On April 23, 1941, Xiao Xiong and hundreds of other special soldiers and guerrillas witnessed Hu Maoxian's heroic death in front of themselves. Hu Maosheng's heroic behavior brought a great shock to everyone, and also gave them a huge impact on their will. In their hearts, Hu Maosheng has now turned into a tenacious and unyielding spirit that defies death as if he were at home, and a will to fight to the death against the enemy and win.

Soon, Xiao Xiong and the others learned that Cao Jimin was going to Lushan to rush to Lushan, and that this dog man was going to Lushan to participate in the so-called commendation meeting specially held for him by the Jiujiang City Defense Command, in recognition of his contribution in leading his troops to hunt down and kill Hu Maosheng, the "bandit leader" of the Xingzi Anti-Japanese Guerrillas.

Xiao Xiong immediately decided to lead Li Minghua's hunter team to Lushan, and to kill Han and Cao Jimin at all costs. Because, the devil is trying in vain to use the killing of Hu Maosheng to attack the determination and will of the anti-Japanese elements to resist. They vigorously propagated that Cao Jimin was to use him to propagate the criminal conspiracy of "Sino-friendly relations" and "the establishment of the so-called Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere." Therefore, in any case, we must not allow the devils to use the Han annihilation of Cao Jimin as a model to vigorously propagate the conspiracy to succeed, otherwise it will cause an even worse impact and undermine the overall situation of the resistance.

After this failed rescue operation, Xiao Xiong and everyone were very sad and angry, but Hu Maoxian's heroic behavior really gave everyone a great encouragement in addition to sadness. This time when they went to Lushan to kill Han Annihilation, the brothers of the hunter team were all full of strength, and they all silently made up their minds in their hearts to fight Cao Jimin even if they sacrificed their lives.

After the Einsatzgruppen left the mushroom pond, they first rested in the secret camp of the Xingzi guerrillas in Wulao Peak. During the rest of the camp, Zou Hexi pestered Xiao Xiong to follow the Einsatzgruppen to Lushan to kill the Han Annihilation. Xiao Xiong thought about it for a while, and felt that this kid had never fought before, and it was dangerous to participate in such a battle, so he didn't want to take him there, but he couldn't bear his stubbornness, so he had to agree to his request. This time, Zou Hexi was so happy that he jumped happily and hurriedly prepared to go.

According to the latest information, the Jiujiang City Defense Headquarters of the devils is preparing to hold a commendation meeting on April 30 at the Lulin Hotel, and they also notified the pseudo county magistrates, pseudo security captains, and chamber of commerce presidents of various counties in northern Jiangxi, as well as the squires and wealthy tycoons with heads and faces in each county, and the meeting was very large. For the purpose of this meeting, Yamamoto also invited reporters from the major newspapers to attend the meeting to cover the meeting, and prepared to give himself a great deal of publicity. It is said that the military headquarters of the 11th Army of the devils also sent people to attend the meeting.

In order to ensure the safety of the meeting, Yamamoto ordered the captain of the Jiujiang Military Police Corps, Shihiro Ono, who had just taken office, to do a good job of guarding the mountain, and no accidents were allowed during the meeting. Ono Shihiro had just been promoted by Yamamoto, how dare he slack off in the slightest, he immediately dispatched troops, and set up more checkpoints at various intersections on the mountain, and closely checked them. Guling Street on the hill is three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and the Lulin Hotel where the conference is located and the surrounding areas are heavily guarded. All idle people were strictly restricted from moving around their residences during the meeting, and they were allowed to pass freely unless they had a special permit issued by the gendarmerie. Otherwise, they will be killed.

On the second day of the ban, a peasant woman on the mountain, because she didn't know about the ban, went to the street early in the morning with a load of vegetables to sell, and before she could go far, she was shot dead by a devil sentry.

For a time, dark clouds rolled over Guling Street, full of murderous opportunities.

Xiao Xiong sent the team members who went up the mountain to reconnoiter and reported the situation on the mountain, and Xiao Xiong scolded angrily after hearing this:

"Yamamoto, who is a dog, is really cunning. However, this Lushan Mountain is hundreds of miles in radius, and there are many ways up the mountain, so he still has the ability to stop us from going up the mountain? Lao Tzu just can't go to Guling Street, can't he go to other places on the mountain? Besides, Cao Jimin can't fly down the mountain, he can't stay on the mountain for the rest of his life, we are waiting for him to kill him on the way down the mountain. Minghua, what do you say? ”

Li Minghua didn't seem to hear Xiao Xiong's question, he was holding a hunting knife and drawing something on the ground. Xiao Xiong walked over and looked at it, as if he was drawing mountains, he couldn't understand what Li Minghua was thinking, so he kicked Li Minghua's buttocks.

Li Minghua looked up at Xiao Xiong, stood up and pointed to the things he painted on the ground and said:

"Commander, you see, I know at least dozens of roads up and down this Lushan Mountain, how can we have so many people ambushing everywhere to ambush?"

Li Minghua looked at Xiao Xiong in confusion.

"Silly boy, you said there are a lot of ways down the mountain, that's good. However, how many ways can Cao Jimin go? He's not a hunter like you, he can climb rocks and walk walls, he can't walk any way. ”

Xiao Xiong smiled and patted his head.

