The name of the recruiting organization, "Trench", had some impression on the dispatcher, but he could not recall where he had heard of it.

Suddenly, the dispatcher turned around and asked Li Qingxiang: "Team leader, is the trench you are talking about the recruiting organization born out of the Chinese Labor Army?" ”

Li Qingxiang nodded: "That's right, it's that team......"

During the First World War, although China did not officially send troops, it sent Chinese labor groups, and these people who were sent to the European battlefield as cannon fodder had almost no status in the army. In order to fight for his legitimate rights and interests, a Chinese medicine doctor in the labor group stood up and gathered everyone to form the Chinese Self-Help Association.

Although this was also futile, it greatly encouraged the laborers who did not even have weapons and were still running around the battlefield every day, and the will of the Chinese, who were originally scattered sand, was condensed.

During the Battle of Cambrai, the British saw the German assault team for the first time - they suddenly came out of the thick fog of gunpowder, and this group of German soldiers wearing gas masks, wearing protective steel plates, and armed with automatic firearms such as Bergman submachine guns, took the British by surprise and almost wiped out the British artillery position.

At the critical moment, the Chinese laborers, who were only responsible for carrying ammunition, did something that stunned the British army: a number of Chinese laborers, on the premise of using only bayonets, shovels and other cold weapons, lurked in various places in the trenches and killed the entire German commando team one by one.

In that battle, the number of casualties among the laborers who ambushed the German commandos was much lower than that of the British soldiers, and this kind of battle loss ratio was rare on the battlefields of the First World War at that time, so the British commanders showed great interest in the Chinese Self-Help Society.

The commander immediately reported the situation, hoping to formally form a real Chinese army, but the upper echelons rejected his request several times, and in the eyes of the West, the Chinese were considered short, weak, and reliable.

After the end of the First World War, many of the Chinese laborers returned to China, and because of the friendship of the battlefield, they themselves established a small village somewhere in Shandong. But because of the warlord melee, they are always oppressed, in order to protect themselves, and in order to live a better life, this group of people took up arms again, but this time they are no longer called the China Self-Help Association, but renamed "trenches".

The trench soon developed into an underground recruiting organization, which took money to do things, and whoever gave the money would work for whomever he wanted. All the people in this group use various Chinese medicine codes to commemorate the Chinese medicine practitioner who organized the establishment of the Chinese Self-Help Association, and they are also dressed in Zhongshan suits.

The dispatcher asked, "Are they doing this to commemorate the former president?" ”

Li Qingxiang said: "That's right, because the former president studied medicine in his early years, and later abandoned medicine to join politics, although the purpose of practicing medicine and revolution is to save people, but doctors can only save a small number of people, but the revolution can save tens of millions of people." ”

The dispatcher nodded and said, "Yes, studying medicine can't save China." ”

Li Qingxiang said: "So, from this point of view, they are quite reliable, and I will find a way to contact them immediately......"

The dispatcher was worried: "Since it is a recruitment, it will definitely require a lot of money, and we may not have enough funds." ”

Li Qingxiang said: "Don't worry, I have the money, as long as they can handle this matter, nothing is a problem." ”

The dispatcher nodded, and remembered something: "Team leader, but your son is also there?" Do you want to tell them when you hire a trench? ”

Li Qingxiang was expressionless, and said categorically: "When the national disaster is at the head, what is a son, besides, this road is his own choice!" ”

After the train taken by Tang Qianlin and others arrived at Fengtian Station, they immediately changed to the military train that had been waiting there for a long time, and there were two locomotives in front and behind, one pulling and the other pushing, and an armored train with heavy firepower in the middle.

"We're going to have to get to the mountain tonight." Before getting into the car, Takahashi Jiro said to Tang Qianlin, "After we arrive, we have to start an investigation immediately." ”

Tang Qianlin asked: "You mean that we can get there directly by train?" ”

Takahashi Jiro said: "Yes, in the past six years, in addition to the blockade and investigation of the non-bibi mountain, we have also directly built the railway to the foot of the non-bibi mountain. ”

It seems that the Japanese are very interested in things that do not resemble mountains, otherwise how could they build a railway directly down the mountain? Could it be that something useful has been found in the mountains? Need a train to pull out?

