After listening to Wang Haitao's question, Tang Fan didn't think about it, and replied immediately: "As long as the military seat gives an order, even if it is a sword mountain and a sea of fire, there is no hesitation." Looking at Tang Fan's serious face and firm words, Wang Haitao smiled with satisfaction. Next, Wang Haitao asked Tang Xiaoshan and Tang Fan to sit down, and then said: "Don't hide it from you, now I and our 90th Army are already a nail in the eye and a thorn in the flesh of little Japan, and little Japan dreams of us and wants to get rid of it as soon as possible."

The Chongqing government and Chairman Chiang also have no secrets about us and want to divide and disintegrate us. I don't know how many spies and spies there are in this Longzhou City. In order to deal with them, we also need to set up our own intelligence agencies, not only to find out the spies and spies around us, but also to send spies around them. Now I hope that Tang Fan, you can help me set up and take charge of this intelligence agency. ”

Wang Haitao's words made Tang Fan's eyes widen in surprise, and he was about to speak, Wang Haitao interrupted him and continued: "Of course, the formation of a successful intelligence agency is by no means a day or two, it takes little by little accumulation, from scratch, from small to large, but someone must bear this burden." Tang Fan: I have known you, and I believe that you can bear this burden. ”

When Wang Haitao said this, Tang Fan also believed that Wang Haitao did take a fancy to himself. After standing up and saluting, he said, "Please rest assured, the humble position will never fail the trust and expectations of the military seat." Wang Haitao said appreciatively: "Okay! Now I will appoint Tang Fan as the colonel of the Special Operations Department of the 90th Army, and your subordinates will be selected by yourself, but no matter who you are, as long as you enter the Special Operations Division, the first condition is loyalty."

As for the knowledge of counter-espionage, you have learned some before, but it is not systematic and comprehensive, and in a few days I will write a manual for your special operations department and give it to you, which you can use to train your subordinates. Your manual is top secret, and it is absolutely not allowed to leak or pass it on. As for the equipment you need, I will let Director Tang Renli prepare it for you. Any questions?"

Tang Fan thought for a moment and asked: "Military seat, which department does the Special Operations Division belong to? How many people are there? Is it possible to recruit and transfer personnel within the whole army when selecting personnel? Are there any restrictions?" Wang Haitao replied: "The Special Operations Division is under my direct leadership, and the rest of the people have no right to interfere in the work of your department." It's up to you to decide what to do, and you can select officers and enlisted men and women from lieutenant level to the army as a whole in the selection of personnel. ”

After listening to Wang Haitao's answer, Tang Fan stood up and saluted again and said: "I understand the lowly position, and the lowly position will go and select people." After Wang Haitao nodded, Tang Fan turned around and left. At this time, Tang Xiaoshan came back to his senses and said: "Junzao, this kid Tang Fan is a cow, the colonel of the Special Operations Department, this head is strong." Wang Haitao glanced at Tang Xiaoshan and said, "Why don't I let you do it?"

Tang Xiaoshan smiled and said: "Junzao, I'm a major general and brigade commander, going to be a colonel, isn't it?" Wang Haitao ignored him, thought for a while and said: "Xiaoshan, Tang Fan has just risen, you still have to support him, don't stop when you pick your subordinates." Tang Xiaoshan replied: "How can it be, it must be a comrade-in-arms who has lived and died together, and they are all for the military seat, I must help him, you will put one hundred and twenty hearts on the military seat, I Tang Xiaoshan know the severity." ”

In the next few days, Tang Fan secretly selected his subordinates, most of whom still picked some old men from the reconnaissance brigade. These old men have a lot of combat experience, and they all have unique skills. And these old people are basically the children of the Tang family and people whose families are in Longzhou City, and their loyalty is guaranteed. Tang Fan selected a total of forty-two people, and made Tang Zongye, a deputy company commander under his command, the deputy director.

In the past few days, Wang Haitao has been writing a secret agent manual behind closed doors, and the content is not abundant, and the content is to select some practical things from the materials, books, and film and television works he saw before the crossing, and systematically compile them into a book. Tang Renli prepared a large amount of equipment for the Special Operations Division as instructed by Wang Haitao, including radios, firearms, camouflage supplies, etc., and specially prepared a large amount of funds to hand over to Tang Fan.

A few days later, the Special Operations Unit was quietly set up in an inconspicuous building, and only Wang Haitao, Tang Xiaoshan, and Tang Renli, the three chief officers of the army, were present. Wang Haitao solemnly handed over the agent manual to Tang Fan, and said: "This manual is compiled by me by synthesizing the training content of some other secret service agencies, and the correctness and practicability still depend on you to test and supplement it in practice, and I will hand it over to you now." The first task I gave to your Special Operations Division was to clear the city of spies and spies as soon as possible. Tang Fan and all the members of the Special Operations Division replied at the same time: "Yes, military seat! We promise to complete the mission!"

With the establishment of the Special Operations Department, the pressure on Wang Haitao's heart has been reduced a lot, and now Jurong's trip should be on the agenda. After thinking about it again, Wang Haitao decided to take a guard company and a reconnaissance company to Jurong secretly. The journey from Longzhou to Jurong is more than 1,000 kilometers, and most of the way is occupied by Japanese, which also makes Tang Renxin and Tang Renli worried.

