In order to consolidate their rule in the occupied areas and gain possession of resources and manpower, the Japanese valued the Yan family, a scholarly family, and did not directly use force. In the eyes of the Japanese, although these pedantic squires would not be able to go to the battlefield, they could make the Japanese government issue orders.

Unimpeded traffic. It is also a headache for the landlords and gentry families in East China. Some even established their own militia, Xiangyong.

A large rural gentry in East China has more than 600 men and guns, which is almost the strength of a battalion. Because they have money, these private armed forces are more lavishly equipped than the Central Army. The devil's purpose is to organize these people into a security force. These people lack systematic

Military training, combat effectiveness is not strong, the key point is that they have never been on the battlefield and the Japanese are not afraid of their small tricks. If they have any ulterior motives, they can destroy the nest at any time.

The wanderers in these places just know how to shoot. Unlike the army, the same 79 rifle and the same gun, if maintained and used, can have a tenfold difference in the results. Even professional soldiers will divide them into veterans and recruits.

For those who have fought small battles, the gap is quite big. Soldiers are actually a group. No matter how powerful one person is, he cannot defeat thousands of troops. So the Japanese are now eager to win over these forces.

The Special High School's choice of operation this time was also carefully arranged in this place, because some military commanders rebelled, and they knew that for ordinary squires, the Nationalist Government's military commanders would not send high-level personnel to contact them. This time, they arrested a small military commander.

The Japs synthesized a lot of information and found that Luzhi Town was the most ideal choice, but they did not disclose any information to the Yan family. On the surface, it seemed like ordinary Japs people from the Special High School were trying to persuade local people to surrender, but they still hit a soft nail.

, but this time the Japs and traitors are different. They are not angry because the task has not been completed. They are just waiting quietly. If you don't agree, I will just rely on you.

The special high school brought many people, but they did not use force. On the surface, they did not restrict the freedom of residents. In fact, in order to prevent the leakage of information, surveillance posts were set up at all the intersections in the periphery, and the number of manpower invested in plainclothes alone reached two

With more than a hundred people, if the top military officials are captured here, the Yan family traitors will be blamed, and they will have no choice but to cooperate with the Special High School, killing two birds with one stone.

However, Li Yuan and the others got on the main road after sneaking into the Japs' pockets from the woods. The Japs' plainclothes had discovered them a long time ago. Seeing that the three of them were carrying three kinds of guns, they thought they were some guerrillas guarding them.

It's not strict at all. Things in the town are important at this time, and it's not good to add extraneous matters. By then, the major issues have been decided, and it will be easy to catch these defeated soldiers. On the surface, there is nothing wrong with the four Li Yuan people, but I don't know what will happen now.

It's impossible to leave by taking the main road.

Li Yuan knew nothing about these situations. The four of them had been together when they entered the customs from the northeast. At that time, there were more than forty people in the first platoon. These four people in the old platoon are still together now.

Replenishment troops, those who were reorganized and merged all went to Wuhan to find old troops.

The tacit understanding of four people can easily defeat a platoon in street fighting. Even if those who remain are not elites, they are outstanding in some aspects.

The station chief of the southern Jiangsu area of ​​​​Juntong, who was coming to Luzhi, personally went to Luzhi to discuss cooperation in the fight against Japan. Wang Jin, as the highest operations director in Suzhou, was also there, responsible for the protection work. A group of people plus two people from Kunshan came to support.

With twelve people, the formation is huge.

When it got dark, the group was about to reach their destination, Luzhi, with only two or three kilometers to go. The military commanders were quite smart. A few people were exploring the way in front, and a large group of people were behind, but they had no idea that they had already entered the trap set by the Japanese Special High-tech Co., Ltd.

among.

The Yan family is a scholarly family, and the local gentry also has some armed forces. There are some vague speculations about the intentions of the Japanese. Today is the day agreed with the military commander. The old patriarch arranged to secretly inform the military commander of the current situation here. Several waves of people have been here until now.

He hasn't come back yet and knows something bad has happened. The Yan family is not willing to offend the military commander. After all, in China, the Republic of China government still has no trouble destroying the Yan family. The special high school uses the method of borrowing a knife to kill people, and the Yan family is also in danger.

This time, the military commander who led the team was Qin Yifei from Kunshan. He was walking at the front with his people. Li Yuan and others had already noticed that there were five or six people walking towards this direction from the west.

These people were all wearing black clothes and looked very similar to the Japanese plainclothes team. Li Yuan did not dare to act rashly.

Yang Ping: "It seems to be Qin Yifei of the Fuxing Society, six people." These soldiers couldn't understand the difference between the Fuxing Society and the unification of society and the army. The government of the Republic of China liked to make messy things and couldn't remember them.

Although Li Yuan didn't like the reorganized military command of the Fuxing Society, he still remembered Qin Yifei. They saved people together in Kunshan, and the memory of the Fuxing Society was more profound because he didn't catch a cold.

They were all Chinese. Li Yuan made some noise on the roadside and lowered his voice: "It's Captain Qin Yifei on the other side."

The six men immediately squatted on the ground and drew their pistols, aiming at the location where the sound came from.