Tang Qianlin thought of this and asked, "What else did you find in Feibi Mountain besides the Buddha statue?" ”

Takahashi Jiro hesitated and refused to speak.

Tang Qianlin said: "We have reached an agreement, I said that I would save you, but I must know all the details." ”

"Get in the car." After Takahashi Jiro finished speaking, he turned around and got into the car, Tang Qianlin glanced at Li Yunfan and Yi Mochen who were not far away, and also followed Takahashi Jiro to get into the car.

The military train was not as comfortable as the train they had taken before, it could be said that it was just a troop transport train with protective armor, which was filled with all kinds of pungent smells that made people's heads dizzy.

Jiro Takahashi, Tang Qianlin, Li Yunfan, Yi Mochen, Smoke Butt, Qingquan, Qian Sinian, Zhang Dagen, Qiao Tong and Jingusi were all crammed into the carriage.

Ten people with their own hearts and minds stood in the carriage, and no one spoke.

In this way, the train shook all the way to the military station at the foot of the mountain, and when the train stopped, the soldiers of the Kwantung Army, who had been waiting there, stepped forward and opened the carriage door together.

Takahashi Jiro was the first to walk out, jumped out of the carriage, and looked around, a Japanese soldier Cao ran forward, stood up and saluted: "Chief Takahashi!" You're back! ”

Takahashi Jiro said: "In the past few days since I left, nothing happened, right?" ”

Jun Cao said: "No, everything is normal." ”

Takahashi Jiro turned to look at the people in the carriage: "This is a newly transferred colleague, be polite to them." ”

Jun Cao glanced at the people in the carriage: "Yes." ”

Takahashi Jiro turned to Tang Qianlin and said, "Mr. Tang, please come with me, and I will take you to understand the situation here." ”

After speaking, Takahashi Jiro said to Jun Cao again: "You take the others to the barracks to rest." ”

Jun Cao nodded, and with a wave of his hand, a squad of soldiers stepped forward and stood on both sides of the carriage, not to send a few other people to the barracks to rest, but to the barracks to take care of them.

When Li Yunfan and Yi Mochen left, they deliberately glanced at Tang Qianlin, Tang Qianlin didn't respond, just stood aside and watched them walk away.

Takahashi Jiro said at this time: "Mr. Tang, please come with me." ”

Takahashi Jiro led Tang Qianlin to climb to the top of a guard tower in the center of the station, and at the same time ordered the soldiers on the guard tower to leave temporarily.

After the soldiers left, Takahashi Jiro grabbed the railing of the guard tower and said, "Here you can have a bird's-eye view of the entire military station, and the mountain in front of you is not like a mountain." ”

Tang Qianlin looked at the big mountain in front of him, the mountain was white, and there was no trace of green in sight, there was no hiding on the mountain in this season, even if he wore a white camouflage suit, the soldiers on the guard tower would find out if he made a slight move.

The entire military station is rectangular, the houses in the camp are reinforced, and the railway passes directly through the middle of the military station, until the bottom of the mountain, when Tang Qianlin looked along the railroad tracks, he found that a strange greenhouse was built under the mountain in the distance, and the rails were directly built into the greenhouse.

Tang Qianlin pointed to the greenhouse and asked, "What's there?" ”

Jiro Takahashi said, "We dug a hole at the bottom of the mountain. ”

Tang Qianlin looked at Takahashi Jiro: "What are you transporting outside?" ”

Takahashi Jiro hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Coal soil." ”

"Coal soil? What is that? Coal? Tang Qianlin had never heard this word.

