It was almost the Chinese New Year, and Xiang Qingyun learned that the observation group had arrived at Hanshan in Jiangbei, across the river from the Dangtu guerrillas, and that the sailor brigade had also arrived at the New Fourth Army defense area, and most of the materials had reached the territory of Fengjiuzhong in Jiangnan, so he felt a lot more at ease. So he found Tuesday Dog and Zhao Dahu to report, and proposed to take the observation group back to the Xishan base as soon as possible, so that these officers could spend the New Year with the old troops.

Zhao Da'er sent a motorized speedboat to send the officers of the observation group across the Yangtze River with a swagger, but the devils along the river did not react at all. The nearby devils did not dare to provoke Wu Mujun without the orders of their superiors, in fact, even if the devils wanted to take action against the observation group, they had no time to react in the face of the high-speed motorized speedboat.

The Su-Anhui Brigade in this area is the smallest in number and the smallest in territory of the guerrilla corps, but because it is close to the Xishan base area and there are gold and lead mines in the guerrilla area, the equipment is the best among several guerrilla brigades, 6 75mm mountain guns, 18 92-type infantry guns, 18 90mm mortars, 6 antiaircraft guns, 12 anti-aircraft machine guns, 6 motorized speedboats, infantry light and heavy machine guns, Qiguang submachine guns, Qiguang rifles, and gun grenades.

Lu Yaohan and others still had to do some anti-united front work in the defense area of the Su-Anhui Brigade, but here the devils were arranged on the front line, and they were clearly distinguished from the guerrillas of the Wumu Army, and they did not get along with each other, while the puppet army was deployed on the second line, responsible for the garrison and logistics tasks of the security area, and the devils had to pass through the blockade line to do united front work. Lu Yaohan and others mean that they have done work elsewhere, and they can't be left blank here, and the subtext is that if you go around the difficult place, you will be looked down upon by junior officers.

Seeing that the officers of the observation group insisted on going to the enemy-occupied area, Liu Zhenjiang had no choice but to arrange preparations for infiltration and crossing the blockade line while asking for instructions from Wei Wenyang and Liu Chenghai.

Liu Chenghai also asked Xiang Qingyun for instructions, and Xiang Qingyun thought that although this trip was a bit risky, the observation group was all high-ranking officers, and they should have the spirit of adventure and the strength to take risks, so they agreed to go to the enemy-occupied area and planned to accompany them personally.

Xiang Qingyun's decision pierced the sky. The chief of staff of the Wu Mu Army went deep behind enemy lines, and if something happened, what would it do? On Tuesday, Gou, Zhao Dahu, Zeng Qi and others unanimously objected, but Shi Jilun, who has never been very involved in the affairs of the Wumu Army, supported Xiang Qingyun, and he believed that although all the senior officers of the Wumu Army fought from the grassroots level, they had not personally experienced small-scale operations behind enemy lines in the recent stage, so it was necessary to experience them firsthand to understand the specific and real situation of operations behind enemy lines, and at the same time, it was also an affirmation and recognition for the special operations brigade that had been fighting behind enemy lines for a long time.

Xiang Qingyun's plan was finally approved, but the Wumu army began preparations in advance: the Wumu caravan and the special operations brigade entered the enemy-occupied area in advance to fight the front station; The guerrillas in the guerrilla zone and the garrison units in Lishui, Gaochun, and Langxi were openly and covertly prepared for emergency response, and the cavalry brigade, armored brigade, and anti-tank brigade of the mobile corps entered combat readiness......

Xiang Qingyun led the observation group under the cover of the special operations brigade to carefully pass through the devil's stronghold, turret, blockade ditch, and barbed wire, and smoothly entered the rear of the devil. Then they dressed up as visiting relatives and friends, doing New Year's goods, and selling New Year's goods, and carried out their work in several batches.

Xiang Qingyun was accompanied by Lu Yaohan and Zhang Tielong and personally visited the officers above the puppet corps level. When the puppet army officers reached a certain level, they all had knowledge, not as blindly obedient and foolish as low-level officers, and they were not surprised to hear that Lu Yaohan and others had joined the Wu Mu Army, and they were still reminiscing like old friends, as for the identity of the chief of staff of the Wu Mu Army who introduced Xiang Qingyun, the officers of the puppet army immediately became respectful, you must know that although they are hostile sides, the gap in identity is also very different, with the strength of the Wu Mu Army, Xiang Qingyun can be compared with the chief of staff of the Devil Army, and the chief of staff of the [***] group army or the theater of operations, As for the puppet army, there is no level that can be compared with Xiang Qingyun, so these puppet soldiers also treat Xiang Qingyun like a guest, and they dare not make a mistake, no matter whether they agree with or agree to Wu Mujun's proposals and plans, they will not betray Xiang Qingyun to himself.

