Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Have you instructed the undercover agents? Tell them not to rush to pass on information after they return. They will inevitably be monitored and questioned as soon as they return. Let's wait until they have gotten through this period of time." asked Itahira Seishirō.

He finally found an opportunity to spy on the Eighth Route Army, and he didn't want the undercover agent he sent to be exposed because of stupidity, which would ultimately lead to the failure of the plan.

"Don't worry, division commander. I have already explained everything that needs to be said. I believe they will not do such a stupid thing." Major General Yoshida responded.

"Well, go down and keep a close eye on this transaction. Once you have any news, report to me immediately." Itakane Seishirō waved his hand and let Major General Yoshida leave.

Ring ring ring......

Just then, the phone on the table rang.

"Mr. Banheng..." The voice of the Japanese commander came from the phone.

"Commander!" Itahune Seishirō was startled and quickly stood up to answer the phone to show his respect.

"How far has the prisoner exchange with the Eighth Route Army progressed?!" the Japanese commander asked.

"Now the Eighth Route Army has determined the transaction address and time. I have sent people to the address they mentioned to conduct the transaction. If nothing goes wrong, all the pilots will be exchanged back in six days." Itahira Seishirō hurriedly told the story.

"Well, replace these pilots as soon as possible. I have already applied to the headquarters to transfer more pilots. However, they do not have enough experience yet. They need the guidance of these veteran pilots before they can carry out bombing missions." The Japanese commander nodded and told him the follow-up situation.

Without pilots, no matter how many planes there are, they will be useless. Therefore, these captured pilots need to be exchanged back. Otherwise, it will take more time to draw experienced pilots from other air forces.

You know, they have big moves this year. Without the cooperation of aircraft, the advancement of the troops will encounter many obstacles, which will further affect the fighter jets.

"Hey! If there is any news, I will report it to you immediately!" Itaheng Seishiro nodded quickly.

"Commander, regarding the annihilation of the Northeastern Army, please send more people to Country D for training. We have been careless." Itakane Seishirō suggested.

"You don't have to worry about this. I have already arranged it. It just takes time. In short, I will let this unit assist you before the actual action." said the Japanese commander. He had made preparations long ago, and when the time comes, it will be time to destroy the Northeast Army.

To be honest, if it weren't for the Northeast Army, he really wouldn't be able to send more people to Country D for training.

"Understood!" Itagaki Seishiro responded.

"That's it, once the pilot returns safely, call me immediately." The Japanese commander hung up the phone.

Hearing the busy tone coming from the phone, Itaheng Seishiro breathed a sigh of relief. After sitting down, he lit a cigarette to calm down.

The commander takes this transaction so seriously, it seems that there must be no mistakes, otherwise the impact will be huge.

.........

At around noon, people sent by the headquarters also arrived at the 386th Brigade.

After receiving the list of supplies, the chief immediately had the list delivered to Zhao Gang, and then asked several people to set off for Niugushan.

Xu Qingfeng, Li Yunlong and the others did not dare to delay and hurried on their way. The four of them rode on horses and went ahead. The more than 20 special operations regiment soldiers, without exception, had to run forward.

But compared to before, they don’t have to carry anything now, so they can run very fast.

"Old Zhao, let me take a look at that list." Li Yunlong said to Zhao Gang while riding his horse. He wanted to know what exactly they asked the Japanese for.

"There's nothing interesting to see, just some weapons, ammunition, food and medicine." Zhao Gang took out the list from his arms and handed it to Li Yunlong.

After taking the list, Li Yunlong stopped his horse and began to check the items on it.

"Wow, these Japanese pilots are actually so valuable?!" Li Yunlong was a little surprised after reading it. He really didn't expect that dozens of Japanese pilots would be worth the Japanese side paying so many things in exchange.

"It is indeed valuable. The cost of training pilots is still very high, especially when new pilots make operational errors. The first thing they think about is not to save the aircraft, but to ensure their own safety." Xu Qingfeng said that those experienced pilots may have basically destroyed many aircrafts, which gives them rich operating experience.

