But the 28th Regiment headquarters was brightly lit.
Normally Qiu Chan would have gone to bed long ago at this time, but because Ding Wei and the others never came back, Qiu Chan was restless in the regiment headquarters.
Just as she was about to go out, she saw Ding Wei walking in quickly.
"It's so late and you don't sleep, what are you going to do?" Ding Wei asked.
"Well, you are back?" Qiu Chan looked happy.
Originally, she was going to send people to look for Ding Wei, but now that Ding Wei is back, what else can she do?
"Of course, they are just some little devils." Ding Wei said with a smile: "I brought you a gift, guess what it is."
"I guess..." Qiu Chan thought for a while and said, "It's a good gun!"
This time Ding Wei goes to Heyuan County, maybe he can get back some good guns.
Ding Wei did promise to give her a pistol.
"No, guess again." Ding Wei shook his head and smiled mysteriously.
"It can't be food, right?" Qiu Chan said with some disgust: "If you had this money, it would be great to buy food and ammunition."
There is a delicious cake shop in Heyuan County. Qiu Chan mentioned it. Since it wasn't a gun, it was probably these things.
"None of them." Ding Wei stopped being pretentious and took out his camera bag: "Look, what about an authentic German Leica camera?"
"Camera?" Qiu Chan's eyes lit up and she said excitedly: "Show me quickly!"
Saying that, Qiu Chan excitedly took the camera, took it out skillfully, and played with it for a while.
"Old Ding, where did you get this good thing?" Qiu Chan asked with interest.
"This is an imported camera and is not sold in China at all."
"Hehe, of course I got it from the Japs." Ding Wei grinned: "Don't you keep saying that you want a camera to record it?
I happened to be on a trip to Heyuan County, and a Japanese guy took a camera and took pictures, and he snatched the camera back.
"This thing is a treasure. We can also take photos together in the future." Qiu Chan said excitedly.
"If we see the evil deeds of the Japanese in the future, we can also take photos and record them, so that we can settle accounts with those Japanese in the future!"
During the march, Qiu Chan saw a lot of the evil deeds of the Japanese, but because of the lack of means to record them, things were different now.
Seeing Qiu Chan's excited look, Ding Wei said with a smile: "Now that I have a camera, there must be other gifts."
While talking, Ding Wei took out a pen inlaid with gold rim: "I got this from that old devil Hirata Ichiro. It also has a gold rim inscription on it. Gold is precious."
Qiu Chan took the pen and looked at it carefully.
Sure enough, there was a string of Japanese characters engraved on the pen.
Translated, it means the co-captain personally bestowed upon Ichiro Hirata and other nonsense.
Since we have all the pens, we can’t leave out the matching items.
When Qiu Chan saw Ding Wei take out a notebook, her eyes suddenly became more moved.
The notebook was just a complaint she made unintentionally when she was working. All the previous notebooks were used up and there were no new notebooks to use, so it was difficult to organize her work contents.
Qiu Chan remembered that when she said this, Ding Wei was busy looking at the map, but she didn't expect that he could still remember it.
"How about it, let's get it together. Is there no difficulty in your work now?" Ding Wei deliberately joked: "Tell me what you need, and I will go to the Japanese to grab it for you."
"Yeah!" Qiu Chan hugged the things in her arms tightly and nodded heavily.
Seeing that Ding Wei was the only one, Qiu Chan asked, "Why are you the only one and where are they?"
"Them?" Ding Wei thought for a moment and said, "This is not a victory in battle. Monk Wei brought a few more tables of food. I guess they went to celebrate."
"What about you, why don't you go?" Qiu Chan asked.
"Something happened, I'm not in the mood to eat." Ding Wei said in a deep voice.
"What's going on?" Qiu Chan asked.
Ding Wei's expression was solemn. She rarely saw Ding Wei's expression like this.
Even when the 28th regiment was dismantled to pieces, Ding Wei always looked indifferent.
"What happened?" Qiu Chan asked.
"Someone is pretending to be our team." Ding Wei explained the matter simply.
After listening to this, Qiu Chan's expression became solemn: "You mean, there are people pretending to be our troops and doing evil, and there are people pretending to be members of the 28th Regiment?"
"That's right." Ding Weidao said: "Qiu Chan, this matter is very important. There is no need for us to postpone it until tomorrow. We should immediately send a telegram to the headquarters explaining the matter.
In addition, send a few business messages to our subordinates and ask them to return to the regiment headquarters for a meeting immediately!"
"Yes!" Qiu Chan also knew that the matter was of great importance and nodded in agreement.
…
night.
Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
The spot where I should have slept was brightly lit.
