The 2nd Battalion of the Xu Brigade and the 391st Regiment of the Central Army jointly attacked Nantongpu Road, and Xiao Junping, the enemy engineer captain, was also informed of the exact time of the midnight combat operation earlier in the day.

Although lurking in the silk shop in Wencheng, Xiao Junping can still imagine the big scene of the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army dispatching troops; He was born as an intelligence staff officer of the Jin Army, and he knew that this battle would be a vicious battle: the Tongpu Railway had always been a territory controlled and relied on by the Japanese army in Shanxi, and Wu Zijian and Qin Zhongxiao pointed their edges there, which was what the common people called "Tai Sui's head breaking ground".

Of course, at this moment, for the captain of the enemy workers, what he had to worry about was not the upcoming big battle on the railway line, and Wu Zijian, deputy commander of the second battalion, had already given him instructions a few days ago, striving to take advantage of the sudden outbreak of large-scale fighting on the Tongpu railway in the area of Lingshi County, and take the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to steal the weapons and baggage of the Japanese army in the freight yard of the railway station.

However, after personally going to the railway station to reconnoitre, Xiao Junping basically believed that the possibility of this operation being carried out was very small; In his reply to Wu Zijian, he listed the heavily guarded South Freight Yard of the Wencheng Railway Station (i.e., the Hagiwara Brigade and Regiment Station of the Japanese Army), and unless the Eighth Route Army attacking the Nantongpu Railway Line and the Central Army launched an attack on Wencheng at the same time, it would be very difficult for him and the members of the enemy engineering team to enter the South Freight Yard, let alone come out with guns and ammunition.

The deputy battalion commander of the Second Battalion of the Xu Brigade was very reasonable, and after receiving the verbal assessment from his own enemy engineer captain, Wu Zijian did not force it, he first informed Xiao Junping of the time of the operation of the two armies in the joint operation, and then asked Xiao Junping and the enemy engineers to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese troops in the city, especially the south freight yard of the railway station, and to take action when they had the opportunity, otherwise they would not move.

Xiao Junping's heart, which had been hanging for several days, finally let go. However, the deputy battalion commander's lenient instructions not only made him feel relieved and moved, but also made him feel quite guilty, always feeling that he was eating dry food for nothing. So, he decided to prepare for it seriously, but whenever possible, he would take someone to sneak into the south freight yard of the railway station and do it!

As early as when he was serving in the communications battalion of the 73rd Division of the 33rd Army of the Jin Army, Xiao Junping, who was from Rong, had practiced a period of military skills, shooting, throwing bombs, stabbing stabs, marching, climbing, and everything that was taught by the recruit instructors, he studied tirelessly; Despite the fact that his training was not long, he had a university education and a strong ability to understand and master. If he hadn't entered the signal corps sequence with his radio expertise, he would have been able to gain a foothold in front-line combat units.

Now that he has been transferred to the Eighth Route Army, the requirement for the position of the enemy engineer captain is to be able to write and martial arts, Xiao Junping is well-read, strong-minded, and strategic, and has been understood by the first-level commanders of the battalion and company of the second battalion of the Xu Brigade, but his good combat skills have not yet had a chance to be displayed.

This is how Chen Xuanzhu, the deputy captain of the enemy labor team, views his leader. For Xiao Junping's resourcefulness, he admired it from the bottom of his heart; However, he always felt that Captain Xiao was a staff officer after all, lacking the killing methods that a military general has. At the same time, the other party's resume from the Kuomintang army has always made Chen Xuanzhu, a veteran of the Red Army, prejudiced.

It's not that Xiao Junping can't feel this. Vice Captain Chen accepted the orders he gave him, sometimes he was very happy, and sometimes he inevitably muttered, and even showed some willingness to oppose in person. Because the commanders of the Second Battalion, including Wu Zijian, had mentioned to Xiao Junping the Eighth Route Army's tradition of stressing democratic style, and that the ranks between officers and soldiers and between superiors and subordinates were not as strict as those of the National Army, Xiao Junping did not take Chen Xuanzhu's words, deeds, and attitudes to heart in the past.

But this time it's very different. When the captain of the enemy engineer began to arrange a possible infiltration of the Japanese military station that night, and proposed that he himself lead the team, Chen Xuanzhu immediately expressed his opposition.

"You just sit in the store and command, and I'll lead the team to the freight yard of the train station!" The deputy captain seemed to feel that he was still unsatisfied, so he further explained: "The freight yard is full of Japanese soldiers, in case it is too dangerous to move, I have to ensure your safety in Wencheng." ”

The captain of the enemy worker, who has always been polite to Chen Xuanzhu, finally put a displeased look on his face at this moment, looking at his deputy who was full of ambition, Xiao Junping said coldly:

"You mean I'm a straw bale and I'm just going to talk on paper?"

Chen Xuanzhu was stunned for a moment, Xiao Junping's demeanor and tone were obviously something he had never seen or heard, and before he could react, the other party continued to attack:

"How can I say that I am also the captain, this underground intelligence station in Wencheng is in charge of me, and I am in charge of such an important operation as infiltrating the Japanese army's freight yard, am I, the captain, not qualified to lead the team?"

Chen Xuanzhu never expected that the amiable captain on weekdays would suddenly lose his temper and be so straightforward and unabashed. His face flushed and turned white, and he stammered to explain that he didn't mean to look down on the captain:

"You are the Zhiduoxing of the second battalion of our Xu Brigade, and the deputy battalion commander repeatedly told me before he came to ensure your safety in the enemy-occupied area......