However, Wang Haitao is determined to make up his mind, and no one can dissuade him. This time, Tangshan Leopard and Tang Xiaoshan did not bring Wang Haitao, the guard company was led by Feng Zisheng, commander of the first regiment and one battalion, and the reconnaissance company was led by Wei Changxing, the commander of the first regiment who had been to the Jurong base. The soldiers of these two companies, Tang Shanbao and Tang Xiaoshan, were even selected and selected among the soldiers of the whole brigade. The guard company picked out two hundred people, and the reconnaissance company picked out one hundred and eighty people.

The team of nearly 400 people sat on ten trucks when they set off, and Tang Renxin, Su Zuxin and others kept sending Wang Haitao out of the city gate. Wang Haitao inspected the defense line of the 210th Division, and talked with several commanders of the 210th Division, and then left Chongzuo City with confidence and headed for Nanning.

When passing by Nanning, Wang Haitao did not enter the city, but made a detour from outside the city, and Wang Haitao still had an opinion on Nanning's Gui army. Speaking of which, he is also from the Gui family, and he has always said a lot about the Gui family, but after the Japanese army invaded Guangxi this time, the performance of the Gui army disappointed Wang Haitao, so Wang Haitao didn't want to have any contact with the Gui army.

After bypassing Nanning City, Wang Haitao commanded the convoy to go straight to Hezhou City. This time to Jurong, Wang Haitao chose to go to Guangdong first, then enter Jiangxi from Shaoguan, and then pass through Ganzhou, Ji'an, Fuzhou, Jingdezhen to Huangshan. As long as you reach Huangshan, there will be no problem with the road behind. Only Jiangxi is a Japanese-occupied area, and the Guangdong section is still under the control of General Yu Hanmou, which is relatively the best way to go.

Sure enough, the troops advanced very smoothly, and after entering Guangdong, Wang Haitao and General Yu Hanmou got in touch. In the Battle of Guangzhou, Wang Haitao and General Yu Hanmou did a very good job together, and General Yu Hanmou also had a good impression of Wang Haitao, so this time Wang Haitao and his entourage received the full support of General Yu Hanmou in the territory of Guangdong, and General Yu Hanmou also met with Wang Haitao in person.

After passing through Shaoguan smoothly, they entered the Japanese-occupied area, and it was no longer possible to move forward by truck. Wang Haitao deposited ten trucks with the troops in Shaoguan, and then led the team into the Jiangxi border. Not long after entering Jiangxi, the reconnaissance team that explored the road sent someone to report that there was a Japanese outpost in front of it. Wang Haitao touched the front of the team, hid it and observed it with a telescope, and in the middle of the road was a Japanese outpost, with two machine gun fortifications, a sentry box and barricades, and the Japanese army was about an infantry squad.

With Wang Haitao's strength, it didn't take much effort to solve this squad of Japanese troops, but Wang Haitao looked at the map, it was not far from Nanxiong County, which was occupied by the Japanese army, and it would be difficult to deal with it if the gunfire alarmed the Japanese army in Nanxiong County and aroused the vigilance of the Japanese army. Therefore, Wang Haitao decided to take his troops up the mountain, bypassing the Japanese outpost from the mountain, and trying not to alarm the Japanese army.

Walking the mountain road, Wang Haitao and the soldiers were not afraid, but they only walked the mountain road around the city and the main road, and the marching speed could not be fast. Wang Haitao and the others entered the boundary of Jiangxi and walked for a week before they reached Ganzhou City. Wang Haitao was also a little anxious, when would he be able to get to the Jurong base if he continued to walk like this? After walking for two more days, Wang Haitao bypassed Ganzhou City and advanced toward Ji'an.

At noon that day, Wang Haitao and his men were resting in a wooded area on a mountainside, and the reconnaissance company sent people to report to Wang Haitao that a Japanese camp had been found in the valley three kilometers ahead. Wang Haitao was also very surprised when he heard the report: How could there be a Japanese camp in the mountains and forests outside the city? Out of curiosity, Wang Haitao decided to go and reconnoitre.

Led the troops to the top of a hillside, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company pointed to the valley below the hillside and said to Wang Haitao: "Military seat, the Japanese camp is there, according to our investigation, there are wooden houses built here, and there are some military facilities, but there are not many Japanese troops in the camp, about twenty or thirty soldiers. Wang Haitao listened to the scout's report while raising his binoculars to observe carefully.

After observing for a while, Wang Haitao knew that the scout was right, but Wang Haitao became more curious about this Japanese camp. Calling Wei Changxing, Wang Haitao asked in a low voice: "Changxing, are you sure that you can silently kill all the Japanese soldiers in the camp?" Wei Changxing has also been observing this camp, and when he heard Wang Haitao ask, he thought for a while and replied: "Military seat, I don't think the problem is big, as long as you solve those few sentinels, it will be easy to do." ”

Wang Haitao said: "Okay, then you will take the reconnaissance company to act, and I will take the guard company to cover you, and if the situation is not right, you will withdraw immediately." Wei Changxing agreed, and then ordered the reconnaissance company to separate from the group and prepare for action. Just as the reconnaissance company was about to make an operation, several cars drove from the mouth of the valley, with two cars in between.

At this time, Wei Changxing immediately stopped his action, and Wang Haitao also pointed the telescope at the driving car. After a while, the car stopped in the middle of the camp, and dozens of Japanese soldiers jumped out of several trucks, and after the door of the car opened, a junior officer got out of the car in front, and two Japanese men without military uniforms got out of the car behind.