, it could climb onto the 10-section stuffy tank car and find an opportunity to open the door.

In order to sketch the sketch, Liu Tianshu explained in detail to Guo Donglai and Jin Zhenbiao the distance where the explosives were planted and the timing of the detonation, and at the same time ordered Shu Zhi and Xu Yongdong to concentrate fire on the five carriages behind them as soon as the devil army stopped.

As for the devil's ironclad patrol car, the fourth company used self-made ****** to attack.

Anyway, once the battle starts, the railway from five miles east of Linheji to fifteen miles east will be blown up by explosives planted in key positions in advance, and the devil's ironclad patrol car is also in the plan to blow up.

After everything was arranged, Liu Tianshu left Zhu Aiguo behind to take charge of the command, while he carried a sniper rifle and ran with Shi Hu to a hill two hundred meters away from the railway, and stayed in the sniper position found in advance.

(To be continued.) )