But the spies are different, most of them are not professional soldiers, but are composed of ruffians, hooligans, mountain bandits, bullies, gangsters, and some unambitious literati and squires who were originally mixed, and most of these people take the initiative to take refuge in the devils, they are generally under the direct jurisdiction of the devil's gendarmerie or other secret agencies, and most of them are hardcore men, and they also look down on the puppet army These stupid soldiers who carry spears! They don't buy anyone's account except themselves. They knew that the large turnover of people before the Chinese New Year was not only a good opportunity for the activities of agents on both sides, but also a good opportunity to make a fortune, so they stretched out their noses and sniffed around for news.

On this day, Xiang Qingyun and Zhang Tielong were visiting a puppet army division headquarters outside Nanling City, and more than 10 spies swaggered in, and Yan Kexiang, the commander of the puppet army, was angry: "Captain Sun, you are too deceitful, my division headquarters will break into what you say, and it is too bad to take me Yan!" ”

Captain Sun Tiejupi smiled at Yan Kexiang and arched his hand: "Master Yan, offended, we were ordered by the head of the Honda secret service to check suspicious people, and we were also ordered to act, so please introduce these friends who are born in front of you!" ”

Duanmu Changyan blocked Yan Kexiang, who wanted to explain, and glanced at Sun Tieju: "You also deserve to interrogate us?" ”

Duanmu Changyan's temperament was extraordinary, Sun Tieju didn't dare to make a mistake, and asked cautiously: "May I ask sir-" Sun Tieju made a long sound, and politely waited for Duanmu Changyan to answer.

"Get out!" Duanmu Changyan didn't give him a face.

"You-" Sun Tieju was so angry that he pulled out his pistol, and his subordinates also pulled out their guns.

"Who the hell are you? Get your credentials out! Sun Tieju was fierce and bluffed.

"Lao Tzu has no documents!" The long smoke surface of Duanmu does not change color.

"Then I'm sorry, follow me to the special team to make it clear!" Sun Tieju hardened.

"If I take out my papers, you won't know it anymore." Duanmu Changyan took out a small notebook.

Sun Tieju took it and took a look, "Captain of the Wumu Army Traffic Brigade, Duanmu Changyan, Colonel!" ”

Duanmu Changyan took out a small notebook again, and Sun Tieju looked at it, "The Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Committee of the National Revolutionary Army, Niu Changzhuang, the captain of the Central China Station Action Team, is a colonel!" ”

Duanmu Changyan took out a small notebook again, and it was: Military Attache of the Consulate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Wuhan, Shinichi Nagata, Lieutenant!

In the end, Duanmu Changyan grabbed out a handful of documents, saying that on the fake side, there were those of the Ben Special High School, the Mei Agency, the Intelligence Department of the 13th Army, the Special Service Headquarters of the Nanjing Special Service Committee (No. 76 Xiafei Road), and the Military Commander, the Third War Zone, the Wumu Army, and the Ninth War Zone......

Sun Tieju is so stupid, I don't know which one is true!

"Your name is Sun Tieju, you live in Sunjiagou in the west of Nanling City, your father's name is Sun Guangcai, your eldest brother Sun Tiedan, your second brother Sun Tieshi, your stepmother's name is Sun Li's, your eldest wife's name is Sun Zhang's, she gave birth to two sons and a daughter, your second wife Du Yunhua gave birth to a son, and the third wife Yang Bage just gave birth to a son for you; Your boss's name is Takeshige Honda, who was originally a middle school teacher in Nara, and he has a family in Nara, and he has two good friends in Nanling, but he is a big lieutenant! Your special forces and gendarmerie combined are 20 people, 3 of them and 17 Chinese! Duanmu Changyan unhurriedly brought out Sun Tieju's old bottom, and also brought out the old bottom of the gendarmerie.

Sun Tieju listened to the information flowing out of Duanmu's long cigarette mouth, and suddenly felt cold and weak, and people checked themselves out, but he didn't know anything about them, it was terrible!

"How? No matter what kind of person I am, can you afford to mess with me? Lao Tzu destroys you, and the door is full of breath! Duanmu Changyan was fierce, and there was a cannibalistic light in his eyes.

