Soon the phone call came from the front, saying that the Americans had airdropped 5 tons of rice down, and Division Commander Zhang suddenly felt that Captain Lin had done this matter quite presciently. He himself didn't think about the airdrop and still need to prepare in advance, especially in the mountainous area, it is really not easy to seize a piece of flat land, it seems that this guy is more thoughtful.

On the morning of April 30, the main force of the Japanese army again began to attack on two sides, this time the momentum was very fierce, regrouped the artillery to bombard the position of the 58th Division, and held on to Lashio, although there were some geographical advantages, but it was certainly not as advantageous as the Songshan Mountains, so he ordered the troops to begin to alternately cover and slowly retreat backwards, and the refugees did not care.

In the afternoon of the same day, his headquarters passed Sister Mu, Ruili withdrew all the way to Longling, and when he passed through Mangshi, he checked the airdrop position selected by Lin Linqi, and used bonfires as air instructions all around, and the nearby garrison positions were well selected, making full use of the terrain and features, and covering each other was also fully considered. He even sent people to visit around, marking the water sources and mountain passages that were not marked on the map, obviously with long-term business plans.

Zhang Lingfu immediately set up a checkpoint at the main road, strictly prohibiting refugees from entering, and the defeated troops from all walks of life must first disarm before they can enter, and after entering the rear area shelter station, they will be screened, and after screening, it will be confirmed that there is no problem, and then the weapons will be returned and distributed to each company of the 58th Division as supplementary soldiers. His method of identification is usually to identify each other within the same unit, and after identifying reliable personnel, these people will identify others. If they can't be sure, they will be locked up in a Confucian temple near the Mangshi airdrop area, their rations will be halved, and they will lose their freedom of movement. He was frightened by the black gun, so he came up with these solutions.

In the afternoon, the rest of the troops were withdrawn from Lashio one after another. The Japanese army had the advantage of troops, and it was advancing with perfect infantry and artillery coordination, and it was of little significance to continue to defend to the death, and at noon, the Japanese artillery fire turned to the civilian area in the city, so Zhang Lingfu did not hesitate and ordered the rearguard troops to withdraw in alternate cover. Lin Xiuxuan had been using the radio to communicate with the air, and was told by the signal corpsman that the division seat was invited, and he went to report to Zhang Lingfu with the list of materials and food invested by the US military air.

This time Zhang's headquarters chose to be in the cave, it seems that the division seat has fully guarded against the sneak attack camp, there are improvised fortifications and machine guns at the entrance of the cave, but it is not very public, but experienced agents, it is still easy to judge from the communicators who go in and out, the motorcycles parked under the mountain, and the antennas set up by the signal soldiers on the rocks, at least one regimental headquarters.

He approached the dark cave, saw candlelight lit in front of him from a distance, and could hear Zhang Lingfu angry.

"What rotten map? Not at all. ”

"That's what I sent out in the first place." Deputy Division Commander Cai explained.

"Song Xilian called and asked the enemy how he went around to Tengyue County, I didn't know that the enemy had been confronting us in Lashio?"

"It's the Sakaguchi detachment that came around, and it disengaged the day before yesterday, and probably went there last night. In addition, the magistrate of Tengchong County escaped and took a raft to Heshun on the other side, and Yang Jipin, the president of the Chamber of Commerce who stayed in the city, led the local militia to join the enemy. It seems that it has been rebelled a long time ago, and there are rehearsed actions. ”

"These traitors." Zhang Lingfu knocked lightly on the table to show that he had the intention to kill the thief and was powerless.

"However, the loss of Tengyue has little impact on our defense, and with us here, he does not dare to cross the river to attack Baoshan."

"I don't care about what Baoshan is, I only know that half of the location has been lost. Is there a way to hit Tengchong? ”

"Division, our troops are already stretched to the limit due to such a large mountainous area, why don't I send someone to guard the Longjiang Suspension Bridge, the Liang River is very shallow, and there will be an opportunity to kill it in the future."

