"Platoon Commander Gao, what are you doing here?" Zhou Mantian stepped forward and asked.

Gao Shenxing only shook his head, and continued to grab a stack of banknotes from the open leather case and stuff it into a sack.

Until now, Li Mu and the little sparrow who stayed in Yangshan Lake to connect with the military commander did not come back, during which Zhou Mantian sent two groups of people to Yangshan Lake to inquire about the news, but there was no news back, with rich experience, Gao Shenxing had already sniffed out a trace of danger from the air, and decisively decided to implement the backup plan.

Regarding this money robbery, whether it is money robbery, money transportation, and future use of banknotes, two sets of plans have been prepared.

The first choice is to directly transport the banknotes to Shanghai through the channels of the military command, and then purchase military supplies from the Shanghai Concession, and then transport these military supplies back to Longkou with the help of the channels of the military command.

In addition to this preferred set, there are also backup options.

The backup plan is for the 5th Brigade to directly bring the two million huge funds back to Longkou, and then use the channels of the CCP to purchase materials, but the channels of the underground party of the CCP naturally cannot be comparable to the military unification, and at that time, the anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui will at most buy some food or clothing from neighboring counties, and it is absolutely impossible to buy weapons, ammunition and equipment.

Comparing the two, the benefits of the preferred option are, of course, much greater than that of the alternative.

However, no matter how good the preferred solution is, it must be implemented conditionally, otherwise everything is empty talk.

Now, Li Mu and Little Sparrow have not come back for a long time, and the military command has never been able to contact them, so Gao Shenxing can't help but worry, in case the military command station in Chizhou has been served by the small Japanese company, then it will be too dangerous for him and the 5th Brigade to stay in Chizhou, so it is better to return to Longkou directly with a huge amount of money, so that he can still use the money to buy some supplies.

"Platoon Commander Gao, calm down, listen to me." Zhou Mantian patiently persuaded him.

"Da Zhou, you don't need to say it anymore." Gao Shenxing waved his hand to stop Zhou Mantian and said, "I have already decided." ”

As he spoke, Gao Shenxing had already put two million huge sums into more than 20 sacks, and then distributed these sacks to more than 20 members of the 5th Brigade, just one pocket per person.

Zhou Mantian didn't know how to persuade Gao Shenxing, and a guerrilla hurried over.

After listening to the guerrillas' report, Zhou Mantian's face immediately changed, and he turned his head to Gao Shenxing and said, "Platoon Commander Gao, the Li Brigade and the little sparrows are back." ”

"Oh?" Gao Shenxing stood up when he heard this.

After a while, Li Mu and Little Sparrow appeared with the support of four guerrillas.

Seeing that Li Mu's face was bruised and he couldn't even walk, Gao Shenxing's face changed dramatically after a while, and he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Xiao Mu, what's wrong?" ”

"Lao Gao, don't mention it." Li Mu smiled bitterly, and said with a face full of shame, "We were careless, let Little Japan block the island in the middle of the lake, and then Little Japan set fire to the island, we were really forced to have no choice but to hide in the water, as a result, Little Japan set fire and searched the island, if it wasn't for Little Japan's sudden withdrawal, even if we weren't caught by Little Japan, I'm afraid we would be frozen to death." ”

"Xiao Mu, come over and bake the fire, ambiguous and ambiguous." Gao Shenxing hurriedly carried Li Mu to the fire, and carefully helped Li Mu to sit down by the fire, and when Li Mu and Little Sparrow both sat down by the fire, Gao Shenxing asked again, "Xiao Mu, before the arrival of Little Japan, did you connect with the military commander?" ”

"Nope." Li Mu shook his head and said, "But Lao Gao, then Little Japan suddenly withdrew, probably because they found out about the traffic officers sent by the military commander to connect with us, alas, I don't know how the military commander is doing now, if something happens to their side, then our preferred plan will be suspended."

"I was about to tell you about it." "I want to use a backup plan. ”

"Wouldn't it be too urgent to start the backup plan now?" Li Mu rarely expressed his objection this time.

"Platoon Commander Gao, Brigade Li, don't worry." Zhou Mantian persuaded again, "I have already sent someone to deliver a letter to the Chizhou County Party Committee, and the comrades of the county party committee will send someone to get in touch with the military commanders, and I believe that news will come back soon." ”

Li Mu also said: "Lao Gao, I also think that we can't be in a hurry now, let's wait a little longer." ”

Gao Shenxing pondered for a moment, and Zuihou finally nodded: "Okay, then let's wait another day, if there is no news from the military command before dark today, then we will implement the backup plan." ”

(Dividing Line)

"Taisan, the target is running east from this path," Yan Sanquan said to Haneda, pointing to a fork in the road.

From Chizhou to Qingyang County, in addition to passing through the Huting stronghold, there are two other strongholds, to Qingyang, there are several Japanese outposts, after receiving the report from the Huting stronghold, Haneda immediately called several strongholds leading to Qingyang County from Chizhou, and ordered them to intercept a suspicious carriage.

Therefore, Haneda was very sure that the target definitely did not run out of Chishu.

However, the gendarmerie and plainclothes teams chased them all the way to the stronghold of Huhudun on the border between Chizhou and Qingyang County, but they never found the target, and Haneda realized that the target must have abandoned the main road and turned into a small road in the middle.

Halfway through the search, the plainclothes team finally found suspicious traces.

In the grass at a fork in the road, the plainclothes team of the black two dogs found a pile of horse manure, the black two dogs raised horses when they were children, and they still understand the habits of horses, after distinguishing the color and smell of horse manure, the black two dogs concluded that this pile of horse manure has just been pulled, and the time will definitely not exceed two hours, that is, the goal is only two hours at most.

After chasing along the trail for a short time, it was dawn, and by this time the ruts of the carriage could be clearly seen on the ground.

The old devil Haneda immediately ordered the gendarmerie and plainclothes team to chase after him from the fork in the road, and after chasing him for about ten miles, he came to a river, and then the target disappeared out of thin air.

Although the target disappeared out of thin air, Haneda was not in a hurry.

Because Haneda knew very well that the target could never really disappear, and if it was not hidden, it would have gone by water.

The gendarmerie and plainclothes squad scattered in all directions, searching the surrounding mountains inch by inch, and after a short time, they found abandoned carriages in a river bay, and Haneda was able to conclude that the target was to go by water, and ordered the gendarmerie and plainclothes to continue the pursuit along the banks of the river.

After chasing along the river for about ten miles, the black second dog of the plainclothes team showed suspicious traces again.

"Taisang, captain, look here, there are rut marks here" Hei Ergou picked up the messy grass on a field stalk, revealing a few inconspicuous rut marks directly printed in the dirt, and then pointed to the rut and said, "This is a wheelbarrow rut, and the other party has another person who answers, and the target is taken away from here."

By this time, the old devil Haneda had realized that something was wrong.

Sure enough, the gendarmerie and plainclothes teams chased forward for about ten miles, and the rut marks of these wheelbarrows disappeared on the main road, to be exact, they were overwhelmed by the tire prints of cars and tricycles coming and going on the main road, because this place was already close to Chizhou, and there were many Japanese military trucks transporting baggage back and forth, as well as side three-wheelers who were carrying messages back and forth.

Now, Haneda couldn't be sure whether his goal was to follow the main road all the way to Chishu Castle or which path to take along the way.

"Yagayalu." Tossed for a night, but nothing was gained, of course, Haneda's old devil's mood was not much better, catching the black two dogs is a few big ear brackets, and the black two dog teeth were fanned out two, but there is nowhere to complain, he can tell Haneda, this is all the result of the troubles of small Japan's trucks and motorcycles?