Chapter IX The County Meets Beauty
The Hutchison Teahouse in Xin'an County is now noon, and it is also the best time for business. The guests sat 70% to 80% and were filled with crowds of people.
On a window on the second floor, there were four men dressed in businessmen slowly drinking hot tea. Sitting in the middle was a young man in his early twenties, with a bossy look. There were three people dressed in entourage around him. When people saw him, they thought they were businessmen from afar.
These four people are nothing but Zhang Yunfei and his three special forces members.
There were bustling crowds on the streets outside the teahouse, and occasionally there were small teams of Japanese soldiers patrolling. Whenever the Japanese soldiers' patrol passed by, the people showed a look of fear and made way out.
The Japanese patrol soldiers were even more arrogant when they saw the expressions of the Chinese people, and some even made loud and arrogant laughs.
Since the Japanese occupied Xin'an County, some ordinary people have gone to the countryside to take refuge. Those who have not left the county town have also swallowed their anger and dared not speak out against the Japanese. Only a few have become traitors and become traitors.
Although the teahouse was also very lively, a few low voices of conversation still came into Zhang Yunfei's ears. The conversation was heard by several puppet troops in a corner opposite.
A puppet army, who was a little scattered and dressed in loose clothes, complained: "I said, brothers, I really can't get through such a life. The gods didn't treat us as human beings at all. They just used us all day and let us be cool laborers. These days, you can see what we are moving, and I'm so exhausted."
Another puppet army with a sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks secretly looked around and secretly made the word "eight" with his right hand, saying, "I said, we might as well go to the Eighth Route Army in the mountains. I heard that the Eighth Route Army is also good now, and can eat and wear warmly. It's not like us, I'm being fed and drunk here."
An older puppet soldier became more and more outrageous when he heard it, and whispered: "You don't want to live anymore. Let's talk about these things here, hurry up and have tea, come, come, everyone have tea."
After listening for a while, no valuable news was heard again. Everyone had enough food and drink, and their whole bodies were warm. Zhang Yunfei shouted loudly: "Waiter, check out."
After leaving the teahouse, Zhang Yunfei and the other two didn't walk far away. When they heard a messy sound in front, the pedestrians on the road made way aside. A few people dressed in students in front were running in panic. The Japanese behind them were holding 38-large covers with bayonets, and chasing them with their necks, and they were still clamoring for Japanese dialect.
Seeing that those students were about to be chased, Zhang Yunfei hurriedly waved and said, "Run here, run here."
When the students saw Zhang Yunfei waving, they were like catching a life-saving straw. They immediately ran here. Seeing everyone running towards them, Zhang Yunfei hurriedly led everyone to a small alley next to them.
As soon as he ran into the alley, the Japanese also chased them. As soon as he chased them into the alley, a few unlucky Japanese were cleanly solved by Zhang Yunfei and several special forces members in less than 10 seconds.
After solving a few Japanese devils, Zhang Yunfei had time to carefully consider a large number of these students.
These students are four men and two women, a total of six. Four men are all scholarly, one is wearing a pair of thick big glasses, two women are wearing two small braids, one is dressed like a standard female college student of this era, and the other is slightly fat, with a few small freckles on her face.
Another girl is tall and thin, fair-skinned, and should be about 1.7 meters tall. Although she is wearing thick winter clothes, she still cannot cover up her proud figure. Her delicate face and big watery eyes made Zhang Yunfei's heart beat faster and her face turned slightly red.
When the girl saw Zhang Yunfei's embarrassment, she smiled sweetly, just like the warm spring sunshine, making people feel comfortable all over. Zhang Yunfei's nervousness disappeared suddenly.
It was so embarrassing today. The main commander of the Eighth Route Army was so moved that he was embarrassed when he saw the little girl.
Through conversation, I realized that the beautiful girl was Zhang Yuxin. They were all students from Peking University. They went to Yan'an to join the Eighth Route Army with the dream of serving the country. They took the train from Beijing to Zhangjiakou and Suiyuan. They were almost there to arrive in Datong one day, but the train was requisitioned by the Japanese, so everyone had to walk to Yan'an. It was snowy and the road was not easy to walk, and the road was not peaceful. Everyone decided to take a break in Xin'an County before going to Yan'an.
I didn't expect that when everyone went shopping today, they would be chased by a few Japanese. If Zhang Yunfei hadn't rescued him, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The beautiful girl Zhang Yuxin smiled and stretched out her hand and said, "Thank you for helping you."
Zhang Yunfei also smiled and said, "Zhang Yunfei, 719th Regiment of the 359th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army." Holding Zhang Yuxin's slippery little hand, Zhang Yunfei almost became distracted and thought-provoking.
