At the beginning of September, on the Jiangxinzhou in the center of the Yangtze River near Jiujiang, the reeds had gradually turned yellow under the blowing of the autumn wind. At this time, the Yangtze River has entered the annual dry season, and the white fishing gulls that used to play and hunt happily in the reeds and the shallows of the continent are no longer happy. Because flocks of geese in herringbone or zigzag have migrated thousands of miles from the north, and they have returned to their winter hometowns.

Autumn is high and cool, under the blue sky and white clouds, I only see a group of white storks, black storks, gray cranes and other storks, as well as swans, gray geese, white-naped cranes, white-headed cranes and other birds, they sometimes spread their wings and fly, sometimes fall into the reeds, happy from time to time to quack. At this time, the "native" fishing gulls and water ducks had to give up their original habitat - those more remote places with plenty of food, and they hid in the gray, and they watched angrily as the "invaders" played with no one else, and sang happy songs loudly, but they only dared to be angry and did not dare to speak. Fortunately, the abundance of water and grass and the abundance of food on the continent did not make these "indigenous people" hungry. Soon, they forgot about the unhappiness they had at the beginning, and began to look for light rain and shrimp in the shallows.

Xiao Xiong, Gao Qixing, and Xiong Qiang came to the small river in Caijiazhou, where they sat on the meadow by the water, looking at the clear flowing water flowing slowly, and the happy chirping of birds sounded in their ears from time to time. Gao Qixing threw a stone into the water, and with a gentle "bang" sound, a circle of ripples immediately appeared on the water surface, which quickly expanded in all directions until it disappeared. All three were silent, staring blankly at the ripples in the water until they disappeared.

It turned out that during this period of time, the radio stations of Li Ran and Bai Yu's intelligence group, in the telegrams intercepted by the devils one after another, deciphered and found that a new phrase often appeared in them -- "plus operation". At the same time, the same telegram was intercepted by the military command action group in Jiujiang, and they reported this particular telegram to Xiao Xiong and asked if they had learned what "Operation Plus" was.

Both units also reported this new situation to the Ninth Theater Command almost simultaneously. However, the telegram sent was like "a mud cow into the sea, and there is no news".

According to the usual practice, what the theater command needs is accurate information, and the new situation they report must be verified by themselves before it can be reported. Due to the strange situation and the fact that the two units did not verify the specific content of the information, the Chief's Department did not pay attention to it.

Xiao Xiong's instinct still thought that this information was very important, so he notified Gao and Xiong in the county to come back immediately, discuss together, and come up with countermeasures.

The three of them were at a loss because of this and did not know how to proceed next.

"I don't think 'Operation Plus' is an ordinary combat operation of the devil in another war zone? It shouldn't be in our Ninth War Zone. Gao Qixing said after throwing out a stone.

Xiao Xiong thought for a while and said: "If it was an operation in another war zone, it wouldn't be often mentioned among the devils in Jiujiang and Nanchang?" ”

Xiong Qiang nodded, and then said, "I think it should be a combat operation against the Ninth War Zone. I just don't know the purpose of the devil's combat operation, the specific time, the scale, the geographical scope of the operation, and the number of troops participating in the battle. ”

Gao Qixing said: "If the purpose of this operation is to target the Ninth War Zone, then why are our scouts unaware? It seems that the devils have not taken any action in Jiujiang and its surrounding counties? ”

"Maybe it's because the devil's actions are more secretive, or maybe they deliberately deceived us by deception." Xiong Qiang analyzed.

"However, judging from the monitoring and observation of the docks, railways, and highways, there really is nothing unusual about the devil's actions. Our troops along the communication route also fought several ambush battles, and judging from the results, there was absolutely no unusual reaction from the devils. ”

Xiao Xiong listened to the conversation between the two and said: "Anyway, since we have discovered this so-called 'plus operation', we must find out what kind of tricks the enemy is playing. It is better to believe that it is there than to believe that it is not. Try to figure out the mystery here. Otherwise, it may delay the big thing. ”

"Commander, what should we do?" The two asked almost at the same time.

"We must mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized to catch the clues of the devil from all aspects. In this way, deputy commander, you go to Wang Yantai and Jiang Yongming, pay close attention to the movements of the devils on the water and the docks, and you and Zhang Shan, chief of staff, go along the highway to find out the situation of the transportation of personnel and materials of the devils, especially the direction and destination of the transportation of personnel and materials. Jiang Feng and Minghua and I got on the train and went to the station and the railway to check carefully. I don't believe that the devil has the magic skill of earth escape, and he can not show the slightest sign. ”

"Yes." The two stood up and replied.

"In addition, we should also pay close attention to all information related to this 'plus operation' and not let go of any suspicious information. I will ask Li Ran and Bai Yu to listen to the devil's communications day and night, and cooperate with the Military Command Action Group to inform us of the news we receive at any time. ”

The three of them sprang into action immediately.

Gao Qixing, Wang Yantai, and Jiang Yongming personally led the two team members, and they rowed fishing boats to the vicinity of the wharf to fish, and they were active upstream and downstream of the wharf, closely monitoring the movements of all ships entering and leaving the wharf. In addition, they are also not far from the upstream and downstream of the dock, two wooden sailing boats are moored, and they are also carrying out surveillance tasks. People had already been sent on the docks to disguise themselves as workers, waiting for things to be done, and watching the enemy.

However, after a few days, I still couldn't see anything unusual on the dock, and everything was as usual.

Xiong Qiang and Zhang Shan sent a lot of scouts along the Nanchang-Jiujiang highway to closely monitor all enemy movements. However, on the highway, there were only three of the devil's transport vehicles together, and no other situation was found.

On the highway, everything is normal.

Xiao Xiong, Jiang Feng, and Li Minghua respectively took the train and went back and forth on the Nanxun line almost every day, but there was nothing abnormal on the train and the stations along the line, and there were few passengers on the station, which seemed deserted. On the train, there are only some people who go to the neighborhood to do small business and visit relatives and friends, and it is rare to see a few devils on the train.

Could it be that the devil's "plus operation" really has nothing to do with the Ninth War Zone? Xiao Xiong also doubted his own judgment, although he was anxious in his heart, but everything he detected seemed to be unable to explain what actions the devil would take against the Ninth War Zone.

However, in Li Ran and Bai Yu's monitoring of the devil, the words "plus operation" can still often appear in the devil's messages.

What exactly does "Operation Plus" mean? Xiao Xiong and the entire anti-Japanese armed forces in northern Jiangxi searched hard, but still couldn't find a definite answer.

The time has entered the middle of September, Xiao Xiong learned from the theater commander's department that in the northern Yunshan of Xiangbei, the devils launched a sweeping war, after a few days of fighting, our army suffered great losses, Dayun Mountain was lost and recovered, and the battle was still ongoing.

It was only at this time that Xiao Xiong thought that the so-called "plus operation" operation he was looking for turned out to be nothing more than a sweeping war in northern Hunan Province.

However, when the battle of Dayun Mountain was still going on, Li Ran and Bai Yu continued to appear in the telegrams intercepted by the devils, and the number of occurrences became more and more frequent, and more and more place names appeared.

This time, Xiao Xiong and the others fell into a fog again.