After seeing off Zhou Weiguo, he set off immediately during the Dragon Boat Festival. He ordered the entire spy battalion of Lao Snoring to set off, and the other departments performed their respective duties.
Shangguan Zhibiao, Chen Shusheng, Sun Shiyu, Zhu Shengzhong, Pang Hu and others saw him off.
Duanwu said: "During my absence, military operations are all based on Shangguan's orders. If I'm not sure, I'll discuss it with Lao Zhu and Lao Sun. If Li Zhongren calls me, tell me I'm with you."
The soldiers have gone to practice, do you understand?"
"clear!"
Several people responded at the same time.
Duanwu mounted his horse and prepared to leave, but at this moment Shangguan Zhibiao hesitated to speak.
Duanwu saw it and asked, "If you have anything to say, please tell me."
Shangguan Zhibiao added: "Come here, Miss Tang, shouldn't you go and give me some support?"
Duanwu thought for a while and said: "No, time is running out now. The sooner we arrive in Lai'an County, the better for us. If Jiujiu asks me where I have been, just say that I went to Xuzhou for a meeting and I will be back tomorrow."
Shangguan Zhibiao said in embarrassment: "It takes four or five days to come back. How can we hide this?"
Duanwu ordered: "I don't care what method you use, Jiujiu must stay in the headquarters. If she makes any mistake, it won't be me who punishes you, but the chairman of the committee will take off your head. Do you understand?"
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Shangguan Zhibiao was speechless and thought to himself: This time he has fallen into a trap.
But he still took the order and said: "Promise to complete the task."
"Very good, let's go!"
After that, Duanwu rode away, and all the officers and soldiers of the secret service battalion, except for a few officers on horseback, were all on foot, following Duanwu out of the city, and then headed straight to the southeast.
In the gap between Dingyuan County and Mingguang County, the 51st Army will open an opening for the Dragon Boat Festival. In other words, even few people in the 51st Army know about this Dragon Boat Festival expedition.
Because just as Zhou Weiguo feared, traveling more than 150 kilometers to pull back the Japs' artillery would be like a fantasy. And as long as there is a problem in one link, it will be an irreversible end.
Of course, although Dragon Boat Festival is risky, it has taken care of all aspects.
Although he only took one of his special agent battalions with more than a thousand people for this operation, and the two battalions of the 522nd Regiment with more than a thousand people, but Dragon Boat Festival had a backup force.
He asked Ma Pingan to contact the Qiu Ming Department of the Eighth Route Army, which was not easily detected by the Japanese army. They would respond fifty kilometers away from Lai'an County. The defenders of the Mingguang 51st Army would also quickly reinforce after the Dragon Boat Festival victory.
In addition, his Independent Regiment and Zhou Weiguo's 522nd Regiment will set off in two days to make an offensive posture to confuse the Japanese.
Of course, whether this operation can be successful depends on how the Dragon Boat Festival battle in Lai'an County is fought. After all, Lai'an County alone has the strength of an infantry regiment.
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Time flew by like a flash, and it was the next morning in the blink of an eye.
At this time, they were still more than 110 kilometers away from Lai'an County.
The Dragon Boat Festival ordered the troops to rest. They had two hours to sleep and eat, and then they had to continue marching.
This is a very cruel test for the endurance of the soldiers.
But there is no way. If they cannot arrive in Lai'an County within a short time, the possibility of exposure will greatly increase.
Fortunately, Lao Shou's spy camp does not need to enter Lai'an County directly. Dragon Boat Festival will ambush it ten kilometers away from Lai'an County.
The terrain there is very interesting, with three mountains sandwiched between them, making it very suitable for an ambush.
Taking advantage of the break, Duanwu asked: "Have you seen the shadow of the 522nd Regiment?"
Lao Snoring quickly replied: "The brothers at the back said they haven't seen it yet. Do you want me to ask the brothers to contact you through the radio?"
Duanwu glanced at Lao Snoring, and Lao Snoring quickly shut up, because when Duanwu left, he told him that all radio stations should be turned off, including Zhou Weiguo's troops. This was to prevent the Japanese from discovering that someone was approaching based on the radio signal.