"If it were us, we probably wouldn't want to let a plane be destroyed like this." Li Yunlong couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.

Training pilots is indeed very material-intensive, mainly in terms of aircraft.

“So, when we can do this, we can be considered strong.” Zhao Gang also said.

Every plane is worth a lot of money. If they can be like the Japanese and not care about the damage of the planes, they will be considered powerful, because it means they can afford it. If they are not strong enough, they cannot do this.

"Damn it, this day will come." Li Yunlong said in a firm tone. He believed that sooner or later they would become strong enough to do this, or even stronger.

.........

At around ten o'clock that evening, Chief of Staff Zhong and Deputy Regiment Commander Qian brought the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment to Niugu Mountain.

At this time, the battalion commanders were still unclear about what to do, but the situation was urgent and they had no time to ask what was going on. They could only hurry on their way. Now that they had finally arrived at the destination, they also had time.

Chief of Staff Zhong and Deputy Commander Qian naturally understood that these battalion commanders had many questions in their minds, so he directly asked the signalmen to call all the battalion commanders over.

"I believe you all have doubts in your hearts, and don't know why you have come to this place, right?" Deputy Captain Qian looked at everyone and said slowly.

"Deputy Commander, this place has neither the Japanese county town nor an important transportation route. Why are we coming here?!" Song Yi asked first.

The location of Niugu Mountain is far away from the county town and important routes, and has no strategic significance, so there is no need to come here at all.

"We come here to exchange prisoners with the Japanese." said Chief of Staff Zhong.

As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked, and then looked at each other. They couldn't help but think of the Japanese pilots who had been captured at the Japanese airport before.

"It's just as you think. The higher-ups have already contacted the Japanese pilots they captured and reached an agreement on exchanging prisoners.

We released the Japanese pilots, and the Japanese also released our comrades, and even gave them a batch of guns and ammunition.
Niugushan is the chosen transaction address, and the time is 3:00 p.m. six days later. In order to prevent the devils from playing tricks,
So the higher-ups gave this task to our New 1st Regiment, asking us to ensure the smooth progress of the trade fair." Chief of Staff Zhong explained the matter in detail. "I see." Everyone suddenly realized that it was no wonder that they were so anxious to come here all of a sudden, it turned out that they wanted to seize the initiative and avoid any accidents.

There was no other way. If they let the Japanese occupy the advantageous terrain first, they would not feel at ease. After all, it would be like running into the Japanese's encirclement. Whether they would be killed or cut would depend on whether the Japanese had any moral integrity.

"Chief of Staff, are we, the New 1st Regiment the only ones on this mission?!" Zhang Dabiao said at this time. He was a little worried. Although they occupied the advantageous terrain, if a large number of Japanese came and wanted to take action, they might not be able to control the situation with such a small number of people.

"Don't worry, the Special Operations Regiment will definitely participate." Chief of Staff Zhong said with a smile. If the Special Operations Regiment did not participate, the leader would not have specially asked Xu Qingfeng to go to the brigade headquarters with the regiment commander and others. He must have intended to let the Special Operations Regiment participate.

"It's definitely safer with them around!" Zhang Dabiao breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that.

"Besides, even if the special operations group is not here, the Japanese will not dare to act rashly. They are worried that the Northeast Army will attack them. Therefore, the Japanese will never dare to attack us at this critical moment.

Just for the sake of safety, let the special operations group hold the fort. If something happens, it won't be us who will suffer, but the devils." Chief of Staff Zhong analyzed the situation.

When everyone heard Chief of Staff Zhong say that the Japanese were worried about being attacked by the Northeast Army, a smile appeared on their faces.

"You already know everything you should know. Go and command the soldiers to occupy all the advantageous terrains," said Deputy Regiment Commander Qian.

"Yes!" Everyone then left to command their respective troops. Although this mission was unlikely to be dangerous, they still had to make various preparations to avoid any accidents. If that happened, many people would die, and they could not afford this responsibility.

……

A day later, around 9:30 in the morning.

Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others also rushed to Niugushan and successfully met up with Chief of Staff Zhong and his men.

"Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff!" Xu Qingfeng saluted the two of them.

Deputy Regiment Commander Qian and Chief of Staff Zhong returned the salute and then looked at Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.

"Captain, Political Commissar."

"Have we occupied all the positions that should be occupied?!" Li Yunlong asked.

"Everything has been done. It would be fine if the Japanese don't cause trouble, but if they really dare to do so, we will make sure they never return!" Deputy Regiment Commander Qian said confidently.

They have occupied all the advantageous terrains and formed an encirclement, so they are not afraid of the Japanese playing any tricks.

"That's fine." Li Yunlong nodded. As long as they ensured that the favorable terrain belonged to them, they would be invincible.

"Xu Qingfeng, why hasn't anyone arrived from the Special Operations Regiment yet?!" Chief of Staff Zhong asked at this time.

"Don't worry, they will be here tonight." Xu Qingfeng said. It would take some time for Liu Changshun and the others to arrive. It was impossible for them to come so quickly.

"That's okay. I knew you were more reliable." Chief of Staff Zhong said with a smile. He just asked casually!

"Speaking of the prisoners exchanged this time, I think the Japanese won't return the prisoners to us so easily. They may very likely plant some undercover agents among them." Chief of Staff Zhong changed the subject, his face serious.

"Needless to say, this is certain. With so many people, there will always be some who can't stand the Japanese's torture and choose to surrender." Li Yunlong sighed when he said this. He has been in the army for so many years and has seen quite a few traitors and spies.

But sometimes, we really can't blame those people. We can only say that their will is not strong enough.

"Let them handle the follow-up matters. No one in our regiment has been captured by the Japanese, so there is no need to worry about that." Li Yunlong continued.

Most of the soldiers in their regiment died in battle, and there were countless casualties during the blocking battle. Almost none of them were captured by the Japanese.

"After surrendering to the Japanese, their hands must be stained with blood, otherwise the Japanese would not let them go so easily." Chief of Staff Zhong looked serious when talking about this.

It is not feasible to pretend to surrender to the Japanese because the Japanese will force you to kill people and take photos to leave evidence, otherwise they will not believe it at all.

Without any evidence in hand, the Japanese would never let the person go so easily.

"The Japanese will definitely do this. They won't believe an undercover agent who doesn't have evidence in their hands," said Deputy Captain Qian.

"When the undercover agents come back, they definitely won't think of passing on information first, because they are not that stupid and they definitely know they will be interrogated.
Therefore, if we want to catch them, we have to have people watching them in secret. After a while, they will relax their vigilance and start passing on information. "Xu Qingfeng said the solution.

"Well, although it may take a little longer, we have to do this for safety." Li Yunlong also agreed with what Xu Qingfeng said.

For the safety of the troops, it is worth spending a little more time, and also to ensure that there are no problems with your comrades.

"When they come back, let them go to the hospital for a physical check-up. I guess they have basically been tortured by the Japanese." Zhao Gang said. It would be strange if they were not injured after being captured by those inhuman beasts of the Japanese.

"This is natural. We need to let them take good care of their health." Li Yunlong said. If they are abused and don't take good care of their health, it is easy to leave sequelae.

"Commander, intelligence personnel have sent news that in the past two days, the Japanese troops have been mobilizing in several counties close to the New 1st Regiment, and some are even from counties that are farther away." At this time, Zhang Dabiao ran over and informed him of the news.

"The Japanese are also making preparations. They are mobilizing their troops because they are worried about being attacked by the so-called Northeast Army." Li Yunlong nodded and said.

From this we can see that the Japanese attached great importance to this transaction and did not hesitate to transfer all the Japanese from other counties here.

"How many Japanese soldiers have gathered now?!" Zhao Gang asked. He still needed to confirm the number of Japanese soldiers.

"It is estimated that there is a regiment, and the number of people is still increasing. It is not certain how many people the Japanese will send." Zhang Dabiao said the data.

From what we can calculate now, it's probably in a regiment, but the exact number cannot be calculated. It's impossible for their intelligence personnel to run up to the Japanese and count them one by one. That would be courting death.

(End of this chapter)