"Yes, we are short of manpower now...... Zhang Lingfu raised his eyes and saw Lin Xiuxuan coming, "You came just in time, something is looking for you." ”

"Please command."

"Just now the reception station called, saying that dozens of guys from the 96th Division had come from Jingdong like you."

Lin Xiuxuan chuckled in his heart, thinking that he was broken.

"Those guys are messing around there, and they don't know if it's true or false if they refuse to surrender their guns, so I'm sorry for you to identify people and see if there are any Japanese spies mixed in."

"I'm going?"

"Of course you go, or I'll go? Apart from you, is there anyone here who knows the people of the 96th Division? Also, if these people are reliable, you will be in charge. Look at these ......" he pulled Lin down before the map, "the quality of the map of Longling is 108,000 miles worse than that of Lashio, and it is still the map measured by the military government back then, and the deviation is very large. Since you have learned to build bridges and roads, you will definitely use a theodolite to help me correct it. ”

Zhang Lingfu deftly asked others to survey and map the map, apparently not understanding the arduousness of making a map, or not wanting to. Of course, the question he raised was indeed true, and he used a 50,000-to-1 military map surveyed by the British in Lashio, which was indeed very standard. After retreating here in a hurry, the staff officer found that only the map drawn by Cai Yi's Yunnan Military Government in the third year of the Republic of China had long been outdated.

"The division seat can allow Americans to take pictures and draw maps from the air. Much faster. ”

"Nonsense, how is it possible for a camera to take the whole picture?"

"It can be spliced."

"Let you do a trivial matter, you will push back, I am waiting here to use, delaying the military situation, can you afford it?"

"Okay, I'll figure it out. But I want a radio. ”

"Yes, go quickly. You'd better get the revised map in my hands tomorrow. ”

Lin Xiuxuan hurriedly withdrew. What do you do when you meet an unreasonable person? You can only do as he wants. He and Platoon Commander Sun of the guard platoon went towards the straggler containment station together, thinking up and down, how could he let the fake one verify the real one? But this has happened, and it should be faced.

As far away as the shelter, which was made of several dilapidated houses and a ring of barbed wire, I heard a commotion and a quarrel inside.

"Why did you 74th Army order the guns of our 5th Army?"

"This is an order from above."

"How old are you? We only listen to Master Yu Shaoyu. ”

"Here, Division Commander Zhang has the final say, and then he will be punished as a bandit ......."

Seeing that a fight is about to start, it sounds like the gang of the 96th Division is going to riot if they don't buy it, after all, according to the calculation of the relatives, the 5th Army is in front of the 74th Army.

Lin rode up to him, intending to cut through the mess and fool the matter with a quick knife.

"Presumptuous, which part?"

He whipped his whip at the ensign and the guards who were arguing below, shaking both sides.

Peng Hengfa, the commander of the 2nd platoon of the 288th Regiment Reconnaissance Company.

It seems that he is still an elite, and he looks so arrogant, he is obviously not a Japanese spy, and spies are usually very low-key.

"Report the names of your commanders." He condescended and shouted loudly, killing the other party's arrogance.

"Report, Yu Shao, commander of the 96th Division, Ling Zemin, commander of the 288th Regiment, and Zhang Lihua, commander of the reconnaissance company."

"Oh, it turned out to be Zhang Lihua's soldiers." Lin pretended to be familiar and nodded, he didn't know who Zhang Lihua was.

"Officer, you know that our company commander Zhang is fine, give me a comment, they don't say that we are spies......" The platoon commander below felt that he had met his relatives and was wronged.

"Let's cry slowly, what's wrong with the 288th regiment?"