Cadres from the brigade commander on up all gathered at the headquarters for a meeting.
"This is the telegram that Ding Wei just sent back." The boss slapped the telegram on the table and said in a deep voice: "The situation is urgent. This is the only one. Please circulate it."
The cadres on both sides had strange expressions.
What happened to them that made them get out of bed so late at night and come to the headquarters for a meeting?
But seeing the boss' serious expression, they didn't dare to say anything.
When the message traveled through a circle, their expressions also changed.
The little devil actually pretended to be the Eighth Route Army and did bad things, ruining the reputation of the Eighth Route Army.
"Boss, are you sure about this?" the deputy chief of staff said with a solemn expression.
The boss nodded: "The information comes from Ding Wei, don't you know this guy? And he also said that there is a witness."
"If this matter is true, then we must deal with it carefully." The division commander said: "The enemy can actually think of this trick, it is really vicious."
"Regardless of whether he is vicious or not, if he dares to ruin the reputation of our team, we must not let them off lightly!" The boss slammed the table hard and said in a loud voice.
"Boss, just give the order directly!" said the brigade commander.
The boss said: "From now on, all troops will be on heightened alert and release all suspicious personnel. If there is anyone who is unfamiliar to us, we will arrest him for interrogation first!"
After a pause, the boss said again: "This matter must be investigated as soon as possible, and the Japanese cannot succeed. Since Ding Wei discovered it, let's leave this matter to the 28th Regiment!"
The cadres at the headquarters thought for a while and expressed their agreement one after another.
…
28th Regiment Headquarters.
Ding Wei sat in the main seat.
Duan Peng stood on Ding Wei's side honestly.
Wu Ding and Huo Guang sat on both sides.
Zhang Long and other battalion commanders were sitting on both sides. Their eyes glanced back and forth at Duan Peng with a somewhat strange expression.
Who is this guy?
While they were sleeping, they were pulled up to the regiment headquarters for a meeting.
This was their first time encountering such an urgent matter, and they had no idea what was going on.
"Xiao Duan, you have all seen that these are all the battalion commanders of our 28th Regiment. Have you seen them?" Ding Wei asked.
"No." Duan Peng looked around and shook his head.
"To put it bluntly, who are the people doing bad things in Duanjiagou?" Ding Wei asked.
"Zhang Long, Chen Quan, Zhao Hu." Duan Peng thought for a while and said, "I asked about them afterwards, and the people said it was the three of them."
Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and Shen Quan were a little confused.
An expression as if what happened to us, why are we being called?
"You three stand up and tell us what you did some time ago," Ding Wei said.
"What we are doing, of course we are training the troops. We have only been here a few days, what else can we do?" Shen Quan scratched his head and asked in confusion.
Zhang Long and Zhao Hu also nodded: "Yes, we are all training troops."
"There are so many things to do in the base, how can we have time to do anything else?" Shen Quan said helplessly.
"Captain, what's going on? Can you stop showing off?" Zhang Long was anxious.
Why do I feel something is wrong the more I look at it?
"That's what happened." Ding Wei looked at Duan Peng and said, "Do you see anyone here who looks like those people?"
Duan Peng looked around, shook his head and said: "No, I asked the surviving villagers, these people are much taller than the people who came to slaughter the village."
Massacre the village?
The expressions of all the battalion commanders were a little strange. After looking at each other, they all saw a hint of solemnity in each other's eyes.
"Do you believe it now?" Ding Wei said: "You also saw tonight that we are all a team fighting the Japanese. How can we go with the Japanese?"
"Yes, sir, I believe you." Duan Peng clasped his fists and said guiltily: "This is my fault. I shouldn't doubt you."
Ding Wei waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "As long as there is a misunderstanding and contact, since you have a misunderstanding and contact, it is time for us to talk about what happened between us."
"Okay!" Duan Peng nodded and said, "I was a little disrespectful to you before, but you still treat me well. You can punish me however you want."
After a pause, Duan Peng said again: "But I only have one request."
"What's the request?" Ding Wei became interested and asked cheerfully.
"Give me a breath so that I can take revenge on the bastard who really massacred the village!" Duan Peng said fiercely.
"Okay, I agree to this condition." Ding Wei nodded.
"If I want to punish you, there is only one possibility, and that is to become my soldier." Ding Wei said with a smile: "You are not even my damn soldier, why should I punish you?"
If I really punish you, I am not bullying the common people."
"Ah?" Duan Peng was stunned and immediately understood the meaning of Ding Wei's words.
Ding Wei is trying to get himself to join the Eighth Route Army.
How could Duan Peng give up such a good opportunity so easily.
