Liu Wumei, the female bandit leader, found an opportunity, slowly approached a female soldier in the second battalion, and pretended to be curious (in fact, she was really curious) to look at the other party.

The female soldier was Zhang Xiu.

At this moment, the main force of the 2nd Battalion, which came to the foot of the mountain, was temporarily resting between Guanmen Mountain Pass and Hekou Village; Zhang Xiu helped the soldiers of the 6th Company check the ammunition; Seeing a female fellow looking at herself, Zhang Xiu understood her thoughts: in the past, in other places, there were always people who felt fresh about them, young female warriors in military uniforms.

"Sister-in-law, are you from this village?"

Zhang Xiu was busy with her work, and at the same time took the initiative to open her mouth to Liu Wumei, in her opinion, this woman in a coarse cotton dress and a scarf wrapped around her face was really no different from those women in Hekou Village.

"No, girl," the female bandit saw that Zhang Xiu was unsuspecting, so she leaned forward again: "We went into the mountains to pick mountain goods." I heard that you are the eight roads? What are you doing here? ”

"We're here to fight devils! Anti-Japanese, do you understand? Zhang Xiu winked at Liu Wumei naughtily, she regarded the murderous female bandit leader in front of her as a village woman who circled around the pot and didn't know what was going on in the world.

"There are no devils here, huh?" Liu Wumei simply continued to pretend to be stupid: "We just came out of the mountains and came out with you; You fight devils, why do you still fight in the mountains? ”

Zhang Xiu giggled, she thought this sister-in-law who picked mountain goods was very interesting: "There are no devils in the mountains, so we came out again!" Do you know, the devil has occupied Fengdian County, which is not far from here, maybe one day they will come over, and when the time comes, the Eighth Route Army will fight with them to protect your people. ”

"That's a good dare," Liu Wumei smacked her lips and said again: "Fengdian and Wencheng are all occupied by little devils, and we will not have a good time in the future." ”

Zhang Xiu couldn't help but be taken aback: "Wencheng? You say that Wencheng is also occupied by devils? How do you know?"

Before entering the mountain, she heard from the staff officer of the Jin army in Xiao Junping's tent that the brigade headquarters of the 12th Brigade was in Wencheng and might be attacked by the Japanese army. These days, they are busy going in and out of the mountains, and the whole camp does not know much about the outside world.

Liu Wumei was also taken aback, she was originally an unintentional sentence, but it made the delicate female soldier in front of her feel frightened, and for a while, the female bandit leader was even worried about whether she had aroused the suspicion of the other party.

"I ...... My family has a business in Wencheng...... The owner of the mountain goods shop, so I know. Why, you don't know yet? ”

Zhang Xiu grabbed Liu Wumei's arm, so startled that the female bandit leader almost went to her waist to touch her shell gun, but this beautiful female soldier pulled her to Hekou Village not far away: "Sister-in-law, please follow me into the village and tell me about the situation in Wencheng!" ”

Several bodyguards of Liu Wumei, who were standing nearby, saw this sudden action of the female soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and immediately became nervous, but the female bandit leader who had settled down hurriedly made an imperceptible gesture to them, asking them not to move, and followed Zhang Xiu to step on the frozen Qinglong River and walk towards Hekou Village, which was more than ten zhang away.

Zhang Xiu took Liu Wumei to meet, of course, Xiao Junping, a staff officer of the Jin Army.

Xiao Junping was not too surprised by the news brought by Zhang Xiu and Liu Wumei - since he learned that the Japanese army that occupied Fengdian had dispatched to the direction of Wencheng, the staff officers of the Jin army had already been mentally prepared for the loss of their brigade headquarters, and at this moment, looking at the woman beside Zhang Xiu, he was more inquiring about some details.

"After the devil occupied Wencheng, did he slaughter the city? It is...... Is there any plague to the people? ”

Although Liu Wumei nested in the Black Stone Cliff, she still knew a lot about Wencheng's movements: "There is no harm to the people, the 12th Brigade of the Independence Brigade ran away, and the Japanese soldiers came, and then stood guard." ”

At this time, Liu Wumei suddenly discovered that the man who was half-lying on the kang was wearing a military coat that was obviously different from the eight roads outside, and his style was somewhat familiar; At the same time, she noticed that the male soldier was looking at her differently. Liu Wumei was a little flustered, she was still very calm in front of Zhang Xiu alone just now, and Xiao Junping on the fire kang made her smell danger.

"What's that, female soldier girl," the female bandit leader turned her eyes to Zhang Xiu: "My guys are waiting at the entrance of the village, and they have rested enough, and we still have to hurry." ”

As he spoke, he walked out of the house. The female clerk of the battalion who didn't know what was going on said thank you and wanted to send her off, but she was stopped by Liu Wumei and went out alone.

"Where did you find this woman?" Xiao Junping looked in the direction of the door and asked Zhang Xiu; The female clerk was still ignorant, and casually replied a few words from the staff officer of the Jin army.

"I think there's something wrong with this woman," Xiao Jun looked at Zhang Xiu calmly: "She doesn't look like a mountain picker." The face, and the eyes, are not like it. ”

"I think," Zhang Xiu also looked fixedly at the staff officer of the Jin Army, who he hadn't seen for a few days: "You look like a looker, your face, and your eyes are quite similar." With that, the beautiful female clerk couldn't help laughing, and laughed so hard that she even bent down.

Liu Wumei and her entourage hurriedly left Hekou Village and walked in the direction of Wencheng.

It was no longer possible to see the gate pass, and the heart of the female bandit leader was completely relaxed. Just now, she almost concluded that the one who was wearing a Jin army coat (she remembered!) The young soldier became suspicious of her.

