Masao Kojima, the head of the secret service who rushed back to Wencheng from Songjiagou in Little Elm Mountain, rushed directly to the headquarters of the Hagiwara Brigade after entering the city.

After retiring all the irrelevant people around him, Major General Hagiwara left only the chief of staff, Kawabe Daisa, to listen to the urgent report of the head of the Kojima Agency.

And the on-site situation brought back by Masao Kojima and the conclusions of its analysis almost made the two Japanese commanders in military uniforms almost collapse emotionally:

-- The unidentified armed forces attacking Songjiagou in Xiaoyushu Mountain were not large, but they could be fully identified as having come from the regular units of the Chinese Army, and one of the corpses had obvious characteristics of professional soldiers, and the attackers used German* and Japanese* weapons;

- This model was made in Germany* and *, which appeared in the previous attack on Wencheng Railway Station; In both attacks, the attackers were injured and then committed suicide to end their lives, which can be judged to be members of the same organization who had received relevant training;

-- It is basically determined that the participants in the two successive attacks have the background of the Blue Coat Society of the Military Commission of the National Government of China; In view of the sudden appearance of the Blue Coat Society and its active presence in the Wencheng area, it can be judged that it has a special mission purpose, and the possibility that the "Wind Project" has been partially leaked and traced cannot be ruled out. And tonight, the place where they broke into Little Elm Mountain was less than two miles away from the Songjiagou comfort women's secret camp, showing that the secret camp was facing a huge risk of being exposed!

It can be said that many of the worries and doubts raised by the commander of the Hagiwara Brigade and the commander of the Kojima Agency in the previous stage have been confirmed to a considerable extent through the surprise attack on Little Elm Mountain tonight!

"Are you sure this is the only place that has been attacked?" The chief of staff of the river asked with a solemn face.

Masao Kojima nodded. In fact, when he was still in Little Elm Mountain just now, he repeatedly asked the garrison to search and verify. The only consolation is that in tonight's skirmish, the Songjiagou comfort women's camp was still safe and sound, and was not disturbed by any attacks.

"Why didn't you even organize a chase immediately?!" Major General Hagiwara, who had a splitting headache, slammed his table with his fists and yelled viciously: "If the people can climb over the wall to get in, why can't our soldiers chase them out over the wall?" Is it just because it's dark?! ”

Masao Kojima didn't say anything - the garrison was not controlled by the secret services on weekdays, and the brigade commander's question should be asked by the deputy commander of the infantry and the captain of the brigade stationed at Little Elm Mountain, or the chief of staff of the brigade in the house at the moment.

"Uh...... General, do you want me to deploy Aso Nakasa and Aikawa Shaosa right away? Sure enough, the chief of staff of the river responded with embarrassment.

"Is there still a bullshit role in deployment now? The attackers have long since disappeared! Hagiwara's anger was almost uncontrollable, and the table in front of him was thumped by him.

There was a brief silence in the room. Shaoqing, it was Masao Kojima who spoke first, and he suggested that the garrison in Little Elm Mountain temporarily take a defensive position tonight to ensure that no more sneak attackers would break in; Tomorrow after dawn when visibility conditions improve, send troops out to search the area where the attackers have climbed to see if they can find valuable clues.

Major General of the brigade commander, who gradually calmed down, gasped for the rough breath in his throat, turned his eyes to stare at the head of the secret service, and asked word by word: "To be honest, is it possible that the inside story of the comfort women's secret camp has been leaked?" Did the small group of troops of the Chinese army that rushed into the blockade area inadvertently hit by mistake, or did they deliberately go to the Songjiagou secret camp? ”

Standing in the middle of the room, Kojima Masao looked embarrassed, hesitated for a long time before cautiously replied: "I'm afraid that both possibilities exist, maybe they are ordinary scouts of the Shina Army, who want to jump into the blockade area to explore the truth; But it cannot be ruled out that the Zhina army got some news of the Songjiagou secret camp and sent people in to search for the inside information in a targeted manner. ”

Although he was extremely dissatisfied with the ambiguous answer of the head of the secret service, the brigade commander, Major General, stubbornly restrained his anger that was about to erupt; Immediately, he turned out from behind the desk and walked straight to a small sand table—it was a topographical sand table specially made by the staff officers of the brigade headquarters—and the chief of staff of the riverside and the commander of the small island office hurriedly followed.

After staring at the small sand table for a long time, Hagiwara Akira pointed to the military blockade area with Songjiagou as the core, and said bitterly: "The troops are too narrow in this area, just like a turtle with a shrunken head and feet!" There is no strategic support or buffer extension to speak of. So people outside the lockdown zone can peep around the perimeter with impunity and break in at any time! ”

After a pause, his big palm pointed to the vast area of Little Elm Mountain north of the military blockade area: "How many armies can be hidden in such a large mountainous area?" Fortunately, they only sent a small force tonight, if we had concentrated a large group of men and horses and found several breakthroughs to attack at the same time, would Little Elm Mountain still be in our hands at this moment?! ”

The chief of staff on the riverside looked at the area that Hagiwara Akira had drawn with his hand—Mt. Kokushu, north of the military blockade zone—and he had to admit that it was a void in his defenses, but before the Saijo Wing of the brigade was rebuilt, he had only one Otsuka Wing on hand, and it was impossible for him to have the strength to control the entire Mt. Elm.

