In the wee hours of the morning, everything was silent.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, the southern Jiangsu detachment of the New Second Army was assembled, and the officers and men walked through the dense woods, across the babbling mountain streams, and along the winding mountain road to the southwest.

Except for the sound of footsteps, the whole team did not make any noise, like ghosts coming out of hell.

Xie Yu walked at the front of the line, his face was calm, but the slightly trembling hand in his sleeve revealed his nervous mood at the moment.

Assigned by Wu Ming, Xie Yu was solely responsible for the transfer of the 6,000 main force of the Southern Jiangsu Detachment, as well as the same number of militia groups and guerrillas. The heavy pressure of the past few days has made him unable to sleep, and his mental state is on the verge of collapse.

Xie Yu was a little distracted, didn't pay attention to his feet, and suddenly stepped on a pebble, and stumbled and was about to fall to the ground. Liu Zhenning, who was following him, was quick with his hands and feet, supported him, and asked in a low voice and worriedly: "Commander Xie, you are now the backbone of our southern Jiangsu detachment, don't have any problems with your body!" ”

"It's okay, I'm not a delicate and expensive son, I've been with the commander for almost eight years, what wind and waves haven't I experienced? You can rest assured. Xie Yu waved his hand absently.

"Hey, you haven't rested for three days and three nights, if you continue like this, your body will collapse."

Liu Zhenning called the guard, took out a canned luncheon meat from the satchel on his waist, and handed it to Xie Yu: "Commander Xie, you can eat some." When we get out of the encirclement, I'll get you some good stuff to make up for yourself. Rest assured, this is the last time the materials were transported from the rear, I heard that Maoliangwu Food Factory has expanded its production scale again, and canned horseshoe, instant noodles, and compressed biscuits are all available. I didn't want to eat it before, but now it's time to give you a boost! ”

"Your canned food, you should eat it yourself! You are a front-line commander, maybe it will be unfavorable to break through later, and you will have to lead the troops to fight continuously! ”

Xie Yu pushed the can back to Liu Zhenning.

At present, supplies are in short supply, and each officer and soldier only has two taels of fried rice a day, and if they do not break through the encirclement again, the entire unit will be starved to death even if they do not die in battle.

"Commander—you can't go without eating!"

Liu Zhenning was a little anxious: "I asked your guard, last night you ignored his objections, and gave your share of fried rice to the wounded and sick in the field hospital as a commander......"

"Okay, my body I know - hidden!"

Xie Yu closed his mouth suddenly, dodged and hid behind a rock, and the soldiers behind heard the order to find a place to hide, and those who couldn't find a place lay on the ground...... It turned out that Xie Yu found two people coming up at the foot of the mountain in front of him, and hurriedly issued a warning.

"Commander Xie, it's me, the spy company Li Zhiqing!"

The two on the opposite side did not have the slightest intention of dodging, beckoning and shouting.

Listening to the familiar voice, Xie Yu finally put his mind at ease.

Li Zhiqing was previously a lieutenant platoon commander of the special battalion of the guard regiment directly under the army who was proficient in Japanese, and after being selected to join the southern Jiangsu detachment, he was soon promoted to the post of captain and company commander of the detachment's special service company for meritorious service.

Seeing that it was his own person, Xie Yu wanted to stand up from behind the rock, but who knew that Lu Dao's hands and feet were a little disobedient, and he finally straightened up with the help of Liu Zhenning.

Li Zhiqing took three steps and made two steps, and soon came to Xie Yu.

The flashlight turned on at this time, and Li Zhiqing introduced to the people behind him: "Battalion Commander Gu, this is Commander Xie of the Southern Jiangsu Detachment of our New Second Army!" ”

The visitor nodded and said politely: "Commander Xie, the Japanese army is menacing, in addition to the 20,000 Japanese troops near Maoshan, there are three other brigades of Japanese troops on their way. I'm sorry I didn't inform you of the transfer in time, and I made you suffer! ”

Li Zhiqing began to introduce the identity of the comer.