Qin Yifei was shocked when he heard someone calling his name in the woods at night. He didn't have many friends in Kunshan. Logically speaking, no one should know him except the people in his team.

When his name was called out, his hair stood on end.

After all, I am someone who has seen strong winds and waves. I finally made a reply: "May I ask which road this friend is from?"

Li Yuan: "Friends from Dutou Village." Li Yuan did not give his name.

It would do no harm to him to hide his name properly. Qin Yifei was a little surprised. Hearing that Dutou Village basically knew who the other party was, he motioned to his men to lower the muzzle of the gun in their hands and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Take a step to speak." Qin Yifei had already heard Li Yuan's cold voice.

Without saying a word, he walked towards the woods alone. If Li Yuan really wanted to do something, he wouldn't have enough people to fill his teeth.

When he saw Li Yuan, he clasped his hands and said, "You're fine." He didn't address him by name.

Dutou Village was wiped out by the Japanese. Qin Yifei had left for Suzhou one day in advance, so he didn't know the situation yet.

As a military commander, Qin Yifei naturally would not tell Li Yuan his whereabouts.

"Brother Li, what is this?" He made a preemptive strike.

Although the defeat of the Northeastern Army helped the military commander a lot, they even rescued Wang Jin, the operations director who was captured by the Special High School Division in Suzhou.

Qin Yifei's operation is strictly confidential. He is thinking about the reason why Li Yuan appears here and how to deal with it.

After all, we are not in the same trench, and we cannot confide in each other. It is normal to hide something.

Li Yuan tactfully reminded: "Captain Qin, if you are going to the town ahead, I suggest you arrange for someone to conduct reconnaissance first." In military terms, military commanders will definitely say to go and get a feel for the situation first. The terms used by soldiers are

reconnaissance.

Qin Yifei is also a smart man. There is a brother of the military commander in the town ahead of him. He was giving him a message just now, saying that everything in the town was normal and there was no problem.

Hearing what Li Yuan said, he thought for a moment that something was wrong: "Brother Li, what's your wisdom?"

"Our people went to the town at nightfall and found that something was very wrong." He paused and said, "I judge that the Japs should have ambushed a large number of combatants in the town." Qin Yifei trembled: "The news is reliable."

"I'm not sure about this, but it's definitely not normal inside now, and I don't know the details."

Qin Yifei cupped his fists and said, "Brother Li, I'd like to thank you here. We'll contact you later." Qin Yifei looked to be at least 10 years older than Li Yuan.

Captain Qin returned to his brothers and asked one of his brothers to go to the town to investigate first, but not to contact the inside line. He would return here in half an hour. Then he sent another person to the back to inform the large group of people who were following.

A few minutes later, the large group of people who did not stop quickly arrived at the place where Qin Yifei stayed. The group of people who got the news from Captain Qin still paid attention. A leader was questioning Qin Yifei.

Discuss countermeasures, assess the situation, and see if immediate evacuation is necessary.

Li Yuan informed Qin Yifei and was getting ready to leave. There were a lot of people coming and he didn't intend to join them. However, people on the road began to get into the woods, leaving two people still waiting on the road.

The brothers who came to the town to inquire, and the two groups of the Suzhou Action Team behind the military command had also followed. They were wondering what the people in front were doing and hid in the woods. They also went into the woods under the guidance of the people waiting on the road.

The man who inquired about the information has not come back yet. Normally, 20 minutes is enough for him to go back and forth. After giving him half an hour, something must have happened.

Inside the woods.

"Brother Wang, you are fine."

During this period, Wang Jin exchanged messages with Li Yuan several times, but did not meet each other. When he entered the forest, his eyes were still adjusting and he did not notice Li Yuan. When he heard the voice, he was surprised and said: "Brother Li is here."

Wang Jin didn't hesitate, something was wrong now, so he simply made an introduction.

"We got news from Commander Qin and arranged for the people behind the scenes to come back. Something wasn't right behind us. There were many figures on the road at night, although they looked like they were passing by. There must be something wrong. The brothers who were snooping behind us haven't caught up yet.

"

When the leading middle-aged man heard that none of the brothers who had inquired about the news had returned, his heart sank, something had happened.

"Our operation this time may have been leaked. There should be an ambush of Japs in the town ahead, and unidentified people behind. The reason why they didn't take any action is probably because they wanted to catch them all in the town."

Somewhat confused, he looked at Wang Jing and said: "I haven't asked yet, who is this??"

Li Yuan nodded slightly, and Wang Jin said solemnly: "This is my former classmate. He used to be in the Northeast 49th Army and was responsible for the containment of broken troops."

"The National Army has a detention center and is also taking people there. Why are there reception personnel from the Northeast Army?" This is not easy to say.

"They were members of the 526th Regiment responsible for blocking the Japanese. The two regiments were basically wiped out. When they retreated to Kunming, all the people had evacuated. The wounded had no time to retreat. To recover from their injuries on the spot, someone had to stay behind, so they

It’s left like this.”

Li Yuan had some meaning after hearing what this middle-aged man said.

Li Yuan didn't want to get involved in the military commander's mess. East China had been lost, and he still put on airs: "There must be problems in the town ahead. Of course, it may be preparations to welcome you." If nothing else, how about our brothers?
Chapter completed!