"Lao Luo, you don't know, when I saw you coming alone, I thought you were miserable here, and you were the only one left. ”

Luo Yingjie can lead the county guerrilla brigade to fight guerrilla warfare in Sanqiao County for so many years without falling, this ability naturally goes without saying, at least, there will be absolutely no shortage of words and expressions.

No, he immediately understood the true meaning of Zhang Qingshan's words: Lao Luo! Let's not mention any organizational regulations, let's just say that the environment here is also quite complicated, you come alone, this is far away, there are many bandits, you are not afraid of any small accident on the road? In that case, how can you come to contact us, this is not only not responsible for your own safety, but also not responsible for the tasks assigned to you by the organization.

To put it more bluntly, just one sentence: Lao Luo, explain: Why did you come alone and other comrades? Otherwise, it is not impossible for us to suspect that you have had an accident and even surrender to the treason and lead us into the ambush circle that you have designed a long time ago.

"Captain, I'm not here alone. Five days ago, I asked Li Hua to take everyone to Qinglong Mountain to cut down trees to build houses and prepare daily necessities such as food and clothing......" Speaking of this, he pointed to the opposite hill and said with a smile: "I brought a squad of soldiers, waiting over there for fear of any accidents, but someone will take care of it." In this way, even if I am sacrificed, no matter how someone can report to the organization, then I will not ...... It doesn't count...... Hey~!Something is wrong!"

This was also tactful, but everyone heard it, this was Luo Yingjie's fear of being deceived, so he simply ventured to come alone. Of course, everyone feels that it is understandable for him to do this. Think about it, a revolutionary soldier who has persevered here for eight years, the danger and hardship can be imagined, if it were not for such vigilance and the fearless spirit of taking risks to seek verification, I am afraid that he would have been arrested and beheaded long ago.

Luo Yingjie stared at the opposite mountain with wide eyes as he spoke, and said that something was wrong, causing everyone to follow his gaze to the opposite mountain in confusion. He himself quickly took out a monocular telescope from his pocket and looked at the opposite hill.

The opposite hill was about four or five hundred meters away from them, and although there were few trees on the top of the mountain, it was easy to hide a few people without being discovered.

Zhang Qingshan picked up the telescope hanging on his chest and looked at it, only to see that on the top of the mountain opposite facing them, under the largest big tree, there were two people with guns on their backs and wearing patches: one held a branch high and shook it from side to side, and the other held the branch in his hand flat and swayed from side to side.

Although I don't understand what they are trying to express with the branches, it is certain that they are using the branches as flags, and they are signaling this way.

Zhang Qingshan, who was watching, couldn't help but put down the binoculars, and after glancing at Luo Yingjie, he glanced at Hu Yingjie who happened to be watching with a clear heart, and had to sigh in his heart: Great power among the people! This is the unique method of transmitting signals created by our guerrillas in a difficult environment and long-term combat -- who would have thought that ordinary people?

"Lao Luo, what do they mean by this?"

"Political commissar, we guerrillas don't have any fast means of communication, but fighting a war is all about time, and we really can't help it, so we were forced to come up with this solution: the one who is holding a branch and swaying from side to side, which means that the enemy is coming this way. The other said that the enemy was coming from them along the main road. ”

"This method is good and worthy of our learning and reference. Hu Yingze praised happily. But Zhang Qingshan turned to Xiang Tao with a solemn face and said, "Go and inform the comrades, come and gather." ”

Then asked Luo Yingjie: "Lao Luo, I have never heard of such a communication method of yours before...... I wonder if you can ask them how many enemies are coming, and how long will it take to get to the foot of the mountain on our side?"

"Yes, but you have to ......ask them one by one," Luo Yingjie heard this, and broke off a thumb-thick branch from his side, and his mouth was not idle: "Moreover, to transmit signals like this, you can't ask too specifically, and sometimes, you have to guess." ”

Zhang Qingshan nodded: They can think of this method to achieve such a point, which is already impressive.

"Lao Zhang, Lao Luo, this transmission method created by them is not only convenient and fast, but also very confidential...... I think that after I go back, let the flag soldiers combine this method, so that they can transmit messages in this way when they are short distances, which is more effective than the radio. It is inevitable that the radio station will be intercepted by the local authorities and deciphered, but in this way, the enemy has no way to do anything unless he catches someone. ”

"Well, that's what I thought, too. ”

Zhang Qingshan nodded, and after replying, he looked at Luo Yingjie, but found that Luo Yingjie was holding the small branch, drawing circles in front of him. And among the people opposite, there was another person who was also holding a monocular telescope, and he was holding the telescope to look this way.

After seeing Luo Yingjie's signal, the man put down the binoculars and said a few words to the two people with branches.