"What does the general mean is that he intends to deploy another part of his troops north of the military blockade area in Little Elm Mountain?" Kojima Masa glanced at Akira Hagiwara, who was still angry, and asked in a tentative tone.

Of course, he hoped that the brigade commander, Major General, would be so deployed! As the direct leader of the Fumijo area responsible for the implementation of the "Wind Plan", Masao Kojima is not only concerned about the number of secret comfort women arrested, but also about the risk of the top-secret plan leaking. If the brigade commander had sent troops to control the periphery of the military blockade zone where the comfort women camp was located, the security factor would undoubtedly have been greatly increased. As for the further overstretching of the local garrison caused by this, it is not a matter for him, the head of the secret service, to worry about.

Unexpectedly, Hagiwara Akira's train of thought suddenly jumped, and he raised his head sharply and shot his gaze from the sand table of Little Elm Mountain to the faces of the two subordinates: "If tonight's intruder is from the nearby Shina Army, which unit will you analyze?" Eighth Route Army, or 391st Regiment of the Central Army? ”

This sharp question suddenly made the brains of Osa Kawabe and Masao Kojima run rapidly. Shaoqing, who had repeatedly sent his men in plainclothes to the Zhina military defense area to reconnoitre, first gave the answer, believing that it was more likely that the attacker came from the 391st Regiment of the Central Army of the Great Elm Mountain, and the reason was: If the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army at the foot of Guanmen Mountain sent people to attack and harass, it would sneak in from the southern foot of Little Elm Mountain, which was closer to them; And tonight's intruder turned into the military blockade area from the northern part of Little Elm Mountain, and that direction was obviously closer to the defense area of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army of Great Elm Mountain.

As soon as Masao Kojima's words fell, the chief of staff of the riverside on the side agreed with him, and immediately cited another important reason: the German-made MP18* used by the intruders belonged to the weapons of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army, which had been repeatedly found to be used by the Otsuka Wing in several encounters with the 391st Regiment.

The brigade commander, Major General, finally showed a satisfied look for the first time tonight, and he continued to look at the two subordinates who gave convincing answers, and his body, which had been tense, also relaxed slightly: "Very good! Have you thought about it, though? If the small group of armed forces that have infiltrated the military blockade zone tonight is determined to be from the 391st Regiment of the Central Army, then what are they doing at the moment? Do you hide in the northern mountains of Little Elm Mountain and continue to move the camera, or do you prepare to slip away overnight and return to Big Elm Mountain? ”

The chief of staff of the riverside couldn't help but light up, and immediately blurted out: "General, I will urgently call Kosuke Otsuka and order them to immediately dispatch troops from Fengdian County to block the eastern foothills of Xiaoyushu Mountain and cut off the retreat of this small army of the Zhina Army!" ”

Kojima Masao was also excited: since the garrison failed to jump out of the military blockade area in time to catch up when the attack occurred, it is completely feasible to immediately mobilize the distant Fengdian garrison to intercept and cut it off now, and it is not too late to make amends!

"It's not just about mobilizing Fengdian's troops, that's far from enough!" Hagiwara Akira said decisively: "There is only an infantry brigade of the Otsuka Wing plus the straw bales of the Mongolian Frontier Army Cavalry Regiment, and they also have to take on the garrison task of the county town - I order, the Second Infantry Brigade of the Saijo Wing, immediately dispatch lightly, transport the car to the outside of Fengdian County, enter the eastern foothills of Xiaoyushu Mountain after dawn, and launch a dragnet search!" ”

This emergency search and arrest plan, which was hastily formed within the Hagiwara Brigade Headquarters in Bunjo, was quickly implemented.

In Fengdian County, Wing Commander Kosuke Otsuka, who received an urgent telegram, was shocked to learn that the military blockade area near the Songjiagou comfort women's camp had been secretly attacked, and he immediately felt the seriousness of the situation, and immediately dispatched two infantry squadrons and all the cavalry regiments of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army out of the city overnight, under the personal command of Nomura Shaoza, the commander of the First Infantry Brigade, and sealed off the few mountain passes at the eastern foot of Xiaoyushu Mountain, strictly prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving.

At the same time, the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Saijo Wing, which was preparing for battle in a temporary barracks in the western suburbs of Wencheng and waiting for heavy weapons to be replenished, adjusted its combat mission and changed its original plan to attack the 391st Regiment of the Central Army of the Great Elm Mountain within two days to dispatch to its position overnight and launch a search and arrest in the northern mountainous area of Little Elm Mountain after dawn.

Kameda Shaosa, the captain of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Saijo Wing, was given two tasks: first, to send three infantry squadrons into Little Elm Mountain to search and arrest; Second, an infantry squadron was dispatched to patrol the western and northern foothills of Little Elm Mountain in trucks and motorcycles: although there were cliffs tens of zhang high and impassable by manpower, it was also necessary to strictly prevent small units of the Chinese army trapped in the mountains from risking to escape from the cliffs at the western and northern feet in a desperate manner.

Both the troops involved in the search and the patrol were warned to try to catch the secret service alive -- the head of the secret service, Masao Kojima, believes that as long as the attackers tonight are caught, it is possible to get the truth from their mouths about whether the comfort women camp in Songjiagou in Little Elm Mountain has been exposed.

The ropes around the necks of several reconnaissance teams of the 391st Regiment Special Service Company of the Central Army were quietly tightened.