The return of the deputy captain of the enemy team made Wu Zijian and Xiao Junping excited, they were playing the idea of Fengdian County, and Chen Xuanzhu suddenly appeared at this moment, as if he had brought a pillow to someone who was just about to sleep.

However, what disappointed them was that Chen Xuanzhu had been wandering around the periphery of Fengdian for several days, and when the men and horses of the Otsuka Wing who attacked Hekou Village at night returned to Fengdian County, he saw it with his own eyes, but he didn't know the intention of this passer-by; And the Japanese army defending the city only opened the door and let in the army, and then still closed the city gate to prohibit the people from entering and leaving; The deputy captain of the enemy engineering team was in a hurry, but he could not sneak into the city. Eventually, he lost his patience and had to return to the village of Hekou.

Knowing that during this period, the Japanese puppet army attacked the two bases of the second battalion of the Lin Division at night, Chen Xuanzhu was stunned, Fengdian is more than 30 miles away from Hekou Village, and it is the upper hand of the winter wind, so although the fight here is earth-shattering, Chen Xuanzhu has no idea about it. Looking at the outlying fortifications of Hekou Village, which were being repaired with great difficulty, this veteran who had left home halfway to engage in intelligence had a dead face and was heartbroken.

Wu Zijian and Li Tianlin tried their best to appease the platoon commander of the former 5th Company, and Xiao Junping, as the top boss, also expressed understanding. But Chen Xuanzhu still said with tears in his eyes:

"Deputy battalion commander, Captain Xiao, I'm not going to do this deputy captain, I really don't have the face to do it! The devils have sneaked up on our doorstep, and I don't know anything like a fool! ”

Hearing this, Xiao Junping's expression also became embarrassed, as the captain of the enemy engineering team, he was undoubtedly even more to blame for his lack of control over the enemy's intelligence collection.

Wu Zijian slapped the table and summed it up loudly: This topic is stopped here, and of course the enemy team should take warning in the future, but the reasons for this defeat are complicated, and the responsibility cannot be borne by the enemy team.

"Zhuzhu, since you have just come back from Fengdian, you just have to work hard again, and I will give you a new task immediately." Wu Zijian said with a grim expression.

Chen Xuanzhu wiped his eyes, blew his nose, and replied in a muttered manner: "All tasks are accomplished, deputy battalion commander, you can give orders, and I will definitely strive to make meritorious contributions." ”

Wu Zijian couldn't help but be happy, and stabbed the other party with a punch: "Wear you a ghost sin!" It's all said that the responsibility will not be borne by your enemy team! ”

Xiao Junping on the side was a little anxious, and asked the deputy battalion commander what the task was, and if he wanted to join himself.

Wu Zijian put on a serious posture again and told the people in the room: The instructor is about to set off with a small unit to find the regimental or brigade headquarters, report the current situation of the second battalion, and ask the higher authorities for instructions.

Li Tianlin and Xiao Junping had never seen the instructor after the anti-night attack in Hekou Village, but the news of the infighting in Hongxingxia a few days ago had already spread all over Hekou Village. Today, Wu Zijian returned from Hongxing Gorge and kept silent about the situation there, and Li and Xiao pretended to be nothing, without asking or inquiring. Unexpectedly, Wu Zijian suddenly told the truth that the instructor was going to report to the regimental headquarters and brigade headquarters at the higher level, which was tantamount to announcing that there had been a complete break between the deputy battalion commander and the instructor!

"Deputy battalion commander, I remember that before the second battalion set off from Wutai, the main force of our regiment was also planning to be pulled, and now that so much time has passed, neither the regiment headquarters nor the brigade headquarters are definitely not in Wutai, where do the instructors want to go to find them?" It was Li Tianlin who asked the question.

Wu Zijian told everyone that the regiment commander had explained before the departure of the second battalion: the second battalion took the lead in the Guanmen Mountain area in central and southern Jin, and served as the vanguard of the whole regiment and even the entire Lin Division Xu Brigade; After the departure of the second battalion, the Xu Brigade will follow in its footsteps and steadily march towards the Taihang Mountain area in Jinzhong as a whole, focusing on the villages along the Zhengtai Railway. At that time, the regimental headquarters will send personnel to the area around Guanmen Mountain to contact the second battalion. This time, the instructor went to look for the regiment headquarters or brigade headquarters, and it was along this line of thought that he returned back, and it is estimated that he is expected to find it near Zhengtai Road.

The room was silent. It is clear to everyone that for the 2nd Battalion, after the death of the battalion commander just now, the departure of the instructors will continue to create an extremely unfavorable situation for the whole battalion. Wu Zijian did not want this negative mood to affect morale, so he explained that the instructor's actions were normal, and now that the battalion commander had died, the second battalion urgently needed to appoint a new battalion commander, so it was necessary to report to the superiors and the superiors would decide on the candidates.

"Instructor Liu, isn't he already the acting battalion commander?" Xiao Junping asked Wu Zijian cautiously, while observing the other party's face.

The order was revoked by the instructor himself. At present, I, the deputy battalion commander, am temporarily in charge of the military command of the second battalion, and new arrangements will be made after the instructors are brought back from the higher authorities for appointment. ”

Xiao Junping secretly breathed a sigh of relief: Wu Zijian couldn't be better at presiding over the military! But how long can this last? The future is too uncertain! The former intelligence staff officer of the Jin Army once again felt a trace of regret for staying in the Eighth Route Army - at this moment he was very eager to see Zhang Xiu, and there were some things that he didn't dare to say to Li Tianlin and Wu Zijian, but he could confide in the beautiful female clerk. The so-called words from Zhang Xiu that the deputy battalion commander joked about him just now were she herself? Xiao Junping had the heart to ask Wu Zijian again, but at this moment, where was the time to say such inconsequential words!