"Commander, he ...... 4 days ago, in Jingdong sacrificed, we lost contact according to the predetermined plan, retreated here and were ordered to hold the Huitong Bridge, yesterday, the company commander was also beaten through the stomach by the dog day. We saw that there was a central army here, and we thought, let's fight devils together, but we didn't expect to be shot by these grandsons. ”

Lin Xiuxuan turned to the side of Platoon Commander Sun: "Platoon Commander Sun is his own person from the 96th Division. He deliberately said it very vaguely, so that both sides heard plausible, and it felt like he was from the other side.

"Captain, since it's from your side, give them back the gun."

Below, Peng Hengfa also wondered, why did this captain still ask the second lieutenant next to him? Soon someone came and gave them back the weapon.

"Brothers, the enemy is at present, there is no time to explain, my surname is Lin, you follow me from now on, and I will lead you to fight devils."

He jumped off the horse, handed over the horses to Platoon Leader Sun to take care of, and led more than 20 people here to leave, everyone felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't say anything.

Lin Xiuxuan promised to find a suitable map for Zhang Lingfu, and after he glanced at the old map of Longling, it was clear that this was a top priority. To complete this task, he now needs a group of good hands, this group of people from the reconnaissance company sent to the door, and he is in use, he is now wearing a 58th Division uniform, and people naturally regard him as a member of the 58th Division. Of course, this two-sided deception will not last long, and he plans to get out in a day or two.

He quickly led this group of people to get all kinds of equipment for drawing maps and a captured Japanese army No. 6 portable radio, and then everyone carried it north to Nandian Tusi Temple, just now he heard Zhang Lingfu's deployment, the Japanese army Bankou detachment moved to the other side of the Liang River, and easily occupied the county seat of Tengyue County, he thought, see if there is a way to get a map of the Japanese, this is faster than anything. When he arrived at the Tusi Temple, he found a hill to sit down on and began to call continuously. No one knows, and what he says, he doesn't let anyone around him hear.

Sporadic sounds were heard from time to time on the opposite side, and the Japanese troops easily entered the undefended Tengyue County, and seemed to be shooting for fun. Platoon Commander Peng Hengfa became more and more strange in his heart, why did he send so many strange equipment, the devil was on the opposite side, and it was not big. He was determined to put this strange captain to the test.

"Captain. My brothers and I have been detained in the morning until now, but we still haven't eaten? He walked over to Captain Lin and said carefully.

"Haven't eaten yet? I'm trying to figure it out. Lin replied absentmindedly, then turned around again and ignored Peng.

Time passed slowly, and everyone muttered, if you wait like this, when will the meal begin? Captain Lin finally stood up and stopped fiddling with his radio.

"Brothers, would you like to go with me to fight devils and kill traitors?"

"Would you like to?" Everyone hesitated, not because they were afraid of beating the Japanese, but because they looked like they were chattering and unreliable.

"I received news from Shangfeng, Yang Jipin, president of the Tengchong Chamber of Commerce, will have a banquet for the Japanese tonight, let's go and stir it up."

"Crossing the river into the city?"

"No, his village is 15 miles outside the city, and the Japanese haven't arrived yet, so let's go to an ambush and have a full meal by the way, you see."

"Is this reliable?"

"Can I keep you out, will you do something out of tune?" Lin Xiuxuan said in a tone that could not be doubted.

"Okay then."

Everyone can only say this, of course Lin's words can't dispel their suspicions, where is military intelligence so easy, they haven't seen their own accurate intelligence in previous wars.

Lin got up as he spoke, patted the dust on his buttocks, took care of himself, walked a few steps, turned around and saw that the person behind him was still carrying a measuring tool, and hurriedly asked them to throw it away.

He was indeed in a good mood, he had just resumed contact with Xu Chong, and mentioned that he wanted a map of the Japanese army, Xu Chong came up with a plan, because they had just eavesdropped and learned that there were more than a dozen leading figures in the industrial and commercial circles in Tengyue County, and they were going to have a banquet for Japanese officers at the house of Yang Jipin, the president of the Chamber of Commerce. Maybe the officer will take the map with him.