Those who were surprised were Fujino and Yuan Yongfu. They wanted to use this to dig out the underground power of the Anjo military commander. Hu Feng hoped to execute her immediately, although this move freed him and the military commander in front of Fujino.
However, they did not want to reveal too much about the entanglement between them. In addition, Gu Feihu and others were worried and helpless. They wanted Li Qian to be executed immediately but also wanted her to be rescued immediately.
Similarly, this also attracted attention from both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and Su Yuan immediately made a decision to rescue Li Qian as soon as possible. Li Qian had helped her comrades in arms, and now knew too many secrets in Ancheng, and the action must be
ASAP.
Su Yuan considered that this rescue operation would be quite difficult, so he made arrangements in advance. In addition to taking Xiaoyun and Hong Hai into the city with him, he also asked Qingran Shuyuan to take Shanzi into the city with him. It was necessary
Using all available power, these people have connections in the city. In addition, Su Yuan also informed Sun Jianyun, hoping that he could get the underground parties in the city to cooperate.
They entered the city covertly in batches. Su Yuan planned to contact the military command station in the city first to learn the details of Li Qian's arrest. However, they had already made emergency preparations, and it was not easy for Su Yuan to find the person in charge here.
"It's really shameful." Li Zhan, the head of the military command station who came to meet with the news, said as soon as they met: "The incident happened so suddenly that we had to temporarily stop our activities and hide ourselves. Unexpectedly, Su Tuanzuo came in person."
"Don't say any polite words." Su Yuan said: "Tell me what happened. Li Qian is not an impulsive person. How could she be captured?"
"Damn it!" Li Zhan cursed angrily: "It's not that Hu Feng, but this guy actually did it. It seems that this guy deliberately fooled us before."
"It's Hu Feng." Su Yuan knew something about this. Based on his understanding of Hu Feng, this guy was a follower. Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he was very smooth among various forces. After the Japanese came, he surrendered.
The Japs, some time ago realized that the Japs would not survive, so they established contact with the Kuomintang. Ordinarily, given the current situation, he would not be like this.
"Is it because Li Qian exposed Hu Feng that he betrayed him..." Su Yuan just said halfway when he realized that this conjecture was not true. If so, wouldn't his previous affairs have been exposed?
"It seems not." Li Zhan replied: "The communication between us has always been very secret."
"Well, are there any other changes in the city recently?" Su Yuan asked casually.
"Nothing has changed." Li Zhan replied: "The Japs and traitors are still intensifying their inspections in the city." But after a while he added: "However, there have been a lot of Japs coming and going recently, and a lot of migrant workers have also been summoned. I heard
They said they were going to dig a blockade trench to deal with you."
"But there's not much movement over there." Su Yuan said strangely: "But from what you said, it sounds like the Japanese have made some big move."
"No way." Li Zhan replied: "With the current abilities of the little devils, they are still capable of conducting large-scale operations. We have 400,000 national troops in Henan, and the Eighth Route Army is active on both sides."
"Maybe it's a big move." Su Yuan also guessed, "Judging from Hu Feng's case, this guy will only betray Li Qian if he thinks the Japanese are gaining power."
"No way." Li Zhan replied: "With you, Su Tuanzuo, here, I can say that I can take Ancheng. How could he think that the Japanese are gaining power?"
"Stationmaster Li, I don't think this matter is that simple." The more Su Yuan thought about it, the more he felt that his judgment was correct. Although it was somewhat impossible, many things happened in wars that were impossible. He immediately said: "
During this period, you should pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese. I need detailed information, as well as Li Qian’s current situation. Do I want to find out where she is being held?"
"Yes." Li Zhan responded.
After Li Zhan left, Su Yuan tried to contact the underground party again. The information from the underground party was somewhat different from that of Li Zhan. They also found out that the Japanese had prepared a large amount of supplies in Ancheng. They originally thought that the Japanese were going to launch a raid on the base areas in the mountains.
, but it’s a little different.
The supplies prepared by the Japanese this time were much greater than before, and there was a large amount of oil in them. This was obviously not for the base area. Su Yuan also felt strange as to what the Japanese were doing, and finally had to ask them to continue to inquire for information.
Soon, Qingran and Shuyuan also arrived, and they also talked and heard some news. Qingran learned from Li Jingshan that the Japanese had established a large arms warehouse in the city and were constantly bringing in supplies.
Shuyuan learned from her connections in the city that the Japanese are in need of a large number of laborers recently and are arranging to dispatch workers to various places.
Finally, Qingran accidentally revealed an unexpected piece of news. She met a former colleague who came from the south. He saw a strange thing on the bank of the Yellow River. The Japanese were reinforcing the Yellow River Bridge on the Yellow River.
"What?!" Su Yuan felt incredible after hearing this. The Japs had only one purpose for building the bridge. Naturally, there were large troops crossing the river and heavy equipment. Considering the situation here, could it be that the Japs really had a military operation and were a
An operation of huge scale is simply unimaginable. There are 400,000 elite national troops in Henan.
"Do the Japanese want to occupy Henan?" Qingran boldly guessed.
"Unless they can gather 200,000 troops." Su Yuan replied, and even if they occupy Henan, it will not save their defeat."
"Then what do they want to do?" Everyone was puzzled.
"But it seems that the Japs want to go south." Su Yuan judged.
"They don't want to continue going south, do they?" Shuyuan interjected.
"This is impossible!" Qing Ran said, knowing the current domestic and international war situation: "Now that the Allied forces have controlled the Pacific battlefield, they may soon set foot in Southeast Asia. At that time, our expeditionary force will gradually counterattack.
If they go south now, they are asking for trouble."
"Maybe they want to support the retreat of the southern troops in Southeast Asia?" Shuyuan said.
"It's possible." Su Yuan finally figured it out and said, "The Japanese saw that their defeat was certain, but they were unwilling to lose gradually, so they wanted to stabilize the Chinese battlefield."
"But this is almost impossible." Qingran said.
"The little devils are crazy. They don't dare to think about anything, let alone fight a trapped beast." Su Yuan said: "They may have another purpose. If they want to quickly stabilize the Chinese battlefield, they must force Chongqing to surrender as soon as possible."
"This makes some sense." Qingran replied: "The south is now a base for the National Army's Anti-Japanese War, and now there are US air force bases in Hengyang and Liuzhou. They want to destroy Chongqing's confidence in the Anti-Japanese War."
"This is the only explanation." Su Yuan nodded, but everyone was still incredulous about what a huge military operation it would be.
However, as intelligence gathered, Su Yuan became more and more firm in his judgment. News came from the underground party that the enemy had recently been conducting large-scale military exercises in North China, but it was obviously not targeting the Eighth Route Army.