"Lao Luo, you don't know. When I saw you alone, I thought you were having a hard time here, and you were the only one left."

Luo Yingjie was able to lead the county guerrilla brigade to fight guerrilla brigade in Sanqiao County for so many years without falling down. This is naturally a skill, at least, it is absolutely impossible to observe words and expressions.

Now, he immediately understood the true meaning of Zhang Qingshan's words: Lao Luo! Let's not mention any organizational regulations, just say that the environment here is quite complicated. If you come alone, there are many bandits, you are not afraid of any minor accidents on the road? In that case, how can you come to contact us? This is not only irresponsible for your own safety, but also irresponsible for the tasks assigned to you by the organization.

To put it more bluntly, just one sentence: Lao Luo, explain: Why are you alone here and another comrades? Otherwise, we suspect that you have an accident or even submit to the treason and introduce us to the ambush circle you have designed long ago, which is not impossible.

"Captain, I didn't come alone. I asked Li Hua to take everyone to Qinglong Mountain five days ago to log and build houses and prepare daily necessities such as food and clothing..." Speaking of this, he pointed to the opposite mountain and smiled: "I brought a squad of soldiers, waiting there for fear of accidents, so someone could respond. In this way, even if I was sacrificed, someone could report a letter to the organization, and then I wouldn't...not count...hey~! Something was wrong!"

This is also tactful, but everyone can hear that Luo Yingjie is afraid of being deceived, so he simply takes the risk alone. Of course, everyone thinks it is understandable for him to do this. Think about it, a revolutionary warrior who has persisted here for eight years can imagine the dangers and hardships of it. If he had not had such vigilance and fearless spirit of risk verification, he would have been arrested and beheaded long ago.

As Luo Yingjie said, he suddenly stared at the opposite mountain with wide eyes. He said something was wrong, which made everyone look at the opposite mountain in confusion with his eyes. He also quickly took out a single-eyed telescope from his pocket and looked at the opposite mountain.

The opposite mountain is about four or five hundred meters away from them. Although there are few trees on the top of the mountain, it is still easy to hide a few people without being seen.

Zhang Qingshan picked up the telescope hanging on his chest and saw that the top of the opposite mountain faced them. Under the largest tree, there were two people wearing guns and full of patches: one held a piece of branch high and shook it left and right; the other one flattened the branches in his hand and also shook them left and right.

Although they can't understand what they want to express with branches, they are sure that they are using branches as flags and using branches as flags.

Zhang Qingshan couldn't help but put down his telescope and glanced at Luo Yingjie. After looking at him, he looked at Hu Yingjie who happened to be here. He had to sigh in his heart: Power is among the people! This is the unique method of sending signals created by our guerrillas in a difficult environment and long-term combat - who ordinary people can think of it?

"Lao Luo, what do they mean?"

"Political Commissar, our guerrillas do not have any fast communication tools, but the war is all about time. There is really no way. We were forced to come up with this method: the one who was holding a branch and shaking left and right, meaning that an enemy was coming here. The other was that the enemy was coming from them along the main road."

"This method is good, worth learning from and learning from." Hu Yingze praised happily. But Zhang Qingshan turned around and said to Xiang Tao with a solemn look on his face, "Go to notify the comrades and come and gather."

Then he asked Luo Yingjie: "Lao Luo, I have never heard of your communication methods before... I wonder if you can ask them how many enemies they have come? How long will it take to reach the foot of our mountain?"

"Yes! You have to ask one by one..." When Luo Yingjie heard this, he broke a small branch as thick as a thumb from his side, and his mouth was not idle: "Also, if you send signals like this, you can't ask too specific questions. Sometimes, you have to guess."

Zhang Qingshan nodded: It is already impressive that they can think of this method.

"The transmission method created by Lao Zhang and Lao Luo is not only convenient and fast, but also very confidential... I think after going back, let the flag soldiers combine this method, so that messages can be transmitted in a short distance, which is more effective than radio stations. Radio stations will inevitably be intercepted by local authorities and deciphered, but in this transmission method, the enemy will have no way to do so unless they catch people."

"Well! I think so too."

Zhang Qingshan nodded, replied, and looked at Luo Yingjie, but found that Luo Yingjie was holding the small branch and drawing circles in front of him with a desperate effort. Among the people opposite, there was another person who also held a single-eyed telescope, holding the telescope to look here.

