The puppet army placed in the Imperial Army was named Yang Guofeng. He was from Shangzhuang Town, Laiyuan. He was an old comrade with two years of party membership. When he was developed into the team, he was already a squad leader in the puppet army. Now he is a platoon leader who is trusted by Qian Erbao. Although his position is not high, he is close to the core circle of officers of the Laiyuan Puppet Army.

At the dinner table where Qian Erbao and several squadron leaders were eating, drinking and discussing matters, he heard the news that shocked him very much.

A month ago, he sent out a message that was exactly the same as it is now. It was in the woods outside the south city. No one else noticed guns hanging on the branches of a big tree. However, he clearly saw it. Even the "comrade" hidden on the top of the tree fell into his eyes. As an old underground party member, he immediately decided to tell the "comrade" about the news that the Japanese were going to encircle Ermashan before searching for the forest. Although he could not confirm that this person must be from the eighth district, the one who could risk his life to come and steal the body would definitely not be the enemy. With his identity as a platoon leader, he used the excuse of going to a large number, avoiding other people's eyes, and conveying ammunition and news.

Now, Yang Guofeng was a little puzzled. Didn’t the organization say that Erma Mountain, Baishi Mountain and the eighth districts had already entered the depths of Baishi Mountain? Why did the Japanese suddenly attack Erma Mountain?

He hadn't contacted Secretary Tan for a whole month, and he didn't know how the situation was in Baishishan. Originally, Secretary Tan had sent someone to the county town to contact him, but he didn't expect that the Japanese built two watchtowers in Yangzhuang, and the troops stationed were even more than those in Shangzhuang and Zuomayi strongholds. Although the two liaison officers sent were not exposed, they were arrested by the Japanese and helped build fortifications, delaying the time to contact him.

Without a contact point and not knowing the specific situation there, Yang Guofeng suddenly fell into confusion and hesitation.

According to organizational principles, a lurking person like him who penetrated into the heart of the enemy cannot put himself in doubt, but now it is related to the life and death of Ermashan. If you don’t send the news, you can imagine what the result of Ermashan would be like. If they were wiped out by the Japanese, then the Japanese's next target would be Baishishan, and then the other armed forces in the Eighth Division in Laiyuan, which is equivalent to being defeated by each one.

After careful consideration, Yang Guofeng decided to risk exposure and send the news out. After leaving the camp on the pretext, he immediately returned home, changed into casual clothes, and planned to leave the city. When he walked through the pharmacy at the contact point habitually, he suddenly found a sign for purchasing the land at the door.

This is the contact code designated by Secretary Tan. Seeing this sign, Yang Guofeng breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself that he was lucky. If he had not been accustomed to circle around, he might have left the city at this moment.

If there were other comrades lurking, Yang Guofeng would be out of the city. It was a pity that his identity as a puppet army would be inserted into another person. If he wanted to reach his current position, he would probably have to stay for at least two or three years. He might not be as trusted as he would, and he would give up like this. Now, if he had posted this sign on the contact point, he could send the news smoothly. The excuse he had made was also unwell. He would go to the pharmacy to buy medicine without worrying about revealing his identity.

After successfully connecting with the people sent by Secretary Tan and telling him that the Japanese were going to attack Ermashan, Yang Guofeng returned to the camp with a few bags of Chinese medicine brought from the Yaozhuang. Before he even entered the door, he saw his soldiers looking for him anxiously. After asking, he found out that it was Qian Erbao who found out that he was missing, afraid that he would leak out the military information at the dinner table.

After hearing what his subordinates said, Yang Guofeng felt a little scared. If he had just left the city and Qian Erbao could not find him, he would report it to the Japanese immediately. It is very likely that the Japanese would send troops in advance. Even if he rushed to Secretary Tan of Zhaojiazhuang, he would probably not have time to notify Ermashan.

After receiving the signal from Yang Guofeng, he pretended to be a liaison officer from the Eighth District who was selling medicine in the city and hurried to the south city gate. He wanted to leave the city before the city gate was closed and report the emergency to Secretary Tan.

But unexpectedly, when I entered the city in the morning, everything was normal, but the city gate now implemented a control that only entry and not exit. Hundreds of people who were about to leave the city were gathered at the city gate. However, in front of the Japanese bayonets and machine guns, no one dared to question, but they were all staying at the city gate. After asking someone next to me who was also about to leave the city, the liaison officer learned that the Japanese had implemented the control from noon, not only the South Gate, but also the other three gates.

The Japanese did this very obvious purpose, because they were afraid that someone would send out the news of attacking Ermashan in advance.

This new Japanese leader was more smart and cunning than his first two. Although he did not thoroughly investigate the people around him, he immediately blocked all the gaps that might leak military information as soon as he used this move.

Everyone knows that if you force yourself out of the city at this time, you will only tell the Japanese that I have a problem, and that no one will do this, let alone these tried and tested warriors fighting on the hidden front.

The news was unable to be delivered, so he had to return to the pharmacy and let someone hang the sign of the "birth land" that had been put away, and added two more words to it "high price". He failed to leave the city, so he could only pin his hopes on Yang Guofeng.

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Erma Mountain is particularly quiet tonight. The bright moon hangs high in the sky and occasionally hides into the clouds, but it will soon emerge from the other side again, as if it has been swimming on the ground.

Wu Fei sat on the stool and looked at the bright moon that was hiding and catching the earth. He suddenly felt an uneasy feeling in his heart. He couldn't tell where this emotion came from, but he always felt that something was going to happen.

Wu Fei wanted to force himself to calm down, but the more he did this, the more he became more confused. Later, he couldn't help it, so he went to knock on the door of the room where Xiaole, Xiaotong and the others lived.

They even knocked on the door several times, but they didn't get a response. It was not until Wu Fei thought something had happened in the house and planned to pry the door that he saw Xiaole and Xiaotong coming out of the house wearing earring hats. They were still the same as before. Even if the weather was hot, they had to wear long clothes, trousers, and cloth hats to wrap themselves tightly.

"I want to go to the cottage to see it. Can you accompany me?"

Wu Fei told the truth straight to the point that he knocked on the door so late.
Chapter completed!