Wu Zijian, deputy commander of the second battalion, saw the clue from Xiao Junping's uncertain face, and immediately stopped mentioning the embarrassing topic of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army. But he was still curious about the origin of the attack, which was said to have caused a sensation in Wencheng.

"It is said that the Central Army of the Commander of the Second War Zone Guard has been deploying defenses in the towns along the Nantongpu Road, and after the towns are lost, some small broken troops are left to roam nearby, and they are also capable of launching such an attack." Xiao Junping finally spoke.

Wu Zijian nodded. From the point of view of attacking the Japanese puppets, the only people who can do this can be the troops of the Anti-Japanese War, and the possibility of the Eighth Route Army is even smaller than that of the Jin Army! Yan'an and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army once warned the Eighth Route Army troops to go to various parts of Shanxi: stay away from the cities and develop the countryside. Because at least for the time being, the Japanese army, which is very under-armed in Shanxi, is mainly stationed in cities and towns, especially important towns along railways and highways.

The two members of the enemy engineering team reported to the captain and the deputy battalion commander the garrison of the Japanese troops that came to Wencheng. They couldn't figure out the specific number of the garrison Japanese army, but through the observation of the city, they found that the number of Japanese troops guarding this big city on the railway line was not very large, each city gate was guarded by about 20 devils, and the sentries on the city wall were sparse; In the city, Japanese soldiers stood guard only at the intersection of the main streets, and small groups of cavalry could occasionally be seen patrolling. But the train station is more heavily guarded. In addition, there are two heavily guarded frontage buildings in the city, which, according to locals, are the Devil's Brigade Headquarters and the Wing Headquarters.

"Brigade headquarters? The Devil's Sena Division has two brigades under its jurisdiction, and considering that the number of the Japanese wing operating in this area is the Otsuka Wing, which comes from the Hagiwara Brigade, I estimate that this brigade headquarters in Bunjo is likely to be the headquarters of the Hagiwara Brigade. Xiao Junping looked at the map and analyzed.

Wu Zijian immediately answered: "Then the team department is the Otsuka team?" I'm looking for them! I thought that these turtle grandsons were in Fengdian, but I didn't expect to run to Wencheng again! ”

Xiao Junping suddenly lost his words, raised his head and looked at Wu Zijian in a daze; Wu Zijian felt inexplicable and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"The devil's wing headquarters seems to be the former site of the 12th Brigade Headquarters of the Independent Brigade......," Xiao Junping replied with difficulty, and at the same time lowered his head, and his white face turned red. Based on the descriptions of the two enemy engineers, he had already guessed the location of the Japanese wing headquarters in the northern part of the city; He has been stationed in the headquarters of the 12th Brigade of the Independent Brigade in Wencheng for a long time, and Xiao Junping is very familiar with it - this old army that escaped from the battle is really a loss of face for Chinese soldiers!

Wu Zijian definitely didn't expect this to happen, and he was a little speechless for a while. After a moment of silence, the deputy commander of the second battalion spoke first:

"Captain Xiao, don't worry too much! The 12th Brigade ran away, and one day, you will fight back with the second battalion of our Lin Division and drive out the Japanese, Wencheng is still the world of the Chinese! ”

Xiao Junping raised his head slowly: "Okay, I believe you!" ”

At this time, Li Tianlin, the commander of the 5th Company, also rushed over from the mountain pass, and Wu Zijian passed through his defense area when he went out of the mountain just now, and later learned that the enemy engineers had brought back information, so he sent someone to inform him to come to Hekou Village for a meeting.

Hearing that someone had attacked the establishment ceremony of the maintenance association in Wencheng, Li Tianlin was also very excited, and he said straight to Wu Zijian: "Deputy battalion commander, what are we going to do?" ”

"Hands-on? What to do? Wu Zijian asked rhetorically.

"What do you do? People can turn the Japanese upside down in Wencheng City, why can't we learn from it? Even if you can't get into Wencheng, it's good to go to Fengdian County to it! ”

Wu Zijian didn't say anything, but Xiao Junping's heart couldn't help but move: The actions said by the commander of the 5th company are not impossible to achieve, and the key depends on the determination of the commander-in-chief.

"What do you mean? Captain Shaw? Wu Zijian obviously also found a trace of fighter plane from Li Tianlin's seemingly reckless and random proposal: "The enemy engineering team, can you make a similar plan?" ”

Unexpectedly, Li Tianlin on the side stopped doing it and shouted: "Enemy engineering team? What's the matter with the enemy steam here? I can fight 5 in a row! ”

"Don't interrupt," Wu Zijian pressed Li Tianlin's eager shoulder: "Entering the city to carry out a small-scale attack is not something that the main force does, the enemy team is the right root - don't forget that the short guns of the whole battalion are there with them!" No matter how good you are for 5 years, you can still carry the 38 big cover and the official Zhongcheng into the city to carry out a sneak attack? Can that still be called a sneak attack?! ”

The commander of the 5th company was stunned for a moment, and he had the heart to refute but couldn't think of a reason.

Xiao Junping's mind was spinning rapidly: more than 20 people from the enemy engineering team, all from the 5th Company, were veterans of a hundred battles, and they were all equipped with short guns; In addition to reconnoitring the enemy, you can really pull it out to fight: a battle similar to the Wencheng Attack and Maintenance Association!