As soon as Sun Tieju's legs were weak, Gu Dong knelt down for Duanmu Changyan, "Sir, spare your life!" ”

Duanmu was silent, and the corners of his eyes swept to the spies, and all the spies knelt down together: "Sir, spare your life!" Sir, spare your life! ”

Duanmu Changyan waved his hand, and two of his men came up to hand over the guns of the spies, but they were some southern styles, revolvers, etc., and only one shell gun was still a decent gun.

"Go and kneel at the gate!" Duanmu Changyan is unapologetic.

When these spies go out, Duanmu Changyan will respectfully invite Qingyun and the others to continue the talks inside, and he will be on guard outside.

Takeshige Honda, the head of the devil's secret service, was shocked when he heard that his subordinates were kneeling in the mouth of the puppet military division department, who was so bold!? Hurry over to see what happened.

When the agents saw Takeshi Honda coming over, they just wanted to stand up, but the guards on the side coughed, and they immediately bowed their heads honestly and knelt.

Takeshi Honda saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked the person guarding the spy, but the guard didn't reply, just pointed his thumb to the courtyard and let him in.

He saw that Duanmu Changyan was standing on guard, and he didn't dare to approach, so he hurriedly waved lightly from a distance, signaling Duanmu Changyan to come over. Duanmu Changyan saw that this devil was more sensible, so he walked over lightly.

"Lieutenant Honda, your men see things they shouldn't see, and you know what to do!" Duanmu Changyan looked kind and advised Honda in a Tokyo accent: "Don't ask me any questions, the less you know, the better, you have never seen us, you have never heard of us, otherwise all of you gendarmerie will die!" ”

Takeshi Honda, who had seen the world, was shocked and "knew" that he was involved in an inexplicable secret, but fortunately there was a "nobleman" to remind him, so he quickly withdrew.

At the gate, the guards waved Takeshige Honda to take the spies away.

Takeshige Honda took the spies back to the gendarmerie, held a banquet for them at noon to "suppress the shock", comforted them, and told them not to mention this matter again in the future, until these Han Annihilation spies foaming at the mouth and whimpering. Honda didn't believe that these Chinese could keep their mouths shut, so they added ingredients to the meal and placed their bodies in the gendarmerie yard to let Duanmu Changyan know that it had been sealed.

Duanmu Changyan's man "passed by" at the door of the gendarmerie, looked twice at the gendarmerie courtyard, and then looked at the corpse twice, and then left as if nothing happened, Takeshi Honda, who was hiding in the shadows, saw Duanmu Changyan's men gone, and only then put his heart in his stomach!

The devil finally knew what the observation group had done, but he didn't have a chance to catch the people of the observation group, and the puppet army officers were not fuel-efficient lamps, as long as the devil asked about it, they basically admitted that it was true, but the people who came were all old friends, and they could neither be rebelled nor betrayed by their friends, and the devil was helpless when he heard it, the observation group found so many puppet army officers, can't they all be shot?

When the devil confirmed that the observation group was operating in southern Anhui again, he ordered the local secret services to strengthen the monitoring of the puppet army officers, and at the same time deal with suspicious elements in a timely manner.

Lu Yaohan was almost detained by the devil's secret service, but fortunately, the guards of the special operations brigade immediately copied the devil's secret service, not only protected Lu Yaohan, but also took away a batch of confidential documents, gold, silver and jewelry, as for the devil's spy small pistols or something, it is really not worth mentioning.

Lu Yaohan experienced a dangerous situation, Duanmu Changyan couldn't hold it on his face, in order to save face, he issued an order, adjusted the combat plan, and the special operations brigades in various places first cleared the devil secret service organs, whether it was the special high school system or the gendarmerie system, as long as it was a special agency that showed up to exercise power, it would be cleared!

Wu Mujun had long been well aware of most of the devil's spy agencies, and Duanmu Changyan gave an order, and within three days, more than 100 devil spy agencies were poisoned, 11 were strangled to death, and 3 were buried alive.

The observation group went to visit relatives and friends without danger, and returned to Xishan for the New Year safe and sound.

It has been half a year since the officers left the unit, and when they returned to the old unit, they found that the unit had changed its appearance and made great efforts: the soldiers had won several battles, but they were all very good, thinking that the old commander would not be able to fight, and the junior officers were the same for the superior officers, although the equipment was greatly strengthened and the combat effectiveness had increased a lot, but the troops were in chaos!?