"yes, I'm confused. Then, going down the mountain from Guling, the main ones are these. ”

Li Minghua squatted down, pointed to those pictures and said to Xiao Xiong:

"The main way down from the north of the mountain is to take the Haohan Slope, and it is estimated that the mountain will come down from there, where the devils are very well guarded along the road, and we can hardly find an opportunity to attack. In addition, it is to walk from the Great Moon Mountain in the east, where the mountains are high and the road is dangerous, and it is rugged to take away, and it is estimated that they will not go. The third is to pass through Hanpokou and take Wulao Peak, which is the road we are now preparing to go up the mountain, but it is also difficult to walk, and it is inaccessible, and they probably don't dare to walk. The most likely is to take Hanyang Peak and pass through the line of Xiufeng. Because the devils on this line are well guarded, heavily guarded, and there are many checkpoints, it is difficult for us to enter and ambush. And it is the most convenient to walk here, and the distance back to Xingzi County is also the shortest. If it were me, I would definitely prefer this place. ”

Li Minghua thrust the hunting knife in his hand into the ground and said:

"Commander, you just send me to take a few people to Xiufeng, if the dog Han Zhen wants to go down the mountain from there, I will leave him at Xiufeng forever, so that he will never be able to go down the mountain."

Xiao Xiong nodded, and began to give orders:

"The first team, led by Li Minghua, went to the front line of Hanyang Peak and Xiufeng. Li Minghua can arrange and set the location of the ambush according to the specific situation. The second team, led by me personally, ambushed to the front line of Xiaotianchi and Haohanpo, preset an ambush, and went to find fighters. The third squad, led by Liu Junshan, ambushed the front line of Dayue Mountain to prevent the enemy from descending from there. The fourth team, led by Jiang Yongming, ambushed on the front line of Wulao Peak and Taiyi Peak, to prevent the enemy from going down the mountain, and Zou Hexi followed Jiang Yongming. ”

Zou Hexi heard that he was ambushed in this area with Jiang Yongming, and said with his mouth crossed:

"Commander Xiao, let me follow you, the enemy will definitely go to Hanpo, I will personally kill Cao Jimin and avenge Captain Hu."

Xiao Xiong patted Zou Hexi's face and said with a smile:

"Silly boy, you're not Cao Jimin, how do you know he won't go down the mountain from you? Maybe he'll go down the mountain from where you are." How is your marksmanship now? Can you beat rabbits? ”

"No problem, I can fight the flying spotted rabbit, as long as Cao Jimin, a Han Jian, dares to go from me, I will ensure that his head blooms."

Xiao Xiong also analyzed in detail the various situations that may be encountered and made specific arrangements. After that, everyone packed up their weapons and ammunition, brought all the necessary tools, such as ropes, hoes and pickaxes for climbing, and prepared three days' worth of dry food, and then set off separately and immediately went to the ambush site.

On April 30, the Lulin Hotel in Lushan was very lively, and the building was full of slogans and banners such as "China Says Goodwill" and "Establish a Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Circle" from top to bottom, and Yamamoto's commendation and commendation meeting was held here on time. Cao Jimin's face was full of red light, and in front of all the pseudo-county magistrates and other colleagues in northern Jiangxi, he accepted Yamamoto's award. At this time, reporters from several major newspapers in this book took pictures with their cameras "clicking" and taking pictures non-stop.

Yamamoto clinked glasses with Cao Jimin affectionately with his wine glass, and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, today we congratulate Director Cao Jimin and commend him for his contributions to the establishment of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, and hope that in the future, everyone will learn from him and make more contributions to the goodwill of China and the establishment of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Circle as soon as possible. Today, I also announce a piece of good news: the Jiujiang Urban Defense Command has appointed Mr. Cao Jimin as the county magistrate of Xingzi County. Everyone applauded. ”

Cao Jimin was really a little flattered, he couldn't imagine that Yamamoto valued him so much. So, he took the letter of appointment handed to him by Yamamoto and kept bowing and thanking him. He took Yamamoto and brought him a glass of wine and drank it all.

The cameras in the audience kept shooting, and Yamamoto smiled and held Cao Jimin's hand tightly and kept posing in different poses for reporters to take pictures.

Cao Jimin's heart was very excited, and his hands were trembling.

The commendation meeting lasted all day, and reporters from major newspapers surrounded Cao Jimin for interviews. Cao Jimin's mouth was like a river, and he answered reporters' questions very sophisticatedly. And I took a lot of photos.

At night, Cao Jimin, who was lying on the bed, calmed down, he thought, now everyone in the world knows that he led someone to capture Hu Maosheng. Hu Maosheng died because of himself, so will Hu Maosheng's subordinates target themselves to avenge their leader? And the even more troublesome Xiao Xiong and his elusive Einsatzgruppen, did they send someone to aim a gun at their head a long time ago? Thinking of this, Cao Jimin's spine couldn't help but feel cold.

From now on, he must carefully protect his head, and it is best to uproot the Xingzi guerrillas and Xiao Xiong's special forces as soon as possible, so as to prevent future troubles forever.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Cao Jimin said goodbye to Yamamoto. He did not descend from the Hero Slope with Yamamoto, but down another mountain road that he himself thought was safer.