On the first day after Liu Hua and others sent Zhou Guoxiong out of the base area, Liu Xiaogang, the captain of the special operations brigade, took the guards to the regimental headquarters of the first regiment.

"Report to the commander, Liu Xiaogang of the Special Operations Brigade came to report." Liu Xiaogang's unique voice came from the door.

Liu Hua raised his head and looked at Liu Xiaogang who was in the dust, and couldn't help but shake his head. "Come in, drink saliva, sit down and talk."

"Commander, are you in such a hurry to call me over, is there any emergency?" Liu Xiaogang eagerly wanted to know why Liu Hua called him over.

"Well, how has the training of your special operations team been in the past half a month," Liu Hua nodded and asked.

"Commander, the members of the special operations team are basically hand-selected by you, so you can relax! The Special Operations Brigade will always be a sharp sword in our Jindong base area. Liu Xiaogang replied confidently.

"Well, well, we must ensure the training of the special operations team." Liu Hua nodded and replied.

"Liu Xiaogang, can you draw out a capable detachment of 50 people from your special operations brigade and ask for veteran Red Army soldiers with good individual quality and strong political skills."

"Report to the commander, there are no problems." Liu Xiaogang replied succinctly.

"Okay, now there is an important task, which will be carried out by you personally with this team of fifty people, do you have the confidence to complete it." Liu Hua asked solemnly.

"Yes."

"Well, that's right, commissar, you come and tell him the mission!" After speaking, he said to the political commissar next to him.

"That's right, Comrade Liu Xiaogang, according to intelligence, we learned that there is an arsenal left by the original [***] in Yunzhong Mountain in the plains, but we are not particularly clear about the materials stored in it and the specific location of the arsenal. Therefore, the command asks you to take a small detachment to find the arsenal without alarming the enemy, and count the specific amount of materials inside, so that we can transport it back later. Since the amount of this batch of arms can be huge, we have to be cautious, you know? The political commissar told Liu Xiaogang in front of him about the situation.

"Yes, commissar, I know, I will complete the task." Liu Xiaogang replied affirmatively.

"Well, Xiao Gang, we must keep our ideas hidden, and we can't let the devils discover our intentions, otherwise we will lose all our efforts, and among the selected team members, they must be very reliable politically." Liu Hua reminded again.

"Yes, the commander, the political commissar, the special operations brigade resolutely completed the task."

In this way, Liu Xiaogang returned to the station with the task. In less than a day, fifty fighters with combat qualities and political skills were selected. In order to hide their movements, the entire squad, except for a few snipers who carried long guns, the rest of the fighters all carried shell guns and changed into civilian clothing.

The entire detachment, disguised as a caravan, drove out of the base area and advanced towards the Yuanping area in the dark night.

Along the way, the squad traveled day and night, evading countless patrols. Finally, after four days of arduous marching, he entered the original flat land boundary, and through the introduction of the local people, he found the specific location of Yunzhong Mountain.

"Boss, according to the introduction of nearby villagers, Yunzhong Mountain is several kilometers in radius. For fear of revealing the goals of our actions, we didn't ask too many questions. A squadron leader dressed as a housekeeper next to him came to Liu Xiaogang and said.

"Well, it's good, it's only a few kilometers away, it's not very big, let's find it ourselves. Find a hidden location right away and use it as our campsite. Maybe we'll be stationed here for a long time for this time. So the camp had to be secluded and not be discovered by anyone. Liu Xiaogang ordered.

"Yes, boss, I'll take a few fighters to find it." After saying that, he turned around and left the resting place.

So, in the evening of the same day, the squadron leader returned with a few fighters, and also brought back a wild boar by the way. Looking at the wild boar carried back by several soldiers, Liu Xiaogang was taken aback and stole a puzzled look from the squadron leader.

"Boss, don't worry, this wild boar was accidentally found by us while we were looking for camp. I didn't expect the wild boar here to be so stupid, we just used a dagger, and we easily solved it. So he brought it back, and by the way, he relieved the hunger of the soldiers. The squadron leader replied with a smile.

"Get down to business," Liu Xiaogang interrupted the smiling squadron leader.

"Yes, boss, we found a valley in the heart of the clouds, surrounded by cliffs and only one exit, perfect for us to hide. And we also did experiments, went to the valley to make a fire, and the outside couldn't find it at all. The squadron leader looked at the serious captain and said, taking out a sketch he had drawn by the way.