"I think so! But, deputy battalion commander, this requires good planning-"

"What else are you planning?" Li Tianlin was even more anxious now, lest this task really be implemented on the head of the enemy engineering team: "Our 5th Company doesn't have to plan!" I'll take twenty men, lend us the short guns of the enemy engineer first, and I'll go into the city and take the Japanese headquarters! ”

Wu Zijian's face sank, what he had always had a headache was the courage and resourcefulness of the 5th company commander: "Tianlin, I said a long time ago, I want you to learn from Captain Xiao next to you and learn to use strategy!" Fighting a war cannot only rely on courage and accurate marksmanship, but also on the use of brains! This is an operation to infiltrate enemy-occupied areas, and it is to attack more with less, not to plan well, do you want to take more than 20 people to go and not return?! ”

The room was quiet for a moment, and the words "there is no return" touched Li Tianlin heavily, and he looked at the deputy battalion commander and the enemy engineer captain in front of him in a daze, realizing that he really thought about things too simply.

Xiao Junping cleared his throat and wanted to adjust the atmosphere: "Well, Deputy Battalion Commander, Company Commander Li, do you think it's more appropriate for us to do it in Wencheng or Fengdian?" ”

In the attack on Wencheng relayed by the captain of the enemy engineer from his subordinates, it was determined that it was an organized and premeditated military operation, and the devils actually blocked the city gate to carry out a search afterwards, which can only show that they failed to catch the attacker at the scene. Well done! Is it the Central Army or the Jin Sui Army?

Wu Zijian thought for a while and felt that it was more appropriate to choose Fengdian. First of all, Wencheng is located in the south of Tongpu Road, and the terrain is open, which is not conducive to the concealment of advance and retreat; And there has just been an incident where the pseudo-maintenance will be attacked, and the devil's precautions must be very strict. Secondly, the Japanese puppet army in Fengdian must have participated in the overnight attack on Hekou Village, and now the second battalion went to them to pay respects, which can be regarded as a debtor. Moreover, the 391st Regiment of the Central Army is stationed in the Great Elm Mountain in the east of Fengdian City, and will receive their support if necessary.

The deputy battalion commander shared these ideas of his own, and soon got Xiao Junping's approval. However, as for an attack similar to Wencheng in Fengdian, he still said that he must be given enough time to plan, including the target of the attack, the scale of participation, and the methods of entering and leaving the city, etc., and he himself would personally go to the county seat to conduct on-the-spot investigations.

Wu Zijian agreed with everything else, but categorically vetoed Xiao Junping's decision to go to Fengdian in person: "No, your leg injury has not healed, and besides, you wear a military uniform as a staff officer in the 12th Brigade of the Independent Brigade, I am afraid that you will be recognized." ”

Xiao Junping explained that when he served in the 12th Brigade of the Du, he was only stationed in Wencheng, and Fengdian had never been there, and the only time he led the team to prepare to enter Fengdian, he was dispersed by the devil cavalry outside the city, and he ended up here in the Eighth Route Army.

Wu Zijian still disagrees. In his opinion, entering Fengdian to carry out one or two small-scale raids on it is not the main task of the second battalion, and it is possible to have it or not; It is really not cost-effective to let your "staff officer" personally go to risk for this. He saw that Xiao Junping's attitude was very resolute, and suddenly thought of something, so he said with a smile:

"Captain Xiao, I almost forgot, before I came from the Red Star Gorge this time, Xiao Zhang of the battalion headquarters asked me to greet you! He wants me to tell you that you must recuperate your injuries calmly, your body is the capital of the revolution, and only with this capital can you continue to make big deals! ”

Xiao Junping's face turned crimson for the second time in the afternoon, and his breathing began to appear rapid.

Li Tianlin, who had been unable to interject, finally found the topic - he had already learned about the unusual relationship between Xiao Junping and Zhang Xiu from Wu Zijian - looking at the red face of the former Jin Army staff officer, the 5th company commander was so happy that his mouth was grinning:

"Yes, yes, although our little Zhang people are young, they know a lot about the truth! The body is the capital of the revolution, how reasonable it is! Captain Xiao, you don't listen to the deputy battalion commander, you always have to listen to Xiao Zhang's words, right? I think you'd better honestly recuperate here, and I'll do the attack on Jinfengdian! ”

Xiao Junping was already so embarrassed that he couldn't speak, he didn't know if what Wu Zijian said just now was true or false: the deputy battalion commander understood his thoughts and emotions about Zhang Xiu, so he didn't take Zhang Xiu to talk about things in front of him!

Wu Zijian was angry, he poked Li Tianlin, who was smiling and crooked, with his fingers: "What kind of coaxing do you have!" If Captain Xiao doesn't go to Fengdian, it won't be your turn to go! This is not an open attack on the city, it is an underground war, not only can you fight, but you have to be able to run after the fight! You can't do this. ”

Li Tianlin was unhappy, the smile on his face was put away, and he looked at Wu Zijian coldly and said, "Deputy battalion commander, I know that you think I'm stupid!" But I ask you not to always look at people through the cracks in the door, I Li Tianlin has fought hundreds of battles big and small, if I am really as brave and resourceless as you said, I can live to this day with all my beards and tails!? ”

Wu Zijian was unmoved, he grabbed the cotton military hat that the commander of the 5th Company threw on the kang after entering the house, and unexpectedly buckled it on the head of the other party who was reluctant.

"Fucking all the beards and tails! Where's your tail? Show it to me! Li Tianlin, as long as you show me that there is a tail behind your butt today, I promise to let you take someone to Fengdian! ”

Li Tianlin hurriedly took off the cotton military hat that was crooked on his head, and jumped up angrily and shouted: "I'm just making an analogy, which means that I don't lack anything in my body!" Captain Xiao gave a comment, is this bullshit deputy battalion commander unreasonable!? ”

was making a mess, and a soldier suddenly ran in outside the door, who was Xiao Junping's subordinate of the enemy engineering team:

"Report, Chen Xuanzhu, the deputy captain of the enemy labor team, has escaped back from Fengdian!"