Jiro Takahashi explains, "We found a strange kind of soil in the non-biyama that can be burned, but the ignition point is a bit high, and it lasts longer than coal. ”

Tang Qianlin thought for a while: "Was the Buddha statue found in the cave?" ”

Takahashi Jiro nodded and said, "No, it was before the end of summer, a heavy rain washed the Buddha statue down from the mountain, which was an unexpected harvest, but when we were digging coal and soil, we found that there was no cave in the mountain." ”

Tang Qianlin said: "Take me to see." ”

Takahashi Jiro said, "Until then, there are some things that we have to solve. ”

Tang Qianlin asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Takahashi Jiro said: "The composition of this squad is too complicated, and I plan to disrupt the original deployment above and divide the squad into two groups. ”

Tang Qianlin shook his head: "This doesn't make sense." ”

Takahashi Jiro said: "Of course it makes sense, although the actual commander is me, but the order above is to let Qian Sinian lead the team, and at the same time give you the title of team leader, what should you understand by doing this?" ”

Tang Qianlin said: "Of course I understand that my team leader is just an empty title. ”

"There is also a purpose, which is to see who will obey your orders 100% in the process of your leader, and those who obey your orders will be targeted by them." Jiro Takahashi explained to Tang Qianlin, "This is also a means to set up a bureau to control Li Yunfan." ”

Tang Qianlin thought for a while and said, "Understood, tell me your specific plans." ”

"Me and you, plus Qingquan, Jinguss, and cigarette butts are a group." Takahashi Jiro looked at the military cao standing at the door of the barracks below, "Qian Sinian, Li Yunfan, Yi Mochen, Zhang Dagen and Qiao Tong are in a group. ”

Tang Qianlin said: "Even if we are divided into two groups, don't we all have to go into the hole?" Do you want to go in one after another? ”

"Nope." Takahashi Jiro shook his head and said, "Divide the troops into two ways, Group A, that is, us, go to the mountain to investigate the place where the Buddha statue was found, and Group B where Li Yunfan and Qian Sinian are located will go directly into the cave." ”

What exactly does this Japanese want to do? Did he disobey the orders of his superiors just to protect himself? Or did he have some other purpose? Perhaps everything that Jiro Takahashi said from the beginning was a trap.

But at the moment, it is impossible not to agree to him.

Tang Qianlin thought of this, looked at Takahashi Jiro and said, "Okay, just do what you say." ”

Jiro Takahashi smiled: "Then let's get ready to go." ”

Tang Qianlin hurriedly asked, "Now?" ”

Jiro Takahashi pointed to the back of his shoulder: "I'm running out of time." ”

Tang Qianlin nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Takahashi Jiro and Tang Qianlin got off the guard tower and walked straight into the barracks, and then Takahashi Jiro announced his order.

After Takahashi Jiro finished speaking, Qian Sinian reacted very much, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Chief Takahashi, can I talk to you alone?" ”

Takahashi Jiro hesitated, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

After Takahashi Jiro finished speaking, he walked out of the barracks, and Qian Sinian also walked out quickly.

"Chief Takahashi, this is different from what I planned." Qian Sinian said in a deep voice, "The order of the Special Intelligence Service is ......"

Jiro Takahashi interrupted him: "I know what the order is, but the plan can't catch up with the changes, besides, my arrangement like this will not prevent you from dealing with Li Yunfan, so I deliberately arranged you, Li Yunfan, and the arrested Communist Party in Group B." ”

Qian Sinian was very dissatisfied: "I want to reconfirm the order with the intelligence department. ”

Takahashi Jiro said coldly: "I am the supreme commander here. ”

Qian Sinian glared at Takahashi Jiro: "I am also one of the commanders of this operation, and I have the right to confirm the orders issued by the intelligence department and report to General Miyake." ”

Takahashi Jiro said coldly: "Yes, after the task is successfully completed, you can report as much as you want, and before that, you have to complete your own work first." ”

When Qian Sinian was still arguing about something, Takahashi Jiro turned to the military officer: "Hey, get all the equipment ready, contact the outpost on the top of the mountain." ”

Jun Cao received the order and immediately took the soldiers to prepare, and Takahashi Jiro also walked back to the barracks.

Qian Sinian stood there alone, looking hatefully at the barracks door, and then at the communication room not far away.

There's definitely something wrong with Jiro Takahashi, and I'll have to contact General Miyake or something big will happen. After Qian Sinian made up his mind, he walked towards the communication room.