Chapter 46: The Surprising Discovery

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  It's already October, and the temperature difference between day and night in the north is too big.

  The commander of the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia, Lieutenant General Renzhao, received the news in his dream that Yano's troops were completely annihilated, with less than thirty people escaping. This was still a message from Zhuolu County. Impossible! The lieutenant general jumped out of bed at once, Yano, how could Yano?!

  Barefoot, he stood on the floorboard, and Liang Zhuo shook his head hard in the lotus pond, looking at the standing guard officer Xiao Tian Cun, pinching his own thigh, only to confirm that he was not dreaming. "Map!" General Zhang took a few steps to the desk, sweeping everything off the table with one hand, opening the map handed over by Xiao Tian.

  "Here, thirty miles south of Zhuolu." Xiao Tian pointed to the map and said, "Mountainous terrain, the artillery was surrounded before it could be used, the enemy's firepower was fierce, and they fought hard. When the artillery was divided and surrounded, there was no time to prepare for battle. Those who escaped were the artillerymen."

  "What about Yano's situation?" Renya asked persistently.

  "The specific situation is unclear. However, it's said that the enemy's artillery fire can be heard even within the county seat of Zhoukou. A strange fog appeared in the mountains, and then...". Xiao Tian didn't continue, actually he had only heard rumors, "Contact with General Yano has been ongoing, but there's no connection."

  "Immediately send someone to investigate clearly, I want to know what's going on. Also, which part is the enemy? Must figure it out."

  "Hi!"

  Lianzhuang had not yet investigated the truth of the matter, when news came from Yan'an that the Eighth Route Army's main force had divided into multiple routes and annihilated several thousand devils in the Wei County direction, capturing a large quantity of weapons and taking over 300 Japanese prisoners, killing Lieutenant General Yano.

  In the official residence of General Hasumi, in a courtyard guarded by many soldiers, Shota Tanda stood at the entrance. General Hasumi had been waiting here for three hours, but he still hadn't come out, nor had anyone gone in. The guards were so quiet that they could hear their own heartbeats, and the courtyard was illuminated by searchlights as bright as daylight.

  Oda suddenly heard someone talking in the house, although it was very low, but indeed there was someone talking, and it was a woman's voice. But just a few minutes later, the house became quiet again.

  "Xiao Tian," General Zhong called out from inside the house. Xiao Tian gently pushed open the door and was immediately stunned. How could someone have appeared silently in General Zhong's room under such heavily guarded circumstances? But there, standing before him, was a woman with her face covered, wearing black clothes, and possessing a petite figure that made her look like a child.

  "This is the specific location of Yan'an's main leader's residence, I order you to take full responsibility for the bombing action, at least by tomorrow, I want to see their corpses in Yan'an." Renzo glared at Oda with a fierce gaze, and Oda was startled, loudly shouting "Ah" as he took over a thin piece of paper.

  After Xiaotian left, Lianzhao said to the black-clothed woman: "There is one more thing, I'd like to ask you to do me a favor. In the Eighth Route Army headquarters in Taihang Mountain, there is also a thorn in my side, Miss Zhīzi. If she can investigate clearly, I am willing to exchange it for a treasure of Japan."

  "Two pieces."

  "I have only one."

  "Two pieces."

  "Deal."

  Yang Jingzhen sat bored on a low stool in the base, holding a teacup and gazing out at the misty fine rain. Li Ying had already led people to follow behind Wang Xuehua, preparing to receive food. Li Baoguo and others were desperately searching for information about cloth, while Political Commissar Chen Zhihao and Liao Xudong were busy formulating the next battle plan.

  The stone rushed in from outside with a whooshing sound, "Captain, good news, good news."

  "What's wrong?" Yang Wei looked at this lonely and pitiful child, who had become more lively and quick-witted since joining the troops.

  "The troops that went to intercept the devils have sent back news, saying they intercepted a large group of devils and the rest escaped into Datong." Yang Jie smiled slightly and patted Shi Tou's head with his hand, "Go play, don't forget to write your characters."

  The stone saw Yang Gong had a worried look, and helplessly rubbed his own head, and walked out with a hum. He bumped into someone who was about to enter the door, and that person picked him up in one motion, spun him around in mid-air, and put him outside the door. "You little scamp, you don't even walk honestly." The voice wasn't loud, but it was very clear.

  It was Wang Ruilin, Li Ying's most trusted subordinate, who came in. He was the head of the Intelligence Department of the National Army Regiment and had been bedridden at home due to illness when the National Army retreated. Later, he was recommended by someone and Li Ying personally went to invite him to come out of retirement. Analyzing intelligence, he indeed has a good hand.

  "Old Wang," Yang Ju stood up and pointed at the stool for Wang Rui Lin to sit down, "Sit down and talk, what's going on?"

  "There is. However, I'm not sure, I think there's a problem." Wang Rui Lin had been having a deep respect for Yang Guang since he heard Li Shi's brothers talk about the Battle of Yang Guang Old Master Temple. He sat down and opened the simple map he brought with him.