It was too risky, but fortunately the female soldier stupidly didn't suspect her. That female soldier should be the same age as her cousin Xiaoju, but she is even more beautiful than Xiaoju. The well-informed female bandit leader was quite surprised that there were such beautiful female soldiers in the ranks of the Eighth Route Army.

"Wangzi," Liu Wumei slowed down and asked her bodyguard, "Am I dressed like a mountain man?" ”

The bodyguard pouted his teeth and said with a smile: "It's quite similar to dress, but it's not so similar when you look at your face; The face of the big boss is different from that of the poor at first glance, and there is a foxy atmosphere. ”

The bodyguard has a shallow culture, and he wanted to pat himself on the back but didn't choose the right word, and the female bandit leader was so angry that she raised her leg and kicked him.

In the afternoon, they infiltrated the city gate, which was guarded by Japanese soldiers.

At present, there are not only two brigades of the Otsuka Wing stationed in Wencheng, but also the area of the railway station, where the heavy troops of the entire infantry brigade of the Sena Division are gathering to go south, plus the field artillery, cavalry, and baggage wings, the Wencheng Railway Station has become a temporary barracks.

During the reign of Yan Xishan, the various cities along the Tongpu Road were connected to each other, and the telephone poles built along the railway line stood from Datong in the north of Jin to Yuncheng in the south of Jin. Since the Japanese army occupied Jinzhong in northern Jin last year, and since Wencheng went north, the telephone has no longer been smooth. Now, the first thing that the Sena Division Headquarters did when it arrived at Wencheng was to ask the communication team and the engineer wing directly under the division to quickly repair and open the telephone from Wencheng to Junling, and the two points were connected, that is, to ensure the telephone communication between Wencheng, which was the front, and the rear (including Taiyuan).

Sitting in his temporary division headquarters, Lieutenant General Sena spoke on the phone with the commander of the Hagiwara Brigade, who was still in Taiyuan. He asked the latter, where has the "Wind Plan" been implemented?

Hagiwara's answer made the head of Sena also feel anxious. He had the same idea as the commander of the Hagiwara Brigade, that is, it was necessary to seize the current time when the two divisions were making a big move, gather the comfort women's troops, covertly mix them with the large troops attacking southern and southwestern Jinjin, and transfer them to the Songjiagou secret camp. However, it was learned from Major General Hagiwara that the pace of action of the military police captain Hirai Teriichi was obviously lagging behind! Lieutenant General Sena was worried that once the main force left the Taiyuan area and began to attack, the concentration and transportation of the comfort women would be highlighted alone, which would easily attract the attention of the military and civilian population.

"General, I have given the order for Captain Hirai to act immediately to gather all the women on the list in the barracks within two days, and in consideration of the bonds of their families, I have ordered the gendarmerie to gather the relevant family members in the barracks." Hagiwara said on the phone.

Sena knew that the barracks that Hagiwara was talking about was the address of the division when it was stationed in Taiyuan Castle, and it was about to be handed over to the Yamaoka division. Out of secrecy and prudence, the two men did not use the word "comfort women" on the phone.

"So," Lieutenant General Sena pondered for a moment, "what are you going to ask the captain of the gendarmerie to do with the families of those women?" ”

Hagiwara Akira on the other end of the phone also muttered for a moment: "General, the best secrecy is to extinguish your mouth." ”

"I agree, you let your subordinates do whatever they want. Remember, in Taiyuan City, no clues are allowed to be left, and it must be done cleanly. ”

"Hey!"

Two Japanese professional soldiers wearing army generals ended the call. At this moment, they all felt an inexplicable sense of relief.

On the way back to Wencheng, Li Yan, an agent of the military command, had already noticed an even stronger tense atmosphere along the Tongpu Road. The German-made narrow-gauge trains, with as many carriages and wagons as possible, roared one after another in the direction of Wencheng. Li Yan, who was walking in the opposite direction on the highway on the side, not only saw the Japanese soldiers in the whole carriage, but also saw the cannons and various baggage and military supplies in the wagons.

Eventually, he found the end of these military trains at the Wencheng Railway Station.

It's going to be a big battle!

Li Yan's mind was spinning quickly: when he came to Wencheng a few days ago, he only saw that the Japanese army with less than one wing occupied the city, but just a few days later, more heavy troops of the Japanese army gathered at Wencheng Station, obviously, they will continue to move south along the Tongpu Road and attack Linfen where the headquarters of the commander of the Second War Zone is located.

This just unveiled the suspicion of the mysterious trip to Taiyuan of the lieutenant general of the Japanese staff headquarters who was sniffed by the military command headquarters! Li Yan recalled that when he made a judgment in front of Wang Suihua, the latter's disdainful look - that charming female boss didn't believe that a Japanese lieutenant general flew from Tokyo specifically to deploy a wing to occupy two cities - well, now it's not a matter of occupying two cities, at least a reinforced mixed brigade is placed along the Wencheng line! There is no doubt that the mysterious Japanese lieutenant general came to deploy the Japanese division in Shanxi to launch a full-scale attack on the second theater of Yan Xishan.

Looking at the heavily guarded Wencheng Station from afar, Li Yan thought excitedly. He now can't wait to meet his female boss and reveal the mystery to her. Will she admire and appreciate her judgment and discovery? Li Yan remembered the bag of Wencheng's famous product that was still in his home in Taiyuan: ice dates and peach kernels.

The white and red ice dates and peach kernels are given to the female boss who is white and red, and they can't be more worthy. In the cold wind, an irrepressible smile bloomed on the face of the lieutenant of the military commander.