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"By the way, there are now about a regiment of Japanese soldiers around us, and it's even more dangerous up in the mountains."

Song Wen seemed to have thought of something, so she added another sentence.

"so much?"

Those were two or three thousand Japanese soldiers. With so many Japanese soldiers, plus the puppet troops, there must have been at least more than five thousand.

The mountains surrounding the entire county are only so many, and the area is only so big. You could practically turn it upside down, so naturally the safety of the people is even less guaranteed.

"Sigh, with an army of nearly 10,000, there was nowhere to hide. Old Li and his men were just unlucky to run into them, which is why they got into trouble."

"Could it be that there's been fighting in the east, and they're preparing to move their troops eastward?"

"It's very likely. The Northern Jiangsu Army Group is quite strong, but they haven't attacked yet. The Japanese have suffered a lot of losses at their hands."

"I estimate it's about right. They'll leave in a day or two at most."

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Tianhao gave a similar answer.

"Xiao Tian, ​​may I call you that?"

"can!"

"I reckon when you go to my house tomorrow, my family will definitely pressure you to get married. For so many years, I've never agreed to get married, but now that you're back, I don't think I'll have any excuse to marry you."

"I don't know if it will be exposed. However, I don't have a deep impression of Wang Xiaotian. The last time we met was two or three years ago."

"Isn't that just right?"

"Alright, Xiaotian, this is a really bad joke. We can never really become husband and wife, you understand!"

Song Wen smiled, then put on a serious face and said.

"Also, there's something else I need to make clear to you. We're just business partners, don't get the wrong idea. I don't want this to cause any trouble between us later, understand?"

"it is good!"

Zhang Tianhao did not reject her suggestion; on the contrary, he agreed with it.

"However, the necessary procedures still need to be followed, don't they? It's just a matter of consummating the marriage! Besides, I'm still being monitored. I suspect that if I show up again, it might attract the attention of the Japanese or the intelligence agencies!"

"What do you want to say?"

Song Wen realized something and said seriously, "Are you saying we're going to share a room and sleep in the same bed?"

"Yes, but we don't necessarily have to sleep in the same bed. I can sleep on the floor, but we must be in the same room. That's the most basic requirement. I hope you understand."

"This is no problem."

Song Wen naturally understood the nature of the pretense of being a married couple.

"Then we will cooperate happily."

Song Wen then extended her hand and shook hands with Zhang Tianhao with a smile.

"Happy cooperation!"

Zhang Tianhao didn't stand on ceremony and readily accepted her suggestion.

……

Inside the military police headquarters.

"Have you found any suspicious individuals?"

The colonel looked at the officers above him, his expression turning slightly serious, and even his eyes showing a hint of solemnity.

"I'm sorry, Colonel, we've searched almost all the mountains to the east, north, south, and west, but we haven't found anyone."

"However, it wasn't without its gains. A guerrilla unit was wiped out by the Imperial army, with only a few escaping."

"How many guerrillas are there?"

"More than a dozen people died, and only a few escaped. Our imperial soldiers are still in pursuit."

"Any results from the investigation within the city?"

"No, we've interrogated everyone who needed to be interrogated, and we've also assigned people to keep an eye on all the other suspicious individuals, but we haven't gotten anything out of them."

"Should we arrest them and interrogate them?" "No need. They're just suspicious individuals, and all of them are locals. They can't be the ones we're looking for. After all, the locals and the person who fell down are not the same person."

"The other person must be from somewhere else, and is very likely a foreigner, or someone from northern Jiangsu in the east. Their accent is not the same as ours, understand?"

"So this is ah!"

"Your Excellency is brilliant."

"Colonel, you are wise!"

"Alright, we can confirm that this person's accent isn't local, so we can slowly arrest and interrogate him. Also, he must have been seriously injured!"

"Yeah!"

The people below echoed this sentiment, since they all understood the principle, and since the colonel had brought it up, they naturally had to give him face.

It's fair to say that this was just making small talk; it was merely a short meeting to summarize the work.

"Colonel, do you think this person might leave this place?"

"It's possible, it's also possible they're dead, after all, there are wolves in the mountains!"

"He won't have been eaten by wolves. Judging from the marks left in the area, he was already seriously injured!"

As he spoke, an officer took out a stack of photos and placed them directly on the table for everyone to look at.

"That's absolutely right!"

After the photos were circulated, everyone could see that Zhang Tianhao, who had fallen, was indeed seriously injured, and there was blood all over the ground.

Whether he is dead or alive, no one knows.

"Colonel, shall we conduct another round of searching the entire area?"

"I guess they've already run away. We were a step too slow. Sigh!"

The colonel sighed, a hint of helplessness in his expression.

He came with high hopes, but he didn't find a single person and wasted a lot of manpower, resources, and money.

That's not allowed.

"By the way, if we don't find it by tomorrow, I will transfer troops away. At the same time, you should strengthen the defenses in various places. The Northern Jiangsu Army in the east is becoming more and more rampant."

"Hi!"

……

Headquarters of the Northern Jiangsu Army Group.

Zuo Mingming and Chief of Staff Zhao sat there, their expressions growing increasingly grim.

After all, they had received accurate information that Zhang Tianhao had been fighting Japanese planes in Changfeng not long after he left, and the planes were destroyed.

As for the person, they have not yet been found, and their fate is unknown.

It's important to understand that Zhang Tianhao was truly a pillar and a key figure in the Northern Jiangsu Army Group.

But now that their fate is unknown, they are even more worried.

"Old Zhao, do you think the young master will be alright?"

"If we haven't found anyone, it means there's no problem. Now all we have to do is wait. With the young master's abilities, there obviously won't be any issues."

Chief of Staff Zhao was also feeling uneasy, but his tone revealed determination.

"Sigh, we can only keep it a secret now. I hope nothing bad will happen to the young master."

"Obviously nothing will happen. Ten of our special operations teams, a total of one hundred people, have already arrived in Changfeng and will conduct an investigation."

"Well, that's all we can do. We don't even know where the young master is right now. It's making us so worried. You know, that's over two hundred meters in the air, and the plane was shot down."

"If it were an ordinary person, they might have died long ago, but young master might not be. He will definitely be fine."

"Alright, Lao Zhao, let's leave it at that for now. We can transfer our personnel there. Also, I suggest taking over Dingyuan and Fengyang counties to prepare them as a springboard for advancing into Changfeng."

"Yes, that's a good idea. Once we take Dingyuan, we can provide support to other action teams at any time." (End of Chapter)