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

Then, the one who held the branch on the left inserted the branch to the ground with force, pulled out a pig-killing knife, turned around and cut back a piece of the branch not far away. He stood up and inserted it on the ground about two meters away from the previous vertical branch.

Then he took the branch from another person's hand and inserted it into the branch two meters away.

Under the command of the telescope, he stood next to the branch on the far left without moving.

After the other man handed him the branch, when he stood up, he drew a large circle with his right hand, and then made horse riding with both hands, which soon turned into driving again... he did these three movements repeatedly.

Luo Yingjie frowned and said in a deep voice: "They are all coming, with more than 2,000 people coming, and nearly 3,000 people. Not only are there people riding horses, but also big cars. Of course, it may also be tanks or armored vehicles, so it's time to see it."

At this time, Zhang Qingshan and others were all attracted by Luo Yingjie and the other ones, but time was tight. Although everyone was curious, everyone knew the importance and no one asked for the specific details. But on the way to Qinglong Mountain, they finally knew the secret: erecting a piece of branch to represent one thousand people - if there were only a hundred people, they would cut off the top of the branch and just use branches to represent. Ten people would use arms to express, and raise their hands to express ten people.

There are thousands of people, and it depends on the signal of the comrade standing in the middle of the branch: if he wants to stand behind the branch, it means there are about a few thousand people, and if he stands between two branches, it means there are thousands. For example, if that person is standing between the second and third branches, it depends on whether he is close to the second branch or the third branch. If he stands between the two branches, it means there are about 2,500 enemies. If he stands next to the third branch, it means there are nearly 3,000 people. If he stands behind the third branch, it means there are about 3,000 people. As for how many 2,000 people, it depends on the person standing between the two branches and leaning towards the other side. Of course, more specific numbers depend on eyesight and experience, plus guessing.

Then, Luo Yingjie used this method to ask the other party how long it would take to arrive at the foot of the mountain here.

The other party who had the telescope turned around and said a few words to the forest. Soon, the answer was given, and there was about a quarter of an hour... At this moment, the people from the assault group gathered.

"Captain, political commissar, what should I do?"

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

"You are in charge of military affairs, don't ask me, just make your own decisions."

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

"Political commissar and commander, although we are not afraid of the Japanese, the number of Japanese soldiers is much higher than ours. I think we should just tolerate it for the time being. First go back to Qinglong Mountain, and then fight these Japanese to death when our troops are strong."

His words were pertinent and the best way to do so.

However, he is not Zhang Qingshan after all. If nothing else, his gaze will not be as long as Zhang Qingshan looks.

Zhang Qingshan nodded with a smile, then looked at the soldiers and asked, "Comrades, we have been working with Lao Jiang before, and have never worked with the Japanese. However, I heard that the Japanese are very good at fighting and training is better than us... I will ask you now, if I ask you to set up an ambush here and catch the Japanese off guard, will you dare to fight with the Japanese?"

This is the reality: although the 120th Division has already started to fight with the Japanese, the Assault Company and several companies specially transferred out to expand and set up a new regiment were all protected. Not only did they not let them go to the battlefield, but they also used the Japanese to focus their attention on the battle, ignoring the space and time behind them, allowing them to intersperse into the enemy-occupied areas. Therefore, the Assault Company has not fought with the Japanese, and has not even had time to hear how those comrades who came down from the battlefield temporarily repaired their bodies.

However, when they were out, some rumors said that the Japanese were very good at fighting, and whether they were individual soldiers’ quality or weapons and equipment, they were much better than **, let alone the Eighth Route Army, whose weapons and equipment were not even as good as **.

But now, Zhang Qingshan has only achieved such ambition for other purposes to destroy his own dignity.

"dare!"

Whether it is Hu Yingze, Li Honghui and others, they have been with Zhang Qingshan for a day or two. They know Zhang Qingshan’s temper: they will never do a loss-making business!

Seeing Zhang Qingshan say this, although they were a little confused, they did not speak out out of trust and understanding of Zhang Qingshan's personality.

On the contrary, Luo Yingjie, who had contacted Zhang Qingshan for the first time, did not understand Zhang Qingshan's personality, and saw Zhang Qingshan's attitude and tone, obviously he really planned to fight the Japanese here, so he became anxious at the moment...
Chapter completed!