Several new senior officers got together to secretly discuss what to do, these things can't be told to Wu Mujun's people, Wu Mujun is not an outsider to himself, and he makes it clear that the report shows that he is too incompetent, and secondly, he seems to be distrustful of Wu Mujun, but the troops are really messed up, what should I do?

Xiang Qingyun held a meeting with the newly formed officers, raised the problems he had learned about the new troops, and asked the officers why they did not report it.

As a result, the newly formed officers asked for their surnames to express all their concerns.

Xiang Qingyun smiled: "Your subordinates have won several battles, and they have grown their skills, and they look down on the old chief!" It's hard to bring the troops! However, you really didn't talk about equipment, tactics, and training in the past! But now you also have a long ability, show them, subdue them, let them be convinced, if you don't have this ability, don't be a commander of you! I'll teach you a few more tricks......"

Next, the newly formed regiments began to be assessed at the first level, and the company and platoon squad leaders at the grass-roots level first assessed their military skills, such as shooting, stabbing and throwing bombs, lying down, prostrating, leaping forward, rolling in, going to the house, climbing trees, marching and training, and earthwork...... Each one must be excellent; The next step is the level of training, and the explanation and demonstration of various tactical actions for the soldiers must be carefully and clearly; Then there is the evaluation of strict military discipline and love for soldiers like children, and at the same time the assessment of military discipline and love for soldiers; After the grass-roots units stabilized, the officers of the newly organized units were relieved a lot, because many of the grass-roots officers were cronies, children, and old subordinates of middle and senior officers, so no matter what the commander was, the subordinates would at least give the commander face, but whether the officers could really serve the public depended on their real skills!

The evaluation of middle- and high-ranking officers is different from the evaluation of grass-roots officers, and middle- and high-ranking officers should establish their prestige while maintaining their majesty in giving orders. As a result, brigade and regiment commanders began to assess battalion and company-level officers, first testing their mastery of various weapons and equipment parameters, such as the caliber, range, rate of fire, weight, and maintenance of field artillery, mountain artillery, infantry artillery, mortar, flat-fire artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, meteor flying mines, javelin flying mines, and grenadiers; Caliber, range, rate of fire, weight, killing radius, and maintenance of light and heavy machine guns, Qiguang submachine guns, Qiguang rifles, Zhongcheng, Hanyang-made, 38-type, barge guns, southern type, gun grenades, and grenades; The speed, firepower, and constraints of trains, trucks, carts, tanks, armored vehicles, cavalry, gunboats, and speedboats, the tactical essentials of coordination, and the tactics of air defense...... In addition, officers at the battalion and company level also have to assess the terrain of the defense area and adjacent areas, the liaison and evaluation of the surrounding friendly forces, the defensive warfare, offensive warfare, transfer, multi-line march plan of the defense area, surprise attack infiltration, counter-surprise attack infiltration, friendly support, liaison and cooperation with other arms, and other subjects.

As soon as the examination questions of the higher-level officers came out, the subordinates immediately realized that the commander's combat command quality was no longer what it used to be, and they immediately put away their contempt and obediently obeyed!

The number of newly recruited troops has been reduced by a quarter after layers of training, training, screening, and elimination, and the old, weak, sick and disabled have been placed in factories, and the stubborn soldiers with bad habits such as smoking big cigarettes, sneaking around, and harassing the common people have been seriously shot, and the others have been served with military sticks according to the severity of the circumstances, and then they have been expelled from the military and also given resettlement work; the thorn head soldiers with strong combat ability have been included in the special operations brigade by Duanmu Changyan and trained as soldiers' bones, and they will return to their original units after a year, and the young soldiers will be assigned to the teaching brigade or the Wumu Military Academy according to their education level as a "branch of the army" Training for future military and non-commissioned officers.

Before the Chinese New Year, the newly incorporated 13 regiments were reorganized into a class A reading division of the 3 brigades and 6 regiments, with Lu Yaohan and Zhang Tielong serving as the chief and deputy division commanders, and each serving as the original brigade commander, Dong Siqi serving as another brigade commander, and 12 mountain artillery pieces and 24 infantry guns of the artillery regiment, 12 trucks, 36 carts, and 96 pack horses of the baggage regiment, and the special service regiment was equipped with war horses, bicycles, radios, telephones, radios, reconnaissance companies, communication companies, ambulance teams, and guard companies. The fire regiment is equipped with heavy machine guns, mortars, rapid-fire guns, and various types of flying mines, and the engineering regiment is equipped with boat, bridge, demolition, and civil engineering units, a total of 11 regiments.

It's not the New Year yet, and the reader has become murderous! (To be continued.) )