The brothers of the Independent Regiment spent the day moving and carrying. At dusk, a Japanese officer blew a whistle and summoned all the prisoners of war to the center of the open space. Then a few little Japanese carrying iron basins were not far away.
Chu walked up to them and took out half-cooked boiled sweet potatoes from the iron basin, giving each of them a piece. At this time, it was still raining in the sky, and the sweet potatoes were not yet ripe.
The sweet potatoes became even colder after being soaked by the rain, making them even harder to swallow. But even so, a few people still picked up the sweet potatoes in their hands and wolfed them down. The middle-aged people around Li Yan did not eat the sweet potatoes with these people.
The so-called "special treat" is holding a sweet potato in hand, looking at the sky and muttering to himself: "When will this damn life end? Alas..."
Li Yan gave the middle-aged man a gentle push, and the middle-aged man made no sound. After seeing Li Yan's actions, the soldier behind him smiled even deeper.
"All of you are here. Now I order you to go back to your beds and rest immediately! You are not allowed to go out privately during the rest period. Once discovered by our imperial army, you will be shot on the spot!" After Yokota said this, he took the iron basin from the hand of a Japanese soldier.
He took out a piece of sweet potato and threw it on the ground, then stepped on it several times.
"Damn it, these beasts don't treat us prisoners as human beings!" Goudan scolded fiercely. This time the soldier behind Li Yan finally spoke: "We are all prisoners of war, be honest and be nice
Listen to the imperial army and I’m sure you’ll be fine! Haha.”
Li Yan looked back at the soldier and said nothing. The moment Li Yan turned around, Yokota, who was standing in front of everyone, also focused on the soldier who spoke. He stretched out his right hand and waved it a few times to signal.
He came out of the queue: "You, follow me. Everyone else, go back to your room and rest! Let's go!" Then he whistled again and led his men and the soldier away from the open space.
It's safe now, Li Yan thought. Then he turned around and faced the prisoners of war and asked: "Who are the leaders here? Come out, I want to tell you something." As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Guangyao and Liu Guangyao
Several sturdy soldiers came to him.
Li Yan smiled, then pressed everyone's heads down and whispered for a while. Then he helped them up and deliberately shouted loudly: "Okay, let's all go back and rest. We have to work for the imperial army tomorrow!"
The soldiers below looked at each other in confusion. They didn't know why Li Yan suddenly changed the title of "Japanese" to "Imperial Army".
Several officers looked at Li Yan and immediately understood the meaning. They returned to their respective teams and said to their subordinates: "Everyone just listen to brother Li Yan. You can't be wrong!"
At the same time, Yokota, who was taking shelter from the rain in the house, was standing in front of the window, monitoring every move of the prisoners of war. Only when he was sure that the prisoners of war would not rebel did he turn back and ask: "What about the intelligence about Li Yan?"
Already?"
The soldier walked up to Yokota and stood at attention: "Colonel Yokota, look down, Li Yan is an unknown person who is afraid of death. I guarantee that he will never dare to confront our imperial army!"
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Yokota smiled: "Yo Xi! It seems that Commander Inoue is right about you. You are the best agent of our imperial army!"
The soldier stood at attention again: "Thank you, Colonel, for the compliment!"
The prisoners of war in the open space gradually dispersed, but there was only one person who did not move. He was Li Yan. The middle-aged man walked up to Li Yan and followed his line of sight, and saw the small room where Yokota was.
He clearly saw Yokota in the room talking to the soldier, but after all
But they couldn't hear clearly what it was. The two of them just stood there. After a while, Li Yan suddenly turned around and put his ring finger into the middle-aged man's sleeve and tapped it twice. The middle-aged man immediately understood.
He patted his chest and said, "Brother, I know, don't worry, I will never forget it!"
Li Yan smiled happily, then put his hand on the middle-aged man's shoulder and walked towards the barracks together.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the second watch. Li Yan woke up the middle-aged man sleeping next to him, and prepared to go out of the barracks with him in the dark, but Xiaomei beside him was also awakened, and she
Looking at Li Yan, he asked softly: "Brother, can I go out with you?"
"Just stay here. The target of three people is too big and they will be easily discovered by the Japanese. Now I have to go out with my brother to talk about something. I will be back soon. Don't worry." Li Yan replied,
Then he and the middle-aged man tiptoed outside the barracks. But he hadn't walked out yet.
A few steps away, the strong light from the Japanese searchlight hit the two of them. This sudden moment made Li Yan shudder involuntarily, but he immediately regained his composure. The two of them just put their hands on each other.
With his shoulder, he avoided those lights and walked all the way to the west mountain pass.
After arriving at the West Pass, Li Yan felt relieved. The middle-aged man looked around, and after confirming that everything was safe, he pointed in the direction of the Japanese camp and whispered, "Did you see this?"
There are four sentry towers in total, with searchlights installed respectively; there are a total of
The two Japanese soldiers change guard every half an hour. The total number of people standing guard here and those changing guard is sixteen..." Speaking of this, the middle-aged man suddenly stopped his analysis, his heart was crazy.
He was jumping and breathing heavily, fearing that the next step he would take would be discovered by the little Japanese who suddenly came to patrol.
Taking advantage of the middle-aged man's pause, Li Yan turned back and glanced at the Japanese camp. He saw four sentry towers in the east, south, west, and north directions. This was completely consistent with what the middle-aged man described, but
After a while, he discovered that there were four small sentry towers hidden among these sentry towers. They were not equipped with searchlights.
, and the height of these towers is also much lower than the other four main sentry towers. If it is according to what this middle-aged man said, then there are not sixteen Japanese on duty, but thirty-two. Thinking of this, Li
Yan pointed in the direction of the concentration camp with his hand: "Brother, you are wrong. If you look carefully, you can still see four sentry towers."
After hearing what Li Yan said, the middle-aged man's expression suddenly changed. He stood up straight and looked around the concentration camp. Sure enough, he saw the other four small sentry towers placed between the four main sentry towers. Seeing this
He sat down again and praised in a low voice: "Brother, you see much more carefully than I do." As he said this, he extended his thumb to Li Yan.
"In addition, there are three Japs at the gate, two are on duty, and one seems to be responsible for reporting. The same thing is true, the guards change every half an hour; there are two Japs at the door of Yokota's room, these two are not
The changing of the guard. Add the previous sixteen...no, thirty-two, that is exactly forty people." He continued, but as soon as he said this, the middle-aged man's words were interrupted again.
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"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Li Yan asked with concern, and then put his hand on the middle-aged man's left chest. Through the touch of his palm, he felt the middle-aged man's heart beating violently.
At the same time, he was also thinking about this question in his mind: "Are there really only these few guards here? If not, where are the other people?" Li Yan had to think this way, because he
I know that if I make a mistake, even if I just miss one person, it will cause some unnecessary sacrifices.
The middle-aged man moved his body back, avoiding Li Yan's hand on his chest: "I'm fine, I'm just a little nervous. Listen up, what I'm going to say next is better than this."
A few broken guard towers are much more important."
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