noffsinger Chapter 748 Appearances one after another
Chapter 748 Appearances one after another
In a small village 6 miles west of the quarry, Lao Cui, Lao Ji and others welcomed the guerrilla captain Lao Zhang and the 36 guerrillas he brought with him. All of these people were veterans who had fought for many years and had rich combat experience.
"Welcome Captain Zhang and comrades to support our rescue operation. On behalf of all comrades in Shanghai, I would like to express my gratitude to you!"
After saluting Lao Cui and the others, Lao Zhang shook hands with Lao Cui and said with a smile, "We are all family. Secretary Cui is too polite. My comrades and I came here to follow your command. We will fight as you say!"
Lao Cui quickly said, "That won't work, Comrade Lao Zhang. I'm not good at fighting, but that's your forte. Today's battle is entirely under your command. My comrades and I will all obey your command!"
"This... isn't good. I can't take the spotlight!" Old Zhang said in an embarrassed manner.
"Hey, Lao Zhang, don't be polite. I don't have the ability to command a battle, so you'd better not give orders blindly. We will listen to you. We will fight the way you say!" Lao Cui said.
Seeing that Lao Cui didn't seem to be being polite, Lao Zhang said, "Okay, I'll take charge of this battle. What's the situation now?"
"Come, let's sit down and talk!"
Several people sat down in a room, and Lao Cui took out a map and began to explain the situation.
"You said you've already planted a large number of bombs in the quarry, ready to be detonated by pulling the fuse?"
Lao Cui nodded. "Yes, although these bombs can't raze the quarry to the ground, they are enough to kill or injure most of the enemy, and they won't hurt our arrested comrades or other progressive people!"
"Okay, this is a good move. It saves us a lot of effort!"
As soon as Lao Zhang finished speaking, Gangzi came in breathlessly and said, "Secretary Cui, I just received news that the No. 76 convoy has already departed with the prisoners, and the comrades sent to scout the quarry have also returned. They haven't found any Japanese ambushes in the nearby mountains and forests, but they have discovered a group of suspicious people, about 50 or 60 people, who are likely members of the Blue Shirts Society and the National Salvation Army."
After hearing this, several people in the room looked at each other. Lao Cui sighed, "It seems that the Blue Shirts Society is quite courageous. I originally thought that the Blue Shirts Society would not take action. After all, the people from No. 76 clearly set a trap this time, but I didn't expect them to back down!"
After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Lao Zhang and said, "Captain Zhang, how do you think we should fight this battle?"
Lao Zhang thought for a moment and said, "If the Japs and the No. 76 men don't have any other reinforcements or ambushes, I suggest we wait for the Blue Shirts to fight the enemy first. When the time comes, we'll fight our way out and rescue them."
Everyone looked at Lao Cui, waiting for his decision.
Lao Cui thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Although Captain Zhang's idea can greatly reduce our losses after taking action,... letting the Blue Shirts fight the enemy while we just watch from the sidelines... I'm afraid this isn't a good idea. At this time of national crisis, we should unite and face the enemy!"
"I suggest that as soon as the Blue Shirts take action, we immediately launch an attack on the enemy from the other side. With the enemy attacked from both sides, they will be defeated faster, which will be more beneficial to our actions. What do you think?"
No one sitting at the table said a word.
After a few seconds, Captain Zhang laughed and said, "Okay, Secretary Cui's ideological awareness is still higher than mine. I agree with Secretary Cui's opinion."
Lao Cui looked at his watch, then said to Lao Zhang, "Captain Zhang, it's almost time. We're still six or seven miles from here to the quarry, so it'll take some time to walk there!"
"Okay then, let's go and talk as we go!"
By the time Lao Cui and others arrived at the quarry and hid, more than half an hour had passed.
"Secretary Cui, Captain Zhang, the Blue Shirts Society and the National Salvation Army are in the forest across from us. They just sent people to scout, but we hid and weren't discovered!"
Upon hearing this, Captain Zhang immediately waved to the guerrillas he brought with him and asked everyone to disperse and hide.
Several leading team members were lying behind a large rock, observing the situation in the quarry. The execution site was at the foot of a mountain wall, with more than a dozen Japanese soldiers standing around. The team leader was walking back and forth in the open space.
Guerrilla Captain Zhang took out a telescope to observe the situation in the forest diagonally opposite. The forest was quiet and no one was seen moving. It seemed that the people of the Blue Shirts Society were still hiding well.
In the courtyard of a large landlord ten miles away from the quarry, Li Qun sat at a stone table boiling water for tea, surrounded by several spies with solemn expressions.
At this time, a secret agent came over quickly and reported: "Director, the Blue Shirts Society and the underground party members have come out of the cave. As you expected, they didn't take action while we were escorting the prisoners. Instead, they gathered all their forces near the quarry and ambushed them there!"
"Oh, really? I guessed that they would not choose to take action during the escort. After all, there are too many uncertain factors! By the way, how far is the escort convoy from us?" Li Qun asked.
"We will pass by here in ten minutes at most!" the agent replied.
Li Qun rolled up his sleeves, looked at his watch, and said to the spy, "Go and inform the captain of the Imperial Army to assemble in ten minutes!"
"Yes, Director!"
Twelve minutes later, a convoy passed by the road outside the landlord's yard. It was the No. 76 convoy that was escorting prisoners, with a total of 6 cars and 5 trucks.
After the convoy passed, another 5 minutes later, Li Qun said to the Japanese squad leader: "It's time to set off!"
The Japanese squad leader immediately waved his hand and ordered: "Move on!"
The Japanese soldiers boarded the trucks one by one, and the agents of No. 76 also boarded the trucks under Li Qun's order. Another convoy drove out of the landlord's house, and was 5 minutes away from the convoy escorting prisoners in front.
At this time, the convoy escorting the prisoners had been discovered by the secret sentries arranged by the Blue Shirts Society and the underground party, and the news quickly reached the ears of their respective commanders.
"Notify everyone that the No. 76 escort convoy has arrived. Tell the brothers to concentrate their attention and not to fire indiscriminately without orders!" Liu Wanxiong said to Chen Gongde.
"Yes!"
A few minutes later, the convoy escorting the prisoners entered the quarry and stopped in a row in the middle of the open space of the quarry. Agent No. 76 and the Japanese military police who were escorting them got off the car with guns in hand and stood guard around.
"Take the prisoners off the car and escort them to the execution site!" With a loud shout from the head of Operation Hall 1 of No. 76, 20 prisoners were driven off the car one by one.
These people were all wearing handcuffs and shackles. The heavy shackles dragged on the ground and hit the stones, making a crisp metal clanging sound.
Driven by the secret agents and Japanese military police, 20 prisoners were taken to the foot of the mountain wall and lined up, waiting to be shot.