Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 3003 Masters Clash!

At dawn, just as the sky began to lighten, Ma Hu's scouts arrived outside Songyuan City.

They were panting heavily as they stared intently in the direction of Songyuan City.

One of them muttered, "We're not too late, are we?"

Another soldier said, "How would we know? Let's check first. If we don't find it, we'll follow the main road towards Phoenix Mountain!"

As the soldiers were discussing the matter, the west gate of Songyuan City was slowly opened, and a group of people pushing wheelbarrows and pulling horse-drawn carriages sneaked out of the city.

Although these people were all dressed in ordinary civilian clothes, there were quite a few of them, more than three hundred.

One of the soldiers looked at the massive caravan and couldn't help but laugh: "I've never seen a caravan of more than three hundred people before. How much cargo are they carrying? They've probably brought all the goods from the entire Songyuan City."

Another soldier chimed in, "These people must all be Japanese soldiers in disguise. The numbers match the intelligence. What are the Japanese up to? Disguising themselves as a caravan and leaving the city so early in the morning."

The soldier who had spoken earlier thought for a moment and said, "This is no small matter. We need to send a telegram to the battalion commander immediately to report this. Who knows what kind of conspiracy the Japanese have up their sleeves."

The other soldiers nodded in agreement, and a scout quickly sent a telegram to Duanwu, reporting this important intelligence.

Duanwu was already waiting in the same spot, not moving.

They were currently in the mountains 20 kilometers away from Songyuan, and more than 60 kilometers away from Da'an Coal Mine.

This position allows for both offense and defense, and when combined with the Chunjianghao Second Team left in the central area of ​​Songyuan and Fenghuangshan, the Anti-Japanese Brigade no longer has any weaknesses.

So Duanwu waited here for intelligence to see what the Japanese were up to.

So Duanwu directly ordered: "Immediately send a telegram back to the scouts, ordering them to continue their investigation, not to alert the enemy, and to find out exactly where this group is going."

The messenger took his orders and left. Duanwu continued to rest against the tree, his mind racing with thoughts of how the Japanese would act this time.

He knew perfectly well that the two squadrons of Japanese soldiers were just a decoy; the real big fish were yet to come. Although these Japanese soldiers disguised as merchants numbered in large numbers, they were not enough to warrant a major offensive.

So he remained inactive, simply waiting for more intelligence.

He believed that as the scouts investigated further, the Japanese plot would soon be exposed, and that would be the time for him to deliver a fatal blow to the Japanese.

Before that, he needed to conserve his energy and wait for the big fish to appear.

Sure enough, not long after, Ma Ping'an sent intelligence that a large number of Japanese soldiers had entered Songyuan.

This was naturally a telegram sent by Li Ru.

He was sleeping soundly when the sound of Japanese truck engines came from the street, which startled him awake.

He walked to the window on the second floor of his apartment, slightly parted the curtains, and saw a large number of Japanese soldiers passing by on the street in front of his window.

The Japanese soldiers were densely packed and countless. Without even thinking, he immediately sent a telegram to Ma Ping'an.

Upon learning of this situation, Ma Ping'an immediately sent a telegram to Duanwu. Duanwu then learned that a large number of Japanese soldiers had arrived in Songyuan, and that it would likely be long before the Japanese army marched straight towards the anti-Japanese base area.

Duanwu gave Ma Pingan some instructions, telling him to prepare for combat and evacuation without making a sound.

He then directly ordered Ma Hu to personally lead a team to scout towards Songyuan County. However, no sooner had Ma Hu and his men left than the scouts he had previously dispatched reported that the Japanese, disguised as merchants, were leaving one or two people to monitor them every few hundred meters, and he didn't know what the Japanese were up to.

But Duanwu knew very well that the Japanese had suffered too many losses from minefields, so they came up with such a stupid method.

But is minefield his only tactic for the Dragon Boat Festival? Ambushing people is also one of his strengths.

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Meanwhile, Ma Hu led his scouts to the outskirts of Songyuan County.

By this time, it was already broad daylight, but the gates of Songyuan City remained closed.

One soldier asked, "Could the main force of the Japanese troops have already left the city?"

Ma Hu shook his head and said, "No, if the Japanese had left the city, there would have been a lot of vehicle tracks on the road. But there aren't any now, which means that the main force of the Japanese troops hasn't left the city. They're just staying here and waiting."

So Ma Hu and his group hid on a mountain five kilometers away from Songyuan City and refused to move, determined not to believe that the Japanese wouldn't come out.

As time ticked by, the Japanese remained silent, which made Ma Hu increasingly anxious.

At this moment, he remembered that there should be people of their own in Songyuan County, so he immediately sent a telegram to Duanwu, asking him to use his inside contacts.

After receiving Ma Hu's telegram, Duanwu pondered for a moment. Indeed, the Japanese had already sent out the decoys, but there had been no movement for a while, which was somewhat unusual. So he ordered the communications soldier to immediately send a telegram to Ma Ping'an, instructing him to contact Cobra and inquire about the situation in Songyuan.

There was no news at all, and even Jiang Li from the intelligence department was unable to contact the informants in Songyuan County.

The reason is simple: Jiang Li has never sent a radio station into Songyuan City.

The radio station is located outside the city. If there is news from inside Songyuan City, it needs to be sent from outside the city to transmit the message.

The first reason for this was security. The intelligence agents trained by the intelligence department were unfamiliar with the methods of transmitting messages, making them easy targets for the enemy. Therefore, they could only be placed outside the city, in a place the Japanese wouldn't expect.

Secondly, the checkpoints at the city gate of Songyuan City were very strict, and radios could not be brought in at all.

Therefore, for the two reasons mentioned above, Jiang Li was unable to contact the special agents in Songyuan City.

Meanwhile, all four gates of Songyuan City were closed. Therefore, even if the agents inside the city had intelligence, they couldn't send it out!

Therefore, in the end, the only relationship that can be utilized is the Cobra line.

However, Ma Ping'an sent three telegrams to "Cobra" but received no response, which inevitably made him somewhat worried about Cobra's safety.

Of course, despite his worries, he still sent a telegram to Duanwu, telling him that he could not contact Cobra for the time being.

Duanwu frowned slightly, because he couldn't quite understand what the Japanese were doing this time.

But Duanwu felt that there must be something he had overlooked. Otherwise, the Japanese wouldn't have remained inactive.

Duanwu's brain raced, and after a moment she finally understood something.

The Anti-Japanese Brigade's destination was the Da'an Mine. The Japanese were waiting for the Anti-Japanese Brigade to make its move at the Da'an Mine before taking action themselves.

Duanwu smiled silently, thinking to himself, "The Japanese are quite cautious this time. He immediately ordered Long Qianyan to send a company of soldiers, disguised as the main force, to approach the Da'an mine and lure the Japanese into a trap!"