Unexpectedly, Xiao Junping, who heard this, became more and more irritable, and even patted the Eight Immortals table where several of them were sitting around: "Am I papier-mâché?" Last year on the Xinkou front, I was also the one who fought face-to-face with Seishiro Itagaki's troops, and in your eyes, I was so vulnerable?! ”

There was silence in the silk house, and the place where they were sitting around the meeting was the room at the back of the storefront, which was being tended by Sun Nier and a young man. For this operation, Xiao Junping specially transferred the two enemy workers who stayed in the farmhouse in the eastern suburbs of Wencheng into the city, plus the two team members in the storefront, the two team members working in the freight yard of the railway station, and the two captains and deputy captains of him and Chen Xuanzhu, a total of eight people. It can be said that in addition to the unarmed personnel arranged by Wu Zijian, the elite of the enemy engineering team in the underground intelligence station of Wencheng has been exhausted.

In this case, the deputy captain suddenly proposed to let Xiao Junping stay in the store to command, of course, to make the latter very angry.

At the beginning of the establishment of the enemy engineering team of the second battalion of the Xu Brigade, almost all the personnel came from Li Tianlin's 5th Company, and Chen Xuanzhu was a platoon commander of the 5th Company at that time, and was directly promoted by Wu Zijian to the deputy captain of the enemy engineering team equivalent to the level of deputy company commander. Speaking of the veterans of the 5th Company of the enemy engineering team, Chen Xuanzhu seems to be more authoritative; This also made him, the vice-captain, naturally show his conceit in front of the team members to a certain extent.

But today he encountered a hard nail, and the enemy captain was aggressively cross-examined, Chen Xuanzhu was embarrassed and a little annoyed, but his annoyance could only be hidden in his heart.

After venting his emotions, seeing many subordinates, including the deputy captain, looking at each other and silent, Xiao Junping felt a little regretful for a while. But the words have already been spoken, and if you explain it again, it will be redundant: "I have decided, I will personally participate in the action, and now I will give you a detailed division of labor!" ”

He took out a hand-drawn topographic map of the Wencheng Railway Station and the North and South Freight Yards, and analyzed the distribution of Japanese forces in that area. And the core key to his implementation of this operation is to choose the opportunity to cut off the power supply of the south freight yard of the railway station (that is, the Japanese military station) after the battle near Lingshi County begins, and then lead people into the freight yard, steal some arms and quickly evacuate.

The power switch of the South Freight Yard power supply, he had already found out through two enemy workers working at the railway station, fortunately, the house where the power supply was located was not in the South Freight Yard, but in a row of bungalows adjacent to the south side of the railway station platform; And except for the electrician on duty, there were no Japanese soldiers on duty.

As for the path to infiltrate the South Freight Yard, the enemy engineer captain has also chosen. It was a barrier on the side of the freight yard facing the tracks outside the train station: made up of barbed wire and a small number of wooden planks, a gap that could easily be accessed by one person with tools at hand.

It is necessary to be vigilant that near the bungalow where the power switch knife is located, there should be plainclothes officers of the Japanese army's Wencheng secret service and members of the traitor detective team, so be sure to avoid the above people when destroying the power supply. At the same time, after observation, there were Japanese soldiers and wolf dogs patrolling along the fence around the yard from time to time, and if a gap was opened from there, they had to be prepared to eliminate the patrolmen and wolf dogs by force if necessary, and in order not to startle the snakes, in principle, no guns could be used when settling the problem by force.

These two action plans were unanimously praised by the members of the enemy engineering team on the spot, and Captain Xiao's wit and ability once again amazed everyone. At present, the most important thing in this action plan is to ensure that the enemy workers can reach the two operation sites smoothly at about 11 o'clock tonight, and will not be detected by the Japanese puppet military police there.

Of course, there is another major premise of the operation, that is, the battle of the Tongpu Railway near Lingshi County must cause huge fluctuations in Wencheng City, causing chaos in the Japanese garrison, so as to take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

What Xiao Junping was most worried about was that the battle on the Tongpu Railway not only failed to cause panic among the Japanese troops in Wencheng, but instead made the other side strengthen its vigilance, especially the vigilance around the railway station, including the possibility of sending military trains from the railway station to support Lingshi County. In that case, it would be almost impossible to get around the station.

"The division of labor between the two actions is as follows!"

Seeing that his subordinates praised his plan, the mood of the enemy engineer captain also improved, and he ordered Chen Xuanzhu to lead two enemy workers to carry out the operation of destroying the power supply; He personally led three team members to break through the gap in the fence outside the yard and enter the yard to steal guns and ammunition; The other two team members stayed outside the gap in the yard to assist with the handling and respond in the event of an unforeseen operation.

The eight men assigned by the enemy engineering team to the underground intelligence station in Wencheng were each armed with a Mauser*, the barge gun that the officers and men of the Eighth Route were accustomed to calling; Including Xiao Junping, they have abandoned the original gun, which is convenient for the unified distribution of bullets. In addition, almost everyone is equipped with short knives and daggers that are commonly used in underground warfare. Before leaving, Li Tianlin, the commander of the 5th Company, also specially presented them with six capsules* captured from the Japanese army. It can be said that this capable underground army is armed to the teeth. And next, they are about to usher in a thrilling urban street battle that they have never experienced before!