Bright Sword: I am an undercover agent in the puppet army

Chapter 65: The Third Independent Battalion is expanded. Are the two or three hundred people all undercover agents of the Eighth Route Army?

After a pause, Li Yunlong changed the subject and continued, "However, since we can think of this, I believe the brigade commander and the head of the headquarters must have thought of it a long time ago."

Zhao Gang nodded: "Yes, the head of the headquarters is already planning it. It is not difficult to spend these yen, but it will take some time."

The two chatted briefly for a while and began to plan where to go to pry the Japanese railroad tracks today.

In addition to producing yen, the Eighth Route Army also did not stop producing bullets.

Suddenly, Liang Kang hurried in from outside and reported to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang with a serious look: "Captain, Political Commissar, something terrible has happened."

Both of them were taken aback.

Li Yunlong asked, "Liang, what happened?"

Liang Kang: "Officer Zhu had an accident, and our comrades went to Xiaowangzhuang to give Officer Zhu new task instructions.

It was discovered that Officer Zhu was missing, and there were traces of a large number of gunshots in and around the base."

Li Yunlong's face suddenly became extremely ugly: "Not good! Officer Zhu knows Xu Yang. If he is captured by the devils, then Xu Yang will be at risk of being exposed."

Zhao Gang said, "Old Li, the situation is not that serious, is it? Secretary Zhu has a firm belief. It is impossible for him to betray the party and the country and sell out his compatriots."

Li Yunlong: "I don't doubt Officer Zhu's faith, but few people can endure the torture of the devils.

Even I don’t have that confidence.”

Zhao Gang was silent. Indeed, many underground workers of the Eighth Route Army were forced to betray their organization and their compatriots because they could not bear the enemy's torture.

Staff Officer Liang asked, "Captain, what should we do now?"

Li Yunlong: "Don't worry, no one knows what happened to Secretary Zhu.

Brother Xu Yang contacted us yesterday, which means that he had not been exposed at least before today.

The most urgent task now is to contact Brother Xu Yang immediately and ask him to find a way to investigate to what extent the situation has deteriorated.

And let him be ready to move at any time!"

It's 10 o'clock in the morning.

There were still two hours left before the contact time agreed upon by both parties, 12 noon. Li Yunlong felt like he was sitting on pins and needles every minute and every second that followed.

He ordered the radio soldier to turn on the radio and tried to contact Xu Yang. Unfortunately, the message he sent was like a stone sinking into the sea, with no response at all, which made Li Yunlong more anxious.

Finally, the time came to 12 noon.

The radio operator of the independent regiment suddenly turned his head and excitedly reported to Li Yunlong: "Commander, we have contacted Battalion Commander Xu."

Li Yunlong: "Tell him immediately that something has happened to Officer Zhu. Ask him to find a way to investigate whether Officer Zhu has been captured by the Japanese. Also, ask him to be alert and be ready to evacuate at any time."

The radio soldier quickly operated the radio and sent out Li Yunlong's words truthfully.

A few minutes later, the radio operator received Xu Yang's call back and translated it into text as quickly as possible according to the code book: "Captain Xu said that he had learned about the death of Officer Zhu when he was drinking with the commander of the 22nd Battalion of the nd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army, Hikawa Okazaka, last night."

Li Yunlong interrupted, "What? Officer Zhu was killed? What exactly happened?"

Radioman: "Captain Xu said in the telegram that two days ago, the Japanese found Officer Zhu hiding in Xiaowangzhuang and arrested him.

After a short battle, Officer Zhu knew that he could not escape. He did not want to be captured by the Japanese, so he chose to commit suicide by shooting himself.

The angry Japanese cut up Officer Zhu's body into pieces and fed them to the dogs. Captain Xu had just wanted to tell us about this, but he didn't expect us to speak first.

Xu Yang lied about Zhu Ziming's death and did not say that he had betrayed the party and the country and sold out himself.

It's not that I feel pity for him, but I just want to give him some dignity.

But I don't want to create unnecessary trouble.

After learning that Xu Yang was not in danger of being exposed, Li Yunlong's heart finally settled down. Then he was filled with boundless anger. He slammed his fist heavily on the wooden table in front of him and cursed angrily: "You damned little Japanese, killing people is not enough. Sooner or later, I will make you pay for your actions!"

At this time, a signal came from the headset again.

The radio soldier held his breath and wrote down everything in his notebook, then deciphered it by comparing it with the code book.

"Commander, Captain Xu sent another telegram, saying that the Japanese had sent him weapons and equipment two or three days ago, and asked when you would send him soldiers."

Li Yunlong was about to speak when Political Commissar Zhao Gang said, "Old Li, what happened to Officer Zhu has reminded us that if we want to protect Comrade Xu Yang's safety, we must keep it strictly confidential and not let too many people know his identity.

If we infiltrate our soldiers around them, it means that these soldiers will also know his identity, and the risk of being exposed will be even greater."

Li Yunlong: "Regarding this point, my brother Xu Yang and I have already considered it. Brother Xu Yang was entrusted with an important task by the Japanese and was promoted.

If we don't provide him with reinforcements, the Japanese will do so.

By then, the newly added puppet troops will not be under the control of Brother Xu Yang, and not only will their work for us be restricted in every way, but the risk of being exposed will also increase. "

"On the contrary, Brother Xu Yang is surrounded by our people, which makes things easier and less likely to be exposed.

Even if he is exposed, Brother Xu Yang has so many people around him that he will be more capable of protecting himself."

After a pause, Li Yunlong changed the subject and continued, "Besides, it's dark under the lamp. The Japanese probably wouldn't have thought that we would dare to do such a thing and stuff so many people under their command, taking their weapons and equipment and eating their food and wages."

At the end of his words, a cunning smile involuntarily appeared on Li Yunlong's face.

Zhao Gang thought about it seriously for a while, weighed the pros and cons, and finally accepted the plan proposed by Li Yunlong and Xu Yang.

Li Yunlong then said to the radio operator, "Call brother Xu Yang back and tell him that I have selected 200 soldiers and will send them to him in batches starting tomorrow."

Li Yunlong's independent regiment now has only about 2000 people, nearly half of whom are newly recruited soldiers.

Not everyone among the veterans is suitable to be an undercover agent.

Selecting 200 suitable veterans at once will be a big challenge for the daily operation of the independent regiment.

Li Yunlong prepared for so many days just to ensure that daily operations would not be affected...

Liuzhuang stronghold.

In the past few days, Xu Yang, under the pretext of recruiting new soldiers to expand the force, renovated the Liuzhuang stronghold, built more barracks on a large scale, and covered up and eliminated all traces of the murder of Watanabe Renta.

"Ring, ring, ring! Ring, ring, ring!——"

Suddenly, the phone in the camp headquarters rang urgently.

This phone was just provided to the Liuzhuang base by Hikawa Okazaka for the convenience of contacting Xu Yang...

(End of this chapter)