An County.
However, this also brought a lot of trouble to Duanwu, at least he couldn't contact Zhou Weiguo now.
But it doesn't matter, he believes that Zhou Weiguo won't be so cowardly that he can't even catch up with him.
After resting for two hours, the troops continued to march, but this time the march was not very fast. In order to avoid being discovered by the enemy, during the day, the Dragon Boat Festival could only lead the horses and drill into the forest with the soldiers.
The little devil has a reconnaissance plane and often flies in the direction of Bengbu, Mingguang, and even Xuzhou. During the flight, he sees Duanwu and others on the highway. This is completely normal.
Of course, if it were an ordinary combat mission, that would be a different matter. A quick march on the Dragon Boat Festival would just put a gun on the opponent's head. Even if the little devil was discovered by a reconnaissance plane, he probably wouldn't have the time to react.
But this time, the combat distance was too far and it required two days of walking. Any accident during this period was possible.
Therefore, you can't gamble in Dragon Boat Festival. What's more, due to the long combat distance, there is an advantage. Even the little devils never expected that Dragon Boat Festival would suddenly lead people to kill them. What's even more unimaginable is that the purpose of Dragon Boat Festival's battle was to steal their artillery.
So just like that, he stayed up all day and night during the Dragon Boat Festival, and finally arrived in the poplar forest outside the city of Lai'an County two days later, in the early morning of January 2.
Zhou Weiguo also arrived at this time, but Duanwu had no intention of letting them enter the city. Instead, he asked all Zhou Weiguo's troops, who had put on full Japanese equipment, to wait outside the city.
Dragon Boat Festival and Ma Ping'an also changed into the clothes of Japanese officers.
But they didn't act immediately because they were still waiting for someone.
Because he wanted to complete this mission, Duanwu needed the underground party to provide him with the documents and official documents of the Japanese 26th Brigade, etc.
Time passed by minute by minute, and Zhou Weiguo was impatient to wait.
Zhou Weiguo asked: "Will this person come yet? If he can't come, let's grab him by force? This will save us a long night and many dreams!"
Duanwu said with a smile: "Hard-to-grab? We're the only ones here, so don't make fun of us. Stay calm, the underground party members are still reliable."
Ma Ping'an also said: "Yes, we underground party members never break our promises."
"Cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo!"
At this moment, the cuckoo's call came from the forest.
"Chirp chirp chirp!"
Ma Ping'an also answered with a bird's voice.
Zhou Weiguo's sentries were alert and pointed their guns at the sounding place in the forest.
Ma Ping'an quickly said: "One of our own."
Zhou Weiguo waved his hand to let them go, and at this time, a farmer in coarse cloth came out from the other side of the woods. He was carrying a big bag on his back and a chamber pot in his left hand. He didn't know what it was for.
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He looked at the people in Japanese military uniforms, and then at Ma Pingan. If the people who came to meet him hadn't known Ma Pingan, he wouldn't have even believed that the troops in front of him were all Chinese.
Ma Pingan said eagerly: "Comrade Wang, have you brought what we want?"
The comrade surnamed Wang quickly took out several Japanese ID cards, a briefcase, letters, and the chamber pot from his pocket, and handed them all to Ma Ping'an.
"Comrade Ma, you can rest assured to use these things. Whether it is written documents or documents, they can be fake and authentic. However, after this operation, I am afraid that our people will be exposed. We will escort our insiders to leave immediately after your operation."
Ma Ping'an said: "It's causing trouble for comrades."
Comrade Wang said: "What is meant by causing trouble is to fight the Japanese. Okay, Comrade Ma, I won't delay you anymore. I have to go back to assist our comrades."
"Farewell!"
Ma Pingan said goodbye to the other party, and the dusty Comrade Wang left. At this time, only Duan Wu, Ma Pingan, and Zhou Weiguo were left together to discuss their next plan.
But at this time, Zhou Weiguo said in surprise: "You can just fight a war, why are you bringing a chamber pot?"