"Okay, Captain, since you praise me, I can't deny your honor, so I, Duan Peng, will do it with you!" Duan Peng said excitedly.
"Okay, find a seat and sit down." Ding Wei said with a smile.
When this happened, the battalion commanders in the regiment became even more surprised.
Fortunately, Ding Wei quickly gave an explanation.
"I won't say any more nonsense. Now there are little devils pretending to be us and doing bad things, under the banner of our 28th Regiment!" Ding Wei slammed the table.
"What the hell, someone is pretending to be our 28th regiment and doing bad things?" Zhao Hu became anxious at once.
Chen Quan also cursed: "Damn it, who is so brave and dares to impersonate our 28th regiment?"
All the battalion commanders cursed one after another.
"Duan Peng, you are the one who has experienced it. Let me tell you about this." Ding Wei looked at Ding Wei.
"Yeah!" Duan Peng responded and explained the matter again.
It's okay if you don't listen. Once they heard this, all the battalion commanders immediately became anxious.
It's okay if you pretend to be the Eighth Route Army and do some good deeds.
But they did some bad things that were extremely unscrupulous and corrupted the Eighth Route Army. How could they endure this?
"Okay, let's stop arguing for now." Ding Wei said: "The other side has really figured out our 28th group. It definitely didn't take a day or two.
Have you noticed anything unusual or suspicious persons during this period?"
Suspicious person?
Upon hearing Ding Wei's words, all the battalion commanders fell into memories.
"No, the camp has been very quiet."
"I don't remember. Not to mention anything unusual, even the Japanese didn't pass by."
"Captain, the Independence Battalion has been safe and sound, nothing happened."
…
The battalion commanders couldn't think of anything suspicious even after racking their brains.
"Think about it seriously!" Ding Wei slammed the table: "The other side even knows your names. How could there be nothing unusual happening? You must not remember it!"
"Wait a minute, leader, if you want to talk about abnormalities, it seems that there is something abnormal." Wu Ding suddenly said.
"Oh?" Ding Wei suddenly became interested: "Tell me, what's abnormal!"
Wu Ding has always been by his side, handling the affairs of the regiment, and many things have been left to him.
"There were indeed many people who came to us to give us things before," Wu Ding said.
Ding Wei frowned slightly: "Sending something, is this abnormal? Your kid secretly drank again at night?"
"Captain, if you think about it carefully, this matter is indeed a bit unusual!" Huo Guang said, "They seem to be very interested in us."
"Very interested?" Ding Wei asked.
Wu Ding nodded and said: "Yes, I am very interested. When chatting, they will always ask some questions about our group, such as whether it is the 28th group and whether the group leader is called Ding Wei."
"Yes, Commander, these people seem to have appeared suddenly. We haven't seen them since before we retreated." Huo Guang thought for a while and said.
"Hey, don't say it yet. When you said that, I suddenly remembered that our battalion also encountered this kind of situation!" Zhao Hu said.
"Indeed, we have also encountered this situation. They said that they were the common people around them and were very grateful for the protection of the Eighth Route Army." Zhang Long said.
"I can't even remember it. Our independent camp has also encountered this kind of situation. Those people often send things or ask us for help!" Shen Quan suddenly patted his head and said.
If it weren't for Wu Ding opening his mouth.
They certainly won't remember such things and will turn them into weird things.
Upon hearing this, Ding Wei's expression instantly became solemn.
If only one battalion encountered this situation, there would probably be no problem, but from the regiment headquarters to the subordinate battalion headquarters, everyone encountered this situation.
Then this thing is a little weird...
It can't be such a coincidence that all the battalions met with people to express their condolences, and then disappeared one after another.
If nothing unexpected happened, it must have been these devils who disguised themselves as ordinary people, approached various locations of the 28th Regiment, and found out information about the 28th Regiment.
The regiment fell silent.
Ding Wei was thinking about how to deal with it.
This time the Japanese were obviously smarter. They even knew how to impersonate the 28th Regiment to do bad things and infiltrate the 28th Regiment.
If I hadn't gone into the city and met Duan Peng and allowed things to continue to ferment, I don't know how much trouble there would have been.
"Captain, what should we do next?" Wu Ding asked.
"Yes, Captain, we can't just watch the little devil pretending to be us and doing bad things," Zhang Long said.
Ding Wei said in a deep voice: "What should we do? This thing is so simple, we must find them all.
Those stupid Japanese dare to pretend to be the 28th Regiment. If you don’t kill them all and teach them a lesson, I can’t let go of the hatred in my heart!”
"Then how should we find them?" Shen Quan asked.
"Looking for them?" A disdainful smile appeared on Ding Wei's lips: "I will let them come to the door on their own!"