This person's surname is Gu, his name is Yuancheng, a native of Yixing, Jiangsu, with a wealthy family, who went east to Japan in the early thirties and studied at the Army Non-commissioned Officer School. Japan brazenly launched the September 18 Incident, Gu Yuancheng was indignant and returned to China without waiting for graduation. After the Japanese army captured Nanjing, the Imperial Allied Army was organized, and Gu Yuancheng, who had studied in Japan, was invited out of his home by the Japanese army with a bayonet, and is currently the commander of the Eighth Mixed Brigade.

"Mr. Gu, you are so polite! I don't know how to thank ......you for your help at great risk this time," Xie Yu said with a smile.

"Commander Xie, now is not the time to say these polite words, time is pressing, let's hurry up and get on the road!"

Gu Yuancheng interrupted Xie Yu's words and said urgently: "Now that the camp of the Seventh Brigade of the Japanese Army has been quiet, the main officers of the Eighth Mixed Brigade have already slept, and our regiment commander has gone to the brothel in the town to smoke a big cigarette, and he has handed over the defense of the entire regiment to me." I'll take you out of the encirclement now! ”

Seeing Gu Yuancheng's somewhat blurry face, Xie Yu didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to nod: "Don't thank you for your kindness!" ”

"You come with me now, you can't talk, you can't-"

Gu Yuancheng whispered to explain the precautions, led Xie Yu and the others down Maoshan Mountain, and the troops that stretched for several miles marched along the undulating hills to the pavilion southeast of Tianwang Town.

Around Maoshan Mountain, the Japanese puppet army arranged a web of heaven and earth, in which the puppet army is equivalent to a silk in the spider web, mainly playing the role of warning and early warning, while the Japanese army is stationed at various strategic points, once there is a movement in any silk, it immediately appears like a predatory spider, and the guerrillas of the new Second Army who hit the net are eliminated.

In the blockade line of the Japanese army in the southwest of Maoshan Mountain, the headquarters of the 7th Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was the main force, was located in Caixiang Village, but the two wings under its jurisdiction were stationed near the brigade headquarters and the other was stationed in Shangxing Town. In addition, in Baima, southeast of Lishui, there is a brigade of the Japanese army and a regiment of the puppet army.

The brigade headquarters of the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the puppet army is located in Tianwang Town, but the area that needs to be defended and guarded is very wide, from Tianwang Town, Caixiang Village, Tianqingba to Shangxing Town, all of which are the defense areas of the Eighth Mixed Brigade, and the line from Tianqingba to Yanghe Village is the defense area of Gu Yuancheng's regiment.

Gu Yuancheng was ready to lead the Maoshan detachment, pass the pavilion from the west mountain, and enter the White Horse Mountain and Luobu Mountain in the south, even if it was done. After breaking out of the encirclement of the Japanese army, the troops entered Caoshan and Zhuangyuan Mountain from Huashan, and crossed between Gaochun and Langxi, where the blockade was relatively sparse, and then they could escape into Shifoshan at the northern foot of Tianmu Mountain.

The 10,000-strong army was like a long black dragon advancing rapidly to the south, and the team was silent from beginning to end.

Suddenly, four or five bright pillars of light shot out in front of him, and then from the foot of the west mountain in the north of the pavilion, a group of people came out of the black press, and the leader shouted: "Who? Speak! ”

Xie Yu and the others hurriedly fell to the ground, not daring to speak. He shouted again: "Don't hide, Lao Tzu has seen you." Come out for Lao Tzu, or I'll give the order to shoot! ”

Xie Yu's hands and feet were cold.

Although the southern Jiangsu detachment of the new second army has more than 10,000 troops, it is short of weapons and equipment, food and grass are scarce, and the continuous combat troops are extremely tired.

Xie Yu and Liu Zhenning glanced at each other, although they didn't see each other's expressions clearly, they did the same thing and quickly pulled out the pistol on their waists.

Gu Yuancheng gently pressed Xie Yu's hand and whispered: "Opposite is the commander of the second battalion of our regiment, and he is a mortal enemy with me, a traitor through and through...... You can't do it, once the gun goes off, it will be dangerous to alarm the 7th Brigade. ”

Xie Yu sighed heavily and silently put away the pistol.