Chen Xuanzhu, the deputy captain of the enemy work team, held back for a long time, and finally asked Wu Zijian what task he wanted to give him. Wu Zijian slapped his thigh, and then told the other party that the second battalion set off from the northeast of Jin to Guanmen Mountain, and the final marching route was through Little Elm Mountain; However, the current Little Elm Mountain has been tightly controlled by the Japanese army, and it is almost impossible to travel through it; Therefore, Wu Zijian asked Chen Xuanzhu to lead the way, leading the instructor and his cadres to walk outside Fengdian City, along the Jun (Ling) Feng (Dian) Highway to the north, and to the Zhengtai Road in the direction of Taihang Mountain.

"You just need to take the instructors and them through Fengdian and up to Junfeng Highway, and the mission will be completed, and then return immediately." After explaining to Chen Xuanzhu, Wu Zijian turned to Xiao Junping and said: "You have two tasks, first, arrange four to five enemy workers to go with Deputy Captain Chen; Second, he collected eight short guns from the enemy's engineering team and handed them to the instructor, who this time brought eight soldiers from the battalion headquarters communications squad, and could not carry long guns when walking through enemy-occupied areas. ”

"Eight short guns? It seems like there are nine people in total, right? Xiao Junping was a little suspicious.

Wu Zijian smiled and talked about the 7th Company Commander Wei Xin received a Mauser* from the bandit's sister, which had been handed over to the instructor for use: "It is a new model of Mauser, and the bullet is not pressed into the chamber from above with a bridge clip, but a special detachable*, which can hold twenty rounds!" Speaking of firearms, the face of the deputy commander of the second battalion was obviously cheerful.

Li Tianlin was also interested, lamenting that the guys used by the bandits in the mountains were so advanced; Subsequently, there was also obvious jealousy and ill-intentioned speculation about the purpose of the female bandit leader to give the gun to the commander of the 7th company.

"I remembered, the big man Wei told me personally, saying that the female bandit leader Liu Wumei claimed that there was an underground arms black market in Wencheng, and as long as you paid for the cigarettes, you could buy any kind of gun. This clue, the enemy team might as well touch it, maybe we will use it in the future. Wu Zijian commanded at the same time to the two captains of the enemy team.

"Deputy battalion commander, one mountain can't tolerate two tigers, the bandits of the Black Stone Cliff, can't we win them over? There are one or two hundred guns! It was Chen Xuanzhu who said this.

Wu Zijian immediately said that there was no problem, this group of bandits could be called the elbow and armpit of the second battalion in the base camp of Hongxingxia, and they would either be eliminated or tried to be absorbed. It was also stressed that this task should be the responsibility of the enemy engineering team.

Li Tianlin had not been happy since he entered the house just now, and the news that the instructor was going to leave made him even more upset. Seeing that Wu Zijian had almost arranged the matter at hand, he asked angrily:

"Let's get down to business, Fengdian, do we want to touch it and fight it?"

Xiao Junping shook his head: "If the Japanese still don't open the city gate, this attack won't be successful." In addition, after the enemy engineering team handed over eight short guns, whether the rest was enough to enter the city to attack had to be deduced again. ”

Wu Zijian also felt upset: the instructor was too stubborn, and he communicated with him in Hongxing Gorge for a long time, but the other party's determination to find the regimental headquarters and brigade headquarters did not waver in the slightest. When he went, he had to take nine short guns with him, and the impact on the enemy engineering team was huge: at a time when the second battalion was newly defeated and urgently needed the intelligence of the Japanese puppet military, the instructor came to such a hand.

But he couldn't vent such complaints in front of his subordinates, so he ordered a few people to hurry up and go separately. Wu Zijian knew that the instructor and his party would rush from Hongxing Gorge to Hekou Village at any time, and he really didn't want to meet him again: it would only add to the quarrel. So, he arranged for Xiao Junping to be solely responsible for receiving and escorting the instructor to Fengdian, and he took a few people and set off to Xiping Village. Xiping is currently presided over by the instructor and deputy company commander of the 5th Company with two squads, and he must go to see the situation in person.

Masao Kojima hardened his head and came to the office of the commander of the Hagiwara Brigade.

So far, the city-wide manhunt has been blocked, and nothing has been found; However, there were frequent reports from those who maintained the association that the imperial officers and soldiers harassed and looted people's houses, and even molested and raped women. In a private house in the south of the city, an incident occurred in which innocent civilians were shot and killed.

Major General Hagiwara Akira couldn't help but be furious: These powerful warriors are really insulting the prestige and reputation of the Imperial Army! From this point of view, it is indeed necessary for comfort women to exist, and they must be vigorously developed in order to meet the needs of officers and soldiers at the front and even in the rear. Otherwise, every township occupied by the army will be in turmoil; This is a great threat to the long-term peace and stability of the occupied territories.

The brigade commander has already felt the lack and inadequacy of the forces in the occupied territories. Just take the current situation as an example, there is only a large city of literature, and there are only more than 1,000 troops on the garrison, and once there is a vicious public security case such as the attack on the city hall, the imperial army is not even able to carry out an effective search!

It wasn't until he watched Hagiwara's complexion slowly calm down that the head of the secret service cautiously continued to report. This time, he focused on analyzing the identity of the attacker. Based on the situation investigated at the scene, it can almost be concluded that this was the work of the Blue Coat Society, which is good at assassination and attack.

Hagiwara stared intently at Masao Kojima, who was talking eloquently, and was analyzing in his heart what was the real purpose of the so-called attack carried out by the Blue Coat Society? Is there a deeper intention to remove the obvious anti-Japanese factors?