Looking at the simple sketch, Liu Xiaogang also felt that this was a very good hiding point, but the scope was too small. Otherwise, it can be used as a very large and hidden military camp.

"Well, very good, order the warriors to set off now, rush to this place, you go to the front and lead the way. By the way, bring the wild boar with you, and let the warriors open the meat at night. They had eaten dry food for several days, and the soldiers were about to get sick. Liu Xiaogang also replied with a smile.

In this way, the warriors learned that they had found a campsite and that they had wild boar meat to eat in the evening. The pace was immediately quickened, and the fatigue of the day's march was replaced by the excitement in my heart. Looking at the soldiers marching quickly, Liu Xiaogang also smiled: "It seems that the temptation of wild boar is also quite big,"

The next day, after a full meal, the soldiers stood in front of Liu Xiaogang full of energy.

"Comrades, in the past few days, everyone has been in a hurry to leave, and I have not told you the task of our trip. Now that we've reached the mountains of the clouds, it's time for me to tell you about it. Since our Reading Brigade was about to be reorganized into a Reading Division, a large amount of equipment was needed, and the original Kuomintang had built a secret arsenal in Yunshan Mountain, which may have stored our continued weapons and ammunition. Our task is to find the exact location of the arsenal, then count the arms inside, and send the data to the commander. Liu Hua looked at the soldiers below who were speechless and nodded secretly.

"Comrades, today we begin to search for the whereabouts of the arsenal. According to intelligence, the arsenal was built in a cave. Now I order, the whole squad, except for the five fighters and the telegraph operator who were left to hold the camp, the rest of the soldiers were divided into five squads, nine fighters each, and went up the hill to find the arsenal. Every afternoon when the sun went down, the squads had to return to their stations to report, and in addition, each squad had to draw a sketch of their own march route, mark it when they found the arsenal, and report it to me before they could enter. Liu Xiaogang gave the order loudly.

"Yes." The fifty people in front of him replied in unison.

"Okay, now group."

And just like that, the team of fifty people began their first day of searching. Five squads, in different directions, centered on the camp, spread out to the periphery.

The first day passed quickly without any gains, the second day, the search continued as well, but there was still no gain, and after the third day, the fourth day was already a week. According to the maps brought back by the various teams, the entire Yunzhong Mountain has now been completely searched by the various teams, but there is still no clue.

"Didn't the warriors search clearly, or forgot which corner? Liu Xiaogang thought about it, but this idea was quickly rejected by himself. Because these fighters are battle-hardened veterans and are particularly good at reconnaissance missions, how could they make such a mistake? ”

Could it be that the commander's intelligence was wrong, Liu Xiaogang sat in the temporary tent, thinking patiently. However, in the end, nothing was found. Just as Liu Xiaogang was about to report his current situation to the commander, a report interrupted his thinking.

"What's the matter, Squadron Leader." Liu Xiaogang looked at the excited squadron leader in front of him and asked.

"Captain, it's found, we've found it, we've found the cave." The squadron leader said excitedly.

"What, found the cave, where is it?" Hearing the word cave, Liu Xiaogang also stood up excitedly.

"It's in our camp." The squadron leader looked at the eager captain and immediately replied.

It turned out that the location of the arsenal was in the middle of the cliff next to the valley, but the outside of the cave was covered with a large number of branches, making it impossible for outsiders to find out. And today, in the evening, a soldier was ordered to go outside to cut wood, and when he saw a large pile of dead branches, he went to drag them away, ready to burn them at night. However, as soon as the branches were dragged, a cave appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Liu Xiaogang rushed out of the tent and saw a lot of soldiers gathered on one side of the cliff, so he ran over quickly. I saw a cave more than two meters high and two meters wide appear in front of me, and about five meters inside the cave, a large iron door was closed.

"What are you doing, and immediately return to their respective posts, the first squad, the second squad stay, and the others are disbanded. The squadron leader, sent a squad of fighters, to stand guard at the mouth of the valley. Liu Xiaogang ordered.

Hearing the captain's order, the people gathered in front of the cave immediately dispersed, leaving only a dozen warriors standing in front of the cave entrance.

"A small team, guard at the entrance of the cave, no one is allowed to enter, and the second team, follow me into the cave." Liu Xiaogang ordered loudly. Immediately, the dozen or so warriors at the door were divided into two groups, one took out their weapons and stood at the entrance of the cave, and the other followed Liu Xiaogang into the cave.

(To be continued)