Gu Yuancheng stood up, pulled Li Zhiqing for a while, and then walked over with more than a dozen special forces, sneering as he walked: "Who did I say came out to walk around at night?" It turned out to be Camp Commander Zhong! You have killed so many Chinese, are you not afraid that those unjust souls will come to you to settle accounts? ”

"Battalion Commander Gu, aren't you also out at night?"

Camp Commander Zhong's face was gloomy, his cheeks trembled, and he snorted coldly: "I do things for the imperial army, and the divine mansion that the imperial army believes in will naturally protect me." Battalion Commander Gu is so enthusiastic about the encirclement and suppression of the guerrillas of the New Second Army, he can't be trying to steal credit from me, right? ”

Coming to Camp Commander Zhong, Gu Yuancheng snorted coldly and pointed to the side: "Zhong Jinglong, you keep your eyes open and take a good look, the Taijun of the Seventh Brigade came to inspect our defense, you dare to make a big noise, you don't want to live?" ”

"What?"

Camp Commander Zhong hurriedly shone the flashlight on Li Zhiqing's face.

Due to the important tasks shouldered by the spy company, from the company commander to the ordinary soldier during the operation, they all wore Japanese military uniforms, and the commander of the spy company, Li Zhiqing, wore the rank of lieutenant and a saber at his waist.

"Yaga!"

Li Zhiqing's face trembled, he pulled out his saber and glared at Battalion Commander Zhong.

Camp Commander Zhong was taken aback, quickly put away the flashlight, stepped forward with a fart, and said with a smile: "Taijun, why did you come to inspect the position so late, what should I do if I am tired?" ”

"Yaga, your conscience is greatly bad...... I said that I can't speak loudly at night, so as not to alarm the guerrillas in China, do you want to report to the people of China! ”

Li Zhiqing spoke Japanese very quickly, and it sounded like a book from heaven to Camp Commander Zhong, and he had to look at Gu Yuancheng for help at the moment.

Gu Yuancheng quickly gave Camp Commander Zhong an answer.

After this episode, Battalion Commander Zhong immediately asked himself to lead the way for Li Zhiqing, a Japanese lieutenant, so that "Taijun" could better observe the front-line defense of the pavilion.

Of course, Li Zhiqing will not do it, you must know that there are still more than 10,000 troops waiting behind Lu Dao, and with the-stirring stick of Battalion Commander Zhong, he will definitely be helped.

Li Zhiqing asked Gu Yuancheng to drive Camp Commander Zhong away, but he didn't know that Camp Chief Zhong was a skinless and faceless master, but he didn't leave, and wanted to gain appreciation by serving "Taijun".

Li Zhiqing had to exchange glances with Gu Yuancheng, and after a few words of Japanese, he turned around.

Gu Yuancheng hurried to Battalion Commander Zhong and whispered to him, and when Battalion Commander Zhong heard this, his eyes were stunned and he looked at Li Zhiqing and more than a dozen "Japanese soldiers" not far away.

"Yours, keep up!"

Li Zhiqing hooked his finger to Camp Commander Zhong, said a word in stiff Chinese, and led the people towards the grove at the foot of the mountain. Camp Commander Zhong blinked, a little overwhelmed. Gu Yuancheng pushed him, and said with envy and hatred: "Don't you hurry up, it seems that Taijun has an important task entrusted to you, and the opportunity for you to soar is here!" ”

"Ah...... Ok, good, good! ”

Camp Commander Zhong quickly caught up with his eyebrows and chased towards "Taijun".

Waiting for Battalion Commander Zhong to walk away, Gu Yuancheng was the highest commander in the puppet army on the scene, he straightened his face, and used a flashlight to shine on the puppet soldiers brought by Battalion Commander Zhong one by one, and ordered loudly:

"From now on, until your battalion commander returns, it will be under my command. Whoever wants to disobey the order, don't blame my gun for not recognizing people! ”

A group of puppet soldiers were blinded by the strong light of the flashlight, and they wiped their eyes one after another, and when they regained their vision, they found that the large group of men and horses surrounded them, and the muzzle of the black hole said everything.