Then, seeing the one on the left with the branch, he thrust the branch into the ground, drew a pig-killing knife, turned and went not far away to cut a branch and came back. Stick it up about two meters from the previous erection branch and stick it into the ground.

Then, he took the branch from the other man's hand and planted it two meters away.

Under the command of the telescope, he stood still next to the leftmost branch.

And when the other man gave him the branch, when he was on his feet, he drew a large circle with his right hand, and then made a horseback riding motion with both hands, which soon became a driving motion...... Just do these three actions over and over again.

Luo Yingjie looked at it, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "All the little devils who came, the number of people is more than 2,000 and close to 3,000. There were not only people on horseback, but also large cars. Of course, it could also be a tank or an armored vehicle or something, and that's going to be the time to see. ”

At this time, Zhang Qingshan and the others were all attracted by Luo Yingjie's new way of transmitting information, but time was pressing, although everyone was curious, but everyone knew the severity, and no one asked for specific details. But on the way to Qinglong Mountain, they finally learned the secret: erect a branch to represent a thousand people—if there were only a hundred, they would cut off the top of the branch and use the branch to represent it. Ten people are represented by raising their arms, and raising their hands to indicate ten people.

How many thousand people are there depends on the signal of the comrade standing in the middle of the branches: if he wants to stand behind the first few branches, it means that there are about a few thousand, and if he stands between two branches, it means that there are several thousand. For example, just now, if that person was standing between the second and third branches, it would have to be up to him whether he was close to the second branch or the third branch, and if he stood in the middle of the distance between the two branches, it meant that the enemy had about 2,500 men. If you stand next to the third branch, it means close to 3,000 people, and if you stand behind the third branch, it is about 3,000 people. As for how many people there were, it depends on how much the person is standing between the two branches, and he is inclined to that side. Of course, the more specific number of people depends on eyesight and experience, plus guesswork.

Subsequently, Luo Yingjie asked the other party in this way how long it would take to reach the foot of the mountain here.

The one with the binoculars on the other side turned back and said a few words to the woods. Soon, the answer was given, and there was about a quarter of an hour...... It was at this moment that the men of the assault regiment were assembled.

"Regiment commander, political commissar, what should I do?"

Zhang Qingshan glanced at Li Honghui, who was asking, then looked at Hu Yingze, and asked, "Old Hu, what do you think should be done?"

"You're in charge of the military, don't ask me, just make your own decisions. ”

Zhang Qingshan looked at Luo Yingjie again and asked, "Old Luo, what do you think?"

"Political commissar, regiment commander, although we are not afraid of devils, but now there are many more devils than us, I think, it is better to bear with it for the time being, go back to Qinglong Mountain first, and then kill these devils when we are strong." ”

What he said was to the point, and it was the best way to do it at the moment.

However, he is not Zhang Qingshan in the end, not to mention anything else, this vision does not have Zhang Qingshan's long-term vision.

Zhang Qingshan nodded with a smile, then looked at the soldiers and asked, "Comrades, we have always worked with Lao Jiang before, and we have never worked with devils. However, I heard that the devils are very good at fighting and their training is better than ours...... I'll ask you now, if I let you set up an ambush here and catch the devil off guard, do you dare to fight the devil?"

This is the reality: although the 120th Division has already fought with the devils, the assault company and several of its companies that have been specially transferred to prepare for the expansion of the new regiment have been protected, not only did they not let them go to the battlefield, but also used the devils to concentrate their attention on the battle, ignoring the space and time in the rear, and letting them penetrate into the enemy-occupied areas. Therefore, the assault company has never fought with the devils, and they have not even had time to listen to how those comrades who came down from the battlefield to temporarily repair evaluate the combat effectiveness of the devils.

It's just that when they set out, some gossip said that the devils were very good at fighting, and whether it was the quality of individual soldiers or weapons and equipment, they were much better than the national army, not to mention the Eighth Route Army, whose weapons and equipment were not even as good as the national army.

But now, Zhang Qingshan has other purposes to destroy his prestige for so long.

"Dare!"

Whether it is Hu Yingze, Li Honghui and others, they have been with Zhang Qingshan for a day or two, and they all know Zhang Qingshan's temper to some extent: they will never make a loss-making transaction!

Seeing Zhang Qingshan say this, although they had some doubts in their hearts, they didn't open their mouths out of trust and understanding of Zhang Qingshan's personality.

On the contrary, Luo Yingjie, who came into contact with Zhang Qingshan for the first time, on the premise of not knowing Zhang Qingshan's personality, seeing Zhang Qingshan's attitude and tone, it was obvious that he really planned to fight the devil here, and he was anxious at the moment......