  "This is the information we received from the front. This one was discovered two days ago, it's an abandoned enemy military camp with a large amount of supplies stockpiled; this one was discovered yesterday, it's an old train station, very close to the new station, also with a large amount of supplies stockpiled. It's estimated that there are some food and cloth supplies, further information is still being investigated."

  Wang Rulin put both maps on the table, "However, I think both places have problems. This military camp is located in a small valley, easy to defend but hard to attack, and it doesn't make sense for the enemy to store so many supplies here without any reason, at least not now. This train station, although heavily guarded, still has many loopholes, with so many supplies, isn't the enemy afraid of something going wrong? And our forces on the railway have made the little devils suffer a lot."

  "Adjust Li Baoguo's special warfare team, two tasks, one is to figure out what's inside, and the other is to understand the enemy's defense." Yang Wei looked outside, "How are the four teams organized?"

  The situation of the four branches is still relatively smooth, and the other three branch teams have each dispatched a regiment to expand their forces, train new soldiers, and I heard that they are looking for devils to practice new soldiers these days. The special warfare team has been lent out for training. The main force of the fourth branch is composed of the three regiments that were mobilized, and it has also incorporated a national army battalion and a miscellaneous bandit regiment in Zhao County, which is currently being reorganized. The command structure of the fourth branch is basically in place, but the selection of the branch team leader is still being studied by the political committee, and Li Deputy Team is temporarily acting as a proxy.

  Wang Rulin has a good grasp of intelligence both internally and externally, especially since Yang Jie let him serve as the head of the base's security department. This is a specialized unit that deals with infiltrating guerrilla teams and internal discipline inspections, and he can use this opportunity to test whether they are really as good as they say they are. During this period, he has thoroughly submitted, not only did Yang Jie not have any special treatment, but even the surrendered bandit leaders are extremely disciplined, not daring to be slightly out of line.

  He was puzzled and secretly asked several bandit leaders, only to understand that the discipline of this team had reached the realm of iron discipline. Especially when they saw their most admired people being so fair and simple, strict with themselves.

  Yang Jie fixed his gaze on the Ping-Han Railway, and Commander-in-Chief of the North China Army, Terada Shūichi, was also worried about the Ping-Han Railway. The Ping-Han Railway was an important trunk line for supplying the front lines, but recently, the bandit situation and disasters on the Ping-Han Railway had been severe, making him so anxious that he wanted to go mad. News came from the front lines that they urgently needed weapons, ammunition, and winter clothing supplies, which were difficult to provide locally, so a batch was hastily allocated from the warehouses of the Northeast China Garrison Army and transported to the area near Yunmeng Mountain. To minimize losses, Commander-in-Chief Terada Shūichi and his trusted deputy officer secretly planned for several days and nights before deciding to disperse the stockpiled supplies in various locations, with each garrison responsible for protection. The first batch of supplies had been successfully transported to the area near Zhuozhou north of Beiping, but due to the railway being destroyed by bandits, they could only be stockpiled in an abandoned train station in Zhuozhou, under the responsibility of the Zhuozhou garrison. Commander-in-Chief Terada Shūichi had strictly ordered the highest-ranking officer stationed in Zhuozhou, Yamashita Tahei, to ensure that both personnel and supplies were secure.

  Yang Jie and his team found two of these four hidden sites.

  Yang Jie has been in Zhuozhou for two days, and this is a very remote small village. The forest outside the village is the villagers' burial ground, a large area of pine trees, with tombstones scattered all over, and weeds growing taller than half a person. Outside the forest is a small river ditch, which has dried up in autumn, and the bottom of the ditch is also overgrown with wild grass and vines. Further east is the train station located on the edge of Zhuozhou County, and the old abandoned train car is just south of the new station, only about one mile away. This place is also only four miles away from the devils' military camp in Mali Town. To defend these vital supplies, General Yamada has mobilized all the troops he can deploy, surrounding the train station within a radius of five miles and setting up five defensive points, three to the west and two to the east. During the day, any Chinese person seen is shot dead, regardless of age or sex. At night, the searchlights at each point can intersect with each other, and as soon as there is any movement, they open fire immediately. It was precisely this brutal defense by the devils that drew the attention of the reconnaissance special forces. This small village has already been within the devils' firepower blockade range, and Yang Jie and his team infiltrated at night. During the day, two groups of devils searched here, but their search was not thorough, probably because nothing had happened for over a decade.

  "It can be certain that there is what we want in the train station," Yang Wei sat on a low stool, the slanting sunlight of dusk stretching his shadow long and thin on the eastern wall through the skylight, the room was very dark, some parts of the wall had begun to peel off the mud skin, the broken spider web swayed weakly in the wind, the wind came from the dilapidated window, because no one had taken care of it for a long time, the house had already started to head towards destruction.

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