Fortunately, the classmate wearing thick glasses untied Zhang Yunfei's encirclement in time, reached out and shook Zhang Yunfei, and said gratefully: "My name is Zhang Chu, thank you very much for your help today."
Seeing these students grateful to themselves, I felt a little moved and said, "I think your journey to Yan'an is still quite far. Why not join us temporarily? We are also the Eighth Route Army and are dedicated to fighting the Japanese."
Hearing Zhang Yunfei say this, Zhang Chu and the others whispered. After everyone discussed it, they finally agreed to stay in Zhang Yunfei's 719th Regiment.
Seeing that everyone agreed to go to their 719th Regiment, and it is not advisable to stay here for a long time. Although the corpses of the Japanese were temporarily hidden, I believe that the Japanese would find it in no time. So Zhang Yunfei arranged for two special forces members to take Zhang Yuxin and the others out of the city first, and return to the regiment headquarters. He and another special forces member named Zhuzi stayed in the county to see if he could find anything valuable.
I just heard the puppet soldiers talking about it in the teahouse that the Japanese devils have been organizing them to carry things these days, and I don’t know what these are, so I have to go and inquire.
Watching the two special forces members and Zhang Yuxin and the others walk away, Zhang Yunfei led the pillar out of the alley and sneaked into the bustling crowd on the street.
After walking for a long time, I didn’t find anything valuable. Instead, I remembered the streets and alleys of Xin'an County.
In general, Xin'an County can only be regarded as a small city, with a population of about 2300,000. There are several bustling streets, and other places are alleys and low houses. The entire county does not have thick walls like other cities, so it is very convenient to enter and exit Xin'an County. The Japanese only set up several inspection checkpoints at several major intersections when leaving the city.
Zhang Yunfei didn't understand why the Japanese stationed a brigade of infantry troops in such a small city. The only explanation is that the Japanese may have defended the Eighth Route Army in the east to prevent the Eighth Route Army base from expanding to the Shanxi Plain, affecting the security of Datong.
Xin'an County is not outstanding in a strategic sense. Its only role is to serve as a frontier defensive position in Datong, an important town in Shanxi. The Japanese believe that the strength of an infantry brigade stationed is enough to defend against the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Mountains. Even if Xin'an County is attacked, although it is hundreds of miles away from Datong, the Japanese army in Datong can still reinforce Xin'an County. After all, Datong has more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers stationed in a brigade of Japanese troops.
In the evening, Zhang Yunfei and Zhuzi found a clean inn to rest. When it was late at night, Zhang Yunfei and Zhuzi quietly slipped out of the inn.
The Xin'an County is silent under the night. There is no entertainment at night in this era. People generally sleep early. In addition, the Japanese imposed a curfew. At less than 9 o'clock in the evening, everyone fell asleep. Only occasionally a small group of Japanese patrols on the streets, and occasionally a liang of dogs barking came from a distance.
In the afternoon, Zhang Yunfei understood the layout of the county town. There were three strategically significant goals in the county town. One was the command center of the little ghost, with about a hundred Japanese soldiers stationed; the second was the Japanese soldiers' barracks, with about a thousand Japanese soldiers in the barracks; the third was the Japanese soldiers' large warehouse, with about a squadron of Japanese soldiers stationed.
Tonight, Zhang Yunfei's target is the Japanese depot, and he wants to go in and see if there is any value inside.
The Japanese's large warehouse is located in the south of the city, surrounded by high walls, and there are high guard posts at the four corners of the wall. Machine guns and searchlights are installed on each guard post. The Japanese at the guard post are weak, shaking the searchlight casually, and the beam of the searchlight shines back and forth on the entire warehouse.
Although the entire warehouse is under high alert, it is still difficult for Zhang Yunfei to take advantage of the cover of the night and take advantage of the alternating searchlight beams, Zhang Yunfei jumped gently, jumped over the wall, and quickly entered the corner of the dark wall to hide. The pillars remained outside in a dark corner to warn and respond.
The Japanese on the post did not notice that anyone had come in. They hid in the corner and listened for a while. After confirming that there were no Japanese nearby, Zhang Yunfei secretly touched the first warehouse.
When he entered the warehouse, it was dark inside. Fortunately, Zhang Yunfei practiced the nameless martial arts. After reaching the second level, his eyesight was much stronger than that of ordinary people. Then the glimmer outside the window saw clearly the things in the warehouse. This warehouse of hundreds of square meters was piled up by the Japanese invaders, which may be the Japanese invaders' military rations.
Seeing that nothing valuable was found, Zhang Yunfei quietly retreated, and then followed by the cover of night and quietly touched the second warehouse next to him. The second warehouse contained the Japanese's arms, and touched two warehouses in a row, which were either piled up arms or Japanese's clothes and other military supplies.
Chapter completed!