Although there was a special escort to escort them north, they still had to pass through many Japanese-occupied areas along the way. Lou Peiwen and his party hid in the east and finally arrived in Shangqiu.
Outside Shangqiu City, Lou Peiwen entered the city smoothly dressed as a village girl. First, she ordered the escort to find the personnel of the Juntong Shangqiu Intelligence Station, obtained two good citizen certificates, and then found a house in the city to live in.
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Lou Peiwen lived in seclusion and rarely appeared in public. After understanding the situation in Shangqiu and southwestern Shandong, Lou Peiwen personally contacted the secret agent of the military command who had penetrated into the Eighth Route Army.
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Seeing that the southwestern Shandong base was gradually getting on the right track, and that Heze had the deputy chief of staff personally in charge, plus a call from Pingshun, and Wen Qiang was about to give birth, Zhou Weihan had the intention of returning to Tainan.
In the headquarters, just as Zhou Weihan was raising the matter with the Deputy Chief of General Staff, the person in charge of the United Front Work Department of the Southwest Shandong Region Government came to the door in person.
"The two chiefs and intelligence personnel living in Shangqiu reported that a reporter from Ta Kung Pao was found in the city. He himself intends to come to the base area for interviews. However, the Japanese army is currently blocking the outside of the base area very tightly and requires comrades in the army to support him!" said the person.
After hearing the cause of the incident, the deputy chief of staff looked at Zhou Weihan and said: "Ta Kung Pao is a very influential newspaper. It is a good opportunity for Ta Kung Pao reporters to come to our base area to conduct interviews on the ground, which is a good opportunity to promote our Eighth Route Army."
, This is a good thing, you did a good job, you discovered her before the Japanese discovered her!"
"Has the identity and background of this journalist named Lou Peiwen been verified?"
"It has been verified. According to comrades in the Shancheng office, Lou Peiwen herself is very sympathetic to the situation of our Eighth Route Army behind enemy lines. She has also written many real-name articles in newspapers and periodicals to support the Eighth Route Army. She is a patriotic journalist who supports the united front.
At the same time, he is also the target of our development, but he himself disappeared in an attack suspected of being organized by the military command organization. According to intelligence, he may go north. The comrades in the Shancheng Office also contacted comrades from various places to pay attention to it. Unexpectedly, Shangqiu came!"
"That's good, Zhou Weihan, please make arrangements and see which troops to send over!" said the deputy chief of staff.
Zhou Weihan, who was listening on the sidelines, nodded, but suddenly remembered that Wen Qiang traveled north from southern Hunan to Tainan, and then raised his doubts: "Is this lady named Lou Peiwen coming alone?"
"That's what happened!" replied the visitor.
"That's really a good thing, let me arrange it!" Zhou Weihan said with a smile: "Monk, call Dong Jiang here!"
Since the war, the reconnaissance company has been idle for a long time. This time we need to go deep into the Japanese-occupied areas, so it is obviously most appropriate to dispatch the reconnaissance company.
"Commander, Chief of Staff!" Dong Jiang entered the headquarters excitedly, then saluted with a military salute and said.
Many people have different titles for the Deputy Chief of General Staff. Because he still serves as the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Eighth Route Army, Zhou Weihan and others are still called Deputy Chief of Staff.
Grassroots soldiers are called Communists. General Dong Jiang once protected the Deputy Chief of Staff, and the title remains the same.
"Haha, Comrade Dong Jiang, come around, you are back in front of me now. You were not happy when I asked you to follow me!" the deputy chief of staff stepped forward and patted Dong Jiang's shoulder gently.
Dong Jiang chuckled, Zhou Weihan didn't want the deputy chief of staff to abduct Dong Jiang, so he explained the mission simply and clearly.
"This matter may change later. Let's set out now and cooperate with local comrades to bring reporter Lou back to the base area!"
"Yes!" Dong Jiang responded.
the next day.
Zhangwangzhuang belongs to the southern end of Caoxian County and is separated from Jiaozhuang in the north of Shangqiu by the old Yellow River. After Sun Liangcheng was released by the Japanese army, Kuroshima Morita personally went to take command of the 38th Division. Since then, the Eighth Route Army has been separated from the 38th Division of the Appeasement Army.
There is a state of confrontation along the old path of the Yellow River.
Sun Liangcheng was afraid that the Eighth Route Army would send troops south, so he secretly restored contact with the Eighth Route Army.
Of course, both Kuroshima Morita and Sun Liangcheng had ulterior motives, but they did not know that the other had connections with the Eighth Route Army.
Originally Zhou Weihan could ask Sun Liangcheng or Kuroshima Morita to send people to send Lou Peiwen to the Eighth Route Army base area, but he was worried that Lou Peiwen, a reporter, would see the trick and affect the Eighth Route Army's image in his mind, so he could only let him
The reconnaissance company is dispatched.
In the afternoon of that day, most of the reconnaissance company stayed in Zhangwangzhuang to respond. Dong Jiang led more than ten people across a stone bridge at night.
This place is a bridge of communication between the two sides. We have already greeted the pacification army on the opposite side. There is a tacit understanding between the enemy and ourselves, and no one has caused trouble.
"Company Commander Dong, the telegram said that the target person has been placed in a village called Yanzhuang outside Shangqiu City today. It is more than thirty miles away from here. I will lead you from the front!"
The comrade was obviously familiar with the local situation and took the initiative to lead the way.
The further we advance toward Shangqiu, the more densely populated the Japanese and puppet troops' strongholds become, and there are enemy strongholds on every traffic artery.
Fortunately, Dong Jiang and his party were all wearing the uniforms of the Pacification Army and had special passes, so they could pass through the enemy's layers of screening unscathed.
In the evening of that day, the group arrived at their destination, Yanzhuang.
The comrades accompanying him were handing over to the comrades guarding Lou Peiwen. Dong Jiang took the initiative to step forward and stretched out his hand and said: "Hello, reporter Lou, my name is Dong Jiang. We will protect your safety when you go to the base area this time!"
"Hello, my name is Lou Peiwen, and I am a reporter from Ta Kung Pao!"
The two of them were looking at each other while they were talking. Dong Jiang almost didn't dare to recognize that this person was a reporter from Ta Kung Pao. According to Dong Jiang's inherent impression, how could a reporter from Ta Kung Pao be a member of the upper class and look like a rural person?
Girl's dress.
When Lou Peiwen shook hands, she also felt the thick layer of cocoon between Dong Jiang's tiger's mouth, and Dong Jiang's weapons and equipment also surprised her.
"Reporter Lou's disguise skills surprised me. It's extremely difficult for ordinary people to recognize Reporter Lou's true identity. Do all reporters have this ability?"
The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Lou Peiwen shrank: "As a reporter, due to his special status, the content he publishes is also relatively sensitive, so naturally he needs to be careful!"
Then he patted the suitcase at his feet: "The things I carry with me are too unsightly and can easily be noticed by the enemy. I didn't feel anything behind me at first. Once I arrived in the enemy-occupied area, I felt a sense of oppression in the air."
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"Don't worry, we will reach the base area tonight, but reporter Lou needs to be mentally prepared in advance. The situation in our Eighth Route Army base area is no better than the mountain city behind!"
The two of them were chatting, but in reality they were always sizing up each other.
"Let's go, Company Commander Dong, take action while it's dark!" the local comrade said after the handover.